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BRO IM SUCH AN IDIOT I WATCHED EP 12 THINKING IT WAS EP 1

its acc really GOOD but I watched ep 12 first thinking it was ep 1 so I spoiled it for myself so Ik myunghee dies and heetae thinks she's still alive until they recover her body in a construction site 41 years later, BUT OMG SO FAR SO GOOD I love soo ryeon’s giggly personality and I love how she made myunghee go to the blind date with heetae so that after sooryeon would pay the airfare for myunghee so she could go to her abroad uni but for heetae I have sm questions like who's the patient he’s trying to transfer from Seoul and his dad seems like such a bastard like I think he”s tortured people before and he’s probably a dirty politician, and at first I lowkey thought soochul and myunghee would get together but NOW ITS HEETA AND MYUNGHEE EEKK and she lowkey has such a cute face aswell eheh.

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Realistic but painful to watch

This episode was so hard to watch. Somehow it felt like you were witnessing a part of your mother’s or grandmother’s life. It’s painful as I know that during that era, women would never dare to divorce their husbands once she had a child, even if the husband was totally a jerk and beat his wife on a daily basis. Even nowadays, I’ve still met a few women in my society with the same mindset. That’s why, even though I wish Oshin would leave her loser husband so bad, I know she would never do that. And it’s so painful to watch. 😔I also wish the best for all the great women who have been helping Oshin. I’ve always loved Taka and Someko, and I really appreciate what they’ve said to Oshin in this episode. And a big bravo to Someko for standing up against Ryuzo for Oshin’s sake. I love these women so much! Meanwhile, Oshin still thinks it’s her fault for hurting her husband’s pride. 🤦‍♀️ It’s understandable for women at that time to think that way, so it’s even more painful.

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Starts off with such plot-induced stupidity

The fact that Gang-Tae shows up alone, without police help is just so stupid. Immediately proceeds to turn his back to a psychopath as he goes to check on his brother - more stupidity. Proceeds to think he can talk and rationalize with a psychopath - despite having years of experience in mental care - more stupidity. Watches as the psychopath picks up a weapon - more stupidity. ( Aside: Flashback to 20 years ago shows FL's mom using a laptop that looks far more '2019' than it does '1999'. ) Then lets her totally push his buttons like he was still a little boy and pretty much invites her to stab him. Which she does. Granted, the ML never seemed to be the smartest kid on the block at any point in this series, but this sequence seemed just too stupid even for him. And all that is on top of the absurdly unrealistic idea that the FL's mom survived all this time in the first place. So sad ho much this series has jumped the shark over these last couple of episodes.And man, frankly, I'm really tired of Gang-Tae. He's so emotionally locked up he's near useless. Thank god Sang-Tae had the common sense to just knock the witch out. Sang-Tae (who also saved Kang Pil Ong in an earlier episode) is definitely the hero this show desperately needed, since the ML certainly never was. And of course the plot then leans into the cliche' trope of the FL rejecting the ML 'for his own protection'. As if that really makes any sense given that her mom was finally absolutely caught. Come on, writers! Do better.And then what's up with the silliness of Jae-Su and Sang-Min not telling the others the truth about what happened? The witches arrest is now a police matter and thus a public matter! What are they being deceptive about it for? And then this doesn't even seem relevant later on.Oh well. Despite all the flaws in the plot, the actors and production crew all do a marvelous performance at delivering within this mess of a script. They are all still wonderful to watch. And Kang Sun Deok is still the best mom character ever! Once again she comes through with a clutch base-hit, this time in helping overcoming the aforementioned FL 'rejection' plot-trope.

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