I feel like now I can say it aloud. 😁
Also, it's only last weekend and now that the tempo is there (and I use less and less my ff button)... ať least that's my impression.

I have actually noted that Ru-bi's talents would be even more suited to being a judge- and that she has the brains to get there.

Her talents would be wasted in medicine- and this is emphatically not a put down of any physician nor the practice of medicine.

Rubi's mother is all about chasing the earnings and prestige of her daughter's profession. I looked up the data:
THE MEDIAN SALARIES OF SEOUL PROFESSIONS:
C LEVEL EXECUTIVE $140,416
PHYSICIAN $136,463
DENTIST $119,351
QA ENGINEER $94,111
COPYWRITER $93,836
CONTENT MARKETING $90,359
OPERATIONS MANAGER $89,301
PRODUCT MANAGER $74,516
RESEARCH SCIENTIST $74,012
HARDWARE ENGINEER $71,934
SALES MANAGER $71,108
OFFICE MANAGER $68,511
DATA ANALYST $61,438
CIVIL ENGINEER $61,245
MOBILE DEVELOPER $58,419
ARCHITECT $56,912
ATTORNEY $56,220
ACCOUNTANT $53,343
MARKETING MANAGER $51,160
CHEMICAL ENGINEER $50,386
FINANCE MANAGER $47,890
PHARMACIST $47,851
SOFTWARE ENGINEER $46,980
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER $46,447
DATA SCIENTIST $45,993
TEACHER $45,432
NURSE $42,544
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT $41,474
MECHANICAL ENGINEER $41,125
FASHION DESIGNER $40,369
UX DESIGNER $39,882
IT MANAGER $38,935
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER $38,523
PROJECT MANAGER $37,335
WEB DESIGNER $37,152
INTERIOR DESIGNER $36,653
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT $36,609
WEB DEVELOPER $34,860
BUSINESS ANALYST $34,230
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT $32,094
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER $29,726
ACCOUNT MANAGER $29,330
LECTURER $28,443
FINANCIAL ANALYST $27,900
GRAPHIC DESIGNER $26,193
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR $24,807
CUSTOMER SUPPORT $24,593
RECEPTIONIST $23,816
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER $17,098
CASHIER $13,675
WAITER $13,097
CHEF $12,338

Good point. Especially the screeching mother part- we have had way too much of that.

Me too. Ru-bi has just a little bit of a wicked streak in her.

Even the Landlady got to Hyo-Jun . He needs it. I thought the Kang boys would resort to a scuffle over Hyo-shim, instead it was her brothers !
The preview shows Mi-rim and Hyo-Jun puckering up, I bet it is practice for a kiss scene for her film character.

She may hate her mother - but she loves her brother and Tae Ho. And this would mean she's not related to Tae ho.

Do I care? No, it's Tae Ho who - but I'm glad that no matter what, she is Tae Min's sister. TM loves her and she loves him and if i was writing this drama, I would begin to sprinkle in more brother/sister moments, even if only by telephone.

Yes, I was always under the impression that she's not the sharpest tool in the box and that it's Mr Yeom who's the brains behind their scheming. I also trust grandma's judgement, so let's see how this turns out.

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember TV live chairman saying something to that effect

I agree that Chairman Choi would not sell his daughter for free. However, Tae-min would not buy her by selling the company to him with a large block of stock- that would be self-defeating- and you can bet that it was Tae-min who handled the negotiations. A promise of a large amount of ad revenue would be much more likely.

Arguably Shakespeare's Lady MacBeth was not that sharp either- and certainly did not think things through from the beginning.

Your points are very well made. Chairman Choi did not actually say that he was a friend to Grandma- he said that they had a special relationship. Perhaps she was his greatest enemy- which is extremely important in those cultures where the stature of a man is determined by the size of his enemies. Maybe 'Frenemies" of some sort?

I believe Grandma is right about this.

The story potential here really lies in our newest Mrs. Kang because if we know anything about her it is that she is ambitious in her own right and not simply her daddy's minion. Whatever would diminish her husband would diminish her as well. It is here, in their common interest, including dealing not only with her mother-in-law but also most certainly her father as well that our newlyweds may start to find common ground and learn to work together. They start as enemies but have to work together, becoming first partners and then, as they come to trust each other. a real love can ultimately bloom- but this is a long process which would likely take the entire remaining episodes (assuming that this is what the writer has in mind).

You may be right. If Ms. Choi were portrayed as simply being a spoiled and emptyheaded Chaebol daughter, I might even favor this idea.

But this show has suggested that she may be the one woman in this show who is just as smart- and even more ambitious- as Ru-bi. She would personally lose too much doing that IMHO (but not necessarily in the opinion of writer-nim?).

I see her making Tae-min's life miserable in some other way.

Also, you can start the take-over without shares but at some point, you have to pony up a lot of cash and acquire shares. A seat on the Board might be another matter.

Actually, her mother does not really seem to understand much at all. This is why I really hope that we get to see Tae-min's new wife put her in her proper place: Under a rock with the other snakes and insects.

I don't even know how she imagines she could force a marriage. This isn't the Joseon era where a woman's consent is not required. How do you do it? Drug her and drag her to the altar? Have her new husband keep her a prisoner in his house after they are married? How long could he keep her locked up. I can't imagine a reasonable scenario without involving the groom, would would likely not want to go along with this.

As others have said, she is a scheming conniving evil witch, but not very smart. She went from a lowly bookkeeper to a Chabeol Madam and power has gotten to her head.

There is still no reason in all of this why a marriage would facilitate actually taking over Taesan- but a lot of reason to see that Chairman Choi has done his best to arrange for the very highest level of cooperation between the two Chaebol families including having a son-in-law who is deeply in Chairman Choi's debt. I would point out that it was not Chairman Choi who had him sent to prison, but it is Chairman Choi who saw to his immediate public re-habilitation.

Clearly Grandma sees the marriage itself as a danger but I do not see how, unless it is simply from too close an association with Chairman Choi. The truth is that I am still scratching my head over this.

Among these items I think that the most revealing may be SK's statement that "I don't belong to Taesan yet". But now she does. Mom plans to kill her spirit? Let her try. Actually, that might be the start of changing her relationship with TM.

I still believe TV CEO plan is a takeover. He is in the information business and information, rumor, speculation move markets. The media likes to build up then tear down public figures. SK inside Taesan gives him direct information that could be used later on to tank the Kang family or leverage control over the company.

Ru-bi is one very smart kid.

In K-dramas a Fake Marriage is clearly acknowledged as such by both parties going into it. It would completely alter Tae-min's character to even agree to such a thing and the first thing that writer-nim established about Su-kyung is that she wanted a "real marriage" (her exact words). It would turn the entire story upside down to suddenly make this a fake marriage.

Instead, what Tae-min proposed was essentially a sexless minimal marriage. Given the expressions we say on his bride's face he has so far enforced that.

The public impact on both Tae-min and Su-kyung of a divorce or annulment would be catastrophic and Grandma should know this, but she went totally irrational instead. I think that it was her momentary lapse into irrationality which was the almost deus ex machina plot device: It was to provide an opportunity for the conversation she had with Mr. Yeom. That is why it was a catch and release story arc which, as I noted, actually defied the laws of physics.

I, for one, am totally enjoying flirty Tae Ho. Some of the behind the scenes Tae Ho/Hyo Shim photos are even more adorable than the on screen ones by the way: https://www.instagram.com/p/C05ZSeFPXf8/?hl=en&img_index=1

Don’t know why, I just couldn’t enjoy the OTP’s cute scenes

Not pushing his chaebolness? What do you call handing his business card to the shop manager if not pushing his status and position? Dragging Hyo Shim to a furniture store that has ZERO relevance to what she desires or needs? It was all about HIM.

Oh well, Tae Ho has now clearly embraced his bi-polar stage. When he sneaked into TM's office, threatened the detective, and now (based on preview) plotting his revenge against TM - my reaction was FINALLY, Oh Se-gi (Ha Jun character in Crazy Love has arrived - and his downfall came for the same reasons - he blamed the wrong person.

The comments of the floor manager were some of the funniest moments in this whole drama

I agree with you about not leveraging his Chaebol status, at least with HyoShim. If he had his way, he would have bought her own gym, and bought her a luxurious house to live in, just like his Aunt offered when she thought she was after her son.

But Taeho understands her and knows that would drive her away. So he swallows his opinion about the shabby apartment that she picked and supports her by helping her clean it and move in. He picks activities that she can relate to, like shopping for groceries. He only gave her the gifts that she asked for (the new appliances).

The furniture shopping was just his attempt to woo her with the not-so-subtle message that this will be your life once we marry. But he's not being pushy about it, but keeping the idea front and center.

I think she is starting to accept this idea of having a rich boyfriend demonstrated by her request for the new appliances.

My theory is that the final test will be when she loses her status as Chaebol Heiress when it is discovered that her father isn't her father. Even if she is not completely disinherited, (that seems cruel), they will have little use for her husband. Tae-Hui seems intent on making her own way, so she would insist on his help. So he will have to give up his lifelong dream of a shortcut to success and will have to earn it.

You are right but I also agree with Dorotka. It made me mad too.

They definitely have a father-daughter relationship. Yeom was also giving Taehee some fatherly advice when she was refusing eating.

Locking grandmother up? That one's easy - from the beginning, Grandmama was locked up because she opposed her son's elevation to the Chairmanship once her younger son died. According to Jang Sook Hyang, Advoisor Choi "controlled the great Taesan once."

I haven't taken good notes on some of the backstory with current Chairman and how many times he (or his wife?) committed fraud or other criminal activity [two are clear: the slush fund/scholarship fraud and whatever he did that forced TM to go to prison] but I believe there is a 3rd one?? Now that holidays are over I might find time to re-watch.

Early on, it was implied that Grandmama might have evidence that they were the cause of the accident - but recently, that seems less likely. But, write might revise history again. 😊

If I call correctly, Grandma and the missing director (the man who went to America for cancer treatment) once controlled the board. Grandma was an advisor (a title fitting a retired board member but major shareholder). She may have gotten that title as she had to give up or sell shares to pay the 50% inheritance tax on her husband's passing. It was the car accident that put Evil DIL in a position of power that she did not want Grandma to give the board any objections to the current chairman's appointment. Locking Grandma away and not having her speak to board members may have led some to believe she passively consented to the appointment.

Best way to keep up your hopes for TV lady is to read @oldawyer's comments. 😊

Re: Tae-ho. yes, yes, he loves Hyo Shim and he's ready to jump into a marriage - because he's lonely, he's been independent his whole life, and never had the experience of a family before. It's about him.

Meanwhile, she has never lived independently. She has never asked for his help - but he continues to push it on her. Going into her bedroom and sitting on the bed?? Making her lie down on the bed in the store? He may limit himself more than he wants to, but nevertheless he doesn't merely push boundaries, he crosses them - time and time again and bullies her (his fans would claim he "charms" her) into accepting things even after she initially rejects them.

And for those reasons (not to mention his hatred towards TM and family), he is not the right man for HS at this time when she is trying to strike out on her own. i guess the next 20+ episodes will explore this - they can't spend all of their scenes at the grocery store. 😊

You have nailed my sentiments precisely.

It was not that much time in the two episodes- and I loved that wrestling match.