"Sure, these plot “twists” are about as shocking as sticking your tongue on a 3-volt battery, but are any of us really here for the mystery and astonishing birth secrets? Yeah, I didn’t think so."

OMG @daebakgrits I literally spit my tea out laughing at this very apt description of the drama. These etire two episodes I was shouting at my screen to just KISS already!! they sure know how to tease the audience. Our leads chemistry to soo good. I hope they do a third drama together. I am sad this drama is ending soon, it one i look forward to every week.

These two episodes were two sides of a spinning coin; very different. The first highlighted the budding romances in two different ways. Jin-Mo and Na-Hee have exaggerated, expressive cuteness while Seon-woo and Se-Ra was like pulling teeth. I thought the kiss lead-up was awkward considering the situational, emotional torment Seon-woo was in trying to cope with confirmation of his mother's killer.

It was interesting that Director Kang was quickly written out to focus in on the Vice Chairman. I guess it was done to show how cold hearted he really is to toss aside his son(s). The birth secret was a surprise, but it did reinforce that a rotten apple does not fall far from the tree of life. I really think all the past clean up duties managed by Jae-Ha makes him a more dangerous villain for our Batman cave crew. I really think there is a big twist next week, a carefully laid trap for Seon-woo to fall into.

I also agree that Mother's death is still not exactly what it seems, all confessions aside. Se-Ra not Jae-Ha is the key to solving it.

There were a few pieces of information that made me think. First, thought the relationship between Seon-woo and Vice Chairman were family (nephew/uncle) but that is not clear. Seon-woo's father passed away only a year ago, and it was his will to have his son take over. The Kangs were very upset about that decision. The company is Eunkang . . . there must have been a long time partnership but somehow the Eun family exerted control (was Seon-woo's mother a Kang who gave her shares to his father to gain control?) I'd like some clarity to this.

Second, the statement that Hong has raised Seon-woo from infancy was strange. His mother died 20 years ago when he was 10, 12 years old? There is something more to Hong which I hope is revealed by the end.

Finally a kiss (and what a kiss!), it took quite a long time for the two to realise that they were in love with each other. Without his friend's hints, Seon-woo would probably still be totally clueless.

The kiss🤤. You've teased us enough already.

Kim Jaeha has a picture of Angel Ahjumma in his apartment. I was thinking he would be revealed as a lost child of Madam Yoon. You know...Madam Yoon told Vice Chair Kang to let go of his grip on her hand. Most likely he had designs on her but she married Seonwoo's father instead, but that scene gave more especially after seeing the picture last week. There's more to Jaeha than was revealed, and the same extends to Madam Yoon's death. The only hole here is that he watched Angel Ahjumma die but then he could not have been aware of the familial connection. He came to know later on and that's why he has her picture in his house.

Actor wise, the actor playing Jaeha gave one of the most realistic confrontations in father-son/estranged or hidden son showdown. Most of them scream Ahbonim with a sudden high pitch but he maintained his pitch so my ear wasn't jolted. I hope actors start to imitate disposition in such scenes.

Sera's confession was brave and sweet, and the kiss was worth waiting for.

I have one major nit with these episodes, and that is Sun-woo's furious determination to take revenge by killing his uncle. I'd like there to be a clear line between the good guys and the bad guys. Murder definitely crosses that line, even if it's retribution. I hope he rethinks. I hope the writers rethink.

Also, if you remember, Jae-ha advised his father to take sleeping pills. I suspect he put something else in the bottle. He has his eye on the chairman's seat, and he had no use for his scumbag father anymore.

The kiss that was promised. We waited two whole dramas for this, ladies and gentlemen. Let’s enjoy it.

As for the rest of the story… eh. The only time I really cared for the mystery plot was during the elaborate disguises - I like me some over-the-top costuming. It’s not boring or offensive enough to FF through entirely, but it’s not why I’m watching this show and my lack of interest is telling. @daebakgrits was absolutely correct (and hilarious!) as always when describing the “plot twists”. Nobody cares about that.

The assistant/secret son looked like he was morphing into a comic book villian when he had his rage out at home.

I can't believe/yet totally believe the chairman his plan was just demean her. All that to say "you're not worthy"
Ugh rich people.

A kiss and it started so sweetly, 😍.

Oh dear was I the only one disappointed by this kiss?
😅😅😅
I mean ofc I would be I've analysed too many of them.

How to explain. Hmmm. Oh look opinions I've sat on all show, woops:

1. I've never been a fan of OTT cringey cuteness or bickering for that matter so rarely enjoyed the second couples scenes when they turned into like, solely that.
2. I felt the "cute" scenes between our OTP were even more manufactured than usual for this show, this week. They've always been a bit all over the place but good grief, two dumb kdrama trust falls????
3. They almost went backwards or sideways or... something in their relationship development. In retrospect it's more like their relationship development never happened linearly in the first place so you had all this awkward shyness THIS week, but more brazen skinship and natural closeness last week, but then Se Ra realising her feelings really clumsily and late here, instead of you know, sprinkling it throughout the show ... etc etc...
4. Not that I was watching this show for the plot ever anyway, but the plot got so much more boring and bland this week anyway. Why must kdramas always become kdramas and forget how to be the lite funny slapstick mysteries they at least started as? Maybe this should've been 10 episodes.
5. This show has, for me, always had scripting pacing issues, from the very beginning, but all of the above just highlighted this even more. There's literal 3 second gaps between the dialogue in some scenes wHY; the PD and editor need to be sacked. It just makes the char interactions feel clumsy and stilted when they shouldn't be. *-*
6. The timing of the kiss emotionally was off.
7. It should've happened like 5 episodes ago, instead of because of an angsty plot development.
8. Why was it shot in slow mo. It took me out of the scene like crazy.
9. It didn't really feel like a ... release after and expected wait between characters that have been teasing you for so long. :/
10. To be fair, I totally just watched this because of the Bossam OTP and our lack of kiss there, so I *have* been projecting somewhat all show, and, the writing of this has never been strong so like what was I expecting really... but the middle (3,4,5,6) episodes I at least enjoyed more and could've led to a fun, entertaining and high energy get together, but no... :(

I was waiting anxiously for a Plan B that I didn't get this past week. I enjoyed the kiss, but I did miss the capers!! This is a cast of wonderful comedic actors with simmering chemistry, so I am hoping for more comedy adventures going into this last week and some more kisses, of course.

A part of me kinda feels like their kiss was to make up for the fact they had no kiss in Bossam.

I am very disappointed, but not surprised how this show has developed. Almost always when a Korean show tries something different, and feels new and fresh during the first few episodes, towards the end of the season what made the show great has been ground down to a mediocre standard drama.

This show started out absurd and cartoonish, moving at breakneck speed, with overly complicated schemes and plenty of use of superpowers. Se-ra is very strong-willed, clever and independent. With her sense of justice and impulsivity, her interactions with Seon-o are very far from the stereotypical male boss/female assistant dynamic.

Now, we have a very conventional drama. Se-ra is much more passive and does not even use her supervision. The teenagers from the orphanage are gone. Our second couple are just annoying, with no drama left.

How will the ending be? My guess is that it will contain noble idiocy, a cheesy proposal and a time skip.

Phew! At least they kissed right? I had forgotten how GOOOOODDDD A KISSSEEERRR Jung Il-woo is. That was perfect. And I didn’t mind at all the close-up; let us see how the man works it, please. 😂 and two more episodes to land the bad guys in jail and give the good guys something to celebrate. Like a double wedding perhaps? 🤭

Thanks @daebakgrits, I loved the kiss but was starting to feel I too should be looking away it went on for so long 🤣. The SL couple date was far too cutesy and aegyo for me, although I do think the chemistry has improved there.
Yeah, as plot twists go, these were telegraphed a mile away, so it'll be interesting to see what's served in the final week. A little more fan service with any luck?

It felt like the cliche catch-falls in ep 9, Sunwoo gulping seeing Sera smile, all that should've happened before episode 8. At first the romantic scenes in ep 8 to me felt sudden but I excused it because Sera just saw Sunwoo getting stabbed so I thought that would've been enough for her to realize her feelings. I suppose she already did realize her feelings since then, she was just in-denial about Sunwoo feeling the same way.

Sunwoo, on the other hand...this in-denial stage was cute but it REALLY should have happened before their romantic moments in episode 8. I cannot believe they spent 10 days together alone at Sunwoo's childhood home before returning and STILL Sunwoo cannot figure out how he feels about Sera. I would have forgiven him if he already knew, he just didn't want to admit it in front of Yang Jinmo. But the dialogue of "Maybe I'm the one who needs to see a doctor" was like...BRO YOU'RE A WHOLE CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INTELLIGENT HOW DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THIS FEELING lmaooo istg it was both a cute yet frustrating scene.

If only Yang Jinmo didn't take 10 episodes to spell it out for Sunwoo...lmao now I'm blaming him.

About the kiss, now I'm not someone usually obsessed with kiss scenes, rather they're just something I have to get through when watching a romance drama. And usually I'm the one who's like "don't kiss don't kiss" coz most kiss scenes always seem so fast to me. Like it shouldnt happen or shouldn't happen yet. But, Ilwoo x Yuri have given me enough slow burn teasing for 30 episodes since Bossam to make me CRAVE for a kiss scene that I usually don't care for. Although I think they should have had a more emotional hug first, Sera comforting Sunwoo coz he just had a nightmare and discovered his mother's murderer and all, I can't lie and say I wasn't happy about that kiss. I was, extremely happy. This is my biased self talking though. Coz kissing after something like a nightmare or finding out your mom's murderer is kind of a bad timing. But I'm hoping the beginning of episode 11 has some scenes that were cut from episode 10 cliffhanger because the transition from Sera's confession to suddenly Sunwoo already holding her hands, and when did she start sitting on his lap again?? Yeah I need to see how all that happened, and how Sunwoo felt the urge to kiss her or how he got permission to kiss her. In the behind-the-scenes there seems to be a dialogue that's missing from the actual scenes so I'm hoping it's all revealed in the beginning of ep 11.

And does anyone feel like Sunwoo's confession was cut short? I still can't forget Ep 9 preview with Sunwoo saying "Let's stop pretending to be oblivious." coz that line made me SCREAM. And yet, it wasn't there in the actual episode 10 when he confessed that he's competent enough so Sera doesn't need to be. How could they cut that? And we didn't even get to see Sera's proper reaction to his confession.

Good Job really...

@daebakgrits I think Sunwoo kissed her eye right? I thought it was her forehead at first until I realized he kissed her eye, which is just SO sweet coz Sera now thinks of her eyes with supervision as a blessing. I'm gonna die with how beautiful these two are

Did anyone get Itaewon Class vibes from Episode 9? The whole "Kang Tae-joon gets abandoned by his father and goes to prison" reminded me of Jang Geum Won lol. But I guess that's where the new director of Itaewon Class has his influence in the story.