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I can't recall a kdrama where a workplace romance was known about. They always seem to try to hide it.

TBH, this happened in my office too. Two if the staff (she worked for me) had been secretly seeing each other and we didn't find out until they sent out wedding invitations. The fact that they wanted to continue working together in the office afterwards (in different workgroups) gave my Division Chief headaches galore. But, to their credit they were fine, it was kind of odd, actually. You wouldn't have known they were married by the way they behaved.

I do, given their penchant for happy endings in the early evening dailies. I also suspect, that given the birthrate issues in SK, the gov't may be prodding KBS to include shows with couples having kids.

I am hoping the HY character turn comes soon, as it makes no sense now, with SW able to defuse any situation she may try to come up with and her being in the CEO's bad books.

For EA, she is a caring person, deep-down, we see that with her support for CY and GaRam. I think the writers will do right by the kids and have them heal after the trauma of learning the truth, by pairing them with a mate that will support them as well. To me, the obvious choice for her is the instant family of MG/GR, while EH gets HY. I do think it would be really interesting how HY supports EH when she learns the truth as well.

For SJ, I see one of two fates for her: (as you mentioned) She realizes her dream and sells her first screenplay, which is the story of the recent events of her life: Essentially, the show we are watching (all that's missing is her narrative here). The other fate is as Loelha suggested: As KS Foodville has no heir-apparent, she would be the next choice if she can come down to earth and apply what she's learned at the cafe to the real-world. We don't know what her degree was in college, but maybe her mom & dad start her on that career path.

Those are all good points, I do wonder how they can afford such a nice place....

I'm pretty sure he was just gushing...he can't get his love-goggles off. But I wouldn't turn down a hot mug of citron tea, served by a pretty girl either.

I think her journey, after being fired, would be her storyline going forward. She discovers that EH is her man, after all and with his prodding, begins to re-think her life approach. She needs some time to think this through. In the meantime, sure, she can work at the cafe (so long, JS) to bide her time. But eventually, she'd prolly get another job in the business, maybe something with less pressure (we've seen this before in BML, for instance) and focus on her husband and she'll end up getting pregnant too (both she and EA need to think about babies soon), so there's her own family to consider.

I thought his giving her a week was excessive. 3 days at most. He needed to light a fire under her. "if you don't tell her in 3 days, I will tell her everything. Who do you think should tell her first?"

EDIT - we also get a little insight into HY's personality: she is a goal-oriented person who doesn't understand that life is about the journey to the goal, and not the goal itself, as EH is trying to explain to her. She wears blinders in her life, which explains her unhappiness as well as she cannot share other's joy in her life.

Well, she did "make a mistake" by making the wrong choice to lie to her sister. But the bottom line is that she lied to her all these years. How can JA forgive her?

MG is such a dope, he'll certainly make a dumb decision or two.

I know the CEO is hesitant to lose an experienced producer, but if this truly does blow up in their face and the investors pull the funding, he HAS to fire her. I don't know how he could justify keeping her on staff? Maybe that's the kick in the teeth she needs to take stock of her life and see things for what they are (EH-wise)?

That's an interesting take on SJ. I really don't like her character. She's a lazy, immature fan-girl who spends all day in her room, and who makes snap-judgements about people without bothering to think first. She acts on whims without thinking of the consequences of her actions or how they may be impact others. I HATE the thought of her with MG. I've said it too many times here - I'm waiting for MG and EA to realize they have a future together with GR. Short of the boy's real mom (whom we know zilch about) she's the only one he's bonded with and she would be the mature, stable wife that clown desperately needs.

I just watched it with dinner. This WAS a good episode!

1. Of COURSE the fryer is broken when ES brings SW to dine with her parents. And what a thoughtful thing for her to do to cheer him up. I wonder why she didn't think of taking him home to eat with them?
2. I LOVED when ES ripped HY a new one in the office for setting up SW for this fail. Shades of Dong-Mi from Bravo My Life!
3. I've never seen Kim Bo Mi (MG's mom) angry before. YIKES! She was on-point with her anger and disappointment with her son.
4. GaRam is 6 years old. What have they told him about his mom??? Surely he must have asked by now? Does he think she's dead? I don't think this is a red herring - they wouldn't have shown us her face. She is coming....for what ends? Who knows at this point.
5. As Sher noted below, Sang Ji's English is very good! Even her use of "yeah".
6. EH is killing me with his "carrying the torch" for HY. WILL YOU PLEASE CONFESS TO HER AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY???? I know, the script won't allow for it, and there will have to be some traumatic event for her to realize all that he's done for her, but still, GEEZ.

Gosh, I loved this show. Too bad it's been so long since it aired, I guess the chances for a season 2 are gone, which is sad, since the webtoon goes on well past their marriage into their family life.

This was so well-cast, and everyone was on-point: from the production team to the actors and the background music. I can't really find fault with any of it, and I fell in love with both of them and their supporting cast. The beauty of this show was that it was able to develop the supporting cast and make their roles believable while not taking away precious time from the leads. I even bought the DVD as the re-watchability of this is 10/10.

I'm sorry I missed it live, would have been fun to watch the reviews here on MDL as it happened.

You're right, it should be his full legal name. For the life of me, I can't find that episode where ES was looking at the cover page of the court finding.

Random thoughts (have not seen today's ep):
1. I'm not sure who this "Ed Williams" actor is, but his manner of speaking is really awkward. Is he deliberately trying to over-enunciate? His cadence is all wrong. Or maybe English is his second language?
2. In a recent flashback (I can't find it now) ES sees the court documents showing the final verdict for Acquittal for SW. I didn't notice before, but it was from THE SUPREME COURT OF THE US. That must have been one heckuva libel case to make it all the way up to the SCOTUS, LOL.

I did. SPOILER ALERT.

I can't get it out of my head....there's a reason they wrote him as a detective on the police force.

I'm thinking EH finds out first, in a way that was not supposed to happen.

Although unlikely, they could have her wind up being alone, as fitting punishment for her deeds, if they really turn her into a bad person. I just can't see them going that far, but it's an option I guess. When even your own father says you have a nasty personality, that speaks volumes.

You know, when the show moves along, as did Ep51, it's pretty good (wait a minute, didn't we say that about AOME???)

Anyhow, if they keep up the pace by de-cluttering all these background secrets, maybe they can get the show back on track (Hmmm, I think we said THAT about AOME too???)

This wasn't a bad ep, and the twist with the 2 moms is really interesting, although it really was the chicken fryer's fault. But at the end, my heart just goes out to EH, man they are gonna do him dirty.

One last thing for the ladies here: My fashion sense couldn't fill a thimble, but it seemed that HY's clothing for her lunch date with JA was like something you'd wear to a funeral? Am I mistaken, or was she dressed appropriately?

I understand that he is hesitant to get involved in his employee's personal affairs, BUT if SW or ES complains, he has no choice but to terminate her - he's already given her a warning by reducing her pay. I don't think he has the option now to transfer her to another team's project. He kinda blew it there - in the real world, the HR Director would be having a fit. But, this is how it works here in the US, maybe different rules in SK?