While I thought ep 7 was a bit boring now that we graduated from high school, episode 8 changed everything.
It was absolutely amazing to see them as adults. And that kiss was fire!!! 🔥
I like that adult Sun Jae is still the same adorable awkward dude.

We saw the 2ML for like 3 seconds? Come on show, give us something more. What does he know?

I am not liking this killer seeking revenge story line but I hope there is a reason for the third time travel if and when it happens. For now I just wanted to enjoy the adults dating and kissing but alas it didn’t last.

The tension in this episode was SO palpable, storyline and tone shift incredibly well done. the actors, writer, and production crew are knocking this out of the park.

I love the little bits of information they dole out episode by episode, as we learn more about the murder and Sol’s unreliability as a narrator also keeps us guessing. The perspective shifts between Sol and Sun Jae are also great ways to create misdirection and then clarification, as we see the story from both ends.

Sun Jae’s personality is still so adorable when he’s flustered over Sol, the way he was keeling to her every request had me laughing. The comedy plus suspense in this show complement each other well, I haven’t laughed this hard in awhile.

Overall this is the show I look forward to every week and I hope we continue at this level of quality as we pass the halfway mark!

As a person who wishes they could go back in time to 2008 and change things this drama is bittersweet for me. Also why did I not know about Byeon Woo-Seok before this? He's so talented and beautiful, wow!

I waited the whole day for the recap and yes, I felt the same about this episode. I loved the adult story line and the sexy tension that have been rising for a few episodes now. I agree that Episode 7 left me hungry, but I was willing to sit through it for a the revelation in Episode 8. I really wish there were more dramas like this in how they depict adult relationships. It's not as innocent as many dramas make it out to be, and the progressive tone the drama takes is amazing. And the actors are top notch! They really deliver.

This episodes gave everything and adult SJ and Sol is fire 🔥
I just love how they have made distinctive difference in teenage and adult sol and SJ, but also being true to their character. They both are just more mature and they communicate with each other like adults so no misunderstanding.

I guess we gonna need to find out what happened in 2009 and also solve the killers grudge (maybe sol witness his crimes at the reservoir as I remember there was a short scene with a news about that?)
Go save your man girl!

*Warning: this isn't a positive comment about the drama.*

I don't like the way this show takes things so lightly.

1. After more than a decade of hearing accidents and other scary stuff that sasengs do, I didn't like how chill everyone was about this stalker. Especially Sun Jae and his manager.
Idols literally move out for people like her. They get into car accidents for people like her.

And if the trick was to "buy them a meal, and tell them it's wrong", wouldn't this world be all rainbows and ice cream?

And let's not even mention Sun Jae's entire "being an idol is so chill and breezy" "worrying about me is a waste of time" response, when Sol was talking about his suicide, and the "rumors" she heard about him.

2. OG Sol...
Apparently something happened again in 2009... and you're telling me that for Sun Jae and In Hyuk it doesn't makes sense that she doesn't want to have a walking reminder of her traumatic experience?

I seriously wanted to slap In Hyuk when he said that Sol was "ungrateful" to the guy that saved her. Like wtf he wanted her to do? Throw him a party?
In the flashback is so obvious how scared and anxious she was, but she still had the decency to be honest with Sun Jae. She was grateful for his help, but seeing him wasn't helping her get over the incident.

So do I feel bad for Sun Jae that spent 14 years getting drunk on her name? Nope.
In Hyuk keeps talking like Sol had being playing with Sun Jae for 15 years or something, when it's not her fault that SJ hasn't get over her. She literally appeared 15 year's later, bro. Leave her alone.

Acting like she's bad for Sun Jae because her traumatized 19yo self didn't want to go out with him 15 years ago, is straight up nonsense.

I seriously hate how the characters were putting the blame on her, instead of the Sun Jae. Heol. But the cherry on top was that she apologized to him. Brilliant.

3. It was funny how Sol's friend said that changing your fate won't make you happier. That things won't automatically be "better". And that she didn't regret her decisions.

I know that conversation only happened to make us panic about Sun Jae. But it's weird to hear that in a drama that completely changed the timeline to get rid of the main character's disability, make the single friend opposed to divorce and be the mother of two kids; and obviously the depressed idol now has no worries in his life.

I'm very curious about what the show is really trying to say with this stories.

Thank you Dramaddictally for capturing the essence of this show so well.
Episode 8 was just a squeeeeeeefest.
Long may it continue.

I can't believe how good of a romance this is, in any and every timeline. I absolutely believe that whether it's high school or present day or somewhere in between, these two would fall in love. And that's what makes this drama so good.

When some said that QoT would only have worked with KSH and KJW, I didn't agree, because I felt the story itself was distinctive enough that another talented pair with chemistry would have sufficed (not to take anything away from the leads we did get, because they were wonderful). But when it comes to LR, I think it could only work with these two actors. To be sure, the crisp pace and direction should also be lauded, but if I'm laughing at Im Sol accidentally knocking Sun Jae into a fountain or giggling when our FL is mistaken for a stalker because she's wearing the same type of jacket or gasping when the same two fall together on a bed--all versions of scenes I've seen a thousand times in kdramas--I have to attribute that to the actors. We're getting all the tropes here and some I can see coming a mile away, and yet I'm never bored, just delighted.

As I said elsewhere, I'm so impressed with how seamlessly the show switched from cute, poignant teen romance to sexy, poignant adult romance. There are so many shows that can't do even one of these right, and this show does both! Normally I would be rolling my eyes at these two attractive (and in the case of Sun Jae, hugely famous) people still carrying a major torch for their first love (who they never even properly dated) but this show makes me believe it's the only possibility for these two.

Highlights:

--I didn't much care for the brother and best friend in the teen portion, but I love that they're married with two kids in this timeline, especially since it gave us that lovely scene in the hospital where best friend explained why she wouldn't want to change her fate even if she could. That moment really resonated with me.

--Sun Jae running out of his dressing room after reading Im Sol's card, him pausing and then saying "It's me" on the phone, the way he *looked* at her on the bridge, with all that teenage hope blended with adult fear and excitement, and the absolute joy he took in every cute and cringey thing Sol did (from praising the fragrance of a faux plant to feigning sleep at the kitchen table) . . . at the moment, I'm hard pressed to remember a ML I liked this much. He's so disarming and likeable and human even when the drama is obviously pure fantasy.

--Loved Sol's mom facetiously granting her permission for her adult daughter to stay over at a man's place if that's what she wanted to do. Wish we saw more of this in dramaland!

--The twist with the 2ML in the parking lot was so good! I did not expect that at all. I don't think he's a bad guy in any timeline, so I can't wait to find out what he's up to.

--That kiss scene was so, so good. I know it was heavily choreographed and probably filmed from...

My heart--this show just delivers the feels. Sure, it's great on the comedy, which I give all the props for delivering laughs and ridiculous situations incredibly well. But in the midst of all this comedic chaos (sometimes on a turn of a dime) are so many moments of poignancy: the scene on the bridge when the exchanges of "it's been a while" with such longing and emotion in their eyes; at the bar, when Sun Jae is trying to see why Sol came to see him, and Sol just straightforwardly says that even without the time capsule her wish to see him just like this had come true; Sol telling him that she was worried he that he might die and Sun Jae realizes how Sol still cares and worries about him; after overhearing how Sun Jae was still not over her, and seeing that he had retrieved the time capsule that he had not forgotten anything; and, most of all, Sol's confession that she liked him but couldn't tell him because she was struggling and in pain and missed him and then his processing what she was saying. At the heart of all this is that these two have shown how much they care for each other all along in all the timelines that the connection that they share seemed so deep and meaningful even in small moments. It's more than chemistry, which they sure have in spades and in many dimensions from cute to intense attraction--the feelings are so believable because they have shown us how much they really like each other. It's a rarity because a lot of dramas use tension and bickering between a couple to build the chemistry and the story, but when you get a couple who truly seem to not only be attracted to one another but actually like each other, it's pure magic. It makes the comedy better and the heartfelt moments that much more intense. Both Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok have their own charm (yowza), but together they are magical here because the genuineness of their acting and their connection transport this story. I love them so much because I like them so much and I like how they are with one another so much.
I still don't understand how the time travel works, and why and how Sol remembers or doesn't remember things. But that's not a quibble, but an observation because when I watch I am carried along for the ride and running with the joy and feels. Love it.

These two episodes really highlighted just how likeable the two leads are and made me root for the relationship even more—I love that no arrogant idol attitude developed in Sun-Jae with his rise to celebrity, while the new timeline Im-sol is still caring, straightforward, and feisty. Also, they are both kind of funnily awkward with each other, a dynamic that is more convincing when they are playing characters closer to the actual actors' age than teenagers. Like @dramaddictally I loved that nervous monologue from Im Sol about how she hadn't really been proposing they sleep together-- it really was unusual for kdramas to have a character honestly consider the possibility that spending the night together might reasonably include intimacy. This made the show's handling of the standard trope of two characters spending the night together innocently but uncomfortable in proximity with each other because they would really prefer something less innocent funnier than it usually is.

But, I’m still a little uneasy that the show will notcomplete the promise of episode 8 with a truly happy ending, which for me would be one that wouldn’t rush them together just at the end as the serial killer falls to his death. Partly its because I’m pretty confident that the next 8 episodes will

1. Reintroduce the love triangle in the final time travel loop with Im Sol feeling that she has to stay with Tae Sung to protect Sun-jae, resulting in hurtful misunderstandings all the way around.
2. Double down on the struggles with the serial killer, who will prove amazingly resilient and resistant to arrest.

So this brings up my objection to this show, which is not quite the same as @enriquequierecagar 's —but rather a more general complaint about the murder-romance juxtaposition found in a lot of shows. I understand that murder, in terms of a romance narrative, increases the stakes of the relationship, while, thematically it works to raise questions about the line between desperate actions for love and insane actions from hate—or, if its a serial killer, compare and contrast evil obsessions with the intense feelings of love.

But often, I just don’t think murder is necessary to make the show gripping, and for me, it really undermines the escapism of the romance. In this one, with its theme of missed connections, and feeling trapped by--or wanting to escape--a cruel fate, why not have just two accidents, one crippling and the other deadly, with no serial killer; or, even an original timeline that did in fact have the suicide of a depressed star who felt isolated and alone?

I’m just thinking, based on what I’ve seen so far, that without the serial murderer, the show could, if anything, intensify its squee factor, and that's saying something!

Sun Jae has not changed since high school how is that possible? He still has the same giddy reactions to Sol and care for her the same way. While Sol still has a one track mind to save Sun Jae from harm.
Let us not forget their hot makeout sesh. 🔥🔥🔥

I'd rather not mention that creepy killer stalking Sol. Which makes me wonder if he was the same one Sol bumped into in the original timeline. I thought he was caught.

Now I also wonder about the appearance of Tae Sung. Why was he where we found him? What is he up to now? Did Sol's peptalk change his life's course for the better? Also why is Sun Jae so fond of hiding things under blankets this week? 🤭

We are only halfway the drama so there may still be a lot of time travel hijinks and lessons to be had. I jsut wish this will be a happy ending for our beloved Sun Jae and Sol.

It's not like I was "in love" with the show during the previous weeks but I'm feeling kinda meh about it nowadays. I'll still continue watching but I don't crave the week to be over so I can get to the next episode like I felt during the 1st or 2nd week.

That being said, I felt kinda stressed while watching cause I just kept thinking about how the serial killer comes into play. I thought if he was dealt with quickly, then what was the point of him in the first place and after the timeline changed, I thought "sigh, now we have a sasaeng and a killer to deal with". Why?!
Killer with a "one who got away" grudge and a creepy/obsessive teen. Neither things makes the overall story more appealing to me, just stressful.

I don't know if Sun Jae committed suicide in the original timeline; to me it did seem plausible that he did but now with this new element of him being harmed, I'm not sure.

I totally understood why he's felt so guilty all these years. If I were him, I would feel the same way. It's such a sad situation born from such an innocent choice.

I also felt bad for 19 year old Sun Jae. He apparently was just never meant to be with Sol at that point in time yet she was the only one in his heart for 15 years.

I wonder why the brother and friend got together in the new timeline but not the original. The only thing that seems to have changed is Sol's walking.

Confused about what they're doing with Tae Sung. Why does he even know where she lives? Why does the serial killer know where she lives?

There were some cute moments such as their kiss and how they both kept smiling when thinking about it but all the questions I have as well as the serial killer overshadowed that to me.

This show has a pacing problem, a huge one. For a lot of these two episodes, nothing happened. The best part was the make put session because something interesting finally happened. The serial killer/kidnapper is absolutely the least interesting part of this drama, why they didn't just make this a tight 12er with just a timeslip romance, I don't understand. I know it is based on a webtoon, but we can kill the serial killer aspect, pun intended. It is boring the show is at its best when our two leads are adorable together.

Thank you! That was a great recap!

This drama most def isn’t perfect but it has gotten under my skin in a number ways and it has been a balm to chat with @Tabong, @Cera, and other Beanies until your review came out a little while ago @dramaddictally. Thank you for your funny and heartfelt review.
What I didn’t like:
1. I second T’s No 2 concern. InHyuk’s awful comments are expressed in the RL by so many men and some women. They were misogynistic and I wish Sunjae had called him out on that and not for his drunken buffoonery. It made me sad and mad that those views were expressed and not challenged and rebutted.
2. It was profoundly disappointing to a number of us beanies that Sol didn’t have at least an in internal monologue about the lack of accessibility and the rights of people with disabilities who have to endure and be subject to such treatment day in and day out. It could have been done poignantly and even humorously. A good opportunity to raise consciousness and speak truth to power was wasted.
3. I loath the serial killer angle and was so stressed that ff’d through those bits. I believe there is far too much gratuitous violence against women in entertainment the world over and still believe this didn’t need to be a narrative driver.
I will write about my fave bits in another comment.

I loved these episodes. I laughed so much. I have been really sick and then have a huge work deadline, so I can’t completely focus on getting better right now. It was exactly what I needed.
I also realize there are a lot of things I am ignoring in the background. (how does Sol’s head even work? How did the self she left behind get into college with brain gaps? Does she have all the knowledge from all the timelines? What is it saying about disability and what happiness is? If 30 year old self made memories with 18 year old Sun Jae, is she invalidating her 18 year old desires? ) But this is working so much for me, with few red flags, that I am more than happy with just being along for the ride.

With Sol giving a time piece to Sun Jae, I have been wondering if Sun Jae will use it to go back in time for Sol at some point. I could see that as a finale, which I wouldn’t mind. It would be way better than noble idioticy in episode 13-15. With the old wristwatch not making an appearance these episodes (I think? Did anyone see it somewhere? The watch Sun Jae took off was fancy.) I am curious how she will find it to go back in time.

So let me get this straight, only Sunjae remembers their first kiss, now Sol is going back to the past for the third time to change the future, then it means only Sol will remember their second kiss. Does that mean it's a guarantee we're getting a third kiss that both will remember? 😚

Thank you for the recap that really captures the drama's squeeworthyness. The drama is full of heart-squeezing emotions and LOL moments. The repeated sounds of "I'm not coming home tonight" was hilarious. And the Joseon fakeout had me laughing, though I knew it was a drama set with the cheesy romantic dialogue in the background. The fountain push was a great bit of comedy too. I'm glad she chose to go to her friend in labor rather than wait for Sun-jae. I love how well the actors play their young and older selves. Even though Sol was already 34 in a 19 year old body in 2009, her 34 year old self in the present day self felt more matured.

I hate that there is a serial killer, but I'm relieved that not much time is given to him.

I am worried about how we're halfway through and we're already on the 3rd and final trip back. I doubt they will spend 8 episodes in the past. I'm guessing there will be another trip to the present to track and trap the killer and I hate the idea of having to have a killer rear its ugly head in 2023 rather than just sending him into a truck of doom in 2010. In Sol's head, there would be 3 sets of traumatic memories. Yikes! OG timeline -kidnapped once. second timeline - kidnapped twice. third timeline - maybe kidnapped 3 times?

screaming crying I love this show SO DAMN MUCH!!!!!!!
ep8 had me screaming with their antics especially with Sunjae IMMEDIATELY folding for anything Sol requests ARGH. My heart couldn't take it AAAAAAA

god I love them so much!

If I'm really honest I found episode 7 nearly unwatchable and even some moments in 8. I agree with several commenters here, you know who you are, so I won't repeat what's already been written.

However I will add that as delightful as show is when at it's best, we have to talk about Sol....I appreciate that she has a bright bubbly personality and she can be impulsive at times but that doesn't make her a moron (too harsh?) and sadly that is how she does appear to be at times. Am I the only one dying from embarrassment on her behalf? Where is the 30+ years of maturity gone?

I worry that the show will not be able to top this reunion in coming episodes, this was literally perfect in terms of squee, awe & heartfelt, it was a long time coming. But I really dont know how their other (future) reunion will be as satisfying as this was,as after the third time travel I don't think we will be able to see the "Sun Jae" who waited for her for 15 years.

I really love them together! Their feelings are so strong and they really care about each other. What a kiss scene!

But the story is pretty weird. First, the killer, why he has this obsession with Sol? Sun-Jae seems to be a collateral damage/jealousy. I prefered when I thought it was a car accident and depression than a obsessed guy who tried to kill them in each timeline.

Then, Sol is missing 15 years of her own life because of it. It's weird that they are different Sol because it hurt Sun-Jae so much and changed Sol's life a lot.

Why we got only one scene with Tae-Sung? Why he's in her parking? I missed him.

I was happy to see In-Hyuk and Sun-Jae still friends. But it would have been nice to know why happened this time.

@dramaddictally Wheeeee! Your recap was like a fantiction that made me all warm on the inside. Thank you😘

OMG! Byeon Woo Seok is killing it here, I had never seen his dramas, but he has become one of my favourites ❤ and first in the list of korean hunks 😂😂

Anway back to the story, Why can't I find such fictional men in real life? *cries in Kim Soo Hyun* I want to give credit to the director because he gave detailed instructions for the kiss in the BTS video and the outcome was fabulous! He knows his viewers and knows the product he want to sell and without his guidance, I don't think we would all be this emotionally charged. The sound editing team also needs to be praised because all the minuscule sounds (like Sol pulling her coat tight around her at the hotel) add more to the comedy.

Adult bestie and brother were much better, but I missed the trio of Tae Sung, Sun Jae and Sol.

And, now what I liked/like:
1. It evokes real emotions in me as opposed to manipulating me because I can tell the difference. If I only get slightly teary and forget what I have watched the next day, I know it has been manipulative. What stays with me and affects me over and over again is authentic and mostly enduring. I find the interactions between Sunjae and Sol deeply moving because as T said, we forget that they are acting even though we know that they are professionals who ate honouring their profession by creating authentic feelings if empathy, sympathy, sorrow and affection for the characters.
2. I want to have faith in the writer that Tae will not become a sacrificial character and be injured or killed. Song Geonhee has given me/others so much joy because of his performance that I want to see it get imprinted in the viewers’ consciousness and to endure.
3. I love the continuing skinship between our two leads, the focus on their hands and holding each other’s faces. I love that Sol was allowed to exercise her agency to initiate the kiss and subsequently to respond passionately and lovingly.
4. I can say much more but my parting words are for my fellow Beanies (and Dramaddictally) who have given me so much joy in the last few weeks by being ready to chat, to commiserate, to laugh and to fall head over hills for this fictional story.

Thank you for the recap @dramaddictally this week was a joy from the time she woke up thinking she had been transported back to Joseon to the unnecessary speech before being taken in to the bar I was laughing hard. I hope the killer storyline is wrapped up fast it was so cruel they only got one day of joy then were flung into sorrow.

Sunjae was clearly hiding his pain re the meds so some elements of the original timeline didn’t change.

I don’t get how the killer and the obsessed fan both got through the security for the apartment. Sol was able to loiter outside as well so it was like a normal hotel rather than a celebrity’s secure home. I was also surprised the family were not made aware of the killer’s release date.

I am really enjoying this drama but yet again wish I had just waited for all the episodes to drop so I could binge watch it as the suspense each week is so hard to endure.