Kate

I have shed a tear of happiness. First two episodes were pure perfection.
Will this become Bloody Heart pt2 of excitement for me?

Truth to be told, I have quite a lot of trust in the screenwriter. Rebel was AMAZING too and I know, she is capable of writing 30 episode drama that does not get draggy and the plot makes sense. So even My Dearest being two part series does not really scare me at all.

So as for the episodes and some scenes that caught my attention.
First of all, is it just me who thinks the man from the opening waiting for ML is actually FL cross dressing? The moment they showed that person's reaction to the ML's name, I was like... that's FL right? And the whole cross dressing in episode 1 kind of felt like slight foreshadowing. Or I am just reading too much into it... Tho now after finishing the ep it might also be the singing guy 😅

I adore both leads. I love how delulu, but somehow valid in her delusions FL is. Also, that she is not this delicate flower. Yes, she is rather "naive", but in a completely different sense than we usually get. I am also sure while she will go after him first, but he will actually fell for her first - like that's is so fucking obvious. From the outside it will look like she likes him more and he just flirting and is not serious, but buy will be so far gone it's not a joke. I am already sooooooooooooooo excited about the romance. When he went: give up on him and come to me, I FUCKING DIED! But everything that followed made me want to kill him 🤡

Not gonna lie, the running joke of his dick not working is kind of funny 😂😂😅🤡

Nam Yeon Jun is such a fucking liar lol Sure you were just nice to her, that's why you leaned into the kiss 🙃 He obviously likes FL, but he is the "good loyal guy" hence he agreed to be engaged to the pretty lady like lady. But the moment ML and FL will get more and more connected, dude's gonna do 180 🙃

First two episodes were a perfect fluff and fun set up for all the angst to come. The ending of episode 2 was just chilling. I also love how we know nothing about ML... like, how does he have all the money and connection, who exactly is he (also if it's in synopsis, I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW LOL I went into this show just seeing the poster and the cast, I know nothing about the plot and I want to discover it all by just watching 🤡).

First two episodes were so good I want to cry.
shit gives me the same feeling Bloody Heart gave me

I think it's a lot of things, but mostly he hates and avoids complicated situations as much as possible. Hence the fact he is not 100% sure about her feelings (which is fair, she has great chemistry with literally all the guys, goes on dates with them etc. Which from her perspective not an issue, that's literally what the show is about) and every guy is into her and he became friends with them just makes him stop. Is it worth going for it and risk feeling so uncomfortable and possibly hurting a lot of people in the process when he is not even sure it will have happy ending for him and JY? I think he asks himself that question a lot. He clearly overanalyze everything, and what's worse he is not always right about his analysis.

I think it's exactly because they are young and innocent that's why they are more honest and it seems like they are more mature. Because they did not come across much pain and headache in terms of romance they don't fear the consequences as much as people who had some failed and painful relationships.

Jimin and Jiwoo date was truly great. It was obvious both have someone else they like, but they still had fun and were relaxed. They talked about little things, they talked about their feelings, Jimin was so mature in the way she talked about her feelings towards Jiwoo and her attitude about him not liking her back and being so direct in liking someone else. Just... truly enjoyable section of the episode.

Gyeo Re and Jumi's date was like a bitter sweet ending to a great slice of life drama (in terms of vibes). While both Ju Mi and Gyeo Re are attentive people, I think lately Gyeo Re was thinking more about himself (good for him tbh), while Ju Mi still takes care of others more than herself. There was no reason for her to talk about how Ji Young has a lot of care towards Gyeo Re and how she would like to stay in touch with him after the show except for making Gyeo Re feel better, even tho his curiosity and reactions were hurting her.
The whole date was bitter sweet, but still cute.
Me when Gyeo Re said he wants to go to more dates with Ju Mi: 🥰
Me when Gyeo Re said he wants to return favors she has done for him: 🙃

Hu Shin and Ji Young. Damn Hu shin is soooooooooooo gone 😂 he was almost crying and his hands were SHAKING when he found out he was going on a trip with Ji Young. That sleeping on his shoulder moment omgjhsdgfdfhj legit rom-com drama love it.

Min Hyu and Yi Su. I will be honest... I don't really care for Yi Su. She joined too late and most people were already set for someone, and he also was set for Min Gyu since they one so I just... stopped being curious about her. Still. I do think these two fit each other well. Min Gyu needs someone more straightforward and sure of themselves, because he is overthinking everything and not being able to make a choice - he just takes tooooooo many fucking things into consideration 😅 Like... he tries to be logical about everything, but he is still hella emotional about everything so he legit makes it hard for himself. He tries to rationalize everything even when the answer is just: that's how I feel. Best example is when he explained why he could not develop stronger feelings for Jimin because he cannot do it with someone who is not serious and confusing. But then... Ji Young is even more mysterious and confusing. He tried to rationalize his feelings, but when you look at the big picture... that rationalization made no sense. But I feel like it's hard for him to just admit he feels certain way and there is no complex well explained story behind it.

Best flirting goes to Gyeo Re and Mingyu when they were talking about picking rooms to sleep 😂
Not gonna lie, it's been a while since i enjoyed an episode so much. I think what this show failed at was having a directing. Everyone was left to do whatever and they were barely asked to go on dates and even then the choices were never limited - so we kept seeing Ji Young and Min Gyu go on dates with each other and other people. If they added more opportunities by adding rules (like, pick someone you never been on a date with etc), I think all the dynamics would look a bit different...

it worked in season 1, because they were not datin but now after dating for few months they still act the same way? someone struggled with coming up with good internal and external conflicts 🙃

Yep, this is a typical show that you watch for the scenes not the plot. I'm mot mad about it. These specific scenes are really entertaining 🤣

Them being in LATE twenties would be enough. Choi is supposed to be a working genius so we can kind of accept he wouod climb that ladder rather fast, and the other Jun qutting being idol in late 20' would also make sense

I think that's spot on. Most users (won't say all, because there are always people who find issue in everything) usually have problem only if a drama have more realistic presentation, but then does not take the behavior of the characters in a serious matter.

Here it's all so silly, and the young casting just adds to how unrealistic it all is, that most people just accepts it does not reflect reality at all.

It usually is 😅 Especially when where the characters end is not exactly showed in a detailed manner.

They don't tho. They never showed he is fine, they just showed he is on the path of getting better. That's why there was the whole scene about even if Jae Won's takes step back, Ji Hyun will take 2 steps forward (or something similar to that). I would call it "honeymoon" phase - after a person deals with one big obstacle in their life (in here, Jae Won distancing himself from Jae Won because of his guilt) they might feel a lot better for some time until the reality hits them back again. And they literally showed just a few days of their lives after they got together.

we know they are old friends, since she said that she had sing his songs even before they were famous.

IT's not officially closed, but practically it is since they stopped investigation completely. He is going to for now just snoop around, but not as part of officially investigation more or less. I think it was "closed" so fast because of ML's mother.

I said missing coz up till her body is found, she is just missing, even if we as viewers know she probably 💀. I assume it's his ex, and we saw his flashbacks of them fighting and he was covered in blood, but with the question I meant more detailed - what really happened? How much he knows? Who truly hurt her? etc. 🙂

Well, he is not suspect anymore. They stopped investigating. I think it might also have to do with his mother, who is obviously in politics. It might be a mix of a few things that led him to always hide his face, but I'm, again curious about specifics

I also think FL always asked about things he does not care that much about, hence he did not lie once up till now. People usually lie about things important to them, but from him shit like a car or silly misunderstandings are not that important.

just because they had to reveal his identity to the FL is peak bad writing < I mean dude drunk a full glass of alcohol in one take and then some 🤣 being someone who truly gets hit by what I drink only when I'm alone, I feel the dude 🙂 Been there, done that, when I seemed fine in pub with friends, but the moment I left the pub to get home I went on auto-pilot coz I had too much to drink and barely remembered my way back home ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He's lucky he's cute. < this I have to agree with 🤣 If he wants to stay in acting, he has a lot of work to do.

the 2nd glasses move was A+, best scene 🤣🤣
Also them cheering for opposite teams was cute as fuck.
I like the cutie Min Hyun, but oof Seo Ji Hoon's as a detective is 🔥

Well... first two episodes were adorable. Nothing new nor fresh. Nothing outstanding, but it was for sure enjoyable.
Hwang Min Hyun might be cute as fuck, but his acting still needs some work.
This also might be the first adult role from Kim So Hyun which I will buy.

I dropped a lot of questions in these two episodes.
1. What is the relationship between Sha On and Dp Ha?
2. How he Do Ha connected to the missing girl?
3. What is the true reason for him hiding his face? It's not to just live a normal life, coz ain;t nothing normal with how he lives it hahaha
4. Does the bish really not lie or is he just legit Bella?
5. Why FL's mom sucks so much? 🤣

I'm not gonna re-read my review, but I'm pretty sure I did not say they did not have romantic chemistry., but rather that I did not like how childish their romance was and how it did not fit how the characters were written in the first place. Which is a different thing.

I'm sad that we don't really get normal rom-coms anymore. They always have to add a twist, murder mystery, stalkers, life or death situations. As if romance was not enough for viewers to enjoy a watch. Here just the set up of the entertainment world was interesting enough, they did not need to add all that non-linear confusing storytelling.

I have no idea why ML had such a strong effect on so many of us 🤣

Literally the ending of this show with "bad guy changing because of power of love" could not be more cliche 🤡
You know what was not cliche? The webtoon this drama is loosely based on.

i think that was the most annoying moment. Like... she could re-record the lines while he went to airport... it was just so dumb...