I think the English translation for the relation is confusing. Dowon is her brother-in-law's brother but since there's no separate English term for that (he's called a brother-in-law as well) compared to Korean, people probably thought she'd be dating her primary brother in law (so, the man married to her sibling).
Obviously, different cultures (or even people) have different ideas of whether that's personally too close or not. But it's definitely not incestuous (no blood-relation), and not too uncommon (so-called "double in-laws").
And there's no way Do Won can become a professor, right? I can't remember what step comes between a resident and…
I think most people become a fellow first and gain more experience. You theoretically could skip, but while Dowon is great, he's not extraordinary. Being a co-author on a paper was a big deal to him; it's not as if he's had co-authored a dozen papers before (which would give him some kind of extraordinary status since he'd have contributed to the field a lot research-wise). Also, he hasn't even applied for professorship in contrast to Dr. Myeong; I doubt people can be called upon to be professors if they didn't apply themselves.
I think it's better if you watch it yourself? I think ep 1 is paced little off, but it has to reintro chars, throw…
Many are complaining! But then again maybe they just haven't checked again and still assume it was as when the show aired the first episodes?
What I meant above applies to the MGTV app by the way. I believe on YT they're not as fast. (The "proper" captions have [CC] in front of the video title a friend told me.)
It's taken a more serious turn which makes sense since it's a continuation of S1 where things did begin to take…
Oh so the principal director has changed then. Yeah, I remember that! I didn't have much issues with the pacing back then… but this time I have issues with comedic timing and feel like they don't show the emotional side of relationships as consistently well as before.
I didn't take the horse riding and fuzzy backgrounds too seriously tbh, because I saw it as a cheeky callback to the prod quality one would get with a budget from S1, haha. And there's so many parallel shots and similar set-ups between S1 and S2 that I'd like to think I'm not too off with assuming it's intentional. ^^
I think it's better if you watch it yourself? I think ep 1 is paced little off, but it has to reintro chars, throw…
The subs with proper punctuation (i.e. period at the end of sentences) are okay! Not perfect, but okay. And that's the case until Ep. 13 currently. Ep. 14 is still pretty much just a machine translation as of today.
It's taken a more serious turn which makes sense since it's a continuation of S1 where things did begin to take…
I'm actually a bit confused since two directors are listed – the old one and the new one. And I'm not sure in what capacity the old one was involved (assume he couldn't do everything – or maybe not much at all – which is why they got a new one in as well, right).
Is this that bad? I'm waiting for this S2 for years, but it seems like a meh from the comment section here :(
It's taken a more serious turn which makes sense since it's a continuation of S1 where things did begin to take a serious turn towards the end. The characters have also gone through a fair bit of personal hardships and loss, so to expect them to be chipper and innocent all the time is a bit of a stretch, imo.
That said, there are obviously lighter stretches and the trademark Wang Juan humour is still around. However, I think the director doesn't do a good job of portraying that humour – his rhythm / timing / pacing is off.
The cast slipped back fairly well into their respective roles and dynamics. FWL's interpretation of Yanei is good enough I think, and I'd like it much more had I not watched and loved Bruce He's Yanei from S1. He brings out Yanei's 'babygirl' side but not really his 'hedonist himbo vibes' as much which is a pity.
As for overall plot, it feels less sleek than the heights of S1 but then again it's a Wang Juan show so who knows what plot twists come our way that will skew my opinion. Hence, I find it easiest to rate his shows once they're finished as opposed to during their airing time.
There's a recap (Ep. 0 on YouTube, integrated into Ep. 1 on MGTV) but it's probably easier to get into it if you're familiar with the dynamics between the characters and the tone of Wang Juan's writing style. :) Do think in general that you could get into it without having watched season 1.
I can't remember which interview that was but WYW explained that it was to mark sort of 'more modern' (implied…
Well, you could say it that way. But I live in 'the West' and only very few of my friends called their parents by their names (like at most two in a class). But I agree it's probably more normalised here in general.
one thing that I didn't get: how is the kid always calling the mom by her full name???might be more understanding…
I can't remember which interview that was but WYW explained that it was to mark sort of 'more modern' (implied – the way I understood it: less hierarchical, more egalitarian) approaches to parenting. That it's okay to call your mum by her name and that mom and kid are more on the same eye-level so to speak?
Yep! :) The bulk of the first half is basically them trying to sort out this new co-parenting situation ;) and the son is very adorable! Actually my main reason for watching the show, haha.
Hi, I plan to watch this drama, but before that, I have a small query, I saw some preview of FL getting pregnant...1.…
If you don't mind spoilers, here's some answers:
1.) She actually loses her baby very early on in the pregnancy. 2.) We're almost at the end and she hasn't really started a relationship with Yang Kai. They have been having a sort-of enemies - fake lovers (for certain occasions) – business partners relationship. Yang Kai has been pursuing her in his own VERY unconventional way (expect a lot of comedy) but Su Fei has not really responded to them (she's got loads of other things to take care of!). Would say that she is opening up to the idea of dating him. 3.) An Ning is Ding Manman's friend and the former mistress of Pang Xin (boss of Su Fei's boss, basically) and currently works for Su Fei (and they're besties at this point). She also has a child with Pang Xin that he desperately wants. Her story is basically trying to evade him and build a stable life for herself and her son. There is also a love line with her and Su Fei's brother.
It's a bit of a mystery why this ended up on the Top Airing list because as far as I know, it's not airing anywhere at all. It has aired before with six episodes (last summer) but then got taken down within the day.
Today's episode was so good, can't wait for next week. I think two people collaborated to commit the murders,…
I could also imagine that whichever part of the park these characters have trespassed on, that there's a history connecting all those places... in the sense that the murderer(s) want to protect the place from intruders / disturbances because of some emotional / occult / religious reason or maybe there's something hidden in those places that shouldn't be discovered?
Obviously, different cultures (or even people) have different ideas of whether that's personally too close or not. But it's definitely not incestuous (no blood-relation), and not too uncommon (so-called "double in-laws").
What I meant above applies to the MGTV app by the way. I believe on YT they're not as fast. (The "proper" captions have [CC] in front of the video title a friend told me.)
I didn't take the horse riding and fuzzy backgrounds too seriously tbh, because I saw it as a cheeky callback to the prod quality one would get with a budget from S1, haha. And there's so many parallel shots and similar set-ups between S1 and S2 that I'd like to think I'm not too off with assuming it's intentional. ^^
I know, I miss him a lot :(
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That said, there are obviously lighter stretches and the trademark Wang Juan humour is still around. However, I think the director doesn't do a good job of portraying that humour – his rhythm / timing / pacing is off.
The cast slipped back fairly well into their respective roles and dynamics. FWL's interpretation of Yanei is good enough I think, and I'd like it much more had I not watched and loved Bruce He's Yanei from S1. He brings out Yanei's 'babygirl' side but not really his 'hedonist himbo vibes' as much which is a pity.
As for overall plot, it feels less sleek than the heights of S1 but then again it's a Wang Juan show so who knows what plot twists come our way that will skew my opinion. Hence, I find it easiest to rate his shows once they're finished as opposed to during their airing time.
1.) She actually loses her baby very early on in the pregnancy.
2.) We're almost at the end and she hasn't really started a relationship with Yang Kai. They have been having a sort-of enemies - fake lovers (for certain occasions) – business partners relationship. Yang Kai has been pursuing her in his own VERY unconventional way (expect a lot of comedy) but Su Fei has not really responded to them (she's got loads of other things to take care of!). Would say that she is opening up to the idea of dating him.
3.) An Ning is Ding Manman's friend and the former mistress of Pang Xin (boss of Su Fei's boss, basically) and currently works for Su Fei (and they're besties at this point). She also has a child with Pang Xin that he desperately wants. Her story is basically trying to evade him and build a stable life for herself and her son. There is also a love line with her and Su Fei's brother.