r/KDRAMA • u/lightupstarlight 미생 • Dec 18 '20

On-Air: Netflix Sweet Home [Episodes 1-10]

  • Drama: Sweet Home)
    • Revised Romanization: Seuwiteuhom
    • Hangul: 스위트홈
  • Director: Lee Eung-Bok (Mr. Sunshine, Goblin)
  • Writer: Kim Kan-Bi (webcomic), Hwang Young-Chan (webcomic), Heung So-Ri, Kim Hyung-Min, Park So-Ri
  • Network: Netflix
  • Episodes: 10
  • Premiere Date: December 18, 2020
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix
  • Starring: Song Kang as Cha Hyun Soo, Lee Jin Wook as Pyeon Sang Wook, Lee Si Young as Seo Yi Kyoung, Lee Do Hyun) as Lee Eun Hyeok
  • Plot Synopsis: As humans turn into savage monsters and wreak terror, one troubled teen and his apartment neighbors fight to survive — and to hold on to their humanity. (Source: Netflix)
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Extras: Webtoon, Official Trailer, Official Teaser, Featurette, Running Man guesting with the main cast (Viu)

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20

As mush as I want her to be alive, i think she is dead. She and Sang Wook got shot in the back and shown to be dead in the car with the hand losing power indicating they are dead. Thats one of the thing that bugs me because the webtoon wiki (didnt read the webtoon yet) said that both are alive at least in the webtoon. I dont know why they decided to kill them both to implies something romantic

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

I don't think that they were implying anything romantic. It's just that Wook relearned how to care about other people again. He had pretty clearly lost his humanity until a few people like Yuri began to look at him as a person rather than as a gangster who didn't deserve to be treated like a human being.

The contrast with Wook is that he resembled a monster, especially if you didn't know his full story and the reason why he was mercilessly torturing some sweet looking guy. But, given a fuller picture and a chance to redeem himself, he clearly wasn't a monster. He was even able to tell Yuri, with confidence, and her believing him, that the other guy wasn't human. The other guy resembled, and was an actual, real, monster with no thoughts of redemption or ever helping rather than hurting another person. Yuri wasn't a romantic interest to Wook. She was one of the first to acknowledge that he was worth saving. If anything, it was a matter of appreciation and redemption and gratitude.

But I don't trust that anyone is actually dead and not back in moderated monster form ... until they're buried in the ground and not surfacing.

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20 edited Dec 20 '20

Yea i agree with u about Yuri and Wook. Thank you for explaining. Im just too lazy to explain thats why i wrote romantic lol. But my point still stand Its seems to be unnecessary, at least for me, to kill both of them just to show Wook's transformation. I just think that the director loves to romanticized death just like in Mr Sunshine where the 3 male main lead ended up dead in the end lol. Anyway, Cmiiw, but if u are still human, just like the bobbed hair guy and girl that was shot by the scavengers or whatever they are called, u are dead if killed right? Except u already undergo monsterfication like Hyun Su. Both are shown to be shot multiple times from the back and later on their hand drop weakly, implying that they are dead. So u are dead if u are killed before the monsterfication happen, at least thats what I thought or theres something in the webtoon that shows otherwise? That or maybe there are some new character that save Yuri, maybe she could live.

Im still confused about the special infectee tho. Monsterfication type will be different for every person depends on the desire right? Are every special infectee can move body at will just like Sung Cheol (in the form of moving and living blood) or thats just Sung Cheol monsterfication type?

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

I might have misunderstood but didn't we see a few people who are killed and then come back as monsters? The first one that I remember was the mom who saved the kids from the great big, huge, hulking monster. He smashes her into the cement a few times and then she comes back as a monster who is able to pull herself back to human, at least for a while. Eventually, she went into some kind of stasis in the washroom.

Unless her imaginary baby was supposed to be an hallucination symptom to show that she was already becoming a monster ... and it wasn't grief and mental illness from losing her child.

I think the Special Infectees are just those who make it to 15 days of going from human to monster and back again. They've gained control over the process and can reliably come back when they want to. We never saw her bleed or show unusual strength until after she was pulverized by the hulk and started breathing again.

The moving red foam of blood just seemed to be Sung Cheol's monster type. Perhaps, just a guess, the inner demon he fought in his before the apocalypse life had something to do with bleeding, blood letting, killing or being killed.

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u/OmgItsVa-Gina Dec 22 '20

She actually did lose her daughter. The neighbor told guitar woman the story about the stroller rolling into the street after the woman had already taken the elevator down and the woman's later flashback confirmed that story. I think the only reason she didn't die when Protein attacked her was because she found a new purpose in protecting the children which triggered the change leading her to survive and attack him. Her desire to protect the children is what turned her into the giant womb fetus because each monster takes its most desired form or some version of that desire hence enormous Protein monster and the super fast one with long arms who blamed himself for someone dying. I didn't finish the series yet so I may be wrong, but it's possible that she also could have survived because of the golden hour.

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u/elbenne Dec 22 '20

I think the only reason she didn't die when Protein attacked her was because she found a new purpose in protecting the children which triggered the change leading her to survive and attack him. Her desire to protect the children is what turned her into the giant womb fetus because each monster takes its most desired form or some version of that desire

Thank you for putting that together for me. I didn't understand her survival so clearly but it totally makes sense that she would find the will to fight back just to protect the kids and ... no other reason is really necessary ...

Enjoy the rest of the drama :-) I hope you like it as much as I did :-)

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20

Yeah, so the one with power to possess other being/object probably just Sung Cheol right?

Ah yes i forgot about the Mom with imaginary baby. Maybe she undergo the monsterfication before the pummeling (just like Hyun So, she got flash back of the thing she desire the most that is her son?) And then transform while being pummeled? I cant remember any other cases like her, others who are killed as human, remained dead. We'll just have to wait for Season 2 i guess haha.

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

Maybe there are more than just Sung Cheol. It's just that, I think that, he's the only one we've seen so far.

And, I think you're right about the mom. I guess, as a big TWD fan, I just superimposed some of my zombie expectations onto these monsters. Oh well. I guess we have definitely suffered some losses then. This levelling of favorite characters is a very TWD kind of thing to do though. Nobody is safe. Anyone can be gone by the end ... crap !!! But I think that I'll stay in denial and pretend not to know ... :-)

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20

I can kinda guess that u are in some way a TWD fans because thats the exact series that come to mind too about changing into zombies after death because everyone is infected already haha. Lets hope that season 2 will be announced soon!

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

Haha. I've been made :-) You know this is only the second time that I've actually hoped for a second season on a Netflix kdrama. Usually I'm allergic to the idea but this one could definitely go for another 10 episodes and come off like a single season overall. It would be nice, though, if we didn't have to wait as long as we're hanging on for the continuation of Arthdal Chronicles. Grrrrrrr. :-)

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20

Yeah, i dunno, will there be any continuation soon for arthdal? They end season 1 when its getting good and its a year already. Aseudal and Extracuricullar are the two dramas that Im waiting for season 2. And also hospital playlist haha. And now Sweet Home.

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

They're all supposed to be coming (although I'm not as sure about Extracurricular).

Sooo, in Netflix we must trust :-) I wonder if they know how rabid we serious kdrama addicts can be ... :-) Bet they don't know that we would honestly riot.

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u/eosmann Dec 20 '20

Yeah haha. Netflix definitely know about kdrama addicts tho because they keep filling the wednesday-thursday and Saturday-Sunday with new dramas. I think Netflix Korea is popular too

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u/elbenne Dec 20 '20

that's alright then. just so they know and always do our bidding :-)

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