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on vacation! will be back at home this weekend. +2

@partyon ~ I dropped the barf lakorn halfway through ep 1 450

is this drama one of the lower rated ones or was elegant empire faring worse? I keep thinking that if this continues, will KBS also stop producing daily dramas like SBS or TVN?

funny story in the lifestyle section of the newspaper yesterday -- it was about the silly lengths people go for pre-wedding photo shoots. apparently, one influencer wanted some glam pics in some snow covered mountains like a bollywood film. the time they went, there was some sort of blizzard storm and everyone was dressed up in sweaters and coats. they also told her that her outfit makes no sense in this weather and to do the photo shoot in more sensible clothing. while her fiance took the hint, this girl didn't because she wanted pics for her insta. result: the girl got a bit of hypothermia and was in hospital for a few days. she then posted in insta how she almost died to post these pics. what a moron LOL. re: @kokodus 466

we are at ep 16. so drama is 50 eps. generally, these reveals happen pretty late in daily dramas right? so we should look at same timeline. maybe around ep 35 or so Dora will return to her old identity? yea, I can see ML falling in love with Ji Young or being drawn to her and being very confused about his feelings.

I would love if she goes on makjang route where she does not forgive her family and tells her mother to take a hike. but this is a family weekend drama and so we might have the terrible arc of the mother somehow redeeming herself even though she is such a horrible user.

@kboramint ~ Dora jumped on her own accord because she was pushed beyond her breaking point. SML feels guilty because he was the one who set her up by creating that sponsor scandal. At least the SML feels guilty for his actions which is why he keeps seeing her ghost. However, the mom is an awful, awful, awful person. She wanted compensation from SML! Seriously? Even after everything that happened, she gets out of jail and wants a find to way to cash in on Dora's death. She created all these debts, was pushing her daughter to do nude shoot and then sell her off to a rich guy in marriage and she still feels no responsibility for her actions. So in comparison, the mom is the more evil person. Overall, it wasn't just his actions. I feel the mom was the bigger factor in Dora's downfall. So both these two characters are also responsible. But like the actor guy said, everyone likes to throw eggs on celebs when they are down and in that sense, society as a whole is also responsible in the kind of vitirol that gets passed. When Dora regains her memory, she needs to kick the mom to the curb. It is good that the younger brother Do Jun just walked out on this family and rightly told the mother is to blame for Dora's death.

yup. the company has also been bleeding since she took over. she is not good at her job either. it would be better if someone else took over the company in the end.

What is funny is that the actual cause of death is heart attack which is so anti-climatic by this drama. no one got hit by a truck or thrown over a balcony or knifed or pushed down the stairs or lost half her brain or anything. It seems like such an eye roll because Hye Won is the only one with OMG reaction in the room when everyone else is so meh on hearing this same old story over and over.

at least Hye Ji is living as herself with no pretense. whereas Hye Won seems so hypocritical and comes across as really unlikeable. both sisters are alike and yet as audience, we are supposed to pretend that Hye Won is the better sister. please!!!!! facepalm. that would actually be the best ending! kill them both off!

yea, he is far more intriguing than the other two leads who are really just background right now. no idea why those two guys are so team hye won but it is just so meh. it is easy to like this new guy! hahahahha he definitely has so much charisma. am surprised that I haven't seen him as lead in other dramas. maybe it is just the characterization that makes him stand out here? if the writer didn't keep mentioning art MIL's death, we would forget what hye won is even after. right now, the drama is really about money and control. so why pretend that we should care about art MIL's death? anyone who joins team 'good' (HW) pretty much becomes boring whereas team 'bad' (HJ) keep chewing out their scenes with such unpredictable gusto that it is entertaining to watch. for that reason, I want to cheer HJ on!

randomly seeing the latest episode after a gap -- hye won continues to be unlikeable and it is almost satisfying to see her in jail. hahahahha..she still doesn't feel like she is the FL. the other two male leads look like random sidekicks. so who is this new guy helping hye ji? why does he look so much more interesting than chase and goofy laywer?

@maribella ~ overall it was interesting drama enough to keep watching but not good enough to remember. also agree with you that veil drama was far more entertaining. I am sure that I will have no idea what the plot of this drama is if you ask me in a few weeks. like others, my rating is 5.5. basically it was average drama but there were moments where it was really well done. @liyahsbutterfly -- agree with you the music was really good in this drama. one reason, I was also thinking of rating it 6 but then the leads were so meh that I settled on 5.5. especially in the emotional scenes, the music, the cinematography was really top class @UnniSarah ~ I did like the characterization of the villains. for me, serin didn't really get any reaction with me even though I felt the actress did her best and understood her character. just like her parents, she was perennially jealous and blamed others for her misery. so while her graph was well-written, it was just meh for me to watch. I thought Wang Je Guk was the more interesting villain -- smart, conniving and totally shamelessly entitled. he didn't have any moral compass at all. his strongest scenes though with ji hoon -- both the actors chewed out the scenes in their confrontations. there was so much emotion there. in contrast his fight scenes with yohan was so meh. so I liked that both these villains got killed off. he would have never jumped and neither would he have repented in jail. serin on the other hand was backed into a corner and she couldn't face the mirror -- so it made sense that she would indeed jump and also take chairman along for the ride. as for noel touching his hand, it actually made sense to me. these two had a very dysfunctional toxic relationship for years. she fought with dajung for him. as she kept pealing back the layers, she found him a more horrible person but if you saw their fights, it was filled with tears. she didn't hate him as much as she was horrified by who he was. ultimately, they did love each other in a way and those feelings cannot be switched off just like that. her working in the restaurant made no sense. why doesn't she go back to her job as wedding designer??? I liked how they wrapped up for sang cheol, his mom and ji hoon. also serin's mom going mad was the right ending. so final episode in many ways was one of the strongest episode after the extension.. the leads were basically meh. no chemistry and you are supposed to feel bad but nothing. I thought yohan had more good scenes with jihoon.

@partyon ~ apparently there is something known as Keanu Reeves love scam. can't believe people fall for this - facepalm. even when his PR has confirmed the actor has no social media on online presence.... https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/keanu-reeves-scam-colorado-woman-latest-victim-online-dating/ 156

when is this show ending? any ideas? every week I am surprised to see still more episodes...