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Frankly I don't think this poster is anything amazing (not a fan of the white), but it's still better than the recent posters that look AI generated lol

It's a new writer Chu Songyeon, the script won an award at JTBC's script contest in 2022 which got her a deal for it to be adapted into a drama.

Thanks for the translation. So I'm guessing that's a suicide note (though I think they made it pretty obvious that she isn't dead lol)

Please be good!!

I am enjoying how unconventional and heartfelt this drama is, but also not a huge fan of the recent addition of the ML's messy ex. Also, it never really processed for me that two years had passed since ep 1.

So far this seems a little overdramatic for my taste, and the comedic moments felt out of place.

I was completely mindblown when I realized the ML here played one of the baddies in My Name 🤯

The greatest parts of the drama were the action scenes. They nailed the edginess with pumpy music and great choreography, the fight scenes were so satisfying to watch. Plot wise, it was quite predictable and the ending was pretty messy. However, it was still entertaining for the most part with a standout performance from Park Heesoon. 8/10

Goodness, that sounds scary. I heard that it is tricky to completely recover hearing loss especially if it is treated too late. Hope he recovers and gets enough rest.

Yeah I noticed that as well. The whole sequence of events seemed identical except for the victim being pregnant. It felt kinda odd since iirc, the plot of the movie was dramatized and based on multiple real-life cases, not a single case.
Also, on your mention of the writer/creator, the director-screenwriter of that movie unfortunately passed away this year due to illness.

It started out quite promising but... it was a mess. Not surprised knowing the writers though

I liked it a lot, it was quite emotionally heavy but I could see the love under the complex, broken family relationship. I could really empathise with all the characters, especially Seo Hyunjin's character and her dad. I was actually not expecting the plot to move this fast but it is great!

I understood the vision of this film, but I don't think it made a good viewing experience. As a software engineer, the second half was just logically flawed. It was baffling to watch.

Actually, it looks more like a hallmark Hollywood romance movie... the kind that relies on fancy backdrops and vibes to cover up an utterly basic plot 😅 Hope I'm wrong, and such shows can still be done well, but I will wait for reviews before watching too.

Hmm, frankly the teaser looks like any other rom com in existence lol

Completely agree with you, your points are much more valid. I think the writers kinda wrote themselves into a corner with a case that was too complex for this show. I would have preferred if the drama actually acknowledged how the lawyers did not have the power to solve the root problem, but instead they just moved on quickly.

Looking back more carefully on how the case was solved... It was actually horrendous. They guilt tripped the mom into thinking she shouldn't have thought about having an abortion as she couldn't live without her son in the present - which supports the hospital's anti-abortion views. When a point was made about the hospital refusing to check the fetus for disabilities, they went all out with the "all lives are equal regardless of disability" bs (which is literally irrelevant). To not complicate matters further, the chairman "adopted" the mom and son (a.k.a offered to pay them) to effectively shut them up. Yeah, everyone was played and it was not a success at all. 😬

Who approved the script for this episode??

I liked episode 3, but episode 4 left me unsatisfied. They raised a complex problem but glossed over the biggest issue (hospital being anti-abortion) and solved the case in the most convenient way possible. I didn't find it emotionally touching as it was just unrealistic imo. Pretty disappointed tbh.

Well, maybe there is some room for debate here, but that is not what the show or I meant... The whole point is that the mom was an unstable, alcoholic teenager who was not ready for a child, and she was deprived of her basic rights to know the state of the fetus or make a choice on whether to keep him. She is shown in the present as not equipped to be a mother, much less a mother to a child with a disability, and both are clearly struggling / depressed as a result. I guess it's up to your own opinion to decide whether she and the child deserve this.

Maybe I should rephrase my comment: long-term impacts through the current state of the family. It's not just the disability.

Lol, he is only 35 which is way too young to be talking like that, plus Kim Minha is only 5 years younger than him. It's like me saying I listened to SNSD in my teens, although I'm not much younger than them -- since they started out as teenagers themselves.