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Don't have enough thoughts for a full review, but this was cute. Cheesy in the latter half, but cute.

If you mean the way they are portrayed in this movie, no. Movie's like this are very dramatized compared to normal Asian life, and these sorts of stories in particular are about wish-fulfillment rather than accurately portraying the real lives of Asian people. But if you mean are contract marriages, as a concept, a thing in Asia, I would say probably yes, but they work very differently from what we see in movie's and dramas. There's no way to know for sure how common they are, but the motivations are usually going to be wrapped around money and clout (ie. I can see contract marriages being more frequent among the rich, but not among the poor), and I doubt most of the couple's who get married in this way are actually every falling in love with each other. I also highly doubt you would see someone who's really rich (like so many male leads in these stories are) marrying someone who is anything less than rich for any reason other than to maybe piss off their family. And again, I doubt those marriages end happily.

This is basically the perfect review of this movie, lol. (You should definitely submit it as an actual review, btw.) I won't say I didn't enjoy watching it, because it was just too silly not to, but it was definitely a mess.

And yes to James Reid's chest being it's own prominent character, lol. Every time it happened I was like 'Why is this happening????? I get the purpose of this, but why is it happening Now???????'

Great article. I watched She's Dating the Gangster not too long ago and loved it. It was light and fluffy fun with two cute romantic pairings. I definitely plan on checking some of these other films out as well.

This drama hasn't aired yet, so it's not really possible to give a full opinion of it, but it does appear to be non-romance based. That being said, the synopsis seems a little incomplete, so it might end up being a little different once it comes out.

I think it's coming out in August though.

Dat last scene doh! DAT LAST SCENE DOH!!!!!!!

The writers really handled the reveal of the lie well. It was painful for both sides, but it was done in such a way that it's not impossible for the situation to be redeemed. A lesser drama would have really fumbled this part, and this drama did drag the lie on a bit long, but they made it worth it in the end.

I wish we got to see him more in the story as well, more brother-sister moments between them, etc. He's a wonderful but under-utilized character.

Gotta disagree with you there. I love the brother and wish we got to see him more. He's funny, relatable, and a really great lens into what it's like living in Korea with a disability. He adds a Lot to the story. The sister is the one who feels useless to me. She hasn't done anything worthwhile in the drama, and if she weren't there, the story would be just fine without her.

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I don't expect another apology attempt to happen at this point. One, he's too hurt and angry to listen to it right now, and two, her first attempt failed so badly that she's probably going to be too afraid of trying again. I expect that the next couple eps are going to consist of the two of them spending some time apart wallowing in sadness, and understandably so.

I am Very happy with how this weeks eps played out. I got just about everything I was wanting/needing from this story.

Unfortunately, her mom is definitely dead, but she's also not a ghost. Showing her like this is just the writers way of letting us see Gal Hee go to her mother for advice even though she's not around anymore. Ya know, the whole 'they're never really gone; they're always in your heart' type of thing. I do wish they had included her mom in the story more often though. Her character hasn't had a very prominent presence before now, but she's honestly really added a lot, and it would have been nice to see more glimpses into their relationship with each other.

Oh, absolutely agree. I was cringing when what came out of her mouth was 'It was a joke.' 'The food was good.' I knew he was going to be devastated by that, and I could just see her thoughtful and prepared apology going out the window. I think I'm preternaturally disposed to be more sympathetic to characters like her, because I relate to her a lot. I've never lied to someone like she has, but I've been in situations where I was face-to-face with a difficult encounter I wasn't prepared for and utterly failed at handling it. (I've been in a lot of them.) It's embarrassing, humiliating, demoralizing, and just disastrous for your self-esteem. She's going to be beating herself up over this for awhile.

I agree with this assessment, and I think the story probably would have benefitted from the writers pointing this out to the audience.

It was a hard moment to watch, for sure. There's poor Do Min Ik on one side feeling used and mistreated and poor Gal Hee on the other side feeling like a villain and wishing she could fix this massive mistake she's made. And then in the middle are all of their feelings for each other.

I have begrudgingly indulged Veronica as a character in this drama despite not really liking the actresses' portrayal, but I downright liked her this week. She had multiple cute moments, and it was so nice seeing the two of them developing maybe a genuine friendship.

I don't think she was trying to justify it or treat it like it was a joke. I think she was unprepared for him to already know, so her planned explanation and apology got jumbled up in her head to the point that she couldn't get the words out properly. That's a really common reaction a lot of people have to being called out on something they know they've done wrong but have struggled to own up to. Apologies are hard, especially when you're apologizing for a massive lie that you've kept going for a long time. There's no good way to do it.

I'm pretty sure at this point that Dae Ju has no involvement in all of that, and the writers have been teasing us with his potential involvement as a red herring to distract us from what has been really happening. Which means that Do Min Ik is going to be eating some humble pie pretty soon in apology to Dae Ju.