This deserves a higher rating than 7.8. I am someone who picks up a series based on rating and number of watchers. I am glad I started this immediately on day one, or else I wouldn't have picked it over with its current ratings. For me, it's a solid 9. All the actors are so good.
I saw a video on YouTube by a K-media journalist that covered this unbiased and from an outside perspective. It was eye-opening, cause the level of terror he went through just in 2 months is unbelievable. The poor guy has lost everything, he was removed from all his ads, movies, and drama commitments, and in return, he has to pay them fees for breach of contract. He was ruined financially, his so-called friends started to avoid him for good measure and his marriage was in shambles as well. He was cornered so badly by the media and people around him, that he took these extreme measures. The police made it a sensation deliberately and used it to get promotions for many higher-ranked officers. They leaked his name to the media when they were not supposed to and made all the allegations public. There was no real case from the beginning as it was just an allegation from one woman, and he proved himself by taking all the drug tests which turned out negative, and went as far as to take a lie detection test as well. But this was of little use as his side was not reported and instead, the media just fed on his drug allegations as it was good for ratings. He was destroyed for personal gain across all platforms. It's a shame as this kind of tragedy has happened multiple times but they never seem to change.
OK. I think the Shaman is the one who is killing people. First, let me set some context for my suspicions since a while back. His character has a lot of gaps. First, we are told his wife is in Australia with his son. Later we get to know his son is in Mujin with him after he goes to the store by himself. We are again told that he fought with his wife and got his son with him without any context. Again his son disappears and we are told Justin is with someone to look after him. Later the Shaman says he is leaving the village for 2 days but he still stays back and we don't know the reason. This is all very erratic and his behavior is clearly very suspicious. Also his divination after seeing the FL during the ritual saying there will be another killing is suspicious too. He was probably referring to his desire to kill her which he later conveniently doesn't remember.
So my theory is he has DID (dissociative identity disorder). Basically, he has multiple personalities. Maybe the one called General McArthur is a personality as well. From the reading the FL did on him while he was in jail, we see him sleeping and waiting for Seon Woo in the wooden workshop and there is a blackout till he sees Seon Woo. I am pretty sure at that time he was in his other personality killing people. He has a lot of hate in him and even went as far as to kill the assemblyman in his main personality, so we know his alter ego is capable of murder as well. Probably"betrayal" is the key (his wife probably cheated on him / since his father was betrayed badly and committed suicide/both) for it to be triggered and also probably his alter ego is the one who is psychic and not his main personality. (the last one is a stretch but let's see)
Also finally, I think Seon Woo wanted the FL to come to his wooden workshop as he has confirmed that Shaman is the killer and he even brought the murder weapon to his workshop to show it to her. Remember when Seon Woo was shocked to find the blood on his hand when the ML pointed it out? He even says he doesn't know how the blood got on his hand. So, I think Seon Woo went inside and figured out the reason and also found the hidden weapon. He hid it immediately as it seemed like he knew that the Shaman probably is trying to frame him for all his killings and even replaced the knife with a white one later. He only called the FL to his workshop to let her know of his findings, but to his horror, he found out even the Shaman followed her. He wanted to immediately get rid of him, but we see the Shaman trying to get him to come out of the workshop knowingly or unknowingly. Later we see the Shaman trying to get him into a dark confined space and our dim-witted FL finding the weapon just escapes instantly without listening to him. (FFS, how dumb was her character written in the last few episodes? She is in a workshop with a lot of weaponry to defend herself which she doesn't and she doesn't even use her powers on her dying grandfather and even tries to make sense of what Gwang Sik is trying to say so hard instead of just performing psychometry on both.)
So what do you guys think of my theory? Any thoughts?
The ending was a cliffhanger... I couldn't understand how those kids can come to the outside world and even interact with living humans. Hope they make it clear in season 2. Hope they start the drama soon...
It is a pretty good drama, great acting, nice cast and OST, and a very good production value for a small series. I enjoyed every bit of it and wish it was a little longer. With a little more time they could have covered more ground. A solid 9 from me.
From what I see, JBR is a psychopath and most probably HSJ's son, but I don't think he is the killer. Rather he is trying to fit in by overcompensation.
Was great till episode 8, but episode 8 has already given me some inkling of the direction this dram was going.. I mean the title itself has "The beginning" in it. I really hoped the heroine to survive, but if she did , it would not trigger the massive change in his character and convictions.. The more pure and innocent the people , the more potential they have to change completely. This was the reason for his change. I am actually hoping they make a new season L.U.C.A "The conclusion". The people who are disappointed has to understand that this is not your typical K-drama from 'the beginning'.. And they also need to understand the reason for his change.
Ending could have been made so much better.. They had a lot of time in their hands in the last episode but dragged it till the end just to give it a half baked open ending..
I can already guess whats going to happen in the end.. He rights the wrongs he did in real life and dies protecting his wife and wakes up in the fantasy world with his daughter and wife..I can already see it happening..
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_MvbOOvT0
So my theory is he has DID (dissociative identity disorder). Basically, he has multiple personalities. Maybe the one called General McArthur is a personality as well. From the reading the FL did on him while he was in jail, we see him sleeping and waiting for Seon Woo in the wooden workshop and there is a blackout till he sees Seon Woo. I am pretty sure at that time he was in his other personality killing people. He has a lot of hate in him and even went as far as to kill the assemblyman in his main personality, so we know his alter ego is capable of murder as well. Probably"betrayal" is the key (his wife probably cheated on him / since his father was betrayed badly and committed suicide/both) for it to be triggered and also probably his alter ego is the one who is psychic and not his main personality. (the last one is a stretch but let's see)
Also finally, I think Seon Woo wanted the FL to come to his wooden workshop as he has confirmed that Shaman is the killer and he even brought the murder weapon to his workshop to show it to her. Remember when Seon Woo was shocked to find the blood on his hand when the ML pointed it out? He even says he doesn't know how the blood got on his hand. So, I think Seon Woo went inside and figured out the reason and also found the hidden weapon. He hid it immediately as it seemed like he knew that the Shaman probably is trying to frame him for all his killings and even replaced the knife with a white one later. He only called the FL to his workshop to let her know of his findings, but to his horror, he found out even the Shaman followed her. He wanted to immediately get rid of him, but we see the Shaman trying to get him to come out of the workshop knowingly or unknowingly. Later we see the Shaman trying to get him into a dark confined space and our dim-witted FL finding the weapon just escapes instantly without listening to him. (FFS, how dumb was her character written in the last few episodes? She is in a workshop with a lot of weaponry to defend herself which she doesn't and she doesn't even use her powers on her dying grandfather and even tries to make sense of what Gwang Sik is trying to say so hard instead of just performing psychometry on both.)
So what do you guys think of my theory? Any thoughts?