Sigh. Why am I still watching? LJW! I think he had a Script which we don’t have access to. Nothing else explains his acting.
Finally the friends have a rift. Hope next episode gets better. We can hope right???

SIGH, it was so bad, lol. Hong Su Ju was painfully BAD. I was actually confused. The time jumps don't do anything, they just have them to confuse viewers. I don't know why anyone likes or dislikes anyone except for Huija, who is the single best written character in the drama. Sigh, why am I still watching, idk, I kind of want to know how it ends. Badly, I am sure, but how badly is my real question.

It was a little touching to hear Tae-oh pleading with Hye-won, not to let go of him, but I think it is for the best - I will let go of Jun and Jae-wook as well. Better luck next time.

It's kinda frustrating how we know nothing about the leads.

In-Ha changed his mind suddenly for us, but I guess it was a long time ago that he found his own persons to be free from Tae-Ho. I don't understand why he did all of that to be treated like that by his father, to let the woman he loves (or he doesn't really and it was just to take her from Tae-Ho) being brought back to housewife. He knows she wants more than that.

Hye-Won is just the girl the boys love and the victim of her mum, but we never saw her working, showing her famous skills. I didn't really understand she was working in politics until now...

Tae-Ho is a genius who could understand every move when he was teenager and now he's completely sloopy, kissing the future wife on a rooftop, missing who are his real ennemies... And we still don't know why he's doing all of that.

Really good point about how this show really wants to be a 2005-era melodrama but without the breathing room for character development or depth. A lot of the setup reminds me of older shows like Summer's Desire or What Happened In Bali - the love triangle between an icy hard-scrabbling poor girl and two richer more powerful guys, how none of the main characters are really good or nice. They were messy and melodramatic and full of plot contrivances, but they made you *feel*. Those shows made it work by letting you spend enough time with the characters to see what made them tick, and there simply isn't enough time in a 12 ep show (there are some writers in dramaland who *could* pull this off like Park Yeon-sun, but clearly not this writer).

This recap says everything I was thinking, but a million more times more eloquently, as my thoughts ran the very short gamut from "Wait, what?" to "Wait, since when now?" The complete lack of interest in or development of the characters' emotional landscapes is so frustrating, yet such a basic error that I truly cannot fathom how this script got anywhere beyond the drafting phase.

As @missvictrix said, the most painful part here is that we can all see the story that this drama seems to think it's telling, and although nothing original, if executed with just a little more effort and care, would be hugely addictive with these two actors.

I don't think I'm up to continue with this terrible drama, which means it's the first LJW vehicle ever that will go in the dropped column. Shame. He looks so good in those dress shirts!

When @missvictrix recap is WAY MORE entertaining than the actual Show:

"Now they just glare at each other over expensive alcohol and rehearse their next move."

"In-ha texts Tae-oh excitedly with the news, but poor Tae-oh is out for a night run to some extremely moody music, brooding over losing his woman for good."

"if the drama was doing what it was supposed to and, you know, making us feel things."

"the seeds are there. If you squint, you can see them."

"Yes, watching him shoot hoops in a dress shirt was my favorite scene this week."

"if only we had actual Plot Evidence of Tae-oh having something to miss"

"he confronts him on it while looking very good in a leather jacket."

"the Rooftop of Consolation"

Now, Beanies, do your best with comments!

Thank you for your hard work missvictrix recapping, I agree with all you have eloquently written. You are taking one for the team.
 I don't know what this show is doing anymore. 
The characters are all over the place, no one is actually likeable and there is no tension in any plot line as the show has given me zero reason to care about anyone.
 I know I have to suspend disbelief because this is just a show but could we get a little more detail about so many things. 
Tae-ho was rushed into surgery but there was no explanation why. Was it for a head injury because that whole plot line was so badly done it made me laugh?
He was lying in the emergency department, eyes closed, looking pretty good with a sad dressing wrapped around his head. What about mentioning a CT scan or something to let us know what they have found and ramp up the tension. 
I'm a nurse, have worked in Neurosurg and the whole arc was beyond ridiculous. I've never witnessed anyone having surgery to their head and every single hair remaining untouched, in place and perfectly coiffed a few days later. 
The patient wouldn't end up in a normal room back on the ward, they go to an ICU or a HDU on the neurosurg ward if they have one.
They also wouldn't be able to get up and walk out the hospital and then run around the community that day, they would be attached to quite a few machines.
This seemed like such a waste of an opportunity to add some depth into the show. 
Too many things are glossed over quickly so in the end they mean nothing and have no impact.
I actually feel bad for the FL as she is really out of her depth and every subsequent episode only exposes this more. What was her agent thinking? I know it must be great to get offered a lead role so early in her career but I don't think this has been a positive choice as it only highlights how the actress is lacking. It would be logical to start in smaller, supportive roles to learn and hone your craft. 
There is absolutely no chemistry with either ML, did they not do a screen test to check beforehand because this just undermines a major plot point of the show? 
The wedding proposal with In-ha on the beach was apathetic and the kiss with Tae-ho was depressing.
I really hope both ML's are getting paid well and as Reply1988 mother bean commented, this is their "mortgage payment drama".
I can't hang in for the bean on this one. May the force be with you for those beanies continuing. Hwaiting.

i am not buying the romance stuff in the triangle. i am not liking the FL, she is emotionally flat, expressionless, and not convincing in her relationship with either of the two guys...

i loved LJW's scene where he is asking her not to leave - but i had to imagine he was speaking to another FL (that wasn't cast, and i'm trying to pick who i would've preferred in her role) - because when the camera turns to her, she is so unaffected, unemotional and so bad at reading her lines... ok, i'll stop. apparently i am not a fan of hers...

i don't know why i'm still watching either. just being a glutton for punishment i guess. i guess it's for Lee Jae Wook's beauty and acting finesse. nothing else is working for me.

Come on, come on, turn the TV on
It's Wednesday night, put this show on
Gotta pop my popcorn, since it drags so long
It's Wednesday night, ain't nothing else on

If I remain watching this, it might just be the mid-week hole in my schedule. And the popcorn’s good to munch away while watching the, what did missvictrix damn with faint praise?, ah yes, the not-boring plot points. (It’s also handy to toss at the screen sometimes.*) Still, while the popcorn fills you up, you’re left curiously empty at the end, the same feeling the show leaves you with.

Since I’m munching away sorta following the plot, so Tae-oh isn’t the murderer, right? Then:
—Could it be a scheme of the Abused Secretary/Henchman?
—Or First Brother’s Wife (assuming that’s not her on the floor) who hooked up with Abused Secretary/Henchman? If so what a wasted makjang plot!
—But nah, probably In-ha, who’s maybe also bribed the Abused Secretary/Henchman?
—Or could it be the Evil Wife scheming in the Villa? (Second Son needs a scheming breather after that spanking methinks.)
—I wouldn’t put anything past the Chairman but I don’t think it’s (yet) him.

See, not boring plot points. But is anyone going to tune in to find out? Am I?

*That’s no Rooftop of Consolation, it’s a Rooftop of Convenient Plot Point. Why are these brilliant strategist who spy on everyone themselves making out in a such a public place?

Au revoir drama!

Well if the writers wanted to incite fan fury than congrats, they have accomplished their goal. Okay guys get ready because I am ready vent.

First of all, the only person I am truly invested in at this point is Kang Huiji . I have loved her since episode 1 and Han Tae Oh is a Fool.. He is more of a fool than all of those 2nd male leads who had years of alone time with the female lead and never confessed, and I am not talking about self serving Hyewon.. No, I am talking about that jewel that is standing in front of him, who has only looked at him since day 1. At this point, I dont think Tae Ho even deserves Huiji ( although technically I am still rooting for them but a little on the fence). I am halfway tempted to ship her with that fiance hers with the tiger print shirts. I literally was CLAPPING when Huiji called Hyewon out ( not once but TWICE) and said what we all knew.. Hyewon only loves herself.. I think she may have feelings for Tae Ho but would never risk it or pursue it and she is definitely using Inha ( who is fully aware of this) but hey these two fine men are all in love with this dead eyed girl who barely says anything and has the personality of wet paint. Now I did wonder with that scene with Hyewon mom if she was a victim of SA because that name she called her daughter was weird, it would also explain alot and give the audience more empathy towards Hyewon but they havent fleshed out the characters enough unfortunately.

Another thing, the Chairman seems to be way more in the know than we all may think. He said that Kang Inha was just like him which was interesting because he didnt say that about his other children. Also, I am wondering if Inha ever considered TaeHo and Hyewon anything other than toys or is he hurt about their late night meetups that I think he is 100% aware of and sick of ( as he should be). I also think that the Punchbag assistant who attacked Tae Ho that was working for Inju is actually secretly working for Inha or the Chairman. I mean its so obvious. Inha was the one to send a warning to Tae Ho and I think the chairman knows all of it. I think the Chairman may know about Inha and TaeHo relationship.

Continued.. below sorry loads to say

Watching Taeoh and Hyewon kissing is like pushing the idea two card boards can romance each other.
This drama looks like something that doesn't come from Disney.

Oh my gosh, if someone thought Hye-won would grab our attention in this show, I'm sorry to inform you it's actually the chairman's shirts that do.

They do more.

So, here are my guesses :

1. KIH is surely the one who send NHW her mom. I bet 10 beans on it.
2. ⁠I think the eldest son’s secretary was acting alone when he assaulted HTO. The motive is because he hates his violent boss and through spying HTO he thought that HTO is someone who is capable to bring his boss down. So he acted as if it was KIJ’s order to attack HTO. At first he deleted photos oh HTO and NHW together, but later after HTO found out it was him and swore to pay what he owed, he sold him to KIJ through those kissing pics. Maybe because he also know there is no way KIJ won’t use that pics to threaten HTO so at the same time the secretary is washing his hand and covering his tracks.
3. It’s is either KIH or NHW, or both, who framed KTO as the murderer of KIH oldest brother. The eldest’s son secretary also might be involved.
4. ⁠I think “The Impossible Heir” wasn’t referring to KIH as illegitimate son, but HTO as someone who was born with nothing to do with Kangoh.

I already hates the fact that as we’re going deeper into the story the more trashy KIH appears, also the attack HTO had to bear, and that HTO still blindly in love even having an affair with beautiful but nothing else NHW. I don’t think I want bear to watch him suffers more because falsely accused as murderer in the next episodes. If I continue watching is only because I’m still hoping there is a way for him and Hui Joo to possibly have reciprocal romance story.

Thanks for the recap @missvictrix.

When the drama began, i said I wasn't a fan of LJW (shoot me, I don't care) and I would read recaps for the 1st half and make my decision.

This is definitely not my kind of drama - and it would have been if LJW wasn't the automatic winner in the triangle.

Gratitude @missvictrix. 😊

I admit that I ff’d through both episodes. But sadly, ff’ing the show 15 seconds at a time like a flip book doesn’t even animate these stick figure characters (or give movement to the FL’s face).
Once again, the best acting in the show continues to be the hand acting, which the director also prefers, as evidenced by many close ups—the hospital hand hold, and FL’s slowly clenching fist (which moves more than her face).
Sadly, I think PCITA now has a rival in the PowerPoint Screen in The Other Apartment (PSITOA). But nothing can beat PCITA’s actual strings in tugging at Tae Oh’s heart.
My theory about why this drama is so thin on character development and also full of plot holes is not because they didn’t shoot enough, but that this is sadly the best of the tons of footage that they shot. These are the best shots and scenes with the FL—all the rest, especially with the scenes showing the relationship between Tae Oh and HW, HW and IH, and HW and her boss, are on the cutting room floor because they are unusably bad. If the best takes of HW’s big dramatic moments were the hospital scenes and the family dinner that made it in these episodes, imagine what didn’t make cut. And those scenes may have had the there there that we are all searching for in this show.

This show is so…bad.
& the female lead is such a cardboard

Thanks for the weecaps @missvictrix, this weecap and the comments have become the 2024 equivalent of the Why her post🤣 It is so entertaining to read through, thanks beanies.

Things I don’t understand part 3
Why the secretary would stay after the first baseball bat beating let alone to take a hit when Injoo had the cheek to say on that occasion he wasn’t to blame for Injoo’s frustrations. I definitely see a revenge plot at work to get pay back for every one of those beatings. Injoo has always been cruel and drunk on power he is like a sageuk prince; he hates his siblings as they are all a threat to his position as an heir. How many wives/baby mothers did the chairman have? I make it three with the step mum hating her own daughter and both the step children in and out of the home. I want to know what happened to Inha’s mum, was she the one true love whilst the two wives were part of a business acquisition? Was she a mistress who was pregnant the same time as step mum so she feels betrayed hence her hatred for her husband and Inha. She then hoped to have a second son to dismiss Inha but had Huijoo instead hence her rejection of her.

Inha from his school days was always trying in his childish ineffective ways to be powerful so I don’t understand how giving him actual power was ever going to work for Taeoh benefit. I always suspected Taeoh would be used then cast away as he would always be seen as trash.

Marrying Hyewon makes no sense unless Inha planned to have a secret contract that made sure she would be divorced and penniless when the time was right. Stringing her along thinking she would get to marry him would fit better with his personality as she always thought she was in control of that relationship and he sees her as trash too so would need to put her in her place at some point hence his dismissive conversation about Taeoh.

I also agree with the theories that Taeoh would have benefited more by becoming a son in law with a wife who knows the system from the inside as this would give him insider access and power and was more stable than being a disposable employee. Although getting the permission to marry would have been hard when he was dismissed so quickly when he was the tutor.

The ‘secret’ rendezvous site for the Taeoh and Hyewon was a bus ride away from their homes so I always wondered how they found the place and could access that rooftop which has never been redeveloped over the years? Knowing they are likely to have had background checks done why would they continue to go there to have secret conversations. Pulling up in that neighbourhood with their top of the range cars don’t they think they would draw more attention to themselves and risk being attacked/have their cars vandalised. That would have been the ideal place for Taeoh’s attack rather than a well lit basketball court. Also did I misremember at the point of the attack I thought we saw the attacker take money from his wallet but leave the wallet yet in...

"If it’s not, what’s their end game? (Asking for a friend.)"

Takes over KangOh Group with In Ha as the head of this conglomerate. To do this, first In Ha had to be publicly recognized as Chairman Kang's son. It happened. In Ha had to prove that he was capable of something and was worthy of the Kang name. This happened, although not entirely in perfect style. The Chairman Kang must only have In Ha as his only option as his successor. And here the question arises: how did Tae Oh and In Ha imagine how they would make this happen? Was it only supposed to be about discrediting Kang's other two sons or perhaps about physically eliminating them from the game, e.g. by putting them in jail or killing them? While I don't suspect Tae Oh of such a plan to kill, I think In Ha didn't rule it out from the beginning. And this plan of his was a secret from Tae Oh. In my opinion, In Ha hates his family so much, except maybe his sister, that their death or destruction - leading to bankruptcy and social collapse - is his goal. Do Tae Oh and Hye Won, each individually, have their own plans that they don't tell anyone about? It's very likely. But after episode 6 it seems to me that they are mentally weaker than earlier episodes might have suggested. They were foolish if that impulse on the roof was genuine. They have come too far to make such mistakes now.
About killing the eldest son: I think In Ha might be behind it. He would eliminate the competition and have something on Tae Oh in one fell swoop. Because I doubt this last scene will end with Tae Oh's arrest. This will rather be something that Tae Oh can be blackmailed with in the future or destroyed at a convenient moment, because the "evidence" will leak to the prosecutor's office. And then the question arises. Has In Ha always planned Hye Won as Tae Oh's weak point and that's why even though he knows about their feelings, he has always tolerated it. Because it's part of his game to lead the KangOh Group.

Just wanted to stick my head up above the parapet and say "I don't care, world! I adore this drama!" I really, really have a thing for cheesy best friend betrayal dramas (and, yeah, I shall be so disappointed if it wasn't Kang In-ha who engineered that cliffhanger-ending scene at the end of episode 6).

I like @missvictrix's recaps so here I am reading this one and I'm curious about how bad this drama is lol. All the burns in the comments are oh-so-good. XD

I'm also tempted to watch an episode just to see how bad the FL is....

Yes! Can’t believe that for the first time I’m feeling a drama needs MORE episodes instead of less!