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also re: the ending of ep6... i wonder how seola knew to show up there, unless he was just hallucinating her. of course it would be right as we (and wooseok) were getting answers... but who else would benefit from that except junbeom? and the volunteer seemed to view them both as two different people so my initial theory about junbeom being the ex who never actually died and just got a load of surgery after the incident to look different doesn't seem to match this? so many questions still...

i knew the scuba gear was shown for a reason, mr photographer is sus as hell... i think he's liked and been obsessed with her since childhood and is keeping her "secret" about starting the fire (since he did appear in flashback scenes there)... and either has confessed and been rejected by her in the past and can't take no for an answer or can't bring himself to for whatever reason (i hate this kind of trope ngl) while eliminating the men around her out of jealousy. his reaction to seeing their lunch date kinda sealed it.

i'm also wondering if this is why the sister has been acting so incredibly unhinged even if i don't fully understand it. maybe she was just driven crazy by how obsessed her brother has been with seola the whole time even if seola literally saved them BOTH in the flashbacks, and helped her get the intern job in present day.

wow what a crazy week of episodes. the acting and tension with hajoon and minyoung is too good. literally everyone around them is suspicious af but i'm definitely leaning more towards the chairwoman and the photographer best friend as the prime suspects now, even if junbeom is also definitely unhinged and creepy.

i didn't even realise it never showed up in ep5 and then when it appeared in ep6 i was like ah yes. it's been too long.

agreed it would be too obvious to make it him. dude is clearly unhinged and creepily obsessed with seola but it seems his full anger is directed towards those who are his "direct competition" i.e. other men so there wouldn't be a strong enough motive for him to take out yunji. unless we have multiple culprits working together or one person pulling the strings (art gallery director lady is still the most suspicious of all to me) which is entirely possible.

she gets a redemption arc?

i think ep5 might be one of the best ones yet for me. i didn't expect them to actually kiss but you know what, hell yeah. i was worrying every time we got a scene with whj in a car (he does the sad, angsty brooding so well though i'm glad he's having his redemption arc by literally putting his life on the line for her)... but i presume that's next episode from the previews.

the bratty younger sister continues to piss me off, same with the coworker dude who's competing with seola. also the detective friend just letting herself into wooseok's apartment and rummaging through his stuff annoyed me too like what's your issue? he helped you out before too. i wanted him to argue/fight back on it more. is she jealous that he's starting to fall for seola?

same with the best friend, i don't quite trust him. i don't know if he's keeping it a secret that he knows that she killed her parents for her sake and waiting to use it against her if she ever rejects him... it's definitely likely he has some kind of unrequited feelings that he hasn't acted on.

my prime suspect behind all the deaths is still the art gallery director lady... she's just so greedy and money-hungry from what i can tell, especially her reaction at the end to finally obtaining the art piece she wanted. i wouldn't be surprised if she's also pulling the strings knowing how 2nd ml is so obsessed with seola. he's so creepy and unsettling every time he appears on screen and i don't doubt that he's wanting to eliminate men he sees as "competition", but it feels way too obvious to have it just be him acting on jealousy without any other underlying motivations (or again if someone is egging him on).

character a: *stressing or upset about something*
character b: here, some [insert product here] will make you feel better!

it's like they know he looks fine af when he's going through it (being in a suit and/or covered in blood optional) which is probably why uh... gestures at his history of characters. lmao

he's definitely creepy and unhinged but i don't think he was behind all the deaths, possibly just wanted to threaten/cause accidents etc out of jealousy seeing the men with seola rather than intentional killings.

somehow i feel like the gallery chairwoman is definitely suspicious as hell too and possibly has ties to the house fire. it's clear she has a lot of money and influence based on her basement of artwork and how she influenced that chairman. i'm definitely betting she's pulling the strings behind the background without directly getting her hands dirty. they're the two i'm most wary of so far.

that ending... i can't believe we have to wait another week. also the preview for ep5... are we really getting fake dating trope? that younger sister of the friend is also so unhinged. also the kopiko product placement takes me out every time lmao it's so unserious.

it's more just tension than anything romantic just yet but still early days. the tension between our leads is great so far and that combined with the mystery aspect makes me want to continue watching. looking forward to tomorrow's ep

this is getting so good... i love how each of the pieces are slowly falling together lmao so many shady af characters...

excited to see hjw and nana on screen tgt !!!

there will be romance according to the actors. both hajoon and minyoung have spoken about filming kiss scenes with each other and also wanting to win a couples award for this drama

there will be romance according to the actors. in interviews both hajoon and minyoung have spoken about filming kiss scenes tgt and also wanting to win a couple's award for their chemistry in this drama haha

so far so good. i'm enjoying the slow buildup with the tension between our two leads and their scenes together are wonderfully shot, especially the ones in the gallery. as for the culprit i very highly doubt that it's as obvious as kjh's character being the jealous ex who starts murdering all the men close to seolah. he's definitely unhinged in some way, i just feel like it'd be too obvious for it to be him. my suspicion is that it's one of the women close to her.

such a solid first episode... oh how i've missed hajoon in crime/action thrillers...

4 days to go... can't wait. the interviews with hajoon and minyoung have me so hyped too, i'm really looking forward to their chemistry together.

i really hope they work out too and that they enjoyed their dates together. i'm so glad they cleared up a lot of misunderstandings and communication lapses with each other in ep 3-4. it made me feel even more strongly that a lot of what held them back was how they had a mutual acquaintance and some preconceived thoughts abt each other prior to meeting on the show, plus both were stubborn in their own ways and didn't realise a lot of things until watching the screening back. that 6 month long yearning period must've been rough for them both, especially igeon thinking that she was still happily dating sungmin.

non-spoiler thoughts: i will say is that i'm kinda frustrated that it felt like they rushed and cut so much at the end. like only showing short clips AFTER the contestants made their choices as if to justify them, and them cutting that entire game they played at the end except for a brief clip? when finishing ep 11 i thought surely ep 12 will be a longer like maybe 1hr 30 ep to wrap things up, but it was even more rushed and shorter than i'd hoped.