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Bring It On, Ghost: Episode 14

Things are growing dark as we near the final week of our ghost story, yet still, every answer only seems to reveal more layers, adding to the mystery of Bong-pal’s past. But it’s time for the truth to be told, because only with the truth can Bong-pal finally stand up and fight. And it will take everyone working together to beat the evil that’s been stalking them all for decades.

 
EPISODE 14 RECAP

Hyun-ji calls Bong-pal after seeing the ghost in her home, and he finds her on a bench, shocked and crying. She forlornly tells him that she can see ghosts, and he holds her close, remembering how Myung-chul had worried that memories of her time in the afterlife could affect her now that she’s awake. Bong-pal promises Hyun-ji that no matter what happens, he’ll protect her.

When she’s a little calmer, Hyun-ji asks Bong-pal what it was like seeing ghosts for the first time. He tells her honestly that he was scared, and cried, and even wet himself. His mind would go blank and he would just freeze when he saw a ghost, but then one day he stopped being scared.

We see little Bong-pal in flashback, playing outside at night, and he’d let his ball roll down a hill. The ball had rolled back uphill to his feet, and when he reached to pick it up, a female ghost had grabbed his hand. He’d reacted as usual by crying, but a kind voice had called his name, and he’d looked up to see monk Myung-chul.

Myung-chul had sent the ghost away, and he’d told little Bong-pal that everyone has something they fear. But you have to face the fears and overcome them. He’d told Bong-pal that he doesn’t have to do it alone, and that he would be with him always. Okay, that worries me – foreshadowing?

Now Bong-pal says the same to Hyun-ji — that she doesn’t have to be afraid, because he’ll always be by her side. He takes Hyun-ji by the hand, and leads her home.

Later on the phone, Bong-pal tells Hyun-ji that he made it home safe, but in reality he’s standing below her window watching over her. He sings her a song, the lyrics seeming to say exactly how he feels for her. That’s so sweet. It works, and Hyun-ji is sleeping peacefully by the time her mother gets home.

Myung-chul waits up for Bong-pal, and Bong-pal tells him about Hyun-ji’s new ability to see ghosts. Bong-pal asks if Myung-chul can fix Hyun-ji’s eyes first, willing to give up the chance he’s been saving for for years. But Myung-chul advises him to wait, because her new ability might just be temporary.

Bong-pal checks in with Hyun-ji in the morning, and she says that she slept well. She has a meeting with Hye-sung this morning, so they make plans for the afternoon.

A hunter’s dog finds something in the forest — a human hand. Yikes. Is it Bong-pal’s father?

Hye-sung explains Hyun-ji’s recovery like raising a puppy. You have to get out in the world and do a lot of different things, to avoid being fearful. He advises her to take things slowly, as she may have some yet-undiscovered trauma to work through, and he invites her to visit his little therapy dog Happy as often as she likes.

Hyun-ji has a small dizzy spell, and when Hye-sung reaches up to touch her head, his ticking watch right beside her ear triggers a memory. She’s lying in the street after being hit, and a hand with a similar ticking watch reaches out to her. She tells Hye-sung that she remembered something, and he tells her not to try too hard to remember bad things.

On the drive back Hye-sung asks Hyun-ji how she and Bong-pal met, and she giggles that it was fate. Hye-sung finds that interesting, but he doesn’t ask any more questions. He drops Hyun-ji off where Bong-pal is waiting for her, and only then scoffs at her belief in fate.

Chun-sang and In-rang discuss the favor that Myung-chul asked of them, which they find to be a strange request. He’d asked them to stay by Bong-pal at all times, and if Hye-sung does anything strange, to call Myung-chul right away.

Bong-pal takes Hyun-ji to buy some workout clothes, and takes her to a gym to teach her some basic ghost-fighting techniques. He pretends to be the ghost and attacks Hyun-ji, and her martial arts training kicks in and and she twists his arm behind his back. He maneuvers out of her grasp and they end up in a close clench, but Hyun-ji easily somersaults out of Bong-pal’s arms and flings him over her head. Awesome.

She sits on Bong-pal’s chest, but he’s stronger and quickly flips them over until he’s the one on top. Rawr. Things look about to get heated, except that Chun-sang and In-rang arrive just then, and the mood is broken. Chun-sang jokes that this isn’t the time for dating, not that Bong-pal looks even one bit sorry, hee.

The boys re-introduce themselves to Hyun-ji, and In-rang is adorably nervous to be officially meeting her in person. Chun-sang takes charge as a Physical Education major, and he ignores Bong-pal’s warnings to be careful wrestling Hyun-ji. He pretends to be a pervert chatting her up, and she torques his arm and kicks him right in the jewels. He shoulda listened.

Later while they’re having lunch, Hyun-ji apologizes profusely, and Chun-sang grumbles that she should have told him that she’s studied Taekwondo. It does explain why she was such a good fighter as a ghost. In-rang hopes that Hyun-ji gets her memory back soon so they can catch her hit-and-run driver.

Chun-sang says that she should remember Bong-pal at the very least. He points out that In-rang’s little feelings are hurt, too, that she doesn’t remember him, and In-rang shushes him with a mouthful of fish.

Chun-sang thinks that practicing in a more natural setting would help Hyun-ji better, so the four head to… a noraebang? The boys sing a song in honor of Hyun-ji’s waking after five years in a coma (“Heartbeat” by 2PM), and Bong-pal grouches that nobody sings this old song anymore, PFFT.

Bong-pal walks Hyun-ji home, where she finds her mother meeting with a real estate agent. As soon as this house is sold, they’re moving back to their actual home, where Dad’s been staying. Hyun-ji doesn’t look happy at the news — home must not be close.

Myung-chul receives a call from the police, as he was the one who reported Bong-pal’s father missing. They’ve found him, but it’s not good news. He’s dead, and they need Myung-chul to identify the body. Myung-chul confirms that it’s him, and he wonders sadly what happened to his old friend.

Later, the cop finds Myung-chul to suggest that they do an autopsy. Bong-pal’s father’s neck was broken, but it doesn’t seem to have happened in a fall. An autopsy will tell them if he was murdered.

At Hye-sung’s clinic, a television tuned to the news alerts Hye-sung that the body was found, and that an autopsy will be performed.

The sad task of telling Bong-pal that his father is dead falls to Myung-chul, and he just says that his father was found, and that they should go see him. Bong-pal doesn’t understand and declines, so Myung-chul bellows, “BONG-PAL-AAAH!” Something bleak in his expression finally gets Bong-pal’s attention.

He’s shocked when he sees his father’s body, and he haltingly asks Myung-chul what happened. But Myung-chul stays silent, unable to offer any answers.

The news reaches Detective Yang that a body has been found whose cause of death closely resemble those of Hyun-joo, the coed who was killed recently. He talks to the doctor who confirms it, that the man’s neck was broken and he has defensive wounds, indicating a struggle. Once they get the family’s consent, they can perform an autopsy and hopefully, recover some DNA from the murderer.

Myung-chul explains to Bong-pal why he needs to sign the autopsy consent form. Bong-pal takes the form and Myung-chul leaves him alone to think. His phone rings with a call from Hyun-ji, but he’s in too much shock to answer.

He doesn’t answer Hyun-ji’s flood of texts the next morning either, and now she’s growing worried. She sends him a message giving him ten minutes to answer or else, but he’s busy at his father’s funeral. Myung-chul sees that Hyun-ji’s been trying desperately to reach Bong-pal, but he notes Bong-pal’s dejected demeanor and doesn’t say anything.

Hyun-ji finally shows up at Bong-pal’s apartment, but he’s not home. She gets a call from Hye-sung and meets him for a counseling session, and he notices how preoccupied she is. Her phone rings and she answers, thinking it’s Bong-pal, but it’s just Myung-chul on Bong-pal’s phone. Her eyes well up at his news, and she says that she’ll be right there.

Hye-sung looks angry to have his session with her interrupted (he’d planned to take her “somewhere far” ~shiver~), but he drives her to the hospital. Hyun-ji finds Bong-pal looking desolate, but he rouses a bit when he sees her, and seems vague but grateful that she came.

He goes to take care of some things, and Myung-chul thanks Hyun-ji for coming. She only now looks at the photo of Bong-pal’s father, and her face goes pale. A sudden memory hits her, of praying at the Buddhist temple to pass her exams, and seeing Bong-pal’s father there.

He had approached her that day on her way out of the temple. He’d given her a small pouch and asked her to take it to his son, then run away. That’s when Hye-sung had arrived, following Bong-pal’s father, and he’d walked right past Hyun-ji.

Hyun-ji had found a note inside the pouch, with Bong-pal’s name and address. She only remembers this now, and realizes that it was Bong-pal she was supposed to deliver the pouch to.

She suffers a small dizzy spell but quickly recovers, and Myung-chul asks if she remembers where she put the pouch. She can’t recall, so Myung-chul urges her to rest for now. He tells her that whatever was inside the pouch was very important to Bong-pal, and to let him know as soon as she remembers.

The monk heads back to the funeral and finds Hye-sung, who offers insincere condolences. Myung-chul doesn’t respond, but follows him out and slams him against his car door in fury. Hye-sung calmly says that he was just worried about his student, but Myung-chul is onto him, and says so.

He snarls into Hye-sung’s face that he can still feel his bloodthirstiness from eighteen years ago, and that he clearly sees the evil spirit that he chased out of Bong-pal, inside Hye-sung now. He knows that the spirit murdered Bong-pal’s mother and now his father, but Hye-sung just asks why he took him out of Bong-pal’s body in the first place.

He says that Myung-chul brought this on himself, and with that, Myung-chul has his confirmation that this is the spirit he battled all those years ago. Hye-sung smirks, asking what he’s going to do about it, and shoves him backwards.

“I warned you that curiosity would kill you,” he intones, while Myung-chul yells for him to get out of this body immediately. But Hye-sung says that it’s too late, and they’ve already become one entity — if he leaves, the host body will die. He adds that the host owes him this, “Because I saved him from the abyss.”

We go back to the day of Hye-sung’s father’s death, when his mother had found the boy standing beside the open patio door, enveloped in black mist. Later he’d been bullied, the neighborhood kids taunting him that his mother killed his father. They left him crying in the gutter, and the demon spirit had found him and whispered to him.

The boy ran from the demon, but it had caught up to him and forcibly entered his body. We hear the boy’s voice admitting that he was the one who killed his father, as his body, now possessed, finds the leader of the bullies and smashes his head with a brick. Damn.

Back in the present, Hye-sung warns Myung-chul not to get in his way, or this time Bong-pal will die. Myung-chul slams him into the car again but Hye-sung just laughs, and black mist bursts from his skin as he grabs the monk by the throat. He holds Myung-chul in midair, then smashes him into the car’s windshield.

Hye-sung growls that if Myung-chul wants to survive, he’d better lay low. He magnanimously says that he’s sparing Myung-chul’s life since they’re old friends, but next time, “I will twist your neck.”

Bong-pal goes out just as Hye-sung is driving away, and finds Myung-chul still gasping for air on the hood of the car. Myung-chul refuses to tell what happened, but it’s obvious to Bong-pal that something severe just went down.

Detective Yang receives the autopsy reports, and thank goodness, DNA evidence was found under Bong-pal’s father’s fingernails. The blood type matches that of Hye-sung, so Yang orders a warrant to collect Hye-sung’s DNA.

Hyun-ji watches while Bong-pal pays respects to both his mother and father at the Buddhist temple. Afterward, Myung-chul tells Bong-pal to just stay home for now, and he thanks Hyun-ji for her help. He asks if she knows Hye-sung, but stops himself there when she confirms that he’s counseling her.

Hyun-ji is worried that Bong-pal hasn’t eaten in days, though he smiles and says that he’s fine. He heads home, promising to call her, and she nearly calls out to him again before deciding against it.

Once home, Bong-pal finally pulls out all of the unopened letters that his father has been sending to him for years. He opens one and reads it, tears coursing down his face. He cries that he’s sorry, over and over. Outside his door, Hyun-ji stands and listens to Bong-pal’s sobs.

Myung-chul visits his shaman friend and tells her everything, including that Hyun-ji was given the ritual tools by Bong-pal’s dad just before her accident. The shaman thinks that Hyun-ji should know that Hye-sung is the one who hit her, but Myung-chul worries that that would put her in even more danger.

She argues that at least Bong-pal should know who killed his father, and asks why the demon is so obsessed with finding the ritual tools. Myung-chul says that he wants to find and destroy them, since they’re the only thing that can kill him. Unsure what to do next, he leaves his ritual sword with the shaman for safekeeping.

Hyun-ji’s mom is packing when Hyun-ji arrives home — the house is sold, and they’re moving back home tomorrow. Hyun-ji asks if she can stay in Seoul with her uncle, and Mom guesses that this is because of Bong-pal. She tells her daughter that she’s just falling for Bong-pal’s kindness (to which I say, is there a better reason?).

Hyun-ji explains that Bong-pal is going through a rough time and she wants to be here for him, but Mom refuses. She thinks Hyun-ji needs to focus on studying and getting into college. She clarifies that she’s not telling Hyun-ji to break up with him, because they can always reconnect when she gets into school.

Hyun-ji doesn’t seem to be listening, and she just runs out of the house and all the way to Bong-pal’s apartment. She pounds on his door, calling out that she’s moving away tomorrow, and that she wants to see him before she goes. When he doesn’t answer, she says that she’ll be back soon, and to wait for her.

Inside his apartment, Bong-pal just sits, staring at a picture of himself as a child with both of his parents. He doesn’t even seem to register Hyun-ji’s voice as he cries silently. Eventually Hyun-ji goes, tears welling up in her own eyes.

She wanders past the veterinary clinic and Hye-sung calls out to her, noting that she doesn’t look well. He invites her in for tea, and though she seems uncomfortable, Hyun-ji follows him inside.

Detective Yang goes to Bong-pal’s place, and Bong-pal invites him in. Yang tells Bong-pal that the autopsy found that his father was murdered, and asks how his father knew Hye-sung. Bong-pal wasn’t aware they knew each other, and asks haltingly if Hye-sung is involved with his father’s death. Yang tells him that it’s possible, and asks him to report anything he may remember.

Once the detective leaves, Bong-pal calls Myung-chul to meet. He tells the monk about the detective’s questioning, and that he implied that Hye-sung might have something to do with his father’s murder.

Myung-chul decides to come clean, and tells Bong-pal that Hye-sung isn’t human — or rather, the body is human, but possessed by an evil ghost. What’s worse, it’s the same ghost that possessed Bong-pal when he was a child. Now that ghost is hanging around because Hyun-ji has something it wants.

Hyun-ji grows dizzy once she’s in Hye-sung’s dark office, and she tries to stumble to the restroom. Hye-sung watches her with a predatory gleam in his eye — did he drug her tea?

Bong-pal rushes to find Hyun-ji, calling her on the way, but Hye-sung sees the call and turns off her phone. Sensing that something is wrong, Bong-pal breaks into a run.

Hyun-ji can barely walk now, and she clutches at her throat, causing the necklace that Bong-pal gave her to fall to the ground unnoticed. She sinks to the floor, gasping for air, while Hye-sung watches.

Meanwhile Bong-pal runs as fast as he can, trying to get to Hyun-ji before Hye-sung can harm her.

COMMENTS

I really appreciate how quickly this show moves — I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again, since the pacing and plot development has been pretty consistent and it’s worth praising. We never linger on any one issue for too long, and that’s because the characters act like reasonable people who talk to each other and don’t try to handle things all on their own. Hyun-ji especially impresses me, particularly now that she’s awake and can actually do something about the things that are happening around her. I loved how she saw Bong-pal starting to pull away from her, and instead of moping and sighing for several episodes, she went out there, neatly got rid of the other woman, and got her man back in line. Even now, with Hyun-ji caught in a “damsel in distress” situation, I have no doubt that she’ll be okay in no small part because of her own strength and spirit. She seems like a smart young lady with a sensible head on her shoulders, who knows when to take action and when to ask for help. So unlike many drama heroines, and so refreshing.

I’m just heartbroken for Bong-pal, that he wasn’t able to mend fences with his father before he died. I don’t know if we’ll ever know exactly why they were estranged, but from Bong-pal’s reaction to his father’s death, it wasn’t for lack of love. And now he’s losing Hyun-ji, but this time his retreat into a solitary existence isn’t so easy for him. He knows now what it means to have friends and to love someone, but it’s all slipping away from him at once, and it’s no wonder that he’s just simply shutting down. For that reason I’m glad that Myung-chul finally told Bong-pal everything, because now he has something to focus on and to fight for.

How is it possible that the more we learn about Hye-sung’s origins and motivations, the more terrifying he becomes? He’s seriously one of the most frightening drama villains for me, and a lot of that is because of the mysteries surrounding him. He’s so unpredictable that I never know what to expect, and the chills I get when his eyes go so cold and blank are just delicious. I do hope that it’s not true that his host can’t survive once he’s gone, because it would be a shame for that poor boy to miss out on his life because he was protecting his mother from his abusive father (I’m assuming, but the bruises on Mom’s face tell a pretty clear story).

I do wonder though, why Hye-sung hasn’t killed Myung-chul yet — he’s never hesitated to kill anything or anyone who gets in his way. Myung-chul knows more about him than anyone, is the only person to ever have been successful at exorcising him from a host, and poses the most danger to his current existence. It makes me wonder if Myung-chul is somehow paranormally off-limits, or holds some power that he’s unaware of at this point. He was capable of banishing the demon once, but then supposedly lost his powers. We need Myung-chul to recover what he lost so that he can get rid of the demon permanently this time.

I was concerned that the show would lose traction once Hyun-ji was no longer a ghost, and I’m so happy that that wasn’t the case. Earlier in the series I’d wondered why it was taking so long for us to get the tiniest scrap of information about Hye-sung, but in retrospect I see that it was cleverly planned that way. Without a new focus for the action, things could have ground to a halt when Hyun-ji woke. But as the ghost-hunting slowed, the demon-hunting sped up, and we never lost any of the forward motion that makes this show so addictive. I honestly didn’t expect such a tightly-woven story when I went into this drama — I was anticipating a cute love story and some creepy ghosts, but not much more. I love it when a drama proves me wrong, and gives me so much more than I was expecting.

 
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Firstly, thank you for your recaps!
This is one of the saddest episode, so heart wrenching when Bong Pal cries alone in the apartment - the feeling that he's all alone in the world.

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I'm kinda wishing the body was discovered some episodes ago coz the other half of this ep was just sad. But this show has some ninja moves with PDnim always at the helm in everything.
So nice that they made Taecyeon sing like that. Can we get him to dance "Age of Ceremony" here? Haha,guess not, PDnim is pretty strict that Bong Pal stays in character.
I need Hyun Ji to remember if only for a moment her times with Bong Pal ad a wandering spirit coz they had a some great moments, too. Especially when they went out on a date and Bong Pal didn't care that people were lookin at him like he's with an imaginary girlfriend.
O, wow,down to the last two episodes. Bring it on, show!
I love you, TaecYeon!

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I was also hoping for hugs, but I agree, NO is too use to dealing with everything on his own. Sigh, gutwrenching scenes....
Hoping they'll wrap up all the crazy next ep and 16 will be cute and fluffy!

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*NO is supposed to be BP for Bong Pal.

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Man, its way too late to be doing this. My bad. My reply was for the comment below by @jordan.

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Where is Yoyo and her mad love for Taec? ♡^_^♡

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I was somewhat expecting Hyun Ji would comfort Bongpal with maybe just a tight hug but he really shut her out. But he is a man, big and strong at that so he grieves alone. I'm really curious how Taecyeon tackled this scene. I feel his pain. Where's the BTS when you need it.
Here's the name we have to remember: Park Joon Hwa, the PD. Looking forward to the cameo of Doo Joon as his character in Let's Eat for the last ep. And can somebody please give Taecyeon a cooking show, I would watch him cook anything and have his celebrity friends to help him like there's a challenge dish that he's got to recreate every ep.

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Well, I know my next "alternate ending" Korean Drama toon is going to be this show.
I have figured out what I think the ending should be--and I'm not going to say it, in case it turns out to be a spoiler.

The monk is driving me nuts, though.
I think Taecyeon is doing a good job.

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Put a bunch of talismans on a truck and name it Truck of Exorcism ?

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does speculating over the ending qualify as a spoiler? ?

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Nope. Speculate away!

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LollyPip, Great recap+comments. Your reading of the show's arc and story division has given additional appreciation of the show.

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Relationship Goals: Hyun-ji and Bongpal

Love the meta 2pm tie-in, wish they'd taken it a bit further once Taec's face showed up on the karaoke screen!

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Indeed,wanted to see his face and reactions so badly when they were rapping his part

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"She tells her daughter that she’s just falling for Bong-pal’s kindness (to which I say, is there a better reason?)" That was epic , I love your comment haha

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The show is so unpredictable in itself, we'll soon find out anyway, the end could be a lot of things: Bong Pal and Hyun Ji's roles may reverse(BP will end up being a ghost and HJ human) or the monk will not make it to the end or the Sundae club will continue with their exorcism business, I adore this show...

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I couldn't agree with you more about the unpredictable twists in a drama with cliched tropes.
The idea that BP becomes a ghost flashed in my mind while watching and reading this recap. Can't say I will be able happy about that way of ending...I think I would be extremely pissed off actually because I just want them to have a happily ever after...sigh....fingers crossed. HAPPY WATCHING ;)

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Such a sad episode...My heart cried for Bong Pal,he lost both his parents and even more sad is that he had such a distant relationship with his dad,imagine the guit he feels inside for not talking to him for such a long long time...

Also it feels quite ironic that the end of that evil spirit is near because he was so desperate and obsessed to find that amulet,if he didn't he most likely possesed that poor soul for all his lifespam without any worry

Curious if in the end Bong Pal will loose his gift or will he become a duo combo with Hyun Ji

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I never thought a day would come when Taecyeon could actually act. But he is doing a really good job so far in this! Maybe because Bong Pal is as adorkable as Taec but when he cried in this episode, I was heartbroken for him. Ok Taecyeon Fighting!!!

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Such heartache for BongPal!

Im so proud of Taecyon here, not stiff, not too over the top dramatic, but just right. He's doing quite well, IMO! I felt really sad for BP. ???

That wrestling scene was RAWR. ???

I am curious as well why the Monk was spared. Maybe his powers are not completely gone? Just went dormant? But dat foreshadowing?! I hope not... ?

in rang & cheun sang are the best! I was laughing like a loon during their noraebang antics. Hahaha heartbeat!! 2pm!!

I cant believe we r wrapping up next wk!!! ????

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This episode had comedy and tragedy all rolled into one.
Loved the Sundae duo singing the 2PM's song, "Heart Beat" especially Taec is part of that KPOP group. So funny! I'm sure he was ROFL as I was.
Taec is doing a wonderful job in his role as Bong Pal especially when he found out his father died. Had to get out the Kleenex.
I think the demon spirit came out of young Bong Pal and found Hye Sung as a perfect host every since he committed the murder of his father, and subsequently, countless others.
The monk might not be strong enough to get rid of the evil spirit, but maybe Bong Pal and Hyun Ji since they both can see ghosts, join forces together?
Going to miss this cute drama. It was a fresh summer surprise and so enjoyable to watch!

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Hyun Ji and Bong Pal were just oozing chemistry during that wrestling scene! And In Rang and Chun Sang's bromance is really just too perfect! Can't believe this drama is winding down and I already know I'll miss them after next week!!

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Man, that tumbling sequence...let's just say if this were an American (Western) TV show, it definitely would have ended a bit differently...lol!
well that and if KSH were a bit older...
anyway, I digress...

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I do agree with you in that the pacing does not lag, ever. It is very evenly paced, so we don't start to feel like touching the 'forward' button. I'm going miss seeing this group of characters.
However, I still feel, at this point, unable to see Hye Sung as an evil character. It's like he's just acting. I think, it's either in real life he's a really nice guy so he doesn't have this negative side to dig into or that he hasn't got the range yet. I keep thinking of Im Ju Hwan in Oh My Ghostess where I was so shocked and yet believed straight away that that character was evil.

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I finally figured out how to read recaps without screencaps (the screencaps scare me!) so I've marathoned your recaps -- great job, LollyPip! I can't watch the actual drama but I can follow the story and feel all the feels and laugh all the laughs from your writing.

Why wouldn't the monk tell Hyunji to stay away from Hyesung? He knows he's a killer and he wants something from Hyunji. Am I missing something?

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I know! The monk is a little irritating I mean all he had to say is "hey bong pal stay away from hye sung he is a killer but I need to gather evidence and tell hyun ji to stay away from him cause I think he is the one who ran her over as a matter of fact let me tell her myself" there boom done now hyun ji and bong pal can continue to be cute and awesome and continue to kick ghost butt with Inrang and chul and live happily ever after the end of course if it would have happened like that it wouldn't be called a drama

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LOL. Ok, so it's for drama reasons. Thanks.

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Yes, monk could say this earlier. Also, bong pal could open the door. What is a point to ignore knocking at the door when this is important and then run somewhere to save girl you ignored earlier?
It is very usual for bad doramas to create most problems with heroes stupidity and to solve crimes in last 15 minutes.
It is a pity that this dorama went this way.

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I agree about the silent monk problem. But, I actually don't think Bongbong ignored her. It was more that he was in a daze/shock/sadness state. People tend to block out the rest of the world when they are mourning the death of their parents. And adding to all the sadness is all that guilt he was feeling. I mean he was holding his family picture and crying...I think the drama was leaning more towards that then him ignoring her...

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Hyun Ji constantly has that dizzy spell whenever a memory comes kicking in, I guess they are trying to be subtle with her and not to shock her that much considering she just woke up from a 5 year coma....but yeah honestly they could have told her to stay away from evil vet

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Hahaha @blnmom you are so cute!! That's actually what I do too ?? and I have to agree: Lollypip does an awesome job at bringing us the feels and the laughs every week!!

And yeah, I was a bit confused at why the monk just left Hyun-ji in the dark ?

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Yup, I'm a wuss. But everyone was raving about this drama so I wanted to at least be able to read it. Plus Doojoon is going to cameo so I have to be in the loop for that. :-)

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It's just me, but everytime Hye Sung show up there is this animal's growling sound that make me think he is an animal demon, not just human demon like usual.

When episode 13, the monk say to him the karma will chase bad peoples and it is apply for animal or demon too.
It's shock me when i immadietly thinking maybe he is both, animal and demon.
It is make sense when he become a veterinarian.
And the cute dogs all love him...? I think animal is always aware of ghost, so i wonder why the dogs love him, and it seems he understand animal pshycology?

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Maybe a dog ghost/spirit/demon?

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Wolf spirit or hellhound?

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It's actually the spirit of Scarface from the lion king.

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Ghost Dog: way of the samurai...

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Oooh interesting speculation. That would make the vet profession thing a lot more meaningful.

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Aaa.. that's why he hates cat but not dogs

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My sentiments too, I raised my sentiments at some other Kdrama post on FB too. I always feel like lol-ing whenever this growling sound comes on, I thought maybe he is an evil tiger spirit or smthing....haha

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What a mood-swinging episode; was grinning madly for the first half of episode, and angsting on the last half. That first screenshot is really heart-breaking, huhu, our poor Bongbong. All those regret must be very hard to bear. Am sad he got no hug from Hyun-ji...
Also sad that the villain is a tad too similar to OMG, but since the show is the way it is, am crossing fingers for happy endings for everybody, including the professor.
Seemed a lot of thing will happen on episode 15, so hoping for a whole lot of cute on 16.

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How bad are the hospitals near Hyun-ji's home town that mom has to buy a house in Seoul and live there to be close to her daughter instead of having her transferred to some place closer to home?

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They may have thought moving her was a bad idea.

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It's a university hospital. Maybe it has a specialization in treating coma patients.

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Enjoyed reading your recap! And I'm actually here reading all the comments to see if somebody mentioned the title of the song Bong Pal sang to Hyun Ji on the phone :(. Does anybody know? Please? Thank you!

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i don't know as well, maybe it's OST 7 lol

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Apparently it's called I'm In Love by Ra.D

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cool, i'll look it up! thanks!

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Oh, found it! Thanks much!

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The song was "I'm in Love" by Ra.D!

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Found it! Thanks!

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Hye Sung, frightening? he would be but the drama itself has turned him into a joke. it is hard to take it seriously with this character design.

it is weird that this show has some very life-like aspects and then some totally non-beleivable

the way they solved the mourning and the shock of a parents death is another surprisingly mature and realistic aspect next to Hyun Ji´s physical therapy.

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Someplace far. Which Happy likes. Right. Happy likes to frolic in the leaves while evil-vet is hiding bodies.

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LOLLL I can't under that nowww ???

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*unsee

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Who knew that Hye-sung could speak dog?

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This drama has quickly moved into my top 5 favorite dramas, and it isn't even over yet!

I'm desperately hoping that, like with many dramas, the last episodes don't ruin the show and it'll end with the same superb quality we've enjoyed this far.

I can't wait!

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Our poor Bong-bong. He's so calm and emotionless during the wake..but you can hear the regrets in his sobs. Poor kid..i supposed his dad was looking for hyun ji seeing that bong pal never did get the tool. Maybe to the point of obssession that eventually break that already thinning bond between son and dad. I hope Bong Pal won't suffer anymore losses..coz that will tip him over the edge and make him a recluse once again. Just want to know..why is the evil being fixated on bong pal..

Btw, where can i order adorably dorky friends like chun sang and in rang?

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I think that Hyun-ji and Bong-pal are one of the cutest drama couples I have seen.
I hope the actors do more dramas together since they have good screen chemistry.

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KSH = chemistry queen/princess

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It will be Taec's last drama before he heads out for mandatory military service.

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Thanks for the recap. Actually I feel strangely more scared now than before, because even though Hyun Ji is a badass, she's alive and therefore vulnerable. Before she was actually less vulnerable to physical attacks than Bong Pal. Now, though, she's super easy for Professor Ju to kill.

I'm sorta surprised that the Professor is wandering around being creepy in areas that seem to coincide with his previous crimes. I'm sure the cops are pretty much right on his tail, and they should be calling him in for a DNA test that will undoubtedly prove a match to the DNA Bong Pal's father had under his fingernails.

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Thank you for the super quick recap again!

Totally agree that the pacing of the story has been excellent. I'm very impressed in particular how the PD is able to bring out the best parts of Taecyeon's acting - he's doing well by himself, but I can see the PD's hand in lighting, timing, and angling the shots to get the max utility from Taec.

I really loved how the one small scene redeemed Monk's behaviour for me - that he took BP under his wing and took care of him <3 I'm sure he'll die at the next episode since it's all foreshadowing all the way, but he owes BP anyway.

Can't believe this fun/funny show is knocking it out of the ballpack for great pacing, cutest couple behaviour, upending drama tropes, reversing gender expectations. It's my surprise fav of 2016 -- that is, if it doesn't fall flat in the next two episodes *crosses fingers and hopes hopes hopes for a good ending*

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this episode was really solid. Pacing, emoting, acting...all top notch.

the only part that bothered me was the discovery of the body. Bong Pal's dad has been dead for 2 month! I'm sure it's not recognisable at the morgue anymore. I even feel that most of the flesh would have decomposed by then...

But oh well, I've learnt to take things with a pinch of salt in dramaland.

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So "the thing" turned out to be a bracelet laced with evil spirit. Smh

I wonder why we never see dumb and dumber attend a single class. They always hang out at the club room.

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Seriously, whats wrong with that vet? The more I watch this drama, I hate him more anad more....brr....those chilly eyes!!
Anyway love bongbong and KSH, simply love their chem...

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What a sad episode *Cry a river*
Seeing a man breaking down in tears is the saddest thing ever for me, and I truly felt it for Bong Pal. Now losing his dad while keeping distant from him all the time made him feel guilty for the rest of his life, adding to his childhood being all alone and his mother died in tragic way, how can Bong Pal not be broken to pieces T___T Bong Pal ah, Im crying with you!
Im thankful that Taecyeon delivered his parts as a broken Bong Pal, and Im thinking about writing an appreciation post for Taecyeon after this drama ends, because what he did with Bong Pal role was beyond my expectations.
Bong Pal and Hyun Ji looks like a real couple for me, thank to Taecyeon's good looking and So Hyun's matured look. If you tell me So Hyun in this drama is in her twenties I would believe you right away. So Hyun has a charm that she makes all her male partners ship-able, and imagine in a few years when she hits her legal age, maybe she will become the next chemistry queen/princess. Im looking forward to that day!

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Kim So Hyun = Chemistry Princess
I love all couple who kim so hyun pairing with.
Like sohyun x jingoo ( I miss You)
sohyun x sungjae (school2015)
sohyun x jisoo (page turner) they're so cutee
sohyun x kyungsoo ( pure love) their face so resemblance with each other ^^
sohyun x taecyeon (let's fight ghost)
I hope in her next project she will pairing with yeo seung hoo or yeo jin goo (again)..

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somehow everything added up. the prof tried to knock down hyunji, I don't get how hyunji's mom still trusts him so much to the point of letting him helping hyunji with recovery and stuff. they showed how the dad passed that item to hyunji 5 years ago but still hasn't explain whether she already had the ability to see ghosts before or after 5 year gap. I was expecting that the evil spirit was attracted to the constant fear of vulnerable young prof. it's concept is somewhat similar to how a human's desire can lead one astray. from the first person's perspective, he cannot distinguish if his actions are right or wrong. since the evil spirit is inseparable, i'm guessing either prof will perish with the ghost or bong pal and monk will get seriously injured. praying hard not to let it be sad ending...

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Aaàh... I don't want this drama end...I'll gonna miss the two funny body-bodies of bong pal....

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Will miss this show when it ends!! Great acting by everyone. Hope the monk is not going to die too, even though I feel like wringing his neck myself for not telling Bong pal sooner lol. Would be great if the funny bits at the end was subbed also!!

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aigooo and everything was starting so good....~~ how sad ((
Bong Pal RUN RUN RUN!!!!!!!

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Bong Pal's singing made my heart flutter awww, he's so sweet <3

Chun Sang and In Rang are hilarious haha, I'm gonna miss these two.
This episode was intense :o
I don't want this to end, it really had me laughing and smiling throughout every episode

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OMG I DONT REALIZE THAT THIS DRAMA WILL END SOON OMG OTTOKE T______T

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Dudes. This was intense.

Now everything is clear though I guess. Bong Pal's dad gave Hyun Ji the bracelet, and the professor figured that out and ran into her with his car and caused Hyun Ji's accident. To think Hyun Ji and Bong Pal were fated to meet right from the beginning is so interesting though.

Okay so according to the preview, [SPOILERS FROM PREVIEW]

This episode was so sad for Bong Pal though, the poor guy lost his whole family now to that annoying ass evil spirit. And now even Hyun Ji is in danger. ;w; And dudes, when little!Bong Pal was playing with the ball, I was expecting a child ghost who'd play with him BUT OMG I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT SCARY ASS LADY GHOST OKAY. >.<

But yo what I want to know is why the evil spirit is so obsessed with Bong Pal though. I mean, okay he wants to find the bracelet and get rid of it, but what about after that?

Bong Pal singing to Hyun Ji was super sweet though! And the sunbaes are hilarious as usual, those two are seriously the ones who give this drama the comedy it needs to balance out with the slight!horror and sadness. <3

Even the preview looks intense, I can't wait for the next ep, but ahh next week is the last week! ;w;

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AHAHA! When they sang Heartbeat! OMG, early 2pm days! Taecyeon must be laughing so hard during the filming

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In the BTS clip of that scene, Taec just teasingly asked So-hyun 'You don't know this song, do you?'. And then So-hyun just cheekily replied 'I do know it! I'm a noona compared to you!' LMAO (Since Hyun-ji is older than Bong-pal). Taec really does love asking her random questions so he can feel the generation gap with her.

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Speaking of BTS - I wish someone would subtitle them, or recap them. They seem interesting, but for those of us who don't know Korean....

Or, if subtitles exist somewhere, point me to them. They're not on the sites I go to.

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There's a KSH fan channel on youtube that subtitles them. Idk if they're super duper accurate but I think it's enough to at least get the gist of the conversations.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJ7O3IIggfoNlyVhxy-IlA/videos

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Thanks @mochi for the translation! Been wondering what Taec & KSH were saying coz it's too cute :)

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Looks like I was wrong about Bong Pal's father being the uncle, oh well. Things are still interesting enough. I sincerely hope that Bong Pal is able to kick the Professor's ass when he finds him. Hopefully he saves Hyun JI and they find the ritual beads. Maybe then Bong Pal can hit both the professor and the evil spirit at the same time, giving him super effectiveness.

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now only 2 episodes are remain. seriously i want this to end. (T_T) *crying*

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Omg wow..... there are too many feels in this for me to comprehend.... omg.... wow.....

I am sooo glad they are back in a relationship and I love how this story keeps moving as fast as it does holy moly this OMG reincarnation with the professor though... If it wasn't for that then I would love this drama sooooooo much more tbh....

BUT THAT SONG OMG MY HEART MELTED!!!!!

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Could anyone explain the sequence of events from Bong Pal's past so I don't have to rewatch. My memory is poor. Did he start seeing ghosts before or during his mom's death?

Also, who was the ghost when alive, or do you think it's just some random evil spirit? If not, did it know the monk or Bong Pal's dad? Is there a revenge thing from the real life past?

I love the pacing of this drama. Still suspenseful down the home stretch.

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From what I understand...
- The evil spirit possessed young Bong-pal first...
- Monk Myung Chul tried to exorcise the evil spirit out of Bong-pal but he wasn't powerful enough so some of it remained in Bong-pal's eyes...which is why he started seeing ghosts.
- As revenge from being kicked out, the evil spirit killed Bong-pal's mom right in front of Bong-pal so he can witness his mom's death.
- It seems like young Hye-sung killed his dad first...presumably because his dad has been beating his mom. Then the same evil spirit possessed young Hye-sung to 'save him' from his sad life. And since it's been a long time since the possession...evil spirit is claiming he's one body with real Hye-sung now.

So far, it seems like it's just some random evil spirit who wanted Bong-pal as his/her host. And since the monk and Bong-pal's mom intervened...it's been wreaking havoc in Bong-pal's life ever since.

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Thank you so much mochi! That sums it up so succinctly. I'd forgotten the bit about the spirit in the eyes.

Yes, so far it seems it is just a random evil spirit, but I think (hope) we'll find out its backstory before we're done. It seems to be a woman?

Also, I wonder if Bong Pal was enduring something at the time that made him vulnerable to the evil spirit. They seem to take possession in this story when the character is suicidal (staring into the abyss) - trying to remember that past incident with the possessed character, and then the vet when he was a little boy.

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No problem!

LOL I feel like it's very likely we're not gonna get that backstory since there's only 2 eps left. But I also do think it might be a woman...at first I was actually thinking maybe it's that ajumma ghost with tears of blood that young Bong-pal was apologizing to? Idk...

I'm actually a bit confused about that too since it doesn't seem like Bong-pal lacked love from both his parents. I also wonder what made Bong-pal so vulnerable. They mentioned before that young Hye-sung was sickly/weak so maybe young Bong-pal was too?

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Well, there's a belief that said evil spirit can easily possessed those who are weak.. physically and mentally. Those who are sick, depressed, etc are easy "targets" to control.

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The adorable + adorkable scenes (+ cooking scenes) of Taec = oh hey, Taec is improving..

The crying scenes = Oh so much feeeelsss, Taec!

Great to see his improvement BUT not so great to think that this is the last drama from him for the next 2 yrs.

Will miss you, Taec! Come back manlier (is that even possible for him? Haha!) & then swoop another manlier kiss to mature KSH. Meanwhile, we'll just rewatch BP.

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Gaaaaah!!!! Taec singing one of my all-time favorite korean love songs. It now made me like the song so much more now.

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Very underrated drama. Arguably better than Another Oh Hae Young but why is it not doing so well in the ratings? Too bad this isn't on the same level of popularity as Doctors.

Man this was a really sad episode. I never understood why Bong Pal didn't establish contact with his father but it was sad for him to learn that his father died after taking him for granted for so long. I feel really bad for Bong Pal in this and also for Hyun Ji since she's forced to move back to her home town.

If there's anyone having a good day here, it's Detective Yang. He's getting so close to landing a big catch that will definitely earn him a promotion. I just hope he doesn't die in the process. It would be epic if Myung Chul does a ritual on Detective Yang's gun and he shoots the silver bullet that will completely destroy Hye Sung's evil spirit for good.

I feel like there's going to be a plot twist with Hyun Ji's father. He's not dead but for some reason he's never shown on screen. How can a father not be there when his daughter finally wakes up from a 5 year coma?

Can we please have Sang and Rang actually join in on the final battle?

I have this glimmer of hope that Seo Yeon would be stalking around the clinic and be like oh snap I'm witnessing a kidnapping then calls Detective Yang. Nah she's probably still drowning her pain with soju off screen after Hye Sung rejected her. Am I the only one disappointed by her confession and the way her role was handled? Her giving into the dumb and dumber couple strongly suggested that she did so because she liked Bong Pal and now she's going to pull the rug on us and say she likes Hye Sung?

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Am I the only one wondering why they're having tea in the dark (with candles) wtf does this guy never turn on the light in his office? I guess that just makes the scene creepier..

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Just watching this on Netflix now. Thinking it would be more comedy that this drama bullshit where drama is created for the sake of it.

Sad for Bong Pal? Such bullshit, he made his choice to separate himself from his estranged father for like what appears to be an eternity. Now that dad is dead, he is all destroyed? What's so sad about his father dead when he had absolutely no interaction with or even has the decency to know for years?

Then for him to cry about it and ignoring everything else that is happening around him. I thought he was more mature than a self absorbed teen-ager. Poor Hyun Ji, she deserves better than keep following around this pathetic man.

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