NOTE: Can be seen in US on HULU!!!!

So, so, so good! Amazing suspense. I am torn between nail biting waiting to see what will happen, and hair pulling in frustration at how furious I am at the people involved. Acting (writing direction cinematography) All SUPERB. Haven’t felt this way since Mouse…

If the example is Love Next Door, then it's really not that big of a deal to me. There were already stuff about the "romcom" aspect that already turned me off and killed my investment in the drama.

I would need another show as an example. Regardless, I can't think of it being a big deal because alot of shows nowadays have some aspect of darkness and/or melodrama (I think). I can't think of many romcoms cause I'm not into them like that but No Gain No Love has a parent with dementia and a second lead who was a victim of child abuse. Knight Flower had family members murdered. Behind your touch had a serial killer. Summer Strike had some traumatic issues that I don't remember.

It really doesn't matter to me unless it's just another bad element to a bad story. Like with Love Next Door, I don't understand why it was treated like it was; it didn't endear me to ANYONE except maybe the ex. I don't understand why it was treated like gossip fodder as well as with mockery, shame, or condescension. I guess maybe it was a way to break up Seok Ryu & her ex because "otherwise why would she leave a good guy and get with her childhood friend?"

I feel like it can still end well if it's a rom-com ending up as a melo - as long as it's not a rom-com ending with one of the leads dead. Sometimes a rom-com can get back to rom-coming by the final episode. Isn't that pretty much like every 40+episode weekend kdrama? At least, there is a resolution.

The cliffhanger thing always really annoying. It's even more annoying when it's a kdrama, since they work mostly on single-season shows, so why write a cliffhanger as if they're definitely getting a second season and then not have a second season.

See if a drama is not what it promised to be a few episodes l in, I can drop it any time. But if I have invested 16 or more hours in a show and then they cop out leaving us hanging, that's insulting. That's equal to not giving enough respect to your audience to give them a full story. Especially when open endings these days are used as a tool for increasing anticipation of a season 2 that was never planned and may never happen.

It feels like Kim Dong Wook challenges himself to make new facial expressions every episode. The wackier the better. I am not complaining. I like seeing him stretch his facial muscles.😉

It was an overall better episodes since it does look like the show is finding its footing. Its still behind on the ML's storyline so I want to learn more about it next week.

Re Celebrity - I was a horrified with that scene. I can't believe he has a maid whose job description includes that!

I think I would actually rather have a passionate "The lips didn't even touch, only aaaaalmost, and they wanted to, very much"-kiss that a Dead Fish Kiss. If the kiss stops half an inch from each other, both breathing and struggling with propriety ... Rather that than https://www.dramabeans.com/activity/p/1632293/

This is one of my all time favorite shows! I found it moving, funny and heartfelt. I recommend it!

I keep pennies just for this.