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Does not look like from the trailers. Most likely there will be 3.75 more episodes of angst and tears and zero scenes together, with them reconnecting maybe in the last 3 mins in case they get together 🙂. I am being prepared for this since now it’s something I cannot walk away from until it finishes.

The way I view it the male lead is hot, cute and nice and deserves someone who roots for him. So the drama should show us a positive payoff for him by making him disengage with his dad and not end up with the female lead. I shudder to think what their life would be together with the very cold FL. The FL should go for a dry older man much older than her like a college professor or someone who will provide her the 2.2 kids and not make any demands on her person.

This is exactly when I thought she has been treating him as a booty call not as a rebound even. I remember you saying why intimate moments are not being showing but then that would have made this even more sordid. She has not even stood up for this person not even once in the whole show. At this point I am happy to see them breakup. But again I am glad to see a female lead like this who we actually don’t root for. After watching angelic women this is a change for sure. He would be shortchanged massively if he ends up with her. And I am on for the ride to see them break up it’s a very interesting but frustrating show. Also interesting to see how he breaks up with his dad since that would be shown for sure

That being said I am loving this drama. I don’t know why but it’s nice to see non lovable female leads. It’s such a delightful drama for us to keep analysing the characters. I never thought after nevertheless I will sympathise with SK character more but there you go. PMY is doing a wonderful job of giving us a super cold, unlovable heroine. I literally cannot find the usual bubbly chirping PMY in JHK at all. It is hard for actors to play these characters since they have to internalise them and then emote them. It must be mentally heavy for PMY after shooting pack up. Which is why I think she fell so sick after shooting this drama. Let’s appreciate this too.

You know I am actually liking this not showing that the cheaters are bad. Sometimes in real life good people do bad things. What’s frustrating for me is that all characters are learning from past mistakes but the female lead is not. She is so passive. Even when he gets injured at work she is still pretending to be unshaken. It shows that other peoples opinion matter to her too much. She has a very self centric approach to life and I hope she opens up a little. It’s getting tiring. Imagine being in relationship with such a person “I can’t meet now”, “ let’s not do this”, “we can’t go there”, “I have to work now”, “let’s not talk now”. Her first and second relationship are both like that. Personally I would not date people like this, if all you are doing is following up on them to see if they deign to give some time to me. I will move on like really and find someone or friends even who value my time. It’s so easy to get into a rabbit hole relationship where the other person treats their partner like a personal assistant at their beck and call. But these relationships cause lasting damage in real life.

But please don’t trust MDL ratings. Some really highly rated dramas are horrible and dramas rated not well have been great. It’s highly subjective. My rule of thumb is that if it has done well in Korea then the drama itself maybe good to watch. This is doing well in Korea now. There are frustrating elements though 1) the female lead is passive 2) the main leads get little screen times 3) a lot of angst and sadness all around. Even I am waiting for some positive payoff. I would suggest let it finish airing 16 episodes and then decide to watch or not watch. Also this is NOT A ROMCOM IT IS NOIR

It’s a massive pet peeve even for books for me. Sudden killing of favourite characters or sudden injury. the Little Women did this well in my opinion and it was not a sudden death. And yes Melanie’s death in gone with the wind is what brought the book to an amazing close. But that’s it. If this drama takes it to a drastic place I will drop it. I just can’t when authors do this.

I have a few things to say about the writing of this drama which is 1) sudden tonal shift from romcom to noir 2) using plot devices such as sudden disability which I don’t like 3) endorsing super unhealthy work habits. But the acting of the leads in this drama is so so so fabulous that I am totally invested into the characters. I feel that PMY’s best chemistry is with SK. They literally look like a man and his woman. This is so unlike the usual Disney PG Ken Barbie feel we get with kdrama couples. I loved her pairing with Ji Chang Wook in healer and never thought she could do better. Did not like secretary Kim (please it’s my opinion) since it felt staged. But this drama oh my god, I never thought they both could share such an intense presence on screen. This is what makes me keep coming back over and over again, since both the actors have really become Lee Shi Woo and Jin Ha Kyung in my mind. Nevertheless chemistry was great but this is honestly so much more poignant and intense.

Cool 😎

In Hindi/Urdu it’s “aap” for formal. “Tum” for semi formal/ intimate. “Tu” is rude or for kids. Growing intimacy is shown when couples switch from “aap” to “tum”. This is why a romantic relationship is also termed as “journey from aap to tum”. Similar To Korean, the verb endings also change as per formality. It also changes as per the gender of the person. Hence I was curious to understand if this was a similar cultural practice or not. Thank you for answering me 🙂.

He started saying tangshin this episode. From what I understand it’s an intimate pronoun right? I wish the Netflix translator told us this. In Korean we don’t use pronouns often right ?

Yes my favourite dialogue in the entire series.

Hope so 🙂. And thank you for responding 🙂.

Oh my goodness the trailer. It’s absolute gold. I hope this is a good drama.

I am loving loving loving this drama. Oh my goodness it’s so good. Both of their dimples so cute. When they smile it’s so much fun to watch. The casting person deserves a hefty raise.

Is it not. There would have been so much fun hilarious scenes if that happened. Trying to sneak around, would have broken up the seriousness a little. Not explicit scenes but cute funny ones.

Secretary Kim is one of my least favourite dramas. Mainly because of how the ceo treats people. Due to Covid we have had so many cases of workers being exploited due to rich ceo so now I feel that even more than ever we should not glorify bosses who make subordinates work 18 hours a day without weekends (this is a direct quote from the drama)

Can anyone tell me the lipstick shade that senior boss of Shin Min Ah wore in episode one? I really want to know.

Oh they did. I did not know. That’s awesome.

I think it’s because of legal and financial issues, his dad is a liability. So if he marries his spouse will end up inheriting this burden which is why he does not want to legally burden. It’s actually a thing in many countries where if a spouse gets burdened with a huge loan they divorce their wife so that the wife or the kids do not suffer. So for me this part does make a lot of sense. Which is why I do like this angle. You remember the scene where his dad asks girlfriends for money? That’s a huge risk to inflict upon a spouse. Legal marriage in parties where there is a risk involved is sometimes not partaken. Unless there is a legal recourse where he can choose to denounce his dad, there is no way out. I think in Korea the judicial system does not allow it which is why you keep hearing of celebs paying off their parents. In some countries you can chose to opt out so that you don’t get burdened.