Kathryn_51

Also "Her Private Life", "Love in Contract" and something-weather-something lol.

My impression: 1st half (up until ep. 25 or so), overall family and specific character stories were moving - but slowly. As of Ep. 25, stories began to coalesce - and then sprang forward into new and interesting connections and plot twists. And as of Ep. 35 (Sunday), the plot twists and pivotal events continue for many of the characters and story arcs.

This is only my 2nd weekender, but the prior one went in circles - over and over again, the same conversations, the same angst, very few meaningful (as opposed to unnecessary) plot twists.

This one is definitely NOT circular, continually provides "new" history/background to move all the various stories forward.

Don't know if that helps. I'm very unhappy with a couple of the character actions, but other characters and events are fun and intriguing. Probably a sign of a well-written weekender.

Episode 35 (Sunday) hits highest ratings ever: 21.4%

Episode 35 (Sunday) hits highest ratings ever: 21.4%

From the beginning, Hyo Shim has had major daddy issues stemming from his abandonment of the entire family. The brothers tried to be the father figure to each other, but she had to play both roles for her mother, as well as the bread-winner.

Nam Kyung Eup (the actor who will portray her father) just completed his current project (the daily "Elegant Empire"). I don't know how far in advance the daily dramas film their episodes, but LYOL is about 2 weeks ahead.

I'm glad writer isn't writing a Cinderella-saved-by-the-prince (white knight, whatever) story.

Well, perhaps I am pre-disposed to think this way and perhaps "plead" is a better word, but the written preview is interesting. However, the written preview doesn't begin to match the teaser video, so who knows.

And why should she be pissed at TM??? Does she think that TM did something wrong? Does she think that TM should automatically come to the rescue of his cousin who has declared war? Pfffftttt.

Meanwhile, I'm thrilled that Tae Hee finally connects with her big brother. :-)

Ahhh. . . I learned something new. I thought Kocowa was only available in the Americas? Or, perhaps it's just Kocowa+??

I did a free trial of Kocowa last summer - primarily because it has many old dramas from the pre-streaming days. Then discovered it also has current dramas from the three broadcast stations. So, I've kept the subscription - trying to decide if I keep Viki as well. 🥰

haha, haven't read the manwha, but her love of food was too obvious to not point in that direction.

In order to watch Kocowa, you would still need to subscribe with a payment method. Viki is usually 12 hours later than Kocowa.

He called the finance guy to confirm - is he supposed to mis-trust everyone EXCEPT Tae Ho?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They were late today - but that meant I could re-watch the critical scenes twice w/out subs.

I've always figured that Hyo Shim would beg TM to help and Tae Min would once again ride to her rescue (in this case, TH). But haven't watched today w/subs, so might be wrong.

I don't believe he has the evidence yet?? Director Park supposedly has it?

I stopped watching along about Episode 6 - mainly because of holiday weekends but realized recently that I never returned. Saw that it was still on my "currently watching" list and decided to check out comments/reviews before taking another look.

Thank you for your articulate analysis because it helps me understand why I never returned - the repetitive and/or slow motion scenes and two beautiful people do not create a unique story. There was simply nothing unique about this romance.

Are you still missing subs? Yes, they slept together and she told him it was no big deal - rather a rotten thing to say when she was the one who pounced. He was hurt. I understand that on a weekender, sex is off-screen. But also, my take is that there is no point in writing a story where a couple HAS off-screen sex unless there are going to be future consequences.

Methinks Mi-rim will be pregnant.😍

The whole point of chaebol companies is that the founding family does indeed have enormous control, even if publicly traded, because they own large majority of the stock in the parent company and likely 100% of many of their subsidiaries. Subsidiaries are not publicly traded - and therefor quite easy to sell off to raise cash. So, that part of the story is finally beginning to make sense.

Great point. Stomach cancer is treatable if caught early enough.

lol, I sped through the raw and now that subs are up, I don't have the heart to watch. Maybe later today. 🙁

An epilogue would be nice - but they need to start moving out of the studio so that the next weekender can begin to film. TRHC was way behind and still filming 4-5 days before the last weekend air date, but much of it was on location (restaurants, airport, wedding, etc). The "in-studio" scenes were bare-bones (family photo scene, etc) and many of the bedrooms, apartments, etc were unused (probably dismantled) for at least 2 weeks before that.

And if they want the highest ratings - they need to go for the wedding, right?

Another possibility is a stand-alone filler "episode" where the main actors summarize the various stories thus far and give teasers about the future episodes. They did this with Alchemy of Souls (Part 1) (an entire weekend delay) because they were still doing the CGI work.

Oh well, as I said - this is pure speculation by someone on Namu Wiki which gets some of its gossip/rumors from netizens.