I'm curious about what this drama could've been had it not been cut short, because I've watched plenty of shows that were much worse and much more deserving of being cut. Even if I didn't completely fall in love with this one the way I'd hoped to.

In terms of positive things, the best thing about this drama has to be the vibes. It feels like a classic melodrama but I really enjoyed how down-to-earth and comforting everything feels. The show takes its time in the quiet moments, when characters are just sitting next to each other or deep in thought.

With that being said, however, there was one big thing that always took me out of my immersion: anything related to the artificial intelligence device that imitates a real person's memories, feelings, personality, and voice. While I understand what they're trying to go for and I think we got some great emotional scenes out of it, ultimately I just couldn't suspend my disbelief every time they treated the device like the actual person. If this was a more upbeat and comedic drama like I Am Not A Robot (which I loved) it might have worked, but the outlandish nature of it just clashed with the vibes of everything else.

Other than that, I really only cared about the plot between Ha-won, Seo-woo, In-wook, and Ji-soo. I absolutely loved the backstory of HW and JS's friendship, how the secret affected JS and IW's marriage, and how IW grieves and HW has to learn to love again in the wake of her death. It was touching learning about their story through SW's eyes, especially considering her own tragic past.

Besides the A-plot, I admit I didn't really care much for anything else. I like the scenes of people at the boarding house growing closer, but I didn't really care for the characters who were dating or the new renter, who had a full episode dedicated to her that was a nice story but felt very much like a tangent. Maybe everything would have been paced more naturally if the drama wasn't chopped, but we'll never know.

I also did not like the other female lead, Soon-ho. She doesn't really have her own story and it just feels like she imposes her presence and opinions on the main story, constantly asking questions or interrupting in the wrong ways. To be honest, I think the show could've done without this character and used other ways to bring the characters together.

Overall, as much as I like the premise and the vibes, I think execution was a bit clunky. I felt very confused in the first few episodes and after doing some googling it seems like I'm not alone; we're missing a lot of context for character motivations. There is a desperate ask for the FL to record someone's voice — and she does it — and while we as watchers know that it's for the AI device, it's unclear how and why she actually does it. Nobody ever bats an eye at the AI device concept either, and I feel like that contributed to my lack of belief; I just needed some of the characters to ask more questions that i feel like people would in real life.