Oh My Ghost Clients- Episodes 5-6

Exam Hell, Protest Power, and a Ghost Too Close to Home

This week, Oh My Ghost Clients hits a raw nerve because Mu-jin’s latest ghost client is someone who worked beside his own mother. And the injustice? It's personal.

We open with Bo-sal, smug as ever, claiming he’s not the one engineering Mu-jin’s near-death streaks, he’s saving him. Apparently, that soul contract Mu-jin signed means full-time ghost lawyer duty, and Bo-sal’s not interested in complaints. When Mu-jin jokes about going into politics to fix the broken system, it actually feels like a lightbulb moment.

But before he can dive into that new identity, he’s called home. Dad suspects Mom’s having an affair, except what she’s really hiding is way more heartbreaking. Mu-jin comes face to face with Kim Young-sook, Mom’s long-time coworker and friend... who also happens to be dead. Young-sook won’t speak, but her presence is heavy and her adorable ghost-dog companion doesn’t exactly lighten the mood.

After some detective work and a little tailing, Mu-jin uncovers the truth: the university where Mom and Young-sook worked has been forcing janitors to take humiliating written exams to keep their jobs. English grammar, historical trivia, even campus construction dates, none of it has anything to do with cleaning. It’s a calculated attempt to weed people out. And it worked, Young-sook died under the stress.

What’s worse? The staff eat their meals crammed into a corner, unseen and unacknowledged. That changes when Mu-jin treats them all to lunch, sparking a long-overdue conversation. The janitors push back, finally ready to say enough is enough. Mom delivers a rousing speech, and Oh Jang-geun, the group’s quiet leader, helps launch a formal protest.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Ghost Clients protest without a police scuffle and Mu-jin getting himself arrested.

But there’s a bright spot, Mi-joo bails him out. Their reunion is short and bittersweet, but the sparks? Still there.

Back at it, the janitors form a union and call a strike. Trash piles up. The university flounders. Three spoiled law students show up to complain they’re the victims now because their pristine campus is messy. Their privilege is loud, and their lawsuit threat even louder. Mu-jin claps back with facts, but the students won’t budge.

So, the janitors try another route: telling their story. Young-sook finally speaks, and Mu-jin writes her letter. But when it's posted on campus, it’s quickly buried under nasty, mocking Post-its from heartless students. Morale tanks.

Then...hope. A few students bring food and real support, realizing just how blind they’ve been. It’s enough to rally the crew one more time.

Enter Gyeon-woo, livestream king. With Mom broadcasting the exploitative test live through camera-glasses, and Gyeon-woo narrating like a pro, the university’s shame goes viral. When the smug admin mocks them, Mom flips the script and tests him on the school anthem. He fails. The janitors rise in unison to sing the song Young-sook worked so hard to memorize before she died.

Public outrage forces the school to back down. Apologies are issued. The fired janitor is rehired. Justice, for once, feels real.

Young-sook’s spirit, at peace, fades away. And in one of the most touching moments yet, Mu-jin finally eats the green onions he always avoided because Mom made the soup.

But just when things settle, Hee-joo calls. She and Gyeon-woo are in the hospital. On his way to see them, Mu-jin bumps into a familiar face: Yoon-jae, the once-overworked convenience store clerk who’d finally landed a corporate gig.

They chat casually, until someone walks right through Yoon-jae.

Both turn to the mirror. Only one reflection stares back.

“Am I dead?” Yoon-jae asks.

And just like that, the next case begins.

DramaZen's Opinion

Episodes 5 and 6 hit hard. Just when I thought this show couldn’t dig deeper, it takes on elitism, labor exploitation, and campus hypocrisy and still manages to sneak in humor, heart, and a ghost dog.

Watching Mu-jin take a stand with the janitors was honestly inspiring. His mom's speech? Chills. And the live-stream takedown of that smug administrator? Iconic. I cheered. I cried. I wanted to slap those entitled law students.

And then...Yoon-jae. That final twist? Gutted. I loved that kid. The moment he realizes he's dead was so quiet, so haunting, and completely heartbreaking.

This show keeps raising the bar. Every ghost has a story, every story hits a nerve, and Mu-jin, somehow, keeps finding his purpose through the pain. I'm all in.