This version is definitely veering away from the original— that’s all I’m going to say 😅😅😅

Thank you for the weecap & OT, @missvictrix 😘😘

Well, nobody is surprised by that moment of love/hate sex and passion now, are we?? I mean Tae Oh never really planned on leaving Sun Woo, he just liked of sleeping with a young woman on the side. So, Sun Woo forced him to choose Da Kyung and leave. He asked her at the end if he should come back to her. Its super twisted and complicated what Tae Oh and Sun Woo share, their bond. Joon Young is stuck in the middle because Jenny to too small to comprehend any of this, lucky her. I can understand why Sun Woo would not let Joon Young's dad be the murderer, its Korea, Joon Young has it hard with a divorced parent as it is, a murderer for a father may just break that boy. I still think Sun Woo has a plan. Lets see if my intuition is correct. If it, then Ji Sun Woo is the most shrewd person out there in the whole of Gosun.

Woah. This drama is too much for me. I love it!
I was expecting that their sexual tension would explode and boy did it! I agree with @missvictrix, instead of providing clarity and closure to them, things will only snowball from here. I’m looking forward to the wild ride.

As a side note I wonder what the consequence of Jy overhearing DK and To taking about how sw told him she killed JY will be ? Someone really needs to help this kid, the next episode preview it looks like finally his parents will be given some truths about their son and how he has been struggling. In all of this he is the victim. They keep using him as a pawn and never really converse with him and see where his mind is at.

@missvictrix, thank you for your weecap !

Yeah, I think that it's just a snowball from here. If I remembered well, the production said that SW's move will put her in danger ? Were they referring to the last scene of ep 12 ? Yes, I think because we saw again the scene between SW and HS : "Be careful. There's no guarantee that you won't end up like me". It might be the the closure of their toxic relationship for SW. However, we all know that TO is obsessed with his ex-wife. So, that might be the trigger of next big traumas as well.

I love how Tae-oh loves Joon-young. Between Joon-young and Jenny, Joon-young is hands down his favorite child. I'm for Sun-woo and Tae-oh getting back together because Joon-young would be happy. And truthfully, Sun-woo and Tae-oh would be too.

It sucks they dropped the "Who killed Park In-kyu?" storyline because the best plot twist would have been Sun-woo. "Pretend like you didn't do it even if you did." The reason Sun-woo bargains with Chairman Yeo to frame In-kyu's death as a suicide is because she's the killer, and the reason Sun-woo lies to the police that she's Tae-oh's alibi is because now he can be her alibi.

Even Myung-sook is getting redeemed; every character is getting redeemed: Ye-rim, Je-hyuk, Da-kyung, Tae-oh. Da-kyung ought to cheat on her husband with her handsome spy. At least Spy is closer to her age unlike Tae-oh who's old enough to be her dad.

Thank you, @missvictrix for the quick summary. Yes, that's what I've been saying all along - tell the truth of the circumstances to your children. Da-kyung had it easy in manipulating Joon-young since the boy is already having a hard time at school because of his mom. Now the boy knows what his mother did so she could get custody. Aah, the trauma children face when the parents aren't honest! :(

This show has turned me into a nervous wreck.

I jumped, like @missvictrix at the clack of the toaster. The grating grind of the chopping seal (what do you call that thing, anyway?) as Je hyuk rolled it slowly and deliberately over the red ink made my hair stand on end, like nails running over a blackboard. He did it twice. And each time, he grinned. Like he was baiting Ye Rim, and knowing that he was getting under her skin.

The end scene. I stopped breathing. And that Tae oh turned it around, and asked her - the sheer audacity of it made me want to punch him in the face, "Is this what you wanted? Couldn't you have let it go, and forgive me, and let it remain just that - a fling? Tell me the truth, you want me now." And the slap, the struggle, the breakdown ( Sun Woo in tears, after so long was just sad, sad, sad), the wild kissing - I screamed - the trail of discarded underwear, makeout in the dark (I think), concluding with the blackout, and the voices, low and intimate: "Do you want me to come back to you?" "No. Protect that marriage." So deliciously wicked and twisted and hot and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I like the backstabbing friend now she's shifted her loyalties totally to Sun Woo. Hilarious, actually. I find her snark and sarcasm so funny. And yay, for standing up for single women everywhere. Men are jerks in this show, except for Yong Gi...but I'm still suspicious of him.

The scarf is an important symbol in the show. It was a scarf with a strand of hair caught in the fabric that started it all, the first sign of Tae Oh's betrayal. It was a scarf again - bloodied this time - that brought Sun Woo and Tae Oh together again, uniting on the same side, to protect their son. I feel like the story has completed an arc - betrayal, denial, confrontation, divorce, and now, reconciliation. But, I can't be sure. Every time I think I know what's going to happen, the show turns around and gives me a new twist.

There were some lines that stood out for me. "Marriage is a delusion. Love is the start of this delusion. And the end of it." A cynical Sun Woo says this to her ex, smiling a twisted little smile. It broke my heart.

But, a reformed Je hyuk declares, "Love is as necessary as breathing. As water. Love is a habit. You get used to it. And you only realise how much you miss it when it's gone." Can I say how amazing the actor playing Je hyuk is? Je hyuk SMOULDERS. His eyes are so soulful my heart aches. And sometimes he looks so sad my heart breaks.

My theory is this. Sun Woo was there on the rooftop. She convinced In kyu to jump. She manipulated everything so that Tae Oh would come back to her. Remember what she said? "I thought that I was safe, that the fence and the foundation of my marriage was strong, that what was mine would remain mine. I was deluded." I think she wants Tae Oh. She never stopped wanting him. She knows Tae oh better than anyone. And he knows it. "Why did you walk out on us,...

I'm glad we finally get a check in with Joon-young, he has been neglected during this war between his parents. Da-Kyung knows how much he loves his son, he just doesn't have the bond with the baby. I think he is over the sleepless nights, changing nappies, (caring for another human being who is wholly dependent on you and therefore your needs have to come second). If Da-Kyung wasn't pregnant, there is no doubt he would be continuing his double life. I don't think Tae-oh can afford to go back to Sun-woo, not when his livelihood is tied together with Da-kyung though her father and considering his reputation.
I think Sun- woo won't rest until Tae- oh's life is destroyed, I 'm wondering if she would regret it, would she be able to move on. I'm worried that we will see Sun- woo returning to Tae-oh who has lost everything and starting over with him. Making sure he knows without her, he is nothing...

Beanies, where are you watching this?

Is she even healthy for her own child?
or both parents are equally bad when it comes to parenting..

don't understand why is this drama so popular..

up until ep 4 she is still playing the cinderella role

First, obviously, I am not surprised that TO/SW hooked up. This was coming since they split. I also knew that they were still in love with each other. There is alot to unpack in this episode so lets try.

Part 1

1. SW saving TO didn't surprise me. The moment Min Hyun-seo said it was TO that killed PIR, I could see the wheels turning in SW head how to get him out of this. SW knew TO didn't do it but evidence was against both him and her and she was trying to protect them both. However, I am glad to see this opened TO's eyes a little bit. SW was the one to save him and not DK. DK basically told him to handle it and the Chairman was going to let him drown which is why SW gave TO the truth serum and pointed out that he left their family where he was respected to go to a family that treated him like trash.
2. DK pissed me completely off this episode. DK is not doing anything for JY benefit but for hers. Honestly, I have to admit it was clever what she did but she is trash. DK lured JY into their household saying its best for his mom so that she can leave and then planned to send him abroad. She was probably going to convince JY that it was his idea. It was a way to get rid of both SW and JY out of TO's life. It was Machiavellian and proves to me she is her fathers daughter. If SW finds out what she did, DK better hide.
3. The Chairman is horrible guy, he basically is burning everyone to make sure his daughter is happy. He offered SW money to leave and still wants her gone ( Im like seriously) and he was going to let TO go to jail knowing that he didn't kill the guy just to get him out of his daughters life.
4. TO ( my favorite character in this drama) did not disappoint. TO is like a petulant child who wants to play with all the toys in the toy chest, he can't just pick one. However, just like a child, TO has his favorite toy and trust me its not DK. TO doesnt want SW to leave. I feel like TO does care for DK and jennie but he needs SW and JY. SW and JY are the two people he can't breathe without. I do think if SW and JY left that TO would follow them. I think DK can see this too.
TO mentions JY, 100 times a day but the truth is JY is TO's link to SW. So everytime he says JY to me he is really saying SW too. I think that is why TO loves JY more than he loves Jennie because he loves SW more than he loves DK. I could be wrong but I think that is how it is.
TO also dished some truth serum to SW and broke down her reasons for staying ( which were all true). SW did want to come crawling back to her, she was waiting for it. SW does have regrets over not fighting harder to save her marriage. I said before TO would have stayed, he never wanted to be with DK ( which he confirmed it was just an affair to him). TO blaming SW does not surprise me, actually I was cracking up, this guy takes zero responsibility.. LOL.. TO is the funniest person on the show, I can't take him seriously.

Quick question: was this drama ever advertised as a revenge drama? I don’t think it was. In fact from everything we’ve seen, this drama was never really about revenge on Sun Woos part. From the very beginning they’ve showed how unhinged and disturbed everyone in this show is, but more specifically, they’re showing all the different aspects of marriage/ relationships and the different ways women deal with it or don’t, specifically in Korean society. You have Ye Rim and Je Hyuk, the chairwoman who supports Sun Woo, saying she won’t divorce, and even Hyun Seo and her bf, who act as a foil to show how toxic Sun Woo and Tae Ho are and will continue to be to each other. All of the characters show how divorce is perceived and in this case, how toxic it can be when a child is involved and the divorce is on nasty terms.

The end of episode did not surprise me lol I was on the edge of my seat and I’ve definitely watched that scene numerous times cause it’s so well acted but from his return, the sexual tension every time Sun Woo and Tae Ho were on screen was thick. I do not blame her for her momentary “mistake” cause she was married to him for more than 10 yrs.

I saw some knetz saying that married people are relating to the story a lot more because they can understand compared to single people and it makes sense. My parents are divorced and it was toxic, My dad and his family were very abusive to my mom, but I’m thankful that I and my siblings were far younger than Joon Young and my mom moved to a whole other continent even though her family begged her to stay with him.

Also, sorry forgot to mention... I am 99% sure that DK told TO to throw SW under the bus. TO thought SW killed Park In Ryu and DK had said make me believe you didn't do that.. How was he suppose to do that? Easy, tell the police that it was Sun Woo but interestingly, TO also remained quiet. TO was protecting SW as much as she was protecting TO..

This. Is. Hell.

When Sun-woo and Tae-oh kiss, then make love (while Da-kyung is trying to call her husband) in the end of Ep.12, the singer behind the scene screams "Sad" (as well the song's title, go check it out), and the backing vocal is like this:

You'll be in the fire
You'll be in the fire
I bet you'll be in the fire
I bet you'll be in the fire

"Cause I'm sending you my pain and tears," it concluded.

I guess the one thing this Korean version way better than the BBC original is that it basically follows the original (The ex-couple have sex in the end of Season 2 in «Dr. Foster» as well), but the plot is way more make sense (Gemma only does that for revenge, but Sun-woo's emotion is way more complex, so as Tae-oh), thus the show is very powerful. This is only one of the examples, but when Sun-woo discovered Tae-oh prepares his and Da-kyung's new bedroom with almost everything he prepared for their own before, you know it won't be that same BBC drama.

And both Sun-woo and Tae-oh's feelings has been developed way earlier in the show. Suddenly I found that Tae-oh's seemed-evil declaration is actually true ("I love both women, why should I have to choose?" I paraphrased), as well that oh-so-familiar closet in Tae-oh & Da-kyung new house. Sun-woo's longing look to Tae-oh and Da-kyung even before they first leave Gosan is another proof. They are going to have a relationship which will be bombarded by South Korean audience (and they did), shouldn't the screenwriter plan ahead?

I guess some screenwriters really should learn from «Couple»'s spectacular script-writing. I am talking to you, Kim Eun-soek.

"It could have been a passing affair ..... had you let it be one."

Wow, Tae-oh. Just wow.

Leave it to Tae-oh to find a new level to sink to beyond the base level he was already at.

Another interesting find: in Ep.12 I suddenly find everyone a bit kinder, even Da-kyung grown to be a better mother and wife somehow (or is it just me feeling this?) Meanwhile, that 2-faces female friend Myung-sook confronts hospital CEO Ji-cheol only appointed married person as his deputy shows the marriage tension in South Korea shows the discrimination in the country. These are all the BBC original doesn't have, yet very genius sideline.

No doubt «A Couple's World» will be controversial in South Korea, and the show may get lots of scolding and finger-pointing from the audience, but I guess it will become «A Doll House» moment in this conservative society, which I hope to see in the future.

Everyone in Gosan is insane. I hate all of them now, except for that little moment when Doctor Sul finally said something plausible to defend herself and a little victory from Yerim's side (don't accept Jehyuk back please..)

This show is exhausting. I can't even keep up.
Glad it's still on fire.

This show is bonkers in a good way I hope the ending is different and as great

Thanks for the weecap.

I feel like the acting is great but the writing is so absurd that it seems dumber than when it started? Haha so much potential!!!