everything about this show has me hyped the plot, actors, the beautiful scenery and posters. now all i can hope the drama does it justice because my expectation for this drama is sky high

The female rookie's face reminds me of someone, but who? I can't really tell.. It seems like her face is mixed of some actresses' face

Seeing these teasers made me so excited for this show, how am I supposed to wait until December?! As if I wasn't already waiting like an idiot (*cough* Junho *cough*). Fingers crossed it will be good!

After Chief Kim ended NGM said he wanted to do a romance drama. So guess who gets a romance drama instead ? Junho 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Can't wait to see how this drama will go 😊

I was excited about this before but the teasers have gotten me even more hyped for the drama.
Junho pulls off the "a disheveled puppy in need of love" look so well!

Is it only me or that the title font is quite similar to While You Were Sleeping’s?

Yay! Junho! 😍😍😍 *dances for joy*
So is this a 12 or 16-episode drama?

December seems perfect for some melodrama and the casts - from Junho, Kang Hanna to Lee Ki-woo, all are great.. Won Jin-ah looks so lovely too, and I'm looking forward to see her performance. Whoever decided on the castings did a good job because both couple match well and tbh I'm soo looking forward for another good role for Kang Han-na who has always been good in her performances so far. I trust the combination of this PD Kim Jin-won who helmed The Package, Nice Guy, Wonderful Days and drama special Just An Ordinary Love and writer Yoo Boo-ra, who penned on Secret Love as second writer and a list of very good drama specials such as Snowy Road (babies Kim Hyang-gi & Kim Sae-ron ❤❤❤), Youth (Seo Young-joo- lead guy in Girl's Generation), Yeon-woo's Summer (Han Ye-ri ❤) and others, to give us a good melodrama with slice of life elements.

I have to say the only reason I was interested in this drama initially was because Junho's starring in it. But after watching all the teasers, I'm really starting to get hyped about the story too. It's too early to really tell, but I'm loving the chemistry between the leads so far, so I really hope it's going to do well both plot and ratings wise.

Yessssss finally! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Whether it's because Junho is like Rain's little brother in terms of looks or because of the tone of the drama itself but everything reminds me of A Love To Kill. And that's probably enough for me to give it a shot no matter what.

I'm really happy Junho is finally getting to be a lead. He's a good actor amongst the sea of terrible idol actors and he deserves to headline his own show. I hope it's great, I really want to love it.

To be honest, I never get the man patting woman's hair thing in dramas. When I see it, I interpret it as a sign of the guy being superior over the girl. But I'm getting the swoon feels when Won Jin-ah is doing to Yunho ☺

Please tone down the cute and add more DRAMA. Hehehhe...
I can't wait to watch this. I'm in the mood of melodrama right now.

The soft, melancholy vibe of these teasers is getting to me. I'm kind of interested in seeing how both these lovelines pan out. There is hidden angst and shared histories. But more than anything, the thing I'm here for is puppy! Junho. His adoring eyes are just too much to deal with.

Watching the teaser, it feels like a japanese drama 😆

i've got Mars (taiwan series, 2004) vibe from the preview. worth a try ?

Won Jinah has been acting in movies prior to this which makes me very optimistic about her acting.
Anywayyyyy this drama is already hitting the right strings, I hope it gets picked up bij Viki! 🙏

Oh boy,this looks sooo good!!!Pretty please be as good as u market it!!!

#yetanotherrooftopsanctuary

A melodrama is only as good as its cast, and this one has definitely caught my attention. I can already feel how palpable the tension is going to be from these little teasers. Junho's open-wound puppy look is really working for me right now lol, as are the little glimpses to Won Jina's more subdued character. Praying for off the charts chemistry and the birth of a new OTP.

Since its pre-produced, I hope the storyline won't fall through in the middle like so many other melos. I can't believe we still have 3 more weeks to wait for this!

This looks, and sounds, so beautiful - like a healing drama. I want to be put through pain and heal with the protagonists <3

I love tonally soft healing dramas like these... Crossing my fingers that it delivers ~!! Also, Kang Hanna unni in another drama <3

These teasers are so beautiful. Waiting for December couldn't be any slower

Besides loving the posters ...
and the music …
and the whole feel …
Junho as the main lead????
Yay!!! I'm so excited!!!!
He stole my heart in Chief Kim 💕

*Balloons exploding, colors turning*

Yesss!!! bring on the melo! Melo has been sadly (hur) missing this year. I'm all exhausted from thrillers and rom-coms and now really want to dive in some good old fashioned melodrama! And this looks really good.

I really love the premise, and I love how they decided to cast both Junho and Jinah since I've never seen them before (well I love Junho as a singer but I've never really seen any of his dramas/movies yet). The teasers are lovely so I hope this will be cute and deep at the same time, that's like my favorite combination ever.

P.S. Jinah reminds me of both Soo Ae and Chun Woohee

Preparing my poor heart for another melodrama. Junho got my attention in Chief Kim so I'll definitely check this out. (Hopefully, he'll bring some of his entertaining quirks from Chief Kim)

The posters and teasers look really promising! I love how they used neutral colors and kept it simple. I've been waiting for a pure, youth melodrama since forever.
The actress reminds me a bit of Kim Go Eun!
Junho looks so soft ><

Looks amazing, can't wait!!! I love when batches of new dramas come in, so much excitement.

Junho!!!!!!!!!!

looks great!!! can't wait to see their growth <3

Is it just me or does the sight of 'rookie actress and not 'idol rookie actress' seem soo pretty?😊😊

waahhh daebak! this show is really heartwarming! i was looking a light drama to take a break from school but this drama really catch my attention! though this drama was a melo, but i really love the flow of the story, the casts, staffs, cinematography, director and the writer!!! can't wait for the next episode!! waahhh!! Junho and Won Jin-A waahhh both of you are soo cuutteeee!! also Kim Gang-Hyun and also granny Na Moon-Hee!! all of youuu!! <3

Die-hard fans of Just between Lovers unite!! Lets use this post as a gathering place for discussions, comments, squares, and rants about the drama..

Paraphrasing my friend, this is a perfect winter drama. Nothing but love for it. ❤️

oh damn!.. why did i not know about this.. and i have been watchign the drama since day 1 :(

Gah, it's late but your writeup has me so hyped about starting this show. ♥

Has anyone else catch the ghost boy in any of the other episodes? There's the barest of flashes in episode 1 where Gang-do is having a panic attack at the construction site and then he's a blurred figure in one of the ice cream shop scenes. Even Gang-do's focus on the guy's shoes is shown in episode 2 though the eyeline match isn't made until a later episode.

i am actually wondering who the new entry is.. the man they met regarding the new memorial design.. and who seemed to recognize GD..

again a survivor? look of similar age.. he did lose his father in there..

step brother of someone?

Q: How can you get rid of survivor's guilt? by facing the situation again adn saving someone who is about to die?

So as somebody mentioned it is based on the collapse of Sampoong Deparment Store in 1995. It must be terrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQXTSR9koCg

It is so nice to see Moon-Soo and Kang-Doo start to open up to each other about their past as they were sitting in the bus, now they know that have two less homes to visit. These scene was bitter-sweet.

Episode 7 Highlights

+It's funny when you have an amazing view from your apartment and you either grow tired of seeing it or in this case you never paid it any mind.
+I would like to say that halmeoni runs an apothecary/clinic, but she comes off as a drug pusher sometimes. That scene when she was giving Joo-won medication.
+When they went to each other's place and poor Kang-doo was trying to play it cool. When she told him that she had eaten already, how could he not think that she was trying to find an excuse to spend time with him?!
+I love how gradually and naturally Kang-doo and Moon-soo's relationship is progressing.
+I feel somewhat badly for both Joo-won and Yoo-taek. No matter how old you are, when their are changes to your family, it's often not easy to take or let go of. I appreciate that while they've made Yoo-taek look like a total ass with this, they show Joo-won dissatisfaction which in turn humanizes both characters.
+When Mar-ri gave Yoo-taek a cover/alias business card. So clever this business woman is.
+Yoo-taek's wife. Would it be messed up of me to say, so wonder he's cheating?
+They really need to start working on redeeming Yoo-taek as a character/person. He really is passing the point of no return for me.
+You would think that Joo-won would have been smarter than that on a job site to not do what he did when he was feeling unwell. Ditto for Kang-doo. I can't wait until Kang-doo falls (figuratively) for Moon-soo hard that he'll hopefully stop doing such idiotic things and take care of himself.
+Is it me or are some of the wounds on Kang-doo's face somewhat inconsistent. At the beginning of the episode he had a cut on his lip that miraculously went away by the time he took the dive.
+When Moon-soo was having the tug-of-war with stalker boy and in the aftermath Wan-jin tells him to get her phone and Kang-doo barks to get water. What!? 😂
+Halmeoni's brain tumour diagnosis. I don't think Kang-doo will be able to handle that at all. He might become a total and utter mess.

..."That's why chil memories are so important"... "The good times in childhood. I don't remember. I only remember all the sucky things." "Gang Doo, it's been over 40 years since my husband died. I lived waiting to forget everything hoping things would get better. And do you know what I realized? Such a day won't come. What you can't force, just let it be. Don't try too hard. Being sad and painful... Those thinks are always with us. We have to accept that. What else we can do?" "It's not fair." "But instead you can meet someone better and live a fun life. You can do that. Don't worry."

So this is where all the fun discussion was going on! I didn't know. I've been raving about JBL randomly on the fanwall.

Episode 8 Highlights

Pros:
+One of the highlights of this show and this episode has been how naturally Kang-doo and Moon-soo's relationship has progressed. That bus scene was really quite good. When he said she looked cuter the next day was too good.
+Halmeoni's conversations are so awesome!
+I want halmeoni to die before the show ends. I doubt it would happen unless there are timeskips etc, but it would be interesting to see Kang-doo work though that loss seeing how we've seen how much she means to him and this episode and others.
+I appreciate the way we're getting to see Wan-jin's relationship play out. Sure, we're not getting too much detail or anything, but her interactions with stalker boi--we really need to get his name if we haven't already--are quite telling. I would appreciate a little more insight as to his motives as well as her's to tie everything together.

Cons: I might sound very argumentative/bitter etc. here and I might be.
-At least one of Moon-soo parents could be rooting for Kang-doo. Seriously.
-I knew the beginning of the fallouts between Moon-soo and Kang-doo were going to happen eventually, but I didn't expect it in the same episode that they just started to understand just what they mean to each other. The fallout is annoying on multiple levels though. Firstly, Kang-doo's deceased father arguably had some part in the incident. However, that had nothing to do with Kang-doo himself. I was so hoping that this show was going to break the mold. I was hoping that the episode would end with her going to his place and saying that, ok, let me hear you out. Let's work this out. But no.
-I don't know why the drama gods feel the need to have a love triangle/unrequited love in 90% of romance stories. Some people have it difficult to get one partner in their lifetime, let alone being hounded by other interested parties. Seriously drama land!
-Going off of the above, when you use the love triangle in conjunction with a fallout that has nothing to do with the love triangle, this plot device just serves to create misunderstandings and frustrates people like me! I so hope they resolve at least this love triangle thing quickly.

I've just caught up with this drama too (happy days!), so I'm happy to see beanies have found a place to camp out! I'm enjoying reading all the comments, guys. Many thanks!

I’m glad this thread exists as I’ve been literally dying to discuss this drama with fellow Beanies. So great job everyone! I followed all the comments in this thread.

Episodes 7 and 8 floored me in the best of ways. I watched them raw, then half subbed, then fully subbed. Again and again until I was convinced that I was obsessed. I haven’t squeeeed about an otp like this since Healer, but there’s something very elemental and organic about Moon Soo and Gang Doo that doesn’t feel at all contrived like most kdrama pairings. And makes even their tiniest interactions unbearably precious. They are fellow survivors and kindred spirits.

Some scenes made me laugh and cry simultaneously:

1) At the amusement park; Gang Doo and Moon Soo both turned away from the roller coaster because after being in a near death experience they couldn’t conceive of how anyone would flirt with danger in the name of fun;

2) Neither one of them liked the smoke from the barbecue. Kang Doo in particular. I wondered if this was another sign of his trauma like his dislike for lightning and the dark.

Although Joo Won was also a victim of the shopping mall collapse, he was never trapped underground like Moon Soo or Kang Doo. So there’s no way he can fully relate or empathize with their experience.

What’s the rule in S. Korea about step siblings? Are they allowed to date? Yoo Jin’s dad married Joo Won’s mother. So they are technically step siblings. Them having an attraction to each other feels vaguely incestuous. I’m surprised everyone in the drama seems okay with it though. Like it’s commonplace.