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Miss Night and Day: Episodes 15-16 (Final)

After eight weeks of alternating between night and day, our show has finally come to an end. The show’s plot threads are wrapped and tied up in a decent bow — at least the mystery arc is. As for the romance, let’s just say the Oliver Twist in me expected a buffet and I got a single serving. But I guess it’s okay since I got food.

 
EPISODES 15-16

We pick up from last week’s ending where villainess Eun-shim knocked Mi-jin out. Thankfully, a sensible Mi-jin already texted Ga-yeong to call the cops before she walked into the lion’s den. When Mi-jin regains consciousness, Eun-shim attempts to inject her with fentanyl, but she’s unstable — probably withdrawal symptoms from all the opioids she’s been taking — and the syringe falls out of her hand. Thanks to a penknife in her pocket, Mi-jin frees herself from her restraints, grabs the syringe and jumps out of the window. All that experience climbing out of Ji-woong’s house finally came in handy. Lol.

Eun-shim goes after Mi-jin with her axe, and the chase in the woods ends when the wolf catches Red Riding Hood. Just as the wolf is about to pounce on our heroine, she falls into a hallucination and begins to see Mi-jin as aunt Soon. Eun-shim is scared shitless to see the woman she killed, and Mi-jin takes advantage of the situation to inject her with the fentanyl syringe. By the time Ji-woong arrives on the scene, Eun-shim has been tied to a tree, and he sees the mysterious cat — who leads him to Mi-jin. The sun rises when Ji-woong sees Mi-jin afar off, and she transforms into Soon before collapsing — leaving him thoroughly confused about what he just saw. It only took 15 episodes, but hey, at least our hero finally knows the truth.

Soon wakes up in the hospital and Ga-yeong assures her that her dad is fine. Phew! Our heroine cries as she recollects a childhood memory where her aunt promised to rescue her if she’s ever in danger. And I suppose our mysterious cat is auntie, and the deus ex ghostina was her way of protecting her niece. The police dig up the surroundings at Eun-shim’s hideout and they find the bones of Ji-woong’s mom and aunt Soon. Finally, Ji-woong and Mi-jin’s family can properly grieve and get closure on their loved ones.

Eun-shim’s “Woe is me, I don’t have a family. So I’ll take my anger out on those who have families” as a reason for killing is quite pathetic, and I’m just happy to be done with her part of the story. Soon visits Cheol-gyu to update him about the case, and he thanks her for keeping her promise to catch the culprit. Although the statute of limitations on his wife’s and her aunt Soon’s case have expired, Eun-shim is looking at a life sentence for her most recent murders and Mi-jin’s attempted murder.

It’s finally the moment of truth, and Ji-woong waits outside Mi-jin’s house after she has avoided him for days. She hems and haws and tries to work up the courage to reveal her secret, but he beats her to the punch. He knows that Mi-jin and Soon are the same person. Sigh. Right till the end, this show prevented Mi-jin from telling Ji-woong the truth by herself! Ji-woong and Mi-jin get into a “You should just have told me” and “It’s the side of me I want to show the least to the person I care about the most” back and forth. But rather than ending the scene with tears and a hug — or perhaps, a kiss — Mi-jin asks to break up, and I…

Mi-jin knows that Ji-woong forced the Eun-shim case to close without any further probe into her Im Soon identity in order to protect her, and she feels guilty over it. A little tweak in the witness statement records doesn’t bother Mr. Prosecutor, but Mi-jin insists on taking responsibility for her actions because she doesn’t want to “burden” him. Ugh! “What about me? I’ve never liked anyone like this before. What will you do about my feelings?” Ji-woong asks her. And at this point, I fully expected them to break out in a High School Musical number since all of us are being clowns here. No, really, what do you mean our OTP finally got together in the penultimate week — which was largely overshadowed by the raincoat killer reveal — only to break up in the first episode of the final week? Make it make sense, Show. *Rolls eyes*

The next set of people to learn about Mi-jin’s secret are her parents. There’s enough shock and tears to go round, but at least our heroine can have a good night’s sleep without having to bolt out of the house at the crack of dawn. Mom and Dad quickly adapt to the dual lives of our heroine, and watching their interactions with Soon makes me wish they knew about the transformation sooner. Imagine all the hijinks we could have gotten that didn’t involve them chasing her around the neighborhood and calling the police on her?

Having quit her job, our heroine reminisces on all her adventures as a prosecutor’s office assistant. She’s only just realizing how much she liked the job, and this propels her to resume studying for the civil service exam — this time, not because Mom wants her to be a civil servant, but because she has found something she really wants to do. On the other hand, Mr. Prosecutor gets his transfer orders back to Seoul and he drops by Mi-jin’s place to say goodbye but she’s not home. Instead, he meets Mom and Dad, and they look like they’re the ones going through a breakup with him. Lol. Sorry, Mom, you really captained the ship well, but your daughter drove it into an iceberg.

Our heroine has this whole epiphany where she realizes that although she hated being young because there’s so many things she couldn’t do while young, her youth was a gift. When she comes to terms with that, the mysterious cat appears one last time — as if to say well done on finally realizing the joy of youth — then it leaves the story.

Mi-jin has a dream that night where she sees Soon sitting in front of her. Soon is finally leaving, but Mi-jin has mixed feelings about it. Mi-jin is kinda at a loss of what to do without Soon, and she argues that she was able to do everything she did because of Soon. “You’re wrong. You were able to do it because it was you. You’re me,” Soon replies, and a part of me wonders if this curse is part-manifestation of some hidden split personality in our heroine.

“Do you think I can be brave without you?” Mi-jin asks, and Soon assures her that she’s already brave. Miss Night and Miss Day tearfully bid each other goodbye, and our heroine wakes up from the dream to a beautiful sunrise… as Mi-jin. The transformation curse is broken! I don’t think we got a proper explanation for the curse, but maybe it was so that our heroine could catch the killer, and gain new experiences on the side that she would never have been able to as Mi-jin.

Now that she can be out and about in the daytime, Mi-jin is able to attend Eun-shim’s trial as a witness. The unremorseful-till-the-end Eun-shim gets the death penalty and that wraps up the case. You’d think that now that the curse is behind her Mi-jin will find a way to work things out with Ji-woong, but no. I’d mostly given up on their relationship with each passing minute, but it still hurt to see Ji-woong standing outside Mi-jin’s house all alone while the family enjoyed a fun dinner inside together. Come on, invite that man in for a meal!

In other news, Ji-woong returns to Seoul and the Seohan prosecution office welcomes a new set of senior interns. Military service is over and Won is back to promoting as an idol. Things with Mi-jin are officially over and will remain as a precious memory to him. Myung-duk proposes to Ga-yeong — shaking every step of the way, lol — and I’m impressed by how our second leads didn’t waste any time. Some people need to learn from them.

Six months later, a new set of investigators arrive at the Seoul prosecution office and we see a familiar face. That’s right, our Mi-jin passed the civil servant exams and she is now an official investigator! It’s good to see that Mi-jin has found herself and the path she wants to take in life — and all of that is colored by her days as Soon. It’s also cool to see that those work skills of hers that wowed Ji-woong and Myung-duk at Seohan are still wowing people in Seoul — nice Yoon Park cameo, by the way. Only when my face cracked into a smile at his appearance did I realize that I’d been mostly watching the episode with a straight face. Lol.

After stringing us along for 16 episodes, our OTP has their “I missed you” kiss and getting back together moment. But for how dramatic and needless the breakup was, their getting back together was kinda underwhelming. I was so over them at this point, so I didn’t really care as much. But I didn’t like how Mi-jin waited for Ji-woong to make the first move when she was the one who broke up with him. Show made her passive for most of their relationship, and I’m not confident she won’t break up with him in future over some other unnecessary issue — which is not a good place to end a romance journey. 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.

The romance arc was my primary reason for watching this show, and I did not appreciate it taking a backseat to the fantasy and mystery plots. At least we got humor even if most of that was missing towards the end. Still, I won’t judge the show too harshly because I did enjoy it at some point. The loving familial relationship between Mi-jin and her scene-stealing parents was a show highlight, and the supportive relationship between our heroine and her bestie was equally amazing.

I loved how Ga-yeong was Mi-jin/Soon’s biggest cheerleader, sounding board, and pillar of support. And in the scary world of navigating two lives, it was a blessing for our heroine to have a safe space in Ga-yeong where she could just be herself. We may not have gotten the romance we wanted, but at least we got a rock solid friendship, right? Besties over boyfriends!

 
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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!

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That cactus scene was so funny

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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."
🤣🤣🤣
Oh bitterness, thy name is Unit (+ a Titanic-load of disgruntled viewers). I *feel* you.

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Totally felt that in my core 😂

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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.

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Yes, that Yoon Park cameo was a delight lol.
p.s. I could never forget his side-splitting cameo in the pilot of Gaus Electronics. SO GOOD

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Oh yes, I came here for the best (cameo) parts only 😂

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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?

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So agree with this sentiment. Why does every heartfelt love story have to have a corresponding serial murder killing spree attached to it?

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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.

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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.

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Re: "it was also telling old people that they only had opportunities if they were secretly young people"

OR, if they were secretly murdering *other* old people in order to take their jobs by impersonation. So both the young and the old job-seekers are scammers committing identity frauds 🤣

Which may ironically prove that the real messaging of Show is: damn, the job market is a killer, and tis a cut-throat world whether you are a young or old person lol.

Actually Show has such great potential in its premise to explore the issue of time, of youth and age, but alas - squandered!

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RE: "...other than that you were only good as a cleaning service."

Trivia Tidbit: in my country, tis common to hear parents fear-monger their kids with this threat: "If you don't study hard, you will end up as a cleaner/road sweeper!" (these days, the bar has gotten higher - I heard the latest version is "if you don't study hard, you will end up as a teacher!" not kidding )

Maybe the *real* subliminal moral of the story is: IF you don't want to (a) end up as a senior intern cleaning toilets; (b) OR end up getting cursed with rapid ageing, you should really endeavour to pass your civil servant exams the first time round.

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I had the thought of: is "Youth is a gift" really a message that has to be conveyed in a society obsessed with staying young and delaying aging as much as possible? I'm in the US, though, so maybe it's a cultural thing...

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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.

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I'm so with you on this 'ozone layer' hole! In fact the show was peppered with them (I could do a whole other diatribe on the Rules of the World for the supernatural/magical elements that were equally badly handled). Sigh

Goodish shows with potential are so much more frustrating than really bad ones in my view and there were so many frustrations here. 

Would also like to take a moment to 'appreciate' (not!) how bad their use of Eun-Shim as the killer was overall.😬

*Firstly, I'm personally not a fan of a show trying to do a 'surprise' the axe murderer is a woman bit, because it is just incredibly rare in reality that women kill and even more rare that they would do so in a bloody way (when women do commit murder, poison is the most common method).

 *It's also hard to believe, because she was not some super large, strong woman either and it's just unlikely that victims couldn't have fought back unless she drugged them first (which she didn't always do)

*And are we supposed to believe that she was able to 'carry' the bodies of the female intern she killed and the limping male intern (who just happened to be taking a stroll by the reservoir late at night) ? 
And why had she taken so long to kill the female intern she replaced? The limping guy died a couple of weeks after she arrived didn't he? (I so don't have the energy to go back and check)

* Her psychology also wasn't convincing. At times she was portrayed as a sociopath but it seemed like the first murder was just an escalation of her stealing and then the rest were cleaning up that crime (getting rid of witnesses). Why she used an axe at all rather than just give these people an overdose was never explained....(And that's not even touching on the poppies(opium)/fentanyl plot holes) 

I wasn't really buying any of it and the fact that there was no back story or a revelation of psychopathy made it feel like it was completely tacked on and just a way to go 'aha - we misdirected you to the creepy guy (fair enough, a good red herring is a trope for a reason) but then we couldn't come up with a decent alternative so, surprise, it's this random woman, for random unbelievable reasons'. 😱😲😱.

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1. Yes, I had a whole list of burning & unanswered questions here: https://www.dramabeans.com/2024/07/miss-night-and-day-episodes-13-14/#comment-4208985

2. RE: "(I could do a whole other diatribe on the Rules of the World for the supernatural/magical elements that were equally badly handled)"

Please do so.
I deem it a Public Service Announcement / Advisory Label. Think of it as offering full disclosure to all future Beanies / viewers so they don't have to suffer what we did or can at least make informed viewing choices.

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You know what is the unintentionally funny part?

Killer tries to kill Mi-jin with a deadly syringe jab, stumbles and drops her syringe in weakness, THEN picks up an axe (which requires exponentially more force and strength to wield) to try to off Mi-jin.

Stage direction: "Common Sense" has left the building.🤣 🤣

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Wow! That really does undermine it all.

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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.

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Er, 2FL meaning the FL's best friend.

Also, a lot of people on Reddit are mad that the FL never introduced the idol to her best friend when she was such a huge fan. I love the guy she ended up with, but not really as a match for her--I think the idol would have been better and more satisfying.

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Tis interesting how comments like "oh he's a red flag" or "he's a green flag" are mainly directed at the male leads (main & second) BUT hardly at the female leads.

So MND shalt now have the dubious honour of being the first show where I officially direct that comment towards a FL:

Whether in drama-land or IRL, Mi-jin would be a red flag (sorry, stans). ML, run for the hills.

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I agree It's time for gender-neutral red flags! Min-jin was ept irking me. Didn't hate her, just couldn't understand her.

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Mr Joo, the two ex-policemen he was prejudiced about and his boss who hates him and his college classmate who had a crush on him comforted and actually supported ML more than Mijin. Literally like with the 2ML situation, it was apparent that his old college classmate cared so much more for him. And oddly he didn't even turn up in court for the sentencing just so once again he doesn't find out about Mijin's transformation reversal? At least if not Mijin they could have shown ML and the mom sharing in their grief. Him standing outside while the whole family was having dinner felt more depressing than anything between him and Mijin.

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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.

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Sadly no high five or fist bump for this one Chingu. You said it all - sigh.

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Well we apparently have 14 dramas premiering this month, lol. Most, after the Olympics, so here is hoping for at least one thing that is good.

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For Beanies just as in life - hope springs eternal. So see you in the next one. 👋

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I feel like this always happens with the 16 ep ones, maybe I should stick with the shorter dramas

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Try the older Japanese dramas -- they are all 12-ep format, high calibre, and superbly written.

Very complex murder mysteries by the likes of Hisashi Nozawa can be coherently wrapped up in 12 episodes. I was spoilt by this format since young, and grew up to have a distaste for the longer 30-ep format of my own country
🤣 It's like Maths - you always strive for elegance and beauty. Don't solve a problem in 5 steps if you can do it in 2.

"May your solutions and answers both be beautiful." - Lee Gon (King, Mathematician, Rower -KTEM)

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Watch jdramas! They're all 10 episodes, sometimes even 8 :)

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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

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Choi Jin-hyuk did do some cute smiling in the later episodes, and I definitely noticed that. I'm glad you mentioned it! It was the major reason I rooted for them to get back together--to see that sweet smile.

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Zombie Detective may arguably be better than MND - it's a shorter format, funny, and has plot logic (hurrah!)

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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!

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It would have been so nice to have 3/4th of the episode to have cute, fluffy romance. Pretty doable too. I don't even know if the random episode 15 break-up can even qualify as noble idiocy. I mean there was nothing noble about it so maybe it was a "new" plot point i.e. random idiocy break-up. 😂

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RE: "random idiocy break-up"

-- Be it far from us, and may it never ever become a trope in this life, or the next. Or next next.

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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!! 😊❤

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Re: "the difference between the premise on paper and execution seems as different as day from night."

Maybe Show is going Meta here. The *real* theme of MND is actually scamming:
1. Work: Pilot starts with FL as victim of job-seeking scam
2. Work: Miss Day got an intern job by scamming with identity fraud
3. Work: Killer got an intern job by killing & scamming with identity fraud
4. Love: Mr Ju got scammed in marriage/love fraud
5. Love: Ji-Ung got scammed in love fraud ( well Mi-Jin is considered bait and switch really)
6. Last but not least: Show goes meta on us, and scammed all the viewers by selling a fantastic premise it never delivers on in execution

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Gosh ... now it seems like the writer got scammed in work *and* love. 😂

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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The actors most definitely sold it. 😊 Seconding you in wishing for an awesome Choi Jin-hyuk drama. 🤞🙏

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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

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It turns out he was never truly married. He concocted the whole story. I guess complaining about a fictional wife and in-laws and pretending that he had to escape from them from time to time was his way of dealing with loneliness.

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Thank you for answering😊

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:)

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Mr Joo was retconned as having being scammed by a marriage fraudster and never being able to tell his colleagues out of shame. The reason he keeps coming over with that excuse is because he lost his house because of the scam and lives in an unheated apartmenet and wanted to stay over in ML's apartment instead of going to the sauna all the time. Also he is only 41 despite his looks to Ga Yeong's 29 so its a 12 year age gap only despite looks. And he already broke the barriers when he declared love is love and he'll support Im Sun's may-december love. Ahn Sang Woo at 47 being told to play the dad character who is the same age 60(instead of 50s ironically) as 53y.o. Jung Suk Yong is the real crime. Maybe they should have switched roles because Yoon Byung Hee and Jung Suk Yong looked more they can pass for the same age.

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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.

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I saw him first in Emergency Couple, a romcom. Not sure if it would feel dated. Worth trying.

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I think Emergency Couple may well be his only other romcom besides MND. He did another romantic drama (I won't call it a romcom?) -- Devilish Charm. A Memento-like premise.

I don't remember *good* love scenes in The Heirs (too long ago and depends on how you define good too) BUT this is the show where he first caught my eye.

He was only playing a supporting role as first-born chaebol heir, but oh-so-brooding and angsty cos the girl he likes is the scholarship financial aid beneficiary of their company. It's all very Romeo & Juliet! It doesn't hurt that a brooding CJH is very debonair in his suits.

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I liked him in Fated to Love You, but he was SML.

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Back when I had the hots for Choi Jin Hyuk, I watched most of his work. There was an ensemble drama that he acted in with a lot of love scenes, it was quite mature! I forget the name, but it's not the Devilish drama.

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It's called In Need of Romance

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Is this any good in your opinion?

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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?

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I accidentally wrote "acting choices" when I meant "screen writing choices"--weird acting choices go with odd screen writing choices. Sorry.

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Breaking up and cutting ties seems rather common in dramas. No? And, I kind of agree with this tbh.

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It's such a mysterious choice that so many drama writers make! In some shows, OK, I get why we have a time skip. Like, in The Secret Romantic Guest House, there was a couple that loved each other until they found out that he'd killed her father. Then he was so despondent and she couldn't forgive him. The writers chose a time skip to deal with their feelings. I think that's pretty much the only time I've thought a time skip was warranted. I am always irritated by the skips that are only there to show that someone had children or got a new job. I mean, OK, the point here was that we wanted to see the FL get the job of her dreams. I guess. So I suppose it made sense to show her getting the job.

But they could have shown him there when she passed the exam or whatever. I don't know, I guess they did that in the last episode of Crash Course in Romance and I found it exceedingly cheesy, but I'm not sure that's because the resolution was her passing her test. I think it was because the entire last episode was some kind of practical joke by the wardrobe department.

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I think the point as you suggest was she wanted to be self-sufficient and have a healthy relationship with him as opposed to a dependent relationship and it took time for her to achieve it. Maybe we can see it as further motivation for her to achieve her dreams. It does suck for ML tho.

I was speaking more generally, I think a clean break is good. But, I also believe that once broken can't go back. So, this drama is only 50% believable to me.

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I agree with you about the FL's parents' acting being uneven. I thought it was really good casting but their acting was not always on point. Their comedic timing, their expressions, the forced crying at the end by the mom - I would say they definetly had trouble switching between the fast-paced comedy and serious/sad scenes. I say this even as a fan of the FL's dad. I thought the FL's mom's crying was especially poorly done. But I blame the director for this, he/she should know what their actors are capable of. She was not ready to handle the demands of this character. At the very least they could have changed the sister to the dad's side of the family. I think he had more of a sad vibe and was more believable that he could have had lost his sister. Plus, the older FL even looks more like him than her supposed sister. The casting of the parents was difficult, their roles are a lot more challenging than we'd expect. I am not even sure my old man cruch, the FL's dad was the best man for the job, to be honest. This drama exposed the areas they need to work on as actors, that's the best way I can put it.

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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.

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Re: Necro-nepotism!!!
And ladies and gentlemen, a new trope is born in drama-land...
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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!

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The recaps by Unit were fantastic and way better than the job done by the writers. Having said it all over the last 14 episodes I can only reiterate , What a waste of an exciting premise and a clutch of excellent actors. If the writing had not been so awful, we could have had a great romance between the OTP (there were really nice scenes until ep 9 and then in Ep 11-12) and a hilarious love triangle to boot with Ms Day-Mr Prosecutor- Ms Night. Indeed this year we seem to be really not getting an OTP we can root for. The less said about the gaping logic holes in serial killer arc the better.

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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. ^^

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Yes - actually the loss survivors of the victims' families grieving are some of the most emotionally affecting scenes for me. *wet eyes*

To me, the show has tragic pathos and gravitas in these moments. Even the Medical Director's response when he heard the real killer was caught and he broke down and wept: "Now I can finally face my children." Oh. I really *feel* him.

Can you imagine how devastating it must have been for the family that your father was marked with the reproach and nagging suspicion of being the murderer of your mother?

And that scene with Ji-Ung weeping on the dirt ground before the bones, and how flesh may rot and bones decay but that huge toy diamond ring he gifted his mom remained on her finger, thus identifying her (and also symbolising his enduring obsession and inability to forget her)
#syntheticisforever

In unfavorable contrast, the shallow romance (and cowardly love of FL) just pales in comparison to such pathos.

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Yes, those were some notable, moving scenes. The show did better with the serious parts than the romance. 😩

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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.

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Sounds like everyone's trying to help Choi Jin Hyuk find a wifey. He is getting along in years. His appearances on Ugly Duckling have been a double-edged sword. It satisfied audience's curiosity towards his real personality and private life but it also showed that his onscreen drama persona is very much created by the screenwriter and wardrobe stylists. In real life, he's ordinary, a little bit too coddled by a very capable and strong-willed mother, doesn't know how to do things around the house, and doesn't want to stick to a budget. So even though he's a pretty big star, he hasn't been able to purchase his own property yet. So he's at this point very much a liability and project for any female. I was a huge fan of Choi Jin Hyuk and had the hots for him but Ugly Duckling cooled that down fast lol. I think he might have better luck dating non-actors. The FL doesn't need to be burdened with this silly goose :)

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I liked this good series. It has very good vibes and i suggest you to watch it 😉
I found good place to listen OSTs
You can listen to this lovely series OST in this playlist:

https://app.ostfly.com/album/xQRexsiMHmc/miss-night-and-day

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Thank you for sharing this helpful website. I like that 🙏❤️

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This show had so much promise. Some fantasy but they kept it in check and realistic for the fantasy. The characters were all interesting. But..... live victim dismemberment, murder, talking about torturing dogs...... the further this story gets away from me the better. Some fantasy rom-com. Sorry but this sucked.

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