Final thoughts in comments.

Instead of screencaps, today I’m posting a poem by one of my favorite poets, rupi kaur.

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    So, I have a theory: Min-ho and Bo-young were the leads of this drama.

    Yes, drama law says that leads have to get together. But who cares? I loved seeing both their journeys. Watching them move into new stages of adulthood and maturity was lovely, and I’m glad that they healed their friendship. I wish we’d had a touch more Min-ho and Nam-woo in the end but I’m not mad at what we got.

    Because at the end of the day, this was all about my girl, Bo-young and her journey. I’m so glad she got the much deserved full time position. She has clearly built a family here, and their joy at her accomplishment was so real. Watching her gain that confidence in herself was beautiful over these final two hours. She has always known she’s capable and good at her job, but to have that validated by a position makes it better. Sometimes that is needed.

    And, yes, while I still don’t really care for Dr. Ye, I am glad that they’re together, because obviously they’re happy. Isn’t that all that matters? If only they had given him a personality. I did enjoy watching him struggle to human. But I do have to say, does he not realize that he created that rift? Anyway, not gonna dwell on it. We got lots of cute smiles, and I hope that Lee Joon-hyuk has a better role in his next drama.

    Not going to talk about Min-ho at length, because I think I’ve said most of what I want to say on the subject. My only real quibble with the episode was the attempt to shoehorn in this idea that one doesn’t want to be embarrassed in front of the person they love. It just felt like the writer’s lame attempt to explain why Min-ho wasn’t going to be with Bo-young. We knew he wasn’t because she didn’t like him. Done. Why was this necessary? But I’ll end my quibble there.

    I do feel like the drama feels a little incomplete, and there are so many dangling threads with the side characters that I wish had a little more resolution. But all in all, it was a satisfying drama. The use of poetry was wonderful, the direction was strong, the casting was spot-on. I’m probably not going to rewatch anytime soon, but I’ll remember it fondly.

    Good-bye Poetry.

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      Word.

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      I’m a bit late to this but re. Them being the Leads- I actually had the same thought myself (unsurprising you’ve ways perfectly expressed my thoughts on this drama haha)
      We knew more about Min Ho, we heard his voice more, his perspective more, he had the biggest arc after Bo Young, and even if they didn’t get together they still felt like the leads. Dr. Ye was just her love interest.

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        I actually have no problem with this either. I would love to see more dramas like that — leads who have wholly separate development arcs but are in the same environment. It’s great to see the contrasts between them, because they both had arcs that were about growth and maturity, albeit different types. I almost wish there hadn’t been any shipping at all; just BY with Ye, and Min-ho doing his thing. I wouldn’t even have minded him having a crush on BY — just as long as it didn’t define his arc. (Which, tbh, is the weakest part of that arc for me.)

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