Neither one dies. They end up together. The original airing series has the surprise ending plot and a temporary separation (probably due to censorship) but they still reunite, and the special edition has the scenes in the correct (original) order, where it's clear they did end up together.
In the novel this is based on, they're actually shown living together in one of their clan's quarters - won't spoil which one, LOL - basically married.
I just hope when the reveal comes, it was CM all the time, sending ZY code sequences, and not some bad guy setting up backdoors.
ZY was way smarter before, now he's acting completely clueless and I find it annoying. He played so hard to get in order to prove things to QH, now he's randomly hiring people just because, and also destroying helpful messages without even trying to track the author down? I want QH to have some secret super-buster-buster plan but TBH I don't expect it.
BTW... I kind of thought He Lei was the gov't representant in the show, LOL. That was before CM's side of the story came up, and I never looked up the cast list before then :D I liked him THEN. Now... *shaking head*
It IS a happy ending, actually. The soul of the Queen isn't all gone, and from time to time, the transmigrated soul seems to react in her own choices, which confuses him deeply (and is a source for comedic situation). It's just that well, JBH's snarky comments and actions are stupidly funny, and you'd want to see HIM and the King together... I guess SK isn't ready for that yet.
Episode 2, also good. Lots of possible suspects. Victim's father appears to be a regular mafia guy, LOL. There goes his emotional revenge rights right out the window... The convicted suspect isn't any church goer either, LOL.
It's not a flop, at least according to ratings, in SK. It's not his best, but I've seen worse (from other big name actors). And the inconclusive/open ending dramas seem to have become the new fad once Netflix, Disney, etc networks, started getting in on the kdramas pie.
I still remember Arthdal Chronicles and the big shock that idiotic season / not-season splitting caused. And then Vagabond's ending. And this one. And so many more.
IMHO the only drama (that I've watched, anyway) when the open-ending WORKED was D. P. Can't wait to see the second season of that one.
The only fitting retribution was Choi DoHa's. I liked that part, even though acute radiation poisoning wouldn't…
If S2 had to happen, it would mean PCH would have to get his hands (more) dirty.
So there won't be a second season, IMHO. Also, getting him a new FL would mean MiHo, his childhood friend and later lover and wife, would be replaceable. That doesn't happen in such dramas, LOL.
I almost asked WHICH serial killer, then got an OH WAIT!... moment :D since you know... officially...
Yeah like, it was obvious WHY he would agree to play the part and take the blame and punishment. But WHAT happened to the mother?! Did she get any actual treatment? Because the siblings were suddenly rich. Or she got the treatment but died anyway? Then why wouldn't the siblings - either one - tell Mr. Tak, not-psycho, what happened to his mother?? Or if the siblings got rich instead of getting their mom treatment, why was the sister all confessy and crying at MiHo (who's basically a stranger to her)?!
And if they revealed all of it... why isn't he redeemed? Where did the psycho Kang son fall off the Earth? Did CDH do something to him?!
LOL, HyeJin too died and was gone, her crazy husband didn't even get punished for murdering her.
I guess we'd better see CDH smile evilly once more instead, as he moves those very mobile ears :D I was ready to swear he was BM all the time, just because of those ears LOL
Fr tho it didnt seem like he was that sad about Miho dying. I thought he would break down and properly avenge…
Yeah, they don't tend to do that to the female romantic lead of a drama, in South Korea, LOL. I would've gone for a gruesome deathbed scene, with all the bells and jingles, THEN have the male lead go extra crazy and fill up the pool himself, bucket by bucket, using tainted wastewater from the chemical plant.
And THEN he'd go away with her ashes or something, with a single tear falling from his right eye (because the cute mole on the corner of the left eye ruins the impression LOL). (And probably die himself somewhere soon enough, if that water had so many radioactive particles in it.)
We can't have too much physics, biology and psychology all at once :D
Fr tho it didnt seem like he was that sad about Miho dying. I thought he would break down and properly avenge…
Not-psycho dude didn't get much, if any treatment. And he was exposed multiple times. Plus, those pills they kept making the ill people take might have added some variables to the story.
She would have had the best palliative care money can buy. She would still have ended up looking like hell - sores, rough patches of skin, lots of weight loss etc, but it's a drama, not reality. And she's one of the leads, so not much uglyfying possible.
The only fitting retribution was Choi DoHa's. I liked that part, even though acute radiation poisoning wouldn't work like that unless the whole pool was glowing LOL. But all the rest... not so much. Nevermind they never found the serial killer son of the former chairman, LOL. His plane must've gone down into the Bermuda Triangle :D
So... First of all - the fckn Big Mouse organisation made (and probably kept making) their money through racketeering, gambling, prostitution, corruption from the lowest through the highest levels. I don't CARE the ex-BM got remorses and wanted to punish those who killed his daughter - what about all the other people's daughters? The original BM was evil and it remained so even when it got to confront another corruption ring that even proved better at it than itself.
I mean, I think we all still remember how PCH was almost killed in prison under the watch of his now-underling. He wouldn't have been the first. Or the last.
And what, they get to give some money to charities and they're washed free of their sins? Yeah right.
As for the drama... they spent too much time in the prison setting, and not enough trying to fight off CDH's side. They came off as amateurs in the final part of the story, nothing even went their way. At least Jerry survived. He and PCH can now get to build a great bromance, if they ever agree on who to corrupt next. And what, JiHoon is forgiven and even given a prize?! Just like that?!
Oh well, it was kind of fun at times. I've seen better, But I've watched it til the end and it says something about LJS's lead power. Onto the next one!
The serial killer dad died on the rocks under the cliff - it's not explained but IMHO HeeSung hit him over the…
It's pretty obvious what happened - she came to beg him to stop the exorcisms, he saw an opportunity and took it (talking to her in the back of the dark warehouse, with nobody around? Her skirt all dirty, her knees scraped - that doesn't happen without a scramble, and she had no reason to start one - he did). It ended badly for him. She's obviously been deeply marked by it - even when living basically in seclusion, in the dark (remember the broken light?), she's always wearing those baggy clothes, she wouldn't reach out to anyone for help. Only to HyunSoo, and only when he's the one making the first move. And MooJin, but still in order to defend HyunSoo, and nothing else (even when he shows he's still interested.)
He (HyunSoo) already has a strange brain. And he's been through a lot of shocks in his life, that would have deeply scarred a normal person. IIRC, when JiWon first started doubting him, she took him to the basement of his dad's house and tried to trigger him with the recording of his mother's voice. She said then, just to see his reaction, that DHS might have been used by his father to bring food and water to his victims - if that would have been true, it would have made that kid WANT to forget everything. And then there's his mother, missing... Maybe he also wanted to forget when he had seen her last.
Add to that the drowning (he was in an induced hypo-temperature coma when MiSook's husband tried to kill him), and the actual bullet going through his brain when HeeSung shot him. It's a wonder he's still functioning almost normally (for himself, that is).
It hurt they lost their moments of understanding each other and the quiet times before the crisis... but they have a chance to do it all over again. So after all it's still a hopeful ending.
The twin on the shore is supposed to be SSH, because of the message and the diamond spear/arrow he's holding.…
I seriously doubt he is. But it is a possibility - though we're not told WooShin himself believes it.
I choose to take it as a set-up for his upcoming revenge. It's an open-ended story, so I get to imagine what would happen. I also seriously doubt they'll make a second season, so we get to pick our own endings instead :)
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In the novel this is based on, they're actually shown living together in one of their clan's quarters - won't spoil which one, LOL - basically married.
Yes it's a most satisfying ending. Enjoy!
ZY was way smarter before, now he's acting completely clueless and I find it annoying. He played so hard to get in order to prove things to QH, now he's randomly hiring people just because, and also destroying helpful messages without even trying to track the author down? I want QH to have some secret super-buster-buster plan but TBH I don't expect it.
BTW... I kind of thought He Lei was the gov't representant in the show, LOL. That was before CM's side of the story came up, and I never looked up the cast list before then :D I liked him THEN. Now... *shaking head*
I like this. I hope it keeps up.
It's not a flop, at least according to ratings, in SK. It's not his best, but I've seen worse (from other big name actors). And the inconclusive/open ending dramas seem to have become the new fad once Netflix, Disney, etc networks, started getting in on the kdramas pie.
I still remember Arthdal Chronicles and the big shock that idiotic season / not-season splitting caused. And then Vagabond's ending. And this one. And so many more.
IMHO the only drama (that I've watched, anyway) when the open-ending WORKED was D. P. Can't wait to see the second season of that one.
So there won't be a second season, IMHO. Also, getting him a new FL would mean MiHo, his childhood friend and later lover and wife, would be replaceable. That doesn't happen in such dramas, LOL.
And if they revealed all of it... why isn't he redeemed? Where did the psycho Kang son fall off the Earth? Did CDH do something to him?!
LOL, HyeJin too died and was gone, her crazy husband didn't even get punished for murdering her.
I guess we'd better see CDH smile evilly once more instead, as he moves those very mobile ears :D I was ready to swear he was BM all the time, just because of those ears LOL
And THEN he'd go away with her ashes or something, with a single tear falling from his right eye (because the cute mole on the corner of the left eye ruins the impression LOL). (And probably die himself somewhere soon enough, if that water had so many radioactive particles in it.)
We can't have too much physics, biology and psychology all at once :D
She would have had the best palliative care money can buy. She would still have ended up looking like hell - sores, rough patches of skin, lots of weight loss etc, but it's a drama, not reality. And she's one of the leads, so not much uglyfying possible.
And the son probably went on to get elected Governor of Texas or something.
So... First of all - the fckn Big Mouse organisation made (and probably kept making) their money through racketeering, gambling, prostitution, corruption from the lowest through the highest levels. I don't CARE the ex-BM got remorses and wanted to punish those who killed his daughter - what about all the other people's daughters? The original BM was evil and it remained so even when it got to confront another corruption ring that even proved better at it than itself.
I mean, I think we all still remember how PCH was almost killed in prison under the watch of his now-underling. He wouldn't have been the first. Or the last.
And what, they get to give some money to charities and they're washed free of their sins? Yeah right.
As for the drama... they spent too much time in the prison setting, and not enough trying to fight off CDH's side. They came off as amateurs in the final part of the story, nothing even went their way. At least Jerry survived. He and PCH can now get to build a great bromance, if they ever agree on who to corrupt next. And what, JiHoon is forgiven and even given a prize?! Just like that?!
Oh well, it was kind of fun at times. I've seen better, But I've watched it til the end and it says something about LJS's lead power. Onto the next one!
He (HyunSoo) already has a strange brain. And he's been through a lot of shocks in his life, that would have deeply scarred a normal person. IIRC, when JiWon first started doubting him, she took him to the basement of his dad's house and tried to trigger him with the recording of his mother's voice. She said then, just to see his reaction, that DHS might have been used by his father to bring food and water to his victims - if that would have been true, it would have made that kid WANT to forget everything. And then there's his mother, missing... Maybe he also wanted to forget when he had seen her last.
Add to that the drowning (he was in an induced hypo-temperature coma when MiSook's husband tried to kill him), and the actual bullet going through his brain when HeeSung shot him. It's a wonder he's still functioning almost normally (for himself, that is).
It hurt they lost their moments of understanding each other and the quiet times before the crisis... but they have a chance to do it all over again. So after all it's still a hopeful ending.
I choose to take it as a set-up for his upcoming revenge. It's an open-ended story, so I get to imagine what would happen. I also seriously doubt they'll make a second season, so we get to pick our own endings instead :)