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Oh, when I saw these facial expressions go by, my dearest Kim Se-jeong, I thought, “Thank you!! These will surely come in handy!”

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I could watch this all day.

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Me, if we don’t see some proper, heart-dropping, show-stopping romance between Hae-joon and Dal today in the final two episodes of Family by Choice.

Brewing Love, episode 8.

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    OK, swoon. Brewing Love, episode 7.

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      Ooooo 😍🫠

      I’m late to the game on Family By Choice, but I’m up to ep. 6, am loving everyone (except for the dumpster fire moms), and am ready for all the romance!

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        I’m thinking ahead to the December Roundup, and depending on how today’s episodes go…Family by Choice has a chance of being my favorite drama of the year despite some mid-run misgivings. SO MANY SHOWS saw the writers simply abandon us in the final hours of a drama, that I’m willing to overlook shakiness in the middle so long as the stupid show delivers on the finale!!!

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          Oh wow, that is high praise indeed! I’ve watched through ep. 5, and I’m so impressed with the ensemble (the dads and our core trio) – their rapport, chemistry, and messy, complicated, and unconditional love for each other is lovely and solid. This definitely was one I needed to be in the right mood to enjoy, and I’m glad I waited ’til now to watch. Fingers crossed for today’s finale!!!

          I went through a rom-com slump, but I pulled through thanks to a steady diet of mysteries, thrillers, and comedies, so I have Brewing Love on my list for an easy watch this winter.

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            FWIW, Brewing Love has my number, but it’s nowhere near as good overall as Family. It also has a much greater chance of utterly crashing and burning in the final four hours–I actually can’t yet imagine what they’re going to do to fill the time except for add unnecessary makjang or business intrigue–actually, now that I type this, I worry that it’s gonna be like a sageuk that resolves the romance “early” so that the Left State Minister can really take center stage. *rolls eyes in Joseon*

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            @attiton thanks for the Brewing Love heads-up! I trust your drama advice!! I bet I’ll like it when I watch it, too, but that’s also contingent on a nice ending 😂 This sounds similar to how I’m watching Marry You… I know and recognize that it’s not a “great” drama, but it’s so much more sweet and sensitive than I thought it would be that it has become my current obsession. The episode count has been lowered to 10 (not the previously advertised 12) and we haven’t covered NEARLY enough narrative ground yet to make me feel optimistic about the last few weeks 😬 Here’s hoping for only the smallest amount of manufactured angst in the last eps of these dramas!!

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            You bring big news on Marry YOU! I, too, have been watching it for what it is–a cute little thing that allows Lee Yi-kyung to shine as a cutie-patootie. I started thinking that I needed to try it to dismiss it, but here I am, still watching with a smirk on my face. I hope that the edits make it stronger, but that’s not a good sign, it must be said.

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            @attiton I’ve been (pleasantly) surprised at how much I TRULY am enjoying Marry You, but I’m quite concerned about where it goes from here in the last six episodes… the cut does not seem like a good sign. Everyone else can have that heel in When The Phone Rings; I’ll just be over in my corner swooning over Lee Yi-kyung oppa 😂 I’m also quietly enjoying the utopian fantasy vision of an online dating system that has humans vetting and matching 🙈 Ah well; I’ll enjoy Lee Yi-kyung, the sweetness, and the humor while it lasts! (the whole dragging the drunk ex home and then being given grave medical news by the twins when he wakes up hungover and disoriented the next morning made me laugh hysterically). I’ll be ready to laugh at Kim Se-jeong and swoon over Lee Jong-won soon!!

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            I’m still watching Marry You, but I admit it’s mainly for Lee Yi Kyung. I think he should have more screentime. After all, he is the ML. I miss him when the show focus on secondary characters. But the matching of the introverteds was cute.

            Some days ago I noticed it was 10 episodes instead of 12 but I don’t know if it has been cut or if the first number was a mistake.

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            @isagc I wouldn’t mind if the show had doubled-down on the “marriage match of the episode” angle (like our now-intern and then the introverts). That would have been fun! But I fear we are now focusing on secrets and lies and the tragedy that left our dear Samchon in charge of his (now often absent…who’s looking after them!!) niece and nephew…

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      Ugh I loved that! *looks after her already running into the rain* „Obviously, you didn’t watch many dramas.“ 😂😂😂
      Very smooth move to still catch up with her. He didn’t have a choice really. If there’s no umbrellas in sight, the ML‘s shirt it must be. It’s the law.

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    Hahaha, I loved all of her expressions there, too, and was hoping someone would make GIFs! 😂🫰👏🍻 Thank you!

    (Also that was a nice cameo!)

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      It was indeed a nice, extended cameo–I loved the thought of Min-ju dating in high school–even as awkward as I actually think that it would have been for him, considering his temperament–and it was an adorably cute shot of him with the coffee can, waiting for her after ballet.

      Seriously though, can you imagine him breaking up with anyone? Now I want to know how that youthful relationship ended! Surely not with his tragedy, right? Let’s just assume that it was like Run On and “sensitive” men actually end up being really boring to date 😅

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        Oh yes, watching the flashback unfold I was also wondering why they’d break up… 🤔 They looked adorable!
        I call … the tried-and-trusted „one of them goes abroad to study at university after finishing Highschool“. I wonder wether they will revisit this in the drama, but I guess they might not with only *gasps* four episodes left. I hope it’s not connected to his incident. I feel that’s rather steering in the direction of his relationship with his parents; especially his father. 🫣

        Pffff, „boring“! 🤣 Okay, maybe predictable.

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      I let out a little squeak when Pyo Ye Jin stepped out of the car. She was perfect, so much fun.

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    My episode 8 non-romantic moment (excluding the bedroom scene lol) would have been a spit take if I was drinking a glass of beer. At 32.23 the writer has Yong-joo announce: “The era of drinking large quantities of alcohol is over.” (It makes me wonder if the writer is a teetotaler.). Earlier Yong-joo sat down and consumed almost 10 liters of beer in one sitting. The night before this announcement the boys Min-joo and Chan-hwi knocked back at least 30 tall cans of beer. (I freeze framed the scene and counted the cans on the table.)
    Writer-nim,please be advised, in kdramaland (anyway) the era if drinking large quantities of alcohol is NOT over”.

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