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@mademoiselle Thanks for the video! Taeseong ah~!! Hahaha... I think I shall look forward to when he gets the leading roles. I really liked him in the show. I wish he had more scenes and they made something more of him being the first one that Sol liked and how that changed him too. I still don't like it that if Taeseong was so integral in their relationship, he didn't get the flood of memories too like Sunjae did. I agree too about the not-watching-shows-once-the-leads-date-and-break-up... I have to say, I was really rooting for Song-Song back then, and now I can't say I like Song Joongki at all...

I must be the only one who enjoyed this show for the emotional break from Queen of Tears, but I'm not totally drawn into the story. I reckon cos I felt it could be a lot "smarter" than it turned out in the end. I still feel there were too many wasted scenes where we just spent unnecessary time on Sol's brother and bestie/SIL - I still don't really know the value of the characters except to be time fillers. Some of the push-and-pull hide-my-face-from-you type of scenes also felt like time fillers. I felt the characters had a lot more growth potential which did not come through. My vote's still for Taeseong. hahaha... I reckon the ending wasn't too bad. At least there was no getting killed for Sol 50 years later... hahahaha... But to have those loops only for the guy to have been rammed by a truck into the river... I'm like, huh? I don't even know by the 4th loop why he was still seemingly going to be the cause of Sunjae's death once again - did he attempt to kill/abduct Sol in this time iteration too? The various iterations also culminating in a crash of memories for Sunjae but not for the others also seemed odd to me. Why does only Sunjae get that flood of memories? But yes, scientific logic is not their strongest suit. Anyway, it was an enjoyable drama while it lasted. Now, what's the next watch?

I haven’t watched the last episode yet so am avoiding reading anything that could be a spoiler, but just wanted to say while I like the pairing of the main leads, my heart goes out to Taeseong. Hahaha… I also feel his character - while he saw sudden tremendous growth in the final time loop - was one which potential was not fully tapped. I wish the growths through each iteration of who he fundamentally is could have been better explored. Blame it on the poor management of time travel logic which kdramas tend to have, though I have to say they’re generally getting better.

Don’t think it works on the iPad though…

@mademoiselle @Alice Wonderland I can’t find subbed versions of the special episodes… ):

@abs-oluteM I’m finding this show so boring aim just reading your summaries. 😅 Just thinking though - the Hagwon industry seems so vicious. If you’re focusing on the number of students as opposed to the teaching and learning, all will go down the drain. At least, that’s my perspective of teaching. So easy to get caught up in the rat race, and parents really contribute significantly to it. I remember years ago I was given the opportunity to join such an education centre locally. The founders seemed nice, and the philosophy of the organisation seemed sound, but I couldn’t bring myself to teach in a hagwon-type “school”. Hot housing students academically is just so against my own educational philosophy.

At this point I think I wanna root for Taeseong instead. Hahaha…

Aiyoh. This is me now. I just finished watching last night’s episode and I’m like, huh? So what happened? The part we didn’t see was her 4th attempt to go back in time and this time she totally prevents the first encounter? So the present day Taeseong also has no idea too about her time travels. How does the watch do a countdown then? 3:00, 2:00, 1:00, and 0:30?

I like the story but I wish the scenes weren’t so draggy. And while I think the entire premise of the plot is that he died for her, I have to say that I didn’t like how this was portrayed in the very first instance where he committed suicide because he felt that “sorry-ness” or regret that in their first timeline, he had to live through that unrequited love from her. That just doesn’t seem to gel with all other instances where he died because he was trying to keep her safe. Another thing I wish weren’t quite written the way it is - why is it that her memories of the different timelines don’t “update” in her past selves? As in, when she gets thrown back into the past, her “self” in the “now” brings memories and knowledge of the most immediate future with her, but when she disappears and returns to 2023, the past self has no memory of her involvement for that period of time. So basically in the most current episode, her 2023 self in her 2009 version is dating Sunjae, but when she returns to 2023, the 2009 version at that point will suddenly lose memories of her interference for the last 2 months. So essentially, the question to arrive at in 2023 will be, did they actually date since 2009 or not?

Did the detective die??

@mademoiselle I’m caught up and here. So far, am finding this just an easy to watch drama. Not the most exciting with lots of clichéd scenes. I thought the push pull between the leads was dragged out for far too long. Koreans are still really enjoying the time travel bits in their stories. And the murderer is after both of them now? How is he let out only after 15 years??

No special episodes on Netflix ya? Sadz

@mademoiselle Ah… the old man she spoke about at their honeymoon. I thought there was an earlier scene of supernatural reference to the future… I think the ending was meant to have some poetic link back to their start in “the happiest place” at the very beginning of their married life together. However, I personally didn’t like it - didn’t think it necessary to let us know that she lived another 50 years into the future (which seemed to look a lot like our present, something that feels therefore unreal to me). That she was buried all the way in Germany also seemed very odd and highly unlikely unless that was where they moved to in retirement. I dunno. I’d rather have that freedom to imagine their future, to whichever end it would take. If they felt compelled to bring us into the future, I think it would have been more meaningful to let us know that she either recovered some part of her memories, or that she chose to develop a new but equally loving relationship with Hyunwoo, confirming her “I will fall in love with you over and over again” profession. And the matter of Eunseong’s end. How does he degenerate into such an obsession from being a cool and presumable intelligent investor? Didn’t seem quite in keeping with the initial character presented to us. Would’ve made more sense if he were calculative and scheming to the end, but finally outwitted by Hyunwoo’s smarts. It would’ve been more satisfying an end to have his dishonesty thrown into the hands of justice than to be shot dead by a SWAT team. Seemed too easy a death for him. As for the other side characters, I reckon their round up was just very simple and neat. I just wish there were more scenes about how both families became better for the time they shared together, with more family gatherings and the lack of airs from the Hongs. Again, the ending was happy but not satisfying. Not for me anyway.

Sweet ending, but I'm not sure I liked how they chose to wrap the story up? @abs-oluteM When did Haein see the old man in Germany? I forget.

I hope they leave enough time for some couple time still. It feels like there’s still so much left to tie up in the final 1.5 hours. - the case of fraud by Eunseung in the illegal take over - murder charges for being an accomplice in the murder of the land/property agent - Soocheoul and Dahye: he was so badly hurt and there was an attempted kidnap on her - Grace: so whose side has she been ultimately on? For a moment I was afraid she would swipe the parcel from Germany to Haein - the poisoning of grandpa: will anyone finally find the hidden camera in the painting? - Aunt Beomja’s love life: does she move to Yeongduri in the end? - whatever happened to the eldest Uncle? Wasn’t there some mention of an attempt by him to takeover as Chairman from Eunseong? - Eunseong’s and mum’s own feud - what a twisted family, more twisted than the Hong’s were to begin with! And did Haein recover her memories? When she was reading her own diary entries, did she actually remember Hyunwoo? Or was it the distress of reading her own words and realising she’s been duped by Eunseong that made her cry? And how creepy is Eunseong to have placed a tracker on her without her knowledge. Quick, after tonight I’m dramaless! What’s good to watch next? @mademoiselle hwelp!