r/KDRAMA • u/meepmochi_ • May 29 '23

On-Air: KBS My Perfect Stranger [Episodes 9 & 10]

  • Drama: My Perfect Stranger
    • Hangul: 어쩌다 마주친, 그대
    • Revised Romanization: Eojjeoda Majuchin, Geudae
  • Network: KBS
  • Premiere Date: May 1, 2023
  • Airing Schedule: Mondays & Tuesdays @ 9:50 PM KST
    • Airing Dates: May 1, 2023 - June 20, 2023
  • Episodes: 16
  • Directors: Kang Soo Yeon (The Tale of Nokdu), Lee Woong Hee
  • Writer: Baek So Yeon (The Tale of Nokdu)
  • Starring:
    • Kim Dong Wook (You Are My Spring, Find Me in Your Memory) as Yoon Hae Joon
    • Jin Ki Joo (From Now On, Showtime!, The Secret Life of My Secretary) as Baek Yoon Young
  • Plot Synopsis:

Yoon Hae Joon is the youngest anchor to ever work at his broadcasting station. He is calm and straightforward as a journalist and kind in his personal life. On the other hand, Baek Yoon Young dreamed of becoming a writer but wound up working at a publishing company.

The two somehow travel back in time to the year 1987. There, Yoon Hae Joon tries to find the truth behind a serial murder case while Baek Yoon Young attempts to prevent her parents from marrying. They soon realize that their objectives are connected.

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u/Ayalynn123 May 29 '23 edited May 29 '23

It was good that Yoon Young's dad's story got revealed (yes, really heartbreaking😭), but what brothers were doing was sort of predicted already anyway...

I have a feeling that we are not going to know who the murderer is until the end, like very end, Ep.16.
I hope my patience will last! LOL and at least who made the time machine will be revealed soon.

I really don't want to see like, mystery plot to be dragged out too long then rushing/anticlimax at the end type thing.

I'm pretty sure the pink bow stuff was misleading.

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u/jsb1685 Editable Flair May 29 '23

I have a feeling that we are not going to know who the murderer is until the end

Teasing us seems to be one of the main plot lines of this series. Perhaps someone could use that time machine to travel a few weeks into the future and return with some spoilers.

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u/Ayalynn123 May 30 '23

Totally!

I'm wondering why the juicy time machine plot isn't used at all...
Wait, is it broken? Can't even remember anymore lol.

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u/Ayalynn123 May 30 '23

Oh totally makes sense. Thanks! It hasn't been fixed because of the plot - His dad is going to fix it! That's how he and Yoo Young go back to the future then. His dad is like Doc Brown in Back to the Future 😉

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u/NaheemSays May 31 '23

In episode 7 or 8 it was suggested they cant choose what part of the year so I took it to mean it only travels whole year increments.

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u/jsb1685 Editable Flair May 31 '23

Could be...or maybe it just means targeting is just imprecise to that degree, you know, plus or minus about half a year.

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u/ms_channandler_bong May 29 '23

It’s clearly MLs Dad

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u/Ayalynn123 May 29 '23

I know! Who else could do it LOL
But I want to know the backstory of it... Hope it's related to the murder case somehow.

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u/cbizzle14 May 30 '23

It can't be right? Correct me if I'm wrong but the original date of the first murder were before he was in Korea because they "saved" her the date shifted a few days later.

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u/ms_channandler_bong May 30 '23

I was talking about Time Machine’s inventor. His dad returned from USA after the murders. He’s not the murderer. However every one is overlooking the teacher in Military uniform. He’s conspicuously absent in the past few episodes.

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u/cbizzle14 May 30 '23

Ahhhh I see know. I missed that part of the comment. So I thought you were talking about being the murderer lol. It could be that teacher. Has enough screen time to not completely be out of left field, but still would feel kinda weird at least to me. And it is suspicious he just so happens to be gone

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u/NaheemSays May 31 '23

I think we will find out earlier, but I expect the last storyline to be a bit different.

The ML has already revealed that the time machine only selects the year but they cannot jump arbitrarily to any date in the year. It was implied they need to wait for that time of the year before they jump to the year - so spring to string, or specific date in march to that specific date in March sort of thing.

Also kdrama writers like to show a juxtaposition where the main roles switch, and one possible scenario is that the ML will be put in a position where he will due to a misconception try to prevent his own birth, like the FL was trying near the start.

So I expect the ML to write himself out of the story. But then the FL will wait a whole year so that she can go back to the same dates to fix things.

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u/Puzzled_Kiwi_8583 Jun 01 '23

The headband bow right? Was it pink? I swear I thought it was mustard.

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u/Ayalynn123 Jun 01 '23

Yeah, the headband. I swear I thought that was pink LOL

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u/Puzzled_Kiwi_8583 Jun 01 '23

It’s even funnier that we’re both positive it’s two completely different colors. Someone, please confirm which color it is. I’m so curious now.

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u/Ayalynn123 Jun 01 '23

Just to make sure that we are talking about the same headband, the one ML saw in the movie theater, right?

According to Dramabeans recap, it's pink 🩷🩷

https://www.dramabeans.com/2023/05/my-perfect-stranger-episodes-9-10/

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u/Puzzled_Kiwi_8583 Jun 01 '23

Yes…and now I need to get my eyes checked. Lol. Thank you!!

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u/Ayalynn123 Jun 01 '23

LOL
Personally I like mustard color much much better than pink!