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Everything you said. I'm so mad at this episode. What the hell did they do to Jiho's character? He would never be that unethical! I'mma pretend the show ended at ep 14 the way I do with Because This is My First Life

Dramacool used Prime's subs, try to get a copy of Viki's subs

EPISODE 15 WAS SO BAD WHAT WAS THAT SHIT

The show description is completely wrong, there are two men in love with the FL but she only cares for one person and she never wavers through the whole drama. It's not a real triangle.

The kiss from the SML isn't handled particularly well but I didn't get as angry at it as other people did because I've seen a lot worse in other dramas. So in order (with SPOILERS):

The 2ML doesn't apologize. The FL doesn't angrily put him in his place but she bluntly tells him that she's not interested in him and the kiss was a mistake. She apologizes to the 2ML for the kiss which is ridiculous since she didn't initiate it at all but oh well, at least she makes it 100% clear that she is not interested in him. The ML does get upset and he and the FL have an argument over it but they resolve it. There is a woman interested in the ML but he's not even a tiny bit interested and he never wavers in how he feels about the FL.

I want to add that she goes to the 2ML, tells him she has feelings for the ML and is entering a relationship with him. She is always super clear about how she feels and communicates that to the 2ML.

The description is wrong, she never has feelings for the 2ML and she's ride or die for the ML from ep 1.

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Con is eps 10-12 which were super melo. I got very annoyed with the plot machinations. Pro is eps 13-14 which got the drama back on track. Really funny and sweet scenes with some emotional healing for our leads.

No, I wrote that comment after ep. 8. They got together the next episode.

I'm going to copy over a comment I made on Reddit:

Now that we're 8 eps in, I have to put in a pitch for folks to check out Love In Contract. A lot of people dropped after the first two episodes because they were expecting a standard Park Min Young frothy romcom but what we got was much weirder and sadder.

Yes, a lot of it is very funny (there's a dinner scene in episode 4 that had me laughing out loud) and there are lots of sexy, swoony moments as well. But all three leads are emotionally damaged and suffering from childhood trauma and the show doesn't shy away from going dark. Watching can feel disorienting but that's part of the appeal - you really can't predict where the story is going.

What works about this drama:

A great performance by Go Kyung Pyo and 🔥 chemistry between him & Park Min Young

Unconventional characters & a quirky sensibility. The ML is a deeply weird, socially awkward person who is endearing but sometimes borders on a little unsettling (think of a next level Se Hee from Because This is My First Life). The FL is someone who presents a beautiful facade to the world but is an emotional wreck on the inside.

The writers take risks. In the first episode you are dropped into the story after the leads have already started falling for each other. The show veers from LOL funny to deeply tragic but the tonal shifts somehow work (most of the time)

There's a major gay character who is a sexual person (we meet his hookup in the first episode) and has his own character arc and goals. He also kicks ass, literally. The show also calls out homophobia.

It's not a perfect drama for sure. There's a chaebol plot that feels too disconnected from the main couple and the slow burn romance is so slow that it's starting to become frustrating. But I really appreciate that the writers went for something different and that they are deliberately playing with and subverting romcom tropes.

When the show first aired a lot of people dropped after the first two episodes because they were expecting a frothy rom-com and instead got something a lot weirder and sadder. It definitely has extremely funny moments, especially involving Go Kyung-pyo who is great at comedy, and the romance is on point too. But there's also a lot of sadness around childhood trauma for all the leads and the plotting is downright odd. It's a polarizing drama and people seem to either love it or hate it. If you do try it I'd give it to at least episode 4 before you decide whether to continue and know that it's a messy drama but personally I really love it despite all its flaws.

A lot of it has to do with how the character is written, Jiho is complex: awkward, introverted, sometimes ridiculous but also intense and ardent and romantic. GKP really brings out all the facets of the character which is a very tough thing to pull off.

That's how I feel about this drama. I'm unreasonably attached to the characters and invested in their journey even though the plotting is messy. The main couple in particular, there's something about them that just makes me so happy to see them together.

I think you better brace yourself...

Yes! But only one of my podcast partners is interested in doing it with me. One dropped immediately after episode 1 and another one just decided to drop after episode 13. This has been a polarizing drama

Oh thank you so much! ☺️ Which one did you listen to?

I freakin' loved so much about ep 14 that it's going to take me a bit to compose my thoughts but I wanted to shout out the scene where Gwangnam gives Sang Eun sex advice, I was dying. Also it feels super progressive for a Kdrama to have a gay character explaining how to have sex with a man. It was nothing explicit but the implication was there and that's fantastic

Thank you and see my reply to jihos-wife above.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. You're right but I hadn't thought about it that way. I think it's written this way on purpose, Hae Jin is the kind of lead we're all supposed to want as drama watchers but it's quiet, weird, awkward but also loving and kind Jiho who gets the girl and it's never in doubt for one second in the drama. I'm not sure it quite works but I feel like there's a vision behind all these characterizations.