Michael louwe

The likely main end-point should be HDM receiving an award for his debut film = the underdog finally wins = a feel good ending.

The little romance in this drama is like a Korean side dish.

After reading Jin Man's poem, Mi Ran finds out the truth abt her life, ie something is wrong even though she is a successful and famous actress. Maybe a lack of love in her wealthy family.

IINM, HDM was depressed and having a hard time after failing to cast superstar Noh Kang Sik at the funeral.

IRL, hard and short lives usually happen to those who do evil unrepentantly and are irresponsible people, cf; US Jews tend to be well off and live long.

Hye Jin asked the female co-writer whether she wanted Park Gyeong Se, her husband. The co-writer declined.
....... This shows HJ has fell out of love with PGS (ready to divorce him) or she had mistakenly fell in love with him while reading his debut script 20 yrs ago, which was inspired by HDM's love story in college.

I hope not so for evildoing people like CEO Choi, the 2 women in the office who hate Eun A, Eun A's mother, Park Gyeon Se, Hye Jin, etc.

AFAIK, drama award season is around the end of 2026.

"Strike while the iron is hot."

Or it shows HDM is an outcast director in the film world, except for the 8 Club, his college alumni club of 8.

From Eun A's perspective, her mother is evil and narcissistic, eg she stole Noh Kang Sik's role while knowing the writer, Yeong Sil, is Eun A.
....... Some sinners or Law-breakers are unrepentant and beyond redemption.

It seems, HDM's Weatherman is an evil and strong protagonist who uses the weather to do evil, eg "Rain on someone's parade."

IRL, God is the Weatherman, eg brings rain for the Law-abiders and brings drought to the Law-breakers/sinners - Deuteronomy28. OTOH, since the 18th century Industrial Revolution, human doings have resulted in global warming and climate change, bringing bad weather to the world. IOW, wicked or evil-hearted humans are slowly destroying the earth.

At the Agit pub, HDM had cursed wealthy superstar Noh Kang Sik for rejecting his casting before NKS later agreed to be casted by him.

IRL, according to the Bible, it is OK for righteous and Law-abiding Christians to curse and hate their enemy ( 2 Kings 2:23-24, Psalm 35 & 69 & 109), except when persecuted or martyred by powerful entities, like how Jesus Christ was, bc God will avenge - Matthew5:43-44, Romans12:19-21. Hence, history says the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 70AD.

After being CARDIGAN'ed by Eun A to overcome his fears/worries, HDM was perplexed and depressed why his fearlessness in trying to cast superstar Noh at the funeral failed and he got humiliated. Later, Noh agreed only after evil CEO Choi broke his promise to cast him for the KnockX3 movie.

If IRL, according to the Bible, God blessed HDM's fearlessness (after he repented of his sins) by turning things around for him at the right time - something similar to "What the enemy meant for evil, God will use for good (Genesis 50:20)."
...... IOW, fearless and confident Christians should wait upon the Lord/God or be patient bc He is Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnipotent, eg 1 day is a thousand years and vv to God.

Incorrect. Please watch Ep 5 at the 58 min mark to see that the others, including Gyeong Se, were using DM's anxious babbling stories in their scripts.

The writer's previous drama, My Liberation Notes, had a somewhat happy ending for the 4 main characters and the 2 main leads stayed together at the end. Hopefully, it will be similar for this drama.

Take heart that as per Wikipedia, this drama is ranked No.1 in South Korea since Ep 3 by Nielsen rating company.

So, who do you suggest should have been the ML, instead of Koo Kyo Wan.?

Fyi, KKW is the ML in the film, Once We Were Us, which was a box office hit recently.

HDM talked too much bc he was anxious of the people around him who hated him and they hated him bc their debut films were based on his life stories, not on their own writing talent.

So, talentless people should avoid using another for selfish purposes and then hating him after doing so.

According to the Bible, the supernatural events is more like God coming to the defense of the weak and poor Eun A against her evil tormentors or persecutors - Matthew5's Sermon on the Mount, Romans12:19-21's vengeance of God.

Maybe the writer's main focus is on the characters' conduct or actions in life, eg IRL, there is no more hot kissing romance when a couple are >80 years old.