JLM

There's a lot of similarities between Hyun Bin's arrogant a'hole character in Secret Garden and Shin Yu. Joo Won also thought of himself as socially superior, stunningly handsome, wealthy, and fought desperately with himself about his insane infatuation with Gil Ra Im. It was equally hilarious but the verbal abuse was borderline appalling.It actually wouldn't surprise me if there may have been just a tiny bit of appropriation going on here. Of course the whole plot revolves around the character development arc, and of course Joo Won turned into an angelic husband, ultra sensitive, wonder boy. So this is what we all love in Kdrama, and forgive everything especially when the ML (Rowoon) is sooooo gorgeous and loveable IRL. But really I'm finding his abuse is getting out of control and not funny any more, and yes someone below said we all know he's saying this stuff only because he's furious., but it's also partly his actual mindset. And while it make for great Kdrama it's hard to watch. I guess you have to have one part of your brain laughing at fantasy, escapist story, while the other side is going wtf!!!

The story and acting are just too amazing, I don't want it to end lol thank god S2 is coming.

Sml looked kind of more intriguing initially, now he's written as a total bland bore, which does not make for an interesting conflictual story, it's case clear...go back to boring the dogs lol

Well we got that little flashback where she bullied HJ at school, so supposedly underneath all the showy stuff, she's not nice lol

Sadly ep 5 kind of went downhill from ep 4 for me. The Shin Yu internal conflict thing was pretty much the same old, as with HJ's reactions. His obnoxious elitist, abusive comments, are getting worse which to me is not in keeping with the character development arc. The dialogue is not as witty and fast paced for me. Probs not enough content to keep the pace for 16 eps, because we already got most of it in the first 4. So now we get the fillers, flashbacks and repetition. SML is frighteningly dull, there is NO reason for her to like him at all, except for when he was boring dogs a while back, obviously they didn't mind. There is so much potential in this drama, hmmmm!!!
BTW don't know if anyone is watching Lost you Forever, but it's beyond fantastic if you're into that kind of genre.

Yeah definitely the glass will be shown to be switched in some way!! Such a clever plot, can't wait to see how they sort out who sipped what and who loves who !!

I was thinking the same he's like a statue of a greek god with lipstick on. I suppose that's what the director thinks gives him the aloof, godlike beauty, which makes it even funnier when he runs around like an insane stalker, no shame, no decorum, just an out of control idiot in love lol

That was hysterical, what about the only person wearing a hawaiian shirt at a funeral.

It's probably all in the marketing to US, UK etc etc

This is my guess for the unravelling of the plot Shin Yu did not drink the love potion, but was already attracted to Hong Jo, and now he's revved up because he thinks it is the spell and he's going insane because his reactions are out of his very controlled ocd personality. As he said 'I don't brown nose anyone'. Also the fact that he's found his destined love, or as someone really cleverly said below his 'force majeure' that is what will cure him of the evil spell cast on him., and his illness. I think that's what the shamon would have explained to Hong Jo. Hong Jo also knows that Jai Kyung has expressed doubts about his capacity to love. The rest will be how this all comes to unravel, should be pretty hilarious and complicated.

Well the best makeup and hair people, camera work, and touch up every five minutes.

Thank you that was fascinating. I often wonder how much we're missing in the translation.

I agree, comedy is way more difficult than people think. You've either got it or you don't! And the writers have nailed it, the whole cast must be packing up while making this show. What fun!!!

This is the most hilarious show, the writers are totally brilliant, and the acting is fantastic. Rowoon as the 'on the spectrum' robotic character, battling with being totally infatuated, is just hysterically absurd, I'm just laughing non stop. And Jo Bo Ah is beyond funny, now trapped in this ridiculous predicament. These are two of my favourite actors so I'm in heaven, enjoying this show. They are both so talented and gorgeous. I'm loving all the support cast, they're also perfect, timing, comedy is wonderful. Just my kind of thing.

As I said below the cast was a seriously great bunch of people. I'm sure that these people as individuals would be fascinating to know, and I'm sure the conversation behind the cameras must have been way more interesting. Just consider what they do IRL Their backstories and their careers alone would have made great content. That kind of content is the driving force behind why people behave as they do, and their choices. I also really like the panelists., they were fun and did a great job to try and infuse excitement and tension into this bland experience. Unfortunately the makers of this show were unable to craft something with what was potentially interesting content, so any drama and tension was contrived with biased editing and endless flashbacks, and fillers, getaways with evocative music and lots of eating in restaurants with boring conversations that were obtuse and weird, going round and round without clarity, or frankly interest. This made the viewing experience boring and frustrating which is a shame because I feel it had a lot of potential.

So far, ep 1 is great! Rowoon looks like a greek god, just perfect, even more gorgeous than Jo Bo Ah which is virtually impossible because she's already so stunning lol Kudos to the hair and make up team!!!

You forgot plug for Hu Shin's art work in the cafe the week before lol

I am actually enjoying this show, I really like all the people in the house, I think they are all talented and interesting. I also really like the panelists. I'm not sure about why the editing is so focussed on Ji Young, and Min Gyu but I'm sure it's about selling the show. Even though it is irritating everyone. I'm also not sure why Ji Young forms these intimate, warm relationships with all the boys and then gets overwhelmed when they all like her. It's pretty easy to set boundaries really. It was weird when Hu Shin got teary when he saw her, and told her had prayed it would be her. Clearly the guy was totally infatuated, how could she not see that. However, I still am enjoying it. It's actually better than some romcoms I have been watching of late. I do have to add that the Ji Young/Min Gyu date in his cafe was so elongated, the water pouring and the banana cake....boring cringe.
Given that everyone is raving about Heart Signal 6, I checked it out. Not for me, I find the contestants boring as dishwater, the bit I watched was them standing around the kitchen unable to function as if they were on Mars. I mean "a fried egg???" When they eat, which seems to be most of the time their convo is exceptionally self conscious and tedious. The panelists comment on the most mundane crap, Rainie doesn't stop screeching and Jerry Yan, sorry he's so dull. Soz to disagree, just my opinion. lol

My sentiments exactly, so irritatingly stupid that I dropped it! Obviously the plot of touching someone's backside for a flash of future insight, could be potentially funny, in a slapstick kind of way, if that's the sort of humour that floats your boat. However, looking at comments below, it improves. Which it could only do frankly lol! Great cast though!

Not sure what to watch after this one...lol