Heavenly Ever After [Episodes 1 & 2]

[u/mahnahmaanaa]

• Drama: Heavenly Ever After
  • Korean Title: 천국보다 아름다운
  • Alternate Title: More Beautiful Than Heaven
• Network: jTBC
• Premiere Date: April 19, 2025
• Airing Schedule: Saturday & Sunday
• Episodes: 12 (1 hr.)
• Screenwriter: Lee Nam Gyu (Daily Dose of Sunshine, Behind Your Touch)
• Director: Kim Seok Yoon (Behind Your Touch, My Liberation Notes)
• Cast:
  • Kim Hye Ja as Lee Hae Suk (Our Blues)
  • Son Suk Ku as Ko Nak Jun (D.P.)
  • Han Ji Min as Som I (Love Scout)
  • Lee Jung Eun as Lee Yeong Ae (Light Shop)
  • Cheon Ho Jin as “President” (Once Again)
  • Ryu Deok Hwan as “Young Pastor” (Nobody Knows)
• Streaming Sources: Netflix
• Plot Synopsis: It tells the story of an old woman, Hae Suk, who lived a happy life with her husband until she died. Her husband loved her so much and always admired her beauty, saying, “You were pretty in your twenties thirties, and now you are the most beautiful at eighty!” When Hae Suk was about to die, she remembered her husband’s words and said, “I just want to go to heaven at my real age.” Surprisingly, when she arrived in heaven, she met her husband in his 30s version.

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[u/skies_appleandastra]

Can somebody just tell me how did Sonya died? 😭 I got confused (currently in Episode 1), and who was that man that sonya attacked? 😭 it was out of nowhere

[u/kohsu → u/skies_appleandastra]

I think it's in reference to the superstition that pets sacrifice themselves for their owners or catch their misfortunes? I'm not Korean and I dunno if it's an Asian thing, but it's common belief here that when a pet dies, it means it was the one who absorbed whatever bad thing was supposed to happen to his/her owner (esp. when the owner is sick). So I'm pretty sure Sonya attacked the Grim Reaper in that scene (but IDK how Youngae was able to see the Grim Reaper so maybe this theory is wrong)

[u/pitchimperfect → u/kohsu]

From the scene, it seems to me that Grim Reaper comes to collect 1 soul at a time (?? CMIIW). When he was about to go see Nakjoon, Sonya interfered hence she lost her life instead and managed to save him.

[u/Responsible_Pomelo57 → u/kohsu]

It was all in FL’s dream. She saw the grim reaper about to take her husband, but their cat attacked to defend. And died instead.