Thanks for the weecap @unit. I found it really interesting that despite Bora's attempts to be the cool girl, her ex still calls her suffocating and clingy. That goes to show you can never actually please anyone. Changing yourself, trying to fit an 'ideal' doesn't work because if someone doesn't love you or respect you, everything else is smoke and mirrors.

Soo Hyuk slowly warms to Bora during this week's Trainwreck but I found him a bit eye rolling for STILL blaming Bora for his breakup. He obviously hasn't yet internalised his fault.

Editor SSJ really slayed this week. I love her whole fit. However, it's so sad that they left Bora all by herself to self destruct.

I really feel for Yoo Jung because even if she has had failings over the years, by refusing to address issues when they crop up, her husband has nailed the coffin into their marriage. He acts so passively they might as well be strangers.

I'm so glad Bora's breakdown happened in ep 4 because that sets the tone for more fluff to come. I'm glad the writers didn't go the route of allowing her to be in denial and make ep 10 the climax. An era for Bora has come to an end. It'll be exciting to see how she stands back up.

PS. The last crying scene was hilarious 😂😂😂

Of the five loser guys being depicted in this show, only two have any hope of redemption, in my opinion. Soo-Hyuk's breakup has shaken his vision of himself as charismatically and stoically masculine--although the way people celebrated him scooping up Deborah is not going to help him lose that image, as shown by him remembering himself making his ex cry by interrupting her explanation of why she chose their song as being "so cool."

The other possibly redeemable minor male character is the stupid guy, inexperienced and naive, who is pursuing Deborah's sister.

Of the three others--the thoughtless, divorced "player" will likely come to a realization, too late, that he in fact knows nothing about women and should suffer for it. Also, since he's a central character, he's going to remain.
But the two who I really hope the show drops sooner rather than later are Deborah's too timing ex, who is as big a jerk I've ever seen portrayed in a rom-com, and then Yoo-jung's husband, who is passive-obnoxious. I have to admit, I don't like shows commenting on the absurdities of masculinity that make me react in a classically stupid male way--wanting to punch characters in the face!

While I appreciate the critique this show is making of varieties of toxic masculine behavior, I really wish Deborah would get out of her alcohol-induced slump next episode, and that Soo-Hyuk sees the light soon after, even if they don't at first unite. Otherwise this show will become quite a dreary watch!

Thanks for the recap, Unit! I liked these two episodes much, much more than the first set. The writing seemed more confident and committed to telling a story of growth for both Bo-ra and Soo-hyuk, and however painful and cringey it was to watch at times, both characters needed to hit rock bottom (although, of course, Soo-hyuk got to preserve his dignity and Bo-ra did not).

Some random thoughts:

--I've never been a Chansung fan (he reminds me of the American actor Judd Nelson, who I also dislike) and his character sucks, so I wouldn't mind at all if he disappeared from the narrative. But I also know that the tone of this story is serious and earnest enough that in order for Bo-ra to achieve happiness, she has to find some closure with Ju-wan. Or, at least, be able to put him--and the relationship--behind her without having a meltdown. So I guess he has to stick around.

--I liked seeing a more human and emo side of Soo-hyuk. In the first episode, I thought he was indifferent to his girlfriend (so I could not fathom why he bought a ring) and a complete jerk to Bo-ra (telling her that she had no credibility as a dating coach because he doesn't find her physically attractive was completely unprofessional and rude--also, not relevant). But his pity party in the car as he remembered his ex's confession was really nicely played, and showed that his reasons for keeping that ex at arm's length had more to do with his own insecurities than a lack of feelings. On a more shallow note, I haven't liked his styling in this show much so far, but the hair and blazer with pocket square reminded me that Hyun-min Yoon is, in fact, a handsome guy.

--I've never doubted Yoo In-na's talent (she's a great comedic actress, of course, but was also better-than-the-show-deserved in "Snowdrop"), and she was phenomenal at showing Bo-ra's heartbreak without making her a ridiculous cartoon. And yes, I know there are many viewers who were turned off by the intensity of Bo-ra's reaction to the breakup and the unprofessional, drunken mess she made of herself, but I thought YIN's performance made her seem deeply flawed, but very human. I also admit that perhaps I felt more empathy for Bo-ra than others because a million years ago, I was definitely one who took breakups very, very hard, even when the guy and the relationship did not deserve such an important role in my life.

--I don't love the burgeoning relationship between Sang-jin and the new hire, largely because there's such a difference in age, social position, and power between them. Her crush is understandable, though; that striped blue suit was sharp.

--The relationship between Yoo-jung and Jin-woo made me sad, and his words to Ju-wan were absolutely unacceptable, no matter how it wants to characterize them. You don't talk about your spouse like that, period. But it's also clear that perhaps he's been unhappy for a long time. I'm not yet sure if the marriage is worth saving, but...

I really struggled with episode 3. It was just hard to watch Bora go through this. I wanted to shake her up. Also I didn’t really think she was that invested in this relationship and I am still not sure. But ep 4 made me feel for her. She really took this hard. And all she wanted was an apology and closure. Instead she got a breakup that killed her self esteem and put her in a spiral.

I do appreciate how she took ownership Of her act (on stage) and offered a sincere apology without sugar coating anything not caring about her ‘image ’ . That’s when I felt like I can root for this woman. Underneath all this she is a genuine person.

I will continue. I am curious where this show is going. What is the message they are going to go towards.

I still don’t get Soo-Hyuk. He seems like a nice guy. But the way he dealt with his ex gf didn’t make much sense to me. Was he trying to be ‘cool’ and expect her to know that he is sincere in his heart?

In the last episodes we have seen the different extremes that Soo-hyuk and Bora are in their relationships and break-ups. While Soo-hyuk has played it cool and emotionally detached, Bora is quite a drama queen. I hope Bora quickly realises that no unfaithful guy is worth wallowing in misery like that and ruining her own career in the process. Hopefully she will soon realise that she is worth much more than mourning a relationship with a cheater. I could hardly believe she wanted to forgive him.

Hopefully the focus will be more on comedy in the next episodes.

An analogy: The singer So!YoON! put out a recent music video to the song 'Bad' that ends with 6 dancers holding a pose together in a tableau. But the music video doesn't end, they continue holding that pose for *more than a minute* as the viewer goes from interest to confusion to annoyance to a kind of admiration of their audacity daring to linger like that. That was my reaction to Bora! The show kept up going on the breakup story for an uncomfortably long time, to the point where I had to admire their nerve. Any other rom-com would have covered the topic in 3/4 of one episode and moved on. Plus, at 14 episodes you can't expect the usual k-drama rom-com story beats to fall at the expected times. I don't really know what to expect going forward, which makes things interesting.

In a logical sense, I think this drama is making choices I would usually hate. Seeing Bora's very slow and drawn out decline and and hitting of rock bottom was like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. There are no characters I'm rooting for, either. Everyone is actually pretty trashy human being.

But Yoo Inna is making me really feel Bora's breakup journey and I'm actually for once kinda feeling that I don't mind it taking longer. Bora spent so long playing the cool girl but internally she was very attached to the relationship. It's gonna take more than a few days and another love interest to help her get over this emotionally.

And I'm hoping the rest of our characters can slowly begin their own redeeming arcs. I very much feel that as Soo-hyuk sees how Bora continues on her journey, he'll realise his own biases and learn to take a look at himself in the mirror instead of pushing the responsibility/blame of things on other people.

Wow. That was in the top five most catastrophic break-up scenes I’ve ever seen. It hit such an interesting emotional note between sympathy for our FL, outrage at the Chicken King (which is what I’ve elected to call him forever), and absolute hilarity over the garbage truck shenanigans. Even before the FL said it in a voiceover, I was thinking to myself that they were poking at each other’s most sensitive parts. I’m sure all of those things were true to a certain extent, but probably none of them were as extreme as they made them out to be.

Also, can we talk about Chicken King accusing Bo-ra of not trusting him immediately after she caught him cheating on her? How highly must he think of himself and his own actions to use that as a comeback? And he was going to drive home the person he was cheating with before meeting up with his girlfriend to talk about it? And he actually thought the car was bugged? And he feared for his safety at work? Just wow. Good thing she didn’t marry him. I’m sure she was not always the most ideal girlfriend, but to call her stifling when she did everything possible not to be was really wild.

It helped me to remember that, in the midst of all Bora’s intense and repeated meltings-down, she was mourning not only the loss of the perfect future she envisioned (and which we got to see highlights of last week) but also the fact that she misjudged the situation so entirely. If it was just a crisis of relationship, that would be bad enough, but it’s also a crisis of expertise, and livelihood.

Is anyone else really loving the narration/voice overs Bora is doing as we go along? Sometimes I find that annoying, but I’m into it this time. I sort of wonder if this is the book she’ll eventually end up writing, and we are just hearing the relevant parts as we go? It seems like the most honest book she could write at this point - talk about her breakup in no uncertain terms and log her recovery and what she learned about herself and relationships. I'd be much more likely to read that than dating advice!

After having watched four episodes of this show, I have exactly one question:

"Is this a satire, or is it supposed to be serious?"
I'll be grateful for any answers.

Also, Yoo In-na is acting her heart out, and I'm super impressed (I've never seen a full drama of hers before, not sure if this will be the first ever, either). So much range for a romcom!

But the ML has a permanent "what am I doing here" resigned look, which I'm not sure is a response to the story, the cast, or his character is meant to be like that... (Also I've seen this look in his other shows too, so maybe it's just him?)

- I'm a bit tired of kdramas making women using alcohol as their major way to cope with stress.
- We're at the end of ep 4 and the leads are still not over their exes. I'm curious how the show will make them fall in love and not have it seem like a rebound.

Thanks for the recap unit.
I am just really happy that Yoo Inna has been cast in the lead role, she is doing a fantastic job as Bora and whatever the script calls for.

Shit just got real.

I wonder how Bora got started with her dating coach career. This heartbreak sure hurt her big. Ju Wan is trash. I hope he doesn't get any bit of redemption. From some news articles/teasers, I thought maybe his character was going to be a good guy friend. Ugh. Even if he realized he didn't love her and spoke some truth about her liking the idea of their *perfect couple* life, he should have ended the relationship instead of cheating and actually being relieved that he got caught. The way he acted removed some burden off of him. I wasn't sure how deep her love was before this, but she looked like she was in love with him. She imagined them growing old together. I felt so bad for her, going through all her shock and distress. Catching him in the act was bad enough, but then the writer had to add a few more things on top. And the other lady's reaction was weird. ...

These episodes were the intro of the conflict/problem for the main character to overcome. I guess I'm glad this happened earlier in the show than later.

Idk what was the point of Sang Jin's scene with the desk setup. He didn't seem like a good boss when he sneakily took away the partitions behind everyone's back. Idk about the new intern too.

Soo Hyuk's softening towards Bora was nice. He's not so indifferent or resistant to her anymore. Carrying her away from trouble was so classic and swoony. XD

Can't believe he still thought he had a shot with his ex though! LOL. Whelp, now both leads can grow from here.