49 Days E1: Live

Finally, a drama came thru and I had fun doing this. S is likeable from minute one – this is going to be such a great show. Read it is over 20 episodes which scared me at first, but now that I have seen it- I already want an extension. Thank you drama gods for hearing my prayer and making this a winner-what a relief. I was in a drama slump lately, but this one had me on the edge of my seat.

If you think about it – it is only fair that Y has to lend her body to J. It is Y’s fault J is in this situation. At some point soon, I want Y to know what her actions caused – she needs to know she caused that 14 car pile up and put J into a coma. If J is in Y’s body- when will Y ever know that? Also- wonder how J will react when she learns that her accident was the end result of Y walking into the middle of the road. Wonder who the 3 ppl will be that cries over J.

This drama is like city of angels

(cuz of angel of death and if S happens to fall in love with J then it is exactly like the movie)

meets love actually

(cuz H is in love with J and IJ might like M)

with some “Who are you” concepts thrown in

and it all equals = possibility of being my next favorite drama of all time 🙂

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M= KANG MIN-HO (Bae Soo-Bin)=J’s fiance
S= SCHEDULER (Jung Il-Woo)
J= SHIN JI-HYUN (Nam Gyu-Ri)
H= HAN GANG (Jo Hyun Jae)=loves J
Y=SONG YI-KYUNG (Lee Yo-Won)=J uses her body
IJ= SHIN IN-JUNG (Seo Ji-Hye)=J’s best friend

P= PARK SEO WOO (Bae Geu Rin)=J’s short hair best friend
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49 days E1

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Starts off with a city of angels vibe as S sits on the edge of a rooftop playing guitar and stuff.

J is in a car with her friend IJ -they are stuck in traffic

J is worried she will be late for her engagement ceremony

IJ tells her to get out of the cab

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H is given a tux to wear to the engagement

H complains why he has to wear that

the man says H will be late to the engagement

so H needs to hurry

—-

J is running and laughing cuz she thinks this is fun-like they are in a movie

her heel gets caught in a grate and the heel is broken

J starts to cry so IJ takes off her shoes and gives it to J to wear

J asks what about you?

IJ walks barefoot

Ij tells J to hurry but J says she keeps stepping on the dress

so IJ hitches it up to J’s waist

—

H gets something on his shoes and wipes it on his pant leg so now the back of his trouser leg is dirty

—

the engagement already started with J and M bowing to everyone

IJ is wearing shoes too small for her so she folds dwon the back

J notices this from a distance

her dad is asked to speak

he starts by apologizing for making his daughter’s engagement so extravgant when times are hard these days

everyone knows this but my company and son in law …..when H walks in and interrupts

J says – he is coming now?

she fidgets with her nails again

the dad continues how he gave M a big project and wanted him to finish that first and get married- but they didnt know how long it would take- a year or two so they had the engagement now

—-

M asks H how he could come so late when the engagement is over

H asks if he can leave now

J asks how H could leave first when he came last

she tells him to say congratulations first and go

H congratulates M and ignores J

M is called away so M asks H to hold J’s hand cuz of her dress

H says how could he hold someone else’s fiance’s hand

J walks off and says she didnt want to anyway

—

M tells her dad how he met H while getting his MBA

so M wants to entrust H to do some work for him

and the dad worries H wont have much experience if he is the same age as J

M reassures him and says H got an award in college

her dad gets a call – he is asked to come now

—-

Y is alone eating at her home

then walking down the street to her part time job at the convenience store

a guy comes in to buy smokes

she doesnt even look at him

but he sort of stares at her

—-

J’s dad comes home drunk and asks his wife about J

mom says J was tired after the engagement and crashed

he goes up and stares at his sleeping daughter

then he pets her hair

—

her dad tells the new couple to get married right away

both of them complain saying they just got engaged yesterday

her dad says he didt think far ahead

before M gets more busy with work

M should have gotten married and not engaged

M says – but they already got engaged

her dad asks if M doesnt want to marry J

M says – you know that would never happen

J says there is too much to prepare

her dad insists on a spring wedding -pointing out

why are they making such a fuss when they are always together anyway

—

mom tells J that her dad wants to hurry and make M his family

so that H would comfortably do something with a resort

so J asks if her dad wants her to get married in a hurry cuz of company business

her mom gets defensive saying is business important to her father

J is first- the mom is second -the company is third – in order of priority

doesnt she know that?

J says she does but M was really surprised by the turn of events

——

M shows up at the bridal shop with pink roses

she asks what he is doing

he says why he is doing this – cuz of her father and how her dad set the date

when M didnt even get to propose-

so he gets on his knees

they go to meet with friends -at a place called heaven

H is there with IJ and some other ppl

J is upset cuz there is no food on the table

she complains how her friends told her everything was ready

when she had called them

M turns her head to the kitchen and a guy holds up a plate of pasta

so J is happy cuz she is hungry

H reminds the chef – did he take out (something) and the chef replies he put twice as much garlic too (guess that is how she likes it and H knows that and made sure of it)

H tells the waiter to hurry and take the plate to J

—

J eats alot while everyone stares

M smiles watching her eat well

her friend asks M if he knew when he saved J that he was fated to marry a girl who eats this much

flashback

IJ and J go hiking

it starts to rain

J gets lost somehow and call out for IJ

she doesnt have her cell so she just waits and cries in the dark

M comes and rescues her

he gets a cab and calls an ambulance

he says he wants to go with her but he has a meeting in the morning

he tells her to take good care of herself and helps her into the waiting ambulance

end flashback

J says -isnt it like a movie

how M carried her on his back on his way down

and she wondered if he was a person or a ghost

Ij looks uncomfortable so J asks – you still feel guilty huh

cuz of you – if I had died

IJ says J isnt someone who would die like that

J says if it wasnt for M -she would have died

H seems jealous

—-

J is with IJ and her friend

IJ marks off what they did-the dress-wedding hall-sent out invitations

bridesmaid dresses are left-she tells them to choose tm

J is clumsy and almost spills wine on her wedding dress

she suggests her friends wear this on their wedding day

instead of borrowing it- it will be good if they all got married wearing the same dress

IJ looks at her room as the other friend says how J is turning the room IJ used for something else

J says while she is on her honeymoon -her mom is going to change it out

J tells IJ to try on the dress

but IJ says she doesnt want to cuz she will feel sorry to M

J points out it isnt like IJ is going to be the bride wearing this

M texts her and says it’s time for her to sleep now

her friend wonders how he knew J would still be up-he is like a ghost

J replies there isnt anything he doesnt know about her and texts back that she will sleep now and for him to sleep well

—

at 3:40am, Y is mopping the floors

Y gets held up by robbers

they knock out the camera

and one asks for the money

so she reaches for the register but he says he already knows everything and came

and doesnt want the register cash but the full money bag

he holds a knife up to her waist

she wont give them the money

the other guy asks what he is doing (cuz he is taking too long)

but the one holding the knife says Y isnt flinching at all

the other one comes over and calls her crazy and beats her up

ignoring all their commands-he finally asks if she wants to die

she calmly tells the guy to go ahead and stab her

the police come

—–

at the police station

she is there with the two robbers

the officer asks how could she stall with two guys all by her side without any fear

why she didnt just give the money when the guy pulled out the knife

no reply from Y

she is bruised from the scuffle with the robbers

as she walks out of the station

—

after working out together, M and H eat breakfast

M gives him instructions about the project and designers

H says if M cant trust him then he should hand it over to someone else

M asks why H doesnt start a company on his own – with this talents…

but H interrupts and asks if he has to do that-being a groomsman

M says H doesnt need to

M asks H if he found the woman he wanted to find when he got back to korea

M wonders why H cant find one woman

and asks if he should help H find her

but H says M doesnt need to

—

J and her friends arrive somewhere and H happens to be there so J runs over to him

H tries to walk away quickly

J goes up to H and says : we want to get congratulations from our most beloved friends on our wedding- you are M’s favorite younger brother and my friend

H: i am not your friend

J: why arent you my friend? we went to the same school

H says they only attended together for only a few months and even then

that makes them classmates – not friends

even if I was your friend- i wont be a groomsman

J:why wont you?

H says he already told M that he wouldnt so she should leave

she asks if M said H didnt have to

he tells her to go

J asks if he is still angry about what happened back then

she asks how could a guy hold that against her for so long

she forgot all about it

if anything she should be the one who should be upset

he says she is still the same and gets mad and says he doesnt want to cuz it is her

she asks if he is rude once-is he rude for life?

and he replies-yes

after she gets married-he will treat her as a sister in law so they are done talking

she fidgets with her fingers

he walks off but turns to watch her walk away

—

when she gets back -her friends ask: he said he wouldnt do it huh?

J says he is bad-how could he be like that if he was a friend

IJ: do you want to do that to H?

the other one asks dont you remember how weird it was between you for a few months

J says that was a long time ago

IJ says : just cuz you say you are friends-what is that

H doesnt think of you as a friend

so why are you acting like youre friends

who acts like a friend alone?

J: if we were friends once – he is a friend

the other one asks: he doesnt like you -dont you dislike him?

J: i dont dislike him

IJ: you are like an angel

J: i often despise him but i dont hate him

friend says: when someone doesnt like me i dont like them -that is what being human is so why dont you dislike him?

J: it’s just like that

she quickly tells IJ that IJ will be late for work and J is busy today

so she takes the bag and runs off -promising to pay for it later

—

J asks M if he said it was ok that H wasnt his groomsman

M says H doesnt like being around ppl so would he like standing in front of so many ppl

and that H was like that in the states too

J has a hard time believing that H cares what other ppl think

M says H doesnt look like it but he has been hurt a lot

J: so that is why he didnt want to do it

M tells her not to worry about his friends for the wedding party and that he would take care of it

as she leaves M picks up her cell phone and asks if she didnt forget something and gives it to her

——

M meets with J’s dad about business

IJ is J’s dad’s secretary

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J picks out a bridesmaid dress for IJ to try on

she gets in the car to take it to her

—–

Y is still looking glum

she pulls out a black top from a box

—

S is on a motorcycle

he looks at his watch

——

Y is on the bus holding a single rose

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some guy follows Y off the bus

S rides by on his bike

he stops the bike and looks at a pic of a guy on his cell

he says it’s 5 mins till

and waits

—–

Y sits by the road

holding her rose

she is imagining a chalk outline

guess that was where her bf had died

she is near the middle of the road

she runs out into the street on purpose -to kill herself

truck swerves to miss her

some guy grabs her and saves her

she faints (no clue why cuz she wasnt injured at all- just everyone else involved in the accident)

OMG she caused like over ten cars to crash into each other

the guy who bought the cigs was the one who saved her

a guy on a motorbike swerves to miss the stalled truck and his bike slides to a stop

J swerves to miss running over the biker and crashes into the parked truck

she flies out of her car thru her windshield

guess she didnt wear a seatbelt

—-

M is meeting some men- he tells them he is getting married after a week so he wants 4 days off from work before the wedding

A guy leans his head out of his car- this is the one S was waiting on

S looks at his cell phone pic of the guy and looks annoyed cuz the man didnt die on time

that guy in his car gets a heart attack

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J is on the ground

she stirs awake and opens her eyes

there is a crowd of ppl trying to get into her car

they knock on the window and ask if she is ok

J walks over and sees that it is her

she pushes someone but her hand goes thru that person

she says this isnt it

she spots S on his cell

he is looking at her while talking into the phone

she calls out to S

an ambulance takes her body away

she looks over at S but he is gone so J hops into the ambulance

—

in the ambulance – paramedics try to wake her

J watches and cries – calling out for her dad

—-

the guy who rescued Y is called away

he had been by Y’s bedside

—-

J cries looking at her body

—

Y wakes up and sees J

she remembers what she did – trying to kill herself

—

J’s dad (and M) come looking for his daughter

J runs over to them but they run thru her

J screams and falls to the floor

her dad calls out her name as he sees her lifeless body

Y watches them and takes her IV out and walks out

J’s body is wheeled into surgery

her dad and M are not allowed in

M calls out to the doc to “save our J”

she keeps trying to hit them to get their attention

but her hand keeps hitting air

as if their is a protective shield from her being able to touch anyone alive

J mutters it is driving her crazy

her mom comes

she asks if J is hurt badly

her dad says- J has to have surgery and then they will know

her mom collapses and M catches her

J sees S and remembers he is from the accident site and runs after him

Y walks by S

J cant open doors so she waits till someone comes out and then slips into the room

where S is

—-

S is standing by the bedside of the man who had the heart attack

she goes up to S

and asks if he knows her-if he saw her back there

S yells: Ya – SJH – why werent you paying attention while driving

the man is pronounced dead

his “body” gets up

his family cries

S bows to him and tells him that he did well all this time  (lived a good life)

and says “let’s go”

the man asks where he needs to go

S tells him to follow him and opens an invisible elevator door

S bows to him and the doors shut as the man smiles

looks like the man went to heaven

J asks what this is and who is he (S)

he tells her to follow him

she looks back and the door disappears

—

S looks at her closely

she asks who S is – the angel of death?

he replies that is old fashioned- in these modern times- how could she use that title

he says he is the scheduler

a human being is born with an assigned amount of time

there is a reason for that but i will get into that later

and that it is his job as scheduler to escort that person when that person’s time is up

J insists that is what an angel of death does

so S gets offended and says again that he is the scheduler

she yells back- whatever – cuz it means she is dead

S: that’s right – you are dead

J: then did you come for me back there

is that why you knew my name?

S says that wasnt it – the person on his schedule was that guy

you saw right? that guy who left a few minutes ago

i was waiting for that guy

he was suppose to die from a heart attack while driving

but cuz of the accident- the heart attack came on later

it’s a case us schedulers hate the most-when the schedule gets messed up

J: then why am I like this? why isnt anyone coming for me?

S: because you werent scheduled to die today

J:what?

S: you werent meant to die today according to your timeline

J: I wasnt scheduled to die today?

S explains how in rare cases – there are troublemakers

like today – people who try to commit suicide

why dont they wait their turn

they are going to die when it is their time

J yells: how could something like that happen?

S says she startled him (by yelling)

J: how could someone die when it isnt their turn

S says that is why this happened

she asks again how could this happen

then she gets calm and asks

J: you are lying huh? I’m not dead right?

she looks at him

yes this isnt it – how could there be an angel of death that looks like you?

S: who said there isnt a scheduler who looks like me?

have you met someone who died and came back to life?

even if there was – they wouldnt be able to remember us

J: i am not dead – i cant be dead

i am having surgery now

i saw it with my own eyes- me going into surgery

is it possible for someone who is dead to have surgery?

S: you think it is possible to see yourself going into surgery?

—

H thinks about how he said he didnt want to be the wedding party cuz J asked

her friend comes running in asking why he didnt pick up his phone

she says J was in an accident

—

her family is gathered around her bedside 

the mom wants to know why J doesnt wake up

J tells S – see- i didnt die

S tells her to keep her mouth shut

her nervous habit is to hold out her hands and pick on her nails

IJ comes and sees J and cries

her other friend and H comes in

H is in shock

the doc comes in and gives them bad news-she is in a vegetative state

everyone cries

her mom collapses

J tries to run in calling out “mom”

but S holds her back saying she isnt suppose to interfere here

her dad says- she had surgery tho – so why?

S says to J- you saw right?

J cries

—-

outside -while walking down the hallway

she asks what is going to happen to her now

S: follow me

J: where are we going?

she stops walking

she doesnt want to cuz she remembers what happened to the other guy

S tells her she wont have to get on the elevator so just follow him

she runs away in the opposite direction

he blocks her and says 

why does everyone react the same way all the time

I told you – you dont have to get on the elevator so

why did you run away

J: you think I am going to believe that lie?

S: lies are something human beings do

in your eyes- do I look like a person?

J crouches down and says “save me”

S: you are asking me to save you? dont you know who I am? let’s go

J: I dont need you. who is above you?

S: what?

J: you said you are just a scheduler

so how can I trust your words

there has to be someone higher in rank than you-either God or Buddha or whoever

S: that’s right – I am just a lowly follower who does what he is told

but despite that – i am in charge of this- i am responsible here

J: i get married in a week

my mom and dad have only one kid – me

wasnt suppose to die and killed me

so it’s too unfair

S: unfairness can happen anywhere

so someone like you who feels this is unfair- I wont make you get on the elevator by force

J: you mean that right?

——

he says he has been a scheduler for 5 yrs

this situation like yours came up 2 times before so yours is the third

J: two times?

S: that case when it isnt your time to die but

because someone else did something wrong

you end up losing your life

in that situation -there are two solutions

you just have to decide between the two

J: what are those?

S: one is accepting and moving on to the afterlife and leaving this world

J: are you joking? that means I have to die

S: one person chose that

if there is no more future in this lifetime

they chose to start over in the next lifetime

they got on the elevator with their own feet

J:really?

S leans in close

who am I? someone who lies?

J turns away saying she gets it so dont come close and tell her what the other person did

S: they took the second option

J: what is the second one?

S: within 49 days find 3 ppl who love you sincerely-then you can go back

J thinks that will be easy – it’s not like it’s 30 ppl – it is just 3 so who in this world cant find 3 ppl who love them?

S points out that it wont be that easy cuz each person has to drop real sincere tears

J replies: you saw back there right?

counting her parents and friends-there is more than 3

he says parents and siblings dont count

she wonders how he will know what is real tears

he says if the person loves her for real-the sincere tears that fall while thinking of her will be the proof – 100% -3 teardrops

J:that’s all? you saw a few mins ago

how M and all her friends cried

S: just cuz they cry and tears fall

you think that is all of it

—-

he takes her to a wake

she asks why they had to come here

he tells her to look closely-at the tears from the ppl who are crying

there are women crying and he points out the difference in all their tears

one is crying out of pity

another is crying to console cuz her friend died so soon

third is forcing herself to cry cuz none will come on their own

he spots a real one – one who is 100% sincerely sad about the person who died

she asks is that person someone who sincerely loved the person who passed away

S: yes – she is the deceased woman’s sister

he says the guy next to her is the dead woman’s husband and he is getting a lot of insurance so even tho he is sad he is thinking of his secure future

then he points out two more ppl who are not sincere with their tears

S ends with this statement: human beings are complicated

—-

he asks how J feels

she says it is strange

S points out her personality

he asks if she is going to do finding 3 tears

she says of course she will-why wouldnt she

she is different from that other deceased woman

S says he doesnt need to hear her explanation

cuz J’s decision is hers to make

he says to follow her

she says- he keeps telling me to follow him

—

he takes her to Y and gives her background to J

he reads off his cell phone

starting with Y’s name-age 28-raised in an orphanage -where she graduated

quit her job at a hotel after 2 yrs

was jobless for a year

then got a part time job here at the convenience store

while S reads off info -J was repeating it and trying to memorize it

so she asks him to write it down cuz it is hard for her to remember

S ignores her and keeps reading

from 2am till 9am Y works

J is surprised that she did remember all of it

J asks if she has to borrow that woman’s body

J doesnt approve of her clothes and hair

he says there is a reason why it is Y

there is a connection

she asks what that is

he yells again-what was J thinking when she got into that accident

J says she doesnt remember

he tells her to keep listening cuz there is more

—

J goes to see her family

she tells her parents to wait a few weeks

she tells M to wait too

cuz she will be back

—–

Y is at home lying down

J watches her

S told J to wait till Y fell asleep-his voice narrates these instructions

dont be fearful or afraid

J walks over and hovers over Y’s body

her body disappears into Y

Y/J blinks and opens her eyes

she sits up

and then stands and looks into the mirror

she starts to speak and says “I am SJH-I am SJH”

and smiles really big with tears in her eyes

end

Y/J doesnt like how poor Y had been living

S tells her to put the tears into the necklace

Y stares at someone and asks why that person isnt crying