Kathryn_51

Queen of Tears was a non-stop roller coaster ride that involved much more than the main couple romance. Corporate intrigue. Secrets from the past to be revealed. Plot twist upon plot twist. I was desperate to watch every new episode even tho it required getting up at 6:30 am on Saturday/Sunday. LND is less stressful. Maybe that's the reason.

Also, as others have mentioned, this is a 3 day weekend in Korea due to national holiday Choseok. I'm seeing many, many family gatherings and groups wherever we go. Traffic is awful. Also, LND will be re-broadcast several times this week on tvN and it's also streaming on TVIng, so many people have option to catch up later in the week.

But, I really don't know the real reason why ratings have stalled.

Totally agree that their friendship is more than living next door or going to highschool together. Hye-suk entrusted her son to Mi-suk. In an earlier episode, she blasted her wealthy/rich friends and defended Mi-suk and Beok-ryu.
In fact, the "love" in this drama is much more than the two lead couples. It is the two mothers. The two dads who from Episode 1 have clearly have a strong bond and care about each other and also as clearly neither feels comfortable expressing their feelings to their spouses or children. The broken love of ML's parents (and I've been waiting for their story to play out). The love between FL's parents who somehow, in spite of their flaws and weaknesses, have never considered divorce.

It's a refreshing change.

Both she and Han Joon Woo were identified as "special appearance" in the credits. Each one appeared for four (4) episodes so I think both have appeared and left.

Most other 16 episodes rely upon an extra murder or secret history plot to fill in the script and create tension/problems.

This drama definitely breaks from that strategy.

If there was, I missed it too. 😊

thanks for sharing - they are so. . . hmmmmm, "cute" isn't the right word for 30-somethings, but charming, yes, "charming'.

I happen to be in Korea right now, so no access to my usual USA Netflix w/subs. Whether the break-up was the fault of one or both, I don't like the way he suddenly arrived on her doorstep w/no advance notice. I don't like the way he manipulated a potential contract with Seung-hyo's firm. I don't like the way he wants to drag her away to the USA and away from her family. Hopefully he is gone soon.

"This is not a show about romance, romance is just a sub-plot, this is a show about “love and relationships”. The love and relationship of a father and daughter. The love and relationship of married couples. The love and relationships that is present inside a family."

Absolutely agree. I've read a handful of articles on Naver this past week and in interview after interview, cast members would talk about it being a "neighborhood" love story - not just romantical love, but neighbors loving/supporting each other. Older adult love story (Seung's parents") as well as the youngsters.

The ep. 8 episode kiss is frequently "accidental" or fake. Then the REAL first kiss is Ep. 11. Maybe it will happen in Ep. 10, but I've been betting on Ep. 11 ever since. . . . oh, about Ep. 2.😁 (but I WAS hoping for a fake kiss in Ep. 8😢).

I've always had a soft spot for Seung's father and mother - reading about their history/back-story and then watching the results of "failure to communicate" is very sad. I hope they have happy ending - together with all of the other love-next-door/neighborhood couples.

I haven't watched w/subs so can only trust that your description of his words are correct (frankly, watching w/out subs gave me the exact same vibe of him blaming Beok-ryu somehow) I was surprised so many viewed his attitude as "understandable".

Bottom line - she needed him in that moment, he didn't respond to her phone call and he was in a very close physical situation with a co-worker. But then, I've never liked him. I didn't dislike Seung-hyo's ex, but Han Joon (?) is just too controlling for my taste.

The hearts of the people of Hyereung-dong break when they find out about Pomegranate's illness.
The Lavender friends stand by the wounded Mi-sook, and
Dan-ho offers warm comfort to [mo-eum].
Meanwhile, the pomegranate disappears pending the biopsy results, and
Seunghyo urgently goes looking for the pomegranate.

So.. . . . . that last one changes things from what it looked like to me. - the documents Seung-hyo read apparently involved a biopsy test (dated June 24, 2024), so perhaps the English subs will clarify that.

TVN finally posted the preview/spoilers for Ep. 10. Good night from Korea. 😴

LND ended at 10:45 KST (usually ends at 10:30), so release on Netflix might be later than usual.

sorry. It's late here and I'm still suffering from jet lag. I edited my comment.

Episode 9 was extra long. 1 hour 25 minutes I think. Watched live in Korea. Don't know how to describe it but Beok-ryu treats Seung-hyo cruelly (from my viewpoint) and she could die at this point and I wouldn't care. But. . .pretty sure she won't. 😊

This is based on no subs, so just guessing at what she said but she was cavalier and acted like Seung-hyo was nothing more than a casual friend.

There were scenes from when Beok-ryu and Ha-joon broke up and he acted like a jerk. Might be wrong but it seems that she overherd Chris telling co-workers explicitly about the stomach cancer and she didn't realize that other people in the company knew. Could be wrong.

Ep. 9 was 80% sad scenes and I'm glad I couldn't understand every word. Ep. 10 preview looks slighty positive.

Many scenes of the family dealing with the news. Last scenes are at the beach (from the 5 minute trailer) and Seung-hyo holding Seok-ryu from behind.

"No friends" EXCEPT a very controlling ex boyfriend/fiancé? He was the only one? It doesn't make sense that the woman who was happy in college with many friends (happy photos at graduation) wouldn't make ANY friends later except. . . . a boyfriend. They never did any group activities or dates?

I don't like Hyun Joon. Why did he visit Korea two years ago? The way he manipulated his entry to Atelier with the excuse of building a home for his parents? Promising "one last meal" and then immediately breaking the promise by planning more meals? stalking her after she tells him to stay away? Pulling out all stops to get her back to the USA? WHY? Why was he attracted to a very lonely woman? Classic control freak. Admittedly, that's how I hope it plays out because - as I repeat myself - I don't like the character.

He was apparently supportive during her medical issues, but wasn't there when she needed him - he was cheating on her. I really hope Beok-ryu gives him hell when she kicks him to the curb.

Haha, no idea where the Blue Dragon studios are. But a trip to the DMZ is on the itinerary (how could we not? - the Korean War and aftermath are so integral to modern Korea. )

I had VPN on my computer when I wanted to watch Asian content in the USA. a bit of a hassle and we will be very busy. Besides it releases on Netflix around midnight Korea time. I’ll look forward to reading. Comments here😊