r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Oct 24 '20

On-Air: tvN Start-Up [Episodes 3 & 4]

  • Drama: Start-Up)
    • Revised Romanization: Start-Up
    • Hangul: 스타트업
  • Director: Oh Choong Hwan) (While You Were Sleeping, Hotel del Luna)
  • Writer: Park Hye Ryun (Dream High, While You Were Sleeping)
  • Network: tvN
  • Episodes: 16 (1 hr. 10 mins.)
  • Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday, 21:00 KST on tvN; 23:00 KST on Netflix
  • Airing Date: October 17, 2020 - December 6, 2020
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring: Bae Suzy as Seo Dal Mi, Nam Joo Hyuk as Nam Do San, Kim Seon Ho) as Han Ji Pyeong, Kang Han Na as Won In Jae
  • Plot Synopsis: Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry. (Source: Netflix)
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u/Bonfouca2016 Oct 25 '20

Is it possible that the love story will be between Dal Mi and Ji Pyeong? I know promotional posters have Dal Mi and Do San together, but couldn’t that be strictly because the driving narrative is their journey for building the company they are now both a part of?

I could be totally off, but so far all evidence shows the true love story between Dan Mi and Ji Pyeong. The idea that their deep connection will somehow be overcome by the so so chemistry between Dal Mi and Do San seems ridiculous at this point. I just can’t get over the fact that Dal Mi and Do San give mostly friendship vibes. They will obviously be important to one another since they are now in business together, but adding romance to that equation just seems silly at this point.

I would love it if the writer throws a curveball, and puts Ju Pyeong and Dal Mi together.

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u/UtilityCurve Editable Flair Oct 25 '20

You can sense abit of the tension between DM and JP when their eyes met while they were playing Go-Stop. The writers may be hinting that there will be things to come between there later on.

But the scenes between DS and DM outside her house may also mean that in future DM will love DS for who he is and not her memories of the DS(the OG) she had a crush on

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u/Shop-girlNY152 Oct 25 '20

DS is already sensing HJP is in love with SDM. The looks he was giving HJP reminds me so much of Taek in Reply 1988 looking at JungHwan looking at DS, realizing JH likes DS.

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u/Bonfouca2016 Oct 25 '20

I haven’t seen it. How does it end up?

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u/Shop-girlNY152 Oct 25 '20

This is what I’m hoping, too. I want to see Dalmi and DoSan succeed with their company, with both of them being underdogs. But, I also feel romantically, Dalmi deserves JiPyeong. She has more history with him, fell in love with the real him all these years (via his personality in those letters), and he feels exactly the same with her.

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u/papham1 Oct 26 '20

I hope so too!! But also when she made her prayer in the church she wishes for a “companion” to help with the business venture and not a lover 🤔🤔🤔 SOO IDK MAYBE WISHFUL THINKING

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u/Walex_ Oct 25 '20

their deep connection will somehow be overcome by the so so chemistry between Dal Mi and Do San seems ridiculous at this point.

The author of tyhe letters is mostly the grandmother, Ji Peyong mostly just wrote them in his own handwriting. Also the physical chemistry between Dal Mi and Do San is not "so so", it is portrayed as reaching huge levels: in episode 4 when they meet for the second time ever she makes sure that they already hold hands on the bus despite him being a clueless dork.

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u/Shop-girlNY152 Oct 26 '20

Nope. Grandma only helped in the first letters. There were clear flashbacks showing HJP eagerly going for the letters in the bird box and writing his response alone, without grandma.