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Well, things are finally looking slightly bright for fairy shaman Seong-ah (Cho Yi-hyun) now! She isn’t the only one ‘Head Over Heels’ in love anymore, not since her first love, the handsome but cursed Bae Gyeon-woo (Choo Young-woo), candidly admitted his feelings for her. Poor Ji-ho (Cha Kang-yoon) is officially the third wheel now, although he decides to fight for his love. And there’s also the matter of the evil spirit Bong-su possessing Gyeon-woo, who may or may not kill the teen archer.
Recap of ‘Head Over Heels’ Episode 7
Gyeon-woo gets possessed by the haunted house spirit, Bong-su, kicking off a chaotic chase to expel him before he does serious harm. Seong-ha’s talismanic touch keeps the spirit in check, marking a resumption of trust between the two, while Ji-ho feels left out. As shamans scramble to contain the havoc-wreaking Bong-su, romantic sparks fly between Seong-ha and Gyeon-woo. Meanwhile, Dongcheon confronts Yeom-hwa in a tense side plot. Surprisingly, Bong-su isn’t a terrifying ghost but a spirit with a mission. The episode ends with Gyeon-woo giving Seong-ha a hug and confessing he likes her.
Episode 8 of ‘Head Over Heels’
This edition of the series opens with shamans Dongcheon (Kim Mi-kyung) and Do Ryeong (Yoon Byung-hee) performing a tense cleansing ritual on the unwilling Yeom-hwa (Chu Ja-hyeon). Furious, she vows revenge, and some of the focus shifts to her desperate efforts to turn Bong-su, the malevolent spirit now possessing Gyeon-woo, into her personal deity to carry out her dark ambitions. But it turns out to be a challenging task.
Meanwhile, protagonist Seong-ah is in constant physical contact with Gyeon-woo, so they’re hilariously always holding hands at school, even when Gyeon-woo goes for archery practice, much to Ji-ho’s annoyance, who feels left out and jealous. The main focus, of course, is on the teen shaman’s mission to expel Bong-su from her crush’s body, though this chapter of ‘Head Over Heels‘ also gives the lead pair plenty of cute romantic moments.
Cho Yi-hyun is adorable as ever in this episode as Seong-ah, but it’s Choo Young-woo who really brings the laughs, flipping between straight-laced Gyeon-woo and the cheeky ghost Bong-su. The senior shamans won’t stop stressing how deadly Bong-su is, but honestly, he feels more like a naughty prankster than a real threat. As someone who loves horror, I was hoping for some proper spooky mayhem, but I’ll admit, the goofy antics of Gyeon-woo’s possession is more entertaining and in sync with the tone of ‘Head Over Heels’ so far.
From serving up crucial flashbacks that explain how Yeom-hwa fell out with her former spirit-mother Dongcheon to stirring up some ‘love triangle’ drama between Seong-ah, Gyeon-woo, and Ji-ho, this episode moves at a brisk pace. The final moments deliver a major twist that could mean serious trouble for Gyeon-woo… but then again, when is he not in mortal danger on this show?!
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