This had all the makings of a great drama. Cold, closed off, mysterious ML with a juicy past. A shy FL who tries to break through his barrier. The cinematography and direction is great. The actors are experienced and good. There is so much that could be fleshed out from that. Instead the writer has given the leads, especially the ML, virtually zero outward development. Nothing exciting has ever happened. So many scenes of characters eating and walking together in silence. The leads have zero physical chemistry and their relationship feels very forced. Almost every interaction between them is the ML looking bored with her or physically trying to get away. I was amazed when in episode 12 I finally saw him at least crack a smile around her for a second. Sometimes he let her have a conversation with him, that's it. Their first kiss felt awkward since ML hadn't changed at all and is still being silent and leaving her in the dust whenever he can. It got to the point that it was frustrating for me to watch.

I dropped it for this reason, which is disappointing since like I said I could picture this drama being so much better than it is, and there were some things I liked about it, especially the second couple and Ki Jung's chemistry with her co-worker.

IMO this writer is the most unique writer in kdramaland. I did like Another Miss Oh so I think with Liberation Notes she is trying to create another My Mister, which I know a lot of people loved but I couldn't get into either. These are two very introspective works which I can appreciate, but she needs to focus on plot and character development with this one. IMO a drama shouldn't be all introspection and philosophy, especially a romance.