Am I the only one watching? I decided to give this a try. I found the first two episodes kinda sweet and enjoyable. You have to be OK with old-person humor (jokes about cataracts and dementia). I don't do too many live watches since I find it frustrating to wait for episodes. I'm having fun with these older actors.

Given the premise, I thought this would simply be a crime mystery sitcom with unusual leads. And while it did give me that, what stood out about this little drama was the way the technological advance of modern day life viewed from the pov of our senior citizens. The portrayal was quite lighthearted, but it was still tinged with bittersweetness. How sometimes our 5 leads felt like they were being left behind by the modern world even for the most basic things like buying food (I love the contrast between their clumsiness and the way young kids viewed this technological wonder as simply the way of life). But there would be other moments where they realized that their wisdom and long experience are still needed, and that it's not such a bad thing to learn new things in life even at their age.

There was something lovely and unromanticized in the way our senior citizens see the world and their roles in it. How they would revealed the troubles in their lives in a matter-of-fact way that touched my heart even more. Also, the way they interacted and formed relationships with many unexpected people in their life is such a delight to watch (their starkly different personalities made for an interesting watch). I can't wait to uncover the many more criss-crossing histories between them all, and how they would help solve other crime mysteries in the future.

The five leads, Lee Soon-Jae, Kim Yong-Geon, Ye Soo-Jung, Lim Chae-Mu and Song Ok-Suk, are basically playing themselves in this fantasy drama that put ageism in its place. The youngest of the five is 64 years old and Lee is 89. Actor Lee is a grumpy old man who gets into a social media scandal with an idol-actor fan base which leads him to fleeing to small Geoje Island. He co-owns a house with another actor, Kim, but their long friendship was cracked when Lee’s son skipped out of the wedding to Kim’s daughter.

The story premise was set up in a simple way. He is starting to have mental/hallucinations because of the scandal stress. His mind shifts so he can communicate with a former police dog. From that point, the elderly crew helps solve a murder case with local police officer Yeonwoo. It is basic drama script but it has a new feel because of the casting. I enjoyed the first two episodes.

Its meant to be on Viki isn’t it? I’m in Australia and I can’t find it. Otherwise I’d be watching.

Watched episode 3 and 4.

I'm amazed at how fast the episodes go. It's never boring.
The locations (Geoje island) are beautiful too.
I thought Nam Yoon Su was just a cameo but he keeps appearing in some funny scenes (that Santa advert 😂).

I dropped this after watching they made Lee Song-jae haraboji to do bad toilet jokes. Nothing funny about it.

This was a light and enjoyable watch up until this past week. It felt like a different writer took over. The murder of the week was bizarre, and the deep issues involved in the other episode didn't fit the relatively light and comic tone up until now. And I have to call out the typecasting of the ugly rich Americans, shouting, threatening, and making unreasonable demands. ("Throw them in jail right now!") When will we ever see a decent and reasonable American character in a Kdrama?

I enjoyed every bit of this little story and glad that they know how to end it in high note. While the plot was mostly simplistic (especially the murder mystery of the week), the writer weaved it with lovely character development, interesting dynamics between its various characters, and never strayed away from the unique elderly POV that was the golden core of this drama.

My favorite part was how every character was given ample opportunity to change and grow, and while the way the drama solved its myriad problems seemed a bit too convenient at times, the resulting dynamics was always interesting to watch and true to character. Like the budding actor Hyun Ta and Lee Soon-jae who finally resolved their misunderstanding and saw each other under different light. Or the lovely unusual relationship between Gi-dong, Se-kyung, Cho-won, and Eun-ha that happened exactly because of the complicated past mistakes they made towards one another. Or the way our 5 elders decided to live together in Geoje without any explicit agreements because they understood each other so well after a lifetime being good friends. Or the adorable Sophie and the way Fate gave Cho-won the same ability as her grandpa so that they could continue helping the bumbling detectives through their crime investigation (that somehow always find their bizarre way to the small island).

I especially adore the last eps where the meta insert of this drama's behind-the-scene felt apt and sobering. I like the realism where none of our elders win any of the prize despite their excellent craft. The reality of entertainment industry was like that, where popularity was still a precious currency. It was disappointing, but our elders' wisdom gave them the perspective to appreciate the small happiness and unexpected joy in their lives that other people might not be lucky enough to experience. It was comforting that they ended our adventure in such an ordinary way (in the standard of this drama's world at least), where people both grow and not changed much, and life goes on.