Moving
The strangely named drama is moving my emotions. Be still my beating heart.
I thought I loved this show, but now I’m struggling to find a word stronger than Love.

EP 1-7: we get the backstory and we fall in love with adorable Bong-Seok and Hui-Soo. I didn’t think it was going to get better than this. I was hooked and already liking the show.

EP 8-9: It got better and this is when the show went from a strong Like to a Love. We get the absolutely breathtaking backstory of Bong-Seok’s parents Doo-Sik and Mi-Hyun. EPIC story. Phenomenally written, acted and directed. Absolutely jaw dropping.

EP 10-11: another tonal shift, but this time to an equally EPIC story with Hui-Soo’s parents Ju Won and Ji-Hee. This was full of action sequences - maybe a bit much as I was starting to miss Bong-Seok and Hui-Soo. I wished we got to know Ji-Hee a bit better as it was focused more on Ju-Won’s power. We got to see why he was the one to beat Frank.

EP 12-13: The Perfect Episodes. I thought the show wouldn’t succeed if it strayed away from Bong-Seok and Hui-Soo for too long. We saw none of the Bong-Hui couple and yet the show managed to turn it up one more notch. How the heck did it find another gear? I got my wish and we got so see a lot more of Ji-Hee. Ji-Hee is soo relatable and attracts soo much sympathy. I adore her. I love how we got to see a more human side of Ju-Won who was the complete opposite of his nickname “Monster.” We also got to see Ju-Won and Doo-Sik as partners. I love how Mi-Hyun is always wearing purple and there’s a purple lens tint in all of her scenes alone. I love how Doo-Sik uses a ladder to portray an ordinary life. These episodes were a masterpiece and I have to applaud all four of the “parents” as this was some of the most brilliantly acted and touching episodes ever.

Bravo👏🤌

I’m running out of superlatives as this show is now the absolute singular front runner for best Kdrama of 2023. The ambition of developing and portraying so many unique characters and doing everyone justice has been breath taking.

I’m already sad that we’re 13 episodes and over the 1/2 mark. We haven’t even seen a glimpse of Bong-Seok and Hui-Soo for the past 6 episodes!
I initially thought 20 episodes were too many episodes but now I realize that I never want this to end.

Well, at least I don't need to worry when Joo-won walks across a street.

Anybody else think it's "interesting" that the N.K. super-agent seems to have the same powers as Gang-hoon? Is there something there that might help explain his sunny personality??

US: More of Doo-shik and Mi-hyun, please!
MOVING: Be careful what you wish for.

I'm almost afraid to wish for more of the kids now.

‘…cockroach Deputy Director Min’; I laughed and admired how well your description suited the character!
Moving, achingly poignant … that’s what I feel for the entire series ..

Thank you, @quirkycase, for the weecap! I haven't seen these last two episodes yet but your weecaps keep me informed. Now I know why Mi-hyun is so protective of Bong-seok and like what she said before: I don't want you to turn up like your father! After that, I thought Doo-shik has passed. I'm so glad he wasn't.

These 2 ep are so Moving. So sad, when I thought it couldn't be sadder. 😭😭😭
But I laughed when they didn't give Joo-won parachute, just drop him from sky, knowing he won't die anyway 🤣. And I wonder how to kill someone like him? Not that I want him to die. But the prospect of living forever scares the heck of me.

i don't want this drama to end!! every episode gets better and better... such a fabulous ensemble cast, such a great story...

So where the hell is Doo Shik? He wad captured but not killed, no wonder Mi Hyun says nothing. The poor woman is heartbroken. As for Joo Won, what an insane Teddy Bear of a man, his sobbing journey to the funeral hall was so sad, I just wanted to give him a hug. We have 7 episodes left, there is so much story to tell.

Doo Shik is still alive somewhere. I am waiting for him to be reunited with his family and Joo Won. Bong Seokie needs his Dad now as he tries to control his superpowers. Also need more Mi Hyun and Doo Shik.
Joo Won's scene at the funeral parlor was absolutely heartbreaking.
While baby Bong Seok and baby Hee Soo are adorable, I hope we get back to the present time next week to know what is happening.
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So what is Lee Jae-Man's backstory, the father of Kang-Hoon. It looks like father and son are strong (fast, jump high, etc.).

I'm little confused with their powers.

Joo-Won seemed running very fast during the attack, but is it his power to regenerate? Not being strong or is it both? Kang-hoon didn't seem to regenerate like Hee-Soo.

Mi-Hyun and Do-Shik know their son can fly but did they ever think about his earing? A baby with super earing could be very sensitive and cry more often...

What I loved about this pair of episodes was how they focused so intently on the complex and different stories of these two families as they decided to have children…and, eventually, how they began to confront the ways that they would have to raise these children, given their supernatural capacities.

For Doo-shik and Mi-hyun, once they became a couple (once he "came in from the cold," so to speak), it seemed simply assumed that they'd have a child and that child indeed arrived easily. They were not shown thinking through how that child would or would not inherit some or all of both of their superpowers, they just went ahead with it because, of course, children! Bong-seok then arrives, and we see how he is loved (oh) so dearly.

But for Ju-won and Ji-hee, children apparently were not so assumed, and not so easily created. Their relationship is different from Doo-shik and Mi-hyun’s: not only is it not made up of two people who both have superpowers, but these two are also much more verbal about how ambivalent they are about their own past compromised behaviors, whether they were driven by his superpowers or her desperation. Ji-hee wants children desperately and works towards that goal on her own for years. It seems that this is both because she is lonely, but also because she wants to share something viscerally necessary with her extraordinary Ju-won—she wants to create a child with him and to share something directly with him. Once she expresses this desire to him (which it seems he never had on his own), he easily gets it—what a guy, not a monster!—and we get to meet young Hui-soo. She, too, is loved (oh) so dearly.
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Two more strong, but tough episodes.

Nice to see the family life of the parental units, but bliss can only last so long in k-dramas.

Joo-won wailing at the end of episode 13 for his dear loved one was very heartbreaking. The actor, Ryoo Seung-ryong, was outstanding during these last scenes, and had me totally believing he was mourning the loss of his loved one. Well done.

Ahh maybe he will die if he is beheaded, or he can also grow a new head 😂. And I still Frank will resurrect

everything hurts I wont ever be able to recover

Hmmm,

I find the insertion of Juwon and his story arc really brings out the flaws in the focus balancing of Moving.

Focus balancing is when there are plots and subplots and the editors , directors et al balance them .i.e - the main plot has the adequate focus that a main plot should have and a sub plot is noticeably sub to a main plot.

Now , Moving understandably has a holistic take on the anthology and all plots are actually main plots but I can't shake the feeling that there are plots that are better done and in hindsight ,too consummate to be a parallel to Juwon i.e the kids and Bong Seok's parents.

The fact that my emotional desires set up by the balancing of the show are being fulfilled elsewhere makes me find Juwon's plot , I hate to say it , tiresome.

I'm really loving this show but there is one thing I don't understand. Maybe I missed it but does anyone know why the Deputy Director framed Doo-Shik in the North Korea assassination? What was his plan and why did Doo-Shik have to run after completing that mission?

"It’s like a beacon to guide him to them in case he’s still alive."
The more so for actually having a shining sign as high on the building as possible.
There's a rare family name in Denmark; Ryk-ind meaning "Get in". This stem from a forefather owning an inn by that name (an inn in Danish is called a kro , so no pun there) .
Mi-Hyun's restaurant might as well be called "Come Home!".
( Danish stuff @enriquequierecagar @turtuallySarcastic )