I know this drama is shorter, but I wish the dad-daughter relationship had more time to develop because it felt like years of neglect, guilt, and sadness were solved in one conversation. with that being said, park soyi killed it!

One aspect of this show I find really interesting is the idea that our understanding of others and the world generally is like a jigsaw puzzle - it takes time to put all the pieces together to get the full picture. 🤔

This is showcased somewhat in the Bok family powers - Grandma only gets glimpses of events in her pre-cog dreams, and her understanding of them changes as she sees more of the same scenes, Gwi-ju can only go back to a 'happy' memory but he discovers there are other things going on that are tragic (such as when he finds the memorial for Da-hae's dad in the hospital), and I-na only hears people's 'fleeting thoughts' which isn't necessarily an indication of how they really feel (especially tragic when hearing her mom's thought about her being born😢). 

I think the writing is trying to do the same thing to us as an audience - give us pieces of the puzzle each week, but never the full picture. That makes things very suspenseful heading into the final two episodes, I just hope that the full puzzle picture will be an uplifting and redemptive one rather than tragic and devastating! 🙏

I'm not willing to accept a tragic ending (whatever the show has in mind!😬) because I cannot deal with I-na losing her only remaining parent, after she finally got to bond with him. That child has suffered enough!

So I've imagined a happy ending version instead,💖 that I will come back to if the show knifes us in the back- feel free to add your own suggestions to this fanfic version :)

I want an ending where the 'I learnt from the best' con artist and her newfound family, finds a way to con death as well. Hwiting! 🤩

Firstly, I'm pinning my hopes for a happy ending twist on the 'powers evolving' idea (based on the story logic set up so far) . 

We've known for a while (e.g. the flowers) that Gwi-ju can take objects with him when he goes back in time. TBH I was frustrated back in the earlier eps that he hadn't experimented more with that - i.e.. try taking a person back with him. 

The show has been (overly) reluctant to show Dong-hee getting her flying power back or seeing that also transform the way Gwi-ju's power has.  Does that mean they are saving it up for a big climactic reveal? In my fan-fic version that is deliberate.

In these eps we saw that I-na was able to give her father his powers back by holding his hand (actual magic or just instilling him with confidence, or a combo?).🎆

What if the final fire scene/save is achieved with the family all working together? I-na 'supercharges' them, then Gwi-ju takes his sister back to the fire with him. She flies him up to the 5th floor open window and he is able to rescue Da-hae.

As to the 'empty coffin' - that could be Gwi-ju being 'stuck' in the past for some reason, or maybe not his coffin at all (we don't get to 'see' this dream, after all, only hear about it). 

I will be seeking solace in the fanfic version where they come together to save Gwi-ju using superpowers combined with the manipulative powers of the con (empty coffin to get Sauna mom to leave them alone?).

Final wrap-up is a new improved combo family where Grandma Bok has learnt some humility (and worked things out with Grandpa), Gwi-ju, Da-hae and I-na are a happy unit, Dong-hee has dumped her cheating ex boyfriend, and goes into business with Grace, and  Sauna Bro is the new family fixer/security guard. I'd like Sauna mom to also get redemption, but if she actually tried to kill Da-hae that is not likely...The end😅. 

Gwi-ju and Ina had my heart 🥺. And so much came out of that father-daughter reconciliation aided by our heroine! On a side note, things like, "What you hear is a tiny piece of their mind", and, "People should be allowed to hide their feelings" ring so true in today's invasive media environment. We are really not meant to hear everything! And just like Gwi-ju's dad told his mom - "You don't have to know everything. You can't know everything". We are all, at some level, afflicted by that desire to know things too soon, know other people's fate, etc., in this era of information overload.

I get the confindant/ confidante equations in our drama much better now - dad and Gwi-ju, and Dong-hee and the gym trainer. The father-son duo get along as they both feel like "outcasts" within the Bok family. The pair of girls feel they are not the "favourite child" despite going extra lengths for their mom's attention. I really hope these girls can "fly together". They've become one of my favourite frenemies!

The cliff of doom was a bummer. But if we look at the bright side, the Bok family had learnt to respond to grief a bit differently this time. At least they stood by each other. And despite the stupidity of the "clever twist" (which made this drama really feel like a scammy fantasy for once), the emotions in the beach scenes were fully delivered by the actors and the director. It felt like a scene from a movie!

To "stick the landing" in my eyes, this drama just needs to keep intrigue at a minimum and deliver on the emotions and the good messages in the final week. I really hope they don't reduce the episodes to a down to the wire revelation of "will Gwi-ju survive?". I think there CAN be a peaceful "happy ending" even if he can't make it to the end.

Circular Logic Game: if the ML can go back in time and save the FL, that will become the new happiest moment in his life. Which will mean he can go back to that time. And save her.

I haven't watched the episodes, but planned on reading your entire recap @unit after reading the intro ("but it’s really the younger ones who catch our eyes with their limited screen time."). My 💕is always with Moon Woo Jin/Joon Woo and the adjacent Yi-na.

But stopped at the 1st paragraph: I understand Soon-goo’s relief at finally being able to have hobbies without walking on eggshells around his all-seeing wife; unfortunately, this hobby gets him kicked out of the house.

Soon-gu is a favorite. I hate the ML. There is a reason this drama is stuck ratings wise - including middling Netflix viewership. Thanks for continuing to do the recap - I'll return after the end so that I know when to FF and when to watch. Namely, Yi-na/Joon Woo and soon-gu. 😊

Last week, fear was rampant that Gwi-ju would die in the fire. This is at the top of my prayer list, but I know better. Geez, I hate him.

I caught up to the entirety of this series this week. So it is hard for me to separate just these last few episodes. On the whole tho, I am a huge fan of the layered characters and complex relations, the (mostly) well thought timeline and superpowers plot and even the quirky OST. A most surprising show.

I’d watched Gwi-ju’s quick recovery from addiction and depression primarily from attaching himself to Do-hae with wariness. But lo behold, with her “death” in this last episode he quickly lost all that he recovered, including his ability to parent his daughter, who after his blip of parenting found herself the adult in the relationship. I did somewhat understand In-ha’s mature response given her ability to cut to the heart of her father’s feelings, her valuing Do-hae for herself, as well as the resolution of her bullying and her romantic interest, but still it must be devastating for a child to so quickly lose their parent again to their obsessions.

It seems Gwi-ju’s stability is dependent on saving a loved one from a dramatic death—not the daily hard work of being present for those who need him. Tho when I feel harsh toward him, I can’t imagine how much the repeat visits to tragic pasts he couldn’t alter would damage a child—and certainly Mama Bok did not help him process this in any way. For me at least, the show did manage to create an understanding, if not sympathy, toward his flaw.

It is rare to have a main character who remains so deeply damaged esp. in their failure as a parent. Whether this is deliberate or an oversight in character development, I don’t know. But nonetheless found it as fascinating as it was discomfiting. Typically, we have the cartoon evil parents in dramaland, but Gwi-ju is not a monstrous person. He does love his daughter and wants the best for her. But he is too fragile and fails his family when he so easily crumbles. I can understand why some viewers cannot support a flawed character without a perfect growth arc, but it’s less about liking a character for me than watching this all-too human story despite its fantastical elements.

I can imagine a HEA which enables Gwi-ju to again parent, to participate in family life. But I also would have liked either more time spent on either truly healing Gwi-ju from his obsessions or a greater exploration of how children survive such damaged parents. Alas, we have two episodes left and a complicated plot to unravel.

The downfall of Bok's family is Manheum. She is full of herself she cant understand people around her is suffering. Imagine saying you can give the building to Donghee because Gwiju is dead and let her daughter marry a scummy man smh. Everyone except her in this drama knows Gwiju and Dahae love eachother.

Its surprising for me that Gwiju's real character is bright and cheerful so different from his depressive state. My question is how is gonna died in the past when he cant touch a thing? Manheum said its a funeral without corpse so it could be not him? I have hope for happy ending. I want to see the family happy ending together (specially ina because she deserve happiness)

I don't like the ML, I don't really dislike neither. But years of neglicting your daughter and one afternoon and everything is OK? I don't buy it. How could he not wonder if his daughter had a power too and which one?

The leads don't have chemistry for me and the love story feels forced. Choosing the same way to disapear than his wife died was really cruel and again he forgave it way too easily. He went in years of depression after the accident, did they think what will happen to his daughter if her father lives twice the same awful lost? It's not like she can count on the rest of the family, they all are focused on their own issue.

I like the ML just fine. I can totally get why the depression returned. It hadn't been that long since he got out of it and having to deal with another tragedy ofc he fell into it easily again. It's obviously unfair to his daughter but one conversation wouldn't be enough to solve the issue permanently. The old Lady is so selfish btw.

The father-daughter scene was a highlights of this show. I really felt sad for them. It was hard when Ina said that she didn't want that power and one of the reasons was that everybody had the right to keep their intimate thoughts secret, or something like that.
It was moving because she was even being empathetic with the ones who bullied her.

Very good script.

So, I've already mentioned it on @ceciliedk 's wall, and I will mention it again here. If anybody needs a little help handling the high school fire next week, I've got a huge pair of fire-resistant DIY gloves that I am more than happy to use to throw Man-heum (who's currently beating Good Bad Mother for the award of the Worst Mom in Dramaland) in the flames.

I find Gwi-ju to be a tragic character. Not being able to live in the present or the past, just floating. Beginning from his childhood he’s constantly reliving his happy memories that eventually turn tragic, and he can’t do anything about it. I can see why he has such a hero complex about his superpower/curse.

From neglecting his family to becoming an alcoholic and relapsing, man that hits hard. Tho honestly realistic, it’s super uncomfortable watching a parent be this absent, however addiction is a disease. And yet at the same time it’s hard to be sympathetic when he’s such a recluse, yes he loves his daughter, but I’m not fooled into thinking he is a good father to I-na, she deserves better.

I can see from his many attempts at changing the past, that when he loses his power he gives up easily and tries to numb himself. When his wife died and when Da-hee disappeared he all but ceases to exist in reality. It’s I-na that knows how to live in the present, who investigates and finds Da-hee. It’s I-na and Da-hee’s relationship that seems to have the most development.

So I’m not sure what the end has in store for us, a tragic ending for Gwi-ju? Or perhaps a happy one, in his final moments he finally gets to fulfil his dream and save a loved one?

1) why is it that when there is torrential rain in a K-drama there is also a cloudless blue sky and sun beamind down onto the drenched actors? I get that you can't always conjure bad weather on a shoot day, but can't you use CGI to change a few little details? It doesn't have to be perfect, just a little less obvious.

2) how can Gwi Ju die in the fire? That would change everything else already in the past. I Na's mom would live, etc. Also, the minute Mama Bok mentions that she dreamed of a funeral without a body you know he can't really be dead. If Show kills Gwi Ju in spite of these red flags I will be extremely irritated.

I love this drama so much! I have a bunch of thoughts
- I don't think Gwi-ju is dead. It's not over until there's a body. Mama Bok only saw a glimpse, not the whole picture. I wonder if he gets stuck time travelling, though.
- Pretty cold of Da-hae to reenact Gwi-ju's exact trauma. I get what she was going for, but eesh.
- Also, not sure why everyone thought they could prevent him from saving her. As long as she's alive, it means he already has done it.
- Ji-han suuucks. I wish we had a bit more development for him, though.
- I loved the parallels in this episode. Grace and Dong-hee are both overlooked by their families. I-na went through a similar experience as Da-hae with her classmates.
- I love I-na embracing her powers, and her relationship with her father is getting repaired. I also loved I-na and Gwi-ju working together with their powers. A lot of people think that's how Gwi-ju will survive, his family will work together to con fate.
- How can Gwi-ju see what color the sweater is if he sees everything in black and white??
- Someone on MDL said that Bok Gwi is Korean for "go back to where you came from." I thought that was really interesting.
- Did anyone else have this COMPLETELY BANANAS thought that the little girl at the beach was Gwi-ju's and Da-hae's daughter from the future?
- Considering that Gwi-ju has PTSD and went through a brand new trauma that was in many ways identical to his previous trauma, he handled it pretty well imo. I think that shows his development.
- Someone on MDL said that Da-hae still doesn't believe that someone would go out of their way to save her, and that's why she sabotaged Gwi-ju. Interesting thought.
- I really feel like this one is going to have a happy ending. I hope so. These people can't take anymore loss. I personally think they're making it too obvious that Gwi-ju is gonna die, so there's gonna be some sort of twist. But, after that Drama That Must Not Be Named scarred me, I can't say it's 100% guaranteed.

I watched episode 10 with a lot of excitement. I think we all knew from the start of the episode that the car accident was staged. What wasn't clear until we saw them Mission Impossible it was that it was Da-Hae and her "samchun" who did it!

The moment where she tells her "uncle" that it's not like she's going to just disappear if her doesn't rescue her... ah ha ha ha. She obviously, yes, assumes that she will. This is the MOST noble idiocy OF ALL TIME.

The two bad mommies are in some kind of contest to see who can suck the most. The writers are letting it all out--the subtleties of parental rejection, the small things they say that create so much hurt. Love it. It's amazing that a loan shark foster mom who threatens to kill the FL and others regularly is neck and neck with a mom who supposedly loves her bio kids. They are both so terrible!

Also, Park So-yi is next Park Eun-bin. The daddy-daughter reconciliation scene was one of the best I've ever seen, and I love them. It reminded me of when I first read Fanny Burney. (Honestly, a lot of k-dramas remind me of that--a whole lot of silly jokes that I mostly get and then the sudden wallop of a totally emotional tear jerking scene!)

I am very much looking forward to the finale, which I probably won't get to watch when it's first available. Just don't ruin episode 12! I would like the writers to save the flying for the last episode. ♥

Of all the idiotic noble idiocies scenarios, this has to rank in the top five. She is so intent on him surviving that she would rather see him live as a shadow of himself, drinking himself into an early grave, so shut down he ignores everything and everyone including his only daughter, who desperately needs him. Is that even a life? It's not enough for the lights to be on if no one is home. It was an incredibly selfish decision to make on someone's behalf, as is typical of noble idiocy.

I don't "feel" it for this couple. Too much of the on-screen time has been spent while she was scamming him, in one way or another to make me connect on an emotional level. And at the same time, I don't think it's her he loves, rather it's that she has become the key to restoring his life. The one person that he will save with his strange and rather useless power.

I am still enjoying the drama. It's actually a bit freeing watching an OTP couple that you aren't especially invested in. Instead, I am invested in all of the character's arcs.

Looking forward to the finale.

Thank you for the recap. Hope you are enjoying the show at least a little bit now. No, okay then. 🙈

The show has the last min twist down pat. Is there a special consultant whose expertise is how to upend the episode and reel in the viewers for the next!? Are they a fishing expert. Well done. 👏👏👏

I definitely couldn't have guessed that Sauna Mom was behind the blackmailing scam but in retrospect it seems exactly the kind of double trick she'd pull - keep the money and also reveal the secret. I'm sad for Soon-goo.

I-na and Gwi-ju's eye-opening conversation was so touching and perfect. After years and years of not talking to and misunderstanding each other all their misgivings were set aside for a new relationship to be able to bloom. Da-hae's advice to I-na about the thoughts she reads in most people's mind being fleeting was spot on.

Man-heum is indeed the most unlikable in a drama with a clutch full of unlikable characters. 🙄

"we await next week’s finale to see Gwi-ju’s fight against fate to fulfil his destiny." - Yes, we do! Also we await uri Unit's recap. 😍

Love this set of episodes even though I was shocked at Da-hae re-enacting the most traumatic moment of Gwi-joo's life. I'm glad his family was better about supporting him this time around.

Park So-yi is amazing - from her happy squeals when hanging out with her dad and Da-hae to her heartbreaking confession about what happened during the car accident that took her mom's life to her shyly admitting to her crush that she liked him back.

Da-hae impressed me with how she talked back to Sauna Mom. Da-hae's words were so cutting that for a fraction of a second, I almost felt sorry for Sauna Mom.

Da-hae's explanation for why she faked her death to save him really hit me hard. At first, it was to make sure Ina doesn't go parentless, but then she also admitted that she wanted him alive and breathing no matter what. I can understand the feeling of wanting someone to be alive so badly even if they end up having a worse quality of life. Even if Gwi-joo ends up a shadow of his former self, she's rather have that and have some hope he could find his way out of depression later on than to just have his life cut off.