Oh my lord, this week was so intense and just filled to the brim with so much emotion and turmoil. I'm so glad YOM didn't shy away or try to gloss over the severity of things. To think that everything shown is only a watered-down version of the events that panned out because of tv rating restrictions...
If the writer does end up going down the expected route of the skeleton being MH and the man at the train station being HT, would it be disappointing or understandable? How would you guys feel?

My fav moments from this week:
- Anything and everything MH and HT do together. Honestly, they own me right now. Their conversations are always so intimate and they're so honest and open with each other. The mutual understanding and consideration these two have for each other, sharing their concerns and guilt, the occasional bickering, everything!!
- SR and SC doing what they think is right and protecting young kids, even if it means putting themselves in harm's way
- Mr. police officer sacrificing himself to save SR and everyone else. Despite the little screen time he had, it was still very much impactful
- JT being super brave and looking out for MS instead of running away! These two boys and their precious friendship ;;;;
- HT encountering KS and letting him know SC is alive, what an absolute gut wrenching meeting
- The catch hug/embrace that totally screamed "I'm here, it's okay, I've got you." ashdgashgdfashgda, my hearttttttttt
- HT encouraging MH to talk it out with her dad just like how she helped him when it came to reaching out to JT
- The show perfectly balancing the political side of things while also keeping us connected with each character that we've come to know
- How we've also gotten this far into the show and still don't have a clear answer as to who's going to actually die. It could literally be anyone and there are a lot of plausible theories going around

With two episodes left, it really feels like anything can still happen. I'm just hoping YOM ends on a high note next week and doesn't throw in a last minute twist because everything up until this point has made sense. It really feels like the writer/director knows where they're going with this, and I pray that it's not just me and my wishful thinking.

The PD said “Set in Gwangju in 1980, it’s about the universal stories of love, sadness, and hate among young people at the time. It’s not about a specific incident. It’s about the stories of the people who lived during that time." (Soompi) I think it's more than a background, in these episodes we got killing, torturing, beating.. I'm surprised how the majority of the soldiers are happy with that. The most of them should be students too.

I always find HT's distancing from reality a little bit weird. I was hoping he will change for him and not because of MH. But their moments were cute.

This week was SO hard to watch. I had to brace myself to press play. Ever since the preview last week, I was fretting all week that Jin-ah would die, especially because Hee-tae already has PTSD from failing to save Seok-chul. Then today's preview scared me to death that Myung-soo and Jung-tae would be shot.

When Myung-hee ran toward the boy's cries and Hee-tae spun her around and yelled "Kim Myung-hee!!" he was so worried about her. I love Dr. Yoo for trying to persuade the staff to go out there and pick up the victims despite knowing their ambulance would get shot. I admire all the protestors protesting, arming themselves with guns to fight back against the soldiers, and not afraid to die. RIP to the police officer who freed the civilians. I knew he wouldn't be okay despite reassuring Soo-ryun.

Hee-tae is Husband Material. Aww when he pouted, "The one who loves more always loses" but still gave in to stay and work. Aww when he offered to go get Myung-soo and bring him to the hospital. Omg when he said, "I'm not telling you what to do. I'm asking you." Hee-tae has told her he loves her twice; Myung-hee needs to say it back.

After asking her to leave the dangerous tasks to him, Hee-tae would be relieved that Myung-hee was not hit by Truck of Doom with them. Thanks a bunch for the weecap, @SailorJumun!

This drama. I think I know who the skeleton is, but it is possible that the skeleton is one of the random characters introduced, and the sad looking man is someone we haven't met yet. I don't think that is the case, but who knows. Our couple are going through it and to think they have known each other all of 3 weeks.

That bully soldier has got to go!! Like someone just shoot him dead!
Now for the ending, I have this theory which if the show actually turns to, will be more than devastating.
So..I think Myung-hee's dad will kill Hee-tae. Hear me out! So we saw that the old man in the train station had a limp, right? Who else has a limp? Myung-hee's dad. Last episode, he asked MH about HT's family but she didn't tell anything. Now what I think will happen is somehow HT will get out fine from his father's cluthes but in the meanwhile, MH's dad will come to know about HT being KN's son. Now we know KN has previously threatened him with MH. And that's why he might misunderstand HT's motives and might actually kill him thinking he's protecting his daughter. But then later he finds out the truth and leaves home for good and that is why that skeleton has his (presumably MH's dad) watch. If this happens....I don't have words to describe how painful that would be to watch. Like we all consider KN to be the villain but in the end if it's the other loving father who does the ultimate evil in the name of protecting his daughter, that'll be a terrifying turn. I really hope this doesn't happen though! 🤞

Hee Tae is doing a voiceover...Does that mean that he will live but MH will die and leave HT heartbroken for the rest of his life? Or is he narrating from the afterlife? I dread next week's episodes, yet I must know what is going to happen. I will never listen to Chopin's Waltz the same way again...

This was such a difficult watch. Knowing that this is history makes it even more painful.
Ah my heart broke when I saw Ji Ah in the corridor. I feared the worst. And then our sweet smiling cop.
Goodness. I was holding on to my heart watching this episode.
Two more episodes. We can do this.

All caught up with this drama and prepared for the last episodes.

I think some people forget that we're watching a kdrama about our leads and a cast of fictional characters set within a tragedy in history, not a documentary. It's a reminder for myself honestly as I found the coincidences and connections too dramatic in ep10, while I have been fine with the rest of the writing for the series. See, I suddenly lost a lot of interest and investment in the two romantic leads (despite them being my favorites) as well as the two brothers in ep10 because of everything else happening, and I had to remind myself that this is their story and this is a drama's portrayal of the event. I understand character flaws and I understand enough of our two leads character qualities, who I think are quite dimensional within a 12 ep drama, and about HT's self-reliant personality that prefers to run away as well as stay detached, as its how he's been able to cope being his father's son and losing his mom, but I hope to see a lot more character growth in our two leads especially MH towards her father in the last two episodes.

Also I'm in the minority that would prefer a sad ending for our leads. But whatever ending it is, I just hope it is written well. I hope the last two episodes don't disappoint. The cast has been amazing so far.

I wanted to binge watch this fully, but each episode is hard to watch so it's one episode per day.. seeing the series starts with discovering a person was buried, then the old man at the train station gives me this feeling of gloom as i watch episode after episode.. the pacing itself is painful to watch.. after each episode, i needed something to shake this feeling of doom.. but i love the story plot wise . It really gives you the feel of each character's struggles and choices.. myung hee and hee tae.. dang these two should live happily.. please?