A keeper.

This podcast is a keeper. Loved it.

Thank you, JB and GF.

Really enjoyed listening to this podcast ladies - so much fun!! Thank you for making the Healer experience a pleasurable one with your witty and insightful commentary!

And you're right, it's the one drama which brought to my attention a lot of actors I'd never come across before, including Yoo Ji Tae, and Ji Chang Wook - must go back and re-watch some of Yoo Ji Tae's earlier stuff, as well as his renowned films!

I FINALLY get to listen to this superb and fun podcast!

You're raging about two awesome dramas that totally blew me away. Love it. Healer and Misaeng are different but equally great. Okay, wait maybe Healer is a little bit better because just the thought of it makes my heart jump. :D

OMG....i so much wanted to have a bottle of soju in my hand while listening to this podcast...but, well i can't...so i started drinking 7up and finished the whole 1 liter bottle!...Oh My God i am sooo drunk on 7up right now!....:P

I feel like I'm coming off of a high right now. Like my heart is finally starting to beat at a normal pace.

Am a bit incoherent now. I don't know what to get out or how to get it out.

I will try though.

I always never fit in with people around me in RL, in a sense where my love for stories and entertainment gives me happiness and not just be a past time is something people don't understand.

And finding people who like the same thing as you is bit easier online. And finding people to spazz about what you love is also easy online. But know what is hard ???

Finding people who take happiness from same thing as you do, so you all can be happy together. Shared happiness is double happiness as the proverb says.

And that's the reason why Healer fandom was so nice in a way, people who got here together , had only one reason. This show made them happy in a way and happiness is never really marred.

Most of all, for YOU BOTH to have given your time to spreading happiness.

Blogging for love of dramas is usual, but blogging to share the happiness and magic? Its real. I have never found such a blog for any fandom ever. That may not be a acute praise.
But you know what I love some much about how you love ??

You love for the right things. You find happiness in the bright things. You find satisfaction that leaves you with a warm glow.

Rather than just a mindless love or for needing to fit in.

So thank you GF and JB, for loving and being happy for what you like without apology and for sharing it with us !!!

I probably am gonna send you a separate mail, cuz I feel like I need to let it out so much more !!!!

thank you javabeans and girfriday.
its always so fun to listen to you guys fangirl tehe
im so sad that this drama is over...tomorrow is monday but theres no more healer...
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*goes and cries in the corner*

I was waiting for the next podcast to skip all the dramas till healer section, A Whole podcast just for this awesome drama? Amazing!
You are so right!, after watching so many dramas, I noticed I dropped many of them, I take some time to decide which drama should watch next then I watching it while playing with my phone till something interesting happen.
Healer taught me there are still dramas with magic that let me swooning with this warm feeling in my heart. Love this sensation.
Thank you for increase all the feelings by reading you, the recaps and the comments.
I guess is time to say good bye, I'm not ready yet.

This made my day. Thank you and cheers!

"Healer is like the kid brother who grew up so HOT. And you're like, when did THAT happen?" Hahaha! Agreed. As someone who has been part of the Healer fandom even before the show even started, it was just so nice and heartwarming to unexpectedly see it grow into the relatively international hit that it is now. Never would've thought this would happen!

GOOD NEWS BEANIES - Reaction to Healer fan project teaser is up:

Seems like you guys enjoyed the Teaser video we made. What if I told you we sent the Teaser Video to writer-nim Song Ji Na on the airing of the last episode. And that she along with Ajhumma and a few other actors and fans saw it in the theater together before watching the finale ? Would you like to see their reactions ? Here you go then :)

http://morumoruisland.blogspot.it/2015/02/hifp-teaser-reaction.html

Yes.. healer was really special and I wish it was a hit like "you from another star".
I also get what you mean with Lee Minho and City Hunter and then Faith. I was thinking LMH was amazing then was really disappointed with Faith that I couldn't finish it.
After watching kdramas for 10 years I too wish there will be another drama that is as captivating as healer was.

Just finished listening to it. Made me burst out laughing loudly while on the train and drew stares.

thank you jb and gf for doing this podcast! It's helping me get some closure on what has been the wildest ride of drama land I've ever had. everything you talked about made me remember the feels this drama brought.

As for the actors..i didn't know yoo ji Tae was the 1st to be cast but I'm glad he played moon ho. It's such a nuanced character it had to bE played to perfection, which he did. I remembered him from Old Boy which is 1 of the first korean movies I ever watched and was impressed. I'm glad he came back to kdramaland for Healer.

Healer introduced me to Ji Chang Wook and boy am I grateful! I still have not seen his other dramas as their premise don't grab my attention but imma keep my eye out for all his future ones.

I have listened to this thrice since yesterday... and probably a lot more times to come. You gals are a riot.

First off, you guys told me to grab a drink, but then I was just sitting there drinking the whole time you guys were talking! So not fair, LOL!

For these reasons, I didn't have the ability to write a comment at the time, but I had so much fun listening to this last night! This podcast is so great! I always love all the tangents you guys go off on in the podcasts so I listen to all of them completely, even for shows I don't like, but it's so wonderful to have one all about one of my new all-time favorite shows.

And this is seriously uncanny. What you said about Story of a Man and Healer : "Healer is the kid brother who grew up really hot and you're like, woah when did that happen?!" - Like. This is exactly how I feel. Only I never knew it, until you said it, but this is so true! I loved Story of a Man, which is probably why I was always just as excited about the caper plots as I was about the squeeworthy moments in the later eps. I would have loved to see more of that.

I agree the directing certainly wasn't amazing, especially when it came to the action scenes, but I did appreciate it during certain moments and I think it definitely did justice to the writing, even if it didn't do much to enhance it. But mostly what I love is hearing the kind of energy that everyone, the writer, the director, the actors, had towards each other and the show. It feels like they all shared a common idea of what kind of drama they wanted to create.

PFFFFFT. Your conversation on drinking- so much win. I happen to find you both to be wonderful influences :D

"Harbor it close to your bosoms", "The things that I really like I don't like to talk about too much, I just want to think about it when I'm going to bed at night"

- I honestly think these statements say it all perfectly. It's like my personal favorite OTP moment, when Young-shin found Jung-hoo in his lair for the first time and, without saying a thing, just held him close in her embrace. That's how I feel about this show and this OTP.

P.S. I totally loved Jong-soo and his actor! All he had to do was look at Dae-yong as she passed him (like a badass) in ep 17 and I totally started imagining a rom-com all about them. This is another testament to how well this show has done creating it's world because, even without any real interaction between these side characters, I'm totally picturing a whole life between them, LOL. (he's younger than me?!...wow)

When you said grab a drink, I realised I was starving and decided to eat my bodyweight in carbs while listening. One hour and 18 minutes of awesomeness. I don't normally advocate for drinking, but if you produce such a great podcast about my all time fav drama, then go ahead and rise your glasses!~
It sounds just like the rambling we had in the Healer threads...only those thousands of comments contain more specific raging about Ji Chang-wook's eyes, hands, and every visible part of his body...?

I am grateful for Healer coming to my life for many things, I didn't know I needed a drama like it until it came along. -Yoo ji tae's comeback to dramaland! How great is that. -And before, I had no idea JCW was such a multi talented precious human being.
-I actually watched every drama PMY has starred in since SKKS. Didn't really love every show, but she was always all right. But as Young-shin she was perfect, the character was meant for her and no one else.
-Healer also introduced to us such a great writer! Sing Ji-na is so special and precious, her interviews are a hoot to read. And I can't wait to watch all of her dramas. I hope she continues writing, whether for TV or novels, she just can't retire now.

Ok guys, so here's our FINAL UPDATE as part of the HIFP - We received a personal message, not only from writer Song Ji Nah, but also Hacker Ajhumma, aka Kim Mi-kyung:

http://morumoruisland.blogspot.it/2015/02/hifp-reaction-to-project-part-2.html

Both messages were posted on Song Ji Nah's personal website, along with the video fan messages we sent. The video done by our very own resident beanies is also uploaded on the blogsite - check it out!

The link to the blogsite will now be sent to Song Ji Nah to share with the entire cast and crew. Thank you all for participating!!

Bong Soo, bogo shipda!
Bong Soo... Bong Soo... Bong Soo...

I love how you can tell when I am listening to your podcasts because my sticky notes on my desk don't just have reminders to emails someone but Korean actors names that I need to look up.
Have you ladies ever thought of adding your podcasts to itunes? I wish I had time to read your blog everyday but sadly I can only squeeze in the occasional audio while working. I mean I guess I could watch less dramas but that would defeat the purpose. The point being I would love to get a little pop up on my phone saying when I have a new podcast available.

Holy flipping A, that "MacBeth" scene would have been AMAZING if Moon-shik were speaking to his younger self! What a beautiful visualization of his guilt it would have been, an externalization (exorcism?) of his younger, more idealistic self. Can I just pretend that happened?
Thanks for wild ride, ladies! This podcast was the perfect toast to a great series. Cheers!

Ladies, any chance of another podcast update? It's been a while! Would love to hear your thoughts about the current wave of dramas.

I recently completed my 2nd go-around of Healer, and once again I'm going through Healer-ya withdrawals. I'm in squee-mode right now because i completely forgot about this podcast! Life is good! Thank you-thank you :D

healer is literally my all-time favourite drama squee!