Let's not mention the cactus scene during the final 10 minutes of this show (or ep. 16). For me, that cactus scene made me the most hilarious scene ever on this Kdrama!

Re: "But oh well. They had a happy ending walking down the cherry blossom streets, and wherever they go from here on out is their business not mine."
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Oh bitterness, thy name is Unit (+ a Titanic-load of disgruntled viewers). I *feel* you.

I need liberal FF to get to the end. I didn’t care for the murder and didn’t make much sense to me. Yoon Park was the best part these episodes.

They could have wrapped this up earlier and focused more on the leads and her age switch. Too bad we didn’t get to see Ji-Woong make googly eyes at his intern and freaking out our man with unexpected charm. What a wasted opportunity.

The leads were cute and I stayed for the romance. I was denied.
Bring me the ‘Bad memory Eraser’ please.

I feel quite the opposite from @unit. It is because of the good parts that I am mad at the show. If the show can do a good job, why not focus on that and tone down the serial murders arc?

This drama was quite disapointing.

First, the plot of the FL changing in a young and old lady wasn't well developped. I don't think they really explained her issue to find a job was an age issue. And they didn't really explain why this sudden experience happened at this moment precise and why it stopped....

Secondly, I didn't specially like the FL. She was pretty immature and was searching for the cat when she was given important informations and didn't search for it anymore when she had time.... The fact she chose her aunt's identity wasn't the best idea but she should have told the truth to her parents way sooner.

I wonder how she couldn't know where he was working at the end... Her best friend's husband should have known, wasn't she curious?

For the acting, I never saw the two ladies as one, I didn't find their acting was really matching.

My favorite relationship was Soon with Gon, they were really funny to watch.

I think in the end what I found most frustrating was the message that I was hearing- Youth is wasted on the young, you don't really have it that bad, take advantage of it while you can- it felt like being lectured at by a grumpy grandmother.
And while it was telling young people that they had lots of opportunities, and if the young person was missing out on jobs it was only because they did not actually want it (!) it was also telling old people that they only had opportunities if they were secretly young people- other than that you were only good as a cleaning service.

Oh before I forget, I want to give notable mention (not in a good way) to a plot hole so big it rivals the tear in our ozone layer. This gaping hole will also effectively shut down the entire serial murders story-arc.

Besides the fact that none of our burning questions regarding the serial murders arc are properly answered in final ep, do you also notice that the first murder committed in present-day after a 20-year hiatus was of the real Ok Na-Hui (cos Eun-shim wanted to replace her as senior intern)?

No compelling reason to kill her and score that intern gig except for narrative expediency: the statue of limitations have expired on all 3 original murders (Medical Director's wife, Lim Soon, Ji-Ung's mom) so Show needs murderer to start killing again in present-day in order to get her sentenced to death by Ep 16.

If I were a rational killer, I would not kill anyone else in present day (unless there is gold hidden under the Seo-han Prosecutor's Office). Even if I get wind that they intend to re-investigate the serial missing persons case from 20 years back, I won't give a heck or try to weasel into an internship there. Cos the statue of limitations has EXPIRED. Move on.

I was struggling to finish this one. I ALMOST dropped it after ep 15. I don't know how a drama has managed to make so many decisions that alienate me. It's like everything I hate, they managed to do. The FL never stopped frustrating me, either. If she hadn't just happened to show up at the same office as ML, would they ever have gotten back together? Probably not. Why should I root for a romance like that? Poor ML was grieving his mom and had no one there for him. And I still don't understand the motives for the murder or what exactly went down, although to be fair I was barely paying attention by the final episodes.

I wish the 2FL had been the FL, honestly.

SIGH. I was so upset with these last two episode. They had so much wasted opportunity and didn't utilize it, to make absolutely no point at all. SIgh.

I am STILL waiting for a writer to write a show with Choi Jin-hyuk as ML that will fully utilize his ADORABLE DIMPLES! I came to this show hoping to see them this time, and boy, was it yet another let down! They had so many ways they could have utilized the comedy to lighten this show, but no....instead I thought they were going to be the first show in K-drama history where we end with the lead couple breaking up and each going their separate ways in a supposed romcom. In fact, I had almost said to myself, "well, that's different and bold atleast" when they decided to bring them back together for literally last 5 minutes of the show. This show had so many plotholes, so many characters changing their personality mid-show it was hard to keep track of it all. I will just chalk this up to me just checking off Choi Jin-hyuk's body of work, and nothing else. This should make going back to watch "Zombie detective" easier atleast :P

Felt about 3/4 of final episode was filler. All in all, not the worst drama, I didn't drop it like I have so many dramas lately. Looking forward to August dramas!

Thank you for the 🌄🌅🌇🌆 recaps. Your awesome recaps are a major incentive to keep watching any drama. This time too it appears that the recaps are more engaging than the actual drama. 😅

I too tuned in for the romance and possible love triangle between Miss Day, Prosecutor-nim and Miss Night. Not only that never happened we also got blindsided with a murder arc which at the end of the day was totally redundant. Your conclusive remarks are just *chef's kiss*. I wish I could say to ALL dramas with iffy endings that "wherever they go from here on out is their business not mine". 👌👏👏👏

I loved the parents, I loved the bestie. Did we ever get any explanation about Ji-woong's haunted apartment!?

I think the premise had a lot of potential. The good parts were really excellent, perhaps that is why we are more disappointed with the disjointed random roads the drama then chose to lead us on. The drama did have unexpected charms but the difference between the premise on paper and execution seems as different as day from night.

Au revoir, let us catch up at the next recaps with a drama worthy of your recaps. 🤞 Thank you!! 😊❤

Despite the fact that this drama wasn't originally on my radar and I was on the verge of dropping it after episode 1, it quickly developed into the drama whose upcoming episodes I was most eagerly awaiting.

The last two episodes were certainly not perfect - to put it nicely -, I could have done without the seemingly obligatory break-up and would have preferred a longer happy ending. But I'll take what I can get: Dad survived, there was a happy ending (not that I doubted it) and a real kiss. ML didn't make a big fuss about FL's secret. FL was able to free herself and overpower the killer. She was also able to fulfil her dream and work in a job that she enjoys.

So the bottom line is that it was a drama that made me laugh hard several times. The chemistry between the main characters was great. As a fan of slow burn romances, I liked the rom-com part (except for the stupid break-up). I also liked that they weren't afraid of physical closeness or touching. Normally I wouldn't necessarily consider that worth mentioning, but since I've seen a few dramas recently where ML or FL don't act like adults, which is an absolute mood killer for me, I'm a bit sensitive about that.
The supporting characters will stay with me for a long time, especially Inspector Ju and Dad.

Despite all, I enjoyed the series till the end. I didn't love the separation and time jump, but I didn't hate either. I even liked that she had goals and that she wanted to finally fulfill them. She needed to find herself first and be happy before she should be happy with him.

What a sweet treat Miss Day was, her bestie, parents and idol turned fan the icing, and the tabby a sprinkle of magic on top. Unfortunately, once they added in the sloppy plot and a thin romance, we ended up with weak soup, no magic at all.

I'll also deduct points for the criminal underutilization of Choi Jin-hyuk's considerable charms and for making us suffer thru the workplace bullying without developing any insights into aging at all. A sad C- from me.

Well fellow beanies, I am most definitely in the minority here and happy to be in it. Plot holes be damned, the actors sold it for me, especially Choi Jin-hyuk. Couldn't get enough of his smile or loving gazes. All the actors were A+. A bestie so supportive, a funny side kick for the ML, the parents, Jung eun-ji Lee Jung-eun, they all were awesome in their roles. Did I mention CJH? I even liked the cat even if it made little sense to the story. Please put CJH in as a lead in an awesome story, please?

How are Myung Duk & Ga Yeong dating/engaged?! I thought he was married with in laws that he was avoiding.
I stopped watching this after episode 8 so clearly I'm missing something.

Also wasn't there something with Myung Duk being scandalized by the idea of Soon & Won dating and yet he got with Ga Yeong?

I'm really and truly missing something

Thank you, @Unit. The tone of your summary really captured how I felt about this show. It had so much potential, but failed to deliver.

I was also annoyed that our two leads never once consoled each other over the discovery of the bodies. That was Ji-ung's mom! Doesn't he deserve some sympathy from the woman who loves him? And same with Mi-jin's imo--an important figure in her life. Even if they were ultimately headed for a breakup, Show could easily have included a scene where the two comfort each other, which would have deepened their relationship considerably. As I've said before, I was never convinced by this OTP. It didn't seem as if they really ever got to know each other enough to fall in love.

Finally, can someone direct me to a Choi Jin-hyuk series that has a good romance for him? I've seen Numbers, Zombie Detective, Mr. Queen, and this, and though I loved both ZD and MQ, I would be interested to see something where he actually has some good love scenes.

Thanks for the fun of all the summaries. I did watch this one through to the very end. Most of the characters developed nicely and there was a good resolution to the murder plot.

I don't agree that the parents' relationship with Mi-jin was a highlight. Only some of the scenes they had together were actually successful. In these last two episodes there was some seriously bizarre acting, but I guess it goes along with some of the weird acting choices.

Once again I could feel that the writers were afflicted with some kind of exhaustion in the last episode. I think most of the k-dramas I've liked have had weak endings, and the ones I hated had really dreadful endings. This ending was just a little weak. I am never going to understand the trend for separating the leads for vague reasons and then bring them back together for a happy ending.

One thing that for sure made no sense was that Ji-woong was not at the sentencing phase of that trial--at least! He came back to town to find resolution to his mother's disappearance, and he became a prosecutor why? Just to find bodies? I don't think so! It was weird he wasn't there with the other victim families to hear the sentence, and I kind of expected him to be in the court during the trial too. But then there would have been no surprise about the heroine fixing her supernatural aging problem I guess?

Is it normal for a dating couple to break up and not be friends at all and not keep in touch with each other's parents they befriended, for years? Hello, I am literally divorced and I didn't do that. I find these choices very strange, OK?

A lot of things I like have holes in them. Swiss cheese, sponges, my favorite pair of jeans. So, I've decided to embrace the plot holes and just act as if they make sense. That is the only way I can get through the last two weeks of MND.

Last week, we wrapped up the murder mystery part of the show. And it didn't make much sense. It made sense in that there was a murder a while back and it involved the FL's aunt. But, did not really connect to the current storyline in a coherent way after the medical director turned out to be a red herring.

This week, we wrap up the love story in an equally out of nowhere development. The only way I can rationalize the breakup is some cultural thing where being possessed by a spirit is viewed very negatively by Korean society especially if it is a dead person. However, if this was the case, she shouldn't have started a relationship to begin with.

We also wrap up the FLs growth to become an adult. Here, we learn that being given the chance was all she needed to demonstrate her skill and experience a satisfying working environment. So, the real reason why her dead aunt suddenly took over her body was not to avenge her death but because she was a repeater without any real life goals and no life success. Her aunt gave her the opportunity to experience an adult life and that was the cure to her stress, which caused her to fail the civil service exam 7 times. So, I guess the moral of the story is stress yourself out so much that your dead aunt inhabits your body and lets you temporarily experience success in another body. Or to be more generous, maybe the moral is rely on your network especially if it is your dead aunt. Necro-neoptism.

Idk. The ending kiss was so underwhelming to me. The only unintentionally funny bit was Won writing a hit love song about Mi Jin, which would infuriate me if I were her actual boyfriend, perhaps more than anything else she did.

Well I had fun discussing this show with everyone here, even I was definitely frustrated by the romance and the plot holes of the mystery. Thanks so much @unit for recapping!

Wasted potential! The mix of mystery and romance didn't mesh well.
The mystery became more interesting at one point while the romance part became weaker. I still wanted to see the development of the romance more than anything.

I wish that Ji Woong had learned about Mi Jin's secret earlier. I wish she had voiced the truth instead of him just seeing it happen.
There wasn't a strong scene where they talked it out about this problem and decide together what to do. There were other parts that were briefly addressed too like Mi Jin's parents learning about her secret. They accepted it a little too easily.

EP 15 did get a lot of tears out of me. I was thinking of poor Aunt Soon and Ji Woong's mother. All the teary faces! Mi Jin's mother crying was so sad. I don't think I've seen this actress play a heartbreaking scene before.

This drama was average, but it was a delight watching Lee Jung Eun act and I got to learn of Kim Ah Young. ^^

I loved watching this heartwarming, comedic, and encouraging drama so much! Sure, the romance was SERIOUSLY downplayed (I feel your bitterness, Unit :) but the mystery plot was well developed with all the red herrings and actual theorizing/guessing it made viewers do and the comedy carried the show.

Lee Jung-eun and Eunji were perfect together with 200% synchronization and that 'I'm leaving now' scene was so touching as it wrapped up the drama's central theme of cherishing youth magnificently.

This is definitely the best 2024 K-drama so far and the 6 OSTs along with the BGM supported the scenes very very well. I totally agree with Eunji during her interview yesterday though on how frustrating Mi-jin's hesitant personality can be most of the time, especially with the "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST TELL JI-WOONG YOU'RE IM SOON AND GET IT OVER WITH" dilemma. Also, writer-nim you really did us dirty by cutting Mi-jin's response after Ji-woong said "I missed you" and made her look even more passive in their relationship!!

The breakup was kind of justified though because sometimes spending some time apart allows lovers to realize how deep their love for one another is (cough cough, My Dearest). The angst both felt in their missed encounters leading up to Ji-woong's departure added a nice touch to make the breakup almost necessary as Mi-jin, though a little selfish, needed some time to get her own life sorted out before she could start over with Ji-woong (who clearly was more stable although my poor man suffered so much with uncovering his mom's bones and standing outside the gate while Mi-jin & fam had a happy meal together inside :(((( ).

All in all, I enjoyed Miss Night & Day very very much and despite both Eunji and Jin-hyuk saying there's 0% chance possibility of them getting tgt irl, I'm still hoping we'll get some good news in the future to finally have a good laugh after all those hilarious dating encouragements they received from seniors in EVERY promotion talk show/video they've been on with Jung-eun captaining their ship MWAHAHA.

Solid recap! And definitely agree that although the Show failed in the romance part of the drama, the family and friendship dynamics made up for it. Overall, I enjoyed it. Solid 8.89!

The premise of this drama is priceless. All other screenwriters are twitching in envy that they did not think of it first. haha. It was a very, very ambitious project. It was well-paced and captivating for the most part. It had heart. And a lot of loose ends, as Beanies have mentioned. I really would have liked the haunted apartment to play a meaningful role in the story, but it didn't go anywhere. I didn't find the FL's parents believable as parents. They didn't completely settle into their roles and flesh them out. I felt they were slightly awkward. I didn't find the FL's mom believable as a grieving family member of a crime victim. She did not express that part of her character well. It's tricky balancing funny and sad and maternal, and it might have been too much for her to carry. As I suggested somewhere above, it would have made more sense to me that the missing sister was the FL's dad's. I give them a B- for their performance even though I initially enjoyed their presence. They have the right vibes but their acting was not believable enough. What a tricky thing it is to have to cast for a drama. You can get one part right but miss the other part. But the best casting and acting goes to the older FL and ML. They always felt very much in character, whether it was a funny scene or a sad scene. Especially the older FL's acted with a light touch. She didn't overdo the comedy parts like the FL's mom did. That light touch was just wonderful and perfect for this drama. This is not the first time I've seen her in a drama, but this is the most impressive performance of hers that I've seen. See, women can still get great roles in their 40's and 50's. Thank god for this screenwriter for writing such an interesting drama. I hope they continue writing.

I've always loved a good "whodunit and why" story so I'm actually happy to finish this series.

Even Mijin breaking up with Jiwoong makes sense because it's important for Mijin to reclaim and rediscover who she really is before committing to a relationship.

This drama started with a bang and ended with a... whim-purr, if you will. But seriously, all the fun went out of it by the halfway point. The mystery was genuinely interesting but the villain's motivation was underdeveloped. The humour was top tier, but we saw less of it as time went on. Mr. Ju and the parents carried this drama on the comedy front and I'm so happy uri Mr. Ju got his happy ending.

If Mi-jin thought a breakup was necessary because she didn't think they could work thru her condition, then is that relationship worth restarting later? and you're right, she's the one who broke up with him, but he's the one who has to make a first step? she didn't even say hi when they met again lol.