Emily

Can you tag this as a spoiler? That option is there for a reason.

You know when you read a plot summary and you just *know* it's been directly translated?
Yeah. This is that.
Anywho, is Im Joo Eun a villain in this and/or does she get the guy? I love her as an actress, but she never gets a happy ending :(

I'm trying *so hard* to watch this, but even the cinematography is just... bleh. Everything is grey! I think I need a summary up until when it starts to get interesting, just so I can jump in at that point.

Replying to my own comment so I don't flood this thing, but hot damn is it messed up that I want them to have a kid before he kicks the bucket? Don't answer that. I know it is. And yet, here we are.

I really like Suzy's character.
"What's that? You wanna give me a million dollars to break up with this dude I don't even like? Hell yeah!"

Also, there are so many dream sequences that I 100% buy before they're revealed to be fake. It's getting depressing.

For real though! She's supposed to be an intelligent, or at least well-learned person, but she's useless and idiotic throughout this entire drama. Add in the screaming, crying, and extremely questionable choices, and she single-handedly turned this drama from "yikes, that's a questionable portrayal of mental illness" to "golly that's a sh*tshow".

As much as I love Joo Sang Wook, I really really really hope Yoon Shi Yoon wins the love triangle x_x
But anywho, based on the rather unoriginal plot description there's gonna need to be some magic in the writing, cast and direction for this drama to be anything special.

I did NOT properly calibrate the rate at which I watched this drama with the amount of episodes it has. By episode 20 I still thought it had 48 episodes. I was confusing it with another drama. So I just rushed through them all, and then before I knew it I had nothing left;;;

Anyway, this drama isn't good. Like, I'mma be real- it isn't. BUT I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. And maybe that's what's truly important. The ending made me want to throw something at somebody. BUT I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. The genre of this drama goes from 'supernatural' to 'historical palace drama' to 'wuxia' to '???' so fast I got whiplash. BUT I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY.
I don't know. Turn off your brain when you watch this drama and you'll enjoy it. Think about it too much and you run the risk of talking yourself out of it completely.

Does this have any romance? I'm kind of interested in the concept, but something about the atmosphere and setting of the drama is kind of putting me off- it definitely isn't what I'm used to. I need the romance crutch! (Maybe answer in a spoiler, just in case!)

Ahh, I remember this feel. Alas, I think I've conquered it.
I've made peace with my rating method. I figure, my gut instinct is correct- my general impression of a drama, even months and months after watching it, is generally reliable. The ONLY time I ever change a score is if I'm looking through my list and I see a drama that I have ZERO recollection of ever watching, and yet I gave it a high score. If I don't remember a drama, if it's THAT unmemorable, then it doesn't deserve the score I gave it.
Those relative 'low standards' soooort of make me lenient with my ratings- I'm kind of easy to please, so if I give a drama a low rating... you can rest pretty assured it's bad.

Episode one, and if these girls just keep screaming about those adorable rats the entire time I might not be able to make it.

Have you ever seen another drama with white actors in it? The acting in this was *exemplary* compared to what we usually get. They don't speak Korean though.

There's a couple, as side characters/villains. They're mostly at the end.

This drama gets a special nod from me for having white actors that actually speak their English lines like human beings.

OK but why do I feel like this drama is just going to make me mad about how much better I think I'd be at playing these people like fiddles?

I don't quite understand why she's rushing things with Yoo Hyun so much. She could easily slowly "lose interest" in the old guy, maybe even telling him that she's started to fall for one of her neighbours, so she has to break it off. Throwing yourself at the desperate divorcee worked for the time, but this next phase should be done a little more tactfully. You've always been rude to this guy but he liked you anyway- MILK THAT. Carrot and stick, lady. You gotta keep being mean to him so it isn't so suspicious. Start to tell him about the bad shit you've done, but don't go all the way. That way, if your beans are ever spilled he'll know you were going to be honest with him, and if they aren't you're in the clear!

Smooth things out with Hee Joo- apologize, BEG that lady to forgive you. Maybe even ask her if she thinks it's a good idea for you to tell the truth, even if you have no intention of doing so. She's your weak spot, treat her well. Make sure she likes you.

SMH. This amateur.

Hopefully this becomes irrelevant in later episodes and she smartens up.

I love manipulative characters. Especially when they're women. Especially when they're women manipulating men. So sue me!
So far (episode 5) this drama is a win for me.

Y'all, I was watching the most recent episodes and I 100% thought I'd only watched 3, but I'd actually watched all 4? So when the ending of episode 24 came I was expecting another one? But it just ended? I'm so??? Sad? And disappointed? Right now???

I really wanted Mi Yeon to be happy ): I'm biased towards the actress a bit, but I really really liked her character. She was way too good for Suk Hoon.

I think what we can all take away from this drama is one very important lesson: Never leave your drinks unattended!

A zombie sageuk? SIGN ME RIGHT TF UP