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Was genuinely enjoying this show but then they broke up the second couple in the penultimate episode and proceeded to dedicate the final episode to introducing a new couple who had nothing to do with the documentary throughline the show had been following and on top of that, decided to give no resolution to the couple we *had* been following and *had* been part of the documentary. Feel like they were going for a 'realistic' ending but the choice to depart from all the storylines we'd been following for the finale comes across as an incredibly bizarre choice.

Me, seeing this show's premise: "idk man, looks fun but it could also just be a wattpad mafia romance"

The show: "we're interested in exploring how society casts out all those who fail by its merits, but especially ex-convicts, and continues to view them as tarnished and untrustworthy even when they turn to hardworking, honest lives, also, play is very important in the lives of people and has great healing potential"

Me: "oH???"

I can tell she has real commitment to the craft of acting by her willingness to try new things and even new industries (Hollywood, Bollywood, etc). Thought she was great in 'The Atypical Family', hope to see her in more stuff!

I happen to think it's weird when people take criticism as hate (which has happened a lot in comment sections regarding theis show), but to each their own. Disagreement is not equal to hating or anger, which is what I was refering to in my original comment anyways.

I didn't love the way this article was written at moments, but many points I agree with. One particular quote that verbalized something I'd percieved but couldn't explain was:

"Romance in QoT does not develop. We can't pinpoint where it begins, meanders, and ends because it is dealt with matter-of-factly: They loved - they married - they separated - they loved again."

And I write this as someone who enjoyed the show. You may disagree with the points argued by the author, that's why they warn you about it at the beginning. If you read the disclaimer and still choose to be angry or say the author is a hater, that's entirely on you.

There's no reason for there to be one, the story is clearly over.

"...another day another case of mdl users lacking both netiquette and online literacy." TOO REAL

I understand hating the trope (I'm pretty sick of it myself!), but I feel like this is one of the few occasions where it could make sense for story/character purposes? Hear me out! The ML is on a neverending path of atoning for his past actions and struggles with people only seeing him as a terrible person who committed crimes. In having the FL be someone who knew him before he did the things he did, he can have someone who's more likely to see his goodness (rather than his flaws), because she knew him when he was an innocent child. I imagine having someone like that will be very healing for him, as we can see from his interaction with the restaurant grandma that he can be quite sweet with people who treat him like a person and not just like a criminal-turned-scary-businessman.

I understand hating the trope (I'm kinda sick of it myself) but the synopsis literally says, "Along the way, he reconnects with Go Eun Ha, his childhood friend and now a beloved kids' content creator."
So, maybe manage expectations bc they're telling you outright there's gonna be one?

In my heart, they ended up together. Need someone to write some fanfiction so I can read it all!

What about it was cringe to you?

Fr, the long, messy hair was kinda doing it for me 😅 Kdrama MLs are sometimes a little bit too polished for my tastes, lol!

He was approaching him with the intention of stopping him, the colleague met his eyes, indicating that he was ok with fulfilling his duty and went anyway.

ML gets closure because he knows that his colleague didn't die only bc ML wasn't there (which is what he spent years thinking) but because he actively chose to fulfill his duty as a firefighter.

For sure! At first it bothered me that it was all a big paradox (bc those are usually such a big no-no in time travel stories) but once I accepted it, I appreciated that it was a different flavour of time travel shennanigans. Coming directly from Lovely Runner also made it a bit jarring bc there I was mapping out timelines (FOUR of them, jfc) and everything was in flux, to then come in here and have it all be fixed was kinda wild. This one was different, but interesting because of it!

I wouldn't say he was ever trying to save his wife (I-na's mom), but the final moment him and the colleague have of nodding at one another seems to be the aknowledgement that it's okay, so at least ML gets closure on that. Also, the entire family seems to be on better terms with one another, so I also wouldn't say it's just a romantic happy ending.

I came to watch this show right after finishing Lovely Runner and I gotta say, found it a bit wild how many people were having difficulties grasping the time travel mechanics. Not ragging on random people on the internet, but made me realize that I spent too long watching sci-fi (time travel, specifically) shows in my teens and early 20s bc someone will be like "boostrap paradox!" and I'm like "oh yeah, of course" 💀😂

FR, I was watching with my sisters and going "dang, how come this is making me so emotional?" and then I went "oh it's bc our dad will never apologize to *us*, okay never mind! 😅"

If you get confused, user MadelineMaureen created a discussion thread with a chronological list of events that explains things pretty neatly and I created a visual timeline to compliment it, to help anyone who might get a bit confused. I think the show is worth a watch and the time travel stuff can be followed along faily easily!

Thank you for your service! Updating the visual timeline as we speak, hope to have it up by tomorrow!

I don't remember the last time a tv show made me smile so much but this was a delight from start to finish