Thank you for the recap, lovepark!

You know, I typed up this whole thing trying to make sense of what happened in episode 14 and what comes next and you know what?

I’m just gonna wait for next week. I predict there’s about a 10% chance of them pulling this off satisfactorily, a 20% chance of it being mediocre, and a 70% chance of it absolutely crashing and burning. And until I know which it is, I refuse to use up more brain power on this show. Yeah, I’m done thinking about it this week lol.

May the odds be ever in our favor I guess!

Oh, the joys and perils of live-watching!

😭😭😭
so many deaths. Now I am worried for the finale.

This episode showed quite a few shots of ’reflections’. I am wondering if the culprit is using a mirror or a way to see indirectly. Which might be a cause of blackouts.
Or if the murderer is able to erase memories by some form. Like post drunk blackouts.
I am not sure. At times I worry it might be the Shaman. Or General McArthur.
Or someone possessing him. Someone who died.

A lot of things made me sad. Jang Yeol’s obsessive accusations on Seon-Woo made him not reach out to the cops the moment he got hold of the knife. He chose to hide it.
On the other hand Ye-Bun trusts too much. Knowing blackouts have a trick she still chose to trust Seon-Woo.
I really hope no more deaths happen. I am already sad about Gwang Shik. It’s sad there was a phase of distrust on him.
It must be hard being the leads. They want to solve this crime but are being thrown around.

I am glad Captain and team are onboard the psychic situation. Atleast we have a team.
Captain is amazing!

I’ve not trusted this show since episode two, and so it wouldn’t surprise me if everyone ended up dead by the end.

But if they did that by making the ghost of General Douglas MacArthur the murderer of this whole town…that’d be not only very much like this show, but also really quite “funny.”

Gwang-Sik being a volunteer investigator led to his demise. Ye-Bun’s attraction to Seon-Woo continues to put her in danger as Seon-woo is more likely to be hiding the truth. He probes her for information about her psychic powers. Jang-Yeol made a rookie mistake - -- he had probable cause to arrest and search Seon-Woo when he had blood on his hand after a police chase for the stabber. But he let him go and wash away the evidence (which could have been Jang-Yeol or Gwang-Sik’s blood). The clue about the blackouts being EDITED by the psychic is problematic since it would be impossible to put back the erased memories. And Seon-Woo finally allowing a touch with that power would make him “innocent” in the investigation. I am pretty certain Seon-woo psychic power could be the touch of a wrist like he did to Ye-Bun during the workshop “date.” He also touched Grandfather on wrist taking him to Cha’s on the night of the murder. But that alone does not make him the killer even though he had a bloody knife in his toolbox. Was he another volunteer detective? (Too many cooks spoil the investigation.)

The idea of no third psychic is still plausible. Or the psychic has the power to control other people’s thoughts or actions. The twist at the end of this week does not necessarily clear anyone since misdirection has been spinning out of control in the last 4 episodes. Rumor has it that Seon-woo is dead (which is the only way to open the love line to Jang-Yeol) but you can never be too sure with all the recent misdirections. My final bet going into the finale is that the killer is Cha’s assistant.

So many bad decisions...

Gwang-shik shoud have called JY instead to try alone...

And what happened to the theory he lied? It was explaining everything and 3 minutes later, he died proving it was wrong...

Why YB didn't touch his butt? It was too late to do something, so at least she could see things... Did she learn her lesson with her grandfather?

Sun-woo always hide something and didn't tell the whole truth. I think if he had been more honest with JY, YB would have been in danger like this...

For the romance, I never thought they will focus on it. So I don't really care. I like their bickering.

Thank you @lovepark for the insightful recap.

I personally think Episode 13 was great. First part was heart-tugging — with Grandpa’s passing, Ye-bun’s grief and pain, and Jang-yeol’s endless concern (and endless longing gaze hee hee) for Ye-bun. Him taking care of a lot of things for her (clearing Grandpa’s, funeral arrangement, making sure Ye-bun eats) was very sweet and thoughtful.
The comedy in the middle was gold! This show continues to surprise and delight with their creative and consistent humor. And lastly, the mystery part. One of the things I am most impressed with in this show is how they handle the twists and turns (which are a lot btw) so well. Every twist is believable. It never came across as absurd or forced just for the sake of surprise factor. I was very happy with Ep13.

And then came Ep14.🥺 And as most viewers expressed — IT WAS A LOT! So many things happened I couldn’t process and sort my thoughts and feelings about this episode. The initial and only coherent thought I had managed is how are they going to wrap everything up (especially the OTP romance) with only 2 episodes left? And the preview killed me.🥺 Honestly, it left me with a heavy feeling. Still hoping against hope that it is not what it seems.

Further hoping that the team will somehow pull everything off in the finale week, just how they managed to pull off the butt-touching premise in the first place.

Thank you for the recap @lovepark
Positives Thus far in the drama, Detective Na had been the only character who had not made any impression on the viewers, but with the impeccable finger reading and lip reading skills she has shot to fame. Her delivery guy disguise was equally funny and pefect.

Although, Jang Yeol’s failed attempt at confessing his love for Ye Bun was long overdue, I still squealed. He looked like a love sick puppy watching her through Seon Woo's workshop window. My heart again fluttered when he ascertained his feelings for Ye Bun to the captain.

Negatives Considering the fact that the drama started showing its weakness only in Ep 14, I must credit the team for good humour and decent writing. Now, my fury is directed at the writer/PD for killing Seon Woo. Until his death Ye Bun was nursing a crush on him, so even if the leads do get together it will always be an appalling decision made to get rid of SML obstacle in the lead’s romance. This is what happens when you try to satisfy both ships, but this is totally not just about the romance.

Why give Seon Woo a tragic past and make viewers/Ye Bun sympathise with him when his entire arc is just a bait and switch for the murder mystery with no real importance to him as a character. When he opened up to Ye Bun about him running whenever there was a mention of his mom, is when the writers realized they did not know how to help him find solace and finished him off.

Another dissatisfaction is Jang Yeol's obsession with pinning Seon Woo as a killer because of his bad gut instincts. I thought he had better understanding after Captain's explanation of why Seon Woo being a culprit could be far fetched, but he again went back to harassing Seon Woo. It is like every other cop out there in real life, who pride themselves of serving justice, but in hindsight are bullies who blindly stick to accusing a person of crime without doing a proper job of investigating the crime based on evidence. Others can blame Ye Bun all they want for being dumb, but I feel the responsibility of Seon Woo’s death lies solely on JY because if only the cops trusted Seon Woo, he would have mentioned about finding the murder knife.

If this show sticks the landing next week, I will call it the most thrilling thriller of 2023.

The Light In Your Eyes also had a change of tone and a big twist in the last two episodes.

I just hope the whole thing is not the cow's dream...

What a fantastic recap, lovepark!! I would not know where to begin if I were recapping this show!
You know how intestines twist, giving you that godawful pain in the gut that you cannot do anything about? Episode 14 did that.
They killed two main characters, so the show is already not a happy ending (my heart broke for Gwang-shik's girlfriend), and Sun Woo's death was a terrible end to a budding, even though massively lacking in chemistry, relationship between sweet Ye buna and him.
The humour is indeed A+. The bathroom scene and the furious stabbing of Captain was the highlight (I literally rolled off laughing). I agree about Kim Hee Won. I have loved him since his A-game in 'The Man from Nowhere', and he never disappoints.
And, of course, the goofy, totally in love, Jang Yeol's longing gazes and even goofier attempts to protect his lady love. "Date me" was like - 'Nay?' Even I went - Yaay??? (totally Hangul style, hehehe!)
The clue black - left me wondering - Does the killer wear black glasses to prevent memories from registering?
I still have my dime on the secretary. He was there at the barn and is possibly a psychic. He had access to all the victims. The question is, how did Gwang-shik figure it out?
Couple of hotch potches -
a) Why did Ye Bun did not try to touch Gwang-shik's girlfriend's butt to know more later?
b) Did Sun Woo have a scuffle with the killer too? (Hence, the blood and the knife?)
Can we have some more of those beautiful Jang Yeol longing gazes?

First, to the FL: “Honey, you should not have to low-key fondle your grandpa in order to know he wasn’t a complete jerk. That was on HIM to demonstrate to YOU through words and actions throughout his life. Which he didn’t. Really, you gave him more respect than he deserved, considering.”

This was the first episode where I was legit worried the wheels were starting to wobble on this crazy train (and the preview for next week didn’t help). It was also the first episode where I lost my patience with our FL. As wrong as it was for our ML to literally lock her up against her will in a freaking jail cell, the fact that she immediately got out only to run off alone, in the dark, to hang out with a possible serial killer was so jaw-droppingly stupid I don’t even know what to do with her anymore. It wouldn’t have killed her to humor everyone and take steps to stay safe, just in case, whether she believed she was in danger or not.

Also, isn’t the death count getting a little high for a comedy about seeing the future through butt-grabs? Though I admit I had a blast watching the constant flip-flopping of suspects this week. It’s giving me big, cheesy slasher vibes and I kinda love it.

Did the writer deliberately put "bun" into bun-groper Ye-bun's name?

For a show with such a wacky concept, it surely piles up the deaths, without sparing some of the main characters...
I hope Sun Woo is not dead, so that, if Ye Bun ends up with the detective, it is her own choice and progress, instead of being because of a lack of choice.
I'm still p***ed off that she didn't call the people on the bus to save Ji Suk, there were lots of acquaintances there and the criminal couldn't do anything among them. Instead, she chose to waste time going to the detective, because she only trusted him.
Also, when the detective asked about the blood on Sun Woo's hand, he replied: I don't know. Ok, you may go. How does that make sense?
Otherwise I enjoy the show and the quirks of the characters, and I'm invested in Ok-hui and Unnie guy's love story. I hope to get at least that in the end.

My main takeaway from these episodes was SO WHO IS THE KILLER?!
Is it really the shaman. Is he having some kind of mental break when he's channeling the general and/or other spirits which allows him to blackout and commit the murders?

I thought maybe it was the translator cop since he didn't want her to touch his butt but then I dismissed that thought and figured it was just too embarrassing and personal/intimate for him.

The killer is gonna be revealed as some random side character? I even thought maybe the part time carpenter stage that fight with his partner cause seriously, who else is there?

If it turns out to be that former assemblyman or a lackey of his, I think I'm gonna be annoyed. Same if it's Assemblyman Cha's employee.

Jang-yeol received a call that Yi-boon was in danger and rushed to her aid.
Maybe, when he arrived, the murderer had escaped or was fleeing, and what he saw was Seon-woo with the murder weapon in his hand.
Considering he has bodyslammed Yi-boon more than once for just getting her hand near someones behind, and considering he is obviously jealous of Seon-woo, no matter what he tells himself or anyone else, ... there's a possiblity Jang-yeol has killed Seon-woo.

I hate Ye-boon more and more after seeing episode 14. She literally could've unmasked or hurt the killer while he was being dragged on the ground and clumsily trying to get hands off his foot. Just grab the knife and start stabbing!!! Its clearly the killer is not a "pro" and she knows it so she ran seemingly like half a mile out then cry about it then run back...
It just annoys me soooo much how her character has been. Having crush that clouds her initial judgement (seon woon innocent but he could've played her like a fiddle if he were the culprit) and now this.

As for the murderer.... I think Shaman might be the highest but I would wager either the male secretary to the mayor cha OR maybe Shaman's son. We keep hearing Shaman talking about his son - maybe its illegitimate son or a father-son combo killer or father protecting his son.

Most of my commentary will focus on my OTP, because that's just how I roll:

I love your interpretation of Jang-yeol's and Ye-bun's relationship. I didn't even think about the reciprocity aspects. You're right, because I was thinking that Seon-woo wasn't really bringing that up at a good time. I was excited when Jang-yeol told Ye-bun to date him, even if he did so in a terrible way. I think he kind of blurted it out without really planning or thinking about it, and also totally meant it. It was such a Mr. Darcy proposal moment where he confesses while also totally insulting her, and I loved it so much. His support of Ye-bun was really sweet and Lee Min-ki did such a great job showing how much he cares for her. I don't think his character would work half as well as a male lead that we're rooting for romance-wise, if it would work at all, with other actors.

Given the preview for next week, I am wondering if there will be a time jump before our main couple gets together. It seems like it'd be really fast for her to go from Seon-woo to Jang-yeol, especially now that he's passed away.

I get Ye-bun's grief but I really missed her personality this episode. It was like a light had dimmed!

I was laughing really hard when they showed up with a warrant. So they DO exist in the world of this drama!

This drama likes to play tennis with the suspects. Just when you think the characters cleared someone, they end back up on the list. It's like a tough jigsaw puzzle where you thought a piece goes one one place because it fits on one side and the color matches, but it doesn't once you have all the other pieces around it put together.

While I dislike his policing methods, Jang-yeol was the MVP for just being there for Ye-bun, even helping with some of the funeral arrangements. I sort of like how koreans seem to have a set package for weddings and funerals. You can do it almost on autopilot and it's easier to get help. Han Ji-min does devastation so well. I was mourning with her at the funeral scenes.

Out of all these deaths, Sun-woo's felt so unfair since he had been trying to find his mother. And he spent his last days just being hounded and suspected and in the end. I guess it sort of tracks with how Ye-bun and her grandfather didn't get an emotional reunion either. I had been enjoying all these twists, but I wish the writer had pulled back a bit. They're really just killing everyone around Ye-bun. If she weren't the main character of this mystery comedy, she would really be the top suspect. Next up would be Jang-yeol.

Ye-bun must be hella traumatized with all these violent deaths of her family and friends.

I feel like the only explanation that would make sense is the shaman getting possessed. Unless the blackouts were a misdirect. Maybe it's someone rich carrying a black card?

I have my own theory, which I'll keep to myself for now. I just want to rant about Ye-boon's ongoing idiocy. No, not about trusting poor Sun-Woo, but as a trained veterinary surgeon, she is absolute crap at first aid, CPR, not panicking, and common sense. The latest example, if she was going to run, as urged by Sun-Woo, why didn't she pick up the knife as she went, or throw it away, or better yet stab the attacker. Too little, too late, with your useless shovel.

I am happy to see that DB stars for this drama is now up to 8.3 (from 6.9 for the longest time, then 7.1 recently). If it will continue to rise, or drastically plummet down depends on the finale I guess. *cough Heartbeat cough*

The thing that I most want resolved satisfactorily next weekend is how the murderer is getting away with it. Gwang-shik has hinted that the murderer is manipulating the blackouts so that his crimes can't be seen - check. We've had the hint dropped that it may be to do with using a mirror, a la Medusa (but I'm not happy with that because you'd still see them checking the mirror). There's the theory that the killer is wearing black sunglasses which has a bit of traction as all the murders occurred at night (meaning sunglasses would really black out pretty much everything). However, that would make it mighty difficult to see - and run - which our killer is doing plenty of. If the killer is not Seon-woo then he wants to make use of him by framing him (since the weapon was in his toolbox) so the killer has to know enough of Seon-woo's movements - and how to access his workshop - to do so. I don't really mind how they tie it up as long as it makes good sense and is satisfyingly, "Oh yeah..."

I do wonder if @seeker is on to something by referencing And Then There Were None: has Seon-woo deliberately staged this event so that people have "seen" there is another person as the killer and will therefore stop considering him. I can't buy that the murderer will be one of the side characters - we need to know this person to have the emotional investment in the story succeed - so really we are left with Seon-woo or the Shaman. Let's see!

What a hot mess. Or bloody mess?
Everybody's dying, and it's not because the killer is fantastic at murdering people without getting caught. Pretty much everyone chasing him is incompetent to the degree their mistakes and missteps make it easier for the killer to run the show. This is basically a show of amateur sleuths losing a game of cat-and-mouse badly.
I came in for the humor and have stayed for the humor... but now the writers have realized the serial killer plot can't be resolved as another joke and so they have swapped out a long-running comedy for a thriller - and wow, it's just awful and jarring!
In the end, this town will end up supporting itself on serial killer tourism.

I just want to bring to your attention, that Soen-woo's face is very locked and changes in mood extremely subtle, as if he was a Noh mask. (Picture on My Fan wall!)

And also: Jang - yeol seems to have very specific ideas about a murderers quick, repetitive stabbing. (Gif here!) If we encounter a victim with fifty wound at the same spot (so OK, not fifty wounds; one, very messy one) we will know who did that.

Its sad amd awful that they killed off two characters I learned to like a lot. Despite Seon Woo's sus actions, he was a good foil to Jang Yeol. Also someone he is clearly jealous of bec of his growing interest to Ye Boon. Now I am worried that the killer is someone we overlooked all along. I am suspicious of the shaman because of the blackouts. He is the only plausible candidate left. Something else may have possessed him that is out killing people. If that is true, I feel bad for his son. Unless there is another candidate that. I just hope its not another character I like or close to the leads. Since that will be a betrayal that would cut so deep.

Thanks for the recap lovepark.
I'm sad there are only two episodes left and I will miss these characters, even some of the ones that have been killed off :) 
Ok, that was a lot in these last two episodes.
I don't think they needed the murder count so high, it has been impactful enough but I'm going along for the ride.
Poor Sun woo just can't catch a break, is he really dead? I hope it's just a fake out but why have him running with the knife like that.
The last 15 mins of ep 14 were so tense but well done for the bait and switch because I didn't see that coming.  
It is amazing that they still have these little windows of comedy that fit right in and have been tied to the characters from the start, i.e - female detective able to read the texts and lip read from afar because of the husbands cheating, well done to the writer. 
Crossing my fingers that they land the ending. 
Hwaiting show, Hwaiting.

The writer should pull this off. I want a clear explanation and a connection on all the murders that has happened. There is no one left actually except the shaman but when Ye bun checked seon woo, shaman is sleeping. I hope the writer can tie this up neatly just like The light in your eyes. Surprise me writer or I will hate you lol. I am actually shocked seeing seon woo dead, omg. The next episodes are also rated 19+ so the scenes maybe disturbing. I can't wait for this weekend. Please writer, pull this off nicely. Hoping for a double digits as well.

I think I might be the only person who’s disenchanted with the direction this drama has taken in its second half. I'm just kinda getting bored with all the crime noir tbh. As the recap pointed, while there were comedic scenes, it still felt like the moments darkness outnumbered the light. Can we have a bigger comedy instead of all the angst pls?

That anecdote of the director telling Han Ji-min he’d make her a romcom queen seems darkly ironic now. it's been 14 episodes and Ye-bun is still love with the SML. Unless that was supposed to be the loveline from the start? because, after the ending of EP. 14, how is her romance with ML even supposed to proceed?

I was thinking, before the finale next week, how about we go wild with our guesses as to who could be the killer -

My guess is the secretary. Though I do feel if so the shock factor would be absent.
My other guess is a wild one - OK-hee's father; but I can't recall if Gwang Sil had touched his calves.

So I've been thinking... there was a scene when Jang Yeol took Ye Bun with him to his nemesis, and made her touch his butt, in order to see if he was the one who had ordered the killing of the first guy (Jang Yeol's friend).
When he left, that guy took a long look at Ye Bun, as if wondering about this type of power that she has.
So I've been wondering if he was planning something, maybe to get rid of her, or use her somehow?
Could he be involved in all the killings, and if yes, why? Or is it just a loose end that will remain loose?