I loved all the scenes with the leads. The bickering and the sweetness were both on point even if them playing high-schoolers was a stretch.

I really like Jung-ho's character because he seems sensible and logical and he doesn't oppose Yu-ri just for the heck of it. Plus I seriously needed a dose of cute LSG to wash away the memory of serial-killer LSG. Looking forward to more of that!

Key word watching this was confused. I didn't get the time line of how long they had been separated. I will give it until the 4th episode to see if I can stick with it as I can see the potential but I didn’t keep me totally engaged or make me laugh out loud. Unlike some of the other shows I was watching alongside it like The best hit.

I too am not a big fan of breaking the 4th wall. Also, I sometimes had the feeling that the cuts were strangely abrupt.

But I like the friends-to-lovers storyline and hope the two of them bicker for as long as possible.

I never thought I would drop a Lee Seung Gi/ Lee Se Young drama, but here I am. I couldn't finish ep 1 and whatever cuteness they showed between the OTP did not work for me because the leads interaction, especially the little quarrels were like sibling fights (I guess it is partly because of their previous characters from Hwayugi still being fresh in my mind after all these years).

The legal side of the plot is very mediocre and I don't see how it will merge with the romance aspect, especially with a looming angst story between the leads. Also, I am not feeling any of the supporting characters and the pinkish color grading is seriously off putting in some scenes which gives it an old kdrama vibe. Really a bummer because I am missing rom-com Kdramas :(

Thanks for the recap! I really wanted to like this show, in fact I needed to like it, save me from the drama slump!
As adorable as the cast are Lee Se-young and Lee Seung-gi, I felt the urge to drop within five minutes of episode 1. The chemistry between our main leads is there and I love the fact they were friends in the past. I didn't expect that angle and especially to find out Yuri is his first love? However, I would have liked Jung-ho not be the lead with the photographic memory, landlord, successful writer and a former prosecutor all by the age of 30-35 etc. What also didn't help is the breaking of the fourth wall, it just took me out of the story. If anything, I think the drama has taken all the successful parts of recent dramas and jammed them into one without any subtlety.

@daebakgrits, you did a fabulous job of straightening out the plotlines and weeding out all the extra stuff (real estate agents, ghosts, neighborhood ahjummas, the doctor-cousin, the high school besties, etc, etc.)

For me, there was one magic moment in these two eps: the last scene in ep. 2. When Yuri was stunned into silence, and Jung-ho was dead serious. Their feelings were written all over their faces. In that moment, I felt like there could be a genuine story here with more than Yuri shouting at Jung-ho and Jung-ho running away from Yuri. I hope so. If I can find another magic moment next week, I'll stick with this drama. But if shouting and running away is all we get, I'm out.

As much as I love LSY and LSG, I don't think this drama is working for me.
Whoever thought that it's a good idea to add 'breaking the fourth wall' should be fired.

I am probably one of the minorities who likes the first two episodes! I had my qualms and peeves for some parts but they were minor. The biggest problem I had with how much underused (both in terms of screen time and character) Kim Seul Gi was. (Why no one thought of casting HER against Nam Goong Min in that new show? She can hold her ground and can bring so much energy to it)

I didn't realize noble idiocy could be done at the beginning of a drama, but here we are. Also as soon as they lingered on his father and he broke up with her, it was obvious he left for family reasons. Also okay Kdrama, I see you with the chairman and his male and female lovers, lol.

I still loved the first two episodes. I always maintain a romance is better when the man likes the woman first. I look forward to this romance and the bickering. Their chemistry is lovely, so I am excited.

Love the leads, especially Yoo Ri. She rocks!

I also felt the Our Beloved Summer vibes. I did't like how they "resolved" things in that show, so I hope Law Cafe takes another route. So far so good tho.

I was kinda disappointed about the pinnochio trope, I hope they resolve it soon he needs to get his life back.

But the only real problem I have with the show is: WHY SO LITTLE KIM SEUL GI?

So is the ML writing webtoons? Does he need a PD?

I was pretty disapointing. I didn't like any character. The FL wasn't convincing as a lawyer. Her idea of Law Café is foolish. I mean she can give advice but it's all, if she does more she is becoming his/her lawyer with all the obligations. She already did too much in the first case...

The ML was so childish. His reason to break up and leave his job seems thin.

I didn't like the humor but I will try 2 episodes more.

Thanks for the recap! I still remember SeYoung as my favorite zombie from a Korean Odyssey. She was undead but she tried her best and was an innocent victim. So she is both very pretty and super fun, especially her acting with the Male Lead. Their chemistry is quite good, almost like they've acted together before. Anyway, I've only watched the first episode, I'll watch the second one soon!

This wasn't among the September kdramas I was looking forward to but I started it today on a wimp and strangely liked this.

Since I'm still unable to drop dramas, I hope it's a fun

Ps: It's ridiculous but I think Why Her has truly scared me. I get flashbacks to that drama from the slightest thing
E.g when LSG dropped that umbrella in that flashback I thought of it.😩

Okay, first of all, I love that @daebakgrits said this was like the love child of Vincenzo & Our Beloved Summer haha
I watched both of those shows so just based on that, my interest might've be piqued haha

But I was already looking forward to this drama. I don't think I had expectations but at the same time, it also wasn't what I thought it would be nor were the characters who I thought I would gravitate to.

I really liked Kim Yu Ri. I really love how passionate and self assured she is. I love that she isn't a pushover. I even like that she's compassionate to a fault.
Do I think she should've dealt with the guy with the hammer? Definitely not because that dude radiated danger but because she was willing to be open to him, she found a bigger problem and case.

I absolutely love the look of the cafe and everyone's homes. The cafe and the shots of the coffee being brewed genuinely made me feel going to a cafe and just enveloping myself in the smell haha

I enjoy the moments when they're bickering or driving each other crazy. I think those moments are the best.

I thought the show would be paced faster especially given how animated they are when they're talking law.

I kinda feel like Jung Ho views Yu Ri in an idealized way and he sees himself as her protector in a way (which is why he, at least in part, wrote into the contract that he can get involved in her life but she can't disrupt his). Maybe he's also feeling guilt so it's mixed up inside of him.
He's petty and ridiculous.

I'm looking forward to his verbal battles with that prosecutor and his uncle (I think it's his uncle).

I like that he seems to be writing his webnovels about his corrupt family. Yu Ri was right about him not being able to move on from the past but I think once they reveal the uncle and possibly the rest of the family, he will be able to do it.

I've seen people comment about the breaking of the 4th wall and I personally didn't mind it. I like that the characters can share their inner thoughts plus I've read webtoons where that's a thing. The characters or even the author will do a breaking the 4th wall thing.

Plus I've watched shows like Modern Family which was mockumentary style and it was never acknowledged why they were talking to the camera.

I get that it could probably be edited better but I might be in the minority who liked it.

Like Daebakgrits I was very put off by the initial courtroom scenes. Unprofessional does not even begin to describe the behavior of our Leading Lady.

Let me explain. There is a reason we call it 'court': Originally people took their dispute directly to their king or, if this was a crime, the miscreant was hauled before the king. Problem: Too many cases for one poor king to handle as there were not enough hours in the day for this. Solution- the king appointed judges to handle this task for him- but it was still the same as if you were going to court to speak to the king.

Once all the parties were there how was the matter to be decided? By everyone yelling at each other and the loudest one wins? That is not an accurate way to determine the truth of the matter. Very early on, as in thousands of years ago, it became obvious that first, people should be talking to the king (or judge) and not to each other and second, everyone should be given a full opportunity to speak without interruption.

The second time I saw the FL do this I turned to my wife and said "and this is where the head judge would throw his gavel right at her head" or at least he would have wanted to. Which is why that behavior is so inexplicable: Pissing off the judge will never, ever help your client.

Also, no counsel has authority to actually halt witness testimony- another thing which I saw in these scenes. You can say thank you in an attempt to get the witness to stop BUT do not be shocked if the judge does not ask the witness to continue, given that you have just highlighted for him or her that there is likely more to the story. Judges tend not to be stupid.

The contrast between these opening scenes and what we saw in EXTRAORDINARY ATTORNEY WOO could not be starker. Sure, a lot of what we saw in EAW was oversimplified and it was not always spot on accurate- but so much of the basics were done right. The writers of EAW had excellent expert advice. The writer of this show desperately needs help on this stuff.

Much of the rest of the first episode was entertaining although it was also somewhat confusing raised a lot of questions about the pasts of our protagonists. We are still watching to see how it all goes from here.

Thanks @daebakgrits! I liked this overall. A little too much filler for my liking, but I like the main couple and I think the potential for a good drama is there if they don't mess it up.

These episodes, especially the second episode, were incredibly clunky and all-over-the-place writing wise. It felt like they threw every single story beat common across dramas from the last few years and hoped for the best. I could have done without most of them. Particularly the one that has Lee Seung-gi secretly plotting to take down his maternal family’s conglomeration via the power of webtoons or whatever that was. That was weird.

However, I still didn’t hate it. I have mixed feelings, for sure, but I did like the leads together during their scenes and the contrasts between their personalities. I like that the FL, despite her flightiness and avant garde ideas, is actually competent at her job and just as much of a geeenius as her male counterpart (for now, dramas have an irritating habit of de-empowering female leads). Lee Se-young is fun to watch and my god, she is just absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. And her fashion choices are fabulous as well. I normally don’t care for the trope of someone being unconditionally in love with someone for decades, but I totally get Jung-ho - like I get it. I just wish he’d tone down the dickishness a bit.

So overall, I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. It’s right in the middle and that’s a little disappointing given my high expectations, but I’m not dropping it (yet).

P.S. WHERE IS KIM SEUL-GI? WHY DID SHE ONLY HAVE LIKE TWO SECONDS OF SCREENTIME??

I’m having mixed feelings about this. I like all the ingredients and webtoon-y things like breaking the fourth wall don’t put me off, but it feels a bit like the timing is weird. Like it’s not as zippy as it thinks it is so things don’t quite land.

I’m enjoying tracksuited Lee Seung Gi quite a lot and I liked episode 2 better than episode 1, so I’m hoping that’s a good sign. I think basically I’m a bit disappointed because I wanted awesome and got acceptable-but-not-amazing.

Hi everyone!
Tbh, I didn't read the recap, cause I don't want the story to get spoiled, I'm actually here to ask if you recommend this show, or it's just another friends who act like enemies, to lovers, kind of drama :D
Thank you in advance :)

So what's the conclusion of the noise that Yu Ri heard above her cafe at night? Who or what make the noise? I'm really curious about that. No one seems to keen to investigate what's happening up there although I thought the previous renter also heard the same thing..

ooooof. Major 🍝🍝🍝
I will give it 2 more chances only because it’s @daebakgrits.

I was anticipating this show since I heard LSY was attached, and I was intrigued and a bit hmm about LSG+LSY pairing. Well, watching the first two episodes, I feel the chemistry already. They are well matched; I was a bit taken aback, lol. They were cute on A Korean Odyssey, but here there was banter and natural kinship spark. These are essential attributes to have in a romantic comedy.

I was worried because the comments ranged from ok to not good. But having finished Episode 2, there's already a clear storyline aside from the romance. If it was just focused on the romance, it might make things set up quickly, and all were left with is filler for the eventual
finale.

Here, the motivation that both have for the same cause helps. Her family and him as well, but from his father's side as the case
prosecutor. I like that they revealed that in Episode 2, so we can move on to the larger story of the two teaming up. I like that I had somewhat of a feel of what will transpire.

One thing, in the original synopsis and webtoon, LSY's character Yu-ri is a former Miss. Korea. What happened to that? Unless the show will introduce that as a throwaway later on? I kinda was stoked to see a Korean Legally Blonde, aka Miss. Korea turned lawyer here. But it seems that part has been omitted, weirdly. Certainly, LSY fits that; she's always been stunning, but that post-TRS glow on her is scrumptious! She's radiating to watch on screen, and she reminds me of Lee Young Ae the more she's matured.

Also, her fashion is distinct but fits her role. I wonder if they'll do the Kdrama thing of making the female lead's fashion tamer as she gets calmer. I hope they don't tame that trait of Yu-ri; I like that she's more forward than our stoic ML. I'll check back mid-week and see if they took away her unique traits cause I hope not!! Those unique traits are what makes a character memorable!! Also, our ML is a bit overpowered between the photographic memory, webtoon artist, and former prosecutor.

One quibble, not into the fourth wall breaking. Doesn't happen too much/take too much time away rn but I hope they lessen that as the show progresses. As the plot gets deeper, we'll see less of that. Also,
not into the 2nd ML (the guy friend); I like the actor in other roles before this one. But I feel his characterization here is a bit awkward like it's a bit try-hard with the aeygo. Also, minor Kim Seulgi is a bit of a disappointment; when I heard these actors as the 2nd leads, I had an inkling that we would see more of our ML/FLs since they're the bigger names. For being school besties, they don't seem like there besties minus the wedding scene where they bawled lol.

Also, I liked the actors (the besties of the ML/FL) in other roles, but their comedic acting isn't doing it for me, sadly. I think as the show progresses, they will get more airtime, but it feels like the stereotypical cardboard sassy 2nd leads who are only there as backgrounds.

Nothing wrong with that, I guess, but I do feel like Good Job does a better job with the 2nd leads in that show. The comedy there by the 2nd leads in Good Job feel natural, whereas the comedy done here by these 2nd leads feels forced.

Yay for a bickering couple.

I have not seen Our beloved summer, so the interviews made me think of Lovestrunk in the city (which is not a good reference as this was a meh drama despite my eternal love for Ji Chang Wook).

The FL is a bit overthetop, and I hope that it is only for the first episodes as it is often.