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LIVER showed up at BRAIN's biopsy appointment and I have never launched a ship with greater speed and dispatch. What Actress? What Captain?
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BRAIN asks LIVER, "Do you treat yourself to anything?"
"I enjoy eating a meal or having coffee with you."
He delivers a small answer but a steady look. Sensing the seriousness of his light words, she looks everywhere but at him.
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The confession and kiss needed to be epic after such a long wait, but it's intimate, too, the rain closing this couple off from the bustle of the hospital and demands of home. His thumbs bounce against her cheeks. Well done, us.
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The thing about CROCS and KIDS is that they both have the sweetest smiles. CROCS's is more rare but when they come out, the wattage is enough to level whole villages.
Is it my life's mission to get more people to watch this show? It is now.
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She's never been kissed and she's in love with a man who wants nothing to do with her and has plans to become a priest.
This show has everything.
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"Professor...Ahn. Professor...Ahn...I...I like you. I'm sorry. Why am I crying? Sorry. I'm sorry."
CROCS, my sweet bunny, you are a giant of emotional courage. Though shaking like a leaf, KIDS has to realize she's been braver than he has been.
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Rewatching EP11 because that's my full-time job now, I guess. In the car, LIVER has never been quiet this long in his life. It looks like he's exhausted every kind of small talk and literally the next words on his tongue are "I love you forever".
Such is my love for
#F4Thailand
that I spent the duration of the magic show envying these garish leisure suits (with actual tigers on them!). Thyme has changed me forever.
#LasVegas
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It's late. Husband is literally snoring next to me. I'm going to stay up for a few hours and stew about BRAINS declining LIVER's veiled confession. She doesn't know how deep it goes with him. She stopped hoping a long time ago. She's FINE.
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"If your feelings for me haven't changed, how about we..." He gives her the tiniest pair of nods, encouraging her in her bravery. ("You can do it, BRAIN. I'm in your corner. I always have been.") "...start seeing each other?" She squeezes her eyes tight.
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As I gather the wreckage of my day, I'll just say that I'm not mad it took so long for them to come to the point. The stakes between them are unfathomable. There is no Plan B. There is no "Let's just see how it goes". There is IN or OUT. That's it.
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Dear Show,
Brilliant of you to have two characters caught kissing in the hospital stairwell! Sadly, they were the wrong characters.❄️🌿Please rectify with reshoots or a third season, etc. etc.
Sincerely,
Keira in Portland who is Obsessed
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The child actor playing LIVER's son is really engaging.
Also, the image of him curled up asleep on the hospital bed next to BRAIN when his dad had to perform surgery as Darth Vader has been living rent free in my head. She'll be a good step-mom.
My hot take is that people are hungry for sincere and earnest love stories (regardless of spice level) involving grown-up people.
They shouldn't be siloed into YA because they aren't a sign of naivete or immaturity.
This is why Asian dramas are murdering the rest of the world.
The pacing. Can we talk about the pacing? 24 very, VERY long episodes, juggling a massive cast and complicated storylines... I was not bored. I was not checking the clock. I did not have to struggle to get through any episodes.
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"Ik-Joon never likes a girl first."
LIVER, albeit with dumb hair, had a birthday present for BRAIN!
You Guys. This friend group is the best. LADY-PARTS was too valuable to lose and that's just--
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The first cup of coffee sitting on the hood of her car was because they were friends. The second cup of coffee was because he goes home every night, closes his eyes, and can't stop thinking about her, no matter what she said about remaining as they are.
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"Who care what her family does. I'm just grateful that my 40-year-old son has finally got a girlfriend!"
Rosa serving smug satisfaction. Man, I love her.
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LIVER can't hug BRAIN. She hasn't given him permission to cross that boundary. But let's not pretend it wasn't a massive sacrifice to walk away.
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She begins and, though he's often full of words and antics to ease the atmosphere, he let's her have the whole floor for her whole speech, even obeying her stage directions. He can't afford to get this wrong, to misunderstand, to assume more than she's offering.
That's a wrap tonight. I'm traveling across 2 states tomorrow to drop a kiddo at college. Pray the roads are clear and I'll see you in a few days when I make the trip back. This show is so so so great.
I started Hotel Del Luna because of my sister's recommendation and after My Mister, I'll give IU a shot in anything.
Her face can look modern, at home in historical settings, and, though dainty, I ALWAYS buy her as a capable, cold-blooded assassin.
*LIVER and BRAIN rushing through the morning routine, grabbing badges and backpacks. LIVER scoops his son's hand in his to run out the door but U-ju won't budge. "Today is eomma-BRAIN's turn."
She takes his hand. He says, "And your turn to sing me a lullaby tonight, too."
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In my mental fanfic, KIDS shelled the snowcrab for CROCS and then kissed her so thoroughly that he sent himself into anaphylactic shock...and THAT'S how the hospital staff find out about them.
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LIVER wandered in with a smile. BRAIN looked up and smiled. He tipped his head. She nodded and closed her book.
She thought he was asking her to get food. He was asking her to walk with him for all eternity. An easy thing to mistake.
Okay, here are some thoughts on
#TheKingEternalMonarch
. I liked it WAY, WAY more than I thought I would even if I felt like I was juggling too many balls and didn't follow everything on the first watch.
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Anyone can see how much CROCS and KIDS are into each other--even his mother from halfway across the courtyard.
I note Rosa's laughing delight. Her pivot to strategy. The sparkle in her eyes.
There is nothing like a Plotting Widow.
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My heart is full. What an absolutely amazing ride. The friendships among the 5 were stellar--each of them the most excellent doctor in their field, but all of them so different.
hitting the replay for a fuller picture.
*I am not bored of anyone's story. There isn't a member of the main ensemble cast I don't love. Think about how many threads and stories that comprises. Stellar work for the writers and cast.
*The camera is doing some amazing work too.
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❄️🌿 is such a satisfying ship. The hot Romantic Resident the best ingredient to toss into KIDS's Jealousy Stew, the other doctors busily stirring the pot.
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LADY-PARTS giving a deep, delighted belly laugh when he finally believes BRAIN and LIVER are dating, is so wonderful--effusively telling her how happy he is for them. He's amazing in this whole scene and I want a whole extra season of him!
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Recognizing that "He has an angelic personality and loves all mankind but he's always an a#
@hole
to ME" is most particularly my jam.
I am loving the dynamic between KIDS and the GS resident.
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I see the way LIVER managed to smile as soon as your name was said. I see how your hand slips into his in a "I am not checking your pulse" way.
ER doc, with a keen eye for details, sees it too.
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LIVER and BRAIN are sharing stick coffee. Let's fire up the Lovelorn General Surgeon to Lingua Franca Translator.
"If it's from you, I don't care what it is."="Will your gift include passionate kissing? Hope so."
FINALLY, (some spoilers here of what didn't happen, not what did), WOULD IT KILL KOREAN CINEMA TO GIVE ME A FREAKING WEDDING? ESPECIALLY HERE. I NEED THE KINGDOM OF COREA LOSING ITS COLLECTIVE MIND ABOUT THEIR NEW QUEEN. You should watch this. The end.
#thekingtheeternalmonarch
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After an evening of easy camaraderie, BRAIN zips herself into her tent for bed. LIVER looks into the fire, into the night sky, and into his beer, wondering how long he can keep going like this.
The interview where Shin PD talks about how S1 of
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was about giving ❄️🌿a happy ending but S2 was meant to show them "getting stronger as a couple" is living rent free in my head. The Western arc is "Break them up. Start from scratch."
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KIDS and CROCS in the same room at the end of Season One. Imma need a second.
I can never watch this again for the first time and I am feeling it.
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I've deliberately avoided finding out if the actors were musically trained before the show or if they were trained for the show. Doesn't matter though. I can't imagine finding a better actor for each of the main leads or that musical training tipped the scales.
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LIVER confessed, pausing before he finished the words that would dig them out of their precious decades-long friendship.
Bless him for wearing a suit and giving her time to absorb the shock. How am I feeling about all of it?
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"There's someone I want to tell first."
I mean. It was only a matter of time, CROCS. I saw him pacing outside the ER, racked with indecision. But no more.
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"I want to...stay by his side."
BRAIN needs a hug. She is bouncing all over the professional spectrum tonight. These aren't the cool, clinical words of a surgeon at her job.
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BRAIN laying down the law at the McDonald's drive thru like a suburban mom with a car full of rowdy boys with muddy cleats who want to touch each other with booger fingers.
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...but frustrated, too.
Here is where she discovers she definitely wants more than friendship.
Here is where she discovers she will have to make the first move.
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For someone as right with the Lord as he tries to be, you can bet he reviews his sins each week and goes to confession.
I promise you that he's asked himself why so many of his sins seem to revolve around her.
I got a friend to try Love Between Fairy and Devil with all kinds of caveats about "just deal with her voice for the first while".
Reader, she replied days later telling me this love is like cocaine.
I won another one for the team.
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LIVER saw three inches of BRAIN's lower back as she changed into her scrubs and his utter look of confusion is that of a man whose dormant libido just clocked him upside the head.
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Wait a minute. We have been assured that KIDS will take anyone out to dinner if they ask. CROCS asked!
Him: "Sure, let's bring the whole gang."
Her: "No, just you and me and definitely not my denim shirt."
Him: "I'm busy."
CROCS, my sweet puppy.
I also want to offer a profound thanks to the
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fandom who have fed me on BTS videos, cast extras, and meaningful emojis (❄️🌿) through the duration of this watch. You all have been so charming and welcoming.
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Kim Jun who plays U-ju is that rare child actor you're delighted to see show up in a scene. I wish we had more of him this season but I'll take what we got, gladly.
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BRAIN jumps a puddle with LIVER. A childish pastime, ending in holding his hand. He doesn't let the moment linger but points out more hurdles on their way. She looks after him for a long while...
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LIVER: Looking up, down, side to side, at the sunroof, at the window, at the control panel, terrified his Friendly Toolkit is about to run out
BRAIN: Dead still, gathering her resolve.
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She expected him to want to stay with her and hold her hand, discovering that she wanted to hold his hand. Touched, maybe, that he doesn't take advantage of her spontaneous moment...
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I want to see everything Kim Dae-myung is in and hope he's cast as a romantic lead in more things. His low-key intensity is bringing it.
LADY-PARTS is a role that requires him to be a bit of a holy fool--half wise, half dull--and he walks such a great line.
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Talks about his kid, runs out for coffee, tries to start the car, "Do you want the radio on?"...
He is giving her as many exit points as it is possible to give.
I can't breathe.
KIDS gathers the Avengers to break the news that he and CROCS have been making out in the hospital linen closets for a month. His half smile is terrifyingly powerful.
BRAIN dabs LIVER with a napkin.
LADY-PARTS nibbles on his strawberry.
This show knows what I like.
We underestimate how difficult it is to reproduce effortless charm. Like, Cary Grant and Tom Hanks and
#LeeMinHo
might be low-key "being themselves" in some films, but that is a rare, rare quality, let's not kid ourselves.
Listen, I would watch The Idea of You. I really would. But I'm in a long-term, committed relationship with another pop idol just tryna get with his girl.🤷♀️🤷♀️
#LovelyRunner
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I appreciate this card game for being easy to follow and giving LIVER and BRAIN a chance to look into one another's eyes.
That they are on the same bed has not escaped my notice.
Has it been long enough for me to admit that the point of The Red Sleeve (that the FL's freedom, autonomy, and sisterhood were more important than being a concubine) was undermined because Junho was TOO hot?
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The "friend to everyone" montage as LIVER escorts BRAIN to her meal/eternity, may as well have been backed up with a chorus line holding flashing neon signs reading, "He's the one", "We vouch for him", "LIVER reigns", etc.
I love seeing Jung Young-Joo in everything she's in. She always plays a great mom. I am a mom. I am very mom-positive and Kdrama is pretty good about writing moms in every flavor. But look at this woman. Stop giving her bangs and go let her kiss or murder someone.
#LovelyRunner
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*One of my favorite scenes continues to be the spin-the-bottle soju showdown. All that scene needed to do was hint that LIVER liked or had liked BRAIN but it did so much more.
*Captain Hotness. I'm rooting for him to find someone.
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Flashback: "I can't go out with you, my dear friend, on my birthday because I asked to have dinner with a random stranger."
When BRAIN loses her composure with every step up the stairs, I am losing mine!😭😭
*The way CROCS smiles when she recognizes KIDS is in the elevator alone.
*The way KIDS didn't have his way with her lips.
*The way HEART squeezes onto the elevator standing as far from the lovebirds as possible.
Because I am ridiculous, some things I wish we got:
*The hospital finds out about KIDS & CROCS. I want to see the grapevine and the gossip and everyone looking for clues from the professional way CROCS follows KIDS on rounds. No one believes until someone catches them kissing.
*Going forward, I'm worried about HEART's returned ring, LADY-PARTS's ex-wife ruining DEWY's slow-rolling invasion of LP's heart, and BRAIN's slipped disc.
*I love this show. My friend who recommended it has exquisite taste in all things and she nailed it.
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*Me slapping your shoulder and shaking your arm*
LADY-PARTS lifted the arm rest!! (Literally removing the barrier between their two hearts.)
Their first date awkwardness is an abundance of joy and confusion.
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There's something extra great about CROCS wearing her "fall" uniform with the denim shirt while waiting for her hot date. KIDS has to know she's not even trying to make him jealous, but, as she drives off with a Plausible Dating Prospect, he is stunned.
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General Surgery Resident needs a nickname. Having someone find out about her crush when she looks so terrible...Girlfriend has been through enough. I will call her CROCS for the act of heroism she performed when she kicked them off to chase the child abuser.
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...My sweet summer peach started the series hardly looking anyone in the eye. AND NOW WE KNOW WHY.
*But she trusts KIDS entirely and you can see her blossom in a relationship of sweetness and consideration.
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But ❄️🌿 had plenty of obstacles in their path and it was wildly refreshing to see characters hold onto each other and figure out how to overcome them together. That's realistic too, you know. It happens everyday.
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If he opens his mouth a millimeter, "I love you forever" is going to fall out. It's pressing on the back of his teeth. You can see panic and tension on his face as he desperately prays for the silence to be broken.
@AITA_reddit
One Brian is my bio brother, the other is adopted. One Rebecca is adopted and (after my mom passed) one Rebecca is step. We call them Brian Keith, Brian Neal, Rebecca Sue and Becky.
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My heavens, you can hear her breath when she takes it. No wonder she can't see what everyone else can see. She hardly dares lift her eyes to his.
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*And I love that my massive SHIP is just bobbing in the harbor and BRAIN and LIVER have no idea what's happening right now. There's an invisible friendship to lovers threshold and LIVER crossed it but doesn't realize it quite.
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It's the small sins that give him away. He is a kind man and knows he's been unkind to her.
He is an honest man who lied to her face.
He enjoys the company of everyone but cannot abide hers.
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He's been so good this year. So good at wearing the mask BRAIN needs him to wear. Why won't she let him start the car? Why won't she let him turn on the radio? Why won't she stop touching him?
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BRAIN watching one room full of happy and relieved family members at the same time she watches a grieving family... This show always turns the coin over so you see the other side.
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LIVER digging himself out of a ping pong loss as soon as his secret (well, secret to her) girlfriend shows up.
U-ju is more mature.😆😆