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That house's residents are full of mysteries, I'm sure more secrets are to be revealed. I've also read that Hye Soo was in love with the other brother and was supposed to marry him, but he died in that helicopter "accident". That other brother seems to be the key to their dysfunctional family.

No, the secretary has an affair with Hye Soo's husband. Hye Soo knows about it and pushes her into his arms intentionally, she hates her husband and mocks both of them at every opportunity. That dress was one of those. Funnily, her husband is in love with her, that's why he sent her the dress, but they have an arrangement that it's just business and she'll get a divorce when the chairman dies.
And the person who visited Hye Soo was Dong Rim, it was shown later again. He came to ask her a favor about his father.

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https://kisskh.at/article/alchemy-of-souls-will-not-air-next-week

What happened? Did we get score bombed by some disgruntled anti-fans again?

I agree. Number 4 is especially jarring for me. MW doesn't deserve a happy ending, he deserves to be made accountable for his actions against FL and to be forced to reflect on them. Otherwise it will send a despicable message to the audience that being an ableist and bullying and undermining disabled people for your own benefit is ok and you will actually get rewarded for it. My final rating hangs on how they will handle his character, everything else is minor compared to this forced shit.

This drama reminds of It's Okay To Not Be Okay. I hope this one won't be as boring though.

I liked how GYJ played her role. Very imposing, elegant and badass. Those beginning scenes were very cool in general, movie quality stuff.

In any case with the actresses, don't kill off Naksu, writers 🙏! That's the number one character I'm rooting for in this drama.

Yea, if MW won't get any consequences for his actions against FL and he'll just end up with SY the writer clearly can be called an ableist and a hypocrite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO0n-knWkes&t=1s

Her rich husband was also mentioned in the preview of episode 15.

I guess we hyped ourselves for nothing here. I keep telling myself never to overestimate a kdrama until it finishes airing, but sometimes I just can't help myself but to be swept by the hype train.

It was explained. Mrs. Kwon's family served the boss' family for generations. Back in the day lower classes didn't have surnames in SK. So boss' family eventually gave their servants family their own surname.

Writer's surname is a pen name. He took it from his mother's surname.

I'm not having high hopes either. Too many new sub plots were introduced late game, shouldn't have done that with old ones still unresolved. With most of the episodes' time being taken by the cases, there doesn't seem to be enough time for characters' personal plots to be explored in full. I've started noticing it after the main couple started dating. With two episodes left and new sub plots squeezed in I feel like they gonna rush some things.
Not unheard of, many kdramas don't know how to end properly 🙄 We'll see how it will go in the end, but I've tentatively lowered my rating based on the last two episodes that were a complete let down.

Jang Kang doesn't have the ice stone, he sealed it off before disappearing, and hasn't reached Hwansu, but he is still ok 20 years later after using the soul ejector.
Gil Ju's ritual was interrupted, it went wrong. So I'm guessing that's why he went wild.
All in all, I think those that eventually return to their own bodies are no longer soul shifters. Because it was said that being in a different person's body, especially not closely matching one, is what makes soul shifters run out of energy and go wild.

If you rewatch the episode when he was in king's body, Jang Kang asked his assisstant for a soul ejector. At that point the ice stone could have already been sealed by him.

She shouldn't. Jang Kang didn't. And Gil Ju did because the ritual failed.

Started fresh but now it's struggling to stay afloat, so to speak 😅

Just gotta wait until part 1 ends. Then I think everything will be officially confirmed. Not long now, just until the end of this month.

Hey, nobody expects anything great from Cage Minamdang, lol. And people have the right to critique badly executed plot points and characters behaving out of character all of a sudden. You like it, good for you. Some people have higher standards for a perfect drama.