MadelineMaureen

Random thought: Ryu Kyung Soo looks like a cross between Ah Jeong's brother-in-law and Do Han's Ex. Like if they had a cousin in common it would be Ryu Kyung Soo.

Ji Han's assistant/team manager is Olaf. ☃️❄️🌨️

ML tries to treat her like a damsel a few times and he finds out pretty quickly that's not her MO.
The show is pretty funny because the FL is an actress they will play up some of the common drama tropes and flip them or call them out.

I've been enjoying it so 🤷🏻‍♀️

either 11 or 12. I don't know if I'll be able to find this comment again next week with how active the comment section is, but if I remember I'll try and be more specific once they air.

Maybe it's because I had to watch Frozen about a hundred times between 2013-14(if you too have little ones in your life you can most likely understand this) but all I can think about is how much the dynamic between the brothers reads as Elsa and Anna.
Do Han = Elsa
Ji Han = Anna
Dead parents on a stormy night, the elder going into their shell and hiding their feelings, the younger sibling reaching out over and over and falling on playfulness to get attention etc. etc.
Only the power of brotherly love can save them. Do Han needs his Let It Go moment though.

It's only 12 episodes. Don't read the comments and just vibe with it on your own for awhile and see where you're at without outside influence. As long as you're enjoying it continue watching it. If it becomes boring or not good to you, take a pause or drop. But just do you.

I think that because the grandfather hired the reporter to track down his daughter and then something happened to cause her death is why he doesn't like Ji Han. Ji Han was in the car with his parents when they died. Ji Han doesn't seem to remember everything that happened that night, but the grandfather was present at the crash before the police or EMS had arrived. Was he behind the wheel of the car chasing them down? Or was he in the passenger seat while his son-in-law drove? We don't know yet.
Every time the grandfather looks at Ji Han he remembers the death of his daughter.

Did you miss the part where Ji Han realized he was being selfish by trying to get his brother into a position he didn't ask for? Cause character growth is a thing that happens over the course of a multi episode show.
Edit: just looked at some of you other comments. I'm not sure i'm getting the full context of this one sentence. 🤷🏻‍♀️

oh, or a Killing Eve vibe...

In Korean Romance dramas other than the Reply series ML is always the first male actor listed in the show page.

The fact she is the one to reach out and knock some sense into Do Han even though she is still hurting from Ji Han's rejection.🫰🏻🥹

The crappy father going to prison would tank the stock prices of multiple companies...so we all know who gramps is choosing.

I loved that with the ex it now has me looking at all of his interactions with the other characters again. If he is being honest with Do Han about warning him, and it not being a threat there are few things that change.
Who is the person tampering with Do Han's studio all the time? Was he really only trying to hurt Do Han by telling Ji Han his secret?

End of episode 8

I recommend it. I'm 33 so I like the fact that the characters aren't perfect versions of a person. They are flawed and willing to make changes when they see what they've done has hurt someone they love.
If you are a black and white thinker I would skip. As it is obviously triggering people in the comment section.

Small love triangle with ML, FL and the 2FL. It is very mild on a drama scale for a love triangle as the 2FL is pretty decent human and friend.
The romance is sort of enemies to lovers vibe. The ML is trying to get her to leave his brother, and doesn't really trust their relationship.
It's not spicy as of episode 10. Nor is there a feeling of "can't help myself" type of energy that some romances have. Medium/regular burn as the show is only 12 episodes it shortens the timeline.

I'm 33, and have been enjoying it a lot. Do Han is a bit underdeveloped as a character, but other than that no real complaints.

I had to look at the stats on the show and it was pretty evident WHY there are some...strange takes on this one. I feel like there are a lot of people watching this who are way younger than the characters. The older I get the more I start to see things from multiple perspectives and understand others' motives.
All the characters are selfish...every last one. But it's what they do when they are confronted with their selfish ways that makes the story interesting.

Do Han wants to be completely free of all responsibility, and keep his two worlds separate, and will abandon anyone that threatens the two worlds colliding.

Ji Han wants his brother to gain power & has honed himself to be a tool for him, without even asking if that's what his brother wants. Because he wants someone who can love him in power. He literally lied his way into the good graces of an entire village to get the rights to their land, and then peaced out the second the stamp lifted from the last contract.

Ah Jeong is a bit selfish about continuing to pursue her dream as an actress even though it's not able to help her family financially like it should. (on a selfish scale she's pretty low. She says she's selfish all the time, but it's mainly as an excuse to help another person) The first time she's truly selfish is when she chooses JH before talking with her friend about what it could mean. Thus causing everyone she loves to be thrown into a public gauntlet.

Chae Won went to DH & JH grandfather to arrange a marriage between her and JH behind his back. And continued to pursue this even though she knew JH was no longer interested in a relationship with her.

But all the people I listed above have amazing qualities as well.
Do Han loves his friend and wants to support her in anything that she does. ie financing her play.
Ji Han is always kind to people, even when he's using them, he's never been cruel. He's protective and willing to do the work to make things happen instead of going the easy way.

Ah Jeong has a moral code that she follows. When she found out she took a job from another actress she was devastated. She goes above and beyond for her friends, and protects their secrets.

Chae Won always sticks up for the little guy. If someone is acting in a way she sees as rude, she will put them in their place so fast their heads will be spinning for days. She also looks past the surface of people and does not judge them on where they come from or who they are connected to. The second she started talking to Ah Jeong after the news broke, she realized there was more to the story and went out of her way to help...even if it meant loosing what she wanted in the process...JH.

I have so many thoughts on this show and how selfishness and selflessness are a major theme of the overall story. I like that even though our main 4 are messy...they are still good people at their core.

I haven't picked up on this as much. I haven't seen him in anything else so for all I know it's a character choice that he made because his character was a Marine and is currently a businessman. Could also be a choice to holdback larger movements because of wanting to take up the least amount of space visually while around his family as he was unwanted and KNEW he was unwanted.
That's very much giving him the benefit of the doubt. I'll have to pay closer attention to it. But like @ItsAMe said the actor is still a bit green.