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My mom's death was. The nursing home called us 8 o'clock at night to tell us she had passed.

Pretty much non-existent. The SML has feelings for her, the guys compete a little at the beginning, but she only ever really has eyes for the ML.

Not really either, they fell equally hard but he probably fell a little earlier.

If the comedy toning down == better for you than no, it doesn't.

So final thoughts. Visually stunning, great acting,. The story dragged a bit in the middle and I found myself skipping parts of episode 9 and 10. Maybe I was too ambitious with binge watching over the weekend/snow day. The DID part was, unfortunately as expected, used as a quirky plot point but I didn't feel like the work to heal from that was well explored. Unless it happened in the parts I fast forwarded through. I mean she's having a nervous breakdown??? She goes to see her mom and we never see that conversation, she comes back whole and healed apparently and the separation feels manufactured for the heck of it.

Overall I enjoyed it, going in knowing it's a psychological romance rather than a romcom is key. (If they actually advertised the mental health stuff prior to airing I missed it).

Did he say that to Mom or to Bom? I can't remember this conversation. But he was always there as her mother's spy. If anything his respect for her privacy was self-serving from the start.

He was always mom's spy from the start though?

That's what he was there for in the first place.

Honestly the pre-release summary and trailers gave a very different view of the drama. And when the spoilers came out about the dual personality plot it really didn't sound like my thing. I was expecting a romcom and the psychological part wasn't what I thought I was signing up for. But I gave myself some time to let go my previous expectations and decided to give it a shot with the spoilers in mind.

Turns out with proper expectations set, it's a good drama so far. I don't even blame the post-release comments, the trailers I saw set very different expectations than what the drama delivers. And the summary was very bare bones for a good while there.

The post-release spoilers actually helped in my case because had I gone into this with my original thinking - that this was some The Package esque romcom, I would have been disappointed with it. But the spoilers put the drama in it's proper context. And after some space to let my original thoughts fade, the first 4 episodes have been great.

Originally I had the complete wrong expectations for this show and after it came out and reviews came in I was like "huh, doesn't sound like what I was expecting, I'll give it a pass for now."

So with some time to let my expectations fade away and coming into it with a better understanding of what the plot actually is, rather than what I thought it would be, the first 3 episodes are delightful. I love that he knows about her issues from the start. I love their conversations and how there's no misunderstandings or miscommunication between them, at least not yet, and I hope that continues.

So far I'm liking it a lot and I'm glad I gave it a shot.

English subtitles keep calling her Guem Ho.

What dramas are you watching that have leads written like this?? His strength is exaggerated for comedic effect, I can't think of another drama that's done this.

I like her too and the hate for her is a bit surprising. Like the biggest issue is she not nice to Han Gyeol when he approaches her, other than that she hasn't done anything meddlesome or scheming.

But I hated the villain in Typhoon Family so much I had to skip his scenes so I guess sometimes characters just irrationally annoy us for no reason.

Yeah pretty much

Nope, some of it is exaggeration by the towns folk but the rest is never explained. You just kind of have to accept it as one of the quirks, lol.

Unless the genres listed here are incorrect most romcoms are not having bittersweet endings.

Okay great that sounds up my alley. I'll power through the rest of episode 1

For example I don't like business dramas but liked Typhoon Family enough to tolerate the business plot. 😜

Okay started episode 1 yesterday but financial crime (financial anything really) is not my thing, do I power through the set up or is a general liking and/or understanding of finance stuff kind of a prereq? Lol.

Kim Jae Yeong doing that little smiley scrunchie face while she's trying to buy merch has completely erased whatever disappointment I had in episode 11. As a murder mystery the resolution was lacking, as a romance I'm sold.