Nevertheless

June 19, 2021

Yoo Na-bi (Han So-hee) knows that Park Jae-eon (Song Kang) is not someone who commits. She is drawn to him anyway. The art school campus — its studios, its sculpture gardens — establishes their shared environment.

June 19, 2021

Their art school dynamic. Two people who communicate through their creative work, which makes honesty about what they feel even more evasive.

June 26, 2021

Proximity without commitment. The drama's central painful dynamic at its most acute.

June 26, 2021

Na-bi's previous relationship — the reason she knows better than to pursue Jae-eon — is revealed.

July 3, 2021

The Han River at night in Mapo. Two people being briefly honest in the outdoor space that the drama uses for its most unguarded moments.

July 3, 2021

The structure of Jae-eon's emotional unavailability — its origin, its consistency — is shown without fully explaining or excusing it.

July 10, 2021

Na-bi and Jae-eon at the drama's most intimate. Both characters more honest than they intended to be.

July 10, 2021

Another person who wants Na-bi — who can offer what Jae-eon cannot. Her response is the drama's most interesting moment.

July 17, 2021

Na-bi deciding, finally, what she actually wants rather than what she knows she should want.

July 17, 2021

The finale. A drama that refused to resolve its central question — should you pursue someone who cannot love you properly? — which divided viewers and satisfied critics. Han So-hee's most nuanced performance.