"Our leads’ relationship has been so beautifully believable throughout, and all the more so this week" - yes yes and YES! So with you on everything you've said @alathe, we're on the same wavelength!! Another beautiful week that had some fluffy sweet but also angsty melodramatic love sequences 💕 They're already so solid, I don't even mind if we have noble idiocy waiting for us around the corner for whatever reason because we've two solid two episodes of the leads being the cutest couple in existence.

The 'one has got to die' thing I saw coming from a mile away because it's basically a staple of the genre - almost every fantasy show I can think of has had some iteration of it (Doom, Goblin, Tail of Nine Tailed, Roommate is a Gumiho, Angel's Last Mission, Heartbeat, Twilight!) because there has to be some sort of reckoning with an OTP that goes 'against the rules' (i.e. human & non human). So I was nervous at the end of episode 9 but I trusted the writing team - and episode 10 proved to me that I was right in placing my trust in them 👏 I love how all plot-lines sort of converged at that gas station there; Ga-young & Seok-hoon doing their second lead thing, Seok-hoon finding out Ga-young's agenda, Da-kyung being found out by his dad and also snapping, Seok-hoon confirming the truth about Gu-won's true identity as well as his relationship with Do-hee AND of course, the OTP saving each other. On that note, the parallel between Gu-won saving Do-hee and Do-hee saving Gu-won (!!!fire & water!!!) was 🫶👌✨

Is this show completely flawless? Of course not - as you pointed out as well alathe, I wish Ga-young wasn't so two dimensional but honestly it's such a small qualm amongst a sea of green ticks so I don't even really care 🤷‍♀️

I can't tell you how much I *adore* this series which has been such a delightful surprise - they keep throwing twists and turns at the viewer and ramping it up story-wise.

And Ms. Wireless Charger and Mr Pokemon's chemistry has never faltered - it just kept building and it's off-the-charts now. I never was a fan of Song Kang but this drama may well have changed my mind regarding his acting chops.

These episodes were slower but I think it kinda made sense to make the couple stronger. After all, "I'm ready to die for you" just after one kiss would have been a little bit exaggerated. But they spent a lot of time together now.

I'm curious how Do-Hee will get her inheritance back.

Madame Ju had secrets and clearly she failed with her son, but he seems to have psychopath tendencies...

I'm happy that Seok-hoon is the not the bad guy, I hope he won't do anything stupid. He saw Gu-Won saving Do-Hee after all. And he trusted the wrong person...

Waking up to this was a pleasant surprise. Thank you, alathe. I am so happy to finally be early to a "My Demon" recap.

To be honest, I was so ready to get another Heartbeat. Phew.

Highlights:
1. That whole drunk scene was just gold. I don't know the name of the actress that plays Secretary Shin, but I love her so much here. Her, screaming in the office store in embarrassment.... don't drink too much, kids. I am still waiting for the Park-Shin ship to sail.
2. The kiss and everything after. I knew Song Kang would deliver. I am also impressed by Kim Yoo jung. By the way, I love her hair SO much. I feel like K-drama female leads rarely ever have hair that long. Is it just me?
3. The Wild Dog gang, sorry I mean Perilla Leaf Seeds and Scallions gang. They are almost too loyal. Cleaning up the Sunwol Foundation and terrifying the employees in the process. With followers like these, who needs haters. They get A+ for effort, though.

Other things:
1. JIN GA YOUNG: I can't believe she gave DoDoHee poison while begging her to kill herself..............Meanwhile when Jung gu won walked into the fire, she didn't follow him. I thought she was all about sacrifice. 😒 Maybe Seok Hoon will finally calm down.
2. NOH SUK MIN: I never thought Do Gyeong would be the killer because he has always been too prone to fits of anger. The killer had to be someone calm enough to swap pills in the middle of the night. So Noh Suk Min makes sense. This man is seriously so creepy and him branding his son......No wonder his wife always looks like she wants to run.

Can't wait for next week's episodes.

Thanks, @alathe! Yes, the relationship has been built up well and both actors have done a nicely nuanced job of showing their developing, seesawing emotions - unlike a couple of other current shows where *snap* they’re in love, without showing us enough of how or why. I was thinking back to the moment in episode 4, right before the tango, when DH angrily says to GW "I'm human. I’m a person with emotions, not just a charger for ..." then turns and he's not there. But I'd bet he hears her.

So the tattoo-swap mechanism appears to be both being willing to die to save the other and consciously acting on that willingness. I had expected to see a bit more of the Joseon backstory (can’t call it past life, because GW is still living the same one) by now to show how he got it in the first place, but there’s 6 episodes to go. Maybe that past-life story will also add some dimension to Ga-young, because she’s monotonous and tiresome.

Sister Su-ahn, desperately trying to think her way out of a wet paper bag while her horrid children riot, continues to be my favorite family member - not that there are any great choices. Looks like brother Suk-min has literally become a devil; who wants to place a bet (with God) that he’s sold his soul for power either in this life or a past one?

It’s going to be tough to wait two weeks for more of this diabolically delicious nonsense - and for the next set of ah-mazing outfits on the leads.

I accept a demon’s existence and his extraordinary lair but can’t believe anyone and I mean anyone would confuse sugar with salt. That old and tired trope from TV just doesn’t die, does it? And, alathe, it won’t be good for your BP to eat that cake so don’t even say it in jest!

The beach scene trauma is real. After HEARTBEAT I was holding my breath, thankfully no one died yet? Is the devil cigarette pack real? That would be funny if it were tho
Su-Ahn is goals, she’d be my pick for chairman lol

@alathe thanks again for another great recap.
I thought Ep 10 would end on a cliffhanger with both the leads in water, but thankfully the writer wrapped up the tattoo/demon's fading power issue. I still do not think we are completely done with this storyline because the ultimate goal seems to be a set up for him to turn human.

Ep 9. had a slow pace and as much as I enjoyed the OTP and am willing to watch hours of them just be pretty, I just am not interested in the chaebol stuff and the villain. Noh Suk Min is creepy, but he is not exciting. I don't really feel the danger from or cleverness in his character. Maybe, it is the writing or acting or both, but instead of adding salt to the cake, the writer/director should have added them to the villain and the bland second leads.

Thank you alathe for your early and fabulous recap. 
I give this show my bean of squee as there were quite a few wonderful moments in these episodes between the leads. 
It has been really lovely to watch the characters evolve and communicate. 
Like alathe mentioned it all seems so natural as the actors are very comfortable with one another, there is no awkwardness between them and the falling in love seems so real. 
I love that the FL is proactive when obstacles are thrown in her way and she doesn’t mess around doing silly things.
The ML is also doing a fantastic job creating the right balance with his character. I haven't seen him in anything else but will definitely try another of his shows. 
 I’m not interested in all the family politics and wish we could skip over it quickly. There has been an ‘evil family member’ trend this year that has been overdone on too many shows so they loose their impact.  
These episodes reminded me a lot of Goblin and I only hope that they can keep up the great work for the rest of the run for the show to become another classic. 
Do Do hee’s secretary and her red soled high heels suit her character so well. 

So my guess that SukMin's wife is our main villain turned out wrong. I got right that the son was indeed spying on the parent by mirroring their phone.

I'm glad the 'losing his powers' plot wasn't stretched till the end. I would any day take a incorrigible demon over a weak one. Onwards to DoHee getting her inheritance and GuWon getting his human memories back!

Now that’s how you write a love story!

Absolutely @alathe! As soon as the car went a-crashing in, I was ready for the reversed salvation and it didn't fail to deliver. Not a moment's hesitation from Gu-won to lay down his life for hers and the absolute trust communicated when they looked at each other after Do-hee woke up. That was possibly my squee moment for 2023...

"The next morning, Gu-won is determined to out-husband every husband ever to husband, or make everyone cringe trying."

He's new at this. A+ in effort.

Ga-young, let her attachment and emotions get the best of her. She really wanted to save him at all costs, but her efforts were misguided because she didn't know the full picture of the situation or how to fix it.

Seok-hoon-I hope he now sees that Gu-won is truly on team Do-Hee and not out to hurt her like he has been led to believe. He is the perfect and only person with the ability to infiltrate that evil family and cause all sorts of trouble as a true ally of our couple.

Thank you so much for your recap ❤️❤️.
I adore my beautiful funny and loving couple moments and rewatched those segments a lot.The transitions interrupted the emotional rise or intensity in certain scenes,but maybe that’s just me. Gnat-young is insufferable and unhinged 🤬; well I won’t be surprised if her past self caused the death of Wolshim (Do-Hee). Let us all remember that Seo Hoon and Gnat Young declare how they “love” one of our beautiful couple but did nothing;zero attempt to enter the building to save either Gu Won or Do-Hee whereas Gu Won (while in despair) had to shove the annoying Gnat Young outta the way so he can actively and selflessly save his wife by entering the inferno. I swear it looked like Gu Won was teary with happiness that he was able to save Do-Hee during the final scene.
Thanks to the preview Yi-SUN & WOLsim as in the Sunwol Foundation

I feel like ep 10 kinda dragged until the end, now I'm interested again. Is it me or is God kind of callous? Not like the God Christians believe in, lol

I haven’t seen this week’s episodes yet but this sounds like fun. Can’t wait.

Ga-young Hit the new low for second female leads. It’s one thing to obsess over the male lead, to feel entitled, to cross the line, decide for the male lead etc, but handing over poison was new!! Really?? How was she ok with asking someone to just take poison and die?? She needs to be kicked to the curb.

I thought episode 9 was too draggy. I don’t mind OTP scenes but without much plot movement it just felt boring after a point. Ep 10 on the other hand was amazing.

I am so relieved that the elder Oppa is the devil. A reveal at this point seems right and no stress. I worried unnecessarily about the 2ML.

I wonder where the show will go from here!!
But we got our demon powers back!! YAYYYY! Together they are now going to be more awesome! Power couple indeed!

Is the son dead?? are we back to chaebolism and power struggle? So is the demon going to protect the humans from the devil chairman??

_"...and Bok-gyu… uh, gets distracted by the moon before he can stop Secretary Shin from faceplanting. An attempt was made"_

Hahahahahaha. Nope. No no. No Attempt was made At All. Bok-gyu completely forgot that she was there when he saw the full moon. These two are just too funny.

The romantic scenes between the leads was great. But sorry, I didn’t think the drinking scenes were cute. It wasn’t funny, the acting was OTT and it didn’t move the story forward. Maybe because I’ve seen so many of them recently (thanks welcome to samldalri) that I’ve had enough. The only good thing about it was Gu Won’s expression and attitude.
As bad as he was, psoriasis guys end was horrifying.
For all my whining above, after the end of episode 10 I was like “Gawd that’s good television “ 😀

“Bitter meets bland” almost makes me want to invent a cocktail called The Second Lead if it didn’t sound so terrifically unappealing. Still, it’s a good name. Maybe it could be a riff on a Last Word?

Anyway! I suspected that the tattoo transfer had more to do with Do-hee’s sacrifice for Gu-won and less to do with the phases of the moon or location, but what I loved about these parallel scenes is that hers happened in the water and his happened in the fire. It’s all very them, and I am elated at how well they are keeping up the opposites-but-equals motif.

I found Ga-young slightly more interesting this week, when she said that what she liked about Go-won is his lack of humanity. It’s very telling that she found his self-interested, empathy-less deal-making refreshing compared to humans, and it makes me able to imagine how she ended up the way she is. No sympathy for Seok-hoon though! He’s going the classic gaslighting route (“You can’t possibly know what’s best for you!”) after doing absolutely nothing about his crush for years. *yawn* As far as I’m concerned, the farther he goes down the evil road, the more interesting he will be.

I’m so glad our leads straight-up ignored him so far! Literally everyone, including god, was telling them that they couldn’t pull this off but as ever they have all underestimated what an amazing couple we have on our hands. Not that I think we’re totally out of the woods yet, but if the next episode features an adorable told-you-so dance I will watch it on repeat.

Yes,they are probably the most good looking n stunning OTP on any kdrama,i have seen so far…Now that the ML regained his powers,i just hope d FL won’t always be a LID(lady in distress) as this is a tiresome trope.It is well written that she’s a smart,passionate n strong FL that can stand on her own.. so dear writers don’t make her a LID most of d time..Thanks to the writers,i really enjoy this delightful drama..

The best thing about this show is the leads. They have great chemistry and very visually appealing separately and together.
I really hope they make the side characters more fleshed out for this show to be great. But if it never happens, I am fine as long as this two end up HEA after 6 more episodes.

send Ga young off to France, please.
some aspects of the drama feel rushed
but im glad Gu Won has his powers back.
now they can go after the killer again

Alathe...thanks, a great recap of a good show, with a stand-out couple. Enjoying it for their love sparkles, as well as their hot sparks, and the way they 'mostly' collaborate in deciding their fate together. I was worried when she was writing the postcard that both of them would bail on each other; that she would leave the card and take the poison, or he would jump in the car and head for a deep dive into the ocean alone. The pre-accident scene with Bad Dad and Sick Son was horrible, especially seeing the the Mom put on her headsets to block out the sounds of her son's screams. Ugh. As for the fire scene, maybe this is too small too mention, but I was taken out of the drama a bit by the pacing. Gu Won's slow stilted walk into the building was frustrating to watch, almost as if the show had shifted to slow motion. I wanted him to 'dash to her aid'. Yes likely it was safer to enter slowly, but when you're in love, 'full speed ahead' in spite of the danger would seem more normal for him. Same when he fell after being hit by a falling timber & collapsed 'just' close enough to reach for her hand. At that point I was aware of the writer's presence in the scene, trying to make things look like coincidence when he had to grope haltiingly for her hand; but I think we all knew this scene was clearly laid out so he would touch 'the tattoo'. I just remember thinking that I shouldn't be wondering why the writer wrote it that way and it shifted me away momentarily from the scene. A tiny flaw, but just enough to create a small mind gap before I was flooded with relief when he carried her out of the building. Now that our handsome demon has taken a shot with the dice of fate, I wonder if it will be him or Do-hee that makes the next toss with 'God-lady' about their future, or maybe even a visit to their past? Either direction would be fun.

I love how adorable our couple is together, but whose idea was it to put Dohee and her nine-inch heels on a tandem bike...skill, but wtf nonetheless. Also Gayoung is annoying as hell, and I'm worried that the villain plot will fizzle out now that we know who it is...