@quirkycase thank you for the weecap. Yes this definitely draws you in to wondering how things will work out. I am worried that vulnerable people will get caught in the cross fire if the gangsters turn up at the Hospice.

This is going to be interesting because we can see how all the team have their own reasons to want to be a conduit to bring about other people’s happiness in their last days. We know the supervisor and Gyeorye are connected but I don’t think he’s his dad, but potentially a relative that would have been a carer if his own issues had not got in the way. Maybe his guilt about losing that opportunity has led him to be so kind now.
I am interested to see the types of wish fulfilment they offer as the needs are so different especially now we see the different ages of the residents. I was surprised to see a young woman in a room with older men if it had to be a mixed ward which is surprising in itself surely she is not the only young person in there.

When the FL kicked the side view mirror and it fell off, I said to myself, "Ahh, this is the beginning of a beautiful enemies to lovers story line" Sooyoungshi 😍, Hweighting 💪🏽

I hope with moving forward they are able to tackle 1 or 2 wishes per episode and not drag some out longer than they should. I'm preparing my heart for the water works each story will have me shedding.. Still hope some of the acting from ML gets a bit better though, i'm not quite sold on him yet but I have a feeling he will get better throughout each episode.. *Fingers crossed* 🤞🏽

Thank you, @quirkycase, you captured this very well. These episodes were very warm, even though there was violence, threats of more violence, a suicide attempt, homelessness, and ever-present death. I felt like a lot of the warmth emanated from Sung Dong-il, even when his character was reading the riot act to Gyeo-re. I'm happy Ji Chang-wook finally found a role in a drama worth watching.

Stodgy Dr. Yang will never win his lady by putting his principles first. She is going to fall for the reluctant volunteer as he puts more and more of his heart into making dying wishes come true.

I liked it. There is potential for both fun and sadness.

I found these 2 episodes and the introduction of the characters kinda messy. There were a lot of them with the team.

The One and Only took place in a hospice too and was disapointing. It's hard to find the balance between the sadness and the happiness/hope in this kind of story.

I'm not a fan of the main characters for now.

The team took bad decisions to take this old man at home. His death in the ambulance was enough.

Terminally ill or dying animals in dramas affect me even more than dying people. Maybe because I have often been faced with the decision to put my animal out of its misery.
I already know that I will cry my eyes out when the little dog dies.

Ji Chang Wook looks so stylish when he kicks off the car’s side view mirror himself 😂 kinda comical. He’s like Healer all over again...

Thank you for the recap @quirkycase!

Already had to do a double take when our ML coming out of prison was just a regular criminal and not a lawyer turn mafia boss out for blood (the latest run of vengeful lawyer shows had me believing the latter was the norm 😂). But jokes aside, I’m reeled in hook, line and sinker after our premiere week! JCW plays tortured and depressed so well, just the expressions in his eyes had me tearing up several times and overall the show kind of reminds me of a more mature/and darker version of the movie Up - not exactly in terms of plot similarities, but in terms of themes and the feeling I got watching. Which is a fancy way of saying I cried heaps already (I especially lost it at the persimmon tree bit at the end).

I’m a sucker for a caring dog dad though, and it’s clear YGR is just a really lost and sad kid underneath all the thorns and armour he wears to protect himself which makes his character one you want root for to find happiness. And Son! I am so so attached to that little dog, my heart was in my throat every time he looked a bit more worn down and sad - if/when something happens to him on screen, I don’t know how I'll deal with that.

Despite the inevitable pain and heart ache this show is going to give me based on the subject matter, I’m in for the ride (armed with a box of tissues ofc). These types of shows, as sad as they are, also really help bring to focus the fact that the beauty of life lies in the fact that it’s not forever - and it helps press a pause button on the hectic hustle and bustle of day to day routines to really look around and cherish the present.

I hope the writing stays strong for this show, and that it’s a hit for JCW after his last run of questionable drama choices!! Fighting!!

Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the first 2 episodes. I don't think I will continue. On the bright side, Wookie seems to have found his groove again.
I found the whole set up idealistic. The character introduction (Everyone is happy and smiling), the cheerfulness of the people working etc.. Also, Death is not something we plan or make it happen the way we want. The first case of a smiling old man, going all the way to the wife's memorial and dying peacefully felt too far-fetched for me. Personally, having seen many old people and two terminally ill people die, death was nothing like this. Nothing goes the way you think.
And most of them don't even know what happens in the last few days.
I would have much preferred the last wish happening well before their time is coming (when they still have their senses) rather than the 'exact' last moment, which makes is very hard for me to believe.
May be its the first cases and they want to show the perfect execution, and later episodes will show how they fail. But for now, its a drop for me.
Gosh, I was so looking forward to this.

Ji Chang-wook, welcome back. You are so expressively emotion laden: your cynicism, your vulnerability, your emptiness, your inner child, desperate for love. When the old man thanked Gyeo-re for taking him to the house and held his hand: such a simple act of gratitude, and this starved man burst into tears. The dam broke. A dying man had it in him, in his final moments, to say, thank you, and all the hurt, rejection, and bitterness crumbled. This is what I love about kdramas. They show the transformative gift of a life line that turns a person around.

Kudos too to Sung Dong-il. Amazing actor who is in so much. I really love his character in this. He's strong and determined and quietly observant.

Seo Yeong-ju's kicking off the side mirror was just plain stupid. I look forward to Sooyoung turning her into someone more interesting.

Sure dying is not as clean cut as this. These are sanitised deaths. Dying is a horrible, breathless struggle out of this world, unless you are really lucky and you just drop dead on the spot. I don't want to see anything approaching that in dramas. I've seen enough irl.

I started to watch this drama because I liked the teasers, and gosh when was the last time I watched a Ji Chang-Wook drama? I don't know, but he is good in this one, I'm impressed, though I'm actually watching it for the plot, aka the "Son". His eyes are just so cute and that dog is so lovely, I can cry watching him!
I have high hopes for this drama, I hope they give us a good story, not a cringy one, I was actually so excited after watching the first episode that I was thinking if you guys didn't want to post its recaps I'm going to free some schedule and do it myself, it's just too good to ignore. :D
Thanks for the recap! ^_^

Why does JCW seem to breathe too heavily in some scenes where no physical effort is needed? I've been noticing that in him for some time. It makes it feel like he is really miserable inside that even breathing is hard, which doesn't really make sense, does it!?

Tattoos ♡

When Team Genie used snow spray for creating a fake snow, I teared up and at that moment, I knew, I will be loving this show.

@quirkycase was it mentioned that the ML ran away from abusive dad? The kid had blood stain on his face and Tae Shik was being strangled by someone, but I don't remember the ML or Tae Shik mentioning it. Maybe, I missed a scene or the translations were wrong.