Start-Up Ratings Remain Steady in Episode 2 as Story Smartly Lines Up All Four Leads with Compelling Connections

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• So far so good with this drama. You hit it right on the nail when you said it’s a drama actors & actresses should die for to be casted in this roll. Really am seeing some claws come out trying to tear down the current leads ?

  • hahahahaha. True. I agree to your comment.

• Glad to hear that this drama is good. I love Nam Joo Hyuk, but was going to pass on this one, since I found the other actors and the story quite bland.
  And I can't believe Nam Joo Hyuk is bad in this. He has received so much unearned criticism in the past...Well, maybe I will check this out after all and see with my own eyes.

  • To be fair a lot of the criticism NJH got in his early days was deserved - but I haven't seen anything he's been in since 2017 so if he really did get better after that then that's a good thing (though others said it was uneven)

    • Well, I disagree since he catched my eye long ago in Scarlet heart, and I thought he was acting well and conveying emotions in a subtle way. I thought he had potential. But many people like to criticise newbie pretty actors, the same as they did with IU...

• What were the ratings for the second episode? You didn't write it in either the headline or post which is unusual.

• On a side note..the Ost "Future" is fricking awesome....I m addicted to it ..It is really rare to find an Ost sung by the whole group..Red Velvet has done it again with perfect harmonization..Vocal queens.
  The drama is going good so far..

• The ratings went down though. PHR deserves a high rating drama for her comeback. Suzy, please stop your curse.

  • It went down? Ha, yet Koala wrote that it stayed steady as if there was no drop and didn't put the rating anywhere in the post or headline like she normally does. Haha...being biased is fine but let's be truthful, shall we?

    • It's the truth that it went down though. Check nielsen's data yesterday and you will be slapped by the truth.

    • @Luna,

      The last line of my comment wasn't directed at you. It was to Koala. She normally puts the ratings right up there in the headline like a target for mockery if it's low or a victory chant if it's high.

      But she seems to have a soft spot for the writer and this drama so she didn't mention the ratings drop or the exact ratings at all.

    • Episode one ratings were 4.27 and 4.49. Episode two stayed steady with 4.20 and 4.36. Hardly a big decrease. Koala isn't being biased. ?

  • The ratings were the same as the post said. Also I saw is #1 on Netflix Korea.

• Writing is so good.... im really liking this drama. Suzy is doing a good job.

  Fans of this 1% rated actress are so pressed with suzy....

  • We are just being truthful. Suzy cannot match Yoo Jung's talent and visual.

    • Who?

• Anyways, I am watching the drama for the writer because I love her works esp the lines her leads have with older characters who are the moral compass like here we have the Grandma. The leads are watchable and I like the supporting cast.

  Here comes Suzy antis- or Suzy-allergics or Just Haters of everything about Suzy... 3.. 2.. 1... Hahahaha.

• If Suzy has indeed picked up some acting ability after several years and several attempts by skilled writers to work with what she's got and delivered a drama that lived up to its hype, then that can only be a good thing.

  Maybe her fans can finally give up the persecution complex about every time she's been (rightfully) criticised for poor or mediocre acting and her critics can be grateful she finally, after ten years in the game, can bring something other than a pretty face and PPL money to the table.

  • Having a pretty face is a talent. Why else would some actress & actors get plastic surgery? ? But on a serious note people have got to look at what they posts. It’s not too hard to see some of the fake “critics”. Thank goodness Suzy has been making money all these years. Imagine getting in people’s nerves & NOT making money ??‍♀️

    • No seriously, it's good for her - she's never had to audition for a single role in her life or be good at acting (her ostensible job)

      But if you think mediocrity at the actual job is something to be celebrated and rewarded because "a pretty face is a talent" then, on a serious note, that says a lot about you. Kpop fan culture is a curse.

    • Lmao at you thinking she didn’t have to addition. LOL. I don’t take myself too seriously on web sites that have people trashing actors/actresses because of their opinion of someone’s acting.

• I enjoyed the 2 episodes and hope that it will continue . ALICE is such a disappointment . i'm going watching to check "Search" cast is good and OCN always produce good stuff .

• Interesting good old storytelling style drama so far - things move forward at a steady pace, some usual tropes for the dramatic effects, attractive leads, credible second leads and a whole lot of competent actors playing side characters who are relevant to the main leads' plots. I like Suzy. She is very attractive on screen and can play such quirky and frivolous character well. All in all, these first two episodes of "Start-Up" are certainly worthwhile for K-drama fans to check out.