So far, I love love love this show! Looking forward to more episodes, cross fingers it keeps up its pace 🤞🤞🤞

I'm kind of on board but nervous, because it seems a lot of "catching the wrong person" and considering how it'll end up being frustrating (cuz the voice over the phone is DEFINITELY not either suspect lol) if they keep this up I'm just cautiously optimistic

Ok but dad Sungrok! He! He did it for us!

Thank you for the recap @laica!

I'm totally sold too!
Shin Sung-rok and Lee Se-young, both leads are fantastic.
And Kang Seung-Yoon's performance is awesome too.

Nam Gyuri is on the promo poster as a lead so I wonder if Hyun-chae, Seo-jin's wife is still alive... And I hope Da-bin is not dead.
To be honest, I didn't care much about Shin Sung-rok until now but this drama, first two episodes changed my mind completely.
This year, Shin Sung-rok and Choi Jin-Hyuk (because of Zombie Detective) became my new favorites.
I'll have to watch The Last Empress...

This so far reminds of of a couple of previous kdramas that had phones or radios in a time warp. So far interesting, but not sold yet.

Thank you for making this Open Thread @Laica !

I hadn't watch a K-drama (well, any drama to be honest) for aaaages (also hadn't log on to this account for almost as long), the last being Kill Me Heal Me and that was 2015. Was only checking it out for Seungyoon, but I hadn't plan to actually watch it since it's a thriller and all and that's really not my thing (that said, I still haven't properly watch Prison Playbook in full either eventhough that is certainly the type of story I like, so...).

Anyway, I was checking on how it's doing (on twitter, which is full of spoiler) and all the screencaps and tidbits being shared look so interesting I ended up watching both episodes in full. Admittedly though, I didn't watch in proper sequence and instead started from the end of ep 2 and backward :D

I had tried starting from the beginning, but I find the beginning of episode 1 - the whole meeting scene and the start of that dinner party(?), a little dry and uncomfortable (especially everytime the aide?assistant? guy, Seo Do-Kyun, does stuff on Seojin's 'behalf' even though Seojin himself wasn't saying anything as such and right in front of Seojin too, who wasn't paying proper attention and... just... that's going to bite him back, isn't it?); watching it backward and knowing what will happen definitely give the seemingly mundane details whole different shades. I will definitely try watching in proper sequence for the next two episodes so I could enjoy the suspense :D

Overall, it's more interesting than I thought it'd be and more importantly I find the characters (the most important element of storytelling for me) are all so vibrant, not what I had expected from a thriller; that and I'm blown with the cast's acting. I'm unfamiliar with the main cast members (except for Seungyoon), I checked their wiki page and I definitely haven't seen any of their previous dramas, but in just these two episodes they've all impressed me. Some scenes are just so intense I had to look away because they feel like such private moments.

Also, the cinematography is beautiful and that shaky camera definitely adds to the anxiousness throughout, I do wish that it'd still a bit when looking at details like Daebin's past photos and such though, lol. There are, however, some scenes where I find the lighting a tad too low and it's hard to see the details, but that might've also been because the version I was watching is kinda LQ and probably also because there's a window behind my monitor so everything on screen looks extra dark during daytime, so I will probably try to rewatch the episodes at night over the weekend.

I read some speculations of whether or not Hyun-Chae actually died and the possibility that she might be working together with someone else? Right now, Seo Do-Kyun definitely looks most suspicious, but as per storytelling's rule, the one who looks most suspicious first is almost definitely NOT the culprit, but who knows? He...

after stranger 2 ended i have no drama that make me excited to watch anymore but this one really going beyond my expectation! i'm so thankful for this high quality drama! it worth all my time and my emotions

i'm loving the first 2 episodes. it make me anticipate the next week eps but wary too cause I get burned so many times by amazing premiere eps tbh (gumiho is the latest ngl)

having said that, when seojin just get up and goes to work, goosebumps. the way he dealing that shocking news by trying to brush it off and do what he supposed to do, that scene affected me. and his scene at the bridge, superb.

i hope it keeps its pace and pls dont kill his families show....

First. Kat, where are you?

Next. All the important things.

1. SSR looks good in glasses.
2. I got so excited I saw his forehead. Alas, midway through, it had disappeared. Not showering and constant crying had wiped off that clear, smooth forehead faster than you can shout, "Hyuk, you so hot!"

3. The buzzing of the phone is creepy. Even though my chills were soothed by SSR's manly, capable hands and long, elegant fingers and that throbbing pulse in his wrist...just kidding haha

4. Questions that kept me awake: Does he eat? Shower? Drink? Sleep? What brand is his shoes? Is his wife dead? Drowned? Did she fake her drowning? Is the assistant the bad guy? Is he in love with the boss's wife? When will coffee PPL make its first appearance?

It was a great and thrilling start!

Ahn Bo-Hyun and Nam Gyuri are looking suspicious together. I don't know, there always was a stranger vibe in their encounter.

I guess the past accident will have a big place in the kidnapping and murderer, Kim Seo-Jin is guilty or is it a misunsterdanding?

I wonder how the mother's case is connected to that. I mean if the leads are connected by their phones, I guess their cases too.

I hope this time, the past can be changed because in Signal...

Thanks for the great first Kairos weecap, @laica!

I amazed that despite he turned down (temporarily) on The Penthouse: War in Life (I hope he'll be on second season), Shin Sung-rok was great acting and even his voice on Kairos... and look how Penthouse's ratings did well and I hope Kairos will be a runner-up in terms of ratings. Also, I'm also proud of the Kairos team for being my saddest time-travel action drama and of course, it had a lot of great editing and cinematic, unbelievable time-travel moments.

I glad that in real life, Kairos didn't started for Mon-Tues drama at 10:33pm since it didn't have time to starting Kairos. Absolutely, my only answered prediction for 10:33pm fictional events was to have a tearful reunion with their children. I hope my predicted answer is correct.

I hope by the coming episodes, I will cry a lot because of some characters will have an emotional peaks and in my opinion, all my excellent characters was already fitted me enough for solving problems together during from episode 3 onwards. At last, Kairos made me one of the best K-dramas of 2020 and it really amazing.

I really enjoyed the first two episodes. They gave a great background story for each person. I hope it continues to be good.

I wonder what's the significance of 10:33 p.m. I have started thinking about somethings, including some possible past connection between the two leads. And what about the building collapse that still haunts Seo-jin? Does that too connect our leads?

I loved the premiere. Both SSK and LSY are nailing it. I could feel their pain. Amazing job.

I have some theories, but too soon to share, but I can tell you this: they two are related by something in the past; the man that was with SeoJin in the rest room is important (is he AeRi's dad?); there's someone else who knows about what's happening and that's the person who took mum away (how, why and who I have no idea); AeRi is the one who gave her phone to SeoJin, but she can't remember because she hasn't done it yet.

what an awesome show! what did we do to deserve Shin Seung Rok on our screens? i love Lee Se-young. this is suspenseful without giving me nightmares and something to look forward to each week until CHoi Jin Hyuk is back! and talk about love in a cowboy vest. Eric is slaying me again with his role in the spies who loved me along with you inna. this is the rain after the drought.

Pleasantly suprised by this opening premiere, I was nervous about the time travel aspect but it totally works at the moment. I love that they focused ep 1 on seojin and dabin and ep 2 on aeri and the search for her mother.
I don't think it is possible for the wife's death to be reversed, but we didn't see the body so I guess she could be alive somehow.
SSR and Nam Gyuri killed it, their acting was brilliant and it's clear that their marriage was just for show. The assistant was probably having an affair with the wife.

Excited for next week and their first meet!

Pyeha is killing it! I’m glad SSR picked this project instead of Penthouse. LSY, Nam Gyuri and Yoonie are amazing too!

I have my ‘theories’ too but I will save them later. Can’t wait for next week’s episodes.

The one thing I found really annoying was her total refusal to listen to anything that he had to say for days on end. Other than that minor detail liking the show.

Now I finally finished the second episode and must say, I like it. From the promos, the one month gap felt very peculiar, but now I understand the appeal. *cue dramatic music* "Time is running out..."
That sequence where she almost commited murder was a bit too easily resolved, in my opinion. But perhaps the show will get back to that, later, and expand the story a little. For now, I hope the daughter and mother are alive in the end.

I've only watched episode 1 so far and I have to comment. My goodness, what is this going to be about??? I seem to have watched so many missing child stories in British and French dramas, so I was only watching because Beanies were making enthusiastic noises, now I am starting to think this is going to be different to the usual. But why am I surprised? K-drama always brings a fresh touch to every genre and turns it into something unanticipated, Shin Sung-rok is also v watchable, I might add. Well, I have no option but to devour another episode. The tension is killing me. 😰😰😰

Where are all these theories about Do-kyun and Seo-jin's wife having an affair coming from -- are there any clues to that in these two episodes? (No spoilers please -- I just started watching!)

And... i'm finally here!
The Christmas/New Year break means I finally get to catch up on some dramas I missed while they were airing. This has Signal vibes for me and so I'm a bit worried about how they're going to fill 16 episodes. This was a very solid beginning though and the technical elements are excellent of course.

I can see why people keep comparing Times with this drama now that I finally watch it. Rhey both do have a lot of similar elements at play in their story.

Though I like the one minute time limit in Seo-jin and Ae-ri's cross-time communication better than Times' free-call-at-any-time setup. It created more urgency and forced our leads to be very clever in achieving their respective goals, which I appreciated.

It's also quite rare to have a time-bending drama with short time disrepancy like this. I'm so used to at least a few years differences that it took me aback that we wmare dealing with only a month lead time to solve everything. I like that it's much easier for me to suspend my disbelief that any changes Ae-ri made in her timeline wouldn't result in widespread chaos in Seo-jin's. One month is hardly a long enough time for any little changes to build such momentum that it turned people's lives upside-down as unwanted side effect. (Or at least that's how I see it.)

I still don't have much to say about the characters, since it's a pretty standard setup so far. But I do have a soft spot for a good killing-with-kindness move (no matter how unplanned it was). And so Ae-ri easily got all my heart with the way she approached Gun-woo by the end. I wouldn't be surprised if he turned into Ae-ri's biggest supporter in this crazy ride. It's easy to see that his loyalty is completely hers after that grudgingly offered second chance. (And I do ship them a tiny bit 🤭🤭)