when Woo Jae and Soo Young went for dinner date with friends, they asked her what's her secret to keep her husband madly in love with her. and the friend said that they were madly in love before marriage but just after 1 year, the passion has died down LOL.then she said there's no secret whatsoever. and then Woo Jae said, maybe it's because he respects her as a person before he sees her as a woman, and that she maintains her pride/dignity at all times.i think that one was an incredibly good tip especially for women. it's extremely important to marry a man who knows how to respect us as a person first, and respect can be quite differently/distinctly manifested if love is taken out of it.also, they began the episode with Sang Woo finding out that Kang Migyeong is the sister of Kang Woo Jae, his sister's husband. so he started having complex about his relationship with her, but he loves her a lot so when she was crying because a patient died on the operation table, he went to look for her and hugged her. what an ideal boyfriend, uwuuu.
one of my most loved relationships to develop: Seo Yeong's father and his son-in-law
Seo Yeong's father saved his son-in-law from the incoming car that was supposed to run him over. and then he fled from the hospital because that's the one his son works at LOL.then Woo Jae still managed to trace him and thanked him politely. gosh i loved that scene. i can see my heart breaking over and over the more their fate unravel because he has become a more polite guy after meeting Seo Yeong LOL.also, breaks my heart to see how stern Sang Woo is with refusing to have his sister linger around him or their father, after she threw them away to marry into the rich family. "i don't like to see that ghostly shadow of yours"."don't let me even see your shadow"."don't even try to find out which hospital i am a resident at after i finish my internship".i guess this is why they say you don't want to hurt a good person because once they get mad, they are hella scary. :/ also the scene when Choi Ho Jong tried to propose Sang Woo and asked him to date her, she was being a little too extravagant with the restaurant preparation LOL. it's awkward as hell because it's the girl doing it for the guy, true enough she was asking for her own heartbreak because she just couldn't let go of him no matter what.i kinda get second-hand embarrassment from her but i also find her to be pitiful because she's either naive or dense LOL.
i cry tears of a river at the scene when the twin siblings cried, WTH it really kills me inside
My goodness. You gotta be kidding me. This is a really heavy-duty melodrama, holy sh*t. The last time i watched something like it was probably Stairway to Heaven (2003).So in one episode, we get:1. Seo Yeong finally relenting to Woo Jae and agreeing to marry him.2. She told Sang Woo her twin bro to continue being her brother despite her lying that her father has died (disowning him).3. Sang Woo refused vehemently and told her to disown him too.4. They have a meal one last time because she told her father that she's going abroad to study.5. The next day, the father came to the wedding because he's hired as a person who fills in guests seat in weddings or funeral LOL. And he saw his daughter being the bride.The crying scenes were truly spectacular between the twin siblings gosh. And karma's payback is really immediate, she's literally caught red handed by her father on the wedding day itself OMG.Incredible. Never would've imagined that the writers would take down the path of family disowning to pursue the story, damn.
the lead couple's individual personalities are dry AF, so is their blooming romance LOL
LOL. Did he already realised that he liked her? i couldn't really immerse myself into this lead couple because her personality is dry AF, just like him LOL (arrogant, confusing, mean and dry as hell). this is literally the first lead couple in any drama i have come across that really bore me to no end.but i like Lee Bo Young so i'm gonna keep watching.also the second couple, her younger brother (Park Hae Jin). seems like he's more interested in the girl who's also a medical student, but the drunk girl who he brought home to sleepover (the one who puked on his shirt) also already confessed to him here and non surprisingly got rejected right away.but the poster annoyingly gave away who he's gonna end up with, so at this juncture, i am not sure if i can even feel invested in both couples LOL.at this rate imma keep watching for both Lee Bo Young and Park Hae Jin, lmao.
Lee Sang Woo-Choi Ho Jung's scenes are so funny HAHAHA!
"So far i can't understand the Main son deal. He seems mature but at the same time acting like a snub. In this case i agree with the male lead father's thinking."//HAHAHA! that girl Choi Ho Jung is so slow-witted/dumb and Park Hae Jin's character is a literal genius (smart-ass, not in an annoying way). i don't know how he'll survive her hahaha!
gahh i ship Lee Sang Woo with the medical student girl :/
LOOOOOOL!!! i didn't expect this episode to be so funny because of the interaction between Park Hae Jin and the girl he saved after being drunk-wasted. the scene when she thought she was kidnapped and offered 10 million dollars on her life was so funny LOL.from the poster seems like this is the girl he'll end up dating gahh, i don't really like this girl because she's spoiled and princess-esy though she's not exactly an arrogant brat. she's just a spoiled rich kid who's not independent LOL.i'd rather him with the other girl who he also randomly met in this episode after saving someone involved in a car accident. the sister of ML who's a medical student just like him. she's charismatic AF.gahh this is gonna be a torture because i am already biased for a different girl. but Park Hae Jin is a whole sexc bae who can literally romance a tree and it'd still be fire LMAO.CAN'T FCKIN BELIEVE I LITERALLY SKIPPED OVER PARK HAE JIN IN CHEESE IN THE TRAP BECAUSE I ONLY SAW BAEK IN HO (SEO KANG JOON), LOL!!! forgive me Lord for i have sinned. XDForest (2020) and Man to Man (2017) were such a lifetime trap because once i saw that genuine smile of his acting comedic scenes, it's game over LOL. no turning back.
fckin incredible, the ending truly surpassed my expectations!
just needed to share this gold comment on a streaming site: "so this is how it ends huh.I've been talking about this in the comment section already but I can't help but do so again as now EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE.So, "the metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka really seems to be the key plot element of this series. Until ep 9 I clinged onto thinking that jongwoo was undergoing a metarmorphosis in the sense that he's going crazy living in the Eden dormitory. I guess I just considered Jongwoo as the innocent, "normal" Jongwoo that we got to know int the first eps. I thought that maybe he would break under this horror and in the end die by killing himself. Just like the protagonist of the book, as he died by starving himself as he didn't want to continue living after undergoing his metarmorphosis.Oh how wrong I was.In the end, Jongwoo did break under the pressure, stress and trauma, however, not his "innocent" side one, but the crazy one. Even though we could still see him fighting his metamorphosis (e.g. when Ji-eun was interrogated she had flashbacks of Jongwoo choking himself: that was literally Jongwoo trying to stop his metamorphosis into a serial killer), he ended up killing all of the people in Eden. Thereby, he became thedentist. That's also why the female police officer ended up seeing an halluzination of the dentist in the elevator, because Jongwoo literally became him.Furthermore, the dentist used to call his murders art. He sincerely considered mudering art, and in some way Jongwoo is continuing this too. He's writing a book about what happend in Eden, but as we've seen the novel really does only consist of the word "die". However, by writing this down in the form a novel he is in some sense creating art.All in all, HE BECAME THE DENTIST.that is my main theory to the ending. Of course, there is the possibility that the dentist killed them all. I mean, he did say when he killed the CEO that he's usually not "this sloppy". There is the possibility that because of Jongwoo, because he "likes" or better "cherishes" him so much as his masterpiece, he became sloppy and killed them all in an amateur like manner. It could be, but I highly doubt that.ALL IN ALL, this drama could be considered a modern day version of "the metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka AND I'M ALL IN FOR IT. Literally the best drama, I've ever watched. And also the actors and actresses did such a great job, especially Im Siwan. Considering that it's his first project after his military service once could think that his acting and facial expressions became rusty BUT NOT AT ALL. I bought him off everything: the scared and helpless and innocent guy and the crazy lunatic. He did maginificent at both of them + he did so well at acting out Jongwoo's metamorphosis. Literally a legend. We stan.As for Lee Dong woo. We all know he's also a kdrama legend, but seeing him pulling a 180 from a sweet lawyer in "touch my heart" to THIS. He truly deserves all his fame we also stan.And for the other actors, especially the guy who played the twins. W O W. EVERYONE DID SO WELLI'm just shook y'all gotta go now wow.
"Whoa!!!! What did i just watched???!!! This is pitch black dark! But it felt familiar...i mean I’ve seen my fair share of crime/thriller/horror stories that i feel like this is a compilation of plots put in one drama ——- it gives me the American Horror Stories vibe....the Norman Bates/Bates Motel vibe.... and some others I can’t name right now..What a bunch of wackos!!! And by the looks of it they all came from a volunteer group...i counted the people in the photo, 13 total minus the old guy without the sash.So, I’m expecting more or less that the group operates even outside that building...What if his gf is one of them? Oohh goosebumps!I hope the lady cop gets to solve and survive this.."//literally, 3 people dead from a single episode, damn WTF. this drama doesn't know how to hold back, sh*t.also, Lee Dong Wook oppa plays a fckin murderer/serial killer?! holy moly.
before the ML goes crazy, i might turn one first LOL. creepy asf!
"I'm questioning my sanity for watching this. Like, man, this might mentally damage me. Lee Dong Wook's sexiness can save me but other than that, man, this surely will"."Siwan + dongwook + hyunwook in one drama yall! Idk but jongwoo's character is somewhat relatable for some reason. His character is such a curious one, such a dangerous type of character. The other tenants are creepy asf. The last scene wherein all of them came out into their room was literally creepy. This is surely gonna be deadly hell out of ride. The pilot episode was already screaming creepiness and mysterious vibes. The stuttering guy having a twin was surprising (for me at least), this is surely gonna cause trouble soon".//YEAH. THIS IS THE KIND OF DRAMAS THAT CREEP THE HELL OUT OF MY EVERY SINGLE CELLS.the first 20 minutes of this episode, we got to see the sad reality of urban poverty. i have seen this issue addressed in documentaries but i think this is the first time i am seeing it in a drama. usually when the genre has a bit of romance, even if the house is worn down, they still managed to make it look clean/pretty. but here everything looks so worn down, tired, creepy as hell and ugly, it was quite a shock for me to watch something like it in a k-drama. in a k-movie, most likely a more common sight.the ML himself seems like someone with trauma issues stuck in a very bad place, so i wonder to what level of crazy is this story going to push it. i am honestly scared for the next.
haha. obviously i don't fare well with this genre at all. i remember when i first watched Train to Busan i was so damn scared with the zombies, but then somehow i managed to program my mind that zombie apocalypse aren't real so i got scared no more when i rewatched it, or Kingdom.likewise when i look at the monsters here, i hardly feel anything. i am always interested almost purely in the acting of the actors who play human though because they are the ones who emote expressions i can relate to, like shock, anger, pain, fear, courage, sadness and etc.so yeah even if i don't know where the story will take me, i wanna watch this for the lead actors.
can you be in a relationship with someone out of pity even if you're unsure if they're trustworthy?
"You know what exactly wrong with this drama ? Connectivity. I find this drama really good and interesting. Even the characters are kinda good too. I like the chemistry between both couples. Even the secrets are fine but when you put everything in one place , i feel like those parts are not connected that well . Because of that, this drama is missing the depth. Its not the bad one but this drama is all over the place. Also there are so many loose ends! But i am going to complete this!!"//was it this episode or the previous one where they opened with the two leads hanging out together being completely happy after successfully reviving Chairman Hwang who collapsed with a heart attack? from that scene to how the scene opened in this episode there was no linking whatsoever. i thought she was still mad at him for being rejecting her at the same time being obsessive? alas, she found out later on that he pretended she was his fiance, so she left his side without telling him. and he thought she was gonna get back with her ex, but he finally found out that it was because of his own lies that sparked her anger, he tried to win her over by asking her to choose him because she understands his pain, even though she's still not sure if she can trust him, and to be his final goal instead so he won't be swayed by the wrong. she finally relented because she knew she already fell in love with him. i mean, that line was so beautiful. i don't think it has been expressed very well in other dramas that a person can choose to be with someone out of pity. even in The Smile Has Left Your Eyes, i remember the leads got together because they simply can't deny their feelings for each other. in this sense, i am saying this drama is adding me new perspective about love/relationships especially uniquely among people with deep trauma/brokenness issues. i mean, you're threading a thin line here, because if you are unlucky or foolishly let your guard down completely, you are in for a damning relationship with a whole manipulative narcissist. i am not sure how deep the trauma and trust issues can be somewhat 'resolved' in the remaining episodes, but i am really hooked. i wanna know where the story will take me.
not sure where the romance between SML and SFL came from, almost out-of-nowhere!
the scene when the SFL embarrassed herself with the turned on mic inside her car that gave away how excited she was when the SML asked her out, haha that was funny as hell.i know a lot of people are mad annoyed at her, i am too especially when the flashback scene of her and the FL was played. they were in PT class in high school, and they fought because she reported the FL for her mistake which annul their team's winning LOL. she's been that kind of a stuck up b*tch since forever, should not have surprised me.for that reason the sudden romance between the SML and SFL seemed very weird and out of place for me. if i was the SML, i would have asked Dr. Yeong Jae to go out with me instead since she's a lot more charming and pretty LMAO. the only legit interaction between SML and SFL that i have seen was when he followed her into the forest, and instead of protecting her, she was adoring and playing with the little snake that came their way LOL (impressive indeed, i admit). but is that a sound basis to like someone? i think the hell not.unless the SML has a hidden motive to be romantically involved with her to manipulate her from investigating his dad's company. that would make his sudden interest on her more believable, but we have only seen him being an upright guy so this is very confusing to me. the SML would have made an interesting love triangle tension with the FL, instead of with her ex that cheated on her for a rich girl. damn, i really hate the ex for he has one of the most punchable faces i have ever seen! also, the scene when the ML was volunteering with the neighbourhood ahjumma to gain some intel about the forest fire 25 years ago. one of the ladies who has weak knees fell. and instead of letting her piggyback him, he carried her on his two arms. i found that to be a rather unusual sight indeed.it was so refreshing to see such an intimate gesture executed towards an older lady, instead of his lady of love.
multiple plot points that made nervous, and which i thought were outstanding!
daebak! the scene when he came to her place because he found spying cams in his house, and then the accidental skinship. he leaned on to her to kiss but stopped and held back, and then he saw her eyes are still closed which means she's consenting so he leaned on again, but then as he was about to do it, she slowly opened her eyes, and he moved his head to her laptop where she was reading his psychiatric report from his Gangwon Hospital visits. then they fought. ironically she did the same thing that she got annoyed at him about, before. when he sponsored the shuttle bus to go from the city hospital to the small town hospital that she works at, without telling her. if not because of the fight, i got nervous thinking they were gonna go all the way, i.e. have sex LOL. both just had a glass of wine and the ambiance is so romantic with outside rain. i do wonder what he was thinking when he pulled back instead of kissing her right away....fast forward to the scene when she was alerted that the villagers may have been drinking contaminated water from the mountain streams that caused their diseases, so she went to the forest to check, but got trapped in a forest fire. which he came to rescue, but blanked out because of his trauma. he's about to pass out from recovering his memory that he caused the entire village to burn down 20 years ago. episode ends. i mean you don't usually see k-dramas do forest fire scenes at all, or base almost the entirety of their story in a pristine forested area that looks absolutely magnificent on camera. i find this drama to be incredibly gorgeous and original and i am thoroughly enjoying it!
woah, daebak! now i know what really hooked me to this drama. this drama actually gives me the feels of DOTS, though executed with less 'cheese'. in fact i think all those people who criticized DOTS for being one that's too cheesy would appreciate this drama very much.like the ML in DOTS who's a special force military captain, the ML here works in an elite air force fire rescue squad. FL in both dramas are both doctors, and like DOTS that based its location in Uruk, in this drama they uses the Miryeong Forest as the location to contextualize and base the story on.i think this drama would've benefited from a better poster (and great OST), like the ML should be in his official work uniform. but maybe that's a spoiler on its own (as you can read from the drama description - i didn't read beforehand).i think i'll really end up looking over this drama favourably. the lead couple chemistry here is as good as the one in DOTS.
wow so the ML is a cutthroat businessman who's willing to go hell and back to protect his business interest? i mean not exactly in an evil way, but now he's trying to be one of the officers at the special rescue team in Miryeong Forest because he wants to build a resort there LOL and he can only achieve his goal by relocating that rescue team somewhere else.i mean... what a story. and it's not like the writers will let him loose by letting him do whatever, they're already thinking of his character development by the end of it all. I AM HOOKED!Park Hae Jin is so buff here LOL under that suit, he kinda scares me (in a good way, lmao).