Thanks @unit. This was not the rom com I was expecting nor was I expecting the multiple marriages and divorce sheets. The pretend mum job was terrible as was the high kick to the man while wearing a mini skirt, what was that? I loved that she used her one day off to do the additions for the girl’s picture and was it a homage to the star she made for Healer🤨

I also couldn’t work out what job was connected to solving murders but couldn’t be spoken about, had good pay but had regular hours that allowed regular meal dates three days a week. I bet the fantasy she had about the night club will come true in some form and I am intrigued to know how her retirement results in a marriage to the actor.

The disdain from the cat was true to life as was his determination to win the cat over despite the numerous signs that it will never happen. The cat blatantly going with a stranger when humans step away from him was the ultimate slap in the face.

Side note I was not impressed with ‘Mr perfect husband’ going through her bag while she was in the toilet how was that appropriate or in character when he maintains a distance in every other way. Who carries flight details around weeks before the flight when there are e tickets to print just beforehand.

I loved the gay best friend relationship and the jealousy from the one night stand because they really do present as the perfect couple as friends comfortable with each other’s company and aware of each other’s flaws.

Looking forward to next week’s episodes but hoping they don’t do a Today’s webtoon and stretch out the mystery like the unspoken job for weeks and then have the reveal add nothing to the story when it could have been discussed openly. Also unnecessary noble idiocy and a love triangle from week one could become old very quickly.

Loved the opening episodes! I was not expecting the dark turn things took so quickly, with a potential killer as part of the love triangle. It's not as frothy as I first expected, and is all the better for it. As I was on the Ji Ho ship, it's a new one for me if he turns out to be deadly. Although I'm not ready to jump ship yet! 😁
Loving the outfits and the changes, having some serious wardrobe envy, and a brilliant relationship between the FL and her best friend. So far give me more! Thanks @unit!

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I found almost everybody in this annoying.
The Makjang-esque backstory for her and the melo-trauma backstory for him are some of the most unneeded I've seen of late imo.
The logistics of her job make no sense.
Hae Jin is a bratty child.
The directing is frustratingly awful.
Whenever I see Sang Eun I get Bright Lights by 30 Seconds To Mars stuck in my head, and not really in a good way. (indeed, actually a very apt song for this show.)
Surprisingly, I actually liked Ji Ho the most of everyone, despite everything, but I have 0 confidence in the script to take this anywhere worthwhile tbh.
I'll probably watch this to the half way mark as a trash watch and then drop lmao.

Okay, at least no vampires have appeared (yet). 😉
But episode 1 left me rather perplexed, somehow a lot of things were messy. But maybe it only seemed that way to me because I was busy trying to understand who Sang-eun was or is married to. Can you get divorced so quickly in South Korea?

I liked episode 2 better, but I'm still not really convinced. Unlike what I expected, this drama is not fluffy, but has more of dark humour. Normally I love this kind of humour, but here it doesn't work for me. I will watch a few more episodes and then decide if I will continue to follow the series.

None of the MLs could really impress me so far. Hae-jin seems too immature, and I feel no chemistry between Ji-ho and Sang-eun. Even though Ji-ho is portrayed as a mysterious character, I find him boring. My interest would be piqued if he was actually a murderer, but I guess the chances are pretty slim.
So far my favourite characters then are just the cat and the gay friend.

You see that slap Nana landed on Kang Haejin, she should have it landed on Han Bi-soo from Oh! My Ladylord. That was what came to mind when that scene played and I just replaced Kim Jae-young with Lee Min-ki in my head in that very moment. I think I have found closure for Nana's Oh Joo-in.

Your final still for Jung Ji-ho🤤. That look is everything romantick. Does it help that I have a ship already but my ship is giving serial killer vibes🥲. He's dressed in a suit. Do serial killers go about in suits? They're casual right? I want to believe he's a private investigator or profiler of some sorts. It's only profilers that try to reenact a crime act 🥺.

Finally finally, PMY is introduced as a chaebol heiress right at the premiere episodes. It does give more insight to her character Sang-eun. It would be interesting if she's an ordinary lady but chaebol gives it a more interesting outlook.

Messy Sang-eun in the kitchen🤭. Sorry Ji-ho 🤭😅.

not sure if I'm into this. not feeling any chemistry between the two maisn leads, which is a first for park minyoung - I usually buy any pairing she has lol. I usually don't like love triangle, but I can get into them when the story puts the two love interests with similar chances. I know its only two episodes, but it's already obvious that KJY is already way behind in the race for her heart lol

I liked that she ended up friends with one of her clients, but I was really confused with the whole canada thing. for a moment I thought the guy had gone to canada and told her he would wait, but then he was still living with her. maybe I was just not paying attention anymore lol

anyway, I will give this one more week and decide if I should keep watching. I want to say I don't expect a serial killer to be the leading guy, but honestly.... korean dramas have shown us that they can mix genres as if its no big deal so who knows.. I hope the mystery is just a joke on us and the drama will soon reveal he's just an introvert guy with a peculiar job which doesnt involved murdering people.

I wasn't wowed, but I'm liking this show enough to continue. EP 1 was definitely not enough to give an impression of the show overall. EP 2 was better. Liked the bits of meta references.

I like the friendship between Sang Eun and Gwang Nam. They're cute and they looked close. Hope they have a good amount of screentime and his own story gets developed well.

For a moment, I thought Ji Ho was a prosecutor. I'm hoping he's something else. He looked like an introvert so I want to give him a chance and see more of him.

Hae Jin video calling his cat was an unexpected, but funny scene. Like him, I hope to see more of her face!!

I wasn't expecting the first love trope. I bet Hae Jin is still the second lead though. Dx His reaction to his possibly murderous neighbor is understandable based on what he saw so far. And then his first love is connected to the guy. Looking forward to his next moves about this situation, heh.

I don't know about Sang Eun yet. She cracked me up with her English comeback at that reunion guy. Her venom towards Mi Ho is interesting.... I wonder how she was able to get away from her chaebol family. I don't know how evil or shady Mi Ho is, but I'm curious and wondering why another group wants her. (Gosh, I've seen this actress in a shady role recently though.)

The epilogue would have been enough if it had been just Sang Eun spending her Sunday in her own way. The scene of her with the kids at the school was too extra. I was a little miffed that she decorated on top of the kid's artwork even if the kid liked it.

I love a little mess in my romcoms so I'm down. Can't wait to see where this story goes.

I limped my way to middle of ep2. I just didn’t connect with anything. There was no humor, characters were flat and the whole backstory was weird.
Where is the com in this romcom ???

Awwwww. I'm kinda bummed that it seems like these first two episodes were more of a miss for people. I really enjoyed it! It's not "fluffy rom-com" but I like the more makjang-y and serious tone (despite kinda having to suspend my beliefs over many things). Maybe I'm liking it because it feels fresh and different so far.

Wow, I’m not even sure what I watched, but I’m fascinated and can’t look away. They are all so weird to an extreme that I don’t have to think about suspending my disbelief over all the huge plausibility holes. I think I’m in love.

I ended up really liking the premiere episodes and can't wait for the rest! It was not as rom-com-y as I thought it would be, but I really like the cast and want to see what Ji-Ho's up to. Like others said, the story's so implausible that I'm just going to ignore all the plot holes and have fun.

On a completely different tangent I think the actor role would have been great for Kim Youngdae. He is very good at comedic roles and I think the face profile is too different between the two current male leads even the gay best friend looks more similar to Gyungpyo. It just seems like it’s too obvious she is going to end up with the social misfit because the actor is too different in looks and character to be considered a realistic alternative. Usually, I prefer the second male lead because their character outshines the lead or I don’t mind either way. In this case I have not warmed to the actor as he has no redeeming features and seems to have been an issue even as a youth.

The first 2 episodes were so weird. I have no idea how her job works. She was married with Ji-Ho for 5 years but has other jobs? I mean playing the girlfriend looks more logical but the wife? Being divorced in Korea is not a very good thing, so the guy could look in front of his friends but after what? He's the same but divorced?
I didn't really like any characters. I found so weird she didn't want to stop to be Ji-Ho's wife... it's kinda intrusive to say no, I will continue.

The only character I liked was her friend/roomate.

Park Min Young lost so much weight that her cheeks cave in when she stiffens her jaw which to me makes her appear sick and unhealthy. I do not understand K-beauty standards because this is the second time I see a K-actress after Seo Hyun Jin, lose so much weight.

Regarding the story, strangely the OTP scenes, their jobs and personality are a mix of their old dramas and I only enjoyed the roommate and Jamie (1) aka the cat scenes, but no worries because a lot of new dramas that aired this week and a bunch will premiere in coming weeks , so I can always drop this.

Sad that rom-coms these days have become rare and difficult in Kdramaland.

I have decided that I will be dropping this drama. The first 2 episodes felt boring and too long. I will be reading the weecap instead.

I’m really enjoying this.. it was not what I was expecting in a room com! I did have a few audible what’s through out both eps. I think MR monday/wed/fri could be a contract killer. He even said in his flash back that she was the first person that made him want to rescue someone for once.( plus the creepy knife playing) and be a good man. Also his apartment is strangely empty, with no food… it also seems that he is also developing feelings for her too.
Her relationship with her best friend/ex-husband is my favourite. That are so cute together

A decent start. I did not find much chemistry (atleast for now) between the leads. FL has more chemistry with her gay bestfriend. The episodes were okay but nothing really stood out to make it a compelling watch. Its not engaging enough to make you sit and watch. And I felt something different about PMY's acting than her previous works. I will give it one more week to see how the story develops and I hope it gets better next week.

The premises is absurd and too over the top. Logically speaking nothing make sense and we have to accept things because writer says so e.g. Jamie is supposed to be daughter of this hotshot family but she goes around being professional wife. Shouldn't that group take issue with it?

We just have to role with the setup - A professional wife/ heiress, a taciturn contract husband with mysterious job, a star/chaebol son with weird attachment to a girl whom he saw only once in his life, and a cat being cat play house together. It's too weird but I am willing to see how this will pan out.

I'm always a bit leery of too much makjang in my romcom (looking at you, Secret Garden). Honestly there's so much scope for fun romantic hijinks in the contract marriage x2 set-up that I'm not sure why they felt the need for the other elements, especially this early. I'll keep watching for now, but this might be one of the many shows I abandon around episode 10 or so.

So, it’s like Good Job in that nothing is logical and we’re just supposed to (eye) roll with it. Ok, maybe.

No cat hotel/vet/cat service would put a cat in an open box 🙄
For any purpose, why practice stabbing outside of your apartment? 🙄
Her whole “schedule” of clients & contracts 🙄🙄🙄

I was left more often confused in these first two episodes than I liked. Did they put a lot of ideas into a hat, swished, and then grabbed a handful? The lovely roommate should just cat-nap Jamie and head to Vancouver already. Touring queer festivals with a cat who hates everyone: A+.

i was more excited to see the cat on-screen compared to the actors ACK 😅

It is a total mishmash, but I find it enjoyable. I am hoping that Kang Hae-jin is the main lead, as I don't find Jung Ji-ho mysterious, but incredibly boring.

I'm not sure why I watched ep 2, since the first was not really funny (and this was my expectation for this drama).
Maybe for the mystery of ML job ?
Jung Ji-Ho is the silent ML to silence all silent ML.
And though he has done nearly nothing, he does have creepy vibes. This is the first ML that I see that is not presented sympatically. I mean, even when the ML is not really a good guy you are supposed to be rooting for him. We have seen Vincenzo kill, but he is presented as likeable. Here Jung Ji-Ho is out of sync with everything. The only thing he has for him is his cooking.
Ok, I'd love a cooking and cleaning husband. But the bare and dark appartment ? nope.

There are so many plot holes already in this drama !
How and why will she take on a new client if she has decided to retire ? (stop her job in ep 1 after paying a debt... very What's wrong with secretary Kim).
Why were we granted a random-boyfriend/hoockup chest in ep1 when there was already a ML-shower ?

Umm. All I can say is that this show presented the ML in a rom-com first episode is Creepy!!

A head scratch, like why have people assumed he was a serial killer? I got low-key 50 Shades of Grey lead guy vibes :3.

Also, this plot is darker than it appears here. I mean, she's essentially someone whose life was owned by Madame Yoo (who seems like her pimp?). But I don't think Kdramas will go down this route, but it would've been more dramatic story-wise to see a severe topic surrounding her taboo job.

I have just started to watch and it is really intriguing because... hello, is this really a drama with two possible male leads (a very true genuine good love triangle) and you don't know with whom will she end with but until the end??? (Please, beanies, don't tell me)!!! I know some have already watched until ep. 10... But i am still here on the premiere.
Now... apart from the love triangle, which I usually dont like that much... I am really excited for this drama, since... it really makes me want to keep on watching and find out...
I am like watching 5 different dramas right now, some have already concluded... but even so... I am not desperate to keep on watching. Most of them are slow watching... But this drama!!! and Love is for suckers... they really make me want to know... and dang! I have to wait, because they are airing...
But it is ok... It is exciting!!
Park Min young looks different, not very much in a good way... I think her last surgery didnt make her favors, but her acting is still very likeable.
I really love Go Kyung pyo, so... I am glad i have him again on my screen... and the other guy, he is kinda cute... he is actually really cute... but so far so good, I am Ji ho's side.

At first I thought there was actually no cat in the box and I was like "Oh no, she will be choosing between Two Insane Persons, one who talks about "ending" women like some Picasso-style misogynist:
“Every time I change wives I should burn the last one. That way I'd be rid of them. They wouldn't be around to complicate my existence. Maybe, that would bring back my youth, too. You kill the woman and you wipe out the past she represents.”
― Picasso
... and another one who has a Schrödinger's cat in a box and maybe treats women like a cat that is there but also not there, too? Maybe puts them in a box and tries to guess whether they are still alive?