Some Secret Life of My Secretary thoughts because it’s still not Her Private Life day yet, and Snarky’s sinuses are too stuffed to focus on work:
I’m like 90% convinced Min-ik knows that “Veronica Park” is really Gal-hee. Like, he has to…right? No? I mean, his defining characteristic when we first met him was that he could read people really well. Even though that largely had to do with his ability to read faces, we saw that he recognized Gal-hee even from a distance, which is why we’re supposed to believe that he recognizes her now. (Dude was totally crushing on her at that point, even if he didn’t know it.) If he doesn’t know, that would be really weird after Monday’s episodes, right? I went into the episode 50/50 as to whether he knew and tried to read it as he didn’t but then his actions just look kind of crazy, unless the director and Kim Young-kwang are making some really odd choices for the character.

I also love the idea of a female lead being in a love triangle with herself. It reminds me a bit of the Bollywood movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi which I love because it comes down not to just personality or attractiveness, but also seeing the other person’s actions towards the one they care about.

I mean, I’m pretty sure this drama will devolve into a mess of noble idiocy and stupid company politics and childhood trauma and I’ll regret being invested at all, but dear God these two are so adorable that I can’t help myself.

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    I’m torn too. Last week, I thought that he should have known, based on her mannerisms etc. But he asked himself, alone, how Veronica looked like. So I took it as if he indeed didn’t know. But the way he was teasing her yesterday makes me think that he knows. Ugh. I want him to know without telling her yet :p

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      So, I’m not 100% that he knew right away. I think he had a hunch before the umbrella thing, and he used that meeting to verify his hunch. I think he was 100% in the dark on the first date. I just kind of hope this leads to more teasing cuteness on his part because he’s kind of adorable around Gal-hee.

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    I’m constantly oscillating between “he knows” and “he doesn’t”… I hope he does know… otherwise some of his actions are a bit questionable… (though I’m not analysing that too much, just enjoying their chemistry 😆).

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    I certainly hope he knows it would make all of her current/ upcoming angst funny instead of painful, his so sad face when he realizes his right hand person betrayed him would kill me, he needs someone on his side so badly. That uncle makes me so mad always making those cuckoo references

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      I hope he knows because I really like his adorable teasing of Gal-hee. I think if he doesn’t know for sure, he definitely knows something is up.

      Don’t even get me started on the uncle. He’s such an ass, I can’t even. I want to slap his smug face every time it’s on my screen.

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    I mean surely he MUST know the voice??? Right? I haven’t caught up to the latest episodes as yet but imagine how refreshing it would be, specially in a trope filled drama as this, if he knew. Ah! It would be good.

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      I truly hope he knows!!!

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      I think Gal-hee pitches her voice a bit differently when playing “Veronica” and doesn’t just copy the real Veronica’s affected way of speaking? But she also slips up when she’s surprised which is why I feel like Min-ik didn’t figure it out right away. I feel like it would have taken him a bit of time to figure it out. I feel like it’s the mannerisms which will give Gal-hee away more than anything.

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    i’m sadly convinced he doesn’t know. When he DOES figure it out, it’ll be like an «oh wow how did i not know moment. it was so obvious» And there’ll be angst when he finds out (hopefully KYK will play angst as beautifully as YSH). But i personally want him to find out and play with her without her knowing. A girl can dream.

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    I want him to know… but they usually don’t know and this drama isn’t smart, it just has good leads lol.

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      If I remember correctly this writer plays with tropes a bit, but they didn’t seem to give into dramalands worst instincts in Divorce Lawyers in Love which was fluff but never really made me tear my hair out. I think there was one point where they were almost angsty and stupid but then decided that was dumb so they stopped? I just remember not being mad at the drama.

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        You have suddenly given me hope that it won’t pull a trope fest on me in the latter half!!
        I still don’t think it’s smart, because it’s done a lot of weird things already, but maybe it will turn out to be less stupid than I’m expecting it to be.
        (Then again if I expect it to be really stupid I don’t get burnt lol)

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          I feel, after yesterday’s episode, that there may be a bit of angst when he finds out but it won’t be hair-tearingly bad. I feel like if there is angst over betrayal it’ll be because of his shady BFF, and that is much more compelling to me because we rarely see male relationships that have that much trust and closeness in them. I remember in Divorce Lawyers there was a really compelling storyline about one of the clients, played by the always fabulous Lee El, that really kept me watching. It was good because it had you thinking one thing during the first half and then when it played out it was something else entirely. And it wasn’t stupid like Touch Your Heart, which I rage quit three episodes from the end because it was so unethical.

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    Totally unrelated and superficial question but how can someone look so good when he’s sleep? Is this what he really looks like when he falls asleep in his trailer on set or on the sofa at home? I have questions and I really would like answers. lol.

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