Yes! @missvictrix, you captured this so well and even caught the Gone With the Wind reference!

Watching Joon watch Lala (or Rara) is not just cute but heartwarming, because the two of them are alone in the world. And because we can feel the world closing in on them. Somewhere, a stalker is hanging up photos of Lala, texting her, and sending her gifts. Something is not quite right about Dr. Cha. A dead man has washed up on shore who either is the rightful owner of Joon's name or borrowed or stole it. There was a hint during that lightning crash that Joon might even have amnesia, and that he may be hiding not because of what he remembers, but because of the circumstances he found himself in when he didn't remember anything.

Whatever the plot devices that are going to try to tear these two apart, I have absolute faith that they will get through it together. (Wish I could say that about you, Brahms!)

I also realized that the secretary villain did Lala a favor when he stole all her money. If she had married her fiance, she never would have learned how to stand on her own two feet and how to appreciate all those things she took for granted in the past. Not to mention, she never would have gotten to know Joon.

I was wondering what attracted me to Lee Jae Wook so bad and now I know.

It’s his eyes. Those puppy dog eyes which screams while he says little. Those are some of the most expressive eyes I’ve ever seen in dramaland and I have to admit, even as a noona I’m pretty attracted to him. Pretty much a goner. Like for Kim Min Jae. Heh.

On the other hand, I always knew that Go Ara would give a powerhouse performance because I saw how amazing she was in Reply 1994. Weirdly enough I didn’t watch any more dramas of hers because I didn’t want her to be paired up with anyone but Jung Woo. Jung Woo is also the meaning behind my name, if you get what I mean.

But here, just like Do You alike Brahms, this couple take small steps but it has a huge impact on me. Also, I guess it’s not just me that make a giggly mess whenever Joon's cheeks heat up. He looks so flustered it’s super adorable !

I am a big fan of Go Ara but I don't know if I can take much more of her outrageously clueless character. If the show devolved into utter insanity and revealed that Rara was actually a Labrador puppy cursed by a witch into a human, I could accept it. I am sticking around because it is such a hoot to see Lee Jae Wook play an aloof, closed-book kind of character. And the dog.

I love this show! I love how it makes me smile.
The characters complement each other so well and I think they all have some kind of balance.
I like how Rara tries her best and is always so possitive even tho she doesn't really know what to do with her situation.
I love how Jun is so sweet and caring but tries to act cool or something lol.
And I love noona and her daughter scenes with Rara in the morning. They way they react to Rara's compliments are funny but cute. SWL feels where?
And dr. Cha... needs to stop with the following thing. He really acts like a stalker. He's kinda creppy with Rara tbh... but he doesn't seems dangerous so I'm good for now.

Oh! I totally forgot! The scene of Rara and that haraboji was the sweetest thing ever. So freaking cute. I want more of that.

Thanks, @missvictrix, for the recap. I absolutely agree that tho this drama isn't something we'd expect, it's really comforting. The way Ra-ra makes every day a sunny day, looking so positive, it also gives me hope that tomorrow will be a better day. Hehe, Jun being jealous because Dr. Cha can play the piano well, how cute!!

I love love love this drama to pieces! It’s been such a long time since the last time I was eagerly waiting for a drama’s next episodes.. and here came this one! I haven’t rewatch Go Ra-ra’s (lol) work before, but I think she’s pulling it off here. LJW is as lovely as ever with that kind of grinning. I couldn’t help myself smiling so wide whenever he looks adoringly at Ra-ra. The boy knows how to grin!

Plus, there are many hilarious scenes in these two episode. The two of those I love the most are when the movie Parasite was made fun of, and the scene the super funny and stylish hairdresser saw Dr. Cha for the first time. The fabulous Yeh Ji-won has always been stealing the show since Another Oh Hae-young and I’m so impressed with her acting here. Everything is positive with Ra-ra’s brightness.

In summary, the show is good, good, good! 😍😍😍

They are cute

I don't agree with your comment about Dr Cha.

Dr. Cha and Joon are the same. They know her from the past but hide it from her. They are interested in her and they want to help her. Joon is cold outside and using the money as an excuse to help her and hides his feelings for her when Dr Cha is more direct. But both of them are following her to protect her, etc. So I don't see why it would be ok for Joon and not Dr. Cha. Both of them are nice people.

I don't like how the writer makes everything pretty simple for Rara. For the piano academy, she doesn't have a rent to pay, the piano appeared miraculously, it wasn't her own idea but Joon's one, the same for the name. She didn't have to sacrifice anything. She still has her clothes and shoes, expensive phone, her dog but doesn't have to take care of him. Her reaction about food was weird, when could she not eat? She always found someone to give her food. She takes the nutriment drinks without asking before, knowing it's expensive but thinking the fact she will pay for it in the futur is enough.

The part taht would have been interesting was her healing and struggles with piano. But they pass on it pretty fast.

I LOVE this show so far and I almost didn't give it a chance as I don't care for the leads and thought it was just going to be something about music. But knowing now that it's from the writer of Shopping King Louie I can see why I like it, it has the same tone and clueless but adorable characters. Is it unrealistic? Yes, it is. But it's so cute and fun and now, like in Louie, there's even a mystery.

I like this show. Go Ara, noonaing to the max here, is so delightful. She is a bit of a mess but her earnestness is so precious. It isn't as good as shopping king Louis, but that turned tropes on their heads, but it is still fun. Lee Jae wook's Jun as this utterly smitten man is hilarious. This is my smile show!!

This really gives out old-school Disney vibes. You know, rely on the handsome guy to get you out of your troubles as long as you are beautiful and musical, that is. 😂

This is not a romcom but fantasy genre, I believe.

Thank you for this @missvictrix!
I love love love the quirkiness that this show brings. It's now my recent favorite happy pill! And we can all agree that whipped Jun is adorable! And I love the smiley and bubbly Ra ra. Fish out of the water hijinks has always been one of my fave troupes.

I've decided Dr. Cha is dodosolsollalasol. His knowing look when he ran past the painted piano, like he know RaRa would be at Juns playing the new piano.

Even though Ra-ra is clueless about the work that you do, she always makes you feel appreciated, which charms you into working harder for her. But that appreciation isn't something planned. I believe she genuinely thought the rice and sandwich was best she'd ever had. I really like the breakfast scenes with Sook-kyung and Ha-young. She sees the best in people and makes you feel talented and special. And she's observant. She notices the emotional pain Jun carries and knows to not pry. And she knew when Dr.Cha was pretending not to know how to play the piano.

I love how she stress-sleeps! It's true that sleep brings new energy and perspective.

I'm fully embracing the fantastical elements of this drama - like how things just work out for Ra-ra and how Jun seems to have an endless amount of time - at least 3 part-time jobs (he lives rent-free in a LCOL area so I guess he doesn't have to work 80 hours to afford living expenses and Ra-ra's medical expenses), remodelling his florist shop apartment, taking piano lessons, etc.

Thanks as usual for the delightful recaps on a similarly delightful show, @missvictrix

Rara's stress-sleeping is amazing! I love how the others kept conjuring up worst-case scenarios, only to burst in and find her snorting in her sleep. And then she gets up the next day with her 'go get the world' attitude! Her optimism is inspiring.

Joon's 'don't keep saying such things out loud' had me giggling every time. He actually blushed at one point. And that little smirk when he picked up the 'only' umbrella he had. Haha!

I felt exactly the same way about the doctor. I don't know what his game is (even though it seems obvious), but when he texted offering to pick up Rara just as Joon offered the umbrella, (he was bound to - it's the law of dramaland), I think I snarled at my screen. But then, Joon pulled out that hug and I blurted out 'kajima' a second before he did. I was clearly enjoying the drama a little too much by then.

This show is such a happy pill, but something tells me it won't stay that way for the entire run. We know so little about all the characters' backstories, and those stalker/bodies-washed-up-from-the-sea scenes don't fill me with confidence that we will be giggling for the whole hour by, say, episode 9. ☹️

Until then, I hope Writernim keeps us grinning happily at our blossoming OTP for as long as possible. And of course, there's always Mimi. That cute little ball of fluff makes me want to reach through the screen and adopt her, but I guess Rara and Joon will object. 🥰

So, what’s with the fist full of pills the doctor takes? Does he have a fatal disease - is that why he divorced, closed his hospital, and moved out of Seoul? Or is all that a given since this is a kdrama?

Can we just forget the stalker and the dead body?

I found Ahn Nae-sang as the evil secretary shipping champagne on a yacht with sunglasses super hilarious! He's a good actor, but even he couldn't pull that off. That dude is in every drama I'm watching right now, seems like.

If I could develop Lala's stress-sleeping skill, I'd be just as happy as her!

I want to mention how meta and funny it is that no one except Ra-ra can remember dodosolsollalasol and she has to remind people it's like Twinkle twinkle little star. I feel like the writer must know that some of us who can't read a note to save our lives needed reminding of the drama title.

Also I love how Erie Satie's "I want you" has that double meaning for the guys who really want Ra-ra to like them back, but to her, it's just a pretty piece with a great backstory. This week showed that it is Bach that held meaning for her because Bach's work is challenging, but she mastered it with hard work and in the end, it was rewarding.

I adore how Rara reflected this week that she can play the piano and watch Jun-ah be adorable and irked by being duped into cleaning all by himself, but she would be totally weirded out and compelled to help Dr. Cha should he have been in Jun-ah's place.

I know I shouldn't complain given that Go ara is like 8 years older than the male actor Lee jae wook, but perception matters. Go ara not only looks younger and easily fits in with the younger crew, but her character's age is like 24 in this drama. I simply don't understand why such vastly different age groups are thrown together in dramaland to portray romantic interest. Hence @missvictrix I totally understand and concur with your weirdedoutness. At least provide us with some context or justification for why such obvious age differences would be conceivable or even endearing, like in High School King, or Pretty Noona, or Secret Affair, or Doctors, or Jane Eyre 🙄. This is just random and annoying and simply doing Kim Joo-hun a disservice as he's clearly a cool actor.

I find it hard to like Lala. Probably because I've met some LaLas in real life: people who have always live a pleasant life because others took care of their mess and problems, so when they are left alone they just think others have to do it and repay just with a smile. Believe me, if you meet a Lala in real life, you wouldn't like her (at least I don't). But I have to say that the fact that I don't like LaLa is probably because Go Ara is doing a great job portraying this childish woman in the most natural way possible (and I'm not specially fond of Go Ara, neither I hate her, I'm just indifferent). Just an example of how little I like her: when the old man asked her to play the piano and offered money for her to play, and she accepted it. I know she's broken and she knows very little about life, but there is an old man pushing a cart full of cardboard and she didn't hesitate to take the money. Sincerely, it disgusted me. The only reason she didn't take the money it's because the man cried, but she was so selfish to think he cried because of the way she had played, and not because of the memories it brought her. Lala needs some character development, she clearly needs it.

As for Dr. Cha, I really hope he's not romantically interested in Lala. I really hope so, mainly because I don't like the age gap, and because I want to see him as a "father figure" to help Lala (maybe he is dodosolsolalasol??). He's also concerned about Joon, really concerned. I just hope he and Sook Kyeong can get somewhere because that couple would be gorgeous. Even so, that mention to a terminal illness and all the amount of pills he's taking doesn't point to the right direction, does it?

As for Joon, I'm totally devoted to LJW screen time. He's such a puppy.

I enjoyed the premiere much more, but I am still here for the long run.
I am not liking the stalker modus of our doctor, nor how much free time he has...
Would he be in Doldan hospital and he wouldn't have time go try to go on dates! 😂
So this week I liked more ep 3 than 4. Few characters in the neighborhood are boring for me, but all in all I am loving this show.
Ra ra and Jun are soooooooooo cute!!!!!!!😍

The first 3/4 of episode 1, I thought this was going to be a dud. But, it’s just too damn sweet and cute. Right now the plot seem pretty formulaic but not. It’s just a feel good show with added tears. Like, I boo hoo’d when she played the piano for the old man. I wish I hadn’t started this until it was over. Waiting for new episodes is hard!

I adore lala and her simple and optimistic nature. I can understand the critiques of her character. It's not realistic, all the help she is receiving and the endless support from people who have just met her. For the mother and daughter who always end up unintentionally tending to her, I think they just get suck into the world she belongs to as if they are trading their service for tidbits of the lifestyle of the rich and famous. She is definitely fueling their egos but I think that's Lala's charm. She is very observant and means the thing she says. Yes, she is ditzy but I think that's her naivety with growing up in a very sheltered life.
She is very pure and honest person compared to Joon who is holding lots of secrets and the doctor who I don't trust. I have a hard time understanding his interest in Lala and he keeps being mistaken for a follower/stalker (he even said so at one point), makes me wonder.... He doesn't seem sincerely interested in Lala, there seems to be an ulterior motive (though I'm not ready to say he's the "bad guy" - whoever the bad guy turns out to be). Just suspicious.
I love how Joon is falling fast for Lala. I keep replaying all their scenes so I can watch all his emotions. I think besides instant attraction, and his character trait to help those in need, Joon sees a bit of himself in her. Joon doesn't have anyone, he's all alone in the world like Lala is when everyone abandoned her. I think that's why he can't leave her alone.
There is something so charming about Lala, and it's not realistic how everyone supports her. But meh, I don't mind. Haha the world is so harsh already, I want to get lost in lala land where it's fluffy and whimsical and good good good! But I'm also down for some good character development and commentary on society too. And even if I don't get that, Lala and Joon are so adorable, I'm pretty content.

I really dislike the wardrobe for GoAra as all those dresses make her look like she's about 5 months pregnant and they don't match up to what a rich girl would wear, more like something a student teacher in an elementary school would wear.

I'm so in love with Joon being so in love with Ra-ra. I was so upset she didn't move in permanently after he built her her own room. I cursed when Dr. Cha blocked Joon's one-on-one piano lessons and when he offered to pick Ra-ra up. Before she asked Joon for an umbrella, I squealed over the rain because I thought now she can't go home.

Joon's face when she kissed Mimi in his arms. Ra-ra already hugged him once after she got lost, just hug him again! Mimi-ya, Oppa really is cool, handsome, generous, talented, and sweet.

I just have to know. Does any one know what ingredients the mom uses to make Rara her breakfast sandwich? It looked like three slices of bread cooked with butter, some chopped carrots(?) and cabbage(?) and I can’t tell the third item then she mixes it in with eggs. She puts cheese I think and slices of ham. Oh and some ketchup I think. Correct me if I’m wrong I really want to try to make this sandwich if I can 😂 it made me so hungry when I first saw it.

Oh and the show is so cute! I love it so much. I just had this important question 🤣 you know priorities. First food then kdrama hahaha

Good good good!!!

I finally caught up with the first 4 episodes!!
Thanks for the amazing weecap @missvictrix I lol-ed so many times reading it.
And yes please can we send Dr.Cha to Mars Land please, he has no business to be in Lala land.

Oh Jun!! Eating while watching Jun, watching Jun eat are all perfectly acceptable behavior in Jun-land!
So happy to see LJW in this role! He smiles, he scowls lightly (not like EY!), frowns a bit, blushes a bit and by the end of the day I am in puddle-land!