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Warm and Cozy: Episode 4

I felt some real flutters in this episode, though naturally I also felt spewy anger, because our manchild of a hero can’t seem to do a good thing without also doing a bad thing, like there’s some kind of precarious balance in the universe that must be maintained by boneheadedness. But jealousy starts to fuel some unexpected reactions all around, perhaps giving us the start of something more than a simple friendship.

 
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EPISODE 4 RECAP

Gun-woo wakes up with a big grin on his face, only to open his eyes to a wall of boxes propped up like a barricade next to his cot. He stomps downstairs ready to pick a fight with Jung-joo over room proportions, and argues that he might not deserve fifty percent, but she should allot space for his long legs.

He doesn’t actually have a leg to stand on here, since he’s totally freeloading; he knows it, and it cracks me up how quickly he backpedals: “Seventy-thirty! Okay, okay, eighty-twenty! I can’t go any lower!”

Jung-joo sits him down to ask what on earth he’s doing here, and Gun-woo tries to act nonchalant as he says that he might have had more debt than he let on, and maybe his hyung paid it off, cut off his credit cards, and seized all the rental income from his building in Seoul. Basically he’s homeless and penniless. Yunno, for a rich guy.

He says he has nowhere else to go, since his hyung told him not to come to him, and noona isn’t answering his calls. Aw, he does sound extra pathetic when he puts it that way. Jung-joo harrumphs that she won’t be taking him in either, but Gun-woo is quick to remind her about allllll of the nice things he did for her when she first got to Jeju.

When he mentions loaning her Warm & Cozy at a steal, she stammers nervously and asks if he means to take it back. Gun-woo assures her that he’s not THAT petty a guy, then says cheerily, “I’ll just stay here for a while.”

Her jaw drops, but he points out that she already made the blockade upstairs, which means she’s prepared for this eventuality. She protests that she can’t afford his wages, but he says he’s not expecting a paycheck—he’ll just help her out as she gets settled, and only needs some spending money.

Before she can even recover from the shock to argue, he gets up and says they have to go shopping for their fresh ingredients for the day. He bows deep at the waist, hands folded demurely, and calls her boss. This is gonna be fun.

At the market, Gun-woo spends Jung-joo’s money like it grows on trees, buying only the best of each ingredient and insisting on the priciest seafood. He’s fixated on developing a new abalone dish, which he doesn’t admit is really for Ji-won. Jung-joo stops to admire an apron, and Gun-woo calls it tacky without thinking, though he notes her huffy reaction as she walks away.

Back at the restaurant, he tests out the abalone dish he’s working on for Ji-won. Poong-san loves it and Jung-joo can’t argue, but she says they have to work on cheaper options for their restaurant. She suggests sea snails, and insists on getting them herself to save money where they can.

Gun-woo doesn’t see why she’d do something so difficult when they could just go to the market, but follows her out to give her an apron. Aw, it’s the one with the horsies that she was admiring at the market.

He insists on tying it on for her, and she stands there holding her arms out stiffly, like she doesn’t know what to do with her hands. Poong-san watches with a cocked eyebrow as Gun-woo ties her apron and tells her sweetly not to do anything too taxing.

As Jung-joo heads out, Poong-san asks outright if Gun-woo likes her. Gun-woo just answers vaguely that she’s great, and warns Poong-san not to let her do any of the hard work. Poong-san mutters to himself that he already does all the work around here, but he’s even more confused about Gun-woo’s relationship with Jung-joo.

Jung-joo discovers right away that harvesting sea snails is really difficult, and two diver ajummas pass by the shore with Mayor Wook and sigh that she’s doing it all wrong. Wook is worried enough to go down and help her, and shows her what to do. The ajummas delight in the perfect match.

Wook is quickly frustrated by how much Jung-joo struggles with this simple task, and she has to drag him back down to show her again. When she finally gets the hang of things, he encourages that picking turtle hands (a type of sea barnacle) isn’t easy. She looks down in confusion: “Wait, these aren’t sea snails?” Oh no, they’ve been picking the wrong shellfish this whole time?

He grouses his frustration in Jeju dialect, and Jung-joo peers at him curiously when he puts his hand on his head, in a very familiar pose. She wonders again where she’s seen him before because he’s so familiar, and Wook drops his hands in alarm.

He yells that people up in Seoul might throw pickup lines like that around all the time, but down here, if you say things like that, you have to get married. Ha. He warns her to stop saying things like that, and walks away feeling unsettled.

Jung-joo’s old co-workers at the underwear company happen to follow the Jeju blogger who wrote about Warm & Cozy, and they sigh over Gun-woo’s picture. They’re surprised when they recognize Jung-joo on the same blog, looking every bit the country ajumma while harvesting sea snails, and they suggest Jeju for their team workshop this weekend. What, to rub your employment in her face?

The blogger is currently updating her site as she sits there snapping endless unflattering pictures of Jung-joo, and it takes a while before Jung-joo notices the kooky woman who keeps smiling at her and taking more photos.

Gun-woo makes the sea snail noodle dish that Jung-joo wanted, but he looks over at Poong-san quizzically when Jung-joo announces that they’ll be selling this dish all weekend. Gun-woo: “You want to work… on the weekend?”

Clearly this is a new concept to him, and the boys share uncertain looks as Jung-joo describes how she’ll collect the sea snails and they’ll cook and serve, and they’ll make a boatload of money.

They watch her hard at work washing the sea snails, and Gun-woo wonders if maybe they really can sell a hundred bowls of noodles a day if they open on weekends. Poong-san is more of a realist and says it’s not a tourist locale and they’ve never opened on weekends before, so he wouldn’t know.

On Saturday, their only visitor is Mr. Busybody Gong, who also moonlights as a deliveryman whenever he’s free. Jung-joo deflates when he drops off a package instead of ordering lunch, and he tells her that he also does signs and flyers, if she needs help promoting the place. Of course he does.

Gun-woo gets decked out to leave, and not only is he skipping out in the middle of a workday, but he actually takes money out of the cash register to spend. I’m beginning to see why this place made no money.

Jung-joo tries to stop him, but Gun-woo tells her that Ji-won arrives today and he has to go to the airport. When she complains about how expensive gas is, he misses her meaning entirely and says that’s why he grabbed some money.

He shows up at the airport to give Ji-won a ride to the resort, and she tells him to prepare something good and she’ll come to his restaurant. Why he wastes any of his cute on her, I will never understand.

Ji-won greets the marketing team that she’ll be working with, and when she’s told that Gun-woo’s hyung Jung-geun is in a meeting, Ji-won calls him oppa faux-accidentally, just to make it clear that she’s got a personal relationship with the boss.

Jung-geun sits in his meeting just thinking about his rescue diver mermaid Hae-shil the entire time. He realizes what’s going on and tries to shake thoughts of her out of his head, only to start hallucinating her in full diver gear, sitting across the table. To punctuate the obsession, the Secret Garden OST begins to play.

He’s all, “See, I’m a black pearl! Why didn’t you give me your phone number? Don’t you regret it now?” The vision fades, and he’s startled to be brought back to his boring meeting.

Mayor Wook stops by to see Hae-shil, who runs the local diver school. He gives her a list of new applicants to choose from, and tells her to find some pearls. She smiles at that and muses that she plucked a black pearl the other day but let it go, and sighs that if he learned a trade like this now, he might have a reason to go on living. Hee.

Ji-won goes to see her new boss Jung-geun, and she seems a little disappointed when he tells her that he brought her here because of her skills in the industry, not their personal connection. Any sane person would take that as a compliment, but whatever.

She invites him to dinner with her and Gun-woo tonight, but he says that he’s fighting with Little Bro right now and going to the restaurant would be tantamount to giving in. Ji-won says that none of his staff seems to know what a kind and loving brother he is, and Jung-geun scoffs that even Gun-woo doesn’t know that.

Much to his horror, Gun-woo is greeted by a giant dancing blow-up doll outside of Warm & Cozy, and Jung-joo is painting low-rent signs for sea snail noodles. He can’t believe she’s making the place look so cheap, but she asks what that matters if it brings in more customers and makes them more money.

She tells him to give back the change from the money he took out of the register, but Gun-woo has the gall to ask for MORE money because he needs to buy abalone for Ji-won’s dinner tonight. Jung-joo realizes that the practice run and all of this is because of a girl, and Gun-woo doesn’t even have an ounce of shame when he confirms it. Ugh.

He calls her handmade sign embarrassing and kicks it, knocking a can of paint all over her (and her horsie apron!). She yells that she’s going to sell noodles whether he likes it or not, but he argues that he doesn’t want to make just one dish all the time: “That’s no fun! I cook because it’s fun to make something I like that makes other people happy!”

Jung-joo shouts back, “It must be nice to live for fun like you. But I can’t do that!” She asks what it matters what he thinks when the place is hers, and Gun-woo says that he lent it to her because he felt sorry for her, and she can’t go changing everything about it.

That stings her pride, so she tells him to come up with the money and she’ll just give it right back to him then, calling him a beggar. And of course that wounds his pride, and he screams that he’ll return her money and she can take her dancing balloon and go.

The fight leaves them both feeling hurt, and Gun-woo goes to check in at Hyung’s hotel. Hyung hears from his secretary that Gun-woo has been staying with Jung-joo (Hyung calls her Miss 100-won, which is cute since the whole coin bit is what made him respect her), and he decides to stick to his guns and tells them to turn Gun-woo away.

Jung-joo tries to wash the paint out of her apron to no avail, and Poong-san asks what they’re going to do with the giant tub of sea snails that they haven’t sold. Jung-joo refuses to throw them away, and carries the tub on her head to take them to Mr. Gong’s restaurant.

Gun-woo is down in the hotel lobby when he overhears two of Hyung’s managers talking about him, mostly worrying about whether Jung-geun means to give him one of their jobs. They gossip about his mother and how all three siblings are from different dads—his noona from a movie star father and Gun-woo from an unknown father, which is why he took his mother’s last name.

There’s all sorts of speculation about his biological father, from a baseball player to an artist to a chaebol. Gun-woo just listens to it all with a grim look on his face.

Gun-woo’s noona buys her boyfriend an expensive watch, and he’s surprised to learn of her connection to her hotel CEO oppa. He asks the same thing about all their fathers, and she says glibly, “One was the richest man in the world, one was the best-looking man in the world, and one was the worst man in the world.” Yikes.

Jung-joo doesn’t get very far carrying the tub of sea snails on her head before she starts spilling them everywhere. She drops her phone while trying to rest and ends up answering with her foot when Poong-san calls. He tells her excitedly that they have three customers in the restaurant, but he’s alarmed when she gasps that it hurts and she’s dying.

Mayor Wook happens by just then, so she hangs up without clarifying and leaves Poong-san confused. Wook grabs the tub from her head and gapes as she stoops down to pick up every last sea snail that she dropped.

With Wook’s help, she manages to sell the sea snails to a restaurant. Wook isn’t satisfied with just a thank-you, and insists that she buy him a bowl of noodles then. She complains that she’ll have no money left after buying him lunch, and he tells her that it’s not about the money, but developing connections.

She sets him straight that she doesn’t want that kind of connection with him, and he rolls his eyes and says he didn’t mean between them—he meant between her and the restaurant ajumma, to forge a relationship as a new business owner. Oh. Well that’s nice. Jung-joo feels sheepish and does as he advises, managing to make friends with the ajumma, who says she’ll stop by Warm & Cozy for a meal sometime.

Jung-joo learns from Wook that this is a busy and successful restaurant despite the fact that it’s off the beaten path, and she wonders how, when Gun-woo’s version of the same dish tastes better.

Wook scoffs that there’s no way that lazy good-for-nothing cooks anything that’s good, but Jung-joo finds herself ardently defending Gun-woo’s cooking. She says that Wook should’ve been more welcoming to someone like Gun-woo who’s new here, and points out that he’s never even tasted the food, so how would he know?

Another townsperson spots them together and immediately asks Wook if he’s on a blind date, and Wook so vehemently denies it that Jung-joo asks why he had to be so insistent to the point that it embarrassed her.

He leans in close and says that around here, if people misunderstand your relationship, you have to get married: “Do you want to marry me?” She shakes her head no, so his point is made.

Wook says he’ll take her admonishment about his mayoring to heart, and promises to stop by to taste Gun-woo’s cooking. Jung-joo sighs that there might not be a chance, because they fought today and Gun-woo said he was leaving. Yeah but he says that like every other day.

She asks where she can get some abalone, so Wook takes her to Mr. Gong’s restaurant, where she picks out a few small ones to buy. Hae-shil comes by with the really huge expensive ones that only deep-sea divers find in the wild, and Jung-joo can only gaze longingly because she can’t afford those.

Jung-joo heads to the hotel looking for Gun-woo, and just misses him as he’s walking out. Poong-san calls to tell him that Jung-joo went looking for him, and urges them to make up because Jung-joo isn’t feeling well. He tells Gun-woo about the call earlier when she said she was dying of pain, and Gun-woo worries that her cancer is getting worse.

Jung-joo searches the grounds and ends up waiting at the same elevator with Ji-won. When her phone rings, Ji-won reaches for it and spills her coffee all over both of them, and then she has the nerve to act mad like somehow it was Jung-joo’s fault for, I don’t know, standing there?

Jung-joo stoops down to help mop up the mess, and Ji-won just steps into the elevator without lifting a finger. Jung-joo calls her out on it, and Ji-won says that the maids will get it. She acts like she’s going to help clean just to get Jung-joo out of her hair, then shuts the doors on her with a smirk. Oh, what. Before you were insipid, but now you’re just a bitch.

So now Jung-joo is left alone with a mess she didn’t make, but she can’t just leave it there in good conscience. She tries her best to sop up the coffee, and of course that’s the exact moment when her old co-workers walk up and spot her—they’re here for their company workshop.

They don’t hide their derision at all when they ask if Jung-joo works here and if she’s spending her days collecting sea snails. It’s that horrible kind of awkward where no matter what you say, it sounds like a pathetic lie, and Gun-woo walks up just in time to witness Jung-joo’s mortifying moment. He hangs back and watches from afar, understanding and sympathy dawning on his face.

They walk out to the front and offer Jung-joo a pity ride in their company bus, which Jung-joo declines. I just want to scream at them to hurry up and leave, but then Gun-woo pulls up in his red convertible and calls out her name. Aw, you’re going to be all swoony and sweet, aren’t you? Bah.

Gun-woo runs up and takes the tub of seafood out of her hands, chiding the boss for doing the heavy lifting. He introduces himself as the chef of the restaurant that Jung-joo owns, and mouths drop.

The mean girls even recognize Gun-woo as the chef they wanted to see while they were down here, and Gun-woo tells them that Jung-joo is his boss. Suddenly they’re all impressed and asking if they can stop by, and Gun-woo graciously invites the boss’s friends for dinner.

He does everything right, from opening her car door to treating her like she’s really the boss, and Jung-joo looks over at him gratefully. After driving for a while in silence, Gun-woo asks if she was sick earlier, mentioning the call with Poong-san.

She assures him that it was nothing and that she’s fine now, and Gun-woo looks visibly relieved. She starts to say hesitantly that the stuff she said during their fight was harsh, and he cuts in, “So you’re sorry?” She skips over answering by telling him that she bought abalone, and he tries not to smile.

He pouts and asks if he’s really supposed to just make the one noodle dish from now on even with her co-workers coming, but she defers to him since he’s the chef. She says that he already showed off with his sports car, so he might as well show off with his cooking too. He’s adorably pleased at that, and says he’ll make sure that she can save face.

Gun-woo slaves over the stove and has fun preparing new dishes for the big dinner, and Jung-joo shows the group in as they bring plate after plate of yummy food. Gun-woo brings over the main dish himself, and opens the lid to a pot of abalone rice.

Eeeeee, he made it out of her apology abalone! Dammit, why can’t I stay mad at youuuuuu? Jung-joo looks over at him, genuinely shocked, and Gun-woo winks at her.

She returns to the kitchen to find him cooking yet another course, and takes in the sight of him smiling away as he cooks. She remembers the way he talked about cooking and what made it fun for him, and asks now if he’s happy. He beams and says that he is.

Wook passes by two ajummas taking home a big load of seafood that some Seoulites left behind, and he remembers Jung-joo’s longing look at the wild abalone earlier and asks if they’ll share some with him.

He heads over to Warm & Cozy to drop it off and taste Gun-woo’s cooking as promised, and Jung-joo asks if he’ll take a group photo for them as she joins her co-workers. At the mention of her old company, Wook goes pale, but he’s forced to follow her and pick up the camera.

Her co-workers say that Wook looks familiar, but no one can figure out why until he lifts his hand to his head. The manager shouts, “Hwangto Man!” after the hwangto panty he used to model, and everyone’s jaws go slack.

Wook is adorably awkward as he walks out with Jung-joo, and he explains that he went up to Seoul for a short time when he was young and took ONE modeling gig, but those pictures seem to somehow still be in circulation.

Jung-joo says that he happened to model the one brand that remains their bestseller to this day, hence the giant poster her co-workers would’ve seen on a daily basis. Wook mumbles that the townspeople don’t know, and Jung-joo assures him that she can keep a secret.

They make lips-sealed gestures at each other, and Gun-woo spies them from a distance, looking all chummy and secretive.

He asks what all that was about once Wook is gone, but gets pouty when Jung-joo says he doesn’t need to know. He huffs that he warned her not to get entangled with the mayor, and she laughs that Wook said the same thing, about how if she does, she’ll have to marry him.

Gun-woo only hears that as a come-on and gets all riled up: “He said what?! He’s so shameless, asking you to marry him. Don’t talk to him anymore!” She ignores him and suggests making the next course with the seafood that Wook brought over, and Gun-woo throws a tantrum: “I’m not gonna do it! I’m not gonna make it with that!”

And then… he comes back to stick his tongue out at her! Hahahaha, did he just really blow a raspberry at her like he’s five?

Ji-won unpacks and thoughts drift back to earlier that day, when she saw Gun-woo leave the hotel with Jung-joo. Augh, please don’t tell me you’re going to be interested now that you think someone else wants him.

Poong-san drives Jung-joo’s co-workers back after the dinner, and Jung-joo thanks Gun-woo for everything he did tonight. She worries about him using up all the abalone he wanted for Ji-won, and he says it’s fine—there’s no telling when she’ll ever come anyway.

He even suggests cooking up the wild abalone that Wook brought over, the sweet grilled way that Jung-joo likes it prepared. (He notes her childish taste buds, as if he has the right to call anyone childish ever.) She’s shocked that he wants her to have the last abalone, and they happily make plans to have a drink.

He doesn’t even let her help clean up since she’s not feeling well today, and chides her for wearing such a thin jacket. He nags her about it sweetly as he zips it up for her, suddenly seeming very boyfriendish.

Jung-joo heads up to grab a jacket while Gun-woo cooks and cleans (best deal ever), and she pauses to consider a pretty sweater instead of a big jacket, and primps in the mirror. She sets the table with wine glasses and wonders if it’s overkill, but Gun-woo agrees to wine, though he jokingly warns her, “I may have given up this store over a bottle of champagne, but don’t expect me to give up anything else tonight!” Challenge accepted.

He even sets out candles while she picks out a bottle of wine, and Jung-joo catches herself looking in the mirror to primp some more. She stops herself and tries to shake the expectations away.

Gun-woo finishes setting everything out when he hears a car pull up, and DAMNIT ALL, it’s Ji-won. Of course it’s you. You have the suckiest timing in all of time! And of course, to dig the knife in deeper, Jung-joo runs out with the bottle of wine and expectations fluttering in her stomach to find Gun-woo and Ji-won sitting at the table she set, and Gun-woo offering up her abalone to the other girl.

 
COMMENTS

URG. *raspberry* That girl just has a way of bringing out the worst in Gun-woo, and it drives me nuts that he goes from being so wonderful and sweet with Jung-joo to suddenly losing his marbles as soon as Ji-won is near. It’s like all of the blood in his brain floods to his unmentionables and he becomes a walking moron, which I wouldn’t even fault him for if Ji-won were interesting in any way whatsoever. I mean, the mayor is prime example of how you can make a funny, quirky second lead work for your story, where he’s kind and well-meaning and so bumbling that you actually want him to have a chance. He doesn’t, but the misunderstandings are hilarious anyway, because Gun-woo is reading everything the wrong way. It’s not even full-fledged jealousy, but I love that their petty hatred for one another feeds Gun-woo’s overreactions about Jung-joo marrying him.

He certainly deserves that and worse for how much grief he’s caused over Ji-won’s abalone dinner, not that this is the end of it by a long shot. Though it lacked the usual punny oomph, the whole abalone-as-romantic-currency thing was great, and it felt a little more like a familiar Hong sisters drama to have all our characters running around to offer up abalone as a gesture of their feelings. It’s a little unimaginative, in that it really is an expensive delicacy of the region, but I love the way it was used differently by each character. Jung-joo sacrifices her precious money to buy it as an apology, Wook brings some by because he’s thinking of Jung-joo, and Gun-woo is extra swoony when he serves up Ji-won’s abalone to Jung-joo’s guests. Of course he then counteracts his own gesture by stupidly offering up Jung-joo’s abalone to Ji-won, the dolt.

I like that we’re starting to get signs of fluttery feelings and confused expectations, because this drama doesn’t have much else going on besides the romance. That’s really all there is, sometimes to the point that it feels like a drama void of plot entirely, except I guess the romance IS the plot, and I do really like this couple. It was nice to get a little more insight into Gun-woo today and have Jung-joo contemplate his happiness, because now it’s clear that starting a restaurant wasn’t a total waste of time for him, and that he has talent as a chef. And more importantly, he genuinely loves making people happy with his food, and she seems to respect that. Sometimes it’s shocking how immature he can be, but more and more, there’s as much good about him as there is bad, or at least as much cute as there is frustrating.

But c’mon, that save at the hotel? That was so perfect. I love that that wasn’t about making her some Cinderella—he didn’t need to pretend to be her boyfriend to make her look better than she was. He was just salvaging her pride with the truth, delivered in the snazziest way possible in front of the people who rejected her. It’s in moments like this that Gun-woo seems very different from standard dramaland heroes—he’s not prideful in the least, and doesn’t think twice about lowering his own stature to make her look good. At times like this, he’s amazingly thoughtful and selfless, and it strikes me that from the start he’s always treated Jung-joo like she was smart and pretty and his equal, and encouraged her to think more highly of herself. That’s the kind of unconditional support that makes their friendship so great, and I don’t mind taking our time with the romance if we can get more of that.

 
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Thanks for the recap!!!. Loved how Hyung is distracted with Lady Diver during the business meeting. This is one of my favorite Hong Sister’s traditions ;) .

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yeah, i like their part.. most of the time in dramas, i like the side stories like Hyung and Lady Diver one, but in this drama i like the main couple and the side couple..

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In the Hong Sister's series I have seen, the elder couple acted as mirrors of the main one: their conflicts used to be basically the same but with tweaked circumstances. I like the message that there is no limit of age to discover new layers of depth in life, nor to reinvent yourself.

I also like that in this scenario, Gun-Woo and his Hyung will have a lot of resistance from these ladies, as money will be useless to make their ladies fall on their heels. They will have to work really hard to win their trust.

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Kang Sora is love.

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+10 :)

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×10

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i was a little worried bc i found ep 3 a little boring compared to the first 2 eps. and i was watching only for the two leads. But this ep really sealed me in. Kang sora was so good (as always) but yys really proved himself. Him as a manchild is perfecf. when he stick his tongue out when arguing with jung joo lol.

But i wish he apologized for hurting her so many times. Throwing money wth that was so rude.

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Sigh that was supposed to be a new comment not reply sorry

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She is life.

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Is it good??
I asked someone and they said it was slower than most Hong sisters shows. so is it boring??

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It is slower, but that's kind of its charm. It's very cute and easy to watch, if you're a fan of the leads.

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I don't like Sora and indifferent about the guy but I love all the hong dramas(excluding big) and was wondering if it was as good as their other dramas or not since I want a wed-thu drama after Angry Mom and The girl Who Sees Smell ended

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It is so good. It's a breath of fresh air. Exactly warm and cozy. The plot is not complicated and the conflict is light. Not all stories must have evil in-laws, serial killers and all that, right? The main leads are great and so adorable. This is definitely a welcome change, with all the angst-ridden and makjang dramas everywhere. So glad to have Warm and Cozy, The Producers and Ex-GF Club this summer :)

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it's a pity dramabeans is not recapping ex-gf club. it's better than warm and cozy, really. both are romantic, but ex-gf club is more grounded.

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this! Granted I haven't seen warm and cozy, but ex girlfriend is amazing, better than producers and smelly girl. I'm partial to more ensemble shows, but the leads are flawed and charming and I just love how it's basically about 5 frienemies which leads to a shite ton of organic lol moment

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Girl Who Sees Smells just went completely off the rails in the final episodes. And... do the leads of GWSS dislike each other, or is the girl remarkably conservative or something? The romance turned into this weird cartoonish thing, and I didn't get the feeling the writers intended it that way. Maybe it was the direction, but it felt like Yoochun kind of gave up and in exasperation went with the over-cutesy angle. IT's weird because I don't remember him being bad at romance, but there was NO heat in those scenes in later episodes.

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I find it so funny, the fights and hair-pulling are hilarious. The OTP is cute and relatable. Song Ji Hyo rocks the everywoman character and i adore Byun Yo Han, i've met a couple of exasperating guys like him before. Plus, i like the ex-gfs :D
i read recaps on noonas over forks :D

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haha initially, I thought ex-gf club would be a stretch of one-dimensional, cat-fight stories, but when the emotional scenes kick in, you know there's more to them than meets the eye.

also, I haven't seen byung yo han in other roles, but when I saw him in ex-gf, I fell in love with him immediately. he got that childish swag that's so endearing. <3

anyway, I'll make sure to check out noonas over folks recaps. thanks for the info!

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I have been loving ex-gf club!! I was hoping they would recap but alas. The OST is pure gold, I think I've listened to it a thousand times the last couple of days.

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Dear Ms. Calzeralzer, Noonas over Forks are recapping the ex-girlfriends club. They are not nearly as precise and thorougly as Dramabeans (but they are still very good) - but they include recipes in every recap. Enjoy!. :)

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Is it that good? I watched the first 2 episodes and found it boring so didn't bother with the rest. But maybe I should check them out...

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Part of me actually thinks that the writers intend for warm and cozy to be just that simple. Warm and Cozy. Along the way, I feel like they're making a joke out of all the romcom drama cliches with a romcom that's exactly like it. if that even makes sense...

anyway, I like it. It's like taking a bite out of a delicious healthy meal: somewhat indulgent but also good for your health.

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Another tepid drama by the Hong Sisters.

This one reminds me of a bath with lukewarm water. Not unpleasant, but neither hot enough to sooth or cool enough to refresh.

The characters are pleasant, but too shallow to be interesting. The plot is fairly non-existent and there are no funny moments. It's pretty and the music is quirky.

Is it good? :-) Is a lukewarm bath good? I guess if it suits your tastes, and clearly it does for some people, it's good.

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That +1. Not terrible, but so far not finding much to really hold my interest, except the lady diver setup.

It's not the acting for me - it is the lack of any coherent plot aside from the Hot (broke) Rich Guy being a jerk. Overall I give the show about 3/5. Light and fluffy to watch, but so far it just seems so predictable.

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I've decided that my sole curiosity in this drama is right now is the waiter, Jung Poong-San.

Why does he work for nothing? (Clearly no one has had any money to pay him for weeks.) Why is he on Jeju? Did he move there and stay for a girl who moved to another country immediately after he arrived? Does he also have an eccentric rich family who is teaching him a lesson by depriving him of champagne money?

Or maybe he just has friends who take all his money, buy him ridiculous building that cannot be sold again, and then decamp to a another drama. (Ko Gyung-Pyo has just been cast in Answer 1988 which should go into production in a few months).

Maybe he's just an escapee from Angry Mom, the most over the top production in years, and wanted to find a warm and cozy, somewhat tepid drama to hang out in for a couple of weeks. Sort of like a drama vacation.

It's hard to say. But, for my money, he's the most mysterious character in this Jeju Island setup. I'll be casually, when I *yawn* feel like it - if I can get out of my hammock - watching to see what happens.

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Really??

But I do like it precisely because it's like this. Not big, not makjang, just warm and cozy and sweet and funny and easy to watch. I'm really enjoying the simple plot and how the characters carry all of the interest. It's like a fresh breeze between all those dramas that overexert their plot with dramatic twists.

I find Warm and Cozy really nice and easy to watch and like. Life is not all about birth secrets, and killers and lost twins... (Even though we seemn to have some birth secrets here. No lost twins I hope!)

But I guess it is not to everyones liking.

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The 1st 2 eps had plenty of makjang and just plain ridiculousness (simply atrocious writing).

Ep 3 was a little better and finally, things are getting more interesting as the Hong sisters have gotten past all the stupid set-ups and settled on the everyday life on Jeju and the various characters developing relationships.

Even more so than the main love triangle, found Jung-joo developing relationship w/ the Vulcan, er Mayor, and w/ his help, w/ the native Jeju residents (such as the noodle shop owner and Mr. Busybody Gong) more interesting (was a bit disappointed that we weren't going to see Jung-joo transform her place into a coffee shop).

Also find older bro's prospective relationship more interesting, but again, the set-up was stupid.

And as usual, the Hong sisters don't know how to write for a secondary female lead/rival - making her be the typical, stereotypical stuck-up b!!ch, which takes away from any sense of reality that Gun-woo would be head over heels for her (would be far more interesting and believable if the rival had her good points while having her flaws, such as being a bit spoiled - btw, think she has a thing for older half-bro/$$$) and just makes her plain boring of a character.

The better romcoms do away w/ that trope ("Coffee Prince", "The Man Who Can't Marry", "Reply 1994/997", "Miss Korea", "Discovery of Love", etc.) - but the Hong sisters can't seem to help themselves.

While ep 4 has gotten better - still have to see any really good/witty dialogue and/or funny cute moments (which we have seen in past Hong sisters romcoms like MGIAG, Best Love and Master's Sun, or in current romcoms like "The Producers") and the set-ups are still either too predictable or ridiculous.

Aside from older bro and Ms. Diver/rescuer, the Mayor and other villagers, would also like to see the Hong sisters give the waiter more to do.

Kang Sora has gotten more adorable as she has toned down her over-acting (she's naturally adorable, so there was no need for that over-acting at the beginning).

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its a light-hearted drama... well, so far that's the vibe this drama is giving me.. its very light hearted.. its avery simple drama, just like what's said in the review its simply about love.. its a simple drama but its also very different from all the romance dramas out there.. the lead guy very different from most guy leads just as stated above, the second lead is also different.. if want a light drama without much suspese like almost all dramas out there you can watch this one.. i watch 2 episodes of it right after watching missing noir(an ocn suspense, mystery, crime drama)... its good watching it after watching a heavy drama

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i loove the Hong sisters, i was looking forward to this one...but it seems like they started the drama in the middle of the story.
for some reason, i can't connect with the leads or their story.

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As someone who is interested in the Hyung-nim + Lead Diver love-line more than anything else in this show, I feel I've been had. I was eager to watch ep 4 bcos at the end of ep 3, the preview showed that Hyung nim approached her for a dinner date. But nothing of the sort happened in ep 4. The two of them didn't even appear in the same frame once! I've been trolled.

YYS and Kang S are definitely cute, but why do I feel that their story is progressing by formula? There's so much cliche and rehatched stuff, it feels blah.

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Hahaha I agree with you completely!!! I waited and waited, even counted down the last seconds until I finally admitted defeat. I was looking forward to an encounter between them!! That preview was nothing but liiies!!!

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Yes, even the female second lead remembers me "Flower Bouquet" from Fantasy Couple, Hong Sister's Drama of 2006.

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Thanks GF! Great recap. :)

Hey KDaddict, you've got a point about the formulaic story... something about this show reminds me of Full House (the original) where again it's the fraud over a house thing that brings the OTP together... but similar to this show, rich guy Young Jae who has a beautiful girl Ji Eun right next to him goes cuckoo the second the insipid first love calls him for any random thing, to the extent of standing up JE. He takes the longest time to ever come to grips with how he really cares about JE, thinking he belongs with first love .... etc, etc.

If the formula runs true to form in this show, Ji Won will have no other role to play than to run interference each time and just as the OTP get closer. I might say, "poor thing" to her, since it means that her character gets no arc and she will just appear as and when needed. But on the other hand, might this be the reason (although it should not be) why Seo Yi An (Ji Won) does not try to give her character more life?

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yeah, its very cliche-ish.. but i kinda like its light atmosphere after all the suspense, dark dramas...

i think jiwon is actually interested to his Hyung though

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That girl is interested in whoever has the most money and status and is more or less in her age group. The reason she is not interested in the male lead is bcos he has no access or control over his family's money, as far as she knows, or us at this pt for that matter.

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@GB,
Ji Won's char is so anemic that no actress can give her more life, and definitely not This actress.

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Of course Ji Won would crash their candlelight dinner -- it's written in the laws of k-drama universe. I wish Hyung or any higher-up had caught her walking away from her spilled coffee so they could instantly fire her. You work in a resort where guests are royalty. Not only do you not clean up your mess, you have no intention to call housekeeping to clean up your mess for you. That's some great PR there; no wonder you were hired. If Gun Woo continues to be stupid and fawn over her, I'm shipping Jung Joo with the mayor. Wook was adorable schooling her on how to pick sea snails, return favors, and buy abalone. I'm glad his underwear model secret is out and Jung Joo didn't even make a big deal out of it. Then again, she would have never found out if not for Gun Woo swooping in and saving her from humiliation and exaggerating about her restaurant. I'll just consider myself lucky Ji Won didn't show up while Jung Joo's old co-workers were eating. Thanks for the recap, girlfriday!

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"If Gun Woo continues to be stupid and fawn over her, I’m shipping Jung Joo with the mayor."

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Typical Hong sisters writing when they get lazy.

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Ahhhh I'm so frustrated with Gun Woo right now!! Although everything that's happened so far is very predictable, I still like this drama. I just hope he opens his eyes soon because I seriously can't stand Ji Won!!

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But isn't that the point, though? Make the second female lead so unlikable that the main lead shines in comparison? Honestly, it is formulaic as many have stated. I actually feel sorry for the actress playing the second lead considering the amount of dislike she has garnered in that role. We are always so hard on our kdrama actresses (sigh).

If we're looking for something different in a drama, for some new untried twists, it might not be the best drama for that. This drama works, because it's the Hong Sisters and the leads are so likable, but I think we're in for a slow, winding, but enjoyable ride.

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"so likable"

I'm not completely sure about that.

Gun-woo throws away Jung-joo's food, steals her stuff to buy champagne, wastes her money, knowing full well that she is dead poor and (believing her) terminally ill. And it's not like Ji-won forces him to. He is basically using her for his own entertainment. He charms her too, yes, but mostly so that he can keep using her (see: the abalone) and feel great about it.

Jung-joo might be much less a psychopath than Gun-woo, but much of her suffering she goes through is self-inflicted, and I refuse to give her credit for that.

@Hong Sisters' 2FL
Yep, their second female lead roles are rather unsubtle. Many other writers give the 2FL much more positive spin, much more dimensions and that often creates much better conflicts.
That doesn't change the fact that the actress sucks, unfortunately.

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...and calls her tacky and flips a paint can onto her.

My patience with him is running thin too. We've never seen him doing anything unless there's some feel-good buzz to be had. And he's quick to abandon his commitments when a bigger buzz tempts him away. Then he expects to charm his way out of the relational damage he causes. Absolute. Worst. Kind. Of. Boyfriend. ...Or friend.

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Dear Ms. Gidget, I see the point in the claim of Gun-Woo. A luxury item (or service) has to be advertised accordingly to the targer it is directed. Jung-Joo's advertising is indeed tacky. The kicking of the paint can was an accident.

But in general, Gun-Woo (as a character) is indeed umpalatable as a person. In EVERY relationship you need to know where you stand, where are the limits, and what to expect. Also, there is very little room to some nearness once your trust has been broken (like steling your gold key to buy some champagne).

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I could see his point too, but thought it was way out of line. The restaurant is her business now and she can run it any way she wants. I find his whole attitude really manipulative. First he says the restaurant's hers, but then he demands she run it in a way that makes him happy. And the only reason he’s making those demands is so he can spend time with his horrible ex-girlfriend. In fact, for him, the restaurant's only reason for existence is to serve the horrible ex. He doesn’t seem to care much if it bankrupts everyone in the process.

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Indulge me while I rant...

So here’s their history:
He lies to GW that his restaurant is in a great location so her cousin will buy it and he can leave to be near to his ex. From now on I’ll call her princess.

Princess comes to visit and he steals the one valuable possession GW has, so he can buy a bottle of champagne. He says it’s no biggie since he’ll just pay her back, which is a lie since he has no access to his money.

When princess stands him up he gets drunk and signs a lifetime lease for the restaurant with GW in exchange for a little cash that the needs to skedaddle back to Seoul where princess is living.

When princess tells him she’s taken a job in Jeju and wants to eat at his restaurant frequently, he returns to the restaurant and lies about why he didn’t go back to Seoul. Then he outright starts trying to con GW out of owning the restaurant. He lays the groundwork by calling their lease a ‘loan’. (By calling the lease a ‘loan’ he’s trying to get her to erroneously believe that she’s merely borrowing the property and needs to return it to him when he asks. What he knows and she doesn’t, is that when the lease contract was signed and he accepted payment, the lease became binding. There were no performance or exit clauses, so the only way he can legally get it back is if she gives it back voluntarily.) First, he tries to trick her into returning the property by saying it has big problems that she can’t afford to fix. When that doesn’t work he tries to con her into thinking he can have the property back by simply returning the money she paid.

When pushed to the edge, GW demands her money back. Instead of telling her he doesn’t have the money he throws a couple of small coins on the ground and tells her to pick them up, implying she's a desperate beggar for the crumbs that fall from his table.

He spends all GW’s money on expensive ingredients, so he can invent a dish to serve to princess.

When GW tries to change the business model so the restaurant can start making a profit, he calls her tacky. To add injury to insult he kicks the thing she’s painting which covers her in paint. Of course, the thing that animates his frustration is that he’s trying to keep the restaurant suitable for her royal highness.

He cleans out the cash register to buy gas, so princess has a luxury car to shuttle her to the hotel.

When princess doesn’t come for dinner (again) he serves the gift abalone to the restaurant’s patrons. This isn’t much of a sacrifice since he would never serve princess abalone that wasn’t top quality…or fresh.

Then when her royal highness does show up unexpectedly he serves her the PREMIUM abalone that was given to GW by the mayor.

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Dear Ms. Gidget, your rant is accepted ;) . I think that we will be manipulated to start liking the male lead, but if these were real people, I would advise the lady not to trust that dude since he has demonstrated he is not trustworthy (to try to keep him at an arms lenght and for purely business relations with a very suspiciour mental frame - maybe even not that). My rant is the same as yours, only that I expressed it with less details.

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Okay I'll trust the YYS acting skills to turn this table around at some point. Hehe. Not that I'd date him if it were me, because he's really just an image of a bad guy right now butI'm hanging on to some faith that this guy can be saved at some point. mehehehe. He'll turn around. Just like he turns it all around with his cheery cutie patooties and apology abalones. he will. he will. and it will be glorious. NOTE TO KIDS: Men don't "turn around" in real life so choose your men well. But in Dramas, they do so let's take it. hehehehe

I don't know. This guy just rubs me off with a wee bit more depth and hope that i don't hate hims so much. I mean I hated Kim Tan but... gah, maybe it's chilbong's ghost hovering above my opinions. See, I'm hoping chef will turn into chilbong and not a werewolf. Hahehdhe

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Well, I feel frustrated but at the same time I am liking him, haha!! It is confusing because some times I love Gun-woo and later I find myself rooting for the major...
I think YYS is making the most of the character he's been given. It remains to be seen whether the story will be good enough for him to shine as he deserves.. (a big fan of Yeon Seok here :D )

I know the story is an absolute kdrama cliche (contract between the leads included), but it works for me. The light atmosphere, a bit of comedy and the main couple are enough to keep me interested. And YYS' smile makes my day :D

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@Jon G. I was referring to the main female lead, just to clarify.

As usual, the main MALE lead is a scamp. Just because YYS plays him mildly, and in an endearing way doesn't excuse him from being a jerk. What else would you call a guy who sets up a dinner for one woman, and replaces her with another, without even an "Excuse me?"

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I'm starting to think that one of the reasons this story lacks oomph is because of how the lead is playing his role.

When I think about the Hong Sister's other productions they wrote similar male lead characters. OTT jerky personalities on the outside with a vulnerable emotional core. And the actors delivered by creating some iconic personalities: I'm thinking about how CSW played Dokko Jin and how SJS played Joo Joong Won.

I'm wondering if this drama would have benefited from that same type of portrayal. And in that sense, I can see why they originally wanted Kim Woo Bin to play the lead.

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Dear Ms. Gidget, I find myself agreeing a lot with you about this episode... I am rewatching Master's Sun and well... is it possible that Hong Sister's trend nowadays is a not-so-good drama followed by an excellent one?.

Anyway, I don't feel the magic in this one, but I cannot pinpoint if the weak link is the acting (which I suspect), the producing or plainly the writing.

Anyway, I'll still see.

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It's mostly the writing (not that the better Hong sisters' dramas don't have their flaws).

Their best romcoms, even w/ the flaws, at least have snappy/witty dialogue or memorable/cute moments and while things have gotten better for ep. 4 after a disastrous start, neither of the 2 lead characters are memorable (not good when some of the secondary characters, which the Hong sisters are famous for not developing, are more interesting).

Actually, I think YYS is playing his character fine - Gun-woo is actually a softie at heart, but lazy, not very responsible and just interested in satisfying his immediate desires (which mostly is chasing after the b!!tchy girl).

YYS makes his character likeable, his one major flaw being that he turns into a complete idiot when it comes to the other girl.

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@Jon G. and Adal - Jon I agree with you that the actress sucks. Not all kdrama 2FLs or even Hong sisters 2FLs who are often dislikable characters, are played by an actress this bad. Yoo Inna, Uee, and Kim Yuri did well in their roles even when their characters were mean or bad people.

And even in the case of My Girl's Park Shi Yeon, she played a character who was almost exactly like Mok Ji Won and annoying/hateful, but I hated the character, not the actress.

I don't see why some people see any criticism of any actress as a problem. If it's really bothering you that a woman gets any criticism for not doing a good job, the Hong sisters are women too and I don't see anyone defending them against criticism of their writing. (I criticised them too btw)

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IMHO, I don't think Yoo Inna and Uee "did well". I wasn't really happy with their performances, but I accept that part of that is just the Hong Sisters' 2FL writing.

When I saw Yoo Inna in YFAS, I thought she did a marvellous job there as 2FL. Her character there was probably even less likable than that from "Greatest Love", but it was much more interestingly written and gave her much better scenes to act in.

That's why I said the Hong Sisters' 2FL are delicate to play (like most of their roles, actually). You don't get much help in terms of character introduction and development scenes from the writers, the actors and actresses have to do all that on their own.

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@Jon G - they still managed to play the (annoying and despicable ) character s instead of standing there looking like a botoxed deer in headlights. Hong sisters 2FL don't have good writing but I can still tell when Iit's the actor who sucks and not merely the writing.

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Yes, an incompetent actress AND Hong Sisters' 2FL writing combined ... is not gonna be pretty.

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I am willing to cut her some slack. First Seo Yi Ahn is a 24 years old young thing. Second I suspect she has intraocular lenses that under certain light angles produces a strange shining... that gives an effect like if she is kind of hyper-aware of the camera and always looking (or slightly seeing) in that direction.

I can be very mistaken. But usually Hong Sister's dramas are well cast. I will still give her the benefit of the doubt.

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@FGB - she's 24? Jo Bo Ah, Lee Yoo Bi, Lee Som, even Ha Yeon Soo and many other rookie actresses are her age or younger and all of them are better than whatever she is trying to pass of as acting.

And if she really has some eye defect then that is bad but it's not as if her acting is any good that it compensates for that soulless blank look u say is from contact lenses.

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Never been impressed by YI in anything she's done, esp. in SG which made her popular.

The best 2FL in a Hong sister romcom was probably Park Soo-jin in MGIAG.

She did an alright job despite not getting much to work with, the best part being her character's interactions w/ Mi-ho.

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I'm SO glad I'm not the only one who thinks the actress playing Ji Won cannot act (comments from episode 3). It is so jarring and really takes me out of any scene she's in. I have watched a lot of dramas, and while I haven't watched too many with an idol-leaden cast, I can definitively say this is the worst acting I've seen thus far. She literally looks like she's just reading her lines and trying to get the scenes over with.

The drama is slow so I'm hoping it picks up a little bit because while I enjoy the main leads, I think it's a problem when I'm more intrigued by the diver lady and the hyung LOL and finding myself rooting for the mayor over Gun Woo because he was just so cute when helping her pick the conches and buying her the abalone. We shall see!

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Its getting better & better. Love episode 4. Everyone is adorable even the quirky blogger!

This drama is really warming up to me. BGW & LJJ is quite different from k-drama standard leads. Kudos to the hong sisters for trying something different.

Beisdes BGW & LJJ, I would also love to see more interactions between LJJ & the Mayor. Kim Sung Oh is such a funny guy even without trying.

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I don't like the blogger at all. Don't get what effect the actress is trying to achieve, but to my eyes, it makes the blogger seem like a weirdo. Plus, What right does she have to take pics of ppl w/o their knowledge, and post them on her blog w/o their permission?

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Maybe the blogger is based on someone in real life, or a jab at some popular blogger or whatever deeper meaning that will be worked into the plot - I don't know.

But from watching the parts (her entry on Geun-woo, her voiceover narration of Jung-joo's sea snail harvest), I think she's just another minor quirky character to populate the island. Instead of the super bland stereotypes of "hae-nyeos" and "simple island folk with their funny dialects" - there is a weak attempt at setting the townspeople with mayor-with-a-past! and mermaid-woman-with-a-past! and busy-Mr. Gong-with-100-jobs, odd-quirky-blogger-who-romanticizes-frivolously!, you know. The main characters are pretty straightforward, so you pepper in the B-plots and sidelines with oddities and amuse-bouche.

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She is a romantic, elegant lady cut out straight from a 60's movie. Personally I like her, she is soft and ethereal (a nice contrast to the main leads that to be honest are like nitroglicerin bottles in bumping cars: a disaster in the making). I hope she will become the sage in this series (and a source of insight if well used).

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... I guess she will grow on us, kind of like Kang-Ja in Fantasy Couple (Hong's drama of 2006). Kan-Ja was the resident crazy person, but was lovable, loyal, honest and she was the sage for Sang-Shil: her messages, albeit encripted through her madness, were the voice of reason and hope.

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Can they please reduce Ji Won't screen time, the actress is so bad that I actually get distracted from the awfulness of the character by her bad acting.

I can understand that Gun Woo can like a girl who has a bad character, but I cannot understand why he likes someone who looks like her eye surgery and botoz froze her face into that one expression and she can't move her face.

But I really really like the mayor. I only saw Kim Sung Oh in scary roles before but he is really cute in comedy, he is good at both types of roles. If he was playing someone who was as big a bitch as Ji Won, at least it would be more interesting because his face has more than one expression.

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Hahaha.. I only saw him in Secret Garden and his role is comedic. He has good comedic timing..

Agree with Ji Won. Can't they change her or reduce her screentime to the max??? She starts getting on my nerves and once I hate the character, I only want to skip her scenes.

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100% agree with y'all. Ji won character is what I hate the most. She can't act at all! She needs to act more like a villain and not as a bad actress gone bad. LOL!!!

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gah. I really do love the Mayor.. :)

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ikr!

thank God, Woobin didn't take this 'Gun Woo' character, oh no.. i just cant imagine that i ship the female lead with other guy, not the male lead.. i ship jinjoo with the mayor!

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i can't really imagine woobin being gunwoo.... i lkie the lead because he's sweet and caring unlike all chaebol leads.. i even like him than yian(school2015) because yian's obsessive and possessive but i hate him very much because he's so stupid when jiwon's there

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That's why the writing (aside from the excellent dialogue) in CP was so great.

Han-kyul while being Chaebol and having his flaws (being a bit spoiled) had a heart and was truly a romantic and just needed direction in his life.

Yoo-joo as the 2nd female lead had her issues, but she was hardly the stereotypical one-note b!!ch that 2nd female leads tend to be (and there was never the potential of anything romantic btwn her and Han-kyul).

Even the grandma, while being mad at the relationship btwn Han-kyul and Eun-chan at the start got over it and was able to appreciate Eun-chan's drive and her positive affect on her grandson.

Contrast that w/ the cliche-filled, one-note characters in something like "Secret Garden.").

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What I like best about the drama (besides the breezy feel and the light hearted romance to be) is the lead characters. They are both interesting in very un-kdrama-like ways.

He is rich, sure but isn't a jerk. He is lazy and almost an idiot but without really meaning to be. It's like there is a little IQ lacking sometimes but is made up by some serious EQ which is again offset by his inexplicable feelings towards ji won( but that part I am going to chalk it down to first love whatever etc).
I wouldn't have been as impressed with him today, if in order to save her, he had swooped in as her boyfriend, shown off his connections to the owner of the hotel etc. Definitely plus points. Very thoughtful and it was the truth too, it wasn't just a lie to cover up so it just seemed extra special to me.

Of course he would lose his head when ji won appears - given up on that aspect for now. Though it makes me curious .. Imagine him devoid of this crazy obsession (?) for her .. And we have a winner at hand.

She is cool and is not exactly very bright but is more worldly wise than him in some ways. She sure knows all about hard work. I love how when faced with utter disappointment instead of tears, she just scoffs at one point. Her life has had enough disappointments for her to both hold back as well as shrug off new ones. She isn't without feelings, she only chooses to keep them in check and not get carried away. Practical, pragmatic but not without that slightest hint of romance somewhere in the back of her mind.

Together I like their easy relationship. They are not best buddies, they are not sworn enemies. They are more than acquaintances. They are sort of friends yet his concern is driven by her imaginary illness and hers by confusion at his actions. Yet they can say the worst things to each other. Scoff, grumble but get over it just as easily. There is a tiny element of romantic feelings somewhere in between - I actually raised an eyebrow at his lighting a candle for the table for two. Everything they did seemed appropriate for a date. But of course, he is still stuck with an obsession for a certified b*tch -excuse my language.

So if they keep up the characters and their interactions I am going to be very interested in continuing to watch this drama.

And GF - thank you for your reviews. It's always such a pleasure reading them. Good enough to even come back and read a few times :)

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I think it's refreshing to have a drama without very complicated birth secrets or revenge plots. So I don't mind if it's only romance.

I find the CEO older brother interesting and a fun character, think of the diver ajumma in one of his meetings.

And the Mayor is a likeable second lead with a underwear model kind of past. He's a bit dorky, too.

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Uhmm.. How about the twins thing that seems to be getting ignored in the plot?

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Not only that - way too many other cliches and done in a not too original way.

If the Hong sisters just stuck to the building of the relationship btwn the 2 leads, would be much better.

And even then, W&C is missing the funny moments, snappy dialogue we have seen in romcoms like the Reply 1994/1997, INR2013, My Princess, Discovery of Love, Miss Korea, and even the Hong sisters' own MGIAG, The Greatest Love and Master's Sun.

The 2 leads are endearing and they are the best reasons to watch (Kang Sora has toned down her mannerisms).

Some of the supporting characters show promise (such as the waiter, older bro, but they haven't been given much to do).

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Yeah, where are they going with that. Will they get our hopes up about the romance and dash them at the last minute by a reveal that they are twins?

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That Jiwon girl can't act for her life. It makes me hate her more.
I truly, truly love Mayor. I wouldn't mind pairing him up with Jinjoo... while we wait for Gunwoo to wake up and GET ON IT. How is he so adorable, so assy AND so dense at the same time? Ugh. *raspberry*

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I would ship her with the Mayor too, but just can't seem to un-see that he played Sadam in Night Watchman.

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Thanks for the recap JB!

One thing that never fails to crack me up is when dramas refer to men's underwear as panties. I just don't know why I find that so funny. LOL

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@ Gidget

Me toooo!!! I imagine them baby pink and fluffy or lacy LOL!!!

I've heard that women's underwear is also referred to as 'panty' so I'm thinking it's a generic term for underwear... not sure if only for the bottom or both top and bottom??? Enlightenment anyone? Heheheh!

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Pfew...I'm not alone...

(And correction: thanks GF!)

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Still way too in love with Kim Sung Oh.

Maybe that's okay. Jung-joo can be with Geon-woo and I can have Kim Sung Oh???

(sigh) If only it worked that way...

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Honestly I'm glad Yoo Yeon Seok plays Baek Geon Woo here. Can't imagine KWB as GW. KWB would give him manly and cool aura, not childish, childlike aura.. I believe KWB also can do this type of character, but YYS is better.. He's really likable and cute and funny! Though I'm going back and forth from screaming to my screen to call him stupid and squealing on the moments he had with Jung Joo.. hahaha

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I agree with you about YYS being a better fit as Geon Woo. Yep, screaming to squeeing here too! This show is giving me the warm fuzzies :)

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Yup YYS is doing an excellent job as BGW!

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I'm back! I haven't lately for some reason been able to comment for some reason which made me mad because I had so much to say about Angry mom. But oh well. I'll just say it was the best story for a drama ever! Everything was perfect about it!

But now we are with another Hong sisters drama. Yeah, I gotta say they are taking another approach with this drama and I like it so far. Though always, the second lead female is always someone I just wanna kill!! But I know the Hong sisters won't disappoint us so bad because well, they are the HONG sisters. So I will just say this, Fighting!!
And GF, you are my hero!! You managed to recap two episodes today!!??
Thank you!!!! :D
Everyone, fighting!! :P

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I love that hyung is obsessing over that lady and the first song is from Enya. jajajaj

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Hong sisters are losing their touch. I adore the leads but seriously if you are giving me a pure, plotless romance drama then why use drama cliches that were like fashionable ten years ago?

Down on luck heroine - check
Chaebol hero - check
bitchy second female lead - check
cohabitation hijinks - check

Disappointing!

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I wonder if they're intentionally departing from their typical format to play with some of the recent trends in drama land.

There's the whole foodie aspect, with slick shots of food in the story and recipes at the end. They're weaving a lot of self-referential meta into the scenes and using the soundtrack like a narrator.

I wonder if it's the directing? It seems like the show should be funnier than it is.

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I got major vibes of "three meals a day: fishing village" especially with Jung-joo gathering the seafoods and cooking it (or having Geun-woo cook) for the next meals.

Maybe lazy writing on their part - instead of a novel idea (like the horror-romcom genre mashup), the Hong sisters took super popular and common tropes and are just adding on a dash of wit and cute moments on top?

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Is it really the writing? It seems that some of the things that should be funny just aren't. That's why I'm wondering if the problem isn't as much with the writing as it is with the directing.

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While better, not yet delivering the wit and cute moments.

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I have the same feeling too. I think the flaws are in the directing. The comic timing is just off. I mean the actors are all good coming to the set with a spectacular heavy drama acting resume but the truth is comic timing is really difficult, and to get that right I feel like directors need some serious skills in motivating actors and choosing the right frames. Sometimes it just feels like they're trying too hard. Not that I know anything about directing but sometimes it really does feel connived to an awkward point.

I actually want to see YYS and KSR together in a heavy drama project because I think these two will tear my heart into pieces. That said, I'm looking forward to a heavy-drama gear shift at some point in the story.

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I really don't follow the logic. In ALL Hong dramas, the heroine is down on luck, the hero is either chaebol or super rich, or a bastard noble like in Hong Gil-dong, or at least wealthier therefore more spoiled than the heroine and usually a bit of an... arse. With the exception of Fantasy Couple where the cast was reversed. They always troll either the trend or the cliches without so much of an intriguing plot. You always know what will happen in the end. The second leads, both male and female, are usually annoying to super annoying.
It's the universe of the little things, the pairing of a couple seamingly odd and their clever writing that does the trick and creates the magic.

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One sided First Love - check :D

Still waiting on the clever writing part.

Maybe it is me, but I feel like most characters just .. annoying.

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Besides enjoying this light & breezy drama, loving the talented leads of Yoo Yeon Seok & Kang Sora & the 3 wonderful OST - Thank U, Butterfly & Closer.

Warm & Cozy fighting!!!

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Episodes 3 and 4 were super fun... Wanting more of YYS and KSR!!!

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I am super looooooooooooooooooooving this show. It really makes me feel warm and cozy.

A drama doesnt always need to have a heavy plot. I am really enjoying this simple fluffy romcom drama.

Kang sora and yoo yeon seok make a great paor. My only problem is with that bitchy second female lead. How unlikeable.

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I am surprise myself too for loving this drama more than I imagine haha. Love the OTP.

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heaps of thanks for the recaps! i live streamed it last night and i almost fainted from anger with the way it ended. i swear i super love BGW but he had me there, how could he but then the bitch arrived and then it happened, the unthinkable!

please make up for it show for next weeks episode

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Love Jung Joo. She's scraping every ounce of her muscle to run that restaurant while the guys aren't doing much. True she's not experienced but still she tries. And why am I shipping JJ and Mayor more? Maybe because GW doesn't have any brain cell when it comes to Ji Won. Why can't he see she's Gold digger and a liar? So frustrating.

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... Well, GW literally digged JJ's gold, so he IS a gold digger :) .

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ugh trying to watch it because I've genuinely been enjoying it, but Gun-woo seriously is more like a Kim Eun Sook drama hero. I'm 25 minutes in and struggling to push through because he's been an unrelenting ass every one of those minutes. Even if he IS cute and swoony blah blah blah, he's also a thoughtless user jerk and it ANNOYS me argh

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Has the korean netzies or media said anything about the second female actresses acting.. I would like to know if they have the same OP as most of us have about her robot acting...

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Have not heard much. It is doing OK in the ratings, but not great, looks like around 15th-20th.

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4th episode had 6.7% Nationwide. That's very low for the slot.

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They hate her acting too lol.

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I think Ji-won is interesting in Hyung thats why she Was annoyed when he told Her that the only reason he hired her was Her profesional skills.

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Is it just me or does Mok Ji Won talks really weird? It's like she's forcing the words our of her mouth. And her acting's not that great either

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TOTALLY. More reasons to hate the actress. There have been other meant-to-be-hated second leads who are at least convincing in their sultriness/foxiness. That no matter how much you dislike the characters, you can sorta understand why the guy might have been smitten. This one is like a block of wood. Ugh. (If I hated PSH in Heirs, well, this is waaaaay worse.)

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Maybe Gun-woo's type is "wooden and insipid".

The Prussian author E.T.A. Hoffman wrote the short story "The Sandman" in the early 1800s, about a robot girl with no emotional expression, wooden movement, and dead eyes. All the men fall in love with her because that's the beauty ideal of Prussian women back then ...

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KS is awesome. She breathes life into Jung-joo's character so well that sometimes its hard to believe its the same girl who acted in Dream High 2!
YYS+"I am not going to make it!!"+":P" made me laugh out loud.
I also love that they give the recipes at the end of each episode.

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Yeah I was pleasantly surprise. Kang Sora plays Jung Joo so well.

Kudos to the awesome pair of YYS & KSR as the leads.

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I think I might be the only viewer that thinks the mayor is hotter than Gun Woo. Before this I'd only seen him playing dodgy and/or dorky characters, but here he's just really sweet. Plus we get to see rather a lot of him in the underpants ad. Ok, ok, I shouldn't be objectifying the poor guy; just glad he's been given an opportunity to play a nice, attractive guy for a change.

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I don't think he is hotter, but I'm shipping him and Jung Joo!

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I usually dislike some of Hong Sister's outright chaebol jerk types, but somehow I feel like Gunwoo's worse. Because at least in Hong Sister's past dramas, those guys didn't give out a false sense of surface kindness to the viewers, they were meant to be seen as jerks. I think it's how they're portraying Gunwoo out to be a "nice guy" when actually he's far from it that urks me more. He treats Jungjoo like she's insignificant and then turns around to do something to make up for it, rinse and repeat, so he doesn't sit right with me. Makes sense that he would like Jiwon, they're basically the same type, she treats him the way he treats Jungjoo- like how he'd make plans with Jungjoo but once something better comes along he'd run off, Jiwon does the exact same thing to him too.

I enjoy her scenes with the mayor way more. Also looking forward to hyung and the diver.

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Another similarity between Gunwoo and Jiwon from this episode would be that when they spilled shit on Jungjoo, they didn't help clean it up and didn't care. Like come on.

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But a difference I realized is that Ji-won thinks that 'success' is marrying a rich guy or having connecttions with CEO or whatever. Her degree in PR isn't for her eduction/career, but just a way to spend time with rich kids studying aboard (I imagine).

Geun-woo, when he went to 'rescue' Jung-joo didn't act like a rich boyfriend (an enviable connection for those like goldidggers and status seekers). He gave her credit as a restaurant owner and boss.

So their values are different - & it shows in the way they treat people. (whether they help or ignore plights, all of jerky-Geun-woo's mistakes aside).

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I think he treats Jungjoo like she's below him. It's evident in the way he throws coins at her and tells her to pick it up or how he steals from her like it's no big deal because he'll just 'pay her back'. He might be nice to her, but once they have an argument, it's always evident that he thinks she's lowly. Like, how dare she make his restaurant lowly with signs and the inflatable dancing man. He knocks over her hard work like it's nothing. He's only nice to her again once he reminds himself that she has cancer.

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Usually, the Hong Sisters' 1ML is a jerk with a heart of gold. Gun-woo is the opposite.

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The other chaebol jerks were RELIABLE. That's a great differece. The people around them could trust them.

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... And not only were reliable, they usually gave more than was expected from them (in a gruffily, underhanded way). This dude is irresponsible and random.

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If it was Kim Tan for example, (no disrespect just opinion on character) he would've driven up and wrist grabbed and forced JJ into the car, scowled at the ex co-workers and driven off.

And that would be better? Reliable? Haha

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We're specifically talking about Hong Sister's previous lightweight jerks. Kim Eunsook has her own brand of dangerous sociopathic assholes.

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Wow. That bad huh?

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Gun-woo IS a nice guy underneath, but like anyone used to his lifestyle (esp. him), can be petty spoiled when he doesn't get his way.

That's his character flaw, aside from acting like a complete idiot/dork when it comes to the other girl.

The other chaebol characters are competent and usually ice-cold when it comes to emotions.

Gun-woo is considerate of JJ, but sometimes his inner immaturity and his own needs/desires (which he has been fulfilling all his life) just happens to supercede his consideration of JJ momentarily.

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I think it's the opposite, he's nice on the surface and mean on the inside. He's only "nice" when it's convenient for him to be, it doesn't mean much. It's when things don't go his way that you see someone's true self. For an example, when a white guy dates a black girl so you think he doesn't care about race, but then he calls her the n-word when they argue (this happens very often). Gunwoo reminds me of one of those closeted assholes who hide it well most of the time so people see him as a "nice guy", and it's those guys you need to watch out for more. In that sense, he seems nice to Jungjoo and doesn't care about class, but it all comes to light when Gunwoo argues with Jungjoo, you see how he really is and how lowly he thinks Jungjoo is. Just because he makes cute faces and smiles doesn't mean he's nice.

Also, I'm tired of people blaming all his bad behavior on Jiwon. That's bull.

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You're entitled to your opinion about the characters, the show, or anything else really. But your comment making the comparison with a racist is actually out of place and pretty gross of you.

The show is not without its faults, GW is extremely flawed, I agree on that. However, your comments are so based on strawman arguments, cherry picking (fallacy bingo?), straight up overlooking of very clear characterization, and verbally violent wording, that it is very difficult to take them seriously, and not for a lack of trying.

Please don't make stuff up to back up your opinion. Instead of making a stronger case, you end up embarrassing yourself and taking the rest of the commenters as fools.

Thank you.

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Um, I was giving a real life example (and it's the first thing that popped up in my mind because it happens so often, it could have been anything) so the person would understand what I meant by how a person can be nice on the surface but is a bad person even though he appears to be nice. I was giving an example of a "closet asshole", I never equated Gunwoo's actions to racism. For the actual direct example, I said his character was classist which is already bad enough. I admit I'm not a PC person but a few curse words like "asshole" is not verbally violent, what are we 12?

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@soapbox How the hell does a fluffy kdrama equate white guys and black girls to you? Please don't bring racist bull into this just because the characters are not to your liking!

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"How the hell does a fluffy kdrama" That's what pisses me off. That they try to pass it off as fluffy. This guy is clearly manipulative and mean. In fact, the cycle of trying to put down woman's self esteem and then try to make it up to her, then hurting the woman's self esteem again is the definition of emotional abuse.

And see above about the "racist" argument.

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No - GW is nice, he just drops everything b/c his brain turns to mush whenever that other girl is in the picture.

GW does care about JJ - whether it be offering to stay at his place/use his facilities, offering to fix her roof, make her a nice meal, help her see the sunrise, being concerned whether she'd make it there financially, etc.

An a-hole wouldn't care no matter if it was "convenient.'

Again, GH is a man-child; he turns into a blundering idiot focused on one person when it comes to JW.

That, along w/ being lazy (not following thru) are his major character flaws.

The changes in his character will be:

(1) come to realize that his obsession w/ JW was a self-indulgent fantasy and that there is another more deserving of his affections;

(2) the person more deserving of his affections will help him get more focused/goal oriented when it comes to his cooking.

JW is not going to be any nicer - the diff. will be that he will no longer be stupidly, over-nice to JW at the expense of all others.

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I'm really hoping that Geon Woo will redeem himself by dragging Jung Joo to join dinner. Or leaving her some food. Something, anything, to show that he's not a total inconsiderate brat. *sigh* I really hope Hyung will smarten about Ji-won. Maybe Ji-won will piss off Haeshil and Hyung will find out via Haeshil? hehe.

And I wonder if the writer is supposed to be some sort of romance novelist. She's sooooo absurdly cliche.

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Warm & Cozy has overtaken Let's Eat S2 as my mokbang show. I have to pause to grab a snack while watching.

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Agree. The food is even more interesting in Warm & Cozy!

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The plot lines of rich guy, poor candy girl, annoying reappearing first loves are so cliche and outdated. You can smell the rest of the plot a mile away.

Hong sisters are really overrated.

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Kang Sora, DAEBAK! ! ^_*:))

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Kang Sora, DAEBAK! !! ^_*:))

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Yey! Fast recaps! I'm glad somebody's liking this drama as well as I do! hehehe

Several things I love about it so much! I like that our leads have somehow unwittingly ended up being in a business deal together. Although by accident, our girl most definitely invested her whole life's savings into Warm & Cozy and our boy, with his awesome sauce chef skills, is effectively the other half of this business deal. I feel like together, boy and girl, will be making a great team and they'll turn warm & cozy into something Jeju tourists would want to be part of. A successful business! I can see both boy and girl redeeming each other's lives and I'm just looking forward to this great future they have together. I can see them going on at it forever, "until Jung-joo dies". kekeke.

And if our boy won't ever get over his childish ways, I think I'm okay with the mayor for our girl lead anyway. I gotta say, Mayor absolutely doesn't strike me as a guy with first lead visuals but I crack up at the way he totally acts like one, with his country bumpkin outfit on. HAHA. Whenever I think about his interactions with our girl, I'm like seeesh... this is totally some endgame love plot if it were a different story. I mean they hang around the beach picking out conches and I'm with the ahjummas in thinking they can totally have kids together. Mayor acts the part with such gusto, it's really like he feels as if he's the first lead and our chef is the second lead. Hahahaha. this cracks me up so badly. I would, in any other drama, cringe at the thought but it all just looks so funny that I'm just laughing and then I'm just okay with it. Maybe because I feel our girl looks a little too pretty for mayor. It's like he's not really a threat at all but he's cute to have around anyway.... but when mayor falls for our girl, then I'll just be sad because he's a pretty nice guy and he doesn't deserve being dumped. I just hope he'll end up being gay or with his own first love or something because he's cute like a funny puppy.

Of course, I'm still rooting for our boy-child because he really has such a warm and cozy chemistry with our lead. I mean, that serious stare by the hotel lobby when he overheard gossip just overflowed with a noticeable depth that it was almost scary. I saw both a baseball legend and a werewolf at that moment, pun intended. At that moment, I was almost sure that our boy is not really empty inside---not a complete airhead. Maybe he's hanging on to this cruel first love for some serious past issue, and not for anything else deeper (like love. ugh). Maybe he's just lonely. Maybe it's just a fixation. i'll deny it forever because first love girl is just a biyatch who doesn't deserve daytime at all. she doesn't deserve words, even.

Oh and I don't mind the whole little mermaid romance going on with hyung at all. Hyung is incredibly funny. Black pearl. I hear him talk and I still hear the sageuk King from the previous...

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... I hear him talk and I still hear the sageuk King from the previous drama and it's all just welcome trope to me.

The drama wasn't always that funny---some scenes attempted too hard to be funny that it was awkward. Seriously. Heirs' theme song? but overall, I really enjoyed it and at the end of episode 4, I felt like wanting to move on to the next episode, palli! Partly because I want Jung joo to show up in her red sweater to intimidate ugly second lead, and also because I want to know how the coffee accident will mix up the dynamics. So that's overall, a really good sign. :D

Sorry for the long post. :D

Oh and what is this pub about the novelist? The whole scarf flying with the one... was that from another drama? I didn't really get it...

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Wonder why some people dislike geun woo's character..yes he is immature, and acts without thinking sometimes and lives carelessly but he ia genuinely a nice guy. Surprisingly nice for a usual chaebol lead.. And if u think about it geun woo doesn't have his own money, his siblings have and his mother not him. Anyways, he genuinely cares about jung joo, he offered her his house, his friendship and sold her his restaurant incredibly cheap from which jeong joo kicked out whwn he was homeless and had nowhere to go,(that was mean from jeong joo as well and noone mentions it). Ok he doesn't realise jung joos feelings for him but he doesn't ought to, he only just met her and he is stuck on that other chick even though she has zero interest in him.. Like he said he doesn't care if she is married or a bad person, he still likes her, you can't dictate who to liKe!! So all in all geun woo is a sweetheart, ok he has his flaws but if both leads were perfect personality wise, we wouldn't have a drama to watch..

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Yeah, me too. I feel for him. I actually think he's a pity party just like Jung Joo. I mean he's rich but that's all there is to him. He's an illegitimate child, and judging with what his noona said referring to their respective dads (the richest guy, the most handsome guy, and the worst guy of them all), I feel like he's the sibling with the least value. Part of me thinks he's hanging on the good-for-nothing first love just because she was there when he found out he isn't worth much. he's a pitiful creature but he's still nice. I mean yeah he's self-centered, rash and immature, but it's not like he has conscious ill-intentions or that he beats people up. He's surprisingly nice for chaebol. I mean, he's lazy but it's a good thing underwear girl isn't.

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Actually, GW is NOT rich himself, as he gets funded by his older bro who cut him off.

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Gahhh, Geun Woo why must you be so boneheaded and wishy washy??!! At this point, he should've apologized TWICE to Jung Joo already for 1) throwing coins at her and 2) spilling the paint and mock her decision when she's indeed boss at the cafe. Sure he turns it around by his nice gestures but THEN he goes and do something exasperating yet again.
Worse is, he's actually sweet and considerate when he's not being petty so it's hard to fully hate him but at the same time I wanna smack that pretty head of his.

Hopefully The Hong sisters will give him a lot of growing up STAT.

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Wednesday come faaasteeer.. KSR and YYS ARW LOOOVE

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Is it only me... i keep wishing that the main lead was Kim Woo Bin...dran! why did he have to no. He would have done a great job a goofy lead.
Nways, i am loving this drama. Both leads are great and its truly a light summer drama.

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Yes its only you!!! Enough with that already... YYS was born to become BGW.

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I think kim woo bin acting is not fit for this drama...then his face is so mature so i prefer yys for this drama

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This episode is better from the last one.then is that only me that second female lead actress acting Is fine with me?i dont have problem with her speaking-__- like any other in this thread that Hate her acting but i think she just doing fine-__-

anyway im new in dramabeans Hello chinggu(":

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It's funny how the Hong Sister's drama is actually referencing Kim Eun Sook's dramas' OST

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Unfortunately, there are more similarities than just that.

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yep this is it girls.Actually I this drama is far more boring.... I wonder why is this like that . Did anyone see the preview. YYS spilled out the beans man I mean he just blurted out and asked whether jung joo likes him???? ha ha Her expression was priceless there. She just stood like a little girl who was caught while secretly eating her chocolate. c'mon show u have got to be kidding me 4 episodes are already over and no sight of romance. Seriously, this is the best one where we wait like zombies for the leads to hug and kiss. Sigh!! ;) I am waiting......... :)

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Why didn't I start watching this sooner? While its nothing special, its entertaining nonetheless. I like the lightness and the humour.

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Is it possible to dislike the male lead at least 5 times more than was previously thought. I liked him a lot less this ep for sure. Even Jang Geun Suk's character in You're Beautiful had a heart tho he was kinda a jerk.

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Love all the references to other dramas! Makes me giggle with glee when I recognize it!

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