Has anyone else watched episode 9 of Twelve Nights?

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    I did. I did. Wanna talk about?

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      Yes. Spoilers ahead –

      Too much time spent on grossness. My takeaway was that the fiance is a good person so we can’t hate her. Did we need to spend so much time on this?

      We’re left hanging on what the heck is going on with her mother. I’m left hanging on why he’s done what he’s done, why he isn’t taking care of his knee, why he’s contacted her and then ignored her? Is he having some existential crisis?

      Honestly, the best part was one of the end comments on Viki. The viewer vowed to come back for the next episode because he/she was more committed to the drama than the couple is to their relationship.

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        Dude was always on permanent emo. He is almost offended that that is how the world works, especially is something fickle like the arts and dance.

        As far as the mother, I don’t care. She is the reason that I travel alone. She annoyed me to the end and if I was Baek I would have kick her ass out.

        The only positive of that was the segue to him and Chan. I love that Chan and his classmate are still friends and still in love with one another. She is not taking his travel to the states well. At all.

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          It feels like the lead couple is the one we might not get. Her friend and the former guest house employee seem destined to end up together as do Chan and his classmate.

          I would have ditched the mom in a heartbeat.

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            Agree about them being not becoming a couple. Sure they love each other, but what are they willing to sacrifice for it. It seems like puppy love instead of the reality of it and life. Now that we are caught up and they are in their 30’s, this is it. This is cute and understandable in your 20’s. Now it time to put up or shut up. The next few days (episodes) should be interesting.

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      I liked the slow pace at first, but I think the lack of interaction with the main couple pushed me over the edge in this episode.

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        Yep, the extended periods of mopiness are becoming too much. The slow pace worked well in the beginning, but the writer has not given us enough of the couple actually being together for us to be invested in them as a couple. At this point, after years and years, it doesn’t even feel like they know each other at all.

        Mom is awful. The girlfriend is not awful.

        Also, dude, people get jobs by using their connections. It’s okay. Stop moping, take care of your infected knee, and for god’s sake stop relying on serendipity for major relationship decisions.

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          Which is why I don’t see a happy ever after. And you know what, that is okay. It can be seen as a journey. That is something that we all go through.

          And yes, stop the serendipity crap. YA 30 !!!!

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          T..H..I..S..!

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        But ya gotta admit, the lack of interaction is the most realistic we have seen in a kdrama in a long time and totally make sense in terms of plot.

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          True.

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          It would work for me if it was set before the internet age. Their lack of communication during the separations makes no sense, other than serving as a plot device

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            This is where I miss recaps. I’m not sure they haven’t communicated. Maybe they’ve emailed and texted? Either way, too little information for us to know anything about their relationship, or lack of one.

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            Beantown, these two have not really, let’s use the word sacrifice for them to be together. What, there is are no dance companies in New York. There is no work for photographers in Korea. These are options and there are decisions and there are sacrifices.

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            Yes, to your point, if it was important, they would continue to build the relationship. Why I am guessing that there is no meaningful conversation in the intervening years is because the “Relationship Clock” goes back to zero each time. Ugh

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    @ndlessjoie I have, and I found it to be disappointing. This last three year break and current relationship hurdles feel contrived in a way the others didn’t.

    What did you think?

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      Yes. Maybe it feels contrived because we don’t get enough (or any) explanation for why they happened. The mostly unexplained gaps aren’t working for me. I need more explanation and more of them together getting to know each other so that I actually care.

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        That’s it in a nutshell. Ive lost interest because of their dithering!

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          I keep thinking that someone needs to yell at them about how much time they’ve wasted already. I also want to know where the owner of the photography studio is. She was a touch stone in a way, so will they go their separate directions now that she doesn’t have a studio? Are they concerned enough about her to ask someone where she is, or what happened to her? Will they come to their senses and realize that what they had was a crush on a possibility they saw in each other, but acknowledge that they don’t really know each other after all this time and go their separate ways? I guess I have reasons to finish and I don’t think I’m hate watching, yet.

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