Before I start talking about the suicide theme in another post, there are details in these episodes that are noteworthy.

1. The mystery of 1am. The time is important in the story. In Episode 2, when Lee DA IL pulled himself out of his muddy grave, his watch showed that it was almost 12:55am.

In Episode 4, by the time the Woman in Red disappeared after the principal’s death, it was 1am. The clock in the room showed the time.

Then as if to make sure the audience didn’t miss it, the time was again shown when Jung Weol called up the detective at 1am to report the incident at the preschool.

Later, the detective would ask her what she did the night before around 1am. That was the estimated time of death of the manager who committed suicide by falling off the building.

There’s a mystery about the time. At 1:00 am or thereabouts, death tolls.

2. The Woman in Red eventually gives herself away and reveals her true character. When Lee Da IL’s mom was talking to him, he was drumming his fingers impatiently.

This mannerism didn’t belong to him but to the Woman in Red. She’s the one who likes to drum her fingers in annoyance and impatience.

Also, Yeo Wool figured out that it wasn’t her sister Yi Rang in her hallucination when her sister called her “unnie.” According to her, Yi Rang didn’t call her unnie.

I’m guessing that YR called her by some special name that hasn’t been revealed yet or by that colloquial expression, “Ya!” 😂

Yeo Wool used a sign language here which she translated into “unnie” so I don’t know how Yi Rang actually called her.

3. After four episodes, we still haven’t solved the mystery at the preschool. Why were those three children specifically targeted? What connected the three of them? And how were the two of the kids kidnapped within half hour of each other?

4. In Episode 4, at 38:21, Detective Park began to believe in Yeo Wool’s story, as she expected.

YW told DI that Detective Park was the kind to investigate his case properly. According to her, if the detective investigated Da Il’s disappearance and her presence at the scenes of the crime, he would follow the evidence and finally catch on. YW was leaving “bread crumbs” for Detective Park to follow and lead him to the mysterious Woman in Red.

On top of this, the medical officer Chae Won just flagged that the teacher wasn’t alone in the preschool.

CW: There was definitely someone else at the crime scene other than Lee Chan Mi. Judging from the size and set of teeth from the bite mark on the dog’s neck, it’s been confirmed that it was a guy.

In a flashback, DP remembered YW frantically asking about a tall man, Lee Da Il, at the preschool.

CW (continuing): But there was actually one more person there other than Lee Chan Mi, the dog, and the unknown man.
DP: What?!
CW: It’s someone that Lee Chan Mi and the dog were very scared of.

See that? CW told him that an unknown man was indeed present, and he bit the dog. But more importantly, there was also another scary person at the scene BESIDES the teacher, the dog, and the man.

Detective Park now had the reliable and credible medical officer Chae Won repeating info that YW had told him about her sister’s death scene: there was a person UNACCOUNTED for at the crime scene.

It’s funny, but I think there are four Ghost Detectives here. Lee Da Il because he’s a ghost-apparition of a detective, and Detective Park, because he’s about to start hunting ghost. The medical officer Chae Won is also a ghost detective because she sees ghosts and lastly, Yeo Wool because, with the way she doggedly carries on and on about the Woman in Red till she’s dead-tired, she’ll soon turn herself into a ghost.

5. I suggested this in my other post

but I’ll repeat it here.

To me, DI’s ghostly body is in the third state of matter, gaseous. (Btw, didn’t you find it odd that this show was created with assistance from the “Ministry of Science and ICT”?)

A MOVING object or body will just go THROUGH him because he’s air, gaseous. That’s why a person could walk through him, he couldn’t grab the manager or a doorknob, and the basketball rolled past his leg. He’s like air.

However, a STATIONARY object is solid and immovable. A wall, door, doorknob, chair, bed, and car are solid matter and they’re impenetrable by air and immovable by air.

That’s why he could sit on chairs and not fall through it. The chair is solid. And he could slam on a wall, and his hand wouldn’t go through the wall. The wall is solid. And he couldn’t hold doorknobs or food because they’re solid and he’s air.

I’m guessing that a speeding car will go through him, but he can’t enter a parked car unless the car door is opened for him.

6. Episode 4 began and ended with references to her birthday. (I didn’t know that her birthday had been recent, did you?)

In her hallucination, she saw her sister wishing her a happy birthday with the same cake she was holding when she committed suicide.

Then, at the end of the episode, she received a belated birthday gift supposedly from her sister delivered by her sister’s ex-boyfriend. Although she was already safely inside her bedroom, her curiosity got the better of her and she went out to follow the package messenger. She disobeyed DI’s order to sleep.

Now, to me, her actions were aggravating because, until now, she hadn’t realized yet that the Woman in Red could be behind this latest incident.

Her birthday gift, like the birthday cake, was a bait to get her out of her safe space. And she fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

I’m poor with facial recognition, especially when it comes to Asian faces (i.e., many Korean actors and idols look the same to me), but the man in the coffee shop seems to be the nurse/caretaker of the comatose Woman in Red. He’s found her because the Woman in Red had tricked her mind to leave her apartment.

7. DI’s seems to be growing more attentive to YW physical and mental wellbeing.

Sang Seun (SS) noticed that YW had the tendency to brush off concerns about her health and say that she was fine. SS said, “Stop saying you’re okay. People will think that you’re really okay. Gosh, look at those dark circles under your eyes. That’s why Da Il told you to tell me the truth. Leave some up to me.”

After that, when DI escorted her back to her home, he showed signs of worrying about her.

DI: Don’t worry. Just sleep tight. Don’t forget to lock the door and don’t let anyone in.
YW: Locking the door won’t keep that woman away.
DI: She doesn’t physically hurt people (of course, because she was comatose). She manipulates people’s mind. The weakest and the darkest mind. A sense of guilt. Fear. Things like that.
YW: I’m fine. I won’t get fooled by her.
DI: (But) she can manipulate other people to hurt you. Like what she did to the principal. So if anything happens, … call Mr. Han. (His pause there seemed to indicate that he wished he could be the one she could call on but he knew it was an impossibility. Thus, Detective was the next best thing.)
YW: Okay.

Whereas before, he showed concern about her lack of sleep because it would be inconvenient to HIM if she was tired, now he was actually concerned for HER wellbeing. He was monitoring her state of mind. And to me, it’s because SHE herself is a high risk for suicide.

The fact that she disobeyed DI’s order for to rest her fatigued mind, and searched for the delivery man, tells me that her judgment is impaired.

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That’s it for now. Will continue in another post if needed.