A Good Day to Be a Dog

September 27, 2023

Han Hae-na (Park Gyu-young) has a family curse: she transforms into a dog whenever she kisses someone. She accidentally kisses her colleague Lee Chae-eun (Cha Eun-woo) — who has a severe dog phobia.

September 27, 2023

The only cure for the transformation is another kiss from the same person. The person in question is terrified of dogs. The drama's comic premise is fully operational.

October 4, 2023

The school where both work as teachers — its corridors, its staffroom, its thoroughly ordinary professional life — is the setting for increasingly extraordinary events.

October 4, 2023

Chae-eun's dog phobia is explored — its origin, its specificity. The drama gives the comic obstacle genuine psychological roots.

October 11, 2023

Both characters must spend more time together to solve the problem. Neither is comfortable with this.

October 11, 2023

One of Hae-na's transformations occurs on the Hongdae streets. The comedy of managing a dog in public without anyone noticing it is also a teacher.

October 18, 2023

A misfortune that makes the transformation harder to manage while the school term is in full swing.

October 18, 2023

Chae-eun's feelings for Hae-na are present before he has processed them. The drama plays this with complete sincerity.

October 25, 2023

Another person carrying a supernatural curse is introduced, expanding the drama's magical realism world.

October 25, 2023

A school staff meeting during which Hae-na must prevent a transformation. The most formally inventive episode of the series.

November 1, 2023

A second Hongdae sequence — this time, Chae-eun knows more than he did before, which makes the situation both simpler and more complicated.

November 1, 2023

Chae-eun attempts to express feelings that have no template in his experience. He is terrible at it.

November 8, 2023

The full history of Hae-na's family curse is revealed, along with the specific conditions required to break it.

November 8, 2023

The night before the drama's central emotional scene. Both characters barely sleep.

November 15, 2023

Chae-eun must kiss Hae-na while she is in dog form to break the curse. The drama commits fully to this premise with complete sincerity.

November 15, 2023

The finale. A delightfully absurd fantasy romance that never stopped believing in its own premise.