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I'll be forever grateful for this drama for leading me to Empress Ki.

I guess some people are annoyed that's she's a lead at all and that there's romance forced from the beginning in a drama named Man to Man, so that feeling engulfs her other traits (looks, behaviour). Was she a secondary character, all that wouldn't matter.

That's encouraging, I'll give it a try.

they were never the brightest crayons in the box. We're talking about man clueless enough not to realise one of his friends has a years-long crush on him and is an object of his another friend's affection for nearly as long, and a dellusional girl. So Joon didn't build his company on his smarts, but on his luck and unique knowledge of the future. They were never presented as smart, so them acting stupidly isn't out of character.

And now I think I shouldn't be skipping over the enslaving mother in law, her squad and the absent husband.

is there a difference between yooryeong and gwisin (other than one makes a pun and the other doesn't)?

/lol, they just glued all PPL into single ad segment.

It's more like she had some mild psychological condition and felt and urge to state aloud what she observes and concludes. It may come as somewhat robotic, but some people are like this.
She's smart, but sometimes lacks common sense /self-preservation instinct.

My sentiments exactly. Why can't she just become a cop herself. She's natural.

I really like the music here, especially that trumpet at the beginning of ep 2.

one note though: if one of the numerous comparisons with House of Cards brought you here, don't expect House of Cards-level cinematography. It's mostly unsightly amounts of people talking, introduced all at once, with name tags hovering in the air. Keep your expectations low and don't be discouraged.
/And no antihero. The further I go, the less I understand from where those comparison started. It's very monotonous in terms of dialogues and actions, almost like a paradocumental. If someone cared to shot paradocumentaries in elegantly muted palette of blues and grays.

/ they're also having dialogues like this, delivered with a mortal deadpan:
Anti-bribe squad chief: why did you do this?
High official catched on taking bribes: I came from a family of peasants, I'm deadly afraid of the poverty.
Anti...: You're a disgrace to common people. You set a terrible example for your hometown!
Official..: /gasps and falls into despair/.
Sprinkle with some 'comrades' and here you go.

they're good in making one think so, aren't they.

I've found it subbed on yt: https://youtu.be/PXkgp7gYqCc
/there's also subbed ep 2 from the same user, and ep 4 from another one, but no ep 3 so far

If you came through the middle part filler, it's a pity to drop it at this point. The worst is behind you.

Thanks!

the teaser at the end of episode 5, anyone knows what was it? There was a cassette recorder playing and a short-haired woman.

right?? and can't he spare 5 minutes to play with her and come back to moping around? Why have a cat in a first place if he doesn't care?

It was good. I hoped till the end he's not. I wonder if they settle clear rules how it works now.

I see what you meant now. I was afraid there will be some setting and closure in every episode and nothing much in between or one giant flow binding the viewer for 40 hours, but it's very watchable.

/really, this show should be prescribed for people with a short attention span and impatient fingers reaching for ffwd button too often. There's no way not to sit it through a 12 minutes watch. Kissasian version has even a timer in a corner.

interesting. I'd expect him to be a villain usually. SLS - totally understandable.

yay, more 1930s scenes!
blacklists- still holding strong (see: http://freemuse.org/archives/12987)