Both of the frontrunners in the Wednesday-Thursday night dramas focused on the same subject; the impossibility of trying to stop yourself from falling in love. When a character tries to stop falling in love, it can be almost like trying to fight gravity.
And in both of these dramas, the feelings of love are complicated by the loss of a loved one.
The frontrunner in this time slot was "My Spring Days," which earned 9.1 percent of the viewer ratings. In "My Spring Days" Sooyoung's character Lee Bom Yi is a heart transplant recipient. She can't seem to stop herself from falling in love with Kam Woo Sung's character, Kang Dong Ha, even though he is the older brother of her ex-boyfriend, played by Lee Jun Hyuk. When she's just about to let herself fall for Kang Dong Ha, she finds out that the donor heart she received came from his late wife. Is this why her heart longs for Kam Woo Sung's character? How much of what she feels for him is associated with her donor's heart. And is that even possible? It's a complicated love triangle; maybe more of a "love square," with a topical medical twist. Kam Woo Sung's wife was also her ex-boyfriend's first love.
In "My Lovable Girl," Rain's character, Lee Hyun Wook is an entertainment company executive. He wants to be nice to Krystal's character, songwriter Yoon Se Na, because she is the kid sister of his lost love. He feels guilty for the way his girlfriend died. But he doesn't want Yoon Se Na to know why he is being kind to her. Now that she's signed with his agency, the two see each other all the time and find they are falling in love. She finds it hard not to express her feelings for him even though he is her boss. That working relationship complicates things but things will get much more complicated when she finds out he used to date her older sister.
There's a minor subplot in this drama as the k-pop star played by Infinite's L also likes her but it's less of a complication than the ghost of Lee Hyun Wook's first girlfriend. She will always be present in the relationship between Lee Hyun Wook and Yoon Se Na.
"My Lovable Girl scored 6.4 percent in the ratings this week, which was 1.6 percent higher than the previous episode.
"Blade Man," starring Shin Se Kyung and Lee Dong Wook, remained in third place, with 4.3 percent of the ratings.
