I am glad I am not alone in being confused! I am also starting not to care anymore.

It's the two main leads that are very, very interesting to me. They both had a very difficult childhood and very unconventional families, so whatever informed them of "family happiness" must have been truly fvked up. It's clear they never knew or never been taught how to communicate their feelings, and the fear of abonnement often propelled them to suppress their voices of dissatisfactions. Often, people with difficult childhood also don't even KNOW how to communicate their feelings properly. I find it convincing more and more, especially in light of Hyun-oh child-like crying fit at loosing his mother's necklace (he couldn't even COMMUNICATE to her properly why he was searching for a necklace for hours!) and then suddenly shoving away his feelings, grabbing at the Eun-ho's saving straw of making a duplicate necklace and just...going out to grab some food.

They are older now, and you could tell their brains begin to process their reasoning and emotions a bit differently. They listen to people now. They re-evaluate their memories in entirely different light and in context of what's happening to them at present.

What struck me as absolutely insane is this: how could people who are supposedly masters at COMMUNICATING the news to audience as announcers be so bad at communicating to each other? How their suppressed trauma finds all the insidious ways to still get communicated and manifested such as mental disorder and professional sacrifice.

I find this couple fascinating and nothing like I've seen in a while in k-drama-world whereas as second lead's infatuation is a dime a boring dozen.

I also only watched episode 7. I think the "marriage cliffhanger" is what's going to propel (hopefully) the discussion about why Hyun-ho refuses to marry. I don't think he's actually marrying someone (good ol' misunderstanding), but this was done by the writer to explore this issue more in depth. I really, really like this writer so far. The writer teases us with all these questions and mysteries but slowly over the course of the series explores the motivation behind everyone's actions more in depth.

The scene between Kang Hood and Eun-ho was heartbreaking and given her mental illness, even more so. However, I couldn't help by feel anger at Eun-ho for her actions. She deliberately wrote the note (at the beginning of the episode) trying to find why Hyeri is happy. Couldn't she take a pause to realize that her actions might affect people around her? So far, our heroine is a bit thoughtless when it comes to her life. We see in flashbacks that it's her who refuses to see what's plain about many things: that Hyun-oh refuses to marry, that he's a workaholic and ambitious person with deeply personal motivation to become a famous announcer (i.e. so his missing mother could see him), that she a bit of a willing participate in the "switches" -- I mean wouldn't you freak out to do something, anything, to stop this happening??

Nothing what it seems. Hyun-oh started as a jerk and now he's slowly redeeming. Eun-ho started as a confident steadfast announcer and now she's faltering. The young announcer is a hoot and I absolutely love her, and I dare say, she's probably what Hyeri would have been if she were alive, or what Eun-ho would have been if she stopped with her lackadaisical attitude toward life. Kang Hoon unfortunately is now relegated to the SL's kdrama pitfall, that is, his entire characterization is all about his infatuation about Hye-ri. (What happened to his brother? How does it continue to affect him?)

Looking forward to episode 8, and I have so many more thoughts.

Isn't it curious that this PD who's pretty tight with the editing of the scenes scenes chose to show her TWICE in one episode taking these pills? Doesn't she come off as a bit of a willing participant in her switches?

I'm just trying to figure out the logical behavior of someone who found out they have memory losses or, worse, some form of DID. If it were me, I'd be surrounding myself with friends and family, making sure I don't do anything stupid, and doing everything possible to get even further help. But I know of people with extreme anxiety disorder who isolate themselves even further from anyone.

My heart is already breaking for Ju Yeon and I know it’s going to be a wreck when this show ends.

It was a strong scene, touching moment thanks to background music. Both characters kinda lost and desesperate. Heartbreaking scene so. As you said, we could root for any of them. Again some details from the director, like the yellow door opened in the last shot behind Eun-Ho. I can't make sens of it now, but it's not here by chance.

I almost ALWAYS do a check and see what the cast and crew have done prior. I like to see who I recognize and from where. I did not do my due diligence this time, I only now realize that this director did 25/21 and I really really really did not like the ending of that show that I thought was so great until the end.....now I am a bit nervous...

Last scene about "married" was too confusing and I make no sen s of that. I even doubt it could be a flashback. It's how it's messy.

I recap an important point that slipped my mind about the café scene and why Ju-Hyeon doesn't care about Eun-Ho. For now, he thinks she's in a relationship with another man. So, his only way out is Hiery, without Eun-Ho. Sad and harsh for Eun-Ho. But when we watch back, she knew Hyeri was close to Ju-Hyeon, she even made a search on internet about him. But chose to say him nothing. Ran away in the scene when she end in bathroom with panic fit.
Anything we get here is quite good writing, with the feeling it can be only like that, any cruel or weird decision characters take.

" It will be really sad and pathetic if the writers makes them end up together"

I don't think so. Of course there's going to be a time jump, when Eun-ho is all healed but I see how the writer convincingly sets up both leads to end up together. But the better (and healthier) scenario would be of course to end up with neither of the guys and just find the happiness on her own.

As a side note, this is not a just a show of two people trying to find their way back together. It's also a show about how Eun-ho finds her own professional satisfaction. It was the marriage news that broke her mental camel's back. It was a series of mistakes and a failure at achieving success as an announcer.

I mean, yes, but I don't think you can assume Ju yeon is going to be better. Hyun oh's trauma was: mother fled, father exploited him, father died in a fire, kindly Granny Loan Shark adopted him by purchasing him (!) because of debt bondage.

Ju-yeon already told us that his brother who died was more like a father because he didn't have one. At the start of the show, his hoobae tried to flirt with him and he said his wish was for the world to end. His mom has some kind of dementia or mental illness and keeps calling him up to tell him she wishes the brother had lived instead of him.

I don't know, I'm still not sure why Eun-ho has DID and none of these other folks do. (I was initially thinking that Ju Yeon was going to turn out to be one of Eun-ho's personalities since his trauma is so similar to hers.)

👋🏾Welcome to the DB comments and what a great drama to jump in on.

I am intrigued to see how they end this in terms of the relationships because there are some dramas where the love story is only part of the story so we don't end seeing the main leads together. In some dramas there is a hint they are or will be together in the future but in others they stay broken up.

K-dramas usually stress me with the second male lead in these kinds of dramas because they see and connect with the female lead. The male lead’s are often oblivious to the female lead’s charms and often treats them in an unnecessarily cruel way. So I often get taken down by second lead syndrome because at the end of the drama I just don’t think the male lead has changed enough to deserve to be forgiven for their previous behaviour.

I hope she ends op with Ju yeon, too. And that Hyun Oh finds out how to live with someone without taking over every aspect of their life.

Don't call the SML character "selfish." It's not like he has a robust understanding of DID. I mean, I don't think the writers do either! In any case his reaction doesn't come from a place of understanding.

"I call that unprofessional"

Forgetting to mute her mic and being late for radio sow should automatically be judged "unprofessional" and cancel 14(14!) years of work? I don't get why she's bad at her job, and apart from these 2 innocent mistakes and everyone telling us she's a "bad" announcer, I fail to see why that is the case.

"I think Eun Ho is depressed which makes a lot more sense than DID at this point" Oh absolutely she is. That "hate myself" thought process is a huge giveaway. Often, mental disorders co-exist.

"This whole angst doesn't make sense for me." In the context of their difficult childhood and personalities, it makes sense to me. I enjoy their angst. They re-evaluate their past decisions and choices, and it's presented convincingly through flashbacks and their actions. I like how this show poses to linger on their unhappiness and I'm curious how they find their way out of it.

As for Ju yeon, you could tell his discussion with Hye-eon was crucial in convincing him to continue pursuing relationship with Hye-ri. He was heart-broken, and he was clearly of the thought that he has only "one heart" for one woman. Hye-yeon, in her own cheeky way, convinces him that a more modern approach of "copy-and-paste" hearts is more realistic, and though she's somewhat right, unfortunately for Ju-yeon, this is not a correct approach for this guy. He's an inexperienced, one-woman man, and I'm not sure how Hye-eon approach is going to benefit him.

"what was the point of this random news reader who suddenly got everything right after being goofy for 3 episodes" Oh yeah! He's yet to paly his role. Probably going to be something explosive that propels both leads' professional lives. We shall see!

And yes! Give me more of uncertainty and doubts in my shows (without the whiplash of course)! I don't know who to root for either. How refreshing it is in kdrama with predictable leads and one-dimensional situations.

I think we are headed into sunnier but even crazier place. I wonder how the writer will make Hye-ri unappealing to continue as a dominant person. Hye-ri is so happy and doesn't need much to be happy, and in fact, I wish I had a bit of hye-ri in me, just to be happy because you're alive and breathing and enjoying your humble work. Hopefully there's going to be some commentary on "fantasy" not survivable in real life. Maybe there's a "golden middle" and a balance where Hye-ri and Eun-ho can agree on: one is too happy and another is too unhappy and that that's life, to be able to survive the unhappy and enjoy the happy, without getting stuck too much on either side. Balance is a key in life, as they say.

[wow my very first comment that got cut off, lol]

...the writer didn't make a strong case of Eun-ho being such a bad announcer. Overall she was presented as a hard worker, who takes any chance to do even the worst jobs to promote herself and generally speaking looks appealing and professional in front of the camera. I don't know much about the news room but as a viewer all I see are innocent mistakes (forgetting to mute her mic and being late for a radio show) that shouldn't automatically cancel the 14 years of hard work. The Press President is a hateful one-dimensional character and I wish we didn't have him at all.

- The cinematography is stellar. There are frames (like a lone bicycle against the yellow parking box) that I pose and just admire. The choice of lens and lighting, and the unusual tracking angles are fantastic.

Oh you got cut off! I am interested.

I am thinking literal suicide and the two men arriving just in time. I do wonder if they would actually kill off a main lead as we don’t know what time frame we are watching with the voice overs and flashbacks this could all be the events before she died. This drama is going off in very different directions to the usual K drama so who knows.

I do think they need to get to a place where they say it isn’t DID, she cosplayed her sister and then started disassociating so now she can’t remember those parts of her day. If they do the trauma work she will have access to the integrated personality as there were some flashbacks where she was light and funny and not clingy which I assume is her true self. I don't like that Hyeri presents as if she has learning needs and no cares in the world, as if that’s the only way to be happy. Eunho need’s to have access to all elements of her skill-set to get a paying job otherwise she will not be able to live.

Udon then HyeHyeon scene was about the option for Ju-Yeon to meet EunHo. In Udon, he's ready to be kind to her (but mostly so she let Hyeri appears). Then speech of HyeHyeon could convince him to try to meet EunHo more deeply.

BUT Anyway: No one did anything in this episode.
- Ju-Hyeon had plenty of time to meet EunHo.
- HyeonO had time to give the explanation he couldn't because EunHo was too angry to listen first time.

Ok, EunHo descent to hell was well made and main quality of the episode, but the episode was a slow one, in the sens of "slow episodes I don't like", not "slow but exciting episodes".

Because of too many fillers, people looking sadly into space while flashbacking, and not active characters. I can just understand it was not the right moment for the writer, so it has to wait until cliffhanger and next episode.

I'd like the drama to be confused like the characters, but then I'd like the writers to have an explanation epilogue for me everytime. With a whiteboard, a timeline, a pointing stick, and all that.
(Here I'd insert the detective from Rocky Horror Picture SHow, if these comments could be giffed).

Oh wait, that's what you meant? WHOA.

I interpreted this as Eun-ho trying to live as Hye-ri. Not the actual other personality.

"I noticed that Ji On does know that Eun Ho and Hyeon O dated in the past. Isn’t it weird that he would try to date his (not actually related) brother’s ex?"

If you check the "first impressions" of the drama (episodes 1 and 2) comments, you'll see that many beanies were asking the same question. But I don't think anyone could come with any plausible explanation, and we are still clueless. I think there was a certain level of familiarity between the two of them (I imagine they all went out for dinners and outings together), and it was known that Eun-ho and Hyun-o were irrevocably broke-up, so I guess hyun thought he might just give it a chance. Crazier things happened. As a side note, I really find the actor playing Ji On quite handsome, even more handsome than, gasp, Kang Hoon, lol

👋🏾welcome to the comments, great choice to start with this drama.

Yes. And, it is extremely weird.

lol. That forest does give the cornfield’s vibes for sure.