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this is one of those dramas I had zero expectations for and I wasn't even anticipating it, tbh I had it as "not interested", but I was all caught up with the other dramas that I randomly started it, and I love it way more than 99% of the hyped up dramas I was looking forward to all year..

even the office stuff is interesting and different than the usual corruption ones...

is ep 4 the final episode in the viki edition?

the new ep just made me even more confused, it's like a mess, in a good way.. complicated? unexpected? different? thrilling? like 14 days! it's like I have no idea what's going on, and I'm really curios about what will happen.. still not sure if it's a supernatural though...

and Nam Gyu Ri feels so different! her whole persona and voice! I mean sure it's been 6 years since I last saw her, but it's obvious that she "matured", and it feels like she'll be the perfect "female cop", I love her already...

this really has a great pace, and even though I didn't like Baek Jin Sang at 1st, he really grew on me, he's kinda cute xD

I found that out after I wrote this xD

this is my only hope for 2018 ;)

solid 1st ep... it's has enough suspense and thriller, looking forward to the next ep..

I was doubtful about Lee Yi Kyung, I've only seen him in goofy roles, but he did great, and I liked Nam Gyu Ri in my early kdrama days when I saw her in cruel city and 49days but I haven't seen her since then, so I'm looking forward to her as well ;p

I wonder if this is a supernatural genre or something..

I thought that would be a "plot twist" they revealed in the housewarming party xD

ok, I felt it, that "I'm suddenly crying at the end because I'll never see them again" thing TT^TT
it was a great ending but too many recaps, practically 10mins or more..
and I'll be honest, I skipped 98% of the 2nd leads romance, it was mostly "we can't be together because I want to be a priest with no good reason"... and since they are doing a "reversed gender" romance or whatever, I have to say, if she was the guy I'd have hated how bossy "he" was, and "she" was way too "obedient"...
also, I'm sad that they never showed Woo Mi's boyfriend, it'd have been a better way to "waste" time..

9.8: romance
9.9: chemistry
9.7: Han Se Gye (I hated her "self pity" side)
10: Han Se Gye'S smile ♡♡♡♡
8.7: Seo Do Jae
7: plot
5: side characters story
9.6: friendship/sismance
- 0.5: the 10min recap
- 0.5: ep14 and 1st part of ep15

so there are 2 more eps left not 6? I guess that's for the best, they already solved the biggest mystery, now I guess it's the revenge part..

this was draggy from the start and it just started to get "interesting", the whole bad mama plot was unnecessary, she's suddenly the perfect mom and housewife, she's doing non of the things she wanted to "fight" for...

no wonder this felt like a running man episode, it has their old pd xD

it was a mission, a fake ring for a fake marriage, they probably didn't want to push the romance too hard since her husband died pretty "recently"..

and it was probably cheaper to stick with the same actors xD

are there subs for this anywhere else besides Netflix?

well he seems to be just as over obsessed and delusional as she is, they make a great match I guess...

these types of plots happen alot, and it can really only go 2 ways, so no one copied anyone, but I remember OYWD's casting news from more than a year ago, I was super excited for Park Bo Young and Kim Young Kwang ;p

just a friendly suggestion, but if anyone wants a a story with this kind of plot just watch On Your Wedding Day ^^

she could've married another guy. 2nd lead could've been exposed as the selfish jerk he was. not made this drama a "romance". this is "on your wedding day" but worse, that overused shoe metaphor, it's just a shoe, it is not some secret message about life! the last ep was practically recaps and a silent movie, nothing was resolved. she practically got over it by herself. what was the point of the romance, it's not even a sweet one to look back upon. she broke his heart yet they act like nothing happened! woopsy, we shouldn't have broken up, but I still loved the other guy... what was the point of the 2nd woman, nothing they went through mattered, that's how 2nd guy's ending should've been, he's probably happy chasing another woman, lol I hated him... that last 3mins just recapped the whole drama, literally this drama could've been told in 3 mins! I'm getting angrier by the second, the 2 main leads are the only reason I'm not giving this a 1, they actually did their best, their happiness and saddest was real. all of the secondary characters were worthless "we had trouble but it was all solved in the last min and everyone is married besides the main couple who married the wrong guy yet no one mentioned it".....

goodbye and good riddance... I'm being generous with the rating... I blame the writers for everything, it's like they wanted a conflict for the 2nd break up but they just literally ruined it all... it'd have been better if they just made the 2013 phase longer until the end.. I can look at it in a "you can't control your fate, sometimes it's not all roses and sunshine", but there are so many options that could've saved this drama (I'll write them in the spoiler)... mostly it's the 2nd lead's fault, he ruined it all...

ep25-26 are the eps where they finally address the real "plot" which was not surprising at all (I feel like I wrote this drama, whatever overanalyzing I do turns out to be true ;p)...
and the ending of 28 just went triple makjang xD