What a fantastic set of episodes!! From giving us some crazy fun chaotic moments with the leads and then breaking our hearts, this show is giving us all.
That ending of episode 6, ouch. 💔💔
Ji Han, oh Ji Han. He folded the 1000 cranes and walked the wall - he truly was breaking up.
I liked how he realized his feelings and also his guilt for falling for his brothers girl. Ji Han looked totally crestfallen.

That family meet dinner was brilliant writing and execution! BIL was the MVP of that dinner.
And Ji Han speaking from his heart ❤️.

I am worried he is going to take up the offer of wedding with the CEO 2ML. it’s a bad move.

We already know Na Yeong cares for him, misses him, and is hurt when he ignores her. I can’t wait for her to realise her feelings.
Probably seeing him with another woman might bring her feelings to surface. Can’t wait!!

Why is this reporter dude so obsessed with this family!! Leave them alone.

I am not liking the Do Han’s ex stalker angle. I get it he is angry and feels abandoned. I would have much preferred a meaningful reunion or proper breakup after a fight and apology. Hopefully things don’t go crazy here.

@dramaddictally thank you for the weecap.
I continue to enjoy the drama but I am the only one still confused about what happened with the reporter taking Jihan and the car chase. Chaebols are really lax with their supervision of their children and seem oblivious to the potential kidnapping risks; this is the second drama in recent weeks where a random person has claimed to be collecting the child on behalf of a parent. Have they not seen the dramas?

I love these random sites that pop up on searches with ridiculous anonymous advice.

I hope Jihan’s secretary gets help from Ahjung to move the confession along with her friend.

The playing out of the predictable reactions at the family meal were comedy gold.

Looking forward to next week’s episodes.

The best scenes are the ones with the leads together, they create a chaos of feelings that is pretty funny and swoony to watch.

Ji-Han : He knows his feelings and feels guilty about it. It was funny how he did everything he found on internet. Sometimes, I think he's the only one who is working in this drama, he was very busy. Him being cold to A-Jung was deliciously hurtful to wach.

A-Jung : I found interesting how her feelings about Ji-Han coming or not to the diner were mixed. On one side, I don't think she wanted him to witness the official diner between the families, making things very real, on the other side, she wanted him to be there because she misses him and it would be better for the brother's relationship.

Do-Han : he should listen to his grandfather. He can keep running away like he did for 5 years. He doesn't think at all to his brother and doesn't really protect him from their family.

Chae-Won : she's smart and I was happy she put Seung-A in her place. It would have been better if she confessed her feeling to Ji-Han before talking to the grandfather...

Seung-A : I don't really understand the past. The mother hide to make a new family, the journalist found her and Ji-Han brought him to their house? And then there were in a car chase ( I didn't think it was a good idea to put someone who lost his mother in a car chase in another car chase even if it was not raining...)? Like it was too late to run away and completely stupid. The grandfather was surely behind the choice of hidding but everyone accuses a boy? And Seung-A works with the person behind the tragedy ? It's weird.

Thank you, @dramaddictally, for the weecap! What did I love? I loved that Ah-jung didn't confront the half-sister during the family meeting - she promised to behave herself and she did. That's why Ji-han came to her defense. I loved that grandpa was trying to connect Ji-han and Chae-won by putting them together in the same car (before that obnoxious reporter butted in). I just wish Ji-han will get a life for himself instead of pushing his unwilling hyung (who had his own life in New York) to become grandpa's heir.

please... sister and her family - hubby and son are adorable and sassy and just so fantastic..

minor touches... our to be second son in law of the family has already forged a bond with the to be nephew :D .. the little boy was looking forward to meeting the "uncle"

Dh's character is so flat.. like he does nothing.. don't feel the depth of friendship from him; don't feel the depth of romantic feelings for any of his partners from him; don't feel the existence of sibling love/half sibling love/grandson love/mom love... basically zilch...

i like stupid rich chaebol first borns - when they are stupid they are so funny and if they are paired up with stupid bubbly wives it is comedy goldmine

the only one capable of running this business might actually be our princess don and our youngest lovesick puppy... give the girl a chance Mr. grandpa

SFL.. stay strong, stay right, stay awesome

What exactly is the role of daddy dearest... 6 episodes down and 1 car scene

Oh gosh, I didn't think any part of these episodes was a snoozefest. I can understand tho if it hinges on your reaction to MSM. But to me, within his more limited range, I thought MSM did cute, funny and sad puppy rather well.

In fact, when some beanies recommended newbies avoid the early Hallyu rom-coms, I thought if this holds up, it’d be an excellent alternative. Agreed, some of the plotting and characterizations are paper thin; it has always been. But I can forgive that a lot more in a lightweight rom-com. I’ve been laughing for a while now, and finally, at the end of episode 6, I felt the feelz. So good.

I think my major concern, which many share, is how the brother’s arc is handled. Hwaiting a good resolution.

And, I completely understand the frustration toward the Evil Half-Sister. At the same time, I felt a twinge when even grandpa acknowledged her competence but insisted she still pave the way for an unqualified male heir. It's gotta suck when only your gender prevents you from becoming a Capitalist Overlord. 😂

The brothers in this show have me beat down. When they're talking, that is, when they're negotiating their relationship--separated as they by utterly diverse definitions of "success" but joined by their desire to maintain their brotherhood--they have every last one of my attention cells. I will surely always remember the middle episodes of Wedding/Marriage/Mission/Impossible for the relationship negotiation between Ji-han and Do-han...and probably also with their chaebol grandpa (Brian!!! AGH!!). What we have here, to me, is a bunch of male characters, all unsure that their proper role is actually "their proper role." I do so hope that the show does this narrative justice and shows them behaving responsibly, each stepping into their actual selves.

I'm also a fan of the way that Do-han and A-jeong talk about one another when with someone else. They're really good friends!! Everything they say is a "double entendre" about wanting to be married to one another, but there's some nice writing there about what it truly means to express love for someone by simply knowing them for who they are, and caring about their health, safety, and happiness...and this is something beyond what it means to attach to one another "for life." It's like this show is about marriage or something. 🥹

Attention must be paid to the effective portrayal of Ji-han's love-sickness, which is indeed cute, but frankly, it bugs me a bit how A-jeong's clearly crossed a line or two because she's not entirely immersed "in her role." We all know that it's a role and she's "free to really love who she wants" but Ji-han doesn't know that...but, still, it's not like Ji-han's got nothing to go on. Also, that he's such a puppy-dog with such a resonant voice has me forgiving all that "exploiting the helpless" stuff he did in week one and I'm ashamed about that. Sigh. Finally, congrats, Show, for figuring out how to give all the feels of a proper noble idiocy move without it being noble idiocy! Ji-han did, in fact, need to give her up to his brother even though he didn't want to, and, he really wasn't "making a decision for her," but still the separation hurt the audience...in all the best k-drama ways.

I loved both of these episodes because they focused more on what works in this show so that what doesn't stood out less. And what works is the two leads being drawn to one another despite their wish not to. Ji han's Operation Destroy Inconvenient Crush self-improvement strategy was hilariously relatable, especially when, even with his best efforts, he can't help but literally and figuratively see Ah-jung everywhere. She's drawn to him as well, although I don't think she considers for a moment that he's truly attracted to her; she's way too stuck on their class differences as a barrier to his affections.

The FL's personality continues to be the best part of this drama, along with the actress' surprising facial expressions and line readings. She's keeping me watching closely, when normally this would be the type of romcom I would enjoy more passively.

The ML has grown on me, and I think the actor is doing fine, but I am disappointed that I still don't truly understand his original motivations in opposing the marriage. The character I really despise, though, is the Grandfather. The way he pushed Ji-han off of him, calling him a brat, was cruel. The Choi siblings are nasty, too, but they're such cartoonish villains that I can't see them inflicting any real emotional damage. But the grandfather breaks Ji-han's heart multiple times a day for no clear reason.

Random Love: Ji-han's bedhead! Adorable.

I'm late to this party, but let me start off with gushing about my new girl-crush, Na Ah-Jung (& the actress playing her, Jeon Jeong-So)!!! <3

This character is so effing tricky, and if played by your typical 15-kdrama starrer A-lister... I KNOW she would have come across as such a cookie-cutter lead. I'm in love with JJS's effortless 'bruh-girl' attitude and it's indeed a refreshing angle to this character who you'd expect would be the 'goofy one with the heart-of-gold.'

I love that the scriptwriter gives her all the *right* lines. Like the instance where Ji-Han asks if she's pissed because he sent her on this random blind-date... I half-expected her to say she's angry because *HE* didn't turn up (but somebody else did). But nope, lo & behold... she's angry because he did not stand up for himself. Ditto with the 'I'm mad because you didn't make me hate YOU, but you made me hate *ME*'. Bravooo!~

A touch too overboard, and she'd come across as a Tsundere. The secretly righteous one, yet someone who's not preachy. All these perfect lines, where she could seem like the 'pick-me-type' , yet JJS's grounded delivery saves the day. Finally, a leading lady whose reactions and interactions appear real and believable~

Dear Drama Gods, please do not let her become a love-brained doormat. Please. I hope I have not jinxed it. 🙏

Unlike the recapper, I find episode 6 amazing, the best so far, even. By having the leads sharing minimal screen time, the drama really made you feel the longing between them (him unable to get her out of his head despite his best effort, her being uncharacteristically bothered by his absence), and made those few minutes that they were together really worth it. The ending is (for me) one of the best episode ends I can remember, it was played as a funny moment when Ji-han searched for "ways to forget your crush", but when it hit that he's, in fact, done all those things like walked the wall and folded 1000 paper cranes, just so he could forget her, the lingering sadness haunts me for days. Ah-jung (and us) have been trying and wishing for JH to stop meddling and respect his brother's wish, but now that he has finally given his blessing, none of us find it as satisfying as we thought.

I find JH and AJ completely perfect for each other. They not only have matching energy (the bickering was delightful), but they also have this emotional connection that they share with no one else. One's craving for love that no one, not even his family, was willing to give; one has so much love to give. AJ cares for JH unconditionally, which is something not even his brother (who barely cares), or Chae-won (who made deals with Grandpa behind his back), or Grandpa (who ignores him at best and secretly resents him at worst) can do. Both are hard workers and dedicated to their jobs, they see and respect this side of the other, which is something that almost no other person in their lives can understand (he's the only one other than her parents who has watched all her works, he took her to a film festival on a date and introduced her to her favorite director as "his favorite actress). They even connect over failures and disappointments during that date. Their being together just made all the sense in the world. I hope they get out of the messy web soon cause I for one, can't wait to see more of them in their dating era :)

Side note, I find Do-han claiming to AJ that he understands his brother more than her the most absurdly hilarious moment this week. At best, he's about the fifth person on that list, which includes (1) Ah-jung, (2) Eun-taek the secretary, (3) Grandpa's housekeeper, (4) AJ's brother-in-law (who clocked JH's situation correctly just from AJ's report). Quite sad considering they're orphans who are only supposed to have each other to lean on.

Side note (2), my theory for the reason Grandpa doesn't like Ji-han: when he arrived at the scene of the accident, he (could be listening to Mom's request) decided to save little JH first, hence didn't have enough time to save his daughter. That's why he called JH his "stain" since he's the one who made the decision that essentially killed his daughter.

One of the few Korean romantic comedy dramas where I feel like the leads are really good actors. Their acting is nuanced and they can play people who fall in love. It's really refreshing to see actors who are suitable for their roles and are not wooden in scenes where you have to play feelings.

Paper thin doesn't even begin to cover
I mean, how is it okay to try and seduce your brother's fiancee (he doesn't know it's all fake does he) or set her up with someone else (and why on earth does she go along with all of that if she's officially engaged to be married and at risk of being followed by paparazzi??) but not okay to have actual feelings? Why does the latter feel so much worse to him?
Not to mention that I don't see why he should have developed any feelings. The show isn't selling that development well imo

I want to write in partial defense of the character of the 2FL, Chae-won. She is pretty typical of a romance 2FL, in that she is extremely attractive and desirable, "broke up" with the ML first,and now regrets her decision. But unlike the usual 2FL in a love triangle, she's not being unreasonably clingy--and she does still have some grounds for hope for a second chance with the ML (although, admittedly, those grounds were shaken by the evil half-sister showing her the photos.)

The language of her meeting with grandfather and Do-han's outraged response asking for Ji-han as a "gift" I think shows her flaw which is that she is too much caught up in chaebol thinking about combining love with strategic alliances, which is probably why she made the marriage mistake to begin with. But I imagine the "gift" was simply the grandfather's approval of a relationship with Ji-han-- her conversation with Ji-han did not at all indicate that she was assuming that he was "hers" Although she might eventually act to undermine A-jeong, using Ji-han's loyalty to his brother, I appreciated that so far she has been shown to have a degree of self respect.

I really like this drama, but I am so confused about the car accident and incidents leading up to it (they said a report was chasing the mom, but it looks like they were in the same car along with Ji-han?) as well as why Grandpa hates Ji-han so much. I assume the two are related to each other. Also, if Ji-han marries Chae-won, would Grandpa let him inherit the company then?

Unlike you @dramaddictally, I have been wondering how close Ajeong and Dohan were if she didn’t know his former boyfriend? She clearly didn’t know him and that doesn’t make sense in a context where they were supposed to be close when he was still living in Seoul. I understand if it was a 1NS but not a boyfriend. Their storytelling has more holes than Swiss cheese but they are lucky JJS is such an acting force of nature and there is chemistry with MSM.

It's funny to me that ji-han's entire love life can be summed up as: "me and the two hot noonas i pulled by being an absolutely pathetic loser"

I got downvoted to oblivion on Reddit for pointing out how awful everyone in this drama is. It's always interesting seeing the extremely different receptions a piece of media can get on different sites. Everyone on tumblr hates the characters and are at the point of dropping this, MDL is split, and people on Twitter are mildly concerned, while ppl on Reddit love this
wholeheartedly and will not brook the slightest criticism.

I'm somewhat on Tumblr's side, but I do enjoy this drama when it's good and I really, really, really, will never be able to drop this drama. episode 6 alone was so damn good imo. despite all my complaints and misgivings, this writer is definitely cooking frfr 🔥🔥🔥 the symbolism with the cranes, Ji-han's struggle to accept his feelings but not jeopardize his brother's alleged marriage...