so I kept getting this in my recommendations since I loved goblin and planned to watch hotel del luna. So I decided why not? I thought it would be better to watch this before hotel del luna (and I was right to by the way).
Though I was familiar with both lead actors, I haven't watched anything with them. But since I knew that they are well known for their acting skills, I knew that I couldn't rest assured on that department. It was the plot I was concerned about. I should mention that I've never watched a hong sisters drama before but I've heard things about their plotlines and I was a little reluctant to watch this.
It's not bad. It's pretty good actually. It's not goblin level (far from it) but its good fun to watch. In the beginning it was good. I liked the characters, I liked the chemistry, the different ghosts they encountered. They were all interesting and kept me hooked. But in the latter half, the ghosts they encountered became boring. When the story needed to pick up and when the main characters were at the the brink of something huge, it seemed like the writers decided that the ghost stories could take a back seat. I mean who on earth wants to watch an hour long episode on how the rival mall's dead chairman liked dressing up as a female? It was a chore to get through that episode.
Also I hate the way the Hee Joo arc was closed. I was anticipating so much more. It was so anti climatic the way ended. Twins? Seriously? The fact that they made a girl the master mind behind this big kidnapping was just ridiculous. I thought that Hee Joo would be the malicious ghost I was hoping to see in this drama. But there was no such malicious ghost. They were all so tame and nice it was downright ridiculous. Had they shown hee joo to be the one who conspired with some people to carry out the kidnapping and became a vengeful ghost, it would have been a lot more interesting to watch. Why did hee joo's twin come back anyway? It was never made clear. I was so sure we'd have a case of ghost possession where someone with the same abilities as our female lead would be used by hee joo to take her revenge. But the entire arc was so tame and boring to watch.
Secondly the whole I need to leave but its not because of you its for me okay maybe its a little about you but I need to leave was irritating. When you have a show with a lead who can see ghosts, why not have a ghost be the one to tell her how she was a spirit during the time she was in the hospital? Bringing in a random character and not even elaborating on them simply for the sake of a separation arc was annoying to watch. And why on earth were tae gong shil and joong won acting like her getting on that plane meant she wouldn't come back ever? The entire thing could have been resolved but simple dialogue in which gong shil would tell joong won to wait for her as she went and hot answers and he'd say its okay even if she doesn't find answers and to come back when she has some closure. There. Simple. I know that ultimately that is what they said but it took them sooooo long to get to that when they could have simply trusted one another and communicated.
So while the first half was a solid 8.5, the second half made this a bit of a chore.