I agree completely and I wanted to love this. 4 men in love with our unpleasant/odd FL(s)? Therapist doesn't see fit to intervene? Unrealistic apartment/job set up unless newscaster knows but it is positioned that she does not. ML is dreamy, however!

This was WEIRD. Also she assaulted that poor man, by kissing him. I wish they hadn't gone that route. I am not sure I understand what is happening in this drama. While she is Hyeri, the filming and her demeanor are almost whimsical. While she Eun Ho, she is struggling. The shows seems to be implying she adopted some of her "sisters" identity, but the two episodes were so odd, that I don't know what to think. hmmmm

The first two episodes were ... interesting, although I liked episode 2 much better than the first. It made sure that I will definitely keep watching.
I even found the last scene of the second episode quite impressive and touching. I actually had a lump in my throat.

Hye-ri reminds me of a child with her direct, literal manner. I was surprised that she is supposed to be 25 years old. I wonder if that was her sister's age when she disappeared. I suspect that Hye-ri was "created" as a "replacement" for the missing sister.

Thank you for the recap! I agree with your assessment of the portrayal of DID. I was under the impression that DID is the result of extreme trauma in childhood. Though I do think the writers could be setting up something like that. For one thing, Hyeri is 9 years younger than Eun-ho, which makes me think something bad could have happened when Eun-ho was 9.

We did hear, in those early scenes set in 2015, that Hyun-oh found Eun-oh's house a mess. (Which it isn't now.) She was playful in a way that he described as crazy. She also grilled him, in the guise of flirting, about whether he would save her if she were drowning. I immediately thought both, "oh, she saw someone drowning," and "oh, she feels like she's drowning."

But if all this is true, why didn't she dissociate in the freezer truck? Or did she?

I also have a lot of suspicions about this Joo-Yeon guy. He has a brother who died and his mom calls him up to tell him she wishes he had died. Is this a legit real separate person, or is it one of Eun-ho's personalities? Or are they destined to be together because the same things happened to both of them? Or is he just open to the ways she's a weirdo because they fit with the ways that he's traumatized?

I cannot decide whether I'm reading more into these episodes than what was intended. One thing is for sure though: DID is not suited to a light romantic comedy. It's suited to a detective story.

I think Kang Hoon looking super handsome in this role will be my main reason to watch it. I liked Hyeri, she's a complete weirdo but she's fun. At least, she realized that kissing him was wrong.

The "logistic" of this drama isn't really clear. Why Eun-Ho doesn't know her condition? How it happened? For a moment, I thought Moon Ji-On's kiss was very impactful to give her a new life.

I wasn’t sure how to feel about the drama. At times it was engaging and at times quite unbelievable. It’s intriguing enough to continue if I set aside all logic. Also I don’t particularly like any of the leads. Especially the main leads. Ji On seems ok but I still don’t understand why he picked up a creepy lady and took her home.
The chirpy SFL seems like the only sane person.

How does Eun Ho go to the second persona Hyeri’s den and keep an alarm for 4pm? Why would she do that especially after coming back from work that afternoon. Which means she should know she has another identity but the show implies that she is confused.
She has a major chuck of her time she can’t account for and yet the show hasn’t given us an insights into this.

I will continue for now.

I have so many questions, that I will keep watching in hopes that they will be answered. 😅

LOL it seems like I'm the only one, but I liked this one. But then I found out the actor had a real life Judge From Hell case (but without Justitia setting thinks straight), so I'm out. 😭

But here are something interesting for the other beanies to think about: the title says 나의 해리에게 (To my Hae Ri) which isn't the other identity's name (she's 혜리 Hye Ri), but her disorder's name.
해리 (Hae Ri) means "disassociation", as in 해리성 정체성 장애: dissociative identity disorder.

Anyway, here are my thoughts about these two episodes: this show felt like four different dramas all at once, and I liked three of them.
I didn't like the ML because he has too much power over Eun Ho's career. It was just two episodes of him doing her "favors" as if he felt responsible/bad for her. And that makes him look like a saint or fool in love with his coworkers, but I just find it weird and unfair. So, Idc about him.

Now, the first drama-inside-the-drama that I liked is Eun Ho's story. Like, everyone dislikes her, and her preferences (career wise) seem a bit unusual. The only one who would talk to her was the guy who thought he had a chance, and her jealous ex who didn't want to marry her goes to her home whenever and controls her career however he likes... That's a lot. What's going on!

The other drama that I liked was the fantasy show we got with Hye Ri and Eun Ho, two girls in one body (yes, I will call it the fantasy plot, not DID).
The girls have rules apparently.
They only switch if Eun Ho goes to sleep before 4PM, right? Because she had those trips during the weekend with no problem... Or maybe they don't switch during the weekend?
Idk, this feels like an old Disney movie (the spell would be "one will own the day, and the other one will own the night..." Like Twitches but one body? 😂).
It seems like Eun Ho adapted/accepted it everything pretty fast, too. She went to a psychiatrist, she has a routine, and she doesn't seem too worried about what Hye Ri does or not.

I mean, Hye Ri's existence is very recent (2 months), but Eun Ho seemed to have everything "under control". Even when Hye Ri didn't know about it.
Also, even if this is a recent thing, I suspect some traumatic event from the past has something to do with it.
Hye Ri seems to be like a version of someone she knew (maybe dongsaeng?). That would explain why she's younger (28?) than Eun Ho, and why she behaves like a kid most of the time. If Eun Ho's last memories of the OG Hye Ri are from when she was a kid, that would explain that weird kiss (she was right, he should've sue her).

The final (and favorite) mini-drama here it's Hye Ri x Ju Yeon's dynamic. I was vibing with The Secret Romantic Guesthouse reunion (modern spin off? 🤣), but then Hye Ri had that confidence boost and became hilarious. I like that she's unpredictable (why would she follow a stranger to his home, tho???). And Ju Yeon's awkwardness complements her well, imo.

Anyway, enjoy...

It is an unconventional story which is far from perfect, but makes me curious.

Who is the hairdresser who comes in at 4:00 am and reworks the hair, while the lead is asleep??? It can't be the new morning-person personality because when she woke up she was so surprised by everything.

Am I the only one getting the sense that a lot of the humor and nuance are lost because of translation issues? There is a lot going on for 12 episodes. So, at least we won't be bored.

@enriquequierecagar I had the sense that the title of the drama is like the intro to a letter. So, is the FL writing a letter to herself? Is this how the two personalities will communicate in the drama?

With the amount of misunderstandings the watchers are having, I hope this doesn't turn out to be a simple love triangle, misunderstanding based humor romcom. But with two personalities, we could have our first double triangle romcom!

I think it's okay for this show to be strange and not so easy to understand. At least, it they will make the pieces fit as we move along.
But I very much agree that it sould have been so much better if they had called the thing that happens too her the "White Bear Syndrom" (After the fairytales about a prince who is a polar bear by day) or a kind of copy-cat-hypochondria (sounds good, too, like some claves rhythm) where patients cope with their traumas by imitating mental states they have read about. I mean, so like, she would have a mental illness, but that it worked like this was because of the books and films she had seen, a kind of placebo illness?

I'm all over the place with this one. I almost turned it off after the first 20 minutes because I I found Joo Eun-ho and Jung Hyun-oh pretty nauseating in their happy and in love phase (where 95% of their conversations were about the heroine's pathological need to force the ML to admit he loves her above everything and everyone, even as she hits and nags him or sabotages his ability to do chores, which is truly his only redeeming quality anyway), and intolerable in their enemies period (in which they insult, condescend, and gaslight their way through boring and redundant conversations that go nowhere). I don't see true love here; I see exes who should remain so and never, ever, EVER get back together.

Plus, I have to say that as amazed, impressed, and fangirly I was for Shin Hye-sun in "Mr. Queen," I find that she's much better in comedic roles than in this kind of heavy yet quirky melodrama. In parts, I feel like she's overacting or being precious rather than channeling a complicated character. I was also particularly confused and irritated by the way she's playing Hyeri as some kind of tween hobbit. I know we're supposed to get that this is a different identity or projection on the part of a damaged psyche, but what's with the constantly open mouth, jerky dancing, and stuttering? Honestly, it reminds me of past portrayals of neurotypical actors playing mentally retarded or autistic characters by relying on caricature that reads much the same as mockery, and as such, I find it both distracting and insulting.

But then, the twist at the end of episode one, and then most of episode two, pulled me in. Even with Shin Hye-sun's odd infantilizing of her character, I found Hyeri and Kang Joo-Yeon to be much sweeter and interesting to watch when things got going a little bit. Even with the sheer ridiculousness of a man with that face managing to make it to 35 without ever having been kissed, and that he suddenly shifted from cold and aloof to inviting this clearly unstable girl/woman to his home, I'd much rather they were the main couple here.

The show is definitely tonally weird. It's not going for the comedy in quite the way "Kill Me, Heal Me" did, but it's also not presenting a remotely realistic portrayal of DID or the blurring of fantasy and reality as a trauma response. I do think we're supposed to see the emergence of the DID as the result of both the sister's death and the breakup, so I wasn't too hung up on how her ex didn't witness the 4am/4pm split. But it is hard to believe that this woman can get up at 4am, be a news anchor until noon on some days, then go to bed, only to wake up at 4pm and work all night. Maybe this whole drama is just about how we all need to get more sleep.

I don't know. Kang Hoon is really good looking. So I'll watch another week.

I typically avoid DID storylines in anything, for a reason, The narrativeand only really started this because I especially like the PD, (I doubt SHS or Kang Hoon alone would’ve been enough for me to start this).

The first half of episode one was extremely grating and no doubt will be a turn off for many people (indeed, it almost was for me.)
I dislike Hyun Oh and Eun Ho as characters, and everything around them, and even though I know JEH is supposed to be intentionally unlikable and narcissistic, it’s very hard to make that kind of character actually enjoyable to watch, even at the best of times.
I struggle to engage with their relationship both in the present and in the flashbacks and I’m not interested in the slightest in them getting back together (in fact I really hope they don’t, I hope that is also on purpose), or anything else about their world as we’ve been given it so far.
I pity her character but only in relation to the inevitable greater traumatic backstory that stalks every frame (ahhh irony), not for her own sake and not enough to care about her or watching her half of the story with much attention.

On the other hand, whilst Hyeri and Ju Yeon’s half is fraught with highly questionable behaviour on both sides, again, also intentionally, I find their set up and the immediate parallels between them much, much more interesting;
They are both haunted by the identity of their (presumably) dead siblings - one much more literally and in a way that has not yet been fully revealed to us, but nonetheless, in a way that imposes upon their own identities.

This to me is far more enticing, red flags and all, and strange or weird though much of it may be definitely is, and even with the ticking time bomb that is DID in Fiction and a writer I have zero confidence in doing this narrative foil justice, than whatever is going on with Eun Ho and Hyun Oh, or anything else besides.
One is the kind of weird I can maybe enjoy, and one is the kind of weird that will only annoy me.

So, I will keep watching if only because I enjoy a good narrative foil, and… brace for impact.

OMG, I loved it! So many questions, so many theories, so many possibilities and so many speculations!

1. Are we even sure this show is about DID? Maybe we are witnessing two timelines completely separated from each other, that is the "past" and "present". (EH and HR might be the same person but maybe living lives before and after some cataclysmic event?) (I know, I know it's a stretch, with therapist and switches but I can see how it CAN work as a plot develop.)

2. Are we even sure Hyun-o dated EH and not her sister? Maybe the sisters shared each other's their experiences, and now one's experiences became the other's reality? Juicy possibility.

3. It's quite clear to me Hyun-o knows about something going on with EH/HR.) Even though EH memory's is of him not wanting to get married (and we are not even sure if this is EH's memory), the "present" Hyun-o comes across as really tortured / invested / knowing of mental disorder but still keeping a distance... This is a very, very interesting choice.

4. Who's Joo-yeon? Sister's ex? EH's ex? The proverbial rom-com killer? I'm hooked.

One more thing I want to mention. The recap is practically oozing with dislike for this show (which makes me question why the assignment distribution went like that). All the things listed, including "weird" characters and "weird" vibes are actually the things that hooked me in the first place. Among the sea of boring cliched dramas dramas and characters this year (with the exception of The Wedding Impossible), I found EH character refreshing in a way I found Jenna Ortega's Wednesday charming and hilarious. The dialogue serves tons of double entendres ("You must not have a good grasp on reality" from Hyun-o is quite proverbial, isn't it?, not to mention, that that whole "anchor war" scene in episode 1 was really laden with double meanings), the plot moves fast (thank you!) and the choice of everything, from make-up to stage production lends this show quite a "weird" vibey feel.

The recap is also full of virtue signaling which is quite unfortunate (I think these needs to be left to comments section, and recaps focused on the merits of the actual show). It's actually quite a captivating show, with great dialogue and characters I'm already invested in, and I'm curious how it's going to develop as it goes. Seems like DB will not be picking it up for a recap, which is quite head-scratching.

Episode 1: slow and boring, and lot of "exposition in the wind". What I mean: you don't know yet what to do with that, why you watch that, and it makes it harder to remember.

Episode 2: awesome! Still slow, but now the setup is done, there is a great hooking power. The writing is very fine. Every detail makes sens, can be dialog, acting, visuals, symbolism.

I saw at end of your recap: many questions, elements you find weird or maybe unrealistic. But what I liked: just being attentive and think a bit about what I watch is enough to make sens of it. I can't post here everything I could find, as it's in every scene, dialog, visuals, symbolic elements. Many elements are already explainable.

It's not a split-disorder romantic drama like "Kill me heal me". It takes things more seriously, and then, there is a lot to talk about. I didn't expect such a writing quality. I cross fingers it continues like Ep2.

It's ironic that this drama shows a girl going to the place of a guy she barely knows when the ML has been accused of SA in his home of a girl he met for the first time a few hours earlier for dinner. This has happened quite a few times in K-dramas and honestly it's scaring me. Writers should quit normalizing this behavior. It's never safe to go to a guy's home alone when you barely know him and aren't in a relationship or even friends. There's only one reason a guy would invite a girl alone to his house. These FL's have no street smarts. This happened in Miss Night and Day. The FL goes to the ML's place alone and gets drunk. They are just colleagues from work. Who does that in this day and age? So many SA stories happen because a girl goes to a guy's house alone and the guy thinks it means she wants him.

i just watched the two episodes. i have to say i'm confused. but now i will scroll up to read the recap... felt compelled to say this first. now i can go read what i must have missed.
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Same reaction as everyone else: ...huh? What is going on? But I AM intrigued, and I will watch Shin Hye Sun in ANYTHING. So I'm going to stick with this one, at least for now. Although I do have to question: If you're being pursued by Kang Sang Joon, why in the world wouldn't you take him up on the offer? I mean, please!

Also: Was I the only one who found Ju Eun-ho's "cute" questions and actions with Hyun-oh in the flashback scenes extremely offputting? I would be creeped out if my SO started lying on the floor, hugging my ankles and demanding that I choose between two ridiculous options. And then wrapping it all up with "Because I love you." Eek! It felt extremely manipulative and almost stalkerish. I thought they were setting up her mental illness right there.

I agree that this is one mess of a show so far and the DID is poorly done yet I will stick around for the 4 episode trial to find out if it gets better.

@sicarius: I open message here because it's too narrow above.
In the past (when there was no computer), screenwriters did production scripts, with camera and angles. Now they don't do that (but there is indeed a production script), so they rarely indicate camera. Not forbidden, but not recommended. Maybe close-up, or few things. But anyway, they still direct discretly from page.

Everything's about visual order and so, words order. It's precise, if you read screenplays, you see they are faithful. But in hollywood industry, there is the first screenwriter, and often, the script goes out of their hands and countless other people rewrite, after tons of notes from executives, sometimes degrading quality. I just focus on the fact that anything visual or scene cuts are in the script, and even order of shots, but the director has final word and can choose something better.

Just an example from a TV series (Mentalist). Scene opens in a police station. Description: "A ringing phone is answered by Rigby". Really a classic cliché. Description could be "Rigby answers a ringing phone", more active and recommended. But the writer indicates the visual order, first a shot on the phone, then we suppose hand of Rigby then shot of Rigby. Screenplays are as precise as that. So when comes a visual element as big as the flickering bulb, of course, it's obvious. It's deeply related to the story.

About kdrama screenplays: any of them I could read are faithful of what is on screen. Of course, the director adds depth by choosing camera angle, type of shots, etc. But the script is much more respected than in western industry. Reasons can be they are in a hurry and it's more easy to follow the script, but I heard writers are much more respected, at least top writers are well paid and even stars. When the director doesn't follow the script, it leads to argument discussions and problems.

In episode 1, just after the kiss when Eun Ho is half conscious (and I suppose to be somehow half Hyeri at this time), we jump to a close up of Hyeri in the sun. 99% sure here, the writer did SMASH CUT in the script. I took that like this: the writer wanted to make us understand that Eun Ho mind was half-Hyeri during a short time, and didn't stop the kiss from an anchor. Kdramas rarely indicate what is a cut. But I see that sometime, fade-out, fade-in. When it's important, they write the type of cut.

Differences between script and screen in kdramas: I could see a few of that, but it's rare. And it wasn't related to an element in the scene but deep in the story. Like: remove a scene giving information to keep mystery. Just keep the scene without the revelation. Take a scene with someone dead in the shadow, and film the guy and his emotions before to die. Quite big changes, but really, it's so rare that you get that only two or three time in a 16h drama. I also saw changes due to budget and CGI problems. I saw little additions here or there, when the director...

I wouldn't call this a romance, I certainly wouldn't call this a comedy, I frankly wouldn't even call this a K-drama. Its more an indi film/acting workshop exercise - a very odd duck.
One thing it does do is continue Attorney Woo's weird trope of blank slate hot guys who have a weird fetish for mentally disabled women. The heroine here doesn't even possess Attorney Woo's positives. She's just straight-up mentally disabled. At least Forrest Gump was chatty and friendly.