Kathryn_51

Well, that is quite the deviation! Recently, H Mart opened up in my hometown and I need to find an easy recipe and ingredient list to try it out. I liked that last little bit between Tae Min and his abeoji whose first request after being released from prison was to go to their favorite eatery for jajangmyeon.

This is on my watchlist because of Yeon Woo Jin, but the synopsis doesn't sound promising .

Can someone tell me the "violence" quotient? I'll give it a try, provided the violence is low-key. Otherwise, probably not worth my time with so many really good rom-coms available right now. (Wedding Impossible; Queen of Tears; Doctor Slump) .

Thanks for the info but I tried to locate korsub.me with no luck. If you can provide a link, would be much appreciated.

Production quality doesn't look that great but Seo Ji Hoon is one of the few that I will try to watch if possible.

He doesn't believe that she loves him back.

I'm glad they aren't prolonging that part of the story.

I think there is more than simply losing a child. Perhaps she was told she could not carry a child safely? Perhaps she overworked and fell (feels guilty). Perhaps the baby was born but soon died? There's more than a simple miscarriage.

I think you are right about Matchmaker Grace and da Hye being part of the conspiracy, but I'm not sure about Seul Heel. If she's the one who ordered the boar incident, then what did she hope to gain with the potential death of someone else? All that to convince Gramps that the shaman is all-knowing and never mind if someone else was killed? Eun Seong wasn't part of that plan - he was angry about it.

if she thinks Yoon Eun Seong is working for her she's in a for a big surprise. He wants revenge - he's using her. I'm assuming he and Da Hye knew each other in the US.

I really love this show with all off the conspiracies and how the writer is slowly peeling back layer after layer of various family events and tragedies.

This drama will have many twists and turns in a variety of stories: the main couple's relationship, her disease, Eun Seong's revenge plot against the Hong family, his manipulation of Hae In. We know who a couple of the baddies are, but there probably a few surprises and a few surprise good folks as well. In every episode, we learn more about different members of the Hong family but we still don't have the full picture. For instance, is Grandfather going blind or senile?

In the end, it will be up to Hyun Woo to be the hero, vanquish the enemies (hopefully with one very well-placed sniper shot) and save the Queen family/fortune. It will be quite the ride and I'm looking forward to all.

paleplum, thank you for the mention. I just posted my last Tuesday Trivia for this drama. And in doing so, realized I enjoyed the MDL community and researching amusing anecdotes more than the actual drama itself. I swore never again after TRHC until I saw that Ha Jun was one of the male leads, but alas. . . I found that character of Tae Min more intriguing than Tae Ho. But now I say. . .never again and I mean it. Cheers, Kathryn51.

Tuesday Trivia – My last one I guess. Although it’s still Monday where I live, it’s Tuesday in South Korea, so here’s my news and tidbits.

Various cast members have been posting their “final” photos on Instagram, but I always enjoy reading Ko Joo Won (Tae Min) and Im Ju Eun (Su-kyung/Tv Anchor Lady) posts because they banter a bit and clearly enjoyed working with each other.
Ko Joo Won: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4msoLqvfv6/
Im Ju Eun: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4o5-bdPdvZ/?img_index=1

Lee Kwang Gi is always a favorite and we plan to visit his art gallery when we get to seoul Meanwhile, he posted a video of wrapping up his last scene with Tae Hee actress (Kim Bi Joo) https://www.instagram.com/p/C4mKKwCPUJB/?img_index=1

Finally, it’s when I’m FF thru scenes (and therefor not paying attention to the acting/script) that I notice little things. And this last weekend (I FF’d thru 75%), I noticed (by comparing new and old episodes) the following:
1. The bedspreads in Hyo Jun’s bedroom are the same ones that were in Tae Min’s bedroom AFTER Su-kyung supposedly re-decorated. I don’t know if they were a holdover from when Hyo Shim lived there and I’m not going to check (but that would be even funnier if set designers were so lazy that both characters had the same decorating style). It always bugged me that the set designers didn’t make any attempt to revert TM’s bedroom to the way HE originally designed it.

2. The lamps at the Jeju Island “pension” are the same ones that again – were in TM’s bedroom after Su-kyung re-decorated.

3. Tae Ho finally returned to TS Fitness and that convinced me more than ever that they rented an outside gym for the original few months (when they were filming 100% outside studio).

This is probably my last weekender because I just can’t relate to the main couples who suffer, suffer, suffer throughout. I had more fun from researching things like Daegwallyeong Pass (which is definitely on our must-see list when we go to Korea and yes, we’ll watch out for the WToD) and the “60 Chicken” franchise (yes, plan to eat at one) and I’m planning to make Jajangmyeon (black bean sauce noodle dish that was favored by the Taesan family).

Of course, 75% of the enjoyment watching LYOL was the great group of commenters on MDL who kept it civil and funny at the same time. Looking at how other viewers filter and process a scene differently helps reinforce my mantra that it would be a really boring world if we saw everything 100% identically. Cheers, Kathryn 51.

Episode 51 Rating: 22.0% (not the highest - but close)

Lots of viewers say they hate the "corporate" stuff, but the highest ratings for the drama occurred during the Taesan Group battle - beginning with the two cousins battling for control, makjang moment after makjang moment; conspiracies layered upon conspiracies, all culminating in the downfall of the villains (which is rather unusual in a weekender, I believe). It was absolutely my favorite part of the drama.

And then? The drama sputtered after the villains were caught and punished - at which point Deadbeat Dad shows up for Brand New - and Insufferable - tension for a few episodes. Hyo Shim belatedly (20 episodes too late) decides that by golly, she wants to experience what living a life independent truly means - and we get to see what? 2 minutes of it? 3 minutes with Hyo Do and Tae MHee? In the last several episodes, they spent more time with Grandma and Landlady saying Absolutely Nothing and Park Woo Joo meeting prospective. . . . . whatever.

My biggest grips? After Tae Min brings down the villains, writer-nim didn't know what to do with his character. Closure with his abeoji (confession time: I teared up) but ZERO between Tae Ho or Tae Hee after the 1 year skip? It's now clear that Ko Joo Won filmed his last scenes a couple of weeks ago because I now understand his ig "story" he posted back then - a video of him walking oceanside with the comment "time to go fishing" or "Let's catch some fish". This was his "drama" comeback, I believe (I know nothing about the actor) and I hope he will have a good future.

I'm not saying it's clear - in fact, it's possible that their situation was worse, such as perhaps she was told she couldn't get pregnant again or that she would have more miscarriages.

But from what we've seen thus far in 4 episodes, she was happy at the wedding, on their honeymoon and was giving 100% (w/her husband) in planning for the baby.

Of course she's afraid of failure! Her whole life is laser-focused on success.

We don't currently know what happened immediately after she lost the baby. Perhaps one of them was traveling. Perhaps she fell and blames herself. Perhaps she was told she couldn't get pregnant or that she would likely miscarry in the future. We don't know, but I'm willing to bet there is more than simply "dealing with the issue alone" - that wasn't how they handled things early in their relationship.

But I'm glad the writer showed the viewer early (only 25% of the way through the drama) rather than some ugly makjang excuse near the end.😊

Losing a much longed-for baby is a devastating event for most couples. On top of that, the woman who says that "luck" is always with her also lost a brother in a tragic accident that she was apparently associated with.

Just a guess, but perhaps Hae-in is afraid of failure (afraid she won't be able to have a child) and that's why she froze her husband away. In fact, it's the most understandable reason for her attitude towards him. But. . . maybe I'm wrong and there will be another past event that explains it.

I watch on Viki and last week it was available when I opened up Viki at 8:00 am PDT - it may have released even earlier but I was surprised - didn't expect it until later at night

I think the matchmaker set her up with him.

i'm watching - and enjoying both Queen of Tears and Wedding Impossible.

Is anyone else having trouble keeping things straight between the two chaebol families (and their spouses/secretaries/friends, etc)?? the non-chaebol families are unique in each drama, but too many similarities in the chaebol families - especially incompetent siblings, scheming sisters, stereotypical chaebol grandfather.

As mentioned previously, I'm the mother of twins and I'm getting definite twin vibes re: Hae In and the brother they lost.

Nope. Matchmaker and brother's wife. That's my theory and I'm sticking with it, lol. Plus Evil 2ML.

Africa? when was that mentioned?

well, at least we were spared the Mi-rim in childbirth scenes - i was dreading those. But I guess the alternative was mi-rim with the shaman. 🤣🤣🤣