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49 Days: Episode 5

Oh man, Jung Il-woo whining “Noonaaaaa” in a schoolboy voice is just about my favorite thing. Especially since I can make-believe he’s talking to ME.

We’re hardly reinventing the wheel here, but I like where these characters are going, and how some developments are taking us into places I hadn’t anticipated. Villains aren’t entirely blackened souls — maybe just really, really dark gray — and there’s a lot of amusing bickering going on, with a healthy dose of “I-totally-lurve-you-but-nobody’ll-notice-if-I-cover-it-up-with-gruffness-right?-Wait-what-do-you-mean-overcompensation?” Yeah, there’s a lot of that. It makes me giggle every time.

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EPISODE 5 RECAP

Ji-hyun (in Yi-kyung’s body) beats In-jung in the race to get to her house first to retrieve the seal. She introduces herself to her mother as Ji-hyun’s friend and has the benefit of knowing how to explain her presence to a mother who’s never heard of this particular friend before.

She says she’s a friend from an online cafe, and lent her a magic-trick video that she needs now. She reminds Mom that last year, Ji-hyun performed a magic trick at her parents’ anniversary, which they’d practiced together. Mom’s still wary about never having heard of her, but Ji-hyun says (a little sadly) that it’s because she’s just an internet friend.

Ji-hyun finds her wayward seal in the kangaroo pouch, but in her haste doesn’t notice that the necklace inside gets pulled out. She takes the magic CD, and on second thought, also a digital camera — but she whispers up to the Upstairs Boss that she’s just borrowing it, not stealing.

On her way out, she tears up at the sight of her exhausted mother, and tells her to eat something. She adds that Ji-hyun adored her mother and wanted to become a mother like her, which is just the thing to pick up Mom’s spirits. She’d always thought Ji-hyun was Daddy’s girl, so it moves her to hear that Ji-hyun did love her just as much.

Mom eagerly asks if Ji-hyun said anything else about her, but before she can get an answer, In-jung buzzes the gate. Realizing she has seconds to slip away, Ji-hyun hurries out and ducks behind a tree just in time to avoid being seen.

A flashback shows us how Ji-hyun came up with her plan to retrieve her seal:

The Scheduler had told Ji-hyun to use her head, since your IQ improves while in spirit form (lol, I love these rules — they’re arbitrary, but that’s what makes them entertaining). Ji-hyun had guessed that he must be telling her a hint on purpose, making the Scheduler stammer a denial. Ha. He may be breaking rules for her, but obviously he can’t let anyone find out.

Ji-hyun had thought about it, then gotten the idea that DUH, while she’s in this body, nobody has a clue that she’s Ji-hyun. Man, if this is proof of an enhanced IQ, I shudder to think how earthly Ji-hyun ever functioned in this world.

Thinking of how she has thwarted her cheating fiancé, Ji-hyun goes off skipping happily.

In-jung comes in with the excuse of having left behind her cell phone, but her search turns up nothing in the kangaroo doll. She wonders if Ji-hyun’s mother found it, and asks Mom casually about the dolls. But Mom and the housekeeper are more concerned about In-jung’s suddenly odd behavior; for instance, despite living together “for all those years,” In-jung had forgotten that Mom doesn’t eat certain things.

Considering that In-jung had been Ji-hyun’s bestie for a decade and lived with the Shin family, it’s interesting that she’s handling them all wrong, and arousing suspicion in the parents now. Clearly she’s not going to get anywhere with this doll issue.

Mom sighs that she should’ve fed Ji-hyun’s sad-looking friend earlier, which pings In-jung’s radar. An unknown friend?

When she reports the latest news to Min-ho, In-jung can’t let go of her suspicions about that friend. Min-ho dismisses her concern, pointing out that there’s no motive for that friend to be involved. Nobody knows of their plans, so there’s no need to take that seal. He adds that everyone carries at least one deep secret — a comment that makes her look at him sharply. So what’s his secret?

Time’s ticking, and they have to take care of payment on the Haemido land deal soon. Min-ho assures her he’ll take care of it, sure that he can think up a way out with a little more brainstorming.

At the restaurant, Kang continues to be bothered by Yi-kyung, having run into her at the hospital. He tells Manager Oh about the encounter and concludes that she must really be terminally ill after all. Firmly in denial about caring, he sighs that he wishes he’d sent her along that first day, and wonders why Manager Oh hadn’t stopped him.

In contrast, Manager Oh is totally on to the undertones here and finds amusement in Kang’s frustration. He asks if Yi-kyung worries Kang so much, which makes Kang hasten that he’s not worried, he’s bothered. Yes, of the “hot and” variety.

Manager Oh’s like, suuuuure (he and I are on the same wavelength, we are), and adds, “Trying to hide it doesn’t mean it gets hidden.” Kang sticks to his protests and gripes that she’s just as troublesome as Ji-hyun. Which should be as telling as any positive declaration of interest, really.

Ji-hyun comes to the restaurant despite it being a day off, and searches for a hiding place for her seal, thinking it unsafe to leave it at Yi-kyung’s apartment. She ducks out of sight to avoid being spotted by Manager Oh, and that leads her to Kang’s living quarters, where they both overhear him singing (badly) in the shower. Ha. Cute guys singing well is attractive, but cute guys singing badly? Adorable.

Ji-hyun notes how cheerily he’s singing, misinterpreting this to mean that he doesn’t care at all for his injured friend in the hospital. She gripes that it’s worse because he’s perpetrating this affront to decency to a song she particularly likes. Or, you know, it could mean THAT OTHER THING. Oh sigh, poor, naive and not-so-bright Ji-hyun. One of these days, two and two will equal four.

This scene also gives us this:

You’re welcome. God bless Korea and their fixation with giving the men gratuitious nekkid shower scenes whenever they return from army duty. Some traditions really are meant to be preserved.

When Kang comes down to the restaurant, to his surprise Yi-kyung is participating in cleaning day. Despite her willingness to continue, he orders her to go home, referencing her illness. At her continued resistance, he takes the matter firmly in hand — literally — by giving her the ol’ trusty wrist-grab and pulling her outside.

The gesture has Manager Oh’s impressionable wife gushing, “He’s even cooler than Kim Joo-won!” Perhaps recognizing the problem with such romanticizing, Manager Oh sighs, “Dramas these days are ruining women.” I’ll say.

Yi-kyung clocks Kang’s ill-concealed worry over her health and quips that he must be feeling sorry for giving her a hard time, and tells him he only has a little longer to put up with her. He jumps to the conclusion that she’s referring to her impending death, with that whole “48 days left” thing. He asks, “That’s not true, is it?” She merely answers, “It’s 42 days now” and calls it a rare disease: “What I can say for sure is, if you stick through just 42 more days, you’ll never have to see my face again.” She offers that as a promise, assuming he’ll be glad to hear it.

To cover up his… hurt? disappointment?, Kang gets grumpy and calls her horribly mean, and gruffly retorts that she can clean or not, whatever, like he cares, hmph.

She’s not fooled though by the facade, and thinks to herself that he’s pretty considerate and gentle with Yi-kyung: “He was heartless only to me.” Inadvertently she’s hit it right on the head, since that’s exactly what he was trying to achieve, given that his problem was his heart.

Kang finds himself staring at her throughout the day while Ji-hyun cleans, trying to ignore her but jumping in to help as needed — which he does silently, as though hoping that ignoring the issue will make it not real. His behavior doesn’t escape the eyes of Manager Oh and his wife, who look on amusedly.

Kang hesitates for a moment when Manager Oh tells him the piano needs tuning, which indicates to us that a piano-related issue/flashback/moment of poignancy is in the forecast.

Min-ho broods over how to fix this land deal problem, and in particular thinks back to his earlier meeting with the doctor, who’d said that Ji-hyun had very little brainwave activity — she’s virtually brain-dead. The doctor had told him that it’s just a matter of her guardians coming to accept the reality of her case.

He does look pretty upset, but one can’t be positive whether it’s driven by sadness over his fiancee’s health or just guilt. I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that both are probably at play, though I won’t go so far as to guess which has a bigger role.

He overhears Ji-hyun’s father arguing with the doctor, and in his vehemence Dad grabs his head in pain. He waves his doctor buddy aside, but here in K-dramaland, we know that an older character never experiences mysterious, unchecked physical pain that doesn’t flare up later at the most conveniently inconvenient moment. Daddy Deathwatch in three… two… one…?

Min-ho takes him out for dinner and finally confesses that he didn’t actually complete the contract before Ji-hyun’s accident. Dad is stunned and upset, and with shaking voice, Min-ho tells him the truth about Ji-hyun giving him lipstick instead of her seal. And in order to sell her land without her seal (akin to a legally binding signature), they’d have to declare her incompetent.

Ah, now his tactic becomes clear. Min-ho speaks in a perfectly acted display of hesitation and pain, with enough faux sincerity to make him appear the genuinely bereaved fiancé. He says, “I can’t do it, Father.”

He defers to Dad, telling him to make the decision, saying tiredly, “I just want to be by Ji-hyun’s side” as he submits his resignation letter.

Well, played, Evil Villain. Well played indeed.

Manager Oh presents his wife with a candlelit pasta dinner that evening, explaining that she’s a carb fanatic. However, out of consideration for her health, she sticks to Korean food every day excepting monthly cleaning day.

He sends the youngsters away to eat at a separate table, where Ji-hyun picks at her food, which of course doesn’t go unnoticed by Kang. He also notices how she picks out the bay leaf — reminding him of Ji-hyun’s own distaste for them.

Ji-hyun’s in a glum mood, and the happily married couple provides stark contrast to the truth of her own love life. She sighs that she’s envious of them, and had wanted that for herself.

She catches him staring at her, and he quickly looks away and changes the subject. Ji-hyun knows that he’s just trying to cheer her up, and teases him for it, lightening the mood. Afterward, he gives her her pay, which she receives gratefully.

But the melancholy mood returns as Ji-hyun walks home thinking of how there’s nobody crying for her but herself, wishing that she had just one person in front of whom she could let loose and cry.

That prompts an exasperated exclamation from the Scheduler, who sits on a nearby playground swing dressed as a high schooler (his uniform is embroidered with the name “Scheduler”). He narrates a text message as he types, calling her childish and silly.

Ji-hyun stomps up to him to take issue with his mocking of her, and he looks up with big, innocent eyes, saying, “Noona, I was just tweeting.” Ha!

Ji-hyun joins him on the swings and tells him proudly that she found her seal after all, and that her memory really is better now than it used to be. We know that the Scheduler’s irritation with Ji-hyun is mostly bluster, but that doesn’t stop him from complaining anyway about missing a concert waiting for her.

Sigh, you boys of 49 Days — would it kill you to actually say what you mean once in a while, rather than translating your feelings into Disgruntledese? Getting Ji-hyun to translate it back into humanspeak is about as effective as plugging it into Babelfish, and her meager IQ hardly helps.

Wanting to talk out her feelings, Ji-hyun tells the Scheduler that today was her wedding day. But instead of marrying, she stuck it to the guy she was supposed to marry, and ran off in glee. Funny, ain’t it? The Scheduler replies that life’s a comedy.

Ji-hyun reminds the Scheduler that he told her she’s his third case of the 49-day challenge, and asks what happened to the other person who chose to collect tears. She’s eager to know if that person succeeded, but he reminds her flatly that it’s classified info.

She pouts, but he tells her that it’s not like finding out what happened to the other soul would change her case, so she’s better off planning how to capture her tears.

It’s sorta cute how Ji-hyun chatters on that night to Yi-kyung, despite the whole she-can’t-hear-you thing. Admittedly Ji-hyun can be a little annoying, but she’s really growing on me, like a little yappy dog you can’t quite decide is annoying or endearing.

The Scheduler opts to call Ji-hyun out of the apartment via phone rather than going in himself, which would be easier for them both. All he can say is, “I don’t like that room. I don’t know why, I just find it uncomfortable.”

He takes Ji-hyun to a department store that’s closed for the night, and tells her to pick out anything she likes. He adds, “Isn’t shopping the best thing to cheer up women?” Aw.

(Also? He has the best expressions ever. Cracks. Me. Up.)

With his magical powers, he puts her in various outfits with a wave of a hand. She finds the clothes too short and bare, calling him a pervert and demanding that he take ’em off. The Scheduler may not be human, but he IS male, and he asks pointedly, “Really?”

She blusters that she’s gonna kill him, but he reminds her that he’s already dead. He goads, “Are you that unconfident in your figure? I guess you’ve been letting yourself go.”

She says he’s mean to treat her like this “on a day like this,” to which he counters that not marrying Min-ho was the best thing to happen to her. He has a point, and with that, she approaches her shopping spree with new enthusiasm. She even chops off her hair, proving once again that Felicity was on to something.

The Scheduler comments on her before-and-after transformation, and she says that her good mood comes from realizing that she has two people on her side — him and Kang. He makes sure to say he’s not really on her side, but she’ll take what she can get.

She muses at how Min-ho, once thought to be the best guy in the world, has turned out pretty fearsome, while mean ol’ Han Kang actually has a heart. Isn’t it always the way?

The friends pick at their breakfasts, and Seo-woo indulges in a bit of pity by sighing over what would have been if Ji-hyun weren’t in her accident. She starts to complain about Ji-hyun’s stupid idea to show the bridesmaid dress to Min-ho, and In-jung, already on edge, tersely tells Seo-woo to let it go.

Seo-woo finds In-jung’s behavior strange, and that sets her off too. She cries, “Are you Ji-hyun’s only friend? I am too!” In-jung ignores her and leaves.

Ji-hyun (the spirit) hangs out in Yi-kyung’s convenience store, waiting for her turn to take control of her host, which is when she notices Yi-kyung nodding off at her shift and realizes that her daytime activities are taking a toll on the body. Well, the girl’s not fast but at least she isn’t callous. I can’t help hoping that one of these days Yi-kyung gets some solid rest.

On their way out, Dr. Noh comes up with his usual smile and offers to buy Yi-kyung breakfast, which Yi-kyung pointedly ignores. Ji-hyun assumes this is her boyfriend, but Dr. Noh goes on to say that he was 100% responsible for the death of “that person.” That’s why he quit working at the hospital and came to live quietly in this neighborhood, where “I lived like a dead person for two years.”

He had finally come out of his funk after that, and had seen Yi-kyung working at the convenience store six months ago. “It’s been five years for you. You shouldn’t live like this for so long.” He urges her to let go of her bottled-up feelings, and says he’ll be able to help her as a psychologist.

She turns to face him and declares, “I hate the you who remembers that time. I hate those words, too. I don’t need it.”

He presses anyway, saying she has to unburden herself, and offers to be her friend. That offer raises her hackles, and she rejects him flatly.

At home, Ji-hyun looks at Yi-kyung sympathetically, wondering which loved one died. She realizes that her parents may end up like this too, and that thought brings her to tears.

Once she’s in her body for the day, Ji-hyun flips through the family photos stored on her borrowed digital camera and promises to return to her parents somehow. She’ll start with the list she’s drawn up of possible criers, which includes friends from school and the like.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t have anybody’s phone numbers, so she asks Kang for his permission to use his computer. Not even fazed anymore by her over-the-top requests, he assents.

She finds phone numbers online, and supposes she can contact one person a day. But she has the added complication of working from 11 am to 11 pm — when to meet them?

Min-ho times a fake phone call so that Ji-hyun’s father will overhear him arguing and ask about it. That’s how he re-introduces the pressing concern of declaring Ji-hyun incompetent, because without her land, they can’t carry out their Haemido deal.

Dad returns the resignation letter and tells Min-ho to find another way. Min-ho again plays the reverse-psychology role, insisting that he wants to quit the job and take care of Ji-hyun, while Dad can look after the company.

By taking this approach, he gets to play the good guy — which deflects any potential suspicion away from him — while Dad is the one shouting at Min-ho to man up, instead of cowering at his fiancee’s bedside. The tactic succeeds, and he texts the all-clear message to In-jung, assuring her that everything has been worked out.

Min-ho meets with a certain Director Jung, who calls him impressive for his aggressive handling of the matter. Director Jung and Daddy Shin will cover payment for the Haemido deal, with the additional provision that if they’re unable to pay back the amount within a certain timeframe, they’ll have to relinquish their stake in the deal. A caveat: if they find Ji-hyun’s seal, they’ll proceed with the terms of the original contract.

I’m still not clear on the finer points of the deal, but what I get from these manipulations is that it appears Min-ho is maneuvering Daddy Shin into position to be ruined, so that he can swoop in and take over.

Kang sees Ji-hyun peering down into his office and hanging back, so he cuts to the chase, asking what she wants this time. Ji-hyun has a matter to “negotiate” with him, and reminds him that he’d once scoffed that this ain’t no freelance part-time job. Well, would he be open to making it one?

She’s done her research and is prepared to lower her hourly rate a full dollar, pointing out that his original pay was actually below minimum wage. She says that she doesn’t have many days left to live in this body, and has a lot of matters needing attention. Kang calls her out for borrowing his computer to research minimum wage rates, calling her quite shameless, and asks if she thinks he’s likely to agree.

She ponders the matter and then decides he’s not, and sighs that she’ll have to quit and find a different freelance part-time position, then. Lucky for her, Kang’s bickering is more of the mating-dance variety and not the I-want-you-to-quit kind, so he leaps up to stop her from leaving and says he was just joking. He agrees to the freelance thing, and even increases her pay to the stated minimum wage. Oh, you are so smitten. Gone. Whooped. Hook-line-sinkered.

Min-ho arrives to talk business with Kang, just in time to see Yi-kyung (well, Ji-hyun) bursting into laughter as she admits she was joking, too. Kang even laughs in response.

Back upstairs, he’s bothered at the way Ji-hyun’s expression goes from cheery to glaring at the sight of him. He calls her over and takes her to task for her behavior, saying that if she doesn’t want him to misunderstand her feelings (i.e., that she’s interested in him), she should act in a manner that avoids such misunderstanding. He cites her standoffishness, the way she ignores looking at him, and how she vacillates between friendly and unfriendly attitudes.

He wants an apology, and that really gets her goat — but she remembers the Scheduler’s warning not to break the necklace, and obliges.

Min-ho assumes that her attitude change came upon hearing he was engaged, and asks how she found out he has a fiancee. She asks whether he still has one, and he replies, “I do, but—”

Ji-hyun cuts him off and tells him she’s an employee with no interest in his personal life. Kang overhears this exchange — and we can note that it’s the second time he’s witnessed awkwardness between these two — and steps in just as Ji-hyun steps away.

The boys relocate downstairs, where Min-ho asks what’s up between Kang and Yi-kyung. Kang answers that she’s just an employee, so Min-ho tells him to fire her, because she’s too disdainful.

At Kang’s deflection, Min-ho calls him out for giving her special treatment. Kang turns the question around on him, saying that Min-ho — usually so charming and open with women — is unusually terse with Yi-kyung.

Kang says that if they were to take Ji-hyun out of the picture, Min-ho’s behavior is textbook indication that he’s attracted to Yi-kyung. He recognizes the signs — because he’s intimately familiar with them — of having feelings for her, but being unable to say that and instead engaging with antagonism. “It’s the stuff of childish, immature bastard men.” Well, at least he knows it.

Min-ho bristles at the suggestion and gets all upset, and decides to leave. The thought of being attracted to Yi-kyung hadn’t even crossed Min-ho’s mind, but on his way out, he wonders incredulously if it could be true.

He intercepts her and asks why she looks at him so scornfully. She asks quite saucily if perhaps he interprets scorn in her gaze because on some level he feels he earned it.

Provoked, he steps toward her and grabs her arm. Staring, he mutters, “You’re acting pretty funny.” Just as a third party comes into view.

 
COMMENTS

Ooh, interesting. I like this development a lot, because I hadn’t anticipated that Min-ho would be tripped up by an unexpected attraction to Yi-kyung. Although Min-ho’s still in firm villain territory, I prefer villains to struggle and be confused by their own emotions, rather than being coolly manipulative like evil puppeteers.

It also makes In-jung’s situation more interesting, because I’ve been pretty curious to know more about her as a character. In contrast to the initial implications (that she’d be the standard boyfriend-stealing backstabber), she’s turning out to be a pretty conflicted character, one who just got in over her head. Clearly her love for Min-ho has made her his puppet, and she has gone along with everything he has masterminded. One gets the sense that she has an active conscience, but has allowed him to override it. She probably rationalizes everything despite a growing sense of misgiving, so to see that her anchor — Min-ho — may betray her as well must be a pretty big shocker. Will she break away, or sink into more despair?

Both Kang’s and Min-ho’s feelings for Yi-kyung are really driven by Ji-hyun, which makes sense, since they’d both had feelings for her before. But love (or romantic liking) can’t be sustained by an attraction that is 100% physical or 100% mental, which is where this drama takes into interesting territory. If both boys fall for Yi-kyung, how much of that has anything to do with Yi-kyung herself, and how much is due to Ji-hyun? When the dust settles and souls resume residence in their permanent homes, will there be any residual feelings for the former body-soul arrangements?

As for Reaper Boy, the suggestions are growing that he is, in fact, Yi-kyung’s dead boyfriend. I like that we’re given plenty of hints, but that enough of the story remains a mystery to keep our curiosities piqued. And while Dr. Noh copped to responsibility for the boyfriend’s death, given that he’s a psychologist suggests that it wasn’t a case of malpractice or physically hurting him. Perhaps he means he had ignored signs, or given him bad advice that led to the death. That falls into the theory that perhaps the Scheduler had committed suicide, and that has some correlation to his current Reaping job.

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Oooo Reaper Boy as Yi-kyung's dead boyfriend? That would be a lovely storyline (in the most morbid way, of course).

God Bless Korea and the nekkid Korean men post-army duty, yahoo!

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interesting thoughts re: spirit vs body attraction.

if we take twins, for example, i would like to think that the significant other does care which twin he or she is with...while physical attraction may be the trigger, i'd like to think that the soul has much more to do with true love than the body.

so, unlike many others, i am totally hoping that the real JH and HK get together. after all, the real YK has a personality that i doubt would attract anyone at this moment of her life...except for maybe a psychiatrist who has gone through the same stages of bereavement.

the real draw with YK is her naive and bright spirit and her similarities with JH, at least for HK. For MH, it's probably because she sees the hidden part of him...the conniving, back-stabbing person no one else sees.

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I sang AND played the guitar AND perched on a ledge. That dude just sang. No further comment.

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And my abs are wayyyyy absier than his abs. He needed the shower to get him some steam. I just sat in a tub. No shower. But steam just poofed out of my abs. Natural HOT steam. Not artificial shower steam. I rest my case.

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You ain't got the cupid bow lips.

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'' That falls into the theory that perhaps the Scheduler had committed suicide, and that has some correlation to his current Reaping job.''

Glad we share the same thought. I have been thinking in this for a long time, and finally they gave us some hint that i might be like this ^^

Thanks!

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Now i wanna watch this dramaa...good thing spring break is coming up (: crime squad and 49 days YAY!

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So glad I'm watching this drama. It's moving along fine. There is something really attractive about Jung Il Woo... maybe it's his elegant features, softness, smile (and smiling eyes), height, ... I want to see more of him. Love the potential storyline of him being Yi-kyung's boyfriend. Getting excited for his and their backstory.

I'm also liking Bae Soo Bin as the villain that I can't completely despise. Maybe his Soo-bin's expressive eyes. And Jo Hyun jae as Kang is also appealing. I'm loving the three main male characters. The two leads are getting more and more appealing.

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I don't think MH likes YK (JH) in the romantic sense but more as a challenge. I suspect he has always been an endearing guy from the beginning of time. The irony is he looks earnest, even without trying very hard. As a result, no one has been able to fathom his true intentions all this time, not even JH or her hawk-eyed dad. Thus when someone, a complete stranger, is able to see through his facade, he is surprised and a little unsettled.

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OMG! I Love your theory alot!

Yes he is afraid to get caught that actually he is a bad guy! It's the opposite from in woo's char. This time, the villain is very unsettled with someone else who notice his true nature. So that's why he being attracted to yi kung's.

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i think the other 49er is the reaper and he failed to get all three tears.

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I tuned in this week and oh boy shower scene *gulp*

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I had my suspicions about Scheduler = YK's dead boyfriend from the get go. I can get with that. What I can't get with is what are the odds that he would choose her body as JH's host body, especially since he doesn't seem to have any conscious memory of who YK is?

I'd like to see some dialogue about the head honcho ( or whoever Scheduler answers to) possibly planning all this for the sake of YK, JH, AND Scheduler. That would mean Scheduler claiming JH's "death" was unplanned is the exact opposite of what is true. I really like the way the story is developing! :)

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i thinks he choose YK's body because YK is the reason of the massive accident that day cuz she was trying to kill herself, which eventually lead to JH's unplanned death.
or maybe... like MAYBE there's SOMEONE up high who has higher status than reaper boy is planning something without the reaper boy's acknowledgment. a plan which includes reaper boy himself

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i like your concept.In real life, I believe that God, the Father, plans something which even the Son nor the angels don't know about. But they follow the will of the Father.

I'm very very curious what is JH connection to YK. I believe there is more to it than YK as the source of JH untimely death.And how Reaperboy is connected to this two. It may be that JH and YK are sisters(mybe they had same habits and personality before YK turned to what she is now) and most likely, Reaper boy is YK's BF.

I don't believe in coincidenses. I believe God has the purpose for things to occur. And I can't wait when things will be revealed.

With the ship, I truly wish that YK wil get reunited with Scheduler and be happy. But I also wish she could move on and if possible for HK to know her as real YK, I hope they could be happy. And JH, I hope she will will be wherever she might end to and with.

I wish this drama comes daily, I can't wait for next epi.

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i don't think it was S who actually chose the body.... i think he is just following orders.

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I want to know YK's back story. I want her character to develop. So far its only been about JH. and will they guys truly fall for HER actual character?

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is it just me, or why is that i suddenly feel that the ending song felt like secret garden ...

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YES!
Good choice of word it felt like it.

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I had the same feeling.....

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Whoa...I also thought of SG as well.

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ooOHhh~ i totally like where the storyline is going.
Though a lot of people HATES Nam Gyu Ri (as do I when i first watched her in the first episode). But she grew on me. I mean, at least her acting ISN'T so bad (ehem... CRACK HIGH anyone?). Her acting actually compliment her character as a spoiled rich girl with a princess complex.
My guess for the three people who will shed tears for her is Han Kang, Min Ho/Yi Kyung and... REAPER BOY! (oh, that’s four people isn’t it? ^^)
So yeah, reaper boy isn't exactly a human. But didn't he say that aside from her FAMILY, anyone will do as long as they shed true tears for her?
Like ANYONE?
Or did he say it must be a human?
Am i missing something while i was watching?
I don't think Min Ho is really evil, there must be a hidden backstory, and I believe his mother is the key to unlock all his past. It's probably related to Ji Hyun's father anyway.
And have anyone considered In Jung and Min Ho might not really be in a hidden scandalous relationship? They could be brother-sister for GOD sake!
Oppa in korean kind of misleading at times.
I like Yi Kyung when Ji Hyun's in her body, it makes her characters alive, but then again its maybe because we didn't know much about the dark Yi Kyung and the story has been focusing on Ji Hyun's life up till this point, so we can relate to her more than to dark Yi Kyung.
I adore the interaction between Han Kang and Ji Hyun in Yi Kyung's body.
But I totally LOVE the relationship between reaper boy and soul Ji Hyun. They're so cute together! Haven’t anyone notices that reaper boy's growing affection towards Ji Hyun? (The way he tries to secretly helps her, comes to her aid when she needs comforts, and ALSO the scene where he adoringly looked at her when she changed her clothes). BTW, NGR really looks pretty in this scene!
I do agree Han Kang doesn't look good with Ji Hyun (real ji hyun) and looks better with the real Yi Kyung. But at the moment, he is attracted to Yi Kyung because she reminds him of Ji Hyun's personality.
But I do believes as the story goes on, Yi Kyung will gradually change. I hope Han Kang will finally meet the real Yi Kyung and fall for her.
As for Ji Hyun, I’m rooting her to be with Reaper Boy. But if she’s awake from her brain-dead, will reaper boy become human? And if he became a human, what about Yi Kyung then? Ohhh… I sure do hope that reaper boy in his past life is not Yi Kyung’s boyfriend, but instead her brother! Haha
Nevertheless…
My fav couples are:
(i) Reaper Boy-Ji Hyun
(ii) Han Kang-Yi Kyung (real Yi Kyung), but where does that put our stalker doctor then?
As for Min Ho and In Jung, regardless if they are really evil or just backstabbing Ji Hyun for the sake of something good, I don’t really care. Because the fact that they lie to her already means they are betraying her trust, even if the intentions behind it is good.
As confusing as I was to root for which couples, what’s more confusing to me is who exactly is the MALE LEAD in this drama? Is it Han Kang? Or Min Ho? Or is it REAPER BOY? I wanted REAPER BOY to be the male lead! I mean, come on! If I’m the writer of this story, I totally would WANT the HOT JIW to be the male lead in my story! Gah! JIW is too IRRESISTIBLE!
p/s: Even the orders of the female leads are confusing.

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I so agree ! Jihyun- schedular and Yikyung-Kang are so good together , I do hope that at the story goes on, Kang will learn to love more YiKyung(the real not Ji Hyun)
as for the Scheduler & Ji Hyun ,I"m totally rooting for them ! Gosh! they're so freaking lovely together and always so hilarious *w*
Oh dear! I really don't want the scheduler as Yikyung's deceased boyfriend
well who knows , there is still 19 eps so everything's possible
Actually almost everyone is hating on Gyuri so I'm happy to know that there is some who aren't completely hating on her. I really like her, her acting isn't the best but she's pretty good and she may be not the most natural actress out there but she still so pretty and so adorable

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Damn.... I am definitely hooked on reaper boy too.
Awesome recap JB. "Noona"?? We get another clue as to how old you are !!!

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Yes. Apparently JB is older than an immortal. :P

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" God bless Korea and their fixation with giving the men gratuitious nekkid shower scenes whenever they return from army duty. Some traditions really are meant to be preserved. "

.... omo I went home after my test (I totally screwed up) and read this... you just made my day :)
you're like the best antidepressant ever !

many thanks from France ^^

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Is it just me, but sometimes I get scared looking at Nam Gyu-ri's face, shes pretty and all but her eyes kinda creeps me out at times.

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"God bless Korea and their fixation with giving the men gratuitious nekkid shower scenes whenever they return from army duty. Some traditions really are meant to be preserved. "

LOL! Especially this, please.

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Haven't watched this ep yet but I'm getting the idea from this recap that maybe the Scheduler was one of the previous 49'ers, and that he failed, therefore he's stuck in limbo as a Scheduler.

it’s not like finding out what happened to the other soul would change her case, so she’s better off planning how to capture her tears.

Anyone else think that wording sounds like he knows something about what does happen?

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Yes!!! MY reaper was the suicide guy is coming true!!!! I thought so from as soon as he said it. :)

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Kudos to Lee Yo Won for acting totally sad and depressing at one moment and so believably happy and air-headed next.

My predictions are:
In-Jung becomes the 3rd pure tear after she atones for her sins.
we find out Reaper boy is Yi-Kyung's ex-bf and wanted Ji-Hyun to succeed and acted as if attracted to Ji-Hyun in body form because he really misses Yi-Kyung.

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could it be possible that the Scheduler is Yi Kyung's younger brother and not her old lover (unless it was mentioned in earlier episodes that she specifically lost her boyfriend not just a loved one)? he called innately her noona when Ji Hyun confronted him on the swings in Yi Kyung's body, which makes me think maybe she's his older sister.

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Yes, I thought that was already out there.
Not boyfriend but brother.

The fact he calls JH "noona" gives us some info, and JH calls YK "unnie." So that makes Hot RB the youngest of all three.

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I thought he had a nice voice and wasn't singing badly to Sunset Glow at all! <3

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JHJ is one of the few Korean actors who can ACTUALLY sing. If you just know how good a singer he actually is you would realize that his rendition of the shower Sunset Glow is not his best and i think it was deliberate on his part just to put a cute spin on that scene. Because like JB said "Cute guys singing well is attractive, but cute guys singing badly? Adorable."

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I was wondering when you'd address the issue of the Scheduler!!! I was surprised when I watched the episodes and saw the resemblance to the guy who died in Yi-Kyung's past to the Scheduler and noticed you hadn't talked about it at all. I thought it was pretty interesting.
To me, it seems like the Scheduler was Yi-Kyung's brother (younger?), who died in a car related way. Just my theory. ><

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Ooooh JB I'm loving your intake of the drama.
Especially about Scheduler, it's clear that he would be YK's dead bf but your intake on how he probably committed suicide that's why he is a reaper is a very good evaluation. I always love reading your intakes on each episode.
I haven't fully read the recap, I just read your POV. I'll read it later &then watch the two episodes later as well when subs come out but so far I am so hooked on this drama.
Just love it.
Like the million dollar question is Kang gonna fall in love with YK or the YK that JH has posses?

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Yeah i think so from the first time i saw the accident scene that the reper by was the dead person that Yi-kyung cried for,i had a guess,maybe is his brother or even boyfriend

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im gonna go crzy...i just love this show..the best show that's airing right now..after secret garden! gosh i luv reaper boy and kang

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I'm thinking it is also possible for Min-ho to be one of the tears.

for example:
if Min-ho falls for Ji-hyun in Yi-Kyung's body and a serious accident happens to Yi-Kyung's body and he thinks she's dead and cries - can't that count?!

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Please tell me I'm not the only one thinking this. Okay, first of all, this is the only drama that I didn't know who was going to be with who. This confuses the heck of me because now, I just don't know who to ship with. I love both the men (Kang and Scheduler) and women (including annoying Ji Hyun who I find oddly cute). Now that Min Ho might have a chance of liking Ji Kyung, I find this kind of selfish that all the guys are falling in love with Ji Hyun including the reaper boy. Now who is my Yi Kyung going to end with? Please don't reply with stalker/psychologist (hahah I'm majoring in becoming one). Anyways, I feel like Yi Kyung will find out about this and in the end, she'll want to be Ji Hyun's soul and let Ji Hyun take her body. As odd as this explanation would go, my Yi Kyung would be with the scheduler and Ji Hyun could be with Kang. If not, I'm expecting Ji Hyun to not collect enough tears and thus ending up with Mr. Scheduler and Kang finding out the real Yi Kyung and loving her. :)

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I forgot to add, if the scheduler is in fact Yi Kyung's brother, then I would 100% prefer this response:
"If not, I’m expecting Ji Hyun to not collect enough tears and thus ending up with Mr. Scheduler and Kang finding out the real Yi Kyung and loving her. :)"

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I also believe that if you don't complete the 49 days mission, then you'll become a reaper like JIW ^^ So if Ji Hyun doesn't get 3 tears, she'll forever be a reaper with JIW ^^ WOOT WOOT~

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Yes, I would like that, but I don't think the audience would allow it.

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Finally! I have been waiting for this one.

OK. First thing I thought was: omg, Jun Se and his dad!!!! And then: Hwan's mom! :P

And LOL at the Scheduler tweeting!

Thanks for the recap! ^_^

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I haven't watched any of the episodes yet (waiting to finish my current drama for that) but I've been eagerly stalking your recaps for Jung Il Woo and his hilarious facial expressions!

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"God bless Korea and their fixation with giving the men gratuitious nekkid shower scenes whenever they return from army duty. Some traditions really are meant to be preserved. "..........LOLOLOL!.
IKR?!......best part of it!!!!

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I seriously don't get the people shipping Kang and YK. Jihyun is in YK's body and that's pretty much the only reason he seems to be attracted to her bright, bubbly, naive personality. The real YK is sullen, depressed, and lifeless due to her bf's death. YK (real) will have no freaking idea who Kang is.

Personally, I'm pulling for Yi Kyung and the Reaper Boy (who will magically recollect his memories - he probably was the first or second person who tried to collect the tears and failed, resulting in becoming a reaper). The Villain and Kang aren't falling for YK. They're just falling for JH's traits all over again.

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I will answer u.... just because: Lee Yo WOon - Jo Hyun JAe CHemistry..... Everytime they are on screen, I can feel electricity... And I Didn't see any chemistry between Jo Hyun JAe and Nam Gyu RI, like Jo Hyun Jae with LYW... We all know Lee Yo Woon's original character is Yi Kung, so..??

Ireally hope in the upcoming episode they will explore Yi Kung's character more..!

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i think JHJ and NGR has chemistry too but this chemistry is apparent only in the flashback scenes. i can totally see why Kang would fall in love with JH and retain that love for many years.

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When is the recap for ep 6 coming out? I've been waiting all night. The wait is killing me.

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LOL at the Felicity reference but this is a pretty damn good drama and I haven't even seen it but the recaps are awesome. I'm waiting to see how Yi Kyung and Ji Hyun will interact and what an awkward love triangle it will be...dead girl in other girls body, possessed girl and guy.

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getting excited with the revelations of being put up by 49days...

1. it's indeed possible that the Scheduler is Yi Kyung’s BF - a reason why he doesn’t like coming to her place. And that when he becomes a scheduler...his memory was taken out but it will soon regain once he fulfilled his task on Ji-Hyun...

2. "Dr. Noh goes on to say that he was 100% responsible for the death of “that person.” And that person is definitely Yikyung's BF...

3. a love triangle between Kang and Minho over Yikyung (a 2x ouch!!!! for Kang bdw...)

4. i can feel that our dear Scheduler will fall in love later with Ji-Hyun ...and the latter will choose death to stay with our reaper...however i'd find a better angle - what if Ji-hyun succeeded in having this 3 tears...regained her consciousness...then she meets the scheduler in a physical form...who happens to be in a coma just like her...meaning if Yikyung's BF is the reaper...that wasnt his true body ...am i getting my piece somewhere??? hehehe!

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Interesting note about the Scheduler being Yi Kyung's dead BF...I never thought of it. This whole drama has been pretty interesting for me.

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Hey, I really think that the Scheduler is Yi-kyung's dead boyfriend.
Look, in ep 5, the doc said to YK that it has been 5 years until when her boyfriend died. And in ep 6, the Scheduler said it has been 5 years that he's a scheduler. Too coincidal, don't you think? hum...

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I'm really curious bout Yi Kyung's Life. Why they just told a little piece of Yi Kyung. I she just a doll? I mean host.

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Hi,
what's the name of the song Kang ah is singing in the shower?

Thanks! :)

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It's "Haru Haru' (Day by Day) by Big Bang. Here's a link. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO8F7lDhbAM

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Thanks!!! :-) :-) :-)

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I think the title is Sunset Glow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43up-7dCzro

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this whole bay leaf/shin ji hyun thing bothers me so much!! ....cuz no one eats bay leaves!!! so how is it a unique trait to her?!!

[the cook in me is grumbling with annoyance]

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love this drama.... JIW i love .... good acting and superb story. Hope they can wrap it up nicely. Waiting for next week eps. JV & GF thanks a lot for a speedy recap.

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Such an awesome recap, full of delightful commentary and clever turns of phrase! Bravo!

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I like this movies very much.

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I think the cute reaper could be the younger brother of Yi Kyung. Having this one scene where he shouted out "noona" to Ji Hyun in Yi Kyung's body. However it's been 5 years since the accident so what exactly is in it for the reaper?

I don't know if it makes sense. When it comes to partnering the couples won't it be far more interesting if the reaper ends up with Ji Hyun and Yi Kyung ends up with Han Kang. Just a thought.

The story is getting more interesting with each episode. Can't wait for the next episodes to come.

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What song was the guy singing so cheerfully in the shower? its SO FAMILIAR!

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I just started watching this :)
But I'm confused...I thought she couldn't touch things and do things? So how is she able to grab clothes and change into them? Or is this a magical mall? Or should I just (continue to) suspend my disbelief? LOL

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ok so i've been speculating since the first episode about reaper boy, whether or not he's Yi-kyung's lost lost or relative or something
like ever since the flashback and i saw the body spralwed on the ground, i had a nagging feeling that it was reaper boy and this episode just proved to me that he just might be!
ALSO i think of the two 49 days, reaper boy is the second story who also did the 49 days but couldn't find 3 people who truly loved him? maybe iuno

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can't wait to watch the next episodes...I'm totally loving this drama!

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Obligatory KDrama fashion show scene! And it gives NGR a chance to wear a different outfit.

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