It was a weird episode. The fantasy bursts from Hae-Na seem out-of-place and the couple’s first time teen level awkwardness was eye rolling . . . they are adults, even inexperienced adults, should act like adults if they want emotionally grow together. There is no reason to hide their dating (VP’s warning is dumb) because there is a married couple in the teacher’s office AND the teachers from the beginning were all about dating match-ups.

So History and the VP are mountain spirits in human form. That begs the question whether Hae-Na’s family, Math and Teen Shaman are also mountain spirits whose powers have been eliminated or repressed by the jealous revenge plot. Teen Shaman card reading really puts a dagger in BG’s broken heart - - and accelerates his revenge which is killing the “man” who killed his human lover. (Again, the mythology that you have one life (soul) that reincarnates endlessly until one reaches a spiritual paradise is apparently in full force here.) As I mentioned last week: “Is this Human Jealousy from an immortal being?” Yes it is. Especially if BG has supernatural powers over human beings (life and death powers?).

Since the curse has been lifted, there is an overall drift of "so what?" as the plot moves forward.

The closet makeout was weird, lol. All I could think about was her neck hurting and how small that closet was. That being said 😜😍. I get hiding it from Yul a little bit, but not from the history teacher. Anyway, the rest of the episode was kind of funny.

Yeah, I agree @unit that I sort of wish we didn’t have do spend any time with the past lives. It was not my fav part of the comic and I like it even less here. I don’t know what it is about it, I’m just not that interested. I’m very interested in seeing out leads together, however, so it feels like even more of a let down when we have to remember that something happened however-many-hundred years ago and we still have to deal with it. Oh well.

This was the first episode I didn’t like as much (I hope it’s not a trend). I had fun watching for the most part, and I loved when we got to see the SFL teacher and student be heartbroken together as they noticed the secret dating. This kiss was also great, and Yul very seriously telling each half of the couple how to act was adorable, but every time the show tried to move the plot forward, it fell a little flat for me. Still, if they keep giving me this many moments that I love, I’m willing to sit through some plot junk to get to them.

I'm forced to consider that, if I didn't love the comic so much, I probably would have dropped this. It's just... meh. I want to love it, but I don't. I don't quite know why.

The changes from the comic are becoming bigger and more frustrating to me as things becoming progressively darker and convoluted, and IMO some of the characters are (ironically) more two dimensional. See https://www.dramabeans.com/members/vienibenmio/activity/1499661/ for more

More cute puppies, less tortured reincarnation please 😒

Some of the romance scenes were sweet. Looks like we are moving on to the past now. I guess Seo Won killed Bo Gyeom’s girlfriend in the past and now BG wants revenge? Weird. Wasn’t the curse the revenge? Like Castaway Diva, this one started well, but I am losing interest now. 😀

I'm SO over BG and whatever his nefarious plans are. And again, why did he help them so many times before? Make it make sense, you inhuman dude! Hopefully shaman girl will kick some logic into him if/once she regains her past life memories. Cards reading scene was good, but I cringed hard when she let him touch them himself, only the owner can do that, wtf!

Yul giving out uncalled dating advice and trying himself at exorcism lol. Someone pls give the boy a purpose of his own, he has too much unused creative energy in him rn))) Surprised he didn't pick up the fact that HN was there from his uncle's off behavior, that was really not that hard to guess... oh well, guess he's way more innocent and trusting than I was at that age.

Our OTP didn't have to hide from anyone indeed, but I can see how at this stage of their relationship it may be too awkward. Once again, SW is a genius not only in math and being pretty, but also improvising excuses - sister's shoes lol (also love how he cunningly picked a very boring movie to make his unexpected guests all sleepy). And deep tongue kissing as well apparently. Gotta be honest - even after a rather heated epilogue of the previous episode I did not see THAT coming. HN's dirty imagination scenes were too cringy for me - I have a low tolerance for such things - but that kiss was worth all my FF struggle previously! Respect, boy.

Am I too naive to hope that after witnessing leads' constant badly covered flirting and sort of accepting the fact SFL will finally give up? She was far less annoying lately, abandoning her doomed from the start pursuit would be a good move. SW's student fangirl addition was a bit out of nowhere - HN's face at her love poem lmao - but I like that this didn't seem to be progressing into over the top territory so far. Maybe girl can try her luck with Yul instead.

Things are finally moving somewhere between YR and WT, yay! I thought he was aware he's into her tho... Maybe just very deep in denial ofc, I mean, it's been what, 20 years or so since their kiss? Really hope the overall curse will be lifted soon, poor uncle doesn't have much time left and this whole plotline is seriously spoiling my enjoyment of lead romance. Sword to the neck twist was not in my bingo card today, but the sooner we'll get over with it, the better!

Nothing Bo-gyeom does makes any sense. Let's wrap that storyline up please.

This Seohae couple is getting cuter, sweeter & hottert day by day. Cant wait for next episodes

Thanking Cha Eunwoo for bringing ‘real’ kissing into Kdrama land. I mean it’s about time. The whole scene was perfect too, from the moments leading up to the kiss, to the passionate kissing itself; as it screamed the couple is so much in love; which is intended to be conveyed as part of the story. Good job, Actor Cha Eunwoo!

I found it a bit weird for Bo-gyeom to just walk into his friend's house without knocking. Also a bit weird to kiss your girlfriend/boyfriend in a cupboard when there are clearly other options. But hey, still an enjoyable show.

I think they should choose a ton for the couple and stick to it, either cute with lovely moments, either more mature and sexy. The way the kiss scenes were filmed were kinda unbalanced between the actors, it looked like CEW was doing all the work.

Bo-gyeom is kinda boring now... His intentions are not clear and don't seem logical. Why did he become friend with Seo-Won in the first place?

I think this couple come across best when they are facing the World together. My favourite part of this episode was them sitting in the cafe together discussing the curse.

This was arguably the cutest filler episode ever. I found the two being so sickeningly lovey-dovey around each other really funny and sweet, and there were so many things that had me laughing out loud like Yul’s little dramatic monologues, the dramatic parting behind the curtains at the school gym, the student and the other teacher having their Candace from Phineas and Ferb moments every time they caught Seo-won and Hae-na being all couply, and the swoon-y day dream sequences that were most definitely fan-serivce so I was lapping it all up.

NOT TO MENTION THE KISS !!! *squeals*

The only thing that I was like 🙄about was the stuff with Bo-gyeol, but apparently I’m not the only one who thought that so yay. It felt very disjointed, weird and like another drama altogether - and being completely honest, I don’t really care about his past or the past lives storyline, I just want more OTP time!!

Unit, thanks for the recap !
Tiger Man and the vice principle are mountain spirits ? Are they assigned cases from heaven ? If you had a complaint about a mountain spirit, do you speak to a local deity or do you have to file a complaint with the Jade Emperor himself ?
The Joseon curse part of the story seems like another story that has been tacked on.
I would rather they save the uncle 🐕

Honestly, them getting together was one of the cutest, wholesome, fluffiest parts of any webtoon I've read so far. meanwhile, this episode made me feel... nothing. tho, there were some funny bits here and there.

her eonni's friend... the way they treat that actor's characters is always so mean 😭 I hope he doesn't feel bad IRL.

Okay everything about this ep was so disjointed and slow. I ranted about it in a different forum and a fellow disgruntled viewer used the perfect observation that summed up my feelings:

The editing was so off.

I noted multiple drawn out sequences that could've been cut & replaced with the story instead and found myself going "why is this so long?"
It truly felt that the director didn't know how to handle a rom-com and just left it to the actors after yelling action. As usual, the changes they made was unnecessary albeit the exception of some scenes. Yul was the only saving grace throughout the ep, his antics were hilarious.
Ill keep watching for Yul but my anticipation for the drama died back when they revealed it to be a one ep per week shtick :')

I honestly love everything about this episode. I was laughing out loud throughout the scenes, from Haena's dirty mind imagination to the unexpected but totally expected interruption of BGsaem and Yul. I really enjoyed how they tortured the lovebirds on their first official date and being alone in the house. Apparently, Seowoni, you can't do anything that you want even at your own house.

Unit: Thanks for the great description of YUL giving dating advice at his young age to his brother and Hae Na. Priceless. And yes, I hear all those who are hating the preponderance of Joseon time-slips lately, but I'm a fan, and so I must admit, that I'm finally enjoying this show now that it's dark past has landed smack dab in the middle of all the sweet mushy love scenes we've been watching (which've been so fun and lighthearted), but now we get something to sink our teeth into...woof! I'm thinking Cha Eun-woo might have made a good choice with this lighthearted vrs dark themed drama. He'll get to show off more skills (if you've seen him in Masters in the House, he's good at everything he tries, and his character in "Island" as a way-cool demon-slaying priest was fascinating for me). BUT it is Lee Hyun-woo who's captured my attention in this. His character is literally a double-edged sword during this drama: an all-smiles, kind & positive teacher, versus his portrayal of the 'Joseon Mountain Spirit' who's dark, threatening & planning revenge. He was moving some of the action in this story from the start, but now I think he's stepping into the spotlight as chief Nemesis, which will give us something else to angst about instead of lifting her dog-curse. Instead, we need to see our couple go back and get rid of the curse completely so she doesn't pass it along like all her ancestors did. This should be interesting, and it's such a juicy part for Lee Hyun Woo to play. He gives really good 'bad vibes' when the smile slips off his face. Good choice of character to broaden his resumé. I'm just hoping the script doesn't let him or Cha Eun Woo down...