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Second thought bouncing around in here:
In a heart-wrenching scene in the preview, we see TK on his knees begging the Chairman, presumably to accept them as family. We've seen TK with a pretty long fuse, temper-wise. In his fights with JH, he never takes the first swing.

But this time, I really wanted TK to stand up to him and scream at him to the effect of "YOU TRIED TO DESTROY MY FAMILY! WHAT GIVES YOU THAT RIGHT WHEN YOU FAILED ME AS A FATHER YOURSELF BY NOT EMBRACING ME AND MY MOM NOR PROTECTING ME FROM YOUR MOTHER AND OTHER CHILDREN OR EVEN SETTING A PROPER EXAMPLE OF HOW TO BE A GOOD MAN, etc, etc"

THAT'S the scene I want to see! Part of this ties into why it's bad to lie to your parents, and I'll explain that once I can formulate it into words.

A lot of thoughts bouncing around in my head while waiting for the dust to settle from ep 30. For starters:

Continuity Issue?
At the abortive lunch date (29), TK tells Granny he used to call the Chairman "father" but stopped because she hated it. In the Annex TK tells YD he never called the Chairman 'father'.
Didn't that strike anyone as odd?

Hey, that was a spoiler!!!!

or maybe someone would actually call IT support and see if they are indeed tracing an IP address? (of course they're not).

They just showed Ep 28 on KBS America here. I couldn't even watch it, being so distracted/disturbed by what we saw today. I need a day or two to get my head right again.

what does he say to InOk in their bedroom, after he finds out she's hospitalized?

Ape, do we have any idea of what date it's supposed to be? Is it still spring there?

Exactly! We really need the KBS version to be subbed.

Thoughts on Ep 30:
Normally I wait a day and re-watch before posting this, but I have no interest in re-watching this Episode. So here goes, this should be quick:

I wanted to FF thru most of this, but it was like passing by a car wreck and I couldn't bring myself to hit the FF button. The only exception is below. The funny thing is, there were some sweet moments for our leads, but all that was crushed by the ending.

HITS:
-Obviously #1 with a bullet is YD telling TK that they should live together and toss the lease. If they were gonna do this, why not talk about registering the marriage too???? And I was gonna save this for Kissing Monday, but GEEZ KBS, if this wasn't a major enough development for a first kiss, then WHAT IS??? That kiss would have bonded them and made it easier to fight what is coming up. GRRRRR
-Next up is YD getting the matching ankle bracelet made for Real's "dad". Although I was distracted by her not answering her fone when TK called to warn her.
- The necktie scene at the Annex and continued at DW's bedroom. We all get the inside joke of YD & YM talking about her 'friend' and it was really cute. God knows how the revelation of who is who is gonna go down?
- HW & JM. Next to the ending scene, this was also very tough to watch. I don't completely understand his reaction. But this couple really needs counseling to see if they are even right for each other. Olive needs a dad, but this marriage just may not be the best idea. I think she does love him, but they just can't communicate.
- A shocked pharmacist encounters HW. The fact that he can bring himself to cry in front of her speaks volumes. That scene was beautifully shot and acted. It may be the one scene I would re-watch, although it too was tough to watch.

So, all told there were some good moments. But they won't be remembered long because of ....
MISSES
- Miss Nutcase & Mr. No Eyelashes. Enough already!!!! She is micro-managing their stupid plan to death and he trusts her less than I do. The best part of them was seeing her mother meet them and find out they are 'dating'. I was cackling at their discomfort while she was interrogating them.
- Hee & SJ Girls Night Out. I FF'd thru almost all of this . What was the point? Karaoke? Really? In the middle of all the angst??? NO! BAD IDEA!! WHO CARES???
-Chairman's berating of YD and evicting her from the annex. Really, ChanSik? This is your way of being gentle with a pregnant woman? I get that you're concerned about your wife, but you're using a sledgehammer to attack a gnat.
- The crosswalk scene.....JH, clad in black & stalking YD out of the office building post-CS meeting. As I mentioned to BloomingTide below, the symbolism here was stunning but didn't prepare me for what was to come. And of course, TK riding to her rescue in his white stallion (err...Volvo). And he's clad in off-white....The tension of waiting for the WALK signal (will he dash or not?)....The ringing in her ears (well done) and her vision getting blurry before she passes out. Unfortunately, all that was ruined for me by the graphic details in the scene. That did not need to happen as it was shown. And of course, it will be repeated on Saturday's opening scene. GREAT.

So, watch at your own risk if you haven't seen it. It is a crucial episode in the series but be prepared for the last 2 minutes.
All that being said, this will be the longest week yet in between episodes. It will be interesting to see what happens in our comments section while waiting.

NGL, I was certain that while he was waiting at the crosswalk, he'd dash for it and here comes the WTOD. It would miss him (since this writer loves mocking those tropes) but be close.

for me, it's become a race to see which one will back-stab the other first? Him, to protect YD/Real, or her to protect her delusional vision of TK as her husband?

watching this has really bugged me. Especially the rivulet of blood. that was NOT necessary.

you can see the kocowa one on Dramacool now, the subbed version is released.
The kocowa/dramacool one lacks a couple of brief scenes (CS & InOk in the bedroom, TK calling CS 'father')
As usual with Dramacool, you must go to the actual dramacool.sk website and let it re-direct you to the current host site (not any of the other ones that are loaded with malware) and use the adblock extension on your browser.

Holy smokes, that was even worse than I thought. I need some time to digest all of that.

Right now, what registers to me is that the preview for Ep31 on Kocowa is different than what KBS Drama posted on YouTube (which is longer) You can compare the YT preview (unsubbed) here (even has different background music):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbDBm1pFn8

A few days ago, I half-jokingly told BT that the original actor for CS quit because he saw how the character would develop (in reality we were told it was health-related).

But now, I'm loaded with DEJA VU as history repeats itself. I don't know why the old actor left, but I'm pretty damn sure why they chose Sun Woo Jae Duk (SWJD) to replace him.

WARNING - MAJOR SPOILERS FOR BRAVO, MY LIFE 2022 (Sher1264, I'm talking to you!)

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In that series, SWJD portrays a chairman of a large company and father of an adopted son (sound familiar?) Their relationship is somewhat strained (not as bad as in THRC) and the son wants to continue to pursue a relationship and marry a woman the father does not approve of, as it offends his 'traditional' values. The son, when ordered to break off the relationship by SWJD, refuses and continues his efforts to seek approval, further frustrating the father. So he calls the woman into his office (you see where this is going) and instructs her to break it off and leave him or else. She is quite intimidated and meekly complies.

So, either this is a heckuva coincidence, or he was brought in to reprise the role he played so convincingly in Bravo My Life.

My .02.....

ughhhhhhhhhhhhh

Have a cold drinky and something nice to eat.

I was happily not thinking about it while doing housework. Now I'm done and thinking about it. And lunch too. LOL.

What really bugged me was the symbolism in the YT clip of what I guess was the last scene of the episode. There is JH, all in black, stalking YD from behind, as if he were the Grim Reaper, come to take his child. I'm sure that was intentional and was VERY disturbing to me. Then the bleeding....and I was freaking out.

And I know, I know, we were warned this was coming, but to actually see it and how they did it with such subtle malevolence was tough to watch.

Take your time today and chill, you've done your part. It doesn't really matter if you know spoilers or not, actually watching something like this happen to two characters you care about is not easy.

Oh I totally agree, and still don't understand why InOk feels that having her quit her job would help them as a couple, except as punishment for her. She and her brother are 2 of a kind. But I posted that, trying to say that she values her job more than her marriage. I can't picture her on her knees begging to save her marriage, like she did for her job.

The YouTube clips this morning were bad bad bad. I may ostrich this one for awhile and watch a prior episode instead!