Non-spoiler part:Oh My Ghost has a lot of potential: a fun possession premise, solid acting (especially Park Bo-young juggling two personalities), and a cute slow-burn romance mixed with ghost stories that are sometimes touching and sometimes creepy. The mystery around Soon-ae’s death is intriguing and keeps you watching, and the secondary characters add warmth and depth. The humor works in the middle episodes, and the chemistry between Bong-sun / Soon-ae and Sun-woo is genuinely enjoyable when it focuses on their growth.The biggest problem is the tone inconsistency: the beginning is very cringe (Soon-ae’s hyper-sexualized behavior feels forced and uncomfortable), the middle is entertaining, but the last episode completely derails everything with a rushed, overly saccharine happy ending that ignores the gravity of the darker themes the drama itself introduced.Spoiler part (major ending spoilers):The final episode ruins most of what came before. The main romance feels unfinished and unsatisfying: Sun-woo falls for Soon-ae’s bold personality, but he barely knows the real Bong-sun beyond her blog and her “victim” side. Instead of using the last episode to show them truly building a relationship (more scenes of Bong-sun in control, more romantic moments between her and Sun-woo), the drama sends Bong-sun abroad for two years to “grow” — only for her to end up working in Soon-ae’s father’s cheap restaurant. The “I didn’t contact you because I missed you too much” line is pure cheese, and the long-distance break feels artificial and unnecessary.So-hyung getting a perfect clone of her dead husband (same looks, same gentle personality) is lazy and makes her entire grief arc feel pointless.The absolute worst is Eun-Hui and Seong-Jae. Seong-Jae paralyzed her, married her knowing the truth like a stalker, killed at least two people (and probably more evil deeds all these years), possession doesn't explain all because as a child he wanted to kill a baby — and yet he survived and Eun-Hui chooses to stay with him, hoping he never regains his memory, because she believes “he’s good deep down.” The audience knows the possession backstory, but Eun-Hui has no real way to rationalize or forgive such extreme violence. It’s not a touching redemption; it’s a forced “everyone gets a happy ending” that completely undermines the drama’s own darker themes.Overall, the show had a strong middle and interesting ideas, but the ending feels dishonest and rushed. The crimes were too serious for such a light, forgiving resolution.— watchable until episode 15, but the finale really hurts it.
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