 Kang-hyuk's half-brother; is that his father's son? His Japanese father's son? If so, what is he doing here? Is his half-brother also half-Korean because that's stretching the boundaries of believability? Or did Kang-hyuk's mother have another son by yet another man? Which is totally fine, mind you. Just confusing me for me.
I have to agree with a lot of Lah's statement, sans the yelling (but I did work a 12-hr shift on top of a 3-hr meeting, so maybe I just don't have the energy).
To me, this episode had the same feel as the 13th episode of Secret Garden - not a lot to really move the story arc along, the female still wavering this close to the end of the story, a little forced skinship (although Eun Bi is clearly much better at making her unhappiness known than Ra Im). The whole "can I like him if he's rich".
I agree that Chi Soo is farther along maturity-wise than Joo Won at this juncture, but please please please scriptwriters, stopping bogging us down and get on with it!
Your feelings, Lahlita one, you hide them well.

Hahahaha. I don't think I've ever really seen Lahlita lose it so bad like this. But I can say as a person I can understand Eunbi's predicament. Where does her heart lie? Will it be the devilishly dashing Cameron who makes her heart boil over and fans the fire in her loins (er, um)? Or will it be the kindhearted and dear Gad who is mature beyond all reason? It's tough to make a choice that you will have to live with for the rest of your life. Matters of the heart is not always about nosediving into the unknown. It's about taking care and waiting for love to come softly.
But as a viewer? It IS quite frustrating. This drama is ending soon and there's no resolution anywhere in sight. ARGH! It's sad watching Panda go through this though. Which is another reason to be frustrated. A heart will hurt more if it holds on to false hope for too long.
meh... I disagree. Eunbi is definitely stringing them both along for a couple of episodes already. Dating both is never a good idea. Never.
Why do dramas believe they need triangles? They're not Twilight forchristssake. I think some of them have more than enough story to be engaging and have cliffhangers all without the love triangles. But noooo. LeSigh. I don't even...
That's why ultimately I said I agree with Lahlita. That this is frustrating to see this go on when Eunbi should just make up her damn mind. Stop hurting my Panda gorramit.
"Jesus Christ on a CAVALRY CRACKER" --- love it.
Yeah, it's definitely spinning its wheels a bit. If the format can derail a drama so awesome as this, it's one more tick on the side of the j-drama format. Come oooon, Korea! Also, I still love it, but it would be helpful if they had conversations relating to each other, rather than about why they can't step out of their societal levels.
 On one hand it's somehow endearing, but on the other, UUUUUUUUUGH.
Psst. "misogynistic door-removing" is actually very consistent with the character. He's self-appointed himself a husband who's supposedly "taking care" of Eunbi by trying to take over her agency because he obviously knows best. I'm afraid Panda-lovers will hate on me into the next year, but truth is Kanghyuk is one of the more chauvinistic characters I've seen recently. And, he's supposedly mature AND allegedly a good guy. Which just makes me mad. He's NOT a good guy. He's patronizing and self-important and misogynistic and his general attitude towards women is abhorrent. Worse even, it is glorified in a way by the show, making him a sort of role model for Chisoo. Seriously? Seriously??
Seriously :D. Take the "women" part of your statement put "people" and you get ChiSoo. Is it any better?
And actually, KH wasn't really shown around women to call him a misoginist - he usually interacts with (flower)boys.
And please believe me, as much as I love Kang Hyuk, I DO NOT hate you ;) cheers!
OK. So Chisoo is a kid. He needs educating. Not that adults don't need that, but when you're 30, being ignorant about your own privilege and sexism is that much worse, yano. I don't mind when a guy who's barely legal is not all that aware of the workings in the society, because he's not been exposed to it much. I do mind when ignorance is being claimed by adults as an excuse, but even more so, I mind when nobody even bothers with an excuse and sexist behavior is written as "proper" and "right" and something to strive for.
Plus, it's the way writers choose to paint their characters. I mean, they basically scream how horrible Chisoo's privilege is (which isn't wrong, obv, and I'm in total support of his learning a lesson or a hundred about how to treat people), but they're not penalizing KH for his misogyny. They're not addressing it at all. They actually make it look like it's so normal it's not even a problem at all.
And the sole act of calling Eunbi wifey and then how he moved himself into her house and just basically took over the role of the patriarch is more than enough proof of his sexism. I mean, sure, strip all agency from the woman and choose to be her "husband" before you've even talked to her once. Make all decisions for her, tell her where to work and how to deal with her life and what is the right way to operate. It's cool with us womenfolk. We don't like to make our own choices at all. Menfolk are so much better equipped to run our family business and they know what to do with our legacy better than us. Ugh.
 I actually kind of like you, although I don't even know you=).  Even if the show is just entertainment media with not much value beyond that. I know I shouldn't expect it from a romcom, but it's also kind of horrible that these romcoms give the next generation of girls expectations and ideas, kind of like Disney and Buffy and Star Wars did to me.  Sorry.
No, CoffeeWithCinnamon( |||IP_ADDRESS|||.1)! Don't be quiet! That's a really great comment. You have a point, aardvarksmile, but I think CWC wins this one. Although Chi-soo with his tackling is not kosher either.
Anyway, I think it's totally on topic. If we don't expect gender equality from our pop culture, we can't expect it in life. It's a mutually perpetuating cycle. You've done a good job of articulating the vague unease I've gotten from Kang-hyuk, so great job. I'm still able to enjoy the drama, but like lots of things, I have to turn that part of my brain way down, which is a bummer.
Agreed, CoffeeWithCinnamon. I may fangirl over Lee Ki Woo's hotness, but his character rubs off all wrong. It's as if he EXPECTS Eunbi to come to like him, out of nowhere.  Or how he even knows her?
To me, all he seems to do is infantalize her. Chisoo's bothering her? Oh, I'll take care of it - even though she hasn't asked for help. And the fact he broke them apart makes it even more mind-boggling. She's an adult who hasn't claimed that she's dating either one of them so where does he get off telling Chisoo off for the exact same thing he's doing? It may not be physical and straightforward like Chisoo, but the whole "Nice Imma-Protect-The-Chick Guy" passive-aggressive schtick comes off even worse IMO.
And yeah, Chisoo is a kid - a kid who grew up living in an office skyscraper for heaven's sake. He's bound to get a few things wrong. Kanghyuk The Amazing Adult is presented as an all-around awesome dude. But, no. No guy who takes the door off a woman's hinges out of pure jealousy is awesome in any way or form.
To be honest, I wish he wasn't the love interest. He's interesting as a weird dad-figure - I feel like the more chauvinistic points of his personality come out when Eunbi's presented as his "wife".
BTW where'd all his quirkiness go to?? That was one of the best parts of the show!
Oh, I agree that it's consistent with the character, but I don't have to agree with the action. I don't think he's quuuuite as bad as you're saying, but he's definitely got some issues.
Yeah, the door removing was kinda WTF for me as well. If someone tried to do that to me I would be seriously pissed.
It's like, what gives you the right to strip away my privacy just b