My Liberation Notes

Intentionally evading taxes is a serious matter. It speaks to one's character, but at least he has paid what he owed. What always baffles me is how celebrities never seem to learn from the mistakes of the people who came before them. Nothing stays hidden for long, especially in the entertainment industry. Your deeds, especially the not-so-kosher ones, always find their way back to you eventually. But I suppose it also shows that celebrities are human; they make mistakes like everyone else, even though some fans want to hold them to an imaginary standard of perfection.

Yes, he tugs at my heart

Lucky you -- enjoy I am cannot wait for the new season to start I am truly addicted to this show I cannot tell you how many times I have rewatched :) Thank you for sharing!

I don’t have any issue with age‑gap relationships , whether its older woman/younger man or older man/younger woman. In dramas or in real life, it doesn’t bother me at all. I actually pointed out that there isn’t much of an age gap here since they’re only five years apart, which really isn’t an age gap. They could be 15 years apart for all I care. My comment was only about the intentional styling and direction choices. Thank you!!

There’s only a five‑year difference between them, she’s 36 and he’s 31. I wouldn’t really call that an age gap, but she does look older than him in this clip, and that may be intentional

I figured as much. she also seems to have lost some weight; I noticed it on another recent show, though the name escapes me. I adore her, and I have since Stranger. I always look forward to her shows.

Is it just me, or does Shin Hae Sun look different

I love him... wishing you and yours all the best :)

First, I’m a woman, and I would never sit around “talking rubbish about women.” I strongly believe empowered women empower women, we don’t tear each other down with insults or slurs. Second, you keep assuming that people who disagree with you have never experienced betrayal. That’s not true. I have been cheated on before, and I know exactly how painful it is. It destroys trust and can take a long time to heal from. I would never wish that experience on anyone, nor would I come crying here or anywhere else about it.

But even having gone through that, I would never celebrate harm or death happening to someone because they cheated. Betrayal is wrong, but wishing violence on someone or saying they deserve to die because of it only adds more harm to an already painful situation. And finally, cheating is not something only women do. Men cheat too. Betrayal is wrong regardless of gender. Turning the discussion into hostility toward women or suggesting that someone deserves death because of infidelity isn’t really about the story anymore. Try to have a good life. ✌🏾

You can absolutely criticize cheating or say you have no sympathy for someone who betrays their partner. That’s a personal moral stance and many people would agree that infidelity can cause deep emotional damage. But the issue people are reacting to in your comment isn’t that you condemn cheating, it’s the way you connect that to violence and say you would “enjoy” the consequences even if it ends in death. Whether someone writes “if” or not doesn’t really change the underlying message. Cheating is wrong, but it still doesn’t make violence or murder something to celebrate or feel satisfaction about.

People get betrayed in many ways in life by partners, friends, family, and even employers, and it can absolutely cause anger, depression, and instability. But those reactions are still the responsibility of the person experiencing them. Another person’s wrongdoing doesn’t absolve someone of personal accountability for how they respond. Also, reducing the discussion to insults toward women or assuming anyone who disagrees must be a cheater doesn’t really address the actual point being raised.

If we’re talking about the drama itself, a more interesting debate is whether the show excuses its characters' morally questionable actions. That’s a fair discussion. But celebrating real-world harm against people, even hypothetically, isn’t really about the drama anymore.

Episode 11 had me going. I was ticked all around. Baek Tae J's analogy that he developed Connect In to take revenge on those who abused his sister and drove her to suicide is completely ludicrous to me. What about all the young women and men who were abused because of Connect In? He knew the horrific things that were happening to them and still did nothing. At that point, the revenge argument collapses. The moment he knowingly allowed new victims to suffer, he stopped being an avenger and became a perpetrator himself. When has “the end justifies the means” ever been acceptable when it involves the complete destruction of basic human rights? Revenge does not become justice simply because the original crime was terrible. Creating more victims does not honor his sister’s suffering; it replicates it.

And for him to tell Sin Jae that she should understand why he did what he did just because her mother was involved in the cover-up is even worse. That is manipulation, not justification. Yes, I can understand why Sin Jae did what she did in order to save her best friend. But making a deal with the devil and keeping it from the very people who trusted her most, her best friends and partners, essentially destroys them. That betrayal is hard to justify, even if her intentions were to protect someone. To me, a person who chooses monstrous actions to bring down a monster becomes a monster themselves. At that point, they forfeit the moral right to claim victimhood.

I could see Baek Tae Ju coming from a mile away. I was like 90% sure he was what he turned out to be. With that said, I would like to add that I think Jung Eun Chae is carrying this show. I love her as Shin Jae. I hope to see her in more dramas.

I think they both do

I don't know where everyone is watching it but I've been watching it here; https://amasian.tv/video/series/honour

Me too, he almost feels too good to be true. I would not be surprised at all if he is, especially since he seems to be gunning for Haeil and the Mother. It definitely feels like a grudge from the past. And do not get me started on the Mother. I believe those who stand by and knowingly allow evil to continue simply because it does not benefit them to stop it are worse than the evil itself. In my eyes, she is the real monster.

Yes, Park Je Yeol and whoever he reports to are clearly evil. He is obviously a puppet, not the master, and they know exactly what they are doing, even if they dress it up as revenge, profit, or whatever else. The Mother, though, knows evil is happening all around her, within her own ranks, yet chooses to do nothing because it does not affect or benefit her directly. I guess evil recognizes and accepts evil.

I tell, it's truly the wild, wild west out here. To top it off we have the comment section stalkers, how miserable must you for crying out loud. It's a drama but I commend the writers, actors, directors I mean everyone involved in the making of this drama they sure have touched some flaming buttons 🤣😉

Some of these comments honestly make me wonder if we are even watching the same drama. My blood was boiling the entire time. I had full-on, cringy goosebumps just watching how disgustingly twisted grown men behaved behind closed doors, the depravity of it all, especially toward minors. This part of the story is horrifying and deeply unsettling. And yet the one thing so many people seem fixated on is the “cheating.” At this point, I genuinely do not know what is more disgusting, the men portrayed in this drama or some of the comments reacting to the infidelity instead of the sheer horror of the story itself.

I agree. The reaction says more about humans as a whole than about the drama. It is unsettling how quickly people fixate on a woman’s moral failure while glossing over or normalizing systemic abuse, exploitation, and violence against women and minors. That imbalance is exactly what the story is exposing. If a messy, flawed woman provokes more outrage than organized, predatory harm, then I would say the mirror this drama holds up is doing its job.

I have been watching them on YouTube. The format has changed. I miss seeing the players jabber, have fun commenting, and engage in horseplay, but at the same time, I am grateful to be able to watch them play the type of baseball I so thoroughly enjoy. I see you have a direct link. I am excited!

I didn't think I would be back to this soon to tell you, it is back. You can watch newly released (no subtitle) but beggars cannot be choosers (speaking about myself) on Youtube. Thank God. Here is an note on why and how it is back and where you can watch. New releases you can watch on the official Studio C1 YouTube channel. For the older content you can go to their platform Studio C1 Official Website: Replays and older episodes are available on the independent Studio C1 platform. Replays of new episodes usually appear here on Fridays at 9:00 AM following their Monday YouTube premiere.