"What's Wrong with Secretary Kim" Ep 11-12 Discussion Post

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Synopsis: Narcissistic Lee Young Joon, the vice president of a company run by his family, is very self absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much so that he barely acknowledges the people around him. Lee Young Joon has a capable and patient secretary in Kim Mi So who has remained by his side and worked diligently for 9 years without any romantic involvement. When Mi So decides to resign from her job, hilarious misunderstandings ensue. After 9 years of their strictly-workplace relationship, can it now develop in something more?
Cast: Park Seo Joon, Park Min Young, Lee Tae Hwan, Kang Ki Young, Chansung, Pyo Ye Jin
Director: Park Joon-Hwa
Writer: Jung Kyung-Yoon (novel), Jung Eun-Young, Baek Sun Woo, Choi Bo Rin
Network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Release Date: June 6, 2018 -
Runtime: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:30

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Comments

[chasing-thewind.livejournal.com]

i am SO in love with this drama. i finally caught up to these episodes, and can i say that i love love love how this drama handles communication. miso and youngjoon clearly talked about their boundaries and feelings, addressed their power dynamic, showed unconditional love and support for one another, and continue working through issues that arise between them with no hard feelings!!! what kind of superior kdrama couple!!!

in ep 12 especially, that entire scene with youngjoon and his parents and then with his brother was done SO well. you really got to see all the complex parts of the conflict. and as much as his parents made a horrible decision to take the easy route, it was so cathartic to see them all confront it and start to heal together :') drama of the year tbh!!!!

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

That was a back story I did not expect. I mean...a matured kid basically changed their family.

I continue to enjoy this drama because of everyone's superior acting and the fun side stories from the supporting cast.

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

am glad the 2 people plus me are loving this show!!!

everyone around me gives on this, I don't know I have seen worts, this is fun, and yes have a lot of problems, it works for me. but poor Lee Young Joon he was taking way to many responsibilities at a very young age who carried an adult.

[daynr.livejournal.com]

This show is a solid ok for me; I end up watching it every week at some point and find it almost always stirs emotions -- positive and negative. Unfortunately I only ever remember the annoyance. For instance:

WHY was he talking to her doctor about her health outside of her presence? I see this in kdrama's periodically, but she was clearly competent and awake, so why isn't she involved in her own health decisions and knowledge????

Once I saw that scene it influenced everything else, so I keep seeing him as sort of crossing boundaries all the time. Even the ending scene, all romantic and shit, except hasn't she signaled a lot that she's not ready for super sexy time? It seems she gets on board, and he doesn't push that hard, but there is kind of a long-standing dynamic between them ....

I dunno, maybe I'm influenced because I just had to boot a formerly lovely dude for excessive co-dependent boundary crossing and am extra cranks over it ....