Don't Worry I'm a Ghost

          The title seemed so funny and I thought it was a comedy drama. Don’t Worry I’m a Ghost is one episode KBS drama special starring Park Shin-hye as the adorable ghost. But towards the end, it wasn’t that funny. In fact I cried watching the ending. Well, basically this drama revolved about Lee Moong-ki who suddenly loss his memory after being hit by a car. He later found out that his name is Lee Moong-ki when he tried to find his identity with his fingerprint at the police station. And suddenly she saw a girl that knew everything about him, his address and stuff. Owh, who was that girl?  No one was able to see the girl except him. Sure enough, the girl was the ghost. The title explained it all, anyway. 

 Park Shin-hye as Kim Yeon-ha/ ghost

 Bong Tae-gyu as Lee Moong-ki

       The ghost explained to him, the reason she followed him because he knew something about her death. But wait, Lee Moong-ki loss his memory at the perfect time. Hahah...what a perfect timing to have amnesia!  

            Later Lee Moong-ki remembered a bit of thing, that he witnessed the girl’s death. He happened to be at the crime scene. Huh, the crime scene? What the hell he did there? The ghost remembered that she saw Lee Moong-ki right before her death, looking shocked seeing the blood and all. But she was unable to remember clearly what exactly had happened. She though he definitely wasn’t involved with her death. Okay, let’s look what exactly had happened. Pity her, so Lee moong-ki remembered there’re also someone else at that place that night, holding a knife. Lee Moong-ki reported to the police but he was unable to explain it in detail since he couldn’t remember well also. 

           Then, we’re revealed that the girl and Lee Moong-ki seemed to like each other secretly..I mean, not the ghost but the girl when she was alive. Lee Moong-ki then remembered about her and asked why she didn’t tell him earlier. Things could be easier that way. But anyway, now Lee Moong-ki remembered, they started to date again, eating out and watching movie together and celebrate the girl’s belated birthday. He was in love with the ghost..err..yeah, to the others’ eyes Lee Moong-ki was alone all the time but he knew that Yeon-ha was with him all the time. What a sweet couple. 

               Okay, that’s not the end of it. When they seemed too deeply in love, the truth revealed itself. Lee Moong-ki remembered that he’s the one who accidentally stabbed her with a knife when he and his cousin tried to rob her house. Being shocked of killing the girl that she like, he ran away and getting hit by a car. That’s the cause of his memory loss. Ahhh, what a heart-breaking fact. Could you be less heart-breaking, drama? The ghost was very sad and disappeared from Lee Moong-ki’s sight when he was arreseted in the jail. She said, “That man...you shouldn’t follow him there...Live well, ahjusshi.” Huh...I cried, the tears blurred my vision on the screen. Lee Moon-ki cried. He really cried. This man who played Lee Moong-ki was such a good actor as if he cried for real. Damn good! 

 

          And later, we’re showed with Lee Moong-ki’s flashback and now he was in hospital, admitted for psychiatric treatment. He was alone and the doctor narrated about his condition having seen her, because he didn’t want to forget her. It’s just his hallucinations. He was alone sitting on the floor of the hospital room and asked, “ Yeon-ha, are you there?” and she  suddenly pooped out beside him and whispered, “ Don’t worry, I’m a ghost.” Phew, the end. Huh!

 Yeon-ha : Don't worry, I'm a ghost. 

         What a long summary for such a short drama. Hahah...So, here’s just my overall thoughts about this drama. Since Lee Moong-ki was able to see ghost, I thought it was a fantasy drama, about a human fall in love with a ghost ( the anticipating Arang and Magistrate promise the same thing..can’t wait) but it was way too realistic in a way that it’s definitely not a fantasy- comedy drama. I can say that the drama was written so well. One episode is just enough to make me fall in love, cry a river and then sit back to analyze back what had really happened.

             To look at it again critically, Yeon-ha the ghost never told him anything because what she knows is just exactly of what he knows. But probably because of the traumatic event that he killed the girl, he tried to forget but some parts of his brain never forget it and poops out from his mind in forms of hallucination. I like the scene when the ghost was able to read his mind and say it aloud. That was a form of thought broadcasting and it could be seen in psychotic patient. I like that the drama did not provide us with supernatural  explanation of a person being able to see what he shouldn’t see, but making things more logical with the real world and the common sense.  For the acting, I would give all the stars for them. Park Shin-hye definitely can act and I love her more here compared to her other period drama. Eventhough Lee Moong-ki is not considered as good-looking actor, he amazed me and I started to like him now. 

 

          Well, I think this would be plenty enough after not writing for a long time. Gong-yoo’s Big and Kim Sun-ah’s  I Do I Do had officially ended and I would probably write about them later. Till then, anyeong!