Kathryn_51

That's the whole point of the Ep. 8 Epilogue - Hae-in had an epiphany and she realized that she wanted to be by Hyun Woo's side ( instead of always expecting Hyun Woo to keep his promise to be by her side).

That was her pivot point.

yeah, it's been there from the very beginning. 😍😍😍

I wouldn't have started this drama if I didn't believe 100% that there would be a happy ending for just about everyone and punishment for the villains.

The FL and ML are FICTIONAL characters. The people posting on this forum ('y'all') are not.

In Ep. 6, when Da Hye was concerned about what would happen with the family, Grace told her to "Just take your share and leave." So, that was always part of the plan - that she would play a part and get paid and return to the US.

I think perhaps she's an actress (she didn't want her photo taken for social media). Grace told her to "stay professional" and Da Hye felt insulted.

Also, I think she's Eun Seong's sister - she was far more casual in her interchange with him and referred to him as Eun Seong (not Mr. Yoon0 than someone who knew him for a few years at the orphanage.

Genre? my term would be 'Roller Coaster' - thrilling ride of mega-romance, humor and mystery with steep slopes, plummeting valleys and whiplashing twists and turns .

Very fun video. Perhaps I am wrong, but I think tvN and Netflix are promoting this much more than some prior Sat/Sun dramas. For instance, TWO pre-releases every week. but perhaps my view is because this the first drama in almost 2 years ago (since Alchemy of Souls) that I paid much attention. 😊

For what it is worth, I think his mother will turn out to be ill at some point. Last episode she took a nap and daughter said that it was unusual. But I have no idea what is happening in the preview.

EXCEPT, I need to write up a current calendar but from my review, Hae-in was given her diagnosis on June 1, 2023 (based on the date on the Divorce Agreement document) and the drama is now in the late "July" time-frame. So .. . . . ????could be related to Hae-in.

Episode 9 pre-release w/English DUB (not sub) - absolutely hilarious with the two families sitting down to eat together in Youngdu-ri. When I first watched (without trying to translate the Korean subs), I thought - oh Father Hong. . . . you are so understanding. 🥰 And, he indeed was TRYING to be find be . . . considerate. 🤣🤣🤣

Next 2 episodes (my prediction) are going to be a mash-up of non-stop comedy (Youngdu-ri), revelations of the evil Moh Seul Hee and mayyyyyy. . . . .beeee some glimmers of romance. Enjoy.

https://twitter.com/ezdubs_bot/status/1775661686982119755

He may have killed the dog, but he left Korea in 2001 so wasn't around for most of the others. It is, of course, possible that he killed his adoptive parents but we found out that his mother was in New York City around that time (+/- 1-2 years???). I think we are going to find out most of the answers in Episodes 9 and 10 which I why I posted this for everyone's reference.

Moh Seul-hee's birth name was "Oh Sun Yeong" and there is a death certificate dated October 18, 1993 for her (which means there WAS a body).

We don't know whose body it was (but would anyone be surprised if it was the original Moh Seul-hee???)

And yes, we have been told that Moh Sel-hee became the Chairman's mistress "30" years ago).

The young boy Eun Seong was accused of poisoning a dog in 2000 - just a few days after the Chairman, his grandchildren and the Mistress visited the orphanage (and thus a few days after the dog chased the young Hae-in).

How many people have died or been poisoned in Moh Sul Hee’s “orbit”?
1. 1993 – a woman identified as “Oh Sun Yeong “died” in October
2. 1998 – Hong So Wan (Hae-in's older brother) died in a mysterious boat accident
3. 2000 - The dog was poisoned
4. 2003 – Grandmother Yang Mi-suk died
5. 2013 – Evergreen Hope Orphanage burned and the Director died too.
6. Unknown (but possibly 2017?): Eun Seong’s adoptive parents died in a car accident
7. 2021 (?) - Hyun Woo/Hae-in lost their baby
8. 2023 (July?) – Grandfather Hong Man Dae is poisoned and expected to die in 2-3 months.

This woman is like a magnet for death! I’m beginning to wonder if the young boy Eun Seong actually poisoned that dog – or did someone provide him with the poison? She was in New York City six (6) years ago – about the time that Eun Seong may have been finishing up at the University and when his parents died?

She didn't say she would take care of him. She told him to trust her, she would never make him cry. And according to her, she made that promise to get him to marry her.

That's what we have seen thus far thru Episode 8 - she made casual promises because of what SHE wanted, she never really understood that he DID trust her (the episode w/the fake racoon - she was amazed that he may have believed her but really, what the scene demonstrated was that he WANTED to believe her).

However, after all this time, she finally realizes that she doesn't simply want him to be by her side, but she wants to be by HIS side and I think the next several episodes will show HER side of the relationship/marriage over the last few years.

Not "evil" per se, but more of a "grey" character - and this drama has plenty of those.

I think we will get more substantive flashbacks and/or scenes in the Epilogue from the honeymoon. 😊

Unfortunately, The special episode already aired in Korea - it was a summary of scenes from Episodes 1 and 2 so that viewers could get caught up and/or introduced quickly to the drama.

1.Da-hye (Lee Boo Bin) was fake from the beginning. In reality, she was an orphan at the same orphanage as Eun Seong - at a minimum, she is a very good friend (she calls him by his casual name Eun Seung). However, when she married Soo-cheol (Kwak Don Yeon), the family thought her Korean father was a professor at an Ivy League school. She was brought into the family by Grace and Eun Seong as part of the plan to oust the Queens family - she was promised a lot of money to play her part.
2. The drama has hinted that the baby might not be his.
3. We don't know the story behind her son's DNA, but the Hong family doesn't rely upon "nature" to become pregnant - they ordered Hae-in and Hyun Woo to go through a "procedure", so probably the same for Da hye and Soo-cheol.

Locating her will be a key part of Hyun Woo's counter-attack.

Honestly, I still think she is Eun Seong's sister (perhaps half sister).

Not an expert in Koren law, but I don't believe the divorce (final or not) makes a difference in the investigation.

The family is under investigation because Grandfather "embezzled" money from the corporation and transferred it to a personal slush fund. It's not clear who in the family was aware of that or perhaps had their own slush funds, but as his heirs, they presumably all benefited - taxes weren't paid, etc.

However, Hyun Woo was not an heir and he never owned any stock. Thanks to Hae-in, he was recently audited and he was the squeakiest of all squeaky cleans. Finally, he will be expected to cooperate and he's the one who discovered how the outside audit firm was part of the scheme - which will put a spotlight on the outside audit firm.

heaven knows where this is headed, but my hunch is that Hyun Woo's goal is to stall for time (and I don't think the family will be in Youngdu-ri until the last episodes) for 2 reasons: invalidate the POA and get Hae-in back to Germany for treatment - and she can't leave the country right now.

This drama is about to climb the second steep slope of the roller coaster ride. 😊

Divorce in Korea

Earlier, some were wondering about the divorce process in South Korea and the "30 day" element. I've checked several sites and this seems to be how it goes:

Divorce by agreement (the type we are talking about here) is something that both parties sign and file with the court.
The magistrate will schedule an appearance. They must appear before a magistrate in person - if children are not involved, this usually happens w/in 30 days.
They must confirm to the magistrate that they both still want the divorce and then it will be approved/final.

Korean viewers who are watching the calendar know that 30 days have not passed and will understand that it's not final/final. Will we get a scene in front of a magistrate? Or reconciliation before that? Or, they fail to show up? They return to Germany at some point (the "miracle poster).

They are clearly separated; Hyun Woo clearly assumes it will be finalized soon. The ball is now in Hae-in's court to get the marriage back on track but has she learned that manipulating Hyun Woo with false promises is not the best strategy?("I only promised to never make you cry so that you would marry me"). I hope so. 😊

I finally completed as well and tend to agree. If they wanted to highlight the reality of depression and PTSD, then it should have extended throughout the end. Instead, they seemed to wrap it up for the most part (yeah, I know, her appt. with her psychiatrist was late in the series) along about Ep. 10 or 11.

Very enjoyable, no unnecessary violence or death, very sweet couple. 8⭐.

Compared to many of the other romantic comedies in the last year (My Demon, Destined, Wedding Impossible, Good/Bad Mom, King the Land, Lovely Liar, etc. etc) I finished this one w/out FF finger.