How is this hangout new if other shows have had drama hangouts?

The first Weekender hangout. And just in time as of a few minutes ago the first episode has now posted to Viki.

I watched the first episode and was impressed. This is how a weekender should start. A lot was packed into the first episode, including most of the major and even minor characters. Many of the family relationships with their conflicts and even some history was revealed. Let us hope that the writer can keep this up. So far it looks good.

Thanks for putting this drama hangout out there, These weekenders raise so many issues in the two episodes that a space is definitely needed to share thoughts. Having been burnt by my last weekender, I will be watching this space for feedback as my live watches have been in the low numbers for a while now so I may be persuaded to jump in at a later date.

I haven't watched the first episode yet (a very very busy weekend), just want to thank for the hangout!
I have high hopes for this show!

I'm just waiting for both episodes to come out before I binge-watch. I like Ahn Jae-hyun so I'm hoping the story will be better than the last one.

I dropped the last weekend show but I am willing and ready to give this a try, especially with all the good comments about it so far and a drama hang-out will be great to have.

I have just finished the 2 episodes and I really like it, a very promising start!

I enjoyed episode 1 more than I thought I would, and can’t wait for ep 2. @oldawyer is correct; it’s a soap opera-y type of drama. All the relationship intricacies in this drama remind me of the old American soap operas like As the World Turns and Guiding Light. My mama watched those faithfully so I grew up watching them too.

50 episodes frighten me. I’ve only watched one of those (Young Lady and Gentleman), and it was an absolute trainwreck of a drama. Writers in general can’t seem to keep a good thing going for 16 episodes, so 50 is simply too much.

I'm still waiting to find out what's real 😭

Week 1: Nice start!
I enjoyed these episodes. I think they were fun and really productive.
We understand most of the family dynamics and the characters' intentions. A nice introduction to the story.

I think I like or have neutral feelings for most of the characters so far. I also like the progress of the leads' relationship. I'm really glad we didn't have to watch them act unreasonable and have multiple misunderstandings. I like that instead we have a "peace". Their lives are already full of chaos, so it's nice to see them built a supportive relationship.

On another note, Tae Kyung's dad is a real mystery for me. I REALLY want to know what's going on inside his head. I would say that most of the men in the show seem weak but the fact the he couldn't say ONE word to defend (or comfort) his son, wife or himself had me shocked.

I’ve actually been looking forward to this one! Thank you for providing a hang out for it! The actors are new to weekenders, so I thought initially that this was only 16 episodes as well. It totally slipped my mind that this was airing this weekend. I just hope it’s better than Woori the Virgin. I hope it actually discusses single parenting with some thoughtfulness. We shall see.

The first two episodes were pretty fast-paced and entertaining. Unfortunately, I have an aversion to Ahn Jae-Hyun. So pale! Zero chemistry with female leads. I can only tolerate all the family shenanigans if I'm invested in the romance, so I don't know if I will continue watching this one.

I had never watched a weekender and didn’t realise this was one. The production values are pretty dodgy as are a fair bit of the acting but I like the main leads so will see if I stick with it.

I’ve just been watching You’re All Surrounded and the sudden ten year change in Ahn Jae-hyun is really distracting lol.

I’ve never tried live watching a weekender before - I usually wait till they’re done then binge and fast forward to only the bits I’m interested in, so we’ll see how this goes.

I enjoyed the first two episodes; got really annoyed every time I saw a baby in a carrier because everyone was carrying too low - they need to be higher on your chest so you don’t accidentally smother baby!

The 2 episodes were good. At times it doesn't even feel like a weekender. I like the family dynamics and 2/3 of the lead characters. Each family has their strong and weak points. On a shallow point, this drama is visually while not impressive is much more appealing than the last weekender. I'd only watched up to episode 6 or so of Three Siblings but that glossy filter paired with the flashy interior of some of the homes didn't make it easier to follow the over the top story telling. Surely there were other ways to depict the same actors in their younger character than the horrendous airbrush.

And the first freak out is of the bat. TWINS!! Yikes.

I’m giving this one a try thanks to all the positive feedback so far, and I like it! The two-timing ex-boyfriend is just the worst, though.😤

Really surprised to find this available on Viki. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to watch a weekend drama. After watching the first couple of episodes I have enough questions/interest to keep going.

I just watched ep. 3, and it ticks off all the soapy weekender drama tropes. Not usually my thing, so I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I can't wait for ep. 4!

Nooooo, ep. 4! The previews after ep. 3 made it seem like Tae-Kyung was going to propose to Yeon-Doo right away, but I guess with 50 episodes this will get dragged out. A lot. Oh how I hate the selfish, entitled, unloving halmoni who will never admit she's wrong. And if the dad loved his wife and Tae-Kyung so much, how could he let the grandmother abuse them for so long?

On another note, I recently rewatched JUGGLERS, and my brain thinks Baek Jin-Hee and Cha Joo-Young are in back-to-back shows together ;^)

WEEK 2.
Tae Kyung and Yeon Doo are lovely. I love them. Even if there isn't romance for a while, I'll be okay with it. I'm fine just watching them be supportive and cute. They were ice-skating but the scene felt so warm.<3

I also enjoyed the scenes between Tae Kyung's mom and YD. I'm glad YD had another woman —and mother— to talk about her situation. TK's mom was really sweet and supportive.
Hope they meet again (just casual).

But my favorite scene with TK's mom was when she asked for the divorce. I know it ain't really happening but IT FELT SO GOOD. LOL

I'm just tired of that family. The halmol and sibilings for obvious reasons, and the chairman... I like how TK doesn't call the chairman "father". I bet that man has never treated TK like a son.

After listening how they call "his SON" a bastard and that he doesn't have the RIGHT to be involved in the company business, his reaction was to promised to never get TK involved with the company. Not even a "but he has as much right as the others. He isn't a stranger, he's my seki".
He only called/looked for TK when his wife run away and asked him for a divorce.

It was funny when he told Se Ji's dad that he felt kinda bad about using Se Ji. It was also interesting when he was drunk and he said to TK that he knew about all the mistreatment TK and his mother suffer but that he ignored all that because he just wanted to be by her side. So f romantic.

I definitely prefer the awful halmol and sibilings tbh. At least they don't throw fake smiles and pretend to care.

Btw, Yoon Do's brother.... I understand his concern completely but there's a line you shouldn't cross man.

Ahhh so this is one of the SK government's effort for the declining its already low birth rate. I see 😀

I thought the first week was decent but after the second week I decided to drop. Too hard to watch the grandmother. Unnecessarily mean and unreasonable. Don't like the patriarch of the family.
Did not like/understand ML kneeling in front of the grandmother.
I guess I am tired and bored of nasty rich people from the dramaland :).

My first weekender! It feels like a decade-old drama. Is it the production values? The soapy plot? Even the characters/acting?

I don't mind all those tropes, if they'll be done right. But like others have said, the chaebol family is grating. The second leads as well. All that slapping! If they can tone it down, I'll keep watching. There's not much exciting out there currently. I'm kinda liking our leads, even the ML some by episode 4.

BTW Does anyone in drama-land ever actually have an abortion? And it was the right decision for them?

I guessed wrong about some things after episode 2. But I was right about some others.

When Principal Jang and the ML's stepfather agreed to call off the wedding decreed by Halmoni that was deeply upsetting to Ms. Jang. No upsetting in the sense of someone whose ambitions had been thwarted but rather deeply angry at her father for interfering with what she wanted in life: Our ML. She truly and desperately desires the ML. She has proposed a 'fake marriage' as a step towards a real one. Our ML ended episode 4 by agreeing to the 'fake marriage' that she has offered. A surprise twist that I did not see coming.

Second, our ML's stepfather is truly attached to the ML's mother. There is nothing fake about that- but that does not make him someone who can stand up to his mother, the person he has obeyed his entire life. His inactions are not sinister, calculating or fake: he is simply weak because his mommy made him so. Does this mean he cannot grow stronger? Let us hope he does. He has 46 more episodes to do it in.

So as episode 4 came to a close it appears that our much hated halmoni had gotten her way. Now we get to see her thwarted.

I forgot to add one observation after watching episode 4. Or maybe it is a question: Does it seem like all of the male characters in this drama, with the possible exception of our flawed ML, are weaklings?

Week 2 - E3+E4
Aaaaaaaah, I'm disappointed that the marriage offer is to the Melo Second Lead!!

I just finished episode 5 and cannot wait for Episode 6.

Ms. Jang in her obsession with our ML has already lied too many times to too many people while her other's foolish greed has already created a disaster. It looks like our scumbag Ex is about to receive the important news that will change things for him. Meanwhile our ML has now apparently been apprised of Ms. Jang's real intentions.
Episode 6 is going to be a fun mess. The contract marriage we are waiting for will probably not happen as quickly as some would want, although the way that the writer keeps springing surprises who knows?

It is important not to get impatient- this is not a sixteen episode romcom it is a fifty episode weekender. Sit back and relax and just let the story flow. We will get there.

Week 3 - E5-E6
We are nearly there!! 🎊
The lies are uncovered (so early!) and our Gynaecologist claimed the baby! 💃👶🙂

Finished Episode 6. It was fun.

Some justice was served up. Particularly to Ms. Jang, our designated Fiancée. But Kim Joon-ha, our 2ML and scummy EX, also got some appropriate physical punishment. Halmoni may have to wait a bit longer.

Someone previously asked if abortions ever happen in a K-drama. I do not recall seeing one happen during the show, but we have seen abortion as part of the back story. For instance, in MISTY the FL had gotten one because a baby would have de-railed her career as a newscaster- without consulting her husband first- leading to their estrangement. Apparently, the ML's sister did the exact same thing, and it too has caused a massive rift and lead to their decision to get a divorce- except that she has just discovered that she is pregnant again after they got drunk on the day of their anniversary. She finds this out at just the moment when she has had the importance of grandchildren in her family massively underscored. So begins the journey of one of our side couples.

We still do not have a contract marriage between our leads but with the way this episode ended that is probably scheduled for next weekend.

So how is this show doing over all? If the writer can keep this up then we may see the best weekender since ONCE AGAIN, which actually had a slower start.

WEEK 3: LMAO
This show is so freaking ridiculous is hilarious.

I've never seen people make such dumb decisions in my life or dramaland or anywhere.

I have no idea why Tae Kyung would decide to make his mom look like a fool. People in that family already had zero respect for her but yeah, let's make her humiliate herself just so I can clear my guilty conscious. 🙄

If you feel that bad, then treat your mom right! The divorce was her choice. She wanted to protect her family. Can't believe this kid turns all her effort into nothing.
Is this really the same guy that was telling Se Jin "your my grandma's secretary not her slave" two weeks ago? Even when SJ is the one that has the most twisted relationship with that halmol in the whole show?

The mom was literally liberating her son and herself from a horrible "family" and he goes back to get everything even more mixed up? Mom doesn't have to feel guilty anymore tbh. Maybe she did wrong for letting him be raised in that house but he made his choice to stay.

Don't you dare to say you're doing this for your mom TK. It makes no damn sense.

Yeon Doo's family is also a mess, but definitely in a more realistic way. Sometimes I want to hate her mom (she couldn't give YD one hug??) but I can't because just like YD is trying to protect her kid, YD's mom wants to do the same.

And I know that we're getting close to the contract marriage thingy but I'm not really happy about it.

If TK says screams "I'm the dad", that means that YD and him cheated on their partners and then they had the audacity to treat YD's ex like trash (and the dude even got slapped when he wasn't the father).
YD's mom is going to think that TK tricked her twice. Oh! And let's not forget that TK is supposed to get married to another woman soon??
I mean, they're going to look so damn bad. WAIT that also would get YD all mixed up with the adoptive family 😱 OMC this is the most unhelpful lie I've heard in kdrama history. Someone save my girl please!

She should've just tell the truth and ask the ex to respectfully f off because she's going to raise her kid alone. TK had no right meddling in YD's business tbh.

I started writing this laughing but now I'm just worried. LOL
The writer should've given YD at least one friend because she's going to suffer for like 99% of the show and there's no one to give her a hug (TK will be busy making things worse probably).

I am turned off by drama violence that appears to be commonplace, such as all the hitting and kicking, but when YD’s mom belted that rat 2ML in the elevator, I laughed out loud! That creep deserved it.
I don’t understand why TK would insist his mom return to a family that treats her like a servant. As soon as she agreed to come back the despicable holmeni said, “oh, good, she can serve the food.” WTH?!
YD’s mom kicking her out of the house was heartbreaking.
I didn’t like Mrs. Jang from the start. Glad TK learned the truth about her but, I’m sure Mrs. Jang will be up to no good even after TK and YD get married. It wouldn’t be a soap without trouble.

Whatever Se-rin's reasons for breaking up with Tae-kyung in the first place, it doesn't justify her actions toward him in the present. She clearly doesn't respect his boundaries and she doesn't think he's her equal. I thought I had my share of evil second female leads, but she really takes the cake for wreaking havoc with a neutral face. She is a narcissist, gaslighter and manipulator, and is Grandma really clueless enough to accept such person into the family? She keeps on saying that Tae-kyung is going to take her grandchildren's dues, but lmao she is literally bringing an opportunist daughter-in-law into her household. I can't wait for Yeon-doo to undo Se-rin's intricately crafted plans.

Week 4 - E7-E8
Yes! A very dramatic and yet funny (Baek Jinhee rocks 😄) disruption of the wedding! Gong Taekyung is saved from his misery! 🥳💃

Taekyung and little Soogyeom baking marshmallows together 😍💕

Okay, I know everyone will want to talk about the ending of ep. 8, and we should, but I'm still kind of obsessed with Choi Yoon-Je's dual role as brother Dong-Wook and Jay. It's not mentioned in either AsianWiki or MyDramaList, and it was just so weird when he got off the plane with the hair and I'm screaming at my laptop WTF???

And yes, Se Jin is the worst. Worse than grandma, who is also the worst. And Joon-Ha - also the worst. And not too crazy about Yeon-Doo's mom either.