Hi Bye, Mama! Episode 6

Things feel much slower this episode, not enough time with our main characters

Things feel a bit slow this episode, and the show seems to be dragging on longer than necessary. Too many scenes cutting between present day and the past make it frustrating to follow along and too much time spent on side stories about Yu-Ri’s neighboring ghosts leave no room for our main characters to grow. Also, I have to comment that they’re really underutilizing Yu-Ri's sister. I’m hoping for more from this character in future episodes.

SPOILERS AHEAD:
The story explaning last night’s drunken escapade took way too many back and forth between present day and last night, and could have resolved much quicker. The build-up did not add much to the story except to time the cliffhanger at the end of the episode.

The relationship between Dr. Jang and Yu-Ri’s husband is such a complex meaty one; why waste so many scenes on trying to have him avoid Dr. Jang when it’s clear that Dr. Jang is the one who will understand and care the most? Outside of one or two scenes, their relationship is still that of the class clown running away from teacher.

After six eps, the most development we get from Oh Min-Jung is still just scenes hiding divorce papers and a drinking habit. Oh Min-Jung has the capability to be one of the more interesting characters, and I hope for more development to come her way quickly in the next few episodes. Ostensibly a main character, we still mostly see Oh Min-Jung hiding her emotions, and we still have many unanswered questions about how she met Dr. Jo after Yu-Ri's death, how she sees her role in Seo-Woo’s life, the reason behind her divorce thoughts and drinking.

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