Behind Your Touch: Episodes 15-16 (Final)
by lovepark
One fateful night, a meteor shower and a special cow changed the lives of our heroes — for better or worse — and turned their quiet little town upside down. Now that chapter in their stories comes to an end as they chase after a serial killer, make amends, and march towards a brighter future. While I won’t say Behind Your Touch had a satisfying conclusion, at least the overall journey was entertaining.
EPISODES 15-16
Picking up from last week, Ye-boon returns to the scene of the crime and finds Sun-woo bleeding on the ground. The poncho killer waits nearby in the shadows, but before they attack, the police arrive. By the time Jang-yeol joins them, the shock of Sun-woo’s death leaves him numb, but his worries turn to Ye-boon who becomes a key witness as well as a prime suspect.
Though he tries to intervene for her sake, Ye-boon thrusts aside his concern, and glaring at him, she asks if he is finally satisfied now that Sun-woo is dead. Her unwarranted lambasting clearly hurts him, but Jang-yeol continues to fight for Ye-boon’s innocence to the point of disciplinary action.
Despite receiving a one-month suspension, Jang-yeol resumes his investigation thanks to the support from his detective team. He even borrows a car from them, and this small happenstance gives him the answer to Gwang-shik’s dying message: the blackouts can be faked using sunglasses in the dark.
Jang-yeol notifies Ye-boon of his discovery, but she remains hostile towards him and yells at him to leave her alone. With a heavy heart, she drops by Shaman Park’s place to bring a gift for Sun-woo’s funeral, but right before her eyes, she sees Jang-yeol’s warning. Without thinking things through, Ye-boon touches the shaman’s butt and learns that he was the poncho killer all along. (You know what happened to Gwang-shik, so why would you make the same mistake!?)
Luckily— or more like conveniently — Shaman Park decides to spare her life as penance for killing her grandpa, but his crocodile tears suggest that he is merely toying with her. Like Ye-boon, Shaman Park has psychometric powers, and can read people’s memories through eye contact. He knows that she has no concrete evidence to tie him to the murders, so for now, he lets her go under the condition that she stay out of his way.
Despite Shaman Park keeping a watchful eye on her, Ye-boon manages to trick him and pass along a message to Jang-yeol. From the shaman’s memories, she saw Sun-woo’s dying message — the passcode to his phone — and the detectives get hold of an incriminating recording where Shaman Park admits to being the poncho killer.
With Shaman Park in custody, all seems well as Ye-boon and Jang-yeol send Sun-woo off, and they share a moment together, just the two of them — no more deaths or a serial killer looming over their heads. She apologizes for her earlier behavior, acknowledging the fact that she blamed him even though the person she hated was herself, but Jang-yeol says that he holds some responsibility for these deaths since he was too slow to stop them.
Alas, things never go smoothly for our heroes, and Shaman Park requests Jang-yeol to interrogate him. Fully embracing the role of psychotic killer, Shaman Park tells Jang-yeol that he has no motive — his dad wasn’t even a part of the real estate scam — and merely killed for fun. The first victim was his cheating wife, and watching people’s memories fade away gave him a thrill.
However, Shaman Park did not ask for Jang-yeol specifically to simply share his story, and finally reveals his hand: let him go or else another person will die. Right on cue, Ye-boon barges into the interrogation room, and Shaman Park lets her read his memories since he left her a message. She watches in horror as he kidnaps Ok-hee and taunts Ye-boon to come find her.
Unwilling to risk her friend’s life, Ye-boon agrees to Shaman Park’s deal and gets him out of the station by threatening to kill him. The other detectives watch helplessly as Ye-boon orders Jang-yeol to drive, and as they get away, all three of them drop the ruse since this was the plan from the start. (Is this show supposed to reveal how incompetent the police force is? Because if that’s the goal, they’re smashing it out of the park.)
Now that they fulfilled their end of the bargain, Ye-boon demands to know Ok-hee’s location, but Shaman Park refuses to say more unless they take him to his destination. Of course, even when they arrive, Shaman Park stays quiet, and our heroes realize too late that they fell into a trap.
Having anticipated his capture, Shaman Park took out a bit of insurance in the form of Chairman Baek (the bad guy from Jang-yeol’s past who ordered Seung-gil to kill him). Thanks to their mini-collaboration, Baek and his goons capture Jang-yeol, and Shaman Park buys himself a ticket out of the country.
Fortunately for our heroes, these thugs are as proficient at their jobs as the police are at theirs, and Ye-boon frees herself from her bindings and saves Jang-yeol from losing his organs. Even with his injuries, Jang-yeol takes down the bad guys without much trouble, and Chairman Baek surrenders — though it does not save him from being tossed to the ground.
Out of danger, our heroes return to their original task, and the only one who can figure out Ok-hee’s location is Ye-boon. With Yong-myeong’s guidance, Ye-boon recalls the sounds from the shaman’s memory, and as they follow the clues, they arrive at a forested area. At first glance, it seems that they hit a dead end, but Yong-myeong discovers a hidden hole in the ground and rescues Ok-hee.
Now that her friend is safe, Ye-boon and Jang-yeol turn their attention back to Shaman Park, and with Chairman Baek’s assistance, they wait at the rendezvous point, hoping to capture their killer before he escapes. However, Shaman Park sees through their plans (quite literally), and slips from their grasp at the last minute.
The chase becomes a game of hide-and-seek as Shaman Park uses his eyes to run away and Ye-boon uses her touch to find him. As our heroes close in on their target, Shaman Park tricks them again and takes Ye-boon as his hostage. Holding a knife to her neck, he keeps Jang-yeol at bay, so our detective takes a gamble, hoping that Ye-boon will understand his signal.
As Jang-yeol bluffs about having superpowers, he counts down from three, and while Shaman Park is distracted, Ye-boon elbows him on one just like last time. With that, our heroes arrest the poncho killer who shows no remorse for his actions, and Ye-boon vows to visit him every week to poke his eyes. She then bites his head for good measure, and Jang-yeol orders her to stop eating him. Pfft.
Following the successful capture of a serial killer, Jang-yeol is reinstated to his old position back in Seoul, but before he leaves, he asks Ye-boon to come visit him once she fulfills all her other goals. Eight months pass by since then, and Ye-boon becomes a successful veterinarian who appears on TV shows to demonstrate her powers. As promised, she drops by to see Jang-yeol, but their reunion gets interrupted by his ceaselessly ringing phone.
Ye-boon asks if she can help him in any way, but Jang-yeol declines since he does not want to use her or put her in danger. She blurts out that it isn’t a big deal given their relationship, and Jang-yeol smiles at her inadvertent confession. He accepts her offer since the case would be over with a simple touch, but Ye-boon quickly regrets her hasty decision as she sits in jail across from her scary target (special appearance by Lee Jung-eun).
After spending most of her time catching flies and trying to stay alive, Ye-boon finally gets a chance to touch the inmate’s butt during a soccer game and successfully learns where her syndicate is. Before the inmate can hurt her, Jang-yeol comes to the rescue, and the two of them get lost in their own world as they make plans for a date. Of course, they have to get away from the angry inmates first, and holding hands, they run.
No matter how cute Han Ji-min and Lee Min-ki are (and they are very adorable together), that final scene was so lackluster. The creators ended the show with a last-minute, farcical case instead of giving characters the audience actually care about proper send-offs, and while I get their intention of bringing back the humor, the joke didn’t land well for me. It was a bit too ridiculous, and I wished that the show focused on their relationship more rather than follow Ye-boon around in the jail for the last eight minutes. However, the ending is the least of my problems with these final episodes which I thought were uninspired and poorly executed.
The reveal of the poncho killer wasn’t bad in of itself. The show actually sprinkled a lot of clues about Shaman Park’s identity from the beginning, and in hindsight, the dramatic pauses and music were all clues pointing at the shaman’s double-nature. I also thought some of the tricks he used were clever, like how he purposefully let himself get caught the first time outside of Assemblyman Cha’s office so he could hide his second visit from Ye-boon. However, as soon as Ye-boon figured out his lie, the show made him so cartoonishly evil, which wasn’t helped at all by the other characters’ complete incompetence. The whole case turned into a joke, and all the tension and mystery the show built up to this point became meaningless.
In order to raise the stakes in these final hours, the show made the characters act impulsively, but in the end, everything they did had no real consequence to the story which made the last chase boring. For example, Ye-boon and Jang-yeol helped Shaman Park escape so they could find Ok-hee, but ultimately, they found her without his help. There was no point in letting him go other than to set up the chase. In a similar fashion, Chairman Baek and his lackeys barely constituted as a threat and were essentially a plot device to allow Shaman Park to get away from our heroes. Also, the moment of Shaman Park’s capture was so absurd starting from the fact that he made it to the boat at all while holding a knife to Ye-boon’s neck, and then he fell for Jang-yeol’s “trick” and got knocked aside by Ye-boon with one hit. Is this really the same man who killed tons of people including Sun-woo?
One of the other effects of the show’s poor execution is that the final week inadvertently undermined the deaths of the victims and the poncho killer case as a whole. The show wanted to depict peace returning to this quiet town, but I actually found the neighbors’ lax attitudes jarring. They recently experienced a heinous crime committed by someone they all knew, but the show has them move on so quickly without delving into it. It felt as if nothing happened, but then again, these are the same people who had their livelihoods destroyed by a real estate scam and they still voted for the man who tricked them. Maybe the town’s motto is to forget the past and move on.
While my overall impression with the last episodes is poor, I will say that my general opinion of the show is still positive. I thought Behind Your Touch was a fun show with interesting characters and wacky jokes that had more hits than misses, especially as the story progressed and found its stride. Unfortunately, the show stumbled at the end, and though it did sour my watching experience, I’ll try to follow in the characters’ footsteps and forget this ending ever happened.
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Tags: Behind Your Touch, Han Ji-min, Joo Min-kyung, Kim Hee-won, Lee Min-ki, Suho
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1 Jezz
October 2, 2023 at 11:18 PM
I got a bean already. So... I don't know if there was a lot of hip-hop references and I couldn't find any butttouching scene yet in this episode.
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Jezz
October 2, 2023 at 11:24 PM
I had a two notes:
(1) I love the OST song from this Kdrama: Monsta X's Jooheon (who's now in military) - Hip Hop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM3GQUfrLXQ)
(2) this Kdrama was one of the highest rated Kdrama non-finale episodes (ep 14 ended with cliffhanger got 9.6%)
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imzadi
October 3, 2023 at 9:50 AM
I really like the song, but is it just me? I keep thinking of this skit from SNL, when I hear it in the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlHCPf9aAXk
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 4:34 PM
One of my fave SNL skits of all time! I don't quite hear it maybe except for the first few opening notes, but I'm glad you're thinking the skit. YEEET!
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imzadi
October 4, 2023 at 11:22 AM
It's so funny. I am not even saying it's similar, but I just picture it in my head every time I hear it in the show.
ar_arguably romantic
October 4, 2023 at 4:29 PM
@imzadi, you're supposed to go SKKRRT!
Dylan [JooJoo couple, fighting!]
October 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM
that song is the reason why I never skipped the intro. such a banger, we definitely getting back to Seoul with this one boys 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️💯
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Jezz
October 2, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Update on BYT's butttouching scenes from the final two episodes: I found one scene already... butttouching shaman's butt as mentioned in this weecap. So I'm looking for other butttouching scenes during the final two episodes (eps 15-16) aside from butttouching shaman scene.
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Jezz
October 2, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Oh my, here comes another butttouching scene as mentioned in this weecap:
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Jingbee
October 3, 2023 at 3:35 AM
Quite a few actually. As she was escaping : the gangster who was about to drug her, jang yeol himself so she saw how to escape from the cable tie. During the chase : the jaywalker to get glimpses of the shaman, the kids, the stabbing victims.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 5:55 AM
Sorry, saw your post after writing the same things. But really, weird thing to count up those things, they are just part of the plot, kind of .
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 5:54 AM
And all the kids that they made play hide-and-seek, to be their CCTV during the search for the Shaman. Also, alas, some of his victims along the route. And Jang-yeol, who told her with his butt how to get out of her plastic strips, and the thug who told her the lay-out of the drug gang's lair.
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2 Bunny Sonaki
October 2, 2023 at 11:42 PM
I have another disappointment to add. While I am glad we didn't yet again get the second male lead as the culprit, I don't think the show handled Sun-woo's character effectively. He was there as a potential suspect and a love interest in other words he was used as a plot device and even his mother's story and how he came to the town to get revenge remained a loose end.
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Nony
January 11, 2024 at 8:40 AM
He was written to be the original murderer according to Lee Namgyu himself. As to why they changed that it is unknown. Maybe they just wanted to be different with the genre but didn't think it through and ran out of time.
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3 Kurama
October 2, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Hum...
The Shaman got the best power, no need to touch butt or legs of strangers.
The whole murders plot was pretty weak and not very logical. Jang-Yeol can fight 10 thugs in the same time but never was able to beat the shaman? Why didn't they use sunglasses when they knew how he got the informations? His motive was weak too.
Seon-Woo's character was just there to make the investigation more complicated by his useless mystery. What about his mum after all of that? But he didn't really have effect in Ye-Bun's life. The fact he was talking about his missing mum at her grand-father's funeral was kinda selfish.
The best part of this drama was the duo Han Ji-Min and Lee Min-Ki. I loved every interaction of their characters and they were the only reason I watched this drama. I didn't care about the rest of the town and the comedy with them.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Yeah I was missed at that cow. It gave Ye-bun's the most difficult version of the superpower and the serial killer the easiest and most powerful version. I think it's time for a steak barbeque in Mujin!
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4 Lostpanda is celebrating My Ajusshi 💔
October 3, 2023 at 12:18 AM
What in the world happened to Shaman parks son????
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Bunny Sonaki
October 3, 2023 at 12:24 AM
Another plot hole :(
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emsel
October 3, 2023 at 5:16 AM
Justin was sent to his relative's house by his dad. It was mentioned in Ep.13 or Ep.12 (I do not remember the exact number)
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Seon-ha
October 3, 2023 at 5:38 AM
That poor child. He's been uprooted to Korea because his father killed his mother, he speaks little Korean and now has no parents for all intents and purposes. This show. I'm telling you.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 5:59 AM
Yes, that is such a major not-nice-thing. Like laying the ground for next generation of traumatized suspects.
But being an orphan is just a very common experience in these shows for a reason, and if you have relatives, you are lucky, it seems.
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emsel
October 3, 2023 at 6:30 AM
If you notice the pattern of how other characters were treated, what happened to Justin is not a surprise.
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Seon-ha
October 3, 2023 at 6:33 AM
Exactly what I meant.
ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 4:41 PM
I keep wondering if he has any inkling of his dad's serial killer side or when he found out his mom was dead. I hope he can move back to Australia since there is such a stigma against orphans in Korea and very likely a stigma against kids of serial killers.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 12:42 AM
There's a stigma against Asians in Australia, too. At least among racists and xenephobes. That's why the angel gays in that parody hit from the nineties "I don't like it" were Asian.
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 12:45 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4tZRZSGxcE
DancingEmma
October 4, 2023 at 1:51 AM
I hate to be the person who says this but Australia is not monolithic. There are generations of people of Asian descent, some who arrived at the time of the Gold rush and newer immigrants. There are sections of the population who are racists for sure but Australia has changed massively in the last 40 years and for the better despite the right wing governments trying to wind the clock back. Unfortunately, there are racist and vile politicians in Australia too. One of them is this opportunistic woman called Pauline Hanson who has blighted the Australian Parliament since the mid nineties by being elected by a deeply racist/low information voters. There have been many parodies of her but Paulene Pantsdown has been the most well-known one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4tZRZSGxcE
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 1:54 AM
@dncingemma Yes, that's the one I meant.
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 4:05 AM
There are clips of a much better picture quality within a small documentary video on youtube. The original whole one must have been taken down due to some legal issue.
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 4:33 AM
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 4:35 AM
DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 4, 2023 at 4:36 AM
OKay, sorry, this is obviously not working for me.
5 Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 12:19 AM
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6 Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 12:21 AM
turned out, Seon-woo was the smartest out of all the characters in the show. Only, not smart enough to save himself; quite the irony.
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TJ
January 23, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Not at all. He only realised his landlord was the serial killer when he was served the wrong dish and didn't even know anything was wrong for the three months he lived with a very impulsive serial killer who brought his torn and bloodied rain poncho to sew at home twice. It is only because the drama used the characters as mouthpieces to tell everyone to see Seonwoo as a martyred genius that people think he was. The show part doesn't match the tell. Yebun was the true underrated genius we actually see the clues shown for but her childish crush and airheaded behaviour masks her intelligence. And then theres Gwangsik the simple farmer and the equally less accomplished academically Shaman whose genius lay in his way of manipulating people with an innate know of psychology. As an English major and the babysitter Seonwoo had the front row seats to have known the deets of the Shaman's visit to Australia considering he alone could speak English and spoke to Justin. Could have got clues considering the number of holes and red flags in the Shaman's story and relayed some of this to Yebun but no. The whole dutiful father bit doesn't put up an excuse for someone that cynical to have missed the red flags in a conman. Nothing gave the impression he thought of him as a father figure, he just was that goody two shoes to have looked after anybody but he gave no signs of being suspicious of the Shaman till after the blood incident unlike the Shaman who was vary of him from the first quarter of the show. It also makes no sense why he uprooted his life to live as a part timer and tutor instead of completing his english literature thesis from the topmost university and could have joined journalism or social justice activism groups and tried to make a difference. Also he only moved to Cha Juman's town some two or three years after he left his position at the university and started carpenting in a far-off shed only after moving to the Shaman's house for free even though he lived in a better looking flat before that where he took his stray cats(definitely not a gosiwon). The only smarts Seonwoo had was his uncharacteristic smartass attitude and his elite academic accomplishments.
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7 rho
October 3, 2023 at 12:47 AM
I am glad that they did not give a convoluted reason as to why Shaman Park was killing. He was a psychopath-plain and simple.
When Jang Yeol and Yu Bin were captured by the goons, I thought the police would rescue them because they had all rushed to the cars. But they seem to have evaporated midway.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 3:28 AM
IKR! Whatever happened to those cops who followed them??? I kept waiting for them to turn up at some point but that was the end for them :) May be they went back to Seoul because we never saw them again.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 5:54 AM
I chose to believe that they also searched for Ok-hui. Haha…
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Britney
October 3, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Yeah, yet another thing that was confusing. And how Jang Yeol's team ended up at the location before them despite leaving after them. Ok hui's squad got there pretty quickly too haha
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emsel
October 3, 2023 at 5:22 AM
That's not even bad. Jang Yeol single handedly silenced the Seoul bad guy and his gang when just minutes ago, he was tied up and unable to do anything. Also, the gang leader did not get hit that bad, but he was silently sitting in the background without plotting for an escape. I was nervously waiting for him to hit Jang Yeol or Ye Bun with a metal pipe when they had their back turned towards him while they spoke to the Unni guy.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 6:01 AM
Yes, that long telephone conversation with their backs turn was frightening. Except nothing happened.
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vienibenmio
October 3, 2023 at 6:42 AM
I'm just gonna go with the magic healing powers of kdrama male leads, like how Captain Ri was able to crawl through a tunnel mere days after being shot in Crash Landing on You
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Kurama
October 3, 2023 at 6:50 AM
I thought gang leader's hands were tied...
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Jingbee
October 3, 2023 at 6:58 AM
Yes, cable-tied.
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Ana
January 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM
And not five seconds ago he watched Ye-bun on CCTV getting out of her cable tie in order to test her power. As a gangster it should be easier for him to repeat the same without any difficulties.
ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 4:51 PM
I always roll my eyes at these multiple vs 1 person fight scenes. Unless that one lone person legit has superpowers or has a gun, I can't see the lone person ever winning.
I chose to believe that Jang-yeol really needed that nap on the organ harvesting operating table to be in full fighting form.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 9, 2023 at 11:59 AM
I enjoyed it in all it's completely unrealistic glory.
I am not sure what I enjoyed more: The two working together so determinedly, or YB just going at it, after just a few days before having run away and left SW to die.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 4:47 PM
I'm glad they didn't give a reason for his killings either. He also pointed out how cops are so focused on motives. I was focused on what the motive could be for killing such a random collection of people - including Seung-il, who didn't live anywhere near Mujin.
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8 Charlotte
October 3, 2023 at 1:11 AM
Laughing right up ’til the end. Even with so many chilling & heartbreaking deaths, all that blood and the repeating visuals of the multi-knife-stabbing murders, I kept surprising myself by how many laughs the drama pulled out of me. Comedy was hiding in every corner that the serial killer wasn’t. First of all, kudos to the writers for folding in the offbeat residents of Mujin. No wonder it was challenging to find a wacko serial killer when so many others in town were also ‘nails above the board’ when it comes to quirky; beginning with Ye-bun’s wild best friend & her french-teacher boyfriend, and especially farmer Gwang-shik. The writers used the inherent duality of each off-centre personality perfectly to keep us guessing, embellishing them with comic touches, yet their very quirkiness itself hinted that they just might be capable of something random, like murder. I felt sorry for lightning-struck Gwang-shik in the beginning, but then loved him when he found his girlfriend and joined the ‘super-power detective team’, but later the writers gave us plenty of reasons to suspect him, and hmmm, yes, he was acting very suspicious, but then bingo he was dead. So everyone in Mujin seemed like a suspect, even the nice female officer with the cheating husband…hmmm…yup, she just might be capable of killing young girls out of jealousy. So when you get past the 3rd quarter of a series and still wonder which of all these nice offbeat people is really a serial killer, then you know that’s good writing. Especially how they used the concept of Ye-bun’s bum-touching power . It was always used for good. They stayed in their lane with the humour and kept it funny not Freudian. Well done.
As for our OTP…that ending was outstanding for me. Agreed, it was a sloth-speed slow burn romance, but we knew they were heading there eventually. Mostly because of because of Lee Min ki’s earlier ‘tells’….like those warm puppy-eyed stares at Ye-bun when she wasn’t looking…sheesh, Lee Min Ki talks sentences with his eyes. However the biggest hint this couple would make it to the end for me was when Jang-yeol began to put her needs and life ahead of his own. As for Han Ji Min…respect…this has been the best part I’ve seen her in (not that I’ve seen all her dramas lol) But just as the director promised if she took the role, she would become a ‘Comedy Queen’. I was surprised at how natural she looked in that oddball role. Ye Bun is a one-of-a-kind character. Naive and a bit helter-skelter when it came to taking off on her own or even walking straight into the murderer’s den, but then everything she did was ‘full send’. Her reactions to people & situations were always big-hearted and always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt. I LOVED her in the last episode, all ‘glowed up” and professional, fielding a TV interview, then stepping out of her comfort zone to initiate contact with Jang-yeol after eight months apart and hoping that Ok hui’s electric-pink...
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Charlotte
October 3, 2023 at 1:15 AM
....then stepping out of her comfort zone to initiate contact with Jang-yeol after eight months apart and hoping that Ok hui’s electric-pink lipstick would help her when she dropped-in on him. Hilarious. And so we finally came to romance-payday…no kiss necessary…just the swoony smiles on both their faces when he agreed that he had just asked her out on a date and later they sealed the deal to work on cases together again. Haven’t enjoyed a drama this much in a long while, I mean even the crazy serial killer was a savvy Shaman…our second lead was kind & handsome & mysteriously suspicious…we had a mix of cats, dogs and a cow, plus a funny heroine who gets to touch bottoms for a living now that she and our hunky hero will be working together again! It was all in fun and I enjoyed it. Any plot inconsistencies or nonsensical actions by our characters I can blink away in favour of the over all goofiness and heart this drama had. Will be rewatching this one again…
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 6:05 AM
I second that!
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 6:07 AM
I agree - there were a lot of plotholes, but I just loved the mood of the show and also I think the ending was spot on, silly romantic and fit for a slow-growing love.
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Diana Hansen
October 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM
I'm with you all the way! It was just goofy fun. The actors were perfect for their roles and even her goofy friends grew on me. I love Lee Min-ki and Han Jimin and even got a tiny spooked a couple of times but the humor saved my hide!
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9 Nefret
October 3, 2023 at 2:26 AM
BYT did get it right in the end. The last fifteen minutes delivered what I mainly watched the drama for, silly, over-the-top humour that didn't always work, but mostly did. I have nothing against crime, but in the last episodes the murders were too much in the foreground and the humour was understandably lacking for the most part.
From the beginning I didn't have high expectations for the romance, so I wasn't disappointed that there were only a few romantic scenes between FL and ML. Overall, I was satisfied with the way things ended up (or started) between the two of them.
Speaking of first impressions. I remember writing after the first two episodes that I could do without the shaman (because I didn't find him funny at the time). In a way I was right, just for the absolute wrong reasons.
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10 jillian
October 3, 2023 at 3:02 AM
I still do have a overall positive impression of the shown. I like the leads Ye Bun and Jang Yeol. Also their posse, the Mujin Police team, Ok Hee and her gang, French teacher, Sun Woo and Gwang Shik.
My one disappointment is the loose end of the land scam. I was hoping for a more justice-related reason for the serial murders. Only to be dissappointed with the nonsensical actual reason. Also I feel bad for the deaths of the last three characters. It felt pointless. If they had to write a serial murder in atleast make the capture of the serial killer be satisfying rather than frustrating. Maybe that was two.
Overall, if we skip the serial murder, this was an entertaining watch.
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Seon-ha
October 3, 2023 at 5:42 AM
Yes, sidelining the land scam also had the effect of dampening the impact Ye-bun's mother's death and the importance of our FL's need for healing from that tragedy, it seems to me.
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jillian
October 3, 2023 at 6:10 AM
You explained it well. That was a big reason why it was disappointing. It felt like her death did not get the justice it deserved. Add to that the investigation YB's grandfather did was forgotten with that politician's death. I always thought that the serial killing had something to do with it. So resolving the serial killing would also help resolve the land scam.
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 6:33 AM
Yes, it was like there were a big, al-encompassing plot that we were never told.
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Kurama
October 3, 2023 at 6:53 AM
They spent so much time to find a connection between the murders 😅
The poor JY's friend who died for nothing.
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jillian
October 3, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Yes very unfortunate that he crossed paths with the killer
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Annie
October 3, 2023 at 11:48 AM
I think it was briefly mentioned on TV, after Cha's death, that he was involved in a land scam... and that's all.
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jillian
October 3, 2023 at 4:04 PM
It would be better if an official investigation was opened and the former representative was also indicted
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Nony
January 11, 2024 at 9:08 AM
The phone news about land investigation also mentioned he was also involved in an unnatural death case(FL's mother's case was re-opened as not suicide by the prosecution) but thats all given in one line. The former representative was implied to have already been dead a while after going to Seoul.
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11 jerrykuvira
October 3, 2023 at 3:03 AM
Do I get a bean for faithfully following via the recaps?
Sun-woo's death really hurt. But not so much cause he(the writing) didn't give me any reasons to believe he wasn't the poncho killer so instead of it feeling like an emotional punch that makes me regret ever suspecting me, I see it as another stunt at whodunnit which while it gave it's shock effect, and simultaneously left no emotional impact on me as a reader.
If anything, it is the fact that poncho killer got the most efficient psych power of all, and Ye-bun got the most ridiculous end of it. I don't think this will have landed the quirky side of it had Ye-bun gotten eye contact psychometry and on that end, I sincerely commend the writing team for going for that sensitive end and landing it in properly.
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Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 3:40 AM
Or me for dropping at ep 4 then picking it back at ep 13? 😄
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jerrykuvira
October 3, 2023 at 3:53 AM
I stopped at ep 2. I don't think I finished ep 2 even. It wasn't because I didn't like it or it was not engaging, it just didn't stimulate me to the point where I wanted to watch.
It really appears detached when I read about the ranges - the quirks and all - that Han Ji-min and Lee Min-ki flexed here but I sadly can't relate.
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12 Britney
October 3, 2023 at 3:05 AM
I was left wondering what the hell was the last like 10 minutes and now after reading the weecap, I'm wondering what the hell was the finale in general. I don't even know what to say. I watched this every week even though I didn't feel any particular way about it which is probably why I don't feel more disappointed though I am confused.
I wanted the shaman to be hit in the face with a frying pan.
Apparently people can do a hell of alot with their eyes closed; writing notes, walking while carrying a hostage, moving tops and covering it was grass & dirt.
Of course, the dog being scared of losing its new owner made me teary eyed.
It's just alot of wah wah wah
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 3:23 AM
He could have just worn a sun glass! Walking in remote areas with eyes closed, while carrying another person was too far fetched.
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Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 3:31 AM
But he didn't wear one in the flashback. I was asking this as well while watching this scene. 😄
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:09 PM
I feel like he went on paths he would already go on when making random trips out to places to do his shaman work. There is this field I can take a shortcut through to get home, but when it gets too dark outside, I don't even try to cut through, even though I leave home walking through it in the morning.
I guess serial killers are just very committed. I'd rather sit home and enjoy kdramas and webtoons than going through the trouble of killing and hiding evidence while dressed in an unfashionable poncho.
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Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 3:27 AM
😂😂😂 I would've tripped and most likely had a major incident already.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 5:46 AM
I would have been lying face flat in under 5 meters😅
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Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 6:19 AM
😂😂😂
Among the long list of plot holes of the show, I was particularly disappointed at how the writer didn't follow through the 'hairloss story'. I feel robbed of laugh. TRULY. Could've been epic. Having three bald people in the show filling my screen.
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vienibenmio
October 4, 2023 at 5:29 AM
I was thinking how weird it was that the drama just dropped the hair loss thing. They could have explained it as a coincidence (like the farmer was just losing his hair naturally)
vienibenmio
October 3, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Also, like, if he was wearing sunglasses Ye-bun would have seen black-outs in the memories, they just wouldn't have been visible, which would have been suspicious. Instead it was like the memories were missing, which makes zero sense.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:22 PM
I think Ye-bun was skimming too fast. There were probably some black thumbnails, but she may have scrolled past them to look for the thumbnails with visible images to provide that the Shaman didn't do it. Both she and Jang-yeol went into this investigation with their own biases on who is innocent and who isn't.
How the powers work is sort of dicey. In the beginning, recent memories show up immediately. Later, she could scroll and select. And then when she was touching her aunt, a memory from 15 years ago just popped up without her clicking on it. And Shaman Park can read a heck lot in a little time and can pick out exactly what he wants to read (i.e. bank info!), while Ye-bun has browse for it.
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13 Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 3:21 AM
I worried that the show won’t end in a satisfying way, but for most parts it worked for me. The last 15 minutes of the show was delightful and reminded me of the humor that drew me to the show in the first place.
Serial killer plots are hard to be convincing as the motivations are usually weak or hard to relate to. Same applies here. I have questions regarding this but I shall let it pass as there will be no convincing answers. I wish the show used a murder case that was logical rather than serial killer plot. Atleast the Shaman was smart and used his power quite efficiently to outsmart people. So the last two episode’s definitely felt tight and not boring.
The last episode affirmed that Bong belonged with Jang Hyeol. They were such an awesome team. She acts more decisively and confidently when he is around. Compare that to her panicking when he is not there. And I like that she reached out to him and ‘wants’ to be part of investigations and finds excitement in it. And I liked that they took time with setting up the romance given everything that happened.
Overall, I enjoyed the show. The characters were wonderful especially our leads, ok-Hui, her sisterhood and our cops. The humor was fantastic. I wish the show didn’t go this dark into the crime and kept the humor throughout. Towards the end it felt like it struggled with the murder plot but also felt like it was intentional.
I badly need LMK and HJM in a rom com. Make it happen drama gods!! Please!!
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14 Jingbee
October 3, 2023 at 3:52 AM
I think the show wrapped it up well, not perfect of course with the plot holes and all (where is the shaman's kid?) but I am glad they went back to the comedy in the end. I wasn't expecting the call back to the orange(?) lipstick so when they did it, it was a LOL moment. Even the mosquito kill at the very end.. that was funny.
I agree with most of the comments re Lee Min Ki and Han Ji Min's chemistry. I am a fan of HJM but this is the first show I had a non neutral impression of LMK.
Some commenters wanted more vet cases a few eps ago, so I guess this is how the show responded by giving us one last case.
Anyway, I am glad I picked this up despite some comments re the iffiness of butt touching. But I think the show handled that well.
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emsel
October 3, 2023 at 5:27 AM
The shaman mentioned he sent his kid to his sister's house.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Yes, the return of the coral lipstick was a delightful surprise. (These writers are so witty, really.) And Dok-hui being there to witness it again and have “serious deja vu” makes it more hilarious.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 6:33 AM
And he smiled at her so warmly when he saw her!! A man who smiles like that when you are wearing neon lipstick is a keeper 😍
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15 Britney
October 3, 2023 at 4:16 AM
I didn't mind the motive or lack thereof because evil is always worse when it's seemingly senseless or done just for fun.
On an episode of Criminal Minds (US) there was a case where the unsub kept killing people because he wanted to get them as close to death as possible and revive them so he ask about their near death experience (did they see God, did they see memories of their life, etc). So, maybe cause I've watched shows like Criminal Minds, the shaman's motivation wasn't too nonsensical to me.
I'm just more confused about why he chose those victims. Like was he just randomly ready to kill and standing on a random road when he killed the streamer? Same with Seung Gil; he was just loitering around the hospital?
He said the betrayal metric came to mind after the fact but that is literally the only link between the victims!
I didn't understand why a reason was given then dismissed (just to lean into the psychopathic murder idea) nor why the thug business man wouldn't just keep the shaman has a hostage too.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 5:41 AM
It also seemed like he killed for ‘fun’ and it was mostly fun when he killed people he didn’t know. He definitely did not want to kill grandpa or even Ye Bun. Gwang-Shik and Seon-Woo were killed only because they found out that he was the killer. So he wasn’t killing people he had any personal connection with.
Agree - shaman is more valuable than butt touching psychic. He can use him better with drawing attention.
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jillian
October 3, 2023 at 6:14 AM
Yes he just killed for 'fun' and also to watch their lives flash before their very eyes or something like that. His powers would've been useful if it fell on the right hands. That cow and meteor combo did not have the right aim. It wouldve been better if Seon Woo had it instead.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 6:30 AM
They showed that Shaman locked eyes with Seung-gil in the hospital elevator. Maybe Shaman saw something interesting from Seung-gil’s memory, and he probably wanted to see Seung-gil’s last memory before dying (Shaman told Jang-yeol he’d like to do the same to him).
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DK-Drama 🫘 Giffing n Space Cadetting🍉🌱
October 3, 2023 at 6:39 AM
I don't think it was necessary to make him the killer of the streamer - that case just established Ye-bun as someone who could help solve crime cases, and Jang-yeol as one who would already then trust her just enough to feel he had to go check up on her, and save her life.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:28 PM
I used to watch too much Criminal Minds too, so I'm like yeah, there are people who are akin to monsters out there....and even calling them monsters feel like I'm slandering monsters.
Probably crimes of opportunities, but I don't get how he just happens to have a huge knife and a poncho at the ready...or maybe he stashes them at various locations, like how people have umbrellas in their cars, at work, and at home?
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Cay_sbtgoG
October 3, 2023 at 6:04 PM
I asked the exact question to my friend. If he had time to find the knife and put on the poncho, Seon-woo wouldn't have died logically; he was a lot younger and fitter. Unless, he secretly possessed ability to fly like Voldemort as well.🤔
Better yet, do not ask at all.
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Britney
October 4, 2023 at 4:26 AM
I guess he altered his poncho to have a big pocket haha
But honestly, it's a rabbit hole of plot holes
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16 FormAnOrderlyQueue
October 3, 2023 at 5:16 AM
I liked this drama more than I thought I would, and, as others have said, its ability to keep me guessing who the murderer was till ep15 was impressive. The humour was wacky but worked for me, and I thought the romance was actually perfect - just starting out by ep16, but clearly going to be a triumph.
I agree that the last episodes wobbled. I loved the idea that the Shaman got his powers through eye contact with the cow, and when he first confessed to Ye-bun, his make-up gave him a clear Joker vibe which made sense of the fact that he was just in it for laughs. But after that, it got ridiculous. Why we needed to go back and bring in Gangster Baek for "closure" remains a mystery, the extended sequence with Ye-bun hearing the sounds to guide the French teacher to Ok-hui was too long, the Shaman avoiding everyone for as long as he did was tiresome, the hide-and-seek kids enabling Ye-bin to see a pixel of a face in a window was not particularly convincing and on and on. We also had things not finished off, particularly Seon-woo's story, which felt like a glaring hole. Why is it so hard to land endings, writers? You had so much material with the villagers - how they all faced the murders and the redevelopment corruption and moved on - and with General MacArthur - how the villagers chose to deal with his mural in the Shaman's house could have been comedy gold.
Still, this is not the first drama that has faltered in the last episode, and there's been worse, so overall a win for me.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 3, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Shaman possessed by General Mcarthur killing people would have been more in line with the shows tone. Would have made sense that no one could see it because he had no memory of what he did when he was possessed.
It would have been psychic till the end.
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jillian
October 3, 2023 at 6:17 AM
I actually considered that possibility too when they brought the blackouts clue. The show already has a supernatural thing going, so possession is still within the realm of possibility.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 6:43 AM
I think the Shaman being possessed by Gen. MacArthur is the more popular theory. I also thought this would be the case. But when I think about it, the Shaman killing in his own freewill is a better choice. With this, he can be held fully accountable for the killings. Unlike if possessed, he would be just like a victim as well, not really a culprit. It would be a pity to make him responsible for the murders.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:34 PM
I'm glad someone could be held accountable!
And having the ghost of Gen. MacArthur be the serial killer may end up being politically sensitive, not that he doesn't already have a lot of critics among Americans.
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Britney
October 4, 2023 at 4:34 AM
I was thinking the same thing!
Lady Bluestocking
October 3, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Yes. This. Weirdly, blackouts caused by a ghost possession I find more believable than the sunglasses "trick". If he can still see through his sunglasses then so should our heroine.
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17 Seon-ha
October 3, 2023 at 5:35 AM
This, @lovepark, this. In many real respects, the joke really did end up being on the audience. What did we just spend 16 hours watching? Some of the characters had relatively satisfying storylines and endgames (for example, our 55/51 couple, Ok-hui and Yong-myeong's aegyo-filled relationship, and even Deok-hee's evolving career). But, overall, the show seemed more like a "shaggy dog" tale--meandering and with no point except to string the audience along--than anything else to me.
I also remain disappointed that women were often the outsized target for the harshest of the jokes and almost all of the violence. I know that this is (unfortunately) more-than-common, but in the context of this story which ended up being about very little, the gendered focus of this directed vitriol shone out to me like a bright light.
Speaking of light, Lee Min-ki and Han Ji-min were incandescent when they were allowed to be, but those times were all too rare. It is clear that many folks became really attached to the characters--especially these two--in this drama, and I feel a form of jealousy about that. I really, REALLY wanted to like this show, but I never did because the creators lost my trust so early on. I just felt that they were simply toying with the audience to see how much we could take. And I guess I feel that the did end up doing just that. I don't feel righteous about this. I wanted to be proven wrong. And, frankly, at the end of the day, given the mess of these last two episodes, I'm not entirely sure that this was as pre-planned as I might make it seem.
Did the production team start with the funny idea of a butt-touching psychic and then just locked themselves in a writing room, got real high, and just saw where their ideas took them? Perhaps.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 3, 2023 at 11:14 PM
As usual ... expressing so articulately what we feel but cannot write.
Thank you for your beautiful writing. 😍
👏 👏
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18 Minka
October 3, 2023 at 5:49 AM
I personally think this show has been fantastic all the way through episode 13. I was impressed by how well they balanced the mystery, comedy and some lowkey romance. The turn of events in ep14 made me wary of how they were going to wrap everything up with just 2 episodes. I loved this show so much and I wanted it finish strong. And as if the whole ep15 was not enough to wrap up the killer, extending his spree further with kidnapping and all, eating up half of ep16 let me down. Well, it was not bad, I actually liked some parts of it: Ok-hui gang coming to her rescue (I especially liked Da-eun showing up for eonni), but I was really really wary of the time. If they had 1 more extra ep, sure why not.
Okay, Shaman was finally wrapped up for real with 25mins left in the finale ep. I was ready to be disappointed, but boy, I found myself satisfied, happy even? Sure there were still some plotholes and forgotten storylines, but the happy ending they gave to our main casts was enough for me: 55-51 couple, eonni couple, and even Dok-hui (him assigned to Seoul). And of course, our main OTP Ye-Yeol. The time alloted for their romance may be short, but very sweet. The bus stop moment, the reunion in Seoul, and Jang-yeol protecting Ye-bun from a headbutt (Lee Min-ki in all his handsomeness glory wtf!!!). The quality over quantity did it for me.
I am happy with the final episodes and the show overall. It is far from perfect, but it has been fantastic from start to finish (at least for me).
Farewell, Behind Your Touch. Thank you for bringing me so much joy and entertainment for the past 8 weeks. You’re still my best drama of 2023.🍑
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19 emsel
October 3, 2023 at 6:28 AM
@lovepark Thank you for the recap.
If we put on our thinking caps then the final two episodes wouldn't make sense, but if we went with the original premise of the drama which is to be absurd, then the ending lands just right. In fact, I do not think the writer/PD went with a last minute decision to make the shaman the bad guy because his remark at the station shows the drama is actually self sware. When questioned about his motive he said, "I could say betrayal, but that's bit of a stretch isn't it? I should have planned more thoroughly, but I am not a planner. I tried to make the rules after the act, so they didn't fit logic."
Anyway, I liked that the show tried to incorporate humour even in the finale. Ye Bun keeping an index finger on the tie to hold it in place when the gang guy tried to inject her made me LOL. Her unexpectedly poke the shaman's eye was also funny. I was also not disappointed with the way the main OTP ended, but I wanted one kiss at least between the side couples (55/51 or Ok Hui/Unni guy). Overall, I enjoyed this show. Kudos to the cast, writer/PD.
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Jingbee
October 3, 2023 at 6:50 AM
The plot is already absurd in the first place (butt touching powers) so this was meant to be viewed that way, IMO. Trying to overanalyze this is clearly a recipe for disappointment. From the very first scenes (actors playing their high school selves) and the comic-like treatment of their HS days, the show already advertised that logic is not to be expected from this show.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 7:36 AM
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 7:52 AM
I agree with you on this. I also read somewhere that Suho mentioned that there were clues on the murderer’s identity from the beginning. This (from ep 5) may be one of those:
And yes, Ye-bun surprising the gangster with her index finger on the tie band was too funny.
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Minka
October 3, 2023 at 3:10 PM
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ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:37 PM
That index finger moment made me LOL too. The dude must have been like "huh..where did that finger come from?" and I loved how she was like "I'm the injection expert!"
I wished Shaman Park would have fallen eye-first onto a knife so that I can be sure that he would be out of commission forever...but I'll take the eye-pokes!
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20 Scottie
October 3, 2023 at 6:44 AM
So it was the shaman after all! I actually liked how cartoonish he became after the reveal, he was just evil, a killer who enjoyed the look in the eyes of his victims. Like the Joker- which was emphasized with his contoured, mask-like make-up. Park Hyuk-kwon really aced it here.
I really liked these last two episodes, the wacky humour was back. The prison case felt like an add-on, but how can I not forgive another stellar special appearance from Lee Jung-eun!
Lee Min-ki and Han Ji-min were great together, but they did not carry the show alone, the whole cast was a joy to watch.
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Britney
October 3, 2023 at 8:01 AM
I read the beginning of this wrong and thought it said it was the shaman all along
Which then became 🎶 it was the shaman all along🎶
Please tell me SOMEONE gets this reference!
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21 vienibenmio
October 3, 2023 at 6:49 AM
I overall liked this show, plot holes and all. Ye-bun and Jang-yeol were so adorable at the end, I want more of them! I'm also so happy that the aunt and police captain got their fairytale ending, too. And, of course, Ok-hui. I haven't said it yet here, so I will take this opportunity to do so: Ok-hui Dok-hui is the best business name, ever.
That dog story made me cry. Honestly, I think my favorite part of the drama other than the romance was the animal stories.
Ye-bun went through SO much trauma that the show ended up just disregarding, but hey. I guess we'll say her mental health recovery powers are like Jang-yeol's physical recovery powers.
I have to say, I actually think it's refreshing to see a serial murderer who's just a psychopath as opposed to someone who had a horrible life.
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22 sana1800
October 3, 2023 at 7:45 AM
Who would have thought that the butt drama would become my favorite of the currently airing dramas? This was soo much fun. A great mix of comedy, mystery, thriller and a hint of romance.
Random thoughts during the final eps:
- Lee Min Ki has no business looking this good.
- Jimin is such a cutie. I'm gonna miss Ye bun
- I love OK Hee's gang. I cheered soo much when the arrived on bikes. I need a BYT spin off about the adventures of OK Hee's gang.
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23 Lady Bluestocking
October 3, 2023 at 9:25 AM
Well, that happened.
Look, was it quality entertainment? No. Was the romance satisfying? Which one? Never mind, both answers are no. Was there character growth? Not really. Were there plot holes and logic fails and dropped plot threads galore? You betcha! Did I still, somehow, mostly enjoy myself to the end? Surprisingly, yes.
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24 imzadi
October 3, 2023 at 9:52 AM
I didn't care about the plot holes. I binged the show this past week and caught up with the finale yesterday and I enjoyed the entire run. That was a really fun show.
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25 late as always
October 3, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Lots of plot holes at the end, alas. They could have used some of the time they spent protractedly chasing after Shaman Park wrapping up some loose ends instead, like what he did with his kid (was I the only one who thought the kid was going to be the hostage, not Ok-hui?). I also wanted the redevelopment subplot, and the fates of the two moms, to have a more satisfying resolution. And I agree it would have been better to end with something more romantic between Ye-boon and Jang-yeol. That was a waste, and it was jarring to have those slapstick jail scenes in the last 10 minutes.
Still in all, I really liked this show. I looked forward to it every week. This is one where it might actually be nice to have a series 2, though I really can't imagine what the overarching stakes would be.
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26 Dylan [JooJoo couple, fighting!]
October 3, 2023 at 2:05 PM
My only thought for the last two episodes was, "Okay, they doing too much with the killer, bro" but I feel the last 20 minutes were top tier and somewhat made up for it? hilarious comedy and so cute.
P.S. It's hilarious to me that, even while long dead, Gen. MacArthur is at least tangentially involved with easily preventable Korean deaths
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27 welh
October 3, 2023 at 5:09 PM
I did my first LIVE live watch in real time from my Seoul hotel room. I understood bits and pieces of Korean, but the acting and direction made comprehension OK.
The Shaman being the killer made sense but the thrill kill motivation did not. The chess match of escape hide and seek was well done. But after that, the story and cameos were dreadful. If the show went dark, it should have stayed dark and at least answered open questions. (I think the producers or network wanted a happy comedy ending.)
For example, what happened to the Shaman’s son? Did Ok-Hee’s girl gang fall apart because she was no longer invincible? Why would YeBun leave her home to follow a rogue cop with no chemistry? She is beyond naive and winds up in a truly toxic relationship at best. The cow also had the sight magic power! Missed opportunity to parade cow down streets gathering info instead of touching butts.
Han Ji Min was very good in her role even though her character choices were lacking (SITR vibes). Shaman transformation to evil monster was very good, too.
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28 ar_arguably romantic
October 3, 2023 at 5:50 PM
WHAT A RELIEF!! Sure there were some holes, but it had put a big smile on my face by the end. It didn't make me go "that's it...not bad" or "wtf?". One of the better endings out there and it stayed true to the spirit of the drama.
Sure, the writing had the characters make some ill-advised decisions in order to obfuscate the killer (I would rate the drama higher if they hadn't killed Seon-woo...)...but it has been a fun and thrilling and full of terrific comedy.
I felt the finale week had thriller, tears, comedy, and romance and such a good send-off for our characters (Seon-woo did not die completely in vain), complete with callbacks to earlier parts of the series.
-Ye-bun knowing Arabic. Seon-woo smartly uses it to send a message.
-Ok-hee's gang on motorcycles - complete with the never-been-seen-except-in-flashback, Da-eun, and her brother/Eonni guy, Yong-myung. There was a cute winged heart decoration on her bike.
-Jang-yeol's superpower - on the count of 3. "1.." and his flip.
-Jang-yeol thinking he's got the handle on the Mujin way of speaking...but sometimes, when the bus is leaving, it really IS leaving!
-the hair-tuck!! She was catching feelings for Jang-yeol right before he left.
-"The show has gone to the dogs" - echo of Jang-yeol's sentiment about Mujin when he first arrived.
-One more tearjerker dog story.
-The glow-in-the-dark lipstick
-Deok-hee crying with relief after Ok-hee was rescued. In the first episode, he cried because he hated her.
Other things that stood out:
-It was great how they revealed all those moments when Seon-woo appeared serial-killer-y and the Shaman fearful, it was the other way around.
-Our 2521 couple getting married! Gives me hope that the OG 2521 will also reunite after a divorce.
-Lee Jung-eun reunion with Han Ji-min
-The prison-mate intro song
-Getting asked out on a date at a prison yard -- now that is definitely new! These two will never not be odd.
-I enjoyed how they kept the romance light and at the "some" (as the younger koreans like to put it) stage.
-Also LOL that the more rom-com final half-hour comes with face-smoothing filter and Jang-yeol's more rom-com leading man hair.
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Goyangi and the Camel Crickets
October 9, 2023 at 8:14 PM
You list some of the best moments!
The 25/21 references were hilarious!! At first I thought this was a bad omen, that this couple would not get their happy ending. Later I decided that this was a wish fulfillment storyline, a hope for Hee-do and Yi-jin at 55/51!
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29 Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
October 3, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Sooooo....I sat on my thoughts before penning them.
For me, what worked:
The crime angle landed well. The killer had no true motive but pleasure - now that was novel, and I am glad the show did this, because psychopaths often do this as it gives them a high.
My only question is, why did he turn into a killer suddenly....I wish they had given some backstory, like a couple of unsolved murders, that they could have pinned to him.
The execution of the last episode was choppy. On the one hand, there was this intelligent use of 'Arabic'; on the other, Jang Yeol, who beats up 20 goons in one go, needs help finding a handle on Shaman. And, yes, where did the police jeeps go?
I hated the last 10 minutes of the new characters. I wish the show had devoted some time to each faithful character instead. The entire cast gave tons of laughter; there was no reason they needed Ye Bun to kill mosquitoes to generate humour.
But all in all, not bad. The show stuck to its tracks and didn't get derailed. Lee Min Ki and Han Ji Min look lovely together. It's 8/10 (it would have gotten a nine if Lee Min Ki had been in the frame for the last 10 minutes, but, oh well, K drama has been doing it a lot this year). I earned my bean and, all in all, happy.
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30 geminirat
October 3, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Thank you for the weecap, @lovepark! I have a lot of questions, too, starting with: where is Shaman Park's son now? He was suddenly introduced and sent away from the show. What happened to Gwang-shik's 'girlfriend'? Did she inherit his farm? Sun-woo came and went into town without anybody really knowing who he is. Where did Imo's ex-husband go after testifying against grandpa? Aah, I still got the bean.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 4, 2023 at 7:01 AM
A few episodes back, Shaman Park mentioned he sent his son to a relative. I think the implication was that he didn't have the resources to look after him, so the son would live there until he could make enough money to care for him. But who knows what really happened....
Gwang-shik's dad is still alive I believe? I'm not sure if his dad will care for her as a daughter-in-law since she and Gwang-shik were going to get married. I hope she is pregnant, so a bit of him can still be with his fiance and dad.
Not sure where Imo's ex-husband went. After grandpa acknowledged the police leader as a possible future son-in-law in front of the ex-husband at the prawn fair, and it seemed like the aunt and police leader are officially an item, I think the ex-husband just testified against the grandpa as a parting act of revenge and just left town.
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31 🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 3, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Thank you @lovepark for a fun ride. Your wonderful comments and side notes made us go over the uneven bits cheerfully.
Too many loose threads, odds and ends ... but as you rightly say ... better to take out our amnesia wand, forget the past and move on.
🧚♀️ Here's some fairy dust (amnesia powder) to sprinkle on the iffy bits.
Looking forward to next drama recap with you.
Hwaiting!! 👍
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32 Live4dmoment
October 5, 2023 at 5:58 AM
This drama is very far from perfect but they have given me tons of laughter for the last 8 weeks. I have never come across a drama of this nature as in very comical, so unserious. Then add in the thriller element. I am quite surprised actually that it worked and a lot even enjoy the drama. I do think it is because of the whole cast. I can't remember any single character i dislike. I commend the whole production and the whole casts for making a one of a kind drama like this. I love HJM but my respect for her as an actress grew even more. She has accepted a project that can actually break her if done wrong. Thank you show for a job well done. You have made my lastb8 weeks with so much fun. I hope we can have more dramas that are of this nature, not the usual norm. Farewell my favorite show: BYT!
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33 Goyangi and the Camel Crickets
October 9, 2023 at 8:23 PM
I needed to let go of my common sense thoughts for this one and just enjoy it. The comedic parts were great, and I liked that it kept me guessing. I also enjoyed the animal stories. I did not like that Seon Woo was killed off, especially without any closure for his already tragic life. I really liked this character. Also Ye Bun's mom's murder, there was a second murderer who was never brought to justice unless you count his own murder. I appreciated the return to humor at the end but wish they had worked on a case together rather than separately at the women's prison, and I would have enjoyed seeing a bit more of the main characters' futures. Overall it was an entertaining watch but not a great drama.
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34 Mrs Buckwheat
October 14, 2023 at 2:04 AM
Thanks for the recaps lovepark.
I'm a bit late to comment as I have been away and only just caught up.
I did enjoy episode 15 more than 16 because I felt like they spent way too much time on the serial killer plot in the last hour and it became repetitive.
I didn't need the guest appearances at the end as I thought the time would have been better spent rounding out the community of characters that they used so cleverly during the show.
We never really got back to the FL mothers suicide/murder, the grandfather and why he treated the FL the way he did and Seon woo was quickly forgotten, there were a few things just pushed aside.
Also we only had one scene with the FL using her powers on an animal which at the beginning of the series was the real heart of the show.
I wish we had a couple of scenes with Ok-hee and her Eonnie, we skipped them getting together, which was disappointing as they were so hilarious and were one of the highlights of the show for me.
Although I was fine with the leads not kissing at the end, I was annoyed that their last few scenes together were used with the unnecessary prison storyline.
Why couldn't they finally have an adult conversation about their feelings with a little bit of humour and a hug/hand hold at least? Just some forward progression for their characters would have been nice instead of them running out of camera together as their chemistry was fantastic. I look forward to watching them again in whatever they do next.
I agree with other beanies that Lee Min-ki looked especially fine these last few episodes.
Overall though, despite these few things I really loved this show for the fabulous acting, clever plotting/writing, unique characters and catchy intro. I know I will rewatch it in the future.
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35 Nicha
April 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Greatly enjoyed this show even though the plotline was wonky. Again the end could have been better contrived with several threads left hanging (land scam? corrupt politician? Pretty Boy Sun Woo's story? ) And while the shaman Park made a nifty villain, the last chase could have been a little more real. Yes, I know reality is not the strong point of this drama's storyline! The leads and their supporting cast however made the journey enjoyable with plenty of layered and not-so-polite humor. Loved the very slow buildup of connection in the leads and the deadpan delivery of cheesy lines by Lee Mi Ki. The music was excellent too; I Gotcha and We Disappear are on my playlist
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