Moving Ep 18-20

The kill count from the final battle
Mi-Hyun 3 ☠️☠️☠️
Ju-Won 0
Jae-Man 0
Hui-Soo 0
Bong-Seok 0
Gye-Do 3 🚎🚎🚎

When I posted this last week:
🤱🏻➕🔫➖👓🟰☠️☠️☠️
I had no clue that I was dead on with Mi-Hyun’s kill count. I haven’t yet stopped patting myself on the back yet.

Huuuuge props to Han Hyo-Joo as Mi-Hyun starting with the orchestral slow walk at the end of EP17. She was stunning as she transformed from a “giddy and happy mom who met her sons friend who happens to be a girl” to “you mess with my son, I will become the monster among monsters” mom. Amazing performance. 👏🏻
All of us Beanies were prepared to defend our dear CinnaBong-Seok but after seeing Mi-Hyun’s transformation, I don’t think we needed to worry.

So many intricate heartwarming details:

Bong-Seok giving his mom a piggyback ride just like mother did for him all those early years 🥹

Hui-Soo taking a bullet in her arm for Bong-Seok just like her dad did for Mi-Hyun 🥹

Hui-Soo looking up at the sky looking for CinnaBong just like Mi-Hyun looking up at the sky for Doo-Sik🥹

Hui-Soo in a helmet on a scooter making a delivery just like her mother 😭😭😭

The two flying men each killing their respective division chief to protect their families 🫡

The two baddest “monsters” regenerating men having the softest hearts and being the biggest cry babies 👶🏻👶🏻

Hye-Won the bullied “high school” student who followed Hui-Soo to her new high school and her initial mysterious conversation that she was saying hello to the equally sus guard…wow, I sure didn’t see that twist of her being the big boss of NIS

When Hui-Soo returns to her locker to pick up her raincoat and it’s not there. Later, Bong Seok is doing super hero stuff in said raincoat. The color yellow.

The color Purple. That purple roof homing signal that FINALLY attracted Doo-Sik like a moth to a flame.

Frank!
Discovering his roots. Extra bean sprout awards for everyone that predicted that Frank lives (please view past the end credits)

As I've written before, the thing about the excessive violence and exaggerated storylines of Moving is that it has not gotten me "used" to this craziness. It has not desensitized me to it, strangly. Instead of finding myself getting number and number to these OTT feelings, I found myself actually more sensitized to them--becoming more and more aware of my own emotions and reactions.

In these last three episodes, there were a lot of parallels made to the parent-child relationship as everyone grows older, none of which were, in any way, particularly subtle. But when the wounded, broken, tired, but eternally smart and strong, Mi-hyun climbed up on her son's back so he could finally carry her to help and safety, I broke down in such sobbing tears of pain and relief that I hardly even knew where it was coming from.

I can't even say I liked this drama. In many ways, I detested it. I skipped perhaps 75% of the final three episodes because it was just senseless gore and violence.

But I left knowing more about what makes me sad, scared, and afraid. And I left knowing what I'm hoping for the future for myself, my community, and my family.

No notes @quirkycase, I loved this drama completely, gore and all. I believe the writer was trying to ground the drama and I think they did a fantastic job doing that. 110% the government would experiment and find ways to weaponize powered individuals. I totally agree with the summarizing paragraphs and I too hope for a season 2.

Looooved the show! Thank you, @quirkycase, for the wee cap! I loved how Hee-soo chided Bong-seok for the kind of confession he made, lol. And the overall endings were really wonderful! I hope Cha Tae-hyun gets more work next time.

When Jae-man fought Chan-il… oooh… i got so hyped i forgot i was wearing earphones.. 😅

Just realized maybe Hye-Won being bullied might be a plot to awaken Hui-Soo’s gift, when she told Bong-Seok no other school would ever accept her except this one school.. 😲 seeing Hye-Won as the big boss in the last episode put the puzzle in place for their grand scheme..

There was noticeable similarities on how the US and NK trained their gifted ones, and maybe it was also the reason why the SK parents don’t want their kids be caught, recalling Doo-Shik’s telling Mi-Hyun he don’t want his son experience what he went through, and the means he did to protect him during flashbacks..

The writing has got to be one of the best i’ve watched.. the stories are intricately closely connected but not forced just for the sake of plot..

Hoping for season 2!! 🥰🥰🥰

So many feelings, so many thoughts but I loved this drama. I am here right with you @quirkycase *willing* a season 2.

But first, I was right about Frank! He is alive. Regenerating people are unkillable. Just wondering now how they die in the end. Old age?

I was wrong about the man in the trunk, was surprised they introduced another character this late, but his backstory was heartbreaking.

Another cute moment here is that Gyedo finally being a real Bungaeman saving the day for BoongSeok who hero-worshipped him as a child.

I totally missed that the big boss apparently was the bullied girl. At first I thought she was the xray version girl who supposedly died.

Just found it funny that with all the ruckus going on, a building even collapsing, and yet the security guard was just chilling at his post. LOL.

So many possibilities for splicing in bits of other shows.

Did special powers start with a mother praying for some ability for her child, like in Lovely Liar? Or when some ancestors answered the call to defend the country, as in Strong Woman? (Remember early in Strong Woman it was stated that her powers originated when her ancestor helped defend a fortress from the Japanese back in the 1590s -- and Korean legend says civilian women helped then)

Will the NIS decide to draft the Liar Hunter, Strong Woman (and soon Strong Girl)? How about recruiting Butt-Touchers?

What a journey! Not a wasted character! Hye-won's reveal was the biggest prize, almost bone-shuddering to. No matter how the parents tried, these government big bads are going after these kids to a point of pretending to be a victim just so Hee-soo would use her power publicly to defend the "fake" victim.
Personally, I'm not a gore person, but the gore in Moving has a place in its storytelling. The gore represents how senseless and pointless these "patriotic" missions were, only to serve the governments for their so-called "protection" of the country and leave the soldiers high and dry. If you're useful aka with a superpower, great! If not, aka normie, well, your loss for not being born with a superpower. The gore symbolises the cruelty and usage of their people as objects to be discarded. The sadistic Ma, the replacement for Director Min will actually be a whole lot more cruel in his service of "protecting" the nation.

I didn't even realize that was Principal Jo. What did Ju Won do to him?! His mouth seemed kinda mummified?

I just had more questions at the end of this such as did Director Min really take Jae Man off whatever lists and clear his record? I think he just said they would talk about it later. What was Kisoo looking for? Was that really Frank or is Elias his twin? Am I wrong about Frank being set on fire? Did that not happen? Why did the English agency even send Frank to kill the parents' generation? They were all retired and not doing anything (then I suppose, they could've been called up out of retirement and forced to do the government's bidding like Doo Shik). Why did this take place 2019? Is there supposed to be a second season?

I thought Doo Shik was the prisoner who told Jae Seok to live so I wasn't surprised by his reveal. More surprising is he wasn't sensitive to light after being in there are years.

Also surprising was the big NK guy just getting adopted into Ju Won's family. Like they hadn't caved in each other's faces. But sure, the guy lost everything and he might have been killed or just further exploited so it's nice they took him in.

It's sad Doo Shik lost all that time with his family and I liked that you could kinda see it on his face when he reunited with them. It was satisfying that he killed Min, even more so because he was *still* trying to play Doo Shik as if everything never happened.

Recently watched MMTG's interview with Kang Full, the author of Moving. Found out that he always writes the full story first before illustrating it. He claimed that his drawing is actually really bad, so if he is to rely on his drawing, he wouldn't have made it as webtoon artist; the only way he can make it in webtoon is writing a good story. I'm pretty excited to hear him say that he thinks he has enough to write a whole 2nd season of Moving!

💜💜Waiting for Season 2 💜💜

I want an episode 21:

I’d like to see Mi-Hyun and Doo-Sik running towards each other crash landing style again and having a cup of coffee from a vending machine.

I’d like to see Doo-Sik reunited with his old partner Ju-Won

I’d like to see Doo-Sik and Ju-Won’s reaction when they realize their kids not only know each other, but are lot more than just friends

I’d like to see Bong-Seok reunited with Hui-Soo again. If something as innocent as touching Bong-Seok makes him float, I can’t imagine what will happen when Hui-Soo goes for 2nd base. We all know it’s going to be Hui-Soo who makes the first move.

I’d like to see how Gye-Do still maintains his employment as a bus driver after wreckless driving a bus for the 3rd time.

Ahhh forget it. No ep 21. Just give us season 2 puuuleeeeze.
But this time, hand it over to Netflix because Disney/Hulu USA has the marketing skills equivalent to Director Min’s parenting skills.

And so ends “Moving”. The drama where there is a LOT of violence, and Cha Tae Hyun crashes a LOT of buses.

I feel like was a combo of two separate dramas. One being this cute, coming of age high school romance, which I absolutely adored, and the other being this grim, gory thriller, which was… ok.

The ending definitely left me a little unsatisfied. I could have used less extended and gruesome fight sequences and more bonding scenes between our good guys. Bong-seok never got to have a real conversation with his hero, Bungaeman! Mi-hyun didn’t get to spend any time catching up with Joo-won! Joo-won never got to reconnect his high-flying wingman! And what kind of pitiful rooftop reunion was that?! Just some sad side-hugs viewed from a distance?! C’mon writers! You could have at least given me some satisfying fanservice between all the arterial blood splatter.

The parent-child relationships were by far the strongest and sweetest parts of this drama for me. And the high school relationship between the students. I think I would have preferred if the drama had focused more on that instead of all the government machinations.

Overall a fun watch. If there is a season 2, I want more active female superheroes. Hear me, writers?! And PLEASE flesh out the world enough to at least have a basic explanation for how/when/why certain people have powers in the first place!

Did anyone else suspect that Director Min ratted out Doo-Sik to the North Koreans to get him out of the way and for unspecified intel/favours?

An overall terrific series with consistent production value and quality from start to finish. I agree that despite being an ensemble cast, all the characters got their chance to shine and grow, even the bad guys! I really liked that the show humanised the North Korean agents, but it also inadvertently made them kinda weak and not menacing at all. My other gripe is Gye-do's character, which felt like really arbitrary after his confrontation with Frank. And how can he not be fired after trashing at least two buses! It's also missed opportunity to not have Juwon and Chan-Il have a rematch, but I understand that the writer was trying to match-up characters with similar abilities. The ending felt rushed as well, with the latter half of the finale wrapping up a few loose threads in a series of montage without much explanation, especially everything that is going on with the N.T.D.P. Principal Jo's reptilian eyes wasn't explained.. Why Ki Soo was tested by Sung Wook wasn't explained either. The origins of the superpower as well. But here's hoping for a sequel!

OMG, I did NOT expect to be hit so hard by Yong-deuk and Jae-seok's friendship. Out of ALL the relationships in this drama (Bong-seok and Mi-hyun, Doo-shik and Mi-hyun, Joo-won and Ji-hee, etc.), Yong-deuk and Jae-seok was BY FAR the most emotional relationship. I started crying as Yong-deuk sobbed walking down the street and Hui-soo consoled him. I'm so happy that Joo-won and Hui-soo took him in, and she calls him "samchon."

This finale did such a good job humanizing the North Korean agents. They were a family just like our superheroes were. In just three episodes, Deok-yoon became my favorite character. His loyalty to his comrades broke my heart like when he told Joon-hwa to fly away because he has a family and when he called out Yong-deuk's name, then looked at him wistfully.

I liked Moving a lot, but I realize that I was not its target audience. This was a character-driven story, hence the pair of episodes dedicated to each of our main characters' backstories, but the only thing I was invested in was the plot about the NIS. I didn't care about the kids at all. Gang-hoon was my favorite kid, but he had almost no screen time. I could've done without Bong-seok and Hui-soo's romance as Lee Jung-ha and Go Youn-jung had no romantic chemistry. During their confession to each other, I cried, "Now is not the time."

I liked Moving for its action, including yes, its graphic violence. Doo-shik flying through the North Korean palace while taking out every guard was the best scene in the entire drama. Around Episode 15, I'd reluctantly accepted that Frank was really dead, and the North Korean agents were our final boss. I was so looking forward to seeing all the parents, including Doo-shik, vs. Frank in an all-out war.

The adult actors were AMAZING, especially Ryu Seung-ryong, Ryoo Seung-bum, and Jo In-sung. The acting of the North Korean agents ALONE (Park Hee-soon, Yang Dong-geun, Park Kwang-jae, Kim Da-hyun) were amazing. When Chan-il was toying with Gang-hoon during their fight, Jo Bok-rae was so charismatic.

During our Kim Family's reunion, I was surprised to see Bong-seok still plump as he'd no longer need the extra kilograms to weigh him down. I knew that Sang-gu would become the new deputy director at the NIS, but I was shocked by the Hye-won plot twist. I loved seeing our butcher and her son again.

I have a questions!!!!

But before those, I must say it was a satisfying ending for our beloved characters. That dirty finger by Jun-Hwa was the best I've seen ever!!! The conversation between him and Chan-Il nicely explained why the supers allowed ordinary people control them... It's all about protecting family, and in the end that's what led Jun-Hwa and Doo-shik to off their bosses and free themselves. I just wish they kept Bong-Seok and Hee-Soo together. I didn't see why they were kept apart when no one was hiding anymore.

Now the questions...
1. So the files really were just pieces of paper hidden in the school... No special vault? I guess that's a mystery the show didn't care to reveal.
2. Why was Ki-Soo picked and trained?
3. Hye-Won's involvement in the program... Why and what for? Anyway, that was a reveal I didn't need.

Other things I felt the show didn't need:
1. Teacher Sung-Wook. I was suprised he was offed so easily, I thought he was going to serve some nefarious purpose in the end (aside from setting up 'tests' for Ki-Soo and Hee-Soo) because he kept asking about the files.
2. That power bank that just served as a memory card for Gye-Do. I hoped it would serve a cooler purpose than that, but I guess he needed a bus battery to deliver power strong enough to sever an arm.
3. Ki-Soo and Han-Byul being at the school when D-Day happened. Were they there just so Deok-Yoon could show more evidence of his humanity?
4. The school guard/NIS agent. He never really did anything, did he?

But I'm nitpicking. I loved the show for our kick-ass parents, the kids, and all the other adults who protected the kids! I'm happy they had a happy ending. The small clues and callbacks the show dropped here and there were fun to watch and are enough reason for a rewatch, but I'll know which parts to skip next time.

Season 2 please!!! Maybe Timing? Maybe Bridge?? I trust Kang Full implicitly, so whatever he decides to do moving forward, I shall be aboard, no questions asked!

A lot people started to like this drama after the 7th episode, when they told the parents' stories.

But I liked Bong-Seok and his strugglings and the sudden change of everything (characters, ton, era, etc.) in the episode 8 was really weird for me. Then, we were presented a lot of characters with their past stories just as sad as violent as the others.

My biggest issues were first how Mi-hyun treated her son. I know it was from love to protect him like Doo-Sik told her. But she cut him his wings, made him overweight, never talked about his father, didn't address his other powers. She was pretty lucky that he was a good boy and never rebelled.

The lack of communication between the parents and the kids was very problematic.

And my second issue is people with powers weren't the smartest... it was quite frustrating to see so many powerful people with big heart to fight, risking their lives for little sadist men. Mi-Hyun was so manipulated by Min Yong-Jun since he wanted her to meet Doo-Sik. At the end, they always knew where she was...

In the last battle, I was more caring about Bang Ki-Soo and Han Byul than the others, they were so cute together.

I was expecting the reunion between Doo-Sik and his family and I was quite disapointed. The fake scenery behind them was pretty flagrant and they didn't talk...

Otherwise, there were some new questions for a second season, I guess. Like Shin Hye-Won? She was the chief of Min Yong-Jun not a bullied student saved by Hui-Soo? Elias? The boy who can stop the time?

At the end, I didn't care very much for the characters and was a little bit tied by all the violence and fights. There were way too many for me. They could say the same story without showing Jang Ju-Won being rebuilt in every fight...

Do I LOVE this show? Yes.
Did I cry a lot while watching it? YES.
Did I feel warm inside after watching the ending? Heck yeah.
But can I say it was completely satisfying? Sadly no.

I really like how compromise was this show about making us understand the characters in a deep level. I like how the powers weren't the whole identity of the heroes. I like how EVERYONE had a valid reason to act the way they acted and to do what they did. And I LOVE that reason was the same for everyone: to protect their love ones.

The kids tried to protect their parents, the parents tried to protect their kids, the NK soldiers wanted to protect their fellow friends and families, the teacher wanted to protect his students, etc.

I just feel a little disappointed the show didn't seem to know how to present or explain those characters while MOVING the story along. We always had to stop the world and go back (flashbacks). And then we came back and didn't know how to bring all those memories, and the past, and complement it with the present.

If I try to remember the show, I just think of the six or five episodes we spent to know and understand the parents and how little of that was used for the actual story (the present).

If we ignore the flashbacks Ji Hee is only there to create Hui Soo and Doo Sik is only there to create the conflicts (he was the "excuse" everyone used to explain their problems). And not only that, we also have no way of understand anything if it isn't for the flashbacks.

Not even one parent bothered to tell their kids anything. The kids never thought something was off. Bong Seok didn't even know his dad's name was Doo Sik, and Hui Soo can't even remember her mother's face (bro, why hide the picture??). So those flashbacks only worked for us to understand the characters and the conflicts better, but the actual individuals that were affected by everything that happened, didn't know anything. I can't remember one single person having any real communication with anyone (except for HS and BS of course).
Even after the 2019 time jump, I'm not sure the kids know the whole story. LOL

So what I'm trying to say is the story sometimes felt disconnected and unnatural. I mean, let's see how the story sounds without the flashbacks:

mdl says Moving Season 2 is coming!!

Comical criticism/fanfiction here:

Bong-Seok didn’t attend graduation.
Not really sure why, maybe to stay hidden from NIS, maybe because he’s off doing superhero stuff now.
Regardless that’s not very Asian of his mom. Every Asian needs to graduate. I imagine Mi-Hyun saying to CinnaBong “superheroes need jobs too. How u gonna put food on the table? Finish school or no more King Size donkatsu. How dare you not graduate”

What a great ending to a great show! *slow clap*
I've loved this from beginning to end, unnecessary violence included, and its been a treat spending time and getting to know these characters. The beating heart of this drama, its shining emotional core, has never once faltered and was especially highlighted with these ending episodes. Kudos to the entire the team for bringing this to life in such a beautiful way!
That said some random thoughts :
- I reiterate, Mi Hyun is the star of the show! The way I slow clapped when she took out that super-reflex north korean agent! Even more impressive than Dooshik's acrobatic takedown imo
- Loved how BongSeok slowly started figuring out how to fly-flight in a perhaps clumsy but realistic way and how both Huisoo and him worked together in the gym
- Jae seok's backstory was heartwrenching and I felt for him so much. Like I felt for every other character. The finale was just feeling upon feeling on all sides.
- Shed a few tears when Bong Seok carried Mi Hyun on his back at the end; that call-back was perfectly on point.
- Deok Yoon being the voice of reason, seeing in full clarity the futility of how they've been ordered to act up till then was very well delivered. Honestly, the entire north korean arc was really well done.
- It was nice how Gi Do got to save the one person whos been constantly concerned about him and had him in their thoughts. Though how he still has his job after continuously crashing/damaging buses is beyond me.
- I wish we got to see more of Doo Shik being finally back with his family!
- Hui Soo comforting a crying Yong Deuk and bringing him into the family was so lovely!
- Do wish we could've gotten more insight into Director Min and where he's coming from, but he was so annoying I'm not surprised Doo Shik broke his rule and finally took a life.
- I wonder if the violence was so needlessly done at some points to highlight how pointless it was.
- Bong Seok becoming his own version of Bongaeman was perfect!

this top tier show is top tiering

I thought it was dooshik who said from his cell “let’s live” to super-power-almost-blind-energyman and not the rejuvenating north Korean agent. Hmm am I remembering the scene wrong 🤔

I really really wanted the Kim family reunion to be longer. A hug and no words heard - that's not enough.

Wow! What a show! 👏👏👏 I don't know about others but I'd really love another season of this.
As for the final thought, I don't know how and when but by the end, Kanghoon became my favorite character somehow. I just cannot explain how but it happened. EARNEST...that's the only word that comes to my mind when I think about his character. And I guess that's what struck me.

There are actually a few reasons why I think Moving will have another season:

1. The x-ray vision girl (Na-ju’s daughter who can see through objects) did not actually die. Remember when Na-ju was killed by Frank in the earlier episode (ep 5 or 6 i think) and they held a funeral for her, where her adopted children were? The adopted children replied to Frank that Na-ju had a daughter but she died, then a girl’s face was flashed on the screen up close while listening to their conversation from where Frank was seated— this was her). Na-ju intentionally staged Se-eun’s death in order to protect her from the agency’s plans of gathering the second-gen kids with special abilities.

2. Hye-won and the school security guard (who I think is her lover/ husband), were one of the biggest plot twists in this season. When they entered Mr. Min’s office and crossed paths with Ganghoon (who was equally shocked as I was), they both looked very authoritative over Deputy Director Min who was shaking upon their arrival. Their roles are yet to unfold as NIS agents working together for decades and they are both characters from another Webtoon, Bridge.

3. Homeroom teacher Il-Hwan screened a student, Kim Young Tak (the one who can stop time and “transferred” to a different school). Young Tak also had special abilities to stop time at the snap of his fingers and he also crossed over from another webtoon to this one. I was wondering what his role will be in case a second season drops.

4. Why do I have that feeling that Bang Kisoo knows something more? He did not seem surprised when Ganghoon fought and hit him so hard, he told Hui soo not to trust anyone in the school, even the homeroom teacher. And when the 18th episode was aired (north and south), he was also at school looking for the files. 🤔

5. Sang-gu (he was the one who came with Bongpyeong, Naju and and Jincheon when Doosik was caught in their apple darm) replaced the late Director Min as the new head of the NIS, signaling how the organization could tread on an even darker path. Moreover, Frank IS still alive, in his mom’s bar at the end credits. Mark, the CIA agent, summons a certain "Elias," who could be Frank's twin brother.

6. I think I still need to know more of what happened to the Lee family, Gang hoon working for the NIS, Bungaeman unleashing his “gift”; and I need a reunion / extended screentime for Doo-sik’s family / Bong Seok and Hui Soo / Doo-sik and Guryongpo.

1. The bond between parent and child tied the two generational stories together, as well as the theme of doing anything to protect one's family.
2. Parents with "special" children do all they can to normalise their lives, so special training and information about their talents would most realistically be off the table. ("If we don't talk about or make a feature of it, no one knows")
3. Everything is contextualised within the recent history of Korea or even Seoul. For example the uncovering of the Cheonggyecheon Stream which caused the protests, as well, of course, the special agencies during the dictatorships which were designed to protect but only added to the stand off between North and South and allowed some bad people to do terrible things, especially to progressive students.

I just finished and have mixed feelings…there was way too much violence, fighting, blah blah blah that I got bored. The STORIES here were great - as said in the review, lots of character development (sometimes, I felt to detriment of the story actually moving along), and people I wanted to learn more about. Here are some things that I would happily trade for many of the never ending fight scenes:

- ten fight scenes for a bit more about Gang-hoon. He was underdeveloped. Including maybe more interactions with Ki-Soo to explain the animosity a bit.
- The actor playing his dad is always great and we didn’t get enough of his story. Even watching his family together would have made me happy.
- We could have had more backstory on Doo-Sik the Ultimate weapon. He was a cold killer, and I wonder why. What made him end up as a weapon for the NIS? Oddly Gang-hoon seems headed towards being the Doo-sim clone!
— more scenes of “The Monster and the Coffee girl”. He was actually my other favorite adult character (Mi-Hyun the other). I adored his gentleness, and his incredibly loving heart. The way he got lost and he cried and he dedicated himself to providing for his wife and daughter. His loyalty. I thought he was was well fleshed out but a bit more time on his human side vs the punching machine would have added a lot.
The way he worshiped his wife…. 😢.
- Electricity man could have done more than bus driving erratically…I was happy he had a chance to prove himself at the end.

The way the North Korean soldiers and supermen were portrayed was another solid addition.

So I really liked the show and the stories and the characters…obviously since I wanted more story.
I’m about to comment on Vigilante post re: a concern I have with Disney producing kdramas — are kdramas going to be “Americanized” I.e. more male centric, more violence? Because just Ugh.

I just couldn't go on to 2024 without watching this series and have just finished on New Year's Eve! Sat through the gore for the relationship plots. Beanies, you have said it all. I love the idea of an episode 21 to tie up some of the "too loose" ends. This show is not my genre but it capture my attention, as did the charismatic Lee Jeong-Ha. Yes, it is worth the watch!

What a cast!! I would have given this full stars, but I didn't like how they ended the drama🫠 Despite a lot of gore that I normally cannot handle, I did not fast forward at all in this drama 👍🏼. I love how this drama gives me backstories on the majority of the characters and their POV. I hope there is another season cuz the ending was just not as great as the rest of the drama. Also, I don't think I ever watched a drama with Jo In Sung 🫢 until THIS drama. Now I totally understand his popularity. His expressions are swooning!

So, I was a little late to discovering this gem of a show, and only watched it recently, but boy! It was so good as I could not stop binging it, and watched all of it over 3 days, and it didn't matter it was over working days! However.....there are two head-scratchers in last episodes that I couldn't understand the director's/writer's reasonings for. It's like the famous Agathe Christie book, "Why didn't they ask Evans?" - a question I will wonder until they have a second season, or my end of k-drama watching days. And my 2 questions are: 1. why didn't they show Bong-Seok (B-S) attending the graduation ceremony? 2. why didn't they give Hui-soo a single fight at the school? For the first question, I am not saying that they should have changed the B-S storyline in any other way for the end. I am totally OK with him moving closer to Seoul and doing hero work instead of going to college. But again - you would think that having worked hard for this day, and actually finally figuring out his powers, he would want one last goodbye to his school, teachers and Hui-Soo. AND...we could have seen one graduation scene where B-S and H-S and their 2 parents taking a picture together, one that will give all 4 of them a reminder of the deep connection they will always have. That photo could have been then shown at the desk of the chicken fry place net to hui-soo's family photo atleast. What exactly would have detracted from the show if they had shown B-S at the graduation, but still had the ending they wanted? Hence, "why didn't they show B-S at graduation?" For the second question, again - there were even two "normie" kids involved in the school fight, but not H-S. Granted she had her own "pre-fight" with the NK "Flyer Man", but it would have been great to show her add her strength to holding off some bad guy. I mean, she did beat up 17 kids who came at her with weapons, and that was before her physical conditioning got better. Maybe all the kids could have grabbed some shields and cornered the Big Guy or the Sound Guy - anything really where you could have shown that if beaten-up normies and mutants fought together, they could have held off the bad guys. After watching her train and get a solid storyline, it was SO disappointing to see her not even fight someone, especially to help her dad (again, remember - she fought those bullies because they were picking on someone weak; the bad guys at school were doing the same thing to two of her classmates). Again - "why didn't they have Hui-Soo fight?" is the question I am left with. And some final clarifications that I am hoping someone ca provide...it seemed like the school watchman was actually someone higher at NIS to Director Min, but who was the woman he must have been reporting to? Was that one of the other teachers at school at Gung-hoon recognized? Also, why exactly did the sub PE teacher mess with the other kids ankle during testing? Was it because he was a mutant kid, but had no...

I'm also a little late in watching this fantastic show and I'm only here now because of beanies recommendations on some random post a while ago. 
Superheroes are not my thing but this is really so far from that. Maybe they did themselves a disservice with some of their marketing. 
This is by far one of the best shows in a long while and it's because at its core, this show has so much heart and warmth.
The characters and characterizations are very well done, the acting is top notch.
The  Joo-Won scene of grief - changing into his funeral clothes after his wife had passed is seared into my brain, it was phenomenal.
The cinematography is beautiful.
Every aspect of this show is top notch.
I really hope there is a series two and it will live up to the standard of series one.
I miss these characters. 
Thank you for the excellent recaps quirkycase :)