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I like that these characters are actually complex for once. But within that context, I think i've changed my opinion about the characters in this drama. I thought they r good people and they still are, but my god are they frustrating and selfish, the leads especially. They just do what they want without thinking about the consequences and how it will affect other people. It really pissed me off this episode how haran just up and leaves in the middle of the night while hayeong is worried sick about her without bothering to tell her she needs to get away. This isn't even the first time. It's just a pattern with her atp. Anything upsets her, she vanishes with no trace. She did this for seven years when her first bf passed. I understand people have trauma but she seems to be the kind of person who also makes it everyone else's problem. Apologies if that sounds harsh, but it's really difficult to empathize with someone who takes no effort on their own to recover for themselves by themselves while also dragging their loved ones into their mess without stopping to think even once how it can affect these people who ultimately become collateral damage for no fault of their own.

Like i thought the core theme of this show was haran healing from her trauma but it feels like the writers just want to keep making her this agency-less tragic girlfriend who always needs a man to come to the rescue🤦‍♀️

Hopefully the final episode resolves these details tho i have no idea how...

The only bright spot for me this episode was yet again, seeing hayeong and mr coo. I love the symbolism in their story with the elevator as well as the sour candy. It makes perfect metaphorical sense too in a way because the elevator, that just happened to become their regular meeting place, symbolizes how both of them seem to contain their emotions without ever expressing them, while the sweet and sour candy is literally hayeong and taeseok personified xD

Loved that detail about the fact that he still remembers how she is the one who introduced the candy to him but she's long forgotten that and doesn't even like the candy anymore...hopefully that becomes another wakeup call for him to realize that time changes people, he doesn't have to be the only one stuck in that 19 year old boy's tragic circumstances and forever guilt...ugh how i'll miss these two and the tiny crumbs they've been giving since ep 1 🥹

Ok i agree this second couple has a generic storyline. I used unique more for second couples in general (like cinderella at 2am for eg.)

They deserve a whole spinoff or at least an independent drama with this exact dynamic and theme 😭 why do second leads always have better and more unique storylines than the leads ughhhh

Ya that's exactly it. He's too scared to reveal it. If she never found out herself it's very likely he wouldn't ever actually come down to telling her himself. And that's not fair to haran at all

Omgg Uee has a new drama!! So exciteddd

He really does look like wi ha joon doesnt he😅 i keep thinking that too from the first episode haha

Days? Thats being generous...he should've told her before they started dating

My guy chan saying "i didnt get the chance to explain" in the preview had me majorly rolling my eyes..like dude had 7 years to tell her, dont give me that! Also the audacity of chae jong hyeop to look that pitiful at the end there wre? How is anyone supposed to upset at him even when he dearves it ughhhh. Hope haran doesn't yield easily...well there's only two eps left. Since we already got their dating era might as well move the happily ever after to the final episode for haran's sake?

Really bummed that mr coo and hayeong had barely any screentime in this epsiode. Even the teen couple and the grandparents had a great conclusion. Even chan and haran had a full fledged dating era! Justice for my hayeong and mr coo!! I hope they dont move *their* happily ever (and they better get one!!) to the final ep. Let's get a move on that kiss now mr coo! I know u have it in u!

Yaa me neither
Dont want him getting any whitewashing. He still was a negligent partner...

Ya honestly duiin seems so annoying with the way she treated chan. Like im sorry but i have no sympathy for her one sided or not...seems like a really unnecessary character addition 😅 ooh u came up with same theory too? Ya honestly it's seeming like thats whay they're going to go with...idk it might come across much better in action but in words rn, I'm pretty let down by it ngl

Ohhh ya thats true thats a sensibke comparison. And your eight mr coo definitely likes hayeong and isnt being honest but i liked that he didn’t abuse her boundaries. That's way more of an honest act wven if he's being the annoying noble sacrificial lamb by denying himself of her. And i dont blame Chan. He's not a bad person. Just wish they didnt drag the core misunderstanding for so long coz in reality this wouldn't go well for most couples dont u think? But i like that they didnt make him perfect too. Theres too many green flag mls in kdrama land it's nice to see a complex character for once

Yaa exactly the character writing is the best part of the show. Oohh really that explaisn evryrhing coz there really is content enkugh for 16 eps...i really.hope they dont rush it either omg tho im guessing the secondary couples will all have it ughhh😭😭

Oh noo but these r the most crucial episodes...i'll text u my thoughts after this week and u can check it after u watch hahaha 😅

Shin hae sun seems to be typecast in romance dramas to always play the conventional idea of the "man" in the relationship if that makes sense. I personally would love to see her play someone less unhinged and less like the average kdrama writer's usual idea of "a strong independent female lead" but she is actually just someone with anger issues, a drinking problem and a really loud voice

Looking forward to the second couple in this drama tho!

Wow every month this year has been stacked so far...what r we gonna watch for the rest of the year lol

Isn't this ahn hyo seop's first proper romcom since business proposal? Excited!!

Ohh yaa i actually saw a post about sujin somewhere cant remember where tbh and it said she was in a one sided love with hyeokchan so that can explain her reaction but the whole mystery surrounding the two chans and sujin is just stretched too long and nothing makes sense anymore...they led us to believe the bf was cheating but then he also acts possessive of haran coz of how he confronted seonu chan but then why did he hide haran from sujin and why was he ignoring haran's calls?? Lmao this makes no sense 😅

Someone said the lighter the bf was using to smoke must've set off the yellow container of hazardous material which when seonu chan opens the lab door set off an explosion which kills the bf who was still inside. And tbh this is making the most sense now. Coz the bf was seen smoking in the lab when he was confronting chan about haran and the hazardous container probably got tampered with and then chan and sujin probably left at some point and chan ran back to inform the bf about haran visiting and boom the explosion happens...pretty simple theory after sll that buildup but it's seeming like the only logical possibility to me now but i also hate it coz again haran is being dragged into a situation she doesn't even know about 🤦‍♀️😭

Exactly it feels like they wrote the script for like 20 eps coz theres just that many characters and plot points and every new episode they keep adding new ones! Ridiculous atp 🤣😅

Yess same here mr coo's reasoning is pretty lame ngl...i get that he feels like he could've helped coz he was some kind of adopted son to the song parents but ya i felt really bad for hayeong. Like seeing her cry was so relatable for me lol...i actually didn't mind his rejection tho coz tbh at least he was being honest and not leading her on compared to u know who 😅🤣 But ya i feel like thanks to him we will get to see a more fierce hayeong in the next episode, at least the preview looked like that...never seen her look that serious in the whole show 😅

Yess omg sameeee...the teen couple were so cute ...even i got emotional seeing hadam look all tender and teary eyed and so lovingly at her bf after the surgery like it was so innocent and sweet.

Actually thats a big strength for this show. All the main characters are so loving and innocent at their core. It makes it easy to root for them uk

I wish this was at least 16 eps...i cant believe it's ending the week after this 😭

I agree and i actually was meaning to mention it but forgot. I hated that they focused on the mom's redemption arc meanwhile the woman who raised sua didn’t even get a mention from sua. Like she immediately thinks of meeting her mom but not once does she mention wanting to meet her grandma who raised her. It felt really strange how the story was trying to prioritize a character who willingly left a child's life instead of the one who stayed. Also the redemption wasnt the problem. The problem is how hapless and helpless they made the mom seem after she did such an unforgivable act. There were a million ways she could've still showed up for her kid but the drama almost manipulates u into sympathizing with the mom by showing her crying etc years after she abandoned sua looking so indifferent back then. So that disconnect is very evident and i personally didnt feel like the redemption arc worked because it felt less about sua and more about turning a gray character completely white if that makes sense

Also just wish kdrama writers didn't give awful parents such kind redemption arcs every single time. Especially when they made Sua such a sweetheart. It feels like abandoning a young child "to protect them" has become some kind of accepted norm in kdramas. Idk if this reflects something culturally (if so forgive my ignorance) but regardless, having her donate her corneas to her mom felt like overkill. I just keep thinking back to her mom's face and how indifferent and almost cold she looked when she abandoned a crying 1 year old Sua at her mom's place, not even bothering to drop her at her mom's door. What if she went into the wrong apartment? What if she was taken in by some dangerous people? Then reaching out to her when she became successful and was all over the TV? Completely unacceptable behavior from a mom that they're then trying to paint as oh so loving and caring ugh...

But ig the dead have that kind of openmindedness and ability to forgive but it really didn't land the way they hoped when they made the mom look like some hapless poor thing...idk that felt very wrong to watch...

This is so unexpectedly fun! So far the ghosts have been good people and the cases feel like game level 1 in terms of difficulty but i wonder what will happen if or when he starts meeting more "evil" or complex spirits and getting possessed by them? So far he seems to not have the choice to choose who he helps or even who possesses his body. So this will be really interesting if they take it there. But since this is overall a very lighthearted watch and a comedy on top of that, maybe they'll just keep all the ghosts good...

Still better than the garbage coming out of hollywood

Ya because everbody is lying to each other :(

Also was the bf trying to two time between haran and the bracelet girl? Coz he hides haran from the bracelet girl but then got upset with chan for chatting with haran (which he made him do so that makes no sense anyway?) in that flashback there? Or was he nit cheating with the bracelet girl at all? Then what was their relationship?

Hayeong had me crying in this episode 😭 the way she smiles through her obvious hurt she had me fooled too at the end there until she started crying 😭 mr coo feeling guilty about a accident he couldn't have prevented did sound like the worst possibility of an arc for him but now that i think about it, he did seem like some kind of an adopted son in their family and he obviously feels very indebted to all of them. Tho i hope he realizes soon how loved he already is in the family and how happy he already makes hayeong!

Ugh this episode was really tender with the teen couple as well. Hadam tearing up seeing her bf connected to all those contraptions and draining blood was so adorably tender and sad if that makes sense...

Chan and haran...i dont really know anymore. He's long overdue on telling her the truth. I dont understand how he expects to magically resolve everything soon before he tells her the whole truth like he promised haran at the end there when he's nowhere close to recovering his memories and the bracelet girl shut the door in his face for any possible help...what would've given them bpth agency and the plot better momentum would've been to spill all the beans to haran before starting a relationship with her and solving the mystery together with her. This on the other hand reads like plain idiocy and selfishness dressed as noble sacrifice (tho ofc chae jeong hyeop makes for a supremely handsome yearner *sigh*)