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She was the only woman in the whole camp, wasn't she? Not a big leap to assume that ALL of the men raped her.

Lol. Not Italian-American, nor a murderer nor a mafioso, but I like Michael Corleone. (Also liked Vincenzo :)

I think the actor who played Hyang Mi did a great job, but in no way does having a shitty childhood excuse blackmailing and stealing money from everyone - especially - Dong Baek - to support her brother's life in Copenhagen. Sacrificing your life for your children - sure. For your grown up brother? Why?

The actor is phenomenal in everything I've seen him in.

Yes, it's a visual world. Song Won does have a nice ass. They entered into a platonic friendship after that.

I've tried to ask this question elsewhere on this board ... is Song Won the worst because she "should have known better"? How come Dong Mi's behavior doesn't bother you enough to write about her? Allowing her husband to die and plotting to harm/kill her daughter-in-law in order to end up with her step son is not as bad as sleeping with a married man once? I'm shaking my head. I honestly don't get your moral equivalency calculus.

Don't forget the Billy Joel song "Only the Good Die Young".

I did forget that. Maybe becoming rich and famous did that to her.

I think NGB is the most selfish of the three, but she's also remarkably transparent and emotionally vulnerable. (Not surprising for an actor). She flat out told her boss that she was lonely and asked him to be her rebound affair and he willingly obliged.

To the people on this board saying that the cheating husbands should have communicated their unhappiness: I think the longer you're married, the more you're fused into a system. You take on the characteristics of the other partner AND the system. None of the three marriages was emotionally open, even if SPY's seemed to have more communication. Often, only an external shock can break apart the system. The professor's marriage is the most salvageable because the system is larger (two older kids) and they have become much more communicative and vulnerable as a result of the external shock.

Totally agree with you about Song Won. Disproportionate hate for the most benign and relatable of the girlfriends. Still waiting for the big reveal about how "manipulative" she is: another man's baby, wanting her own cushy villa? I notice that the many commenters who predicted that she was pulling a long con are no longer active. It's as though they dropped the show because the girlfriends weren't evil enough.

Of the three, the professor's marriage/family life was the strongest. Perhaps they get a second chance.

Appreciate your astute observations. "Well packaged men" - lol. They ARE scarce.

And I, yours. People are fascinating. Multiply that by two!

So now you're saying that it's ok to break marital vows (divorce) when one partner cheats. Who gets to decide when one partner can leave (by affair or by divorce) other than the two people in the marriage?

Remember the "homewrecker" in the very first episode of Season 1? The production assistant who was attacked by the wealthy woman in the audience? The husband probably knew what his wife was like but didn't want to be taken to the cleaners for alimony. Should he be forced to stay in the marriage?

"ShinMiMi" - love it!

It isn't as easy as you make it sound. BHR is a public figure and divorce is still more damaging to women than men in most societies, particularly in Korea. As a lawyer, PSH knows this firsthand, and it's not in his nature to push someone to do something against her own best interest just to benefit himself. You heard BHR on the phone trying to reassure her mother that she would come out ok. Thank goodness that her in-laws are wealthy and that she can move in circles where divorce is more common and accepted.

It's not about how all men cheat or how there's no pleasing a man, as if that should be the standard. Yoo Shin's father didn't cheat and neither did PSH's father. People don't intend to destroy their families on a whim. This was an examination of the small choices that led to painful consequences. Who knows? Maybe someone watching this might think twice before inviting another woman to horseback riding lessons or dinners where he doesn't take his wife.

Marriage vows are important, and they should be upheld. You're saying that SH should have stuck with BHR through thick and thin even knowing her personality. By the same logic, SPY should have stayed in the marriage with Yoo Shin, through thick and thin, even knowing he was cheating on her.

Thank goodness divorce is legal in most societies, though, because it would be hellish to be tied to someone who is unwilling or unfit to be your partner. (By unfit I don't mean mentally or physically incapacitated, but sadly, people divorce for those reasons too).

I like assertiveness too, but she's self-centered. And empty inside. @Love movies nailed it - something is missing and she just can't be generous to herself or to others. Wonder why? People don't generally immigrate to Canada if they're poor so that doesn't seem to be it. The friend who was happily married seemed to have chosen an older guy who appreciated her, warts and all. Insecure people project a lot.

He did look miserable and wan in the scene where he's making ramen.

I haven't lived in Korea for a long time (back in the day, Apkujong was the center of Gangnam because of the Hyundai Dept Store, lol!). There are a couple of dramas with the name Cheongdam-dong in the the title, symbolizing the top 1%. Song Won also lives in Gangnam, but Nonhyeon-dong is nowhere near as ritzy as Cheongdam-dong.

If my ex in-laws were going to buy me a house anywhere in Seoul, I would personally choose one of the old money, leafier neighborhoods north of the Han River like Pyongchang-dong or Seongbuk-dong, which reveals my own boogie aspirations :) Think Parasite. I think Yoo Shin's father's house is in Seongbuk-dong. Ex-presidents and politicos vs. the competitive housewives of Cheongdam-dong. Check out Woman of Dignity!

Yes, all three of the wives happier. One out of the three husbands happier. One of the three girlfriends happier. The ghost and Dong Mi back together? PSH's parents still gaga over their grandchild.

original sound track. I guess I should say theme song ...