Wholly agree with your assessment.

I suspect that the ending credits theme song will forever be a trigger.

“Rage watch” 👌🏽 a perfect description of what I am doing as well

In fact, it is now impossible to 'cancel' the adoption of JH by Strawberry precisely because Strawberry is dead (and she would not have agreed anyway even if still alive). Grandma has absolutely no say in the matter at all nor does anyone else. As you said- this show has completely lost it.

Rage watch is where I am right now as well. These last episodes have wasted time on utter drivel and at the expense of all of the side stories. We should have seen far more of the story of TK's older sister and her husband. We should have seen far more of the story of his older brother and sister-in-law- and YD's uncle. We should have seen a lot more of the story of Maknae, Soogyeum and her Young Father- and Soogyeum's mom. We should have seen more of the story of Se-jin and her Dad.

Instead, our time has been wasted on complete nonsense.

We should feel rage. These episodes are an insult to the viewers, and we ought to take offense at the way that the audience has been treated. Rage is actually a rational response to this insult to our intelligence.

I dont know how many times they will show Joon Ha being manhandled by this family.

Yes, let's list all the times JH was violent, shall we??

He slapped the face of. . . .uh, no that was YD and Chairman who slapped JH.😒
He used a cane to beat up. . . wait, that was Granny. 😒😒
In an elevator, he beat up. . . .hmmm, no that was YD's brother and mother that beat up JH. 😒😒😒
He kicked the shin of. . dang, that was Se Jin kicking JH in the shins. 😒😒😒😒
He grabbed YD's upper arm to force her out of. . . no, that was the Gong girls who did that to YD.
He DID punch TK twice. Big deal.

This is one reason of many that I dislike the writing for this show - violence and man-handling are not only okay but celebrated when the "good guys" use it against a "bad" person. I recognize that minor assault/violence is a mainstay of kdramas, and I would like to believe that writer-nim is poking fun at the viewers who celebrate it, but unfortunately he actually seems to support the idea that it's okay when the character isn't some upstanding citizen like the milquetoast TK, a corporate yes-boy like Chun Myong. or a hen-pecked husband like Hyun Woo (who was one of my favorite characters at one time).

Unhappy that in the end we do NOT know Joon-ha's family connection (because apparently legal adoption isn't good enough to be in the Gong family - you have to earn your way there by lying and deceiving everyone about an innocent baby) and still crossing fingers that Se Jin and Joon-ha have a happy ending that usually occurs in the last 10 minutes of these 50-episode monsters.

The writer's credits are all KBS dramas (with some gap periods):
The Real Has Come | Jinjjaga Natanadda! (KBS2 / 2023)
Are You Human? | Neodo Inganini (KBS2 / 2018)
Cheer Up, Mr. Kim | Himnaeyo Mister Gim (KBS1 / 2012-2013)
The Princess' Man | Kongjooui Namja (KBS2 / 2011)
The Partner | Partner (KBS2 / 2009)

The director is also tied directly to KBS:
The Real Has Come | Jinjjaga Natanadda! (KBS2 / 2023)
Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | Sarangeun Byootipool Insaengeun Wondeopool (KBS2 / 2019-2020)
Drama Special Series: The True Colors of Gang and Cheol | Kangchulbonsaek (KBS2 / 2012)
Drama Special Series: Special Task Force MSS | Teukbyeolsusadae (KBS2 / 2011)
Formidable Rivals | Kangcheokdeul (KBS2 / 2008)
Scandal in Old Seoul | Kyeongseong Seukaendeul (KBS2 / 2007)
Fugitive Lee Doo-Yong | Domangja Iduyong (KBS2 / 2006)
Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin | Bulmyeolui Yi Sun Shin (KBS1 / 2004-2005)
School 2 | Hakgyo 2 (KBS / 1999-2000)

I would at least be wary. But it has long been obvious to me that this mess was not solely because of the writer and the PD. This has all the hallmarks of a show that was trifled with by the executives and possibly the demands of the stars. This show has been bent out of shape from what it was at the beginning.

If you did skip episode 50 you did not miss much. Oddly enough I too have come to dislike Baek Jin-hee and Ahn Jae-hyun. On the other hand, I really hope that Cha Joo-young and especially Jung Eui-jae get better roles in the future.

1. Before filming began, writer-nim said 50% of the scripts were finished. During the 1st half of the drama, both JH and TK were portrayed as "grey" characters - neither was 100% saint or sinner (although clearly TK was the designated good guy) and both frequently did some self-reflection.
2. At the last minute, the original actor cast for TK dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. AJH - someone embroiled in a very messy and very PUBLIC divorce - came onboard literally a handful of weeks before filming started.
3. First half of drama (the 50% of completed scripts) - hints galore that TK and JH might be siblings. Episode 28 or 29 - Strawberry mentioned.
4. After Ep. 31/32, TK is now 100% Saint and JH is now 100% sinner.
5. My conspiracy? AJH wasn't willing to take on the role unless TK was 100% hero saint to counteract the bad publicity of his divorce. Or, perhaps the executive suite decided that he needed to be 100% hero so there would be no discussion of his messy personal life. Whatever, it fits my conspiracy theory. 😊
Thus, like you @Asha13, all of the characters we were to love - all of the characters that relentlessly beat up and man-handled Joon-ha - I hated as well. In order to redeem them, all they had to do was love TK. 😒😒

I am so glad that we were able to demonstrate the demand was there for a weekender hangout. I think you, me and Tabong discussing Three Brave siblings probably helped and it was great that we had your post on how to view weekenders. I think post encouraged other beanies to jump in to the discussion so a hangout was just a seamless continuation of the discussion with a live case in point. It was unfortunate that this drama turned from an interesting example of what a weekender can do into such a nightmare!

I also hope the hangout for weekenders becomes a regular feature and that it is as well used as this one was but that all the beanies can be sharing a more positive watch experience. Hopefully, the next weekender will be a standout like Once Again.

What a fabulous summation. I would note that for the first half of the show the script was very well and tightly written- and then it is very obvious that the top brass interfered and required changes that bent this story completely out of shape. The story we got was not even close to the story the writer meant to write.

The casting was flawed from the beginning.

How about a thorn as the opposite of a bean?

Could we go with a grain of sand as the opposite of a bean because it’s small and seemingly insignificant but wherever it ends up even one grain ruins whatever it gets into and is really irritating.