Here goes my theory of the chief being possessed by the spirit and the son needing to kill him. But this is more logical because the obsession the spirit had was with chung hwa and possessing her first love is the quickest route to fulfill his with.

On the note of fated connections, is it just me or the criminal helping the chief to catch the full moon murderer (and who is now helping Hee Soo) is the same guy who was a commander in the old king's court and helped the enemy prince and framed Poong Baek.

i enjoyed both these episodes. I Also knew from the time jump and him accepting the award that the detective was now possessed. fully confirmed with the hand scar . good job on the actor for expressing this in the eyes.

I've said this every time I comment on this show, but it always seems to me they are a little short of material on this show, but that's because scenes are extended beyond my limited attention span, I guess. One and a half episodes on the past (which I now know were in the Gorguryeo period, thanks again @sicarius!) were just too much for me, especially since some of it had been hinted at in previous episodes.

While I did like the anachronistic cheer led by Princess Cheon-Hwa--in fact the anachronistic everything of Cheon-Hwa--they could have made the past circumstances a bit more complex, by, say, having Cheon-moo being less evil in the past, and maybe the princess being at first attracted to him, mirroring the present day Hee-Soo situation.

Anyway, as I was watching what seemed to me to be an overly long excursion into early kingdoms, a grey mist of an eternal drowsy spirit drifted through the air and began possessing me. Fortunately, I was able to hold aloft my Sacred Snack plate, my eyes flashed blue, and the magic power of pretzels awakened me.

What would work best for me next week, though, would be a full return of the 3 ghosts into the action!

I just finished watching these episodes and I really hate that I was right about the spirit possessing Hee soo. I honestly wouldn't have minded if we were done with the evil spirit story arc and spent the 4 remaining episodeswith our ghost trio + magic tricks and the love story between our OTP.

Is it just me or was Advisor Choi's acting a bit off during those scenes if him begging Cha Woong which were supposed to be emotional (I felt nothing) ; his brother was even worst I think.

JKJ and PHJ have some sweet chemistry going on. The flash-back scenes were good because we got to see more of that.

I’m just happy to have a drama, any drama, depict a pre-Joseon time period. I’ve desperately wanted a sageuk set in Gojoseon/3 Kingdoms for the longest time. This may not be an actual sageuk and just two episodes, but I’ll take whatever I’m given.

However, now I’m in a bit of a bind. I find myself more attached to the past version of our leads and their tragic love (not unlike a certain other recently ended fantasy drama). Cha-woong and Seul-hae are cute, but mannn… Prince Cheon-hwa and Poong Baek got to me. They’re now the true OTP of the show for me! And no, the former being reincarnations of them don’t count. As Seul-hae correctly puts it, they may be connected, but they’re not the same people.

Anyways, I’m still having fun with the show but I have to agree with my fellow beanies when they say some of the scenes are dragging. The show would benefit from shorter, more concise episodes.

Let me talk about eyes :

1) The embroidery representing JKJ eyes (mistaken to be 2 mountains) is actually on point. This is exactly how JKJ's eyes look like when she is smiling widely, and that smile is really lovely and infectious. I find myself smiling every time she does.

2) The 2 actors playing the modern day possessed villains are actually very good. Those eyes are chillingly evil.

I absolutely loved these episodes, and they were exactly what I needed after the miserable Sh**ting Stars episodes. Force field protecting SH, Swoon #1. The cave scene when the flowers bloomed! Swoon #2. When CCW woke up and realised what SH meant to him, Swoon#3. Pick me off the floor everyone...
I loved the entirety of these episodes, and even better that I hadn't seen Advisor Choi's past life betrayal coming, I had wondered why he didn't tell CCW everything in previous episodes, now I know why.
I totally get SH being weirded out by CCWs attention and making up for lost time, I'm invested in how that will work out. Both hero and villain fixated on past love and trying to win SH.
Bring on next week!

Oh. This show knew EXACTLY how to regain my attention after last week hahahaha~
*put the fantasy more into a sageuk setting and Sic automatically is more invested lmfao* *I am so gosh darn predictable help*

Is this the closest I’m gonna get to a Three Kingdoms Fantasy Sageuk? Is it? Is IT?!!? Omo, omo. Probably.
( alchemy of souls doesn’t count don’t talk to me about it)
Could it have been executed better? SURE but I was hooked instantly because I’m predictable Three Kingdoms and fantasy sageuk trash.
And also the ~pining~. And Jin Ki Joo's SMILE. Who wouldn't fall for her.

Uh historically, this looks like it’s a fictional version of early Three Kingdoms, rather than directly mentioning them; “Seora” and “Hwangryeo” as it were -
Seorabeol (where I’m guessing they stole “Seora” from, like duh) was the ancient capital of the Silla Dynasty (what an underrated ancient city oh my gosh- Sic the show isn’t about Seorabeol calm down- mian), and Hwangryeo was a clan of the Goryeo Dynasty, which was the descendent state of Gorguryeo
- Clearly just supposed to represent Silla and Goguryeo without naming them directly for some reason. My inner 3K nerd is a little bummed but she’ll survive (sorry @kiara your fictional fantasy Gorguryeo is for some reason the bad guys :P :P one win for me, the Silla fan mwahaha)

What else? Oh yeah- HE GREW HER FLOWERSSSSSSSSS AWWWWW. JIN KI JOO LOOKS SO GOOD IN PRETTY PINK THREE KINGDOMS HANBOK I’M GONNA CRY.

Ok, I’ll be back when I’ve finished 12~ toodles.

Also- it's always RAIN RITUALS in these fantasy sageuks isn't it?
Are there salamanders in this one too? (sorry, couldn't resist :P)

Yes for historical bits that aren't Joseon! They could have easily done alternate-universe Joseon too and recycle the Joseon hanboks, but yes for exploring some other time period!

The past was pretty tragic for such a cute couple, though I always side-eye how someone can die from a slash to the back that don't generate a lot of blood. Or why someone chooses that technique to kill someone rather than stabbing or a throat slit? I'm glad Poong-baek didn't kill her by accident and it was all the creepy prince's fault. Can't help but think what happens after the bodies were found. Seora probably gets invaded within days.

I knew something must have gone awry with trapping the evil spirit once we learn that Hee-soo had killed the Full Moon Murderer, but there were no scenes showing any sort of emotional conflict at his award ceremony, since he ended up unintentionally doing something that helped his corrupt dad. The switcheroo was definitely worth of a show featuring a magician.

The past romance was cute but spending 1 1/2 episodes on it lost some of the entertainment. I wish Cha Woong would stop trying to be Poong because it has been 2000+ years, so the reincarnation plot to be that emotionally impacting is unbelievable.

I liked the backstory but the past life/past love was unnecessary to have the two leads fall in love in present time. They're already working together to solve crimes of the week plus capture the Full Moon Killer, and with all that time spent together, they naturally started liking each other. Plus they already have a past connection with their dad/grandpa acting as partners to stop the killer. It plays nicely into Seul-hae's wish for Cha-woong to acknowledge her as his partner...partner in crime-solving and partner in love.
The backstory only helps to make Advisor Choi's connection with Cha-woong more relevant than the Advisor's being an heirloom ghost.
Now that Seul-hae can see ghosts too, I hope to see more ghost crew interaction.

I’ve been enjoying PHJ’s work in this drama. I think it’s the first time I’ve seen him doing comedy and I think I’m becoming a bit of a fan.