I have no idea what story the writer is trying to tell me. There are some people doing some things and after 4 episodes it will be the end and I guess it will be a happy ending.

I don't know what this show is about anymore. A man, a woman, another man, and somewhat shady side characters doing stuff.

Yeah, I'm having trouble telling now when Ki-baek is being affected by the no filter thing or just... being honest. I still love the romance, even if this is now the THIRD kdrama dating reality show that has pulled the same thing with the guy not choosing the woman he actually loves at final selection. I do like how the show is having there be actual ramifications for Woo-joo joining the show as a cast member, like they acknowledge that's not something a writer is supposed to do.

I don't like Ki-baek's brother. I also really, really hate the 2ML. She's done with you, just accept it already!

Can someone who knows Korean clarify: why does Gu-won keep calling Woo-joo his mom if she isn't? Or am I hallucinating that he keeps calling her mom? I have been so confused with this one.

Anyway, I still love the romance and especially Ki-baek. My husband loves this one too so it gets points for that.

I don't like the reality part of the show, but I forgive it all because our leads are so endearing. Both the Back brothers were adorable this week!!
I wish the show gave us more of his unfiltered talk which I can't tell when it happens anymore.
And I miss Kwon Yul's periodic cameos!

But the leads are delightful and they make everything ok.. Also, i thought they did well with the 2ML arc, sans the stupid forced misunderstanding caused by a hug. I dont like the 2FL, not one bit. She is super manipulative.

Episode 7 was a delight to watch. It was funny, had some good developments, and some drama for good measure. Add to that a whole bunch of tricks and fake-outs, and I found myself enjoying every minute of it. And that kiss was absolutely perfect. It wasn't intense, extremely passionate, or anything like that, but instead it was soft and sweet, much like their entire relationship has been so far. It was perfect for them. This is my favorite kind of romance.

Episode 8 felt noticeably more serious, but was still enjoyable, and has me looking forward to the last 4 episodes. And the fact that I have absolutely no idea what's gonna happen in those 4 episodes makes it all the more exciting for me.

You know what's great about this drama? The credits! With all those bouncing, adorable, elastic shapes and the cute references to a drama that I'd probably really like to see (but am not)...I tune in each week just to see it again!!!

This show is such a contradiction for me, because it doesn't really make sense, but I also find myself enjoying it immensely. It's genuinely original in that way at least! 😁

Just wanted to clarify something from Grits fabulous recap. I may have misunderstood this, but I thought Cho-hui (our FL's love rival) essentially blackmailed Ki-baek into picking her by threatening to derail the whole show...

After our TV anchor told his first love that when she forced out Ms former swimmer the show nearly went under, and Cho-hui realised that Ki-baek liked Woo-joo, she knew that damaging Woo-joo's career by wrecking the show (presumably by walking out, or more likely revealing secrets) would work as a way to threaten him. (That was my understanding anyway). 🤷‍♀️

As an aside I do like the way both the love rivals are written here. As in, Cho-hui is shockingly (but enjoyably) manipulative, but not in an over-the-top panto way (which is often the case in K-drama land). She honestly seems like a fairly accurate portrayal of a charming narcissist who constructs a narrative in which they are never wrong and always the victim. (Her scene of refusing to apologise to Woo-joo in the dressing room was a classic example of this).

Jung-heon is also a somewhat more realistic, than makjung version of a love-rival. He is still annoyingly persistent but he walks the line a bit more than some 2MLs in terms of being more hopeful than entitled. 

Overall, this show is speeding along at Mach 9 and I have no idea where we are headed but I am along for the ride!🚀

I don't even really care about the storyline. I love our couple so much and when they are together they are adorable. I just enjoy their romance. I also really like the characters individually so it makes the show easy to watch.

Apparently I'm the only one enjoying this drama? LOL

I like how this feels more like a slice of life show than a romcom (I love slice of life so maybe that's why I'm enjoying it), but it still has the silly and cute moments of the romcom genre.

It's nice to see the characters grow with every experience. I loved how they used the reality show program. We not only got to learn their back stories and past relationships, but we also got some closure.

Everything has become more natural and simple?
1. Ki Baek and Jeong Heon don't have some unnecessary 15yo bad blood between them anymore.
Even if they both like Woo Ju now, they're relationship isn't as uncomfortable anymore.
Any other show would've dragged the high school flashbacks and first love obsession for ages.

2. Jeong Heon finally understood that everything wasn't about him, and he realized what he did wrong.
I really liked that he apologized to Woo Ju and her mom too.

Kinda off topic but Woo Ju's mom is so cool! I don't understand her powers tho.

3. Ki Baek and Woo Ju acknowledged their feelings for each other! Yay!
I enjoyed watching them in the "some" phase!! They're the cutest!

4. Ki Baek and his family are so cute.
First his bro and his tough love? And then his dad being super cute pretending he doesn't know about the romance in the air.

I wonder if the show is trying to compare Woo Ju and her family, with Ki Baek and his.

Jeong Heon's lie wasn't only about Woo Ju, but it also showed the the true view he had about her family (her mom). And that's probably what affected Woo Ju more. She seems proud of her family.

On the other hand, Ki Baek still shows little moments of embarrassment about his family's background.
For ex, when he saw all the things Heon brought to the set, he tried to hide the drinks his mom made.

Woo Ju never thought of hiding her family or herself, but that's pretty much what Ki Baek has been doing his entire life. So it's nice to watch her support him in his journey for a sincere life where he can be confident about himself.

I think the show is also not putting to much emphasis on the switch because it doesn't matter anymore. The point is for Ki Baek being comfortable telling the truth, and people accepting him the way he is.

Anyway, I love this show with all my heart. It's so beautiful to watch all the little moments of sweetness, kindness and growth.

I also LOVED the quad bike challenge scene on the beach. 😍

I feel like Ki-baek is an interesting ML in that he is as far from the cold, selfish, Chaebol, who learns to love a candy as it's possible to get. 

To me, he's the kind of 'good guy' that incels love to insist that women never go for, as a way of justifying some toxic masculinity bullcrapola. 

He may be a teeny bit schlubby (only because K-dramas generally spoil us by having MLs that are as really, ridiculously good looking and toned as the FLs  - still shocking in 2024!) but he is truly adorable - and I am shipping the two of them! 💖💖

So when he got electrocuted and couldn't tell lies any more, I started to think: what other job could he do? And I came to the conclusion that he could be an influencer to reviews products, and you could trust him if he said something was good, because he doesn't lie!
But for now we have just an almost normal love story, since his switch can be deactivated and he can still lie sometimes.
I still enjoy it, though! And if Bok-ja is Woo-jo's really mom... I want to know how young is she and how she manages to look so great!

I like the detail of Woo Joo being the ATV driver too! Her excitement after their victory was sweet!

Ki Baek and Woo Joo continue to be cute and kind. I like how he is affectionate and expressive about his feelings. He tells her when he's hurt. He tells her when he likes her. He's ready to shower her with love. He's also considerate and cautious. But the on-air dating show is definitely a problem for their relationship status.

I like the main and side couples, but the rest of the story is low stakes and not very interesting. Need some sparks. I honestly felt nothing for Jung Heon getting all sick after overworking himself. I thought he had a good final moment with Woo Joo at their last date on the show. She accepted the closure of their past and he should have too.

I bet he collapsed on her in the cliffhanger, not that they actually had a warm hug.

There is still not enough humor. There are touching scenes though like Ki Baek and his father. Ki Baek and the restaurant lady's story was nice. And it was lovely to see Ki Baek getting real dating advice from his friend. I actually thought Ji Hoo was going to grab the side gig for himself, due to their job uncertainty. Good of him, looking out for his friend.

So I realized now that Ki Baek's can't-lie mode is still on... since the reality show's last group challenge/jenga. It wasn't as obvious as before. He wasn't super shocking or wild with some of his truth bombs lol. Nevermind, I was confused. He had his switch off so he could lie when he chose Cho Hui. I guess since then, he has learned to be more truthful instead of passively accepting people's assumptions or letting false info slide. He is firm with saying his true thoughts like his review of the braised ribs.

Yeon's flirting with Eon Baek and his reaction was so cute, heh. I love that they're on the same level in terms of growing attraction and subtle moves.

Ki Baek only helped Cho Hui so that she doesn't blow up and ruin the reality show and Woo Joo's job. She seems to be an influencer or has an online following so some of the public could be swayed by her actions.

I totally agree with fellow beanies wondering what kind of story we are getting here. And as an antifan of misunderstandings, I hope the show finds a better source of tension rather than Ki-baek spotting the hug between Woo-ju and Jung-hyeon. Also, while innocent and naive SFL might be boring, sneaky ones aren't any better. Can't we get a decent drama where SFL is a normal human?

I'm enjoying this drama for a variety of reasons but this evening (Friday) as I was finally watching Eps 7 and 8 (almost 48 hours after they aired), I realized that the writer isn't manipulating us to the degree other rom-coms this past year (thinking of you Queen of Tears, Destined With You, etc) with evil people and physical danger.

Thanks for the recap @daebakgrits
I continue to enjoy the show and like how they have written the second male leads story of regret for not finding a way to manage his parents’ expectations about his future wife without resorting to misrepresentation. I had thought it was going to be something to do with his having a successful career after she had slummed it with him before he debuted. He just needs to take a break and refocus so he can find a way to become one family’s son in law rather than the nation’s.

The Dating show promo shoot concept was great, although I felt bad for the poor guy stuck in the tiger costume🤣

I was glad the Unbaek’s disappointed reaction was due to his thinking she was a married woman not because she was a single mum. It was lovely to see Guwon’s reaction to Kibaek so we know when he stops being protective around his mum he will have a good relationship with his soon to be step dad. I am wondering if Unbaek’s character being obsessed with fitness is just a way to explain his build as we don’t often see bulky actors unless they are playing a specific sporty role.

I am also suspicious of the woman who wants to loiter in the hairdresser. Initially I thought the mark and her demeanour was a sign she was an abused woman trying to stay away from home but I wondered what Woojoo’s mum’s saw when she stood by her. Why did she chase Woojoo away from helping and seem unsettled when the woman appeared again. The hair colour choice😮 We know Bokja to be kind as we saw her understanding approach to her boyfriend’s mum when she displayed dementia related abusive behaviour. We also see that she seems to have adopted Yeon’s son as her own grandson and seems to be his main carer when his mum is working late.

Looking forward to the second female lead’s exit she has a ‘role’ to play on the show which she will gain from too so that should be sufficient reward for her. She was happy to be the cause of friction between the boys at school but that era ended decades ago and she had not been in touch since then so now they have had their reunion it’s time for her to get back to present day reality.

The plot got a little confusing this week. 😅 I’m marveling at the way how new topics pop up left and right, while the original setup is now somehow a minor detail… 🤔 (I now never know, if the truth switch is on/off, which might be the whole point, but still feels a little anticlimactic in the story’s progression.)

With all things going on, I also had a little fright they may now whip out the serial killers. 🫣 I made the mistake of watching one episode in the middle of the night in a streak of insomnia, and it happened to be the scene where Jung-heon was coming home to his empty (and weirdly decorated & lit) apartment, and I swear the camera always lingered to show a dark door frame right behind him. *cue ominous music* I was just waiting for an intruder to pop out of there. Needless to say I decided to stop watching right there and continued the next day. Happy to report no serial killers materialized in full daylight, either.

Am also chuckling a bit about the fact that I had to think a little longer who that “manipulative 2FL” might be. Yeon? The younger writer? Nope. 😂 Must be the sleep deprivation… 👀

When FL said that everything Jung-heon does is always for his own benefit, I was expecting some chilling backstory a reveal of egotism disguised as sacrifice.
I was beginning to suspect a reverse story, though, where the real villainess was the FL, since she used the heartfelt secrets of ML to make a spectacular show and make a mockery of actual feelings, which in a way is what reality TV is about, I guess.
And before the show started I thought she would make a spectacular news program where the announcer was used as a kind of lie detector except that he can only guarantee for what he himself believes is the truth, so he could be misused if someone led him behind the light. I thought it would be about news and truth.
The more interesting person is Jung-heon, it seems, also even if he is not the scheming narcissist we were promised from the start.
Also, when ML said that back then, "I was the A**-hole" I'd like to know what he meant. Did he actually do something really bad, and what was it?
And when will he understand how his family protects him? He seems to be spoiled while considering himself used by his family. But he doesn't give a helping hand with chores, for example.

After they watched the premiere of the dating show, WooJoo asked how KiBaek was, and she answered to herself that it's impossible that KiBaek hasn't sneezed in an entire month. So my interpretation is the switch is on and KiBaek is living with the switch turned on all the time. I like how fiercely protective mommy BokJa is to her baby WooJoo. It seemed that she knew who JeongHeon was in WooJoo's life when she asked for an autograph. She said that she didn't care if someone was a beggar or the most popular guy if they put that sad face on WooJoo.
I continue to enjoy this show and hope to see KB and WJ happy in their professional and personal lives.

I'm loving this show even with the a bit boring dating reality show, and seemingly dropped story line of him being a newsanchor.
although I now that I think about it I don't he'll go back to news, the reason why he became an anchor was because it was a way for him to be truthful and 1. He found out that isn't always the case 2. He says the truth all the time now.

For some reason I cant' stand the 2ML, I actually hate a bit and don't really care for his storyline.

I'm more interested in the families actually and look forward to know their stories and history.

This show is all over the place. I was really excited about the possibility that Woo joo was the mother of her mom's grandson, but no. I was really excited about the childhood relationship/rivalry between Ki-baek and Jung-heon, but...no. I thought maybe there was something interesting about Choi-hui, and there was almost something, but then there wasn't anything. The mystery of Ki-baek's father's injury? Nope.

The female lead is the head writer on a show who somehow agrees to be demoted to be a performer. But the show we're watching seems to be written by a team of inspired people all pulling in different directions, with no script editing. Maybe this is why they decided on precisely this job for their love object.

As others have said, it seems the drama forgot their main premise - a news anchor who cannot lie. Like, that's barely a factor anymore outside of restaurant ahjumma.

And opposite to the reviewer, that's what I can hear for. That, and the romance affected by it. Like, they're cute together and there's chemistry but it barely feels like Woo-jo is interested in Ki-baek.