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You know, I'll give the writers credit for this much:
When I think about it, this is the most bizarre storyline I've come across in a long time: "A missing woman reappears in her family's life to harvest the bone marrow of her abandoned daughter."

This may be the most disturbing plot ever. Certainly nothing I've heard of in a K-drama before.

Oh well, have a good night folks. 6 eps to go.

Plus, they are going to let SeJin off as well! She gets to start a new life in the USA (oh great, just what we need) as a college student, probably hooking up with KJH after they're settled in. If they go the YLAG route, and "punish" her by taking it out on an innocent victim, well, it wouldn't surprise me.

I totally agree! I've often thought of how much more interesting this show would be with all the intrigue we tossed about here.

I really resent the writers for giving us that 10 minutes of him acting like a good father, trying to evoke sympathy from us ( of course that was the day after he went on a bender where he consumed two entire bottles of liquor). What was the point of that? How can they imagine a redemption arc for this guy? Let's review his track record of responsible behavior:

-Demanded not once, but TWICE that YD abort the child, the second time in front of the Law at a Police Station (so it's probably on video).
-Cheated on YD while they were dating.
-Abandoned YD and fled the country without leaving her any financial support for either getting an abortion or having 'his' child.
-Conspired to commit fraud against NX Group (phony Intranet article about YD/TK).
-Agreed in principle to conspire to cause financial ruin to NX Group.
-Began stalking YD by: Making harassing phone calls to YD late at night & going to YD's home, uninvited, and harassed her late at night.
-Did not even want Haneul, as shown when InOk tried to give him the child. He wants both YD/HN, or rather, he does NOT want TK to have them. All this is about his hatred of TK and wanting to deny him of anything he can.
-Failed to disclose to the Gong Family the results of his DNA test.
-Prevented his Sister from attending their Mother’s Memorial Service.
-And just to top everything off: He threatened a Nun in a House of Worship.

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but just that last item alone should have made him irredeemable and subject to the WTOD, IMO.

They, and their agencies, should have started asking questions around Ep 50, when it was apparent the series was going nowhere. But by then it would have been too late. But maybe they could have pressured KBS and the producers to hire a veteran writer to help clean this up. Problem for us is, the ratings for the domestic audience have been good enough that no one wanted to rock the boat.

Well, that was interesting (ep 115).
The most memorable thing for me was a throwaway line in a scene most of you skipped. SD walks in on Aunty and DH, while he holds the EPT. He asks "Is that a COVID-19 test?" This is the first time I've EVER heard Covid mentioned in any Kdrama. I was shocked. In Kdramaland, we've been made to think Covid never existed.

Anyways, everything else was pretty predictable, with SJ being her usual witchy self. I'm not sure of the definition of 'mistress' but I don't think MR qualifies simply because she's a girlfriend? I really wanted SooJi to take a swing at her and grab some hair. That would have been epic!

JanDi's acceptance of being a donor seems short-lived, however, thanks again to SD, who is overheard yelling at HD about her ghoul-ish daughter's plans to have JD save Jenny. I'd presume tomorrow JD will also learn who Jenny is?

Question: Why hasn't DH gotten another job? He was supposedly recruited by other bakeries.

Lunkera, you've seen many more kdrama's than I have....have you ever seen a male lead like KS before? Someone that is so weak and passive? Does he fit a type of Male that Korean audiences prefer?

I agree. Beyond the initial premise, when they actually had to flesh it out, they just stumbled along for 50 episodes. Between the poor planning, nonsensical story-lines and illogical plots, it has all the hallmarks of writers who are in over their head. I swear, they are comparing notes with the TRHC writing team which is similarly overwhelmed. What makes this even worse, is their prior effort "Unasked Family" was another 120 ep drama, so they should have figured this out by now.

I've got a feeling that scene was out of sequence. It looks like he was telling her not to take some OTC digestive stuff because he suspected her preggo. Maybe he was the one to get her the EPTs we'll see tomorrow?

It was mentioned that TK has a friend who works in the lab and had them expedite his test. In 3BS it took a couple of days for their tests

dont' remind me....ughhhhhh

I could only hope he was capable of thinking like that (getting a hair sample). But I think we're running out of time for that story to develop.

Loelha, this is so funny! I am laughing because I asked that as I figured they were women and I disliked their portrayal of MEN in this series! LOLOL

It seems to me that they have given us two males here: there's the idealized passive, pushover KS who is soooo nice and willing to sacrifice everything for anyone and then there is the Demonized Rat Dongie who relies on manipulation via lies, intimidation and physical restraint and violence to make his point. Looking for a regular guy who leads his family? GOOD LUCK. The closest is the other JH whom we rarely see interact with his son, and is so distracted by his dream of being a screenwriter that he's not much of an employee, much less chaebol-heir. And let's not forget the boot-licker SS and the dirtbag SD. Oh, well, there is DH...oh wait, he's an ex-con!

I'm not saying that men like KS don't exist. But they spend their lives being used and taken advantage of by everyone in their life. And usually cannot see just how miserable they truly are. This should be a supporting character, not the hero of the show that commands almost all of the show's focus. (I know others may see this differently vis-a-vis his being a victim of abuse his whole life, I'm giving you my perspective as a male).

Well, FINALLY! Allow me to be a bit greedy, but we got the scene I'd been calling for in the last month: HD must apologize to KS for the actions of her daughter!!! THANK GOODNESS. Now, KS, MOVE OUT ASAP!

As we careen towards the series end, the only thing they are dragging their feet on is the Aunty Ding arc: They should have done the EPT a couple of eps ago, not now.

Otherwise, KS finds out the "truth" (always have to use a disclaimer for whatever comes out of SJ's mouth), and so does the rest of the family. But for gosh sakes, KS, when she is telling you about her Other Family back in the US, where is your outraged '"You started a new family??? What about your family here????" Plus, CR, who IS outraged (justifiably, this time) doesn't slap KS, but a wallop with the new suit coat she got him sufficed. And as usual, he did his best rag-doll imitation. This guy.....

The most amusing part was the in-laws all feigning illness when SD walked into the dining room asking why they are all getting tested. That actor seems to be the spark of the show at this point. But if they are all getting tested, HD or YJ stands a better chance than KS, no? Especially YJ? Wonder where they will go with this???

The scene that is stuck in my mind is KS braiding Jenny's hair so gently. When SunJu walked in on them, I was thunderstruck with the thought: What if they DO reconcile and he adopts this girl too??? Why did they show us that, and especially with Jenny saying "He's like Dad".

Everything you said is 100% true. That being said, if JD is a match and can save a life, she should do it. This would make up for a lot of bad karma on her part and she'd always have to live with the fact that she didn't save a life when she could. She's too old now, at 15, that she cannot misunderstand the implications of this. The rest of her life would be filled with 'if only....'

If she is physically capable to do so with little risk, then she should, and take pride in the fact that she helped save a life (whether or not if she finds out it's her half-sister), and not concentrate on her mother's motivations.

This was actually a pretty good episode, they are really keeping it moving.

We can only hope!

I'm wondering if the writers are male or female?

Just to remind us....
From the REVIEWS section of Unasked Family, the prior series by this writing team:

"The starting of this series shows a good promising around 1-10 episode, then the series starts to go downhill with poor character development and awful interaction."

And we wonder why THIS TEAM got another shot at a daily drama????

That must be it, then.