Spooky in Love: Ep 7 My Highlights

I like YeoRi and GangUk’s opening conversation. It sets the tone of the episode. YR: Are you sure about this? GU: Yes, I’m sure. After all, I’m the only person you can comfortably share your everyday life with. This. He doesn’t view her ghost-seeing ability as a curse, but as a godsend because it brought […]

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Spooky in Love: Ep 6 Quick Takes

Not that I’m keeping count, but we’re three for three with this kdrama. In my first write-up for this kdrama, I said that GangUk was alive, and gave two reasons. One was pretty obvious to those with observant eyes: GangUk wasn’t wearing the same clothes he died in, unlike the other ghosts who had appeared […]

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Spooky in Love: Ep 5 Quick Takes

Re. Episode 5 Mwahahaha. Just as I thought: GangUk is alive. Many viewers are complaining however that his recovery strains credulity. Seems like they haven’t been paying attention to the show. Earlier, I said in my reply to @GB that both the script and the direction play fast and loose with reality. One example I […]

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Spooky in Love: Eps 1 to 4 My Notes

This kdrama is adapted from the 2011 Korean movie “Spellbound” (or “Chilling Romance”) starring Son YeJin (“Crash Landing on You”) and Lee MinKi (“Because This is My First Life”). LMK plays a street magician who revamps his shtick after encountering Son YeJin. He creates a horror-magic show, casting her as an avenging ghost. Little does […]

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