No Tail to Tell- Episodes 7-8
Hearts, Do-Overs, and a Confession
Episode 7 of No Tail To Tell gave us everything at once; danger, comedy, family healing, and the kind of confession that makes you pause the screen for a second.
It opens with Si-yeol and Eun-ho being rescued by firefighters, which immediately sets a dramatic tone. At the hospital, Pagun sneaks in pretending to be a doctor and warns Si-yeol not to tempt fate. There’s something so ominous about the way he appears and disappears. But what truly softened the moment was Eun-ho hugging Si-yeol in relief. You could see how shaken she was. And then, just as quickly, they became awkward again. They keep noticing how attractive and charming the other is, and it feels so honest and sweet, like two people who are trying not to admit what’s right in front of them.
On the way home, Eun-ho’s shopping spree left me laughing. Si-yeol watching his bank account drain while she casually replaces her entire wardrobe felt painfully relatable. But the humor quickly shifts when Geum-ho 2.0 reveals that despite saving over ten people, they earned nothing for the Good Deeds Project. Si-yeol assumes it’s because of Eun-ho’s lingering selfishness. It stings a little, because you can see she’s trying, even if she doesn’t fully understand what that means yet.
Meanwhile, Lee Yoon continues to move like a quiet threat in the background. He corners Woo-seok and asks for help, worried that Eun-ho might come after him. When Woo-seok regains another memory fragment, of Eun-ho ordering his memory erased after he discovered her weakness, the tension thickens. Yoon offering to restore his memories in exchange for information feels dangerous, and Woo-seok’s hesitation shows how conflicted he is.
Back in Seoul, Si-yeol suggests they try doing something undeniably good to test the rules of gaining spiritual power. So they volunteer at a local old-age home, and of course they bicker their way through it. Yet those scenes are where their relationship quietly deepens. Eun-ho watching an elderly couple and wondering how someone can love the same person for decades reveals how foreign lasting love feels to her. Si-yeol admitting he was always the one being dumped adds a gentle vulnerability. When Eun-ho confesses she avoided love entirely because she feared becoming human, you finally understand her emotional distance.
The water fight while hanging laundry felt playful and intimate. Then, of course, Si-yeol takes off his soaked shirt and Eun-ho nearly combusts. That moment was both funny and charged. And just as the tension rises, his football teammates show up. To avoid complications, he introduces Eun-ho as his girlfriend, and I could not stop smiling at her reaction.
The real emotional turning point, though, is Si-yeol discovering his grandmother is alive. Watching him tear up and hug her felt so raw. His apology, her quiet forgiveness, and the revelation that in this new life he has been a devoted grandson gave the “fate switch” a new meaning. It’s no longer just a punishment. It’s a second chance. Even Coach Yong-gil’s quiet kindness, keeping Si-yeol on the team roster to help with sponsor discounts, added warmth to the episode.
Then comes the unsettling moment when an elderly man suddenly attacks Eun-ho. Learning he has dementia and hearing his name, Hwang Dong-sik, triggers her memory. He was her client thirty years ago. You can see guilt begin to surface in her. That heaviness follows her home.
That evening, Si-yeol cooks dinner for her, and it’s such a simple, tender scene. Eun-ho confesses that she feels like everything happening lately is punishment. The hardest part is that she doesn’t even know what she did wrong because she lived so detached from others. Si-yeol gently reframes things. For him, this “punishment” gave him back time with his grandmother. It’s not just suffering. It’s a do-over.
When he asks if she has even one good moment from being human, she pauses. And then it hits her. She does. It’s him.
The way she blurts out that she has romantic feelings and asks him to date her felt so perfectly Eun-ho; direct, vulnerable, and slightly panicked. After everything in this episode, that confession felt earned.
A Date, A Debt, and a Kiss Meant to Be Remembered
Episode 8 of No Tail To Tell opens exactly where our hearts were left hanging, with Eun-ho’s confession. But in true Eun-ho fashion, it’s not the dreamy love declaration we might expect. She calmly explains that while she finds Si-yeol attractive, she doesn’t actually “like” him yet. Dating is simply the one thing she hasn’t tried, and she wants to check it off her list. I could not help laughing at Si-yeol’s expression. He looks completely stunned, half offended, half flustered, especially when she boldly announces they’ll go on a date after finishing their volunteer work. She treats romance like an experiment, and he is the unwilling participant.
Meanwhile, the darker threads of the story tighten. Jang Do-cheol is being haunted by the spirits of those he killed for power. Watching him cough up blood and collapse felt chilling, like the weight of his past is finally catching up with him. The fact that he ends up at Lee Yoon’s hospital feels almost too coincidental, as if fate is quietly drawing its own lines.
Back with our couple, their volunteering takes a painful turn when Eun-ho learns that Hwang Dong-sik has passed away. Discovering that his once-prosperous family fell into ruin after he sold his patented drug and chased an impossible improvement adds layers to the guilt she already carries. In a moment that surprised me, Eun-ho forces Si-yeol to withdraw all his savings as condolence money. It’s impulsive, but it’s sincere. And when Geum-ho 2.0 finally gains spiritual power from this act, Eun-ho begins to understand that perhaps her path forward is about repairing the harm she caused in the past.
The truth is even more complicated. Hwang wasn’t her client, Chairman Kim was. He used Eun-ho’s abilities to identify the successful drug and manipulate Hwang into selling it. Realizing she was part of that chain of events clearly shakes her. Watching her threaten Chairman Kim into giving his headquarters building back to the Hwang family felt like the first time she was actively correcting her own wrongdoing instead of avoiding it.
With no money left, even celebrating becomes a challenge. Geum-ho 2.0 wants a buffet, but reality pushes Si-yeol back to what he knows best, football. The practice match scene was unexpectedly thrilling. His fourth-division team struggles badly until he steps in, and suddenly the energy shifts. Seeing Eun-ho watch him play with that quiet admiration in her eyes was such a subtle turning point. But the opposing team plays dirty, and even after they tie, Si-yeol can’t celebrate. His frustration with his teammates melts into concern when he realizes how hard their lives actually are. They juggle part-time jobs and barely get time to train. That scene grounded everything.
Despite financial stress, they manage to have their date. The love lock at Namsan Tower made me smile. Eun-ho’s wish for things to go back to normal is so painfully practical, and Si-yeol teasing her for being unromantic felt like a couple already comfortable in their dynamic. Dinner turns quieter when he admits he’s never been able to date normally because of his fame. No hand-holding in public, no simple evenings. Hearing that vulnerability from him was so touching. Eun-ho’s comment about being able to erase memories once she’s done having fun carries a sharp edge. She says it casually, but it hurts him deeply.
The tension escalates elsewhere as Yoon and Do-cheol confront Woo-seok and restore his memory. Learning that Eun-ho has become human shifts the stakes again. Everything feels like it’s accelerating.
But the emotional center remains with that date. When Eun-ho takes Si-yeol’s hand in public, it feels like a small rebellion against the past. He tells her he doesn’t want his memory erased. He wants to remember her. That confession felt heavier than any grand declaration of love. Eun-ho accepts that losing him will hurt, but she believes he deserves a normal life. A life untouched by fate switching and supernatural consequences.
And then, knowing he won’t remember, he kisses her.
DramaZen's Opinion
Episodes 7 and 8 of No Tail To Tell felt like the moment the drama stopped being just playful fantasy and started digging into something much deeper.
Episode 7 had so much warmth in it. Si-yeol reuniting with his grandmother completely reframed the whole “fate switch” storyline for me. What once felt like punishment suddenly looked like a second chance. And Eun-ho’s awkward but sincere confession at the end was such a turning point. She may not fully understand love yet, but you can see her trying, and that effort makes her growth feel real.
Then Episode 8 layered in guilt, accountability, and romance all at once. Eun-ho confronting her past misdeeds and actively trying to fix them showed how much she’s changing. The football match reminded us why Si-yeol shines, but the quiet date at Namsan Tower is what stayed with me. His vulnerability about never having a normal relationship and his plea to not have his memory erased made that final kiss feel bittersweet and meaningful.
These two episodes balanced humor, heart, and heartbreak so beautifully. What started as bickering and experimentation is slowly becoming something tender and real, and I’m completely invested in where their story goes next.
