Catch the Ghost ep. 10 — I am so mad!!! More below:

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    I hate what the writer has done to Ma-ri. In what should have been a triumphant episode about identifying the Subway Ghost, instead we have vicious Ma-ri humiliating YR by exposing the fact that she left her autistic sister — and why? To get revenge for YR actually finding the Ghost’s lair with WH. Does she care that the case is being solved? No, because she didn’t solve it personally. I love this actress and I hate this part for her. Ma-ri is simply detestable. And what was that pat on the head from Mom — was it sincere or sarcastic? I honestly couldn’t tell.

    Why else am I mad? Poor struggling JS is suspended for three months because he didn’t know he was being deceived. Shouldn’t YR get at least equal punishment? Shouldn’t she actually get fired? If finding the Ghost’s lair was extenuating circumstances, why don’t those circumstances apply to JS too????

    Why else? Because instead of making us glad that we’re closing in on the Subway Ghost, an evil serial killer, we instead are being coaxed to feel sympathy for poor Curly Grasshopper, because if someone taps a pen or he doesn’t take his meds, he turns into a clever and calculating killer. And was he the jogger, too? I have to go back and look. Come on, show, give us a villain we can hate, not one we’ll have to cry over because his meds just didn’t do the job right. Too pathetic!!!

    Ugh!

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      This is why I stopped watching after ep 4. YR is causing too much damage with no consequence and they made JS a idiot because having a crush only does that.

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      Ma-ri making the case personal has been rubbing me the wrong way – and her incredibly petty behavior today made me so angry. It doesn’t matter that she had a valid reason for ignoring Yu-ryung at first because of video of her abandoning Yu-jin – a superior should never ever humiliate a subordinate on such a personal level like that in front of her team. That is such bad leadership, not least because it diverts attention from the work at hand which is stopping a freaking murderer. Not to mention she is antagonizing the family of a victim – a family member who has lived with guilt and no news of her sister for two years. Even if what Yu-ryung did was wrong, and it was, that is no reason to belittle and humiliate her. There is no reason to do that to anyone ever.

      I get why Ji-seok was suspended; I disagree with it, but I understand why he was given the harsher punishment. As a supervisor he could have done a better job. But it’s 100% not his fault he was deceived, but he also clearly had not trained his rookie properly to realize the gravity of her actions, and that is on him. Does the punishment fit the crime? No. But it is fair to punish him harshly. If we are making comparisons it makes less sense that Ma-ri isn’t called out for her treatment of Yu-ryung. If I saw a team captain behaving the way she did I would discipline them and move them out of leadership until they can learn to actually lead.

      Also, I half think curly grasshopper is a red herring. There’s too much show left for it to be that easy. (Also, he wasn’t the jogger.) Unless the show wants to fill in more of his story before the end, I can see it being a distraction. I’m more inclined to believe it is someone related to the grasshoppers – perhaps curly’s sibling?

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    Ok so I agree with you regarding MaRi wholeheartedly. I wish the writer had written her better! The rest @SnarkyJellyFish has said it really well. One thing that I would like to add is that I don’t think we are supposed to feel sorry for the criminal. I think the meds were their to add a little more depth and story to his character than to make us feel sorry for him!

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      I think the part that annoys me the most about how Ma-ri is written is not only is it bad, it is also lazy, especially given that we know how personal her work it’s to her. To have her act petty because of her ex as opposed to delving into the deeper questions of the pressure she has to perform well and prove herself on her own merits is a waste of potential and the writers chance to create another interesting female character. I’m not saying Ma-ri needs to like Yu-ryung or even get along with her, but basically making it about a boy is just dumb given there are so many other things they have already put in place to work with.

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        I agree with you on so many levels. I’m really enjoying the show but the way Ma Ri has been written always puts me off!!

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