The identity of the hell defector has been revealed.

In the 4th episode of JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama ‘More Beautiful than Heaven’ (directed by Kim Seok-yoon, written by Lee Nam-gyu and Kim Soo-jin)that aired on the 27th, a change came about in the relationship between Lee Hae-sook(played by Kim Hye-ja)and Somyi(played by Han Ji-min), who met as ‘rivals’.Lee Hae-sook discovered familiar traces of Lee Young-ae(played by Lee Jung-eun)in Somyi and became convinced that she was ‘Young-ae’.Meanwhile, in heaven, the movement to find the escapee from hell was becoming increasingly busier.

After meeting her mother in the past and returning, Lee Hae-sook no longer doubted the relationship between Ko Nak-jun(Son Seok-goo)and Somyi.Although she still felt uncomfortable with Somyi’s presence, she accepted her as a guest, thinking, “There must be a reason for that,” as the center director(Cheon Ho-jin)said.However, the more she spent time with her, the more Lee Hae-sook saw Lee Young-ae in Somyi.The way she blocked the shuttlecock flying at her with an umbrella while she was walking, the way she hugged her from behind while she was sleeping, and the way she put her hands in her pockets, she was just like him, whom she had seen for a long time as if she were family.

Lee Hae-sook went to the Heaven Support Center to check if Lee Young-ae was alive or dead, feeling suspicious.The employee at the civil affairs office said that the name and age were correct, but the address was not here, and she suspected that she might be in hell.As soon as Lee Hae-sook heard that, she remembered that Go Nak-joon had met Somi on the subway to the afterlife and brought her back from Hell Station.Now, to Lee Hae-sook, yesterday’s Somi had become today’s Lee Young-ae.Although Somi did not remember, she began to believe that she was Lee Young-ae.As the two of them grew closer, Heaven House became peaceful for the first time in a while.However, Go Nak-joon warned her that Somi could not be Lee Young-ae, and that she should be careful because Heaven was dangerous due to defectors from Hell.

As Go Nak-jun said, the atmosphere in heaven was different than usual.Heaven TV was broadcasting news about the public investigation of the hell defector, and the hell lions were appearing here and there to catch him.The three abandoned dogs, Jjajang(played by Shin Min-chul), Jjamppong(played by Kim Choong-gil), and Mandu(played by Yoo Hyun-soo), who were planning revenge on humans, were also concentrating all their attention on the hell defector’s whereabouts.Then, they got a hint from the heaven support center staff that “the hell defector smells different from the people in heaven,” and Somi’s unfamiliar smell came to mind.


Meanwhile, a new believer, Park Chul-jin(played by Jeong Seon-cheol), has joined the Church of Heaven.Unlike the ‘bad believer’ Lee Hae-sook, he is a decent and sincere person who makes the pastor(played by Ryu Deok-hwan)gentle.In the meantime, Lee Hae-sook has taken over the church kitchen.Seeing the piled up sacks of beans, they all sit around together, offering to make bean water.The three of them naturally talk about their life stories.Lee Hae-sook lamented her fate, saying that she was born the child of a concubine and came to heaven as a child after death.The pastor did not give in.She said that she lost her parents when she was 5 and that the reason she became a pastor was because her mother told her to wait in front of the church.

Then, Park Cheol-jin cautiously opened his mouth.He was a truck salesman who traveled all over the country carrying his wife who suffered from dementia.All he had was a truck, but he spent each day with his wife and lived happily in his own way.Then one day, Park Cheol-jin was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.He was more afraid of the fact that there would be no one to take care of his wife after he died than of his own death.In the end, his choice was to leave with his wife on the same day and at the same time.Lee Hae-sook and the pastor were momentarily taken aback by Park Cheol-jin’s story.

However, the atmosphere changed again with Park Chul-jin’s words, “If it is confirmed that only my wife has gone to heaven, I will go back to hell.” Park Chul-jin was an apostate who was judged to go to hell for causing his wife’s death.Fortunately, the security team and Hell’s messengers, who had found out his location, surrounded the church.Completely surrounded, Park Chul-jin caught Lee Hae-sook and took her hostage, heightening the sense of crisis.Soon after, the center director came and tried to persuade him.”If you pay the price for your sins, you will have another chance.If you hold out here any longer, you will be destroyed here,” he said, giving him one last chance to choose.


At that time, Ko Nak-jun, who was collecting letters of wishes on the ground, also learned of Lee Hae-sook’s danger.He ran straight to the Heavenly Church and said, “My wife is in there! And there is a package addressed to Mr.Park Cheol-jin,” and approached him while holding the ‘red scarf’ he had brought from the ground.It was a scarf that Park Cheol-jin’s wife had knitted for her husband.Park Cheol-jin shed tears as soon as he saw it, and Ko Nak-jun safely saved Lee Hae-sook.”You have a chance in hell, right? You won’t meet your wife here later, right?” Ko Nak-jun said, and Park Cheol-jin walked away with a much lighter heart.

With this, the possibility that Somyi is a hell defector disappeared, and Lee Hae-sook’s belief that Somyi is Lee Young-ae seemed to gain weight.However, the twists did not end there.At the end of the broadcast, the real Lee Young-ae appeared.Above all, his appearance, filled with fear of the unknown world and a terrifying space that was neither this world nor heaven, raised curiosity to the peak.What kind of connection is there between Somyi and Lee Young-ae, and Somyi’s identity, which is still shrouded in mystery, and Lee Young-ae’s actions make us look forward to the next story even more.

Hong Se-young, reporter for Donga.com projecthong@donga.com

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