Maybe this is my realistic cynicism taking over, but absolutely everyone ended up happy (except for the ghosts, but that was never going to end well anyway). My one and only criticism with this drama is it did feel as if everything was tied up really neatly. I won’t get into too many details because I don’t want to make this review spoilery (is that a word?), but I really liked how even the side plots pushed the main romance forward. It never felt as if the story was getting slow or that the side plots were going off on tangents that didn’t tie back to the main plot. I really enjoyed how the writers weaved the individual cases with the larger story.
Rich guy meets poor girl, they fall in love, and after a bunch of trouble (usually having to do with a domineering motherly figure in the man’s life-remember Boys Over Flowers) they end up together. In many ways, this drama falls into clichés which Korean dramas are known for (and in fact most Asian dramas). The drama was so popular, in fact, that its original 16 episodes was expanded into 17. The drama revolves around specific ghost cases Gong Shil solves-usually with the aid of Joong Won-as well the romance between the two lead characters. This causes her to follow him around like a stalker. As it turns out, the moment Gong Shil touches him, her ghosts vanish. This all changes when she meets Joo Joong Won-played by So Ji Sub from Oh My Venus (2015) and Sorry, I Love You (2004) (btw, horribly sad drama which will have you balling your eyes out)-who is a successful president of a luxury shopping mall called Kingdom. Her ability has made it impossible for her to live a normal life, causing her to lose jobs and be constantly pestered by ghosts to help them complete their unconcluded business.
The story follows Tae Gong Sil-played by the brilliant Gong Hyo Jin from “It’s Okay, That’s Love” (2014) and “The Producers” (2015)-who is a young woman cursed with the ability to see ghosts. Which is sad, considering how much I love stories about ghosts. Way back in 2013, I missed this drama coming out, which is completely ironic considering I watched both the dramas occupying the same time slot as this drama on SBS before and after (I Hear Your Voice before and The Heirs after).Īnd yet I somehow missed this one until now-nearly four years later.