Everything except for Jun and Ra-ra is sparkly and fun, but then they threw in Jun's noble idiocy and I am suddenly ready to rage-quit. I have a lot of problems with the way Jun is being written, because our serious, level-headed and mature-beyond-his-years lead has suddenly become a ten-year-old, stealing one of Ra-Ra's teacups (is it going to be his magic talisman or something?) buying rings without any input from her (are you a couple or is this just more magical thinking?), not being suspicious at all of Stalker Girl, then lying to Ra-Ra in a series of stupendous, searingly hurtful bouts of what we assume is noble idiocy. Ghosting, ignoring someone in a public place, not explaining yourself and your actions to someone who deserves a full explanation of your words and actions - as I said elsewhere, if it boils down to money being the reason for this cruelty, it was far from worth it. "He didn't mean it" doesn't really cut it when you cause this sort of pain to someone this undeserving and unprepared.

I believe the noble idiocy wont play out like in other dramas. This writer really likes subverting drama cliches, she did that a lot in Shopping King Louie too and so far in DDSSLLS almost every trope had a twist or was a fakeout so I expect this latest separation is not what it seems. We are led to believe that Jun's mom maybe conspired with that girl to separate Jun and Ra-Ra, but we know she loves her son and was sad to see him cry over the breakup, so I'm wondering if she's actually playing a ruse to reunite them again. Maybe it's to trick Jun's dad or something? One thing I'm not sure I understood right, was the coffee that girl gave to Jun spiked with something to make him fall asleep?

i really really loved this drama but it goes downhill after people know Joon's actual age. i dont really mind about his age, but people around him (yes Rara) who changed because of his age. i really disappointed in Rara since she left him in the middle of date, i dont have hope for Joon's parents tbh.
now suddenly Joon changed too, Joon is out of character. there is no way THE Joon we know hurt and left her crying alone like that. im not buying the noble idiocy. i feel like the writer just looking for another plot to fill in the episode but this aint it.

Miss Victrix, I will attempt an answer to your question as to why. Remember that Dr. Cha gave up all his money in the divorce (from a wife who now realizes or is about to realize that in fact she loved him). He has no more money than Joon does. So where can that money come from? Joon’s parents. We have been led to believe that they really do not care about him but, in fact in last week’s episodes we learned that nothing could be further from the truth. Their problem is not that they do not care for their son but rather that they care too much.

Joon himself does not see it but in fact we have proof of this even in the last scene of episode 14. Joon is NOT headed to medical school as he had assumed- instead he is headed to Stanford (trailing his wannabe girlfriend) where he will be studying mathematics as he had wanted. Yes, he ignores Ra-ra- he is that self-disciplined- but that really simply proves how far he has come as a man.

His parents and he have obviously made a deal. He has obviously agreed to break up with Ra-ra as the condition of their buying the building. This is indeed noble but it is far from idiotic- it is instead the price he has to pay to protect the woman he loves.

The ‘idiocy’ in this case is simply the emotional response of his parents to his love for Ra-ra. And yet that reaction is entirely understandable one you know where they are coming from. This was revealed a couple episodes ago when Joon's mom explained how precious their son was to both of them- even more so because they had him so late in life (and it took IVF at that- and then really a fair amount of luck carrying him to term). They are very elderly parents- they are actually old enough to be his grandparents.

Joon's parents know that they do not have as much time with their child as most parents have. They could both die before he reaches the age of 25. They have to get him settled in life and on the correct path forward now- they do not have the luxury of time. As a result they live in a near state of panic when it comes to their son. This is why his father reacted the way he did when Joon saw his friend killed: His words were, after all, 'you cannot let this get you off track'.

In truth they have done a remarkable job- their son is smart, capable and makes very good decisions. The solid depth of his character is proven by his unselfish agreement to break up with Ra-ra in return for protecting her. It is also shown by his straightforward handling of the sexy girl who has a crush on him.

All it takes to give everyone a happy ending is for his parents to take a new look at Joon and realize that they can stop worrying about his future- they have succeeded in raising a very fine man who will handle things well even when they are no longer there.

It seems and is cruel that he did not simply explain the deal to Ra-ra- but maybe that is because he thinks that she would mess up the deal- as you said he should have more faith in her.

Leaving what's going on withJun and Ra Ra aside, I love that small town feel and the world this writer has created along with the characters that inhibit it. Despite the noble idiocy there was still plenty of cute in these episodes like Tough Guy being a master chef and becoming roomies with Dr Cha, Ha Young and her mom, the secretary turned actor etc. And how cute was Seung-gi's proposal to Ha Young? Also those fakeouts with Secretary Moon and Dr Cha's terminal illness/vitamins were fun. I like that characters turn out not to be what we expected and that actually almost all are good people (minus stalker guy) or at least not intentionally bad. It's very idealistic, but really nice to spend two hours on them every week.

right, imma skip this ep14 then.

I'm glad I stopped caring about Ra-Ra and Jun's romance a long time ago. The Eunpo crew is fun though and keeps me watching.

Well, @missvictrix, you quite superbly said everything that was going through my mind! Agree, agree, agree, but most of all about the introduction of a new character to shake up Jum/Rara's story. I was left simply mouthing, "What?" at the screen. Especially in the airport at the end - really, he's going to blank her like that after being happy enough to crash her "wedding"? Too much disbelief having to be suspended and it irritated rather than intrigued.

As for why Ra-ra would fall for Joon's lies: I think since she is someone who is straightforward and assumes others to be the same. Like it never crossed her mind that her dad's secretary could be dastardly (even though everyone was like he's sketchy AF). I can understand why even knowing Joon, she didn't see any complicated reason for why Joon would be acting like this. If we didn't know there was something else going on, it would be quite understandable for feelings to change and for a guy as nice as Joon to feel reluctant to break it off in fear of hurting her. As Chu Min-soo says, it is naive to think of a love that lasts forever. He's seen that bear out in his work. I think it is hard to have faith when Ra-ra haven't been able to confront him and ask him for some answers. After he stood her up and after that stalker girl (who is pretty, smart, has Joon's mom's approval, and has a history with Joon) got in her face, he ignored all her texts and calls. I think it would be weirder and sort of obsessive if Ra-ra was like "I know he loves me. Maybe he has a secret stomach cancer diagnosis he doesn't want to burden me." after he ignored her and then broke up with her.

I know this week's episodes were frustrating, but I also loved them. I love how there are multiple romances. I love how the show builds on the world of Eunpo and even show side characters whom you would expect to have faded away (Dr.Cha's ex-wife and Ra-ra's ex-fiance) get some moments. I liked how Dr.Cha was just peeved at his friend for ditching Ra-ra and living well so he never said anything about Ra-ra being in Eunpo. A simple explanation!

I was glad how well Go Ara handled the angst. She was able to convey Ra-ra's confusion and heartbreak. When that stalker girl was like "why don't you break up with him?", the way Ra-ra was like "No" in Joon's catchphrase was really sad.

Seung-Gi's patience paid off! He was in love with Ha-Young since he's a kid. He had to watch her falling in love with all her crushes but he just stayed by her side and patiently wait for his turn. They're so cute!

But I'm kinda surprised that young people, who never dated, wished to organize weddings... it can have a lot of sort of crises (family, nervousity, etc.) and I don't know if they can handle them.

I didn't know that I needed a relationship between Dr Cha and Chu Min-Su, they're so funny :D

You know drama has a LOT going on when you can’t make head or tails of the plot just from reading the weecap 😂

But seriously, what was with the piano on the beach? I know it’s a call-back to a classic kdrama (Stairway to Heaven?) but was that supposed to be real? Sheeeesh, what a weird couple of scenes.

Show, you were supposed to be cute. Writer,what the hell is going on!!!!! Are you pulling story ideas from a jar?
I don't know how many extra things we've had added in the last 4 episodes. Nothing makes any sense.
What happened to the cute piano playing? We need more grandpa and jaemin! What happened to all the wonderful characters we were introduced to in the beginning...

This show went down for me. Sad, because I loved it at the beginning. 😒

I will finish it, of course, but I am not happy

The writer has seemingly run out of actual plot and has now decided to throw every possible angst filled scenario and fake out after fake out at us. So frustrating. Jun has also been completely been sidelined. THE ML! We have apparently gotten a short time jump simply to watch him be stuck at home preparing to get into college. And then when we DO get Jun and Ra Ra together, we get trope-filled noble idiocy and Jun being a total jerk. (Is this another fake out? I don't even care anymore.) That just seems ridiculously out of character for Jun. It makes it seem as though the writer had trouble coming up with a good solution for this age gap that was created so now we are into contrived plot devices. You started off cute, show, but now I'm glad there's only one week left of you.

@missvictrix thank you for aptly putting into words my frustrations. But I will value this drama for what it is: a heckin clever and funny pass-time. I too just want it wrapped up with a pretty and NEAT bow, thank you very much.

I teared up at Seung-gi's confession. I wish he had played their song Sung Si-kyung's The Road To Me. I knew his wish was Ha-young.

I cried when Ra-ra hugged Secretary Moon and when Teacher Gong called. I was grateful Ajusshi didn't betray her, and it broke my heart when she lied when Teacher Gong asked her what was wrong.

I want to live with Min-soo if he'll cook for me.