The last two episodes were exactly what I had hoped for from this series. I could easily watch at least two more episodes of Bora and Soo-hyuk circling each other and flirting, and I would have gladly given up a few episodes of heartbreak and drinking for that.

If Soo-hyuk looked at me the way he does Bora, I'd be putty in his hands and he could ask anything of me.
And I love the way the two of them talk to each other. They already know more about each other than their two former partners.

My highlights of the week: Bora's method acting and the bridal bouquet throwing.

It’s been ages since I saw leads in any drama spending this much time together and speaking this honestly to each other. It was refreshing and so sweet to watch Bora and SuHyeok being honest and simply comfortable and happy with the other. I don’t know if the final week will make this couple official, but whether they decide to get together or just be good friends (which is also getting together), I’ll be fine as I have seen both characters growing.

Talking about growth, I was pleasantly surprised by SangJin this week. He decided to be honest with both SooJin and URi, and for once I saw his character not as a clueless guy who just lets life go by, to a man who knows what he wants (at least once). As someone who has been in the situation in which my kindness was confused with “something else” I appreciated his honesty with URi.

As for our disfunctional couple, I was also shocked when after her honest talk about how she del the in her marriage YooJung decided to cuddle with her “husband”. Those two have decided they love each other even if they don’t, at least in a romantic way. The way he plays jokes on every attempt she has to make a movement on him is so annoying. If they finally don’t get a divorce or go to therapy, I hope they are unhappy ever after.

I’m actually OK with where Bo-ra and Soo-hyuk are at the end of these episodes - pretending to others that they’re dating while pretending to each other that they’re not. I like the suspense of them NOT getting into a formal relationship yet, because the flirting and the hesitant confidences are so delicious.

Chansung is at his best as a smarmy prick. Bridezilla and her beleaguered groom are entertaining even if they are just a cautionary tale. Yu-ri can make her teary-eyed, manipulative way into the sunset. Sang-jin does seem to be the poster child for "failing to read the room," but is he finally growing a spine? And putting it to use with uber-creepy Woo-ri? I've started to find her funny now that I understand she's completely convinced she's the heroine in a classic literary romance when everyone else knows she's a minor character in an office comedy.

There's still time for a crisis or misunderstanding or two, but please, show, no reunions with crappy exes, noble idiocy, or forced separations. Another gym scene would be welcome, though, and there's still that ring hanging around waiting for its moment to shine.

Bora and Su Hyeok continue to delight me. Their flirtatious chit chats, method acting flirting, their deep conversations, them working out together, Su Hyeok pulling every stop to spend all his free time with her are just great moments.
I wonder when Su Hyeok will ask her to be his girlfriend. Will it be different this time around? Don’t go around assuming she is your girlfriend. The seduction has gone on for too long. We are all seduced by the couple. So get them together show!! NOW!

I don’t care much for the married couple or BoMi couple.

Sang Jin backstory came a bit too late. I wish we knew this awhile back.

I really liked the conversations between our leads in Ep. 12. I like that the writers don't feel the need to make everything explicit. Like Yu-jeong and Bo-ra figuring out who Jin-ho is dating. Or when Soo-hyeok invited Bo-ra to his house then recanted it, we are able to realise that it's because he's been lying to her about where he lives for months 😅.

I loved our main couple this week. Positive, sharing, happy. I was only dissapointed with how they met earlier story! It was totally unnecessary. So he liked her, he could have found easily who she is but continue to his life with Yuri. We have 4 coupels in the drama but 2 of them are in uncommunicative relationship. I don't think marriage is the blame. It is up to you who you want to settle! And feel comfortable with!

I really liked the scenes between Bora and Soo-Hyuk. It's nice to see 2 adults being able to communicate and flirting at the same time.

I loved how she was wearing his sneakers and his coat at the end, she looked so tiny.

I liked the fact they met in the past. I don't think it's weird that Soo-Hyuk didn't connect this event with Bora right away but maybe after seeing the people around them were connected.

For the rest, I was happy to see Sang-Jin handling the misunderstandings in his life and stopping at being a coward.

For the rest, I don't really care about the young couple that never should have dated in the first place, and Yoo-jung married to a teenager who refused to grow up.

These episodes showed the drama I signed up for day one. It's unusual for a second half of a drama to be better than the first, but that's what we seem to be getting with this one. @Unit, Ju Wan, as the roach that won't die, is the most succinct description I've seen in a long time! Thank you!
Several hilarious scenes in this one, my favourites being the pre wedding photo shoot degenerating into a brawl, and the other one a cute Jin Ho mop dancing after his night with Bo Mi.
I'm leaving Soo Hyuks smouldering glances till last, my word! 🫣 (Fanning myself as I type). I love their relationship, but I'm looking for serious payoff for making me wait so long for a second kiss. I, for one, will not be happy with an open ending for this pair!

SIGH, why couldn't they have given us this from the start. These last two episodes were great. My singular complaint is that the writer wrote Uri as comfortable enough to confess her feelings to her boss. I am so happy he shut it down and I truly hope they don't come back to it. The way it gave me the ICK.

They finally find themselves enjoying one another's companionship after all the "Mulder and Scully" explanation in Ep9 and I see already some sparkling feelings growing for one another. Su yeok finally has the courage to say what he truly feels and was able to find closure with Yu-ri. I know Bora is taking cautious steps in opening her heart again but for all we know she is in a denial stage that she is falling in love with her "catfish". It's also nice that she was able to meet Su yeok's parents too! I can't wait for the last 2 episodes to reveal what their true relationship is because I guess both of them keep on saying that they're like Mulder and Scully but deep down inside, they're more than that :)

@unit I guess I'm not the only one frustrated with this show and I think I'm beginning to accept the fact that Bora Deborah is probably only gonna be about annoying break-ups.

Finally, I loved both an odd and an even numbered episode!

This show is finally getting to the good stuff, and I concede that part of what makes it so good is that it feels truly earned. The leads have been through a LOT together in the past few months, and their knowledge of themselves and each other is ultimately what's allowing them to finally have a relationship that works for them both. As @elinor said below, I don't mind at all that these two are pretending about what's going on between them; it makes perfect sense that they want to hold onto the giddiness of first falling and then realizing you're in love without acknowledging it out loud. Plus, considering the relationships they just came out of, it's understandable that they're reveling in a bit of fantasy that's not really fantasy (because, of course, they are dating whether they say it or not).

I also loved Bo-ra in that conversation with Ju-wan. Her calm, collected demeanor, and the fact that she immediately knew what he was up to, was so cool. This is the confident, self-possessed, and kind woman she has been all along, but without the jaded, cynical edge that came with being Deborah. I can easily see why Soo-hyuk is in love with her (because he so obviously is).

Soo-hyuk's conversation with his ex was great, too. He said everything he needed to say, treated her with respect and kindness, and then went back to where he belonged.

I don't have much to say about the side stories right now, except I was very puzzled over the show trying to universalize Yoo-jung and Jin-woo's rapidly disappearing sex life as inevitable once one gets married. Either these two are no longer attracted to each other OR they got married because they wanted to be free to have sex with each other whenever they wanted (and that somehow wasn't the case when they were dating) but that's not enough on which to base a marriage. These are both personal, specific-to-them problems that have nothing to do with marriage as an institution. So the show should either tackle and resolve them as individual problems or move on already.

A favorite old movie of mine is a 1981 American film named 'My Dinner With Andre'. The entire film is two people sitting at a restaurant having a conversation. This is what a like most about Bora!, two people casually having genuine conversations. Now that I think of it, this is my favorite part of most dramas, though we usually don't get enough. In 'Summer Strike' they kept interrupting the couple with 'plot'.

I've posted before that this show is self-aware. Stuff that viewers say they don't like about Bora, Bora herself lists as her faults. She is aware that she's vain and shallow and attention seeking.