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Yes to romance but it's minor. It's a love triangle but not intense. The ML is the doctor/proctologist. A lot of people got SLS from the 2ML who is her best friend.

It gets better in ep 3 and really takes off in ep 6

Thank you for saying this

You haven't gotten far enough into the drama, the doctor becomes much more a part of the main story

Great characters and performances, mostly accurate portrayal of mental illness, focus on real issues affecting people who suffer from mental illness and their loved ones. When it's working it can be incredibly painful to watch because you care about these people and seeing them suffer is really hard. The downside is that it's a bit clunky in the first 2 episodes as they are setting up the premise and educating people about how the hospital ward works. It improves a lot in ep 3 and becomes outright amazing in eps 6-9.

You're touching on a big reason I was always Team Proctologist-nim and it's that he was never embarrassed by himself. And because of that he was able to be kind and generous and supportive to Da-eun. The 2ML was very cute but also very immature.

I think the creators were trying to portray that but not just that. They were also trying to portray that people with mental illness are all around us, they are your neighbors, coworkers, friends and family and because of the stigma they are often suffering in silence. Their misery is invisible.

I think the overall arching message of the show is to have compassion and acceptance for people with mental illness and not to ostracize or shun them. People returning to work and needing support to do that is incredibly common, but what is the alternative? Do we say if you have a mental illness you never get to work again and you should shut yourself away from humanity?

Yes but secondary to the main plot

I also see EAW in Park Eun Bin's performance and it's irritating

Yes to romance but it's a very slow burn and not the main point of the drama

Keep going, the main characters most definitely have stories of their own, you just haven't gotten there yet

The first two to three episodes are kind of clunky as they set up the premise but the storytelling gets a lot better as it goes along

I'm noticing a big difference in how people experience this drama depending on whether or not they have personal experience with mental illness, either themselves or through a loved one. People with a personal experience are really feeling the pain of these characters and I think anyone with that history needs to tread cautiously while watching this because it could be triggering, especially episode 6 and beyond. People who don't have that history are experiencing the drama as heartwarming and inspiring. I don't think there's a right or wrong here, I'm just really struck by the difference.

I'm also finding it hard to care about any of them but I can't put a finger on exactly why. I loved the kid who played the ML in the first episode but everything with the adults has fallen flat for me. I'm dropping.

I see a lot of people who got second lead syndrome but I was 💯 team Proctologist-nim all the way. The 2ML felt more like her dongsaeng than a potential bf. And I love that Go-yoon saw Da-eun at her worst and still loved her 😭

her performance is not that but also if you're looking for something quieter this is not your drama

I think you made some valid points here but I will say that people are not more invested in the triangle than they are in the mental health stories. From what I'm seeing online there are many people who've had personal experiences with mental illness who feel seen by this drama.

The production is clearly aiming at educating the audience about mental illness and destigmatizing it which is why narratively it's a bit clunky and basic. But I was still invested in the characters and eps 6-9 were an absolute gut punch for me.

I don't think depressing is the right word. I would say it's terribly sad at times. I finished it last night and I can't stop thinking about it. I don't think I would describe it as healing personally but I'm still glad I watched it. it was a very humane drama full of empathy for suffering people.

I noticed it, especially in the last episode. It felt like they shot a longer drama then had to chop it down to 9 episodes. I still enjoyed the drama but parts were definitely clunky.

- Seo Won watching the how to look cool while driving video and then cleaning the car and putting snacks in it for Hae Na 🤣😍😭

- Awkward Seo Won agreeing that Hae Na looks like pickled radish 🤣 but then pulling off the smoove move of opening the umbrella

- The whole drive to the wedding and getting busted for the video, with Hae Na joking about the guy teaching how to look cool while reversing and Seo Won's face giving away that it was too accurate 🤣

- the look on Seo Won's face when he grabs her hand and they run to the wedding and then how sweetly awkward they both are in the elevator

- him putting the hair clip in her hair ahhhhhhhhh

- Yul, sis and friend plotting to help her get into Seo Won's room and and then her kissing him with dog ears, I died

- the whole scene at the end where she protects him from the dog by tossing her coat over him. Really, every scene where she protects him from a dog is fully killing me from the cute and the sweet 😍😭