I will follow your lead @missvictrix and talk about the things I liked. I loved that Eun Beom went to therapy because he needed it. I hope it helps him with communication(as if this is real life, ha). It is good that Ha Ra recognized she needed to be alone to know herself. I like that Ha Ra fully realized she needed a clean break. Also despite the disfunctionality, I liked Bi Chwi and Si Wook together.

As for the things wrong. Eun Beom's mother is a horrible harridan and needs to go to therapy. Awful woman. Ha Ra also needs to go to therapy for the way she bulldozes through things. Nothing was fully resolved in this drama and it was very frustrating. The best way to get over an ex is closure, but no closure because they are both stubborn. This drama could have been a great look in how to healthily either get back with an ex or healthily put it behind you, but alas. Also the last minute cases, what was that? SIGH

Thanks for the weecap @missvictrix I agree with everything. I don’t know why but this drama kept me coming back right up to the very end. After the Yumi’s cells part 1 ending, I don’t think any other ‘what was that?’ ending will leave me feeling that out of sorts but this one wasn't what I expected. I thought they would do a 12 months later ending so the outcomes from therapy, her new job etc would have been established. I was confused about the timing as there was no bump in the wedding scenes and it wasn't after the baby had been born either.

I am glad I watched it, I could see what it wanted to do but somehow it didn’t manage to get there but it stayed in the genres I liked and for that I am most grateful. Compared to the beans of disappointment earned last year and the drops or not even worth starting dramas that looked ideal on paper this one was a photo finish bronze when it should have been a silver.

Ok, so did they meet up for dinner one last time? If they did, I’m surprised they didn’t show us anything about it, or give more than a hint that it happened. If they didn’t - why not? The voiceover moment at the end, when they asked the question if they could be strangers, was that a memory of their conversation from that dinner, or just an acknowledgement that they are on the same (uncertain) page? I was sort of thinking that they were going to answer that question over the course of the show… but I guess not?

The whole thing just feels so unresolved this way, but maybe that’s what they were going for? I’m fine with an ending where they aren’t together, but 1) I would have liked it if they didn’t break up based on a misunderstanding this time and 2) I would have liked to see them in a healthier place a few months down the road.

Eun-beom seemed to grow a lot by the end - so glad to see him going to counselling and spending more time with his family. Hopefully he and his mother learn to communicate and she stops being the absolute worst. I appreciated that they didn’t show Eun-beom as suddenly fine with having kids as soon as he had a breakthrough in his relationship with his mother - that would have been too sudden and jarring - but I do think it was implied a bit that he’s warming up to the idea. I would have liked to see more growth from Ha-ra too. Is she doing anything to address the fact that people feel like they can’t communicate with her, or that she does a lot of steamrolling in all her personal relationships?

I’m glad that the show didn’t hand us easy answers, because the issues between the leads were complex and don’t have simple solutions. It still would have been nice to end without quite so much confusion though.

As much as I complained about this show, the finale was the most appropriate drama ending I’ve seen in years. Kudos to the writer for not tying things up in a neat, convenient, and unbelievable bow. This was also the episode where I finally liked Ha-ra and saw real growth. Her actions towards Eun-bum were selfless. She had an honest conversation with her mother. More importantly, she was finally honest with herself. I’m glad she left the firm instead of spinning her wheels waiting for Eun-bum to get his act together or waiting for “her life to begin.” CEO Seo said it right when he told her it was time for her to explore deeper waters. As for Eun-bum, I'm happy he recognized he's in need of counseling. I'm honestly surprised he was ever able to commit to marriage in the first place.

As I was terrified and almost convinced that the drama will have HaRa and EunBeom together, I was so relieved to see them walking away from each other that I will almost said I liked the drama.

I am glad a drama considers singleness as a valid possibility, a real choice to someone. HaRa realises she can't share her life with someone, no matter how hard she wants to be married and have children, because she has to figure out how to be happy and content with her life before committing to someone else. Eun Beom realises that as much as he loves HaRa (because he does), he can't be with her as long as he has the issues he has, call it a social disorder or whatever. Let's not forget the guy faked an affair to get out of the marriage in the first place.

I know this wasn't the intention of the drama, because that would be giving too much credit, but it exposes the pressure parents put on their children to get married and give them heirs: EunBeom's mum (who is candidate to the worst mum ever along with JinAh's mum in Something in the Rain) demands his son to marry and have children no matter what, no matter if he loves the women or the children, only because you owe me your life; HaRa's mum demands her daughter to marry someone SHE likes. As said, I wish this was a criticism and a way to show the public that choosing to stay single is a valid option, but I'm afraid it's not.

Those patriarchal attitudes can also be seen on the way SiWook dad is delighted because the baby is a boy, making me wonder what would their reaction be if it had been a girl. It felt that the baby was not SiWook and BiChwi baby anymore, but just the grandfather possesion. Seriously, I hated that reaction far more than anything, and yes, we knew SiWook had been a supportive partner in every possible way, but... ugh...

To sum it up, I am glad the drama is over and I'm glad our leads are not together.

I was prepared to say a lot. For one thing, it took me 4 weeks to see the charm in Jang Seong-jo's eyes that beanies talk about week in week out since the premiere and the way it can entrap you into forgiving everything Eun-beom does. I was pissed at Eun-beom last week and it was so hard to ignore those eyes I noticed for the very first time.

Are Eun-beom and Ha-ra meant for each other? Yes. Do they yearn for each other? Yes. Is their love for each other ever in question? No. I equally never doubted their love. They happen to be one of those couples who check all the chemistry boxes but still happen to be have something wrong. Made and mad for each other but not kinda right for each other. I thought that the drama would go with not right for each other for now but we will revisit this question when they have sorted out their battles but it didn't and I'm kinda pissed and saying "okay its fine" at the same time. I was very glad they broke up. And I was glad to see how the break-up hit them both, at different times. Just the time when Ha-ra decides to make it final, Eun-beom wants recant.

I wished they had communicated more and be clear on why they were breaking up, irrespective of what Ha-ra's mom did which I do not judge wrongly by the way although I feel bad that her request made Eun-beom react the way he did. They will still break up, but now they'll know why? It hurt so much that for a while, Ha-ra didn't know why the break-up happened, it hurt so much that Ha-ra nailed the coffin right when Eun-beom was thinking about taking back his words and actions. But despite how I wanted them back, that ending montage and how they treated each other after the break-up was a done deal made it all the more hard, I still didn't want them back if they will not have that discussion. To me, they haven't had it. They've seen it, broached it, but never sat down to talk about it. They should have communicated in clear sentences instead of the cryptic guess what is the problem or let the sleeping dogs lie.

And I'm one of those who liked the cases of the week. It was a good way to peel through all the character and allow some of the characters shine in full glory. I'll always remain in awe of CEO Hong's closing in her daughter's case and Eun-beom's closing during his assault turned murder trial. I'll be at peace knowing that CEO Seo actually knew how to practice law. Also gaining insights into whatever goes on in Si-wook and Ha-ra and Bi-chwi's heads.

I'm cool. I like what I watched even though I really want to rewrite a happy ending where they finally properly decide whether or not they want to be strangers again.

Well, it over. That’s a good thing I suppose. And they made a decision which I was happy about. But I had this nagging feeling that it might not be the end for them.
I guess the drama was trying to say that ‘love’ is not enough. And they wrote two people who loved but were terrible at working on their issues. Or wanting to make it work.
I was really mad with the way Eun Beom broke up with Ha Ra the second time. He just leaves the moment he gets uncomfortable. It was so one sided. He didn’t even care to hear what she wanted to say or hear her out. It was an ultimatum. He made his dramatic statement and exited.
I hope Hara can make a clean cut but I don’t know if she can. She is back in the same place. She needed to end it herself. She needed closure. They both needed to end it. And convince themselves that this was the end. And agree that this was the best for them.

Also, Eun Beom’d mother was so awful I can’t. That whole ToD and last Minute trauma illness made me roll my eyes.

Anyway. Jang Seung-Jo is pretty. His dad eyes are very pretty. He has cute ears.

Adding a bean to my pouch.

Well. It ended.

I actually mostly liked the drama until the last 4 episodes. The tension was there until Eun-Bum gave into them dating again, then it broke into shards, leaving us with no clear direction in Trope City.

I agree that most of the cases took us too far away from the story. Halfway through the finale, I wondered aloud what was the point of Ha-Ra's parents' divorce? And if Eun-Bum's back story was so important, why wait until the finale to bring it up? Our secondary couple made zero sense, and I had hoped they would end up strangers at the end, too. I kinda hated how no one ever thought about what was good for the child (or hypothetical child) in the relationships and hope that any future kids are raised in loving homes.

I am glad Eun-Bum sought out therapy, though, as convoluted as it was. But I wish we got a better drama because the leads actually worked well together (great chemistry), but that was wasted by bad writing and direction.

That was a very generous weecap @missvictrix. In the '70's, Saturday Night Live had a classic skit with Steve Martin and Bill Murray basically saying "what the hell is that?" in different intonations for 2 or 3 minutes straight. I want to write "what the hell was that?" over and over again. At first, I really liked the difficult legal cases, because they each had at the center, a message for the characters to learn. But they didn't. Ha-ra had a confused look on her face a few times as though she were trying to get the lesson, but she didn't grow! This could have been an amazing drama, but what the hell was that?

"Oh, the drama it could have been" says it all, unfortunately. This was absolutely not the drama I expected and hoped to see, and that was one of the most unsatisfying endings I've seen in a long, long time.

I do want to acknowledge and commend the writers on one hand for trying to tell a story with integrity and not wallow in easy outs or common tropes. I especially appreciate that the ML actually went to therapy, even if it was too late in the story to make a real difference. At the same time, I feel like the writers failed to actually tell a complete story. It's like they didn't want to compromise and have this couple either reunite and work through their problems OR commit to them breaking up and achieving real closure. The end result was confused and confusing.

I'm also not sure I'd say this type of (non)resolution mirrors real life. In real life, people who really love each other like Ha-ra and Eun-bum stay together and work through things OR they decide that love is not enough to compensate for the loss of something else they want (like a child or a child-less existance) and they break up for good. Yes, I understand that sometimes people also get stuck in a make up or break up rut for a long time, but having the show *end* on that note (when we'd already seen that make up/break up pattern play out) didn't seem even remotely realistic to me.

Oh well. I liked the actors a lot, and learned about Korean divorce law, so I guess my time wasn't completely wasted.

This drama was such a waste of potential. The ideas were interesting, but the execution was lacking. Will someone please write a decent script for Jang Seung Jo and his beautiful eyes? Preferably a romcom. He's a wonderful actor, and I was excited to finally see him playing the lead, but this was not it.

The best thing this drama did was the 12 episodes, I don't think I could have lasted another 4 episodes...

From the beginning to the end, I didn't like Ha Ra and I don't think she ever understood her way to handle things aka manipulate people around her was an issue. She never could separate her professionnal life from her personnal issues and feelings.

Eun Beom's apathie was not very better but at least he was professionnal. I hate the trope of the mother who acted awfully during the whole drama but because of Confucius morals you have to forgive her at the end of the drama... He needed therapy, so at least it was one of the good thing.

I never liked the second couple and didn't care about them...

The different channels really need to put better dramas in Week and not everything on the week-end, I need them to go and work without sleeping in the train...

Yes, let’s focus on what the show did well:

Sun of Bi Chwi

It gave me a long, loud, happy laugh!

Are the writers of these scripts getting lazy with their chosen craft......... First of all 12 episodes was not enough to complete the story that should have been told. You don't identify the route cause of the problem between them and then leave it.........

Each episode they took cases that in their own way identified with the problems that Ha Ra and Eum Beom were experiencing themselves...... because of how they resolved those cases they both took away some lessons that applied to them......... The writers set the tone as to where they needed to go but failed miserably in getting there. one or two more episodes would've given the viewers a ore satisfying ending.

I easily could see a 3 year time jump after they walked away from each other......... He Ra has a very successful daytime talk show whereby she discusses solutions to marriage issues. A caller asks how can she save his marriage due to his Avoidant Personality Disorder. His wife is suing him for divorce because of his illness.

Eum Beom takes the case from the wifes's perspective and He Ra and Rum Beom get to meet once again in court. AS they each due their discovery He Ra and Eum Beom are forced to look at themselves through their clients eyes.

He Ra will be forced to understand why Eum Beom did what he did to them and their relationship,while Eum Beom 's irrational fears were driving He Ra on the brink of insanity not knowing what was causing his psychotic behavior.

The resolution of such a case comes as to how He Ra and Eum Beom learn to understand each other and decide if they give themselves one more try or they let bygones be bygones.

So much more could've been said but wasn't......... Just like the ending in The Interest of Love......... these writers failed miserably.

Great summary! I thought the open ending was the best thing for the characters but… is that what we want from a romantic comedy? Wasn’t that what we were supposed to be watching? I was so relieved that there was a name for what was going on with Eun Bom. Kind of reminded me of reading a pop psychology book during my own divorce that described my ex! Maybe the diagnosis in both the fictional and real world personal examples was b.s. but the relief is real. 🙃

Despite the leads being apart as I'd hoped at the end of this drama, I'm still feeling dissatisfied with how this played out. It left me neither here nor there as I would have preferred a completely clean break. As it stood, HaRa was ready for a fresh start (ish) and Eun Beom just looked like a man who knew he blew his chance.

So, like everyone else I too felt disappointed in this drama, even though it did have a lot of good things in it. I am going to venture the idea that the problem is that the writer failed to take an important step at the very beginning: To figure out the ending first. Beginning with the end in mind is not an original idea (surely every creative writing course includes that simple concept). It seems to me that the writer filed to do this for our ML and FL while obviously having done it for the 'secondary romance'. That failure would explain the comparative aimlessness of our plot.

🥺🥺🥺 I was okay with the ending of The Interest of Love, emm I'm kind of like it actually, but for this just isn't it. So sad and depressing. I'm going to
just rewatch Alone in Love 🥺 This is going to be like the unresolved math problem: Two people, despite love each other, really cannot be together because one wants a child and the other doesn't? I know a child is Big issue, need planning and long term commitment but... really?

I didn't want them to end up together but this week's episodes were complete chaos. Or at least they rushed from point to point without making it convincing enough. One moment Ha-ra is trying to help the multiple divorce couple get back together and the second she is convinced they can't be together.

That conclusion might be a great takeaway from the case but both case and takeaway fell flat as they were rushed. We are spending too much on the cases of the week but the cases in the last four episodes didn't have the same impact as the earlier cases which really were on point and helped progress the plot.

This could have been a better drama if we took a deeper look at our leads' real thoughts and feelings but all we got were tropes. The drama promised us too much but failed to fulfill.

I liked the ending and I liked the drama. I do not regret watching it despite some amount of wasted potential.

I actually was on Eun Beom's side initially, but in the last 4 episodes I felt he was toxic to Ha Ra. He dated her for 10 years and then married her, but he never thought about her feelings or how his actions might wound her. He has trouble communicating and other mommy issues, so if he had fallen in love as much as the show depicts them to be, wouldn't he have felt safe enough to confide in her? Him not taking initiate to open up and brushing it up as "Avoidance Personality Disorder" at the last moment butchered his entire arc. The only redeeming quality I saw was of him acknowledging his issues and going to therapy.

Ha Ra did not deserve the shit that Eun Beom was throwing at her, so I am glad she moved to different firm. Ha Ra is a person who is always firm with their thoughts and do not waver, so unless the other person spells it out, she is going to continue being blissfully unaware.

I startee hating the secondary couple in the last two episodes, the whole scene of Bi Chwi accidentally pushing Si Wook and him not letting her talk about her hesitance was frustrating to watch. The final nail in the coffin was of Si Wook being elated about a boy baby.

I found this drama strangely satisfying and after the ending the famous on and off relationship between Liz Taylor and Richard Burton popped into my mind. They also loved each other passionately, married and divorced twice and just could not make it work as a couple, which they always regretted.

I particularly liked that both Eun Beom and Oh Ha-ra understood in the end that they will never be complete strangers, their affection for each other will remain. I am also pleased that they went separate ways.

Eun Beom realising that he evades problems and that this is the cause for his failures in relationships is a huge step. I think it is much harder for people like him to address such a problem than for a bossy person to change their ways. Oh Ha-ra, by nature tackles problems, once recognised, with full steam and therefore it was her who made the hard decision to end things for good.

Did I secretly wish for all the problems to go away in an instant and for these two ending up as a happy couple - well, yes, of course. I would also have condemned it as a wishful fantasy.

It's always a little sad when two people who love each other cannot overcome the obstacles in their way, esp. if said objects are themselves.
I admit a part of me wanted a happy ending, and it's a little bit of the show's fault. The early episodes had a wacky, romcom touch with snappy banter and behavior, lovely leads.
But the I-hid-my-childhood-traumas/desire-to-remain-childless-while-hating-your-bulldozing-personality-and-pretended-to-have-an-affair-because-of-my-avoidant-personality was too big a hole for this couple to get out off. Then, they just kept digging that ditch further.
The script would have to be massively revamped if this was meant to be a healing drama with a happy ending, or we'd do one of those time skip tropes after each of them has done "the work"—and credibly show they really changed or they'd end up on DB's happily-never-after list.
So, the final breakup made sense (except was it final?). Couples make terrible decisions, hide, miscommunicate, have unbridgeable goals, etc, etc. Sometimes, it's just not meant to be. Well done drama for not tacking on an unsustainable HEA. But it wasn't a satisfying ending. I think everyone's already written the number of ways the drama failed on their journey to the end, so no repetition. It was the right ending, it just wasn't done right.

Apologies to everyone who enjoys ‘believable’/ slice of life love stories but this trend of dramas with the theme of ‘love is not enough’ needs to die

A 12 hour journey to nowhere. A truly pointless drama. Episode 12 should have been episode 6 with the remaining episodes showing the
leads growth. 5/10 rating.

Thanks, I hate it.

I'm so tired of praise for these "realistic endings." First off, this drama was not realistic in other respects, especially the legal aspects. Second, it's a story, not real life. I watch stories expecting satisfying narrative conclusions. And I watch rom com dramas (which this drama was billed as) expecting a couple to end up together. Not to mention, this particular story just felt so pointless. They're basically back to where they were before, except Eun-beom is in (much needed, admittedly) therapy. I'm furious that he finally communicated and made up with his mother, who was terrible and far more toxic than Ha-ra, but didn't give Ha-ra the same courtesy. And the reason for his breaking up with her the final time was never really addressed. Speaking of, what the heck happened with his niece? She was fine, but the drama never bothered to tell us that?

If you are going to end the drama with them not together, then I would at least like to see Ha-ra married to someone else, with a child. The idea that she may keep waiting for Eun-beom, especially now that she's thirty-five and, honestly, doesn't have a ton of time left to conceive without issues (I say this as someone Ha-ra's age dealing with infertility, btw) until he finally gets his crap together, is just incredibly depressing.

I really couldn't stand the second couple. I ended up fast forwarding through most of their scenes (also, as I mentioned, since I'm dealing with infertility their scenes were the last thing I wanted to see).

If Kdramas are going to continue this trend of having rom coms where the main couple doesn't end up together, I might as well go back to watching western TV shows. I admit I'm especially mad because usually I can spot a downer ending in time to bail out (like Twenty-Five Twenty-One and The Interest of Love), but this one tricked me.