Eps 9 to 12

[Knov1]

Warning: Post contains spoilers!

Hae Kyung and Do Hee agree to be dinner mates. They set some ground rules like only contacting each other when it's about eating together and no developing feelings for each other. Hae Kyung doesn't want anything to do with his mother. Do Hee's father is cheating on Do Hee's mom and she wants to divorce him. Do Hee's mom wants her to get married and asks why she doesn't get back together with Jae Hyuk. Do Hee doesn't want to a show about exercise tips and medical information. The concept is too boring. Hae Kyung and Do Hee eat together. He wins her a penguin. Hae Kyung has to leave early to help No Eul that's being harassed by debt collectors. Hae Kyung returns to the restaurant to find a drunk Do Hee still there waiting for him.

Hae Kyung and Do Hee run into Hae Kyung's mom, Mun Jeong. Hae Kyung introduces Do Hee to her as his girlfriend. No Eul convinces Do Hee to work on the show by saying she'll also get Hae Kyung on board. Do Hee begins to have naughty dreams about Hae Kyung. News break out about No Eul's debt. Ah Young no longer wants to have her on a show. Do Hee still wants to do it but wants to wait for things to settle down. No Eul asks Hae Kyung to do the show with her. He angrily declines. So Ra tricks Do Hee and Hae Kyung into having a picnic at a camp site. While delivering pizza to 2NBox, Jae Hyuk learns that Do Hee went camping with a man. Do Hee tells Hae Kyung that she wants to stop being dinner mates. She crossed the line and broke one of the rules.

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I actually looked forward to this week's episodes. I nearly spit all over my monitor when Do Hee asked herself if Hae Kyung had put out a fire or started one. I feel like the series jumped too quickly from friends eating together to Do Hee developing feelings for Hae Kyung. They still don't know anything about each other. The same conversation next week would have been better.

[ajk]

Yeah I had the same reaction—concerned that they’re pulling the trigger too soon on more-than-friends, if that's what's happening. In the book it takes the entire duration to get there and the journey is what made the ending so satisfying. We’re only 3/8 through the series. I hope Hour 6 isn’t the peak quality-wise....

...because this thing has continued to improve. It’s hard to believe that the same people who did Hour 1 also did Hour 6. Hour 5 settled things down nicely and it became a quieter series like I figured it would be, and the central story between the two of them got stronger. And hour 6, I thought it was terrific. Not perfect but very enjoyable. You care about the leads now, the story holds your attention, and there were several genuinely funny moments and much less of the dumber stuff.

And even the side things they’re throwing in are interesting. Like the homeless guy—at first you wondered why he was even in this story at all, but now he has that odd dynamic with the Boss Lady...and he’s obviously a smart guy, you wonder what his backstory is...and that bizarre reaction to seeing Dohee’s ex, must be something juicy to be revealed about that.

For an expert mental health professional, Doc sure has some issues. What we learned about how he let Barbie step all over him and disrespect him so much when they were together, wow that’s awful. And he sure has some issues with his mother! (Which would explain why he’d let a girlfriend treat him so badly, because his mom did the same...and that’s how to write a good character who comes across as a real person, isn’t it.)

The biggest negative was that bizarre sequence with Doc and his nurse dramatically dressing up in full surgical gear, with the loud music, and then in the next image they’re not wearing most of it, and they’re cooking. It was stupid and make absolutely no sense. They had that nice thing developing with the anorexia patient who needed help, and then suddenly it’s a goofy loud farce, and then it’s back to the patient. Yecch. And that patient is an actress being treated incognito because she doesn’t want publicity, but she lets the nurse take a photo of her? I don’t think so.

Apparently that patient is a big name in real life in Korean entertainment. Not familiar with her but this was considered a celebrity cameo. Whatever. Probably funny to the domestic audience.

Speaking of stars...Another Audrey Hepburn reference, the second one so far. This came up once before here in the forum; apparently there’s a odd fascination in Korean popular culture with Audrey Hepburn—they think she’s amazingly beautiful. Never did get a complete explanation about it.

The giant penguin made for a very funny image—well done to whoever thought of that. And yes the whole gimmick with Doc’s mom’s romance novel stirring up lurid thoughts in Dohee’s mind, very clever and funny.

Whoever is in charge of the background music is doing a good job and making good choices. But the main songs they’re using, it’s the same three or four songs over and over again. They need more variety. Getting too repetitive. (Although it was funny when Dohee and Boss Lady are shopping in the grocery store and the piped-in music you can just barely hear over the store PA is the show’s theme song.)

“You’re a bit heavy.” Cracked me up...not that there’s ever an appropriate moment to say that to a woman, but that was amazing. I’m surprised she didn’t bite his head off. Doc really is clueless.

So now they finally have something good going here. Please guys, don't look back.



p.s. Three predictions. Won’t spill them in case they turn out to be spoilers and will fess up at the end if I’m wrong.

1. The real reason Doc shouted at Barbie like that and won’t do the Internet show with her isn’t because he’s angry at her, it’s because he –---e-- --o- --a-- ---g--.

2. Once everything is in the open and settles down and Doc and Dohee are together, Dohee’s ex is going to get jealous of Doc and -–i-— a ----t--- --p--- --o-- -i-.

3. That mysterious phone call that the ex made, the message he left, he was calling his -–e------ and in a -i-- ----c----- his –-e------ is -o-.

[Knov1]

Well...it could be a jebait. Make the audience think Do Hee is about to confess. Then she either plays it off as a joke or says she broke one of the other rules.

Jun 10, 2020 2:59:50 GMT -5 ajk said:

Apparently that patient is a big name in real life in Korean entertainment. Not familiar with her but this was considered a celebrity cameo. Whatever. Probably funny to the domestic audience.

Sandara Park. Actress and former member of the girl group 2NE1.

[ajk]

Yeah I'm sure you're right. They probably aren't going to just go straight to full-out bf/gf right then and there...I just hope the writers don't get tempted to go too far too fast with it. There's a sort of healing going on when they're with each other and the way it's playing out slowly is working very well.

Apparently there was another celebrity cameo also--the lonely widower who Doc was treating last week. I guess the guy is a well-known comedian. He did a nice job in a dramatic role there.

[bird11]

just jumping to say that I am still a bit behind, but really like this drama-- not too serious, not overly funny. Just like when I watch Kingdom where my favorite thing to watch were the zombies, I really like watching the "homeless" guy. I am dying to know what his background is and why he is a part of the drama. I'm just starting Ep9, but no worries, I don't mind reading the spoilers ahead of watching the episode......

[ajk]

Here's a little behind-the-scenes clip of them filming the punching-contest scene in Episode 10.