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Kill Me, Heal Me: Episode 20 (Final)

This long denouement is an answer to the difficult and painful truths we’ve had to deal with so far. It’s an episode full of substance, and takes its time to craft a fitting send-off to the characters we’ve grown to love, as well as the ones we decidedly didn’t. Bittersweet crosses to simply sweet, as we circle back to what this story is really about — not company politics, not revenge or retribution, but just how two children overcame abuse to find a way to exist in the world without carrying the burdens of their past.

With all the intense character moments and the inevitable goodbyes, keep your tissues handy. There’s going to be lots of things in all your eyes. Thank you all for your patience! Now let’s ride this train together one last time.

FINAL EPISODE RECAP

Ri-jin shows Dr. Seok CCTV footage of the new alter, “Mr. X,” which shows a caped figure enter her room. She tells him how Perry Park left for good, and Dr. Seok replies that it’s possible the new alter arose in response. He says that Mr. X could either be a helper personality who will facilitate the treatment, or the opposite.

Do-hyun stops short when he finds his office occupied. In a magician’s cape and top hat, the new alter invites Do-hyun to open a briefcase. Do-hyun looks away in confusion, but when he looks back, the room is empty. Do-hyun, eyes wide, tells Chief Ahn that he thinks he saw Mr. X, in a bout of co-consciousness. His head rings sharply, and the chief anxiously takes him home.

Now recovered, Do-hyun works from home, and his diligence surprises Chief Ahn. The chief has other news for Do-hyun. He reveals that Min Seo-yeon’s driver, who was new that day, got the job under the auspices of Do-hyun’s dad.

The shock of the news brings on the telltale ringing. Fighting the pain, Do-hyun tells the chief to secure the driver’s testimony immediately — he needs to know the truth.

Alone, he remembers little Ri-jin showing him her locket. The pain, insistent, takes him again.

Ri-jin catches “Princess Yo-na” sneaking out to Oppa, decked in her new pink headband. They scuffle and Yo-na calls out, “Mr X!” which gets Ri-jin’s attention quick. Just for lols, Yo-na hawks a gobbet of gum right into Ri-jin’s face. Laughing her head off, she refuses to divulge the secret for free…

Ri-jin bursts into Ri-on’s room and rattles off a profuse apology, promising to spend her whole life atoning. Horrified understanding dawns on him when Yo-na bounds in. Ri-jin shuts the door (“I’m sorry Oh Ri-on, forgive me Oh Ri-on, I love you Oh Ri-on”) but Yo-na locks them in. Oh my days.

She tackles him onto the bed. Trapped, he wails and flails while she toys with him, a cat preying on a mouse. Poor molested Ri-on, I’m (not) sorry you’re suffering for my lols!

She makes him sit still, and sings him “Oppa, Cheer up,” the Yo-na version (based on children’s song “Cheer Up, Dad“) but HAHAHA, “Oppa, cheer up! Yo-na’s going to… give you a kiss~!” Ri-on desperately blurts that he’s leaving for army service. She sobs — for about two seconds, and threateningly holds up a copy of his 2010 discharge papers, the evidence of his lie.

She proceeds to take a million selcas of herself with Oppa, and you can’t blame him if his smile is more of a grimace. No fight left in him, he submits to her kisses.

Ri-jin still has her ear to the door when Yo-na whips it open, waving a prize photo of Oppa. Ri-jin gasps at her brother’s kiss-covered face while he flails and sobs even more, convinced he’s ruined for life. Ri-jin, are you laughing at Oppa?

Ri-jin comes to collect on her promise from Yo-na: What does she know about Mr. X? Yo-na cryptically tells her to smile brightly: “Mr. X disappears when you become happy.” But that’s all she’ll say.

Yo-na claims the bed for the night, and this time Ri-jin lets her. They settle down to sleep. In her tough-girl way, Yo-na speaks: “For treating me like a friend, thank you. And for treating me like a sister, thank you. For granting my wish today, thank you. Just… thanks for everything.”

Ri-jin sits up, recognizing it’s a goodbye. Eyes full, Yo-na tells her she was the first girl she met who could fight. She tells Ri-jin to be well, and closes her eyes. Ri-jin watches over her.

Yo-sub calls Yo-na to him. Ri-jin noona is at Do-hyun hyung’s side now, he tells her. They have to go so the couple can be at ease. Yo-na runs past him crying, and dissolves in a spray of pink. There’s something in my eye.

Yo-sub quotes French poet Paul Valéry: “The wind is rising. We must try to live.” He adds, “Goodbye, noona. Thank you.”

Then he, too, dissolves into the breeze.

Do-hyun wakes up with Yo-na’s headband in his hand. He knows what it means, and carefully folds away her pink blazer for the last time.

Ri-jin sniffles in front of her mirror, hands over her face. She tells him Yo-na left, “After doing this” — and shows him her face. HAHA. Yo-na gets the last penultimate laugh after all, because across Ri-jin’s forehead, thoroughly misspelled, she’s scribbled “vicious chick.”

Ri-jin bawls that she fell asleep for just a moment, and that’s when Yo-na left. Do-hyun consoles her by calling her “unni” in Yo-na’s voice, telling her she’ll mess up her makeup.

In the hospital, Do-hyun’s dad opens his eyes. Do-hyun gets the news from Chief Ahn, who adds that Dad wants to atone for the past, and so wants to see Ri-jin and his son together. Do-hyun hurries from Ri-jin’s house, saying he’ll see her at his house later.

While he drives, he clutches his ringing head, roiling with suspicions of Dad’s involvement in Min Seo-yeon’s death.

At Do-hyun’s house, Ri-jin finds a lump hiding under the covers in her room. She peels the cover back and is greeted by Se-gi’s giant teddy bear. From behind it, Do-hyun peeks out. He gazes at her with limpid eyes, and waves the bear’s paw. Realization dawns, and Ri-jin tentatively asks, “Nana?”

She says the bear’s name is Nana, and Ri-jin finishes — her name is Cha Do-hyun, isn’t it? We see the little girl now, and Ri-jin tells her she knows, “Because you… are me.” She explains that she’s little Do-hyun’s adult self, and little Do-hyun is her child-self. She lovingly tells her younger self how happy and loved she is now, “So much that it overflows.”

She wants to say one more thing: Back then, when that ajusshi was angry, it wasn’t because she did anything wrong. Telling her not to be scared or hurt anymore, she reassures the little girl that it’s okay for her to go now. She’ll look after Cha-gun.

But little Do-hyun can’t go alone because she doesn’t know the way. She asks Ri-jin to call Mr. X. But who is Mr. X? “My daddy,” the little girl replies.

A memory. The two children draw pictures on the basement floor, and little Ri-jin looks longingly towards the door. If her dad were there, she says, they could get out. Do-hyun tells her he heard her dad was dead, which makes her cry. Do-hyun, you heartbreaker. He quickly takes it back — of course he’ll come. He paints a comforting promise of her father watching over her from the heavens.

Do-hyun jolts awake, bear in hand, while Ri-jin watches over him. He asks if Nana was there, and she wordlessly pulls him into a hug. “For your mind splintering again because of me, I’m sorry, and sorry again. But thank you,” she says. At last, she grasps the extent of his pain, she tells him, and how much hope he gave her — he really did save her. She cries into his shoulder, grateful that they got to meet again, so she could say those words.

Do-hyun is still tortured by the fear that his father killed Ri-jin’s mother. In his bathroom, co-consciousness strikes once again as Mr. X appears in the mirror. Once again, he invites Do-hyun to open the box. This time, Do-hyun steels himself and opens it.

There’s only a teddy bear inside, and it’s not frightening at all (unless you’re the bear). Mr. X proves his point that until Do-hyun looks for himself, he won’t know whether what’s inside is gold or a bomb.

“The extent of my imagination decides the size of my fear,” says Mr. X. Do-hyun realizes that means he has to go check the facts himself. Mr. X encourages Do-hyun to confront his past, and spend his imagination on his future.

From Nana’s memories, he now knows who Mr. X is. Mr. X says he took on this form because that’s how Do-hyun made him. As for why he looks like a magician, Mr. X says that must be how a kid imagines a dad. He quips that Do-hyun has no idea how glad he is that he’s not Superman.

Eyes full of conviction, Do-hyun tells Mr. X that he will protect Ri-jin from now on, and get stronger. Do-hyun tells him he can rest easy now, and Mr. X agrees. A moment later, Do-hyun is alone — surprised, but content.

Do-hyun stands by his father’s bedside. Dad sits up and asks if he’s Joon-young. He marvels that he’s completely grown up, and wants to see him better. Wasting no words, Do-hyun tells Dad that being in a coma for so long didn’t erase his sins and turn him into a victim. He’s only here to find out if Dad was responsible for Grandpa’s and Min Seo-yeon’s deaths.

In a private meeting between the family execs, Ki-joon begins a speech to Grandma about Do-hyun’s job capability. Unfazed, Do-hyun interrupts to ask if it’s about his DID. Uncle and son look smug, but Do-hyun counters with his own concerns about Uncle.

His father revealed that Uncle had bribed the driver to delay the two from leaving the country that day. The accident that killed them was pure misfortune. Dad admits that he covered up his findings at the time because he coveted the chairman’s seat. Do-hyun tells his uncle that Dad kept a recording of an incriminating conversation between the two of them. The transcript Grandma has in front of her is that conversation, he says. She looks at Uncle with horror.

Uncle scoffs that that won’t stop Do-hyun’s secret coming out. But Do-hyun has more dirt on him — reams of documents prove he embezzled company money, as well as laundering money via his wife’s gallery. Even Ki-joon looks shocked now.

Do-hyun rejects Uncle’s offer to compromise by hiding each other’s flaws. His secret won’t land him in jail, whereas Uncle’s definitely will. Ki-joon is stricken and Grandma steps in. To protect the company, she offers to cede Seungjin to Do-hyun. Uncle sweeps out, defeated and indignant, and Ki-joon follows.

Grandma says that Do-hyun was right — he’s not a monster. The monsters were other people. She almost smiles at him, in what must be the first time in 21 years. She urges him to get treatment and recover: She’ll protect Seungjin for him until he comes back.

Chief Ahn tells Do-hyun that Ri-jin went to see his father. As he’s about to run out, he’s struck by the pain in his head again.

Ri-jin steps into the room, and Dad is affected by her resemblance to her mother. He kneels at her feet. Eyes brimming, he thanks her for being alive. He knows his sins against her were too great to carelessly ask forgiveness, but he woke up, he says, out of his earnest wish to atone to her.

Do-hyun bursts in, except he’s Se-gi, and he’s livid. Does Dad want forgiveness? Crouching to be eye-level with him, Se-gi grabs Dad in a choke and spits at him to die — to disappear from the world as quickly as possible.

Looking into Se-gi’s face, Dad’s mind goes back to the fire, and the memory of little Joon-young/Se-gi’s face then. He seems to realize something.

Ri-jin urges Se-gi to stop, and finally pulls him away. Standing between father and son, she tells Dad that his forgiveness will have to wait. If she tries to forgive him, it will be for the sake of this person, she says, indicating Se-gi. This person, who, instead of Dad, spent his whole life protecting her and being in apology to her.

To Se-gi, she says the words he last said to her, to run away anywhere — away from their scary memories. She tugs him out with her. Alone, Dad is racked with sobs.

Se-gi and Ri-jin ride away on a motorbike, and in a voiceover, she asks him what present she can get him. His answer is simple: “You.”

They light sparklers together in the twilight. Full of sad bravado, Se-gi tells her he’s thinking about how he can make time stop, or somehow stay with her forever. Eyeing her suspiciously, he turns away, convinced she wants him to disappear.

She coaxes him to look at her. With a steady gaze, she tells him that he was the first person to say her word was law. He hangs on the word “person,” noting that she finally came to see him as his own person, not just an alter. But until she sees him as a man, he doesn’t think he can go.

He asks for his present. She steps up to him, and kisses him. For everything he did for her, this was the only present she could think of, she says. Gruff, he tells her it was a good choice — unsurpassable. He pulls her in again for a deeper kiss.

We get a montage of Se-gi’s memories with Ri-jin: There’s their first kiss in the pumpkin-carriage; then, when he asked Ri-jin to run away with him, and just now, when Ri-jin asks him to run away with her. Entreating Ri-jin not to kill him is overlapped by the memory of her taking his hand.

Face to face in their mental ether, Do-hyun asks Se-gi why he’s leaving if he doesn’t want to. Se-gi shrugs that he isn’t needed anymore. He calls him “Cha-gun,” and threatens to come back and take over Do-hyun’s body and time if he becomes a weakling again, “So it would be good if you lived well.”

They share crooked half-smiles, although Do-hyun is sniffing back tears. He extends his fist to Se-gi for a bump, and for a second, Se-gi flexes his fingers and you think he’s going to leave him hanging. Oh Se-gi, you make me laugh at the same time as you make me cry. They touch knuckles, and Se-gi charges him again to live well.

But Do-hyun has one more thing to say: “Shin-gun. You’re… me.”

“I’m… you,” he replies, “So live with style.” They hold each other’s eyes, and the tattoo fades.

Do-hyun releases Ri-jin. Tears stream down her face, and Do-hyun smiles at her through his own tears. Holding her face between his hands, he wipes her cheeks. This time as himself, he kisses her again, wrapping his arms around her.

One year later.

Ri-jin takes a break from work in the hospital staffroom. She reads an ad for Omega’s new bestseller, “Kill Me, Heal Me.” Her eyes widen at the tagline, “A romance between a DID chaebol and a female doctor.”

She remembers when Ri-on asked her if he seemed like the type to profit from another’s misfortune. “Yes! That’s exactly what it looks like,” she growls, cursing out her absent brother. Haha!

Ri-on’s busy scoping out how his book is doing — incognito, of course. Another customer (cameo by SNSD’s Yuri) snatches up the copy he was reaching for, and cajoles Ri-on to let her have it — it’s a copy with a hidden message from the author inside.

He perks up at her fangirling, and offers her a pen dug out from his pocket. It was a gift from Writer Omega, he says, and claims to be a distant relative. She immediately asks him out for coffee, and he introduces himself as “Oh Hui” (his ladies’ man persona).

“I’m Yo-na,” she says. “Ahn Yo-na.” HAHAHA. Horrified Ri-on can’t run away fast enough. The girl gives chase, calling for Oppa.

Do-hyun splits wood and Ri-jin’s dad complains he’s making tinder of it. Dad grumbles to Mom, but she’s firmly on Do-hyun’s side — he’s so handsome, the (female) customers just come rolling in. She wonders if it’s time to matchmake “Perry” and their daughter, but Dad protests — that guy’s been unemployed for a year!

That unemployed guy is on the phone right now, talking shop with Executive Director Ahn (ha, what is your hair?). The director tells him Grandma is waiting for him to come back, but Do-hyun is satisfied with his present life. “Here, each day is new and happy,” he tells him.

Do-hyun lies in the sun, eyes closed, when Ri-jin’s shadow falls across him — the opposite of the shadow that haunted their childhood memories. She joins him, and they lie side by side. She playfully scolds him for being carefree by himself when it’s his girlfriend’s day off.

He produces a box, and shows her a pair of couple rings. Although she plays hard to get (again, lol), she happily submits when Do-hyun puts one on her. She does the same for him, and they hold up their hands to admire them.

“Couple rings are the sweetest handcuffs in the world!” Ri-jin squees. The rings glint in the sun, and they twine their pinkies together in a wordless promise.

Do-hyun narrates in voiceover: “Within each person’s heart is a dark basement. If you look away or stand by, that darkness thickens. You must summon your courage to go down and turn on the light. If you’re scared to go alone, you can hold someone’s hand.”

Little Do-hyun and Ri-jin hold hands. Laughing and smiling, the children walk together into a brightly lit room, as adult Do-hyun’s narration continues: “If I’m with you, I’m not afraid.”

The couple lie together on the grass, hands entwined and eyes closed, smiling.

COMMENTS

OMG the credits! I thought I was ready to let this show go AND THEN YOU GO AND DO THAT. There are so many things in my eye right now, like my HEART. I don’t know where to start. I don’t want to finish.

That ending scene sums up one of the things I love most about Ri-jin and Do-hyun’s relationship. It characterizes how they do everything important: mutually, and without ceremony. They don’t seek recognition or validation from anyone but each other — that’s all they need, and that’s I’ve had so much confidence in them.

Grandma’s turnabout was a little too pat, but I suppose we can account for it by saying getting her son back softened her up (huh). But the show makes the point that even in accidents where no one person is to blame, everyone has some responsibility. Although the situation that led to the children’s abuse and its subsequent cover-up was a string of unfortunate accidents, the abuse itself was anything but. So Do-hyun’s dad got a fitting end. Redemption and forgiveness aren’t free, you don’t get them because you want them — you have to consciously earn it. Bluntly put, it was unfair of Dad to put Ri-jin in that position, when he knelt to her. Remember how she told Do-hyun she can’t refuse people’s requests? The conflict is evident in her face at that moment, and Se-gi’s timely arrival is one more way he saves her, because she wasn’t ready to forgive him, but she seemed on the brink of having her hand subtly forced.

She’s able to return the favor a moment later when she puts herself between Se-gi and Dad — not to save Dad, but to save Se-gi from becoming that person. And yet, there’s something pitiful about Dad’s agony that twists your heart. It’s the punishment I wanted, but it doesn’t really give me any pleasure. I’ll forgo the discussion about whether his revival was unnecessary, because it was important for them to look their monster in the eye, and cut their nightmares down to size.

But the best thing that came of it was the radical shift in how Ri-jin conceives Se-gi. In every previous occasion of Se-gi getting violent, she calls for Do-hyun. But for the first time, she calls Se-gi’s name — instinctively trusting that he’ll respond to her. Se-gi’s desires have always been simple: to protect Ri-jin, and to be recognized and loved by her. Once fulfilled, he’s at peace. He’s the only one so much part of Do-hyun — the first to come and the last to go, his equal and opposite — that he doesn’t dissipate. He’s folded into Do-hyun’s consciousness, in a way that is both not there, and yet always there. That’s why Ri-jin is able to kiss him – because he is Do-hyun, and Do-hyun is him.

As hilarious as Yo-na has been, until now, she felt like a one-note character, milked only for the comedy. But her send-off gave her the depth she needed, while staying true to her feisty, uncomplicated nature. Her sorrow at leaving and her gratitude for being known were achingly sweet, underlaid by a wholehearted love for Ri-jin that only showed itself now. It’s amazing that Yo-na was completely real to me: Ji Sung made me believe he was a teenage girl. And then he made me cry. (Give this man an award already!)

I wasn’t sure how Mr. X would work as a last-minute introduction, but thankfully, he didn’t bring any game-changing elements. On the contrary, as a completely new alter, Mr. X serves to remind us that Do-hyun absorbing his alters and gaining a measure of stability doesn’t mean he gets a magical “cure.” His vulnerability continues to exist, but he’s chosen a path of accepting it. This episode in particular took care to highlight to us the nature of his inner world. Every time he blinks and finds himself alone in an empty room, it’s a jarring and sudden reminder that his encounters with his alters are events in his consciousness, without any outer reality.

With each departure, Do-hyun’s sense of peace grows palpably, and you can see the complicated blend of sadness coupled with satisfaction. It’s an effective reminder that the characters that were so real and lovable to us were, nevertheless, products of a broken mind. Ri-jin legitimately grieves for each one, but their grief isn’t the same. I want to hold on to what he implied to Se-gi — “gone” doesn’t mean “dead.” They’re dormant inside his living mind, so they’re never dead. But I am sad that we had to wait twenty episodes to get some real Se-gi x Do-hyun bromance, and then it didn’t last longer. Like, you know, forever.

Looking back on the show as a whole, it has been so consistently satisfying that I don’t really want to pick at its flaws (although I do want to know what happened to Do-hyun’s mom while everyone else got their adieus…). Kill Me, Heal Me always chose to tell the most interesting story, with style and self-awareness — I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a chaebol drama relegate corporate machinations to little more than a tertiary storyline. It felt like the writer knew what she was doing 99% of the time, and it showed in the effortless subversions and fluid tonal shifts, attention to detail, and an overall intricacy in its construction.

The message the show leaves us with is no less satisfying — that it’s vital to depend on our loved ones, and to seek out the truth despite our fears. We’re never so broken that we can’t be helped. While the illness doesn’t always have a cure, it does always demand love, and willingness to go on the journey.

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I'll miss Yo-na and Perry the most. Great show (script, acting, OST). The recaps and positive viewer feedback also enhanced the experience.

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wow....one of the most genius drama korean ever make..Fantastic!..kudos to the Moon Sun writer<3

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True, and I will watch her next projects for sure

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Watch Healer. It beats this show for the title. Seriously!

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I'll give it a try, maybe I will like it, but I'm sure my love will always be with KMHM, I never feel this way before to any other dramas so far..LOL

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Thank you so much Saya, for the final closure of the show, its so sad to say goodbye to such a beautiful journey, that’s why I would like to say thank you to writer-nim for a chance to encounter with wonderfully written piece of your work, and the PD to make the story comes alive, the production teams and crews for the hard works, and for whoever comes up with the idea to choose our beloved OTP as the leads, now you know that you don’t regret it at all rite.

Our beloved OTP, JS and HJE thank you for giving souls to CDY and ORJ, for your efforts and sacrifices to make them real so we can feel them and love them so much, finally we can say good bye to all of you, the oldest Perry Park for your funny moments, the Mighty SSG thank you for your coolness, your undying love and protections, I will never think tuna as the same again now, the twins for your sweet calmness and girly craziness thank you YS and YN, thank you Nana and Mr. X tho we see very little of you guys, but you still have a special place in our heart.

For the fake twins, ORO and ORJ thank you for giving us crazy and fun siblings moments, love your English words here and there and RiNa we will never forget your cuteness, Mom and Daddy Oh for portraying what is fun loving family supposed to be like, so its time to say goodbye too to Ms. Husky, Hospital Gossipers, Sec. Ahn, Sec. Choi, Dr. Bear, Rocking JI, will never forget that crappiness, the Cha Monsters, Ki Joon and Lady Fox, the Child actors, thank you that you guys tho only have small screen times giving a colourful world for our OTP.

Thank you Dramabeans for recapping this show, exp Saya and purplecow thank you so much for the efforts and giving us a closer look to a glimpse of your thoughts about the show, so I can meet with wonderful friends here, to share our love with the show, its been a wild magical ride here, and I wont regret the day I set foot here tho I’m not very skillful in English, I love you so much guys here, hope we will meet again in another whimsical and superb journey.

After I pick up my heart and brain pieces, I will always remember what RJ say to YS : "Everyone has several people living inside them. There's the me who wants to die and the me who wants to live. I live everyday fighting with the me who wants to give up and the me who wants to at least grab at straws. You don't have the courage to fight"…I will fight to live my life and I want to be strong too like her, I admire you so much RJ.

I will believe in life the way DY said in the end of the show: “Within each person’s heart is a dark basement. If you look away or stand by, that darkness thickens. You must summon your courage to go down and turn on the light. If you’re scared to go alone, you can hold someone’s hand”

Last but not least, as Odessa Jones said on Koreandrama.today : “Kill Me, Heal Me is weird, messy, and imperfect; but also creative, beautiful and full of heart—just like human beings” yep as human beings we will...

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Last but not least, as Odessa Jones said on Koreandrama.today : “Kill Me, Heal Me is weird, messy, and imperfect; but also creative, beautiful and full of heart—just like human beings” yep as human beings we will cherish and treasure the show in our heart forever and ever.

Le vent se lève. Il faut tenter de vivre!!

God bless you all and thank you so much for the experience.

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Amazingly true.
Reading this has brought me to tears.
I have watched kmhm often and have picked up on things that I have missed.
I agree with every think you have said.

And yes thank you all for the experience.

If ever there was love like that
would it not be the most perfect
part of ones soul to have you in my life.
Be by my side till I part.
Never leave me alone.

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PS.

Love all the OST tracks

Its such a fantastic healing journey through the end.

BINGO!!

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I teared reading your comment!!!

“Within each person’s heart is a dark basement. If you look away or stand by, that darkness thickens. You must summon your courage to go down and turn on the light. If you’re scared to go alone, you can hold someone’s hand”

I love you KMHM!
Thank you for that wonderful ride that I will never ever forget :)

Cheers to the finale chingu!!!

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Let's go Ssang Ri to drink our beer. T_____T

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Can I tag along? I'll miss you guys "snif snif"

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welcome back Aoi, where have you been?? Miss you too

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hi @lara4liwa ! I've been working 24/7 and busy here and there. I'm pretty messed up lately LOL. Whenever I get the chance, I'm happy to read all your comments about KMHM. I'll see guys around

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@Beebeeshing
Right chingu!!

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After that, can we go to the Mango Six cafe and taste that colorful drinks, and please..please can we go to that card reader corner too...huhuhu..how can I forget this show

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hahaha..
@lara4liwa @Beebeeshing
Lets go guys!!!
wait, let's just finish the meal mama Ji made for us :)
Can you pass the plate please?..haha

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ಥ_ಥ I don't think we can ever get pass this phrase. I can't help but rewatching KMHM for DONT know how many times.

*drinking the duck stew now*

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Awww...you're making me cry. I love this show so much it was hard watching each episode knowing it would end. But, as was said, gone doesn't mean dead and it will continue to exist in our heart, thoughts, and actions moving forward.
My only regret was that I wasn't able to comment more with my fellow Beanies, who are the best!!!

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@Florentine Lily
Hi there chingu :)
It's okay, we are still here for our final thanks for KMHM :)
Cheers chingu! :)

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Yup @Florentine Lily you can give all your insightful or even funny comments about the show in this episode, sure we will read them all because we share the same love of the show, please bring it on!!

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Thank you for the last review! You captured all of my thoughts and emotions into words. Ji Sung better win daesang or I will be very disappointed. How can a man in his late 30's convincingly make me believe he is a teenage girl? NO ONE but Ji Sung. KMHM FTW!

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i agree! i wasn't thinking, "he's a man in make up", or "omg they did xxx to make him look like a girl". I totally believed he was boy-crazy teenage girl.

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You know what else I loved? I loved how Cha Do Hyun never seemed embarrassed that one of his personalities was a girl. That's quite a feat, and one that I doubt many Korean Manly Men could pull off.

In the last scene, where Oh Ri Jin is crying because Yo Na left while she was sleeping, Cha Do Hyun pulls out an "unni" and Yo Na's sassy-voice to make Ri Jin feel better. He's standing there in a schoolgirl outfit and pink lipstick and crooning "unni" in his best teen-girl voice, and yet he's still so obviously a *man*. A man who was never ashamed of the fierce, feisty part of himself who came out to play whenever he couldn't handle life.

Remember, Yo Na was the part of him who loved life so much that she plays a counterpart to Yo Sub, who only wants to die. Yo Na might seem shallow and silly, but she's fiercely determined to grab life (and Ri On oppa!) with both hands and hang on. Cha Do Hyun recognizes that, and I love that he is never ashamed of Yo Na (he might be ashamed of the things she *does*, but he's never ashamed of her existence, if that makes sense).

I tip my hat to Ji Sung for playing this character with such comedy, but also with such sensitivity.

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NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Thanks for the recap, Saya!

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YEEEEEEEES!!

Its the end

And I still cant get over it huhuhu

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I'm crying again JUST FROM READING THE RECAP. Thanks purplecow and saya for recapping this... Reading your opinions/recaps/seeing the screenshots really helped me kinda of relive episodes, and watching this drama without them would have felt incomplete xD Ughhhh I'm going to miss this drama so much; definitely not perfect by any means with its huge unnecessary flashback party around episode 15-17, but my heart says it's perfect so that's that. Ji Sung I swear to God if you don't get an acting award for this I'm going to be SO PISSED. I have so many more thoughts about this drama but I just can't seem to say it at the moment... SSANGRI FAMILY JJANG!!

KILL ME HEAL ME I'M GOING TO MISS YOU <3333

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Thank you for the review.

This drama has exceeded all my doubts and made me love some of the most memorable characters ever. I cannot believe it when I say that those fictitious multiple personalities are going to stick longer in my mind that so many OTPs.

There will never be another Yoona in Kdrama land. That girl seriously rocks.

Yoo Seob made my heart break with his sad acceptance of life and how life sucks.

Can't even begin to even talk about the OTP. Their chemistry rocks and screeching or not- she was a well written female lead.

But but but... Yoona oh Yoona, she embraced life and knew no boundaries. Can't even see another girl pouting now after her and she elevated the OPW ( Oppa pout wriggle ) to new standards.

Not going to talk about Perry Park because I basically bawled through his good bye.

Gosh what a drama.

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--I cannot believe it when I say that those fictitious multiple personalities are going to stick longer in my mind that so many OTPs-- love the way you put your words to it ck1Oz, I could'nt agree more

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Can’t even see another girl pouting now after her and she elevated the OPW ( Oppa pout wriggle ) to new standards.

So true!

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not to mention his hips...in ep 18

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Saya, I love you so much for recapping the final episode! Your recap and the episode itself leave me feeling less empty (because, woah, have I been suffering from KMHM withdraws). Love your reflection of the drama as a whole and I feel the same as you do about the show, its story, its message, and its characters.

Loved this drama. Officially my number 1. ^.^ Gave me super happy feels and made me really think about important life concepts. So much LOVE and appreciation. *^_^*

Thanks, Saya!

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Thanks for the recaps and your thoughts throughout this awesome drama.

I absolutely don't want to say good-bye, so, I'll say thank you, too, to Show. The writers, the music folks, the director, the wardrobe artists - I MEAN REALLY, could Segi have been a bigger lump of appeal than in his red coat and poofed hair?
What about Yo-na's stolen PJs? Just perfect.

PSJ, Mom, Dad, secretary - TA- they were all just right.

Most, I will never forget how JS made these character come to life out of words on a page, and HJE, who loved them as much as we did. Just so happy this drama made it to air with this team. Satisfied with the end since they managed to get so much in in such a short time.

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I finished watching this drama last Sunday and I cried alot. Reading the recap made me cry again. And your words "...JS made these character come to life out of words on a page, and HJE, who loved them as much as we did." bring tears again. That's what makes me love RiJin even more, she obviously loves those personas as much as I do. What a perfect and lovely couple.

Agree with you that the whole team created this drama is just right. I actually wish we could see SeGi in his red coat plus that awesome hairdo one last time.

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yes jomo, thank you to the wardrobe artists or maybe the stylist, what a perfect choice that red coat and all the outfits that SeGi wear, I love his outfit at episode 18 and his earrings too, and I still wonder where can I get that PJs...LOL

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Maybe eBay someday!

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I really enjoy Kill Me Heal Me thoroughly! While there's always been flaws here and there, it doesn't hamper my love and my own enjoyment!
During these days after I finished the last ep, I always reminded of Yo Na the most. Although my favorite personality is actually Se Gi. I even joke with my sister mimicking Yo Na's voice and habit. Yo Na is the most unforgettable character for me..
And kudos to Ji Sung, other casts, writer, PD, staff, etc that bring life to this drama!!
In the beginning many people (including me) wrote off this drama because its ambitious storyline that boasts 7 personalities, but now dare I say 7 personalities is possible!!
Ji Sung needs to get many awards from this! KMHM Jjang!!

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I’ve never cried so much in my life. That was one incredibly sad, incredibly uplifting ending. Nana’s farewell was yet more closure for Rijin, and I really appreciate that the show didn’t play down the fact that while Dohyun suffered more after the abuse, in the end it was Rijin that had to undergo the abuse and therefore needs just as much closure. Speaking to her past self (did anyone else notice just how brilliantly Ji Sung imitated the little girl’s voice?) is cathartic, and sets off a wonderful healing chain reaction. Not only is she healing Dohyun, but she’s healing herself.
Mr. X showed us just how Dohyun’s psyche works. Yona said that X wouldn’t appear if Rijin smiled. Rijin didn’t realize it then, but Yona did answer her question. That’s who X is, that’s who many of the personalities have been. Parts of Dohyun that wanted Rijin to be happy. With the loss of little Rijin, came Nana. With the loss of Rijin’s parents, came Mr. X. In order to stop splitting apart, he needs to truly heal. So we’ve a round of farewells to say. Ahn Yo Na. I honestly can’t think of a better farewell for her: time with a fellow kijibae, and kisses and selfies with a handsome oppa. She knew her time was up, when bribing Rijin, and snapping picture after picture with poor Ri On. Only on the inside does she finally break down. Looking back, those tears she shed upon Ri On pretending to go to the army were her own, though she’ll never admit to it. And I admire her leaving as cheekily as she came: bright, fun and devious (Rijin’s forehead!). I cried like mad when Yosub just left like that but that was always in his nature. Even meaning to commit suicide, he waited for Rijin for two minutes. That, more than anything showed that he wanted to be stopped, but had given up hope of there being anyone who would do so. That Rijin came and stopped him was a shock. Here, was someone who cared. Yosub is a realist and quite the pessismist. He knew he would be going soon and probably expected to leave first, as seen in his emotional good-bye to Rijin. This was it, and he knew it. There was no point in torturing himself with what could have been, or returning for final farewell. As seen in Yona wearing the headband, the other personalities share enough of Dohyun’s consciousness to know the presents were for them. There’s no doubt that Yosub saw his. Someone cared. That was enough. It was time to let Dohyun live hence Yosub’s last words, of gratitude and of acceptance. “Thank you, noona.”
Rijin really said it all on Dohyun’s father’s apology. She’s never truly going to be able to forgive him out of the kindness of her heart, but for Dohyun and Segi’s sake alone. When that happens is only a matter of time, but the first to know will be the man she loves. More painful was the reality that Segi would disappear once that forgiveness was tendered.

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Truthfully, it’s painful for me to write this. Segi was the personality I loved the most and it was his farewell that I most feared. Even if all the others vanished, I wanted him to stay, because he was the most broken and fractured part of Dohyun having borne all that pain and guilt for 21 years. Born out of a need to do anything to protect the girl he loved, Shin Segi wanted nothing more than for that girl to choose him in turn, without question or hesitation. That’s why this good-bye broke my heart. Because Segi, who wanted to live, so badly, made his last stand, rushing in once more to save Rijin. He was aware of just what it meant, that he was the final personality left and that coming out now would mean he would never come out again, but even that was fine so long as she wouldn’t be hurt. I especially loved Rijin’s wording when she said that she’d only forgive Dohyun’s father on “this person’s behalf”. She didn’t mention Dohyun or Segi, but the entirety of who they both were. They’re one and the same. Though Segi took a while to realize it, there never was a choice for her to make, between Dohyun and him. It was always him and it was always Dohyun. Of all the various personalities, Segi was the only one that was a part of Dohyun, as opposed to a manifestation of someone else. That’s why the two will never be apart. That’s why Dohyun himself greeted him during the final amalgamation. Perry Park, Nana and X are forever gone. Yosub, and Yona were manifestations of Dohyun’s distress and depression. But Segi will never leave. He is Dohyun’s rage, anger, pain, his recklessness, deviousness and charm, his will, and his drive to protect Rijin. We’ve seen Rijin note just how similar to the two are on many occasions. Segi won’t die but he can never appear in his present incarnation again. Dohyun is the owner of this time and body now. So, this too is goodbye, because Shin Segi, the man himself can never truly walk the night and race highways again. Like an ice-cube dropped in water, there will be no telling where he begins and Dohyun ends. But he accepts it anyway, because that’s what Dohyun and Rijin need. And Rijin’s word is law to him. The kiss Rijin gives him is not out of pity. Because she did come to love this broken man who came after her each and every time, whether it was on a motorbike, giving her sexy winks, or in the Segimobile, or when Ri On brought her home, or when Dohyun was too weak to return to her. He would always, always go and stretch out his hand. In fact, he kissed her before Dohyun did, and she was certainly a willing participant. He’s always been nothing but genuine with her so the present she gives him is just as raw and real. Segi was wrong when he said that he’d never be able to have that which he wanted most.

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Rijin gave him herself, that final moment he remained as Shin Segi, but more than that she gave him herself forever, for all those moments he would now live as Cha Dohyun (my heart and eyes bled with Ji Sung’s gorgeous OST playing) Dohyun makes sure that Segi is aware that this isn’t goodbye. “You’re me,” he says. “I’m you,” Shin Segi finishes. With that, he melds with him, and the final, largest and most vital piece in Dohyun’s puzzle is finally in place.
Loved the time-jump and the meta placement of KMHM within KMHM, oh Ri On, you’re so screwed once Rijin gets home. Writing that romance must have been a cathartic experience and it seems that he’s ready for the future…one without Ahn Yona in it. Hang in there Ri On-ah, I’m sure you’ll find some feisty violent girl soon enough! I find it extremely appropriate that Dohyun has done what his father did, and adopted the name Perry Park, living life freely. Yay for Director Ahn, and I’m pretty sure he’s going to be taking over those reins. If he survives Dohyun’s beer that is. HA! This show was always about Dohyun and Rijin, nothing mattered more than those two. That’s why I’m so grateful to have spent the bulk of these final episodes watching them blossom under the warmth of each other’s love and affection and take the steps necessary to ensure that their life together will be happy. That ending was everything I ever wanted and more. The couple rings are absolutely adorable, similar to engagement rings, box and all. I loved the warmth in the music. There’s a languor, quiet joy and companionship between the two as theirs hands entwine. As if they’ve faced fire and steel, and walked away from it, their bond all the stronger. Nothing can really touch these two now. Whatever troubles the future may bring, you can bet that they’ll be there, hands entwined, to face it. As Dohyun said, only we can turn the light on and dispel the darkness and fear within us. We don’t know just what lies in the briefcase in front of us. But that’s no reason not to open it. Who knows what lies in there? Perhaps it’s a stuffed bear, a top hat, a rabbit-ear headband, a pair of glasses, the world’s finest liquor, or perhaps it’s a random meeting with a confused man, who mistakes you as a mental patient, and suddenly transforms into an eyeliner-wearing, sexy-voiced, rather violent man-boy. But we all know how that one goes.
And they lived happily ever after.
The End.
Further thoughts plus 400+ screencaps over at: http://unstoppablesun.com/2015/03/13/kill-me-heal-me-ep-20-review-end-and-shin-segis-final-stand/

I may never recover from this drama :( Still in withdrawal, plus my heart breaks everytime I think of Segi

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love all your words and screencaps of the show Shalini and I'm glad I found your unstoppable.sun to fulfill my hunger about anything of the show ^__^

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I like your review, a lot!! thanks for reviewing this drama

I found many great blog because of this drama too

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Man this made me teary! I love Segi to the bones and I do agree with everything you said.

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I loved this show so much. The only thing that I disliked in the ending is that a year had passed and her parents were still calling him Perry and didn't treat them like a couple. I hoped that with the "truth shall set you free" theme they would tell her parents his identity and he would be welcomed into the family. Aside from that I loved every other minute of this show.

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Exactly! It was kinda disappointing that they didn't reveal his real identity. Were they scared the Oh parents wouldn't accept CDH/the couple's relationship if they knew about his DID?

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I doubt that. Because Ri Jin will exactly explain how young Cha goon is her saviour in that hell called Seungjin mansion, and considering how warm Oh parents are, they will probably embrace CDH like they embrace Ri Jin for the first time. Afterall, he's someone who is as hurt as Ri Jin because of that scary family, if not worse.

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I mean, they will embrace the DID as part of the trauma. And DH slowly recovers, I'm sure they'll accept him.

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Sorry I meant being the SeunJin heir as well as suffering from DID. Forgot to mention that earlier. They must be addressing him Perry just for fun then?

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I don't think they know, but if they will ever know, I doubt Oh parents will be an obstacle for our OTP

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Yep It should have had 10 more episodes!

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I don't mind if they decided to come up with more episodes. Honestly, it can be a 100 episodes drama. The story is so intensely packed with good twists and trolling (hahah, I got trolled too many times.)

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I believe that the writer still has so many ideas to troll us even if this is a 100 episodes drama Beebeeshing...LOL

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I hope that whoever suggested solving the KMHM casting crisis by asking JS and HJE to star got a big fat bonus. Or maybe it was Anthony's idea. In any case, it's hard for me to imagine enjoying this drama so much if different leads had been cast. Yeah, HJE was OTT screaming her head off early on, but I gather that the director wanted her to be OTT. I've gotta give props to HJE-- whether she was screaming, crying, being silly/strong/compassionate etc., she always gave it her all, and without a hint of self-consciousness. When Ri-jin was grieving over Se-gi's disappearance, I marveled (amidst my own tears) at HJE's ability to make that scene feel so real.

And as for uri Ji Sung, plenty has already been said about what a phenomenal job he did. I hope he's feeling very fulfilled as an actor. I revisited an article I'd read (https://blue1004.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/healing-camp-episode-3-guest-ji-sung/) about his appearance on Healing Camp in which he'd talked about how hard it'd been for him to become an actor. I'd forgotten that it was Song Ji-na (who wrote Healer, Sandglass, etc.) who had given him his first break after JS had begged her to create a new role for him. I thought that was pretty cool. He also talked about how furious his super strict father was when he found out JS was trying to become an actor. It's pretty great to see how he managed to make his dreams come true, and how he and LBY seem to be having the best year ever.

Saya and purplecow, thanks for making our dreams come true by gifting us with such wonderful recaps!

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good note on the director wanting HJE OTT, I read so many attacks on actors on things like that, when the actor is just doing thier job in following the direction they are told to, but rather than attack the director it is the actor that gets the flak sadly.

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true!!!
You can clearly see that it's the director who instructed her to act exactly like she did in the behind the scene footages. Actors are first-hand seen by the audience that's why they are always the first to be criticized before the writer or the director. But here in KMHM, most of us knows why she acts that way and we all love her for that :)

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Agree Aria, I know that the director want her to act that way, and I dont mind at all since the beginning of the show, my love for this OTP is blind...LOL

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HJE was OTT at the beginning to show a personality that could handle all the crazy personalities that we were going to see. She had a brother who wanted her to fight back. So her very funny scenes with Se Gi and Yo Na make sense. I remember I didn't know what to think or expect from the first episode and she did find a great way to play Ri Jin besides just crazy screaming. I just ended up loving Ri Jin so much

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That's what I think the director wanted. But that is only with hindsight of course. I certainly had no idea that I would love this show as much as I do.

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aww that interview, he is such an adorable person! I feel so connected with his struggles.

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And when he said he surprised his girlfriend on her birthday by setting fireworks and ran because he's afraid of the cops, I was smirking like, "We all know very well who she is...." he's so romantic!.

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I am never emotional, but when HJE cries I am so caught. or maybe I am using her tears as an excuse to let it out

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Anthony’s idea - lol! Yes I remember his talking about his disappointed father (he was school principal or something) but later boasted to people (even gathered fans for him).

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maybe because I have seen HJE in many shows, even I like her character or not,
I think she is always doing good,

It all have different persona (even I stop watch some her weekend drama because it is too long )

but I have faith on her despite she really didn't have aegyo face imo, but she sells me the character

I also bad to do aegyo face, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't do it sometimes , when I am alone, or to my doll or to neighbor puppy

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you do make me wanna eat ramen now.... thanks for the link

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I bet Ji Sung will grab PD Award from 3 main broadcasters (Actor of the year) 2015.

And I hope he'll grab the same award with his wife 2 years ago, "Best Actor" in Baeksang Arts Award.

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Well, if Jeon Ji Hyun can win Daesang because of Chon Song-Yi, I believe Ji Sung is as deserving to get Daesang in Baeksang.

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I agree with you, i think every year there are one series that arose them all. 2014 is the year for "My love from the star" and now 2015 is the phenomenal year for "Kill Me Heal Me"
I hope this story will also help other actors in it to establish their own career just like what "My love from the star" character is experiencing now. I want to see more of Park Seo Joon and Ji Sung's bromance in other dramas in the future.

Thank to the writer with a genius mind

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The judges are blind if they fail to give him a Daesang. I would be shouting "INVALID“ if he didn't win! ><

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I watched the final dinner party from Youtube and all the actors were like: we could have done this for another 10 episodes, lets have a second season, they were as sad as us and I think all of the actors, whether they get any awards or not, felt being part of this drama was an award in itself and the best award more time...

ha that kinda sounds like all the actors were also Do Hyuns´alters who had to leave together with Perry, Yo Na and the rest

Dr Seok was especially sad. I wanted to pat him on the head. he was crying at that table.

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Where can I find the final dinner party video?

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Ji Sung deserves every award out there for his roles in KMHM.

All the personalities he acted were totally different and realistic. He made me think Yo Na was a girl, imagine that! Se Gi's scare or Perry's bombastic tendencies or be the quiet and suicidal Yo Sub, he made us believe these were all different people for real.

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Completely satisfied. This drama has secured its place in my heart.

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Mine too, a very special place ^__^

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me too ♥
A place where it'll never be forgotten

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Wanting to see them in another comedy/drama so much.
They are so very entertaining.

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Idk how to say it, but I just realized that MoonSun drama is about healing each other too, and the lead female had amnesia, but people thought she's already died.

And the lead male is such powerful/wealthy person, but actually he's sick inside. So he needs help from a doctor/shaman who was actually his first love.

I think, every writer has their characteristic.

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I rather think Moon-Sun was getting the idea from Kill me heal me since as I knew the writer have half script in 2008 but she didn't knew ho to do it back then, no one want to try and she didn't knew who will portray, even she already work in the script.

then she wrote MoonSun and it accepted and become popular

after IOIL I think the producers finally think they have chance for Kill Me Heal Me and here's it is

in some psych mind
I think the script wait for JS, HJE and PSJ, back then 3 of them was kind of never met
JS doing PtB, HJE in high kick? PSJ wasn't debut/military???
but JS and HJE is reunited through Secret (2013)
and PSJ through tvn led witch romance

oh no, I read this too far

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Yeah! I really thought so. It seems like the script has its own power to choose the right cast until it fits. (So magical!!) :D

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@ara @Beebeeshing, feels like that Dramagod granted all of our wishes

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Kudos to Ji Sung!

Here is hoping he has plenty of endorsements pouring in, gets his face plastered all over the billboards of Korea, makes tons of money for his wife and new baby, feels artistically satisfied, and receives all the awards for a phenomenal job well done! Cos that's what he deserves.

Look forward to another drama penned by this writer.

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Amen to that!! Long life Ji Sung, we will be waiting for the next collaboration of the writer + our beloved OTP...please Dramagod!!

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Kill me heal me took us on a rollercoaster of emotions. I don't know if I could ever get over it. I loved all the characters, laughed and cried my eyes out because of them. I really don't know how I feel exactly. It was a sweet and warm goodbye.

From Perry Park's to Shin Se Gi's goodbye, it all just fell into place and made sense to me.

Ji Sung could pull off all of the personalities perfectly. His looks, his eyes, facial expressions and his voice, everything was so different that it made me believe I was looking at a different person every time. He is just amazing!

I can't be more satisfied.

LOVE KMHM and LOVE JS and HJE.

Thank you Saya and purplecow for all the recaps.
Thank you show! Will miss you :'(

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Kill Me, Heal me,
Your my christmas gift, new years gift, Birthday gift and valentine's gift all wrapped up into one :)
You made all those special days wonderful and more awesome for me.

It's like I wished for a doll princess from Santa and what I got was the whole Disneyland complete with all the amazing characters and the fun-thrilled rides I could ever hope for.

It'll be hard finding something like you and I doubt I ever will.
To JS and HJE, I’ll always be here, a happy camper waiting for the both of you 
KMHM, Here’s to all the craziness, tears, fun and laughter you brought out in me!
I never thought I could ever feel this way ever again in a drama
Cheers!!!

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--Your my christmas gift, new years gift, Birthday gift and valentine’s gift all wrapped up into one-- its so true, this is my special gift too for all occasions above

Hope in the future we can find this kind of ride again, if not maybe ones that closer enough to the fun

Cheers to you too Aria!! one of my lovely friends I meet here ^__^

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@lara4liwa
Thank you so much to chingu!!
And @Beebeeshing too :)
Throughout the whole ride, you are both there with me by my side,and like KMHM, you are both my lovely unforgettable friends :)
Now, let's go to Ssang Ri as what @Beebeeshing told earlier :) ahaha

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and to knew I stumble upon this drama by chance,
I was busy and when I looking for the drama, I saw KMHM and I see JS and HJE and I think, what could be wrong, let's watch

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@Ara :)
I was completely blown away when I saw the news of them pairing again and I told to myself, I would watch anything that has JS and HJE in it :) I have faith in them since the beginning and I am so happy It was well received :)

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me too :):D
I really have faith on their drama
especially secret, that one was total makjang type but they didn't have birth story I think, and the story didn't capture me, I just think let's give it a try

but they sell it to me simply because I believe they're so hurt and the motivation is clear, when the baby died (as said) I love HJE acting there and minhyuk/Js is so scary when he is angry, scarier than se-gi

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@Aira & Ara

I know!!! I was never motivated to watch it so soon because it will clash with my exam schedule but omg, this is one of the best choices I made in my life. When I saw JS & HJE pairing for the 2nd time, I knew I have to watch it and lurking in dramabeans for 5 episodes before I start my roller coaster ride with chingus~

I agree that Secret's storyline is too k drama routine but the baby scene captured my attention and watched it without feeling tiresome. I was touched by the story too.

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yes @ara @Aria, one of the reason this show become my top priority to watch beside the never before DID theme is this lovely OTP, I still cant get over them in Secret and now plus in KMHM, dont think I cant get over them forever...LOL

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hahha, as JS married to LBY
and HJE said that she want to get pair again but probably after she married too... so maybe some years

I want them as sibling though, but if it lover , I don't have complaint
but if they act as sibling, I think it's gonna be funny too :):)

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Roar!! I think their chemistry is too wasted to just play siblings!! But of course, I won't complain if they decide to do it. I would be too happy to see them acting again! :D

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I want them to play Korean analog of Mulder and Scully. cause there can be chemistry but never across the line... I´ll forget the actual ending and pretend they didnt go ther

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@lara4liwa @ara @Beebeeshing
Yay!!! We all share the same love with our OTP :)
Let's all gather together again for their another project
I promise I'll be there to watch them again. For however long it takes :)

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really? we can always have chat on another drama,
but I think I'll always pop up if Jisung or HJE is in dramabeans recap,
I like their chemistry and I found that their acting is always took me in, well, thanks....^^

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Thanks for the recap.

The series isn't over until the last recap is left.

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yep, and what a fabulous recap!

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It's a (very) wild ride, like a roller-coaster. From laughing to crying only took minutes, from cringing to applauding only took minutes. It's perfectly imperfect. And when it finally ended, I didn't want to get off. Afterall, there's no drama like this, both in a good and bad way. I acknowledge the flaws, yet I was too deeply invested to the characters and stories like never before.
I can't praise Ji Sung more, I highly doubt there will be an actor that stands as high as him this year. But of course, the script itself is one in a million. Neither Ji Sung and the drama would be phenomenal if they didn't have each other. Praise you, whoever that sends the script to Ji Sung (and Jung Eum and Seo Joon)!
It's been a while since I enjoyed a drama this much. KMHM might be imperfect, but it surely is on top of my list of favorite dramas.
Just to worsen your withdrawall syndrome: (https://thetalkingcupboard.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/kill-me-heal-me-goodbye-se-gi/)
P.S: I thought I've moved on, but once I clicked that link, I know I haven't.

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Ah, and how can I forget? Thanks purplecow and Saya for the recaps! Now that the recaps are over, it really strucks me that the series is over :(

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I'll will never move on

now I always remember se-gi don't touch me if you don't want me when seeing male lead that being confused by female lead

not to make their problem easier in my pov, it just It remind me of se-gi

or ri-on father melodrama line
and yo-na logic to like a guy

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dont forget that rap battle and crappy acting trends too ara...gawd that wheel of fate spinning around and around in my head...LOL

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oh right, the crappy acting, you got me there :D :D :D

the perry park comment on separating lovers,
oooh on yo-na reason for liking an oppa
at least, she said it clearly

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ara LOL to that SeGi catching tuna, and all of the scenes that mention about melodrama filming hahah, YoNa really got me on that message in RiJin forehead...LOL...LOL...oh gawd so many memorable scenes to remember

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Thanks for the recaps!

KMHM has been an awesome, entertaining ride. Loved all the characters especially the personalities. The ending was nice and while I never wished CDH's abusive dad woke up, but still the way that scene folded was satisfactory. Apart from the leads, Se Gi, Ri On and Yona will always me missed!

I'm just confused about Ri Jin's parents; do they still not know the truth about CDH? They addressed him as Perry.

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he is prob too afraid to say his real name, and in the end it doesn´t matter cause Ri Jin would love him no matter what the name is. but I LOVE him living as Perry of all things, cause Perry is the name for freedom, independent of Seungjin group and living on his own terms. plus, that keeps Perry still "there" and his goodbye nearly finished me.... so I am glad he kept that name

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He is living as Perry would though...so I think it's just apt.

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Ahn Yona, that girl, I never thought there will be a day when you make me bawling like this. *sniff, sniff* The ending is just as perfect as what I've expected from this drama. Though I do find Segi's farewell a little too rushed. Since he was the most broken among all the other personalities. I expected him to take some more time before disappear. But aside from that, this is such a great drama and I truly enjoyed it. Team KMHM, Jjang!!
... and RiOn's epilog is just too hilarious. The name Ahn YoNa will definitely haunt him forever.

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One of the best dramas.

One of the best endings.

One of the best heroes.

Cha Do Hyun splintered to the everyone safe within himself and ended up sacrificing his life on that mission.
He created Segi to be RiJin warrior angel.
He created NaNa-DoHyun to keep RiJin alive.
He created Mr X. to allay NaNa-DoHyun's fears
He created Cha Do Hyun to protect her name and keep her in the world.
He created Perry Park to keep the best part of his father alive.

The twins were the only alters dedicated to him alone. Yo-Sub held his desire to die and Yo-Na his joie de vivre and desire to live.

Ri-Jin was pretty awesome too.

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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all the cast and crew of KMHM, Ji Sung oppa you're the best! Such a good drama ♡♡♡♥

(it's so true Ji Sung made me believe he really was a teenage girl, he was more truly Yo Na than even Yuri who is an actual girl! She just looked like she was imitating Yo Na, while Ji Sung WAS Yo Na)

And the ending speech........please give Ji Sung 7 Daesangs for this role now!

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No, that should be ♡♡♡♡♡♡♥ for each personality and ♡ for Ri Jin too!

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me too me too, ♡ for 7 personalities and ♡ for Ri Jin, ♡ Ri On, ♡ Ri Na, and lots of ♡ to all the people in the show

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Finally read the last recap.

This episode brought me tears of joy and sadness because my favourite alter is leaving us. I can rewatch her song 10x and laughed hysterically 10x when I saw Rion's "omg" face upon realising she is going to kiss him again. HAHA. Yona is a smart girl and I totally didn't see it coming when she totally know that Rion lied to her about his army departure. (LAUGH AGAIN). Rion is traumatized for life. LOL.

As for Segi, I think Writer-nim can always write Kill Me Heal Me Season 2 . I didn't forget the confession Do Hyun made to Segi if he could give all his time to him to stay with Rijin in this lifetime, he will give all his time to Segi to stay with Rijin in his next life. (cue for ep 10 & can i anticipate the possibility the next drama? :D)

There are just too many things I love in this drama. One thing I just want to highlight is Secretary Ahn. He is the first person who is genuinely treat Do Hyun as a person not a monster upon finding out his condition. I was overjoyed when I saw his promotion. He truly deserve everything he earned because he is not someone who only have the capabilities, he also have a warm heart. I think he could be the reason why Do Hyun isn't taken over by Segi for 11 years.

Thanks Saya's and Purplecow's awesome recaps and great analysis of each episode. Without them, I wouldn't be here commenting and joining the Chingus enjoying the ride.

It had been a really entertaining & emotional ride for 3 months. Kill Me Heal Me, has its own flaws, but it is one drama that reminds me good 'feeling' that I first watched a really good drama many many years ago.

Thank you Writer nim, PD-nim, Production Team and the Casts bringing such a great story to us. :D

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I am so agree about the KMHM season 2 Beebeeshing, and sure I will camp and lurk around again like I did in the past 3 months, I dont feel ashamed at all fangilring this awesome show

Love the way you highlight Sec Ahn, I guess he's the one who close enough to be called a real family for DY

Its been nice meeting you here Beebeeshing and read all your comments, Cheers to you too!!

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@lara4liwa @Beebeeshing
I agree to both of you guys!!!
No word is enough how much we have come to love KMHM. This is a drama worth watching and I am happy that with all those 16 hours, I've enjoyed each scene fully, of course, with both of you by my side :)
Cheers to all of us mimideuls!!!

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*sorry sorry, twenty hours!!!
haha.. I may be drank now..haha lol..

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dont be drunk too soon Aria, we still have to hang out at Club Paradise to meet Ms. Husky there...LOL

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Haha..
lol your right lara4liwa :)
Maybe you or Beebeeshing will be the one to drive the car:)
BTW, It the same car Se Gi used to have. He gave it to us before he left :) haha

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YES chingus!!!I HAVE CAR LICENSE! LET'S GO CLUB PARADISE! T____T

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haha..I'm ready now :) let's go!!!
@Beebeeshing and @lara4liwa :)

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lets go guys, dont forget that group hugs before we go, wish that Aoi is around, maybe we can pick her up on our way there...LOL

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Hi @Aoi chingu!!!
Wherever you are, let us include you in our One Big Thank you group hug for KMHM :)
@lara4liwa
@Beebeeshing
@Aoi
Here's our virtual group HUUUGGGGGG!!!!♥
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so sweet of you... Group HHHHHugggggg y'all!

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I'm tagging along guys LOL.. I think unni Aoi is the eldest.. so I'm driving! alrighty? hehe

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This show was so great...and I was flabbergasted by Yona's goodbye actually have that deep of an impact on him...

Also afterwards when Do Hyun is in control by wearing Yona's uniform it was really like an ENTIRELY different person was wearing it...it's amazing. Same face and makeup yet completely different

This show really got my heart and the message was beautiful

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Yep Hipployta, I'm still amazed on how Ji Sung differentiate each 7 personalities, we know its the same person, but we feel as if its different person, his acting is SUPERB!!

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*sniff* I am trying to get over it. Se GI hinted they are all still alive and that at least he can come back...
I will miss them. And I so knew it as soon as Oh Ri On met that girl that he is going to run.

just to lighten your mood, ease the sadness:

some clips, I would be grateful if someone would translate even roughly what they are sayin. at least the part where they are all thanking fans and there are BTS with Yo Na and Oh Ri On too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7I4feP3IoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUbrnOGgCnM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8Fk5-xEODg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuhoGA-DZoU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIHnxd8bvY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUAH8CI0fWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uar0OUU8WI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK38MZmQTVk

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Hi, just wanna share. Here is a youtube account by yaqiyuki (she's active in KMHM soompi thread).
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRr5yqAuR7zWjIFPAZqR84w
In there full of KMHM BTS video with engsub and yaqiyuki also just upload JS and HJE interview with section TV with engsub. All engsub credit to yaqiyuki. Enjoy! :)

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thank you!

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Note to Saya - This recap and conclusion is really well written. I loved this drama very much and was really keen on reading your final recap. I feel emotionally satisfied while reading it. You write really well. I hope you get to recap the shows you really enjoy because I think your writing is awesome and I would love to read recaps from you.

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Thanks ever so much Saya for recapping Kill Me, Heal Me.

In the very famous and lasting (immortal) words of Farmer Hoggett to Babe,"That'll do pig [KMHM], that'll do."

Remember, last Thursday, March 12, 2015, KMHM officially ended and aired its last episode. But for many of us, it is still etched upon our hearts and minds.

Seems like we're in a season of excellence with the recent #Winning string (streak) of Jjang Kdramas: Miseang, Punch, & Kill Me, Heal Me. Each one of these dramas was an awesome, poignant, and unforgettable masterpiece in its own right.

I Heard It Through The Grapevine is on track to be the next standard-bearer for the cause — out of the woodwork unlikely masterpiece in kdrama greatness.

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true!!!
That's what I also love about KMHM :)
We can clearly remember the dates :)
January 7 2015 10pm to March 11 2015 11pm KST ♥
It is truly etched upon our hearts and minds :)

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true, I actually kind of sad in last year drama,
love punch too....this was one of best in the genre
I also have hope for the grapevine, but the title is so long, i hope they make official short for it (haha)

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Kill Me Heal Me buzzworthy indeed! All three (3) leads were fantastic with stellar chemistry; a skillfully crafted plot; beautiful OSTs; a satisfying drama till the end worth every minute.

Ji Sung seized upon playing a person with 7 personalities and never let go turning this into the role of a lifetime. Hwang Jung-Eum (as Oh Ri-Jin) & Park Seo-Joon (as Oh Ri-On) rocked as brother/sister in addition to all the times they broke into fits/spurts of English. In all due fairness to Hwang Jung-Eum; I think Ri-Jin’s moments of boisterousness/shrieking/hollering/screechy were more about being a defense mechanism for her expressing herself whenever she encountered or found herself in uncomfortable situations. Or else, it was intended as a counterbalance to the glorious 7 personalities. It’ll be hard to surpass Park Seo-Joon’s portrayal of Ri-On as 2015's best Big Brother/Oppa.

In Kdramas, customarily we’re introduced first to the characters during their childhood/teenage years. So how refreshing was it that we witnessed Do-Hyun & Ri-Jin’s story unfold and commence from the standpoint of them as adults which in turn led to a past childhood connection they shared through vivid flashbacks and scenes of incredible emotions and depth.

Parents Ji Soon-Young & Oh Dae-O: What a wonderful example of a loving family and committed parents.

Loved the message about Adoption: Every child deserves to grow up in a stable home with a loving family and parents that will give him or her the best chance in life at becoming a happy, well-adjusted, fulfilled, and productive adult.

I can honestly say that I probably would not have enjoyed KMHM as much as I did if not for the amazing and outstanding performances by lead actors Ji Sung, Hwang Jung-Eum, & Park Seo-Joon; the wonderful child actors Lee Do Hyun & Kim Amy; and the writing talents of Jin Soo-Wan, and directing by Kim Jin-Man. So hats off to all of you! I salute you!

What an unlikely masterpiece that set the bar high — very high — with the perfect mixture of a compelling story, a jaw-dropping plot, and notable characters. Time and time again we witnessed seemingly little inconsequential moments and details that when all was said and done ended up delivering big and powerful payoffs. Our patience was rewarded.

Hindsight is 20/20 because who knew or guessed KMHM would end up being an excellent example of the right way to balance elements of comedy, mystery, melodrama, and tragedy throughout. Funny, exciting, emotionally weighty and sad; adept at vestiges of sowing, reaping, and garnering events that ultimately leave us with feelings of affection and a harvest of healing.

KMHM certainly isn’t without flaws but it more than compensates for it. Certainly can’t accuse KMHM of being guilty of veering off the rails into a convoluted mess and WTF territory.As for the limited screen time allotted to the characters, backstory, and development of Han Chae-Yeon & Cha Ki-Joon, I’m inclined to go with...

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KMHM certainly isn’t without flaws but it more than compensates for it. Certainly can’t accuse KMHM of being guilty of veering off the rails into a convoluted mess and WTF territory. As for the limited screen time allotted to the characters, backstory, and development of Han Chae-Yeon & Cha Ki-Joon, I’m inclined to go with what was posted in the KMHM: Episode 19 Recap Post #6 by
CZ March 14th, 2015 at 12:31 PM. Basically the viewpoint of Ki-Joon and Chae-Yeon as two (2) tertiary characters absorbed in their very own dramas — KJ the Chaebol in a Rom-Com and CY in a Melo.

Now, one of the few quibbles I did have with KMHM is the lack of realism when it came to Cha Joon-Pyo’s awakening and quick recovery physically after having lain motionless in a coma all those years.

Miss you much and R.I.P:
Shin Se-Gi = New Century
Perry Park = Ahjussi with a saturi/satoori accent, a love of boats, fishing, beer, & life.
Ahn Yo-Na = Queen Bee, Don’t you know it?
Ahn Yo Sub / Ahn Yoseb = "Joseph" the soul of a poet/artistic
Nana = Teddy bear/little Oh Ri-Jin
Cha Do-Hyun = Rin-Jin's birth name + ‎Lil' Joo Young
Mr. X = ‎Lil' Rin-Jin's ideal father figure/liberator

“In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

KMHM will not be easily forgotten.

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whoaah, love all your words August, there is always something new in there, such in depth comments, you should make your own blog for recapping dramas, or do you already have one?

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Thanks lara4liwa. It would be fun to have a blog but, no I don't.

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okay, I want to vote you up ^
how many vote you need??
thanks for writing this

wanted to said again
KMHM will not be easily forgotten.

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I posted some links to BTS videos that are awaiting moderations, so make sure to check them when they appear. It helped me a lot, I needed that because their short goodbye wasn´t enough.

what can I even say? if they had left out taht dead fish Chae Yeon, the drama would have been cleaner, they could have instead let the alters go to the company and mess up director Ki joons´plans. Se Gi in the company was hilarious and on point.

imagine Yo Na sitting in idol bands´laps when she is supposed to manage them, and Perry arranging a trot show with lots of explosions, and Yo Sub scoffing at everything and turning the idols into a classical orchestra to play Mahler instead.

hah.

look at me, calling Yo Na "she" without problem. What the hell did you do, Ji Sung? did the lip gloss actually turn you into a woman! there is no "Ji Sungs´ character Yo Na" for me, suddenly just "that girl / her". and how HJE cried at the last scene! she and "Yo Na" became real sisters and I was so sad.

but I´ll keep the good memories. and the soundtrack hypnotized me. now every time that song comes on I jump up whereever and yell "SHIN SE GI???"

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oh, and thank you so much purplecow and Saya for recapping this drama so PASSIONATELY, thanks to you we can always return to the recaps when we miss it too badly.

I would like to emphasize how much praise the make up artists and stylists of all the alters deserve!

and the soundtrack omg best soundtrack ever

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Your comments always amuse me redfox, so funny yet straightforward sometimes, but I love all of them and always wait for your funny words, you make this thread so alive, thank u so much.
Hope we can meet again in others thread in the future, I'm sorry that my comments doesn't make sense sometimes, its just my lacking in English, thank you for your endless links of BTS and etc, so I don't have to look for it someplace else, what more can I say, nice meeting you here too, cheers to you!!

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thank you, don´t worry about your english - I don´even know what I sound like, cause no one has been kind enough to point out my mistakes.

let´s hope there will be a sequel or a drama as perfectly imperfect as this!

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YEAHHH! I can't wait for sequel (if it is going to happen). I havent give thanks to Redfox who always ready to share so much BTS with us. I enjoyed watching these videos!! :'D

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Wow, I can't believe it's over. I couldn't really consider it done until I read it here and after reading this I end up crying again! Yes, this drama just became part of my top favourite dramas ever!!
Thank you to Saya and Purplecow for all your hard work and the roller coaster of emotions we all went through.
And of course thank you to all those who worked hard to make KMHM what it is. The BEST!! Ji Sung, if you don't get that award, you have many of us who will fight to get you to have it!!!!
Se-Gi was probably the best personality for me so when it was his turn to say goodbye, wow! There was a TON of things in my eyes. But at least they will never be truly gone, but still deep in Cha Do Hyun's head. And they all will have a special place in our hearts. :)
But one things for certain Ri-On will NEVER escape YONA! Haha! :D
Again thanks to everyone for one memorable drama!!!
KMHM we will miss you!!!!!!

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*applauds*

This is one show that ended better than it began, on a high note. And a warm note. It's a shame that the ratings couldn't be higher for the penultimate and last episode. Kudos to Ji Sung for creating such real characters that would stay with me for a long, long time. It's truly been an unforgettable experience.

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yes Adal, its too bad about the ratings, but this drama bring out many effects that never before happen in result of watching kdrama such as awareness of child abuse and the fundraising for it

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Kill Me Heal Me is fantastic!!
The sent off of each personality brought me to tears, that really shows how much I care about them though they only come out from time to time.
Perry, Yo Na, Yo Sub, Se Gi - all of them are such endearing characters *cries
Ji Sung is really the man. Give him all the awards that he deserves!!

Though not perfect (I was wishing for more development from Chae Yoon and Ri Jin's parents knowing Do-hyun as Do-hyun and not Perry), it is still the show that touched my heart and I think I'll remember this for a very long time.

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It's overrrr. *WAILS*

I don't think I've cried this much in any drama finale before. I cried when Perry Park left in the previous episode, and then I cried when Yo-na left, cried HARDER when I saw Yo-sub, and then started bawling again when Se-gi finally left. Ughhh, that fist bump!! That kiss!! That whole conversation between Do-hyun and Se-gi!! So heartbreaking, yet so heartwarming. Every personality's send-off was perfect.

I can't believe I've grown to love Kill Me Heal Me so much - it wasn't love from the first episode, and I don't think I was even fully invested until more than halfway through the drama - but now I'm so glad I decided to watch it, if only because it introduced me to Ji Sung's incredible acting. I can't imagine any other actor taking on his role - he's made Do-hyun, and every other personality, entirely his. It's amazing that no matter which personality he was, even when he ended up as a teenage girl or a seven year old child, his portrayals were so perfectly believable that he literally, in that moment, BECAME the character. He's just amazing. T__T

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I still remember that I was kind of unsatisfied with Do-Hyun as character since he is so dry in like 4 episode, why he is like that as main lead and my love grow every episode . It's like I finally see it. He is change, that guy is lovable and have many charm.

Se-Gi is such a charmer and screen capture

but the things is, I think they give each personality background or something to care and understand even for a limited time, so I never think they need to leave since I care about them, but then I knew they need to.

can believe I am tearing at happy scene, not because sad but happy,,,,,

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I'm so agree with you ara, they made us growing affections to every characters little by little, I fall in love with CDH character in the end of episode 4, thats why I admire the writer so much for building characters with the most sensible and lovable ways

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Do i need to say more? Jisung need daesang! In every award ceremony for 2015!!! He is indeed talented! So many actor rejected this drama and yet he willingly to do it and hell yes he KILL IT!!! Ahn yona. ahn yosub. perry park. nana. shin segi. Mr X. And cha do hyun... he nailed it! I totally cant see him act as this 7 personality.. i see that personality as different person.. not as jisung play 7 character! Which is awesome! Its a shame the last episode rating KMHM come 2nd between the 3 big chanel but well for me its no.1 drama in 2015!
Thanx saya for the recaps.. i don't comment actually here since i think my english is bad but well every KMHM post especially after its ending i try to drop a comment.. to tell everyone that i am one of this drama fans..~

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I'm silent lurker since episode 1. But I'm delurking now just to say thank you very much Saya and Purplecow for all KMHM recaps and beautiful review..
Definitely, KMHM is one of the best kdrama I have ever seen!!
Jisung should get many awards!!

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Oh my god, this was beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a Korean rom-com done so well. I love this show so much.

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Thank you so much Saya for dedicating your time to writing these recaps that have always managed to capture the heart of this wonderful show.

KMHM wasn't love at first sight for me. It took a while to get used to but when I did fall for it, I fell hard and fast. Because though it had its fair share of flaws, it always managed to make us fall in love with it for what it truly was; imperfect like the rest of us. It managed to reduce us to wailing messes, induce mass hysteria, cackle like hyenas and left us in awe of the spectacle that unfolded before us.
For that, I thank you Show. You made loving you easy and letting you go even more painful.

I loved that Yona got to leave exactly the way she came in; Like a Boss! I don't think I'll ever miss a bitchy-sassy-oppa-obsessed-fan girl as much as I'll miss her.
Though I wish we couldve seen more of Jisung as Mr.X, I'm content with the way the alter was dealt with. But c'mon, that top hat and cape was fab! ^.^
Segi's farewell was...grief. Plain and simple. I think I'm still not past the first stage. Wednesdays without Segi. Will take time to get used to.

I don't think there will ever be a chaebol heir hero as wonderful as Cha Dohyun to grace our screens in a long time. I will miss him terribly. Along with the strong, steadfast and lovely partner he has in Oh Rijin. It was pure unadulterated bliss watching the two of you interact.
And Oh Rion! For being the best oppa a girl could wish for. Thank you Park seojoon!

Kudos to Jisung, HJE and the rest of the cast along with the writer and the production team for working hard to bring this tale into our hearts, despite the difficulties you had to go through.

KMHM : January 8, 2015, 10 pm. The time I fell for you. <3

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"cackle like hyenas"

boy, did I cackle... so embarrassed in front of next door neighbors

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also, did anyone notice the big drawing of Superman in the basement in a prior episode? at Mr X´s words it fell into place

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I did! when the kids meet in basement and I see the superman on wall

I was like, oh that what he means....

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I too fell for the drama at the end of episode one. Se Gi's cheesy pickup line worked on me rather than Ri Jin.

If it weren't for that scene, I might have dropped it. I didn't really care for the beginning of episode one much.

But boy, am I glad I stuck with it.

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well said IncognitoIris, I dont know if I should cry or laugh reading your words, love all them..one of my favorite comments of the final episode, all I can do now after the show was ended, reading recaps and comments over and over again, beside watching the show again for the countless times

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seriously why Ji-Sung's dramas end same way as every time as his earlier dramas such as
1. Protect the boss
2. Secret love
and last but not least KMHM
As he loses the company president,

but this drama was good to watch, and thanks for your recaps :)

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hmm just realized,
did he lose it PtB?

In secret I think he didn't lose it but he merely lose a position and gave it to his adopted brother that better than him, he still worked in overseas branch then came back to Korea

in KMHM, he still made the decision but he is not active working because he supposed to be on treatment

I think, his character just realized many people can fit director position despite their blood relation with family-company

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This is also one of the things I love about this drama! Always crossing the boundaries (setup and the character development) and become less k drama routine. I think this plot line will become popular in Dramaland soon! :D

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I hope so Beebeeshing, its about time to make various plot line and far different from kdrama routine, cant hardly wait for that kind of dramas!!

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'EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR' IS DIFFERENT FROM 'PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN'. Remember Cha Do Hyun was once a Director.

The position of CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT already belongs to Cha Do Hyun...his grandmother relinquished authority of the company to him. All he had to do was return, and he would do that when he felt he was ready.

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JI SUNG NEVER LOST THE ROLE OF COMPANY PRESIDENT. HIS GRANDMOTHER KEPT IT WAITING FOR HIM FOR WHENEVER HE WAS READY TO RETURN. HE IS ALREADY PRESIDENT.

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Thanks s lot Saya, thanks for writing this in beautiful way

The best thing is that they told me that they’re (alters) dormant inside his living mind, so they’re never dead.

They can comeback but they will choose not to if they can live as full time in his body, It means they believe him, but its hard to born out of broken feeling and to revive that feel over and over again with realization on who they are.

I might be also people who don't actually care about the corporation since I think it always been something in Do-Hyun life, to complete his background
and glad the dad face the anger, his being blind all this year, no need to forgive but he need to see how his beloved sons turn out because what he did to other people

Then, I don't think I am gonna leave this drama ,
called it withdrawal I called it dormant,
I might watch another drama but this drama will forever treasure in my heart as happy memories,
I have no idea since I just satisfied seeing yo-na speech to rijin despite they are like frenemy
Like seeing Se-Gi saying that I am you to Do-Hyun
but never said his name as Do-Hyun to him
he always refer him as Mr.Cha, that jerk, that coward, or anything because for Se-Gi, Rijin is the only Cha Do-Hyun he knew and Ri-jin accepted his existence as protector.
Oh.......I hope I can always comment is short

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I don't think I can leave this drama too ara, it feels that this Wed and Thu at 10 pm, I can still watch it, I'm still doing the same lurking around here and there to find anything about the drama, we can call that withdrawal, dormant, or maybe just call it desperately in love with KMHM.
Something you and redfox said so interesting tho about Superman in prior episode, I guess I find my new goal now, watching again KHMN and will try to notice every little detail in the episodes, just in case there is somekind of meanings behind it wohoo.
So nice meeting you here ara and thank you for your beatiful words too, hope we can meet again in another ride, cheers to you!!

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cheers back!!!!, hope we can meet again :)
I kind of having trouble because sometimes someone already post with same username

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Yes!! Even Segi's updo starts to appear only after he wants to create his own identity. It is so amazing because the more I rewatch it, the more details and clues I find in the drama.

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I found that I could sit through all the mothers´ scenes and all on second try. Once I knew the whole story, then watching some scenes again got a whole new layer of meaning, or layers. actually it is one of the dramas that might get better on second try, cause it gets more depth that way, just like old fairy tales being retold.

hey I wonder if it gets a remake. I would so like if my country did a remake of kdrama sometimes, cause I know a perfect estonian actor who can pull off at least Perry and Yo Na... and maybe Yo Sub. dunno about Se Gi ... maybe... never seen him in a violent role tho

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I think the story can remake because there are places they need to explore more but didn't due to time constraint. But it could be difficult to remake because the new lead need chemistry powerhouse to top these cast or a really good production team. I hope western dramas can do the job but Rion's love line is tricky plot that is more suitable for Asian drama.

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"Ji Sung made me believe he was a teenage girl. And then he made me cry. (Give this man an award already!)"

Hell, he made every personality believable and its unbelievably sad to see them go one by one as if they are real. Thought I was crazy for tearing up when Perry Park left. Thanks for the ride, KMHM and thanks for the recaps Purplecow and Saya :)

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And it's weird, but his gaze when he was Nana was EXACTLY the same as little Ri-jin's (had to look up for the meaning of limpid). It's kinda weird and amazing at the same time, like 'how does he do that?' Love the epilogueeee <3

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I swear. Those few seconds, he really did nail it. I wish I could've seen more of Jisung as Nana. Maybe it was around the time he lost his voice. But it was more powerful to have little Rijin facing the grown up one.

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Yes. Those few short seconds were pitch perfect. I think the director did a good job by switching to the child later. I think Ji Sung's voice might have spoilt the effect that his face so perfectly achieved (He is after all a 38 year old man). It's not like Yo Na, where most scenes were meant to be hilarious.

This one was a sad scene, so I'm glad they played it out as they did.

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I was thinking about this in my car - the way JiSung looked out over the bear at RJ. Oy! It must have hit HJE in the solar plexus. Switching in the child actress was brilliant.

Watching RJ - we knew she was looking at CDH but seeing herself - so good. The amount of love that poor little CDH/SG gave her just blows me away, and I actually believe this "first love as kids" cliche. Because he was so willing to sacrifice himself for her. The emotional time together formed lasting bond. It wasn't just two kids eating ice cream on the swings.

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Thank you so much saya and purplecow for having the time recapping each episode..

Its been a rollercoaster ride watching this drama..so much laugh and tears...and totally satisfied w/ the ending..no words i cant describe how much i love this drama...w/ its flaws, i come to love it as well....

Im so greatful JiSung make each alters come to life.Each characters left w/ such impact..
and w/ the help of the HJE(RiJin) and PSJ(RiOn), the OH ,Sec Ahn..and the Cha grandma & mom(for the intense scenes) and all the cast,director,editor,scriptwritter..this couldn't be as enjoyable to watch w/o them..

I hope i can find another drama like this in the future...literally laugh out loud w/ its craziness, cry buckets bec of how they deliver it emotionally..guessing game make us sherlock holmes....cliffhanger left w/ "what the"..powerful ost and the total performance of the actress and actor in one drama

as someone said(i forgot) this is a perfect imperfect drama..

I will never forget this and will remain for a long long time *sniff *sniff...Anyeong Kill Me Heal Me
(sorry for my english)

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I love the ost too....
I also love the luna and choi song since I love their voice together

and I do love Oh ri-on
he understand his love but he understand his position and he talked to do-hyun about that and move on
I think he realized that it just 1st love but didn't have to be his love
my bromance feel sails in right position
I like how dad and mom talked about do-hyun too

and I love the house they pick, so good

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Thank you very much for recapping this show.

It perhaps wasn't the perfect show (quite some threads and characters abandoned), but it had *HEART*. And that is what mattered for me the most.

I was with every of Do Hyun's personalities and I cried when they were leaving... I cried when Ri Jin showed her unlimited love and understanding for each of them... and I was so touched by Do Hyun's and Ri Jin's childhood story... their healing process was beautifully done... and nothing else mattered.

This show just left a warm feeling in my heart... and unforgettable performance of Ji Sung and Hwan Jung Eum. Thank you writer-nim, PD and all the team (all actors included) for this fantastic experience!

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in life too some people often just disappear, we move on, they come and o, life changes, something else becomes more important.
o even unifinished story lines dont bother much

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I an't believe it's overrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I loved it and Ji-Sung's acting was soooooooooooo intense

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Thankyou Saya!
I love your comments about Shin Se Gi. Feels right and beautiful.
This drama is just too beautiful to think about the flaws.

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Such a lovely recap and ending thoughts ! Thank you!

I am happy with this ending. I got my happy ending and I got the heartbreak in the form of Se GI's goodbye. I didn't want to see him go, but I knew it had to happen. I know that he left of his own will which is a comfort. I'm glad he got his kiss with Ri Jin.

If there was one thing I wanted, it was that the goodbyes of all personalities took longer. I would have liked to spend more time with Se Gi and Ahn Yo Na. Anyway, there was no time left even for the Seunjin Group's machinations. They wrapped that up too fast, but I never really cared about that part of the drama anyway, so no loss there.

I loved Ri On's fate with Ahn Yo Na. That was THE best part of this episode.

I so love this drama. There are some scenes that I will come to over and over again.

1) Se Gi's cheesy pickup line when he first meets Ri Jin.
2) Se Gi trying to woo Ri Jin with toys
3) Se Gi's first kiss with Ri Jin in the carriage and how he suddenly turns into DH and RiJin's reaction afterward
4) Ahn Yo Na's first appearance
5) DH kissing RJ and saying "I'm Cha Do hyun"
6) DH hitting the mirror with his fist and turning into Se Gi.
7) DH fighting those goons and fighting Se Gi as well; DH remembering Se Gi's memories
8) Se Gi coming to RJ at her home and saying that he's ok with being DH's alter as long as she's with him; and later his confession that he's afraid to sleep since he might disappear.
9) The wheel of unfair fortune.
10) The neck tie rap battle

Come to think of it, all of Se Gi's scenes will be watched over and over again. Even his good bye was done in such a manly style.

I'm feeling withdrawal symptoms already. Anyway have any recommendations for some good fanmade MVs? There's one by Martinnas called Blank Space. I loved that. Jomo's "Ji Sung is Do Hyun is Segi..." is also my favorite. Anastasia Ani's Dirty Sexy is good.

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ooooh you stop it..... ^^

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You are making me cry....again...

Hmmm...somehow all my favs are Segi scenes, too, although I replay the second YN a lot. The disparity between the fuzzy PJ's and the swear words coming out of who we thought was Nana just cracks me up.

Thanks for liking my fanvid! I wish I had time and harddrive space to make another one to wrap it all up.

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one of my favorites was when Do hyun came back after se Gi had said he wouldnt and Ri Jin cried and Do Hyuns face twitched along with hers, that was the sweetest

Se Gi neck tie adjusting scene (in the wardrobe)

Perry Park and Ri jin dancing (nosebleed...how desperate she was)

Yo Sub thanking Ri Jin for saving him (meltdown! I can´t. THAT got me so emotionally)

Yo Na running into a lamp post muahhahhaa that is actually pretty much how you can stop teenagers on the run. and it DOES actually happen. seen it. they can be a bit dumb-- or should I say, a bit blinded by their desires.

Se Gi coming for his car and telling Chae Yeon tomorrow he´ll come for the other car. the only Chae Yeon scene where she had any point.

Do Hyun acting like Yo Na LOLOLOL and Ri On seeing through it I can´t

Do Hyun trying to aply Se Gis´ charm in the company

Mom discovering nude posters in Oh Ri Ons secret wall. damn werent we so sure she will discover his research? how they fooled us! and then Dad going whoopadeeriloo! at those pictures right in front of his wife. like, dude!

oh and the Se Gi - Do hyun screen conversation after SG trashed the room. brilliant.

Ji Sung could have a wall as partner and he´d make it so exiting.

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"Ji Sung could have a wall as partner and he´d make it so exiting."
THIS. Though I hope he'll never be stuck with a wall as an actress (pretty sure we can name several of those), I've no doubt that he'd make even that exciting. Like those scenes with the mirrors.
Some of my favourites that haven't been listed>
- Perry's dance back in ep 6 before visiting Ssangri
- RiOn and Rijin's reaction to seeing Dohyun's car moving up and down like that *smirks*
-"Why did you stop?" I died so hard at that one.
- Rijin dying of embarassment after DH's kiss/Segi's kiss/being Dohyun's 'Black Rose' etc
- Dohyun being super happy at their upcoming 'date' (before Chaeyeon called grr....) and leaning against the mirror
-Dohyun and Rijin being cute by the sea (when she was skipping and nearly fell)
-Dohyun laughing at Rijin's kimbap + eating the kkot-deungchi
-Secretary Ahn's reaction to Dohyun and Rijin being all cute and giggly in the office.
-Dohyun speaking in banmal at the end (just like Segi) giving Rijin the couple ring ("Just try and take it off")
-Everything about that ending!
I could honestly go on forever :P

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Good Drama. I wished that the Mom had her comeuppance thou. I think she is the most culpable villain of the show because her greed had set the ball rolling for every bad thing that happened with that family. I also did roll my eyes a bit when the dad woke up. The coincidence was just too unbelievable to suspend my disbelief.

I am still perplexed at the relevance of Ki Joon and Che Yeon in the drama. I guess they were put in to create filler scenes since neither of them are villains or even related to the main story line.

Well all know Jisung is Jisung so good acting is par for the course for him. I was more impressed with Hwang Jung Eum and her reactions. She was really funny in this drama. I think she should do more rom-coms.

Thanks for the recaps!

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Fav personalities in reverse order:

8. Cha Do Hyun big guy (in a word? milquetoast)
7. Cha Do Hyun little girl (not enough to like or dislike)
6. Nana the bear (too teddybear-like)
5. Ahn Yo Sub (A shame he didnt get enough scenes)
4. Mr. X (A shame he didnt appear an episode or two earlier)
3. Ahn Yo Na (too aggressive or she would have moved higher)
2. Perry Park (so funny)
1. Shin Se Gi (natch)

Ji Sung rocks.

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I agree with your count down.

What keeps amazing me is how JS can turn on and off the Segi.

I mean, as CDH, he is cool and attractive, but as SG - even without the guyliner, he is irresistable. The gaze, the jaw, the low voice. It isn't Ji Sung, either. I have seen him on talk shows and he is closer to CDH + AYS.

He can't be real. All the women would react like poor confused and stranded CY.

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Se Gi's whole existence is a lump of appeal.

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Another reason I love this writer. Who says that?

NEVER has a lump been so enticing.

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I can't agree more! Segi is such perfection and so ridiculously magnetic! Now I'm really curious as to what LBY thought of Segi for some reason...

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Yes. My list is the same as well. Se Gi is my all time favorite.

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My most memorable characters

13. I felt like the red Mustang was sort of a character too...
12. Secretary Ahn - he´d be higher but this secretary character has kind of become too common and he wasn´t that different, though I loved his samurai look at the wrap-up dinner clip
11. That leather jacket goon! He was so funny. especially when they yelled "Bomb" and everyone tucked for cover
10. Nana the Bear. well you gotta love a stuffed bear that can draw, write (though it turned out later it actually didn´t which disappointed me, so I erased that - bear writes and draws. The end. Plus it went through a painful suturing process of the back without anesthesia, not to mention it was cut open by Do Hyun first. poor bear... I am agains stuffed animals suffering.
9. Oh Ri On. I love you, but using your sisters romance for a bestselling novel, you deserve a little punch!
8. Ri Jin-ah. I love you more, in fact, but you have enough love around you and some others have a lot less.
7. the small Se Gi - omg if you give Ji Sung an award give this boy an award too. those children both were adorable and then he went so creepy! he´s done creepy before tho...
6. Se Gi - adore him, but so torn... on one hand he acts like a kid, but then kisses like a grownup... so ...so torn.
5. Yo Sub - he was just such a sweet guy. not going to analyze anything, just that seen plenty of such delicate souls and perhaps relate the most to this vulnerability. and this rebelliousness actually. His will to die was his will to live, in fact - cause when he gave time to Ri Jin to find him and said she was late 2 minutes you just knew.... he was desperate for her to be ON time. but too proud to break his own rule. Teenagers.... dont judge them too much. we´ve all been there. so Ri Jins´interactions with Yo Sub were so full of meaning and acceptance.
3. Yo Na once you get over the embarrassment, it is quite an achievement from Ji Sung. and it would not have worked as an "alter who has the strongest drive to live" she had to be 150%... again, SHE!!! fully accept Yo Na as a GIRL. she was a little too much at first, manipulative, unpredictable, but she did her job - stress relief! who can think of their problems when they need to catch a crazed teenager?
2. Do Hyun - at first I expressed the opinion he is a non-person, and in a certain way he was, but he still had the funloving, heroic, sweet, mischievious and flirty sides inside him. and just the fact we saw a very different chaebol made him dear. in a way, a first in dramaland
1. Perry!!!! why he was my favorite? He is a free spirit, but if there is something that must be done, he will do it - because he´d be too annoyed not doing it. like saving a woman from goons. although he kinda failed.... but even if he fails, he just takes it easy, he is glad when he is he is grateful when it is time to be grateful, he means everything he says. he is truthful and treu to himself. he never pretends or hides anything. since I am...

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I left out 4 cause my laptop crashed. well it was meant to be Mr X after all. though his appearance was short he said some meaningful things, and now I cannot get rid of the image that every child pictures their father as a magician. him kinda looking like a Roald Dahl chraacter is a plus.

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oh, perry part got cut.
since I am a fan of gonzo mindset and literature I think he is perfectly gonzo. never apologize, never explain, be truthful, be an anarchist, but if you abide by a rule or do something people expect it is because you want to, but because you must. gonzo can be a decent person despite being against the chains of conformity, tradition and morals. in fact they are the most decent cause they are free to choose it.

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*NOT because you must. sorry, I was tired, cant see the screen well

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yes redfox, that leather jacket goon is my favorite too, he is so dumb hilarious....LOL

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yes to everything you said about yo-sub. <3 that rooftop scene was one of the most powerful moments in this drama for me.

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I am with redfox, perry always be my number one favorite..he's such a free spirit..never seen before in kdramas

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