My last post on this drama was up later than usual due to procrastination. The non-development was starting to really get on my nerves and it’s hard to find motivation to write ranty posts. And although the final three hours aren’t any better, i decided to just get it done and over with this weekend. So you can already tell the tone of this post, but let’s do it.
The hospital scene where Hye taunted Da-il with two options, catching her or saving Gyeol, left me ambivalent. On one hand, i’d hate it if Gyeol became her next victim; on the other hand, i was flipping mad if she got away again for the umpteenth time — on top of being unkillable. Also, because why must Da-il choose? Can’t he do both? They’re in a hospital, so Gyeol’s stab wound should be attended to in a timely manner and Da-il could proceed to catch Hye. Thankfully, that’s what happens. After countless face-offs, our ghost detective finally succeeds in constraining his nemesis. Which turns out a fairly easy deal: just cover her face with a white sheet and poof~ gone is her power. *rolls eyes*
And despite her unkillability twist, her body has begun to rot, so it’s only a matter of time before her eventual trap-in-her-own-body death. Having her detained till then seems an anti-climactic ending, but that’s arguably a slow and long, hopefully painful, death she deserves. She may not reflect on her past sins, but she’ll experience how terrible dying that way is. I’m being sadistic here, i know.
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Long hours should give The Ghost Hunter Team more than enough time to brainstorm and figure out the surefire way to deal with her — or the Plan B should that fails. But nope. They’re still stupid enough to act on their own, as in to go see her alone, despite knowing how dangerous it is and how hard it is to detain her. Ugh.
The Idiot Representative is that reporter. He was a random addition in the beginning but seems to hold some secret weapon to help the team with, but in the end, he’s an utterly superfluous character whose role is to ruin Da-il’s hardwork over his own insecurities. He dares to pay a visit to Hye for a totally questionable reason and Lawyer Baek unbelievably lets him in, despite Da-il’s very specific and stern order to NOT LET ANYONE NEAR HER ROOM. Please excuse the caps-lock, ’cause seriously, she has experienced the horror of being controlled by Hye! She should’ve known better!
And we all know what happens when some idiots meet her alone: she controls them to free her. And so that’s what happens. *throws table* And then they express their insincere regret and swear to catch her (again) no matter what. How? Tell me?
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Otherwise, what would you call the police’s move to her latest flight by sending armies of armed personnel after her with the command to not look at her eyes yet be ready to hurt their comrades? And then got them all under Hye’s control with one sweeping look to point their guns at our poor good cop instead?
By then, she already delivers her signature one swift blow to Sang-seob, and this may be Jung-dae’s turn to die. Nice. The multiple discussions the team has had proves to be pointless, as they mainly just stand there frozen when facing Hye. Or become the next Idiot Representative, offering themselves to be taken over by her — or should i say taking turns sacrificing themselves to die with her?
First up: Yeo-wool. The closest match to be Hye’s new host body, she threatens to slit her throat if the latter hurts more people. She then agrees to give her body up so Hye can start anew — as if pep talk* could change her mind — after delivering a tearful one-sided goodbye to Da-il, that is. Sorry, but i wasn’t moved at all. How could i, when the serial killer is waiting inside the room with her? Props to Hye for not jumping at Yeo-wool in the meantime. Heh.
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(*This, however, could be a good strategy to have Hye kill herself, which according to the devil is the only way to eliminate her for good. Alas, that doesn’t work either.)
Secondly: Chae-won. She was a target of possessions due to her desirable spiritual energy, i think? I can’t remember, but this makes her a universal recipient of any spirit. She’s trying to consult with the senior ghost about summoning spirits into her, but she can’t no longer see him although he’s hanging out at his usual place, suggesting the ultimate end of her shamanness.
Thirdly: Da-il. He’s been planning to die (together with Hye) for the last few weeks, which i didn’t think would happen since he never figures out the way to do it. His argument remains the same: because he’s already
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Dying. Because there’s no other way to eliminate Hye who’s now occupying Yeo-wool’s body without killing the host body. However, he miraculously knows how to expel Hye’s spirit out of Yeo-wool’s body and how to get her into his body. How, who knows. That it works is what matters.
Villains tend to go down disappointingly easy compared to the uphill battle it takes the good guys to reach the final stage of confrontation and corner them, making it an anticlimactic ending. This situation applies to Hye’s final moments though i can’t call it anticlimactic since it left me cold. That they absolve all crimes she’s done so that she can go on peacefully elicit more emotions from me — frustratingly mad.
Or the fact that Sang-seob and Jung-dae made it out alive — relieved yet puzzled. The scenes were shot in a way that pointed the other way (the ridiculous way Jung-dae was shot notwithstanding). Not that i wasn’t happy our team remains intact, but i was curious how Hye missed the mark when she never failed at stab-killing others before. That not even Gyeol made it albeit attacked within the hospital premise and was treated right away. Or rather, if Sang-seob can survive, i don’t understand why Gyeol cannot. It’s unfair.
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The same goes for Da-il’s ‘survival’. Well, let’s backtrack a bit to the scene where he brought Hye’s spirit with him into his body at 1 AM. Besides wondering if it’s that easy to do, i question it happening now when it didn’t happen then: when Hye disappeared after attempted murder on Sang-seob early in the series. At that time, Da-il also held onto her yet didn’t disappear with her. Talking about consistency. Not that this drama has been good at that.
Decides to just throw what they do have out of the window. Who said Da-il would die-die when his body died? He is able to return as a spirit. Again. And guess what? He still has all of his forbidden power yet won’t turn evil because he can control it now. Whatever happens to the warning about paying a price for gaining and using power spirits shouldn’t have? Screw logic and plot holes for the sake of a ‘happy’ ending? Tsk tsk.
The above hug is probably the best part of the hour-long epilogue. I can’t be happier to watch Sang-seob finally able to touch and hug Da-il in good health, in a peaceful setting. I’d still prefer if he were in solid form, though.
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Having the villain gone and the good guys all present at the end of the ordeal technically counts as a happy ending, but is it truly a happy ending when one of them died with the villain? Granted, some sacrifices might be necessary and not everyone can make it out alive, but Da-il’s was uncalled-for. I still can’t buy dying with Hye is the only way, especially given how easy it was to ‘exorcise’ her and then hurt her ‘soul’ tremendously.
Also, if sacrificing the living is the only way to annihilate an evil spirit, then having The Ghost Hunter Team team up for another ghostly case is definitely not a good way to see the characters off. ‘Cause who are they going to sacrifice this time?
Was gripping for the first half and loose in the second half. It again proves that 16 hours are too long a duration for a Korean drama series. There’s hardly enough plot points to fill up such length, we ended up getting at least a fourth worth of annoying or ridiculous fillers. Or unneeded romantic moments. We don’t need one here, and despite staying in the background for most of the run, this supernatural thriller does turn into human-phantom love story toward the end.
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Our leads can be equally frustrating in their willingness to hurt themselves for others’ stead, but they’re also smart and resourceful, especially our distressed damsel. Daniel Choi is hot, Park Eun-bin is becoming one of my favorite K-actresses (gotta applaud her nifty impersonation of Lee Ji-ah’s Hye. She got her stride and sneer down pat!), and together they have good chemistry. The supporting cast deliver solid performances, too. Special mention to Kim Won-hae whose
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