I'm frustrated that both Hae-joon and Yoon-young did not share their secrets much earlier. I get that they both are strangers, but they have time travel in common, so I do not understand what else could have gone wrong had they confided to each other when the ML clearly knows that there is a killer at bay. Two heads are always better than one.

I also do not like when Yoon Young recklessly mentions, she has known the 1987 people for years and had watched them because clearly someone is going to pick up on it and dig into their background and eventually get hold of the time travel car. Jeez, the leads act like people who not watched/read time travel fictions.

Even with all the annoying scenes, I adore the relationship between Yoon Young and young Hee Seob and the snippets of Yoon Young realizing her mom's sacrifices.

Does anyone else think that the new teacher is also from the future? I think they are also other people who time travel because it is always a given rule in these plots😂😂😂

I am taking a liking to the drama more than I first thought. It is getting better by episode.

I agree with fellow beanies that the leads not opening up to each other frustrates me. Especially on Hae-joon's end since he knows about serial murders. For now, I will believe Mi-sook is the killer though it could be a red herring. Instead of considering it too obvious, I look at the matter differently. Maybe the thrill isn't who did it but how they did it and got away with it with no one knowing.

Hopefully Yoon-young and Hae-joon will really talk about what they know and what the goals of their (un)voluntary time travel are in the next episode. Especially with Hae-joon, I can't understand why he acts so secretive when a serial killer is about to strike.

Since there is too many hints that Mi-sook is the killer, I think this is just a red herring.

I like young Hee-seob, especially his love for rock music. The boy has taste.

I really like this drama.

The relationship between the leads is cute, he made her sandwiched for her pic-nic 🥰

As a viewer, it's frustrating they didn't talk about their past, but I understand they didn't want talk about death/murders etc with a stranger.

Yoon-Young is still mourning her mother's death and what she's discovering about her now makes her feeling guilty. She didn't know her mother was a very talented writer and not only a housewife.

For the mystery, I was expecting the suspect being the brother in the past. It's really funny to see the younger versions of each character.

The sister and the brother could be both killers. They clearly have an issue in this family.

There is the mystery about what the new teacher is hidding too.

The mom breaks my heart. Her past, her future... Aigoo. 😢

I hope YY realizes that the biggest problem isn't her dad but the values her mom and grandparents have.

Separating her parents doesn't mean that her mom will be able to achieve her dream. Tbh, the grandma seems like the type that would make her get married by force and burn all her books (okay, I'm being dramatic). And the mom just... Idk, even if people "let her" I wonder if she would go for it and start a career as a writer. She's used to holding back and ignoring her needs and desires.

Tbh, I care about her more than the leads. I want her to be happy. I really do. If they don't change the future and give the mom a perfect ending, I'm gonna be mad.

Now talking about the dad, wow, I like the him SO MUCH. He's the funniest character in the show.
I really want to know what happened to him. Last week I thought he was a frustrated artist trying to drink the pain away. But know I wonder if it has something to do with the murders. Maybe he saw/knows something but never said anything and his conscious ate him alive? Idk what happened but he really seems like a nice person, and like Nefret said, he has good taste in music.

Thanks for the recap quirkycase! ^^

So, I’m liking this show more than I thought it would?

I tuned in because I found the synopsis amusingly similar to Back to the Future and because I like both Kim Dong-wook and Jin Ki-joo. They’re both as likable as ever in this show, but my favorite bit has to be the mother/daughter relationship. It’s definitely the show’s emotional core and I honestly found myself tearing up a bit in episode 4 when Yoon-young realized that her mother gave her the life that she wanted for herself. It’s something so simple: reading the books she likes, listening to the music she likes, drinking the coffee she likes. And yet having that leisure really is a privilege that not everyone is able to have, and seeing Yoon-young realize that really made me emotional. I think all of us have gone through those moments of realizing the depth of our parents’ lives, seeing what they sacrificed for us and understanding that they are not just our parents but individuals in their own right with their own dreams and desires. I find it really sweet to see Yoon-young going through this growth and seeing her love for her mother grow more and more every day. It’s wonderful and it’s heartbreaking.

I also like that despite the fact that the leads are hiding things from each other, and despite the fact that they both know this, there is no hint of malice in their relationship and they’re surprisingly pleasant to watch on-screen. I really liked the scene in the cafe (soy sauce and kkwabaegi, ick!) and especially liked when Hae-joon told Yoon-young that it wasn’t her fault. Is Yoon-young a reckless character who sometimes frustrates me? Yes! But I think that I and other viewers are very quick to judge fictional characters for things that we would never in good conscience judge them for in real life, like being a victim of violence. You can argue that she should have known better, you can express frustration with her choices, but when it comes down to it it is no one’s fault but the perpetrator’s. I really like that Hae-joon let her know this and didn’t victim-blame her.

It can be frustrating to see characters acting rashly on-screen, but it really doesn’t bug me too much as long as it makes sense for the character and the kind of person they have been shown to be. Yoon-young’s actions can be silly, but they make sense for who she is, and I find her extremely endearing despite it all. Jin Ki-joo is a delight to watch and I love the warmth she brings to the screen.

There are a lot of things that could bother me about the show if I focused on them enough, but I’m content just being along for the ride for now and hope that it continues to be a fun watch for me.

I am so relieved the secrets part was over. I thought it would last longer. Thank God, it did, it was already annoying and we are only 4 episodes in. Now we are into the meat and potatoes, I cannot wait until next week.

I ff some scenes so I keep thinking that Principal Yoon might be the killer. But I think it is just that I missed some important parts. 🤔 ~because I don't have a single reason to support that thought

I was frustrated as other commentators with the leads not giving each other really essential information--especially Hae Joon not telling Yoon-Young about the serial killer preying on young women. I'm not sure the show has explained why he is so suspicious of her--so her showing up, getting hit by the time travel car, and then coming with him was strange. Its not as if his discovery of the time travel car was totally normal!
However, I'll just chalk that up to the usual irrationality necessary to prolong kdramas beyond their natural narrative boundaries.

What I appreciated, as @quirkycase highlighted, was the lengthy quote from Virginia Woolf, that went beyond the short phase "a room of her own." You won't find THAT in too many kdramas, nor in many U.S. t.v. shows, except perhaps the ones based in academic settings. If, again drawing on @quirkycase's interpretation, the time travel theme is used not just to expose a serial murder but also make an argument for remedying the neglect of the early intellectual aspirations of older women, that would really be something! The problem is that the exploitative and potential serial killer Mi-sook has, at least in the future, realized Woolf's vision of feminine empowerment. So does that mean a critique of Woolf is upcoming in future episodes? It all depends on the nature of time travel!

Speaking of the ancient past, though, I just want to (somewhat defensively) point out that by 1987, in the U.S. at least, many men, and one I know all too well, recognized that women deserved a room of their own!

I want more!! Really enjoying this show. <3 I'm anxious for Hae Joon and Yoon Young to communicate and join forces!

The twist about the serial killer possibly being female is interesting, but they hinted at Mi Sook so early. This makes me think she's a red herring.

Yoon Young thinking of her mother in the present pulled at my heartstrings. Poor Soon Ae always had her dreams and happiness ignored or taken away from when she was a child through her adulthood.

Hee Seob giving Yoon Young a tip from his own father was a sweet & funny scene. It was great that she used it too.

It was crazy stupid that she just accepted a ride from a stranger! I don't know what she was thinking. It wasn't even raining yet when they were outside. Maybe the only reason was because he was Mi Sook's brother? Or she thought it was a small town place and she wasn't thinking about crimes/danger. -___- I'm glad Hae Joon didn't berate her after the attack. It was a nice scene when they ate the sweet and salty snack (lol).

Since this is a small town setting, I get that they would make the suspects be people that we are introduced to. I think the killer will be someone else though. Can't imagine Yoon Young's father being the one..... That would be a huge, heartbreaking twist. Don't see it in him at the moment.

And dang, there were two epilogues by the way! I missed the first one until it was mentioned in the recap.

I am loving so much this drama, and above all, as many beanies have already mentioned, the relation between YoonYoung and her mum. As every time a drama decides a daughter travels in time to meet a younger version of her mum, I always wish I could do that and meet my my mum and learn more about the amazing woman she was. It always hits hard.

I also love the relation between YoonYoung and her dad. He's been an absent parent, has neglected her and her mum, and indeed didn't deserve to be called a father. But we are meeting sweet, innocent and funny Hee Seob. What will happen in the near future to make this sweet soul turn sour? It's obviously related to the crimes, but what? Is he a witness? Is he protecting someone? Is he blaming himself?

I am not frustrated by the leads not communicating. I totally understood it, but now that they are going to be honest to each other, I can't wait to see their team and how they change the past and the future, because... that car appeared for a reason... aren't we sure it isn't the killer the one who sent it?

I really like this drama! More than I thought I would.
Speaking of women having a room of their own, why does Yoon-young sleep on the couch? Doesn’t that big house have more than one bedroom?
I loved the scene when YY met her grandparents and uncle and aunt! The look on YY’s face! 🥰
What is up with Hee-seob’s uncle, Detective Baek? His stares are creepy.

Binged 4eps last night. The mystery definitely got me and keep me interested.

I love how the show keeps on mentioning how Yoon-young looks like her dad xD And there might be something about the Chairman and Hae-joon, bcs do we know Hae-joon’s family background and his connection to the town aside from his death? Did I miss something?

I also love the fact how Hae-joon said that it was not Yoon-young’s fault that she got attack because a bad person will continue to be bad no matter what.

Now that the two of them have finally decided to talk, we will have more clue on who’s the murderer.

Just as what I expected from a small town story, everyone is related to everyone, including our time-travelling duo. That made everything more complicated, even without the whole serial murder cases lurking in the future. I do have my suspicion though, that possible interference needed to change the history was actually much simpler if only Yoon-young and Hae-joon stopped playing their cards so close to their hearts.

I couldn't help loving all those scenes where Yoon-young (and in much smaller proportion, Hae-joon too) had interaction with people from her present timeline and there was these extra layers of hidden meanings and plethora of angst there, while the other parties continued on, completely oblivious of it all. Those were deliciously bittersweet and so on point.

I like how we can clearly feel the dissonance between the reality of the past that they lived in now, and the present timeline that they left behind. How their expectation of certain people's behavior and relationships were completely off the mark exactly because they refused to entertain the possibility that what they "normally" knew about those people might not be all the facets they embodied in life. That there were other sides they could see when they didn't interact as family or boss-employee as they usually did. It was fascinating to realize that their future knowledge actually hindered them in this case by narrowing their perspective considerably. Ironically, both of them kept accepting the future they know of as the "correct answer sheet" to these problems even when they actively tried to change the history, whether it was Hae-joon perusing the case files without considering possible other suspects, or Yoon-young adamantly refusing to consider other extenuating circumstances that might lead to her mom having a lonely marriage life.

As for the serial murder case, I have my eyes on Go Mi-sook. I'm not sure though whether I like her as the culprit behind all this monstrosity. On one hand, it felt too in-your-face and I would feel anxious waiting for the next twist the writer will come up with to balance the very obvious whodunit. On the other hand, I like the idea of a female serial killer, and the way she emphasized on her peculiar reason in her novel made her a potentially far more interesting choice than any other suspects on Hae-joon's short list. I guess we should see how it all develop with the arrival of the first victim.