Kate

Surprisingly coherent storytelling that does not go into preachy territories - truly presenting different perspectives on a complex subject of euthanasia. What's even more amazing is the satisfying ending that makes perfect sense. No, it's not a sarcasm. Ending that I find to be the perfect for both the characters themselves and the themes the show presents. Euthanasia is not a simple topic to discuss since it involves so many conflicting moral and legal aspects.

Is euthanasia the same as murder? If not, what makes it different? When it's a valid option, and can it even be a valid option for any patient? Should politicians have the right to decide when and how we die? Whose suffering should take priority - patients' or their families? If the family is not ready to part with their loved one, should they have any say in deciding if euthanasia should be performed? How to determine if the patient is capable to make that decision themselves? So many questions, no concrete answers. And that's the beauty of this drama.

While the dialogue heavy moments shined the most, the crime aspect could have been improved. Did it bother me how bad the investigation was? At times, yes. But at the end of the day, it was not a crime detective drama, it was a psychological thriller heavy on drama. Realistically speaking, many things did not make sense, but also realistically speaking, I did not care.

Similarly, the romance came out of nowhere and many times I laughed about the validity of leads feelings. And yet, it still hits hard when it needs to. Maybe if the drama was longer, so they had more time to present the relationship in a more evenly paced way... I guess they did what they could with the time they had.

For the performance, Tor in the last episode? On fire with his acting skills. I had to rewatch a certain scene 3 times because I loved his delivery so much. I do not think there was a weak link in the cast - everyone executed their characters in a perfect manner. Yes, I talk to JJ through screen a few times to "put his eyebrow down", but at some point I just started to see it as his charming point. Maybe I was brainwashed? Still, a heavy subject like euthanasia requires skills to present it in a respectful way, and I do think Spare Me Your Mercy achieved just that.

Overall, a great watch. Both entertaining and inviting some reflection to form our own stance on the subject. It knew when to bring back lighter tone and some cute romance, and when to get serious when the scenes needed.

It did start great and fun, but it got honestly way too many closer to the end 😭

First two episodes felt like mix of Sungkyunkwan Scandal and Love in the Moonlight. It's cute, but it screams"I will have a predictable plot" 😅

Chemistry between Bae In Hyuk and Kim Ji Eun is decent. They did not have that many scenes together yet to make a full judgement.

Jung Gun Joo's character is so far for sure my fav. Dude is here to just have fun and I appreciate his troublemaker energy.

Last main character: Chu Sang U who time traveled and ended up pretending to be Go Soo Ra. Like damn, the characters are more or less the same 😂

6 episodes in, but we had like 5 time jumps so far 🤡

I am in an honest beef with this drama. On one hand I am enjoying it A LOT, but at the same time it starts to piss me off so bad with the on crack pacing and lack of structure and direction 😂

I'm fucking begging for the show to chill now. Is everything established now? Coz they've been stabilishing fucking everything for 6 fucking episodes 🤡

This drama has no fucking chills, that's what it is. and not just "damn all the twists" coz you can only have twists when you have established plot line, and there is no established plotline, they keep making fucking dramatic U-turns and adding things that completely change the trajectory 😂😂😂

Like even last 15 minutes of the episode just... fucking change everything 🤡

Glad i was able to write down at least some aspects other views relate to 🥰

I am so happy you liked it! I kind of regret not staying late to watch the last two eps with you 😭
anyway, great review, perfectly captures the drama without giving any spoilers 🔥🔥

I did not read the webtoons. But for me it was rather clear from the context.

She explained it to him tho. She told he he needs to find his light, while the mother did not explain it to hyun ju.

You ate explaining to me things I know and never said it's otherwise 😂 you need to either remember ot be told about your situation to look for your light. I known never said it's anything but that.

Why he did not remember was never explained in a clear matter so it's more or less left for interpretation.

great choice you made! 🔥

Sometimes blocking users is the way to enjoy comment sections 😂

After all the bus drama tho hahaha he was rather lost and confused about the situation.

I mean girl was following him around, he was lost and had no idea what the fuck is going on, she clearly had the answers. Faking it means having her on his side to guide him. That would be my answer

Take what?

Yes but ONLY to the dead who were not part of the afterlife yet, these who were also part of that border. These who were not yet buried and did not move on. There was not one character that accepted their death and moved on and had weird shit still happening to their body.

I can handle all the questions and even if you had more I did answer them all. Up till now you did not ask one question that could not be answered 🙂

The woman died when hugging her girlfriend to shield her from injuries. Let's think, how was she able to hug her? Because she extended herself through her seat, leaded over as much as she could to grab her. The will to reach the girlfriend to protect her is represented by her growing taller in afterlife.

All the weird things happening to ghost are exaggerated representations of aspects of their death. The nails on the wrong side of hands because they fell off when she tried desperately to free herself. The broken leg when the guy was basketball player, the weird eye and head shape for the detective since he was ona car accident and got head injury. The guy that walks around frozen coz he almost died from hypothermia.

I fail to see what you don't get here tbh...

The girl force d herself to talk. The whole show is about your will. She had a strong will to communicate with her boyfriend that's why she was able to force herself to talk. That's why her first word was her boyfriend. The same way she anted to hear him call her name, she called his.

He told her to be wary because not all ghost that are stuck there are nice or just confused. Some might be dangerous, especially the ones that do not want to move on. While some can try to help you find the light, I see no reason why some would not want to confuse you so you miss the chance of leaving. Also forming connection with ghost might then make them follow you to real world, which literally happened to the teenager - she formed the connection with the teenage girl in the school and she followed her to living world.

Yes ,people who are officially part of the afterlife, who accepted their death do not see comatose patients and ghost who did not yet moved on. As for the ghost missing each other in the alley - they were also on different parts of the afterworld. It's not that weird that they did not keep meeting. It's not like you come across all your neighbors all the time.

Sure, but up till know other people were able to provide the answer to all your questions, and it all came down to you not paying attention to details (like differentiating between messed up eyes from accident and "cat eyes") and not there being plot holes...

Most people agree that he faked remembering her tho 🤡
I do think she just cut all her ties with living world when she killed herself, hence he did not remember her in the border of afterlife, and could not after he woke up.

I think the biggest difference are the consequences that follow. Like the teenager girl, she did not really want to leave her mother, and was forced to. And now she is unable to connect to the world of living, refusing to get treated for delirium, and basically living in daze. While the ones that wanted to wake up are doing their best to move on with their lives (like the teenage boy).

Yes, but she was NOT yet part of the afterlife. These were the 3 days of the funeral service when they prepare the dead to part their ways and enter the afterlife - time when they can move on. She started to look completely normal only after she accepted her death and moved on to afterlife. Compared to the deaf girl, who refused to move on and stayed in that deform version of herself.

There is world of living,afterlife, and the border between the afterlife and living world where comatose people and people who died but did not yet move on to afterlife are.