K.D. Wagner
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I suspect that this issue will come back to plague their relationship as it continues to develop in the present timeline. It will be interesting to see how each will handle the problem now that many years have passed between their first fight over the issue.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I suspect that this issue will come back to plague their relationship as it continues to develop in the present timeline. It will be interesting to see how each will handle the problem now that many years have passed between their first fight over the issue.
Here, we see Ji-an make the same choice as Gyeong-do did the previous episode to avoid facing uncomfortable facts about their relationship.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Here, we see Ji-an make the same choice as Gyeong-do did the previous episode to avoid facing uncomfortable facts about their relationship.
Rather than having a frank discussion with him about her concerns, however, she decides to run away to study in New York, a choice she had previously delayed to stay close to Gyeong-do.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Rather than having a frank discussion with him about her concerns, however, she decides to run away to study in New York, a choice she had previously delayed to stay close to Gyeong-do.
This plants a seed of doubt in Ji-an about whether her wealth and privilege create an insurmountable wall between herself and Gyeong-do.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This plants a seed of doubt in Ji-an about whether her wealth and privilege create an insurmountable wall between herself and Gyeong-do.
When Ji-an asks why he insists on taking her for pork cutlets instead of the typical tteokbokki, he admits that her gifted shirt made him feel pressured into "meeting her level" of spending.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
When Ji-an asks why he insists on taking her for pork cutlets instead of the typical tteokbokki, he admits that her gifted shirt made him feel pressured into "meeting her level" of spending.
He grows self-conscious about the wealth difference between himself and Ji-an. When she visits his neighborhood, he tries to steer her towards a nicer restaurant because he's saved up and borrowed some money to take her there as a special treat.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
He grows self-conscious about the wealth difference between himself and Ji-an. When she visits his neighborhood, he tries to steer her towards a nicer restaurant because he's saved up and borrowed some money to take her there as a special treat.
We see Ji-An buy Gyeong-do a nice shirt from a luxury clothing store. He brings the shirt home, and upon seeing his mother working on the household budget, realizes that the shirt his girlfriend bought for him on a whim costs the same as his mother's monthly income.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We see Ji-An buy Gyeong-do a nice shirt from a luxury clothing store. He brings the shirt home, and upon seeing his mother working on the household budget, realizes that the shirt his girlfriend bought for him on a whim costs the same as his mother's monthly income.
This dilemma appear again in the fourth episode flashback.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This dilemma appear again in the fourth episode flashback.
We are left with the impression that Gyeong-do feels out of place presenting himself as the boyfriend of someone who comes from a higher class than he does.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We are left with the impression that Gyeong-do feels out of place presenting himself as the boyfriend of someone who comes from a higher class than he does.
Indeed, the mother, sensing that there is something more between her daughter and this part-time hotel worker, asks that a different server attend the remainder of the family's VIP dinner.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Indeed, the mother, sensing that there is something more between her daughter and this part-time hotel worker, asks that a different server attend the remainder of the family's VIP dinner.
We clearly see the disappointment in her face at what she sees as his cowardice, though he would frame it as saving her face by hiding their relationship from a disapproving mother.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We clearly see the disappointment in her face at what she sees as his cowardice, though he would frame it as saving her face by hiding their relationship from a disapproving mother.
We then arrive atr the crucial moment. When Ji-an's mother asks who Gyeong-do is, Ji-an looks ready to confess that he is her boyfriend, but before she can speak, Gyeong-do interrupts to claim that he and Ji-an are just friends of friends.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We then arrive atr the crucial moment. When Ji-an's mother asks who Gyeong-do is, Ji-an looks ready to confess that he is her boyfriend, but before she can speak, Gyeong-do interrupts to claim that he and Ji-an are just friends of friends.
He awkwardly serves the family before leaving the room. A short time later, Ji-an and her sister come up with an excuse for Ji-an to leave and find Gyeong-do. When Ji-an's mother searches for her, she sees her daughter talking to Gyeong-do.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
He awkwardly serves the family before leaving the room. A short time later, Ji-an and her sister come up with an excuse for Ji-an to leave and find Gyeong-do. When Ji-an's mother searches for her, she sees her daughter talking to Gyeong-do.
In the third episode flashback, PSJ's character, Lee Gyeong-do, is working as a server at a fancy hotel on the day the family of Seo Ji-woo, played by Won Ji-an, is dining in the hotel's VIP room. Ji-an doesn't know about Gyeong-do's job, and he doesn't know that she comes from a rich family.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
In the third episode flashback, PSJ's character, Lee Gyeong-do, is working as a server at a fancy hotel on the day the family of Seo Ji-woo, played by Won Ji-an, is dining in the hotel's VIP room. Ji-an doesn't know about Gyeong-do's job, and he doesn't know that she comes from a rich family.
We already know what doomed this couple's young first try at a relationship: their unequal socioeconomic backgrounds - is revealed in two flashbacks.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We already know what doomed this couple's young first try at a relationship: their unequal socioeconomic backgrounds - is revealed in two flashbacks.
We're only four episodes in, and already there have been a few good crying scenes. I fully anticipate more to come as these two work through their messy relationship history to hopefully build something that can last into the future.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
We're only four episodes in, and already there have been a few good crying scenes. I fully anticipate more to come as these two work through their messy relationship history to hopefully build something that can last into the future.
The drama stars Park Seo-joon, who I recognize from #FightMyWay and #Witch'sLove, and Won Ji-An, who is new to me. The two have good chemistry together, and Won Ji-an's character is an interesting spin on the classic emotionally deprived chaebol princess character.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The drama stars Park Seo-joon, who I recognize from #FightMyWay and #Witch'sLove, and Won Ji-An, who is new to me. The two have good chemistry together, and Won Ji-an's character is an interesting spin on the classic emotionally deprived chaebol princess character.
On top of that, the main couple's first meeting happens in college, not in high school or earlier, which immediately distinguishes it from a lot of other k-dramas I've watched with this trope.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
On top of that, the main couple's first meeting happens in college, not in high school or earlier, which immediately distinguishes it from a lot of other k-dramas I've watched with this trope.
I was initially hesitant to start it because the premise made it seem like just another second-chance romance k-drama, but that was until I realized that this was actually a third-chance romance.
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I was initially hesitant to start it because the premise made it seem like just another second-chance romance k-drama, but that was until I realized that this was actually a third-chance romance.
While I loath #AmazonPrimeVideo for its lackluster subtitles, placing ad-free watching behind a higher tier, and poor k-drama selection, I have enjoyed the first four episodes of this melodrama.
*spoilers*
*spoilers*
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
While I loath #AmazonPrimeVideo for its lackluster subtitles, placing ad-free watching behind a higher tier, and poor k-drama selection, I have enjoyed the first four episodes of this melodrama.
*spoilers*
*spoilers*