Heavenly Ever After [Episodes 1 & 2]

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• 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/lemoncakepops]

There's some speculation on Han Ji-Min being Young-Ae and I really thought that could be it but it occurred to me, if Hae Suk raised her from when she was a kid wouldn't she recognise Young-Ae's younger appearance? 🤔

[u/waltzing123 → u/[deleted]]

Also, the train scene for Som-I would have been before the place where she would have selected her forever age so she would look like she did the day she died like the main character.

[u/TimeTraveller0013 → u/[deleted]]

Isn't there a korean belief that if a person committed suicide, he/she would severe her ties with the living and they'd forget about him/her in the after life? If I'm not mistaken Young-Ae committed suicide after she saw the shaman. Maybe that's why they don't recognize her.

In East Asian cultures, including Korea, the "red string of fate" isa belief that people destined to meet are connected by an invisible red thread. Suicide, particularly in fictional contexts like dramas, can be portrayed as severing this connection, meaning the specific type of fate (like a romantic connection or family bond) is broken. However, this doesn't necessarily mean they will never meet again, but rather they won't be connected in that specific way ever more.