Lordy, lordy, these episodes sound TERRIBLE.

If well written, this love story could be good. I mean, we have two persons that experienced something unique and that can undestand each other. With time, they could learn to love and need each other. And with "time" I mean a period longer than the blink of an eye...
this way, I really can't feel this love story. Yes, the scene in the shower was well executed, but I didn't squeal, nor I thought: "Finally!" and this kind of things...
And I continue thinking that at least some episodes with DC and Ha-young trying to be together would have been more interesting.

About Mi-ran's style... probably they want to create a mix between 90's and 2000's fashion... but nothing seems to suit her. Almost always she seems ridiculous. Why do they put those earrings on her??

The mystery part is boring.

It's a pity for all the actors that this drama is so bad. I hope to see them in something better in the future, especially Yoon Se-ah. Her Ma-ri was my favorite character in "Just between lovers".

Thank you very much, missvictrix, for your review.

mainly just watching this for wookie now and how swoon worthy he can be. dont really think their love story is that interesting....it did have potential though. but they didnt really dive into it or develop it as strongly as it could have

I'm only a few minutes into ep 10, but it sound like they neglected to have some kind person who isn't 20 years out of date SUGGEST THAT SHE SUE THE ***** for the inaccurate/malicious parts of the post (?)

This drama is so stupid. I am just watching the OTP scenes and FF the rest. I thought K2 was dumb, but it seems like a masterpiece compared to this. Who gave this the green light? And who did JCW loose a bet to?

I will never watch this drama. It sounded stupid to begin with, and once I found out the writer was the same one who wrote the supremely bad, offensive SWDBS, I knew it was a hard pass.

I did watch the last 5 minutes of Episode 10, just to see JCW (who remains one of the most beautiful men breathing) being all kissy and romantic. As usual, he nailed it, despite the glossy, highly unnatural looking pink lipstick (I thought Kdramas had gotten better about that ridiculously fake looking lip gloss for the boys, but this drama apparently blows in every possible way).

While I appreciated the prettiness that is JCW kissing, in a soaked white shirt, all I could think of was, if they already know they can't get all hot and bothered, why haven't they figured out they should just install a refrigerated bedroom? Well, that, but my other thought was OMG, this drama is more stupid than I thought it was going to be.

This is a never watch for me, and that's shocking, because I even watched Heirs and Personal Taste for Lee Min-ho! I guess my tolerance level for really bad dramas has its limits (or maybe it's that at least the plots in the two LMH dramas sounded interesting, even if they ended up having "issues.") But more likely it's that I am kind of annoyed with JCW for picking such crap for his comeback drama. I know he doesn't want to do action films anymore, but seriously, he could at least pick something decent.

I sound like a teacher or a parent scolding a child, but drama you are such a disappoitment...you could've been so much better, only if you had done your homework better (script), and didn't get distracted by numerous shiny things (unnecessary comedy).
Really, so many wasted opportunities.

So I know this writing/directing team gets a lot of flack for Strong Woman DBS, but I actually don't even think this drama is comparable to that. That one was very very silly and ridiculous at times, but I still think it was watchable. I'd say I enjoyed most of it - even some of the slapsticky stuff wasn't so eye-rolling.
Melting Me Softly on the other hand, has really no redeeming qualities. Even Wookie's face can't save it. *waves white flag in surrender*

Okay. I've sat through some bad dramas. Sometimes I watch them because I need something cracky enough to keep me going but bad enough to tune out and get work done.
And I watched Manhole. As it aired. And I can't stick with Melting, and I've finally figured out why.
I. Don't. Care. About. Anyone. I feel no emotional investment, even in the ones I really want to. Any scene that could lead to an emotional connection with our leads, regardless of their connection to each other, is cut short and directed badly. I want to care. There was promise in early scenes between the leads. That scene when they were kidnapped in the freezer, for example. But the pacing is way off, the writing is nonsensical (and I do have some tolerance, but are they just tripping?), and then the directing snuffs out any promise that is there. It's not even fun enough to make fun of while you watch.
I'm sorry, cast, cuz I love so many of you, but I just can't do this anymore. I'll check in for highlights.

Ok why am I even watching this? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL WERE THESE EPISODES?

This isn’t Melting Me Softly...it’s Killing me softly... I can’t watch anymore.

I was like - what's the problem dude, just buy some ice put it in ... have S8X in the bathtub .. yes It's a bit tedious but it's not impossible ....

*sigh*

Wookie, if you read this (by some miracle), please email me the script before you agree to do any project.

K2, then suspicious partner and now this?

I knew from the first day the news came out about this drama that I would never watch it, but I love your recaps, @missvictrix. It's a great exercise to skewer everything that's wrong with this drama, and so much fun to read.

About JCW, I wonder if Healer just fit him too well: young, alone, wounded, in love. Any mistakes he made could be written off to his character. That was long enough ago that you might expect him to project some weight on the screen now. I mean, even Lee Jung-seok has taken on some air of maturity. But JCW still comes across as boyish and lightweight, and he's aging out of that role category. Sad to say, but maybe he needs a little tragedy in his life? Or greater sense of purpose? Or anything that would help him develop some depth on screen.

Thank you for these periodic open threads. They're all I'm able to bear of this show. I dropped after watching ep. 3 (through my fingers and at half volume!) for all the reasons stated above. In defense of JCW's acting post-army, the jury's still out. Healer was a long time ago, agree, but he was pretty perfect there. And K2 was a hot mess, not because of his acting, his physical acting was quite good. He was great in Suspicious Partners I thought and generally really liked the drama despite some plodding points in the middle/end. Melting is just a very poorly written, conceived and directed drama. No amount of good acting could save it. I second someone's comment above, and offer to vet manuscripts for his next project. His agent should be canned. If there was a dearth of good offers after army, he should have been advised to wait.

im not that kind who judges or demands so much on drama but this drama is a whole mess. i really wanna keep watching just for Ji Changwook but i can't stand the ridiculousness anymore. since Catch the Ghost already started im gonna drop this

(to save them so they could safely consummate their love… umm)...😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
JCW said he wants to roll around in bed and sleep together. That statement off me
The shower kiss scene was funny

Dunno why you guy hate the drama but I quite like it. I find it funny

Do I want the leads together because the writer says I should or because I think they make sense or work well together? I think over these last 10 episode I was trying so hard not to think beyond what the writer gave me so I wouldn't see the(many, many) flaws of the drama and drop it(I won't. I will see this through to the end and trash it if need be, but dang it I will stay for Wookie. I waited for 2 years while he was in the army, so what's a little more pain? Crazy? A little bit, but I'm ok with my crazy).

Dong-chan told Ha-young that for him it was just a day later and that's the reason he gave for breaking up over her betrayal. His words and his actions contradict themselves though because if it was that soon for him and therefore still painful would he jump so quickly into a relationship with Mi-ran then?

The reason I'm not a 100% sold on the leads' relationship is not so much Dong-Chan's heart confusion/fickleness though as much as it is Mi-Ran's inability to take care of herself. I do believe we all need rescuing at times but I prefer slaying my dragons on my own tbh. So her simpering, come and save me attitudes really gets on my nerves.

I wish I could say I'm still watching this for logical reasons but it really is just for Wookie now. 🤷‍♀

I am still watching this show because it does have its moments and they are pretty consistent with the whole temperature increase thing. There were some scenes that I did like. Plus I am not one to give up on a show once I start watching it. Even if I tried curiosity would take the better of me anyway.

Poor Ji Chang Wook! I want to take the heat off you from all these comments. Let's take a shower? No? HAHAHA! ^^

Honestly, if you just switch off your brain and just watch for the pretty, you'd have an enjoyable time. It does have its moments and I like the antics and the physical comedy so I wouldn't drop it just yet.

I'm watching the entire two episodes dying from holding my laughter because i watch it on bus to my campus, and now i'm rolling in my bed because you manage to write and make it sound funnier. Tbh i just cant take this drama seriously and just constantly shake my head everytime they spoon-fed me the supposedly-romance-but-god-too-cringe story

(I have collated below Missvictrix words - sentences in her review for you to decide if you want to watch JCW in his COMEDIC GLORY. He took the crown effortlessly.)
My Comment: I HEART _ HUG _ SNORT_GUFFAW_ROFL_and go all fluttery warm and crazy with the TWO leads whose chemistry was like poetry.
This is my first watch of JCW as a total goofy - hilarious - WITTY - Short tempered but adorably COMIC ROLE. SO SO SO polar opposite to what I have seen earlier in HEALER and K2 and Empress Ki.
The ONLY JCW movie I dropped was K2 .. and NOT because I didn't drool over his Je Ha character .. but because it because torturous to watch Anna written in as his love interest when a large majority (those who dropped it like a hot potato) was rooting for the STEAMING HOT vibes that developed between Je Ha - Choi Yoon Ji. I have cussed the writer-director-producer-casting of Yoona as Anna in K2 related comment sites where I found fellow disappoints,
I HAD to collect MissVictrix's HILARIOUS review highlights which 200% reflected my thoughts and feelings as I watched the show - all nighter binge-mode.So below .. BOWING to MissVictrix prose :
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- Ladies and gentlemen, it’s the moment Melting Me Softly has been priming us for, working towards, and dying to show us: two people desperately in love who can’t do more than touch each other’s foreheads. While the surrounding circumstances are silly, it’s every drama’s dream to be able to justify

-  the drama is telling us (or trying to) that it’s the people we love that matter, and the times we spend with them that give meaning to our lives.

- I love when the show takes the time to give us this view of people, family, and growing older

- if I had Ji Chang-wook look me in the eyes and say, “I don’t love you” I would probably sob in my bed that night too.