A complete irrelevant observation, because My sweet Monster did the same: why does the episode end on a long awaited kiss that we barely get the see and the next episode starts after this kiss? We deserve a proper kiss. Especially after all the teasing of great kisses they they watched in tv.

Mi-jin is frustrating me. I kept yelling "JUST TELL THEM."

Does the prosecutor’s office not run background checks with new hires, even interns? I did an internship with the government and I had to get fingerprinted.

Dad better not get seriously injured. I'm optimistic that he'll survive, but if not, I'll travel to South Korea and give the writers a piece of my mind.

I watch MNAD for the comedy and romance, though the murder mystery doesn't bother me (it rarely bothers me in other KDramas either). But apart from the fact that episode 14 understandably lacked fluff, it was well done. It's been speculated for a while who the culprit is, so the revelations weren't entirely surprising, but at least it wasn't obvious from the start.
But it seems to be an unwritten law that the main characters always go alone to a meeting with a murderer without informing the police or anyone else. I'm so used to this by now that I hardly get upset about it anymore.

This week I finally realised why in one of the previous episodes FL's father and SFL's father were afraid to talk about the shop for sale in front of FL's mother. Thanks to MOVING, I know what extra job some of the female employees of a teahouse were doing.

Does anyone know why ML is saved in FL's smartphone under cock-a-doodle-doo? I could understand an association with a crow, thanks to his black clothes, in which he looks freaking good, but with a rooster?
ML is such an amorous softie. I love the laugh lines around his eyes.

Inspector Ju seems to have practically moved in with him by now. At least they cook together and the Inspector even gets a blanket when he sleeps on the couch.
Our Inspector is always on the trail of a mystery, but he's often way off the mark, at least when it comes to interpersonal relationships.

I honestly was suspicious of intern ahjumma a little while ago, but I'm not too convinced by her method of killing her victims. What is the point of her chopping up certain body parts? Is this a misdirection so that detectives will waste time creating a profile of a serial killer who dismembers "his" victims for a particular reason? With her characterization, and learning a bit more about her background, I could see her using more subtle ways to subdue and ultimately kill her victims.

Regarding Mi-jin's dilemma and her inability to confide in her parents: I keep wondering why Mi-jin never spoke directly to her parents about her changing appearance. The only time she tried to do so, it was as Lim Soon. How could her parents believe the ravings of an unknown ahjumma? But she could have tried again as herself. She did so with her friend and when the latter did not believe her, she waited for the dawn to prove the veracity of her words. Why couldn't she have done the same with her parents? Instead, because of her previous bad experience of trying to tell the truth, she has had to keep so much bottled up insider herself. As for her parents, how is it that they didn't think it strange that on the two occasions they discovered the strange ahjumma in their daughter's room wearing their daughter's clothes, that their daughter was also not to be found? I know the first thought to come to mind wouldn't be that your daughter appears to be suffering from some fairy-tale-esque curse, but still, the wheels in their head should have been turning, lol.

I really wanted Mi-jin to tell Ji-woong for many reasons. But it would have been such a hilarious scene if Ji-woong was then flirting with Soon at the office, with Myung-duk watching yet another younger man falling for Soon.

Thank you, @Unit, for the weecap! I, too, am getting confused with all the fake names the axe murderer had been using! I can't wait for the time Ji-woong finds out who Mi-jin/Soon really is, although I feel a bit sorry for Won.

I thought it was odd they'd cast an actress I usually see in middle aged roles as Ok Hui with those obviously fake grey streaks in her hair, but I didn't think she was the killer. Wow.

Thank you also for your recap @Unit! I can't wait until next week's episodes.

Ah if only I had actually known the name of the character when I made my comment last week that she was going to be the villain! I totally saw this one coming.

What I have been unable to predict, and still can't totally understand, is who understands the magical day/night split and why. Also, it occurred to me a good while ago that it was weird Mi-jin's mom didn't think she was her aunt when she first showed up. Also, is Mi-jin's aunt her biological mother? There's really a lot going on here.

I have no clue what’s happening with the mystery. I am just here for the OTP! They are so cute. Their hugs are lovely. But give me those damn kisses. I signed up for kisses. Gimme gimme.

I don't understand why murderer lady needed to get an intern job.... Is she trying to keep an eye on the fentanyl investigation? What exactly is her role in the fentanyl trade? I'm confused.

Also, not sure I know how Cheol-Gyu found out about Im Soon and wangled a job at the prosecutor's office. And (somebody already mentioned this) how is it that he recognizes Im Soon 20-odd years later, when she was just a bank teller he knew slightly, while her own sister doesn't know her?

Lots of things not quite adding up for me in the mystery. I'm also pretty disappointed in the romance. I can't buy Choi Jin-Hyuk being cutesy. And I just don't see chemistry between him and Mi-Jin. Maybe if they kissed again I'd see it...

So, it was the female intern all along. And, my dream of cat-human hybrids in a kdrama will have to wait.

On a serious note, I loved the biking scene and how it tied into the rest of the story. A man who Mi Jin once idolized and healed her in the same memory with a woman who was like a mother to her in an activity that she does every day thanks to getting her identity. Feels.

Also, I find the missing cell phone scene very relatable. Spicy pork is generally the solution for everything.

So many burning questions, so little time....
My wish list I hope to see answered by this weekend's finale:

1. The transformer Night/Day curse: what first triggered it, how to stop or reverse it, will everything stop once the real killer is caught?

2. Is that CGI cat / well just a red herring?

3. Why does Society Lady need to become a senior intern? Why does Medical Director need to become a senior intern? Why is everyone weaseling their way into an internship at that Prosecutor HQ building? Is there gold buried under ala Vincenzo?! Who or what do they need to gain access to?

4. I get why Society Lady needs steady supply of fentanyl (hence regular buyer for 20 years) but Cheol-gyu is obviously not in collusion with her - he is dead obsessed with finding the killer of his wife.

So what's this whole weird police-prosecutor collusion/cover-up vibe we have been sensing since Day One? What's the Big Reveal? Does it all tie in together in the end?

5. You are trying to tell me Society Lady (played by a rather slight actor) decides that her killer M.O. is an axe. *Right* Why? Doesn't it make more sense to administer drugs, which was how she first killed the wife of Cheol-gyu.

6. The face recognition (or lack thereof) of Lim-Soon: as noted by other Beanies too. This is such a distracting BS plot hole. Cheol-gyu can recognise her, her own sister can't, and her bank ex-colleague can -- like how does it work?!
---Also, in the flashback to what happened 20 years ago at the bank when killer showed up with deceased's bank account to empty it out, it is very clear Lim Soon was played by a different actor (not Lee Jung-eun), so by right either you have no one being able to recognise her 20 years later, OR everyone being able to recognise her 20 years later. You can't have BOTH.

7. Poppy flowers & weird smell: in an earlier episode, someone noted that 2 drugs are actually found in the blood stream (not just fentanyl). I went back to check that episode and the other drug is opium (derived from poppies).

OK, thing is: it doesn't make (common) sense to me. Those in the house with more medical knowledge pls chip in. Two types of drugs are found in the bloodstream - fentanyl and opium. But fentanyl is already an opioid-class drug, and 100 X stronger than morphine at that. So why do you need opium, an opiate that is not as strong? It is also way less versatile in administration than fentanyl.

8. Why the resuming of killings now after a 20-year hiatus? What triggered that?

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Caveat: 📣
Last one completely unrelated to the serial murders arc. This is going to be a rant about the FL so please kindly skip if it is triggering to you.

1. I agree with one of the Beanies here that FL deserves to die at the hands of the killer. And so does her dad. Their sin? Stupidity.

2. Show, shame on you. There is an unspoken implicit social contract between the viewer and the show that it needs to give us...

The stupidity of the FL is kinda tiring now... When she is given important informations, she does nothing with them. She should tell the truth because it's connected to her aunt and murders!

Love how it's always food with Mr. Ju. He always gets a particular dish on his mind and he won't stop yapping about it. Last week it was pho, this week it's spicy pork trotter. I love this man so much, wish him nothing but the best.

I was intrigued by the reveal of our (possible) final villain although, as many other Beanies have pointed out, her story has many holes still. This is not surprising at this is an investigation and they have found a thread to pull on but many questions remain. I am willing to be patient if they really do pull that thread and unravel an interesting, believable story. So far we only have snippets (just like the characters) and I really am curious if there is a good reason for our villain to chose identity theft and murder to get a job at the Prosecutor's office. Did she think the interns would be doing something more vital than just cleaning and she would get access of some kind? And how the heck is identity theft so easy when getting hired by the government?

I was so proud of Mi-Jin last week and so frustrated with her at the end this week. Going haring off on your own is always stupid (I know she sent a message to her friend but still) and what makes her think her dad is going to be let out of this alive?? He's seen the villain and there is no way she is going to leave a witness (as evidenced by her extensive body count)

We need more detail before I can understand her many changes of identity/job/murder m.o.
Was she always killing people? Did it start as theft and drugging and then progress to killing, finding she enjoyed it? Was our hospital director's wife the turning point, and if so, why? What put a pause on things 20 years ago and how exactly did they restart?

I am suspending judgement until I see how they tell the rest of this story. I will say, I will be much happier with Mi-jin if she reveals her secret (and that transformation makes any kind of sense in context) because she chooses to, not because of an accident or being backed into a corner. Bit the bullet, kiddo and make the hard choices!

Thank you for the recap and the comments. I am glad I read this first so do not have to waste 4 hours of my time. I am out.

Overthinking the plot: The fan edit
MJ is the daughter of Dad and the Aunt. They were happily married until the evil sister turned up and threatened them. Cowed, Aunt lets them move to a new town and lets sister take over her kid and her marriage in return for everyone's safety.
But evil sister (the mom) gets steadily more crazed, forces Aunt to steal money from the bank, starts murdering people and drops Aunt down the well after cutting her up. She comes to her senses a bit after Aunt dies, and is no longer jealous and also has a small child that she must care for.
Forward twenty years, and a new prosecuter who is the son of one of her victims comes to town, and starts hanging around her house.Frightened, her killing spree starts again, But the Ghost of Aunt trapped in the well transforms MJ. In her new persona as LS, she reconnects with the Aunts old friends and with help from Won solves the crime! Prosecuter and Investigator bumble in background as comic relief.

the show is full of stupidity, both ML and FL do not bother to use their brain at all. I have so many questions at this point but now the killer is a middle-aged woman who is going to kidnap a fully grown man..really

His name is Byung Duk, not Myung Duk.

To echo above comments, I also did not consider the possibility that the ajumma cleaner could be the suspect even though it did seem odd to me that this particular actress would accept a random role. There's another thing that's been on my mind, and I don't know if perhaps others have already mentioned it, is that the hospital director remarked how young FL looked like she could be ajumma FL's daughter. This isn't just a random offhand comment, right? Does this mean she could be the biological mom, by any chance? Is it possible that young FL's parents wanted a child but were not able to conceive, and thus adopted ajumma FL's baby somehow?

Thank you for the 🌄 and 🌆 recap.

Ain't our cute texting OTP the best. 👌😘 What are you talking about you can lure me just about anywhere with cake!! 😋 That's why we drink coffee. ☕ 🍰

Kudos to all Beanies to pointed the finger at Society Lady. But is she really the Big Bad!?