Vivi

👀 Now we have some more motive for his voyeurism

If you have parents and younger siblings, you’ll notice sometimes your parents think “What does my kid even know?” and sometimes the kids think “What does my parent even know?”. But you, as a person in the middle, have seen the efforts and accomplishments of both. This drama reminds me of that dynamic. Chairman Kang is in awe of his daughter’s abilities in business, and Kang Banggeul is unknowingly seeing how capable her dad is, and once was in his youth, in real time. A man who has built and maintained a huge business has skills people (like their younger kids sent abroad) often don’t see firsthand, and he may underestimate just how competent his now grown-up child is. This is an opportunity for them to learn of their competence firsthand.

May I Help You, Dreaming Of A Freaking Fairytale, Pump Up The Healthy Love

Daughter selling mom’s kimchi to dad, what a great business model.

Twinkling Watermelon: “I like girl”
18 Again & Reborn Rookie: “I like ur mom”

She was a housekeeper or home manager who suddenly became their stepmom, they refuse to accept it and continue to treat her the way they used to or the way they think she “should” be treated. They also insinuate she’s the reason their family broke up (they imply they had an extramarital affair since before their mom died, which may not be true), so the chairman probably feels too guilty towards his older children to step up for her.

I loved reading your take because it’s the complete opposite of my take in which Kang is the villain in the story!

Yikes!!! That would be a hell of a plot twist! 🤯

The professor is bored in his life as a writer. He hasn’t published a novel in a very long time. Suddenly, he comes across a student who hides / blends into the classroom who’s incredibly talented. The professor decides to coach him to become a writer. The student enters his friend’s house and life with seemingly nefarious intentions, with the intention to manipulate the members of the family, and decides to write about this. He submits his writings as essays and always ends them with “to be continued”. The actions of the character in the essays get bolder and bolder, and both the professor and we will be left wondering if all of this actually happened, or if he’s exaggerating or making things up. Is he just an overly imaginative timid boy, or is he some sort of master manipulator? Ethics-wise, the professor should ask him to stop of the deeds are indeed true, but he instead encourages him to write even more daringly, which would mean the student would do worse things in real life to write about them and make his story more interesting. And then he writes about something really bad happening, now we don’t know if he’s an actual witness or just being a creative writer, and if the writing can even be used as a confession or witness statement.

The less you know going in, the better. But I’ll provide a little background in the spoiler comment below.

Well, there you have it. They’re keeping the friend’s mom storyline. 👀

“Don’t worry, I won’t doctor-hunt you.”
“Why not?? I’m a doctor too 🥺”

The writer has perfected pacing and intensity in this drama. While I did enjoy the The Penthouse and Escape Of The Seven, Reborn Rookie feels much more polished and cohesive. The characters are definitely written better; less screaming, more scheming!

The end of the fourth episode, what a terrible situation to be in 😞. That poor child!

If someone has anxiety or an anxiety disorder related to a specific setting or situation, it is recommended they expose themselves to the setting slowly so they’re not completely thrown off if they must be in it in an emergency. Slowly enter the situation little by little and deal with the feelings of unease or painful memories, and try to be okay with it or come to terms with it, so you don’t get caught in panic when you MUST be in that situation.

The Director is really cool! I hope she sticks around for a few episodes or is a recurring character.

We feel or express annoyance over certain characters in village/seaside dramas so quickly, like the village chiefs, but they’re actually so useful and have so many duties we don’t see until later, like the village chief here steering the boat in rough waters.

There will always be SML fans. I’m a Mingi fan but clearly ML and FL have better chemistry here, and I love Jaewook’s jealousy expressions. I can’t complain much about rabid SML lovers as I did the same during Extraordinary You with Baek Kyung lmao, but Baek Kyung (Jaewook - Extraordinary You), Han Seojun (Hwang Inyoup - True Beauty), Kim Taeseong (Song Geonhee - Lovely Runner) had a different kind of scene stealer aura, so it’s understandable. Forced SML hyping is so unnecessary.

Block it and you’ll have a clean comment section. I tolerated it during To My Beloved Thief but I couldn’t take it anymore here. Blocked it and it’s much more peaceful. (Speaking as a Mingi fan, we don’t like their deranged comments either.)

Why don’t you just block the user zezeKarena or whatever the name is? With the orange profile photo. It’s just that one person cluttering the drama feed of every drama he is in. Block it and you’ll have a clean comment section.

We aren’t all bad seeds, I promise. It’s 2-4 of them who never show up to appreciate him or discuss his roles and talent, they only comment to diss the other lead(s) in the most immature manner. And maybe a lot of them are very young and haven’t learned manners yet, they’re incredibly rude even to rational Mingi fans. It was troublesome trying to comment in the To My Beloved Thief thread, and the Love Your Enemy thread long before.

You’re absolutely right. As someone who has loved watching him rise and grow, dramas like this and TMBT are great opportunities and he gets to bond with and learn from others. Anytime an actor is cast as lead too early, they get nepotism and connections allegations thrown their way, so having them be leads so soon can do more harm than good. Let him (and other young rookie actors) work hard and grow slowly the same way actors who are getting consistent lead roles now did.

Jaewook’s selfie is going in my phone wallpaper collection 😂

Dr. Hyun’s little bee spraying dance I’m dying 🐝🕺🏻