Amen? Amen!!

You deserve an award for sitting thru this. Just looking at the picture of Choi Ji woo's eternally tearful face is giving me the heebie jeebies.
Thank heavens for wonderful LMH on Mon/Tues.

thanks for the recap. Its been really slow but i really appreciate your effort on doing this. Im a big fan dramabeans.com and i regularly check this website for recap and updates. Please don't give up on Star's Lover!!!

All your hard work is much appreciated :-) !!!!

hope ep 15 is better....

omg, you don't have to sit through all the episodes if you can't handle it any longer :[ it's a shame to quit so close to the end, but what if the end is just as BORING as this one. i really really don't know how you put up with this drama and choi ji woo's other one, air city. she has like only three facial expressions >:[

sometimes, i just wanna get up to my computer screen and smack her face o.O that cutesy face she makes that only ends up making her look like a weird lady ;askdjf;adkjf ;urhgghhg!

so anyway, this drama had such a potential :[ hopefully they'll pick the pace up- SOON.

yes. me too want to thank you dramabeans for doing all the recap coz i am a big fan of Star's lover!!!!!

Thanks for the recap. It means a lot to me who's been enjoying Star's Lover a lot.

When I saw the song was called "하고 싶은 말" I thought it was a VOS song that contains those words in the refrain. It's one of my favorites, but it turns out that song is actually "그대여서 고마워요". My mistake. Anyway, I actually really like the one you posted too. Who's the artist?

Thanks for the re-caps. I love it. Yeah, and I'm loving the drama. I know it's slow, but, I do like the two leads.

Im still wondering why you have sticked around for so long. Usually you drop the drama if you dont like it.

Thanks for the recap. I really enjoyed the Crankypants viewpoint of the episode!

to no 2 and 5 comment, if you have more time, watch another show rather than bismirch here and there. you're live longer when you dont have any hatefull unnecessary comment. i really want to smack my computer reading unnecessary and wastefull people like you.

for Javabeans..tks for yr effort to make this review. thought this one is not the best one, but we can call this entertainment...

I only managed ep 1 and followed the rest via your recaps. Coz I figured....better you than me.....:P Thank u!!

Will you be recapping Return of Iljimae? I haven't watched it yet but I'm cautiously optimistic.

all I can say is: I totally feel ya

I agree that episode 14 was slow and took a really long route to it's purpose which is to have Mari meet Seo Woo Jin again...BUT, I still love this drama...for the good acting and the great chemistry between CJW and YJT...the early episodes were so believable that now I can no longer stop without knowing the ending. The writers really know how to keep things hanging without really losing steam. I like to look at the overall picture and taking all things into consideration, this series deserves an A minus rating at the very least.

Ok, ok, so it was draggy but you are right, we are all ranting about the storyline and to top it off, maybe they think it might spice things up a bit with Seo Woo-jin in the picture. His acting is quite stiff, all I see is his unmoving bee-stung lips.... It was a laugh out loud moment when you literally have Chul Soo, Seo Woo-jin, Woo-jin and Mari in a fix. I mean so many men, so little episodes left...Why wouldn't CJW cry...I would...hahahahaha

Anyway, after watching Ep 15 & 16 without any idea of the dialogue, I still cried when Mari ran after Chul Soo when he submitted his writing for her pictures...

Don't give up now dear, you are only 4 episodes away...You have come this far and even shortening the recaps, there is something tugging at your interest right...just like many of us out there even if we don't make up the numbers like Boys Before Flowers.

As always, thank you for all your efforts, much appreciated by the non-Korean speaking people out there (me!) Have a good week..

Thanks javabeans. CS's reactions may not be your cup of tea, but he is true to his character, isn't it? Right from the beginning he is a self-righteous and self-conflicting man. Love his portrayal of conflicting and complex emotions. There are repetitions, but I just love to see CS and Mari's interactions. They compose "A lover's discourse" which tugs at our heartstrings. Their acting is superb, esp Ji-tae.

episode 14 almost killed me...can someone eplain to me why is Eun Young still around? why can't TaeSeok die accidentally? why is Woojin even relevent at this point? why did they allow that crook of a mother to move back?? where does Chulsoo always walk to?? ( the guy is hated by all, but still walks around..)AND WHY THE HELL CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE UP THEIR MINDS?!?! ...so frustrating....i'm very disappointed. because i truly love this drama...i wouldn't have cared if i though the drama was doomed from the start...but this USED to be amazing...doesn't even feel like i'm watching the same series anymore... i really hope epi. 15 is going to make mr want to jump up and down in excitment......make it good, before i go beserk on the Bae Young Joon wannabe... (irks me so much)

it's a slow drama. really, slow.

but i see episode 14 better than episode 13. cause at least we get to go back to why things the way they have become (i.e. seo jin leaving), and i see chulsoo for once more being quite undecided, because he IS kind of rash especially with mari. as he has said, he can't think when he's with her, and so he has to have time to think. i like the separation as it gives them more time to think about reality and how they really are. (mari gets to read his writing, when she has never done so before; mari realises that its not all rosy, that it is impractical to just give up all her savings and think she can survive; chulsoo finds a job, etc.)

(is it just me or that both get their jobs 'back' after they broke up say something? it's like those shows when the guy likes a unlucky girl, gets unlucky as well, and then when the girl leaves, he gets his luck back...?)

as for chulsoo forcing mari to make a choice, isn't it his character towards her? in the sense, in previous episodes, you have said that chulsoo is that kind of person who doesn't give mari all the answers, wanting her to think. she has been too dependent on taeseok and so became a 'product' as she is. though there is some admissible reason for her to run away, he has run away before and he knows that it will not be long before they will regret it. (i.e. he was regretful that he ran away from eun-young, his first relationship, after meeting mari.) all the more, chulsoo was wanting to take the blame for himself, cause he is after all the guy who took up the ghostwriting thing and he was the one who caused her to 'ruins', per se.

honestly, i like it when he shed tears when he sees her. the strong emotion provoked within him...though i have no idea why he must cry in epi 13.

and oh, philp choi always make me want to gawk at his lookalikeness with yonsama. this is freaky. i was half-expecting people in the airport to suddenly spot him and say "bae-yong-joon-da." like how ppl spotting mari in the market.

anyone notice that eun-young changed hairstyle?? does say something, doesn't it?

ohmygodohmygoooooooooooodddddddddd
SO agree with your points.
oh GODDAMN hurry up!!!!!
i just.. im SO tired of this drama now. i love the leads and their chemistry but freaking HELLO. the worst part is i know im going to stick with it to the end.. after all this, i cant just read a spoiler and be done with it. sigh.

Hey Java,

THank you for the recaps. I didn't watch this episode because my attention has switched to from Yoo JI Tae to F4 . And I figured that I could just read your blog to see what happens to this drama since I invested so much time on it. Well, I saw ep 15 and I think it's worth watching till the end. It does get better. not alot better but better. Keep up the great work.

Am amazed you are still at it. I gave up on this drama since ep 10....just simply too draggy... and like you say NOTHING HAPPENED.

Thank you for the recap. I think I'm only watching this to see the main couple finally together. It is so so slow and they better be together at the end. This had better not be another Powerful Opponents type ending. I do not want to be going WTF at the end. This drama would have been so much better if it had been 12 episodes but I suppose they have to make their money back or whatever.

@ 21 chajjye

Is your name what I think it is? lol

Again, big thanks for the recap. i'll still stick around till the end. I think this is the rock bottom of the drama. No way but up right? Gawd! I'm still hopeful!

A yonsama lookalike, tsk...tsk...., I did quit watching this drama since ep10. I only read the recaps now.

Just watched Ep 15 & 16 WITH subtitles now. Hmmm...heartwrenching but slow, really trying to persevere to the end of this drama and yes, if Chul Soo & Mari go separate ways, I will tear my hair out..... :P

Meanwhile, yes, to someone's comment, I noticed Eun Young changed her hairstyle but it made her face look rounder. Also, for a down and out writer, Chul Soo sure has some nice winter coats...

Btw, Seo Woo Jin has to exit, he is the shortest of the suitors. If he is not wearing man heels, he is probably the same height as Mari...hahahahahahahahahahaha

@ 26:

sorry but what do u think it means? blurr here. :)

@ 30:
but i like episode 15. esp the part where mari reads chulsoo's confession through writing..it improved from epi 14. at least the editing improved and it got me on my toes a little bit compared to epi 10-14. those episodes were very low peak.

usually when a woman changes hairstyle does say something about her moving on from the relationship, notice how she is more lenient towards the relationship albeit being so hurtful towards her...but i don't know whether the writers purposely wrote it in or what.

...i am just swooning over the ost. it is one of the reasons it kept me going on. star's lover is not bad. just slow.

this drama.......make me sleep.....and very sorry to say that....very boring.....

no problem agasshi...go right to sleep...the drama won't miss you ;)

Dramas don't really all have to be fast, yeah?

I must admit of all the k dramas I have watched this one is getting on my nerves. You said it exactly right - SO SLOW!!!!!!!

Different taste, I guess. I tried watching Coffee Prince (as per Javabeans review), but could not even get through beyond Episode 2. I feel like watching teletubbies acting..."Eh-Oh" Whereas for the SL "yeom", I feel like watching Alvin and the Chipmunks which I enjoy very much!!

SL is draggy and slow, but somehow, I did not fast forward as much as in Winter Sonata. Have not watched Episode 15 and 16, may change my mind after watching them. ^________^

Thanks Javabeans.

Okay - another booooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrringgggg episode awaits us in 17 & 18. I can totally see why javabeans has not been motivated to recap 15 & 16 :-).

Episode 17 & 18 are not boring at all. In fact, there's a big twist in episode 18. Getting really good. Can't wait till next week for the finale. I watch a drama based on how much I am moved and connected with the characters. I feel that I am more and more involved in the characters and feel their love and pain. A good movie should move you , inspire you, and I believe Star's Lover does just that.

Yes. I did agree with you Bolt that different person has different taste. For me, I really like this kind of sad love story. It really touches my heart and feeling. I think this series is very realistic because to me life can never be that fast and funny- dreamy series like Coffee prince and Boys over flowers. Indeed, the message sent thru Star's lover is so deep and it really touches my heart. Though there maybe some little errors in it but that is okay to me as long as the story is still good and touch my feeling.

And for sure, Star's lover will be another K dramas that will be in my heart and memory forever.

Javabeans, I know that the story may seem a bit slow to you but man..the emotional connection between these two lead actors is just getting so much better in the later episodes to the point that I can't tell apart between CJW and Lee Mari or YJT and Kim Chul Soo. The acting of these two is just phenomenal. There's subtlety and nuance in their acting that is not easily duplicated by amateur actors. No offense to Boys Before Flower's fans, the acting of F4 boys is just not good enough. No comparison to YJT. Even the main lady (gum Jan Di), she is not that good either. I hate to see you missing out on such great chemistry that I haven't seen in K-drama for a long time.

Tacobell, I definitely agree with you!!!
Their chemistry (CJW and YJT) in SL is just so speechless!! I am loving them more and more now and could not let go of my thinking about them.

This is another best k dramas for me after years!!

Hello Dramabeans: No more recaps?

Thanks Dramabeans. No worries, do a consolidated recaps or comments after the series, just to close the loop!!

A 10-episode series will definitely make it a classic. Many unnecessary interludes have appeared after Episode 10.

After Episode 15, it is getting more and more wishy washy....I have to run around the block twice after watching Episdoe 18!!

Hi Dramabeans!!!
yes. I agree with Bolt. you can just do the recap of what is most interesting and watchable parts for each episode. No need to do recap for whole episode.

I am sure we, readers, are satisfied already with the recap of those important and watchable parts.

Like you always said in your recap, this drama has some very loveable parts but it also has some parts that are irritating as well. This is probably the thing that make this story diferent from others...

Since you have been doing the recaps for 14 episodes now, and there are only 6 episodes left, therefore, I want to encourage you to finish the recap of this drama...You know people are coming here to check if you have done the recap after each episode of SL ends...and I am one of them... :)

I will be waiting for your recap patiently...and hope to reading your recap soon!!!

I think this drama good enough. I just watch this drama in 3 days. Some scene look boring, but overall this drama is good. Ji woo play her act naturally. And although she cries a lot in her character but i see a cheerful side in her character and look a little bit cute. And Yo Ji Tae have very good act.

that was the most hilarious/cute/enjoyable post, ever. i was getting equally frustrated by the plot, but your post really livened up my dreary plodding through this drama. thanks a bunch (: