Let me amend that- episode sixteen is available to me tonight, so I guess I will start using it now.

I obviously missed something here.

@SOORI, I don't know why I'm still here, except maybe FF, and the hangout. I keep threatening to drop, and yet...

This definitely is not the best weekender ever and I think one has to have the right mood and the right viewing lenses to survive this long run. 🙂
I myself am not sure how long I will run along. 😉
What so far keeps me in is mainly:
-Yeondoo and Taekyung
-Taekyung and Soogyeom ❤️
-the humor of the writer/PD
-the unexpected twists
-this hangout 🙂💕

Have you seen many ? This one is the paragon of writing compared to some of the others 😁. If you want to know how bad the writing can be you should check out Young Lady and Gentleman.

This is me. The leads are great, and I care about their story, but so many of the supporting characters are empty shells, or played by one-note actors, or both. I end up fast forwarding a lot, which is a shame.

Same here, SFL is allowed to do whatever she wants. I’m not dropping it though, if necessary I’ll fast-forward her scene’s 🤷🏻‍♂️

Halmoni as a transfer student... 😁
I can't wait either!

I would note that the person with the biggest difficulty accepting not blood related children is actually TK's Grandmother, while we have seen our Chairman asking TK to call him 'father' rather than 'chairman'.

The non-acceptance of not-blood related but adopted children is not a gender-based problem but is a real aspect of Korean culture rooted in the strictures of Neo-Confucianism which stressed the importance of the family bloodline. As such women are indeed every bit as likely to share that bias as men are- this is truly a cultural problem, and it is hurting South Korea as a whole.

I think the colleague probably brought her to the hospital when she was having a miscarriage and knows the truth about what really happened that time.

Btw, Taekyung is so kind and cute... I can't believe he was a womaniser.

I don't think her child is his, but he may be the first man who doesn't run away, accepts the child as his... and so joins Chairman and Taekyung in the club.

They finally slept in the same bed indeed. I totally don’t get the extreme prudishness they displayed (and indeed in other drama’s as well). Is the concept of sleeping in the same bed without actually having sex that alien to Korean writers? Personally I’d simply refuse to sleep on an uncomfortable couch or the floor. Also, given they’re acting in front of the families you know it’s a bad idea to sleep separarely.

It was definitely jarring. In order to integrate the new actor, we had the characters greeting him as if it was the first episode of a drama when you didn't know who was who and as if he had been away for months.

No, it is not. I would also note that the Chairman is not a stepfather but rather TK's adoptive father.

Yeah I liked him a lot.

I miss him 🙁

The sudden change in our Chairman was caused by a sudden and unexpected departure of the original actor due to "Personal Reasons". This happened too quickly for the writer to actually "fix" the script to explain the difference- instead we got the original actor leaving on a business trip and the new one arriving back from that trip. The actress who plays his wife, Cha Hwa-yeon, who is nothing if not professional, was visibly distraught at the substitution during the 'welcome home' scene. Whatever the "personal reason" was it had better be really good to justify what would otherwise be extremely unprofessional conduct by our original actor. I can only hope that his replacement does a really fantastic job in the role. This episode was obviously as awkward for the writer, the cast, and director as it was for the audience.

It was not only adorable but a dramatically significant moment as we can see that subconsciously he is shifting to wanting to have a temporary arrangement to wanting more. This was then further underscored by the fact that his heart was racing when she snuggled into him. from this place it is only a very short step for a subconscious desire to become a conscious decision.

It is with the deepest sympathy and regret that I have to tell you that weekenders get their name from the fact that they are two episodes per weekend- for almost half a year.

Most of us would indeed love it if this were not so.

I too am anxiously looking forward to the next episode - which is still four days away. As you said- it is addictive.

Welcome to the party. The beanie comments section for the weekenders is the best place to share the stress of the long wait and when the weekend comes you will have lots of company to share the fun of dissecting the plot.

Welcome to the beanie comments section and you are in the right place to discuss the joys and frustrations that weekenders are guaranteed to bring. The regulars will be in to answer soon I am just part of the welcome committee taking your coat and handing out the refreshments at the door as you head into the room😊

LOL! You're so right. It drives me nuts how much effort she is putting into this.

I think she mentioned that once upon a time she was able to call Taekyung's family on more familiar terms, like "uncle" "grandma" etc. Once her family became poor and she and her family owed their livelihood to TK's family, she switched to calling them on more formal terms. I think she wants the relationship they had when she was rich. And that's why she's so obsessed.

It bugs me that she's really not in such a terrible situation. She's head secretary to a chairman. Ditch her gambler mom, and she could be living in a nice place, drive a nice car etc. She could rope in an even richer guy. Maybe find that Jay guy that the maknae sister rejected and marry him and live with his wacky family in their ginormous mansion.

I have made this observation before but I will say it again: Se-jin is a great villain.
We are supposed to hate Se-jin on a visceral level. Se-jin is not a superficial villain but a true villain with serious literary antecedents. She may indeed have a genuine alternative in the second male lead (who is about to re-appear): We should not forget that when her newly dumped boyfriend was trying to break into her wedding it had nothing to do with SD- He was coming to grab Se-jin.

Your question asking why TK? is actually at the heart of the matter.

It is because her family, the Jangs, once had the sort of wealth that his family, the Gongs have now. The Gongs used to borrow from the Jangs- these families are inextricably tied together in her mind, in no little part because she has literally been working directly with the Gongs as a major functionary. She is desperate to join that family, even though she has never loved TK. It is not just a desire to once again be affluent but rather because TK is a Gong, even if just by adoption. To top it all off remember that Grandma gave TK to her, so he is supposed to be her property. What we are seeing is not love and caring but rather a true obsession. Obsession can turn a person into a monster just as Captain Ahab became a monster in Herman Melville’s great novel MOBY DICK. When you look at Se-jin what you should see is a female version of Captain Ahab. This is part of what makes her such a great villain- her motivation is a true obsession. But part of what has driven her to madness is the fact that she has constantly had to pay for her mother’s follies- and her mother has likewise been obsessed, so Se-jin has that model of behavior in front of her.

Logically Kim Joon-ha, our second male lead seems to be a better alternative to TK. We may find out something different later but for now that appears to be the case. But Kim Joon-ha is not Gong Joonha, and TK's family name is Gong. Once you realize that this makes TK The Great White Whale it all makes sense.

I feel like her motivations are mysterious enough that revealing the backstory is going to be a significant part of the plot. We know she had a thing with Taek-Young in high school and that she broke it off cruelly. We don't know what her feelings were at any point about anything!

She knows no one and has no connections. She had no friends. With her personality I doubt she will get a guy. I think it’s the familiarity. And the fact that she was abandoned at the altar makes her right the wrong. She is as prideful as her father, I guess.

Oh it filled me with deep satisfaction when YD's mom got the drop on Grandma. Was so. darn. happy. Because the amount of toxic awful was just unreal (ha).

I know there are different dynamics in Korea between family members, but if Grandma had pulled any of that on anyone I know, they would've said no to her face and just left until she learned to not behave like a bratty toddler throwing a tantrum because she didn't get her way.

As sickening as it was to see Se-Jin pull TK's head onto her shoulder, I loved the karma where he calls YD's name. Just *chef's kiss*. But yeah. Se-Jin is getting away with WAY too much to the point where while I keep waiting for her awfulness to come to light, I'm not sure if all of it will be shown, and I will be left wanting blood.

I repeat, the actress is doing a fantastic job of making her character so fantastically hateable.

Here's hoping for a lot more sweet scenes and development for YD and TK!!

Answer: Somewhere in the fiftieth episode.

We just need a Se-jin free couple of episodes~

I have high hopes in the SML that he will start interfering Sejin's plans. 😁😁
Or will they co-operate?? 😱

I meant "the highlight of the episode".

Ooooh, I so enjoyed Yeondoo NOT letting Sejin manipulate her AND telling Sejinn off! You go girl!

I wish Taekyung's termination of the contract would follow with asking to be Real (😁)... but with 31 episodes to go I'm afraid we will get some Noble Idiocy instead. 😒

I do not see Ryu-Jin's role as a minor one, even if he is not the ML. The writer may be starting Uncle's love story plus he may be set up to be a major part in two of the other stories as well.

Ah! I kept wondering why he looked so familiar.
They did him bad with that hair and hideous clothes 🥲

I like that the stakes have shifted now that Tae Gyeong and Yeon Doo have feelings for each other. To remain in a relationship for real(😉), they’ll need to decide how long to keep lying about whom Real’s bio dad is. I don’t think lying for the rest of their lives is an option, so it will be a question of timing.

I wonder if Se Jin and Joon Ha will join forces, or if Joon Ha would rather just get back together with Se Jin. He wasn’t interested in the baby before he made it a competition with TG, and both SJ and JH are vindictive enough to want to ruin TG and YD out of sheer revenge, so I’m bracing myself for the next 30 episodes.

I had felt some sympathy for them before but they were just so hateful this past week. They deserve to be childless. I hope when they get their sperm-donor baby, they'd feel the horror and worry that that baby may have to endure all the bullying they've done to Tae-kyung. In the end, only the sister's baby will have the blood of the founder of the company.

It felt so good after how cold Tae Gyeong had been towards Yeon Doo. Every time he said something that put distance between them, it hurt, even though we as the viewers knew his feelings. They were both being evasive about their growing feelings, but I really felt for Yeon Doo, whose sense of self-worth has taken a hit as it is.

I like that we’ll get to see Jang Ho’s inflexible, prideful and stubborn side outside of the context of his relationship with Se Jin and her mum. I think he has a lot of growth ahead too, but next to the makjang duo, it’s hard to feel anything but sorry for him.😅

I got a kick out of there being a cohabitation plot for YD's mom and the Principal. You'd usually see that for a younger couple. I'm hoping the drama really ships them.

Oh and a close runner up for my favourite scene in this episode is when Se Jin’s mum questions why SJ asks about DNA testing. Her mum says ‘You don’t have a friend who’d talk about intimate things like that!’ Apart from being quite harsh, it’s telling of Se Jin’s singleminded focus over the past however many years - imagine if she had actually put some of that energy into making friends! That moment, apart from forcing Se Jin to look at her own ‘reflection’, actually made me feel a bit sorry for her. It was fleeting, but it happened!

Yes, Uncle as sperm donor is probably the answer that Cheon-myung has in mind as he is apparently 'the problem'. Why Uncle? Because this could be done very privately without going through a sperm bank- and because Uncle feels he owes a big favor to TK because TK has married Yeon-doo. Your observation that this will save our leads is something I did not think about but almost certainly is spot on and none of this is even slightly kooky but rather quite consistent with the story.

It has to be Joon-ha's phone but why it was left at the company or in her hands when he left Korea remains a mystery: I had the same thought about that apparent plot hole. Presumably Joon-ha got a new phone (and a better phone plan- no being charged for leaving a message?) when he went to the US.

YM is very well aware that SG is not 12 years old- she said that as a compliment, that even the 12-year-olds that she knows cannot compare to YM, which is true and part of the reason I think that SG will build an empire when she is still in her twenties. We are still waiting for that wonderful moment when YM discovers who SG's daddy really is. Followed by that wonderful moment when she discovers that she is actually SG's aunt by marriage (or will be once our lead characters finally register that marriage)- by which time she will have fallen for SG's daddy, we hope, leading to some really comically awkward moments.

She seems to be a phone kleptomaniac! the number of times she took someone else’s phone! She might as well just tap everyone’s phone.

What I also liked was when the family members were asking YD to move out, she said: I will first talk about it with TK. Meaning also: I'm not breaking under your demands.... and we two are a team and we first discuss this demand and decide what WE will do.

3 months is not much 🙂

As for Soogyeom, I of course don't know the current situation in Korea, but when I was a child, we often played outside with no adult around and we were supposed to be at home by 6 (church clock) or at dawn (sunset). Though to be honest, nowadays I wouldn't let my girls to do that. 😅 Times have changed.

I thought she was under 3 months? In the week before, when she first brought up ending the contractual relationship, she was like "i don't think we should wait until the three months. I think we should end it when we're ready" She was starting to feel guilt towards her family and his mom since they've all been so happy about their (fake) relationship. It was originally set at 3 months because it's harder to get an abortion by their point.

I think you get away with not showing by 3 months. 3 months is usually when a couple announces a pregnancy and the rest of us will go "no way! congrats!!" I think half of the bump grows in the last 2 months of the pregnancy anyways.

I was surprised at how much free reign Soo-gyeom has to just hang out with complete strangers for hours. I can't figure out her age. If she was 10...then maybe it's okay. I was taking the buses and trains and hanging out with friends for a couple hours after school by age 11.

At the same time, the pharmacist's kid was probably gone for half an hour and the mom freaked.

Right?! So excited for all the sweetness.

Also, I'm just going to say, one of my favorite thing about this show, is that the leads are so open and literally know everything. There isn't any secrets they are keeping that could weaken them as a team. Like I cackled when Se Jin thought she was dropping a bomb on TK and he just stared at her like:

"Her ex? Wut about it? I know everything."
LOL makes me imagine the future.

"BABY ISN'T YOURS!"
"...Aaaaaand was that everything?"

I really hope the show writers don't start messing with that element, because it's so fantastic.

I think the exclamation was because Yeon Doo was saying all the things she could never say but has never been able to. Yeon Doo is her first ally in the family.

So I'm not the only one re-watching the ending? 😊

Oh, I thought she was cheering for YD there! I absolutely agree with you that the biggest romances in the series so far are between the leads and their contract MILs.