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Look forward to it. Haven't watched any historical drama since the Red Sleeves, but this one interests me.

just 1 ep, the latest episode has gone back to double digit (¬11%).

true tho, the Saturday competition is very intense. Ep11 and 12 pick up my interests again, hopefully it will give a push of rating towards final episode.

i like this duo too haha

yes i know, a double digit in cable tv is very good rating for Romcom as it is not a popular genre nowadays in Korea. Just want this show get better results towards the end.

Lee Junho is a Baeksang best actor winner fyi, he was an idol but he is also a qualified good actor, not just a popular singer. Even Yoona some people criticized her in other shows but she is good in KTL. Fairly speaking, they have given the best as they could. The problem of KTL is obviously the weak script.

i love their chemistry. but they can't have like rest of episodes focusing on dating and kissing without other fun elements/ plot...even fans would get bored. I think jtbc expected kissing scene could help viewership so they shot alot. Yes it worked for 1st kiss in EP8 and that scene went viral globally but it didn't work for ep9-11. Obviously local viewers got fed up and didn't buy in (maybe they are more conservative..).

EP11 indeed has a good balance of romance, comedy and workplace/ family conflicts. And there was good messages delivered regarding employees' value in running a business. But guess some local viewers had dropped the show after watching the plotless EP10 so the ratings dropped (the reception of ep10 wasn't good in kr forum) tho international viewers seemed ok with that episode. Hopefully people still the show a chance till the end.

yes it is very heart warming moment and i love their interactions. IMO the grandma is best supporting role alongside with Sang-sik. Also, in EP9-10 we've seen how Guwon had changed gradually when he got more involved with FL's life circle and that will influence how he deals with his problematic family and business later i think.

Agreed. the backbone of story is cliche but the detail development is quite unpredictable. They are able to add entertaining elements to keep viewers engaged n not bored. And the characterization and acting level of main roles are different from prev romcoms,

The daily chart on Flixpatrol combined both Eng and Non Eng titles whereas Netflix's weekly chart separated them. If we take out the Eng shows from Flixpatrol chart KTL should be ranked like 3rd or 4th. But anyway, KTL has been doing well on Netflix, as being the 3rd non Netflix original kdrama ever reached No.1 in its weekly ranking.

KTL was No. 1 in the Netflix Weekly chart last week, this week dropped due to release of two new shows. #7 i guess you refer to the daily chart.

i have a feeling that this will be very good.

The ML is still at his ‘lost’ stage though he is 30+, he has no life goals. Apparently he isn’t as mature and competent as FL, but it gives room for character development. The core of KTL is about ML finding his life goal through love (sarang), friendship and probably latter his mother. I don't feel there is sudden change at this point while we have seen some changes on him gradually, even at work he started to show principles and beliefs in doing business and not just a lovestruck. Guess there is bigger change when the inheritance war gets intense. I only hope the writer could make the transition of character smooth in the 2nd half of the drama.

Think so. That also shows when Lee Junho choose co stars, he did not simply based on acting level but considered the suitability of the character and genre more.

Same here, the prince and love triangle trope in ep 7& 8 was cringe and kinda boring. To me the best parts are the scene in the bath house and the crossover x the red sleeves where Guwon's inner Yisan came out haha.

tho everyone talks about the kiss, i like the Bath house part a lot more. Guwon is cute, and more important we start to see his change when interacting with ordinary people and be more considerate of other people's pov.

Where did you see the disliked comments? Before watching the episode i was told it got a 2-3 mins kiss towards the end and thought it gotta be too long and boring.. But end up i think the scene executed pretty well because there was emotional build-up at the start and a break before they went on deep kissing.

Lee Seyong (the red sleeves) excels in deep/ emotional scenes whereas Yoona seems better for comedic roles. I am not a fan of Yoona, but can't deny that visually she fits the role as a hotelier quite well.

Yes best episode to me so far