KevinToronto

It is clearly product placement. He is looking to expand his business through franchising in different countries. 🤣

I got the same vibe. See my comment above.

Perhaps it was because I recently re-watched it, but I saw similarities with The Good Detective (https://kisskh.at/51853-silence) in the first episode. I will hold off on saying too much now, except to say that there are at least 3 significant common elements that I see, so far.

Just in case anyone is worried, I really love The Good Detective.

I need to find my own vent (literal and metaphorical) location. What really made the scene for me was that others heard her and knew it was her.

Thank you. I really appreciate the help. Now added to the playlist.

You are right that the ages do not match. "Red herring"?

That was my thought as well.

Wow, what a first episode. I came across this programme by accident while scanning for something to watch. The title caught my attention immediately, and I am so glad that I stopped to watch.

Now I will be on tenterhooks for the next week for the next episode. The ending today had a twist and I want to see if I am correct in my thoughts.

Help needed:

There is a song played in Episode 28 that I am trying to identify. It is the one that accompanies the hotel room scene and starts at 12:05. The first few lines are:
Somebody, catch me Lord
Before I fall too far
Save for these memories, Lord
I 've given up all you are

I have tried a few online "song identification" apps but have had no luck. Is there anyone here who can help?

I am fully aware that it is fiction, as was "One Spring Night", see my other comment. If the "struggles of a single father" were not integral to the story, then why have they played such a role? For example, his year of parental leave resulting in his firing, and his daughter "accidentally" meeting future stepmother in the bookstore and bonding over reading?

As I said, I realise it is fiction, but why do we have to have it become fantasy? Even "Terius Behind Me" (https://kisskh.at/27703-terius-behind-me) did a better job in its portrayal.

This is the main reason why I decided, after episode 3, to not watch until the end. Why didn't the writers follow the lead of "One Spring Night", where introducing the ML's son was a difficult decision, that was handled very well with a lot of empathy.

Which shows that none of the writers and producers have ever experienced being a single parent. I have and had to experience a manager (not mine) regularly shout to the rest of the office "Banker's hours again, Kevin" when I left to pick up my two children from daycare before it closed, and that was in Canada.

To further highlight the annoying discrepancy, here are two quotes from the DramaBeans recap of episodes 5 and 6.

"Ji-yoon merely falls asleep on Eun-ho’s shoulder, and we get a tender moment where he pulls her close and leans his head on hers. ... The next morning, Ji-yoon convinces herself that last night’s incident was just a dream, and when she probes, Eun-ho assures her that he didn’t return to the office from the team dinner."

"In a casual (read: stylishly probing) conversation about Eun-ho’s fatherhood with Mi-ae, Ji-yoon learns that Eun-ho got divorced when Byeol was less than a year old and he has been raising her alone since then. Mi-ae has glowing reviews for daddy Eun-ho, and Ji-yoon agrees that he’s a good father."

I am relieved that other people have found this part of the story disappointing. It is the main part of the reason why I decided to stop watching after episode 3 and will binge watch when it is finished.

Meanwhile, on the BBC website, there are these two stories about invasion of privacy and stalking:
Prince Harry versus newspapers: This is the one that matters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2l00xkgwnyo
Police investigate reported stalking of Gladiators star: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23n4r1lv7ko

The first article, especially, shows how the media will feed the stalker mentality in its efforts to make more money.

Also, it has taken me a little while to decide to ask this question, but here goes. How many people have watched Love Scenery (https://kisskh.at/52895-love-scenery) and were disturbed by the stalker activity of the secondary character: Ding Jia Yun? I know I was.

Have you not seen this website (FlightRadar24, https://www.flightradar24.com/37.75,-97.82/6) or Jack Sweeney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sweeney)? I just checked FlightRadar24 and I can see a huge number of planes in the air over China. Flight tacking information is covered by international treaties and is essential to ensuring safe skies.

By sheer coincidence, I saw this article not long after reading this one in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/18/basic-humanity-missing-social-media-beset-football). Sadly, too many people (I hesitate to call them fans) believe that celebrities are public, if not personal, property, and are not entitled to a private life.

Celebrate a star (actor, footballer, etc.) for what they do, not who they are.

Everyone is different. So, my recommendation is to watch the first episode and decide from there. I have watched the first 3 episodes and have decided to wait until the programme has finished its run before re-starting.

I have been one of the people who has posted negative comments about the programme. In part, this has been because I had high hopes for it and they have not been met, so far. And, as someone who has experience as a single parent to young children, I am disappointed with the portrayal, even allowing for the large difference between Korean and Canadian societies.

Thank you for the excellent comments; none of which I necessarily heavily push back on. Perhaps invoking "misogyny" was too harsh and insulting, and I apologise for that. My defence is that I "re-role reversed", and believe that people would have been harsher if it had been a male CEO and a single mother executive assistant.

I have watched Her Private Life, What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, and Business Proposal. I would even add Something about 1% to the list. However, I do not think that any of those shows went to the extreme of CEO excellent at one thing/useless at everything else and Executive Assistant extremely competent at the "everything else".

Like you, I love shows where difficult issues are raised and explored. This is one of the key reasons why I love Korean dramas. Yes, the issues are rooted in Korean/East Asian culture, but they are often found in Western culture.

Last week I wrote that I had started watching the show with high hopes and they had been dashed somewhat. I will watch the show completely once it has finished the run, and I hope that it surprises me in the remaining 8 episodes.

We are watching the same programme; it is just that we are viewing it through different life experience lenses.

For context, I separated from (and later divorced) my wife when our children when they were 6 and 4. Although I was a "single" parent for only 50% of the time, I still recall the difficulties of balancing work demands (I was a project manager) and being there for my children. And unlike One Spring Night, the rest of my family were on a different continent and could not help.