Wasn’t Woo-Hak the one who was sea sick? Which made logical sense to me that he isn;t Ki Ho

No, it’s Woo-tak who gets seasick – Bo-geol is the one who regularly volunteers for the island clean-ups and voluntold his brother to come along. And it’s Ki-ho, who for the moment we are assuming is now Bo-geol, who waited at the train station.

People who tend to get seasick can and do still serve in the US Navy – I don’t know about S. Korea.

*Woo-hak. It always takes me some time to get used to a new set of names, for both actors and characters. Woo-tak was Jung Hae-in’s SML character in While You Were Sleeping from the same PD.

@mayhemf @Elinor you are correct, I got the character names switched.

We are being thrown lots of bait, but how much of it are real clues? Too little info to connect the dots (yet), but it’s fun to speculate.

@mayhemf @Elinor @Seeker here is a thought: Bo-gul is really Ki-ho, but he had to change his name when he eventually ran off to live with his mother’s family in Seoul. He had to change this name to elude his abusive, ex-cop father – who he knows is trying to hunt him down. He wants to reveal his identity to Mok-ha, but cannot, because he knows it could eventually lead to his father finding him. This is my Halloween-enhanced ghostly prophesy (but don’t put alot of stock in it!!) 😜

@GhostofTim It’s an entire shoal of red herrings. There are lots of fishy things going on here, not least of which is the repeated use of fish as something other than food. On the land side, that deodeok wine is a real thing! 😖 I wonder if it’s going to be a continuing metaphor for Ran-joo or if that was a one-time (PPL?) cameo.

I do love this stage of a drama, when there are far more clues than answers and we’re madly scrambling to figure out what’s significant, and it’s being done well here.

@GhostofTim I agree you’ve got hold of the right end of the stick with that theory (to the extent that a ghostly hand can grasp anything). Do your prophetic powers always increase at this haunted time of year? Can you take advantage of them to make a few won in the stock market?

Bo-geol as Ki-ho has definitely more merit because “drama logic”. Also as you rightly said in order to hide from his father he is afraid to even give a hint to Mok-ha.
As he said earlier, be so successful that no one can touch you. I have a feeling that we will get more clues and he may hint or Mok-ha may find out when she interacts with him some more.

It would be highly improbable for Woo-hak to be Ki-ho. I put down her “you have the same vibe as Ki-ho” comment to be how brothers give similar vibes.

That look on Bo-geol face in the epilogue when Woo-hak said he would do for Mok-ha what Ki-ho would do was quite telling.

Why is no one one comparing the writing of Ki-ho on that note with the Kang brothers. Surely, as a reporter first thing Woo-hak would do is to compare his or his brother’s writing. Maybe it will be revealed later.

For now Bo-geol as Ki-ho seems more plausible.

@GhostofTim

Sold. I nomu nomu chuae your theory.
Please allow me to add my two penny and let us go down this rabbit hole:
– Woo-hak is actually Ki-ho… but amnesia.
– Bo-geol is helping to secretly look for Mok-ha by volunteering to clean islands.
– Woo-hak falls for Mok-ha but misunderstands that Bo-geol is Ki-ho and respectfully withdraws.
– Bo-geol falls for Mok-ha but feels guilty because he is not the real Ki-ho and respectfully withdraws.
– Mok-ha becomes a famous singer and lives happily ever after with wait for it Ran-joo because she is her mother or sister!!

Ottoke??

@seeker I delete my comment just previous to this one because it wasn’t what I wanted to say. First, to your very interesting speculation of:
– Woo-hak is actually Ki-ho… but amnesia.
– Bo-geol is helping to secretly look for Mok-ha by volunteering to clean islands.
– Woo-hak falls for Mok-ha but misunderstands that Bo-geol is Ki-ho and respectfully withdraws.
– Bo-geol falls for Mok-ha but feels guilty because he is not the real Ki-ho and respectfully withdraws.
– Mok-ha becomes a famous singer and lives happily ever after with wait for it Ran-joo because she is her mother or sister!!

I think (as was suggested by some others) we are probably over-complicating this plot, but nevertheless I really like your scenario here. It explains the clues we have seen and feels right for this kind of show. I just hope if this is the direction we are headed, we do see “respectful withdrawals” and not Trucks/Boats of Doom.

I never expected this simple post about a possible military uniform to lead down such a Rabbit Hole!

@GhostofTim

Hahaha. Moral of the story – ask Beanies for theories at your own peril. 🚩 🚫  🐂

No worries, its all good. See dramas you like, chat about what you want to discuss and just have FUN!

@mindy this is great analysis, and is most likely a solid clue. However, let this ghost play Devil’s Advocate for a minute. It’s possible that we see two different men going to the station to look for her. It is Woo-hak who goes up until the time of his injury, then we see Bo-gul taking his place. Why? Well, Woo-hak has confided to Bo-gul of the need to periodically look for Mok-ha at the station, and after his injury Bo-gul feels obligated to help his (foster) brother continue the search.

Your explanation does make more sense, but we are discussing a kdrama…

@ghostoftim Oh god.

I’m just gonna sit back and let the drama do its thing 😭

@mindy @Seeker @Elinor @mayhemf Mindy, I know, right? It’s a mess. I was just prophesizing to you guys that “Bo-gul is really Ki-ho” and then you triggered something that led me to the thought “What if Woo-hak really is Ki-ho, but he told Bo-gul the whole backstory, and Bo-gul has been secretly helping look for Mok-ha after Woo-hak lost his memory?”

Moral of story: don’t buy stocks based on what a ghost shares on the internet! >😄

LOL, Tim.. I don’t know how to react to the beanie theories and analysis. I honestly don’t think the writer wrote this to be so intelligent. Most of me thinks that beanies are over thinking and over analysing things that the writer themselves might not have thought about ; )
Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to read all this. But, I am just going to go with the flow.