"Tae-ha was his own second male lead — what an unnecessarily cruel fate." This really made me LOL.
What a terrible fate Joseon Tae-ha... I just felt very very sad for him. Oh yeah, he was so very happy to spend time with his beloved... and then die all over again. Woah, that was not necessary!

DaebakGrits, I totally agree with you on everything. Even the final scene felt very rushed. Flowers, no more flowers, flowers again... TADAAHH! Wedding, the end.

What a messy drama. Could have been an okay drama with a cute couple but ended in a mess.

What I particularly didn't like was the handling of the family tragedy. Did evil grandpa kill or not Tae Ha's mother? And did his father just ignore everything that was happening? I mean, wasn't that murder? Why was everyone so ready to forgive the grandpa? That left me really confused...

In the end I'm glad it was a short drama. And I got my bean... so okay.

I think this one goes down in the disappointing category. What the heck was that ending about? I think I am simply not smart enough to figure out the point of going back to the past. Actually, there were a lot of plot points that did not fit together, and not just the time travel. (I normally love time travel, problems and all.) But by far the biggest disappointment was the insistence that Joseon Tae Ha and 2023 Tae Ha were two different people. I had hoped that she'd spend time with the one in the past and then when his heart ailment took him, they'd both be consoled that they'd see each other when she returned to the future. Nope! Just cold shoulders and no point.

I also felt like the second leads had more personality than the main leads (who did have some traits but who also largely existed to serve the plot). It made it harder to emotionally attach to them. In contrast, there are other dramas where the characters are so well drawn that you could pluck them out and drop them in another storyline and still know how they would react. I think this is a writing thing, not an acting thing (you can only act out the scene on the page, after all), but still.

Overall I was pleasantly entertained--until the last couple of episodes. A plea to writers: figure out the ending first, and then engineer the preceding story to fit that and make sense.

@daebakgrits Thanks for consistently making us laugh with your funny recaps. As much as I agree with your points, from the beginning the plot was bromidic, so I never cared about logic.
I only watched this drama for the main and the secondary leads, so the tie-ins in the finale left me feeling content.

I am slightly miffed that Joseon Tae Ha (whom I did not even like as much as modern Tae Ha) had to go through so much suffering for the OTP to get a happy ending. That's just dirty writing. This is one show that has miscalculated the "reincarnation" trope because viewers would have been happy with the FL frolicking around with Joeson Tae Ha. Lee Se Young is always great, but Bae In Hyuk did a good job of differentiating both the versions of Tae Ha.

A sweet ending to a sweet drama. However, I felt so bad for Joseon Tae Ha. I was crying so hard when he asked to come back to be loved by her.

I'm just going to say it, at the risk of offending fans of this show (of course, I'm always offending fans of shows, so I guess I'm always taking that risk). Despite the beautiful Lee Se-young, and attempts by the writers to make a strong feminist statement, this show was not very good. For me, it wasn't light, fluffy, or funny enough to be enjoyable mindless entertainment, nor did it have any coherent premise that might make me think, beyond the fact that the FL was a strong character who fought for her rights in the Joseon era. I appreciate characters like that, but having seen Matchmakers, where the evil mother had exactly the same motivations, and which was enjoyable, AND somewhat thought provoking, this was a dud in comparison

One big problem besides the writing was Bae In-hyuk's acting. It is really weak. He had one sort of shocked expression that he resorted to time and time again, whether it was in reaction to trauma or surprise. Near the end, when the presumed love of his life disappeared, he could not convey any sort of depth of regret. In fact, he actually was smirking at times. The performance was so devoid of any charm or charisma that I've vowed to avoid anything that he is starring in from now on, unless he's playing one of those Joseon villains that laugh evilly every moment of the plot. I think he could handle that.

However, one thing occurred to me: Why exactly did the FL refuse to sleep with her Joseon husband? He was the same guy as her contemporary husband, they were centuries apart, and they were married. In fact, speaking somewhat clinically, it could have been an interesting physical experiment, and might have provided some evidentiary depth to the show, especially if she discovered, as I would hope, that her modern husband was the superior lover, proving that Joseon patriarchy not only oppressed women, it denied them physical pleasure.

The issue with this drama wasn't her travelling back in the past but the reason she travelled in the future in the first place... She tried to change/handle things in the present to change things in the past and it never worked, so she needed to get back in the past.

The fact there was no valid reason to come in the present made the past story completely bland. She could just have died in the past and was given a new chance and the story would have been her learning to live in the present. What she did really way to easily for my taste between the fact she had no issue to wear miniskirt, to understand how everything worked (when I still have difficulties to explain some things on the phone to my parents...), etc.

Tae-Ha's story was the usual family/chaebol thing that becomes boring.

The drama's strength was completely the couple and their chemistry.

I'm gonna miss this show. It made me laugh, cry and squee a lot.

The good.
The characters.
1. My April and Yeon Woo were great. They were always ready to protect their people and themselves, they weren't scared of anything. I loved their strength and their boldness.

2. Joseon Tae Ha was adorable in episode 1, I thought I was going to miss him a lot but oops! I forgot about him.

I was surprised to see that "new Joseon" Tae Ha wasn't a rude rich guy that acts like he's superior. And, after little time, it wasn't just about him being "decent unlike other chaebols", it was about him being the cutest guy with the cutest dimples and the most devoted husband ever. I'm so glad I didn't "have to feel bad for him" to be able to like him.

3. Then we had Tae Min. The guy I called creepy at the beginning is gone. Watching him appreciate the care and attention Yeon Woo gave him, and then giving it back to her was really sweet.

4. I liked that CEO mom wasn't after meaningless power but that she wanted to protect what was important to her even if it meant to let it go.
And I like that Tae Min gave her a chance to make things right (dude is a saint, I wouldn't have done that).

5. And I liked all the different relationships and how they kept growing.

I loved Sa Wol and Sang Pyo's constant flirting and silliness.
And I liked how Yeon Woo would always scold Tae Ha and then say "don't ever do that again!". I also liked how Tae Ha and Tae Min got closer and the sisterly bond between Sa Wol and her sis in law.

The bad.

...I feel like it's better to just think of excuses: at least she saved her parents and her honor got restored! She gave OG Tae Ha a beautiful goodbye. She also saved Joseon women after a two minutes talk with the king, right? RIGHT!?

When are we (any society that has a history of slavery) going to stop romanticized slavery? Sa-Wol didn't want to go back because she wanted freedom. She wanted her own identity and one that didn't involve a life of servitude. Also, Sa-Wol's death didn't change the course of history because, like so many enslaved people before her, her life was deemed inconsequential.

@daebakgrits, thanks for the final recap.
The lesser of the two Joseon contract marriages shows comes to an end.
"Tae-ha was his own second male lead — what an unnecessarily cruel fate." 😂

I have about had it with Joseon era curses, fates, time slips, aigoo.🚫

I thoroughly enjoyed this show. For 6-7 weeks this busy mom was able spend 2 hours a week laughing, crying, and figuring out a mystery that well... wasn't. Aside from the last episode being rushed, I am glad that the story wrapped up the characters in a healing way.
- Sawol and Secretary Hong got married - yay
- Taeha and his family, I didn't like the whole grandfather resolution, but I am glad Taeha decided to forgive his grandfather as well as build a relationship with Taemin.
- Taemin and Ceo Min, glad to see Taemin was the family savior in the past, so it didn't change the future. I would have hated to see our main couple as reincarnated strangers or worse alone in their timelines after everything they went through.
- will always love Sawol and Yeonwoo, that final scene of them made me smile and cry when Sawol calls her my lady for the last time.
- Josean Taeha, I'm glad we got to spend some time there. He didn't get a chance to confess his love for YeonWoo before. Even though it was sad, he got to spend some time with her even though he got friend zoned. The subs didn't do good job of translating his final journal entry. In it he states he dreamt he was waiting for YW in a different life and she never came so he longed for her. He asked if it was greedy of him to wish to be reborn so he could meet her again. Loved the final montage going backwards until it shows their first meeting in Josean.
- Yeonwoo and Taeha were such a sweet couple, I'm glad they changed their fate and she didn't waver in her commitment and love. Everyone can continue to debate on whether Taeha is one or two different people. :)
It's been great reading everyone's comments. Until the next Kim Tae Ri, Lee Se young, or a Hyan Hye Joo show comes out, I will look forward to reading your recaps and opinions then.

While there are several four-letter expletives I’d like to string together

Go ahead. That silly inappropriate word filter won't mind. And no, I'm never letting that go.

Does the new outside manager pay himself a huge American-CEO-style salary with stock options and rob them blind?

Do two Tae-ha make a Two-ha? A Ha-ha?

Sa-wol! :)

Meanwhile, trying to imagine Matchmakers with the virtuous woman award in full effect.

I think it was the leads that made this work for me, because as time went on it made less and less sense. I haven't been able to find the webtoon in English, so I don't know if all the problems originated there, or in how it was adapted for the screen. Either way, I cannot wait to see these actors in other, better projects.

I really enjoyed this drama and the ending was more enjoyable than I expected. Now that you point them out I agree with the plot holes but they didn't really bother me at the time as I wasn't really expecting Shakespeare. I think I just enjoyed the leads together - they seemed to have great chemistry.

Eh. It was fine! I said over on the review page, it'd have been especially "fine" if I'd never seen any other k-dramas ever. Also board game PPL has my whole heart. We finally had a drama where one (Tae-ha) truly had to die so the other (Tae-ha) could live. TROPE WIN.

I took it personally, though, when Sung-pyo "spontaneously writer-ed" himself and suggested that one must have a sad ending if you want your drama to sell globally. I say absolutely not to that thought, even if the writers of TSoPMC have market research to prove it. Beanies are "global!" Let's push back on this insidious narrative!

That was a great recap for a drama that I never began because I'm not a fan of the fantasy/time-travel aspects. I don't mind knowing the end of that kind of drama because I really don't have the bandwidth to invest in something that is "iffy". It's one thing to begin a drama and drop - but as you clearly described, the story was intriguing. . . up until the very unsatisfactory (to you) ending.

I appreciate your effort - thank you.😊💕

I had never seen or heard of euphoria being used as brain damage.

From start to finish, I was never really invested in this show but man, the final episodes just left me confused as to whether I really just wasted time on this. It's not like I had anything better to do or watch but it was just so unaffecting to me.

Yeon Woo makes the appeal to the King & Queen Dowanger (I think that's what the position is called) and all that happened was him saying they're gonna look at those virtuous woman cases by the law and make sure it was legitimate (or something like that). That wouldn't stop the deaths! Women killing themselves after their husbands die would still be encouraged or rewarded. If someone does kill a woman for the virtuous woman rewards and it's revealed, sure they *might* face some kind of punishment but the woman is still dead.

Continuing with the expendable nature of women, Myung Soo targets Yeon Woo for revenge when Tae Ha's grandfather orchastrated the whole situation. Why not target him?

Ah nepotism (I will be mentioning you again in another post). Tae Min became a deputy (or a director) in just about a year's time. Following in his brother's footsteps. It's nice I guess.

I liked that Yeon Woo was able to contribute something for Sa Wol's wedding.

I don't know what to think or feel about Joseon Tae Ha. At least he got to be with the woman he loved for the rest of his life even if they couldn't be romantic. It really is too bittersweet if I think about it too much.

I completely agree with everything @daebakgrits said in the recap, but also, I didn't care that much about this show. This isn't to say that I didn't like it (I did) or that I think it's a terrible show (it's not) but that it never truly engaged me. In fact, I'm very surprised that it got such high ratings domestically. It's pleasant enough, with very charming leads, but there's nothing special about it, which is why I didn't give the ending too much thought. It's hard to be disappointed in something that was never that interesting to begin with.

That said, I'd love to see Bae In-hyuk in another romantic drama, but one with more depth. I agree with @hacja that this wasn't his best performance--he seemed lost and uncomfortable in a lot of the scenes--but I've found him to be very good in other roles. So maybe with a heftier script he'd be a compelling romantic lead.

Thank you for the entertaining recaps, @daebakgrits! They will be my best memory of this forgettable show!

Thank you daebakgrits for hanging in there and recapping this show as the writing went off the rails and led to an underwhelming finale.
I agree with everything other beanies have already mentioned.
I had to laugh at the way the show ruined a touching moment between Yeon Woo and Sa Wol with PPL and that love heart hair brush. What a way to take me out of the moment.
Also, justice for Yoo Seon-ho who played Tae-min. His character started off so weirdly and then almost disappeared from the show.
I appreciated Bae In hyuk's dimples and forehead appearance in the final minute and felt sorry that the show did this to his character -"Tae-ha was his own second male lead — what an unnecessarily cruel fate."

I was really REALLY hoping that they do differently from the webtoon and do Joseon Taeha justice, but nope! Also disappointed for Grandpa's ending tbh. I still love the main leads, Sungpyo and their chemistry, but the lazy ending take my enjoyment a bit. I guess they are expected to stay loyal to the source, but since they made some changes anyway, I kinda help but wonder the what-could-have-been

I feel really bad for Joseon Tae Ha. At least he shouldn't be relegated to SML when Yeon Woo loved him before she met Chaebol Tae Ha. The resolution to the timeslip was an incoherent mess. The only important thing that happened in the past was the fight to remove the virtuous woman award. But in all intents, it didnt seem to impact the Kang family at all since they were still powerful and influential in the present.

What I did like are: (1) how the Kang family relationship improved between them. (2) An outsider took over control of the family business, (3) YW's father took over the Kang family business and met Mi Dam through Tae Ha. (4) SaWol got her happy ending. (5) Tae Ha is cured of her heart ailments. (6) Tae Ha and Yeon Woo got their HEA.

I agree that the ending was a complete mess. Why emphasize that the two Tae-ha's share the same "soul" just to have Yeon Woo repeatedly reject the Joseon Tae-ha. Isn't loving the "soul" a basic k-drama tenet? It's like the writers didn't even try...

Wow, that ending. I had low expectations since time travel and inter-temporal relationships have like a 90% chance of a disappointing ending, but that ending was more disappointing than I expected. I would have rather they did the Rooftop Prince ending where modern Tae-ha meets a new modern-day Yeon-woo and leave Yeon-woo in the past.

My gripes with this one :
-Poor Joseon Tae-ha. "Tae-ha was his own second male lead — what an unnecessarily cruel fate." -- it was such a cruel twist for the viewers as well. My heart was breaking for every moment Yeon-woo rejects him. That last scene with him wishing he could be reborn as the modern-day Tae-ha had me in tears. Bae In-hyuk is great at the sad scenes. Was Yeon-woo not in love with Joseon Tae-ha in the first episode? I'm surprised some of those feelings didn't come back after spending a year with him.
-Yeon-woo returns to the past to right an injustice, but she dies in an unjust manner again! ARRGH! What's the point of the first time travel then?
-Poor Yeon-woo's parents! They have to endure the loss of their daughter again through a traumatic death.
-Why did Yeon-woo reappear with a beautiful new hanbok instead of the one she died in?
-Why did Yeon-woo insist on continuing to stay in that cottage in the middle of nowhere?
-The virtuous wives thing was awkward. It wasn't presented as a social issue in the beginning of the drama, so having that big scene at the end and the king deciding that they should do something about it felt like it came out of nowhere.
-Modern Tae-ha's heart problem, which was a genetic issue, magically heals, but Joseon Tae-ha's heart problem (which seemed more related to the poison) kills him? But there was an antidote? Did he forget to eat the rest of the antidote?
-Grandpa in both timelines got away with being terrible. I'm surprised married Yeon-woo was able to go wherever she pleased considering how daughter-in-laws were pretty much the husband's family's servants back then. And it didn't make much sense that the evil servant would go after a widow that the Kang family felt was already expendable. He should have gone after grandpa or Joseon Tae-min.
-The ending wedding. WTF was that? An empty wedding hall? Felt like it was a scene added in last minute. Like they called the actors in 2 weeks after the shoot ended and was like "can you drop by for 10 minutes to get this in?"
-Tae-min being Deputy CEO. I'm glad he has grown in his professional life, but it feels utterly unbelievable, especially given the actor's age.

The best part of the ending is really Sa-wol and Secretary Hong. Some of the Joseon Tae-ha and Yeon-woo scenes were pretty sweet, though tinged with heartbreak. I loved the fishing rod prank and the convo where Yeon-woo reveals spoilers about the future and about the moon rabbit.

For the most part, despite its flaws, I really enjoyed the series. It reminds me of kdramas from 10+ years ago, just...

I really enjoyed the first 10 episodes, so what a big disappointment it was at the end. Felt so sad for Joseon Tae-ha. But seems like this was the same ending as the web novel?

There was a classic drama by the name "Rooftop Prince" that pretty much shares the same premise. In the final episode, Ml returned to joseon times but at the same time he left so the past remained pretty much the same. The changes happened in the present day timeline and it was all finalized before the travel back to Joseon. I remember the Fl getting together with a look alike of the male lead but I didn't like it as I believed she was in love with the crown prince who came from Joseon to investigate his wife's sudden death.
Here, I pretty appreciated how they treated the two Tae-has as two different people. But I can see where @daebakgrits comes from as the similarities were profound, not just the same name and face. Yeon-woo was reminded of modern day Tae-ha when joseon Tae-ha asked her to stay by his side. So, yeah they were two different sides of the same coin. I am a little on the fence here as the male lead for me was modern day Tae-ha and I still feel like joseon Tae-ha deserved better. It is ironic how the same character was both the main and the second lead. And no matter whom Yeon-woo ended up with, there was someone who will get heartbroken.

The ending was bittersweet. I shipped Yeon-woo with Joseon Tae-ha. It hurt me to watch her crush his heart over and over. Was this before or after their meeting at the bridge and his saving her from the guards? Because in his point of view, their feelings were mutual. She'd even asked him to marry her, but now she's acting hot and cold.

It made zero sense how Yeon-woo just warned Tae-ha about the poison, yet never talked to him again until their wedding night. She had ten days. She should be hounding him every day to take the antidote. The only reason she left the man she loves was to save his life, and yet she didn't do anything other than talk to him once? Unbelievable. There should've been a rule that if she didn't save Joseon Tae-ha, then she won't save New Joseon Tae-ha either, so she at least would've had a sense of urgency.

Then Yeon-woo wishes to go back to the present and cries to a Tae-ha hallucination about not knowing a way, yet she never once seeks out Cheon-myeong to ask, "How do I go back?" Why didn't she go back right away after jumping off the cliff?

I thought that Chef John (Park Yeon-woo) would have more to do. I didn't understand why Manager Do disappeared in the story when Yeon-woo worked at Midam, so to all of a sudden see him again as a Joseon judge was jarring. I really did love this drama and our OTP up until episode 8, but the evil Grandpa plot line made it fall off for me. Thanks lots for recapping till the end, DaebakGrits!

I never expect a satisfactory ending for a time travelling drama and this one proved to be no exception, that was my only disappointment.

As others have mentioned, Rooftop Prince was a similar drama. Both did extremely well with the funny side of a time-slip from Joseon to modern time, I just rewatched the first few episodes of Rooftop Prince and they are still so funny.

I am happy that the servant stayed in Joseon, not so happy that she never really became a friend, but stayed a servant who brushes her lady's hair at the end.

Maybe the lesson here is to drop these dramas at the half way point or at least before the last two episodes and read the wonderful recaps instead!

Well that was a disappointing ending... Joseon Tae-ha deserved so much better. The first episodes in the Joseon era were by far the best, and one of the major reasons for that is Joseon Tae-ha, a man in the that era who was the biggest supporter of Yeon-woo's career and passion to travel the world. That in itself without adding in his sweet personality says so much about him.

Yeon-woo's and Sol-Wol's quick adjustments to life in 2023 was completely unrealistic, and if not for the Joseon era flashback, I would have forgotten that they were time travelers. Yeon-woo's quest for career independence and freedom, Joseon Tae-ha's supportive nature, and Sol-Wol's spunk, all in an era where this was not the norm for women was the greatest asset of this show and the most enjoyable part. So, I wish that the writers had stuck to that era. With such a story and such chemistry between the entire cast, the time travel would not have even been necessary. Even if in that timeline, Tae-ha later dies, we still get to end things with Yeon-woo as a modern day entrepreneur who lived on after Tae-ha's death and who traveled the world just as Tae-ha would have wished.

Once again the Beanies and @daebakgrits come through for me! I have been waiting to start this show. It seemed to have so much promise. After the first 4 episodes I felt betrayed. It seems the show was mapped out first to see how many cliche "Kdrama" moments they could put in. Then a story with plot holes everywhere was inserted. The ML , whom I have never seen, was ok but none of the rest of the cast could keep me watching. I loved Jin Kyung in Attorney Woo and the 3 Romantic Dr shows but she was so off in this show- because of the bad writing. I felt sorry for her to be stuck in this show. A bean is not worth my time for this one. DROPPED!

My frustration with this drama and every drama since Red Sleeve that features Lee Se Young is due to the utter waste of her talent. I want her to pick better scripts because I find myself disappointed, yet again.

Everyone's (very rightfully) very upset about the terrible arc of Joseon Tae-ha, but I'm honestly even more upset about the egregious ending for the vile "grandfather"? What is it with dramas condoning incredibly awful behaviour by handwaving it away with a medical condition? Losing his memories shouldn't automatically make him lose his megalomanic tendencies - it's just him getting brain damage, no ifs and buts about it. Illness/physical injury should never to equated to morality, it's a gross trope and needs to be retired forever.

There were more plot holes in the time-travel rules to trigger my trypophobia, sure, but I'm less concerned about it than usual because the plot was pretty nonsensical to begin with; I was just here for the leads (second leads included!). I almost wish we had two more episodes just to flesh out the Joseon timeline and make it make sense without resorting to making Joseon Tae-ha into an even more tragic figure of Korean courtly love. They really, really needed to emphasize the two Tae-has as different people and failed utterly at that and the narrative as a whole collapses for that reason. Establishing them as actually two distinct people with their own personalities, histories and quirks sounds like the obvious answer, but that could never happen because drama logic requires our female lead to only have one true love and only one man she could truly fall for. If that seems misogynistic, that's because it is. For all this drama's undertones of feminist empowerment, the romance still rigidly adheres to a patriarchal belief that a woman only "belongs" to one man, forever.

Anyways, I got my bean. I got the required dosage of my beloved LSY and BIH dimples. Goodbye, overly long title!

Thanks @daebakgrits for the ride. As too often, this drama was fine until it was not. It started to fall apart with the scheming chaebol family, and ended in mix-up.
How paradoxical to be sad because of the "happy ending".

Completely agree with the review. The writers should have healed his heart in the present and sorted it out from there. The ending was beyond bleak, not enjoyable and full of holes bigger than the size of the moon. By the time they were reunited in the present I was like whatever. Yet another drama that couldn’t stick the landing.

The ending of this drama was a "hot mess!" It was as if a different team of writers kidnapped the beginning of the drama and couldn't decide what to do with it in the second half. I really don't think they had to "paint themselves into a corner," but it sure seemed like they ran out of time and intelligence.
The beginning was cute when it was tropey, even though it relied heavily on the antics of the mermaid in "Legend of the Blue Sea."
The ending was a fake-out or trick, my least favorite technique in Kdramas. By saving the wedding scene until AFTER the credits, the writers/editors/producers just played a trick on the viewers who remained with the show through the last episode. That is just RIDICULOUS. I was as angry as I was when I watched "Because This Is My First Life" and felt as betrayed as I did when I watched "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol."
So much potential just wasted...but the dresses were gorgeous.

Thanks DaebokGrits for a spot-on review.

At the end of the day, Sa wol was right, to go back to Joseon, Yeon woo has to have her wedding night 😉

I enjoyed this drama till the 8th episode but then it became a mess. Both the leads had a very cute and lively chemistry but poor writing was a big let down. Last two episodes had really weird pacing and the plot REALLY didn't make sense. The catalyst for FL's journey back to past was a WTF moment. The end didn't made sense logically, it was as if the makers wanted a HE and they made it a HE but ignored everything else

Honestly I couldnt be bothered to watch ep12 as I just lost interest. After reading this weecap & thinking back, they really fumbled the plot badly.

Like that was the best ending they could think of for Tae-ha's Grandfather????? Seriously???
I also remember thinking "wtf thats not how it works??" when Sa-wol got to stay behind.
And that ending overall was just...sigh.

People were raving about this drama online and I have to admit I couldn't relate at all.

This show was like some others I don't want to mention. Fine until the final week. Is this some kind of 'finull' jinx?
What was that pacing? Grandpa, waddahey! If the guy was friendzoned and died anyways, why spend so much time on them together? I mean, I would have preferred to see Sawol packing catered platters! And that final wedding scene, like why???
Thinking back on it, I realize it was so bad, it was funny. 😁 so that much to the good, I guess.

I stopped after one episode, but came back after hearing good reviews, but then still resisted the female lead while she was in Joseon because her modern-day perspective there didn’t play authentically for me. Her impatience to “be free-to-be-me, do what I want, go where I want, and design low-cut &-thigh-high hanboks for the rich” made her seem spoiled and entitled when other women weren’t in any position to do the same. Only because she was high-born could she flout tradition and societal norms, but then wasn’t really using that position to help anyone but herself. Once she was in the present I enjoyed her much more, especially when we saw her shocked gawking reactions to this new world. Quite funny. Yet Yeon-woo adapted so quickly. Wish that culture shock could have been strung out over more episodes instead of making us wade through the angsty last three. I was won over by Tae-Ha right from the start as the cool indifferent chaebol because whenever I see that, I KNOW his red flag will be turning green soon. That part was also fun. Supporting characters were a joy to watch, especially considering the caliber of the many well-known actors we were treated to in this drama. I liked how Jin Kyung made the transition from Tae-ha’s wicked stepmother to finally in the end, stepping into her role as Tae-min’s mother. As for Grandpa…because Jun Ho-jin is such a well-loved actor, I refused to allow myself to call him ‘suspicious’ as some were saying early on. Instead I insisted on thinking of him as ‘mysterious’ lol….but wow he delivered greedy & evil in spades. And maybe because I love the actor so much and enjoyed the happy Grandpa vibe we met at the beginning of the drama, I didn’t hate that he ended up in Euphoria. I liked watching the actor him play ‘happy’ (that makes me shallow right? ) It was a good concept but not an awesome or memorable drama to begin with, but in the last third it got almost laughable when plot inconsistencies, ridiculous side-scenes as filler (did we have to see her ride a horse and shoot arrows to make her a strong heroine?) Worse still it all began to obscure the main love-line, making me question the allegiance that I had originally felt for our OTP. Like you said @Daebakgrits…”Tae-ha was his own second male lead”. Frustrating tension for the viewer. And then the answer to that question? A very sad....happy ending.