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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

If your statement is correct, then all highest rating dramas should have been starred by idols but in reality is absolutely not true. On the contrary, most idol actors' drama didn't get good reception in Korea as domestic viewers are very critical about acting., Lee Junho is probably one of the few exceptions due to his acting ability.

Some people keep bashing this drama, but its popularity says otherwise. The harder they bash, rating goes higher haha. Just to admit that the silent majority indeed loves cliche shows.

added to planned to watch list. haven't seen Namkoong Min in a romance series for sometime.

thank you

i think the title meant the latest ep breaking the drama's own record, ie highest amongst 4 eps.

The real time rating of KTL EP4 is higher than Revenant, and it got 2.3 m viewers which is also higher. It is weird end up the show didn't get double digit.

I'd define it a modernized cliche show with higher level of production and acting.

The acting of main leads literally saved some weaknesses of the script. especially Lee Junho's range of acting is top notch in EP3, in few scenes where Guwon's family issue set in it looks like angst drama not a light romcom.

the cast of Guwon's mother has been revealed already, not the same actress.

yea hope something good comes out of those side characters later.

Understand their role is partly to depict the struggle in services industry, but it is too long in terms of air time, especially in pilot episode which should focus on two main leads and macro background not individual life of supporting roles.

EP2 was a bit better tho, the fish head plot was kinda funny. But in EP1, the trio had night club scene like twice which was unnecessary.

An easy to watch, light hearted drama so far. And congrats to its early success on both rating and netflix ranking. My only complaint is the individual storyline of Sarang's 2 girl friends is too long and i couldn't see how it is relevant to the development of main plot/ leads.