Thank alathe for a much needed laugh today.
Ive only just started your recap but this made me laugh sooooooo much, many thanks - "Instead, he hovers on the margins of Do-hee’s life. If one were being uncharitable, one could technically call it stalking."
I will get back to reading now :)

I'm only halfway through reading this but have to say alathe you have really excelled and out done yourself with this recap, I am giggling no end.

Well that's that then.
The last few episodes were a minefield of plot holes.
I was disappointed that they cut and pasted a couple of key moments from Goblin which cheapened this for me.
The first half to three quarters of the show were the strongest and as alathe mentioned they managed to put a fresh spin on some tropes, being quite unique in a way so I'm mystified why they couldn't end this well.
I'm also left underwhelmed with the two leads meeting again, it was really anticlimactic.
Well, I could say that about both episodes really.
Was Ga-young leaving but never actually leaving an inside joke? I think even the script writer was having a laugh as she was supposed to go to America but then in the last episode she was going to the UK.
For a human Suk-min had nine lives, the villain that you could never actually get rid off which just became ridiculous.
Overall though I have to say it was an enjoyable watch, two very pretty, well dressed actors, some great banter, a fabulous tango scene with the fabulous mobsters (shamefully underused) and moments of lovely cinematography.

Instead of "disappearing" couldn't the ML have explained to the FL at the beginning of 15 why he made that deal with her father?

And if the FL were a fast thinker, she could have spun the other way and had her magic immortal true love take the bullet since he wouldn't be hurt anyway.

Oh well, despite all that it was my favorite Kim Yoo-jung show -- in the past the parts of her shows I liked the best were when they did the time skip and she was replaced by the grownup.

Rewatching a few minutes from here and there while waiting for the finale made me realize that without all the loooooong gazes, slow-mo struts, and flashbacks, each episode would have been at least 30% shorter - but also significantly less pretty, and let's face it, "look at the pretty!" was 50% of the plot and 80% of the enjoyment anyway. That's just math. The ending was a cheat, but at least it was “we already sort of told you this was a possibility but downplayed and never explained it” instead of “we pulled a brand-new rule out of absolutely nowhere.”

How many times did Ga-young say goodbye? I started to think it was supposed to be a recurring joke, except there was no hint of humor. And after all that, she didn’t leave! I hope that little girl finds an angel who's better at keeping her word.

Eh, I went in with low expectations and watched only for some fun and eye-candy, and I certainly got that.

Thanks @alathe for the recaps. I am not disappointed by the finale because I just wanted to see the two leads' pretty face in pretty clothes and get a happy ending for the OTP. I am not even ashamed to say it because there is so much shit happening in real world and dramas like these give our stress a break.

As much as the show got repetitive with Ga Young's goodbye, I liked the closure given to her story as an angel out to save little kids. The flasback scenes of her past intersecting with the current one was a great way to show circle of life.

If I need to complain about one thing then it would be that I was missing the wacky humour in the last four episodes.

Between the pretty sincerely literal deus ex machina going on (she's in front of a giant clock anyway), and a dramatic scene, told during the Christmas season, where there ends up being "no room at the inn" for our FL's parents on the day of her birth--but then *TWIST* her life is saved by a DEMON, ugh--I have to say that the writing of episode 16 (in particular) of My Demon made me truly and honestly furious.

Why the scenes of them fighting like children in their marriage? Why was there so much skipping? Like as in tra-la-la skipping, not (just) narrative timeline shenanigans? In what manner can we even come close to taking seriously Do-hee's philosophical voice-overs in the final ten minutes? What the Hades is in those artificially-colored PPL drinks? Hallucinogens? Also, a bonafide diet drink PPL associated with jokey Size ZERO Christian-themed diet book??? Seriously, what the actual fuck, show.

So, knowing that must be folks who authentically liked this drama, please accept my contribution here today as one for Future Beanies™ who are deciding whether or not to watch My Demon by listening to those who emphatically would NOT recommend this drama. I adored this drama in its first few weeks. Adored it. About week three, I was skeptical, but I really, REALLY started to dislike this drama a few weeks back. It completely lost its way both in terms of its humor and in terms of its plot--and began wandering around in the wilderness of how attractive the leads are. I felt that the way it concluded was so asinine that I think I lost brain cells.

I’m also with @Elinor. I never want to see Ga-young say goodbye again--she did it at least twice in episode 16 alone--but I bet she'll be coming to me in my dreams at this point to do so. Oh, hello, young lady! Here you are to say goodbye again! Fantastic.

Thanks for brilliant and delightful recaps throughout @alathe! I have to agree with you that the ending was not very fulfilling. You are right that we feel let down precisely because the writing has been so good for the most part. I have to admit though that I felt the writing dip right after episode 10. I am also not sure if the Christmas break helped the show. I felt the zing of the show and even my interest in it drop immediately after it. Maybe it was the fact that emotional and sexual tension between the leads decreased? I also found the multiple times that the leads died/almost died/disappeared/then combusted but not really a little frustrating. Towards the end, you just knew that Jung Guwon would come back again and even though you obviously wanted a happy ending, it wasn't as satisfying! Nevertheless, the overall good writing, the zingy humour and the beauty of our leads will always be special. And yea...that tango scene was legendary!

That was a good closure (in my book at least, coz I never expected MORE from this drama). I'm happy for our OTP and I am touched by Jin Ga-young finding fulfillment ❤. Seok-hoon looked dapper as the chairman 👌. Goodbye, My Demon! You were my weekly refuge 🥲.

This show never had plot for 16 episodes and it really showed at the end...

This drama was very pretty but never really developped the different characters and themes. It rested a lot on the actors.

The villain wasn't really interesting when they really could develop his relationship with his mother.

Kim Yoo-Jung is the one who saved the drama for me. She was stunning in her different outfits and did really well in the comedic and sad scenes. I loved every of her scenes with Madam Ju!

Song Kang did well as a puppy in love and had chemistry with KYJ. But for the rest, he was lacking. He never was ominous as demon or looked like old inside but young outside.

Lee Sang-Yi's acting skills were completely wasted. His character had nothing to do.

Ga-Young's character brought nothing to the story. She made more time to say goodbye than an idol saying goodbye to his fans when he leaves for army...

Heo Jung-Do was very funny in this role. It's weird to see him as a King ni Knight Flower now 😅

Definitely expected the subpar ending, in the same vein as Goblin, and lo and behold. Enjoyed it for what is was, but...meh

Thank you, Alathe, for all your joyously funny recaps and sensitively worded critiques. You make watching kdramas even more fun!
Just want to say I loved a lot of this show. Really! Loved the pretty, enjoyed the push and pull of the romance, and will never forget that tango! But that final episode…! How could they drop so many balls?? Among other things, the pacing was weirdly out - surely the climax should have been Guwon’s return? Why throw it away for no gain at the start of the next episode, leaving nothing more to say? Do-hee should have fought to get him back - how about gambling with God for Gu-won ‘s return? Now that would have been fun! Sigh for what might have been.

In the vast array of K-Dramas I've watched recently, some had serious flaws, including plot holes you could drive a Truck-Of-Doom through and utterly terrible, anti-climactic endings. So, in comparison to the competition, for me, MD was mostly very good, with moments of excellence. 

From a writing perspective this felt like a show that had actually been fully plotted out, which helped a lot (honestly sometimes it's like 'Lost' all over again, where K-Drama writers appear to make it up as they go along and we remember the Rules of the World they established better than they seem to...).

What I loved:
* The 'my love language is sarcasm' relationship between Do Do-Hee and Madam Ju
* The quirky (but not in a forced, try-hard way) developing romance between the Secretaries. 
* The farcical gangsters (although their leader had none of the serious 2ML charisma of Wok of Love's bad boy)
* the rivals to friends dynamic between ML Gu-Won and 2ML Seok-Hoon (a classic trope but done well here with Gu-Won's believable narcissism 'I know you're obsessed with me'- lol)
* The way the direction, production design and performance often really enhanced the storytelling (there were some seriously sumptuous visuals here - The Tango scene is legendary) Our 'really, really, ridiculously good looking' leads (as Zoolander would say) obvs help with this too. 

What didn't deliver for me:
* The 2FL character of Ga-young. Oh my. All the shouting and screeching! K-Dramas, we really need to stage an intervention in how you treat 2FLs in general.
The 2MLs usually get to be really nice, charming guys who are also attractive but just with worse hairstyles than the ML, but the 2FLs are too often sexist stereotypes of 'hysterical', 'bitchy ' women who do as the Patriarchy tells them and only view other women as 'competition'. They are 2-dimensional at best and frankly exhausting to watch.

If you can't write these characters properly, I'd prefer we have secondary female characters who are the friends of the Female Lead (like in King The Land KTT) instead, please and thank you!. 

The ending didn't make me want to smash my TV screen with a baseball bat (some have!) but it did feel quite 'flat' and there were definitely a few more minor issues that really bugged me. 

Why was Gu-Won suddenly unable to speak? (this started in the 'spontaneous combustion' scene). He just looks at her with a tone-inappropriate smile as she falls apart in front of him. If the idea was that he 'couldn't' speak as his body was burning away it would have been good to see him try and fail. Otherwise it seemed weird/heartless. 

It was almost worse when he reappeared on the beach and again just gawks at her like a stunned mullet for ages. He doesn't even look particularly happy to be there. That was a real build-up to a disappointing let down moment.

PS - On a MUCH more minor note, OCD me found his half-rolled up roll-neck/turtle neck when they...

the drama lost itself in being a caretaker for the secondary characters and neglected the spunk of the mains

Thank you @alathe for the wonderful recap. I've looked forward to and enjoyed your recaps every week and it has been one of the highlights of this show for me.

The drama peaked at episode 4 for me. It had everything, budding romance, tension between the leads, great comedy, some heavy moments. It still did well until episode 10, IMO but the Christmas break did some sort of weird black magic to it. When it came back it was much weaker and very very boring. I still persisted, because I knew we were going to get a 'happy ending' one way or another.

The last episode made me smile in a nostalgic way, but to be honest, I have very minimal standard for last episode, make them live together, close all sub plots (even without logic) and add some sunshine and bubbles to end it all, I am happy. It's akin to the feeling of reading the last 10% of a book and realizing that you've reached the finish line (even if you wish you'd never picked up that book in the first place). So I guess I was happy because I had stuck through 16 eps than because of the actual ending itself.

I am completely bewildered by the train wreck that the second half of most Kdramas are. I mean, what is even going on in those writers' minds! I am pretty sure we, as viewers, can come up with 5 different versions of the second half, each having more logic than what we actually got. I think I can count with one hand the number of dramas that have a stronger second half compared to the first half. It is even rarer than dramas that are consistent from episodes 1 to 16. I hope this isn't because of more shows being on Netflix or because they're making the shows for 'international audience'.

I enjoyed this drama overall. There was so much sugar in Ep 16 that I think I got diabetes.

For everyone disappointed. Austin and Justin are available to take your calls.

The writing had both good and bad points.

Good:
- Information planning. With details and foreshadowing echoed throughout the drama.
- Some good comic scenes.
- A good dynamic at the start, between the two main characters.
- Good scene transitions.
- Ideas for visuals or emblematic moments.
- A high concept with potential.

Bad:
- Insufficient outline from episode 7 onwards, giving the idea that the writer establish the beginning and cliffhanger of the episodes, and no strong moments in between. And so it's completed during the writing. A fatal error leading to fillers, slow, boring or pointless scenes.
- Too many stand-alone scenes for secondary characters, which don't serve the main characters or the plot.
- Plot-holes, sometimes big ones. Guy surviving in a car exploding. Guy surviving fall from a skyscrapper. Guy said dead on TV, when nobody saw his corpse or witnessed his fall/death.
- Deus Ex-Machina.
- Failed, heavy-handed or slapstick comedy scenes. Grotesque out-of-the-blue moments, like the Tango scene, which took me out of the story as much as it was the first easy idea that came along.
- Additional characters and situations, often pointless and clichéd, like the gang of thugs.
- A high concept that could have been better developed to provide more substance and twists. Here, we have confusion between Christian and non-Christian principles. An irrelevant deity.
- Questionable morality: Do Hee's father ends up in hell for trying to save his child and wife, without warning about effect of the pact. Here we don't speak about sacrifice life, but going into hell for eternity! But no further mention on this in the story.

Thanks for the recap. I dropped the drama after this scene: when he puts the villain out of action, but turns his back on him. Then the villain goes for his gun and shoots Do-Hee. The "turn your back on the villain and wait for him to recover and attack" insufferable stupid cliché. Unforgivable.

The show started off well and was fun and lost its way towards the end.
What was the point of god constantly saying they won’t interfere with fate and did exactly that in the end? I was half expecting him to be reborn as a human or something along those lines.
And what was the point of psycho Hyung? I am surprised he came after Do Hee and demon and not his wife who ‘betrayed’ him.
The whole angst felt unnecessary since they forgot why they had gotten angsty in the first place.
The gang and dog were the best part of last two episodes.
Well, I earned my bean.

Did I read somewhere that this was the same writer as Mr. Queen or did I dream it?

As much as I wanted to adore My Demon profusely, I found myself being mildly bored for the best part of the second half of the drama.... and perhaps some parts in the first half. Is my Grinch's heart of icy, cold stone even colder than usual?

Nope. I blame the writing (in doubt, always blame the writing). My Demon, you could have been so so soooo much better, wittier, and fun. Dare I say logical too? Hell yes, I dare. Even in hell, I demand some sense of logical plotting, pretty please. As devilishly handsome as Song Kang is and meltingly gorgeous Kim Woo-jung looks in anything (okay, perhaps not in that huge shoulder-padded black and white jacket with a belt nipping her waist that made her look like a giant patterned Doritos crisp), the pretty here only made it obvious that the plot has turned into an enormous slice of holey gruyere.

Holy feck, that was the hell of a 12-vehicle crash ride of a plot.

I liked this drama an irrational amount. And my feeling at the end wasn’t entirely one of disappointment, because we got so many of the things that I wanted, but somehow not at all in the way I wanted.

I totally agree with @alathe that we needed to see more of Do-hee having complicated feelings about Go-won in episode 15. The show established that as the reason she was now “in hell”, and showed her being a bit horrified at the sight of Gu-won collecting a soul, but then as soon as he left she just missed him and that was it. Certainly that should be one of her feelings, but not the whole thing. I did love seeing him hovering around her though - for all its ridiculousness this show also brought me along on the aching bits.

This was probably my mistake, but I didn’t actually realize that the rule about not killing people and the rule about not bringing people back were two sides of the same coin. I thought that he would burn upon killing someone, but that it was beyond his power to bring them back. If I had known that better, that scene would have been way more impactful for me, but again I think this one is on me. It was still pretty great (I loved the way he was looking at her as he burned!) but my tormented enjoyment was tinged with confusion, which isn’t ideal.

I liked that he came back on Christmas! He was so down on it before, and now he and Jesus will share a birthday hahaha! I was never not expecting him to come back though, so that undermined the tension of that scene a bit. And this brings me to one of my major issues: Gu-won is still a demon at the end. I was absolutely confident he would not be. They even teased it in ep 16! They had him reading from the manual that a demon is just like a human without their powers! I thought at first that god would bring him back as a human, but when she didn’t I assumed that he would continue to work for her for ten years to pay off the debt (going around reuniting old couples and curing cancer while also chasing down child abusers and redeeming low-level thugs) and then he would lose his powers and be a normal human. There were so many good scenarios! How could they pick none of them? So now our leads are going to be together for a handful of decades, she will die, and he will be not quite back where he started but pretty close. Koreans must have a much higher tolerance for this kind of happy-for-now ending than I do because this is a consistently difficult pill for me to swallow.

I still like this drama an irrational amount, but it’s a little bit in spite of these last episodes than because of them, and that’s a shame.

@alathe, your recaps have been a triumph - thank you. Like you, I loved much of My Demon and really enjoyed watching it each week. However, it did go downhill; for me, after the gas station scene. That was epic, and then the show suddenly wasn't anymore...

After the turtleneck fiasco, my biggest point of irritation was evil hyung. No, I can't accept he survived that fall unless he was an experienced high diver, and then burning his own face off was just ridiculous. They really should have had him come back as a demon for a face-off with Gu-won - coming back as human was merely stupid.

The idea of Ga-young becoming a defender of abused children felt suitably fitting - alas, it failed to have full impact because I had grown cold to her and her irritating ways over the course of the drama. There was so much more to be done with this character. Same with the gang - so much potential and laughs at the start (the 5m rule was so good!) but then the writer didn't know what to do with them. Their reaction to Gu-won coming back fell flat cos I'd ceased to be interested by them.

The drama's God figure was such a mess - she never seemed to believe or hold to anything consistently. I really have no idea what the writer was trying to say there. The final cake was a further let down - after the magnificent red delight in ep1, what was that feeble exhibit in ep16? Single-layer with frosting that only a toddler would be proud of??? Ouch.

But, I love me some overly dramatic salvation tropes, and the Goblin-esque repetitions (which also brought LBFD to mind) just roll past me and the stars in my eyes. That's what I'll probably remember 6 months down the line, so content with the drama although not delighted.

I really liked the first two episodes. The combination of humour, dark and dramatic entrances and a demon acting demonic seemed to be what I wanted to see.
However, once Do-hee and Gu-won became a couple, I quickly lost interest so I dropped this drama a few weeks ago. The rest of the plot just wasn't captivating enough.
I thought it was a shame, but reading the comments here confirms that it was the right decision.

I didnt have high expectations for this drama and it still disappointed me lol good that other beanies had a better experience

I really (and quite irrationally) loved a lot of this drama. Mostly I just really loved the chemistry between the leads, and seeing the demon become humanized over the course of the drama. I appreciate it when actors show you know, facial expressions as well. I think I have seen too many dramas with idols lately whose faces (though attractive) have one and only one expression. It was refreshing to see a variety of expressions--love, hilarity, horror, etc.--on their faces. And can I say again? I loved their chemistry.

I also could get behind the point the drama made about not blaming fate or God for the natural consequences of your own choices. We all make choices every day, and that creates our future. For a good part of the plotline, the writers followed their own advice. So when we got to ep 15, I felt like they'd set things up for a satisfying ending. And then instead of tripping the dominoes they'd laid out...they all sat down for birthday cake, instead! Or...something. I'm glad there was a reason Guwon could come back (the result of his bet with God). But the way it came off was a bit anticlimactic. Also, like someone else here mentioned, I don't think they underlined the two key rules enough: if you kill someone, you burn up, AND if you save someone, you burn up. I thought it wasn't physically possible for him to bring someone back to life, so it felt out of nowhere when he did. And, since I didn't know it meant he was deliberately sacrificing himself for her, it didn't hit me as hard as the writers were probably hoping.

My thoughts before going into the ending were that Guwon would ultimately turn human again, and the Wild Dogs/Perilla Seeds would finally become useful by defending him against Evil Oppa. Who would either become a demon himself (he was pretty much more of a demon than our actual demon), or be dragged down to hell. (We could have suddenly found out that he'd made a past contract as well.) However, that didn't happen. Guwon is back as a demon. Er...and what happens when Do Do Hee is 80 and he's still 25? No idea... Meanwhile, Evil Oppa is merely in jail, when erm, we have much stronger punishments available…

Like the gang members, Ga Young was rather underutilized, but still, the moment she went back and accepted the role of “angel” to the little girl who echoed her own past made me tear up. Maybe they should have overtly changed Guwon’s job title when he came back: avenging angel? Because that’s more of what he’s like. I also loved the message of the drama about how every day, our choices can either save or destroy someone. And since life is short, we should spend that time cherishing each other.

But oy. There were just some weird theological leaps of logic here. DDH’s dad is actually going to be in hell forever now, for giving the ultimate sacrifice?? Can’t we give him a reward of a better next life or something? And God (despite heavily invoking Christian symbolism) is still merely watching from...

Seems pretty sad with all the separation. Can’t wait to watch it

So disappointed in the way this show ended! The last two episodes were bad, with the final one being the absolute worst. What a waste of an hour of my life! He comes back like nothing, there is no follow-up to the dad in hell, and then they skip and fight - the end?? Was that child at the end their child? There was absolutely no logic or point to the last episode. What a limp way to end what started out as a really fun and enjoyable series!

I'm not gonna lie, I watched ep 15 but haven't watched 16 yet. I have, like, zero motivation to.

I kept watching just so I could keep reading and enjoying these recaps. So thanks, @alathe.

This was a half-baked drama by a writer who previously wowed me. Occasionally, and especially at the beginning, there were moments of wit, whimsy, and epic romance that raised my expectations. But in the end, there wasn't enough story here to last even 12 episodes. It was a series of beautiful shots of beautiful people being beautiful, with some pyrotechnics and a sword dancer who seemingly couldn't find the exit door despite declaring herself on the way out over and over again. She became a metaphor for the entire drama to me. Or my experience continuing to watch it even though I wasn't truly interested in it past ep. 9.

I will say that this was my favorite Song Kang performance. He lacks gravitas, but he's no longer wooden and can emote believably. I liked him here and he and Kim Yoo-jung had sparky chemistry. Oh, and it was also a pleasure to see her in a truly adult role.

Finally, it was refreshing to see a romance where the happily married leads were affectionate and had a normal sex life.

That's all I've got. On to better dramas.

So, hot take on My Demon from another beanie's fanwall post @sonai regarding what happens AFTER a OTP gets together. I'm linking the post here, but I will also rehash it for those who'd rather not click away.

TLDR; Don't become sticks in the mud after getting together. Also, don't be noble idiots after getting together. Compare My Demon with King the Land for examples of what not to do and what to do.

https://www.dramabeans.com/members/sonai/activity/1522019/?nid=4752822&nidwpc=1523347#acomment-1523347

So the initial question was why some beanies and audience in general will check out as soon as the OTP gets together. I think personally it's a lack of conflict that allows for growth between the OTP. If a drama decides that as soon as the OTP gets together all personality differences are resolved, all mystery about the other is unraveled and they'll be accepting of pretty much no matter what they do, then my interest levels go WAAAAY down.

I think that's exactly what happened here with My Demon. I noticed my interest was up for the first arc, then dipped not after the contract marriage, but after the confessions of mutual love. After that point, not only did the stalker outside conflict die down, but ALSO the conflicts between our two leads. They started out with major differences in character - he beat people up without a second thought. She was a minimalist while he liked his possessions. Once they decided they loved each other, though, there was no further conflict or exploration of what it really meant that she loved an ACTUAL demon until the end of the series. My interest ticked up again when she realized all the clocks were for people who were going to die because they made contracts with the devil. It didn't last super long, however, because she got over it super easily it felt like. Or perhaps I just missed it since I was already no longer invested and using my ff privileges liberally at that point.

This does NOT mean, however, that I want our OTP to become a pair of noble idiots in order to generate conflict. That's the OPPOSITE of growth through conflict and is equally as frustrating. I want them to grow together, not apart.

Finally, having these kinds of conflicts doesn't mean the show can't just be a fun fluffy ride. Take "King the Land" for example. That to me is a great example of a super fluffy, silly show that had plenty of room for our OTP to grow even after they got together. They were very different people with different values and strengths, and instead of brushing over that and saying "eh, now they just don't care since they're in love" they still touched on it while maintaining the majority of the fluffy premise I enjoyed.

@alathe, thanks for the recap !

I will always remember the Tango scene 🥰

This show could have been done in 12 weeks. 16 was overkill, padded as it was with various people asmr-eczema-scratching. Oh well. There were fun moments, mostly in the first half.

Thanks for the recap alathe!

This was a rom-com FANTASY, with emphasis on COMEDY. For a while it tried to preach religion to us, but thankfully it got back on track with the romance and comedy. The fantasy aspect allowed us to easily suspend our sense of believe (ignore plotholes) and just enjoy "the pretty" this drama dished out.

Song Kang seemed to be having so much fun filming that it appeared that he may have burst out laughing just before the directo yelled cut. Seemed like a good sendoff for his military service. There were lots of stars and they upgraded this production.

It was a devilish good time!

Oh yea--can't believe the preference for strawberry cake over devil's food! ;-)

Ignoring these last two episodes (and a few others, boring ep 13 for instance) I've enjoyed this, mainly for the friendly bickering and Ms Shin and Mr Park's romance.

But I was literally squirming in my chair with impatience because episode 16 just didn't want to end. There were a few moments when it could have ended but unbelievably resurrected itself and limped on. Gu won burning up like Kim Shin in Goblin was a blatant steal (despite the constant threats of spontaneous combustion, which always began with his fingertips and not his back). In the end I was shouting at the TV to just get on with it and stop relentlessly playing extra scenes.

A lot of it was fun and the leads were pretty, but for me it started very strongly and ended with a muddled whimper.

loved this show. was it perfect no but what drama is. loved the leads chemistry hoping they make another drama together, maybe a university drama.

I just want to get this out of the way... That turtleneck was so distracting. It is folded differently in every other angle. 🤦‍♀️

Now let me comment on the rest of the episodes, I can't say I like how the show handled the religious aspect of the story. It also fizzled almost midway through. I lost interest ep10 onwards but kept watching since I like the leads. KYJ and SK had chemistry imo and filled the pretty to the brim but the writing left a lot to be desired. It felt like the writer was aiming for Goblin 2.0 but failed since his return back to the living was poorly justified except for a supposed deal with "god". Don't get me started on GuWon being unable to stop that bullet from hitting DoHee. He has his powers back so he couldve prevented DoHee from being hurt. It was just an excuse for GuWon to spontaneously combust ala Goblin so he can return back to the living later.
The show is pretty and at times funny but it didnt give me reasons to love it.

The plot didn't need more episodes, but the world-building did, and the entire show suffered because it laid the foundation for a truly meaningful conclusion but stopped halfway. The show raised important questions, but shrugged off actually answering any of them, even though they were crucial to understanding the story:

What even is Hell in this universe? Bok-Gyu made a deal with a demon and went to hell, but he was reincarnated and made a second deal. Maybe we don't need to worry too much about Do-Hee's dad because Hell is temporary. Maybe Hell is therapy (à la Lucifer). Seems important to know, show.

What is God's deal, anyway? If she originally made demons as human guardians, why does she need Gu-Won out there making hell-deals? She's not overly interested in feeling "human emotions" like compassion (!), but she's so invested in tempting humans into trading their souls that Gu-Won will incinerate if he doesn't meet his quota? Like, what the actual hell? Are we sure she's God?

Exactly how happy are we for our protagonists, who may enjoy some happy years together before Do-Hee dies and re-enter a the reincarnation cycle while Gu-Won continues to work his hellish 9-5? Do we just trust they'll continue to find each other, with Gu-Won twiddling his thumbs for the centuries in between?

Are we satisfied with Gu-Won's conclusion that only truly evil people (as evidenced by rap sheets, I guess) deserve to have their wishes granted? (Again, God, what the hell?)

So much potential to say something meaningful about life, about justice, about sacrifice, and all we got was an insipid and frankly confusing ending.

Overall, I am quite satisfied with the end, and with this drama overall, although lots of stuff could have been pulled off better and explained better (i.e., how the heck did Suk-Min survive that fall, this was so unrealistic, how and what exactly made Gu-Wom come back, what does it really mean that they met in another life, etc.). The leads were fantastic, so cute and the evolution of their love story was beautiful. It was a good balance of comedy, thrill and romance. The epic tango scene will remain among my favorite ever! Lol. A bit unecesserily heavy on the family plot which in the end did not make a lot of sense (we did not have an in-depth look at Suk-Min and his motivations). I am not sure what the drama meant to give commentary on: the message is fuzzy for me for now. I enjoyed the ride and will miss Gu-Won and Do Do hee!

I was stuck on ep. 11 and not sure whether to watch the last five, thinking everything was getting rather dark and sad, and not feeling up for a tragic ending. Having cheated and peeked at this roundup of the last episode, I'll now happily finish it.