Psycho, but It’s Okay

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Synopsis

​Moon Gang Tae is a young man, struggling in life. Indeed, he has to take care of his autistic brother, traumatized by the murder of their mother. While trying to keep afloat, he meets Ko Mun Yeong, who has a rather atypical personality. Gang Tae and Mun Yeong, while getting to know each other the rough way, discover they might actually share a common past. 

​My Opinion (No Spoilers)

What an incredible drama! I can’t seriously find a single flaw either in the story or the acting! First, I am repeating myself again, but it was aired on one of the best channels ever: TvN. Second it stars Kim Soo Hyun, making his great come back from the military, Seo Ye Ji and Oh Jung Se (many others actually but I can’t quote all of them). Third, it was written by the amazing Jo Yong. This screenwriter might not be very famous for now (even though I doubt after that drama, she will remain in the shadow), but I personally loved her previous drama Jugglers with Choi Daniel and Baek Jin Hee. Fourth, the drama’s director Park Shin Woo is the master behind Encounter; Jealousy Incarnate; Hyde Jekyll, Me and Angel Eyes (to give you an idea). This information should already be enough to persuade you to watch the drama right away. 

If it is not enough, then the plot will definitely persuade you. The story is just sincere and honest, well-driven and immerses you entirely on the one side in characters’ lives, on the other side in the fairy tale world. 

Finally, I have to highlight the fact that the Jo Yong’s mastery comes from her unique approach to fairy tales and her talent to incorporate them in Dramaland. This is actually the first time that I watch a drama (and I have watched many of them) that actually tackles children’s stories. I discovered some tales I didn’t know of, while getting to witness her capabilities in creating ones. 

To sum up all of that, I am literally a fan! It was an incredible drama with a dense, complex and rich plot, that really deserves your attention!

​Analysis (Spoiler Alert)

Characters: Psycho but It’s Okay clearly managed to introduce us many characters, personalities and mentalities, without making viewers hate any of them. I sincerely got attached to all of them (apart from Mun Yeong’s crazy mother). They all had their respective faults and qualities, weaknesses and strengths. Yet, they were portrayed in an honest way that made me feel empathetic, even towards those who misbehaved (such as Mun Yeong’s father). I really didn’t feel an ounce of resentment, hatred or dissatisfaction with a single character. 

Moon Gang Tae: Moon Gang Tae (Kim Soo Hyun) is the younger brother of two. His mother was murdered when he was just a kid (around 10/11) and his older brother witnessed it. However, his brother Moon Sang Tae (Oh Jung Se) is autistic and was traumatized by the experience. Gang Tae, in order to protect his brother, decided to flee and to be responsible for him. Fom a very young age, he thus had to mature and become the adult, always putting his brother’s life first. Even more than that, he suffered a lot during his childhood, since his mother constantly reminded him of the fact that he was born to take care of his brother, in case she wouldn’t be here. Gang Tae grew up suppressing himself and his feelings, forgetting he even had the right to live his own life. Moreover, every year his brother would be reminded of the accident, forcing both to be on the run. Gang Tae has always been running away, unable therefore to establish relationships on the long-term (apart from Jae Su). 

Gang Tae ends up working as a nurse at Ok Psychiatric Hospital, once again taking care of others and their issues. His background and profession made him empathetic, calm and resilient. Yet, as Ko Mun Yeong (Seo Ye Ji) remarks it, he is constantly wearing a mask, hiding away his emotions. He is an “hypocrite” as she says. Just a quick explanation, “hypocrite” here has to be understood based on its Greek definition, that means concealment. In that matter, it is true that Gang Tae is constantly dissimulating his emotions. I think he also has been through a lot of troubling moments in his life, making him almost insensible to craziness and psychotic reactions and behaviors. He seems to have created a distance between himself and the “normal” conduct you would expect from people. I believe from that point of view; he also is described as a “psycho” like the title suggests it.

The beauty of the story emerges for me in the development of the characters in the drama. All of them mature and grow up, while being able to move on and heal their respective wounds. Gang Tae’s evolution is heart-warming, as we see him freeing himself from his own cell. He finally expresses his emotions, takes off his mask and becomes his real self. The shift in his personality is really incredible, as he moves from an emotionless shell to a passionate human being, capable of being jealous, mad and even happy. He also manages to finally retake his place as a younger brother, not responsible for his brother’s life. The most tender sentence of the drama is probably: “Moon Gang Tae belongs to Moon Gang Tae”. Gang Tae can affirm he is his and no one else’s. 

Moon Sang Tae: For starters, I really hope Oh Jung Se wins an award, because his acting was simply perfect, amazingly executed and immersed me entirely in the character’s psyche, his reasoning and relationship with his external environment. 

A truthful portrayal of autism: Sang Tae’s major characteristic is his autism. As someone on the spectrum, he was unable of identifying his mother’s murderer. Yet, he carries the wounds of the past and expressed his fears, anxiety and PTSD through various repetitive patterns; especially his violent reactions when he sees butterflies (that were part of his trauma). I really believe Oh Jung Se delivered an incredible performance in his depiction of autism, especially considering the difficulty it represents without becoming a caricature or an insult. 

Sang Tae can live in the real world (he doesn’t stand on the extreme part of the spectrum), he can talk to people, move from one place to another and even to the point that he can take responsibility for some actions. Yet, as an autistic man, he also created his own world, his shelter, in which he takes refuge when his emotions are too hard to handle. In this fantasy world live dinosaurs, cartoons for children and above all Ko Mun Yeong’s books. He can get rather obsessed with some items or people, to the point where he becomes possessive (particularly with Gang Tae). His mother always favored him over his brother, because she knew of his difficulties to adapt to the actual world. That drove an edge between brothers (Gang Tae feeling left aside) and their mother’s death kind of forced the reconciliation. The gap disappears little by little in the drama, as brothers learn to trust each other.

Moon Sang Tae still is a funny character. Because of his peculiar vision of the world (almost dichotomous, in which black is black and white is white; he doesn’t know grey). This sometimes led to some hilarious scenes but also to some other, pretty intense emotionally speaking.  

Sang Tae growing up, becoming mature and responsible: As mentioned above for Gang Tae, Sang Tae also experiences major life-changing events that make him grow up, become more mature and responsible in the drama. At the beginning, he is like a child, needy of his mother (his brother in that case) and not ready to come out of his shell. In that matter, he can sometimes appear as selfish or individualistic, only considering his feelings and forcing his brother to disappear. Yet, the drama emphasizes a clear development in terms of mentality, maturity and behavior. Seeing his brother trying to move on and accomplishing things that he has always dreamed of doing, plus his new relationship with Mun Yeong, force Sang Tae to become more open-minded, less self-centered and more tolerant. Ko Mun Yeong becomes his best friend in the first place (an honor considering he is a fan of hers) before slowly becoming his younger sibling, elevated to Gang Tae’s rank. I was really impressed and moved to see how well he grew up. I felt like a mother watching his kid becoming someone reliable and strong, capable of facing challenges head on. 

Moreover, I clearly have to emphasize the roller coaster of emotions that Sang Tae put viewers through: his breakdown in the hospital, denouncing his brother for the accident at the lake, breaking Gang Tae’s heart at the same time; Sang Tae comforting Mun Yeong when she discovers what her mother did to the brothers’ and his numerous interventions in order to reconcile the two hot-tempered main leads.  

In a nutshell, he becomes a force to be reckon with.

Ko Mun Yeong: There is a clear parallel to draw between Gang Tae and Mun Yeong’s personality: they are both emotionless; but for different reasons. For Gang Tae, it is because of his obligation towards his brother, for Mun Yeong, it is because of her own traumatic childhood and mother. She is cold, can almost be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder and doesn’t have problems making other people suffer. In reality, her cruelty (even though it is just a façade) finds its origin in her great solitude. She is like an “empty can” devoid of empathy for others. As a child, her mother forced her to live alone, she prevented her from connecting with others. Thereafter, her secluded lifestyle hindered her from creating relationships. The only times she thought she had a way out from that cold world were with Joo Ri and Gang Tae. In Gang Tae’s case, she preferred staying away in order to protect him. In Joo Ri’s case she became possessive and jealous of Joo Ri’s developing other friendships. This turned her against her own friend and put her in a corner even more. 

Apart from solitude, Mun Yeong is in fact in great pain. She didn’t have loving parents (her father tried to kill her) and lost her innocence very early, being confronted with the harshness of the world very quickly. She always had to defend herself alone and to fend for herself, which pushed her to adopt a rather brutal strategy: forcing her way in. In my opinion, Mun Yeong is the perfect depiction of the bulldozer (when she repeats several times “I love you” to Gang Tae for example). She goes straight, is daring and strong-minded. These are qualities that helped her survive but that also make her attractive; especially for Gang Tae, since her strength is something he can rely on. 

Finally, let’s talk about her charms and funny side. Being so cold and arrogant sometimes turn her into a hilarious character, that oscillates between light-heartedness and tragedy. Mun Yeong is a double-edged sword, a two-sided woman, a witch and an angel at the same time, that Gang Tae learns to get along with (he literally tasted her spiky swords with the knife and the pen she stuck in both his hands! Poor Gang Tae). 

Her fashion: If you have watched episodes or even stills of the drama and especially of Seo Ye Ji playing Ko Mun Yeong, you obviously must have observed her excellent sense of fashion. Either wearing goddess-like gowns or eccentric dresses, she always manages to appear elegant, classy with a clear touch of craziness in her outfits. I really recommend you go see pictures or tops about her fashion, that transpires her audacity, fighting and vulnerable spirit at the same time. 

Nam Family (Nam Joo Ri, Nam Jae Su, Kang Soon Duk): This family is probably the most caring one I have ever seen in dramas! The mother and her children all are very empathetic and considerate towards others. It is not a wonder that both mother and daughter work at the Ok Psychiatric Hospital and that the son has become Gang Tae’s one and only friend over time. Yet, they all are different in many ways. 

Nam Joo Ri (Park Gyu Young) is shy and secretive. She has been in love with Gang Tae ever since their early childhood together. Moreover, she has had a traumatic relationship with Mun Yeong, who backstabbed her after she had made other friends than her. Still, she doesn’t resent any of them for either not reciprocating her feelings or betraying her. She was hurt, but didn’t express her pain that much. Instead, she tries to understand both our leads’ wounds and helps them overcome them by forgiving them. Joo Ri also has an unexpected funny side, only visible when she is drunk. She curses like Ko Mun Yeong and turns into that hilarious character, totally opposite to whom she is in general. Her soft and funny sides are quite attractive, that’s even the reason why Lee Sang In (Kim Joo Hun) falls for her. 

Kang Soon Duk (Kim Mi Kyung) is the warmest and most affectionate woman there is. She is tender, patient and very understanding. Even when she realizes Gang Tae doesn’t like her daughter the way she loves him, she doesn’t reject the two brothers. She keeps embracing them and supporting them in their struggle. As a mother, she is able to identify children in pain and therefore resorts to loving them more. Even with the patients, she is quite helpful and does her best to make everyone happy. She plays a great role in many love relationships (Gang Tae and Mun Yeong; Sang In and Joo Ri), using her food as a comforting spell. 

Jo Jae Su (Kang Ki Doong) is kind and very loyal. He is devoted in his friendship that is why he has stuck with Gang Tae all these years, even though he and Sang Tae were constantly moving. The best proof of loyalty is probably the fact that he bought a chicken restaurant in order to stay with Gang Tae and that when both brothers left, he followed them, sold everything and opened a pizzeria in the same town. His friendship is admirable and I guess we all wished we had friends as such! 

Lee Sang In and Yoo Seung Jae: Lee Sang In has been working with Mun Yeong for 10 years and is in some ways responsible for her success. He published all her books and spent a lot of time and energy cleaning after her mess. Even though it seems at first that he has a crush on her or he is only interested in the money she generates, Sang In is in fact way more sincere than it seems. He and Mun Yeong are friends (if we can call it like that) and he has been very loyal to her throughout the years. He sensed her solitude and understood her past wounds. Realizing that pushed him into remaining a close ally and being a shoulder to lean on (even though she never used it properly). 

Sang In is also quite shy, which is a common trait he shares with Joo Ri. He is clumsy and absolutely not gifted when it comes to dating. In that matter, he relies on his subordinate, Seung Jae (Park Jin Joo)’s advice. Seung Jae is very special as well, she is not very quick-witted regarding work but when it comes to dating, she is outstanding. She also never knows when to talk and when not to, which leads to sometimes unsubtle moments or discussions. 

The boss-employee relationship between Sang In and Seung Jae is hilarious. Neither of them is mean, but they sure like to tease each other and get at each other’s throat, like children would do. The best epitome of that relationship would be at the end, when Sang In is desperately looking for the manuscript of The Witch of the West that Seung Jae has misplaced. She eventually finds it, but doesn’t tell Sang In, so that he would suffer and pay (gently) for his past actions and misbehavior towards her. A cold revenge!

Romantic pairs: There is quite a number of romantic involvements, either they’d be profound (like our main leads) or superficial (like the hospital couple). Yet, they all have their place and their role to play in the unraveling of the intrigue. 

Mun Yeong and Gang Tae: Let’s start with the best pair of the drama: our two crazy loonies. Like I said above, Mun Yeong and Gang Tae share some similar personality traits (both lonely and in pain, both hiding their emotions) and they both also have a traumatic childhood, that is fatefully intertwined. As the story advances, I was so pleased to discover that in reality each of them was becoming a little bit like the other. For instance, Mun Yeong was the one chasing after Gang Tae at the beginning; by the end of the drama, it is Gang Tae who professes his love for Mun Yeong several times. Another time, she is the one who wants to go to the Serengeti; at the end he can’t stop whining because he wants to go on a trip with his family. Gang Tae takes a bit of craziness from Mun Yeong and she learns how to open up, become calmer and expressive. Their relationship also enables each of them to rely on someone they trust. They are able to share their respective burdens (somehow linked together) and to heal in the process. Their romance starts slow and one-sided and then evolves in a solid, trustworthy and affectionate bond. 

Hospital couple: At some point I think the hospital couple really represents a reflection of Gang Tae and Mun Yeong’s relationship. Even though their problems are not visible (the other couple is in a psychiatric hospital), their relational issues both have the same circumstances. Somehow, they can’t be together because of an external event, independent from their will. The fact that both couple manage to end up together despite distance, time and hurdles, really gives some hope and sense of satisfaction. 

Jae Su and Seung Jae: Not really a romantic relationship but this lighthearted crush really brought some cheesiness to the story. 

​Sang In and Joo Ri: Like I said above, Sang In and Joo Ri have some traits in common, which makes them actually so compatible. Even though Joo Ri plays hard to get, while Sang In woos her indefinitely, she gives in at the end, expressing her underlying jealousy and petty side. A reaction that pleases Sang In a lot! I was also very glad to see Joo Ri ending up with someone who actually loves her. Having in a one-sided crush is heartbreaking and only calls for future heartaches. Yet, she manages to move on, on her own, and to open up to someone she deserves. 

Hospital’s head and Joo Ri’s mother: I wouldn’t say that both are an actual couple but their sweet teasing really propelled them to that point for me! Despite the fact that they are the oldest, they definitely act like kids around each other, adding some tenderness and sweetness to the already emotionally complex plot.

Relationship with mothers: Opposite to the great relationship Joo Ri and Jae Su have with their mother, stands Gang Tae’s and Mun Yeong’s chaotic ones. Gang Tae’s brother being autistic, his mother also put him first, forgetting sometimes she had another son as well (the umbrella scenes are an excellent depiction of that feeling of being left out as a child). The link got even worse, when Gang Tae realized that his mother was using him to take care of his brother. This eventually led to some serious disputes, when his mother discovered that Gang Tae left Sang Tae to leave his own life, letting him being beaten up by others. Gang Tae developed a form of resentment towards his mother, forcing him to fight back in order to assume his existence. Parallel to that, he developed an underlying jealousy and hatred towards his brother, for being more loved. Of course, these feelings dissipated over time, as he had to stay united with his brother, he even regretted ever feeling them; but it doesn’t erase the pain he had to go through. 

In the middle of the drama, Gang Tae happens to realize that his mother was in fact struggling a lot. She knew that she was giving more attention to Sang Tae and putting aside Gang Tae. That’s why she tried to make it up to him through sweet gestures (eating his favorite noodles, holding him tight as he slept…). I can’t help but empathizing with the mother. I mean, she has two sons she loves, but one requires more energy. In order to make sure that both survive and grow up well, she had to split her time accordingly. I can only imagine how heartbreaking it must’ve been for her to see Gang Tae’s pain and being unable to do more or better. Plus, she wasn’t exactly given the time to do that (she got murdered) and also needed to earn money for her children. 

Mun Yeong’s relationship with her mother is really different from the two others mentioned above. Park Haeng Ja (Jang Young Nam) the nurse who happens to be her mother (after plastic surgery) is just obsessed with her. She wanted to create a perfect replica of herself, messing up with her daughter’s head and preventing her from living a normal childhood. She thought killing people was okay and treated human beings like bugs. She has a distorted representation of the world – to the point that it reminded me of the witches’ behavior, completely evil and blurry, in fairy tales. Didn’t she make you think about the evil Queen in Snow White? I mean, she has a daughter, she considers her masterpiece, but happens to connect with others, leaving her behind and unwanted. Plus, Snow White, like Ko Mun Yeong, are afraid of their (step)mother and run away from her. 

Ko Mun Yeong is haunted by her mother, she fears her existence itself. In the scene, where she begs Gang Tae to leave her house, to run away, after she wakes up from her nightmare, we really get to see how anguished Mun Yeong is, by the simple thought of her mother. She is fighting alone in the dark, a ghost that turns out to be alive. 

On top of that Mun Yeong has a terrible relationship with her father, who tried to murder her for being the spitting image of her mother. What a great family!

Brotherhood: If motherhood holds a strong position in the drama’s plot, brotherhood is definitely a topic that transpires throughout the drama. Sang Tae and Gang Tae’s relationship starts on the wrong foot: Sang Tae fell through an icy lake in front of Gang Tae, who started to let him drown before going back, saving him and ending up drowning. Mun Yeong rescued him at that time. Because of that accident – Sang Tae remembers it perfectly well – the relationship between brothers seems to have been shattered. Moreover, there is clear unequal balance of power between them, Gang Tae sacrificing his life for Sang Tae. The involvement of Ko Mun Yeong in the duo’s dynamics makes past wounds resurface, forcing brothers to confront their secrets and forgiving each other. Brothers go from shackles to freedom, as they get to finally live their own dreams (Gang Tae owns himself, he goes on trips with Mun Yeong; Sang Tae starts working as an illustrator). There is a real connection between brothers, but it started as an obligation. By the end of the drama, that connection is sincere and profound, warm and trustworthy. 

To that brotherhood out of blood, I really had to add that of heart with Jae Su. Over the years, Jae Su has become a pillar in Gang Tae and Sang Tae’s lives, accompanying them in through good and bad times. Even though he is not related to them by blood, he has established a deep attachment to this duo, to the point that he is himself considered as the third (or fourth if you count Mang Tae) brother. The revelation of that bond to Jae Su is heartwarming, as we see on his face he is honored to finally join the family. 

Troublemaker trio: The ending exposes a wonderful family portrait made up of atypical people. The “troublemaker” trio, as the hospital’s head calls it, has grown stronger and closer through the hard times. Either by being best friends, colleagues, brothers or lovers, Mun Yeong, Gang Tae and Sang Tae have found in each other the perfect partners in crime. It was incredible to see how compatible their temperaments were. One of them would be the grown up, while the others two would embody the children fighting; they would switch most of the time, creating an unexpected chemistry. The importance of family, made with people you love and not people you share blood with, is highlighted in the episode, in which they take a family portrait. I think this emphasized the fact that you can also create your own story with strangers, as long as you care for them. The climax of that family, as well as the realization of everyone’s dream is the final camping car trip, that sincerely made me cry of happiness. 

​Trauma: Psycho but It’s Okay belongs to this type of dramas that wish to bring comfort to viewers by exposing traumatic events and telling them afterward that it is fine if you are not fine. The goal is to show that if you want it, you can overcome quite everything, you just need to have the motivation and be surrounded by the right people. With that in mind, it is no wonder that trauma holds such an important and impactful place in the drama. It is central in fact in order to understand the various characters, their past and their inability to move forward. Yet, it gives hope at the end, proving that no suffering is eternal and that after a storm comes a rainbow. 

Traumatic childhoods for main characters: Just like I explained it above, Gang Tae, Sang Tae and Mun Yeong really had the worst childhoods ever! They had to deal with death and murder at a very young age, while trying to overcome their traumas. 

Butterfly: One of these traumas to overcome, especially for Sang Tae, is the meaning behind the butterfly. For Mun Yeong and Gang Tae, it is more about solving a mystery that involves both their mothers. However, for Sang Tae, it is really about confronted the most terrifying memory he has made, winning over it and accepting to move on. 

In the drama the butterfly is associated it with the killer directly, but it also holds a symbolic value. It is the source of Sang Tae’s trauma, a memory that haunts him but also reflects mental illnesses and troubles that all the patients and our main leads suffer from. “Psycho” in the title derives from “psyche” that is linked with the soul, the mental problems in Greek. The butterfly also embodies metamorphosis (either in terms of mental disorders or in maturity). It announces changes for better or for worse. For example, Sang Tae grew up and became more mature after he saw the butterfly on his painting, accusing his brother of trying to kill him. This led to both characters’ freedom from guilt (for Gang Tae) and from dependence (Sang Tae learned that he had to take care of himself). 

At some time, the butterfly is connected to Mun Yeong’s mother, who also went through a metamorphosis by changing her own face. As you watch the drama, you will see the emblematic and metaphorical presence the butterfly englobes, setting forward an entire imaginary. 

Strangely, the butterfly is also a symbol of healing through the butterfly pose that people with anxiety or anger management issues use in order to calm themselves.

Healing process: If you wish to overcome your trauma, you obviously need to go through an entire healing process, that can sometimes be quite painful. Yet, it is necessary pain for the greater good. In that matter, the drama in itself works as atherapy. You go from isolated and unhappy characters to these full of life people, willing to confront life and the world head on. Still, it was not an easy journey for Sang Tae, Gang Tae and Mun Yeong to let go of their respective burdens. The interesting element is that the drama shows that you in fact need people, and I mean good people, around you in order to socialize, discuss issues and show your vulnerable side. Others have a central role to play in your healing process, because they will support you, held you back up and push you forward, even when you’re scared. 

​The cruel world of fairy tales: Psycho but It’s Okay has amazingly succeeded in delivering pieces of characters’ own stories through the various fairy tales written by Ko Mun Yeong. Each chapter, each book brought more information about the leads’ pasts, emotions and current conditions. Let’s review all of these tales, well-rooted in the whole plot of the drama.

The opening tale: “A long time ago, there lived a beautiful girl in a castle located deep inside the forest. She was always alone, so she was lonely and bored. So one day, she left the castle to find herself a friend to play with. She offered them all sorts of amazing gifts, but nobody ever accepted her. Later on, she found out why. A monster who brings along the shadow of death. That’s what the people called her. “She’s a monster. A monster.” She was very angry at every living soul in the world. And she needed to take it out on someone. Ever since she had unexpectedly saved the boy from dying, the scary shadow that always followed her around suddenly disappeared. And the boy always followed her around instead. He always went with her, whether it was day or night; and whether she was in a mountain or on a field. On a clear and sunny day, the girl asked him this: “Hey, will you always stay by my side?”- “Of course, I will never run away”- “Even after you see this?” (she rips butterflies’ wings off). The girl was all alone again, and that’s when the shadow of death came back again and whispered this: “No one can ever stay by your side, because you’re a monster. Do not ever forget that? Do you understand? – “Yes, mother”. 

With such an impactful opening it was obvious that Psycho but It’s Okay was going to be an incredible drama! Reading that story after finishing the drama, I realize that all the elements were actually given from the very beginning. Indeed, that story tells Gang Tae and Mun Yeong’s childhood (she saved him from drowning), Mun Yeong’s mother’s evil and scary influenceon her, the importance that butterflies are going to take in the drama and the relationship that Gang Tae and Mun Yeong already have. One interesting thing, is that at the beginning Gang Tae ran away from Mun Yeong, yet at the end he sticks with her until the end; meaning that he kept his promise. 

I can also get a glimpse of Mun Yeong and Joo Ri’s past, as both became friends after being considered as outcasts. 

The Boy who fed on Nightmares: “The boy woke up from another awful nightmare. Bad memories from the past that he wanted to erase from his head were replayed in his dreams every night and haunted him non-stop. The boy was terrified of falling asleep, so one day he went to the witch and begged. “Please get rid of all my bad memories, so that I won’t ever have a nightmare again. Then I will do everything you ask.” Years went by and the boy became an adult. He no longer had nightmares. But for some strange reason, he wasn’t happy at all. One night, a blood moon filled the night sky and the witch finally showed up again to take what he had promised in return for granting his wish. And he shouted at her with so much resentment.  “All my bad memories are gone. But why, why can’t I become happy?” Then the witch took his soul as they had promised and told him this: “Hurtful, painful memories. Memories of deep regrets. Memories of hurting others and being hurt. Memories of being abandoned. Only those with such memories buried in their hearts can become stronger, more passionate and emotionally flexible. And only those can attain happiness. So don’t forget any of it. Remember it all and overcome it. If you don’t overcome it, you’ll always be a kid whose soul never grows”. 

That story is first told by Mun Yeong in episode 1, but she is interrupted and the tale is finished later on in the drama by Gang Tae. Once again, this proves their unique connection but also their own past and traumatic events. Both have been through a lot, both would like to move on and forget their respective nightmares. Yet, the tale doesn’t mention anything about forgetting or burying the past. On the contrary, it appears quite comforting and gives a ray of light for those who need to overcome something. Indeed, it conveys a lot of strength and emphasizes the importance of carrying also the bad, harmful moments of your life in order to enjoy even more the happy ones. Everyone has flaws, everyone has pains and regrets, you don’t have to act like everything is all right (like Gang Tae) or strong (like Mun Yeong). Sometimes you can let go and show your vulnerable side. 

I think this tale also announces and highlights the characters’ emotional development, especially since its reading is cut in half, at two distinct steps of that same development. It addresses Gang Tae and Mun Yeong but also Sang Tae, who managed to grow up and mature by overcoming his trauma. 

The Lady in Red Shoes: The little girl wore her red shoes everywhere she went, even to a God-fearing church. Once you wear those shoes, your feet start dancing on their own. And you can never stop dancing or take off those shoes.  But even so, the little girl never gave up on those red shoes. In the end, the executioner had to cut off her feet. But the two feet that got cut off still continued to dance in those red shoes. Some things can’t be torn apart no matter how hard you try to do so. That is why obsession is noble and beautiful.

This story is actually a real tale “The Red Shoes” written by Hans Christian Andersen, who is famous for his numerous fairy tales. When the story “The Red Shoes” is being told, it is as if the tale was taking form before our eyes. Mun Yeong arrives to the hospital, wearing herself red shoes. She is intrigued, if not already obsessed with Gang Tae and that obsession led her to follow him to his new town, lost in the middle of nowhere. Mun Yeong’s character is a perfect match as well for the tale, since she is an unstoppable bulldozer, who sees things to their end; just like the lady keeping her red shoes on; even though they become dangerous. 

​Sleeping Witch: Once upon a time, in a castle in the middle of a deep forest lived a princess who had been asleep for many years. A needle on a spinning wheel will kill her, that was the curse the evil witch put on the princess the day she was born. Frightened, the King burned every spinning wheel in his kingdom to avoid the curse, but the princess ended up getting pricked by a thorn on a rose, given to her by the witch in disguise and fell asleep. This fairy tale tells you that you can never escape your destiny. Right. The prince’s kiss. I suppose he could break the curse. But don’t get your hopes up too high, because I will kill that prince.”

There is an evident connection between the fairy tale’s Sleeping Beauty and her eternal sleep and Mun Yeong’s terrifying nights. Both night times are cursed, Sleeping Beauty after pricking herself and Mun Yeong because she is haunted by her mother’s memory. She experiences in reality a real issue called sleep paralysis that comes from traumatic or shocking events’ in someone’s life, that are so hard to handle that is unconscious can’t even rest at night. Mun Yeong also has clear hallucinations and sees her mother’s ghost above her, scaring the hell out of all of us. What is really interesting in my opening is the rest of the tale that is distorted and commented by her mother. She, in fact, speaks Mun Yeong’s real fears: seeing people around her leaving because of her mother and putting others in danger. That is also a reason why she decided to live alone and connect with no one. Mun Yeong and Gang Tae will demonstrate that, just like in the fairy tale (which by the way quite sordid), a curse can be broken and you can escape your destiny. Or maybe being with her prince was her destiny from the very beginning? 

​Zombie Kid: In a small village, a little boy was born. He had pale skin and big eyes. As the child grew, his mother eventually realized: this child had no emotions at all and was a zombie with uncontrollable appetite. So the mother kept the child in the basement to avoid the neighbors’ prying eyes. Every night she stole livestock from other houses and secretly fed and raised the child. One day it was chicken. Another day it was pig. After many years of living like that, a plague broke out in the village. It killed all remaining livestock and a large number of people died. Those who managed to survive all left the village. The mother who could not leave her child behind had to resort to chopping off one of her legs, and then one of her arms to feed the crying child. After giving everything to her child, the mom who only had her torso left hugged her child for one last time and gave him the rest of her body. The child hugged the mother who only had her torso left and spoke for the first time: “Mother is so warm”. 

It is not a surprise that Jae Su literally breaks into tears when he reads that tale. I think the message is pretty direct, childrenneed to feel their mother’s (parent’s in general) embrace in order to grow up normally. Also, children need to take good care of their mother, because they are willing to devote and sacrifice themselves wholly for their kids. In Mun Yeong’s case, she never received warmth from her mother, so she became very cold (Gang Tae is by the way reproaching her her lack of warmth at the beginning). For Gang Tae, he has always longed for his mother’s warm embrace but was often given the cold shoulder. Yet, his mother sacrificed a lot to take care of her boys. The best scenario is Jae Su’s and Joo Ri’s who have the warmest mother of all. The drama depicts 3 mother-children relationships, attacking and matching the story under different angles. 

Rapunzel and the Cursed Castle: A long time ago, deep inside the forest, there lived a little girl in a cursed castle. The little girl’s mother also told her daughter that she’s too special to live among everyone else outside the castle. The mother told her daughter that she must live inside the castle. However, the little girl felt like she was imprisoned. So she prayed to the moon every day: “Please send me a handsome prince who can save me from here. Will he come today? Will he come tomorrow.” The little girl waited every day for her prince to show up. 

The Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “Rapunzel” is being told her on a double timeline: one from the past and one from the present, as Mun Yeong waits for Gang Tae to come and rescue her from the castle and her mother.

​Bluebeard’s Secret: Once upon a time, a count with a blue beard lived alone in a huge castle. He was very wealthy, but everyone avoided him out of fear because of his blue beard. But one day, a poor woman came to the castle and said that she wanted to be his bride. Brimming with joy, Bluebeard brought out all the jewels and treasures from each room and gave them to his wife as a gift. However, there was an exception. The room in the basement. He warned her to never get into that room. But his curious wife, eventually opened the secret door without telling her husband. Do you know what was in that room? Corpses of women were displayed on the walls. They were the wives of Bluebeard who had ignored his warning ad opened that door. That’s how they all ended up. 

Bloopers (additional): Bluebeard dragged his wife down to the basement. And cut off her head. And once again, Bluebeard was all alone.  

That story is an excellent depiction of Mun Yeong’s parents’ meeting and past. Bluebeard is a French folktale written by Charles Perrault and the parallel between the folktale and drama is pretty clear. Mun Yeong’s discovered her mother’s body in the basement, which is by the way a place that condenses all the terrible memories from the past. It also happens to be a crime scene, just like the rest of the house in fact. That being said, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that Mun Yeong’s has nightmares in that huge haunted house, who wouldn’t!? 

Big Up also to the bloopers that refer to Quasimodo and Esmeralda, at the end of the episode, it was really fresh content!

​The Cheerful Dog: Once upon a time, there lived a dog that was very good at hiding his emotions. The dog was died beneath a shade tree. He always wagged his tail and acted cute, so he got the name “The cheerful dog” because he was as cheerful as springtime. The dog always had lots of fun with the village kids during the day. But every night, he’d moan and whine when no one was around. That’s because he wanted to cut off the leash and freely run around out in the spring field. However, he couldn’t and that’s why he cried every night. Every single night. One day, a voice inside him asked the Cheerful Dog: “Hey, why don’t you just cut off the leash and run away” and this is when the Cheerful Dog said: “I’ve been tied up for way too long, so I forgot how to cut myself free”. 

So the Cheerful Dog here depicts our characters’ struggle to set themselves free from their own leash. Gang Tae for instance is the Cheerful Dog in that story, hiding his emotions constantly and not expressing anything, while his brother can be associated with the leash, that has tied him up for so long. He can’t be free from it yet. Mun Yeong also has a leash, her past and her mother. Both can’t communicate properly what they feel and seem stuck, unable to move. Sang Tae has a leash too, the butterfly but he is less concerned by that story in my opinion. For me, the tale is mainly about the two brothers’ relationship, imprisoning each other. Fortunately, that story has a happy ending in the drama: they all manage to cut themselves free and to run freely. 

​Beauty and the Beast: The Beast lives alone in a castle, because of a curse. He holds a lady named Belle hostage in the castle and grooms his victim of his. The Beast is usually selfish and harsh on Belle. So doing something nice once in a blue moon and gazing at her with a faint smile on his face, was enough to move the naïve lady Belle. “Yes, the Beast is lonely, I should embrace him with my love. Only I can change him.” But Belle was being delusional. 

Like it is said in the drama itself, Beauty and the Beast was written during the Middle Ages by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, a French writer. There is an interesting analysis of that tale here, which leads to a divergence of opinions between Ko Mun Yeong (convinced Belle suffers from Stockholm syndrome) and a patient (who believes Belle’s true love tamed the Beast’s violent nature). 

In that matter, I think both interpretations can fit with our main couple. On the one hand, Mun Yeong is first obsessed with Gang Tae (that’s why she follows him to the hospital and chases after him). She has a violent nature that Gang Tae seems capable of appeasing. But that could be delusion! On the other hand, and that version seems to be the one that matches best with the story, Mun Yeong has indeed been embraced by Gang Tae’s care and affection, turning her into someone more social and peaceful (like the images indicate it). Interestingly, Gang Tae is closer to Belle and Mun Yeong to the Beast in that version of the story. 

​King Donkey Ears: I couldn’t find the moment the tale is explained in the drama, but I the story itself is rather explicit. King Donkey Ears is a Korean folktale, that tells the story of a king who had a secret: huge donkey ears. No one apart from his hairdresser knew of his secret. The hairdresser promised to keep it a secret from everybody. However, one day, the hairdresser is not able to contain the secret anymore and decides to shout out loud that the king has donkey ears. 

​Now, if we look at the plot in the drama, the donkey ears are in fact the accident at the lake. Gang Tae almost didn’t save his brother from drowning and wished once that his brother would die, because his mother was favoring Sang Tae over him. Years after the accident, Gang Tae thought that Sang Tae didn’t remember anything, when he actually kept it buried deep down. When Gang Tae lies to Sang Tae regarding his whereabouts, Sang Tae asks him who he loves more (him or Mun Yeong) and recognizes Gang Tae’s lying face, as he affirms he loves his brother more. At that point, I think Sang Tae is submerged by his brother’s anger and resentment, plus he is afraid his brother will abandon him for Mun Yeong (remember that both Mun Yeong and Sang Tae fight over Gang Tae’s ownership). Sang Tae reveals thus the secret of his brother wanted to kill him, leading Gang Tae to break down. 

I really felt anger and resentment toward Sang Tae in that scene. I really believed that he was distorting the truth (in reality, after Gang Tae saved him, he is the one who left him for dead). The fact that he would tell only his truth, deform it and accuse his brother of still wanting his death, when he took care of him all the years, made me want to slap him. He was being ungrateful and mean, especially considering Gang Tae’s meltdown. Even though I really wanted to teach Sang Tae a lesson, it is true that he tells his vision of the world and that his autism prevents him from understanding complex emotions or actions. Like I said above, he sees either black or white, when that situation was clearly in the grey zone. That’s why, I just couldn’t be angry at him for long, since he didn’t deserve judgement. 

​The Girl/Boy who cried Wolf: The shepherd boy lied all the time. The boy repeatedly lied to the villagers that a real wolf showed up. Do you know why the boy tricked the villagers like that? Because he was lonely. He did that because he was lonely, all by himself in the mountains. 

The actual tale is The Boy who cried wolf, yet the drama replaced it with the girl, directly inferring that Mun Yeong is at the center of the story. She constantly told lies to the Moon brothers to the point that they wouldn’t believe a word she was saying. In the episode, Mun Yeong is celebrating her birthday, or she is supposed to, but because of her lies, Gang Tae and Sang Tae don’t wish to believe her anymore. This also applies to all the times, Mun Yeong tricked Gang Tae and Sang Tae, creating confusion when trying to find out the actual truth. 

The Ugly Duckling: The other ducks are mean to the ugly duckling. They bully him because he looks different from them. So he gets really lonely and leaves his family. What do you think would’ve happened if the mother duck gave lots of love to the ugly duckling? Then it wouldn’t have left. If the adult embraces the kids, the ducks and swans can all get along and live together just fine. 

The tale The Ugly Duckling written by Hans Christian Andersen is told here, while Gang Tae and Sang Tae look at chickens. Gang Tae is in fact trying to convince his brother, using the fairy tale world as a metaphor, to accept Mun Yeong as part of the family. Indeed, Sang Tae has been really possessive throughout the first half of episodes. He even resorted to sulking and screaming when Mun Yeong got too close to Gang Tae. Using that story, Gang Tae persuades him that Mun Yeong, even though different, can be a part of their family. 

I think at some point the story also applies to both characters’ mothers, who were unable to embrace them and give them love; forcing them to live as outcasts and eventually leave their terrible families. 

​Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare’s masterpiece does not need any presentation; I think the story is worldly known. The element that has to be stressed in that piece, in relation with the drama, is the fact that the lovers come from families that hate each other. Their love eventually reconciles the two sides, but their relationship remains ill-fated. Rings some bells? Sure, it does. Ko Mun Yeong and Moon Gang Tae’s mothers are horribly entangled, with Mun Yeong’s mother killing Gang Tae’s, creating bad blood between the main leads. Yet, they are able to overcome this huge hurdle; making their love prevail over their terrifying past. 

The Father of the 2 Sisters: There was a story I absolutely hated when I was little. A tale of two sisters. I hated the father in that story. Even though his daughters were abused by their stepmother and were on the verge of death, he turned a blind eye to all of it. The one who neglects and turns a blind eye to the abuse is worse than the abuser. Those two sisters were practically killed by their father. 

Obviously, this story refers to Mun Yeong’s terrible relationship with her father, who turned a blind eye, when her mother was turning her into a monster, but worse literally tried to kill her, because he thought her a monster. The drama connects that story from the past with that of a patient at the hospital, abused by her father (he thought she was possessed, when she had a dissociative personality disorder). Then, he comes back begging for her daughter to become his organ donor (a joke seriously), but the daughter is too frightened. With Gang Tae’s help, she is able to confront him and speak her truth, making her father understand how much she suffered because of him. 

Mun Yeong emphasizes the fact that the bystander is worse than the abuser, resenting indirectly her father for leaving her alone and not protecting her. 

Also, I really recommend you watch the movie A Tale of Two Sisters, that relates that story, it is simply amazing! Warning, prepare a huge box of tissue!

​The Hand, the Monkfish: Once upon a time, a beautiful baby girl was born into a wealthy family. She was as beautiful and flawless as magnolias. Her mother loved her so much that she pledged she’d anything for her baby. She said she would even present to her the sun and the moon. When the baby started eating solid foods, her mother was thrilled. “My sweet child, I will feed you everything you want to eat.  Open your mouth wide. Like this”. When the baby started walking, her mother ran hurriedly to where she was. “My sweet child, I will carry you. Come on, hop on my back”. After raising the baby by always providing her with everything she needed the mother said: “My beloved child. I need some rest now. Can you get me some food?” Then the child spoke: “Mom, I have no hands. I never used them, so they’ve vanished.  – Then my sweet child, can you carry me on your back?  My legs hurt”. Then the child said this: “Mom, I have no feet. You always carried me on your back, so I’ve never even stepped on the ground.  But instead, I have a huge mouth. And the opened her humongous mouth. Then the mother shouted in anger. “You weren’t my perfect baby after all. You’re like a useless monkfish. All you can do is eat what I feed you. You can’t do anything on your own. You’re an utter failure. Then the mother threw the baby into the faraway sea. Ever since that day, it’s been said that fishermen can hear a baby’s cry on spooky, windy days out on the sea. “Mom. Mom. What did I do wrong? Please come and get me. Please come back and get me.”

That tale highlights Mun Yeong and her mother’s relationship, but from the mother’s perspective this time. Indeed, in that episode, all characters discover that the head nurse is in fact Mun Yeong’s mother and that she is responsible for the death of the Moon brothers’ mother (for a ridiculous motive above all that). Mun Yeong’s mother has always been overprotective toward her daughter, shunning her from the rest of the world and forging her in her image. This left Mun Yeong emotionally impaired, unable to navigate properly among others (without hands or legs). However, the fact that Mun Yeong tries to fit in the world, is in fact the failure that should be discarded in her mother’s eyes. Indeed, she raised her to be like her, but Mun Yeong’s seems to distance herself from that image (especially after meeting Gang Tae). This making her a failure for her mother. At the end of the tale, the daughter asks her mother to come back, begging her to save her. Mun Yeong’s mother probably thinks that her daughter is in fact desperately waiting for her to come back and show her the way, discarding at the same time her weakness: Gang Tae.

​A Tale of 2 Brothers: A long time ago, there lived two poor brothers who cared for each other very much. One day, it was the harvest season so they both harvested rice. The older brother was worried his little brother might run out of rice, so he secretly carried a sack of rice at night and left it in front of his little brother’s door. The same day, the little brother also carried a sack of rice and put it in front of his older brother’s house, thinking that his older brother might need more due to his big family. When they woke up the next day, they both noticed that they still had the same amount of rice as before. The two brothers thought it was strange. So they did the same thing that night and left a sack of rice in front of each other’s house. And that continued for days. Do you know what the morale of the story is? Siblings who care a lot about each other should live together so they won’t end up doing pointless work. 

This actual Korean folk legend doesn’t need more explanation than that: family should live together, meaning that Mun Yeong, Sang Tae and Gang Tae, who have become a family should stick together. This tale is a way for Gang Tae to persuade Mun Yeong that she is one of them, after she tries to kick them out of their house, feeling guilty for her mother’s misdeed towards the two brothers. 

​Finding the Real Face: Once upon a time, in a castle in a deep forest, there lived three people who had their real faces stolen by the Shadow Witch. The boy wore a mask with an awkward smile, then there was the princess who was loud but all empty inside and there was also a man who was trapped inside a box. They couldn’t make any facial expressions because their faces were stolen from them, they had no way of understanding each other’s feelings, so they always misunderstood one another and fought. The Box Man spoke: “If we want to stop fighting and find happiness, we must retrieve our stolen faces. So they hopped in their camping car and began their journey to find their faces. Then one day, they ran into a mother fox, who was bawling, curled up on the snow. The Masked Boy asked the mother fox: “Ma’am, why do you keep crying? – Oh, I came out here to find some food, but dropped my baby whom I was carrying on my back somewhere in the snow.” The mother fox tears had run dry. She wailed bearing her chest. When the Masked Boy saw that, warm tears started gushing from his eyes. Then the snow began to melt quickly and the baby fox, who was frozen under the snow, soon appeared. The three of them resumed their journey. Soon they ran into a clown, who was dancing naked in a field of thorny flowers. The emotionless princess asked: “Why are you dancing with all your might, knowing you’ll be pricked by the thorns? – I feel that this is the only way to make people look at me. But it hurst and no one’s looking at me” he answered. Then the emotionless princess walked into the field of thorny flowers and started dancing with the clown. I am an empty can so I won’t get hurt, even if I get pricked by the thorns. When she began hopping and dancing, loud clanking noises echoed from her empty torso and upon hearing those sounds, people began to flock to where they were. The crowd watched their dance and applauded them. That moment, they began a new journey to find their stolen faces and the evil Shadow Witch appeared in front of them once again. She kidnapped the Masked Boy who shed tears on behalf of the mother fox, as well as the emotionless princess who danced with the clown. “You will never be able to find your happy faces”, after putting such a curse on them, she locked them in a deep dark mole tunnel. The Box Man found the mole tunnel a few days later. But the entrance was so narrow that he couldn’t go in. “What do I do? I need to take this box off my head in order to go into the tunnel. That moment, the Masked Boy’s voice reached him from inside the tunnel: “Mister don’t worry about us, just run far away. The Shadow Witch will return soon”. However, the Box Man mustered up his courage to take the box off his head. Then he went inside and saved the Masked Boy and the emotionless princess. Upon getting out of the dark tunnel the two of them saw the man’s face covered with dirt and grime instead of the box and burst out laughing. They laughed and giggled. While laughing uncontrollably, the Masked Boy’s mask suddenly fell off. The can surrounding the emotionless princess’s torso also fell off and make a clanking noise. The Box Man, now out of his box said this when he saw the two of them finding their true faces while laughing: “I’m happy.” What the Shadow Witch had stolen from them was not their true faces but their courage to find happiness. 

I think this sums up pretty well the entire plot of the drama, leaving viewers with such a heartwarming ending embodied by our trio. 

​The patients’ stories: Finding the Real Face, Mun Yeong and Sang Tae’s tale, on the one side perfectly closed our troublemaker trio’s adventures and on the other side, manages to sum up the difficult cases that occurred in the psychiatric hospital. Indeed, Psycho but It’s Okay also tackles various mental troubles, all mainly induced by traumatic events in their past. As the drama advances, we get to meet different patients, all suffering in their own way. Their common point is the fact that they can be considered as “Psychoes” just like the title suggests it but everything is all right. The drama emphasizes the importance of letting you feel what you feel, to let go of your emotions either it’d be sadness, fear, anxiety… Plus, the entire action mostly unravels in “Ok Psychiatric Hospital”: a relatable and metaphorical title, directly connected to the title of the drama and the plot itself. 

To recap (like mentioned above) the patients that have been treated and managed to overcome their trauma, there is the son of the assembly man always considered as the black sheep of the family, not loved, not taken care of. Then, the woman, who feels responsible for the death of her daughter (who died in a car accident). She was convinced her daughter was still alive and living her best life. As part of the crew, the very cute couple consisting in depressive personalities, the old man traumatized by the Vietnam war and the supposedly psychic lady tortured in her childhood. 

Of course, on top of all of these closures, we finally get to see our main characters’. 

The positive lessons from the drama:

“If you can’t erase it, you can cover it with something better”: I think this sentence sums it all pretty well!

Ambiance: Pyscho but It’s Okay combines humor and romance, mystical and fearful events with such ability. Mun Yeong’s character is the perfect representation of that peculiar sense of humor. Her personality is quite atypical creating sometimes rather unexpected situations. Yet, apart from our characters’ behaviors, punctual irrational phenomena take places introducing a lot of humor. The best example that I could give is the presence of the deer living in Mun Yeong’s forest next to her house. The sound of the deer happens at quite unexpected moments bringing laughter to sometimes serious or steamy scenes. On that note, romance is also present throughout the drama conveying very hot, cheesy, steamy kisses and love scenes that made my heart melt more than once. 

Combined to all of that an eerie and mystical atmosphere transpires from the drama, especially because of all the mysteries surrounding our characters’ past and the so-called cursed castle. 

Finally, I couldn’t finish taking about the ambiance without mentioning the roller coaster of emotions that the drama put viewers through. Some scenes are intense and strong, conveying the gravity, the melodrama and the sadness hidden behind some circumstances. I must say the scene that made me pour my eyes out, as I was crying so much, is this beautiful scene in which Sang Tae comforts Mun Yeong, when she discovers what her mother did to theirs. A heart-breaking moment, that profoundly touched me. The drama is made up of all sorts of different situations that will make you go from happy to sad, from laughter to cries. 

Art: Clearly paintings and art and drawings in that drama are as emotional as the tales or the story themselves. They all retrace the ups and downs of our characters’ lives and their emotional development; the most beautiful one being Gang Tae’s happy face drawing. 

​Cameo and OSTs: This drama wouldn’t be complete without an incredible playlist to convey the emotions of the drama and the magic cameo, that adds a light of charm to its intrigue. Choi Daniel appeared in the drama in a coffee shop, in which Ko Mun Yeong and Moon Gang Tae are (Choi Daniel was in Jo Yong’s previous drama Jugglers by the way). His presence arouses quiet and calm Gang Tae’s jealousy, as Ko Mun Yeong seems to express attraction towards Choi Daniel. A funny turn of event, considering the fact that Mun Yeong was in fact attracted to his pen. She eventually ends up stealing it. A charming apparition that gives some spice to the romance. I won’t mention Kwak Dong Yeon’s cameo for instance, as his character is literally part of the plot.

On top of the cameo, the drama also resorts to an extraordinary playlist! I really discovered Janet Suhh (“In Silence” and “Lighting up Your World”) and I have to say I am in love with her music. Apart from her other notorious artists collaborated in order to immerse viewers in that wonderful universe such as Kim Feel with “Hallelujah”, Heize (“You’re Cold”), Elaine (“Gonna Tell A Lie” and “Wake Up”) and many others, that I am pretty sure will make you fall head over heels for. 

In a nutshell, Psycho but It’s Okay is probably THE drama of the year, delivering a sincere and profound story, carried by an awesome cast and propelling Jo Yong as one the screenwriters to clearly keep track on!

P.S.: Seo Ye Ji’s reaction when she sees Kim Soo Hyun’s abs is mythical!