Taeyang says the halmoniвЂ™s wish is to use it to pay for the funeral expenses and pay off any debt. ItвЂ™s a bank deposit book and the son opens it and is shocked at how much money is in it. Taeyang walks over and hands them a packet, saying its from their deceased halmoni. Taeyang scares the homeowners with her white raincoat and downcast head. She looks at the picture and itвЂ™s the same halmoni ghost. Taeyang, wearing a white raincoat, walks into a home in the countryside that is currently having a wake. Other than to be scary when needed and sad and sympathetic when required.

IвЂ™m not sure why ghosts can go from freaky demons to pale versions of their alive human face at will. The ghost looks scary at first and then the face morphs into that of a halmoni. The door stops moving and Taeyang sits down, only to turn around and see the ghost right behind her. Taeyang holds the room door shut and yells for the ghost to go away. She runs up to the roof and into a small room. The ghost zooms towards Taeyang and she scrambles out of the room and runs down the hallway. She can see a ghostly presence hovering in the corner. She turns on the lights and starts cleaning when suddenly the lights turn off. Taeyang enters the empty room and looks around fearfully. Taeyang looks uncomfortable doing it but trudges upstairs. Tae Gong Shil (IвЂ™ll use her nickname Taeyang which means the sun) is cleaning the apartment lobby when the landlady asks her to clean a certain room which constantly has new tenants. Hur, I canвЂ™t believe I get to use this sentence in earnest in a recap. ThatвЂ™s about as short and sweet an opinion I can give on the start of the TMS ride.

Episode 1 could have been better but doesnвЂ™t wholly suck. I know my track record with the Hong sisters, if they can convincingly build up a gripping emotional journey for the two leads, this drama will work for me in some capacity and IвЂ™ll be happily along for the ride. SheвЂ™s the acting star of this drama right off the bat and pulls out every bit of arsenal at her acting disposal and effortlessly breathes life into her Taeyang. The leads are fantastic as expected, So Ji Sub is more relaxed than IвЂ™ve seen him in years and he appears to be bouncing off of Gong Hyo JinвЂ™s expertly perfect turn as a girl who can see ghosts. So whatвЂ™s good about it? PD Jin Hyuk does tonal shifts fantastically with a keen eye on setting the mood so he effortlessly brings this story from scary to quirky to melodramatic without any bumps in the viewing. ItвЂ™s like the Hong sisters thought their concept was 90% of the end product and then didnвЂ™t have a good way to execute it so just did took the easy way on every plot point. Did the actual product actually live up to the promotional promise and fan excitement for it? It was a dodgy hit-and-miss for me, with a ghostly mythology lacking any semblance of supernatural internal logic and the plot lines manipulative and based wholly on coincidence and more coincidence. The return of the Hong sisters after last yearвЂ™s critically and ratings panned Bigpremiered today already leading the pack if live ratings are to be believed.

Rom-coms are the easiest place to get that fix because narratively its got a built in advantage in that its headed towards happily ever after. Call it a drama addicts high, if you will. I want to love it because IвЂ™m jonesing for that feeling of being swept up in a story. I pretty much rolled out the red carpet for The MasterвЂ™s Sun with a whole lot of hope and nary a shred of restraint.

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