Thanks so much for the recap, lovepark!

These episodes screamed “transitional episodes”, especially episode 10. I felt like we found out a lot but also didn’t find out much at all, and it felt like the drama was dragging its feet.

The highlight of the weekend for me was definitely Jang-yeol paying off Ae-ran’s debts by working in the coffee shop–it was hilarious AND hot–and the very dedicated way he gave Gwang-sik that manicure. I could have gotten a good 10 more minutes of Jang-yeol at work without getting tired of it, lol!

I really needed more of Jang-yeol and Ye-bun together. Her “This is why you were dumped in the 11th grade!” had me in stitches, as did the way she marched into Jang-yeol’s room with her arms crossed just like him, lol. She gives him what he deserves and I love that about them. My friend described them as a Dobermann and Chihuahua working together and it’s SO accurate, ha.

The writing in episode 9 with Ji-suk was messy–while I can understand Ye-bun’s reaction (she was clearly shell-shocked, paralyzed with the realization that she couldn’t trust any of the townspeople) and don’t really blame her, the writer wrote her into a corner with the whole “forgot her phone” thing. It’s such a common trope in TV these days and I hate it! I was so proud of Ye-bun for saving Ji-suk, and I know her ankle was broken and if both had tried to escape the killer would have easily found them, but I was screaming in my head for her to just stop EVERYONE on the bus. If she had done that and had everyone come with her, the killer couldn’t have done anything. I can rationalize why Ye-bun did what she did (she was a scared human in a scary situation), I just think the whole setup was lazy writing. These writers haven’t written a thriller before and it shows.

Trust seemed to be a big theme this week, and I’m curious if they’ll take it further. Ye-bun clearly wants to trust everyone, and her realization that she can’t (especially not right now) definitely took a toll. It’s been woven into previous episodes as well, and I see it in the overarching plot of what to do when a small town full of people you know and trust faces something like this. I don’t think the show is saying you shouldn’t trust anyone (Ye-bun trusts Jang-yeol, and it was her not being able to trust anyone that resulted in Ji-suk not being saved), so I’m interested to see where they go with it, if anywhere.

I was genuinely interested in all the information gleaned from the festival, but man do I wish we had gotten more scenes of our team together instead of working separately. That Butt of Truth was AMAZING, Seon-woo sure is talented to make that so quickly lol. I’m assuming the netting on the seat masked the feeling of Ye-bun’s light touches, ha. It’s pretty obvious that Seon-woo is the 3rd psychic, but I highly doubt he is the killer. Who the killer is honestly still has me stumped. Again, it seems like we learned a lot but also learned very little. I prefer this...

I was worried the show was getting too dark by first half of episode 9, but good thing they made up for it in the second half with the usual light and cute (and hot! omg). And ep. 10 was so much fun with the festivities and just pure investigative mode (nil violence).

I love the punchlines/gags and how they executed it so perfectly:
1. Ye-bun’s 11th grade burn to Jang-yeol
2. Ye-bun fearing Gwang-sik will see her awkward teenage memories only to spill it herself
3. Ok-hui confidently narrating how the murderer will target those closest to Ye-bun blah blah, then realizing it would be her (loved that they repeat this gag, the first one with Ye-bun)
4. Jang-yeol complimenting Gwang-sik for his proactive psychometry and teasingly shading Ye-bun
5. Jang-yeol noticing Ye-bun is sulking over being replaced by Gwang-sik
6. Jang-yeol’s coffee shop worker stint
7. Jang-yeol’s lowkey jealousy (not just once but twice, from his rooftop!) and his cute hand gestures

Okay, I’ll stop already.

Show, I love you so much! And please give us solid OTP romance already. I am sooo ready to die from squeeing!

Can we all please acknowledge that Da-Eun's face has finally been exposed? For any of you Twenty Five Twenty One fans, the mysterious Da-Eun has finally been unearthed. Somebody please call Na Hee-Do (Kim Tae-Ri) and let her know the whereabout on Da-Eun. On top of that, Da-Eun's brother finally gets a name, but ironically enough the name Kim Yong-Myeong is the same name as the actor. And to add to the irony/coincidence, the character Da-Eun is played by an actress with the same name.

Also let’s not forget - we already got a name for eonni oppa. Kim Yong-myeong. Lol

THank you for the recap! I've been enjoying this series every week, but this week was particularly enjoyable as we the usual absurdity mixed with Jang-yeol forming his own detective team (Detective Na's nose for cheaters is correct in that Jang-yeol's cheating on his coworkers by investigating with other people). While we add another victim, we're also narrowing down on suspects. Secrets are being uncovered. And Jang-yeol has Ye-bun saved as Bong Ye-bun on his phone!

Other fun moments I loved:
1. The murder mystery/serial killer theorizing our characters do - yes Jang-yeol should really be a suspect too.
2. Da-eun's brother's has name!
3. Prawn in my ear! Won the contest by being a "truly astonishing performance".
4. Jang-yeol trying to teach Ye-bun how to not get lured away by Seon-woo at the festival reminds me of this cute video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN29b1-hhZ0&ab_channel=BabyYebin%EC%98%88%EB%B9%88
5. The ridiculousness of Seon-woo using a HUGE chef's knife to pare an apple and Jang-yeol commenting on it.
6. Jang-yeol doing coffee delivery.
7. Just the entire festival scene. Humor and tension with everyone - including the suspects- in town being at the same place. Sprinkled with those moments of longing with Ye-bin seeing her mother in the memories. Also, the props department was amazing with the Butt of Truth stand and just setting up the entire festival.

"Prawn in my ear" 🤣 HAHA. That's going to give me the giggles all week long.

The Butt of Truth. 🤣

I thought it was too early for the part timer to be revealed as the killer which makes me think it's not him. (I think there's 2 or 3 weeks left of the show)

I thought both the detective & the vet saved each other as "nutjob" in their phones and that made me chuckle (I was wrong apparently & only the vet has him saved that way)

I didn't realize the detective called anyone oppa haha.

And I don't know how I feel or what to think about coffee shops apparently being smokescreens (or whatever the right word is) for call girls/hosts(?).

I wonder how the assemblyman wronged the part timer to make him go as far as he is going (such as following him).

IF Sunwoo is responsible for the murders, a part of me thinks it's to ruin the image of the town which would hurt the assemblyman and the redevelopment prospects (scam?).

The My Ear's Candy parody made me chuckle. Funny enough, I had *just* mentioned that song like a day earlier haha

Thanks for the recap lovepark. 
Daebak eonnie oppa, Daebak.
His performance of Prawn in my ear, for me, stole the show. 
I could not stop laughing.
The actor doesn't get much screen time overall but his scenes are always so memorable and well done.
I love that all the characters, especially the leads, are getting even more nuanced and interesting as we get further into the show. The writing, pacing of this show is excellent and the actors are just the chef's kiss to the script. 
I often find as we come into the end run of a show, the side characters or "community characters" of the show tend to get a bit boring or I just don't care about them but this show is doing such a fantastic job of incorporating and using all the actors really smartly.
The tension is very atmospheric and no one can be discounted. 
Sun-woo is a red herring and is either the assembly man's son who he discarded when the mother died or was somehow involved or to blame for his mothers death.
From the very start of the show when they are in any scenes together Sun-woo is always observing him so closely. 
Suho is doing a great job with his character and I don't think of him as an idol actor but as an actor. 
Han Ji -min is really out doing herself and this week added even more heart to the show with her touching scenes in the "Butt of Truth '' looking back on her mothers death. 
I don't know how Lee Min-ki keeps a straight face while being the straight man to her crazy. 
I will miss the show when it ends. 

Jang Yeol going around serving as a coffee lady and scaring the dubious customers off was a great technique to force the madam to let Gwang Shik's lady go. Plus I love the detective and his psychic sidekicks with Ok Hui working together to gather intel at the prawn festival.
I knew the third person at that meteor showe could be SunWoo since the profile seen at YeBun's memory matched him to a T.
I didn't like YeBun leaving behind the coffee lady. She should've at least called Jang Yeol with the phone of anyone at the bus that night to get him at the location stat. Delaying to get help in town only allowed time for the killer to find her hiding place.
I caught up with the episodes in a week and I am liking the show so far. Also the victims may not be so random after all. There must be something that ties them all together.

Jang-yeol is such a bulldozer and everybody around him is following his way now :p

I like how stubborn he is when he has an idea in mind and won't let people bother him. The café lady had no chance to win against him.

Ye-Bun did well by hidding the victim but she should have borrowed a phone in the bus to call Jang-Yeol instead of reaching him physically and meeting with every people of the town 😅

It looks like Assemblyman Cha hurt Ye-Bun's mother but I'm pretty sure Sun-woo's mom too. He said he didn't believe in politics. He didn't come in this town without reason.

Jeon Gwang-shik is so cute. I love how he takes everything seriously even the manucure 😂 and follows Jang-Yeol.

Please, don't anyone feel like making a fact sheet for this mystery puzzle?
Like @xococo said, it is very much like an Agatha Christie novel, with a puzzle of who was where, when, and which information can be trusted, so if some smart person would make a list or table of persons, data, and sources of info (so that one can remember which bulk of information is to be trusted as we move forward) I would love to have a long, long thread of evolving theories.
Please, someone? @darwi are you watching this show, because I know you'd totally kill this (in a good way)? 🥺🌱

Intense episodes. The tone is getting darker in as another murder happened. I was part of viewers that getting little bit dissapointed with how the relationship development getting push and pull . Jangyeol already show that he cares about Yebun, but i found it cute that maybe he really like his relationship with Yebun right now when he could keep teasing Yebun.
There are scene when Jangyeol run fast in hospital like he worried something happened with Yebun in upcoming teaser eps 9-10, but it doesn't appeare yet.. so maybe it will in eps 11-12.
I think Cha Junman is not the murderer, but he will be the culprit of Yebun's mother death, since the Grandpa asking Detective Won to investigate Cha Junman.
Waiting for eps 11 since Han Jimin and Lee Minki hint in Elle interview that there's their favorite line and scene happened in eps 11.

Investigation is hard even with all the powers of butt and leg touching. I lIke our team and their dedication. Their meetings are delightful. Cheating or not these meetings are way better than any official meetings. I like how they change strategy as they get new information. I am quite involved in the mystery and that’s a good sign. I keep thinking of suspects. As usual we have real estate bad boys 😅
I need the cops to make some breakthrough. Like find a connection between the victims. Because I also need to believe in the cops ability :)

The humor was a little low this episode. But we got our Eonni OTP ship sailing strong.

I need Seon Woo reveal to come soon. Clearly he has the power but not the killer. Also her girl crush has to end at some point. He clearly doesn’t have an interest in her or he does and the actor isn’t helping.

I love Ye Bun and Jang Hyeol’s conversations. They are just so relaxed with each other. She even implied he was new to town and a potential candidate to be killer. Lol. And I love how he tries to make her jealous by complimenting Gwang Shik more. I wonder if he is low
Key jealous of her crush and is just returning the favor. I don’t expect a full blown romance but I think we are heading there. Given the number of times he interrupted her moments with Seon Woo something must be simmering.

I think we have been desensitized because of the greater purpose of the butt touching as an investigative tool, abet a warrantless search. It was about time to narrow down the suspect list. Grandpa’s personal investigation of Ye-bun’s parents death and Cha’s success as the new assemblyman even after land scandal is compelling but could be a red herring. The clue about the third psychic at the barn touching metal could mean that he sees memories through a person’s contact with metal objects, like a phone. That puts Seon-Woo in the spotlight, but likely a diversion at this point in the series. Clearly, he has a grudge against Cha (I agree he is his father--illegitimately).

The Detective’s civilian investigation team was good as we finally got to “see” the logic and progression of narrowing down the suspects. There are coincidences and overlap to find the third psychic but there is still some doubt about the killer. It seems Ye-bun’s mother was a journalist who Cha killed to protect his assemblyman boss, who later was hit with the land scandal. Cha apparently is trying to re-create the wealth of land assemblage for his re-development plans. Cha is the only suspect with a history of murder. Seo-woo is still the convenient distraction since I think he is also investigating Cha for his wrongdoing. The story this week was hard core crime solving with little of the rural goofiness of the town folk.

I am sooo ready for these two to start having obvious feelings for each other (I mean, Jang-yeol is clearly jealous). The Butt of Truth made me laugh so hard, even if it was incredibly implausible that no one would be able to feel her touching them through the grate. I hope Ye-bun stops crushing on the 2ML soon.

Ye-bun's mom was was a journalist investigating political corruption and "died by suicide"? No wonder Grandpa's been investigating!

After the high of 7th and 8th episode, personally I felt a bit let down. As @mindy already pointed out, the writing got a bit messy. To me the bus thing made sense, she was panicked, but she could have asked for a phone correct?
I wanted to see more of the "11th grade dump" scenes between the two. And the training that Jang Yeo gave Ye-bun gave? Their scenes are tuning out to be comedy gold.
BUT, you can tell Jang Yeol is starting to get the feels and I feel his character does have the opportunity to peel some of those layers that Jang Yeol is, espeicially when no one is looking. Han Ji Min is doing it at every opportunity. The way the light goes on and off in her eyes when she thinks Jang Yeol cares and then unthinks it right away....it's adorable and hilarious! Lee Min Ki needs to up his game a bit, and having not watched him before, I don't know if he has it in him to turn the low key romance on. Right now it's more circumstantial and I am finidng him one tone, especially this late in the show.
However, the series is on spot with the crime thriller and comedy blend. Jang Yeol's coffee shop stint was the best thing haha!
Also, I call out the Assembly man's assistant to be the killer. He probably has a terrible backstory we don't know yet and he is with the assmemblyman to take revenge or something?

This drama is absolute ridiculousness but I'm really digging it. I agree with the slapstick comedy making the thriller tones land harder. Jang Yeol in the coffee shop was one of the best scenes so far for me. It was a relief to see someone finally stepping up to help the two hostesses from their boss. The twist of the one reporting back to their boss felt like a surprise I should have seen coming, considering the situation, and I was happy to see she was also framed sympathetically, as she was also a victim. (And then she became another kind of victim...)

Was I the only one left befuddled but the whole, "The killer is closing their eyes to avoid detection" explanation? I just... what about all the moments leading up to the murdering, and after? stalking the victim, now zip-tying them, etc. They can't have their eyes closed for ALL of that, can they?!

I don't know, I'm not as impressed with the drama's sudden shift to a crime noir. The political corruption, the serial killer, the faked suicide... we've seen it before, I'm not that entertained by it. This week's dragging pace didn't help and the Ju-man conspiracy arc & her mom's storyline feels super shoehorned in (to me).

Anyways, my overarching feeling this week was sadness for Ji-suk. betrayed by a friend and murdered right after. and noone seems to think of her after, even her so-called friend. if only Yebun had used at least one or two brain cells...

and yes, the highlight of this week was Jang-yeol scaring gangsters serving tea and as always, Ok-hui x French teacher. however, I'm kinda worried that Jang-yeol really is the killer or something, I wouldn't be surprised with this show.

I am really curious on min ki's favorite word and it has 2 syllables, A and R. Ji min guessed that so quickly because it is her favorite scene as well. I can't wait for episode 11. Some said that romance is not necessary in the drama but still, I want progress on ye bun and jang yeol's relationship. It should start sailing this week chebal