Hi everyone!

Today I thought I’d share my episode 1-2 notes on My Sweet Mobster, because I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I’m loving it, and I was wondering if you’d like to join me? 🤗

These are my episode 1-2 notes, exactly as they appear on Patreon, ie, without screenshots (I’m saving those for the actual review).

I hope you all enjoy, and I hope you’ll consider joining us over on Patreon, for the rest of the discussions! ❤️

Episode notes:

E1-2. Aw.. This one’s shaping up to be a sweet little ball of fluff that actually has heart, and I am liking it very well so far, my friends.

I honestly hadn’t been sure about this one, since the premise doesn’t sound all that remarkable, and I’m new to both leads.

But, whaddya know, I find this pretty easy to slurp up, and right away too.

The big thing, for me, is how perfect Uhm Tae Goo is, as our titular mobster, Seo Ji Hwan.

First of all, I just love-love-LOVE his raspy voice that sounds like it’s coming from the far recesses of his throat; somehow that just screams mafia to me. 😂

And then the long leather trench coat and the slicked back hair, paired with his smoky, dark good looks complete the picture of the handsome gangster perfectly, for me. 🤩

Second, I love that Ji Hwan is the kinda guy who would effortlessly rise to the top of his game – and then nonchalantly dissolve his organization, because he wants everyone in it, to turn over a new leaf.

Aw. An ex-gangster making good, and doing his best to get his men to make good too?

That’s endearing enough on its own, but I find it even more endearing, that he would disappear quietly from the spotlight, like the attention never mattered to him.

The fact that we see him praying at a temple, tells me that he’s seeking spirituality, which is a nice trait to have, I think. It makes me think that he’s got some depth to him.

And then, the way he takes that phone call and effortlessly rattles off, without even thinking, how his men should deal with the bloody scene they’ve come upon, complete with instructions on how to wrap up the pieces so they don’t bleed, and ventilate the place so that it doesn’t smell, and clean the blood off the floor, is such a funny contrast – especially given that he’s at a temple, which he himself seems to have forgotten, heh.

After that, the very sheepish face that he makes, as he realizes that he’s just described all those things to a room full of monks, and the hilarious way his leg cramps up as he’s trying to leave as unobtrusively as possible, just completes my mental picture of him, in my head.

Now, in my head, he’s this suave, dark, too-cool-for-school ex-gangster on the outside, but is quite the adorable dork on the inside, and this amuses me greatly. 🤭

I think I will never tire of Show playing these two sides of him against each other, for my entertainment.

On that note, even though there’s physical comedy in this show, and the humor does land on the broader side of things, it doesn’t feel too aggressive for my taste.

It’s mild enough that I don’t find it too in-yo-face, even though it still falls within what I would consider broad comedy.

As for our female lead, I do like her, though it took me a little longer to get a handle on what to make of her character, since she shows up to a nightclub in a police uniform, and I was quite confused about that, for a while.

..Which is the whole idea, I am sure, because Ji Hwan’s just as confused, because she ends up putting toy handcuffs on him, and pretend-arresting him, in a bid to stop a fight from escalating, after getting pushed into the fray by someone assuming that she was a real police officer.

It’s as ridiculous and silly and secondhand mortifying as it sounds, and it took me a little bit of time to wrap my brain and my feelings around that.

I honestly had to tell myself to press through this scene, because the secondhand embarrassment was hitting me harder than the funny, but happily the scene ends relatively quickly, and we are soon blithely moving on to other things.

Soon enough, though, I got the idea that Eun Ha’s a sweet, goodhearted, guileless person, who just sincerely wants to do well as a content creator for kids, not by hawking products to kids and their parents, but by creating fun and wholesome videos for her audience.

She’s immediately an underdog sort of character, because Show quickly informs us that the world of content creation is a dog-eat-dog one, even when you’re in the realm of content for kids.

Which is why I love that Ji Hwan literally falls for Eun Ha very quickly, not at first sight, which is at the nightclub, but the first time he sees her in her element, interacting with kids and having a fun, educational, wholesome time with them.

Aw. The fact that it’s this side of her that makes him fall for her, is very endearing to me, honestly.

So far, it’s a comedy of errors in terms of their encounters, from her trying to fake-arrest him, to her misunderstanding his actions and thinking that he’s extorting money from a kid, to her accidentally breaking his ribs and causing him to fall down a flight of stairs, eep.

It does make everything even more endearing though, when he wakes up from his concussion and spends all his time binge-watching her videos, because it makes him happy.

After all the trouble she’s brought him, he’s still smitten and swooning over her wholesome kids’ videos, and even hallucinating about her being in his hospital room; I’m just so gleeful at how dorky he is, over her. 🤭

And how cute is it, that when his men, still very gangster-like in their habits despite turning over a new leaf, report her particulars to him, as the person behind all his injuries, he insists wildly (coz he’s hidden her under the covers next to him, ha) that it’s not like that at all, and they shouldn’t lay a finger on her.

Isn’t he so cutely protective, even though it’s true that she broke his ribs? Aw. 🥲

Within our first two episodes, we already get our first misunderstanding and first reconciliation between Ji Hwan and Eun Ha, and I find it all quite cutely poignant.

It’s unfortunate that Ji Hwan misunderstands that Eun Ha had uploaded that unflattering video of his men as a means to gain attention and traction, but I’m glad that he realizes his mistake soon enough, once Eun Ha uploads the original footage, in order to set the record straight.

That scene where he trails her to the bus stop and then sheepishly gets caught, because she spots his feet peeking out from under the bus stop billboard, is amusing yet poignant.

It’s amusing to me because of the bit of physical comedy involved, that showcases how sheepish and awkward Ji Hwan is, and it’s poignant, because things are so so needlessly awkward between them.

They’re both apologetic for how they’ve each misunderstood the other, so it feels kinda sad, really, when their stilted conversation gets nowhere, and Eun Ha excuses herself to walk off the beer that she’s had.

As for the milk incident, we don’t know yet why the milk’s causing food poisoning in all those kids, but it does make a point about the responsibilities of a content creator.

Because Eun Ha endorsed that milk product, all the parents are turning around and blaming her, now that their kids are ill.

As tropey as it is that Ji Hwan shows up and shields Eun Ha from the milk that parents are tossing at her, I honestly kinda love that closing scene, where Ji Hwan and Eun Ha lock gazes.

I love that our dark, smoldery, smitten ex-gangster is here to help and protect Eun Ha, and I love just as much, that the first thing he says to her, is tell her to close her eyes and count to ten.

Ahh! He’s prioritizing her emotional and mental wellbeing, and getting her to find her place of peace and stillness on the inside, over actually getting involved in the situation and trying to get these people to stop blaming her.

That’s.. pretty darn great, and I think I love him more now. 🥲

Overall, I found these first two episodes really zippy and easy to watch, and while there are other people in this drama world, I find that I’m only really interested in how things develop between our endearing yet cool ex-mobster, and our sincere, goodhearted heroine.

*This show is being covered on the Early Access (US$5) Tier on Patreon*

To view episode 1-2 notes in Patreon, along with everyone’s comments, you can go here!

You can find my Patreon page here, and for all future episode notes for this show you can click here.

Episodes 3-4 notes will be out today! I hope you’ll consider joining us!

It’ll be a way to have fun, and support me at the same time? 🥲❤️

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