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When seven of the Eight (less HDM) are gathered around the table, I realized
Choi Dong Hyeon is not part of the group, I’m not sure why I had thought he was part of it - but he is an outsider from the very beginning and is not part of “the eight.” This makes his throwing his need to bring down HDM more impactful - he wasn’t someone who even knew him for a long time weighing in - also shows how horribly big his ego is! ( If it wasn’t already obvious.)

During the after party, they’re talking about how Ma Jae Yeong won the ~three million dollar grant - I didn’t realize at the time that was the very grant that HDM had interviewed for that day. So he already knows that he didn’t win and he also knows that he lost to the guy they were talking about - with her going on and on about how who won was “charming.” It also makes me think “of course he’s incredibly upset!” - it casts his behavior as a lot more understandable light and also how much he was actually holding in.

The time waiting for the train - no idea why I hadn’t noticed before, but I realized this is the first time the ML and FL are really speaking to each other. They had been each others orbit + I believe knew each others name, but don’t believe they really spoke to each other before this.

When Eun A was evaluating HDMs work, hearing this a second time, it was really more of a critique than a criticism - it was much more about Dong Hyeons attitude and obnoxious build up that made it sounds more harsh than it would have if she had been given the opportunity to respond to him directly.

For all so you who are loving this show - I just rewatched Ep 1 + loved it even more than the first time I watched it. Below are notes (only spoilers if you haven’t watched first ep) about everything I had missed +/or knowing what we know from later episodes- it casts what happened in really different light.

I have a hard time understanding the 50 episode dramas - but THIS drama? I’d watch it for 50 episodes. If you can watch the four actors getting drunk around a table while one struggles to set up a Christmas tree and another goes into the next room to read a book - and it sounds like it would be boring but it isn’t, the characters are alive and
Yep - I’d watch 50 episodes of this and never be bored.

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@yin_yin - ikr?! This show hits such a cord with me, deep in my soul I find it confusing why doesn’t everyone just love it 💕🥰 why doesn’t it have a perfect 10??
I almost want to go back and all the shows I’ve previously given a 10 to, to give them a 9.5 as now I feel “oh, so THIS is what a ten is!”
It is hard to know this will end next week - but I’m not going to be sad because:
This will be one of the few show I will watch again right away. I have a lot of friends that rewatch shows, but I never do - at most I’ll go back and watch a scene or two.
This show - I know I can rewatch the whole thing - listening for little gems I’d miss, knowing how it ends + just soaking it up a second time.
There are so many layers and so many scenes filled with meaning, it is something to watch again .

I agree!! 🥰💕

Yes, this has the big three required to make outstanding cinema: writing, acting + direction. Truly great films have all three, and this one is a gem 🥰

1) I think it’s awesome that she an A list writer who is standing up for other writer and is part of the writers association.
But 2) you said she refused to work with “Netflix or Disney”, but this is a Netflix production? This show has the big N right at the beginning, or am I misunderstanding entirely your comment?

@kdramamore + @akita + @tmoom + @carnotaurusEL - tysm for info on her other works. Only one I’ve seen was Another Miss Oh, which I saw a long time ago and adored!! So, I’ll have to start My Mister and My liberation - I had heard of both before those series ( as they both have great reviews) - but I never gave them a chance as the description sounded “too serious” to me and I thought it’d be too heavy to watch. But I’d honestly have to describe this drama as “serious” - but it isn’t heavy, it doesn’t weigh me down at all but lifts my spirit
🥰🥰🥰

Who would think that the line “tell me a funny story” would break me?
It is very rare for me to start crying at a show, my eyes might water a bit, buts that’s it - but I am half way through this episode andI started bawling - not from sadness but from happiness, relief. I had to stop the show and take a break before starting again.

You know something, this writer - I haven’t seen her other series, could they possibly be this good?
I am asking those who’ve seen more of her shows, are they all a this good?
Why I ask - they say if you’re going to write, write about something you know. This story is about writers who pour their souls into a script — this story is sooooo well written, it is so real - it feels like the writer poured her soul into it. And the actors are completely on board with bringing that to life! If her other stories are even half as good, I have to put them on my list!! 😊
It’s just not possible for other ones to be like this, right?

Sleep well!

Yeah, maybe it is complicated for MDL to fix, that might be why they turn a blind eye hoping that after enough real users see the episode the fake acts impact on the ratings will fade …
But it seems like they could do something that wouldn’t be hard to code - like, only allow users with accounts more than three months old that have commented can rate dramas.
And interesting point you made about not being able to see who rated them, as you’re right: if we as users good go in and report those who rated those episodes with a 1 star when it hasn’t even been releases, maybe those users ability to rate dramas could be suspended.
It’s frustrating 🥺

Ep 1 to Ep 6 are all above 9. Ep 7 has only climbed to 7.5, but I’ll bet it keeps going up as more people who have seen it rate it.
The ridiculously low rating - Episode 8 until 12 - are ones that haven’t been released yet are the ones rated by trolls, and that why I was saying it’s obvious it was organized - I’ve noticed this happening more and more frequently to new dramas that are released.
I wish MDL didn’t allow people to rate dramas that they haven’t watched , but that might be complicated to code.

There are groups that tank a new drama out of the gate- the super low rating on episodes that hadn’t been release yet is proof of that.

It’s easier for them to hurt a drama with a one star then to pull up the drama they love with with a 10 star - so that’s what they do.
The people actually watching the drama seem to all love it, hence the very high ratings on the episodes that have already been released. It takes 9 - 10 star rating to bring up just 1 - 1 star rating.

You know what I always think of?
Vincent Van Gogh (arguably one of the most impactful artist to ever live) - was NOT appreciated by anyone during his lifetime time BUT he had Theo Van Gogh: who supported him and his art throughout his whole life.
We can survive so much and become so much, if we have someone who we can turn to and ask for help!! We don’t need everyone, we just need someone 💕🥰
And watching this show, it seems that both the ML and the FL now have someone they can ask for help - and you’re right “that’s okay!” 😉

It does - even though there are sad moments, even though I am both cheering for and worried for the ML and the FL - it is so healing ❤️‍🩹- “soothed my trepidation” - yes exactly this! 💕

I was laughing so hard I actually had to stop the show for a few minutes and compose myself before I could watching 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just wow, just wow, just wow 🤯
This show - and I am not exaggerating- if you are taking a film class and need something fresh to write about and analyze- THIS is it.
The above would also apply to if you were in a psychology course.
There is sooooooooo much going on in this story, so much meaning. The only difficulty you’d have in writing about it, well you probably have to limit yourself to ONE episode - and then maybe you’d even have to limit yourself to ONE scene.
Proof:
1) about 5 minutes in, it was soooo fun and lighthearted
2) about 13 minutes in, it was psychologically interesting - what is this side character’s really big ego getting themself into? Will this cause them trouble later.
3) about 26 minutes in, the start of a scene that had me laughing SOOOO hard, I actually had to pause the show - and chuckling got up to get a soda from the kitchen, continued laughing and amused, composed myself, and then was able to start the show again
4) 46 minutes in, the start of several minutes of just a very warm heartwarming time

There were other emotions to - furious with someone being petty and jealous and you just wanted to slap them - happiness and seeing someone there for someone who needed them.
Everyhting, this show has everything.

At this point, I just want to thank the actors, directors and writers. This series, if I stopped right now at this point - I would consider it one of the best pieces of cinematic delight - top 10 - I’ve scene in my lifetime. To the writer: I don’t think you will, as each episode keep getting better and better - - but even if if this goes on a path I don’t like, even if I hate the rest - if I met you I’d still want to hug you for this wonderful wonderful work. In my opinion: you can do no wrong at this point because you’ve already done so much - what you have written has profoundly moved me.

Everything else, all the episodes and anything else that I watch that you’ve created- it’s just frosting on top of the best desert after a perfectly healthy, delicious and balanced meal. This series is everything.

I don’t think it’s lazy writing, it’s showing why she has the character strength that she does.
Notice - 1) although she is being bullied, she is not collapsing like a crumpled flower, she is standing up to the bullies. The strength she gets to do this is from her childhood - someone from a loving family would be shocked at that level of abuse and would just had in resignation + go back to their family for support as they looked for a healthier work environment. Although she doesn’t have a family supporting her, she faces it head on, on her own strength.
2) her being mistreated by that writer that she dated who then is trying to steal credit for her contributions ( his name?) — that would obviously also come from her mistreatment as a child. People who are abandoned as children unconsciously seek out similar personality types as their former abuser to try and “fix” the childhood trauma. This normally doesn’t end well for them and then they get abused a second time. In other words, they’re an easy target for narcissist, etc. (hope is now she found Dong Man - she can move on to a healthier relationship where they both support each other.)

Yes, but people read and watch dramas for different reasons.
I remember sitting in AP English and the professor was talking about “fluff” literature, that it was like eating cotton candy - all air. But I LIKE cotton candy. And I like Perfect Crown.

This series - this is extremely well written and acted and directed - it’s got all three - and I LOVE it!!
But cotton candy has it place, and you can still enjoy it - it just doesn’t fill you up.
If I could only watch one, I’d pick this drama - but since I can watch both, I’ll happily watch both 😉

Lol, maybe wait a day or two after watching and it won’t be as noticeable?
I feel so very spoiled right now, and I don’t want this series to end!