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The day a makjang gives us a "meet cute" that's a Bollywood musical number will be the day I can actually stand to watch the leads fall in love with each other lmfaoooooo

I'm screaming this is exactly it 💀 even tho the two aren't mutually exclusive

wow.... i can't believe it took this early but I pretty much fastforwarded through half this episode [Jangmi's storyline. this "meet cute" between her and Baekho is so stupid LMFAO... Jangmi comes off as annoying here. I think the only drama that did the "meet cute" in a way I liked was A Graceful Liar, which subverted the whole "ML is a jerk to the FL because she spilled something on him etc" trope] hopefully Hwayoung targeting Sukhee means the two families start to intertwine...

also, the scene with the storeowner jangmi and sukhee??? i would much rather watch Seorin act like a spoiled brat haha ... btw seeing Eunjung as Seorin is fun, I don't think she's ever played a character like this before lol

That being said I actually like Baekho and Jangmi just not with this scenario I am sure once the plot actually advances I will like them as a pair a lot more.

and I am glad we are getting word of the sister's whereabout's - she is not dead like some of us have speculated. She just doesn't live with the family because she got married and lives with her husband's family! I expect for her to show up eventually....

I gotta say, I definitely agree with you there! Secret House is by far the darkest daily I've watched...

I like jaehwan as a lead character and I hope to see seo hajoon in another daily as the lead character!

The Nams are probably one of the most dysfunctional, toxic chaebol families I've ever seen in a drama and I love every second of it 😭 so many secrets...

I like it! I do appreciate the darkness and the fact that the story is centered around the male lead for once ... I wonder if mbc would ever give us a another revenge daily with a male lead (maybe something like temptation of an angel or queen of ambition? I can dream lol)

The summary from KOCOWA:

"For Jang Mi, who lives with unwavering grit, the most precious thing is her family, especially her mother Suk Hee who stands at the center of her world. Jang Mi pushes through each day with stubborn hope to become a great chef like her mother. One day, Jang Mi's cherished family faces a sudden threat. Seeing her mother's life completely taken away by Hwa Young, Jang Mi vows to take revenge. She chooses to live as someone else to make the woman pay for stealing her mother's life. Jang Mi will not stop until Hwa Young loses everything she holds dear. Can her fury truly make a guilty soul pay for what it has done?"

Not sure but she probably will unless the writer decides to subvert the usual trope....

Between Sukhee being Sukhee and Baekho and Jangmi's antics I am way more into the Hwayoung/Seorin/Junho/Hongju storyline rn... and ngl I am interested in Junho's idea of combining Western x Korean cuisines 👀 the restaurant setting is going to be fun. Hongju is probably going to be one of those characters who goes from victim to assailant, especially since she's seemingly aware that "she could have what Seorin has".

Mr. Cold City Man is everything lol but I wonder what the real reason is that Junho chose Chang Restaurant....

Did something happen to Taepyung's sister lol

Also a fun little easter egg - when Hwayoung is talking to President Hwayoung, all the posters in the background are older (but recent) MBC daily dramas - Meant to Be, Secret House and Desperate Miss Seonju. Reminding me I still have to finish SH ... lol.

The KOCOWA summary implies that Jangmi is going to take Seorin's place to get revenge

Seorin telling the guy in the elevator to mind his business when she didn't pick up the phone 💀💀💀 I want to see more of her (and Jangmi).

Sukhee reminds me of a way more annoying version of Haein's adoptive mother from meant to be. Hopefully we don't have to deal with this until episode 120...

Here's hoping Hwayoung eventually joins the cosmiccosmetics daily drama villains Hall of Fame 😂 I'm expecting it

Nansook shooters rise up 😭

I agree with you. I feel like jeongwon was more dynamic when she was living as youngchae. I kind of wish that lasted for a bit longer because so far the first the first half of the drama >>>

Second half isn't bad... just boring (so far)

I caught up on this (perfect drama to watch while crocheting some last minute Xmas gifts) and I gotta wonder why when it comes to the fashion chaebol companies, the FL usually recommends sustainable clothes while the 2FL goes for a luxury clothing line 😭 there's a few dramas with this trope and I just want to ask the writers you guys know there's more fashion concepts than luxury vs sustainable, right? 💀

As for the storyline, I know Haneul is big mad at Nansook for what happened to his father. I may come off as a Nansook shooter for saying this (and I absolutely am, she's my favorite character by a mile lol) but I think there's more to the story here.... Haneul's dad may actually be a POS so I mean, if he truly was an violent drunk I can't be mad at Nansook for moving how she did? 🤷🏾‍♀️

So the first week was mostly exposition... I expected that. Next week the drama fully starts

I have a strong feeling I will end up fast forwarding through Sukhee's scenes like ... I didn't like her before the accident and I definitely used her meltdown as a bathroom break.

That being said I am surprised that Jangmi and Seorin met each other so fast but I wonder if anything will come out of it? Since the episode ended right as soon as Jangmi realized that Seorin looks like her.

Here's hoping the meet cute in the next episode doesn't kill me from the cringe (although I'm glad we moved past the "sexual harassment as a meet cute" trend which you can see in the author's previous drama - The Third Marriage)

I am also way more invested in whatever Hwayoung is cooking up than what the leads are doing, but hopefully that changes as we see more of Seorin and Jangmi

Seems like tomorrow we meet the twins and I'm looking forward to it.

Glad the flashbacks are over. This entire scenario could've been avoided if Sukhee actually talked to Dongseok. Weak writing tbh at least give us a scene of Dongseok rejecting the babies/getting cold feet or something.

Also lol @ at Sukhee the aspiring judge just jumping into a random strangers van and assuming they would help her? 😭 Hwayoung doesn't have to do much to run circles around Sukhee, here's hoping her daughters are smarter!

Also, Okhee and Tokhee are terrible names lmao they sound very... dated even for 1995. (Fun fact because I verified it but Okhee's popularity as a name peaked in the 70s and early 80s.) Both Jangmi and Seorin are much better names lol

I agree it's much too early to tell how this will go but if TFM does go in that direction, I hope this drama gets solid ratings for MBC!

I can't believe it's going to be 10 years since it aired next year 😭

I could've worded it better lol but I guess I was expecting a bit ... more from Sukhee and Dongseok's relationship like I guess I got irritated when Sukhee just ran off when the obvious thing would've been to ask Dongseok what's going on 😭

(Which I realize now if the characters communicated properly there would be no drama but still lol)

Now that being said, Hwayoung is by far the most developed character and her antics are keeping me seated. I'm way more interested in her exploiting Dongseok's "death" to her benefit

Oh and if the KOCOWA summary means anything, Jangmi will be getting revenge on behalf of her mother "who got her life stolen from her" by "becoming someone else" - it seems like she will assume Seorin's identity. 2020s version of The Promise? If so I'm here for it lmao

First episode:

My theory about who the "First Man" is seems to be right the first man -> Ma Dongseok, the first love of the FLs mother(s)

Idk why but I don't think Dongseok is dead. I won't believe it until we see a body. Not a funeral scene, but a BODY. I'm too genre savvy not to take "we can't find the body" at face value... watch Ma Dongseok turn up alive in like episode 80 or something.

This love triangle between Sukhee, Hwayoung and Dongseok ... ngl I understand Sukhee being upset over the tabloid BUT .... if Dongseok and her had such a healthy relationship, why didn't Sukhee ask him about it instead of going ghost with the twins lol. Unless there's a history of Dongseok being a serial cheater (which I doubt).

Hwayoung is evil but I like her better than Sukhee, at least Hwayoung confronted Dongseok directly. Sukhee comes off as a different type of manipulative... I don't understand why she immediately went to the nuclear option of running away off ~vibes~ when she could've just gotten to the bottom of this with one (1) conversation. but she's going to get knocked upside the head sooner vs later so I guess it won't matter lol. Alternatively... I'm surprised Dongseok didn't use his chaebol $$$$ to try to find Sukhee on his own. Maybe the relationship wasn't as good as we thought? That would be a nice subversion

I do find it darkly ironic that if Hwayoung didn't follow Sookhee she wouldn't have lost her baby/meal ticket and probably would've achieved what she wanted but that's usually how it goes in these dailies "you should've just sat there and ate your food".

Tbh I don't really care for the exposition (never have) and the premise, outside of Hwayoung's motive, makes no sense (ok I know this is a daily but even dailies have standards) but I'm putting up with it until we get to the main story because I love Oh Hyunkyung as a villain. It seems like Seo Hyunjoo just needed a reason, ANY reason to fracture the Ma family so I'll let it go.... for now

I'm not going to say "strong first episode" but I'll say it's decent. Looking forward to the next time jump...

Yeah it could be better lol

My theory is the First Man is either one of the MLs OR.... the father of Jangmi/Seorin. He was the first love of Hwayoung but he chose the twins mother... leading to the twin switch and Hwayoung entering the Ma family...

I've noticed that first loves are a common theme in the character summaries and correlation chart. So maybe it's a story about what happens when unrequited first love goes terribly terribly wrong lol