Thank you for the recap. As usual your recaps are much more fun than the actual episodes. "The Speeding Motorbike of Fatal Attraction". Well the episodes do anything but speed, however the end is indeed like that forced tight hug which makes us come back for the next. 🤭 😊
Let's see if the drama's future self gives us tulips or a wedding certificate. Just hope we innocent audience are not hurled by the drama into a "dark closet of depression".

I really want to know how are the returning powers of Man-heum and Gwi-ju's linked to the presence (scam?) of Da-hae.

I really liked the Bok family history and the powers of the ancestors. It gives so much depth to our soon to be scammed family and makes us root for them.

"I have never been more uninterested in an OTP as much as I am with Gwi-ju and Da-hae". TBH any OTP will seem bland and flavorless after Baek-Hong but yes this drama is not doing any work to make us invested in, leave alone root for this Bok-Da couple.

Sorry that you are having to recap a drama that is uninteresting to you. No worries we'll keep you company. 🫰

I think it's a drop.

I don't like the ML, he's acting either like a dead man either as a child. I don't understand the logic behind his power, it doesn't look like he went in his past but in Da-Hae's past. The first time, he wasn't with her in the mall anymore, he wasn't up the stairs neither. I don't like Jang Ki-Yong's acting neither. At least, Chun Woo-Hee makes her characters grey and not totally awful.

Yi-Na is the only character I care for and she isn't lucky between her family and school, she deserves at least one happy place.

I am at a loss as to why their powers are called super. If anything they seem to be pretty worthless powers. Enhanced abilities would be a better term. Dong-hee and Yi-na are really the only ones I am interested in so far.

I'm out.
I would say this show is a modern illness itself. The typical "2024 and we're still doing this" kind of sad reality.

1. Da Hee still has no story. No explanation for her situation.
She said that now she's going to start taking care of herself and that she's going to get back what's hers, but I don't know what's hers and I'm not sure if I care. She's charming, because the actress is doing miracles with this character. But that's it. The show refuses to give her anything.

Does she do anything besides being at the gym all day? Is being a model even her true passion? she seems more interested in getting money/a building from her mom.

She's just there being as greedy and self centered as anyone else in this show.

2. But even if Da Hee only cares about herself, it's wild that her mom believes a complete stranger over her.

Halmoni never suspecting Da Hae is the weirdest thing. It makes no sense for her to actually think anyone would be interested in her son. And worse, moving in with them to babysit them before getting married? With the way everyone treats Da Hae?

Da Hae can make her sign any weird document and halmoni would still be like "oh, but it's okay because I saw her in a dream with my ring". Of course she has your ring, she'll probably stole it from you.
Halmoni's logic is hurting my brain.

Trying to win the lottery? What if instead of giving her useless son the gym, she actually hires someone competent for it? We already saw how he runs things in episode 1. Of course they're going bankrupt.

And what is Da Hee doing about the place she got for her ex boyfriend? Is he really paying her back? Why isn't she kicking him out?

3. Da Hae... All she does is cook for In Ha, be scared of fire, and tell Gwi Ju exactly what he has to do when he travels in time (superpowers have never been more boring than in this show).

Has she ever had a scene that isn't about Gwi Ju or that family? She's just one of those female leads that exists only for the male lead. No real identity whatsoever.

@unit, I'm sorry recapping this drama isn't more pleasurable for you.

As for me, I wasn't sure I'd continue after the premier week, but after these two episodes, I appear to be all in. There's something about this show's quirky, dreamy story landscape that has captured my attention--if not my heart quite yet--and made me want to know how these characters all fit together. Even though my viewing experience was very positive, I also concede that this drama is not for everyone. Many of the characters are either emotionally remote or flat-out unlikeable. It sends problematic messages about weight and alcoholism and depression. And sometimes, what I might see as clever, others could just as easily call gimmicky.

Yet, here I am, saying that I'm starting to really love this drama.

There's something about the tragedy of having special abilities that gets me: the ability to go back in time and re-experience happy moments, but not to be able to change the inevitable tragedies occurring at the same time and thus making it nearly impossible to find a purely joyful experience; the ability to see the future in dreams, but only certain aspects of it; the ability to read people's minds, only to discover that most of the time, it's simply better not to know; and finally, the ability to fly, but in exchange, to believe you have no control over your own body. Of course these characters are universally miserable.

At the same time, the show has a very hopeful tone that suggests there is real love and joy to be found, but these people need to get out of their own heads already to find it.

This week, I loved how Dong-hee handled herself after the breakup, especially when she refused to hate and punish Grace for what had happened. At the same time, and more problematically, I didn't agree with her point that she ultimately needs to blame herself. I mean, I get what she was saying--that sometimes in life you have to take responsibility for your own choices and learn how to fix what you wrought--but No, Girl. You are not to blame for the fact that your fiancee treated you differently when you gained weight and then cheated on you. That's allllllll on him.

I'm still not sure how I feel about the main couple, but I do like the swell of music that comes whenever they have a past/future encounter. I am hopeful that we're not speeding towards the typical moment of extreme conflict when the ML finds out the truth about the FL's plans and feels horribly betrayed. Maybe this is naive of me, but I think the show will do something more interesting with the reveal of Da-hae's initial motivations.

These two episodes were much better than the first two. I still find most of the characters extremely unlikeable, but at least I understand FL and ML a bit better now.
At this point, I'm also not very interested in the OTP. That may also be because I find an alcoholic who emotionally neglects his child totally unappealing.

I don’t understand anyone here nor I find them the least bit likeable. Except for In Na. Poor kid! Imagine being born into such a shitty family. Does anyone even care about her? Her dad is a dead beat. Her grandmother terrible. I don’t think I have seen her aunt speak to her once! I hope she finds her place in the world really soon.

After 4 episodes I don’t know what to make of this drama. It was nice to finally see the FL get scared of the super powers but it lasted shortly. And she is back to scamming.

Also, I don’t understand how he can be in the future of her present. Does it mean he can time travel both ways yet he doesn’t know it??
I feel bad for I Na. She is struggling both at home and school. The family is not atypical but dysfunctional.

I should probably drop it. But on a Sleepy weekend afternoon I might end up clicking play again.

This is a drop. This is the most literal and figurative forced romance I have ever seen. There is no why for anything in this drama and everyone sucks everyone. In Yi Na's story they could have made that girl a good friend to her, but instead nasty jealousy. It is so SIGH. I am sad because I want to know what happens with Yi Na, but not enough to finish this trash drama. Thank you for the Recap and I am sorry you are recapping this.

Thanks for the recap @unit. If for no other reason, your shout-out to Moon Jin Bin made me sit up – with the saved head, I did not recognize him.
I’m enjoying the show for the same reasons I enjoyed QoT – it’s a roller coaster with twists and turns in the characters, the classic two families, and their respective histories. I like Da Hae more than Gwi Joo, know nothing about the actors and not interested in their romance. I am hoping that Gwi Joo’s kiss is totally calling her bluff and not some sort of “OMG, I’m falling in love with her.” A few episodes of cat-and-mouse would be fun to watch.
I’m worried about Grandfather Eom Soon Gu and as I looked up his name I realized that in THIS family, the kids were named after Mom, not Dad. The one character who seems to really care about I-na and his own children, but no powers? Writer has some sort of garbage story for him and I suspect it will be Da Hae’s “Mom” trying to seduce him or some other potential betrayal – hope he comes through it unscathed and my overall rating for the show will depend heavily upon his outcome.

I like the weird and fresh tone of the story. Everyone is flawed except Yi-na (yet). I'm watching this to see them how they will find happiness.
Chun woo-hee's acting truly appeals to me and Yi-na is cute.

I was interested in following Yina's journey but not enough to watch the whole thing.

Gwi-ju doesn't have depression, he has PTSD. His symptoms are far better accounted for by that diagnosis. I really find it interesting what the drama is doing with both storytelling and the characters. We find out now that So-yeon was not only about to leave Gwi-ju, but was pregnant with another man's child (how does grandma know that? No idea). I don't agree with that Da-hae has no motivation, the show established that she's essentially trapped. We don't know how she really feels because she doesn't know how she feels, and she won't let herself - but you can see glimpses, like when she told her "mom" that they should find another family to target. I also think she does genuinely care for In-ha, you can see glimpses of that, too. I hated the glasses thing, but hey.

I thought it was interesting too that Dong-hee's boyfriend claims he lost interest in her not because of her weight, but because of her mental state. Which would fall in line with the theory that she can't fly because of that, not the actual physical weight gain.

I just really like the time travel stuff, and how the show is hinting that there is some deeper, more cosmic connection between Gwi-ju and Da-hae.

I'm really enjoying this drama! I don't mind that most of the characters are unlikeable. I'm still drawn into the story and intrigued by the psychological aspects.

I think the primary problem is that this production needs an ML who can generate sizzling chemistry with the FL while still carrying a believable level of trauma and disassociation from his real life/responsibilities. Unfortunately, I don't think JKY is quite up to that task. He's doing a great job with the PTSD, but is less believable with the fated and magnetic connection with CWH.

I, for one, love this show. It's dark and whimsical, but it's got a lot of heart. I can't wait until Gwi-ju grows closer with Yi-na. I expect to shed many tears over our repaired father-daughter relationship. I'm proud of him for overcoming his depression and quitting drinking, at least for Yi-na's sake.

Future Gwi-ju travelling back in time to save past Da-hae is a great twist like my favorite Harry Potter instalment Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Most of us already guessed that he was the man who saved her life whom he reminded her of, so clearly, she wasn't lying. It's hard to see how a con artist can win us over, but I do believe that Da-hae is genuine in her interactions with Yi-na. I loved when she reassured Yi-na that her dad didn't try to kill himself, and I teared up when she tied her jacket around Yi-na's waist. Obviously Da-hae saved Gwi-ju from drowning, so deep down, she's good person. Even our con artist family doesn't seem inherently evil, especially Uncle Roy.

Offensive fatsuit aside, Dong-hee is my favorite character. I love the blunt way she speaks and the way the siblings fight like cats and dogs. I cheered when Dong-hee caught Da-hae putting sleeping pills in her mom's tea since Yi-na would have never exposed Da-hae. Claudia Kim (Soo-hyun) is such a good actress. Her acting is so natural, and she's so tall, almost at Jang Ki-yong's height. Dad is precious. Please protect him at all costs.

Yi-na has the most useful superpower, but at the same time, knowing people's true thoughts must be extremely burdensome. I had guessed that her power would be invisibility like her teacher said. Yi-na's life is so sad, so I can't completely hate Da-hae because she's at least feeding her proper meals. Yi-na's mom better not have killed herself with her daughter in the car; it better have been an accident. Thank you, Moon Woo-jin's agency, for continuing to get him cast in these heartbreaker roles. He was the best thing in Castaway Diva.

Thanks for the weecap, @Unit!

The OTP is supposed to feel off, since they are not only forced to live together, but eagerly pushed towards being in love - that is, Gwi-ju is supposed to be in love, and he is just not there, and less so for being expected to fall. And Da-hae is just expected to go through the motions, while on the side of her scamming she is a lot more confused than usual. But not in love, as yet.
Actual love will have all that forced proximity and all those lies to overcome. Mixed with some sexual attraction, that would still not have made Gwi-ju kiss her, if he hadn't just been told he had proposed to her with retroactive effect.

I will stick with this for a little longer but as Unit pointed out in her review I too was expecting to like this so much more than I do. I'm not hating it however I am finding myself feeling utterly exhausted by the episode's end. No need to slip a sleeping pill into my tea.

I got so confused by the whole time-travel thing in these eps, my brain hurt at the end from trying to figure it out. So now... I've decided to shelve the deciphering and just watch the show at surface level until I can catch on.

It's still all a bit perplexing to me though, as to what they actually used their powers for earlier. Did they do any good with them, or was it just a skill they had, like swimming - you can do it, but don't go out rescuing drowning people just because you know how to...

All said, there's something mesmerising about the show that I can't look away from... Is it the absolutely trippy background music, watching Da Hae's change of heart, or I Na coming into her powers, or last but most importantly, Jang Ki Yong with dripping wet hair? Whatever... Colour me entranced for now.

To show the power of Dramabeans, or at least my susceptibility to powerful Dramabeans influencers @laurensophie @elinor @vienibenmio and @ceciliedk , I had seriously contemplated dropping this show, but watched these two episodes after reading the comments. And, although I am very sympathetic to those who dropped it, and still don’t appreciate Jang Ki-yong’s acting, and certainly don’t like the character he is playing, I’ve swung around to those who find this show really interesting and very much worth continuing.

Its not that the concept itself is stunningly original. Obscure superpowers are pretty commonplace in comic books, as is the idea of superpowers as metaphors for real life characteristics. Even the Disney Film the Incredibles did that pretty well (the Mom stretched thin, the daughter built a protective shell, the toddler was energetic, etc.)
Others have mentioned how it draws on Parasite, in the idea of a conning poorer “family” (although in this one they are actual criminals rather than poor people whose invisible labor allowed them to insinuate themselves into rich people's lives, so its not quite the same powerful social commentary as the movie.)

But this show definitely puts a commenting spin on the atypical powers, with idea that the superpowers are both representative and weakened by diseases of modern life-roles. Since I don’t have @vienbenimo’s expertise, I would not have pegged the ML’s “power” as a specific disorder. But I do think at the very least his time traveling is a metaphor for misguided, and somewhat arrogant male sense of “responsibility” that is in fact is more damaging than protecting-- along with, (to give men like this credit)-- a more positive desire to make a difference in the world. The Grandmother, who’s future dreams became focused simply on providing money for her family, after she concluded it was no use trying to use them to change things; the daughter, who is weighed down by her sense of failure in a society that judges women by their looks and charisma; and the granddaughter, an adolescent so sensitive to what other people think of her that she hopes to be invisible and not reveal herself or her powers to anyone-- all are recognizable modern characters even with superpowers aside. The fact that narcissistic self-absorption has undermined their powers is also I think, a modern malady.

As far as the romance, I agree there is not much chemistry, for which, (again I’m sorry, Jang Ki-yong fans) I blame the acting. However, that an exploited victim of criminal loan sharks might awaken a sense of responsibility and revive powers because they will be used for less self-centered ways, is again, an idea that I like. (Also, just to show why I have lost my analytical powers because of a self-centered weakness: Chun Woo Hee is pretty beautiful in this one!)

Also, like @elinor, I like the backing music. It adds a great deal to the individual scenes of the show, so and creates a...

I do like the second two episodes better than the first two. I’m already getting a massive headache from the time slip piece. Although, it is fun to see when in the future he goes back to the past. I’m super invested in the kids’ crush-line. So I’m staying for that. Also, the cinematography of this show is so well done. In episode 3, time stamp 1:02:38-1:05:39. It’s only 3 minutes long. But it tells a huge part of the story.

This scene’s music is just so charming and the cinematography is crazy good. So I took French in college and we watched a lot of French films and learned about French film-making in the process. I say that because I’m pretty sure this director is channeling all the French film-making industry in this scene. The colors are muted, but the brightness of our main leads is supposed to be obvious due to the plot (he can only go back in time where she is, and she’s the only person who can see him and interact with him, and he and only change and manipulate objects that are in color). But it’s still so beautiful. And I can’t get over the music. It’s manifesting this adorable fantasy quality in an otherwise very dark and moody show. I just love the juxtaposition of all of it. And the symmetry of him walking, then her walking, then him being just enough off center to see him following her, but then the end where she is centered and he’s right there next to her gives the viewer the sense that she will “center” him and give him balance and purpose. It’s just great. Anyway, some shows (like this) I watch for this type of thing. And if anyone here actually took film making at some point and can add more, I love this kind of thing. And Jang Ki-Yong is one of my favorite actors too. He’s crazy good. His whole body acting depressed, the slouch, the blank stares, it works for me. His shock at the end of episode 1 in the car and shaking like a leaf emotionally left me in shambles.

Thanks for the recap @unit though I will probably skip your commentary from now o n, but I am still grateful there is a recap. I like this show now, the last 2 eps more than the first. I think it is a fresh storyline and an unconventional, somewhat grey romance (the only type of romance drama I will watch). All the characters are flawed and thus I am eagerly waiting how the show will address that later. Also, since the characters are flawed, all actors have to work hard, and even if a few are not up to the mark, i still appreciate that an effort is made.

I see there is quite some divide on this drama. Whatever you think of it, I am enjoying the freshness of it all. I have been in quite a k drama slump with tired cliched rinse and repeat plots so I will continue to watch and hopefully it won’t go off the rails.

I'm confused about this one..I wanna drop it but can't seem to..I'm not interested in their romance for some reason but curious about their super power.. I know that the reveal won't be that good so I don't know if I should keep watching it. I do like the teenager romance in this. Also this reminds a lot of THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY.

I love this show! The characters are nuanced in a way that makes sense to me -- I understand why they are acting the way they. I think it's doing black comedy more effectively than QoT attempted in its early episodes.

I'm genuinely interested in how all the characters will grow and change through the series and I'm rooting for them. This is more appealing to me than perfect characters in dramas who have superficial flaws - these guys actually do need to change and see the world differently.

I think Chun Woo Hee is doing a fantastic job of someone acting in a particular way because of their circumstances, but who is conflicted about what she has to do because of her debt. Her sister (the trainer) is a bit more amoral but also has a good heart deep down.

Like others I love the music as well. It reminds me of the film Challengers, which uses music in a really interesting/incongruous way.

Can't wait to keep watching and see how it all progresses.

I might be borderline insane, but I do like both Gwi-ju and Da-hae's characters. I'm not sure why but there is something I find appealing in both their stories and their flaws. So, I'll be invested even if nobody else is :)

Given that Woo-Hee is the FL, I am inclined to believe that she'll have been forced into this situation, and that he will indeed have saved her from the school fire by the time we get to the later episodes. If she's had considerable agency and has been lying about almost everything then she'd be hard to redeem. She didn't lie when she said he gave her the flowers, although the wording does imply a higher level of enthusiasm from his side than what actually went down.

Sorry I am late for the party. I don't know if it is just me, but I think the drama is trying to do too much at the same time. I can see it is more like an ensemble drama featuring the stories of the Bok family members.
But too much is going on. The scam, the complicated timetravel, the mystery about the fire accident, Yi-na's mother, Dong-hee's arc, Man-heum hopefully realizing she is wrong, lastly Yi-na's story which is by far the best thing in the show.
The way I see it either the story will fizzle out and shift the focus on Gwi-ju and Da-hae, ignoring the rest of plotlines or give an unsatisfactory ending.
Maybe it is just me, but I hoped the timetravel wouldn't be that complicated. Da-hae past being Gwi-ju future gives Da-hae more window to con him like we saw this week. And that is definitely not what I signed up for.

I'm a week behind because, well, I'm Late as Always.... but I'm in the I-kind-of-love-this-show camp. Particularly love Dong Hee, who is so very smart. And i think the storytelling has been excellent, with information getting dribbled out at just the right pace. I can't tolerate shows where the audience is in on the secret long before the characters are, but this one seems to be doing a good job of letting us find things out fast but not too fast. Agree that the chemistry between ML and FL isn't quite there yet, but I am willing to wait to see if it happens. I also found the eventual reveal that Gwi Ju was unable to stop looping back to the trigger event a pretty convincing explanation for his present condition, though again, I agree that it would be better for him to try a little harder to be a parent. But hey, this is drama, not RL, so i think I Na will be able to forgive and forget once he gets his act together. Also, hooray for Moon Woo Jin!