This drama is a Netflix Original and can be easily binge-watch when it is shown 25 September 2020. To date, it has 6 episodes.
The story is about a nurse who can jelly blobs which were accidentally released by a school teacher.
We tried watching this in Netflix but I have to say we could only brave about 20-25 minutes of it before we gave up.
It is good, well acted but it was not just for us.
It is just too surreal.
Nurse Ahn could see connection between people in the forms of jellies.
This condition, I think, started when she was a little girl and her mother had just died. She saw her father interacting with her teacher and they were joined by jelly.
She can also see the spirit of her mother with jellies but fast dissolving until she was gone.
Nurse Ahn worked in a school and she sees highschoolers with jellies.
I heard some people that this drama is really strange but if you persevere it is really good.
So don’t be put off, try it, it might be your cup of tea but it certainly ain’t mine.
19 August 2020: Filming is currently on hold due to Covid 19.
Episode 1
Rara was only a few days old when her mother died.
Her father adored her from she was a baby and thinking the cadence of her cry was musical.
As soon as she could tinkle the piano, her father had engaged a piano teacher for her thinking that she was a reincarnation of the great masters of the classical world.
Her piano teacher thought otherwise but because her father was willing to pay, who would turn down money?
Over the years, she wanted to quit several times but the look of pride on her father’s face was enough to make her go on.
She was 24 when she graduated from learning piano.
Finally, she was free and traveled the world with her doggie.
When she finally came home, her father asked her if she wanted to get married. There was a great concern on his face so she agreed.
During, the day of her wedding, a strange young man entered the waiting room. He was as smelly as anything but he was clutching her bouquet which the delivery guy asked him for a favour to deliver to the bride.
The guy was Seon Woo Joo, a construction worker who had just come off work so he was very smelly and sweaty
He was absolutely fascinated with her and couldn’t take his eye off her. In fact, he went so close, Rara smacked him hard in the face which made his nose bleed on her white wedding dress.
But quick as a flash, he managed to remedy the situation by putting the flowers here and there.
Though Rara’s father was running late, the wedding started as well as the rumour that her father was going bankrupt.
Her father collapsed on the steps of the church.
The mother of the groom ran off with her son.
Rara’s father later died in the hospital.
Her father’s right-hand man gave Rara some cash enough to start over somewhere.
She did try to start over but conned immediately with all the money.
Homeless and penniless with only her car and Mimi, she drove to the countryside only to get destructed by Mimi and almost ran over of all people, Woo Joon.
Episode 2
Though Woo Joo was the victim and yet he was at the beck of call of Rara, who started treating him as a cash cow. She absolutely do not have any clue about money.
Dr Cha, a newly divorced doctor started taking interest in Rara as well. Dr Cha is friends with Rara’ ex-fiance.
Being penniless, Rara completely rely on Joon for everything including paying for hospitalisation and now a place to stay.
Joon brought her to his place. He was washing his hair when the faucet stopped working, he asked Rara to pass him a couple bottles of water but she was already asleep.
He went to get them but one fell under her bed. She woke up with a half naked Jun bending over her. She cannot help but scream her head off, which was heard by Dr Cha who came to check up on her and the young daughter of the hairdresser who has a massive crush on Joon.
Quick Precis: Race against time: the search for Jung Se Joo.
Hurrah Park Shin Hye is back and with the most handsome leading man as well in Hyun Bin. They almost starred in Fox Bride, thank goodness they did not take the roles.
Episode 1
The drama started with Jung Se-Joo (Chanyeol) who was in Barcelona. He was on the public telephone to Jin Woo.
Their conversation was cut short because Jung Se-Joo was being followed. He ran for the train going for Granada and nervously sat on one of the bunk beds in the sleeper compartment, waiting and counting every mile until the train reaches its destination.
He did fall asleep but woken by the announcement that they were approaching Granada Station.
The sudden burst of thunder and rain worried him, he opened the compartment door and then there was a gun being fired and blood splattered all over.
(The other person in the compartment wondered why the boy (Se Joon) left the cabin without his rucksack. Strange that he did not hear the gunshot and there were no blood in sight! Hmmm. – What is going on?)
Meanwhile, Jin Woo, CEO of Jaywon Holdings, was also in Spain after introducing a smart lens, which revolutionalises virtual reality programs, thereby putting South Korea in the gaming map. Jin Woo also invests in games development. He was the person Se Joo was speaking to before he caught the train.
Se Joo, during their telephone conversation, arranged to meet up with Jin Woo in Granada, whose most famous landmark in the palace of Alhambra.
When Se Joo mentioned Cha Hyung Seok being a bad man and he doesn’t want him to get his hand on his game, Jin Woo was more than intrigued.
He flew immediately to Granada and stayed at the Bonita Hotel as advised by Se Joo.
Hotel Bonita is a rat infested, derelict backpackers/student hostel. It is run by Jung Hee Joo.
Seeing that Jin Woo looks very prosperous, Hee Joo tried to discourage him from staying in her hostel.
There was only one room that caters for a single traveller and that was located on the 6th floor. To reach the room would involve navigating a long and winding staircase. Jin Woo got a shock when they finally got to the room. It has not been cleaned for months or even a year or two. There were cobwebs everywhere and inch-thick dust covering the top furniture, rats are running loose, the toilet is blocked and there were no suitable sockets to charge his mobile phone.
But he did not overly mind as he was thinking of the game that Se Joo had sent him.
He called his programmer in South Korea, and then he was advised that everything has been arranged.
He went to the piazza and it then got mysterious and magical. Suddenly there was an explosion. Before he can collect himself together, he saw a knight in steel armour riding a horse coming towards him. He noticed that the knight had about 5 arrows firmly embedded on his back. The knight then collapsed in front of him. He was aghast but his trouble was just beginning. The hero on top of the monument suddenly came alive and ferociously jumped down in front of him and sliced his arm. Blood started dripping and pouring into the ground … and then from his right eye, there was suddenly a message that the game was over, he is dead.
It was a game! And He was mighty impressed. It was so addictive. It was a 3D (3 Dimensional) – 4D holographic sort of a game. You feel it, you do it.
He can reset it as many times as he wishes to increase his experience.
He was excited and wanted to meet the creator of the game immediately.
He went back to the hostel and hoping to see the creator of the game. He was charging and answering his phone in the kitchen when the smoke alarm set in.
Hee Joo had trouble stopping the noisy alarm.
The tired and sleep-deprived Jin Woo took his frustration out of Hee Joo. He made her cry.
He then learned that the creator of the Alhambra game was a minor at only 17 years of age. So he needed a guardian to sign the contract for him.
Yep, you guessed it, the guardian was the crying Hee Joo.
Jin Woo then tried his most winning dimpled smile on Hee Joo.
So far so good but I have to be totally honest here as I always am: remember Honesty is the best policy.
Anyway, as much as I am loving this drama, I thought the gaming scene went a bit too long. I have to be honest here, the gaming/fighting scene was boring. I got it, it was trying to make a point that Se Joo was a genius boy who created very innovative and exciting virtual reality game but I realised that during the first instant that it showed Jin Woo, the gamer died at the hands or sword of the Nasher guy.
I hope this drama will be more on reality rather than inside a virtual bubble.
Episode 2
omg, Hyun Bin is just so gorgeous! Whatever angle you look at him, he is perfection! A real oppa! ha ha ha.
Anyway, this episode introduces the characters a little bit more.
Jin Woo is now on his second marriage, which only lasted a year as his current wife who is an actress wanted a divorce and half of his fortune in alimony.
His first wife, who he still feels a little tenderness but a lot of bitterness, was stolen by his friend and business partner, who co-founded his company, Jaywon Holdings.
This episode is slightly confusing because Se Joo was shown on his way to Granada as per the first episode. Jin Woo took a plane from Barcelona to Granada that’s why he arrived in Granada ahead of Se Joo.
Anyway, after upsetting and making Hee Joo cry, Jin Woo used his cuteness to calm her down. It did not work much. 🙂
He learned from her the time of Se Joo’s train arrival.
He went to the station to wait for him. Se Joo never showed up . He then found it strange that Hee Joo and her family seemed not overly bothered with the brother’s no-show.
While at the station, he bumped into his ex-wife, the first one, who he was so surprised to see was heavily pregnant.
She said that they had been in Granada since yesterday and that she was going back to Barcelona with her sister.
He put two and two together and realised that Cha Hyung Seok must also be in Granada.
Jin Woo’s programmer and his manager who were monitoring him in real time were surprised to find that Jin Woo commenced a game rather than look for the still missing Se Joo.
Through his virtual smart lens, he was advised that another person had joined in the game. He and his minders thought that it might be Se Joo but Jin Woo was not surprised when it turned out that it was Cha Hyung Seok himself and he had a higher level, thus better weapons.
Jin Woo was ready to duel but his minder reminded him that one nik from Cha Hyung seok’s blade would kill him in the game.
So they postponed the duel.
Meanwhile, Hee Joo was informed that Jin Woo was far from being a poor man who wears knock-offs because he is actually the CEO of the biggest company in their area of expertise.
Thinking that he was going to sue her, Hee Joo agreed to meet Jin Woo in a nearby cafe.
He told her that she should renovate her hotel or better sell the current one and buy a better and bigger one because Granada will become a magic city, where tourists would stay for months.
One year later… Jin Woo was on a train, looking rather unkempt. The train was just approaching Granada when he stood up and went into the lavatory where he sorted his guns. He then went out and started shooting masked terrorists.
So exciting, that the minutes went so quickly.
Episode 3
Apparently the gorgeous Park Shin Hye is trending. Some netizens think her acting only comprise of one expression: confused with a bunny rabbit teeth.
So many mean people. I think she is doing a good job. I wanted to see more of her, or rather more of her and Hyun Bin together,
Jin Woo offered to buy the Hostal Bonita from Hee Joo for 10,000,000,000SKW which is about 7,794,000 Euros.
After thinking over, she sold the hostel; it was a no-brainer really.
What Hee Joo did not know at that time is that Hostal Bonita owns everything connected to the game her brother had created. So Hee Joo unknowingly sold all the rights on the game and merchandising.
Oh come on, I would have sold the game for £100K. LOL She got £7M+.
Feeling happy with himself, Jin Woo called Cha Hyung Seok to commence their duel.
Jin Woo had been practicing and improving his level all day long. He has the assassin sword.
Within the game, opponents are not allowed to touch each other. Fighting should only be carried out with the level allotted weapons.
However, the two ex-friends did have a bit of psychological warfare. But in the end, Jin Woo prevailed. He beat and cut up Cha Hyung Seok well and good. He left him catatonic on a bench in the park.
He then caught a plane to Barcelona.
He was dog-tired when he got to his apartment/hotel room but woken up the next morning with a call from his assistant who stayed in Granada.
He bears bad news. The police found Cha Hyung Seok cold and dead in the park.
Episode 4
Jin Woo raced back to Granada. His ex-wife blamed him for the death of her husband.
He then went to the hospital morgue to see Hyungseok’s body. The pathologist remarked that there was something weird with the body. It looks like it had been drained of blood and yet there is no visible sign of wounds for the blood to drain.
Jin Woo then went to the park bench where Hyungseok died. With his smart virtual lens he saw that Hyungseok inside the game was bleeding to death.
The most extraordinary happened. He had to kill Hyungseok all over again within the game as he had come alive.
To investigate, he went to Hostal Bonita and asked if he can use a high specs computer, which of course Hee Joo would offer him the use of her brother’s gaming computers.
He stayed looking around at the brother’s bedroom and found some useful information.
He then told Hee Joo not to just lend her mobile phone to anyone as she will get into trouble, after returning the phone to her.
Hee Joo innocently smiled at him saying there is nothing of value on her phone. Their chemistry is electric in this part. So cute. Hyun Bin had turned into a sexy wolf, momentarily only though.
He spent the night in his old room on the sixth floor.
He was just about to doze off when there was a loud knock on the door.
He opened it and it was the bloodied Hyung Seok They ended up having another sword duel. He tried to call his programmer but it was too late. Jin Woo fell into the ground floor from the 5th floor at least.
Was he going to die in the hands of someone existing only inside a game?.
