Hi Bye, Mama! (2020) [+]
Jan 21 2026
Hi Bye, Mama! is a South Korean bittersweet drama starring Kim Tae-hee as Cha Yu-ri, a mother who died at childbirth and has been haunting her daughter for five years. She is given a second chance when she comes back to life for 49 days. At first her shaman friend Mi Dong-daek (Yoon Sa-bong) thinks that this is Cha Yu-ri's chance to regain a life cut short by a car accident -- if she can reclaim her position as wife to Cho Gang-hwa (Lee Kyu-hyung) and mother to Cho Seo-woo (Seo Woo-jin).
Except that after an intense period of grief Cho Gang-hwa married Oh Min-jung (Go Bo-gyeol). At first glance Oh Min-jung seems a bit distant from Cho Seo-woo and in turn Cho Gang-hwa is a bit distant from his wife. But deeper down they do love each other which Cha Yu-ri knew all along which is why she doesn't want to break up a marriage for her selfish reasons.
Instead Cha Yu-ri wants to protect Cho Seo-woo because the little girl can see ghosts and this is due to Cha Yu-ri hanging around her all the time. Cha Yu-ri gets work at the child care and proceeds to drive off the ghosts. Although Cha Yu-ri tries to stay hidden from people who know her she often forgets so first she's spotted by her best Go Hyun-jung (Shin Dong-mi), then later her ex-husband, and finally her mom Jeon Eun-sook (Kim Mi-kyung).
So now Cha Yu-ri is fully back among the living and even befriends Oh Min-jung, who thinks Cha Yu-ri is a dead-ringer for her husband's deceased wife. The rest of the series is Cha Yu-ri revealing to everyone, one at a time, that her time is limited and she's not sticking around so it kind of becomes a long goodbye. But it's only in the last episode that Cha Yu-ri finally accepts her fate and is fine moving on to heaven, the series ending with a short bit 10+ years later showing a happy teen Cho Seo-woo (Park Jung-yeon) enjoying a moment in the park with her parents...
I mostly liked this series though it does get a bit sad with lots of crying. I like the cameo by Kim Seul-gi replaying her Oh My Ghost character Shin Soon-ae. Overall an above average series.
Except that after an intense period of grief Cho Gang-hwa married Oh Min-jung (Go Bo-gyeol). At first glance Oh Min-jung seems a bit distant from Cho Seo-woo and in turn Cho Gang-hwa is a bit distant from his wife. But deeper down they do love each other which Cha Yu-ri knew all along which is why she doesn't want to break up a marriage for her selfish reasons.
Instead Cha Yu-ri wants to protect Cho Seo-woo because the little girl can see ghosts and this is due to Cha Yu-ri hanging around her all the time. Cha Yu-ri gets work at the child care and proceeds to drive off the ghosts. Although Cha Yu-ri tries to stay hidden from people who know her she often forgets so first she's spotted by her best Go Hyun-jung (Shin Dong-mi), then later her ex-husband, and finally her mom Jeon Eun-sook (Kim Mi-kyung).
So now Cha Yu-ri is fully back among the living and even befriends Oh Min-jung, who thinks Cha Yu-ri is a dead-ringer for her husband's deceased wife. The rest of the series is Cha Yu-ri revealing to everyone, one at a time, that her time is limited and she's not sticking around so it kind of becomes a long goodbye. But it's only in the last episode that Cha Yu-ri finally accepts her fate and is fine moving on to heaven, the series ending with a short bit 10+ years later showing a happy teen Cho Seo-woo (Park Jung-yeon) enjoying a moment in the park with her parents...
I mostly liked this series though it does get a bit sad with lots of crying. I like the cameo by Kim Seul-gi replaying her Oh My Ghost character Shin Soon-ae. Overall an above average series.