I'm really interested by BG's point of view because I think we will discover he did a lot things to help MH like the island cleaning or saying the opposite of what he wants to his brother to let MH living on the rooftop. It would be interesting to know the brother's past. BG's attitude seems to be a way to hide and protect his family from his father. But behind his coldness, he still cares about people like when he went to eat with his brother because he doesn't like to eat alone.

I was sure that BG was the one running in the stairs with MH and not WH like they tried to make us believing in the teaser. I find funny that WH buys the same clothes than BG but wears them in the same time too. They always wear matching pyjamas 😂

I loved MH and RJ's scenes. But the lypsyncing needs to stop and RJ needs to show some efforts on working on her voice.

MH talking about suicide like this was kinda dark but I'm happy they adressed it. 15 years alone is not a short period, everybody would become crazy.

I'm delighted to see MH reclaim her own life.

Thank you, @quirkycase, for the weecap! I find it interesting that Mok-ha's perception of people is better than Ran-joo's. She immediately understood that agency director is trying to renege on the promised company shares, and yet, she was out of society for 15 years! The fact that she was barely a teenager when she left, I find it a little confusing how she could mature so fast in just a couple of days. I hope she and Ran-joo open their own agency with her as the star.

I feel the charm from Ep 1 and Ep 2 is wearing off for me. I still love the bits about Moh Ka's survival in the island and using that as a perspective to look at things from different angle, especially that water cooler and eating alone scenes. Those were impactful messages, but I am annoyed by the lip syncing scheme, evil CEO, dad trying to stalk his son etc.,

Moh Ka is doing so much for RJ, but I dont know what RJ is giving back to Moh Ka in current timeline. I did not even enjoy that drinking and partying with parents scene, which I usually love in kdramas.

This show is having so much potential, but it is focusing on bits that don't let viewers connect with the characters.

I am disappointed with the story. Everything is so predictable ! She is going to sing for her and at the end they will be caught and the crazy father will play cat and mouse game which the actor played same character at He is Psychometric . I liked all work Park Eu -bin did so far and I could not think she would have no chemistry with anyone. She does have no chemistry with the ML leads here :) Hopefully Drama will surprise me next week :)

I adore the budding friendship between Mok Ha and Ran Joo. They are the highlight of the episode. I am worried though about the fallout of their deception. I hope Ran Joo recovers and does not rely on Mok Ha to sing for her. This deception can be used against them by President Lee once he finds out.
My money is on Bo Geol as the real Ki Ho. He must have his reasons for acting cold towards MH. Ki Ho is still hiding from his abusive father and hopefully his father never finds him.

Isn't it pretty obvious that Bo Geol is Ki Ho?
Cause (1) that rude bitch behavior is 100% Ki Ho and (2) he has little screen time, hardly has any interactions with MH and barely has any characteristics (other than the rude bitch attitude and those sorrowful eyes). If he's not KH then this character literally has nothing to stand on. They are doing this on purpose to keep the "mystery" going, showing any more of him would destroy any sense of "mystery" they have.
 
And you don't have to ask why they're doing this. Although this is painful for viewers, this type of plot is exactly what drives discussion. Fandom thrives on conflicts, SU blew up so big online because of the shipping war. You can pretend the story about 2 castaway divas is what viewers mainly interested in, but the thing that truly make people invested in is another shipping war disguised as a "mystery" (see Exhibit A: the Reply series). And it works, it has always worked, 90% of the discussion is about who is KH and the rating is rising fast, I have no doubt it will reach double digits very soon. 
Sacrifice 1 character/1 actor is nothing compared to the benefits everyone (including the sacrificial lamb) will receive once this drama ends as a successful project (and it will). Last time it was NJH, this time it's CJH. The writer changes her wheels though, because now she's sacrificing the childhood friend instead. 
CD won't get as ugly as SU since neither of the MLs is as charismatic as KSH, but it will come very close and I'm dreading the weeks to come.
I'm deeply regretting starting this show now, I'm too invested in Ki-ho to be able to walk away :(( (It's your fault Woo-jin ah T.T).
 
On another note, the lip-syncing fiasco is making me too nervous, it will blow up in the women's faces so badly. I like both of them a lot so I'm not looking forward to it.
 
And what is up with RJ and SJ, were they a thing? If yes then why is he such an a**hole to her now? Like not a normal a**hole, he's literally cutting off all of her hopes for a better life? Why so cruel? This is the true "mystery" for me though, cause while I'm confident I can read the writer's moves like a book regarding the Finding Kiho plot, the RJ-SJ thing is what I genuinely do not understand. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I find the tonal contrasts of this show jarring.
The episodes open with Ran-joo and Mok ha both contemplating suicide.
Then they are having a dance party/sleepover.
Lots of light fluffy moments.
The show then continues to portray Mok Ha as silly and immature yet she is savvy enough to work out what the agency president is doing.
Then Ki-ho's abusive dad suddenly makes an appearance and the show ends on a sinister note.
How am I supposed to feel any sympathy towards Ran-joo when she is using Mok-ha for her own gain in a way that can only cause more grief and heartache with her deception?
The scene with Mok-ha outside in the corridor listening to the agency president and Ran-joo with the water rising instantly made me think of SYIM19th life and poor Seo-ha in the swimming pool.
Hanging in there for CJH, hopefully he will have more to do in the next episodes.

The cute matching outfits are going to get the brothers in trouble, aren't they? Woo-hak is also wearing the green jacket and is on his way to the train station, if the father sees him he will think he's Ki-ho (regardless if that's true or not...)

Anyway, i'm glad they focused more on Mokha & Ranjoo friendship and Mokhas time on the Island. It was very cute that things/life lessons that helped her on the island also help in the "real" world. I hope we get more of that!

Unlike some here i don't mind the abusive father/who is ki-ho sideplot, honestly i need something to puzzle/theorized about or i get bored lol. Also i realized that he actor for the abusive father also plays another, even creepier abusive father in He is Psychometric.. He plays those roles well, i got the creeps

I love the relationship between Mok Ha and Ran Joo but the whole lip synching part makes me super uncomfortable. I mean, it’s a perfect set up for angst.
Ran Joo was a fool to put a clause on the contract like that. She was the asset and she already was a star when the manager wanted to start his company. She should have been a partner right front the start or gotten 33% shares since the beginning. Hindsight is 20/20. Even now, I wish she would negotiate a settlement to get a percentage of shares as compensation and leave the company. But she is suffering from other issues so yeah it’s not that easy. For starters she needs to quit alcohol.
Also I don’t know why the CEO is so greedy. I guess there is more to their story.

I am not a fan of this identity angst.

I found Ep 3/4 a little less enjoyable, esp 4. The singing of the same song went on forever. And it dragged in the middle.

I am not sure if Mokha was so perceptive even as a teenager that she sees through the CEO schemes. Felt a little odd for her to be so after being stranded in an island for 15 years. That felt off.

I am worried that RJ will become that stock character villain where she will take advantage of our MH and end up refusing to help her. Let’s face it. She has finally found all her lost glory. Would she be willing to give it up once again? Who knows?

BY is definitely KiHo. The hyung saw the dads flashback because somehow the evil dad was involved in that accident that they all keep mentioning.

Thanks for the weecap @quirkycase
I struggled to engage with this week’s episodes. I don't like the drunk and happy scenes we get in most K dramas as it implies that drunkenness is the only way to have a good time and although they often show the next day repercussions it’s usually about shame and embarrassment rather than the short/long term physical symptoms.

I was confused why Ranjoo gave their trump card away regarding the shares and the only thing I could think of was to prevent them being sold off to the investors before she could legally access them. It was obvious Seojoon would do something to stop her and I expected it to be the public exposure at the show, so when that didn’t happen and he instead stopped the sales I could see there must be some bad blood between them as she had been his main asset and partner. I also don't get why the manager drove off with her only to return a minute later to say the van was needed by its actual owner. Surely he knew the idol’s schedule so would have known that the van would be needed so he could only drop Ranjoo off but would leave after the performance.

I would have liked for the brothers to be part of the Mokha and Ranjoo Scooby doo crew due to their connections with their roles to help fight the evil villains at the agency. Then the real Kiho come forward and the whole group including the boys’ parents would become a found family for Kiho and Mokha who are parentless.

I think the brothers are real brothers living with their mum and her new partner who was probably her first love or a friend to lover. Both boys therefore have memories of the abuse before the mum left with one of the boys. She was meant to come back for the Kiho but something prevented it. I think Kiho found her when he went to Seoul. After the head injury because Woohak is rubbish at keeping secrets they all kept the truth quiet from him about Kiho’s changed name. I don't know how they kept the friends from school or relatives from saying anything but maybe there are no school reunions or the family are quite isolated from friends and family so built a new identity in their current location after the accident. My guess is a photo will appear at some point, along with Woohak’s childhood memories from a young age when he still lived with his abusive dad.

Wow that Agency CEO is a real toolbox. The whole interaction with Ran-joo in his apartment was charged in a way that makes me think they had a thing in the past. If that’s true, it just makes the whole situation stickier. Not that it isn’t plenty sticky anyway. Can an agency CEO recall records like that? I would have thought that those kinds of actions would either have been in someone else’s hands (a distributor or something?) or that there would be a clause in the contract to stipulate that the agency can’t deliberately sabotage one of its talents. Especially with the agreement about the albums. There’s a lawyer somewhere that needs to be fired.

Ran-joo herself is a really interesting character, and one that makes me feel uncomfortable a good amount of the time. Her whole conversation trying to get Mok-ha the audition was so fraught. I know she really does believe Mok-ha is talented, but it still must have hurt to hear Ran-joo ask to essentially hold a fake audition for her. And the whole plan to have Mok-ha sing for her is obviously unsustainable. Doing it at a small event is one thing, but on a huge stage like that is risky but also really unfair to Mok-ha herself. It’s all very Singing in the Rain of them. I’m interested to see how it will progress now that Bo-geol knows the truth.

Speaking of, we got a flash of smile from him this week! And a lot more of him in general, which I am super in favor of. I loved all the moments when we were following Woo-hak around as he discovered things, only to find Bo-geol already there. There is something so swoony about a person who takes care of you in small or behind-the-scenes ways and you only realize it much later.

All in all, still loving this, still absolutely glued to the episodes as they air, still impressed by Park Eun-bin’s voice!

Quirkycase, thanks for the recap !

I struggled with this weeks episodes. Fell asleep on E3, not once, twice, which would typically be the Kiss of Doom from me to a show.
PEB ! I tell myself. Singing ! Hwaiting !
I did finish E3 and eventually E4, but by that time I wasn’t paying attention.

I may have to just go with the” lost girl singer found” idea and make up my own story ❤️‍🩹☹️😟

I dunno, problematic washed up singer ,🥴 scheming manager👹,serial killer abuser dad ☠️on a search & destroy mission 😵‍💫

In my story, first off 15 years is too long, 5 and we’re done okay ?
She also swims ashore with her guitar case with a 5 year supply of strings 😏
Like Johnny B Goode strumming to the rhythm that the trains made,
Mok-ha strums to the rhythm of the sea and the wind. Singing is inspired by seagulls, 😝 .
She thusly becoming a virtuoso playing and singing a mystical, enchanting style.
Oh, since she led a beachcomber’s life , she hunts fish, possibly like Gollum, the whole time mumbling about her “precious” , it being the audition. So she’s this half wild woman with shaggy hair, weatherbeaten complexion who practices everyday in hopes of auditioning.

That way once she is rescued, she is pumped and ready to go. She has her own unique style. She can still have a conflict getting a contract because you know, the management are still going to be jerks.

The abusive dad is stabbed is stabbed to death by Mok-ha’s fishing spear , (she still likes to spear fish at night ). Pop star, (‘cause she’s rich and famous now😉) , goes on trial for killing serialkiller abuser father !

Interesting to read other Beanies’ theories about the identity of Ki-ho! My head went to this: Woo-hak is Ki-ho, but he’s going to be the sacrificial lamb (a la Ji-pyeong) and Mok-ha will end up with Bo-geul. I’m assuming Bo-guel learnt about Ki-ho’s background when the latter was adopted or reclaimed (either through the mother – if she is Ki-ho’s family - or maybe the bag that was abandoned on the ship in 2007 made its way back to its owner before he was hospitalised) and decided to do whatever it takes to defend his hyung from his abusive father. I don’t have a problem if Mok-ha ends up falling for Bo-geul and decides she would rather pursue her second rather than first love, but writer-nim better come up with a STELLAR conclusion for Ki-ho…

However, having read the ideas about it still being Bo-geul, that makes a lot of sense too. Happy either way, tbh, and I actually love all the speculation that goes with the drama (minus the brutality of the SU shipping fiasco, please!)

I LOVE this drama. I cried during eps 3 and 4. I never cry during dramas. "Night and Day" is such a gorgeous song and its place in the story is heartbreaking. I keep alternating between the OST version and Park Eun-bin's version. They'd better play it when those two reunite. Also, if this isn't supposed to be a romance, they shouldn't have hit these emotional beats because I am shipping it incredibly hard.

My husband was like "what celebrity would want to be on that TV show? It's so mean!" Lol. There are SO many risks they're taking with the ghost singing that it's almost unrealistic, but I'm willing to overlook it.

I am 99% convinced that BG is Ki-ho - see my fanwall for more on this. But, overall, he IS Ki-ho personality-wise. That scene with the grapes was completely Ki-ho. I think the intrusive symptom scene with Woo-hak had Bo-geol behind him (unseen) and he was the one saying "Father."

I may have to check out more from this writer because, Start Up aside, this writing is fantastic. I love the parallels they're making between the present and Mok-ha's life on the desert island. I don't know if I 100% love how Park Eun-bin is playing Mok-ha, it seems a bit like her performance in Attorney Lee, and I don't think the emotional immaturity makes a lot of sense from a woman who was isolated for so long.

I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that the CEO is gonna have a redemption arc and a romance with Ran-joo. More wisdom from my husband: "He can't be that bad - he has a dog!" Also shout out to him for calling back in ep 3 that the CEO and Ran-joo acted like they had a romantic past.

We get a small glimpse of the island experience in flashbacks that are used to parallel Mok-ha and Ran-Joo’s lives. Both were at the brink until there was an intervening epiphany. But there is a harsh continuity road to overcome. We also see flashbacks of Ki-Ho - - - he has not lost his memory, he is still looking for Mok-Ha five years after she was lost. He is in Seoul and his vengeful father is still looking for him . . . and his childhood friends know where he is hiding. I still wish Ki-Ho is not one of the brothers - - their party parents living room wall only contained pictures of the family with the brothers as adults (not teens or children; the explanation of a house fire is suspect).

I also did not think isolation would make Mok-ha cut-throat business savvy or have the experience to read people like CEO so well. Bo-Geol hiding that he is Ki-Ho would be a terrible revelation to Mok-Ha - - - worse than Ran-Joo having vocal chord nodules that ruined her singing career. But that is more behavioral than reality - - - Cleveland Clinic states nodules improve with voice therapy and behavior modifications alone. Most people don't need surgery. Still, you'll need to learn ways to care for your vocal cords as they heal. Healthcare providers, like speech-language pathologists, can teach you how to use your voice so your nodes shrink or go away. Perhaps the CEO stressed her out to drink and smoke to keep her vocal chords horse so she would not reach 20 million in record sales.

We know directors like to put clues on character shirts to show mood, etc. In Episode 4, it was serendipity, the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way:. Written in 1754 by Horace Walpole, suggested by the title of a fairy tale in which the heroes “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of.”

The final scene was a rushed rendezvous to meet that quest, but it seemed odd and flat. How did cop dad know about the secret meeting place? Woo-Hak has nightmares of his father beating down his door so Bo-Geol are real brothers. I still would have liked a different person be Ki-Ho. I really did not like the deceptions from the salon family members. The brothers hiding from their father as adults makes little sense - - - even though restraining orders have little force in Korea - - - cop dad was convicted/lost his job because of domestic abuse.

I also did not care for the business deceptions from Ran-Joo and the agency. President Lee’s pulling all Ran-Joo’s albums from sales to thwart her drive to get her shares is not that big of a deal. She now has solid evidence of breach of contract and can get her shares in a court proceeding as damages (just like many artists are getting favorable rulings this year).

I think the slice-of-life aspect of reincorporating the FL lead into society is going to get sidetracked by basic k-drama story filler arcs.

The challenge of taking it all back from the villain seems interesting. I am looking forward to it.
One thing that bothers the hell out of me. Isn’t it unethical for Ran Joo to lip sync? Wouldn’t this be a scandal if it gets exposed and ruin them both? Since the villain’s minion appears to know about it(he asked her if she plans to sing for her again), isn’t it just a matter of time? Or is that not a thing in SK?
I was so convinced that Bo Gyeol is Ki Ho. But Moo Hal had visions of Ki Ho’s dad, so I am back to confused. LOL

Oh, I have two questions for fellow Beanies:
1. What is the significance of July mentioned in Night and Day? Is that the date when they were separated? I can't remember
2. Who sang for 2008 Ran-joo?

I said it before but the lip syncing saddened me this time. It could just so obviously be discovered and used against Mok Ha & Ran Joo. Fairly certain Bo Geol figured it out or at least suspects it and that's all I could think about when it happened: the eventual backlash and humilating scandal that could happen. (Maybe I'm just hypersensitive about scandals). Maybe the show won't go that route.

I feel like Ki Ho's father's intentions are some kind of red herring; it so clearly seems ominous but then why was he making Ki Ho his beneficiary? Why does he still hold out hope of seeing him?

The main reasons I think Ki Ho is supposed to be one of the brothers, specifically Bo Gyeol is because Bo Gyeol is the male lead, the kid actor does look a little like him, he's got a similar cold & direct demeanor, and he immediately took off to find Mok Ha after finding out "Ki Ho" asked her out.

I'm going with BG being Ki-ho:
(1) He was the one who has been consistently island-hopping all these years, doing volunteer work. That was surely to find MH. And surely he couldn't have been doing this for Woo-hak's sake if Woo-hak was Ki-ho?
(2) BG bought MH a pair of shoes first and foremost immediately after they rescued her off the island. She was in dire need of clean clothes too etc, so why did BG get her shoes first ahead of everything else, if not for the fact that he was Ki-ho?
(3) Ki-ho knew immediately that the bouquet of flowers was NOT from Ki-ho, and where to go to find MH, convinces me that BG is Ki-ho.
(4) When everybody is giving shout-outs to Ki-ho, looking to find Ki-ho etc, BG is the one who keeps reiterating to everyone -- "has everyone considered that perhaps he does not want to be found"? This seems to be a perspective which only Ki-ho himself would be able to articulate.
(5) Ki-ho is still in touch with his old friends (the guy who presented those insurance policy papers to Ki-ho's dad + his wife). If Woo-hak were Ki-ho and he had lost his memories, he would not be in touch with these friends.

The memory Woo-hak had of Ki-ho's father could simply be because he was present (and likely got hurt) when Ki-ho's father was on one of his rampages?

I have never completely watched Park Eun Bin drama after Brahms, somehow I dropped it in the middle. The drama she chooses has good writing but somehow after a few episodes it becomes super boring(like Brahms) and very hard to finish and I am getting same feeling here also.

I was disappointed last week that the show focused so much on the men in the story, rather than the titular women who had been cast away. Episode 3 remedied that somewhat, but what episode 4 brought out is that the main subtheme, besides Mok-ha's singing dreams, is childhood abuse and the trauma it causes. In fact, it occurred to me that the whole castaway part is a metaphor for her trauma and recovery from her abusive father. So the brothers are going to be a major part of the story and not just in love triangle terms throughout. Also, Ran-joo was clearly manipulated and abused by her manager.

I was relatively enthusiastic about a story of an older woman overcoming her past and the age bias to become a pop star, and then too an aging star making a comeback, but that story is going to be so encumbered with the abuse/male trauma theme that I'm not
I'm really not sure I need to watch.
I just don't like either of the MLs--Woo-hak is way too cocky and assertive in a juvenile way, Bo-geol is the classic silent and arrogant type who doesn't even bother to be pleasant to people, and because both are good looking, you are supposed to choose "sides" and be on teams. Probably the most irritating to me, Bo-geol could clear up any mystery about identity immediately if he wanted too, but I'm sure there will be some convoluted reason involving his father or protecting people that the show will invent for him to keep it secret until episode 10 or something, and then there will be the revelation, who really is Ki-ho.
So I'm on the fence about watching this further. Also, right now I'm not totally in love with the character Park Eun-bin is playing anyway. But she is such a good actress that I'm sure by the end we'll see real development, so I might stay with the show for that.

I do find it interesting, though, that kdrama writers often can't help themselves in featuring abusive males and the trauma of males who are abused, even in a fantasy story about a woman who lived on a deserted island for 15 years!

I'm enjoying this show a lot. It's very different than what I imagined, but I like it. Being a kpop fan, I'm not really upset about Mokha singing for Ranjoo. In real life these "live" shows sweeten the vocals, use mics with autotone, and loud backing tracks as it is. I'm just hooked on Mokha and Ranjoo's friendship, and I'm ready for whoever bumpy the ride will be. The only thing that's bugging me is the Kiho mystery. It's so obviously Bogeol, and I want them to just get on with it already. Hopefully it will wrap up soon. There's so much other stuff going on as it is.

Whatever the writer is trying to achieve by the "Who is Ki-ho" gets overruled by the fact that Mok-ha will leave a buffet in Jeju Island to come and eat with Woo-hak. And we all know what eating together means in a K-drama. 😉

I was eagerly awaiting the recap, and you didn't disappoint! Neither did the show.

If Bo-geol isn't Ki-ho, I'm going to be very surprised. Bo-geol is the one with Ki-ho's personality. It seems possible to me that Woo-hak was beaten up by Ki-ho's father because his parents were sheltering Ki-ho. That would explain why Bo-geol is protective of Woo-hak, even though he's grown up to be an irritating younger brother. But they both sincerely love each other, which makes me like them a lot. Maybe neither is actually Ki-ho. I don't really care whether the FL winds up with the hero from the first part of the story. It's OK with me if a lot of people love her and want her to be happy.

Somehow this drama is ringing all my chimes. I love the relationship between Mok-ha and Ran-Joo. I love the warm family of the two brothers--the brothers but also their lovely parents. I listened to both Lee Re and Park Eun-Bin's songs from the soundtrack, as Youtube keeps recommending them to me. Wow, they sound so great. I'm still finding the drama unrealistic but internally consistent? It's not important whether the story is technically possible--I believe in the emotions, and that's what I'm here for.

I just caught up on everyone's comments here, thanks for sharing them (and thanks to quirkycase for the recaps).

My feelings are the same as many of you expressed here. After a great start, I am not thrilled with the way the writing is now unfolding. The whole "Milli Vanilli" theme is undermining my ability to empathize with our two heroines. It seems inevitable that they will eventually crash and burn, like those two guys did back in 1989.

I suspect we may see some low points coming up for Ran-joo and Mok-ha. I just hope the writing can hold together enough for us to stay along for the ride.

Eh, see, I think 100% BG is Kiho. I think the show is trying to pull you off track by showing Woo Hak's memory like that. I think he could be a friend who helped KH escape, and in the process, got whacked by dad, so they both went on the run. Because BG knows a LOT more than he's saying (he just RUNS as soon as he hears she's going to meet "Kiho," because he knows who KH really is and knows the real KH did not send that message--AND he knows where she'll be and who else will be there to threaten). He bought her shoes when she got to Seoul, just as KH promised. And without talking a lot, he instinctively knows where the dangers are and is trying to protect her in her new life. KH was like that, too. He didn't parade himself around like WH. He was quiet, almost gruff, and at first you'd think he didn't like her. BG is like that in the present. I think it's him, and the rest is meant to confuse the viewer.

MOON WOO-JIN!! Adult Ki-ho, whoever he is, has nothing on this kid. His scene in front of Ran-joo's house was the swooniest scene this week. I wish that she had incorporated his words ("Please call out her name. Please hear her out and help her. Please give her a hug.") into her song lyrics. As if we needed more proof that Bo-geol is Ki-ho, Ran-joo saying he looks familiar is proof, but I'm not liking Bo-geol's tsundere (read: rude) character. I know that he's got his reasons (to protect his family from his abusive father, to keep the trauma a secret from his hyung), but at this moment, I don't ship. With either brother.

I'm sad that Kim Joo-hun is playing an antagonist, but Seo-joon is right. Every artist peaks and goes downhill no matter how popular you are. Ran-joo can't expect to stay on top forever, and unless Mok-ha becomes a trot singer, she is too old to debut. Forget selling 80 thousand albums, Ran-joo is going to be boycotted by the public and blacklisted from shows when she gets caught for lip-syncing. An eagle-eyed netizen probably already suspects her by her mic not working during her interview with the MC. Ran-joo throwing herself at Seo-joon by trying to kiss him was cringe. Have some self-respect. Mok-ha already told her that he's a horse chestnut, yet she still was willing to be fooled.

It's so interesting how many people are calling this show "predictable" meanwhile I'm here thinking of all the different directions it could take from now on!! ahaha

There are so many things we still don't know, how can one be so quick to judge based on mere speculation on what might happen in the future.

Thank you for the recap! This show punches me in the gut again with all the feels. Mok-ha having her dark times on the island and finding solace in the ramyun in the cooler (kdramas excel at delivering the most emotional eating scenes), Ki-ho's meeting with RJ, and RJ keeping her promises. I also loved how Mok-ha could see the CEO for the emotional abuser he is and RJ crushing his pretentious non-prescription glasses. And the chase scene at the end was heartbreaking and thrilling. The contrast between her expectations to reunite with her friend and then the reality of seeing that abusive monster.

Woo-hak and Bo-geol are both adorable. Woo-hak is totally a puppy and Bo-geol is a cat.

Not feeling the lipsyncing storyline. I can buy surviving 15 years on a deserted island, but less-so how Ran-joo and Mok-ha can pull the lipsync trick on a live, popular, national show where users vote for the results. The risk is just too big. If discovered, they will be cancelled to hell and I'm sure a bunch of producers will get fired at YGN. Even though I dislike how RJ is using Mokha and dislike how self-absorbed she can be...she is also incredibly sweet and genuine. It's interesting watching her - because I really like her and really hope she'd stop self-sabotaging.