heading into eps 15 with some worry and some hope

Y'all, these two better have a happy ending or I will be writing some sternly worded letters. I loved that the trailers for 13 set us up for something drastic this eps, and instead we got some three-dimensional characters doing their best to work through their s&*%. . What I am enjoying most about this drama is the character development. We get to see the subtle role reversal that take place over time. Yeonsu was the driven one, but she was driven to succeed (i.e., make money) and Ung was driven to spend his time on enjoyable activities (i.e., make a life from his passion)--and so now, Yeonsu has a "good" job but finds no joy in it, and therefore, it doesn't feel like real success or stability, while Ung, who is doing what he loves has become both successful and financially stable. We can also see how some people aren't interested in changing, especially when they have built so much of their identity around their weaknesses (looking at you, Jiung, you like being a third wheel so much you've become a documentary filmmaker: always watching, never joining in).We've already heard Yeonsu being self aware of how her pride hurts her. I'm just biting my nails now to see if she will accept help from Ung and stay with him so they can keep encouraging one another to greater heights. My prediction is that 15 will end with a breakup and 16 will show how they handle it differently than they used to--but if it's some BS like, Ung goes to school overseas for two years and we see in the last two minutes that they get back together again three years from now (looking at you, Coffee Prince et al), then I'm going to be pissed.

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Maybe this genre just isn't for me

Is this how all breakup kdramas are? It seems to be the opposite of every drama I've liked: romance in the first two episodes and then a slow drag with a few hugs, far between. Who wants to watch crying for two months--that isn't even that sad, since they only had a one night stand and then like two weeks before the family s^&t hit the fan. We never saw any mad love, so I don't get how the break up can be this big of a deal. Why all the eyes welled up with tears? At least the Director and CEO have an interesting story going on... they are literally the only reason I'll bother with the last two episodes at all. Maybe the breakup drama is just not my jam, though.

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