K Drama Chat

1.02- Episode 2 of Hotel Del Luna

Episode Summary

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 2 of Hotel Del Luna. Koo Chan Sung is stuck because he’s back in Korea and has a great job at one of Seoul’s finest hotels, but he’s also got a job at Hotel Del Luna because he was promised to Jang Man Wol 20 years earlier. Koo Chan Sung and Man Wol work together to help a ghost tiger find peace and stop haunting the Chairman of a chaebol. We learn more about the current manager of Hotel Del Luna, Manager Noh, as well as the other hotel staff and their jobs.

Episode Notes

In Episode 2 of Hotel Del Luna. we follow Koo Chan Sung as he navigates between his job at the fancy hotel and his (offered) job at Hotel Del Luna. Koo Chan Sung and Jan Man Wol work together to help a ghost tiger find peace and once again, they go out to eat. We learn that Manager Noh is ready to retire and he pays a visit to Koo Chan Sung, to try and convince the younger man to take his job. We also see the guest manager, Seo-hee, fulfilling the wishes of several guests, demonstrating that the hotel helps ghosts fulfill their wishes and overcome their grudges.

We do a short recap of the show, and then we dive deep into the episode. We discuss:

• The ghosts who overcome their grudges or fulfill their wishes in order to move on to heaven
• How ghosts travel to heaven via the bridge over the Samdo River
• How Jang Man Wol is misunderstood; she comes across as materialistic and aloof, but she can also be very perceptive and caring
• The food in this episode, namely red bean porridge and sashimi
• The Baekdu mountain range and its connection to feng shui
• Formal and informal greetings in the Korean language

Show reference:

• Korean Version of Feng Shui