It's been some time since I've not even had the thought of skipping even a single moment of an episode of a drama, but that's how I was during episode seven of Marry My Husband. I was there for it. Every second.

Episode eight didn't hold me as tightly, but I still enjoyed myself...perhaps moreso than many? FWIW, the scene I wanted to skip was the hair-pulling in the forest. That's not the type of revenge I like best--I like getting crazy-dark "messing with people's minds" revenge instead. In fiction. I like doing it seeing it in fiction.

Aaanyway, I do have some questions. Why is it that Ji-hyuk is convinced that he's gonna die in 10 years? Why does he not assume that he just needs to find someone else to die for him like Ji-won? I have some candidates for him 😙. Also, is it noble idiocy if you leave her before she even cares about you in return? If not, is it just noble...or is it just idiocy?

Also, I admit to being super dense--why did Su-min give up the first place flag to Ji-won? Something about a camper v. glamping? It was a metaphor for something? Did I need to pay attention to the hair-pulling to understand??

Boy, that Min-hwan, though. He really is a sleaze. An admirably persistent one, but a sleaze all the same. Although, you have to give him credit for actually verbalizing the thought of having two wives as an option. I mean, it's not like he has a hidden agenda. It's just an agenda.

PS: @solstices if Seok-joon turns out to be "a not quite a bad egg after all," let's hope it isn't actually worse-r and he ends up being an egg and nutella sandwich. EEEWWEWW 🤢🤢🤢🤢

These were the first episodes I watched and 2 things stood out to me. 1: did Min Hwan seriously borrow money from Ji Won to buy Su Min a necklace? And then complimented Su Min on the necklace? Is that seriously what happened or am I mistaken? 2: Ji Won and Min Hwan were together 17 years?! She put up with him for 17 years?! He betrayed her with her BEST FRIEND after 17 YEARS?!

I don't remember the timeline in the webtoon but for some reason I thought it was shorter. Hell, even the 10 years is a long time to put up with that treatment.

My heart hurts for Ji Won.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think the changes made to the drama are really good and cool choices. I don't *think* there was any mention of the proposal in the webtoon so to see this version, this terrible, inconsiderate, lackluster moment just stands out. And even if it did happen in the webtoon, seeing it in live action is worse haha.

The proposal with the drones was so cool! I'm not even in proposals especially public proposals but this was so good and pretty. I didn't even know drones could be used in such a way. I clearly lack imagination.

Ji Hyuk is not exactly a complex character and I liked the fact that he himself acknowledges that. By the show addressing it it’s easy to accept that he’s just a guy who’s had a good life, despite his parents dying he had a loving family and his unrequited love for Ji Won was his life’s big regret. I didn’t have a problem with him not quite getting when they had that conversation in the woods in episode 7 that what Ji Won was asking was for him to be her solid land that she can go to when things get too hard rather than him just doing things for her and then shouting at her in the water. 1) because it makes him seem a bit more human and a tiny bit little less as this perfect character “gifted” to Ji Won 2) because character growth. I don’t need the leads to get everything right from the start. Once he voiced he wanted to be her solid land he proceeded to do exactly that on her terms. 3) because Ji Won did endanger herself
As for the other two, I’m rooting for their love, first time I’m looking forward to more of an affair. Min Hwan is so messy I can’t take him seriously or be too annoyed.

I said this on the fan wall but I have to mention it here too cause I just love that original timeline proposal so much. It’s the wooorst. And a brilliant use of setting to say so much about a character and relationship without any words. The details in this scene are great: the deflated balloons , the gross nutella & yellow stuff sandwich with the nutella jar and dirty knife still on the table, the stains on the table and of course the Me(a)rry me paper.
I enjoyed both episodes

I really didn't get that elaborate proposal at the end. Was there any discussion of it? Why do it? and why would Ji-hyuk fund such an outrageous ceremony? It really wasn't necessary to advance the marry my husband revenge, and doesn't an actual engagement as opposed to an understanding--that Su-min would still swoop in grab for herself--expose Ji-won to even more violence on the part of Mi-hwan, because he would treat her as his possession? Plus, if I could nitpick, that drone show was WAAY ahead of its time. Although when you look on the Internet, the first drone light show was 2012, the technology for that sophisticated computer control didn't really become widely available until several later--the Winter Olympics in 2018 was really the big breakthrough, so that private show would just not have happened in 2013-not that I'm holding this show to any sort of tech reality standard.
Also, I'm with @attiton--it hasn't even occurred to Ji-hyuk that maybe he can avoid the accident and not die? Perhaps its true by the absurd time travel rules the show has set out, that someone else has to die in a car accident, but what about Ji-won? If she doesn't die, does that mean someone else will die of cancer/domestic abuse?

Anyway, these were not my favorite episodes, although I did like the original marriage proposal, which was similar my real life one, although my sandwich was more neatly presented and was on fancy rye bread, I spelled "marry" correctly, and I used a colored marker.

@solstices "The bar is rock-bottom and Min-hwan is still shimmying underneath it."

Now THAT is some wordsmithing brilliance!! 👍😂

Is Dad the cat? And did he cause the accident on purpose?
How long do cats live?
So will the cat die to give Ji Hyuk a chance at life?

Apparently the first drone art show happened in 2012! So I guess a proposal like that could happen in 2013 if you have the money for it.

I think Ji-won kinda missed the bus. Her best strategy would have been to make sure he becomes super rich (she could have helped him make more money with stocks) and he would have dumped her on his own accord when he sees he is too good for her and Su Min would have lapped him up.. too bad she realized things later (that Su Min wants what she has).

Ji Hyuk and Ji won rs r so wholesome. I can't. This is the magic, they made me feel feelings. And end of ep was so... JH is willing to pay for MH proposal just for JW don't feel miserable OMG.
And when JH called his life well written book, basically boring and very predictable, I can't help but remember how many ppl called JH character boring and not interesting in first eps pf drama but now he slowly began to be mich more interesting and 3D.
I love how JW finally fought SM for 2nd time and more openly.
Also kudos for 2nd main actors. They r such a scumbags. Good job in making us hate them. I cringed soo much from their actions in 7 and 8th eps. So you can be that despicable??
Also reunion with Pang was cutest thing ever!!!
It is the case when I didn't wait much for drama but it really exceeded my expectations.

I had mixed feelings about these episodes.

First, the good:
I, too, appreciate that the writing is more thoughtful and even realistic when it comes to depicting Ji-won's healing journey. It makes sense that she would remember sweet moments with Mi-hwan, go back and check on Soo-min after the initial flag scuffle in the woods, and feel fresh pain and grief after witnessing these two hook up and betray her with such callousness. It also makes sense that she isn't here right now for any of Ji-hyuk's romantic intentions; she's simply too busy making sure she doesn't die (again). Her plea to him to let her take all actions and make all choices herself--with him there only to serve as a supportive sounding board--also makes sense, and is probably the healthiest thing for her to do. (But more later on why this isn't necessarily working for me personally.)

When it comes to the side characters, I am ready for both Chef and Hee-yeon and Seok-joon and Joo-ran to move forward (not yet sure if the latter couple is supposed to be romantic, as she's married and all, but I'm liking the chemistry so far). And Min-hwan and Soo-min continue to be absolutely, deliciously AWFUL together. That whole hook-up in the grocery store--with her writing "I want to do it" over and over in her notebook for him to read--was so perfectly juvenile and cringey.

As much as I loved the hairpulling showdown in the woods, I was impressed with the way Soo-min responded exactly as a narcissist with a strong external locus of control would: by acknowledging that she is as terrible as Ji-won says, but will take absolutely no responsibility for it whatsoever. Of course in her mind the fault lies only with Ji-won for letting her behave this way. That was well done.

But I guess I'm starting to feel a little fatigue with the fact that there seems no way for Ji-won to truly escape her fate right now. How can she possibly be rid of these two? Even with the alternate choices she makes, everything keeps ending up roughly the same. And now, here she is, engaged once again to Min-hwan.

As a result, this drama is more and more about revenge and less about romance. I'm not saying that's a negative in an of itself, but I am getting antsy, and just a teensy bit bored. Just last week we ended on a big, bold moment that should have brought Ji-hyuk and Ji-won closer together: they know each other's biggest secret! But instead, I felt like they somehow grew even further apart by the end of episode 8. I completely see why Ji-hyuk is getting drunk despite his promises to the chef to stop doing so: Ji-won friend-zoned him so hard that even though (as I said above) I respect her choice to want to execute her plan independently without Ji-hyuk rushing in to rescue her, she doesn't seem to have any real attraction to or interest in him at all. I thought that was building in previous episodes, but it seemed to come to a dead stop in these two, and as a result, it felt like the...

The first half has done a solid job fleshing out the characters, and creating intrigue: Who is Yu-Ra? What happened to Pang's white spots, and why was he out in the road instead of in Ji-Hyuk's apartment? What's up with Yang Joo-ran & Lee Sook-Jun?

Now, we are looking forward to 8 more episodes to further develop the tension, resolve the tension and solve the leads issue of how long their "overtime" is for. Likely, it will take until the last 3 minutes of the last episode of this drama for Ji-Huk to confess his love and marry Ji-Won.

At this point, I'm in for the next 8--how about you?

I started watching this drama but haven't gotten to these eps yet (I'm hoping to be caught up by the time we discuss the next two eps). I just want to say, though, a more general comment that the actress playing Soo-min is doing an amazing job. She's PERFECT. It's funny because I saw her in Oh Young-sim and all of the things I disliked about her portrayal of the FL in that drama are what make this performance so stellar.

Also, just from reading the recap, how frustrating that they're dragging out Ji-hyuk and Ji-wan's relationship development like this.

I hesitated to start this drama because fantasy/time travel + revenge is unappealing, but positive reviews by others plus PMY gave me the push. I binged the first 6 episodes last week and enjoyed 7 & 8.

The underlying premise is vunique compared to so many other recent romances (Demon, King Land something, DWY) that were nothing more than romances with different flavors. This drama is fresh dynamic. Umami flavor rather than sweet.

Yet, I'm on the fence. If Ji won's history is semi-repeating itself, then why don't we have some flashbacks of the original camping event? I feel like the writer simply said - she changed her history (stocks, meal kit proposal, etc) so it doesn't matter what happened previously - except apparently it DID matter (thinking about the scars and accidents). So, what made "fantasy" sense (the "rules") in the beginning are no longer worth mentioning - and that's when a show begins to lose me.

Anyway, there are those of us who care about the "rules" and consistency (there are several of us on the Live Your Own Life board that are tearing our hair out because the writer is making up her own laws, regulations and corporate governance protocols) and those who focus on technology/history (i.e. facts). Wish kdrama writers would do the same.

This show has surprisingly grown on me.
I like the way they made the "past connection" trope an integral part of the story. And JiWon's expression when she came to know the identity of the cat was pure gold!

I have to say Song HaYoon is doing a fabulous job in this role. She is acting her socks off - the micro-expressions, the persona pivots, the quick change expressions. She makes SuMin both utterly detestable and an object of pity. Well done Song HaYoon

Ok, I just want to comment on PMY's character's clothing while going on a work camping trip.
Every other person is wearing jeans/pants and appropriate north face etc jackets and Ji-won is swanning around in a white knit dress and knee high boots.
Did I miss a meeting out in the middle of the woods?
Who wears this when going camping?
Also what does the blue loveheart really mean on Ji-hyuk's chest?
That he's come from the future via the cab driver who was PMY's father but not really her father?

the crappy proposal was lowkey hilarious, it perfectly captured & displayed Minhwan's garbage personality.

Side note, massive props to both Lee Yi Kyung & Song Ha Yoon for doing an excellent job at their roles. I went from loving Yi Kyung as my gwenchana gwenchana guy to severely despising him & rooting for Ha Yoon in Fight For My Way to wishing death upon her.

I'm looking forward to the upcoming eps to watch the revenge unfold as I know its gonna be good! AND heres to more Pang screentime!!!<3<3

Angry rant because I got invested in this show: I don’t know what happened with these last two episodes, but I found them to be the reverse of the previous ones in the quality of editing, storytelling and unfortunately in some places acting. The dramatic argument in the water didn’t work for me at all; the leads were both too stiff (maybe due to being cold in the water?) and the artificial tear drops used on PMY broke the immersion. Are we to understand that the sudden flashback to Seok-joon being rude to Joo-ran is supposed to set him up as being a worse a-hole than the previous manager, or? (I’m not interested in manwha references, judging the show on its own) Another sudden switch, but this time to the drone proposal, which for a moment there scared me thinking it was Ji-hyuk proposing in this cringey manner but phew, it was for Min-Hwan. The cat playdate was adorbs, I’ll give them that.

I have to side with those folks who found these two episodes less compelling than the previous ones for the many mentioned reasons. But I remain invested, fascinated even, because of Ji-won and Soo-min's relationship, which is one of the best portrayals of toxic female friendships that I've seen. Kudos to Song Ha-yoon for making Soo-min the most loathsome yet compelling and believable Best Frenemy Forever.

As to why Ji-won put up with such a BFF, it's not only because of Soo-min's deviousness, but also because of Ji-won's low self-esteem and desperate need for a found family (which is also why she accepted such a merry marriage proposal). So, I also agree, it makes sense Ji-won is determined to build her inner strength and create her new future by herself. But I am sure she will also learn to trust others again and create a better family as the show progresses.

Dad, casually managing his daughter's love life from the grave... Also, I love the idea of Dad inventing time travel by "killing" a person at a time (Dad, perhaps you could have given Ji-hyuk a heads up so the poor man doesn't spend his time mourning his own death 10 years in the future and being convinced that he can't escape his destiny)

This show has me hooked. I must have thought about the scene with Dad and Ji-Hyuk all week. How does one know when a chance is the “true chance”? And my heart flipped during the scene in the woods when he revealed the tattooed heart. There is something about their relationship that feels grounded despite their societal postions and the fantasy time element.

Others have said this but the actors are nailing these performances, especially our villains. I am so disgusted and impressed at the same time.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The drama creates record for it's ratings , even though they have cast the same people like from the webtoon. For me ML's sister is looking same as from the webtoon, i am so surprised that they have matched everyone's character according to webtoon. K dramas do changes in their script apart from webtoon, but for me as i studied the webtoon and admired it so, in some places at series they conveniently changed the scenes according to FL , which had made me disappoint in it. Except this, everything and everyone in this series did the good job even the FL's best friend as well as 'gwaenchanha' guy too.

9 & 10 are over the top!!!!!

I started binge-watching this show to catch up, and I don't know whether that was a good thing or not now. Because...I am able to see the stark changes in Ji-won's character that might have seemed more subtle if the episodes came out every week. I know it's a drama trope and it's a very little thing, but I don't like how the new haircut and wardrobe has made Ji-won into a completely new person (free lobotomy with the shopping?). I get that the show is trying to show that her character always might have had this "aura" that had to be hidden because of her low self-esteem, but no body who has been in an emotionally-abusive relationship for that long recovers their self-esteem that fast! Honestly, it's like she went the other extreme and now wears certain outfits that I am not sure is appropriate even in a k-pop office culture. They definitely could have toned down PMJ's wardrobe somewhat even after her transformation. It would have been more poignant if they had shown her going shopping and choosing outfits for herself out of confidence that earlier Su-min or Min-Hwan had told her made her look ugly/fat in. Her then buying these outfits would have been part of her transformation. But now it has just become the "PMJ fashion show" and to me, it distracts me so much from from the story and acting. On the other hand, I think they did the right thing with the subtle fashion change for the ML. Sometimes, less is more people!