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Yes, this is true. Those were early experiments and I was referring to current practices. BTW, splitting seasons was an egregious failure as neither part could stand on its own without the other. Death's Game was another example (but I think that may have been Prime).

She should have fought back against the debt thugs with that strength!

She should have fought back against the kidnappers/ organ traffickers!

Was there really a fallout between the writer and the director (resulting in the S1 episodes being cut from 14 to 12)?

If there really was a crisis on set, then IMO it is doubtful there will be a second season.

She deserves someone so much better than 2ML, but if that's who she wants, who are we to deny her heart?

ML was wearing plot armor.

But Kate & Jack were dead. Anything can happen when you're dead, in Limbo. These characters are supposedly alive, on Earth.

Not him, personally. The 2ML character is the worst part of the show. Not the actor, who is just doing his job playing a foil to the leads' true love. The fact that we despise his character just means the actor is doing a great job. That said, he does have a punchable face. (That was his best scene!)

So the 2ML realizes he is a deeply closeted gay (why his wife left him and also why he harbored an unrequited love for decades without ever taking action or dating anyone else), develops a crush on ML and—what a twist—the love triangle is inverted! 🤣🤣

Daddy had an heir and a spare. While the prince was away, the spare occupied the role of heir. Now that the prince has returned, she knows it is just a matter of time until she is relegated back to the role of spare.

And a father fostering sibling rivalry is right out of Shakespeare (King Lear).

The WToD made an appearance already, but drove at the wrong target and anyway the crisis was averted. What a waste of a perfectly good cameo!

It would have helped had the ML died in the fire.

It's long been a known truth in business circles that there is less than 1 degree of separation between a successful CEO and a sociopath. They both display limited concern for the feelings and well-being of others. Both can exhibit strong charisma that attracts and influences others. They possess the ability to read and manipulate emotions effectively. Both are willing to take significant risks to achieve their goals and tend to make confident decisions without hesitation. Both prioritize outcomes over processes at the expense of ethics.

Chaebols breed this trait in their offspring. It takes a callous disregard for human suffering to enact mass layoffs, suppress wages, fake evidence against rivals, etc.

The real exception are the compassionate, kind-hearted CEOs which only exist in fiction. Real-life examples lack the necessary survival skills and don't last long.

She knows it's inevitable that ML will be given her position as CEO by daddy. It's uncommon for a bastard to rule while there is a legitimate heir (also she is both female and younger). Now that the prince has returned to the kingdom, her role is entirely threatened.

Murder the Chaebol prince, force a bebe company crisis, buy up stock when the price falls, cast aside ex-gf/bastard daughter and her chairman dad, take over company as new boss=win

What was he supposed to do? Neighborhood markets only have a very limited selection, and he did say he would buy "the brightest one!" Anyone visiting the chandelier section at their local 7-11 would make the exact same decision.

And the ML's assistant is revealed to have been a secret Saudi prince all along!

I ship him with Mr. Ma.

Agreed! The villains are two-dimensional and lame: endlessly-greedy chaebols at the top, eating their own vs. bottom-feeder loan sharks feeding off of the misfortune of the common folk, down below.

People want to see characters stand up for themselves, not reinforce the materialistic "enough money solves all problems"/ "only rich people can solve these problems everyone else must be a victim"/ "the strong dominate the weak and the weak have to put up with it". Never underestimate the power of a righteous vigilante. Fighting!

I really like great scripted entertainment. Sadly, the bona fide10/10 examples are too few and far between.