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Jang Yoon Ju was so beautiful and bad. Somehow neither effect detracted from the other. Great great job on a seriously one-dimensional character, she gave her portrayal volume and strength and never let the craziness, when it regularly blew up, overwhelm the other actors, or the scene's structure. Gorgeous.

A kdrama feels incomplete without a cute kid. JuWon's little actor did a decent job. His character's main job/effect was to efficiently create a more attractive, responsible and kinder character for DongMin .

Thanks. Relief.

lol -- this is quite mild for the usual kdrama heroine! Good on you for calling it out tho.

I think we will get some of the old collapsing of cinematic time and somebody will interfere with Ga Seong just before she kills her stepdad..the friend has come back from her errands, the police can be called, Yeong Ran may save the day...This is definitely not a tragic show...in the end.

I agree. Although the scenography and cinematography point in the opposite direction from realism, it doesnt mean that character arcs dont exist. The village is supposed to be a dream place, completely the opposite of this dark version of Seoul. Altho it is suposed to be remote, it actually feels most of the time as if it is on the opposite side of the door from the crazy fortress-house of the Chairman.

I have watched this show on air and enjoyed it a lot.

Happy to hear that, on a binge, the humor and surrealism which has not been obvious to many of the weekly viewers here, comes out more clearly.

Honestly, in context, complaining about 'realism' disguised as criticisms of the 'plot' makes it sound like these people havent actually watched a lot of kdrama/films.

This whole show gave me the 'cool' vibes of the 60's series 'The Prisoner' with Patrick Mcgoohan. Also some of the weirdness of 'Fractured Fairytales'.

Ep11, ending. What a great shot, JUST THE HEEL of Ga Seon, shoe stepping over the threshold of the fortress-house. Glittering in the darkened hallway.

Will Love In Spring basic premise in reverse. No morgue though.

JKH is such a good comic actor, but still classy.

Thank you LA for the industry news. It makes it so much easier to comprehend from the global end what happens with access to shows.

Does it mean that more kcontent will be locked up out of reach for netflix/viki subscribers? Right now TVING licenses to viki on occasion.

I was amazed that MS said exactly that to TP at one point, I think it was before they left for bangkok. Women in kdrama have to express such complicated things with glances, they rarely get scripts which allow them to simply say what needs to be said. She was very calm and diplomatic too, the character wasnt written in as impulsive. So often a 'strong' women has no self-control in kdrama scripts. Nice writing. Everything is easy and natural, like yall are saying, but its radical nevertheless. So cool.

mid-ep 8 -- this is so interesting (trip to thailand). I had never thought about there being a network of overseas Korean traders, the same way that there have always been overseas Chinese...

I am thinking today that the end will be better later on when watched as a binge. It is abit too tidy but if rushed it a bit it wont feel that way.

I am not enjoying this 1 ep a night for the finale. It seems that these last four episodes were designed to be seen together all at once. Oh well, I will look forward to the binge-rewatch.

So glad you pointed out Noh Min Woo's presence! Then I dont have to feel weird in saying that the fact that both Im Chul Soo and NMW are in this show is a sign from the universe that this will be great.

Dont you think he got badly treated in CRushology -- his character had no sass,

That pink sleeping bag is absolutely unforgettable! Hurray for the return of poop jokes!

god yes. DH was a horrorshow, figuratively and literally. LJW did a good job, (you could sayeven a wildly overthetop outrageously operatic job) but even he couldnt swim against all that massive pompous indigestible meaningless dreck.

8 Modern dramas: Memories of the Alhambra, Search:WWW, Ex.U, When the weather is fine, DDSSLLS, Move to heaven, Death's game and the Impossible Heir.
2 Sageuk/fantasy dramas (both Netflix): Alchemy of Souls, Dear Hongrang.
This is his 3rd Netflix drama, and 9th modern drama.
He is a little like Namgoong Min, very versatile so people forget about him in between big hits.