*sp0ils self* so uhm I'm not gonna lie I actually had a thought a while ago or else someone here brought it up that "what if she never dated Ian what if it was Yoon she dated"... so looks like that was right lol.
I got over the age gap a while ago because it fit the dysfunctionality of the show.
I also think YWJ could make it work with most any actress tbh...

*sp0ils herself more* and FINALLY I CAN SAY THIS. I've never trusted Nam or liked him (sorry!) and never cared about him and always thought he was shadier than everyone else and always suspected him, so... guess that paid off?

How big is the age gap, btw? I wasn't even aware there was one, which says a whole lot about how much I've been paying attention to the story, lol. (Also probably says a lot about how behind I am, lol.)

Me too.

Is he the villain? I think his main villainy is that he's keeping his mouth shut to keep his job. He tried to help Kim Ian and YY escape (although giving them a ride would have been more help), he didn't kill Kim Ian, and one could argue that YYG's death was an accident and self-defense. He hasn't come forward with the truth, but he's not exactly a murderer either. He's been corrupted by ambition, but he did risk a lot to try to save Kim Ian and YY from harm.

The way he hired Yi Young despite the mistake she made then fired her for the same mistake was sooooooo rage inducing. I eventually let it go, because he's been such a fun character in other respects (something I credit fully to Song Jae Rim's acting), but gosh can he be a jerk.

Kinda seems like the writer has given up on this show. Like, "I hate it, it's not working, let's just get it over with."

Why did YY freak out every time she saw Prof. Kang in the bar? Could he hurt her there in the bar? Did she have a cellphone she could have used to call for backup? And what about Prof. Kang, was he just going to sit there day after day waiting for her to come back? If he was, wasn't it stupid of him to be so obvious and scare her, so he couldn't find out what she was doing there? OK, no, all we're really interested in is a chase scene that ends in her recovering her memories.

Simplest explanation is that the creative team for this drama has lost whatever vision they had for the opening episodes, and now is thrashing around for a way to finish.

Oh go ahead and rant and post, if nothing else it will make the rest of us happier we invested a chunk of our lives in this? And it might give you some release too.

Well at least you can come up with 500 words the cousin (whole family really) makes me rage/sputter incoherently.

i didn't like or dislike Maestro Nam despite him giving off shady vibes and wanted to be sympathetic to him, but now i just want to smack his head AND send his ass off to jail. Sure he had a poor childhood, but so does half the world and not everyone turns to crime to get ahead in life. He not only got the job of his dreams undeservedly, he had the audacity to be arrogant with his coworkers too.

I haven't read any drama forum's other than Dramabeans, but, I do have compassion for Maestro Nam in that his intentions to save Ian were there even though he messed that up. And the scuffle with the bucket hat guy was also not a murder he planned but more of an accidental result of the scuffle. He does seem to be a pathological liar though as he constantly denies involvement in anything bad. I think he does have responsibility he needs to face up to, and I am hoping that he does turn himself in so he can be redeemed in the eyes of some of the viewers. Afterall, if they can turn that horrible, bitchy, evil violinist woman into a person who isn't all bad, then they should allow Maestro Nam a chance, too.
But, all in all, I will be glad when this ends next week as I don't think I can get through any more of this show than one more week's worth of frustration. I don't even like the main couple either.

Actually, I'm not sure that he doesn't remember her from back then. The way he said, "Yes" quickly, then "No," then turned away and grimaced, suggested that he did notice her back then and maybe even was interested in her but didn't act on it. And then she turned up as his brother's seeming girlfriend and possible murderer. And now he knows she isn't either one.

I'm not caught up enough to comment on the Maestro's involvement in the crime or any other potentially nefarious deeds he might have gotten up to, but I have honestly liked him as a character better than I have Yoon.

1) Yoon Was stalking Yi Young in the beginning. Moving in near her, showing up randomly where she was like it was just on accident, taking her places he knew could be traumatizing/would trigger old memories, and didn't he go into her apartment and snoop once himself, or am I misremembering that? He was creepy, and I didn't like it. Now though I just find him boring, and he and Yi Young's relationship boring. They're both just...boring.

2) Song Jae Rim is just putting in a better performance than Yeon Woo Jin, in my opinion, and it makes me enjoy seeing his character on screen. Whether he's evil or misunderstood or whatever, he's at least been intriguing and kind of fun and has some personality to him.

All that being said, I'm pretty much over this drama at this point and not going to finish it, so my thoughts on both characters don't really matter, lol.

Actually, now I'm kind of wondering if I Should drop it and just read the open thread recaps here, lol.

Oh and let's never forget that she actually stole the pen from Dohoon to give to bucket hat without so much as looking at what was on it. That was laughably stupid.

Yi Young's lack of awareness has been one of the most frustrating aspects of this drama for me, even though I've mostly managed to coast through the episodes on sheer willpower and purposeful ignorance regarding the many flaws, because I just haven't cared that none of it really makes sense. But now I'm at a place where it's not really even fun to watch anymore, and that's usually the death toll for a drama for me.

I don't trust the 'this isn't a love story' voiceover though. This drama doesn't strike me as interesting and well-written enough to do something like that.

@aerynlane,

I have to agree that, as the drama has worn on in the last half, I've come to like Yi-young less and less. I used to think of her as plucky and persistent in the aftermath of a serious accident. But lately she's done such stupid stuff as playing in traffic, ignoring Yoon's warnings about Bucket Hat, shooting her mouth off & tipping her hand to Prof. Kang, running around with scissors an open switchblade, and stealing the pen from Ian's suit pocket -- without even inspecting the thing -- that I've become alienated. I used to be able to give her a pass because of memory impairment in the beginning, but now when she jumps to conclusions and accuses other characters without any solid evidence, I find her obnoxious. Maybe it runs in the family, because I don't like her aunt one bit. Or maybe it's just a case of Female Lead Characterization Collapse -- a virulent screenwriting syndrome that is endemic to Kdrama. It incapacitates characters, causing them to lose their dimensionality as the finale draws nigh. Female leads start out strong and finish as shadows of their former selves -- or end up as mere plot devices.