Quirkycase, thanks for the highlights.

It turns out that Ruby is a spoiled brat.
I’m all for a dunking booth that you would see at a carnival. Ruby gets a round, her mother gets a round , Hyo-shin’s drunk mom get a round this week. Crazy Chaebol Mom/Aunt gets a round too.

A dunking booth has a big tank filled with water and a bench seat above the tank, connected to a mechanism that has an arm with a target attached to it. People throw baseballs at the target and if it’s a good solid hit, the mechanism dumps the person into the water tank.

2ML is kind of creepily fantasizing about him and FL, beating around the bush with fancy dinners and all. Ahjussi, just tell her , even if it is clumsily done, at least she’ll know. She obviously doesn’t see him as a love interest. She didn’t even mention getting pushed around by loansharks to him. *

He must not have any dating experience (prison didn’t count ) 😓 The expensive dinners aren’t impressing her and his vague compliments are weak. He even had to fish for a compliment about his deal (which came out of left field, as she has no knowledge of wth he was talking about) that move was freaking ridiculously pathetic. 😖

I’m slowly liking Landlady ahjumma more . Youngest bro didn’t know what to think while at the cheobol heiress apartment , she should have offered to make ramen 😛 He’s a scared rabbit.

I hate the ML acting like a middle school boy that “hates” girls. That drama trope is pure trash and make me wish the ToD would take him out.
* As a Chaebol ex con, CEO 2ML should be dispatching a goon squad to beat the loansharks up and have them back off of Hyo-shim. She would appreciate that more than a steak dinner.

It must be a sign of good writing that I actually felt a twinge of sympathy for Hyo-shim’s mom, second brother and Tiger Mom sister-in-law this week as we learned more about their grievances and hardships. But still — they’re the type who take their pain and then inflict it on everyone else, in contrast to Hyo-shim, the designated problem solver of her family. It seems she’s finally reached her breaking point, so I’m looking forward to what comes next. At least she has grandma on her side.

While she’s enduring being beaten and threatened in his place, Hyo-do is out gambling away more of his nonexistent money.

Last week I was liking Hyo-do for the way he took responsibility of Halmoni. And while I praised him, I couldn't help comparing him to a slobbering Tae-hee and how they are no different, but he's a tad better than she is, from what we know for now. Alas! He did exactly what I feared he would in the italicized this week.

Good one Tae-ho. It was only a matter of time🤣🤣.

Just saying, it's really weird that I'm currently liking Tae-min more than Tae-ho and while I'm not exactly shipping Hyo-shim with him - we all know he's not endgame, Iike those little moments when Hyo-shim's invaluableness dawn's on him, without she having to do anything to show him.

The only character I actually like is Hyo-sim - some others I can understand to a certain degree, but as far as I'm concerned no-one deserves her at this point 😭 I know it's the point of the drama but she really needs a break omg, every week I'm basically rooting for her to drop everything and just run off to just be and breathe. Ngl I also don't like Tae-min or Tae-ho but I'm - surprisingly - leaning towards the former if I had to choose purely because he's nicer and because Tae-ho needs to grow out of the attitude a little bit (which obv. is what I imagine the arc will encompass).

Every time I think I have a hard life, I remind myself that at least I am not the main character of a weekender.

Somehow the only person kind to Hyo Shin is some random grandma, who Hyo Shin knows for a week at best. Tae Min has been whatever this week. I think he has the same dilemma as Sang Soo from Interest of Love, as in he likes Hyo Shin, but he stays aware of her social status and thus, does not make any clear steps to pursue her. Otherwise, I don't see why he could not simply ask her on a date.

Taeho is so lonely and doesn't know who to trusts. But now there is Hyoshim... and he is attracted to her against his will and feels good in her company against her will and likes pulling her pigtails (against his will? 🙂 no 😉). He is clearly even enjoying his injury! (Btw, I loved the no nonsense doctor who told Taeho off. 🙂)
The relationship between Taeho and Hyoshim is somehow straightforward and equal. Unlike with Taemin... who can be caring and swoony... but totally not on Hyoshim's page (and mind)... and who is always creating this air of inequality... and I'm not sure he would actually let Hyoshim be herself.

I think it's becoming clearer why TaeMin is all wrong for HyoShim. He has known her for years but he doesn't get her at all.

He should have taken her to dinner at a restaurant like the one they had lunch at, not that fancy place. HyoShim lives in her gym clothing, she was totally underdressed for that dinner. If the idea was to make her feel comfortable in his company, it wasn't a good one.

Taking her to a less crowded place to help her relax was nice, but deciding that by himself and pulling her off her chair when she was not done eating was overbearing.

Touching her face to apply the ointment was too intimate for a trainer-client relationship. HyoShim was visibly uncomfortable with it.

Then he didn't even drop her home despite seeing that she is injured and stressed.

And Sir, what's with telling a trainer that you don't want to train with her but want to have dinners with her instead? The girl told you she is unwell, and you proceed to talk about future dinners and your contract?! She is on sick leave and you shouldn't be calling her at night for a personal chat anyway!

HyoShim is always subdued around TaeMin while she is herself with TaeHo. While TaeHo has behaved like an entitled brat too, he isn't intimidating to her the way TaeMin is. The thing with TaeMin is that he is difficult to read. We know he likes HyoShim, but we don't know if he cares for her.

Poor Hyo Shim is overwhelmed trying to shoulder everything. Tae Min is adding unnecessary pressure when a relationship is the last thing Hyo Shim needs.

Yey at Tae Hee cleaning up and finding a place of her own at her Mother's dime of course.

I like that Grandma is settling in and hopefully will be pulling strings in the background at Taesan soon.

We are finally back to two episodes per week. That is worth at least a Yippee.

In episode 6 we finally got to see Tae-hee cleaned up- and she is pretty (and sexy). She was at an off-track betting parlor just to see the horse she used to own race. Our other Maknae was there too- and lost his money. Of course, he knows nothing about betting on thoroughbreds so what did he expect? Even those of us who do know realistically expect to usually leave with less money than we came with (but if you are using your head and do your homework not that much less). And our poor FL has just been strong armed into agreeing to pay her maknae’s debt while our ML stupidly hurt his back because he did not listen to her. Meanwhile we got to see our Aspiring Actress (who we all love) at an audition and…..she was terrible as in the worst, most awful acting you have ever seen- it takes real talent to look that bad..

Episode 7- our Grandmother’s best friend, former Executive Director Kang has just died, so she needs to remain in hiding. Our 2FL is busy exercising her ownership of Tae-min (and was pissed off when he forgot to call her after the big meeting- this is not how couples are supposed to act), while he has essentially told our ML to keep his nose out of places where it does not belong (but maybe to protect him? Please note that he did this at Director Kang’s funeral where literally everyone in a position of authority at the company could hear him- and he was loud about it).

Our maknaes are living together- we were treated to cute grocery shopping. OK, a little cuteness doesn’t hurt anything. And it was more than a little ironic to see our FL’s little brother trying to explain the need to save money to Tae-hee. Here I was thinking that it was her job to straighten him out- but maybe we will see a more balanced story of the two of them helping each other mature. That would be much better than the usual trope of smart girl re-making hopeless boy.

Our replacement Chairman is supposed to appear starting with episode 8.

I was not happy when they did not substitute a younger actress for our FL’s mom in the flashback to when the FL's dad left- she absolutely did not look the same 25 years ago- that was simply sloppy especially as the producers did have child actors for Hyo-sim and her siblings. But seeing the fight between her and her daughter-in-law was actually enlightening because it really brings out the stresses in that family.

It is depressing how often lookism rears its ugly head in KDs including in this one. The kid asked the father why did you marry mum and his reply was because she was pretty. The kid then goes ahead and makes disparaging comments about his mother’s looks when she doesn’t wear make-up. Just appalling. These kinds of attitudes are so regressive and clearly still prevalent, at the very least in the minds of the makers of such programs.

I wondered about the daughter-in-law's logic in complaining about how her husband's family is poor and not helping them financially. Then where is her family? Why did the kids never mention their maternal grandparents?
The actor who is playing Tae-min looks like he is playing the same character from Obstetrics and gynecology doctors, similar facial expressions, similar vagueness and undecidedness.

We are back to two episodes a week, Yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!
Its hard to see Hyo Shim literally getting beaten up for the sins of her brother while he got to spend the time in luxury with Tae Hee. I understand the angst has to build, and slowly, for a 50 episode drama, but this will be hard to take for a prolonged period of time.
Tae Min was sweet in the dinner with Hyo Shim. Later, when he was a b*tch to Tae Ho, not so much.
Dumpster diving grandma is pretty cute, but its cringey when you think how unsanitary it is.
As far as Hyo Shim's mother, if she wasnt living in her past - if she had gotten over the husband who ran away - maybe her childrens' present would've been a lot better.

I was really mad at Hyo-shim's mother for being less concerned about Hyo-shim being so sick in bed than their neighbor. Kdrama characters usually go to the hospital like they're going grocery shopping. But the one time Hyo-shim is sick (after being beaten by loan sharks, barely getting to eat, and staying out all hours even though she has to show up at work by 5am)...naaaww, she'll get better after some soup?