I have to say this because I did not see many viewers talking about this.
Ji woo was not bad or evil. The life he lead and people he met before meeting SeoJoon was also a part of reason why Jiwoo acted like the way he did. And same goes to Seojeeon persistent behaviour to get his BF back.

Jiwoo was introverted and quiet from his childhood.But after the scam, the way villagers must have treated his family and the sudden death of his parents must have left a huge traumatic impact on him, undoubtedly. He is not the kind of person to handle his emotions very sensibly and to consider he was young back then. Regarding his relationship with Soonyong, he did made mistakes by taking her granted many times. Because he was so closed off after his parents' death, he accepted only himself and his cooking in it. It was hard for him to let Soonyong get in, thus it ended up hurting her. And this failure in his first relationship added up to his trauma. He believed he did not deserve this love and affection.
And then SeoJoon entered his closed off world. I believe he never recieved therapy. So he was not aware he was severally depressed. He tried to keep those depressing emotions depe down, but one day they got so overwhelming he left. One of the factor that added to this event was hum not expressing himself to his BF.
He did not leave SeoJoon. But he left the miserable state he had created around him. I am sure back in his mind he wanted to leave but come back to SJ again. The terrible thing was he needed more time. Obviously a year he needed because his trauma was never treated since his teen years.
Another theory I have is he went back to his village because of his friend who was a single mother. Perhaps the village might not have been welcoming of a single mother. So he went with her so that most of the attention would be on scammer's kid rather than a single mother with no father present in picture.
He did do some good.

He pushed away SJ because he believed it is no use to be back together but still the way he treated SJ was not pleasant. And the show in no way glorified it. I could see they did not say that such behaviour is correct.

The past life of SJ also explains alot on how he reacted when he got JW's address. He came back to him time and time again because he knew JW loved and cared for him. He can give SJ the care and affection he never recieved from his parents .

I loved the female friendship which was not dependent on main leads. The way the mother cared for YooHa was adorable. There was a slight development in mother daughter relationship after YooHa attempted to hide.


I did not agree with the plot of a little kid exposing JW's past or maybe I left some part which explained it.

I loved the CEO'S character. A fun relief he was that I loved to see him on screen everytime.

Overall I loved the show. Some part were too heavy to understand for me also but i liked they showed instead of telling it.

I realised in the end the show was not just for JW or SJ, it told stories of each character involved. The story telling was in bigger extent like Sooyoung or CEO or in smaller extent like that female assistant director or newcomer actor.

Though, i did disagree with some parts but it was a good show which dares to include complicated emotions and portrayed it right.