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Heavenly Ever After: Episodes 5-6

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One mistake leads our heroine to hell the place she have to be weighed for her sins. Nevertheless, her husband refuses to let her go away and can do something to get her again as a result of there isn’t any level in heaven with out her. As hearth and brimstone threaten to separate our couple as soon as extra, it received’t simply be our heroine who’s examined.

 
EPISODES 5-6

Hae-sook solely wants yet another grape earlier than her time in heaven is reduce brief, and for our fiery heroine, it’s not a matter of if however when. Regardless of Nak-jun wanting her to remain put, Hae-sook continues her day by day treks to the church the place she strikes up a friendship with the pastor. They even have lunch collectively, and she or he learns that he solely lived to 5 (guess meaning kids can select any age, too).

She pities the younger man who by no means obtained to expertise life, however when she mentions his dad and mom, the pastor bristles. He tells her to move alongside a message to his dad and mom when she goes to hell, however Hae-sook solely sighs at his merciless jab, extra fearful that he left mid-meal.

On her means dwelling, Hae-sook stops by a merchandising machine to purchase Som-yi a drink and exhibits her how good deeds are used as foreign money right here. Sadly, Hae-sook is all out of cash now, and when she angrily smacks the machine with a rock demanding her drink, her final grape falls from the sky.

Storm clouds, blaring sirens, and a ramshackle practice announce her divine punishment, and although Nak-jun comes operating to avoid wasting her, it’s too late. Hae-sook is carted off to hell, and in contrast to heaven the place everybody will get to decide on their age, right here, individuals keep as they’re. King Yeomra – who seems to be similar to the middle president – waltzes in with an ominous greeting, and the gang silences when a employee places a disruptor in his place by slicing his legs and mouth.

Because the useless get sorted one after the other into their respective circle of hell, Hae-sook comes up as unclassified and will get taken to a backroom the place she meets Younger-ae. Whereas they attempt to make sense of their scenario, King Yeomra enters to elucidate their system and tells them that they fall into two classes: (1) they aren’t useless but or (2) the burden of their sins is inconclusive. Within the case of the previous, they’ll get a fast tour of their facility and be on their means, however for the latter, they are going to be weighed on the finish to find out their destiny.

The primary cease on their tour is the monitoring room (which seems to be just like heaven’s) and apparently, the employees right here can intervene within the dwelling world by slicing some individuals’s lives brief. Subsequent is the boiling cauldron which was once reserved for bystanders however now punishes heinous felons like baby abusers and murderers. Then comes the tongue-pulling and scorching hells which cope with liars, and in spite of everything that warmth, the useless are taken to the blisters hell the place they’re saved frozen in containers. The group then reaches the crushing and screaming hells, however amongst the frightened individuals and effervescent lava, a well-recognized trying canine seems to be up.

After Hae-sook was taken, Nak-jun went to the middle president, begging for his spouse again, however the president firmly advised him that she had her probability and misplaced it. He reminded him of the escapee, however quite than get scared off, it solely strengthened his resolve to be with Hae-sook it doesn’t matter what. Thus, Nak-jun took the subway, and when it arrived at hell, he obtained off to search out her – not realizing that the stowaway stray adopted him as nicely.

Utilizing his nostril, the stray runs into his previous proprietor (the one who abused and deserted him), and like he deliberate, the stray eagerly waits to relish in his ache. Nevertheless, as he watches his proprietor get burned alive, he can’t do the identical factor the merciless man did to him and pulls him out of the fireplace. Realizing that revenge isn’t what he actually wished, the stray returns to heaven with the scars of his journey on his again.

In the meantime, Nak-jun roams round hell, screaming for his spouse, and King Yeomra lastly pays him a go to after coping with the trolls in new hell. He threatens to destroy Nak-jun from existence, however when the devoted husband begs for his spouse, the king provides one other answer: if Nak-jun endures all of hell, then he’ll spare Hae-sook. He assumes Nak-jun will again down, however with no second’s hesitation, our steadfast hero jumps into the fiery pit to avoid wasting his love.

As he braces for impression, Nak-jun lands in a grassy subject quite than molten lava and realizes that he’s again in heaven. At dwelling, Hae-sook and Younger-ae are additionally protected and sound, having returned from their hellish journey, and we be taught what occurred on the finish of their tour. Whereas the 2 strangers weighed nothing – which means that they weren’t useless – our heroine weighed precisely 50 kg which destined her for hell.

Watching Younger-ae cry on her behalf, Hae-sook shed a single tear, and that miniscule piece of water tipped the size in her favor, a lot to King Yeomra’s displeasure. Then, when it was Younger-ae’s flip, the size stayed at zero regardless of the massive thud she made, and Hae-sook pleaded for one more probability to atone for her sins. Whereas I assumed Younger-ae’s weight would have meant she was nonetheless alive, the guardians of hell ship her alongside to heaven with Hae-sook, as a substitute.

Nonetheless underneath the impression that Som-yi is Younger-ae, Hae-sook is shocked to be taught that her younger ward solely lately obtained into an accident which landed her in hell. Hae-sook interprets this as Som-yi mendacity to her, and once they can’t discover her at dwelling, she assumes the worst. With the true Younger-ae by her aspect, Hae-sook goes out to search out her, however her angle loosens once they see Som-yi arguing with the middle employees to let her take Hae-sook’s place in hell.

As soon as dwelling, they clear the air, and Hae-sook permits Som-yi to remain till she recovers her reminiscences. Their assembly, although, is reduce brief when Nak-jun comes again sighing – virtually begging for consideration – and Hae-sook wonders why he’s sulking in mattress. He tells her that he was suspended for going to hell to search out her, and with out his job, he feels ineffective like he did up to now.

Seeing her husband so down, Hae-sook meets with the middle president to ask for some leniency, however the president tells her that the suspension was him slicing the couple some slack. He even needed to ask Yeomra for a favor, and Hae-sook thanks him for serving to them out. As their dialog continues, she mentions her lack of funds, and the president informs her of dormant good deeds which needs to be listed on the pill she acquired at orientation.

The pill Hae-sook mistook for a chunk of junk is fortunately nonetheless at dwelling, however even after turning it on, neither Hae-sook nor Younger-ae could make heads or tails of it. Proper then, a younger man stops by for a go to and introduces himself because the borrower who died in episode one. He considered taking his life again then, however since Hae-sook all the time introduced him meals like steamed corn to eat the following day, he saved dwelling. He thanks her for caring about somebody like him, and the picture of the corn in her pill disappears.

Having found out how the pill works, Hae-sook and Younger-ae search for their greatest ticketed merchandise: a white ribbon value two million received. After they attain the particular person’s home, Hae-sook acknowledges her because the debtor with the unclaimed funeral that they paid for. She even obtained different debtors to return as visitors in change for one-week funds, and that rotten, unfortunate day turned out to be not so terrible in any respect because the debtor bows in thanks for her kindness.

Along with her funds a bit fuller, Hae-sook stops amassing for the day and pays a go to to her good friend as a substitute. The pastor greets her eagerly, having waited for her return, and like outdated instances, she falls asleep within the pews as he begins his sermon. Reasonably than get mad, he chuckles to himself and pulls out a puzzle, however with out his boring sermon to maintain her asleep, Hae-sook wakes up and invitations him out to lunch.

They arrive at a rice paddy subject to gather freshwater snails, and Hae-sook turns it right into a sport to see who can catch probably the most. They giggle and play within the mud till they gather sufficient for a meal, and Hae-sook asks the pastor to wish for the snails to maneuver on to a greater place. (Now that the present has talked about it, how does meals work right here?)

As their bickering relationship blossoms into a real friendship, they open up slightly to one another, however neither is able to share all the things fully simply but. Hae-sook feedback on how life is only a assortment of connections – each good and dangerous – and for the pastor, it appears Hae-sook is his first good one. After they rise up to go away, he provides to piggyback her, and the 2 squabble good-naturedly with the gentle glow of the sundown lighting their means dwelling.

In the meantime, Nak-jun decides to do one thing about his predicament and meets with the middle president to get his job again. On the middle, the president makes comics performing as messages from the useless to the dwelling (unique artist keykney), and he tells Nak-jun that their job is to verify these left behind transfer on with out regrets. So long as he nonetheless desires to assist individuals, he’s prepared to reinstate him, and for his first process, the president sends him to the dwelling world to satisfy with two siblings.

Interrupting a crying bride, Nak-jun fingers a brother and sister an envelope containing two financial institution accounts – the identical ones from episode one – together with a hug from their mother, thanking them for rising up into high quality adults and apologizing. With the message delivered, the marriage continues with no hitch, and their mother visits in spirit, watching over them with tears in her eyes.

Since Younger-ae’s arrival, Som-yi has been relegated to the sidelines, so she asks Nak-jun if she will be able to accompany him. She desires to really feel helpful, and perhaps visiting the dwelling world will assist her keep in mind her previous. Although he hems and haws, he ultimately permits her to tag alongside, however when he learns that his traditional contact has been hospitalized, he tells Som-yi to remain put whereas he runs off to do his personal factor. In his haste, nonetheless, he fails to note Som-yi’s odd habits as she stares intently at a t-shirt. It reminds her of a dream she had lately, and Som-yi begins to hyperventilate as photos of a sundown seaside and a girl dancing flash in entrance of her.

Effectively, that was a terrifying but healthful set of episodes this week. I knew hell can be scary, however I didn’t anticipate the present to make it so ugly and visually violent. Personally, I feel the present’s portrayal of heaven is much more inventive and enjoyable whereas hell is clearly based mostly on spiritual and cultural depictions, making it really feel extra acquainted and fewer distinctive. I’m, nonetheless, intrigued by the interactions between the 2 worlds since we noticed Nak-jun bumping right into a hell employee whereas on the job, probably suggesting that they have been as soon as human, too. As well as, I’m curious as to why King Yeomra and the middle president share a face, and the way they match into the general cosmology. Is there a cause for his or her similar look, and are they actually separate entities?

In addition to the hundreds of questions the present hasn’t answered, it was good to see how liked Hae-sook is by these round her. There’s Nak-jun who willingly jumped into hell to avoid wasting her (the look Sohn Seok-gu has on this scene completely killed me), after which there’s Younger-ae who cries on her behalf begging her to not go. She additionally has two new connections who’ve been charmed by her heat, and as seen by the pill, her thoughtfulness and compassion have moved many hearts. Whereas it might appear loopy that Nak-jun would endure hell to get Hae-sook again, his actions make sense as a result of that’s precisely what she did for him and, I might argue, what she would do if put in his scenario. Hae-sook is the kind of one that does good with out anticipating something in return, which is what makes her such a likable heroine, flaws and all.

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