Because I like this show, of course I'm now obsessively thinking about it and even though we're only at week 2, I'm scared of what's in store; namely changing the future.

I don't know what to call the "Viva La Vida" guy but he said Eun Gyeol has to figure things out on his own but I'm thinking Eun Gyeol is going to is to take that to mean altering the future which I don't think is the point. I'm beating around the bush; I'm wondering if the show is gonna have a plot where Eun Gyeol tries to prevent his father from losing his hearing.

I don't really want that but I do understand the draw for potentially going that route.

✨️🍉 is ❤!!!

I hope it remains cute. I don't really want Eun Gyul to make significant changes to the future like preventing his dad from losing his hearing. But I do hope Eun Gyul presence with dad and mum in 1995 can make all of them so happy, they will have the most sparkling youth memories that will live on forever.

I love that nothing too significant is on stakes here. Contrary to what one might think, Eun Gyeol's dad is happy even if he is deaf. With that said, I hope everyone just has a good time in past.

On another note, with how much Han Yi Chan likes his own voice, it will probably take him another 5 episodes to realise that the quiet girl actually can't talk.

I'm enjoying this drama very much, especially this week. I found the first two episodes quite tedious tbh, but the humour in eps. 3-4 really hit hard, the emotional beats of the father-son relationships were touching and even the lower emotional points, such as Se-kyoung's backstory (jfc, it was so dark), were moving. Honestly, I was on my feet and cheering along with the crowd during their performance towards the end of ep. 4, it was that great imo. But aside from general pleasure, I don't really have much to comment on. I don't know why, but I'm struggling so hard to say something , anything, about this drama unless I really think hard. Like rn, for example!

That being said, I am a little curious about who Se-kyoung's first love is/was.* Traditional drama logic says the dad, but the way they played the scene where the son sees her for the first time, it could be him too. And is there really something to the theory going around, that somehow the Se-kyoung who they meet next week is actually her time-travelling daughter from the future? sounds very involved imo, but it could account for the rapid change of personality.

What I really liked from this week: 1) the actress who plays 1995!Mom is cute as a button, 2) the budding friendship between Sekyoung and 1995!Mom was so sweet and wholesome, it's sad it got cut short (?) 3) lmao, at the way son and dad sleep the same way, it's somehow very cute

What I didn't like: 1) ugh, bullying AGAIN 2) 1995!Se-kyoung was completely in the right for giving the "Reason You Suck" speech to 1995!Dad. My brother in Christ, stop looking like a wounded puppy, you are STALKING her.

* anyone remember the tense Douglas Adams came up with for timey-wimey matters? might come in handy for this drama

You summed up all my feelings about this week (and the show so far) too at the end there @dramaddictally! This is a really fun show with a nice equal serving of heart and fun, and so far the tones are blended in really nicely. I love the family aspect of it, and as I mentioned in a fan wall discussion, I think having that at the core means that no matter what happens to the plot it won't go too haphazard. Ryeoun and Choi Hyun-wook are killing it with the comedy especially, they have great chemistry and bounce off each other so well! The little throw-away lines that Eun-gyeol quickly mutters sometimes had me laughing at loud, like when he was almost talking to himself when he explained how he knew so much about Yoon Dong-jin or when he was trying to get his head around the current love-lines. But the best quick throwaway has to be MJ's defeated & tired "Bach was the father of music" line.

My one wish is that I want to see more of Cheong-ah and I want Eun-gyeol to meet her too. How heart fluttering are the crumbs we've gotten of her and Lee Chan, I think it's the fact that we know they end up together happy and in love that makes me even more excited to see how their love story develops.

I love this back to the future kdrama

I'm in love with this show but for know I really wish they don't go down the 'prevent dad from losing his hearing' route. I hope the travel to the past will be more about getting to know and understand your parents and their decisions.

One thing that I didn't quite get was the meeting between 1995!mom and dad, when he saved her from the falling books. Are we supposed to know when did this happen? Why was he at her school? And in the library? I think I lost something...

I had the exact same thoughts about it sharing the same Back To The Future vibes!!!! I LOVED that trilogy so much!

I'm really enjoying myself with how unserious this drama is. They are portraying the young & innocent aspect of youth SO well.
I love how chaotic & unpredictable Yi-Chan & Eun-Gyeol are together (that scene where Eun-gyeol drags Yi-chan back to the lesson he's trying to ditch and he just watches him through the window I CANT) & I lose my mind at all their antics.
Shout out to Yi-chan's halmeoni as well for being a legend!!

My only gripe is that I want to see more of Cheong-Ah as they've been focusing quite a bit on the other 3 at the moment.

I like this show a lot, but there were a few minor things which slightly put me off. First was showing yet another school bullying. Of course, this time it was among the group most notorious for their bullying, female artists. If I had a painting by Frida Kahlo every time a high school girl painter punched a deaf art student and then cruelly left her locked away in the closet in hopes she would starve, I'd be a rich art collector, that's for sure!

Second, the sped up chase scene through the alleys was cute when it first happened, but repeating it a couple of times made it lose its charms and it felt a

Finally, is there a rock and roll version of Man in the Yellow shirt, that every Korean touring band would have known in the 1990s? So all you have to do is call out "Man in the Yellow shirt, rock and roll version" and the band would slide into the song. Maybe there is, and my cursory google search fell short. But if not, it was a little too convenient, though it fit nicely with the plot.

On the bright side, I'm pretty sure the past won't be altered in a way that is at all sad. Also, and I know this would be TOTALLY unexpected, but I'll bet that Se-Kyung's daughter, introduced in a closing scene, will look exactly like the Se-Kyung of the 1990s!

Lol the fingernails on the person actually playing in the acoustic guitar scene vs the cuts to Ryeoun. This show makes me miss my brother but I'm also inevitably guaranteed not to like it as much as everyone else because of the genre... fortunately Choi Hyun Wook still exists a dazzling, sparkling, sunshine watermelon boy. Bless.

I like it but I'm not fond of it. There are a lot of déjà-vu with this theme and I don't think the actors really shine for now.

Yoon Chung-Ah is the character I'm the most interested in. I don't really like how everybody is speaking to her and she doesn't use sign language with anybody. Her mum doesn't seem very nice.

Yi-chan spends so much energy for a crush who is not interested in him, at this point I'm sorry for Se-kyung. And the running scene with CA felt forced.

Ryeoun doesn't really look good with a guitar, it doesn't seem he can play. He kinda looks awkward with the rythm.

I was happy to see Hee-Jun! He's a guitarist! He was trainee in FNC with Kwak Dong-Yeon and formed the cute band Kokoma. Then, he left and debut in an idol group KNK. But he always sang and played guitar as soloist. He didn't renew his contract with KNK, so I'm happy to see him in this drama.

The chemistry between the son and young dad is sparkling and I warmed up a lot more to Ryeoun's acting. He is good in scenes which does not require emotional depth.

Halmeoni's story of peacefully passing away after Eun Gyeol reached an age to converse with adults touched me more than Se Kyung's backstory. The girls, especially Chung Ah at the moment are falling flat for me because the story has been more focused on the boys.

I also do not understand why Chung Ah would fall for Yi Chan at first sight because he covered her from falling books. Their run from the gym hall did not evoke any thoughts of "Aww they should start dating".

Unlike other people, I am worried about the angst that would fill in the later episodes because this show is slated for 16 episodes. 12 should have been good enough to keep a tight script.

As always, thanks for the recap!
This drama is too good to be true, I'm almost afraid it derails at some point.

I usually don't follow shows on air, but I was really looking forward to watching this, so here I am.

I love our two main leads, their are gold together.
The show knows how to be funny, how to make laugh, and how to move us (those scenes with great-grandma and baby Eun-gyeol were so precious).

There's just so much I like about the show so far.

-Yi Chan and Chung Ha. Honestly, I can't even fault Chung Ha for crushing on him haha. He did seem dreamy when he saved her from the falling books and then when they escaped the strorage room (I mean dreamy in both a swoony way and a bizarre surreal way because imagine all his actions on mute haha. He looks adorkable)

- I love that everyone tries to make Eun Gyeol verify things and don't just blindly trust him; he just happens to be able to answer things anyway haha. His great grandma giving him a timed quiz to make sure he was genuine tutor material was funny to me haha

-Chung Ha. Oh boy, I sense some messed up family dynamics which I'm theorizing may have brought/will bring Yi Chan & Chung Ha closer together because his family life is a fun chaos and even with the bickering, you can tell there is love and care there. Chung Ha's family life seems full of detachment and possible abuse and emotional neglect. I'm not following the chairwoman's logic of "I want her to toughen up so I enrolled her in a school where she is othered and should be lonely". What is the end goal of this "toughening up"? One person tries to befriend her and that's considered pity but students bullying her or trying to take advatage of her is just needed life lessons?

-I didn't notice Back to the Future musical cues. Saving his dad from a car was very Back to the Future though haha. Actually, a whole lot of this drama will have allusions to Back to the Future haha.

- I kinda wonder why Se Kyung wants to befriend Chung Ha. Obviously it's nice and all but they're definitely in different circles. Did something strike her as admirable or cool and she was like "wow, I want to know more about this person?". That incident where Chung Ha got the paint water on her can't have been their first interaction (well, it can't be the first time Se Kyung has noticed her)

- Technically, Eun Gyeol *does* have proof that he's from the future such as the money, the bus pass, and his phone. He also had all that knowledge about his dad but who would believe such a fantastical situation and I like that that's acknowledged. Eun Gyeol even mentions the situation is like a science fiction.

- I had wondered what name Eun Gyeol would use in the past and I was surprised he used his own name haha. This makes me wonder how the time travel logistics will work. Will the parents just have fuzzy memories of Eun Gyeol in the past? Will Eun Gyeol be named after himself? Haha (like the parents barely remember his voice or features but they had a good association with the name so they named their son that).

- Aww little Eun Gyeol. We already knew he had a lot on his tiny shoulders but to have to be that bridge at such a young age and at a funeral no less. The fact that he seemed so well adjusted and not bitter or resentful makes him endearing to me. I don't think I could/would handle things as well.

Yup, it’s not perfect. And more likely than not, it’ll fall apart. But at this very moment, yes, that’s me, a smile on my face, a fullness in the heart. Well done show. I’ll savor you while I can.

Twinkling Watermelon makjang version.

Se Kyeong's daughter never met her father because he's actually Eun Gyeol. SK got pregnant after EG came back to the present (2023).

So the kid is the same age as her father?? And she's dating her uncle?? And she pretends to be deaf like her uncle/boyfriend and grandparents??? 🤣🤣🤣 jk.

Okay, serious. 🤭

I have such a love-hate relationship with this show.

After these week's episodes all I see is Se Kyeong. And that's the biggest problem I have with the show. LOL

I love her, yes, but I feel like her story and her POV is the most relevant here.

She started the band thing. She's the one that started being friendly with the mom first. She's the one with a mysterious dad and a mysterious daughter.
And she literally connects all the other characters and stories!

Yi Chan met Cheong Ha because he was stalking Se Kyeong. And Cheong Ha got a friend because Se Kyeong randomly decided to pay attention to her. And the four main characters will probably become besties thanks to her.

We saw a little more into the parents' lives —apparently Cheong Ha has an awful mom and Yi Chan isn't going through all the band trouble just to make SK's life impossible, it's all actually for himself—, and that's great! But why is Se Kyeong the one that tells Yi Chan to start a band?
And why do we see Se Kyeong talking with Cheong Ha's mom about pity and superiority?

Wouldn't it be better to see the Yi Chan enjoy his life without excuses or apologies? Doing the thing he loves the most for a last time? Why use a girl he barely knows as motivation?
And wouldn't it be better to see Cheong Ha's POV when it comes to her relationship with her mom or Se Kyeong?

Why is everything about Se Kyeong in a show where a CODA kid travels back in time to when his parents where in high school? ...Maybe I am the problem? Idk. Overthinking much.

😶

Oh, Eun Gyeol, ma boy, didn't you watch Back to the future? If you want to make your father's life better, instead of erasing you and your brother from existence (because that's what happens when you mess with the timeline, kid), just help him win the lottery. Money can solve 99% of his problems. 😂😂😂

Sorry, Se Kyeong, Eun Gyeol is my favorite.
I. Am. Your. Son. 😆

I at first thought that I would not like this drama at all. But the week it first started airing, I was bored and decided that I might as well give this drama a try because I really do enjoy watching drama's about musicians and I love fantasy. Boy, was I wrong. I was hooked within the first 5 minutes of the ep 1.
I've never seen Back to the Future movies, so I didn't get the references that are apparently made, but I am absolutely loving this drama so far.

I KNEW i would like this show immediately when I heard the premise. And it’s been nothing but absolutely enjoyable so far. Likable characters, love the signing, love the directorial choices too—the running around like Charlie Chaplin is a riot every time. And it’s easy on the eyes. I’m always leafy about kdramas pulling the rug out from under me, but if they can keep the fun going and make it more “Back to the Future” and less “My Perfect Stranger,” I think they’ll have a winner here. I would rewatch the heck out of this.

It's riling me up coz YiChan is tone deaf!

Does Segyeong need to break her voice. She has made it pretty sure she don't want anything to do with him!

I need to drink some watermelon juice to cool down!

I’m loving four things:
Yi Chan and his endless energy and inability to be discouraged. The boy’s born to work in Sales.
All the slapstick running done by Yi Chan with others, it’s just funny every time.
The ice cream shop named Bestin Rabbits knocked off of the famous US chain Baskin Robbins.
The touching ost during tender scenes which is directly derived from the film works of the sublime Ennio Morricone, may he rest in peace. If you want to hear some of the real thing, I recommend the soundtrack of “Cinema Paradiso” as a good example.

If Se kyeong is his haraboeji’s bio daughter, does that mean she is related to his mother?

This drama continued to subvert my expectation, and I couldn't be happier.

First of all, there is something very whimsical about this time-slip scenario. I just realized that it wasn't often that a time slip was triggered by something less dire than a life-or-death stake, but that was exactly what we got here. Life in the present timeline wasn't that bad for Eun-gyeol, except for his continuous struggle with his love for music. And so, for once, there was no sense of urgency about mission at hand for Eun-gyeol. Life in the past timeline flowed along peacefully despite his mere presence already unintentionally changing several important point in history.

I love how everything added to this feelings of surreality around the time slip. I couldn't be sure whether this was a journey meant to change certain point from his parent's past, or merely a chance for Eun-gyeol to get a glimpse into his parent's story. I even have a niggling feelings that this time slip was a gift of some sort for Eun-gyeol to get a spark of his childhood and teenage life back, to let him be the kid that he still is, instead of burdened by countless responsibilities.

As always, the best part about time slip drama that involved one's parents was the sudden realization that they already have a full-fledged life before they became a mom and dad. And Twinkling Watermelon is doing a wonderful job picturing that.

I also liked when they jammed, the song had a Chuck Berry intro and chords which is another nod to Back To The Future. Well played.