Man am I glad that at least some people gets it. I'm kinda baffled that some people seem to think that the whole issue here is the fact that they're both men & that TJ keeps refering to his mom - which is clearly something they both used as an excuse? Not only because the issue have been mentionned every episode, but especially when ep5 litteraly begins with TJ shocked/pissed at Gook for just following his dumb order to walk home. It needs to be resolved. Anyway, nice handle you got there on FB.

Lol the handle was just an example for my students to teach them to make Facebook pages, I forget everytime I check that page that I gave it that name.

Also thank you, Im sure other people see it, I've seen some posts a little bit more conscious about what the master/servant relationship means for their actual freedom.

And yeah episode 5 is heavy on that differentiation, it exemplifies what kind of freedom Gook has known under Tae Joo, it's honestly so blurred and it must be so close to the surface, the tension that is lurking whenever one of them wants to push the line.

And in episode 6, I feel like Gook's cruelty hides no lies, because for a week he got to feel free, without having to put someone's needs or feelings first, he could be himself, @brydeswhale pointed out that even in his free time he's watched by Tae Joo, he's sculpting and Tae Joo is there, watching, insidiously, how many other times has he done it? And even if Gook accepts it, does he think that Gook does not want a moment for himself, and that, that has its own sinister tone, because when is he alone, when is he on his own forreal, not even on Gook's date, a private matter, could Tae Joo contain himself from being there.

I mean it's a bit sick that Tae Joo doesn't realize how chained Gook feels but sadly I get it, he was raised with the privilege of forgetting that there's other people with dreams, ideas and feelings different to his own, and Gook may have played his role so well that Tae Joo could forget Gook's not an extension of himself. And the sad part is that Tae Joo expects Gook to accept that they're stuck with each forever, since he said LIFELONG, but that also shows how oblivious he is towards the position that Gook fulfills, so he misses the resentment, and anger, and the little fight that Gook still has against what seems destined. Damn this show is dramatic...

And as for the mom, I actually feel it's ambiguous, it does seem like an excuse for Tae Joo to call Gook closer in knowing Gook would detect it as a sensitive topic and try to help in any form. However, I do feel it encapsulates in verbal form the loneliness of Tae Joo, he clearly feels isolated by whatever situation that prevents them from socializing with other people, since it seems to have been jsut the two of them for a while now.

And just... Pfft I could ramble about them forever, it's so raw what Where your eyes linger is creating and I truly love it so much, but fuck if it doesn't hurt to see them so puppetered by some unnamed force and just resenting each other for it and not being able to get out. Sorry for this, whew.

I do think I abuse this image a lot but I believe I'll look back a lot on Where your eyes linger for its raw power.