The Judge from Hell: Episodes 5-6
by DaebakGrits
Just when you thought this drama couldn’t go any darker, our latest (and bloodiest) murderer-of-the week sends our characters on a hunt for the truth. But our detective, who doesn’t see eye-to-eye with our demon judge’s brand of justice, finds himself not only trying to solve a murder but preventing one.
EPISODES 5-6
This week’s episodes of Demon Next Door — I mean, The Judge from Hell — begin with Bit-na discovering that she has a new neighbor: Da-on. After being in detective withdrawals for so long (re: a few days), the mere sight of him is enough to send her heart fluttering and — wait, is she having a heart attack? Our demon’s heart palpitations are so intense that she faints, and Da-on has to piggyback her to the hospital, where she’s told that there’s nothing wrong with her. Mere human doctors are incapable of detecting and fixing the unique ailments of the demon-possessed, and the best diagnosis they’ve got: stress. (*shrugs*) And to avoid future fainting spells she should either avoid her stressors (Bit-na doesn’t like this one) or learn to love and embrace them (much more appealing).
Luckily for Bit-na, Da-on wants to stick to her like (hawt) glue, but his sudden renewed interest isn’t because he’s also having love-induced heart palpitations. No, after examining the scene of New Wife’s murder, Da-on found one of Bit-na’s trademark crushed Cola Z cans. I guess her cleaning crew wasn’t as thorough as one would expect of a demon-duo wielding magic wet vacs, and that single soda can is all Da-on needs to make him suspect Bit-na is the serial killer behind the forehead branding murders. Well, that and the fact that both “victims” (using that word loosely since they were also heartless murderers) made appearances in Bit-na’s courtroom. So, yeah, now that Da-on has a reason to be sus of Bit-na again, he’s inserted himself in her life as her neighbor and personal shadow in order to determine if his theory is correct.
During his not-so-undercover stakeout of Bit-na, he follows her and Ah-rong to a local demon gathering that doubles as a cooking class, and if Da-on had any lingering doubts as far as Bit-na’s demonic origins are concerned, it’s pretty safe to say they were exorcized after watching the bootleg cast of Hell’s Kitchen use their magical weapons to whip up some side dishes for the local community. Apparently, performing community service is the most efficient way to blend in with society and ensure no one suspects that you’re a demon Airbnbing a human’s body.
I know what you’re thinking. A cooking class? Community service? These things are so not on brand with Bit-na, and you’re correct. She only followed Ah-rong to the demon meet-up because word on the street is that Satan and the Kylum, a magical item he stole from Lucifer (yeah, Satan and Lucifer are two separate beings in this story), are somewhere on earth. The missing Kylum is practically a get back into hell free pass, and Bit-na joined the cooking class to see if the local demons had any leads. Instead, she got roped into community service — although Da-so ended up doing most of the work on her behalf in order to observe Bit-na and the other demons.
Da-on’s solo investigation of Bit-na is put on pause, however, when our story kicks off our latest murder-of-the-week plotline. This time, our murderer (cameo by Yang Kyung-won) has been watching a little too much Dear Hyeri because he pulls the whole it-wasn’t-me-it-was-my-other-personality-that-murdered-my-wife-and-kids card, but super sleuth Da-on isn’t buying it. During his interrogation of Mr. Dissociative Identity Disorder (or Mr. DID-it for short), Da-on subtly pokes holes in Mr. DID-it’s story and all but confirms that Mr. DID-it is faking his multiple personalities, which is why he’s alarmed to discover Bit-na has swapped judicial departments so she can preside over Mr. DID-it’s trial.
Given Bit-na’s recent track history of dolling out light courtroom sentences so her victims are more accessible when it comes time for her to issue her harsher divine punishments, Da-on’s got reason to suspect Mr. DID-it is next in line to receive a forehead branding. And, man, the way he watches Bit-na during the trial is intense. He’s only got eyes for her — in a non-romantic but still totally sexy kind of way — so he doesn’t miss her devilish smirk when she rules that the trial cannot proceed until Mr. DID-it has had a thorough psych evaluation.
Of course, this delay means Mr. DID-it is now being temporarily held at a hospital, which is far easier for Bit-na to infiltrate than a prison. There’s just one problem: she didn’t predict that Da-on would be hiding underneath Mr. DID-it’s hospital bed, where he saw her whip out her glowing dagger and overheard her announce her murderous intentions. Before she can whisk Mr. DID-it off to her magical realm of divine punishment, Da-on grabs her ankle, startling Bit-na and forcing her to (temporarily) abandon her plans for the evening. (Oh darn.)
Even though Da-on caught Bit-na red-handed — or purple-daggered — he has no proof she was at the hospital. Finding solid evidence is an ongoing issue for Da-on, as he can’t find proof that Mr. DID-it is lying about his multiple personalities either. He and his colleagues suspect that there’s evidence stored on the smashed cell phone that belonged to Mr. DID-it’s deceased son, but by the time the detectives are able to access the son’s files via the cloud and find an audio recording from the night of the murders, it’s too late. Yes, the recording irrefutably proves Mr. DID-it was of sound mind when he killed his family, but it wasn’t submitted as evidence in advance of the trial, which makes it inadmissible.
So even though it’s apparent to everyone that Mr. DID-it, well, did it and is faking his disorder, Bit-na makes her ruling as though it’s still a possibility that he’s mentally unwell and sentences him to two years in a secured mental health facility. In this case, I honestly can’t tell if Bit-na is genuinely being a stickler for the rules or if she has an ulterior motive for keeping Mr. DID-it out of prison — to either ensure he remains unrepentant or have it so he’s more accessible to her for when she’s ready to torture him and send him to hell. Doesn’t seem like it’s the latter, though, because if she and Ah-rong can coordinate an elaborate prison bus accident and kidnap Mr. DID-it right out from under Da-on’s nose, then surely supernatural beings of their sort could have killed a guy in prison, right?
Of course, even though Bit-na has an airtight alibi, Da-on (correctly) assumes she’s the mastermind behind the prison bus accident and subsequent kidnapping, so he positions one of his camping chairs outside her door with the intention of sitting guard all night to block her from killing Mr. DID-it. As expected, Da-on and his lawn chair are no match for a wiley demon on a mission, and with a little help from Man-do, Bit-na sneaks out her apartment window and follows her usual routine of making her victim relive his crimes from the perspective of his victims before sending his soul to hell. This time, though, she’s more passionately violent than usual and makes a notable change to her pattern by giving Mr. DID-it her stamp of disapproval before killing him. And then, to taunt Da-on, she makes a production out of leaving Mr. DID-it’s body in his jurisdiction.
Once again, Da-on and his colleagues are stumped by the complete lack of forensic evidence found on the body, and as they speculate over whether or not it’s time to speak with a shaman. Da-on decides to follow-up with the nice demon he met at the cooking class to see if the demon can provide any insights on how to stopping Bit-na’s murder spree. There’s just one problem: Nice Demon supposedly unalived himself.
Da-on immediately suspects that Nice Demon’s death is Bit-na’s handiwork. Da-on witnessed the compassion and love Nice Demon secretly felt for humans — a punishable offense among demons — and knew he feared that Da-on would tell Bit-na his secret. Bit-na, however, who has always been quite proud of her kills, is genuinely surprised by the news of Nice Demon’s death. However, Da-on is past believing in a demon with at least three kills under her belt and he vows to bring her to justice.
Honestly, at this point, Da-on’s excessively righteous moral compass and naive belief that he can defeat a literal demon are laughable because — and maybe this is just me — but if I’m ever presented with irrefutable proof that not only are demons real but they’re on earth killing and dragging unrepentant murderers to hell, I’m not going to try and stop them. I might politely ask them to hold off on the forehead branding and make their murders look like accidental deaths so I have less detective paperwork to do, but otherwise I’m minding my own damn business. Because demons.
I really should stop overthinking this story, though, because despite the convoluted theology and demonic justice system, this is a love story. It’s not about Da-on defeating a demon — at least not in the conventional biblical sense. Instead, there’s been enough foreshadowing and heart palpitations to make it clear that this is a romance about a demon falling in love with a human, which will prove especially dangerous for Bit-na now that we know Ah-rong is a demon who has been sent to earth to punish other demons, like Nice Demon, who fall in love with humans. But Ah-rong’s growing suspicion that Bit-na may be feeling forbidden emotions may be the least of Bit-na and Da-on’s worries.
For starters, we still don’t know who killed human Bit-na, but if her ex-fiancé’s veiled threat is any indication, he seems like the type who might resort to murder if Bit-na continues blocking the success of his redevelopment project. Then again, that could have just been a misdirect so we’d suspect Tae-gyu has something to do with Bit-na’s neighbor getting attacked at the end of Episode 6. Either way, lest we forget, Satan is apparently walking among humans, and I can’t imagine he will live by The Law of Finders Keepers if Bit-na manages to locate the Kylum before him.
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1 jillian
October 7, 2024 at 12:26 AM
There are additional story threads introduced this week. The demons here are not the same ones taught in school. The heirarchy is off and I just dont want to think too much about it otherwise I would not like this show as much. I just focus on the story of Bitna and Daon.
I think Daon is still angry that she deceived him and tried to kill him. He may still be in denial and deep down already fell for her ever since that comment she made the first week.
I want Judge Kang to be smarter in choosing her targets. There is an obvious trend with the serial killings and her involvement however circumstantial on the surface. She does not need to take the cases of her targets so there will be less suspicion of her. Or better yet make sound judgments to put them to jail and then kill her targets strategically so she can get the police off her tail.
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Cecee is done DramaQueening
October 16, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Did you have demons lessons at school?
I had Latin and physics... I've obviously missed out!
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2 Kurama
October 7, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Hum... The fun part was the bantering between the leads. But now he wants to catch her for murder, it's less fun. I don't think he's completely naive. He wants the human justice system to work and not her system. By killing the villains she makes them victim too.
Her punishing scene are quite repetive and I don't really care about them.
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gimbapslice
October 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM
I also agree about the punishment scenes. Too repetitive so I skip them in full. Could have really be left to the viewers' imagination and saved a ton of money.
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3 Blue (@mayhemf)
October 7, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I want Bit Na and DaOn to team up and find a middle ground. Does she have to kill to meet her targets or does she have to bring them to justice? I wasn’t clear what exactly was her punishment.
How is DaOn planning to prevent a demon from killing??
I am still enjoying the show and now I am worried that our demon is catching feelings which apparently is a crime worthy of death. why??!!!
I was hoping by episode 6 we have the leads on the same side or atleast something will change but we are still in the same place.
Now we have the assemblyman who hinted on long life. The show is doing very little to reveal about Bit Na and her past.
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anonymous
October 8, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Bael said kill(the soul of unrepentent and unforgiven murderers numbering 20 victims=20 killers in total have to be judged into hell). Maybe the real Bitna's soul makes Spider Bael also catch feelings so we can be rid of the rule. Also Ahrong is such a huge fan of uri demoness she'll probably keep misunderstanding everything she sees for a little longer.
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4 tabong
October 7, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Not Da On accidentally becoming her alibi while trying to gather evidence of her criminal activities. 😂 Bless his heart.
Tbh, I was frustrated with Bit Na this week. I think she's gonna get stabbed again! I mean, it wouldn't be strange if one of the victim's love ones gets super angry after hearing all the BS she says in court, and goes give her a nice stab.
She isn't just ruining her career/reputation. She's becoming an easy target. OG Bit Na was already stabbed once.
Well, I'm pretty sure it was courtesy of ex-dad-in-law, but still... Who knows. She also made everything way bigger and sus by sending a TOD and kidnapping him.
She's becoming the center of attention in every front. I don't think that's good given that she still has a lot of kills to make.
Anyway, I wish she was more private about this.
"This time, our murderer (cameo by Yang Kyung-won) has been watching a little too much Dear Hyeri because he pulls the whole it-wasn’t-me-it-was-my-other-personality-that-murdered-my-wife-and-kids card, but super sleuth Da-on isn’t buying it." LMAO
This had me rolling, DaebakGrits. Thanks for the fun recap.
And Da On...
Maybe someone killed the murderer of his family? Maybe he felt empty after that happened and because of it he feels that what Bit Na's doing is pointless? I feel like everything he does is connected to that case.
I don't remember if the one who escaped was Lucifer or Satan or wtv, but I think that's related to Da On's family too.
Btw, what if the ex-dad-in-law is Lucifer/Satan? That ahjussi is sus AF.
And that would explain why Bael sent Justitia in Bit Na's body! 🤔
...Maybe I'm overthinking it.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
October 7, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Bit Na came to hell by error. So it wasn’t entirely Justicias fault is it? I too feel there is more to this. May be he put her there to actually find runaway Satan??
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Vladdles
October 7, 2024 at 7:16 AM
There is obviously more to Bit Na's arrival in hell however Justicia's mistake is that she didn't give her a fair trial by listening to her hence her (Justicia's that is) punishment, I think this is part of her lesson as a demon and as a judge...lady you have to listen and look at the evidence before making a judgement. Stabbing lovely eyes (and cheekbones) got her an extended sentence of an additional 10 unrepentant killers.
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tabong
October 7, 2024 at 12:30 PM
It seems like she's always been chaotic so I wonder why her punishment/lesson is happening now. Trying to fix 600 years old habits?
I think Bael had a bigger plan.
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ar_arguably romantic
October 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I think the real Bitna could possibly be someone actually super important to the higher ups in Hell.
Britney
October 7, 2024 at 11:56 AM
"And Da On...
Maybe someone killed the murderer of his family? Maybe he felt empty after that happened and because of it he feels that what Bit Na's doing is pointless? I feel like everything he does is connected to that case."
I don't think so. I think the murderer of his family is (a) the serial killer that A Rong mentioned and (b) the guy who attacked the single mother neighbor.
Or maybe a demon took over the body of the murderer? That's alot of possession haha.
I think the thing is gonna be why was Daon left alive. What if *he's* the macguffin?! That could also be why he felt guilt and responsible for the death of his family. Also makes sense why he would have the weird lack of fear when dealing with demons.
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tabong
October 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Ahh. Right.
The killer is still on the loose.
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5 Unit
October 7, 2024 at 4:17 AM
"if I’m ever presented with irrefutable proof that not only are demons real but they’re on earth killing and dragging unrepentant murderers to hell, I’m not going to try and stop them."
What she said!
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6 9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
October 7, 2024 at 5:50 AM
I just want to say that I rub my hands with glee every time I see a new episode has dropped.
That's how much I like this drama!
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7 Dylan [Suffering from Judge from Hell brainrot]
October 7, 2024 at 6:42 AM
1) amazing innovations are happening in the Truck of Doom industry
2) this really should have been the drama called Love Next Door
3) imagine being so hot you make a demon faint and have heart palpitations
4) I want to have as much fun as Park Shin-hye is having with this role. The sheer enjoyment on her face...
5) I have seen only 2 dramas with PSH before this, all of them recent ones so i cannot speak for older ones. but I've never been impressed with her acting abilities, but this drama.... she is giving a full 100% so far. the body language (e.g. the cringing away from evangelical landlady), the humour, the facial expressions, the emotion in her eyes... I was unfamiliar with your game, PSH, I owe you an apology.
6) it seems like demons in the mortal realm slowly 'go native,' like undercover agents in enemy territory. it's interesting watching them gain human emotions and gain morality (they volunteer with seniors??). helped along with ML's face card & winning personality, we already see this with Justitia. anyways, never thought I'd feel so much pathos for a demon hell; RIP the demon who was really in touch with his emotions & whose only crime was loving his gf too much.
7) anytime you see a supporting female character in a crime kdrama, don't get too attached... but why did it have to be the poor single mom?
8) i hope we see a compromise between the ML and the FL's approach to justice.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:29 AM
I love all your points. 😊 Especially the demons going native.
I'm amazed how much of an impact the humanized demon made on us. Kudos to the actor as well as the writing.
A judge / police office tag team catching unpunished and unforgiven murderers sounds legit. 👍🏻👏🏻
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8 kay4625
October 7, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I'm enjoying this show, but I do think the way the show is structured is becoming very repetitive, because it's essentially always the same thing. Episode 1, 3 & 5 end with Bit-na pulling her knife out, and episodes 2, 4 & 6 then have an extended "revenge" part. This wouldn't necessarily be a problem if there was any kind of variety to the "cases", but there isn't. There's never really a mystery, or a twist, to these cases because the guilty party is immediately obvious, and they never show any remorse or guilt. So all you're left with is a case that's barely even a case, and you're essentially just waiting for the show to get to the main event (the revenge part) already, because these cases have nothing else going for them. There's a lot of potential for interesting ideas here though, but the show just isn't using it.
Luckily all the other ongoing plotlines are more interesting, but I really feel like the generic cases are starting to hold the show back, so hopefully things quickly improve in that regard.
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9 Britney
October 7, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I felt bad for the demon that had to go back to Hell because he became "humanized".
I don't think I'm ever gonna have the same reception to this as other people are. I still don't see why people say this is so fun or it has the viewership it does. To me the standout isn't how "fun" it looks but how "expensive" it looks haha. Every time I watch an episode, I have a moment when I'm just like wow, this must've been so expensive to do.
Maybe it does also have moments when it looks like it may be fun to shoot such as when Park Shin Hye gets to act hammy or immature (like when she tried ducking in a chair in her apartment to hide from the neighbor or when she's doing the infernal trials).
I have mixed feelings about the criminals she tries because the cops make it seem like the "right" thing to do is let them go to prison and apologize to the victims families and that's even what the victims' families want or deserve but the criminals are unrepentent sociopaths. Them apologizing doesn't mean anything; they're manipulative liars who don't feel remorse. The thing is I want to Justitis to keeping "winning" but then that is cheering for a serial killer and it feels kinda weird haha. I don't even know how to explain it because a show like Dexter existed yet it feels different from this.
Also, I kept thinking that if Justitia got caught and went to prison, she might be able to find those unrepentent murderers she needs but I get that it goes against the premise of the show.
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10 Britney
October 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM
I think the assemblyman and his son(s) are responsible for Bit Na's murder and other actions that led to people either actually dying or the mental/emotional deaths.
The assemblyman's actor is just always greedy, selfish, or sinister and unremorseful about it. Oh! He or his son(s) might be Lucifer looking for the macguffin so they may or may not do a infernal trial like what we've seen so far.
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11 Diana Hansen
October 7, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Still watching and enjoying it in a weird sort of way. Love the leads, hate the revenge part cause the victims die so she can get the baddie. I would like to see the leads working together in a less revengeful way yet giving the baddies their comuppance.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:22 AM
It would be totally awesome to have the OTP working together rather than in this seemingly useless one-sided tussle by the ML.
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12 hacja
October 7, 2024 at 11:52 AM
I appreciate the campy performance of Park Shin Hye, and I know viewers in general love revenge dramas, the bloodier the better, so I’m not offended by the utterly gratuitous violence, although it does get a little tedious.
But in addition to trying to figure out the fantasy rules (which like many of these fantasy shows, are changing as the show develops—(like human love resulting in banishment to hell for demons, Satan on the lose getting chased by demon followers of Baal?) the problem I’m having with the show now is the motive of the detective.
Usually, in these kind of vigilante dramas, the detective is making the case that even murderers need to be tried and punished according to the law, because without the rule of law, society would descend into violent chaos, with everyone violently exacting their version of justice. So the detective opposes the vigilante because the detective represents social order, vs. a kind of brutal anarchy of individual avengers
But in this show, since demons apparently are around killing guilty people everywhere, the detective seems to be opposing Justitia because human justice is more meaningful to the victims families than demonic justice. But how is that true? The mother of the victim says she wished she would have gotten an apology, so she felt unsatisfied with the murderers death. So is the detective assuming, that if Justitia hadn’t killed them, the murderers would all apologize to their victim’s families? But what if the murderers don’t apologize? Then would the detective prefer a jail sentence, because he is more forgiving? But he hasn’t said he forgives the perpetrators at all, and in fact he’s indicated in the first case that he is willing to take justice in his own hands and beat up the culprit even after the culprit served his time.
Plus, as @daebakgrits said, you’re dealing with the supernatural, so why exactly does the detective think that he needs to stop Justitia, let alone how he thinks he is going to do it?
In other words, the detective’s opposition just doesn’t make any sense, unlike the rest of the show, which is totally logical!
I do however, anticipate the ending. The detective and Justitia will fall in love, Ah-rong will say to Justitia that she resume her old existence if she kills the detective and sends him to Gehenna—but in the last episode, Justitia will stab herself with the purple dagger and go to Gehenna herself to save the detective, proving that to be a demon is to sacrifice yourself for others.
That’s why they are stressing the “Heartbeat” of Justitia to prepare us for another very, very, meaningful tragic end to a supernatural/human romance. Get out your tissues for what comes after demon love!
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ar_arguably romantic
October 10, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I think some victims' families may find peace in knowing that the killer regrets the murder and acknowledges the pain it has caused. Having him alive but in prison allows that to be a possibility even if it's 10 years later. Having him dead means that will never be possible.
I wonder if Da-On would react the same way if someone says, "I hope some demon of justice will kill X. X is a murderer and he really deserves to die instead of rotting in jail."
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13 gimbapslice
October 7, 2024 at 11:55 AM
This show's writing is terrible. Park Shinhye is super fun to watch but the plot about the detective trying to stop a deity from enacting judgment on murderers just so he can feel righteous about follwing human laws is pitifully obtuse. She literally can't kill the innocent. Murderers are going to hell. Let her meet her quota and then life continues as is. Her normal job is to send people to hell since they deserve it. Arghhh the detective is so frustratingly kdrama. "Hey, you're a god of death trying to find murderers, how can I help you?" Is what he should be thinking.
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Britney
October 7, 2024 at 12:12 PM
She did kill him and he was innocent and she banished Bit Na to Hell for murder when she was (likely) innocent.
Though I agree that it is weird how their conflict is playing out because she IS a demon which by default means her morality is different from his.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:18 AM
"Hey, you're a god of death trying to find murderers, how can I help you?" Is what he should be thinking.
💯 that!! So well expressed. 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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14 Britney
October 7, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I wonder what the "humanized" demon's mission was; was it just to try to find Satan or the macguffin?
If that's the case, no wonder he started enjoying human life. How tedious would it be to search for things when you have no clues or place to start?
He was the most impactful character to me haha.
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Dylan [Suffering from Judge from Hell brainrot]
October 7, 2024 at 1:15 PM
"If I am going to spend decades on Earth on a wild goose chase, might as well as volunteer with the local senior citizen orgs and find love"
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15 Britney
October 7, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Even though folks keep saying how Park Shin Hye is having so much fun with this role, I think part of the reason I'm not so into it is because I just don't buy her as "mean". The scenes when she's dealing with kids or even her assistant, are fine and campy but being the cruel menencing demon? That requires some suspension of belief for me.
I honestly wondered how Son Yeji would be in the role (I know she's cancelled or something but that didn't stop her coming to my mind). I don't know many actors.
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Hanamana
October 8, 2024 at 4:32 AM
I think it's the charm of her character. if she was just mean we would not be able to like her as the FL. It's nice to see the different aspects of her.
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16 Hanamana
October 8, 2024 at 4:41 AM
I actually understand the detective. Imagine a man who brutally killed his wife and two children declared innocent. What would you think about it? The detective is a human and not a demon. Also he doesn't know the things we know about Justicia.
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17 healer99101
October 8, 2024 at 12:15 PM
For me everything is fine in this drama. The major complaint I have is the obvious suspicion that follows when she lets go of the criminals with light sentences and kills them. Like can't there be a better way to kill the killers ?
I am seriously getting tired of this trope and hope show comes up with something different. It's only a matter of time when the entire police station connects the dots between bit na's ruling and death of killers and starts actively investigating her.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:15 AM
That is definitely a plot point which needed to be written better. For now Bit-na seems a bit too self-assured in her being supernatural and apparently above humans and their laws. But never know when it is going to catch up with her. 😕
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18 Mina00
October 10, 2024 at 1:01 AM
This show is my favourite weekend treat:) I normally would only keep watching rom com sort of dramas and do not like violent shows but that one use the violence exactly in a right direction. So far all the cases were was about domestic violence. I found rooting with our FL. They all deserved it. We could get our justice at least in dreamland since we cant have it in the real world. Love her! I am not so much in to a romance part but I guess it is going there.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:12 AM
"We could get our justice at least in dreamland since we cant have it in the real world."
Perfect sentiment for drama watching. Indeed we want Justice ⚖ to be very much alive in our dramas at least. 😅😂
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19 ar_arguably romantic
October 10, 2024 at 5:45 PM
I love this show, even if it's a little campy! I also like the role reversal with the FL being the dangerous, amoral one while the ML is like, "but you can't do that!!" And Park Shin-hye is killing it with the comedic timing and the brazenness.
I love the tension of Da-on struggling to stop Bitna from killing and Bitna having to do the extra work of evading Da-on. Da-on nicely toes the line of getting in her way without actually getting in her way because demons are just more wily and powerful.
I like how the evangelical landlady has her lovely side too.
I felt really bad for nice demon. I hope he can come back in the end, maybe in a different body. Maybe he can be reincarnated. He just felt like he was meant to be human.
Yang Kyung-won did an incredible job. The type of guest role that really make your jaw drop.
I hope we get to learn more about Bitna in the next few episodes, since we're about half-way now.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:08 AM
The camp is really working here. It is difficult to pull it off but for now Park Shin-hye is indeed as you so evocatively put it - killing it.
The support cast and the guest cast (generally murderers and victims) are well cast too. Almost all of them have left an impact.
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20 🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 13, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Thank you for the recap. 😈👩⚖️👮♂️🔥
Demon Next Door and Love Thy Neighbor is exactly what works best for the drama.
The Demon Cooking Class is a reality show I would happily watch too.
Also the "demon Airbnbing a human’s body" one. Oh! wait, what!? Isn't that like every demon drama ever. 😱😅 But I love your description.
I loved that the human was being the ghost under the bed. It was such a fun scene. Okay I may have screamed a bit - but surely not loud enough to wake the dead.
Apparently I am still conflicted about the murderer of the week reliving their crimes bit. But then ottoke, that is the whole drama - when it is not Airbnbing as a rom-com of course. 😂
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21 Mydemon_21
October 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I don't know about you guys but I hate Gremory / A rong , she is annoying and infuriating 😑😑😒😒😒
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22 kdramalurker
October 22, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Lee Gyu-Han looks mighty fine here!
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