Yes can anyone explain I don't understand the end? Will he die? Is he dying ? Wtf why did I watch this drama for…
Yes he will die, similar to «Uncontrollably Fond» & «Mr. Plankton». The only difference is that he did not die in the last scene, it was simply made clear he will eventually die, maybe within 12 months. Also, they gave an open ending if he remembered her or not, or if he was simply pretending to have forgotten like he did before.
Can anyone explain the ending ? Is it like uncontrollably fond ending ?
Yes, similar to «Uncontrollably Fond» & «Mr. Plankton». The only difference is that he did not die in the last scene, it was simply made clear he will eventually die, maybe within 12 months. Also, they gave an open ending if he remembered her or not, or if he was simply pretending to have forgotten like he did before.
Bittersweet endings hold a quiet, yet powerful beauty. They’re different from pure sadness, which settles in your heart like a weight. In stories like Uncontrollably Fond and Mr. Plankton, we know early on that joy and pain will entwine, but still, we cling to a fragile hope—that somehow love will rewrite destiny.
Mr. Plankton doesn’t just remind us of love’s power, but of life’s fragility. It nudges us to forgive, not just others but ourselves, and to embrace every moment. It teaches us to live meaningfully, without regrets, and to leave behind memories that will inspire others to live fully too. There’s a humbling reminder in these stories: at the end of our journey, the legacy we leave is a reflection of the love and peace we nurtured within ourselves.
Why did 4 episodes get added. They need to just wrap this up already
They need to end it on a Friday. It's typical in daily dramas, if they don't do that, the rest of the network's schedule is going be affected. Also, it's not a thing for the network to just insert whatever during those missing days.
The real challenge here is which episode did they start to change things, because that's usually where things start to get messy. I mean, it is not easy to shorten or leghten a show that was carefully plotted. Not only that, to get the actors back, the crew, the set, costumes, and so on. They have to pay everyone a bonus too, since it'll no doubt affect the projects they're already filming.
Ji Yeeun really knows how to play her character well. She even immediately understood that the seniors are setting a trap for their guests during their lunch (RM), and she played innocent. She was born to be in a variety show, she quickly catches up with what's happening.
I was expecting her to react someone's stealing their food but she pretended she didn't see it. It takes someone who knows how to flow with jokes to discern what's going on and play along.
That's what variety shows are, majority of it is impromptu. You have to be attentive and flow with the rest. You wait for your time to shine, and you become a team player when it isn't your spotlight.
That's real talent. And it's not boring. She probably was very fun in groups and as a classmate, making your day fun and light.
Ji Yeeun really knows how to play her character well. She even immediately understood that the seniors are setting a trap for their guests during their lunch, and she played innocent. She was born to be in a variety show, she quickly catches up with what's happening.
I was expecting her to react someone's stealing their food but she pretended she didn't see it. It takes someone who knows how to flow with jokes to discern what's going on and play along.
That's what variety shows are, majority of it is impromptu. You have to be attentive and flow with the rest. You wait for your time to shine, and you become a team player when it isn't your spotlight.
That's real talent. And it's not boring. She probably was very fun in groups and as a classmate, making your day fun and light.
Now we know what it was that her mother is afraid of. Since ber daughter grew up poor like ber, she knows very well how easily she will be tempted to push herself beyong limits, only for her to self-destruct.
I like how they showed suddenly developed Juran by contrasting her with the bully. Juran is a pessimist-realist while the bully turns out to be a positive-realist. When they showed how the bully sees Jeongnyeon, it showed a complete opposite of Juran.
Then later, at the last minute, they gave justice to Juran by revealing what the deeper, hidden, reason behind her decision. Her pessimist-realist "excuse" was only the surface to cover/hide her true reason.
That revelation placed the bully's positive-realist view of Jeongnyeon into a new light. Sure, she sees her differently, but at the end of the day, she's only using her to advance herself. Jeongnyeon's true friend in the end is still Juran.
Habin is innocent. Everyone will be surprised later how she started solving the mysteries a few years before the cases started.
No matter how good of a strategist, profiler, analyzer, she is, it's not possible to be a step ahead than her father who is far mire expienced than her. She started on this way before anyone, that's why she's always beating her father in the game.
She's not perfect. But she knows her craft well to be able to solve, by herself, the complications. Again, not possible if you just one day started doing it because an opportunity arose. No, she studied well, no doubt read her father's books. Practiced her way of thinking. And to remain calm and objective. After all, she's going to fool her father for as long as possible.
And that's the final clue, she understands her father will eventually caught up with her. Anyone who just got plunged into this will act like a god. But she did not. She analyzed things. She weighed her options. Carefully chose which action can benefit her most.
She's innocent. She's out to take revenge on who killed her "best friend", and it will be her first kill.
And her father finally caught up with her game. LOL. He probably realized now he's facing his clone. And no ordinary clone, a very dangerous one filled with hatred and mistrust. There's no question she can kill, especially since even her own father thinks she killed her brother. What they don't know, she's only abiut to get her first kill.
If her father can't stop her taking her first kill, she can end up becoming a serial killer or a head of a new notorious gang.
Lastly, she can still be saved. She's crying to her father the entire time but her father was so thick and full of himself, he can't see it. Now they're entering the final phase of the game, and since she's not yet a "master", she can potentially die. She hasn't surpassed her father, she just had a huge headstart. And she started to play with another chess player she thinks she can take on.
Another incredible episode. They're too short, I'd love a 2-hour episode. I was so excited. But can someone explain…
Theatre plays are like that. You focus on the most popular ones as it is your masterpiece and where your actors excel, and well, it is what people loves.
You try a new story, see if the people will love it, hopefully one that can replace the current masterpiece. If that failed keep doing the masterpiece. Even the Greeks and Romans, and earlier, were doing that already. Even in Shakespeare's time.
But the problem is that, the seniors like Ok, they got stuck with their tried and tested interpretation of their characters. People responded well to those versions so they fell to the trap of repeating it, eventually forgetting to reinvent it.
This is where tde new 3 actors come in. To challenge the seniors to reignite their creativity. As Ok already noticed, those 3 girls kept on reinventing their characters, which is why the audiences are always on the edge. Especially true with Jeongnyeon, no matter where you place her, she brings a new dimension to the character.
Even today, theatre actors go through it. Once they find one where people react to, they'll keep repeating that formula.In the end, they become stagnant. It's a trap, and for sure they have a word for it.
For on-screen actors, it's actually the same, but harder to detect because they often have different projects, especially for Korean drama. Western drama usually have multiple seasons, so it's a bit easier to see. Anyway, for cultures where multiple seasons are not common, you'll usually detect it by analyzing the characters an actor plays. You find patterns. You find differences. The less there are, the more it points that the actor stopped growing. Same old formula, just a different character.
And this is the story of the show. Hence, they also kept repeating the theatre play in the hope that modern audiences will notice it. If they kept changing the play, it'll be harder for modern audiecnes to see what they're trying to say/show to us.
They are playing the same play again and again..That's why Ok Gyeong said it was boring..Imagine playing the same…
That's how theatre plays have always been in any country, since B.C. era. 😝
What she's referring to as "boring" is not because they're doing the same play over and over again, it was because the actors are always playing the exact same thing they already did instead of adding something new to their character.
A good thesis here is Shakespeare. They've played the plays over qnd over again with the same actors, but why was it that his plays were far more popular despite being a derivative of various other plays? His actors kept on adding flavour to their characters, and Shakespeare himself also encouraged them, even gave his inputs.
Scripts are nothing but guidelines. It is up to the actors on how to interpret and own their characters. The writers and directors can give a thousand suggestions, but if the actor's take of the character is two-dimensional, it will remain so.
In this show, they need those 3 new actors to challenge them because those 3 are bringing in a new colour to the characters. Not only that, those 3 new girls kept on reinventing their characters. By being challenged, it is Ok's hope that the seniors will find it again in their hearts to reinvent their characters instead of repeating the same two-dimensional interpretations that they got so used to.
why jooran is not in the poster eventhough she's considered as a main role? and davi wasn't in press conference…
In Korea, posters mean nothing as fas roles are concerned. There were even shows before where the actors in the poster turned out to have bordering main-support role in the end.
For them, posters are meant to attract the audience by showcasing the big name actors, those with huge followings already.
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Mr. Plankton doesn’t just remind us of love’s power, but of life’s fragility. It nudges us to forgive, not just others but ourselves, and to embrace every moment. It teaches us to live meaningfully, without regrets, and to leave behind memories that will inspire others to live fully too. There’s a humbling reminder in these stories: at the end of our journey, the legacy we leave is a reflection of the love and peace we nurtured within ourselves.
Highly recommended.
The real challenge here is which episode did they start to change things, because that's usually where things start to get messy. I mean, it is not easy to shorten or leghten a show that was carefully plotted. Not only that, to get the actors back, the crew, the set, costumes, and so on. They have to pay everyone a bonus too, since it'll no doubt affect the projects they're already filming.
I was expecting her to react someone's stealing their food but she pretended she didn't see it. It takes someone who knows how to flow with jokes to discern what's going on and play along.
That's what variety shows are, majority of it is impromptu. You have to be attentive and flow with the rest. You wait for your time to shine, and you become a team player when it isn't your spotlight.
That's real talent. And it's not boring. She probably was very fun in groups and as a classmate, making your day fun and light.
I was expecting her to react someone's stealing their food but she pretended she didn't see it. It takes someone who knows how to flow with jokes to discern what's going on and play along.
That's what variety shows are, majority of it is impromptu. You have to be attentive and flow with the rest. You wait for your time to shine, and you become a team player when it isn't your spotlight.
That's real talent. And it's not boring. She probably was very fun in groups and as a classmate, making your day fun and light.
Then later, at the last minute, they gave justice to Juran by revealing what the deeper, hidden, reason behind her decision. Her pessimist-realist "excuse" was only the surface to cover/hide her true reason.
That revelation placed the bully's positive-realist view of Jeongnyeon into a new light. Sure, she sees her differently, but at the end of the day, she's only using her to advance herself. Jeongnyeon's true friend in the end is still Juran.
No matter how good of a strategist, profiler, analyzer, she is, it's not possible to be a step ahead than her father who is far mire expienced than her. She started on this way before anyone, that's why she's always beating her father in the game.
She's not perfect. But she knows her craft well to be able to solve, by herself, the complications. Again, not possible if you just one day started doing it because an opportunity arose. No, she studied well, no doubt read her father's books. Practiced her way of thinking. And to remain calm and objective. After all, she's going to fool her father for as long as possible.
And that's the final clue, she understands her father will eventually caught up with her. Anyone who just got plunged into this will act like a god. But she did not. She analyzed things. She weighed her options. Carefully chose which action can benefit her most.
She's innocent. She's out to take revenge on who killed her "best friend", and it will be her first kill.
And her father finally caught up with her game. LOL. He probably realized now he's facing his clone. And no ordinary clone, a very dangerous one filled with hatred and mistrust. There's no question she can kill, especially since even her own father thinks she killed her brother. What they don't know, she's only abiut to get her first kill.
If her father can't stop her taking her first kill, she can end up becoming a serial killer or a head of a new notorious gang.
Lastly, she can still be saved. She's crying to her father the entire time but her father was so thick and full of himself, he can't see it. Now they're entering the final phase of the game, and since she's not yet a "master", she can potentially die. She hasn't surpassed her father, she just had a huge headstart. And she started to play with another chess player she thinks she can take on.
Can she? Maybe she'll surprise us yet again.
Still, I love how those three players kept on one up'ing each other. 😂😂😂
You try a new story, see if the people will love it, hopefully one that can replace the current masterpiece. If that failed keep doing the masterpiece. Even the Greeks and Romans, and earlier, were doing that already. Even in Shakespeare's time.
But the problem is that, the seniors like Ok, they got stuck with their tried and tested interpretation of their characters. People responded well to those versions so they fell to the trap of repeating it, eventually forgetting to reinvent it.
This is where tde new 3 actors come in. To challenge the seniors to reignite their creativity. As Ok already noticed, those 3 girls kept on reinventing their characters, which is why the audiences are always on the edge. Especially true with Jeongnyeon, no matter where you place her, she brings a new dimension to the character.
Even today, theatre actors go through it. Once they find one where people react to, they'll keep repeating that formula.In the end, they become stagnant. It's a trap, and for sure they have a word for it.
For on-screen actors, it's actually the same, but harder to detect because they often have different projects, especially for Korean drama. Western drama usually have multiple seasons, so it's a bit easier to see. Anyway, for cultures where multiple seasons are not common, you'll usually detect it by analyzing the characters an actor plays. You find patterns. You find differences. The less there are, the more it points that the actor stopped growing. Same old formula, just a different character.
And this is the story of the show. Hence, they also kept repeating the theatre play in the hope that modern audiences will notice it. If they kept changing the play, it'll be harder for modern audiecnes to see what they're trying to say/show to us.
🙂
What she's referring to as "boring" is not because they're doing the same play over and over again, it was because the actors are always playing the exact same thing they already did instead of adding something new to their character.
A good thesis here is Shakespeare. They've played the plays over qnd over again with the same actors, but why was it that his plays were far more popular despite being a derivative of various other plays? His actors kept on adding flavour to their characters, and Shakespeare himself also encouraged them, even gave his inputs.
Scripts are nothing but guidelines. It is up to the actors on how to interpret and own their characters. The writers and directors can give a thousand suggestions, but if the actor's take of the character is two-dimensional, it will remain so.
In this show, they need those 3 new actors to challenge them because those 3 are bringing in a new colour to the characters. Not only that, those 3 new girls kept on reinventing their characters. By being challenged, it is Ok's hope that the seniors will find it again in their hearts to reinvent their characters instead of repeating the same two-dimensional interpretations that they got so used to.
For them, posters are meant to attract the audience by showcasing the big name actors, those with huge followings already.