Extraordinary care was taken in casting the titular Young Lady in YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN. Lee Se-hee was one of five hundred actresses who auditioned for the role. It is obvious that the casting people got it right because she was positively luminous as our Young Lady.

While I really like all three of our future sisters-in-law they do not have that same spark, just as you said.

I agree- up to now what we mostly had had is a sort of three couple romcom but not a lot of real family issues as such. That is about to change and the birth secret will be a part of that.

His hair has been very distracting for me. The different lengths between scene cuts was very sloppy work.

A weekender is a different experience from shorter K-dramas. What you would find is that there may be parts of an episode which seem like filler (and may be) so the FF button is sometimes of some use. The greatest weekenders keep things moving along at a steady pace: ONCE AGAIN and MY FATHER IS STRANGE did this, and for the most part so did the popular YOUNG LADY AND GENLEMAN despite its other flaws- too much dependence on Amnesia being the primary one which ultimately distorted the story. I certainly understand where you are coming from. The popularity of the show in the ROK can really be explained not by the story but by the fabulous performances of the ML (who got a Daesang for it) and the FL (Best New Actress for her).

I would try it and see- but if weekenders are not to your taste then that is simply something you have learned. One of the differences with IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW is how relatively normal the characters are. So far the most charming aspect of the show is our three future sisters-in-law. I am basically in love with all three. I am now warming up to the older two brothers but less charmed by the youngest.

Weekenders are always about family, and so far IT'S BEAUTIFUL NOW has been slow to fully engage the families. But that is changing now.

agreed! definitely one of the more polarising ones, and I too fell in the camp of loving it despite its flaws - lowkey also surprised it got the ratings it got considering how divisive it was and also when other more well recieved dramas are doing worse but I'm wondering if the streaming platform plays into that at all

I got the impression people were disapointed because they didn't get that they were expecting. But since the beginning, the drama was very clear about its genre (cleary not a romance).

I feel like I landed somewhere in the middle but that's because there are some episodes/moments that I hated and some that I loved. It was a strange watch in that way.

Suicide as a subject matter for a series is tricky to handle for writers and viewers. I remember when Thirteen Reasons Why first aired and there was a ton of controversy over of how suicide was portrayed and handled and good arguments on both sides.

Yeah I really enjoy Shooting Stars and agree that it should have been a Monday-Tuesday drama. Sticking it in the crowded weekend slot with dramas that have either strong, plot-driven stories or were written by writers whose names are more known to the public... I can see this drama as something people may pick up and watch after it has finished airing.

I guess that's the good thing about streaming, the dramas can still catch new viewers later on!

Yes, that’s my only reason to watch dramas. I don’t know why there seem to be fewer dramas of this type these days: I never understand why we need more sad, melo, violent dramas than the more happy and light ones. I know some like it (well, I like some of these, too), but I would wish we had more uplifting, bright dramas than this.

I think it’s cool because it doesn’t try so hard! It has all the elements that I love in Kdramas. It is a fun right after all. I don’t wanna say this (out loud) but to me this is wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than The Sound of Music which I didn’t even know what was the message of the drama (not including all the issues that the drama failed to deal with properly, and accurately in some cases).