I think this situation is going to take both of their brainpower to navigate.

I'm glad we finally reached this point by the end of this week's episodes. To be fair to our leads, they're virtual strangers thrown together into a very weird situation, but I really wanted to shake some sense into them.

It was like watching someone who's never watched a time-traveling movie or a k-drama thriller or anythriller for that matter. Knowledge is power in these situations kids so please talk to each other and share information faster!

Thanks for the recap quirkycase!
I don't know if it was overconfidence or desperation —or both— that made him act the way he did, but I'm glad that now he seems to have his feet on the ground. Our boy finally ate his Snickers bar.

I'm really worried about all the changes that will occur. They can't get new information from the future, so there's no way to check the changes that they're making. If they're not careful, maybe the murderer will try to frame them or kill them.

The uncle being the killer could be another another trick, but at the same time, it fits really well with the future we know. If the dad knew something about it, that would explain his drinking problem. He seemed to have an unhealthy relationship with his hyung.

On a lighter note, can we talk about the mom falling for the dad? That scene at the cafe was lovely. I want more scenes between them. And I really like to see the leads interact with their family members. It's just too cute, especially the harabojis, they're fun.

I'm excited for next week.

👉🏼 “Assuming there’s only one blue hat in all of Woojung-ri . . . “ Love it! 🤣
For all Hae-joon’s lecturing to YY about the consequences of their actions, I was wondering when he would realize it applies to him too.

I knew the uncle would be important. It was such a red herring that it was her father. Now whether it is her uncle is something else. Honestly, I think whoever killed the teacher was a one time deal or even a two time deal and then Ko min Soo is a copycat. She and her brother are too unhinged to not be part of at least one of the murders, even if it is just her watching.

I am loving this show and our OTP's growing relationship. They are learning to trust each other and share. Hae Joon has been alone for so long, he doesn't realize he has a partner now. So it is nice they are coming together.

I usually avoid shows that seem like they'll be too scary or intense for me, but I'm (carefully) enjoying this. With this week's episodes, I'm invested in the mystery, and am enjoying the dynamic between the ML/FL, the FL's interactions with her teenage mom and dad, and the technicolor nostalgia of the soundtrack and sets.

Yoon Young guessed Hae Joon was an criminal on tv before she thought of a reporter. LOL. How could she not recognize Anchor-nim~

I knew that their actions would cause changes so I was bracing myself for a different murder. A different victim.

Hae Joon looked so guilty about his misjudgment. I felt the gravity of his situation after he saved the kid. I appreciate that he has tried to be cool-headed and unbiased. He is juggling all kinds of intel while his moves can cause small or big effects. He is used to investigating alone and doesn't want Yoon Young affecting the case. He barely knows her (and vice versa), but I hope they can combine their knowledge and work together.

For now, I'm glad she did her own investigation instead of accepting his words. It's good that the writer has introduced another possible suspect instead of the original 3 too. More murkiness and mystery.

I'm also glad Hae Joon didn't take long to apologize to Yoon Young after his rant. He waited for her outside, late at night, and used the same phrases she had said when she waited for him, heh. Slowly, but surely, they'll communicate better.

All I have wanted was for them to put their heads together and TALK!!! We are there but I wish it had happened sooner! Truly not a fan of this ‘I am keeping things secret for now’ trope!

That being said it’s a ride and I am here for it! I am totally invested in the dad and super curious to find out why he turned out the way he did in future. Defo he knows about his brothers dark side and probably tried to shield him or something.

I am going to go out on a limb and say I'm placing my bet on Soon Ae's brother being the murderer. We know little of him, but still he is a minor character in the drama and is close enough with Soon Ae for the adult version to be shocked near the river.

I am enjoying the show better than I thought I would. I am invested in the mystery and keep making theories in my head. Mi-sook, Min-soo, Yoo-seob all fit the bill for now. I am not sure about Bum-ryeong yet. I find him a bit suspicious.

On a lighter note, I love the family drama. How shocked Yoon-young was when Soon-ae told her about growing feelings for Hee-seob. How Hee-seob scolded Bum-ryeong for stealing mainly because it would affect Soon-ae. Pleasegive this cute couple a happy ending.

I hope they're working together this time , for good. I don't exactly like the fact that Hae-joon preaches openness to Yoon-young but is as secretive as anything himself. At least Yoon-young isn't sitting idle.

The Koo siblings are high level dysfunctional and crazy. Who the hell does that?
The description of the murder in the manuscript is too personal so I'm guessing Mi-sook played a personal part here, and was at the scene of the murder to witness every single detail.

How did Hae-joon not think that his actions will create new victims? Especially when they're in almost everyone's lives.

I'm enjoying this though. I like how it's gradually unfolding and all.

I thought we were done with the secrets 😖 these 2 are frustrating me! Talk Chaebal! How are we supposed to solve anything with missing pieces of a puzzle? Everytime they stop mid thought, I have a desire to smack someone.
Story wise I contemplated whether they would just let the murders happen (at least the first one ) inorder to find the criminal. I mean wouldn't that be the most sure method ? Instead of chasing after the one blue hat in the village? But I guess murder is a no no, even if it did already happen. I'm holding on cause the setup is still intriguing, jin kijoo and anchor-nim. If I have to write another comment on communication next week....let's not go there

I like the mystery and the characters. I'm not frustrated by the fact the main characters didn't talk about everything. He came with a very precise agenda, she came by chance. He's trying to solve a murder, she's trying to make her mother happy. Like that, these things are not related. But now, they understood it was connected.

I'm scared for Hae-Joon, by dint of wanting to protect the victims, he will end up as a suspect... I hope the fact he helped saving the cop's kid, they will be able to communicate better.

Yoon-Young is hilarious with her parents, she reacts so much like her father that even Hae-Joon saw that there was something weird.

I'm curious in the opening, there are box of matches, guitars and butterflies.

I never thought I would like and follow this drama since this contains thriller. But Kim Dong Wook is not to resist. 😁

It's been quite a while since I had so much fun guessing along while watching a series.

When Bum-ryong showed up at the café, I wondered if the past had suddenly changed. Because the first thing he had to tell Hee-seob was the gossip about the new teacher who was wanted by the police. And the police showing up at the school was one of the changes, caused by Hae-joon. So Bum-ryong may not have originally been at the café at all, or the owner may have been telling the untruth, which makes her suspicious herself.

And when the fire trucks showed up, I was afraid that the bus the teacher was on had a fatal accident because fate just wouldn't let her leave town alive.

I think this is the first romance drama with a murder mystery where I am actually REALLY into the murder mystery. Also, the ML is silly for not realizing his actions to change the past would have other consequences.

I finally caught up on these episodes and was reminded what I liked so much about this drama. The ML and FL are both likable with interesting back stories, the relationships are heartwarming, and the mystery is well done.

With so many viable suspects, the killer could plausibly be anyone of them. I don't think it's Hee-seob, but he definitely knows, or thinks he knows something, that sent his life on a downward spiral.

This drama is definitely checking all the boxes for me right now. Keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way!

I don't quite understand why there has not been any discussion of the murders from the point of motives. A trainee teacher comes from somewhere outside the town; almost immediately, she is murdered. And two of the three suspects are schoolboys. Now, why would mere schoolboys be suspected of murdering a teacher they would hardly know? What possible motive could they have?

These two eps are definitely the emotional turning point for our two leads, and I couldn't be happier to have that in the middle of all these murder attempts. I love that slow understanding Yoon-young has of her mother and father that finally filled in some of the gaps in her future self's knowledge and impression of her family. Also the slowly but surely evolving relationship between Yoon-young and Hae-joon as they chose to trust one another more deeply, knowing that they only have each other to rely on.

We also seemed to have reached that point that existed in every time travel story ever. Where your one (seemingly insignificant) choice to change the past finally created a reverberated changes big enough that it changed the history completely. Then you slowly realized that you couldn't rely on your amassed information from the future anymore because everything has changed considerably, and you don't have any way to access the changing knowledge.

No matter how many times I've seen this happening in time-travel story, I couldn't help relishing that moment when the two leads desperately wanted to hope that any possible change was infinitely better than pounding on an immovable wall yet they also couldn't be sure that they weren't somehow make things worse by meddling. They've realized it now that the very fact that they've came to the past to change things around "for the better" was apparently enough to give them a number of new variables to mull over.

What a headache-inducing endeavor. May they keep being strong, because I'm sure this is only the beginning of every nightmare.