Hae-an shouldn't be so inconsistent to soon after the split-personality reveal in Revenge of Others. I don't need another one of those so already.

This show seems to be going downhill faster than a Truck with no brakes, but I counted it as a Bean so I have to tough it out.

I hated the Ep. 13-14 reveal. Unlike a similar murderer reveal in Reborn Rich yesterday, it doesn't feel earned at all. You can't tell a story about forgiveness and redemption and then make the sunshine-and-rainbows guy a straight up psychopath.

I know they're going for a 'he could have been a different kid if he had a different past' thing but that goes out the window with his smirks and self-satisfaction in getting away with not one but two murders - including his brother.

Sigh. What is up with dramas this year?

Was this necessary? To ruin a likable character? Hae-an was harmless with his idolizing of seongnim (hyungnim) Tae-hee and crush on Dong-joo. Why is he now killing and smirking? After strangling Dong-joo, there is no redemption for him. That 360-degree CCTV is useless.

I LOVE Vincent. His reading Dad's reactions and changing his answers was hilarious -- "dating for one week.. ten days.. one month" "she comes pretty often.. not that often." I cracked up when he called them "Dong-joo-yang and Tae-hee-gun." Then when he kept bringing up her father during dinner. (Similarly, I laugh when Team Leader Il-seob calls So-ra "Granddaughter-nim.")

Dad obviously loves his future son-in-law. When he told Dong-joo about not keeping secrets between loved ones, he was talking about himself, but she was thinking about Tae-hee. Yet she still didn't tell Tae-hee the truth about why she could see Young-cheol and his last words. I kept yelling at her, "Tell him! Stop lying to him!"

A huge thanks for your weecap, @Unit!

I was completely and totally taken aback by the reveal at the end of ep. 13. In fact, I was already writing a glowing post in my head about what an incredible job the writers did in depicting such an emotionally complex situation about guilt, sin, fault, abuse, alcoholism, and forgiveness. I even felt that everyone was being too hard on Hae-an by holding him accountable for something that was clearly not his fault. When he kept repeating "Everything is my fault. I'm the sinner," I just wanted someone to contradict and hug him.

But then, of course, the big reveal: everything really *was* his fault after all. Not only that--he seems to be a sociopath to boot.

I've loved this drama so much, and as I said above, was impressed with how they tackled the complex emotional landscape of Joon-ho. So I'm truly at a loss as to why they decided to go down this road. There was absolutely no need at all for this turn. The story was rich and interesting as it was! Why mess with it in such a melodramatic, ridiculous way?

Between the murder/suicide last week, the baby death this week, and Hae An, I was not okay haha
I was so teary eyed during episode 13.

"In the end, how far is too far for victims to forgive the people who wrong them?" This was a bit tricky for me because before the reveal, Hae An wasn't at fault for what happened or at least not *entirely* yet he had so much guilt just because he was related to the guy. It kinda hurt my heart when he was saying "it's my fault, I'm a sinner" because it felt like a mantra he's been saying for years and lo & behold, that seems to be the case. I think he definitely blamed himself for the situation with his parents to some extent. I think it was a mixed bag with his brother. Sometimes I think they both felt guilt and resentment towards each other but since they only had each other, they kinda kept it under the surface until alcohol got involved and those feelings came back to the surface.
I wasn't surprised that the brother, even as a ghost, didn't apologize but just kept saying he was the one who did it. I think due to his complicated relationship with his brother, in that instance, he was just feeling protective over Hae An. The dead guy has nothing to lose by looking like an unremorseful jerk for a drunk driving death but the guy who was the most successful in their family, who seemed to escape the "curse" of their dark family background, does so it probably was a no brainer for him.

Regarding Il Seub and the ex's father, Il Seub never wronged the father or the girlfriend. From what I understand, Il Seub asked for a loan to open the funeral home, was rejected, and that's it. The father having his superstitious prejudice was on him. So I guess the "victim" in that situation was Il Seub? And I think he's just an empathetic person so it didn't take him much for him to "forgive".

I thought the actor who plays Hae An could play a psychopath in another project whenever he did that smile. I don't know how to describe the smile but it was definitely unnerving especially because there seem to be such a callousness to it. Like he had no qualms about covering up a death or for his brother being cursed and then other times, he did seem really wracked with guilt and self loathing. I don't even know if the character knows how he feels about things. As mixed up as he seemed to me, I think that's how the character is supposed to feel.

The reveal is very off-putting and kills one of the cuter parts of the show. It's a good thing I have a week to get over it so I can watch the final episodes. I'm not expecting a believable redemption for Hae-an. I cannot see him as anything but a villain after he strangled Dong-joo, and no, alcohol and abusive parents don't mitigate his choice to delve deeper into criminality.

Hae-an strayed too far off the road to redemption when he left Joon-ho in the road to die.

If there was any doubt about him murdering to save himself, the closing scene should have closed the door on that doubt.

In real life, sometimes a murderer can find redemption. But in a drama with two episodes to go? No way.

Good thing I never gave up on So-ra’s Il-seob crush in favor of Hae-an! But wow, I did not see that coming. I guess the drama was trying to completely blindside us, for the shock of it all? Or if I watch it again am I going to see foreshadowing things that I missed? Anyway. It’s not that I’m upset about it, I was just very surprised to see the smile creep on Hae-an’s face while he was at his brother’s funeral. Everything was going so well with the truth coming out and everyone figuring out what to do with their new information, I knew they must have another wrench to throw into the works, but this was just a surprising one.

At first I was a little suspicious of Dong-joo’s iron-clad confidence that Father Michael had been totally right and she couldn’t talk to those who had killed someone. I mean, how do they know? One instance of someone not reanimating is hardly enough to go on, you need repeatability before you can draw conclusions! But laying that aside (I do think it was a solid hypothesis after all), I’m glad that it led her to be suspicious about the whole situation. And hooray for the leads supporting each other and relying on each other and not breaking up in ep 14!

I get why folks are mad about this reveal, and I agree that I don’t think it was super necessary, especially considering the other themes the drama was handling really well, but I’m honestly still enjoying it. And not just because we finally got rid of Chung-ha.

I find Hae-an being the actual murderer to be totally a useless trope. Why couldn't they go with him being a good guy even if he had a painful past. Why take a painful past as an excuse for today's wrongdoings?
Even if Hae-an's brother was left as the actual murder, the conflict would still be there. Will Tae-hee forgive his dear friend who turned out to be the brother of the driver who killed his brother? I even find that arc more interesting than the usual trope of the second lead being the villain.
Instead of turning to those tropes it would be more interesting to give side characters more focus like the story of Su-ra and Dong-ju's senior

The writer does not like a moral maze and chose to ruin a drama that so far has been pretty good.

I already disliked the treatment of Chung-ha who in reality is also a victim of the hit and run accident. She lost her future with the man she loved. But the rules in drama land seem to dictate that an ex has to be horrible and must be disliked.

This unfortunately also hides the moral dilemma that Tae-hee must have felt. He could not go through with the marriage, but did not want to burden Chung-hee with the guilt he feels himself. Could he, should he have done it differently? Instead the viewers feel happy that he broke up with the 'horrible' woman and found our lovely FL instead. A missed opportunity!

And now Hae-an who is also not allowed his own moral maze by being the brother of the perpetrator and the good friend of the victim's brother at the same time. What is the right thing for him to do in such a situation is not a question we viewers have to wreck our little pretty brains about. The simple solution given here is that he is evil and evil people smirk.

The drama could have shown that a hit and run crime has many victims who have to deal with the aftermath for years to come. Alas, it did not have the courage.

I certainly can't say I saw the reveal about TA coming. I don't think it was necessary either as there would have been enough complexity to unpick without it. But do I hate it? No.
I would have preferred if it was the panicked reaction of someone who finally thought things were going their way and who lived with the guilt since however. I don't think we needed to make HA a psychopath.
Also glad we didn't go the noble idiot route and I was very glad of the light relief of Dong Joos dad visiting Vincent.

I find this new reveal really depressing and sad. I don't get why this drama is acting like the situation was so black and white. Hae-an didn't mean to kill the kid, and even if he'd been looking it would have been impossible for him to stop. It was raining and the kid came out of nowhere. No, he shouldn't have covered it up, but I get why he did. To have him just go full on evil is disappointing.

To say that a man who killed a kid while drunk driving isn't worthy of "the gift" even feels harsh. When considering responsibility and blame, you have to consider intention. No harm was intended. I feel similarly about suicide--it feels so judgmental of them.

I also agree with complaints on Reddit that the drama is now about Tae-in and Dong-joo supporting him, rather than an equal focus on their stories and healing. I wish this had been more of a procedural where each episode focuses on helping a different deceased person than a murder mystery. I'm also really tired of the "dad doesn't know about her real job" storyline.

Between this, Summer Strike, and Love is for Suckers, can't we have a story that's just a romance anymore?

This shoe had been doing so well until this week with this sudden reveal. The comment section already reflects what I also think about these last 2 eps. *sigh*.

Are the writers of Kdrama not paid enough that they suddenly give up writing the last 4 eps well? Feels like a new set of writers took over.

The drama was always about interspersing dark with light and the other way around. Human emotions, which is THE key theme here with showing the depth of grief, self-blame, trauma, regrets, selfishness (chungha) but also hope, forgiveness, love, empathy and dealing with issues to move on are never just good or bad there's nuances in between. This is what this drama portrays very well imo.

The mistake people make is seeing a character "suddenly turn evil" out of the blue, when they actually aren't. But they did go at length to protect themselves from losing what they have achieved, to the point where it has hurt others deeply along their way, where they give up morality and the worth of other people's lives in order to keep it. It is desires and intentions that got twisted along the way but not cardboard cutout evil for shit and giggles. In the end it is understandable human desire for a better life and place to belong but going way too far to achieve/keep it. Which sadly is all too human too.

Unpopular opinion but... as someone who enjoys a drama more when the plot manages to cleverly get one over us viewers, I find myself going against the tide to actually commend the writers for a bonafide plot twist that's well done. From the first episode I had high hopes for this drama, and especially what this mysterious gift held in store for DongJoo as the character wielding this power. Over time, the writing disappointingly became so engrossed with TaeHee, that DongJoo's development pretty much fell to the wayside and her potential became limited to just being the textbook afterlife guide for the deceased, and ultimately, the puzzle solver/romantic interest for TaeHee. Their romance is a sweet one, but tbh the story was becoming quite stagnant for me as this was not the main premise that was introduced in the first place. So when I thought it was a simple matter of tying the loose ends regarding the truck driver being in a coma, the many clues shown to us of HaeAn being present at the crimescene (when apparently no one else seemed to be aware of this) suddenly became very noticeable, very curious and highly relevant. The question-mark over HaeAn's head was written there all along. We just did not see it or did not want to see it. And as the shocking reason unfolded itself, removing HaeAn's troubled mask and showing his true face... not gonna lie, from a plot perspective, I was 100% impressed that they managed to keep such a dark secret under wraps for this long.