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Link – Eat Love Kill: Episodes 1-2 (First Impressions)

The premiere week of Link: Eat, Love, Kill is a mishmash of genres that gives us exactly what the title suggests. There’s food, there’s connection, there’s a hint of romance, and there’s murder. It’s a pretty packed two episodes that manages to be both fun and dark while having an emotional center. It’s a precarious balance, but at least for now, it works.

Editor’s note: Continued drama coverage is pending based on Beanie feedback.

 
EPISODES 1-2 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Huh. Well, that was not what I expected. The “kill” in the title probably should’ve clued me in, but I wasn’t anticipating all the crime and murder. The drama could have easily been a complete mess, but it came together reasonably well. The trick will be whether it holds up as the story progresses.

The tone is set from the opening monologue where our lead EUN GYE-HOON (Yeo Jin-gu) shares that someone’s fridge can tell you more than you’d think. We see fridges stocked in various ways, showcasing people’s habits, finances, and even personality. And then, an industrial fridge opens… and someone pushes a cadaver’s hand back inside. (Did that crack anyone else up? It was just so sudden.)

Gye-hoon is a chef and, since he’s a drama hero, a famous one. He runs a tight ship in his kitchen with no feelings allowed, which turns out to be a problem for him when he gets suddenly, inexplicably weepy. He has hazy impressions of a woman and then faints.

Thus begins Gye-hoon’s emotional journey from stoicism to inappropriate feelings explosions. But it turns out he’s experienced this before. He used to share his twin sister’s strong emotions, but she’s been presumed dead for 18 years.

Before delving more into that mysterious backstory, it’s time to meet our heroine NOH DA-HYUN (Moon Ga-young) who is naturally our perfectionistic hero’s opposite. She’s kind of a mess and going through a rough patch after losing her stable job.

Thanks to the random bursts of emotions, Gye-hoon is earning a reputation as erratic and unstable. He and Da-hyun finally cross paths when she serves at a cooking event he’s headlining. They meet on the rooftop, and their strangely synchronized feelings make Gye-hoon wonder if she’s the source of his newfound emotions.

She misunderstands his awkward hesitation and thinks he wants her number, which she gives right up. When he instead eagerly asks about her age and hometown, she naturally gets creeped out and runs away.

Soon after, someone starts leaving (creepy) gifts for Da-hyun and due to a series of misunderstandings, she thinks Gye-hoon is stalking her. The misunderstanding deepens when she returns to her hometown to move back in with her mom and runs into, you guessed it, Gye-hoon.

It also happens to be his hometown and where his sister Gye-young went missing as a child. He’s carried guilt his whole life because he left her alone that day to play with his friends. Feeling her fear and the severing of their connection made it that much more traumatic for him. His mother never recovered, and vacillates between being loving and vitriolic toward him, blaming him for his sister’s death.

Now that he’s all grown up, his old neighbors don’t recognize him. Gye-hoon doesn’t reveal who he is and just says he’s there to open a restaurant with his friend chef CHA JIN-HOO (Lee Suk-hyung). Gye-hoon is determined to open a bistronomy (had to look that one up), despite it not exactly catering to his small-town clientele.

When Da-hyun sees him, she assumes he followed her there and accuses him of being a pervert in front of the whole neighborhood. Not long after, Da-hyun realizes the stalker is actually her creepy coworker who is obsessed with her. When she confronts him, he talks like they’re genuinely dating and gets aggressive at her rejection. Thankfully, she manages to get away.

Da-hyun tries to apologize to Gye-hoon for labeling him a perv, but he refuses to accept her apology after all the trouble she’s caused him. She chases after him and falls, hurting herself. Gye-hoon may not be willing to forgive her yet, but he does help her up and walks her home, which the creepy stalker sees.

That night, the stalker approaches Da-hyun and forces his way into her mom’s restaurant/house (they live above it). He attacks her, causing her to fall and hit her head. When she wakes up, he’s dead in a pool of blood. Ack!

Although she doesn’t remember how it happened, Da-hyun goes straight to the police but loses her courage as she’s forced to wait for help. She returns home to find her mom HONG BOK-HEE and halmoni staring at the body.

Then, they get to work. Her mom and halmoni clean the scene and roll that man up in a blanket like a burrito, stuffing him into an industrial fridge. (Guess we know who that hand belonged to.) And oh no, the fridge belongs to Gye-hoon’s restaurant. Jin-hoo had put it outside, but Gye-hoon wants to keep it, so they haul it back into the restaurant.

Da-hyun and family panic and scheme up ways to steal the fridge (or the body). But stealthy that family is not, and not only do their plans fail, but they draw Gye-hoon’s suspicion. Da-hyun even ends up blurting out that she likes him at one point as a distraction when things go awry.

Gye-hoon can’t shake the idea that she might be his sister, which likely explains his concern over her wellbeing. He happens to be present when local cop HWANG MIN-JO (Lee Bom-sori) confronts Da-hyun about why she stopped by the station that night.

Noticing Da-hyun’s nervousness and bruises on her arms, Gye-hoon helps get her out of the situation. He then takes her to the hospital and encourages her to get away from whoever is hurting her, assuming she’s being abused. He even tells her to come to him for help if she needs it.

With no way of getting that fridge back, Da-hyun’s mom decides to take the fall and turn herself in. The only problem is that halmoni gets there first. She tells the cops she killed “that man,” but struggles to clarify. Bok-hee jumps in, saying that her mom kills her abusive husband in her dreams and confuses it with reality. (Given how adept they were at cleaning up a murder scene, maybe it wasn’t a dream…)

Da-hyun then makes the executive decision to cover everything up – no one is turning themselves in because she did nothing wrong. Da-hyun is an assault survivor. After seeing the police pull a body from the apartment of her attacker, she knows he would’ve killed her too.

On that note, one thing that took me (pleasantly) by surprise is how seriously this drama treats violence against women. I thought the stalking thing would just be a plot device, but the drama addresses Da-hyun’s post-attack trauma and how disturbingly common this type of assault is.

Determined to get into that refrigerator, Da-hyun is now the one prying into Gye-hoon’s personal life to try to figure out his door passcode. Having his own agenda, he agrees to tell her his birthdate if she plays rock-paper-scissors with him. As kids, he and his sister were known for their ability to always match each other no matter how many rounds they played.

Although he knows it’s unlikely Da-hyun is his sister, he does suspect she’s the source of his emotional interference. And the rock-paper-scissors test confirms his suspicion – they match every round.

Meanwhile, the cop on Gye-hoon’s sister’s case finds Gye-hoon familiar and finally puts it together. In a flashback, the whole town searches for Gye-young, but neither Gye-young nor the culprit were ever found. However, some of the neighbors seem shifty; a shaman even declared the culprit was one of them. And some man we don’t see told little Gye-young the same thing.

Back to the present, in the final scene, Da-hyun sneaks into the restaurant – Gye-hoon’s (and his sister’s) birthdate is the code – and opens the fridge. It’s empty. “Did you find what you were looking for?” Gye-hoon asks Da-hyun.

That’s a lot of crime for two episodes! The tone of the drama is pretty well summed up by the Charlie Chaplin line Da-hyun quoted: “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” Close up, we’ve got the tragedy of violence. Zooming out is the farce of a group of women trying to retrieve the body they accidentally sent to a neighbor. I’m into it so far, but it could easily go off the rails, so I’m staying cautiously optimistic.

 
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So I was really expecting a light hearted comedy about two people linked together. This is obviously not what I got. That being said YJG has great chemistry with MGY, so I will watch just for that.

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Same! I think I overlooked “kill” in the title. That said, I’m enjoying the dark humour. Yep, I’m hooked!

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And both of them are really good actors!

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I really liked it. Of all the new dramas, this is my favourite so far (haven't seen Insider yet). I liked that the drama went to the meat of the story quickly - another drama might have spent 2 episodes just on "who's the stalker" misunderstanding. Also really liked YJG and MGY together. I'm in!

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Enjoying it. Hope they continue coverage.

But next time they need to hide a body, couldn't they just add some new meat items to the restaurant's menu?

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There was an "Alfred Hitchock Presents" t.v. show that aired in the mid 1950s, and that I saw on a "UHF" channel in the 70s (not going to explain that terminology to you youngsters--look it up and learn something about how deprived we were growing up. I also braved the hot California sunshine walking to school every day) in which a wife killed her husband by smashing his head in with a frozen leg of lamb, and then served the murder weapon to the investigating detectives. That's better than the obvious choice of knives and cleavers.

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Youngster here, but anyone who has a science background or took science classes in school must be aware of these terms (UHF, VHF). Those are the basics.

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Yes, but do they know that in classical Newtonian physics, UHF is associated with commercials for waterbeds?

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😂😂😂 Unlikely but the the question was on knowing the term!

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Logged in after yonks to inform the masses that this premise is based on a 1953 Roald Dahl story (yes, that Roald Dahl of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' fame).

It was a short story, quite aptly named, 'Lamb to the Slaughter' and is my favourite dark/adult Roald Dahl story I've read so far.

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Saw this right after I posted my comment lol. I guess I was right then. It’s my favourite from Roald Dahl’s darker works too. I’ve also seen it adapted into numerous movies from around the world.

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@ladynightshade Seriously, you have my full respect. Appreciate the info about Dahl's story provided by you and @saner.

If I had just spent even 10% of the time reading that I spent watching t.v. I would be 10 times smarter than I am now. Plus, somewhat ironically, if I'd read more I'd be able to write better comments about korean television shows!

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@hacja: Please don’t say you’re not smart now! I, for one, find your comments to be very smart and insightful. For example, I had no idea there was an Alfred Hitchcock tv show in the 1950s or an UHF channel in the 1970s. I’m not knowledgeable about American tv from back then (or now, actually), so you’re also providing me with new things to learn. It’s an equal exchange of info.

This is one of the things I love most about dramabeans - beanies from around the world providing culturally-specific perspectives on different topics. So, I learned about “Lamb to the Slaughter” from a short story collection, while you heard about it in a tv special. I just find that sort of thing fascinating.

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Roald Dahl was very surprisingly dark!
I don't remember the Alfred Hitchcock hour, but I DO remember how much The Birds terrified me when I watched it in the movie theater.
But I do remember the Twilight Zone.

This show, which I just started is a kind of mishmash of the two and I'm in!

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Ah, you literary types--you just had to rub it in that you read during your childhood while I watched reruns of the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family!

But of course Roald Dahl was only a talented writer, whereas Laurie Partridge--actress Susan Dey-- was pretty hot. (Or as we said at the time "a real fox." )

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Hey, I would’ve loved to watch more tv. But sadly, I was an only child in a strict Asian household. Screen time was a limited privileged.

Maybe my copious drama watching now is just me compensating 🤔.

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The Brady Bunch the original Zoom call screen🤣.
Did you also watch Big John, Little John or am I on with that one. The one no one but me remembers is The White Horses which had a theme tune by Jackie Lee that burned into my memory. Maybe that’s why K dramas work so well as those OST tracks immediately take you back to the drama and the emotions whenever you hear them.

Thankfully I also had limited screen time and loved, loved, loved to read. I love story in all formats books, theatre, cinema and tv dramas. I grew up with the Doris Day type films and musicals hence my love of K drama modesty and Bollywood random dance numbers.

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I love Roald Dahl’s short stories! This one, “The Landlady” of course, and there’s one about a couple and their elevator—chills!

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That’s the plot of “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl, is it not? I’m not American so I’m not aware of the tv show you mentioned, but I had to study the story in an english literature class.

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Suddenly remembering the movie Fried Green Tomatoes....

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Yes I remember that film! I was caught out by that one trapped in the cinema with a film way beyond my limits of scariness and I don’t think it was even meant to be scary!

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I can't help myself -- here, once again have to say that this is the 3rd show in a row that I would be eagerly watching if Disney was showing it to the U.S. audience. I love cooking and dramas with chefs at the center; I'm a big fan of romances that start out with misunderstandings, but where there the initial antagonists are clearly attracted to each other, and while I'm not going to say I'm a big fan of murder, I do like shows where they catch the killer. And yet I can't even pay to see it legally!
I hope this one has an episode where the chef is plagued by a mouse in the kitchen mysteriously wearing cute red shorts over its hindquarters, and he dispatches it with a swat of his cast iron pan.

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@hacja: If there has to be a rodent in the kitchen, it should only be Remi from Ratatouille.

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My daughter loved that Disney-Pixar movie when it came out, and inspired by that (and the Food Channel) she has grown up to be an excellent cook. She is the one member of the family who has a passion for kdramas rivaling mine, and like me, is now trying her hand at cooking various Korean dishes.

So Disney could be a force for Hallyu good. They just seem to have forgotten Walt's noble dream to make as much money as possible from as many people as possible!

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@hacja: What a wonderful young woman and daughter. You lucky Beannie! I have 19 year old twin nephews who were the most adorable and talkative toddlers when Ratatouille came out. I used to take them to the movies every few months and we saw Ratatouille together. This was their first cinema excursion and they were sooo excited. Their eyes were like saucers as they couldn’t get enough of the size of the screen, the colours, other sounds, etc. As you would remember from your own trips, toddlers speak loudly during screenings and these two were no exception despite my valiant attempts to gently shush them but they were not alone as almost every toddler was either editorialising on what they were seeing or asking questions. My favourite part of that memory is when one of the twins turned to the other and said, “Where does Remy get the little hat (the toque blanche)? The other twin took a beat before answering that “From the shop that sells the little aprons?”. I just lost it after this and had to squeeze both of them into a hug in the face of their passive resistance.

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@dncingemma, @hacja: If not a rodent, then may I suggest raccacoonie from the delightful movie Everything Everywhere All At Once? These should be the only two animals allowed in a kitchen.

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@ladynightshade: Ooh.. Thanks for this! I have now an extra reason to see EEAAO tomorrow as a reward for reaching my daily grading quota (for the last 4 days) ! Thank you my epistolary friend!

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@dncingemma: This is the second time today I’m telling you to watch something 😂. In all seriousness though, EEAAO is a brilliant gem of a movie. I remain astounded that a film this original, maximalist, and heartwarming was so successful both critically and commercially. Almost makes me hopeful for the future of cinema, which is not a feeling I get often these days. I highly recommend it.

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@ladynightshade: Please keep them coming! I take your recom’s seriously! I can’t wait to see EEAAO!

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What--you need a reward for grading? Isn't grading itself the reward?

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@hacja: You made me laugh somewhat bitterly but I’l take it!

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GET A VPN! Sorry for yelling. But you don’t have to be tethered to the US. I’m watching through US Disney+ with my VPN (Surf Shark) set to Hong Kong. It gives you unlimited devices to stream on. So I stream through my computer, phone, and Firestick. It’s harder to do through my Roku though since there’s not app on the Roku and has to go through my router. Also, more security if you put it through your router if you have personal information that you are sending through the internet. You can’t be tracked as easily.

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Snowdrop, Dr. brain, soundtrack#1, Love All Play, Bloody heart, and this one, I’ve managed to catch the premiers though VPN. It’s so worth it and it looks like Disney is in this game for good. Also, the Stars channel which we don’t get through Disney + here has lots of other shows that aren’t affiliated with the Disney brand but on Disney + Asia . It’s a wealth of shows. Totally worth the VPN. My daughter and I just binge watched the 7th season of Modern Family through Disney + with VPN set to the UK because she couldn’t remember our Hulu password. 😂

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Unfortunately the casual viewer isn’t going to go through the trouble of accessing through VPN, so it’s disappointing that Disney buys the rights to all these great kdramas but doesn’t distribute them more widely

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The causal viewer was once me🫢. I watched entire shows on Netflix (and they were old) before realizing they aired twice weekly, lol. So that casual viewer will see it on Disney + eventually.

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Thanks, Ally. I've really been thinking about it. If I watched primarily on my computer I'd have done it long ago, but if I'm going to pay for Disney+ I have to figure out how to get it to work through my t.v. (I know its just a matter of looking it up on the Internet.) Thanks for the recommendation of Surfshark.

I'm not one of those older people who get confused by basic computer stuff, but I will admit I sometimes still look for the place to insert a disk on my laptop!

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I've been using a free one but Disney+ caught up to it. I'd hate to pay for a VPN and have Disney+ block it, but I'm going to have to risk it. They are just getting too many shows.

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I do pay for mine, and it’s been effective. My phone has been the easiest way for me to do it and then cast it on my tv. My Firestick has been a bit buggy lately.

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I went into this series pretty unprepared and only knew that the two main characters had a connection that made him feel her emotions. That's all I was aware of, so the murder mystery surprised me in a positive way.
During the first half hour I was still wondering how they were going to make several episodes interesting, but then came the point where my interest was piqued after all.

Although, or perhaps because, the basic mood is much darker than expected, I found the first two episodes surprisingly captivating.

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Please continue the weecaps or recaps! This drama is oddly riveting even with all the blood.

It has nailed down so many factors right which makes it refreshing.
1. Opening the series with an everyday mundane object that suddenly becomes a center piece in a murder mystery.
2. Juggling the scenes between comedy, melo, crime and dark comedy is nearly smooth that it doesn't leave the audience with much time to think and complain😂😂
3. Narrowing the range of the puzzle by having it built in a dirty and worn out town that is quite colorful and rich with a set of suspicious people.
4. Addressing serious issues but having a light undertone of dark comedy so it doesn't emotionally and mentally drain out the viewers.

The leads are great and I hope the drama keeps catching the viewers by surprise and not disappointment.

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A comedy with darker undertones was not what I was expecting it to be. And romance and drama, both seem promising so far. Actors are good. I just hope that writers remain in control and we might have a keeper!

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I'm always a little bit frustrated when people just hide a corpse instead to call the police. They always ended up with way more of problems... The Grand-mother and the Mother already lived this situation, they should know better.

I will watch it for Moon Ga-Young and Yeo Jin-Gu and I hope a lot of good food that will make me hungry.

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This was my refrain the entire episode, you should just tell the police. My assumption is he is alive. Head wounds bleed more than most other wounds, so seem worse initially than they actually are.

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She tried to turn herself in a couple of times but chickened out…and then when her mom and grandma tried to confess in her place she decided enough was enough, she wasn’t going to have them suffer with guilt anymore when she was the victim. Seems like there may be a history of abuse in the family (grandfather abusing the grandma, and where is her dad?) and potentially dead bodies on the past as well….

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So is it weird that I tuned in for the “Kill” part? Is it bad I laughed when they lost control of the fridge? I told my husband this was a foodie show with a side of murder and he was hooked too. 😆 I’m watching it with him and maybe we’ll drink a shot of soju every time Da-Hyun misplaces a random body that she accidentally kills—for a good reason, of course. That would be dark comedy gold.

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Greetings, chingu Ally. Say hello to your hubby.
Have fun with "the kill part", which is the one and hush me away for the time being...
But I will scam here on the weecaps, in order to update myself without spoiling everytyhing, just in case... LOL.

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just finished the 1st episode and i love it! Yeo Jin gu is one of my favorites. i love a good mystery without too much gore. am looking forward to more!

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I really like the fact that this isn't a show that can be categorized easily; it really has a little bit of everything (romance, mystery, comedy, serious drama). And it switches between the genres so naturally: one moment I was laughing hysterically (the scene where Yeo Jingoo bursts into tears for no apparent reason on a live TV cooking show while waving a piece of fatty tuna is a classic) and the next I was tearing up during flashbacks showing how he had lost his twin sister. The acting is phenomenal: Jingoo really nails the perfectionist chef whose apparent cold heartedness is just a way to protect himself from the overwhelming sadness and guilt he feels at having lost the emotional link with his sister, who disappeared at a young age. The scene where his mother berates him for still being alive and the image of his younger sister comforting him while he is huddled in his room afterwards broke my heart. I also really like Mun Kayoung in this role: she really captures the spirit of a struggling young woman who is down on her luck but trying to face the world with a smile as best she can. As for the chemistry (ah, how I dislike that word) between the two, I would agree with Jingoo that it was 100/10 and out of this world. The police couple unexpectedly reuniting after a messy breakup as work colleagues (with her as his superior) is a cute storyline and provides some lightness to the plot. I do hope that the pace slows down a bit in the next few episodes so that the viewer can unpack all the different relationships amongst the various shady characters in this rundown area of town. Based on the lead actors saying they were both drawn to the script (in fact MKY waited for almost a year to play this role), I am (not so cautiously) optimistic this drama will be able to pull things off. I also hope that you continue to wecap this; I have been a silent reader for about two years now and enjoy reading the summaries while often offer details that I've missed and angles that I haven't considered before.

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The defense rests. Lol. I hope it gets recapped too.

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And welcome!

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As someone that loves shows Ike Bones, Criminal Minds, Hannibal, How to get away with murder, etc, I found Link really hard to watch. They literally did everything Annalise Keating would tell them not to do. Good for them the police officers are dumb and lazy, otherwise they all would be in jail by now for a random murder (of course the FL isn't the real murder).

They're trying so hard to make everyone a suspect of murder and make the neighborhood creepy that it annoys me. I don't care if the rookie police officer is a creep, I don't care who killed the stalker, I don't care if the grandma and the mom killed someone in the past, (I'm sorry but) I don't care about the sister, and I REALLY don't care about that weird neighbor that tries to sound mysterious but only seems like an attention seeker.

I can't believe it but I want more of the (totally not weird) "falling in love with the girl you think it's your sister" trope. I'm desperate for more romance and comedy.

I miss my (old) formula romcoms so much.

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Sending hugs. Hopefully there will be a good dose of rom com.

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Thank you ^^ I hope so

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Based on the trailer for episode 3 there will be the beginnings of a romance….but since they are both kind of wounded souls (he’s closed himself off emotionally since he’s lost his sister and she’s had horrible luck with men including being stalked and potentially almost killed) it may take some time for them to fully trust one another. I do hope they put to rest the .01% chance she’s his sister; she has no memories of any interactions with him (playing Rock Paper Scissors etc) so I think it’s pretty clear she’s not unless she was abducted by her new family and her memories were wiped out. I think it will be interesting to see them grow closer as for they try to figure out the source of the link between them…

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But the preview made it seem like he still thinks there's a possibility of her being his sister.
I think he has this theory that she lost her memory and was adopted or something like that.

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So I don’t understand Korean but apparently there’s a scene in the preview (acc to twitter) where his sous chef secretly does a genetic test of the two…I guess we will just have to find out….

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I went into this one blind so I had no real expectations. Just saw YJG and MGY and went “Yes, that’s something I’ll watch.” I like that our ML isn’t a jerk, as seems to be so common in kdramas these days. I don’t have to grow to like him and he comes right out of the gate with a well established personality. He’s a professional who takes his job seriously, and treats others pretty well. With his own sense of self (and humour). I can’t imagine the link passing to our FL is going to be a happy story. Was tough watching his interaction with his mother as well, with him later talking to his sister as he remembers her.

Our FL is also great. You can tell she’s having a rough stretch right now, but has some strong female role models in the form of her mother/grandmother. She’s feisty, and makes mistakes, and reacts (I thought) realistically to embarassing or horrifying situations.

Was not expecting the murder, or probably more likely, attempted murder of the stalker to come so fast. I’m curious who ended up braining him. Doesn’t seem like it was the mother/grandmother. If it’s one of the folks we’ve already met, my bet is on the homeless gent that’s urinating in the alley. Lee Gyu-Hoe seems like he’d be wasted if he wasn’t going to be involved in some way, and they’d have probably just gone with a nameless extra. I guess another possibility could be the new recruit officer? That was a pretty dark joke he made about poisoning the coffee that kind of stuck out. But he could just be awkward, or that could be his type of humour *shrug*

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The ML not being a jerk was a great relief to me too though it sounds like the bar for MLs is really low when I say that 😂. It's just so common for 'genius chefs' (whatever that means) in dramas to be a**holes. But like you said not only is this one not a jerk but he's also a good boss and has a sense of humour.

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#1 - why is Disney ignoring most of the world with their K-Content? You would think that with the worldwide success Netflix has had with some of its shows, they would release these shows worldwide. After all, they have opened the gates to mature content on Disney - such as the Marvel shows that originated on Netflix - so it's no longer simply a 'family friendly' brand. No, they left that identity quite a while ago.
#2 - have to figure out if there's a way to switch to a VPN part time on the Apple TV so I can mostly watch US content but watch Disney from a region where they are showing this content.

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After a day of commenting on other people’s comments, I finally write my own verdict. I liked it. I liked it a lot. I was worried the writers simply came up with a wacky premise and the writing itself would be subpar. At least for the premiere episodes, my worries were subsided and I’m now “cautiously optimistic” as the recap says.

Specifics of what I liked:

• The swirl of genres - Dark comedy, crime, mystery, and romance are not easy styles to juggle together, but these episodes did so with finesse. I really, really hope this isn’t an opening thing and sustained until the end.

• The introduction - Most of these sorts of intros tend to sound weird or pretentious and the same could very easily have happened here. But I liked how they connected refrigerators to how a person’s habits and circumstances are like. Those things are absolutely true but I never realized it until that monologue. A fridge then becomes a MacGuffin to the plot. Solid writing IMO.

• The leads - As a big fan of both Yeo Jin-goo and Moon Ga-young, I may be biased, but I thought they had a great rapport and chemistry from the beginning. Several beanies were concerned that the romance might be underwhelming because of YJG’s less-than-stellar track record in that genre (which I blame solely on mediocre writing and not his acting), but I only found green flags from all their interactions. They have chemistry, folks! Oh, and their characters are cool too. I like that Eun Gye-hoon isn’t a typical assh*le male lead and is actually polite and nice to others. Da-hyun is also very likeable from the start, despite ostensibly being a candy. She comes off as realistically messy to me in a way candies rarely do. I also like that she has a strong support system in the form of her mother and grandmother.

• The tone - Connected to the aforementioned genre mishmash, I could very easily see the tone of the show becoming an absolute mess, but so far they’ve seen to struck a very nice balance. It’s dark and genuinely scary at times, but is overall aware of the farce of the whole scenario and leave room for the comedic bits. Once again, I’m cautiously optimistic.

• The colour grading - An unusual thing to point out, I know. However, it is unusual to have such a saturation of reds, oranges and peaches in dramas. I find that most dramas prefer blues or greys or something similar. And like most things so far, I like this creative choice a lot.

• Depiction of violence again women - I was also pleasantly surprised by how seriously it’s shown and not simply to fill up runtime. Da-hyun is traumatized and this affects her ability to function in everyday life. Once again, I really hope this isn’t a one-time stroke of good writing and is sustained throughout.

All these words to say, I loved the premiere and hope the recaps continue. I’m just so freaking relieved that YJG + MGY have such great chemistry supported by genuinely good writing. I’m always here to see my faves...

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*faves THRIVING.

Seriously, I can’t believe I got cut-off by ONE WORD. The algorithm couldn’t allow one - just one - extra word?? What the hell.

(Also does anybody know what the word limit actually is? I’ve struggled with this dozens of times now and I still have no clue.)

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Can you copy and paste your own post once it has been sent? If so could you check the word/character count. If you can’t copy and paste you could dictate it which would save you retyping into another document just to get the stats.
If you get the answer when you send in the email request please can you let us know for future reference.
I will wait to hear if the Beanie community steps up as they always do or if the DB staff will get in first

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It's 3000 characters. Don't worry. I've already done this haha.
Except there is one weird glitch where it counts emojis as half or double a character (I can't remember which rn lol)

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You speak for all of us logorrheaics on Dramabeans!

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Lucky for you this logorrheaic has already tried and tested most ways of breaking Dramabeans so you don't have to :P

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Thank you for being prepared to ‘boldly go, where no one has gone before’ so the rest of us can safely follow in your footsteps all these years later♥️ We definitely need a beginner’s guide to Dramabeans🔎 so we can head off issues like these. In the meantime, we just need to tag you in as the equivalent of the Bat signal to ask for help😀

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The Sicarius Signal 🤭🤭🤭 Wait I should draw that! hehehe

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@sicarius does….

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It's 3000 characters lol.
Inc spaces.

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TIPS!
One thing to do is find a spare fan wall post (like I do- I have a master bookmarked test post haha) and paste it into there, and then you know where it will cut off, because fanwall comments don't let you keep typing after the character limit, but on article comments, it lets you keep typing ad infinitum and then cuts you off when you post.
But also, if you know the limit is 3000 then I just make sure to either double check before commenting when a comment is clearly longer than that, or remember to CTRL+C before posting, so I can post the rest that will inevitable get cut, immediately afterwards.

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In fact, CTRL + C always! In case DB eats your comment, thinks you're posting to fast, thinks you repeated a comment, there's an inappropriate word, or it cuts you off by one word! haha

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Thanks for the advice @sicarius! You’re always helpful whenever I need help in situations like these.

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*finger hearts*

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Whoa, I was not expecting the dark comedy coming from this drama. More like melo+romance and a side of mystery. However, I'm totally pleased with the premiere week! This drama is intriguing and different than anything else I'm watching. It's given me unexpected laughs.

I like both leads and I'm glad their chemistry is good so far. Love Dahyun's strong bond with her mother and grandmother already. It's fun to see Ye Soo Jung in this different, strange role.

Everyone in this small town is suspicious, but I kept noticing the homeless guy. He sorta looked like the one that wanted to approach young Gye Hoon , but didn't when his father was with him. Could be a red herring.

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I only watched episode 1 and went out of there feeling down and lost.
I am not going to say i hate the show... Too early for that.
I didnt like the premiere that much either, although I believe Moon Ga-young and Yeg Jin-gu were great and wonderfully good looking for me to admire them, but I really dislike the killing plot in this drama.

Is this the same author from Suspicious partner?
She likes to do that... Leave her characters in very tricky and dark situations from the beginning, and I suppose it is, obviously, in order to hook us all, the audience, but for me, it doesnt work.

I felt upset. I am sick of killing and dying plots.
what is wrong with simply, mundane and the struggles of daylife?
This drama has already a little bit of a metaphysical connection with the feelings of another person magically inside of one of the characters, it didnt need anything else.

anyway... I will follow up the recaps and see if eventually I want to tune in again...

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I'm just living for the recaps since I can't watch this one for myself. Seems like a wacky fun ride and I am here for it!

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Watching this show is like watching Beyond Evil but with much lighter tone. Everyone is suspicious, especially the group of 5 aunts. I even suspected Da Hyun's omoni & halmoni, and Gye Hoon's assistant. Haha.

I love this show because it blended well the fun & dark; no scene felt out of place. It's well balanced. Can't wait for next episodes!

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