I seriously can't get enough of this show, it's gonna be a long and painful wait until ep 7😭

PBY and SIG's chemistry is just off the charts. I don't find the side characters all that interesting yet but these two are just perfect. Their push-and-pull relationship, their banter, their long stares into each other's eyes, the hand-holding... 🤩 also PBY is very expressive with her eyes, and she does cute really well.

I am here for Seo In Gook and the mole under his eye. And their chemistry is off the charts. That said, why are the dialogues so wordy yet so cryptic. Sometimes i wonder WTH they're talking about and what's the point they're trying to make.

No move is stronger than being nice, all those reverse driving and ball stoppings can never reach the level of the power of a bad boy being nice and Doom is a bad boy who's being nice, so Dong-Kyung's ganna fall for him hard, if she hasn't yet

The situation is so complicated, that it's hard to follow their feelings. Between Doom who is completely ignorant about human, except their bad side, and DK who realized she will suffer if she loves him...

I like Joo-Ik character. He should tell to Ji-Na and Hyun-Kyu that he knows both of them. But otherwise, his words are pretty wise, he's professional but he cares about Ji-Na and Hyun-Kyu.

The staring was pretty fabulous...

...but I still would like more clues about *why* people are behaving as they are or shifting strategies all the time. Why does Myeol-mang suddenly decide Dong-kyung loving him is a better plan? Why is Joo-ik acting the way he is with Ji-na? and on an on. Although as viewers we can make intelligent guesses, it still feels like trying to find a narrow road in a fog - it would be more effortlessly enjoyable with a few landmarks.

Actual comedies have not made me laugh as much as this piece of nonsense.

im so confused, i thought they were gonna duke it out but they were just so fluffy/flirty this episode? while there were some scenes i really enjoyed, this was easily my least favourite episode so far.

i wish this show was a bit more grounded in the mythology of gods and such, but they’re really going for some open ended artistic sorta feel? (not even sure if i’m making much sense rn lol)

omg if there’s something i actually dont like, it’s the weird sound mixing. it’s like ya i know this part is supposed to be funny or touching or romantic but then music cues in and it feels so excessive? it lowkey annoys me xD (that being said i like the new ost song)

the grocery slowmo scene is the worst offender omg why was it edited so weird and dragged out. and then the beach almost-kiss felt like too short? im probably just being annoyingly nitpicky at this point but the editing is annoying me back lol

and the side triangle is weird? i dont hate or love it but its just sort of there?

i feel like there’s something missing? maybe like an overarching goal besides falling in love with each other? i get that it’s the whole plan for both leads but it makes the drama feel a bit one-note at this point?

like the characters dont really do much aside from talking. this drama literally is just two leads and dialogue? they’ll go to work, on the train, the beach, at home and just talk. lol.

if it wasn’t PBY and SIG, i probably would have tuned out ages ago tbh. but their chemistry and visuals keep me wanting more despite all my complaints; i just wished the plot and writing would pick up some slack.

also, does anyone else get distracted by SIG’s eye mole? i keep staring hahaah

5 minutes in episode 5 and I couldn't do it. The main leads' scenes are so cringe to me, I can't and won't take it anymore. I am dropping the mains and will watch only the love triangle scenes from now on. I also re-watched High School King of Savvy to cleanse my Kdrama palette. A much much more delightful drama with a fun SIG performance AND of course Lee Soohyuk. It healed my little soul.

With how little screen time everyone else had this far, this show has been just Myeol-mang and Dong-Kyung flirting, especially this episode. But I'm not complaining, the show owes a to the chemistry between Park Bo Young and Seo In Guk. Also I wonder if it might just be the subtitles that make it a bit confusing at times or the actual korean dialogue.

Don't care what anyone says, I love it. It's sizzling and meaningful.

"Be the first human to love??" Oh my God!! Took him long enough. This episode is definitely turn around MM being eager to know about humans is definitely a good and bad turn. If he learns then when the world's about go boom he'll try to stop it even if he becomes
the sacrifice but also it will help to understand more about human why they fear and hate doom. SK the brother I most definitely didn't think that would some maturity proved me wrong too.
But a side from all the characters we HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SIG AND PBY' s chemistry.. the whole caste has a chemistry that just fits well like a puzzle!! Can't wait for the next episodes 😍

This show needs better writing and clarity, especially given how much weight the actors are pulling to make this watchable. Park Bo-young and Seo In-guk are absolutely incredible and I could watch them all day. I just want their actual conversations to be good, not vague nonsensical speeches. That really shouldn’t be too much to ask. I shouldn’t be watching a scene and thinking, “wow, these two are perfect, but that is not a real conversation between humans.” Or human and the personification of doom, whatever.

As for the second lead love triangle plot, Kang Tae-oh better have been the greatest boyfriend to ever exist. I can find no other excuse for a grown woman to be pining over a guy from back in high school. It’s so deeply pathetic and stupid that I want Lee Soo-hyuk to come out on top just to squash any hope of that relationship rekindling. And because he’s so freaking pretty.

All that being said, I cannot stop watching this show, or thinking about it - despite the many, many flaws. I’m sure there are objectively better dramas currently airing, but I don’t care. The show is crack-tastic and I am addicted. Is it Monday yet?

I'm loving this drama so much! The chemistry between SIG and PBY is crazy😍.
It's refreshing to have a triangle with the second leads. I'm definitely curious about this Joo-Ik/Ji Na situation and rooting for Joo-Ik

I'm gonna say it. This drama doesn't make any sense and the writing is not good. Much like descendents of the sun this drama is saved by the insane chemistry of the leads and the entertaining side characters. Most people are confused because the writing isn't good, not because it is cryptic. Lissen, I don't care that it doesn't make sense because I am enjoying it regardless but let's call a spade a spade friends.

Episode 1:
Myeol-mang wants to end the world to escape his fate and Dong-kyung agrees to wish for it in exchange for a pain-free death. Also, people are shitty to Dong-kyung.
Episode 2:
Dong-kyung questions the deal she's just made and gets mad at Myeol-mang (who's a jerk) but only for half the episode before...deciding that it's fine because Myeol-mang has it rough and he does stuff for her, I guess? So she wants to live with him. Also, people are shitty to Dong-kyung.
Episode 3:
Dong-kyung questions the decision she's just made and gets mad at Myeol-mang (who's a jerk), before deciding to love him so he can't doom everything. Myeol-mang is on board but for different reasons. Also, people are shitty to Dong-kyung.
Episode 4:
Dong-kyung tries to go through with her decision this time, but ends up questioning it and gets mad at Myeol-mang (who's suddenly jumped ship from getting her to love him and is again being a jerk) and now wants him to die or at least suffer, before suddenly deciding to save him from getting stabbed. Also, her brother is shitty to Dong-kyung.
Episode 5:
Myeol-mang questions the decision, Dong-kyung has just made, and she explaines basically, that she was ready to sacrifice her life to spare him pain/bleeding, or, wait, no, it was "just because". Myeol-mang is first angry and then back on the idea of making her fall in love with him. Also, people are shitty to Dong-kyung.

Just me trying to make sense of this show.

What I'm trying to day is: this entire show is:
- Dong-kyung making some kind of decision, before going back on it
- Don-kyung getting mad at Myeol-mang, but going back to him
- Myeol-mang bitching about humans because they are jerks
- people proving him right by being jerks to Dong-kyung

How can this all suddenly make sense after reading the recap? Am.I just really dumb or are you just that good, @quirkycase?

I figured it out: This premise absolutely could have worked to create a unique, interesting plot - but not with the character of Dong-kyung.
Like, the pitch for this was: "Let's make a show about a woman, who lives a shitty life and is so fed up with it that she dooms everyone on earth to die in exchange for a painless death and last three months of her life."
And someone said: "Oh yeah, and let's make a point of having her be the most self-sacrifing person ever, who puts everybody else's needs before her own."
And no-one realized that these two didn't mesh.

don't care what ya'all say. i love it and i am going to enjoy every minute of it!

The dialogue has improved — I actually understood what was happening. The last scene’s “supernova” dialogue was probably the best in all 5 episodes, no annoyance, irritation, drama-couple-nonsense or comeuppance between the two…well, until I glimpsed the dialogue’s continuation in episode 6, anyway. There were still quite a few exchanges that were monologue-ey, meandering and reminiscing. At 59.34 minutes, minus 5 minutes of “previously on episode”, it felt like a drag. Nothing much happens of substance really. Some “scenes” seemed to exist just to illustrate a point (“In this scene, MM learns to observe humans, see!” or “In this scene, MM cares about DK by ganging up on a rude teenage writer, see!”) instead of moving a plot along, and although this is a-ok in a rom-com, the situations feel contrived. (Also, he’s not supposed to hear her thoughts, but can hear her asking for a kiss?)

There’s this weird “funny” sound track that supposed to add levity to the “scene” but feels disjointed to the comedic intensity of the underlying situation. It’s like PD and editors were confused (as we are confused) with — are we shooting a fantasy rom-com or an angsty melodrama?

Lee So Hyuk scenes are fascinating. I’m so much more invested in that “side” triangle than our leads atm. His big mysterious eyes convey intensity and incredulity so well. The dialogue between him and Jina is on fire! (See, no hope is lost with this drama’s writer!)

And so my hate-watching continues, and I apologize.

Is there only single Doom in the world? What exactly is his job specification? He can bring doom to animate (people) and inanimate things (traditions). Does he deal with all people or he chooses few unlucky ones?
If he is the Doom, he is quite slacking off. Should he not be in war-zone or courts where they are providing death sentence or in fields with locust infestation?
Why Joo-ik is obsessed with Ji-na? Ji-na and Hyun-gyu at least have some common past but Joo-ik just has one single moment with Ji-na in past.
What was the point of young writer’s character?

The thing that makes me most upset about this show is the very notion of Kang Tae-oh casted in a drama without the slightest idea of getting the girl. If the whole setup for his character isn't going to change, I'm going to be really upset.

I actually find the dialogue and the many emotional directions of Dong-kyung to be ambiguous in a most natural way. Un-decisiveness, although a not very attractive trait, is not something foreign to people experiencing heavy stress, which you can't argue DK isn't. I really have to applaud Park Bo-young, her intonation and micro expressions are superb.

It seems the opinion about this show is so extreme, either very good or very bad. For me, however, I don't have too many strong feeling. K-dramas have so many stories about afterlife. Doom at Your Service is the most gloomy one, because until this week episodes, we probably don't know what the afterlife looks like after death, which Goblin or Hotel del Luna have at least some hints.

However, is it totally hopeless after death in this drama? Not quite. Dong-kyung did mention, in several occasions, life comes out of doom (Supernova she mentioned in the end of this episode, is one of those examples). But Goddess in this drama may probably more heartless then we think (what's happening in the end of next episode clearly shown that).

I do have some very wild theories in mind, though. Dong-Kyung seems especially unlucky compares to other people in this story, does she have some role in this world just like Myeol-mang? In an interesting interview, Seo In-guk said, in character, that Myeol-mang loves Park Hyo-shin's song Yearning, which Korean name "동경" is exactly "Dong Kyeong"--This is a double word play, since it sounds like Dong-kyung, as well in reality, the actress Park Bo-young is a fan of Park Hyo-shin.

Then I go even further: is Myeol-mang yearning for something? (1 of 2)

Half-hearted Life Under A Black Cloud.

Some of the snarky and sarcastic comments here are more entertaining than the show itself. I really really really want to like it but nothing made sense and all the episodes are repetitive with not a lot happening. I watched episode 5 and thought I was watching ep 4 again.

Also Park Bo young is a better actress than this; right? why is it all of her reactions the same wide eye shocked look? She kept being surprised with what Doom can do after knowing he’s a supernatural being....and didn’t she get surprised by how nice his house is twice? This show is making me think that I have dejavu

"Dong-kyung answers his question from earlier about why her life is special enough that she should survive. There is no reason – it just is. The same is true now. There’s no reason for why she tried to save him. It just happened by instinct." @quirkycase

I thought this was lovely and that this was the underlying idea of the episode - we don't always have or need a reason for things. Or more precisely, that we don't always have or need a reason for compassion and humanity. DK's act of protecting him was a human instinct; she sees him as someone who can get hurt, like any other. This seemed like some sort of turning point in MM realizing that humans are worthy of his compassion because he's noticing that they are capable of it themselves. He just didn't SEE it before because he hasn't let himself really get to know all of humanity (both the good and bad); he's been trying to protect himself from pain by decidedly NOT think they're even worthy of truly understanding, and in not understanding them, he's only been exposing himself to human ugliness (like a confirmation bias).

But now, especially with all the staring at DK, he's starting to see it (literally). And most interestingly, he's seeing DK's compassion for himself. He is human Doom incarnate. Yet she is the first human to truly see him, the real him (small spoiler from ep. 6)...and her response? Compassion.

Big-picture wise, I'm not sure if the drama makes sense and I suspect it will ultimately be less than the sum of its parts. I don't think it's "so terrible it's good drama" or a "it's terrible, but I love it", but more of a "It needs the cracks to be filled in and some serious polish, but I still love it" I love the individual scenes and moments!! There is a lot of great chemistry, quite a few of those heart-fluttering moments, and the drama presents an off-kilter atmosphere that makes me want to see what's around the corner. I loved the shot of the almost kiss at the beach. There was some funky camerawork when MM pulled away and stood up. And I loved the OST song by TXT

The drama feels like it taps into my inner teenager with the daydreams of being the special one in the eyes of a handsome supernatural being. Though the cynical part of me would always be like "too. much. baggage."

I'm curious as to how Joo-Ik could tell Ji-na got her hair done! Her hair has been looking amazing for the last 5 episodes, including the scene when he first met her again. That was more unbelievable than the manifestation of Doom walking about Seoul.

i don’t think it’s bad writing. it’s certainly confusing writing, but i think what makes it so confusing is because humans thoughts, actions, emotions are confusing. sometimes i don’t even get why i feel the way i do sometimes. and that’s what the drama articulates. that push and pull, that wanting to give in to your desires but also wanting to stay practical and logical - i feel like we can’t understand the motivations of these characters because they’re so complex in and of themselves. and for me at least i don’t seek to fully understand them, because ultimately at the end of the day the show had achieved its purpose in entertaining me through these interactions, not matter if they’re fully logical or whether i can interpret it.

and at the end of the day too despite all its confusion the show still manages to tug my heart strings regarding the things that matter most, why we live, why we want to live, why we love, who we love... in that way i think the show is extremely meaningful and thought-provoking. the supernova and the tradition scene was one of the most, for me, emotional scenes in kdrama because it was so simple and genuine. you see many other scenes like these but they don’t truly match up to the emotional power this scene packs because they try too hard to elicit some response. but this scene was so simple in MM acknowledging how some traditions die and the impermanence of our lives but DK nothing that there may be still importance despite the impermanence. it’s a short dialogue but packs an emotional punch.

and the actors. SIG. that’s all I have to say. he’s absolutely fantastic here. he’s wonderful. him and PBY are just geniuses. they truly breathe life into this whole drama.

I have to un-lurk because I'm enjoying the conversation around this show so much. I'm firmly in the camp of "I would watch SIG watching paint dry because he would make it compelling," but after this episode I'm leaning more toward "this isn't just confusing because they haven't finished explaining things: it's just confusing." (What's the word they translate as "just": kunyang?)

I'm still enjoying the show, loving the chemistry; intrigued by the potential theme of balance, destruction being necessary for creation, death necessary for life; hoping that they will actually explore the nature of love when it's removed from all the tropes; wondering if that's what the second lead triangle is supposed to be about; (hoping there's a point to the second lead triangle!)

I love all the beansplaining! Thank you for greatly increasing my understanding of and enjoyment of the show!

Was anyone else confused by how a man getting married is no longer able to see what he used to see? And how that is sad? Don't know if that's something that didn't come through the translation, or if it gets explained in Ep 6?

Deeply love this show. Shopaholic Louis has all grown up haha. And I love the shout out to Strong Woman Bong Soon via the hoodie references.