DramaAjumma

Frankly I thought the entire transfer story was actually quite good because it reveals the character's personality in an interesting way. She jumps to conclusions and she's not much of a team player.

This is something that has bothered me from the beginning. I don't think the character is that well written. In some ways he's the archetypal rookie but then they're trying to add some colour into him by giving him some smarts while completely lacking in common sense. But then they overreach by using him as the primary butt of jokes and all the dramatic irony.
It's clumsy writing.

Hang on... how did Shi-hun get that body to that place without being seen? That was convenient and surprisingly quick.

It's not as melodramatic as Flower of Evil. It's more like Stranger and Signal. Try the first episode and see how you feel. The plot's pretty good.

So it's not just me.

Great show, fantastic cast and a very decent wrap. Lee Seung-min's face as it contorted from jubilation to tears -- fantastic acting.

At the start (S1) I thought that this was a character study of one man but really it's of two men. Two very different men... driven by very different motives. Overall it was a good allegory of Lord Acton's famous saying "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

I don't have problems seeing the connections especially in the more recent episodes. I like the show but my criticism is that it lacks discipline. In the early episodes especially there's a lot of bickering just for laughs (maybe) and to fill up air time. I also don't think the character of Fan Duobing is as well written as the others. He feels more like a plot device and a caricature.
I agree that it's not quite on par with The Blood of Youth or Ancient Detective but I'm still enjoying it.

Talk about subverting expectations, I honestly didn't like the direction they took with Ye Zi.

I think that's fairly obvious from his re-encounter with Di Fengshen.

I think I enjoyed the tomb robbers arc the most. Some things were obvious. Some less so. It had multiple layers of complexity brought on by multiple agendas. The show is much better when it's not trying to overuse red herrings or rely on people hurling accusations with no foundations to fill up air time because there is a good script at work with good ideas at play which actually adds to the world building. In this case the tomb robbers who are a subset of wulin, they have their own "speak" and by the very nature of what they do, their skill sets are all potential suspects in the crime(s).

It is amusing to see Fan Duobing switch all his hostility from Li Lianhua to Di Feisheng. It's as if all that youthful energy requires an object of hostility to prove something.

Thank God she's out of the picture now.

Not got to that part yet.

Man, it's painful watching Fan Duobing bluster his way around and a lot of silly people leap to conclusions with the flimsiest of "facts".

Nice to have a detective style wuxia to sink my teeth into finally. A travelling physician who has his own campervan is a lovely touch.

LOL. There's always a murder in an inn.

I didn't know we had a bet. ;)
I'm surprise you took the trouble to dig this up.

Overall I can't complain about the resolution. It was more or less what I expected. An uplifting healing drama about forgiveness and leaving the past behind.

Haha... I enjoyed the the role reversal at the end. I was kind of expecting it and still had a laugh out loud moment. He was leaving nothing to chance. Seo-ha was adorable and that impish grin said it all.

Although it's such a K drama thing that everybody was somehow connected in the distant past, I think it alleviates hackles that people might have over the age gap. I think of it as a 1000 year romance in the making. I loved the Goryeo setting -- I would have liked so much to see more of that.

It's so good to see the two guys looking so cheerful in those last couple of episodes especially Do-yoon. The lad that plays him is definitely eye candy.

Although I think the show could have benefitted from an episode or two more, I have no regrets jumping on this bandwagon.

I notice that Viki translates it as "God is Dead".

I see what you mean. Perhaps to say that it is entirely character-driven is an exaggeration. There's certainly an objective as there has to be in every story but I don't necessarily think it's about getting rid of the evil spirit. It's not the case for the cops nor for the evil spirit. It is a murder mystery so it would be plot heavy But it isn't as if the characters don't make choices about the direction in which the investigation should take. It's interesting to me that there hasn't been a lot of consistent team work because every character does make his/her own decision about how to proceed. Frustrating but understandable considering the stakes.

There are the rationalists on the one side trying to get at the truth with hard core tangible evidence. Then there's the folklorist on the other side who is driven by his own personal issues and his ability to see ghosts that colour how he chooses to make his move. Then there's the female protagonist who wants to be rid of the spirit possessing her but is hampered by her own fears, lies and scraps of information. She's being manipulated but I don't think she's merely a passive observer although she is gradually losing herself to the evil spirit's grip.

I tend to think that the evil spirit being the primary antagonist is driven to act by wanting to show her version of the truth as opposed to what the protagonists glean from recorded information and eye-witness testimony. There's no denying that they want to be rid of the evil spirit but in order to do that, they have to find the "correct" version of events.

I'm genuinely curious about what you mean that the show is mostly plot driven because it feels to me that the show is entirely character driven. Unless of course you don't think the angry spirit is a character.

Do you like thrillers? Do you like murder mysteries?