Go Back Couple Ep9: This episode was filled with hijinks (Ban-do and Nam-gil’s couple outfit had my mum and I in fits), but the way it used little details to flesh out major themes is amazing.

Ban-do uses his knowledge of Jin-joo’s sleeping habits to gain an edge over Nam-gil to great comic effect. But the scenes of young Ban-do getting peaches for Jin-joo despite his allergy, and of grown-up Jin-joo telling her sister to send anything but peaches, highlighted a touching truth: that some habits are formed through compromising for the ones that you love.

And it’s so wonderful, the way the show does this. It leaves these little messages around, unsaid, there to be noticed only if you look closely enough.

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