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Don't worry, it was only 'temporary insanity' and everything is just hunky-dory now!

One thing I forgot to mention is SD at the breakfast table praising JD for getting something from a rich person and KS repeatedly saying "abojei!!" I know it's terrible, but I was chuckling throughout, knowing that the SD actor is playing it up for laughs.

That was an interesting episode. The thing that stands out to me is that SJ couldn't bring herself to touch JD when she was crying. Hmmmmm.
And why on Earth is JD not asking to see her feet???? Have the writers forgotten about how obsessed JD was with her Mom's feet? Even drawing a picture of them??? Was it too hard to make up her feet to look gnarly?

NGL, I FF thru the LittleDong/YJ scenes. I know I shouldn't, but I want the best for YJ and he just creeps me out.

Was it something more than just a plot device to get her out of the way so JD could meet SJ?

Thank you Sara!!! I was saying that this morning, looking at the YouTube clips. PLEASE get him some collared shirts! Even if just a pull-over polo shirt for the summer. Heck, even scrubs (since he's a healthcare worker) would be better for his job at the Chairman's.

Please, Sher, NO!

I don’t know about you, but in addition to just being generally pissed-off, I really feel betrayed by this series. I would never have started on it, had I known it would turn out like this. To me, that’s the ‘litmus test’ of whether a show is good or not: would you have watched it, knowing what it was about?

I’ve heard enough about YLAG that I would never go back and watch it. Yet, here we are, stuck with a stealth-YLAG show.

If the producers and KBS were honest, and promoted the show as:

“The story of a young couple that has to endure torment by their families for their decision to engage in a fake marriage contract. Every trial they overcome is met with another one that is even worse. Can they develop true love for each other in the face of unrelenting challenges to their relationship?”

I would have given it a hard-pass. NO THANKS.

OH GAWD NO!!!!!

Thank you, I absolutely agree with the Chinese fans. They took our feisty YD and neutered her into some kind of mumbling drone. She no longer stands with her hands on her hips, but with her head down. And yes, it's a one-sided relationship. One thing we all need to remember - during those 7 mos after the baby was born, she was having a fun time with Hee playing with the baby and working from home at their hideout. Oh well.

In IBN I loved the 2nd couple (the older one). That's why secondary couples are so important in a drama, and why this one fails so hard - we have no other story to fall back on.

Romance? None. Or terribly inconsistent at best. They are the most frustrating couple I've ever seen. They:
-Still use honorifics despite repeated attempts by him to drop them
-Can't be honest and communicate with each other (they keep secrets from each other)
-She still acts shocked whenever he kisses her
-They have the most awkward hugs I've ever seen
-They make unilateral decisions on their own, decisions crucial to their futures.

The only real affectionate feelings are between the ML and the FL's child. He loves her madly.

Them: "I was sick for 10 years"
Me: "when they took me out of the river I had amnesia and stayed in a small town in the countryside. I was lost for so long until I saw my picture on a food carton box and suddenly I remembered everything!"

I mean, at least they could TRY to write something believable.

I still bet on SJ dropping the bomb. Why else keep it hidden until now? And what's in it for HR?
If I was the writer (LOL) I'd do it in one of 2 ways: In a court hearing where she demands custody as the sole real-parent OR, JD tells her that she'd rather stay with KS/MR because he's her Dad and never abandoned her....where SJ then tells her 'he's NOT your Dad'.

I need to double check tonight's KBS America broadcast of the show, they've changed the promo and tagline to remove the 'rebellious teenager' and I think it's now "A destined couple that accidentally falls in love"

Sher!!!!!! (SMH)

just take it easy Sher. this series should entertain you, not stress you out.

Over 15K comments....I wonder what the record is for a weekend drama???

they haven't done the DNA tests because KBS blew their DNA-Testing budget in Three Bold Siblings, which must have had at least a dozen DNA tests done in it's 50 episode run, LOL. Someone who watched it can correct me.

To BT’s question below that “Is the show well-written/thought out” and disregarding whether it’s entertaining or not, I would flip it around.

I think that most of us would agree that the writing has shown a lack of discipline since Episode 33-ish. I still maintain a change in the writing staff occurred then, but that’s irrelevant. I’ve seen little evidence of structure or planning in the writing since InOk went nuts.

So, let’s focus on: Is the show entertaining? This is "entertainment", after all, and if it isn’t by the end of the day, then TRHC is a failure.

Where as fire needs 3 things to exist (ignition, fuel, oxygen), Entertainment needs its own set of requirements. Content that is: Interesting, enjoyable, and compelling.

The show has to be INTERESTING to hold our attention during each episode. This is the anti-channel surfing ingredient. It needs to be ENJOYABLE to make us feel glad that we watched it and not feel bad about ourselves for doing so. And it needs to be COMPELLING so that we come back for the next episode. Break any one of those 3 things, and the series is not entertaining and ultimately fails.

Personally, while I find the show interesting and somewhat compelling, it is not enjoyable. So for me, TRHC sucks.

But I think the real problem isn’t the sub-par writing. Rather, the show has structural issues it can’t overcome. The K-dramas I’ve seen usually have a main couple, with one or two secondary couples. Airtime is shared between these, with the main couple having the majority of air time (think of it as 50% - 25%-25%). Occasionally, this can get turned on its head (second-lead syndrome) and 3BS is the perfect example: The main couple had little chemistry, while the second (and to a lesser extent 3rd) couple ‘clicked’. The writers of that show quickly changed the storyline to feature the 2nd and 3rd couples, while giving the main couple a supporting role until the end of the series. So, the secondary couples are like a safety-valve: If the main couple’s story stinks, you can switch gears and concentrate on the secondary’s.

But TRHC has too many secondary couples: YM/DW; CM/SJ; JM/DW; Uncle/Hee; CS/IO; SJ/JH, and now DW/SS too. All of these characters are fighting for airtime. But the story is dominated by the main couple. So everything else is reduced to background noise instead of an even flow between the main and secondary couples. SJ/JH aren’t even a real couple, yet they’ve gotten more airtime than any other. We need YM/DW and Uncle/Hee to step up so that we are not being bludgeoned to death by the angst of TK/YD for almost the entire show. Making the viewers subject to this fails the ENJOYABLE ingredient. It may be compelling (like watching a train-wreck) and it is interesting, but it’s not enjoyable. And that’s why TRHC is no longer entertaining and fails for me. YMMV.

Thank you! I must say, the amount of rainfall is really impressive. We certainly need it here (not all at once, but you take what you can get).