episode 7 of r88 really may just be my favorite episode ever— to me, it has the perfect balance of humor, romance (for BOTH TEAMS TOO, maybe one more than another but it’s my team so i’m happy ◡̈), friendship moments, and warm family moments. also, watching the show with the original OST is INFINITELY better, usually on the bus ride with DS and JH, cho ha moon’s “this night once again” plays, but i love wham’s “last christmas” so much, and it’ll forever remind me of junghwan now ◡̈

i think the opening scene to the episode when the gang and noeul, jungbong and bora are deciding the secret santa game is just PERFECT! it’s so well choreographed, everything is on beat, from the dialogue to the looks across the room, and i’ll never get over the fact that this is a TV SHOW BECAUSE OF HOW REALISTIC THIS IS!!!

i will also admit that taek is the cutest kid ever, i’m getting mad by how much i like him this rewatch. nobody compares to my KING, but UGH, why is taek so cute??

speaking of someone, i’m pretty sure that this episode carved my love for junghwan in stone. come ON, look how adorably awkward he gets around deoksun, and how much he smirks when she cursed out sunwoo HAHAHA. i’m gonna stop talking about him rn bc if i continue, well, this post will just be 1000 characters longer. plus, i plan to have a post dedicated to him after ep 10 anyway ◡̈

i’ve rewatched ep 7 so many times, but really for the JH and DS scenes, which means i forgot how touching taek’s relationship with his father is. in the end, it really is the friends and family relationships that make this show incredible, from the pink mittens scene, to the whole snowman fiasco, to of course, singing shin hae chul with your friends (side note: to you ended up being #5 on my Spotify Wrapped 2020 LMAO)

if anyone ever wants to rewatch an r88 episode, THIS IS THE ONE! it’s pretty perfect for this upcoming holiday season too!
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    Do you have a blog shachi?

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    @arohauaena this is the place to be on DB for a die hard fan of Reply 1988. I come in here with a drink and settle down to read a few episode reviews at a time. Hopefully if you have not been here already this will be a link you can come to regularly too. I regularly lose my way trying to find posts on the Dramabeans site so I am hoping this will work for you. I will try to find another way too.

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