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I wasn't going to come on here until I'd had a chance to watch the episodes, but I couldn't help myself, lol. It looks like there haven't been any big deviations from what we were speculating.

Hye Won's relationship with both of them may have set it in motion, but even from the very little we knew of their "friendship" this was eventually going to happen. The cracks were starting to show from Episode 4. They're all going to destroy each other and I'm here for the mess.

True, and she does seem to have more of a presence in the family compared to the second son, I find, who is basically an extension of his mother.

There has been some tragic forrshadowing, but I hope we can avoid that. Ngl, I'm even open to seeing where it goes with that arranged engagement. The guy seems interested in her, so he's not bowing out of that. Everyone got distracted by the parking garage scene, but the scene where she went to meet him was pretty good too.

Eldest son also has a mistress apparently, from someone's translation of Tae Oh's plotting board, so could be her if not the wife, lol.

I'm also vaguely intrigued by the absolute lack of Hee Ju in all these different trailers/teasers etc. They show pretty much all the Kangs otherwise. Either she's genuinely not that important to the plot, perishes early (although I can't see why anyone would target her right now) or they don't want to hint at any role she plays later on.

Episode 8 also said that someone's heinous actions shock everyone.

We don't know who tho, lol.

Ooh, that's possible too. It kind of makes sense narratively, in a way he's responsible for his own impending downfall because he got sloppy and impulsive. And then he has to fight to survive after that point.

In Ha and Hye Won are too central to be one/both of the bodies in the opening scene though, aren't they? Because you could easily frame Tae Oh for their murder after that kind of fallout. That's a pretty good motive. But I guess it would be too soon to get rid of them at the halfway point. Who would Tae Oh be fighting then, the Kangs? Why?

Getting in a last minute theory before we (finally!) get episodes 5/6.

We've seen the trailers and have commented on how out of character (although do we know any of these characters really) and sloppy it seems to be for Tae Oh (and Hye Won) to be kissing in public after all their careful planning.

But what if he's being sloppy and messy because at that point (for whatever reason) he's actually gone off plan or is actively working on his own plan? And if hes deciding ten years later that now is the time to pursue Hye Won (who still seems to be down to marry In Ha) I'm seeing this backfiring majorly later on down the line.

Ngl, I think we're going to be disappointed, lmao. I've started to mentally prepare myself. From what we've seen so far, there is no way the writing/direction will completely erase our confusion. It may get better but I'm prepared to not be blown away.

I'm mainly just watching for the mystery and to see how my theories rack up against what happens but I'm not very invested in the future of Kang Oh and this somewhat pointless battle for power.

In Ha is a weird one to read because he has the most obvious motive but you don't know how much of an active part he's playing. A complete opposite to Tae Oh/Hye Won who we see planning but don't know why.

He knows what Hye Won suggested to Tae Oh about Hee Ju, but did he start the whole thing by throwing Tae Oh into her orbit with the tutoring to start with? I know he said "Not Tae Oh" to her but telling a teenage girl to stay away from someone very rarely works, lol.

They should have just released all the episodes togther lol.

I think its before jail. Possibly before the wedding even.

My guess is that the kiss is happening in Episode 5/6 because in the previews for 5/6 that went around last week we saw someone taking pictures with a long lens in the dark. That's basically when its happening, I think.

Looks like jail is episodes 7/8. I mean, he could frame him for that but does Hye Won mean that much to In Ha?

I think the amnesia spoiler everyone is discussing is for episode 7 is being built up more than it is. It's:

"Tae Oh is arrested as a murder suspect. Dark shadows lurk around him with his memories missing."

Which is why I think its him trying to piece together what happened that night rather than him secretly meeting and kissing Hye Won after being arrested.

Could be... there's a brief clip of Tae Oh/In Ha talking on what looks like the same roof. At a first glance Tae Oh looked dressed similarly as the kissing scene. Maybe it's a setup, maybe Tae Oh kisses Hye Won after he finds out she's marrying In Ha, lol.

Are we giving this show too much credit, I'm starting to wonder. Have we misunderstood and are analysing what is basically a potboiler?

SO messy, lmao and pretty stupid considering all the moves they're making politically and calling attention to themselves. Hopefully at least two of the three have actual motives and its part of their plan and people aren't just getting sloppy because of their feelings.

But generally, the kissing isn't a surprise was it? We knew there were pictures of that nature that would be found/potentially used as blackmail. I'm more surprised that Hye Won and In Ha actually get married lol. Which again, is such a messy look if they want us to buy in to Hye Won/Tae Oh- well it's you I really like but I'm marrying your "best friend" because reasons. Let's work to get what we both want and we can be together after that?

I think the loss of memories bit is from when he finds himself covered in blood with the two bodies. He looked dazed and confused in the scene we saw. So it's probable that he was drugged so he doesn't remember what happened.

I think the kissing is just what it seems to be, two very messy people with blurry boundaries and it's going to come back to bite them because someone has pictures

They're also on this website, if you go to episode guide and click on episodes 5-9, they have one line episode synopses.

Yes! And I think when they're working together, the fact that the chairman prefers/trusts Tae Oh over him is going to make it worse.

Also, it looks like we've seen Tae Oh's best days in the first four episodes. From the synopses for the next 4 it seems to be going downhill: suffers a setback, attempted murder, framed for murder, sentenced to death! But I imagine since he pretty much hits rock bottom then, that means episodes 9-12 he's coming back fighting.

It probably won't be a happy ending, but it shouldn't be too bleak hopefully.

I'm hoping that the threat to the Yi Soo and his family comes from outside and its not someone in the family.

Like even though she's a textbook evil stepmother, it doesn't mean she's murderous.

Very interesting spoilers. It looks like its going to get pretty dark!

The synopsis for Episode 8 especially. I'm assuming the "heinous" person is In Ha. That's when he goes full psycho. If he isn't one of the bodies before then.

Is there a reason we assume that it's one woman and one man?
Not to question your theory because I assumed the same thing, but I was rewatching and I wondered if the blurry person with bare legs might be a man too?

I do enjoy a good heroes assemble montage. It was fun to see everyone come together for the rescue mission.

Hopefully next week we find out once and for all whether the older brother is secretly evil, because that mystery is the only one I don't enjoy. Fingers crossed he's not.

In addition to the ending itself, it'll also be interesting to see who will be an assest/ally with him in his journey and who is going to be working against him.

Because right now he's in a superficial-seeming alliance with Hye Won/In Ha and you just know they're not going to all be standing together at the end. Hee Ju on the other hand is a very obvious liability at this time.