10/7/2023 0 Comments Move to heaven episode 5 cast![]() Geu-ru and the group head to the doctor’s house. What a hectic way to start the chapter, but a new “Move to Heaven” case is in our laps! Trauma cleaning for the doctor The woman screams, which causes a commotion, and the doctor is stabbed in the neck by the man - there’s panic, but it’s too late - the doctor has bled out, and he dies. In one episode about an LGBTQ+ relationship, instead of dwelling too much on how society might react to the relationship, the writers focus on the love story at its core and subtly share a message of strength and courage as they do.Episode 5 opens with a man putting a woman under hostage at the hospital, and he asks for morphine a doctor tries to give him advice on his wounds, but the man wants the drugs only. Other subjects that are still taboo in Korea are given the same tactful treatment. Lee Je-hoon and Tang Jun-sang in ‘Move To Heaven’ CREDIT: Netflix He is a character who feels like he was written with love and, subsequently, is impossible not to fall in love with. While we see his struggles, we also see his brilliance: his unwavering commitment to doing right by the dead, his endless ability to care about people’s stories when even those closest to them have lost interest, his sharp and fast-working brain that keeps him three steps ahead of everybody else. Neurological disorders like Asperger’s aren’t always treated carefully by filmmakers – as seen most recently in Sia’s Music – but the portrayal of Geu-ru feels respectfully and delicately done. There are plenty of sensitive storylines throughout the show, but each is handled with care. ![]() It compels you to think deeper about the idea of good and bad, showing in its multi-dimensional characters that the reality isn’t as black-and-white as TV often makes things out to be. ![]() Over its 10 episodes, Move To Heaven slowly unravels lessons around life, death, family and friendship. What follows is an incredibly moving, sweet and laugh-out-loud funny exploration of humanity itself. Sang-gu (Lee Je-hoon) is fresh out of prison and not best pleased at being signed up to be the guardian to his late, estranged brother’s kid, who he struggles to understand thanks to Geu-ru’s Asperger’s syndrome. As if that isn’t enough to deal with, the 20-year-old is also introduced to an uncle he didn’t know existed. They make for a tender but formidable duo, but soon Geu-ru has to face his own grief when his dad dies suddenly. Jeong-u believes the dead can still tell their stories through the things they leave behind, and the father-son pair use the items they sift through to build a picture of who their clients are – and sometimes solve issues surrounding their deaths or that might affect those they’ve left behind. Han Geu-ru (played by Tang Jun-sang) and his dad Jeong-u (Ji Jin-hee) offer such a service with their company Move To Heaven (also the name of the drama) and they approach every room they clean with respect and care. Who sorts out our homes and belongings once we’re gone? In most cases, you’d assume the deceased’s family but, if they can’t face it or there are no relatives to take care of things, that’s when the trauma cleaners step in. Death is no stranger to the storylines in TV shows but there’s one key aspect of it that rarely gets shown on screen – or considered in our daily lives.
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