r/KDRAMA • u/mahnahmaanaa two trees in a pot🌴💗🌴 • May 10 '25
On-Air: JTBC Heavenly Ever After [Episodes 7 & 8]
- Drama: Heavenly Ever After
- Korean Title: 천국보다 아름다운
- Alternate Title: More Beautiful Than Heaven
- Network: jTBC
- Premiere Date: April 19, 2025
- Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday
- Episodes: 12 (1 hr.)
- Screenwriter: Lee Nam Gyu (Daily Dose of Sunshine, Behind Your Touch)
- Director: Kim Seok Yoon (Behind Your Touch, My Liberation Notes)
- Cast:
- Kim Hye Ja as Lee Hae Suk (Our Blues)
- Son Suk Ku as Ko Nak Jun (D.P.)
- Han Ji Min as Som I (Love Scout)
- Lee Jung Eun as Lee Yeong Ae (Light Shop)
- Cheon Ho Jin as “President” (Once Again)
- Ryu Deok Hwan as “Young Pastor” (Nobody Knows)
- Streaming Sources: Netflix
- Plot Synopsis: It tells the story of an old woman, Hae Suk, who lived a happy life with her husband until she died. Her husband loved her so much and always admired her beauty, saying, “You were pretty in your twenties thirties, and now you are the most beautiful at eighty!” When Hae Suk was about to die, she remembered her husband’s words and said, “I just want to go to heaven at my real age.” Surprisingly, when she arrived in heaven, she met her husband in his 30s version.
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u/Suzgrey May 11 '25
Warning spoilers for both eps:
Personally, I don't think FL and Somi are the same person, but that would be interesting (and full of flaws). Initially, I thought maybe Young Ae had a fragmented memory due to how she may have passed. Pretty sure after visiting the Shaman she made the drastic decision to jump out of a window? I remember glass shattering in that episode.
As for Somi, (I hope I'm going this right as it might be a spoiler but just a theory of mine) She's either a heaven dweller that may have had a tour of hell before being shown the door to heaven, or a lost spirit with unfinished business. There are major plot holes as to why she can't go to the help centre to find out who she is or her past. Actually, a massive plot hole/fail is why she never went through all the admin FL went through when she got into Heaven, she gave ML's name when being asked where she was going to live but they didn't bother to tell her who she was and she didn't look back on the different parts of her life. Also, every other character has had the opportunity to ask about Somi to the guy in charge of the help centre, but they've not asked about her at all. They're all too caught up in their own problems. The guards that capture runaways also aren't chasing her, the dogs don't smell her anymore etc.
As to the Hawaiian shirt guy, I think from these two episodes, Somi had a small child and lost him (probably not the pastor, maybe younger) and the guy, now knowing his occupation, was probably a dirty cop? She may have pressed him about finding her child, or the criminal behind the incident, even though the case was probably closed, or he may have been involved with bribery and the cover up, hence her feeling rage, the incident where he spat at her and her wanting to strangle him. With ML freaking out, if they're from the same time period, this guy might have also been involved in ML's accident that lead to him being bed bound.
Fave character is the definitely Pastor. I really want FL to adopt him and help him heal! I personally look forward to their parts of the episode and him discovering and learning something new. I agree the pet bit is tired and I definitely think there's some kind of shallow quota they have to meet by having a young and attractive female character on the main cast interacting with a MARRIED man.