K-drama May I Help You: Lee Hye-ri, Lee Jun-young lead frothy and heart-warming romantic comedy tinged with fantasy
- Lee Hye-ri, much improved as an actress, plays funeral director Baek Dong-joo, who communes with the dead and fulfils their last requests in May I Help You
- Fellow K-pop star Lee Jun-young’s character runs an errand service, and crosses paths with Dong-joo when paid to stand in as her boyfriend to break up with her
Girl’s Day singer Lee Hye-ri is back on screens in the fantasy-tinged May I Help You, a frothy mix of romantic comedy and heart-warming drama. Co-starring alongside her is fellow K-pop singer Lee Jun-young of the group U-Kiss, in one of his biggest roles yet.
With her bubbly charm, Lee plays the lead character Baek Dong-joo, a young woman who starts working as a funeral director, only to discover that she has the ability to commune with the dead.
Her first departed client was a young boy and, although her natural reflex was to run away in fright, she soon discovered that ignoring these new ghosts causes her to get into freak accidents, such as getting knocked out by a home run baseball outside a stadium, or tumbling down a flight of stairs outside a church.
Unable to avoid the call, Dong-joo begins to help these ghosts move on to the afterlife, which they can only do with her physical assistance. However, according to her priest, she is only obliged to fulfil the wishes of a certain amount of the dead. By the time the show starts the count is down to 16.
In a strong opening scene, Dong-joo is looking after the recently departed Yeon-hee (Seo Young-hee). Following a short conversation she walks into Yeon-hee’s funeral, goes up to one of her friends and slaps her hard across the face.