Over on My Dearest this week—not that I was sneaky-peeking—I happened to see that @sicarius has made note of that drama’s current “tonal dissonance.” It seems to be a good thing. Sic, I think we can call your delighted tone and raise you a “WTF was that dissonance” over here on the butt drama.

It’s not that I don’t wonder what each new scene will bring—because you honestly never know. Will it be slapstick? Will it be boring? Will Lee Min-ki be oddly obsequious? Will it be a tear-jerker? Will it be stupid? Will it…be violently gory??? The problem is that I’ve started to fear each new scene.

I don’t want to make too much of this, after all we are only two episodes in. But when our FL puts her hands on some new living being’s badonkadonk, I almost don’t want to see what she sees. It could be anything. Damn it, that’s what being able to see other people’s experiences would probably be like…and you bet your sweet patootie I didn’t come to this drama for any form of verisimilitude.

Things I loved included Lee Min-ki’s introduction as “Dr. Rearview,” complete with a full-length shot from behind, showing his assets. I’m also sort of adoring that I’m going to lose the butt-pun battle to my own show, between “shit out of luck” and what’s clearly a “shit-hole town.” I mean, did I think I even had a chance, given the Korean love of potty humor??

And the Okey-Dokey (온희 던희) Store?? I’m sorry, but that’s bilingually hilarious. And Ok-hui’s own deadpan humor is life to me, as is her brother’s.

I’m still in for at least the four-episode grace period, but if the show doesn’t settle down into some sort of tonal pattern—I don’t need a single, given tone…I just need a pattern I can rely on—I’m gonna be bummed (ahem) out. @lovepark, we’re in for a ride in the comments section, I think.

The actors are really hard selling the drama because the comedy would have been just wrong and annoying in the hands of a less experienced. The characters are bonkers and the story was nothing less than a mayhem because it had melo, comedy, slapstick, silliness, parody(25 21 drama😂😂), thriller and heart warming moments meshed in the 1st episode, but the second episode settled down and I can't wait for Lee Min Ki and Han Ji Min's romance!! A little bit of editing could have done wonders to this drama because certain scenes just dragged down the pace and made the episodes look like fillers than an initial setup. Of course, the latter half has a solid chance of going down the drain with the show taking the police cases seriously, but for now I am going to continue holding the butt.

@lovepark thanks for the recap.

(Episode 1 only): Holy crap, that was terrible. I almost stopped a few minutes in when Han Ji-min and Joo Min-kyung put on HS uniforms and smacked people around, but I was determined to hold out until I saw LMK. I should have gone with my gut. The goopy sentimental anthropomorphizing at the end of episode 1 was the last straw. (And this is the second recent show to feature a suicidal noble idiot DOG. Seriously?) This show should be bunged off to the back of beyond.

The producers got a lot of local flack because of the show’s premise. South Korea has a serious molka, work place sexual harassment and sexual assault problems. The producers said the assumptions were taken out of context. After the first episode . . . not really . . the show does acknowledge that the Touch is a crime and Ye-Bun is arrested for it. But nothing comes of it except the perv nickname. The attempted comedy elements try to mask this as well as the touching diagnosis between the old man and his old dog. But the show is just weird. It seems human touching is unnecessary when animal witnesses could be used instead.

Maybe it is the way she is dressed, Ha Ji-Min looks so small and petite. Other than that, it seems it has basic rural trope elements: a jerk cop and a crazy female neighbor.

By the end of episode 2, Ye-bun is confident in what she sees since it was confirmed by the dairy farmer’s similar plight. I don’t get why without any accountability it was OK for Hyeon-Ok to sell off Ye-bun to a fish farm (except to introduce a new character with a dark secret.) The show is giving off weird Camilla Blooms vibes, not in a good way.

Sometimes the humor worked for me, sometimes not (I could have done without the scenes with the shaman, for example). But there were also some scenes that made me laugh out loud.
However, I felt that there were too many fillers and too few shared scenes with FL and ML. I hope that changes.

My wife and I loved the first two episodes. The comedy is well done.

As with everyone else here, I think that the weird disjunctions between parody, slapstick humor, pathos, and then brutal violence are at times bizarre. Its interesting that, for me, the butt-touching was the LEAST bothersome aspect of the drama. In fact making the woman the sexual harasser of this type means its total lack of realism is clear--has there ever been a woman arrested for this?
Anyway, I know it was meant to be slapstick, but Jang-Yeol's flipping Ye-Boon the ground hard, not once but twice, over non-violent offenses was not funny at all. In fact I half expected him to kick her in the ribs the second time, to draw some blood for real hilarity. Also, I know the Aunt "selling" Ye-boon to the fish farm was a parody of some show, (but does anyone know which show?) and I know it was supposed to be amusing, but I didn't know what show what it was, therefore it wasn't funny at all, and in fact made the Aunt's character seem not laughably greedy, but really mean and actually somewhat sinister.

I did find the McArthur shaman kind of amusing, especially since MacArthur, one of the most over-hyped generals in U.S. history should be constantly ridiculed, although he nearly lost the Philippines to the U.S. and started World War III with his reckless actions in Korea.

Anyway, I just don't know if its worth the 4 episode tryout or not.

i gave this drama ten stars after watching just the first ep -- for Lee Min Ki's eyes and deadpan facial expressions! he is a riot, i love him!

Tip of the day: do not let your pets into the bathroom or bedroom. Just in case.

Hum... I didn't specially laugh but I didn't think it was too over the top neither. So I will test the next 2 episodes.

They don't have teen actors anymore? I don't understand why they made Han Ji-Min playing her teen scenes, she looks young but no so young.

I rather am enjoying this so far. The ML is kind of terrible, as a sycophant who abuses civil rights. I find that kinda intriguing though

I am also interested in the aunt's back story with her ex

The FL acts very immature for someone her age but i love this actress so I'm okay with it. I am very much enjoying the animal scenes and "stories" too

Lovepark, thanks for the recap !

Aigoo, the writer missed it ! The dairy farmer could have had the butt touch power, and the FL could have had the leg power.

The female lead could have been Hwang Jung-Eum. 😳

The violence was manga like , e.g. when Chiaki would thrash Nodame Kyahh ! or something similar should accompany the body slams. 💥

Not sure if I’ll continue , the thought of an abduction mystery isn’t compelling enough.

The fake drug raid was regrettable, who wrote this ? Aigoo.

I love a drama that has unexpected twists and turns. Here they are coming so fast and plentiful that it is difficult to take them all in at once.

This makes me interested in what inspired the writer. Could it be that the apparently widespread butt grabbing crime in crowded subways was the inspiration here? What could be the connection between shamanism and General Arthur? The humour is hit and miss for me, but the cow ride was special!

Lee Min-ki is now officially liberated and I love it. Han ji-min is in her natural element as well. More chaos from these two, please.

I am kind of impressed that they are doing this crazy weird show. I didn’t mind the tone being everywhere except for when I was bored. I laughed really hard sometimes. I like experimental; I don’t know if it will work out the whole show but I like it so far.

First impressions: I kept wondering if the writer was high when writing this, or if you have to be to watch. 🤔

Thanks for the recap lovepark. 
I had very similar feelings as you going into watching, I was skeptical and had reservations about how this "butt touching" would be pulled off.
I am not into crass humour and also did not find Yoona (KTL) on the toilet in her bosses room (ep 1) funny at all.
However, I was  pleasantly surprised that the show managed to make it work.
I think this is largely because the show is also in on the joke, it's more like a parody and they are not afraid to take the mickey.
The actors are really good, especially the leads in regards to the comedy and without experienced actors it could fall flat.
The writing is good and there were moments when I laughed out loud it was so funny.
I think you have to be able to go with the ridiculous to enjoy the show.
I am also watching My Dearest which I know will get very heavy and sad, Heartbreak is almost over so I want to watch something light and funny.
I don't know if they will be able to maintain the humour for the run of the show but I'm happy to keep watching to see.
Suho's character is great in this, the female lead being hypnotised by his beauty /aura was so funny.
It reminds me in some ways of Gaus electronics, silly but funny.
My only gripe would be actors who are 40 portraying their teenage self.

And my vote for best k-drama quote of the year goes to:

"With great power comes great hair loss."

Also, the scene with the glow-in-the-dark "kielbasa sausage" lips has to be one of the most genuinely funny scenes I've seen.

And, it's honestly been a while since I've seen a drama that has a good balance of dry and slapstick humor, so this one's already a winner for me haha.

I haven’t watched yet. As expected the reviews are polarizing. Have downloaded the episodes for the long flight back home. Hopefully I am in the right state of mind/mood to enjoy the wacky humor.
Or wait to watch LMK’s facial expressions and ignore the rest!
Thanks for the recap. Helped me calibrate my expectations.

This show is batshit crazy and I love it! I was also wondering if the writer was on drugs when he/she wrote this, and if the leads were also on drugs when they accepted this.

The craziness somehow works here. You really need the perfect combo of acting, cast chemistry, sound effects, and directing to pull of such craziness but this show is managing to do so. I guffawed through the first two episodes.

Thanks for the recap and your thoughts!

I loved the premiere week much more than I thought I would and I agree that the deliveries of the jokes really help make the show shine.
I get a laugh out of how this is a drama where the leads get to be the weirdest ones in this quirky small town, and most everyone else is normal (except for the shaman of the General MacArthur god).

I'm a fan of japanese anime/manga and this drama totally gives me that vibe mixed with the vibe of a Stephen Chow movie. I loved the jokes and how they sometimes come from unexpected places.

And the director is really good at filming the animals. They really feel like they're actual characters being acted out rather than animal props.

Also, I feel like the writer must have been upset with how 2521 turned out and is writing her own fanfic about Baek Yi-jin and Na Hee-do. The parody was a lot longer than I would have liked, but I'm curious to see what this version of the Baek Yi-jin and Na Hee-do romance.

Also, that opening theme was just amazing. The artist must have had so much fun making it. There was a part that looks a bit like the beginning of the sailor moon transformation sequence - with the hand raised- only to shift into Ye-bun just touching all those animal butts.

I've only seen Lee Min Ki in two other projects, at least that I know if, The Beauty Inside & Because This Is My First Life. I don't remembet BTIMFL too well (like at all) but I don't *think* his character was very big or comical or emotive. I think he was just an introverted worker bee who kept boundaries (from what I remember)
TBI, was again not never big character but more deadpan.

My point is, this is my first time seeing this side of the actor. I didn't even know he could pull off the, I don't even know how to describe the character. Frantic? High energy? The character is certainly to be weird & alot for the locals.

Anywho, I was surprised to see this out of him which made it funnier to me since it was contrary to expectations. It's like he believes he's in a serious crime show but the rest of the world knows not.

Me, watching the first episode: why would the police have a car with a trunk load of baseball bats? What were the actors thinking deciding to take on these roles? How hilarious is the opening? What was up with that badly done cow ride CG? Where have I seen her best friend before - wasn’t she playing her younger sister in One Spring Night?

It kind of left me laughing out loud sometimes and weirdly wondering about the whole thing in the other scenes. I guess one episode of this is enough for me 😅

Thank you @lovepark for the recap.

I was (and still am) anxious of the butt premise, but I am hoping the team will pull it off somehow. I am not hoping for it to be a great drama, but at least not a bad one.

I guess I set my expectations low, so episode 1 was a delight to me, and episode 2 was okay too. There were things that were a bit cringey for me (Jang-yeol’s flipping of Ye-bun, Aunt deceiving Ye-bun), but I could overlook those because there were far more good stuff that happened in the show. I had a good laugh, and I really had fun watching it.

I agree that this is the type of drama that will either work for you or not. I’m just happy that there are still a lot of viewers who were amused and greatly entertained by this show.

Behind Your Touch, 화이팅!

Could the writer be one of Beanies here? I swear they might have read the thread on would you rather. Lol
The jokes didn't really work on me, and I found the ML to be over the top with his reaction.
About the downside of using the power, will the FL suffer from hair loss, too or from something else? If yes, I'll applaud the writer for being consistent. If not, then it would only serve as an inside joke. We'll see.

My wife and I loved the first two episodes. We loved the humor, but it certainly helps that the show acknowledges that touching butts is inappropriate and not something to be celebrated.

I have set my expectations to low since I am weary of the butt theme as well. And voila, I both enjoyed the 2 episodes so much. I have never laughed that hard in a drama for along time now hahaha. The drama is unserious, wacky but it is definitely working for me. I think some find it weird and it's has been sometime that we have a drama with this premise. It is a combination of genres lol. But truly enjoying it. I can't wait for my weekend dose of this drama. All the actors as well are picked well for the show. If this will continue, I can say that the Light in your eyes team has created another jewel!!!

I am late to the party!
“With great power comes great hair loss”
How can I not like this show! It’s so wacky hilarious. I laughed out loud quite a bit. From the shaman to the lipstick, so Many LOL moments.
LMK is hilarious in this role. His expressions are priceless. I can’t with his powder teeth brushing antics 🤣🤣🤣

I don’t know if the show can sustain this wacky stand-alone humor. It needs a solid plot to tie everything and keep us hooked. So, eagerly waiting for next weeks episode to see how they take it forward.

Okie-dokie siblings are hilarious.

I might go a bit crazy in comment sections of this recap. But let me start with a good chant.

Lee min ki! Lee min ki! Lee min ki

Lol I was not expecting this drama ti be so funny from the first scene I'm terrible that way lately- if the first few minutes don't grab me I'll often leave it alone and maaaybe come back later if it gets hit critical reviews. This time I just ran out of other things to watch and was totally pleasantly surprised. After we caught up to the "15 years later" present I got totally invested lol can't wait to see where the craziness goes.