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TBH, the cliffhanger was the thing I liked most about this episode. Maybe even the whole series. It was kind of perfect.

As bad as that was, it actually made me laugh - there are so many flashbacks that it's exhausting, but that one was so ridiculous that you just have to find humor in it.

Yes, characters getting together early in the series is always a bad sign.

Producer: We're going to have the best actors, cinematographers, locations, everything.

Assistamnt: What about a script?

Producer: Just go grab the first thing you find on Wattpad.

That was almost a textbook on bad writing. This whole episode was a bunch of 20-somethings ponitficating about life and love with the profundity of a motivational poster.

As if there wasn't enough extraneous material, the finale introduces a random straight couple that nobody cares about. AND THEN GIVES THEM A FLASHBACK. In the flashback, two people sitting nearby conveniently give an expository dump. And where did Tai get gas? We were even told it was hard to find any in the area, yet he has a full tank the next morning. DId he fill it with the power of love>?

Lomfon and Tien were so out of character at the end that all I could do is sigh wearily. Tien asked what did Lomfon mean with that film. Seriously? Lomfon is so emotionally constipated that he can't even get out the words 'I like you" (which is fine - that's his character) and then gives a long, long monologue. And we got a nice parallel with Tai's even longer monologue.

Nobody acts like people. So Patts wasn't surprised to see Tai and just stood there blankly? Why did he listen to the whole thing when he could have just said "shut up and kiss me."

Actually, you could have ended this that way in Ep 3 and this would have been an awesome series.

That's the other problem with the OTT reactions - we're not getting a sense of what he's feeling.

It also made me laugh how Shin treated it like he was Gollum with the One Ring.

I figure it had to be the apartment key for the reason you gave.

It also made me laugh how Shin treated it like he was Gollum with the One Ring.

I figure it had to be the apartment key for the reason you gave.

If you have to make that many assumptions to fill in the blanks for this to make sense, then the writing is bad. But you're describing a story I would like to see, so we should put you in charge.

Someone said it was a mistranslation - it should have been something like "barely 18".

It's hard to see it as development that he gave Shin a spare key to an apartment that's about to be demolished.

Very cute. Except the kitchen ceiling. But I love the blurred indoor/outdoor distinction of traditional Japanese houses.

The REASON for Minato's intimacy issues would be interesting and fruitful to explore. But that he's just behaving like this with no progression or explanation is just irritating and so unrealistic that it takes me out of the story.

I totally get not being able to verbalize how he feels - if someone wants me to tell them I love them, than it feels coerced and makes me feel like all the ways I show them I love them means nothing to them. But not only does he have emotional intimacy problems but also physical intimacy issues. In S1 it at least made sense that Minato wasn't going to have sex with a minor, but now Shin is an adult and Minato will only barely touch hands instead of having crazed monkey sex for two weeks without pause starting on Shin's 18th birthday at 12:01 am.

Minato's character needed to be modified to suit live action - he's just a cartoon now. If the intensity of ALL your reactions are on the maximum setting, then none of it has any meaning - it expresses as much as Hiiragi does, except Hiiragi doesn't annoy me by shouting all the time. It's really difficult to see what Shin sees in Minato - he could do much better.

I remember when I was that stupid.

I went on a date with a guy once and I decided we would take it slow, so I held out until AFTER dinner on the first date.

Come to think of it, I have seen an interview where they were both charming and had great chemistry. For some reason they make Joong act like a boring robot in all his roles.

"Many" is a bit strong. There are a handful of people with balanced views - but the Patts supporters see it in black and white. Tai is wrong, Patts is owed and apology, period. One even accused me of being a Tai supporter because... I think they're both wrong? Also, who is a "supporter" of a fictional character in a bad drama? I'm a viewer - I don't understand becoming so attached and partisan to a character. There are dramas, actors, and characters I like and look forward to seeing, but just because I like Pee doesn't mean I'm going to excuse his character's violence, and that Tai lied to him doesn't magically make attempted murder OK. Not even a little.

How many series are there going to be with a boss and employee? Do they have secret meetings where all the producers agree to all do the same thing for a season?

A little bit wrong - he did it on impulse and apologized. Note that Tai didn't pull back and even going on the date was a giant mixed signal. I phrased it "if anyone didn't do anything wrong" which is semi-rhetorical. It was wrong, but is so mildly wrong compared to what Tai and Patts did that it's hardly on the radar. Lying, essentially going on a date with another person and physical assault are both so much worse (100 times worse for Tai, 1,000,000 times worse for Patts - sorry, but brutal violence like that is not just wrong and psycho but a major criminal act).

I just don't understand why so few people can think they're both in the wrong - it's all or notthing. And nobody seems to think physical assault is wrong. If there's anyone who didn't do anything wrong, it's Lomfon - he even talked to Patts to explain his position. He's been 100% transparent with his intentions.

It's not as bad as physical violence. It's that simple. If you think lying is worse than attempted murder, I don't know what to tell you.