Title: Living in the mist

1. Because the female lead can’t tell whether a person is a friend or foe. Her mind is in a fog. She’s even beginning to exhibit signs of paranoia, wondering whether EVERYONE around her is an enemy.

Though she isn’t blood-related to the founder of her company, she’s the CEO and favorite of the founder. Naturally, the family members would like to see her dead.

2. Also because she’s living in a mist of memories of her deceased parents. “I’m reminded of you everywhere I go. How am I supposed to live? Did you have to be so hardworking and diligent? Did you have to be such perfect parents?”

Her birthday is her parents’ death day, too.

3. And because the male lead appeared in the mist to save her.

Note: The association to baptism is obvious to me when they both plunged into the sea. He’s virtually “cleansed” of all evil in him by the water but his demonic powers are transferred over to her. Meanwhile, she’s “reborn” into a new life, empowered by the spirit (unfortunately, it’s HIS demonic spirit, not the HOLY SPIRIT) which now resides in her.

This “baptism” was prefigured in the beginning of the episode when he paid an unexpected visit to the chapel in the woods and dipped his hand in a basin full of water. Catholics and Christians should easily recognize what that basin was. It was the font with holy water (or water that’s been blessed by the priest). He dipped his hand in it, and petals of a rose emerged.

As for his manservant, I rolled my eyes when I heard his name. Park BokGyu. Bokyu is supposed to be a play on “Fcuk you.” He even flipped the middle finger to get the crude joke across. Sigh. Was that really necessary, Mr Screenwriter?

I shouldn’t be surprised with this sort of lame humor, considering that this writer was a CO-writer of that execrable “Mr Queen.”

The cake scene was also a gratuitous display of the demon’s strength and eccentricity. I get that viewers are supposed to find the demon’s sweet tooth…well sweet and endearing. He only wanted to have his cake and eat it, too. Woe to anybody who comes between him and his favorite dessert. He could take down a dozen mobsters without breaking sweat, and with a mere rolled-up newspaper.

But it lacked originality. And it was grossly unfair. Really. How can mortals beat a supernatural being?

As for the founder’s words of wisdom? It’s no wonder that the female lead had an upside-down view of life.

Grandma/Founder: Let me tell you. Having someone on your side makes a world of difference.
Female lead: You said not to trust anyone. Nobody’s on my side.
Grandma/Founder: You never know who will stab you in the back. But there will be someone you’ll gladly let stab you in the back. That’s what it means to have someone on your side. Someone you’d understand even if they betrayed you.

My reaction: 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️🙄🤦🏼‍♀️🙄🤦🏼‍♀️ Is this supposed to be deep? I guess this screenwriter is an advocate of “Love till it hurts.”

Female lead: I’m no Mother Teresa. And neither are you.

I know St Teresa of Calcutta said to love till it hurts but I think she was referring to the care and ministration of God’s poorest of the poor, not back-stabbing corporate competitors and psycho boyfriends.

Off to bed now. Will write my First Impressions after Ep 2.

Kalimera @Fern,

Just because you asked about “Daimai”.

The greek philosopher Socrates said first about his δαιμόνιο / daimonio in Plato’s Republic.

Here is a link that might help you because the words δαιμόνιο / daimon / daemon and δαίμονες / demons have the same etymological root, but don’t mean the same in greek.

https://www.john-uebersax.com/plato/myths/socrates.htm

Here is what I have found about the word in greek, but I don’t think that δαίμαι is the right form of the verb. Most likely is δαίω / δαίομαι, but I need to check it again.

https://www.greek-language.gr/digitalResources/ancient_greek/tools/liddel-scott/search.html?lq=δαίμων

@Cleopatra, Kalimera. What I’m wondering is this: they have given us an ancient Greek idea about demons, followed by a Christian viewpoint. There seems to be some Buddhist ideology involved too, because we see the fisherman reincarnated into a cafe owner – and signing a second contract. It just made me curious about which direction this worldview is taking.

I like this idea that a demi-immortal becomes a mortal while an ordinary mortal takes on his powers. They have to work together to survive.

Regarding what the founder/Grandmother Ju said to Do Hee, it strikes me as a selfish statement because it applies to herself. She thinks she’s preparing Do Hee for the day when the truth comes out and that Do Hee will be less likely to hate her for hiding the truth. Wasn’t it said that Do Hee’s father was a co-founder of the original Mirae company? Would his death be construed by Do-Hee as eliminating rival share-holders? I think Grandmother Ju is aware that this is a ticking time bomb. That is why she might be happy for Do Hee to marry her untidy adoptive cousin Ju Seok-Hun as it might mitigate some of the potential damage. He is involved in the company, but his parents seem to be out of the picture (unless there is something we haven’t been told about them).

I am also wondering about the significance of roses in this drama. First those in the holy water font, then on Gu Won’s cake. There is too little information yet. My immediate thoughts were memories of roses mentioned in Catholic saint’s lives: St. Therese of Lisieux and St Juan Diego and the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe. There are probably others, but they may all be irrelevant to this drama.

You are welcome @Fern!

We will figure this out!

@Fern,

I don’t think that Mirae was that big back then.

The thing is Founder Ju knows why her parents were killed, she was there and was hurt from the explosion while trying to save them?

As for the current power struggle, I feel that everyone is suspicious, even that hippie nephew.

Hi Everyone, I find the first two episodes quite a mish-mash of scenes that do not necessarily throw much light. Some brief scenes were just thrown together but do not seem to be strung together well enough to give a better sense of what’s going on.

I hope the Show will be respectful towards the religions that it’s ‘using’. Again they appear to be used randomly without yet showing any coherent reason for tying a demon with them.

I watch with a quizzical and possibly deprecating eye. It’s saving grace is that the couple is pretty.

I watched 1 and 2.
I’m not addicted to the drama, it’s a bit what I could expect.
But there are still various thing I like or I find well done.

Also, some spicy comedy. The scene in the car.
The FL was thinking they were here to… have sex in the car !! oO!
But in some way, we understand that she was ok for that!! lol!
She mostly complain about the legal aspect but not the fact of doing it.
Really……… 😀

At end of ep2 I noticed a weird montage.
During the sword dance of the ML female assistant.
(we don’t know much about her).
No voice-over, just some short moment focusing on every people.
The feeling is weird, I was wondering why this scene.
Maybe the various people who could be enemy of the FL probably.

Kalimera @WE,

Read @Packmule3’s thread about the killer!