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The synopsis looks great and all, but why is the ML, a 35-year-old man, being described as middle-aged? I thought they were talking about a man in his 50s, for God’s sake!

What a great drama, what a great ending! This drama ending on International Women's Day feels almost poetic! I really loved Park Shin Hye here and in The Judge from Hell. She really carried both shows! She worked her a** off and shut up everyone who ever called her a bad actress!

I think this season’s main issue isn’t the fact that we don’t see challenges from season 1. I actually prefer that they tried to change things up and keep the element of surprise, but that also ended up being its downfall in a way. In order to maintain the shock factor, they introduced the “eliminate the whole team” challenge, which on paper sounds good. However, this left them with only two black spoons, which they had to protect at all costs to stay true to the theme of the programme (at least for 2 challenges). This would have worked if they had mixed the teams and have a more balanced elimination.

This season had more interesting and likeable characters, but having that challenge hanging over their heads pushed them into a corner and ultimately made the show harder to enjoy.

This drama is proof that more good-looking actors who usually go for the cold/tsundere/mysterious lead roles should start playing more losers in-love, because Jang Ki-yong is killing it. Up until a while ago, I honestly thought he was a mediocre actor at best, but after The Atypical Family he really began to grow on me. Here, he completely won me over. He’s funny and charming, with just the right amount of cringe, everything a rom-com ML should be! Roles like these allow actors to stop taking themselves so seriously, stop worrying about how "cool" they appear on camera, and truly explore their range and capabilities.

I totally agree with you, especially this part: “Let 2ML grow a spine and woo FL, and show a blossoming, happy young love instead of obsessed, one-sided craziness. They can be awkward and cute and discover how charming a new relationship can be.” The only time I’ve seen this happen in a drama was in Bread, Love and Dreams, and it worked, it made sense and was really refreshing! I really hope they do the same here as well, although given the fact that this is a weekender, and everything need to be tied up an a big, red, beautiful bow, with all the predictable cliches, I wouldn't hold my breath.

As I was watching today's episode I honestly thought to myself (it was so random as well) that what happened at the end of episode 6 will happen in the last 2 episodes like" Oh, I think this person will show up as the last client"... but I didn't expect it to happen now!

I’m 100% sure Ho-Su will immediately know they switched places or he will figure it within the next episode (ep 2)! They really emphasized that almost no one, not even their mother, could tell them apart, so him instantly recognizing her makes sense! That boy has all the signs of a loser in love, and I am here for it!

But that's the game, it's called Devil's Plan for a reason! I agree that the prison alliance kept playing back-to-back games that took a mental toll on them, but that's not the fault of the players in the living area. The prison alliance didn’t trust each other and kept backstabbing one another regardless. Hyun Joon was once part of the prison alliance, but once he gained the 10 pieces, he didn’t rejoin his prison allies or help them earn more pieces, he had the power! Insted he joined the living area alliance and all he cared about was eliminating Hyun Gyu and he "backstabbed" Se Dol in the process. It's all part of the game...

People are saying that the Living Area team kind of "bullied" the Prison team and were elitist, not giving them a fair chance, but I disagree. From my observation, the Living Area team just had better chemistry and more fun when it came to playing games together. So Hee and Hyun Gyu were great at thinking outside the box, Tino was amazing at reading and understanding game rules, and Kyu Hyun was great at noticing small but crucial details that affected the outcome of the games. In comparison, the Prison team lacked that dynamic. They couldn’t figure out how to work well together, so they kept losing the main matches and ended up back in prison.

I also believe it's No. 2, and maybe the drowning scene happens after she harms their son and he goes after her? His reaction after she mentions the name is very angry! Also, unless I missed something, Hae Suk has no memory of a child and still believes they were/are childless. So Som I must have kidnapped their son and harmed him in some way, and Hae Suk had some sort of mental breakdown, which erased him from her memory.

If it was Hae Suk's memory and that' how she looked young, wouldn't Nak Jun have recognized her? On the other hand, if she were an ex-lover turned obsessive stalker, wouldn't he have recognized her as well? Oh well, we are almost there and next week we will have our answers!!

I'm gonna be honest here: this drama is a cringe fest, and nothing about it should work, but miraculously, it does! It's sweet, funny, and surprisingly heartwarming.
My main issue is that there's no country or planet (not even South Korea) where the female lead would be considered fat. She's healthy-looking, and even then, she's on the skinny side!!

I am actually surprised by how much I am enjoying this drama! So far, they manage to pull off every genre flawlessly, especially the comedy, which I usually find dumb and over-the-top in many predominantly funny/comedic K-dramas. In this one, I found myself laughing out loud many times!

PLEASE BE A SWEET, MATURE HEALING DRAMA, PLEASE BE A SWEET, MATURE HEALING DRAMA!!

Ok, so far this is great and it's everything a rom-com should be! I will be praying and hoping that it does not transform mid-way through into something else and keeps this light- fluffiness and keeps rom-coming till the end!!

I have to be honest Jang Ki Yong really impressed me in this drama. In his previous works he left a lot to be desired in terms of acting but here he really improved and he is doing amazing work!

That's what I figured but the whole execution was awkward to say the least...

I am sorry but what was the point of the Lee Soo Hyuk scene? I still don't understand how it fits in and what was the point? Did I miss something? Who was he? Why?

Well that's why I said it's more of a wishful thinking... but also dramas recently have a tendency to go against cliches that's why I am holding a glimmer of hope that they resolve it soon..

Ok. I know that I am probably wrong and it's more of a wishful thinking, but I honestly think that they won't drag the divorce plot too much and it will be resolved by the end of the next episode at most. She knew they had problems and although she must be hurt a lot and it will take her some time to process, I don't think she will find it very surprising and will understand his reasons. What will hurt her more is when she learns about him staying with her for the money (which I hope he comes clean with on his own by the next episode and she doesn't find out about it accidentally from his lawyer friend). Next week we reach the middle of the drama and there are so many characters we don’t know anything about and haven’t even started the Queen take over plot. I think by next week they will patch things up, figure out that someone is trying to destroy them, pretend they are getting a divorce and try to get to the bottom of it.

So, I just watched yesterday’s episode and here are my thoughts. There are two ways this storyline could have worked and made sense and guess what, none of them requires Hyo Shim getting up and vanishing abandoning Tae Ho!

First of all in both options this should have happened much earlier:

Option1:
The poor excuse of a Father (PEF) shows up at around episode 30, asks for a liver, Hyo Shims gives it to him and blah, blah blah...mother shows up yells at the father (which for the first time on 50 episodes I actually found myself routing for her) Hyo Shim hears her, realizes that she has never really lived her life and doesn’t know who she is, she went from being someone’s daughter to someone’s girlfriend. TALKS with Tae Ho asks for some time to discover herself and what she wants, and Tae Ho agrees, because if we learned anything about his character is that he is a very understanding and empathetic person. I mean he agreed to postpone the wedding, he wasn’t happy about it but still understood her! After he found her, when she left the hospital he once again understood! So, if she just asked for time he would still understand!! He will still be around of course supporting her and 3-4 episodes later they get back together!

Option 2:
PEF shows up at around episode 43-45, same series of events happen, this time the family hears the mother scream at the father, realize just how much Hyo Shim has done for them, beg for forgiveness (especially Hyo Jun, who 50 episodes in has still not asked for forgiveness and had a decent conversation with his sister) He should seriously thank Mi Rim for making him half tolerable because she is the best! And after all of this is solved, THEN they could have finished with the Taesan storyline!!

Same storyline but in different order and no need to go and destroy what you have built these past few months! When I first started LYOL I said I only liked 4 and a half characters (The ML and FL, Mi Rim, Philip and the half was the older brother). Now one episode before the end I only like 4 characters (Tae Ho, Mi Rim, the older brother and Philip who is honestly my favorite.) I mean the writer could have easily worked on developing the other characters instead of whatever he did!!