As obnoxious as Ruby is, she told some truths that HyoShim needed to hear. She was bang on about someone like HyoShim being likely to fall for a man who needs her, not one who likes her. TaeMin is a self-sufficient man with whom she will never feel 'needed'. Whereas TaeHo comes across as a lost puppy who needs someone to take care of him. Is that his appeal?

The mother and the brothers still refuse to grow up. The way HyoShim's mother openly favors her sons over her daughter is also due to ingrained patriarchy. The way HyoShim accepts it with just mild annoyance is also a result of growing up in a patriarchal society. I'm sure if there was another sister, HyoShim would have been a lot more angry.

- I can't gasp how can the family so easily neglect Hyo Shin when nearly everyone lives off her. With that said, I can definitely relate to the subtle misogyny. If I got good grades it was because "girls are more hardworking, but the guys' brains are wired differently". Thankfully, my mom had only one child and with years, I managed to get her out of that mindset.

- Tae Ho is cute and Tae Min is whiny. 'I knew you for three years" is not a reason why a girl should give a guy a time of her day, especially considering that most of that time she was his coach.

- Here comes a shameful admission: I failed one important exam 6 times. I would study 2-3 hours every day, get a good score on mock tests, and fail on the real thing. The reason? Stress. The moment I would register on the exam, my brain would stop working and I would have a hard time understanding even the simplest texts. I tried everything from visiting a therapist to swimming regularly.
I am saying that because I genuinely believe that when it comes to exams, after a certain point the more you want to succeed the harder it gets. The second brother is not working, he has no friends and no social life, he is a dead weight to his family and believes that he can pay them back by passing that exam. Basically, he is putting the utmost importance in that test and the pressure impedes his ability to focus. I feel bad for him, but somehow he has to break that cycle.

@unit, thanks for the highlights.
Tae-Ho makes considerable progress in regarding relations with Hye -Shim.
Tae-min, is so far behind in that contest, all he sees is Tae-Ho’s dust.
Ru-bi dresses down Hyo-shim but makes a valid observation.

Chairman Kang is drunk again, slapping Minion Yeon while casting vague accusations about Yeon and Madam Jang.

Madam Jang puts on an act at the funeral, crocodile tears, fainting.

Of course, Hye-do manages not to see the coverage of Halmoni’s funeral and Tae-Hee forgets all about seeing a Halmoni-esque figure .
Ga-on is a singer and also falls ill.

Does the landlady have an evil twin with a criminal past ? 😂
Imagine two of her .

Hyo-shim should have drunkenly scarfed down the chicken.
Law Student Brother still needs to come down a few notches.
Those poor eggs 🥚 🥚 🥚!

Well, one thing's for sure...I know that my gym is NOT full-service. They don't personally deliver GIANT baskets flowers to customers while they are lying, adorably coiffed, but unconscious in hospital!!

Hyo-Shim's confused gaze there at the end is really quite sweet, though, isn't it?

Got sorta caught up (ep. 9-11) in a FF binge and was able to watch Episodes 12 and 13 over the weekend and I finally realized several things that are bugging me about this show. First, I just don't get the appeal of Hyo Shim. I've never watched the actress before so I don't know if it is her or the writing, but I feel nothing for her door mat personality and I like even less her sudden "caring" for Tae Ho after an apology/family sob story, one night of binge drinking and a hangover soup lunch.

On top of that, I was looking forward to Ha Joon in a romantic lead role - he's very good at bipolar smooth/charming and cold/calculating. Instead, Tae Ho is a man-child - jealous of Tae Min, doesn't like any criticism, constructive or otherwise, and for 6-7 episodes, treated HS horribly - FOR NO REASON. (We actually understand the enmity between Mi-ran and Hyo Jun because things started badly between the two of them right off the bat). Tragic life or not, he's 30+ years old and hasn't earned a living his whole life. He has learned to charm his way through life w/out doing the hard work (except go to university in the US). The writers are to blame - I hope there will be more to his character development than simply Hyo Shim's love interest.

I actually enjoy many of the scenes with other characters - mysterious grandmother, staff and clients at TS Fitness, Soo Kyung (TV Anchor), Hyo seung and family (no matter how unlikeable mom and Ruby may be), Hyo Jun and Mi-ran and finally. . . . . the presumably "evil" Yeom Jin Soo. He's a great actor and it isn't for nothing that the director is lavishing all of those hateful looks he directs on Mom/Dad for nothing.

At one time (pre-debut), he was described as a co-conspirator with Ms Seo but I figured the article was wrong because right off the bat he has been acting like loyal henchman - but after he came up with a clever solution for resolving the "grandma" problem, I'm keeping an open mind.

“At least someone reflects after being called out” —-> this x 100
I hope I don’t get banned for this, but I want to slap(hard) Hyo Shim’s mother, sister in law and niece. So she spoke some home truths. Doesn’t make her tolerable. However, “stop taunting me in such detail” cracked me up.
I can’t help but feel sorry for Tae Min through all this. He isn’t getting the girl, he is getting manipulated by his evil mother and he lost his grandma just as much as Tae Ho did. He showed concern for Tae Ho over grandma’s death and when he collapses,which was so touching. As cheesy as it sounds, I would love to see the 3 cousins join forces and support each other.

Ru Bi was harsh but she is not wrong. Her brothers and mother are adults. They have to figure out their own lives and support themselves. The brothers should not depend on their mother and sister to support them. The mother should be equal in treating all her children. I am glad this made Hyo Shim think since the current situation is very unfair to her.
Poor Tae Ho. I sure hope Grandma would be able to think of something to take her life back.
Tae Min's jealousy may get the best of him and be a pawn of his evil mother. Tae Hee should tell Tae Ho only that she saw Halmeoni out and about roughly the day before they supposedly found the body in the water.
I hope for more Hyo Shim and Tae Ho scenes next week.

Grrr now I like Rubi. One day she will be the only one who will survive 😂 say it like you mean it
So the reason why Hyeosim like Taeho than Taemin, because she has a 'good girl complex', needs to feel needed and rely upon to feel happy. Taeho is a fragile, beta male, A for variety Drama!

Episode 12 has our Macknaes suddenly transformed into (temporary) chicken farmers- some fun scenes. Despite his fixation on money Hyo-do leaves the eggs behind and gives Tae-hee a piggyback ride when she sprains her ankle.

Ruby is even more of a lowlife than I thought. Yet she is probably the first member of Hyo-shim’s family to really lay out the truth of how her family has been unjustly leaching off of her. As Ruby puts it to her “You have to live your own life”. Ruby notes that her family has literally been exploiting her. I guess even Ruby has her uses in this story- after all the truth that Ruby tells her aunt is what this drama is all about. It also occurs to me that part of what is wrong with Ruby reflects her determination to never live like her aunt.

Ruby’s little brother also spoke some bottom-line truths to his mother regarding Ruby, her husband and Hyo-shim as well.

Evil Aunt’s Sinister Minion- instructed by her to get rid of Grandma- arranges to fake her death. This is apparently good enough for evil aunt as far as keeping her out of sight.

Now is the moment when Tae-hee is pulled back into her family’s drama, making very significant the moment when she took a picture of her grandmother from the bus.

We saw very little of TV Lady in these episodes- just the brief appearance at the funeral where she spoke formal polite words of condolence to Tae-min. The real message was not in her words but in her eyes and voice which expressed so much caring for him. It was startling how different she was from the confident predator which we saw before: It turns out that Ms. Choi has a heart. It was a remarkable performance from Lim Ju-Eun, which gave us much more insight into her character than you would expect in such a short time.
Just before this our Media Moghul dropped some extremely important information: He stated that he and Grandma had had a special relationship. This fact may become extremely important in time.

I don't know if this is caused by the personal tragedy and the consequent replacement of the actor or if it is something else (replacement of the writer?), but it seems to me that the drama is still trying to find its footing (and style, sometimes it gives me whiplash) and that we are still in the setup phase. And I know it's a bit like comparing apples and oranges, but the daily Unpredictable Family is about similar drama-time further (16hrs, 32eps) and so far much better at being steady and developing ALL lines simultaneously. Taeho is the proclaimed Male Lead here, but we see sooooo little of him, especially in the last episode. 왜? Why??

Hyoshim is the product of the patriarchal (and Asian?) society and tries to be the diligent daughter she is supposed to be, but she is getting rightfully fed up (and we with her). Rubi's correct assessment of the situation still doesn't excuse her of her rudeness and disrespect... and although Hyoshim may be partly drawn to Taeho because he seems to be currently pitiful and asking for care (plus there is also something like siblings constellations and how we choose our partner based on that), she and Taeho just click! and are attracted to each other. That's how falling in love works, we fall or we don't. 😁 (Sorry Taemin, you are just not the one.)

Lawyer Oppa was the biggest disappointment this week, I had thought Uri Awesome Aspiring Actress got through to him, but he was still happily mooching from others and even leaving his young brother to pay for the dinner, that's a big NO! But the turning point is coming soon (I hope).

I still may not fully understand how Taesan chaebol family (dys)functioned, but I like Grandma and how resourceful she is - she managed to escape her prison and now seeing a sewing machine she immediately buys it (and no other rubish 😄) and I believe she will start business soon. Fighting Grandma!

I have just watched Episode 14 and as far as I am aware they only list 14 episodes and since it seems to be no where near a completed drama was wondering if anyone knows what the go is? Are they making Episodes just a week or two in advance or is there another season in the plans?
Because if it ends on Ep14 without closure I'd be most disappointed.

That was a weird scene with the drunken chairman. So it turns out evil henchman was the owner of the same textile factory where met his wife. Did that factory have something in the water that turned people evil? He even called her an evil witch. So I guess he's not as clueless as we all thought. And I found it interesting that he referred to both men as his sons.