I'm sort of staying off recaps till later on because of spoilers, but can I just say that that restaurant scene was a script writing master piece, and that if I could just watch a drama of table top conversations layered with inference and nuance and word play between these two, with the odd well crafted flashback, I would.
They're just so well written and delivered (props to both actors and the director), despite his possession of a moral compass being entirely in question, I just love watching their conversations the best. There's something so clever about them that really makes me wish I understood Korean, because I feel like I'm missing so much because of translation.

It's disturbing to hear someone like Moo-young articulating what I think about certain characters. I felt like a bad  person when he validated my opinion by casually commented about Seung-ah's lack of apology. I know that girl live in toxic environment, but she just saw her friend getting slapped by her mother for helping her, and she didn't even ask whether Jin-kang is okay, much less apologize for it. She only think about herself when all that happened, and while I pity her for her situation, I have to agree with Woo-sang that she is just as much a snobbist like him.

Ugh, I don't want to find Moo-young's interaction with Jin-kang fascinating, but it is. Whenever they met, I wanted her to run away as soon as possible, yet I also wanted to see what unexpected questions and answers she'll elicit from him. It's surprising to see him sharing about himself so easily. Is it simply because Jin-kang intrigued him with her unpredictable responses? Or is that actually a meticulous plan he tailor-made for her to I don't know what end?

On the other hand, Jin-kang gave Moo-young and me some very surprising responses this eps. Like when she casually admitted to him that she lied before about never been hurt and never been slapped. Or when she stopped Moo-young from commenting more about Seung-ah and her mom because she was already thinking about it and didn't want to hate her friend for that incident. It feels like the kind of confession you would only make to people you really trust. And I'm not sure whether it's Moo-young's charm that spurr her tendency to overshare. Or whether it was some sort of game she unconsciously played to gauge a more genuine reaction from him.

@sunny “Jin-kook stops when he spots a fortune teller’s stand and pops in to get a good marriage date for Jin-kang and Cho-rong. “

Just wanted to clarify, JinKook was actually asking the fortune teller to calculate the best hour of birth for JinKang that is most compatible to ChoRong — ie rigging the compatibility test.

Thanks @sunny
I'm going to do wild guesswork (just for the fun of it) and say it's Moo Young and Jin Kang who are the 'real' siblings. Heh! So their getting together is going to be problematic, what?

Killer-wise, Yoo Ri is as much a candidate as any of the guys, with her unstable mind. Whether she ever saw Jeong Mi Yeon as a threat although she scoffs at Moo Young ever being attached to Mi Yeon, is not certain. She might have been the one who pushed Mi Yeon to her death, even if she was not the one who whacked her on the head.

Moo Young appears to have been the one to tidy up after the killing. Strange that only he knows where the trophy weapon is, and Yoo Ri seems to have forgotten (overly drugged?) or never knew. The top of the trophy was in her house though ... so she could very well have been the one who hit her friend, and somehow in her drugged state, forgot?

I don't get why Jin Kang felt she needed to apologize to Moo Young though. Her feelings of being wronged were justified. Their connecting now gives me vibes of anxiety. 😔

I know everyone is loving the restaurant scene and the dialogue between MooYoung and JinKang. I love it too. However my favorite scene this episode is the beginning. The intensity of the confrontation was overwhelming. The expressions as MooYoung improvises more ways to bend JinKook’s mind and tunes his rage. He could have denied it straight away, but he didn’t. He gave JinKook more hints as a declaration of challenge. Lastly, that trolling “Fighting!” with the fists and dab, and walking away with a smooth triple combo facial change as he side glanced the red cooler made me scream a little for SIG. 😲OMG what does he eat for breakfast that makes him so talented?🙌🏻

Really loved the scene when MY and JK are talking about life of each other. You can clearly see how comfortable each of the characters are with one another. They show their true selves, their emotion and their thoughts which is really refreshing for a character such as MY.

I'm really felt the creeps when the tattoo girl follows them around. And seeing that she has a really unstable mental situation, I can see what could happen in the future.

This is my favorite episode so far. :)

It's super special that after Moo-young walks Jin-kang to her home and leaves, he never stops smiling, even when he has his back turned to her. Whenever Moo-young meets with Seung-ah, or any other person, he smiles to say goodbye, but the moment he turns around to walk away, his smile disappears. Seo In-guk does a really good job at controlling his expressions so they don't come off as forced-fake, so when he was smiling as he walked away from Jin-kang, it was like a subtle way of letting the audience know that Jin-kang is completely different from all his other girls. Moo-young is manipulative and possibly never feels for others, but when he's with Jin-kang, he's beginning to allow emotions to come in.

This was such a good episode.

Totally surprised that they are not blood siblings.
It kind of hurts my heart how much they love each other. She knows that her being slapped would hurt her brother more than her and she has no idea that he is treated as an out cast in his team.

That snow globe scene between MY and Jin-kook was creepy. Even if MY is not the killer he knows things and is obviously playing with Jin-kook in that moment.

Cute cop in his full uniform....so cute.

Want to know the story of the nuns. The one looked so happy to see MY.

When MY and Jin-kang are together I forget I'm not watching a romance. Great chemistry.

I'm a little worried for the mom, whom I dislike immensely, with the look MY gave her.

We don't know the intention of Moo Young yet, but Ji Kang has an effet on him :p

I love the restaurant scene. Ji Kang, even if she doesn't want to appreciate him, can help herself to feel close to him. The burn scar and the orphan part are important in her life, she suffered from them. And now, she met someone who shared the same pain, who was even more lonely than her. And the way she said she will continue to dislike him made him so happy like she said the opposite.

For the past, Ji Kook seemed to have messed up a lot wich made him loose the respect of his colleagues. Now, if Ji Kang is not his sister, she should remember it. She said his father was dead before her birth but she was 7 years old when her mum died. She was old enough to remember the past.

Such an amazing episode. So much subtlety and so many clues. Great acting.

I don't think that YooRi was seething as she was eavesdropping in the restaurant. There, and later in the doctors office, she seemed genuinely upset and heartbroken that he was so freely sharing important facts and feelings that he had never told her. Jealousy and sadness but not anger.

Ok, these are my thoughts.

Moo young. This guy is such a fascinating character; there are so many sides to him, and it confuses me, so that I vaccilate between he's nice, he's not the killer, no way, to he's creepy, he could be the killer. The many sides of him, that we've seen so far:

1. The detached saviour: he saves girls, but he's not invested in the act. He doesn't feel good that he's saved someone, he doesn't bother at all, because he's distanced himself from feeling any emotion.

2. The liar: he lies with a straight face, and does it in such a convincing way. The lie to Seung ah in episode 1 was just shocking, and the fact that he doesn't care about the fact that he did something morally wrong, again points to a lack of emotion in him...karma is going to come back and bite him, because in korean drama, the bad deeds that you have committed will return to punish you, somehow...remember Yoo jung in CiTT? He paid for his sins.

3. The kind friend: he understands everything that Jin kang went through - the scar, the loss of her parents, the heckling by the kids, the contempt of Seung ah's mother. He's the nicest guy in the world, he listens to her, and chips in with his own stories, and she cheers up after a while.

4. The animal lover: he's good to that cat and takes care of it...it's all good here.

5. The creepy guy: that first scene was chilling. The part where the strings start to play, and he begins to arrange the snow globes, slowly, one by one,....creeped me out. His eyes were creepy, his smile was creepy, his smile wiped off the instant he turned his back was creepy.

6. The sadist: when he hugged Seung ah and pulled her in, hard, as he watched Jin kang, was just rivetting...repulsive, and fascinating at the same time. He was so deliberate about it, so calculating, and his eyes were so hard and cruel. He could have been hugging a sack of potatoes, because it was clear that he felt absolutely nothing for Seung ah. And later he just tossed the pot into the trash...it showed how little he cared about her.

Trying to catch up with Chapter 7 of my fanfic before the new episode premieres.

Check it out here

https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1371103/a-hundred-million-stars-falling-from-the-sky-mystery-romance-thriller

There’s definitely something very sinister about Moo Young and opposite to most Beanies I want him to be sinister and not misunderstood as most of k-drama leads are. For once, I want a true tragic antihero with real sins whose actions are past forgiveness. Give me all the angst!

I was affected by the story of how Jin Kang had been slapped by her teacher, and that Jin Kook had cried for a long time when he heard that. His devotion to her is amazing.

It's not spelt out, but the mystery of whether he did kill anyone, or whether he had or feels responsibility for the fire, may be connected to why he took on the raising of Jin Kang. In that conversation with Moo Yeong, there was also mention of a sister who went overseas. It will be interesting to 'meet' her and see if she's his real sister.

Then we see Moo Yeong remembering how Jin Kang was unfairly slapped by Seung Ah's mum and he had noted Seung Ah had not apologised. He immediately throws away and breaks the ceramic art piece Seung Ah gave him. Might he want the same thing to happen to its previous owner?

Moo Yeong's being angry is like a parallel with Jin Kook being upset at Jin Kang's ill-treatment... and Moo Yeong did also consider Jin Kang as a little sister in the first ep or so.

I'd not like to be in Seung Ah's (and later in Yoo Ri's) shoes, if he keeps up the anger. He is one person who looks like he will smile and charm, while he seethes behind the facade. Scary. 😨

I think Moo Young is going to break up with Seung Ah in the next episode. Primarily because both Seung Ah and her mother treated Jin Kang so shabbily. Seung Ah just regards Jin Kang as a means to an end; a person to be used, why else wouldn’t she apologize for the slap Jin Kang received because of her?

Moo Young never really liked Seung Ah anyway. I got the feeling that he enjoyed toying with her, rescuing a damsel in distress, but he’s aware of her using him to rebel against her mom and fiancé, and while he likes the attention he receives from a beautiful, rich, girl; he doesn’t genuinely like her as a person.

With Jin Kang, it’s different from all his other female friends; she’s no-nonsense, doesn’t put up with his bull shit, and calls him out when he’s behavior borders on amoral. She’s also fiercely loyal and has a strong moral compass, she values the people in her life; plus, they both have similar background and experiences. How could he stop himself from genuinely liking her?

I have to say I like the way the scenes are shot.
For example the scene where Moo Young holds the kitten and looks at the city below him. To me the scene showed without words the world he is living in. In contrast of the city vivid colors and constant moving to some destination, Moo Young lives in a colorless, lifeless apartment building. I say "lifeless" because we haven't seen any other tenants that live there.
Well, anyway that just me.

Things that stood out to me in this episode
Mooyoung telling jin kook that he wished he could tell him he was the one that killed the college girl. He might not be a killer but that doesn't mean he doesn't hold a fantasy of becoming one.
His look when he was holding seung ah and looking at jin kang. Its like he's passing a message but why?
His smirk when jin kang told him she will continue to dislike him and then the smile after leaving her.
This show is quite addictive and I am starting to wonder if I made the right choice of not binge watching it rather than waiting every week for new episodes.

Random comparisons with the original:

One of the most repulsive scenes (to me) in the original was when the Yuko (lead female) helps the rich girl sneak out to see Ryo, and Ryo takes the girl, who only asked to be alone together, to a love motel. Seeing her hesitance, he passive aggressively asked if she wants to leave, then used HER hands to pick a room (motel had a room code vending machine). Here we see SeungAh continuing her reckless self destruction (or just thirst for more sex) and suggested to go anywhere convenient to do it, even if she is grossed out by the place. MooYoung on the other hand is uninterested. Maybe because JinKang is waiting around the area and he's not in the mood to screw someone else. Again he effortlessly endears SeungAh with the sensitive boyfriend charade. With the Korean version you just can't blame this poor girl for falling so hard. Anyone seeing him through her eyes can easily give up anything for this man.

The Japanese rich girl was raised in a rich patriarchal family. She is a precious gem to her father who had traded her for business contracts. Don't recall if the family business was going under, but they didn't seem to be as desperate for the fiance's money. Yet she is still just an object to be wed against her will. She didn't have a job or any goals in life. SuengAh is at least an aspiring artist.

When they first met, Ryo intercepted a quarrel between her and her fiance that was turning physical. MooYoung on the other hand intercepted SeungAh's fight with herself, which enticed the spirit that lives inside her to break free. Japanese girl would waver to give Ryo up when family pressure builds, then fall right back into his hands when he sweet talks her slightly. She gets whipped by so many people that it's painful to watch, yet she is fragile, and pretty, enough to be sympathized.

SeungAh had her mind set break the arranged marriage, she was only lacking the courage to pursue. With SeungAh, the writer gave her a stronger character but counterweighted it with more flaws (a lot more reckless, a little more self centered), to bring her back to the same fate as the original character. At first she was rebelling in the name of love, but she was actually just fighting for herself. I think that will change and eventually her love for MooYoung will outweigh everything.

Yuko didn't get slapped for bringing the rich girl to meet Ryo. Rich girl actually went home on her own. After she left, Ryo asked Yuko to eat together and she rejected saying it's inappropriate to eat with someone's boyfriend. At this point she already started to like Ryo, which Ryo could tell, so he hugged the rich girl to trigger her, and more the reason I felt him taking the rich girl to have quick sex repulsive. So the mommy showing up to give JinKang a slap and the outburst by JinKang towards MooYoung really caught me by surprise. The friendship that slowly crumbles because of that slap gives JinKang just enough...

Can I just say, what a relief it is to finally watch a serious drama. Its been so long since Ive seen one. I love the deep psychological themes in this drama and I look forward to how the drama progresses.

Everything Sicarius mentioned about the restaurant scene was spot on. The acting, the chemistry between JK and MY dialogue, directing, and the background score.... all of it was perfection. It wasn't over the top but it was so poignant and made me so emotional.

SIG is killing it in this role and a lot of people are giving him and PSW a lot of love but I also want to give a shout out to Jung So Min. She is one of those underrated actresses who is so talented. Quoting Murasakimi from one of recaps from BTIMFL JSM has an incredible ability to make the emotions of her characters accessible and vivid every step of the way. I am equally drawn to JK as I am to MY and I can't get enough of these two together.

gotta say SeoInguk really such a great actor.

like one time you wonder if Mooyoung is genuine or not but his facial is soo obvious when he's with Jinkang; you can tell the difference. and the way he looked at her at that park scene was like Mooyoung is revolve around Jinkang. that bicycle scene where Mooyoung cycling around Jinkang tells it all.

and Jinkook :( i really wonder the story behind jinkook and jinkang; they're both a great sibling i love both of them.