Head Over Heels episode 5 review: Spirits, betrayals, and the rawest bridge to friendship yet

Scene from Head Over Heels | Image via: Prime Video
Scene from Head Over Heels | Image via: Prime Video

Episode 5 of Head Over Heels slams into the heart like a sudden downpour on a summer night—heavy, unexpected, and impossible to ignore. What starts as a tangled push-and-pull romance explodes into an emotional labyrinth of fear, betrayal, and a phantom baby that haunts every corner of Seong-ah’s fragile world.

However, even in its darkest moments, Head Over Heels whispers about warmth, about the stubborn glimmers of friendship that rise through the cracks. Watching it feels like standing on a tightrope between grief and hope, waiting for the next shaky step.


The spirit of a baby and the violence of memory

Nothing cuts deeper than innocence trapped inside a hollow object. The most gut-wrenching presence in this heavy episode of Head Over Heels emerges through a baby spirit bound to a doll, soft and unfinished, filled with a loneliness that swallows every sound around it. The doll carries the grief of a mother who lost her real child and fell into madness, fully believing that this doll became her living daughter.

In Head Over Heels, this story radiates pure sorrow and maternal devotion twisted into a fragile, desperate illusion. It reveals a grief so powerful it reshapes reality and love into something both tender and terrifying.

Seong-ah steps into this space with patience and quiet compassion, sensing the pulse of a mother’s shattered heart. Each sob from the baby ghost linked to the doll feels like a prayer echoing in the dark, a longing that vibrates through every corner of the scene. By facing this spirit, Seong-ah and Gyeon-woo share a moment of raw vulnerability, discovering how profound loss can create new paths toward connection and healing.

Through this encounter, Head Over Heels transforms supernatural horror into an intimate portrait of devotion, showing how even the most fragile bonds can guide characters toward unexpected forms of care.

Gyeon-woo carries wounds shaped by another shaman’s cruelty in his past, turning Seong-ah’s existence into an unbearable contradiction. His trauma reflects a life shaped by fear and confusion. In Head Over Heels, every pulse of his conflict and every restrained breath paints his journey toward something more human and tender.


Amulets in the trash and the bittersweet promise of care

Gyeon-woo throws away the protective lip balm Seong-ah gave him, a moment filled with raw emotion and fear. This act reveals his struggle to reject her world while feeling deeply drawn to her at the same time. Later, he finds the discarded lip balm and returns to Seong-ah, offering a silent apology that unfolds in their shared embrace as they fight off the spirits together.

This moment with the lip balm becomes the emotional spine of Head Over Heels episode 5. It transforms from a symbol of rejection into a fragile sign of trust taking shape again. Watching Gyeon-woo’s face move from rage to heartbreak and finally to a quiet reach for her presence feels like hearing the first birds after a long night storm. The story holds heavy air and trembling silence, yet offers a thread strong enough to guide them into a new, uncertain closeness.


Head Over Heels and the raw bridge to something new

All the ghostly horror and emotional intensity build toward something strangely pure. The episode closes with an invitation to friendship, to something patient and authentic, rising beyond curses and inherited fears.

The journey feels terrifying and exhausting, yet it reveals a yearning to move forward. Underneath the bruises and echoes, care blooms like a quiet revolution. Head Over Heels promises a future held together by fragile gestures, and each choice pulses with new possibility.


Rating with a touch of flair: 5 out of 5 haunted baby cries echoing through empty hallways. A painful descent that transforms into a lullaby of quiet trust.

Edited by Beatrix Kondo