HEEEEEEE.

Thank you so much for the weecap, @missvictrix!

I think I spent a good 80% of these episodes as a puddle on the floor--especially episode 5. I don’t even know where to begin.

The first week I was quite reserved about this show, waiting to be disappointed, and last week I still wasn’t fully on-board and all the tropes used made me hesitant. This week, though? Honestly, I’m all in now. There’s no turning back. I will go down with this ship. I still don’t trust this writer and I have concerns, but gosh, when it’s good, it’s good. And this week there was SO much good.

I’ll never shut up about how much I adore Lee Min-ki and Nana together, and my love just grows more and more every week. The characters themselves and how they’re written combined with their performances and dynamic chemistry…

This bit I already posted on my fan wall, but I’m gonna repost it here because I just adored the confession scene so much.

Bi-soo is such an intense character, I’m really not surprised that once he realized his feelings (and got an opening from the blind date set up by their ADORABLE moms) he decided to go for it.

But we all knew it was much too early, and she wasn’t quite there yet. I could FEEL the tension in that scene. His nervousness was palpable, and paired with his bleeding heart honesty… Gosh. I could also feel how awkward it was for Joo-in, and yet she was still so kind and considerate in response. It’s clear that she cares deeply for him already, but it also makes perfect sense that, given her career, she wants some time to think and decide. When she said that once she commits to relationships, she commits for life… gosh, I love this girl.

Of course the show is going to use this as an opportunity to drag out the second lead storyline (yawn, please make it quick), but I can’t be too mad at the show for it. That awkward confession scene was just so pitch-perfect for me.

Speaking of the second lead, I actually feel bad for Kang Min-hyuk. His character’s only personality traits are that he likes Joo-in and he gives out PPL gifts to everyone, and it’s clear he’s just there as a plot device. It would already be hard to stand out in a cast like this, but the writer really isn’t giving him a chance at all so far. I wonder why he’s even here. Our leads are so strong in both writing and performance, it’s impossible to break them apart. Even with Joo-in not accepting Bi-soo’s confession yet, with how she smiles at him and gets close to him it’s easy to see how much she likes him, too.

But for what the show lacks in its second lead, I think it more than makes up for in the storylines of Hae-jin and Jung-hwa, our two mothers. Don’t get me wrong, I hate thinking about how the show is going to handle their two illnesses by the end of the show. But they do such a good job at making everything fairly light despite it all, it’s honestly the most palatable way I’ve seen a drama use terminal illness. Still, it’s...

favorite moments this week (in no particular order because my memory is broken)

- the moms scheming together and having fun
- bisoo going full bisoft on the date
- the bear in the house covering his eyes when bisoo is having a moment
- jooin being mature and understanding about everything but still standing up for herself in a firm but kind way when bisoo is being petty
- emo second lead man having a moment of sads while standing in front of a projection of water on glass (???)
- haejin-ssi getting that divorce so she can be free
- getting to see jooin being professional and amazing

i know this show is all the tropes and i fully expect to hate all of the SAD plotlines, but i honestly dont care. i love our two leads together so much, their dynamic is perfect.

jooin is so kind and considerate but also firmly in control of her own life. she's not a pushover at all, but rather gets her point across and stands her ground in a respectful manner. i love her, she makes me want to be kinder and softer, and i'm sure bisoft feels the same way.

Just read an article on the low ratings for the show and knetizens claiming a lack of chemistry. Im all like HOW !?! Are we watching the same show? These two are just chefs kiss. They feel grown and mature and are genuinely good human beings. Have I mentioned how much I love Joo in? It's been forever since I've felt this way over a female lead, I smile when she smiles and giggle when she laughs. L really hope the show picks up or atleast people appreciate it more.
The white man mystery is still unanswered, I really hope its not been forgotten because according to him Bisoo is living on borrowed time. With his mom terminally ill I can't imagine 2 deaths in the show. I wasn't promised this!

The fake dating scandal to get into a bad love triangle is annoying. The unnecessary tropes are interfering with the early natural push pull dynamics of the leads.

These two are golden. I don't think I can add anything more to it. In fact the golden photography in the drama makes them all look so warm...

It is refreshing a ML realizing about his feelings and accepting them and then confessing and not imposing into FL. All the 2ML arc is unnecessary to me, but I guess it's the trope needed in this precise moment. Drama if filled with them, but I just don't care because I love all the characters in it.

Now I want to talk about something that touched me specially: when we learned Bi-Soo's mum had a terminal desease and didn't want to tell his son, as much as I know it IS her decision, I couldn't stop thinking it was wrong. As a daughter who once received such news, you need to know, you need to process it, you need to have the chance to say goodbye, you need to say all the I "I love you" you can and give back all the love you've received. It's so important, because nothing will fill the space when your mum is gone. So I was so happy when the doctor called BiSoo and breaking the confidenciality patient-doctor she told him. (I'm sorry this felt too close, and precisely this week was the anniversary of me learning my mum had a terminal cancer, it was too close, too close).

This drama really does everything so well. It has great characters, amazing chemistry between and leads that make you root for them. I loved that Bi-Soo confessed his feelings to Joo In. I appreciate the character not dragging the confession. What I loved most was Joo-In's response. She was mature and kind. She made her position clear and that is something which takes strength. I really really loved Dr. Kang's logic behind divorcing her husband. So many times, women are slated into roles and not seen as who they simply are. Also I think one of the major reasons for the divorce was the fact that hers was a marriage of convenience and not love. Se had loved someone else and not loved again, lost him and never really loved someone that way again. I think she wanted to be done with her marriage because she really wanted to simply be herself. Also this may also why she always wears black. What I commend this show is on its balance. There are lighthearted moments but there are also emotional moments woven seamlessly into the story. I love Bi Soo for his ability to comfort Joo In. He does it really well. The moment he comforted her about her mom not recognising her, I wished I were able to comfort someone like that. Also Yoo Jin is so bland lol. Someone please give her a personality.

I’m living this drama. It’s so sweet with out giving you a tooth ache. I like seeing two mature adults on the screen it really makes for a refreshing change of pace. I mean they actually communicate with each other! I am hoping that there will be noble idiocy later on. Also I loving the way that the stylist is having joo-in and bi-soo match in their clothing choices through colour. It’s visually demonstrated how they are connecting with each other

I am onboard with this drama. There are few things that are bit flat but I do like both leads.
I do like how leads are dealing with their mothers’ illness. Both leads are portraying their grief, helplessness regarding their mothers’ illness quite effectively. I like them together; I like them individually. I like their mothers together. I am just hoping this will not get full on melo route with both mother’s illness and rather vague warning by person in white to Bi-soo after his TOD encounter.

Leading couple has a sizzling chemistry but unfortunately too flat for a romantic comedy . If it was not LMK and Nana I would already be out.

I don't like the way Lee Min-Ki is speaking, it reminds me too much his last rom-com characters. I think he should have used his normal way of speaking like in The Lies Within, he was really good in this drama, or not using the same "tics" he got in his last rom-coms but finding new ones.

For the drama itself, I think when a rom-com starts with a weird reason to make the characters to be together, my mind is recalcitrant to forget it and enjoy the rest. In this case, I found the truck of doom and the mother taking advantage of the coma of her adored son to sell his house bad... And the fact, it's not adressed anymore. I mean I won't forgive my mother so fast if she did something like that to me... Especially since we know how he is about his writting, so the mother too...

If it's nice to the main characters being nice together, but I think it's too fast. More bickering would have been fun and letting me the time to see the couple to get closer. Like that, it's kinda rush and 16 episodes are long for a rom-com, I would prefer bickering over sickness or other truck of doom.

I like Kang Min-Hyuk but the typical love triangle is not working in this one. I think the ML and SML's relationship will be fun to watch.

Episodes 5 and 6 were super cute. I loved it.
The blind date was so adorable and I could feel the tension between the main leads, and when Bisoo was confessing, I felt the anxiety in his voice. This made my heart flutter... I think this scene was so well done, the director did a great job (and of course, the actors).
I read a lot of negative comments about the SML and this made me so sad because I think the actor is so lovely and he has such cute eyes . I think his character has a purpose, you know, he's a main lead too, so his participation on the show will contribute for something (I'm a little bit scared with how he will be used...). I hope his character bring us joy and not anger in the next episodes.
Some points:
- the basketball scene - cuteeeeeee. They looked like two kids, I have no words to describe how I felt while watching it. So adorable.
- chemistry between Bisoo and his mom. Oh, guys... this dude has 36 years but she talks to him as if he was a teenager. I just love this dynamics.
- chemistry between Jooin and her mom. I don't even need to say anything, right? The actresses are so natural and is beautiful to see.
- the writing of the show is still a little meh to me, there are some plot holes and is cliché. The actors are saving this.

Until now, I'm loving the show (because of the cast). I accepted that it's a cliché (in the beginning I was full of other expectations, but you know...) and all I can do is to hope the writer give us nice scenes that makes sense and that are enjoyable to watch. I don't expect to much from this man, but please, don't disappoint me with that melo noble thing that will problably happen in the future. Don't you dare writing this.
The only thing that is worrying me about the show is the rating. Gosh, is really low. I feel bad for the actors but at the same time I think they were kinda aware of the low feedback because it's a MBC drama and koreans are treating MBC pretty poorly these lasts years. It's rare to see a MBC drama with good ratings. And being super honest, as much as I'm enjoying watching OMLL (especially because of the cast), the writing is nothing new and is hard to catch the public attention. But but but miracles can happen and I'm hoping for one. I would be devastated if the ratings affect the production of the show, making them cut the episodes.

*my english is not that good. so, please, be nice to me hehehe :)

Lee Min-ki is such a beautiful man and such a good actor, but his hair is really weird. I don't think the back-combed perm is flattering at all, and if it gets any longer he's going to be bumping into the furniture. And Nana is so gorgeous you would expect him to want to see her clearly. He was so amazing in BTIMFL.

I also find the interaction between the two men a bit childish.