Hi @pkml3,
Thanks for the thread and yes, this show has the adhesiveness of double-sided tape LOL.

Keep the tissues handy, just in case.

Hi Everyone, Episode 11 was lovely. Healing in the family has begun and are we getting a glimpse of hope for Hae In? I cried happy tears.

At the same time, menace looms large and near. An exciting 5 more episodes to go!!!

Annyeong,

Thanks PM3 for this thread.

@agdr teary 🥲 emotional episode indeed. @gb happy tears!!

Episode 11. My notes.

HI and HW locked eyes. They walk towards each other. HI finds herself in a lavender field and drops. I think HW was a second too late to catch her. She’s being reeled into surgery.

Everyone was shocked by her revelation including her family.

HI’s inner voice- I never resented you. Thank you for being by my side all these years. I love you. You were the reason I wanted to live even more.

*tear

HW by her bedside all night

SC tears his talisman. HI woke up. 😄

First thing she tells HW – saranghe (I’m telling you now before I die- sigh – unspoken words).

What HW said was not a prayer but a threat per HI. 😂 don’t be sacred. I won’t let you die 😅 HW comfort hug HI. Sweet moment coz she has an amused smile on her face ☺️

Mom daughter moment by the staircase. I like how drama world shows someone holding on to someone’s clothing by a pinch. Such a small gesture but it grabs your heart, literally Don’t die. Tearful Hug. Lots of sorry. 🥹

HW’s dad encourages HI’s dad. Love it 🫶🏼 keywords: you’re a lighthouse. Shine your light! Yummy kal-guksu

HI reading the internet comments with her asst and HW. 😆 Keywords: Juliet. People are watching. HW dotes on her by going on one knee 🥰 HW dotes well haha.

YES shows up. YES gets punched by HW. 🥊 saying I will stay by HI’s side forever.

The Hong Baek family out for dinner. HI has a united family support now. So heartwarming 🥹

HW drying HI’s wet hair. Even curling the ends. So cute. No don’t buy a new hair dryer. That would defeat the purpose. 😁

Hong MD is awake but has amnesia. Great!

Everyone’s looking for the secret fund.

The family goes undercover LOL. SC and his Chinese 🤣

When HW left HI on the side of the road, that was a red flag. So when she entered YES car, I thought the other car was the bad guys. When HW car ran over the road block and stood in front of YES car- he’s a good driver! Then YES locked the car. Really?!?! Ugh he’s so thick faced.

Epilogue. Cute. How HW wants to sue them all coz they badmouthed HI and he doesn’t care if people badmouth him. 😍 awww.

Preview. Looking forward to our OTP lovey moments.

(To be continued . . .)

I really liked how while the Dads got together, the brothers also did. HW’s brother teaches Soo Cheol to box. Beom Ja also comforted HI’s mum. We get to see that HI’s family appeared distant towards each other but actually had real regard for each other under the surface.

Similarly, the protocol of boss and secretary was sweetly broken by HI’s personal assistant who hugged her.

Yes the Hong-Baek family meal was finally a warm, comfortable gathering, so different from their previous meals, and so different from the Hongs in their multi-storey home.

Loved the Romeo and Juliet scene of HW getting on one knee to look lovingly at HI for all to see LOL. She was quite moved and impressed herself! LOL she had to ask him what he was doing with his left arm before he figured that he could wrap it around her, in front of everyone again!

While HW drying HI’s wet hair with the broken hair dryer was sweet, I felt sad that while she did not want to get a new hair dryer, still when her illness became worse and she herself was more broken, she didn’t want HW to see her deteriorating. She’s still got that kind of pride. But she also wants him to be by her side always, no matter what,… so what’s poor HW going to do?

LOL the whole family undercover in dark glasses as if that could disguise them!!! It’s fun to see them all as an ensemble now, with a common goal. The race to find the secret slush funds is the main plot point now. Eun Sang as an individual versus Seol Hee as an individual, versus the Hong-Baek family. ES an SH have lost so much more in their trying to steal from the Hongs, while adversity has enabled the Hongs to gain so much that they never knew they lacked.

I liked that even Da Hye showed more regard and feeling for HI and for Soo Cheol. She was worried that he’d get an anxiety attack.

Grace continues to plant her feet on both sides of the fence, but methinks she’s likely to be double agent for Beom Ja for the time being.

And yes, Soo Cheol’s Chinese LOLOL what on earth was that???? 😆😂🤣🤔

Hello everyone,

It has been a very long time since I’ve commented.

This secret fund that everyone is looking for? Could it be a chip in the ring that’s with HI aunty Beom Ja?

Hyunwoo – Are you ok?

Haein – Saranghae.

It’s enough for me. 😭😭😭

PS. Can I have KSH to dote on me too please?

@GB, it was wasn’t it? It was honest and both from their heart. 🥰

That loving gaze was without blinking. They might as well replaced Hyunwoo’s eyes with a ❤️ emoji.

It was the best. 😍

Hi @Feyi, welcome to BOD and this thread!

EPISODE 12
A great episode with much wringing out of emotions.

I have to rewatch to get more details but I liked it overall.

The couple moments that I wanted, did come along, although I could have done with more!!!

SPOILERs

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It was sad and unfortunate that Chairman Hong upon regaining some of his mind, made that tragic decision. He said he was being punished. I feel that he was punishing himself for the trouble his foolishness had brought upon his family. In a sense, it was his quickest way to ensure that Seul Hee would be forced to stop tormenting him and his family. I feel a lot for poor Beom Ja. She never had a chance to really apologise to him for her harsh words.

As hoped, Da Hye made a turnaround. That made me smile a lot and brought tears to my eyes. It took the ill-treatment of the real father of Geon-U to open her eyes. I’m glad that she took that golden statue and ran to Soo Cheol. Loved their reunion and with baby Geon-U in SC’s arms. What a sweet guy SC is to never blame DH for betraying him. His love is true love and forgiveness.

The best interactions always are the conversations between HW and HI. He kept from her that he’d had a killer on his heels but otherwise told her the truth. Loved that she was so certain that she’d marry him a 100 times if given the chance. LOL how she tried on the ring again so HW decided not to return it that day.

I liked also that she told him how she had not been able to tell if he was HW or ES and that was why she didn’t accept the ring. However I feel she could still have ‘taken back’ the divorce!

And always a fave for me… the whole group gets together to plan and work as one. This time a real family comes together, not a found family or just an ensemble of colleagues or friends as in other dramas, but a ‘real’ family. It took the right thinking, contacts and communication of HW to bring the family together to work on a common goal. He was amazing. He did everything right and at the right time so the family got timely hold of the info they needed.

And if we can learn anything at all from Grace, it’s how to play on both sides of the fence. she was an amazing weasel who could never be totally eradicated. She always had more to offer if the price was right!

These 2 episodes, the treatment of HI’s tumour has been put on hold. I guess there’ll be lots of angst coming up in the last 4 episodes.

Thanks @HK_Lady! Yes so many tears… happy… because something was touching … sad. I believe this episode gave us a chance to feel many of the common emotions all in that 1+ hours. Fear, suspense, worry, relief, hope, anger, resentment, disbelief, joy, pathos, satisfaction. That last one is crucial or I get annoyed. It was a sad but understandable, and a somewhat appropriate resolution up to Episode 12.

I believe that HI only cut the steak when ES tried to wine and dine her. She may have nibbled a bit but was more interested in seeing her Grandfather. Now she has to retrieve the pen that she left there to record whatever took place in that room. I’m sure Grandpa left her a message (we’ll have more tears). So I’m guessing that she’d be hungry by the time she got to be with HW. She was also more relaxed and comfortable with him and able to eat. I loved how she kept looking at him, drinking him in, so to speak.

Her ease when with HW is translated to her being able to sleep well. It’s nice that she wanted to be with him when she woke up and they had a few minutes snooze on the sofa.

Now that Chairman Hong is gone, his son HI’s dad/Beom Jun, has to man up and take control. He can also invite back his older brother to be part of the family. I feel from that brief glimpse of the older brother, Beom Suk, that he’s more capable. Pity Chairman Hong would not forgive him.

I didn’t have time to watch the Epilogue, so thanks for confirming that it was all along HW and not ES who saved HI. I had a feeling the minute the mothers were looking at the old photos and they had recognised the beach. It’s actually pretty confusing though about that drowning incident, because HI thought it was her older brother who had saved her and drowned in the process, but now we find that HW and ES were also on the scene.

I hope we get more family scenes, more SC with Geon-U scenes and more couple scenes with Beom Ja and neighbour. All the good characters seem to have a life of their own and I’m invested in all of them. I’d even like to see HW’s sister-in-law properly with the family. We only got to see a short scene of her in flashback!! and I hope HI’s white blood cell count hits the 4,000 mark so that she can get treatment. I’m guessing she has only a month left!!!

Rewatching Episode 12…

I like how Hae In inadvertently gives Eun Sang ‘hope’ … like when she agreed to do the press conference, and this time, she chooses to get back into ES’s car to go home. He’s so full of confidence and triumph but she bursts his bubble each time (Yay!) by going off with HW in the end, after accomplishing what she wanted to do. In a sense, she also used ES and he let himself be used. He’s a lot demented over a girl who cannot even remember him (until he reminded her) and never liked him. He was so smart, so successful in covering up his crimes, and all foolishly for a woman who loves someone else.

Chairman Hong was also that dumb, but he lacked the brains to do more than launder money. He signed away everything to a non-family member, trusting that Seul Hee loved him. But in Hong’s case, Seul Hee had actively deceived him. In ES’s case, HI had repeatedly rejected him but he was too proud/entitled to accept it. Needless to say, I was happy to see ES brought down a few pegs and told off by his mother.

I was also pleased to see that HW really did manage to come and pick HI up and bring her to his own apartment. The long-awaited sweet couple times are too few and far between!

Tears, tears and more tears.

I thought when HW was chasing ES and HI, it was raining. But when they all got out of the car, it wasn’t.

What’s with HW’s Dad’s comment about HW being too liberal? That was funny.

If we’d known ES only wanted to eat with HI and he won’t do anything else then we would have allowed him breakfast, lunch and dinner with HI. 🙂

How quickly did the comfortable living in the apartment became uncomfortable?. hahaha But I loved HI’s honest admission that she will marry HW every single time if she were reborn a hundred times. If I were HW, I would have kissed her then instead of replying. Sigh…. There’s only been 3 kisses and we only have 4 episodes left. Do I need to cry for it too?

Loved how HI put her feet up straight away when HW pulled her in to sleep for 5 more minutes in the sofa.

More tears at the divorce withdrawal request. 🙁

More tears at SC, DH and GN’s reconciliation. GN is such a good and cute baby.

How big did HW’s eyes become when he saw HI put the ring back in the box. LOL! Loved her excuse and HW having some hope, so no refund. Cute HI punching the pillow.

I felt so sad for Imo BJ. 🙁 Grandpa took his own life so the power of attorney will be null and void.

@agdr03, I also bemoan the fact with you that there are so few kisses!!! I want more hugs and cuddles too!!! Here’s a couple brimming over with love and chemistry, been married and been pregnant for a while, but they are so shy about skinship …. sheesh!

I like the signs of their tremendous regard for each other. Like how HI is so comfortable with HW that if it’s with him, she’ll say she’s hungry and wants to eat something tasty. But in the face of her fave food and wine in the presence of ES, her hunger evaporated. She might have eaten just a bit to appease ES, but she was only hungry and eager to eat again when with HW.

The Confession That Should Not Fail – the Desired Rejected Ring
HW and HI stop the car to watch the sunset .
HW: “Everyone confesses their feelings here, and no one has failed so far. Your love comes true if you confess it here. And it’s worked every time.”
HI: “That’s absurd.”
HW: “Not only do you get a beautiful sunset, but the light also gives your face a warm tone, which makes you look more gorgeous. You look beautiful right now.”
HI: “Is that so? So will you confess your love?”
HW: “It’s actually a kind of a request.”
HI: “What kind?”
From his big coat pocket he had prepared a diamond ring in a box.
HW: “A divorce withdrawal. … Asking you to marry me again would be too much. So could you at least take back the divorce?”

HI takes the ring and puts it on herself, noting that he remembered her ring size. HW says he should be the one to put the ring on her finger, but she returns the ring to the box and says he should get a refund.
HW: “Why? You said you wanted to marry me every single time.”
HI: “That’s if I was reborn, but not now.”
She finally tells him that she mistook ES for him the previous night and that’s why she had followed ES.
HI: “I told you that we shouldn’t be together when my illness becomes worse. But that time came sooner than expected.”

She agrees that the sunset made HW look more handsome. She cries that she’s no longer sure he’s HW or if she’s dreaming and cannot make promises to him anymore. We end with tears, but this is later balanced out by the funny scene over the diamond ring.

HI thinks HW has gone to work and tries on the ring again, noting that it’s just right for her and the type of diamond cut that she likes. HW walks in on her, so she hides her hands behind her in embarrassment.
He has come to take the ring back to return it, and takes the box, not knowing that it’s empty.

She heads to the door first but comes back to return the ring to the box in HW’s hand much to his confusion.
HW stares at HI.
HI: “Why?” She blinks. “What? What is it?”
HW stares at her, eyes big and round.
HI: “I just tried it on. It was a new design. I wanted to study the trends. I can’t slack off just because I’m taking a break. “
HW still looks confused but nods his head: “That’s true.”
HI: “I liked the ring. You know that rings suit me awfully well. You have a good eye. I’ll give you that. But it’s just that. So don’t misinterpret my actions.”
She turns to go but he holds her back: “Are you sure you’ve finished analysing the trends? Maybe study it more.”
HI: “I’m done analysing it. I’ll get going then.”
HW stares after HI and laughs to himself.
HW: “HI, I won’t return it. I’ll leave it where it was before. You need to analyse the trends, so wear it whenever you want.”
HI pounds her pillow and screams into it in embarrassment LOL.

Hmmm I wonder if I posted this already? I thought I did.

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@pkml3 sorry if this is double posted. Please check when you can!!! Maybe I did post it and it’s in spam.
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I like the parallels and juxtapositions.

The Confession That Should Not Fail
HW and HI stop the car to watch the sunset .
HW: “Everyone confesses their feelings here, and no one has failed so far. Your love comes true if you confess it here. And it’s worked every time.”
HI: “That’s absurd.”
HW: “Not only do you get a beautiful sunset, but the light also gives your face a warm tone, which makes you look more gorgeous. You look beautiful right now.”
HI: “Is that so? So will you confess your love?”
HW: “It’s actually a kind of a request.”
HI: “What kind?”
From his big coat pocket he had prepared a ring in a box.
HW: “A divorce withdrawal. … Asking you to marry me again would be too much. So could you at least take back the divorce?”

HI takes the ring and puts it on herself, noting that he remembered her ring size. HW says he should be the one to put the ring on her finger, but she returns the ring to the box and says he should get a refund.
HW: “Why? You said you wanted to marry me every single time.”
HI: “That’s if I was reborn, but not now.”
She finally tells him that she mistook ES for him the previous night and that’s why she had followed ES.
HI: “I told you that we shouldn’t be together when my illness becomes worse. But that time came sooner than expected.”

She agrees that the sunset made HW look more handsome. She cries that she’s no longer sure he’s HW or if she’s dreaming and cannot make promises to him anymore. We end with tears, but this is later balanced out or juxtaposed with the funny scene over the ring.

HI thinks HW has gone to work and tries on the ring again, noting that it’s just right for her and the type of diamond cut that she likes. HW walks in on her, so she hides her hands behind her in embarrassment.
He has come to take the ring back to return it, and takes the box, not knowing that it’s empty.

She heads to the door first but comes back to return the ring to the box in HW’s hand much to his confusion.
HW stares at HI.
HI: “Why?” She blinks. “What? What is it?”
HW stares at her, eyes big and round.
HI: “I just tried it on. It was a new design. I wanted to study the trends. I can’t slack off just because I’m taking a break. “
HW still looks confused but nods his head: “That’s true.”
HI: “I liked the ring. You know that rings suit me awfully well. You have a good eye. I’ll give you that. But it’s just that. So don’t misinterpret my actions.”
She turns to go but he holds her back: “Are you sure you’ve finished analysing the trends? Maybe study it more.”
HI: “I’m done analysing it. I’ll get going then.”
HW stares after HI and laughs to himself.
HW: “HI, I won’t return it. I’ll leave it where it was before. You need to analyse the trends, so wear it whenever you want.”
HI pounds her pillow and screams into it in embarrassment LOL.

Hi, I can’t read your comments because of spoilers.
I plan to watch this drama, maybe binge-watch after airing.
I’m just here to say this drama is a new record about rating.
More than 20%, what is close to Crash Landing on you, about TvN top rating. 😉

Hi OAL. I hope you’re well.
First, thanks to not give any spoiler. 😉
The drama is on my watching list, but I’m out of time.
Currently, I’m rewatching Signal, to prepare for the soon “signal rewatch”.
I’m in GB-serious-work-on-dramas mode about signal! 🧐
And anything else of my time goes into W season2 rewriting. 🙂