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The drama doesn't really delve enough into Hyun So's past for that kind of storyline to be developed but the broad strokes are about right: Hyun So isn't a serial killer but his father was (and the kids didn't know).

I'll admit I was also a bit disappointed that they didn't actually make him the villain but I'd say they do manage to handle the reveal relatively well and they manage to keep some of the' is he, isn't he' tension for most of the show.

Overall, an enjoyable drama. It had good characters and relationship dynamics and the plot was well thought through for the most part. There are a few things the drama could maybe have explored more (especially Do Hyun Soo's past) and the ending was lackluster compared to the other 15 episodes but, given endings are the hardest things to write, that's hardly surprising.

Whilst I wouldn't say this drama is the best drama I've watched this year, I'd definitely say it was a fun and thrilling watch and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a good mix of excitement, mystery, and emotion :)

Very true :)

I mean, some people enjoyed it so you might still like it! It just really, really wasn't for me :P

In which case he really isn't healed. Rejecting past memories because you're unable to trust yourself is not healing, that in itself is something to get professional help for. And regardless of whether he thought he was acting or not, as an audience we saw multiple times that he was completely sincere in his actions towards his family which means that, out of fear, he has rejected happy memories that made him who he was just as much as the painful ones. And if his memories do come back, that's not really an improvement, he's still not healed, he's still going to need to process them, just at a later date. He's basically got a ticking timebomb in his head if that's the case.

I get what you're trying to say but my point is that he wasn't healed. Losing your memories, no matter how painful some of them are, is not and will never be healing and it is certainly nothing like getting rid of an addiction either. Healing takes time, it takes facing and processing what happened to you, it takes effort and agency and you taking back control over how you live your life. Hyun So didn't have any of that, he was not heal ed, he was wiped clean and stripped of some of the most important years of his life. Plus, alongside all the bad memories he lost so many good ones as well: falling in love, marrying, the birth of his daughter, the years he spent with the two most important people of his life. Those are all gone, he can never get those back.

Also, to be a bit of a nerd, if you look at the last ep through certain theories of self Hyun So basically dies in it. The Hyun So we watched for 15 episodes no longer exists, he is someone new, someone different, a new 'self' in the same body.

I mean, I can't speak for others but one of the reasons I wasn't keen on that is because it didn't feel like he was healed? Instead he was wiped clean, a blank slate so to speak. He wasn't the man we watched this entire drama, he wasn't Ji Won's husband, he wasn't even Eun Ha's father anymore (like he literally didn't know her). The ending wasn't him processing and healing from his old scars and moving into a new, happier chapter of his life, it was him having the things that had shaped him up to that point completely erased.

Idk, to my that wasn't a good route to go and, quite honestly, that last scene where he hugged a daughter he had essentially never met before was pretty depressing and more than a little worrying.

Ah that ending was.... I may just have to pretend it ended at episode 15.

Ngl, I love how confidently out Sangha is. It's really good to see some representation where the character isn't struggling with their sexuality or even trying to hide it.

Sangha is adorable??? Like a little puppy?? I feel slightly overwhelmed by the cuteness.

Oh I also don't think that he's the source of the rift, it's just that, currently, with the information he has (and we have tbh) he has relatively good cause to /believe/ he is. It's no doubt going to be more complicated than that but for now all he knows is that it seems to be his choices and actions specifically that are causing things to happen.

But yes, it could also just be him acknowledging that different choices cause different forks.

I was wondering about it as well. It could be that, through his appearance in World B, he's triggering events that would never have happened otherwise. All the stuff that is happening mirrors what happened in World A (Seong Wook's accident, the dad dying in a hit and run) so maybe his presence and choices in World B are causing it to resemble World A?

I'm also assuming he's referring to the fact that it was his choice to give SK the umbrella all those years ago that triggered the differences in World A and B, so it's his choices specifically that change things. He is, potentially, the source of the rift between the two worlds and therefore the reason behind peoples' fates in both of them.

Idk if that makes sense XD

I mean, if it /is/ prescribed for work addiction as grooty said, then maybe its supposed to replace the high workaholics get from work on a short term basis? As in instead of getting rid of the distructive workaholic urges, they replace them with something that's more controllable (at least for the short term)? Idk, from what I've found, severe workaholism is treated and seen as an addiction much like alcoholism and drug addictions so that's current the only reason I can think of prescribing such a strong stimulant for work addiction.

I've found one place that mentions workaholism as a reason someone would medicate with desoxyn although it mentioned self-medication rather than it being the purpose of the prescription. Does this mean it can be prescribed for that as well?

I know that severe workaholism needs treatment (much like a drug addiction) but I'd be interested to know why such a relatively high risk medication would be the go to treatment. Is it supposed to mimic and replace the high workaholics get from working?

I did some digging 'cause I was interested in his medication too. From what I've found, desoxyn is similar to adderall but works more quickly and is more powerful. It can be prescribed to treat ADHD and obesity and I've seen some places say it can be used as a treatment for depression (but not if there has been a history of harmful behaviour).

As for Do Won, they talked about work addition during the scene with his doctor and it sounded like that's what it was prescribed for? Which makes no sense?? So idk what the doctor is doing other than messing up her patient some more (esp given what we know about his adolescence and the fact he engages in risk-taking behaviour).

Agreed! I feel like there are a limited number of scenarios they can go with to make this work but I'd be happy with either result :)

The flashbacks definitely seem to indicate that he's beginning to realise they're not the same person, that they've had different experiences and have grown to be different people. Whist I don't think it's unlikely for them to still continue the romantic angle between Do Won A and Seo Kyeong B, hopefully, if they do decide to go down that route, they'll show us him falling for who she is as a unique individual and not just because he loved Seo Kyeong A.

(And even if they don't decide to go down the romance route, he still needs to realise they're not the same to be able to build a healthy friendship with her anyway)

Average for a cable drama, I think?

He's doing a really good job of differentiating his two characters whilst keeping them just similar enough! I've seen a few k-dramas with multiple characters played by the same actor and, for the most part, it seems to be a technique a lot of them are impressively comfortable with! I also really enjoy stories with alternate worlds/arcs so I'm interested to see what they do here, especially because parallel universe stories can be tricky to end.