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OMG , I don't know that
I thought this is Real documentry.

well yes i also find all that cringe, and the fact that they are still showing royalty in joseon-style costumes and drama-like sets — like they completely forgot this is supposed to be 21st century and a modern world where a monarchy somehow still exists.

for example, look at japan — the emperor wears suits, behaves like a modern symbolic figure, not someone walking around in old samurai-era clothing. here they didn’t even try to modernize the monarchy. like suddenly guns are allowed for royals? pointing a gun at your assistant is literally attempted murder or at least a serious criminal threat. what is that supposed to imply — that royals can just get away with anything?

and that whole dynamic is weird too — a rich chaebol requesting to meet an unemployed prince? who may or may not even become king? it just doesn’t make sense in a modern power structure.

best example of a modern monarchy would be queen elizabeth II — symbolic, controlled, and within a legal framework. this show doesn’t even try to do that.

and yeah, the butterfly effect is the biggest issue. if south korea still had a monarchy, it likely wouldn’t have become the constitutional democratic society it is today. which also means companies like samsung, lg, hyundai probably wouldn’t have had the same opportunities to grow into global tech leaders (AMOLED, semiconductors, etc.).

and if history changes that much, then even the whole north-south division and US-backed development might not exist in the same way. so it’s not a small change — it’s a completely different timeline.

that’s why it feels off. instead of a believable alternate reality, it just feels like they pasted monarchy on modern korea without thinking it through.

baek ho knows her ?
or just whatever jang mi told him ?

Honestly, I’m actually happy with Baeky’s dad’s end result. Whatever is happening to that family feels deserved to me.

His lawyer wife isn’t some innocent victim — she literally defended her own murderous husband and blamed the victim (Jang Mi’s father). That alone tells you what kind of person she is.

Her husband cheating on her? Not surprising. Her own son hiding that truth just to justify his father? Even worse. That shows how little respect either of them have for her. At this point, they don’t treat her like a mother at all — more like someone who just exists to serve them.

She raised two sons, and neither of them truly cares about her. That’s the real outcome here.

It’s honestly just karma coming back around. Sad? Maybe. But I still feel like she brought a lot of this on herself.

she will wake up in ep no 119

Yeah honestly, the “chairman will magically fix everything” angle doesn’t even hold up if you think about it for two seconds. This is South Korea we’re talking about — even the Samsung chairman couldn’t bail himself out for over a year. And here we’ve got this shaky, coward-looking old man who practically wets himself whenever his daughter-in-law raises her voice… what exactly is he supposed to do? Pull strings? With what authority? 😭

If Hwayoung gets out purely because of him, that’s not clever writing — that’s just plot convenience.
But man, the real “lame-ass writing” is that chef arc. Like come on — a passionate, established chef just drops his entire career overnight and suddenly becomes a corporate director at his biological mom’s company? That’s not character development, that’s a shortcut. Since when does “cooking qualify someone to sit in a boardroom and make executive decisions? 😅

That kind of jump only works if they earn it — show the transition, the struggle, the learning curve. Otherwise it just feels like nepotism dressed up as destiny.

chairman is dirt poor he can't afford to have guard around

was it logical for a chef to left his kitchen and become a director?
dude was doing MBA and cooking together?

that weak useless old fart
what he can do ? cry for his daughter in law to feed him some dirt

The chef becomes a director and leave his kitchen
weird show.

That’s exactly my point too. I’m not denying that people compare—men do, women do—and yes, a lot of people end up choosing stability over passion. That’s very real. But in most real-life situations, people are careful not to make their partner feel like they’re being compared, because once that feeling creeps in, it quietly damages the foundation of the relationship.

There’s a reason many people avoid going into detail about past relationships. It’s not always about hiding something—it’s about protecting the present. No one wants their partner to feel like they’re being measured against someone else.

Romantic relationships, at their core, carry a sense of exclusivity. It’s about feeling special to someone—like you’re their person, not just an option among others. That emotional security is what allows a relationship—whether dating or marriage—to actually grow.

If you’re looking for a story where that “second lead wins” kind of dynamic is explored more openly, you should try Sex/Life.

It’s very different from typical dramas because it doesn’t hide the comparison—it actually builds the whole story around it. You really see the contrast between stability and passion being played out in a much more direct way.

So if you liked that angle or were rooting for that kind of outcome, this show definitely leans into it.

Am at 27 ep
A beautiful family she built

an orphaned young woman who steps up to support her family
FOCUS AN ORPHANED WOMAN WITH FAMILY

You’re throwing around labels instead of addressing what I actually said. Saying “woman-hating” just to shut down criticism doesn’t make your point stronger.

I’m not reducing all women to anything—quite the opposite. Criticizing a specific character’s actions isn’t the same as attacking an entire gender. If anything, generalizing all women as cheaters is exactly the kind of mindset I’m pushing back against.

So no, this isn’t about hating women—it’s about calling out behavior in a story. If you can’t separate a fictional character from real people, then maybe rethink who’s actually making unfair assumptions here.

So what exactly happened to all those murderers and rapists in the story?
Did any of them actually face real consequences? Or did they just walk free with weak excuses?

And it’s the same pattern with the cheating wife — where is the accountability?

What did those three “heroes” really accomplish in the end?
Because from what it looks like, they didn’t deliver justice — they just covered up their own actions and protected themselves.

Your review frames this as a thoughtful “passion vs stability” dilemma, but honestly, I don’t think the drama earns that depth at all.

What we’re actually watching isn’t a philosophical conflict — it’s a poorly written love triangle built on inconsistency and denial.

The FL isn’t “torn between two valid choices.” She’s actively stringing along two men while pretending she isn’t. That’s the real issue. The show tries to package her as a cautious, “good” woman figuring things out, but her actions don’t match that image at all. She maintains emotional and physical involvement with both men, yet the narrative refuses to acknowledge it honestly.

If the drama wanted to portray a flawed woman exploring desire, that could have been interesting. But instead, it hides behind this pretense of innocence, which makes the whole thing feel hypocritical rather than nuanced.

The two male leads aren’t much better in terms of writing. The “stable” guy is reduced to an overly passive, almost unrealistic figure who never calls out obvious behavior. The “passionate” one is written as impulsive and intrusive, yet somehow endlessly tolerated. Neither reacts the way real people would — which breaks immersion completely.

By episode 7, this stops feeling like character exploration and starts feeling like narrative stalling. In real life, this situation wouldn’t drag on — both men would have walked away much earlier.

So for me, the question isn’t “passion or stability?”
It’s: why is the story pretending this is a meaningful choice when it’s really just avoiding accountability in its own writing?

I agree the show is light and easy to watch — but that doesn’t automatically make it meaningful. Right now, it feels less like a balanced exploration of love and more like a fantasy that refuses to confront the consequences of its characters’ actions.

Sold his home and become YolO stalker

At end it give a beautiful message
Woman should only talk about career
But give up her career and just become a baby making machine at home.

then that sml will be called ML,
nothing change

Starving… but with a stylist, nutritionist, and millions in the bank.