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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?

They are really setting him up for some major troubles. Maybe that is when HY offers him solace and the tables turn for them?
I have a theory on the DNA test: I think the events leading up to it would be the key, not the test itself, but then I've been batting .000 on my theories with this show and AOME.

Thank you, Sher. I knew I recollected that somewhere. OH well.

I think that what bothers me the most, and I did a poor job of explaining it, is that this storyline is such an OBVIOUS dead-end. We know that SW will tell his mom about his feelings for ES, not HY, and that will be that. If we didn't know that, then fine, let it play out. But since we do, why are we bothering with burning up all this airtime with this pointless arc? Do they need filler already? The only point to it that I can see is that this stops HY in her tracks and she sees the light.

Otherwise, I dunno....poor/undisciplined writing (again)?

Oh, and BTW, when SW failed to tell HY, clearly to back off, leave ES alone, etc, I got a flashback. Remember the scene in Apple of My Eye, where the ML told the SFL he wasn't interested in her, but then spent the next evening making foodfor her (in her home, no less) when she was 'sick'. We berated the writers then for the mixed-messages the ML was sending and it's deja-vu again for me with SW's behavior.

Just finished Ep 50. While not a bad episode in its own right, it leaves me feeling troubled for the direction this series is going (I know, I'm late to the party on that one).

The HY storyline makes zero sense to me at this point. All of her skullduggery (and airtime devoted to this) to try to make inroads with his mother will be for naught the minute JA talks to her son, and he tells her FORGET IT. The ONLY thing I can think of, is the followup scene where JA tells HY to leave her son alone, and that they shouldn't meet anymore is the cold dose of reality HY needs to come to her senses, and see that the long-suffering EH is the man for her. But I'm running out of patience if this doesn't happen in by the time we get to ep 60, the half-way point. Otherwise, we're befalling the same fate as AOME and TRHC where the SFL becomes the de-facto FL simply because the storylines all revolve around her.

In the hype leading up to this series, please correct me: Weren't we told this show would be a comedic, light-hearted series about warring in-laws, and there would be no angst or drama? WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?

He wants to do a DNA test on them (interesting how they will manage THAT) to confirm. The fact that he raised that little trial balloon with JA after dinner in their bedroom tells me he WANTS to let her know (and at some point, obviously, she will).

I watched that part of Ep50 again. He DOES know....at 5 mins in, when they are having coffee, he let slip "so the sly fox you have feelings for...(then corrects himself)" So he knows she's the '100-year old fox with 9 tails' he referred to earlier. At the end of the ep, when they are having a meal at their apartment, and she mentions she is planning to see someone else, he doesn't say anything.

Continuity in these shows always leaves a LOT to be desired.

I know. :-(

They need to resolve the HY situation SOON, within the next 10 eps, or else I'm afraid we're headed into Apple of My Eye territory again. I HATE the way they are writing her.

I'm trying to convince myself they have this all planned out. But I'll admit, my doubt is growing weekly.

Too many characters, too many storylines, not enough air time. This is one of those situations where "less is more".

I kept thinking, it would be a good thriller mystery for an evening drama.

I can NOT believe EH didn't hug HY at the beginning of the show. He lost a lot of stock with me: Dude, here's the woman you love, upset and sobbing, and you just STAND THERE????? I wanted to tear my hair out. He can go and buy her a drink and let her spill her guts out later, but at that moment, in the cold, with her breaking down in front of him, and he just....stands there.
That does NOT compute.

(And I'll say it again, the actress playing HY is doing a stellar job. She's just terrific.)

Woah, let's not go there, Sher.....these early-evening dailies don't go that dark. Although, it WOULD be a heckuva twist for EH.

You know, what's funny is that I kept thinking "What if SJ is right, and this place needs to be remodeled?" Both of those establishments NEVER have any sit-in customers (I know, it's a k-drama thing, but still.....).

I love that they used the pose from the Korean version! Really looking forward to this.

This reminded me of my biggest disappointment with Ep 47: SW's lack of reaction towards HY's confession. I kept waiting for the polite yet FIRM response to tell her to back off (or else), yet we got nothing??? What kind of mixed messages is this guy sending? Did I miss something?

I get the feeling the writers feel the domestic audience simply doesn't want anything different in their early evening dramas.
I can't help but think how much better Apple of My Eye would have been if there had not been a 'happy ending', but something more bittersweet where the ML lead loses the FL, due to his unassertiveness (for lack of a better word).