Michelle Topham

Thrilled to see this drama doing so well in South Korea too. Every episode since Ep 1 has had rising ratings, so that Ep 9 last night earned almost 4 TIMES the rating of Ep 1 nationwide, and even more than 4 TIMES the rating of Ep 1 with Seoul viewers. And, with 3 more eps to go, I doubt it has seen its highest rating yet :) Just thrilled for the actors, as every performance in this is superb.

Oh you're right. I hadn't noticed that. Then I am even more blown-away by how beautifully written this is, and especially the characters. 😍

Yep she led her friends to beat up Eun Mi, That scene in Ep 3 or 4 (I think?) was her shouting about "you deliberately went after my brother" as she and her friends kicked seven levels of sh(t out of Eun Mi. A similar scene as we saw later on when a similar group of girls beat up Ga Eul for being "a slut" because she's pregnant.

She also spread rumours about Eun Mi in school, thus destroying what was left of her school life.

And sure, Ji Eun might make her brother food, but she also wants to be able to completely control the life of her now-adult brother and, along with that, the life of the woman he has always loved. The woman (then-girl) who she deliberately helped ostracize him from when he was still a teenager so he couldn't see her.

Meanwhile, she has her own family and life, but doesn't want her brother to have one of his own.

And now she's having a temper tantrum and DEMANDING they stop seeing each other because she isn't in control anymore.

Plus, remember, she wasn't even that nice to her brother when she was a teen, talked about him being "ugly" etc.

Personally, I was thrilled when he said "I'm changing the door code". Serves Ji Eun right for thinking she gets to tell him how to live his life and he must obey her :)

And no, I wasn't surprised Eun Mi behaved the way she did in that scene. She knows what harm Ji Eun caused. To both Eun Mi herself and to her brother. Eun Mi had to bring up a child alone and wasn't even able to see him to tell him she was pregnant, as he had already moved away.So her sticking out her tongue and looking superior was her getting her revenge, Even if it was in a petty way.

Both women are fabulous, IMO, and two of my favorite Korean characters in a long time. :) Will be re-watching this soon after it ends, as it is rare to find a drama with characters this beautifully written.

This is absolutely beautifully written -- characters, scenes and dialogue -- beautiful. Every character is fabulously crazy (the relationship between Eun Mi and Jin Hee is wonderful and so authentically believable), every plot point is nicely linked to every other plot point so it all makes perfect sense, and it is genuinely laugh out loud funny.

Haven't laughed at a drama this much in a long time (the scene in Episode 9 where the three women start yelling at each other at the restaurant was superb :) It is also one of the few dramas that I really wish was 16 episodes, as I could watch Choi Soo Young and Jeon Hye Jin in scenes together for days.

So glad I started watching this. It has been pure enjoyment right from the first few minutes.

Me too. The drama is one of my favorites of these year. Beautifully written and with a complicated but absolutely real relationship between mother and daughter who really do love each other, even if they sometimes have a strange way of showing it.

Only watched Episode 1 so far, but it's weirdly quirky and very funny. Looking forward to Episode 2.

They're "woke". They have to be "offended" by something at least once or day, or they won't get the attention they think they deserve. Ignore them. They eventually go away to become "offended" by something else.

Some people are so "woke" nowadays they're "offended" about everything. Ignore them and they will eventually go away when they're not getting the attention they crave :)

It's doing a lot better than the previous 5 dramas aired in that time slot -- Numbers, Joseon Attorney, Kokdu: Season of Deity, The Forbidden Marriage and Fanletter Please -- more than double ratings so far than every other of those dramas, and likely to rise higher IMO.

You're welcome :)

I think many people will just put off watching until every episode is out. I watch so many K-dramas, I forget what's happened in them if I can't watch them pretty close together :)

The first two episodes were supposed to be aired last night, followed by one episode a week thereafter. But Korea is currently suffering major damage from Typhoon Khanun and so the first episode was pushed off until the time slot Episode 2 should have aired in due to a special report about the typhoon.

No idea if that means the drama will run an extra week, or if they will push another episode in somewhere else down the line?

I will say, whether I go back to the drama at some point or keep it dropped, Kai's 'With my Heart', that song sung on Ep 2 and played over the end credits, is one of the most beautiful songs I've heard in a K-drama in a while. Had it on repeat for hours :)

Exactly. I really wanted to like this as the cinematography is gorgeous and the opening scenes really interesting, but it's just not grabbing me and the plot moves so slowly I'm watching it on double speed and still bored. May go back to it at some point. Will see what reviews are like as it continues.

Lived in Thailand for 15 years. Used to buy ramen by the 15 or 18-pack package, which usually only lasted me about 5 days. It's so damned cheap (equivalent of about 18 cents a pack in Thailand at that time, so perfect for a late night snack) that I now begrudge having to pay 1 euro 50 cents in Austria for just one pack. So I eat less :)

Most of the K dramas on Netflix have NO input from Netflix on their plots at all as they are not Netflix originals. They are just bought by Netflix from the Korean TV stations that produce them. That is likely to change as Netflix is investing over $3 billion in Korean dramas in the next couple of years, but so far the drama plots are Korean society naturally changing as it continues to modernize. Just like the rest of the developed world, I might add.

A huge percentage of them are anorexic just to fit in with Korea's insane beauty standards. Have you seen Park Min Young lately? Even her fans were concerned and telling her to "Eat" (not that an eating disorder works that way). But it's sad to see how some of these actresses destroy their own health just to stay impossibly thin. So thin, I doubt many men find it attractive as who wants to sleep with a twig.

That's why I dropped it after Ep 1. Couldn't imagine more episodes of that :)

Wish I could get into this. Just can't. Dropped after Ep 2. Can't stand either of the main characters. Did like the swing scene at the end of Ep 1, and the cinematography is beautiful, but it's impossible to enjoy a drama where everything either of the two main leads does grates on your nerves. Then again, I didn't like Gone with the Wind either :)