The craziest things happen when fears and hopes are faced simultaneously.....a door opens to a new normal and that's exactly what happened for Moon Kang Tae.
This episode is titled "The Ugly Duckling" and it's extremely fitting for the three main players. Go Moon Young was the girl who yearns for inclusion and love, Moon Kang Tae was the person who dreamed of normal and Moon Sang Tae's wish is to never be without his brother. All three felt that life had slighted them (and it had) and by the end of episode 11, the trio glimpsed a brilliant and fleeting moment of contentment. A momentary transformation from self reflected "ugly" emotions into natural happiness.
For me, the highlight of this episode was the brothers fighting. Their relationship has formed into something healthier for both and Moon Kang Tae's relaxing smile after the knock down was beautiful. He is no longer the caretaker, the responsible party, but a brother. Kim Soo Hyun's ability to personify his character's feelings is truly an awe inspiring moment for the acting craft. They should build and name an acting school after this guy.
Episode 11 is, once again, a masterly crafted episode that will be watched repeatedly and knowing this series is 5 episodes away from completions is heartbreaking. I think I'll need my own version of a nightmare doll to handle the emotional toll.
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To show what a phenomenal actor Oh Jung Se is (the older brother), he's also in the drama "The Good Detective" and he plays the polar opposite character of Sang Tae. I had to look it up twice to make sure it was him.
The target audience of this drama is 20-49 age group (korea)...about 23 million Korean pop belongs to this age…
My only fear with the Korean domestic ratings will be the Network heads not wanting this quality of drama made into future shows because of the "low" national ratings. The usual trope of "cute girl meets stern but softhearted CEO and get together, break up, she goes abroad, get back together last 5 minutes of the last episode" would make me bang my head on the floor.
why care about the rating when the show has only good reviews and keeping the views satisfied.. its a netfliz…
My true fear of the low ratings (although they're not truly that low) is the powers in control of show content will look at it and say, "well, it didn't do that well in the ratings so we need to go back to the usual drama trope".
My favorite gossip columnist of the last decade is once again raving about "It's Okay to not be Okay" and ranting about the fast driving hit and run it's doing with her emotions. Excellent read...
I think that's why the fans are really, really positive and passionate about this drama. It interlaces a story that can be relatable to our present and past and for me personally, I find a little healing me with each episode.
A lot of time, writer's get a lot of "help" in the form of director / producer / network oversight and a brilliant…
I watched it and could see a few moments of brilliant writing and then they disappeared. The story line was not fluid and that's what I would have raised 100 kinds of holy crazy over had I been a director with that script in hand. Ultimately, I thought Lee Min Ho and Woo Do Hwan carried the drama with their performances.
I'm not sure that's her mother. Not because the clues don't add up but instead, because they do add up. I'm wondering…
I'm not sure about the details because this writer throws so many script curve balls (that make plot sense) that I've stopped guessing. I've definitely been off every time I threw a theory out there.
i honestly don't get how is this show so well written. when you check the writer's credits her previous works…
A lot of time, writer's get a lot of "help" in the form of director / producer / network oversight and a brilliant script or idea gets watered down to the point the story is unrecognizable.
Well I was right I THINK about her mother being alive but I didn’t realize she’d be THAT CRAZY ? also the…
I'm not sure that's her mother. Not because the clues don't add up but instead, because they do add up. I'm wondering if she wasn't a patient close to the mother and knows the story line.
Episode 10 was everything anticipated and the emotional ride that I tried to prepare myself for but failed miserably.
This was an episode where I hated the ML (please don't get me wrong, actor Kim Soo Hyun was brilliant in every scene). After experiencing the parallel life of "what should have been" with Go Moon Young, he lets go to follow his old, familiar pattern. No more laughter, no smiles, just the routine of his life....wake up, eat, go to work, come home, all in the category of being his brother's caretaker. He recesses back to responsible misery.
Moon Sang Tae is the "Boy Who Cried Wolf". His alternate reality of "he pushed me into the water and wanted me dead" was only partially right in that his little brother, not even an adolescent, had not learned how to hide his feelings. This child, who was neurologically different, had a small world to play in and that consisted of a mother and brother. He was lonely, isolated and learned the art of manipulation. Their scene in episode 9 and repercussions displayed in episode 10 allows for healing and a healthier relationship to begin between the two.
Go Moon Young, the person who endures silently while others distance themselves, absolutely slayed me throughout the episode. She very quietly and in her own way, begs Go Moon Young not to leave her again to no avail. Nam Joo Ri, the former childhood friend, comes to pick up the brother's belongings and only shows her true feelings (albiet in hilarious scenes) under the influence of alcohol. The publisher CEO, when asked who comes first, dodged the bullet with a diatribe about the different shades of yellow. Which meant she was his priority when it involved business. At the end, she sits alone at a very large table looking out. What her thoughts are is anyone's guess but the foreshadowing sentence at the beach raised the hair on my arms. "I'm not a firecracker! I'm a bomb! I blow up and kill everyone!". I'm left wondering how much more loneliness will push an isolated person to harm those she loves? Or, perhaps, her mother will carry out punishment of her "loved" one's for similar circumstances.
Even with the upbeat, happy expression preview of episode 11, I know there are 6 episodes left to go. There are most definitely, bigger roller coasters yet to ride in this drama and I wouldn't miss is for the world.
This episode is titled "The Ugly Duckling" and it's extremely fitting for the three main players. Go Moon Young was the girl who yearns for inclusion and love, Moon Kang Tae was the person who dreamed of normal and Moon Sang Tae's wish is to never be without his brother. All three felt that life had slighted them (and it had) and by the end of episode 11, the trio glimpsed a brilliant and fleeting moment of contentment. A momentary transformation from self reflected "ugly" emotions into natural happiness.
For me, the highlight of this episode was the brothers fighting. Their relationship has formed into something healthier for both and Moon Kang Tae's relaxing smile after the knock down was beautiful. He is no longer the caretaker, the responsible party, but a brother. Kim Soo Hyun's ability to personify his character's feelings is truly an awe inspiring moment for the acting craft. They should build and name an acting school after this guy.
Episode 11 is, once again, a masterly crafted episode that will be watched repeatedly and knowing this series is 5 episodes away from completions is heartbreaking. I think I'll need my own version of a nightmare doll to handle the emotional toll.
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This was an episode where I hated the ML (please don't get me wrong, actor Kim Soo Hyun was brilliant in every scene). After experiencing the parallel life of "what should have been" with Go Moon Young, he lets go to follow his old, familiar pattern. No more laughter, no smiles, just the routine of his life....wake up, eat, go to work, come home, all in the category of being his brother's caretaker. He recesses back to responsible misery.
Moon Sang Tae is the "Boy Who Cried Wolf". His alternate reality of "he pushed me into the water and wanted me dead" was only partially right in that his little brother, not even an adolescent, had not learned how to hide his feelings. This child, who was neurologically different, had a small world to play in and that consisted of a mother and brother. He was lonely, isolated and learned the art of manipulation. Their scene in episode 9 and repercussions displayed in episode 10 allows for healing and a healthier relationship to begin between the two.
Go Moon Young, the person who endures silently while others distance themselves, absolutely slayed me throughout the episode. She very quietly and in her own way, begs Go Moon Young not to leave her again to no avail. Nam Joo Ri, the former childhood friend, comes to pick up the brother's belongings and only shows her true feelings (albiet in hilarious scenes) under the influence of alcohol. The publisher CEO, when asked who comes first, dodged the bullet with a diatribe about the different shades of yellow. Which meant she was his priority when it involved business. At the end, she sits alone at a very large table looking out. What her thoughts are is anyone's guess but the foreshadowing sentence at the beach raised the hair on my arms. "I'm not a firecracker! I'm a bomb! I blow up and kill everyone!". I'm left wondering how much more loneliness will push an isolated person to harm those she loves? Or, perhaps, her mother will carry out punishment of her "loved" one's for similar circumstances.
Even with the upbeat, happy expression preview of episode 11, I know there are 6 episodes left to go. There are most definitely, bigger roller coasters yet to ride in this drama and I wouldn't miss is for the world.