KevinToronto

I would have to disagree with the rudeness being unnecessary. Yes, she is ultra "independent", but when you consider her family, who wouldn't be?

As for Hyun Sung, he waltz's back into her life and starts trying to control it. What is with publicly announcing in her workplace that he is her fiance? Shouldn't that be something she has said yes to? And how many times has he grabbed hold of her arm, hand or shoulder? She is a highly successful person in her own right, and he is treating her like his personal object who must do everything he decides. He is borderline stalking her.

Her treatment of Woo Ri seems to be more rooted in her inability to recognise someone who genuinely wants to help. In my opinion, that is partly due to her home environment. Having a perpetually jealous and angry "sister", and a "brother" who is totally useless and has done nothing in a good many years must have been extremely stressful. How many times has the fact that she was abandoned by her birth mother been thrown in her face? Also, I suspect that her success has resulted in a lot of professional jealousy, with resultant back stabbing.

I think that I am going to have to put together a chart of households and "blood" families to keep things straight.

I am not so sure that it is insecurity. Of what I have seen so far (and I have deliberately not watch a few episodes to binge later), the character is the typical rich, pampered boy child who believes that what he wants is his by right, and he will get it. Him telling Woo Ri detailed information is the pompous pretentious statement of "This is mine". The fact that Soo Ji is an individual and not an object is irrelevant.

I have not yet seen today's episode, and might not for a while. I am thinking of waiting for 2 or 3 weeks before doing a binge watch, including multiple skips of the annoying stuff.

Having said that, my feeling is that Hyun Sung would have paid no attention to what Soo Ji does or says. He clearly is of the opinion "I am the greatest thing since sliced bread, and Soo Ji is my possession." The necklace is mere affirmation that he "owns" her.

It is possible that his father will have some role in the upcoming scandals. However, I feel that Hyun Sung will be the primary driver. His possessiveness will lead to anger and jealousy as Soo Ji and Woo Ri become closer as colleagues and on a personal level. Plus, I feel that he will cling on excessively and that will cause problems for Soo Ji's work. Will he dismiss her past 10 years of career and say that she should be a good mother to their future children?

Finally, I think the yellow cloak will be a key factor, and that is where Na Young will get involved.

I agree with your view of Hyun Sung. If I recall correctly, at the piano recital, while dropping off the flowers, he said his "girlfriend" was waiting for him (or something similar). I realise that this is "drama land", but how can he expect to re-start a relationship after 10 years at full throttle? The lack of respect for Soo Ji and how she will have changed/developed over the 10 years is staggering.

Sadly, this is a main character, so will be around for a very large part of the series.

A lovely series that ended on a high. I am really happy that we will get to see this quartet again.

I am going watch the two episodes back-to-back later this afternoon.

But inane BS is what makes the world go around. Well, that is what it feels like when I deal some of my colleagues at work. 😂

No worries. I have Queen of Tears on the "To watch list". I am thinking of waiting until next weekend and having a binge session of the first 8 episodes.

Okay, who is going to sign up as a Charter member of "Masochists United"? The first training session will be held after episode 1 of Beauty and Mr. Romantic this Saturday.

Interestingly, I took the fact that both Hyo Shim and Tae Ho ran every morning as an indication/suggestion that both were "living" the same existence. Obviously, the random and reluctant "interview" that was broadcast in the gym just when Tae Ho was walking past was purely coincidental and happens to many people in real life. 😂

It is interesting that this show gets grief, but Flex X Cop seems to have escaped the fact that the lead car is the 222 million won BMW XM, which has only just been released.

If it is not Subway, then it is Quiznos.

I have not been to Korea but what you say does not surprise me. Samsung is no longer the best selling brand because of the Chinese Android competition. And, yes, it is clear that the product placement is for the latest and greatest. I am less than a year into a two year contract, and I am certain that the pressure will start at the one-year anniversary.

This is one of the recipes I started with, https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/jjajangmyeon/comment-page-29. The other is one in My Korea by Hooni Kim. The former uses radish, potato, and onions, with zucchini. The latter has only onions and zucchini, with gochugaru flakes. Obviously, they both have pork.

There are a few H Marts in Toronto, plus Galleria stores.

It would have been best to delay the announcement by a week, unless there is a cliffhanger ending that can only be resolved by the second season.

While it might seem that Samsung phones are too common in Kdramas, we have to understand that Samsung's revenues represents just over 22% of Korea's GDP, and was the best selling mobile phone brand worldwide for over 10 years until 2023.

If you can get past the first 4 episodes of OTT fluff (think bored entitled Chaebol son having fun), the show settles down into a really nice progression of friendship, respect, and trust amongst a team. There are hints of romance but it is not overt, and if it never happens, the show still succeeds.

I agree with your sentiment about the commentators here. It has been fun and a pleasure to exchange thoughts and opinions with you and others. I look forward to meeting up to discuss other programmes soon.

I am afraid that beat you with the jjajangmyeon. I made the sauce on Sunday, although I slightly deviated from the traditional recipe by using diakon radish, sweet potato, potato, and onions, with a healthy helping of gochugaru flakes.

When the second season starts development will depend on the availability of the other stars, writers, etc.