I really hope these two won’t end up together, although it’s obvious they will.

The bar scene was so heartbreaking (JCW was so good here) and it was even more heartbreaking knowing it took place months ago and even so EunOh didn’t do anything to help JaeWon. He was so right to tell her: everything was real for me. She’s been really a bad and selfish person, only thinking about herself and not about the mess she left behind protecting herself thinking she ended up things clearly. Well, it should be her the one consulting a psychiatrist. Because the minute she is caught in a lie it’s she the one who runs for JaeWon and wants to talk to him... hey, if you had been so clear about that break up, why do you need to talk to him? I don’t think drama will ever get me to understand her even when the Big Revelation comes to light.

I liked two things about these two episodes: the fact that JaeWon realised he needed help to understand what he was going through (although the drama instead of going there in a serious way decided other thing), and the fact that his relation with alcohol is treated as something negative. The man is becoming an alcoholic, and that’s why his cousin took away all the alcohol from his house and office. I think this is the first time that I see this subtle treatment of consuming alcohol as something bad.

Thank you, @sailorjumun, for the recap! So Eun-oh still loves Jae-won. I'm still trying to understand her actions, specially when she went back to find his ring in the pond. And Sun-young is really a toxic person to be with, poor Gon!

Jae-won is kinda a fool for me because how the way he fell in love like this but he doesn't deserve all this pain.

For me, there is no reason/justification/excuse for what Eun-oh did to him. She lies everytime just for her own confort. She knows what she did was wrong but she never assumed her acts. Even in front of the Police, she couldn't be honest.

I'm already pissed of by the fact that Jae-won will forgive her...

Soo-Young's obsession about Kang Geon's best friends are boring... It's her own insecurity the issue not them...

After all that yelling and even throwing those cameras to the ground (gasp! Those Leicas!), I finally thought Jae-won would have finally come to his senses, but no... he came back and looked for the ring (and looked like his character in Healer 🤭). Whyy on earth???

EunOh lied without blinking an eye when she said he gave those cameras to her. I don't know why writer truly wrote her as a terrible woman and Sun-young too. I love how Rin-i lectured her ex-boyfriend who ghosted her.

Episode 9 left me wondering if all Seoul residents keep a pair of fishing waders in their closet.

Will we ever know why Eun-oh left Seoul and became Sun-ah?

I wonder what KJW was thinking when she selected this character. We as viewers are shown more than what Jae Won know, but still I don't have answers for the questions he asked Eun ho. Esp why she agreed for all things if she was planning to disappear? And Why did she have to appear again when he is drunk?? No matter how whiny and pathetic he might be, it's too cruel a thing to do. She saw how, her out of the blue breakup affected him and how traumatized he was yet all she has to say was sorry. And according to the episode this happened a while ago and still she doesn't find it necessary to explain?And it's even more bad that he thinks it was his dream. What big reason did she have, to go this extent to dump him? And the part where the police handcuffed her ?? Call me evil but it felt so satisfying.
And again the confrontation scenes in the station. It was a bit frustrating to watch him defending her when she clearly doesn't deserve it. And finally when she said "you gave them to me then why are you calling me a thief" I face palmed myself. But I was happy to see that atleast know he knows she is not who he thought. I mean I know I wont be able to handle one more miss. It He still doesn't know the fact that she is friends with his cousin and gf. How is he gonna handle that revelation??

It baffles me that even during and after the confrontation all she did was stand there crying listening to his angry words. Now her secret is out and still she thinks she shouldn't explain. Or am I expecting too much when I think that may be she might have some other reason apart from what we already know? And Will it be reasonable enough to take all the dislike I have for the character?? I guess not.

Gosh i was getting tired of Jae Won too n was so happy when he firmly decided to move on. Of course Seon A had to appear at that exact moment to burst my bubble. I think this was the first time I didn’t want the leads to reunite in a kdrama 😅
anyway apart fr all the lovelines I’m really pleased the drama acknowledged JW drinking as a problem and showed his cousin taking steps to address the issue. As a non-drinker i’m always blown away by the incessant drinking portrayed in kdramas but i don’t know if it’s actually normal to drink that much? It can’t be healthy to end up dead drunk and blacking out what you do so often.

Continue to be baffled as to why I'm watching this drama, although I'm grateful for the re-cap so we can share our reactions. Agree that it is a good thing (a first?) to acknowledge that the male lead needs help with his drinking and depression. Too bad his therapist has an even worse case of both, so ML won't get the help he desperately needs.
The drama is a well-produced package, with lovely beach scenes, adequate dialogue and some interesting fourth-wall breaking moments. However, speaking honestly to the camera is no replacement for real communication between characters.
Sadly, when we pull back from the production values, we can see that all the male characters are written as good guys, loyal, trustworthy and true. All the female characters are written as some form of crazy: liars, thieves or violent screamers. Even Rin-yi, the most "sane" woman, breaks up a couple because she wants to exact revenge on an ex-boyfriend. One of the golden rules of story telling/writing is to have at least one character the audience cares about and frankly, dear writer nim, I don't give a damn about anyone.

I cannot root for any couple except the long term one in this drama. Eun Oh and Jae Won do not need to be together in my opinion. We are more than halfway through this drama and if we had spent less time on flashbacks and more on pushing the story forward I don't think I would feel that way, but here we are. I am tired of the flashbacks that are supposed to convince us that their love was so strong to justify all this mess that is happening in the present day.

So Eun-oh kept the ring- and now has retrieved his. Sigh.

It was so satisfying seeing him scream at her and then leave. When he came back to look for his ring I was distraught. I know that he tried to protect her at the police station- I could accept that as lingering feelings. But really it is time to be done. But the idea seems to be that what he once felt for Eun-oh was so powerful that he cannot let it go- so he is being set up for a happy ending whether he should want it or not (I say not).

The symbolism of the rings is undeniable. Originally- when he bought them- Jae-won had both rings. Now Eun-oh has both rings in her care: It is really up to her.

Remember that Eun-oh 'became' Sun-ah because she did not like herself- a self that lived in fear. As Sun-ah she was fearless- trying new things and being carefree. She thought she was living courageously but she was not. Because courage is not the absence of fear- that is just recklessness which leads to disaster (which it did in our story- she is unhappy and Jae-won is a pathetic mess). Courage is doing what needs to be done even though you are afraid to do it..

Real love requires courage- this may be the whole point to this drama. IF Eun-oh really still wants to be with Jae-won- and that is the meaning of her wearing that ring around her neck- then she must face her fear and go do something about it. She must finally truly live courageously and take steps to rebuild the bridge of trust so that they can once again wear those rings for real.

I am waiting for the writer to make the final chapters convincing and natural. It will be a tough sell.

At first I thought it was just a drama with shitty scripts (JCW can't catch a break, can he?). Then it turns out, not a great but okay drama. Couple reunion trope will be the end of me. Ha ha
Still don't understand her. Say what you've got to say girl! You must find & fix the bug first like Dosan said. Sometimes I dont understand reasons behind why couple can't be together in dramas. But I guess it is needed for the plot to move or whatever.

Eunho said: "Just in front of him, I wanted to remain as the dazziling girl Yoon Seon Ah. But Jae Won now found out that I'm not such a dazzling person".
And I totally get that she was trying to save a part of herself, and I would respect that if it made sense (and didn't destroyed another persons life in the process).
She knows she wasn't going to be able to protect the name 'Yoon Seon Ah' forever. They have almost the same freaking social circle, that was going to blow up sooner or later.

Besides, that bar scene... (*applause to JCW for being such a great actor*, I almost cry with him). I mean what kind of selfish napunnyeong you have to be to see "the guy you love" (allegedly) in his lowest (BECAUSE OF YOU) and do nothing to help him?
She knew he wasn't going to move on until she did something. She was always there when her friends talked about how sad he was. And she was there in that bar to see it with her own eyes... but she did nothing. No answers, no explanations, no apologies, no alarms, no surprises, nothing.

God, I kinda hate the guy and I wanted to help him! So why, just for once, couldn't she love him a little more than herself and help him get out of the void?

So I started watching this show as a JCW hate watch ‘cause I was jealous of all the “Healer” stans (like pal @shichybot🤭) gushing over JCW. Even though his gross hair partition makes him look like Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys (https://twitter.com/ltung23/status/1350108104051093504?s=20). #hate

But somehow, I kinda like this show for the dumbest reasons ever haha:

1) The question “Why Did Eunoh Do It?” is making LitC feel like a Sherlock Holmes adaptation for me.🤣 Yes, it’s annoying show still hasn’t revealed why yet and may never, but searching for clues and theories has been oddly fun. Some current working theories:

-Eunoh, homicidal beach serial killer who was gonna kill Jaewon for money and his camper but fell … for his hot bod and hair partition? This was was mentioned in previous weecaps.
-Eunoh, like Jisoo in “A Piece of Your Mind,” finds out how Jaewon’s mom died and wants to tell him but can’t and has to RUN EUNOH RUN AWAY?
-Eunoh, secretly in love with Geon, was caught in near kiss with him by Sunyoung, felt guilty and used Jaewon as a rebound/fling? This is the boring kdrama theory, but the way Eunoh chased Geon around their apartment over a MISSED CALL was a bit sketch.
-Eunoh, a horrible, horrible woman … in massive debt ‘cause she stole money from her prior marketing firm and now has to start her own? The cameras are a way for her to pay off her debt and the fixed costs for O3 Marketing.
-And my favorite new related one: Eunoh, a woman in debt contacts her documentary friend to make a docu of her life love life for money, but this seventh new friend actually brings the OTP back together? The docu director is definitely a friend of all 6; this will be the biggest reveal of the show. ‘Cause why the heck would all 6 of these people be so open to a stranger? And that weird Jaewon bridge scene from Ep9. Dr. Watson, what does this all mean?!? (hahaha.)

It’s sad (and awesome) how show is so poorly and vaguely written that all of the above could actually make sense haha. I call this show “LitC, Mystery Theater” now.

2) The real reason why I watched this show is cause director Park Shinwoo is amazing. When DB gave him Best Directing for PBIO this year, I weeped😭 (and liked how DB politically pleased all kdrama fanbases but I digress haha). In PBIO, while most viewers complained how Nurse Park literally survived, stans marveled at how Nurse Park was an ALLEGORY to mental trauma that the main cast suffered with. The way Nurse Park seemingly resurrected was not important, but visually showing the trio conquer their demon was.

So what if director-nim is just obsessed with allegories and is doing the same here in LitC? But instead, LitC is the Animal Farm for modern dating (hahaha, yes, I’m aware I’m a psycho, but it’s okay)? Here are some of my crackpot LitC allegories:

-Expensive cameras -> Jaewon’s heart. I start with this one ‘cause it’s obvious as Eunoh stole it, secretly cherished it (bish!), and then Jaewon...

The thing I don’t like about Eun-oh is that she is not owning up her mistake. A cryptic phone call and telling everyone to think her as a bad woman does not absolve her from her lies and cruelty.
When you tell someone to blame everything on you or think yourself as bad person, it means anything but that. It means that you don’t want to find solution to issue and just want to get out of situation or run away.

A moment of repentance is due on my part. I was one of the harsher critics of Jae-Won initially. I do think most of my criticism is valid and still stands; however, I think more grace is necessary now. Everyone has "something" that gets under their skin and they can't let go. Sometimes, we manage those things well, other times we don't.

For Jae-Won, it was his fantasy woman. He wants answers and feels he needs closure. Now, his "something" has become a near obsession. That feeling has been exacerbated by an individual who lingers around the fringes of his world. She knowingly hangs out with his close cousin and associates. She frequents the same places he does. He feels like he's going crazy because of all these near encounters.

That said, we don't know much about the state of Jae-Won's life prior to the vacation. We can surmise, like Eun-Oh, he was in a very low point. He was looking for answers, enough so that he took a month off work to be alone. Both of these people were broken and unfulfilled.

Finally, we all read or watch dramas about the couple that separated through tragedy and one party returns to same spot for decades waiting for their true love to return. We've ooh'd and aah'd over those stories and romanticized what a love like that would be like. I'd argue it's why we watch dramas to some extent. Lovestruck is showing us what that degree of devotion looks like. It's not pretty and probably a bit pathetic. But you don't get to that point without some ugliness along the way.

Why is it so hard for the show to give us a hint about what evil sin she had committed that going through a year of hell with her and him was better than him finding out?
The writer could have had us guessing at things that wouldnt be right but at least we would have something to try and guess what she might be doing.
Without it she just seems a crazy woman and as close to his cousin its almost impossible to believe he wouldnt have all of them by now as they do quite a bit of stuff together whereas the ML just sits alone and drinks for a year?? Why wouldnt his cousin get him up and out with his friends to help get him thinking about something else but the FL all this time??