Man to Man: Episode 16 (Final)
by chocolatte
Yes, Park Hae-jin, I’ll miss seeing your face every week, too. We finally bid goodbye to our gang of secret agents and agent-wannabe’s, and we use our last hour with them to tie up a few loose ends before sending everyone off on their next mission. That includes Ghost Agent K doing what he does best—closing out a mission in style—only this time, he’s got an awesome team behind him, and it makes everything that much more fun to watch.
FINAL EPISODE RECAP
Just before the live broadcast, Seol-woo outfits Seung-jae with the explosive mic, warning Seung-jae that if he doesn’t tell the truth on air, his heart will literally explode. Sitting across from Seung-jae, Woon-kwang looks at his rival with a smirk before cheekily tapping his chest for effect.
Director Im walks into the 58th floor of Songsan, where the TV’s already turned on to Seung-jae’s show. He looks around the office (probably for Mi-eun?), then gets a text from said secret agent, which reads: “Listen carefully to my husband’s words.”
On air, Seung-jae introduces himself as a “fan” of Dark Death. Woon-kwang doesn’t waste any time, asking why a fan of his would try to kill him not once, but twice. Damn. As the in-studio staff and crowd break out into hushed murmurs, Do-ha asks the show’s PD to trust her this once, promising a ratings bonanza in exchange.
As the show continues, Woon-kwang explains his accusation: “Eight years ago and two months ago—the accidents during my stunt shoots. Those were hits ordered by you, Mo Seung-jae, to kill me.” Seung-jae tries to feign innocence, but Woon-kwang has evidence, pulling out Dong-hyun’s pen recorder and broadcasting a clip of Seung-jae’s assistant ordering the hit on Woon-kwang.
In the control room, the PD calls for a commercial break in a panic. Do-ha pleads with him to let the two men continue their conversation, calling it their chance to uncover Songsan’s dirty connections. She confirms the authenticity of the recording that just aired and hands over a stack of confidential Songsan documents for the PD to verify. That works, and a few moments later, the PD tells his team to get the host off camera, leaving Seung-jae and Woon-kwang on air alone.
Back at Songsan, Director Im answers a ringing phone, his eyes widening when he hears K on the other end. Seol-woo instructs Director Im to look under the table, where he finds a blinking explosive. Seol-woo orders the director not to hang up or move unless he wants to be blown up.
Trapped, Director Im asks Seol-woo what he wants. Seol-woo says it’s simple: crime and punishment, and of course, revenge.
On set, Seung-jae mutters to Woon-kwang that despite this stunt, the world can never be on their side. Smiling, Woon-kwang responds: “Just once in a while, the world flips upside down. Today is that day.”
The show goes back on air with everyone tuning in, including Myung-suk and Dong-hyun’s wife from Dong-hyun’s hospital room, and Sharon, who’s watching alone at her shop with Mi-eun. When Woon-kwang asks Seung-jae for a response to the recording, Seung-jae insists that he’s innocent and calls the recording fake.
Over the phone, Director Im tells Seol-woo that the recording is meaningless, as evidence only matters if it’s in the hands of someone powerful. Seol-woo easily replies that they have plenty of evidence, so he shouldn’t worry.
Woon-kwang lobs the next question at Seung-jae, this time exposing Songsan’s newly set up foundation as a slush fund rather than as a true charitable organization. Once again, Seung-jae avoids all responsibility, saying he doesn’t oversee the day-to-day workings of the foundation, as that’s done by his wife. Dude, way to throw your wife under the bus.
Seung-jae apologizes to Woon-kwang for not keeping those around him in check, but he says that he’s not legally responsible for any of what’s occurred, since he himself hasn’t done anything wrong. When Woon-kwang asks if that applies to Dong-hyun’s accident as well, Seung-jae claims he doesn’t even know who the prosecutor is.
Meanwhile, still on the phone with Seol-woo, Director Im pulls out his cell phone to send a text instructing someone to track his location and send agents.
Back to the show. Woon-kwang brings up Seung-jae’s assistant again, this time telling Seung-jae that the assistant is being interrogated by the prosecutor’s office. Seung-jae clings to his stance that he shouldn’t be held responsible for his assistant’s actions; as a response, Woon-kwang mentions that Dark Death’s a particularly scary villain because of how easily he blows up bombs, then taps his chest.
Now looking really nervous, Seung-jae turns his head towards Seol-woo, who waves his detonator and whispers, “Boom.” Seung-jae’s fear-filled face is clearly visible on camera, leading Director Im to ask Seol-woo what he’s got on Seung-jae. Seol-woo tells him about the explosive, calling it a “microphone of truth.”
Woon-kwang asks Seung-jae if he really doesn’t have anything more truthful to say, moving to wrap up the show. Glancing back at Seol-woo, then at Woon-kwang again, Seung-jae finally breaks, hastily announcing to the world that he’s being threatened.
Hearing those words, Director Im smirks into the phone, telling Seol-woo that it doesn’t matter if Seung-jae blabs on live TV about the bomb or if he’s blown up with the bomb; either way, Seol-woo and team would be labeled as terrorists. Seol-woo, however, doesn’t look troubled at all.
Seung-jae continues his confession, telling his fellow citizens that they need to know the truth. “The person behind all of this is… the NIS director,” he says. (Ha, I knew Seung-jae would rat Director Im out!) Woon-kwang asks Seung-jae for proof, so Seung-jae digs up a USB drive in his pocket, saying it contains a file noting Director Im’s past evil deeds.
Director Im looks stunned by this turn of events, but Seol-woo smiles, calling Seung-jae a “young prince” who would never gamble with his life. Desperate now, Director Im yells at Seol-woo to detonate the bomb on Seung-jae, offering whatever he wants in exchange.
Seol-woo’s eyes turn hard as he asks, “Why did you do that to Dong-hyun?” Director Im says it was all for the country, claiming that it would be disastrous if information on the first-generation ghost agents were to be made public.
But alas, that’s exactly what’s happening now, as Seung-jae slides his USB drive towards Woon-kwang, offering it to the prosecutor’s office. Seeing this on screen, Director Im screams that he’s sorry about Dong-hyun and pleads with Seol-woo to kill Seung-jae now. After a beat, Seol-woo agrees, then holds up his detonator and presses the button.
Instead of Seung-jae being blown up though, the hidden wall in Seung-jae’s office slides up, revealing the video feed of Director Im on screen. Seol-woo coldly tells Director Im to accept his punishment, and Director Im chucks the phone in frustration, bellowing loudly.
That’s when Department Head Jang walks out from Seung-jae’s secret room, a copy of Director Im’s confession in hand. Moments later, authorities barge in to arrest the NIS leader. As Director Im is handcuffed, Department Head Jang tells him that his mission to catch the NIS traitor has been completed. Love it.
After the live show concludes, a chastened Seung-jae is escorted out by the police. Woon-kwang asks Seol-woo if Seung-jae’s mic was really a bomb, and upon confirming that it wasn’t, he asks about the alarm clock bomb Seol-woo concocted on his first day on the job. Seol-woo’s face betrays the truth, and the two cutely bicker about it, hee.
With everything now out in the open, Mi-eun tells Sharon that she and Jae-young will live like ordinary people, quietly. When Sharon asks if she’s okay, Mi-eun replies that it was all going to turn out like this eventually.
At the hospital later, Dong-hyun’s wife tells Seol-woo that Dong-hyun’s regained consciousness (whew!), but they’re not sure how his recovery will turn out. Noticing Dong-hyun’s wriggling toes, Seol-woo says he’ll be fine, and Dong-hyun almost looks like he’s smiling at his hoobae.
Myung-suk shares the good news about Dong-hyun with Do-ha and tells her this will hopefully lead to Seol-woo being cleared of his charges. When Do-ha asks her father why he thought Seol-woo was innocent, he says it’s obviously because Do-ha trusted Seol-woo, aw.
After receiving a call, Do-ha rushes over to Woon-kwang’s and finds the celebrity’s face grave. The reason for his stress? He can’t decide between keeping the three wood carvings, or the five million in cash. Do-ha yells at him to choose one, so he finally decides to go with the wood carvings. He confirms with the carvings that he’s made the right choice, lovingly asking them, “I did good, right?”
Do-ha brings the cash back to Seol-woo, and after hearing that he’s been cleared of all charges, she asks him how he knew that Seung-jae was going to betray Director Im. Seol-woo says it was a combination of his awesome skills and scientific profiling; at that, Do-ha’s eyes narrow, as she realizes that she must have been profiled by him as well.
She wonders if he chose to seduce her deliberately, having sized her up as an easy target. She gets more and more embarrassed at the thought of Seol-woo reading her feelings and covers her face in mortification. Smiling gently at her, Seol-woo says it’s true that he read her feelings, but adds that it was his own feelings that he didn’t know at the time. Seol-woo brings her in for a hug, and Do-ha melts into him, smiling happily.
The next morning, CEO Ji tears into Woon-kwang for keeping him in the dark, yelling that what he did turned out to be… crazy awesome, ha. CEO Ji gushes that Woon-kwang’s celebrity status is through the roof with media requests pouring in from all sides, then leans in to compliment Woon-kwang’s amazing performance on the live show. Woon-kwang grins, but then turns serious to ask CEO Ji for a favor: He wants him to look after Mi-eun.
Seol-woo meets secretly with Department Head Jang (who’s back with the NIS) to hand over the five million dollars. Department Head Jang tells Seol-woo that he’s been reinstated as a ghost agent and gives Seol-woo the next month off, telling him to rest and think things over.
For some reason, Seung-jae and Director Im are interrogated together in the same room. The two take turns blaming each other for their crimes and even try to name-drop in an attempt to influence the prosecutor, but thankfully, it doesn’t work.
In another interrogation room, Ki-chul and Assemblyman Baek, already in prison garb, wait for their turn to be questioned. Assemblyman Baek is positively giddy at Seung-jae and Director Im’s comeuppance and tries to get Ki-chul to agree to come up with a story to make things worse for the two. But Ki-chul opts for the truth, telling Assemblman Baek that he’ll testify against him as well.
When Assemblyman Baek asks Ki-chul about the deal he made with Seol-woo, Ki-chul thinks back to his last conversation with the ghost agent. Ki-chul had told Seol-woo that he’d get Seung-jae’s assistant and then turn himself in as promised. In response, Seol-woo assured him of his daughter’s continued medical treatments. Back in the present, Ki-chul tells Assemblyman Baek that the deal he made was to stay alive, then smiles gratefully.
Sometime later, Mi-eun returns to the ransacked offices of Songsan. Do-ha visits Ki-chul’s wife and daughter and sends a photo of the two to Ki-chul, who is on his way to prison, along with Seung-jae, Assemblyman Baek, and Director Im. Filming for Last Love continues, and while Dong-hyun’s still in the hospital, he looks like he’s on the road to a full recovery.
As we check in on everyone, Do-ha reads lines from the poem “Sky” by Park No-hae:
Someone high up, someone with power, someone with wealth
They all seem like the sky
No, they are the dark sky controlling our lives
Where and to whom will I be the sky?
Ah, we want to be the sky too
Not dark clouds that press down on others
Ones that support each other
I wish it could be a world in which we can all be blue skies to each other.
Do-ha sighs that it’s her favorite poem, to which Seol-woo sassily replies that it’s his too—that is, starting today. Seol-woo’s good mood is ruined when Do-ha has to run back to work, and when she suggests that he come back as a bodyguard so they can continue their office romance, he adorably complains that he’s on vacation, so he shouldn’t have to work.
Seol-woo’s next stop is Dong-hyun’s hospital room, where Dong-hyun also tells him to go back to work as Woon-kwang’s bodyguard. When Seol-woo reiterates that he’s on vacation, Dong-hyun asks what he’ll do after his vacation is over. Seol-woo retorts that he’ll resign and disappear, and though he’s sounds like he’s joking, Dong-hyun wonders under his breath whether Seol-woo’s referring to his NIS job or his bodyguard job.
Later, Seol-woo ends up at Woon-kwang’s, where he makes a deal to log 10,000 steps on the treadmill for Woon-kwang in exchange for Do-ha getting a week off, heh. Determined to spend some time with Do-ha, Seol-woo huffs and puffs his way through his task, much to Woon-kwang’s amusement.
In her store, Sharon fits Department Head Jang for a suit and congratulates him on his promotion. (Oh, is he the new NIS director?) Department Head Jang looks like he’s there against his will, protesting that he can’t accept the suit since it goes against ethics rules. At that, Sharon innocently asks if the gift would be okay coming from his wife. Cute! As Department Head Jang stares at her in shock, Sharon laughs at his response, and the two embrace.
Mi-eun visits Seung-jae in jail, letting him know that she’s transferred her stocks and real estate holdings back to his name. She then slides divorce papers over to him, telling him to sign it if he wants. Wait, she’s letting him decide?
Over a meal at Song-yi’s restaurant, Myung-suk gives Seol-woo a fortuneteller reading for him and Do-ha with a recommended wedding date. Myung-suk offers to gift the couple with a place to live, remarking that he feels as if he’s gaining a son. Seol-woo can’t say anything in response and just looks down at the fortune, looking conflicted.
Dong-hyun and his wife enjoy some outside time on hospital grounds when they spot a bunch of men in dark suits headed their way. Dong-hyun groans as the men split into two lines, forming a path for Department Head Jang, who marches up to Dong-hyun and pulls out an official-looking certificate.
Department Head Jang announces that Dong-hyun’s being awarded the medal of honor for playing a large role in protecting the nation. He pins the medal on Dong-hyun’s coat, then leads his men in a salute. Dong-hyun looks completely taken aback, but raises his hand to return the salute (though not before glancing nervously at his wife, ha). He exchanges a warm look with Department Head Jang, melting my heart into a puddle of goo.
It looks like Seol-woo’s hopes for getting some time with Do-ha go unfulfilled—Seol-woo’s followed Do-ha to the set of Last Love, but she continues to blow him off for work. Seol-woo’s busy pouting about this when someone catches his eyes from afar: Russian Major Petrov. Noooo.
Woon-kwang’s co-star, Eun-soo, pleads with him to film the ending kissing scene himself. She says that while she respects his rules, it would be really weird to use a double for the scene. With a sad look in his eyes, Woon-kwang tells Eun-soo that if they kiss for real, it would have to be passionate, since there’s no other love for these two characters.
In his hideout, Seol-woo thinks back to his earlier conversation with Petrov, who told him about a resurgence of a group called Red October, and that everyone from their previous mission—aside from the two of them—has disappeared.
Having made his decision, Seol-woo pays Woon-kwang a late-night visit. He’s refreshingly honest, telling Woon-kwang that an Eastern European terrorist organization is active again, and because his cover was blown, he now must disappear.
Woon-kwang doesn’t seem all that surprised at the news, commenting that only Dark Death could help Seol-woo at this point. Seol-woo says that Dark Death has other work to do—like be with the brave child who visited his secret headquarters—and tells Woon-kwang that he’ll end the bodyguard tactic now. Woon-kwang accepts his decision, but reminds Seol-woo that “tactics end, but life continues on.”
The next day, Woon-kwang meets Mi-eun for coffee and tells her that they’re wrapping up filming for Last Love. He says he’s planning on shooting the ending kiss scene himself, ending his promise to her of not kissing anyone while filming. When she tells him the promise to her isn’t important, Woon-kwang tells her it was, to him, simply because he kept loving her all this time.
“Let’s break up for real now,” Woon-kwang says, finally ready to move on. “Let’s do so without guilt, and without clinging on.” When Mi-eun agrees, Woon-kwang asks her to tell her son that Dark Death is always on his side. He adds that he’ll appear whenever Jae-young needs him, and at that, the two tearfully smile at one another.
Seol-woo meets with Do-ha and wordlessly hands her a cup of coffee while gazing at her with this look in his eyes. It doesn’t take long for Do-ha to realize that Seol-woo must be leaving, and she asks him when, and if, he’s coming back. Seol-woo explains that being undercover means that he has no idea who he’ll be, nor when he might return to being the person that Do-ha knows now.
So he tells Do-ha not to wait. She says that she won’t—she won’t look for him or be curious, and she’ll try not to think about him. She says she’ll just be here, and asks him to just come back someday.
Seol-woo’s still processing the goodbye when he gets a phone call from Department Head Jang, telling him to get back on duty. But ha, K is one step ahead of him as usual, as he’s already made plans to head to Hungary. Department Head Jang scolds him for doing whatever he wants as usual, but ends the call with a smile, ordering him to return to Korea safely. As Seol-woo hangs up, Major Petrov appears, ready to accompany Seol-woo on his next mission.
As Do-ha helps clean Woon-kwang’s carvings, she quietly tells Woon-kwang about Seol-woo’s departure. She remarks that Seol-woo’s fight never ends since there are so many bad guys out there, but she adds that she’s okay, since their tactic hasn’t ended yet either. Woon-kwang reassures Do-ha that though Guard Kim may have disappeared, Brother will surely return.
On his way to the airport, Seol-woo plays with his tracker coin, which Do-ha had given back to him when they said goodbye. Petrov notices the coin and asks about it; in response, Seol-woo calls it his “weakness” before turning the conversation over to what lies ahead for them.
Another day, another wake-up call for Woon-kwang. Woon-kwang awakes to a beeping (fake) bomb next to his bed, along with a poor man’s Guard Kim, aka Sang-shik, asking the “VIP” to wake up. Woon-kwang peeks over and insults Sang-shik’s new look before blowing him off.
Elsewhere, Do-ha cancels a movie date with Song-yi for something far more important: tracking down someone selling fake Woon-kwang merchandise. Do-ha pretends to be interested in buying an “authentic” Woon-kwang jacket and captures ample evidence to take down the scammer before scolding the culprit for daring to sully Woon-kwang’s name.
We also check in with Seol-woo, who’s now undercover as a priest in Hungary. As expected, he’s zipping along in his mission, easily securing the information he’s after and looking good while doing it.
Myung-suk prepares for the opening of his new restaurant and shows Do-ha the sketch he used to design the layout, which happens to be signed by “K.” Myung-suk wonders if Seol-woo will make it to their grand opening, then says that it’s probably difficult to come and go “from there.” Do-ha looks at her father in shock, asking if he knows Seol-woo’s whereabouts; he responds that he does, but it’s a matter of national security.
In jail, Seung-jae returns the signed divorce papers to Mi-eun before asking after Jae-young, saying that he misses his son. Welling up at those words, Mi-eun rips up the divorce papers, saying it’s not time yet. As tears roll down his face, Seung-jae nods at her in agreement.
CEO Ji and Woon-kwang meet with a potential investor, who quickly notices Woon-kwang’s prized wood carvings on display. The investor asks Woon-kwang if they’re for sale, assuring him that he’ll pay double whatever price he has in mind. At this, CEO Ji loud-whispers to Woon-kwang that they might not need the investment in the movie after all, but Woon-kwang tells the investor the carvings aren’t for sale, since he can’t put a price on his family’s memories.
Aww, Do-ha’s taken Seol-woo’s place next to Dong-hyun, as the two play video games in Seol-woo’s hideout. She quietly asks if Dong-hyun told her dad about Seol-woo—and ha, it turns out what Dong-hyun told Myung-suk isn’t quite the whole truth, and now Dad thinks Seol-woo’s a bodyguard for the Blue House.
Dong-hyun complains about not having any idea where Seol-woo is, and Do-ha offhandedly says that Seol-woo should have the coin tracker on him. It takes a second for that information to sink in, but after a minute, the two look at each other in surprise, realizing that they can actually track Seol-woo’s location. What, you just thought of that now?
At a café in Budapest, Seol-woo sips his coffee, coin in hand, when he gets a text from Major Petrov indicating that the Red October mission is complete. Smiling, Seol-woo quickly makes another call, then disappears.
Do-ha happens to be looking at Seol-woo’s location on her phone when the blinking red light suddenly disappears. She’s startled at first, but a slow smile spreads across her face when she realizes what this might mean.
As we zoom out from his empty seat at the café, Seol-woo narrates, “I am Ghost Agent K. A shadow without a name or reputation. I have a good feeling about this mission.”
COMMENTS
I’ve gone back and forth on how I feel about this ending, which is similar to how I feel about this show overall. On the one hand, I did enjoy the way our villains met their downfall—though the setup was kind of ridiculous, it was fun to watch Seol-woo partner up with not just Mi-eun, but also Woon-kwang and Do-ha in bringing down Seung-jae and Director Im via a live broadcast.
But on the other hand, I’m confused about the actual resolution of the whole mission. What was the point of establishing Director Im as the NIS traitor, in addition to positioning the “elders” behind Assemblyman Baek as the ones truly pulling the strings, if we weren’t actually going to find out more about those people? Why did the show bother to bring in first-generation ghost agents and the damning evidence on them and then not follow through on what those records contained? Why go on about how the world will be turned upside down if those records were released, but then not even mention what happened as a result of Seung-jae’s confession? Argh, so frustrating.
Plot issues aside, I’m mostly happy with the way the show wrapped up for our characters, especially since it meant that Dong-hyun made it out alive—for once, the truck of doom did not prevail, yay! That heartwarming moment Dong-hyun had with Department Head Jang outside of the hospital was so beautiful and in character, and it was made only better by the presence of his wife (though she came in at the very end of the series, she’s really added something extra to Dong-hyun’s story). I liked that Department Head Jang’s upright, steadfast nature was rewarded, and that Ki-chul, another man who was shown to be true to his word, got the peace of mind that he was searching for. Even Myung-suk seemed to have redeemed himself, having found his way of “living quietly,” while offering Do-ha the support that she’s always craved from him.
To me, the heart of the show was always Woon-kwang, who not only was at the center of the funniest scenes in the series, but also created the most swoon-worthy moments as the best oppa/hyung ever. I was disappointed in the show’s uneven use of Woon-kwang in the latter half of the show, but I thought the resolution to his story was handled nicely in the finale, especially by having him play such a prominent role in the live broadcast. I loved Woon-kwang’s fearlessness in going after Seung-jae on air, as it underscored the stark contrast between the two men beautifully: Seung-jae is such a coward—someone who’s driven by self-preservation at all costs—but Woon-kwang’s the opposite, and is always willing to put himself and his resources on the line if it means helping out his loved ones.
It’s so clear who the better man is here, and I’m glad Woon-kwang got the closure he needed to move on from his painful past with Mi-eun. Though I did at some point root for the two to get back together, I think the way they ended things was right—they aren’t the same people they were eight years ago, and it really does seem like Mi-eun loves Seung-jae in her own way, given her willingness to stay married to him. I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man, because while I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
I guess that leaves us with Do-ha and Seol-woo. It took me so long to get behind their romance, and then when I did, I feel like the show just kind of let it fade into the background, like it wasn’t worth spending too much time on. It bothers me that Woon-kwang got more of an explanation from Seol-woo on his departure than Do-ha did—at least, from what we were shown. It’s unclear what kind of arrangement the two agreed to, if they talked about their relationship at all—but based on their final scenes together, it seems like they’re operating on an “ignorance is bliss” model.
I hate the idea of Seol-woo going back to hiding so much about his work, when we saw how much he’d opened himself up to Woon-kwang and Do-ha through the course of the show. I mean, I understand the need to keep things under wraps for the sake of national security if Seol-woo’s back to being a ghost agent. But at least tell the people you love what that means for them! All we get is Seol-woo telling Do-ha not to wait for him, and Do-ha basically saying she won’t wait in name only, but that she’d still be around when he returns. Sure, that kind of arrangement might work with friends like Dong-hyun and Woon-kwang, but for Do-ha? Not so much.
In the end, though, I guess it doesn’t really matter, as I wasn’t necessarily watching Man to Man for the romance, nor for its action/thriller narrative. I liked watching the character interactions, especially our good guys, and for me, the show was at its best when it was light and funny and didn’t take itself too seriously, even as it was dealing with Very Serious Spy Issues. And even though the series was fairly entertaining throughout, I wish it would have been able to bring that lightness to the forefront a little more evenly all throughout its run—because when the show was firing on all cylinders, it was so great, and when it wasn’t, it was just Park Hae-jin on screen, looking pretty. Which I guess isn’t all that bad of a way to spend a few weekends, but let’s just say that I’m hoping for better projects for all of these actors the next time around.
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51 yamakita
May 13, 2019 at 9:29 PM
I'm just catching the PHJ fever and checking this drama out because of it. MXM has great male leads, but the female lead leaves MUCH to be desired. Bad casting.
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theend
May 3, 2022 at 8:49 AM
Frankly, giving Mi-Eun's absurd decisions to enable her murderously controlling creep of a husband by giving him money, when he tried to kill Woon-kwang just a mere couple of months ago, and the decision to stay with him despite him having been willing to murder those she loves 8 years ago and even recently, and being willing to hurt her and her child (by threatening to separate the latter from his mother), I would say that the issue is with the writing, more than with the casting.
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52 Jin Ari
June 19, 2019 at 2:08 PM
I miss this show so much! I miss Seol Woon Do so much!
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53 Earl W Vanderpoort
August 21, 2020 at 10:55 AM
Disclaimer: I really am happy to have this platform to express MY opinion and appreciate alternate views.
I am very thankful for your recaps and comments and mostly agree with them. I Absolutely really, truly, loved this series and was ready to put it in my all time favorites drawer until the last episode which left me flat. If it's setting up for another season I can live with it otherwise the main relationship felt unsettled. For the most part it was a perfect blend of romance, comedy and suspense. Really enjoyed the multiple bromances and girlfriends to girlfriend relationships. I'm a romantic and wanted to see Seol-woo and Do-ha to wed and have kids. Of course with his occupation it would be impossible until he retires, but then they might be to old. This was a typical Kdrama ending; good, but not totally satisfying. Man to Man much like Crash Landing On You where the lovers future are spaced with long times apart, short blissful periods together and you're left not knowing if they actually wed and/or have kids. I guess you have to admire the love that can be sustained with all those obstacles, but for a traditional romantic like me unacceptable ending! Now the subplot romance conclusions were really good except for Woon-gang and Mi-euns relationship, for dramatic effect yes, but for me they needed to re-kindle there relationship, especially if Jae-young was really his son. I've noticed a trend in Kdramas though where children discover there biological parents and even if the separations were understandable due to circumstances they would remain with the ones that raised them. Is this a commentary for social correction?
Getting back to Seol-woo and Do-ha's it seemed that their roles reversed, in that suddenly, Do-ha was the work-occupied one and Seol-woo was left without a lover. I especially felt bad for Seol-woo when he was on vacation, but Do-ha was pre-occupied with lot's of work because of Woon-gwang's busy schedule and she just blew him off when he wanted some time for her. Then he abruptly had to go on a mission and they missed out, but she didn't seem to have any regrets about the missed opportunity which really perturbed me! Anyway, overall I really enjoyed this series and really felt like Park Hae-jin and the director captured that James Bond genre.
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54 misha
October 11, 2020 at 8:09 AM
I agree with most of Earl W Vanderpoort response but I for instance didn`t expect the lobers to get marries=d and have children , but what was the bottom line there? He disappear from the Tracking coin but she smiles... Where is he? did he come back to her?
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55 Kim soung ki
February 22, 2022 at 8:25 PM
I don't understand the story line between Mi-yun and woon-kawang, I mean what was the reason she left him
Is it because she had to seduce seung- jae or because he threatened her that he'll kill woon-kawang. I mean did she love both of them.
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56 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 12:44 AM
I was completely disappointed by the twist with Mi-Eun. I completely disagree with your take about "many things changing in 8 years": Woon-Gwang has loved her all this time, and she clearly had feelings for him. She could still read him like a book. So, the plain fact is that they *didn't*, at least as far as they knew each other (he was unaware of her background as a secret agent, but this goes for her husband as well, and *that* relationship was even more fake, based as it was on threats and coercion -her marrying him to keep those she loved safe-). Seung-Jae did not only do that thing with the son, but also tried to murder those she loved multiple times, and that was the whole reason she married and stayed married to him in the first place.
I also disagree with her having feelings for him, and if that was the case I would find it distasteful, given the coercitive nature of the relationship (basically, she was with him to prevent him from murdering those she loved): it's pretty clear to me that the implication here was that she was doing this for the kid, which is just crazy. I don't think, quite frankly, that this is something that becomes "ok" after he does his time in prison, and in general I think that giving him (who on top of being a villain was homicidally possessive) a happy ending is just indicative of a crazily twisted moral compass, and is just disgusting.
I also don't think that Woon-Gwang choosing to let go of Mi-Eun now (and her agreeing to this) now that he knows that she did this to protect him and that there is no obstacle to them being together. I mean, the kid is in a messed up situation (and frankly I would be wary of having a criminal that could be jealously homicidal around him/in his life), but both Mi-Eun and Woon-Gwang love him and he loves them, and things could be explained to him slowly (the fact that his father was a jealously homicidal scumbag and a criminal is something that he should be made aware of at some point, given that the guy will spend time in jail and won't be around).
I don't think that him being Seung-Jae's son would be a deal breaker for Woon-Gwang (he does not seem to have a problem with it), and in any case he knows that the only reason she married the guy in the first place was to save his life because their relationship made him a target. Again, the guy tried to murder him just recently, and I seriously doubt that a stint in prison will change things (not that I think him having a change of heart would erase the way he attempted to kill those Mi-Eun loved out of jealousy, which was forced her into the relationship in the first place), it's just crazy that Mi-Eun would go back to him. In short, I find it absurd in terms of writing/characterization/narrative arc, and disgusting/morally twisted and just plain creepy.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 1:11 AM
Some additional comments regarding them "not knowing each other"... she kept tabs on him, and could still read him like a book (the jacket scene), and he never forgot her. They clearly still loved each other, that much was apparent in the course of the series. In any case, it's not as if they made an attempt to give it another go now that they are both free of their burdens, and it would make perfect sense for them to do it, given their history (she did not really betray him, she did this for his sake). There is literally no reason for them, who so evidently love each other, to deny themselves this opportunity. This is merely a rationalization to explain away bad writing, and I refuse to engage in it.
By contrast, her whole relationship with her husband was a lie constructed to protect those she really loved from his jealously homicidal rage (with mixed results, given the recent attempt on his life). This ought to be really enough, even if you discound him being a criminal and him throwing her under the bus and the stuff with the kid. There was a very good reason to ask the guy for a divorce (frankly absurd that she would even leave that up to his decision). The feeling I got was that she relented when he mentioned the kid (very convenient), which sounded just to similar to a toxic relationship/battered housewife/stockholm syndrome/going native abusive situation for my tastes. Bottom line, the guy is a criminal scum and the whole reason she was with him was because she wanted to stop him from hurting the man she loved due to his jealous, homicidal rage, therefore was coercitive/based on a threat from the very beginning. The notion that she would love him, particularly when he just recently attempted to kill the man she loved and that she married him to protect, is just crazy. He tried to murder those she loved just recently, on top of the shenanigans with the kid, using him to threaten her, throwing her under the bus, and being a criminal on top of a jealously homicidal creep. It's insulting to her as a character to love him, and it does not make any sense. Not to mention that thorough the whole show we clearly understood that she was in love with Woon-kwang, not with him (as is later confirmed, the whole reason she agreed to marry him was to protect Woon-kwang and even that was not enough given the recent attempt to murder him). Again, I won't just make rationalizations for this to excuse away bad writing: this does not make sense, and does not respect her as a character).
Narrative wise, the guy was presented as a villain and I don't sympathize with him at all, so ethically/morally/narratively and in terms of writing/characterization/basic logic I find completely revolting the notion that he would get a happy ending and would essentially be unaffected from this whole thing. Actually, ending up in an even better position... he does some time, but he has a faithful wife that stays with him despite his homicidal jealousy and attempt...
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 1:12 AM
Narrative wise, the guy was presented as a villain and I don't sympathize with him at all, so ethically/morally/narratively and in terms of writing/characterization/basic logic I find completely revolting the notion that he would get a happy ending and would essentially be unaffected from this whole thing. Actually, ending up in an even better position... he does some time, but he has a faithful wife that stays with him despite his homicidal jealousy and attempt to murder those she loved? On top of all the other stuff I already mentioned? Even better, going back to a wife that has now resolved things with her "true love" and is therefore now wholly dedicated to him? I would say that long term not only the guy did not have to suffer any consequences for his actions, but that he was even rewarded and ended up with a more secure relatiosnhip, while on the other hard, it's impossible to understand why she would choose him and not purse a relationship with the one she truly loves now that there is nothing to stop them... just saying "the kid" would be insulting even in normal circumstances: it's simply not a reason to stay in an unhappy relationship... but here we are in the abusive/stockholm syndrome territory of him trying to murder those she loved out of jealousy, plus the rest of the criminal stuff/attempt to sacrifice her or take the kid from her/the mess with the kid... not only there are zero reasons for her to be with him, there are millions to cut him off from her life, and zero reasons for her not to pursue a relationship with Woon-kwang, but even if she chooses not to -for unexplainable motives, given they both love each other and are finally free-, one thing that is for certain is that there are no reasons for her to love her husband, and the notion that she would is an insult to her character.
I feel really uncomfortable with this whole thing, in terms of her as a strong female character being turned into a battered housewife or stockholm syndrome victim that agrees to stay with her criminal, jealously homicidal husband for the kid (who he used as a tool to control her). It does not matter to me if he has a change of mind in prison (years have certanily not dissuaded him from being a jealously homicidal creep, and now he is "rewarded" beforehand with her agreeing to wait for him and stay with him), and some things being forgivable and other not (I would put trying to murder someone I love out of petty jealousy, or using my kid to threaten me, into the latter camp) she deserves better and she could have better (Woon-kwang), but even if she chose not to pursue her true love, she has no reason to stay with her husband or to love him. It's an insult to her character, and nothing we have been shown during the series points to this making sense.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 1:28 AM
In short, during the drama there was no indication that she loved her husband, and every indication that she loved Woon-kwang. We later learned the coercitive nature of her relationship, and the fact that she was with the jealous creep only to prevent him from murdering those she loved (which he tried to, and almost succeeded in, just recently). I repeat: had it not been for the ML the man she loved would have been dead at her husband's hands. There is no reason for her to love her husband (and no indication that she does during the show), and just the thought that had it not been for the ML and luck he would have been a goner at her husband's hand makes it impossible to understand why she would want to be around the guy. Or want her kid to be around the violent, jealously homicidal criminal. The kid thinks he is a good guy, but he is not, and he will obviously learn that the scumbag is in prison. The scumbag threw her under the bus and used her kid to threaten her. But just the fact that the jealous creep threatened to, and actually attempted twice, one recently, almost succeeding if not for a miraculous intervention and stroke of luck, to murder those she loved, ought to be good enough reason to present him with divorce papers, without giving him the option to refuse. Her being together with her husband is an insult to her own character, to Woon-kwang, even to her kid (her husband is self evidently dangerous and unstable... plus I don't know how long you need to stay in prison for his crimes, but considering we are also talking about two attempted murders I don't get how/why he should be expected to come out soon).
It's incomprehensible, and smells too much of stockholm syndrome/battered housewife. Calling the relationship abusive and coercitive seems like an understantement: she needed to be with him to prevent him from murdering those she loved out of jealousy/using her kid to threaten her, etc. No reason to stay with him, a change of heart at this point would be the definition of "too little, too late", the very notion of not divorcing it immediately is a disservice to his victim, Woon-knawn, her child, and herself (she was depicted as a strong female character up to this point!). And rewarding the guy with a happy ending and implicitly suggesting that the viewer ought to root for them as a couple is just morally repulsive (as anyone endorsing this). This is independent from the issue of her giving it a go with Woon-kwan: there is every reason for her to divorce her husband even if she and Woon-kwan don't want to pursue a relationship (and given the clear love for each other they have and how well they know each other, it is really absurd that they wouldn't choose to even try, now that they are both free and that it has been established that the whole reason she married her husband was to sacrifice herself for his sake, for her love of Woon-kwan). Again, I get that the only reason they are together is the kid, which is no...
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 1:29 AM
Again, I get that the only reason they are together is the kid, which is no reason at all (wouldn't be a good reason to be in a relationship where you didn't love each other even without the coercitive and abusive/threat based nature of the relationship, but considering everything I discussed above there is no reason to have the violent criminal in her or her child's life: a relatioship based on a lie, his criminality, him throwing her under the bus and using the kid to threaten her, him being a jealously homicidal creep that attempted to murder those she loves -the very reason she had to be with him-, once just recently, and out of sheer luck didn't succeed).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 1:32 AM
I cannot imagine, for the sake of not losing faith in humanity, the set of people supporting/endorsing her continuing her relationship with her husband over her pursuing something with Woon-kwang, as anything else than an empty set (including the terrible writers that gave us this disgusting twist). It does not make sense morally, ethically, narratively, in terms of writing and characterization, and just plain logically.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 2:08 AM
*make sense to ask the viewer to support this couple
Also, in the phrase above it could have been "support her relationship" full stop, that was the really unacceptable part, the thing about not pursuing something with Woon-kwang is just a cherry on top of this last minute debacle (the debacle probably being done only for shock value, without much thought about the implications, etc.).
In short, the message is that you can be a possessive creep that gets her to marry you by attempting to kill the man she loves, and then threaten her with the kid, and throw her under the bus, but you will get her to stay with you as long as you get her pregnant?
Also, Wool-kwang says that he will be there for her and the kid in the future... how can they continue having a relationship, even just friendship, with her husband in the picture? The guy that tried to kill him twice, once just recently, and the whole reason he is *not* together with the woman he loved? The fact that his father tried to kill his idol is... awkward, but it's also the truth, and something the kid needs to deal with at some point -what is the explanation otherwise, indeterminate work trip?-.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 2:23 AM
The most insulting thing for Woon-kwang is that he was almost murdered twice due to his love for Mi-eun, but he still ended up losing her to her husband.
The latter was a jealous creep that attempted to murder those she loved, thus coercing her into marrying him, then used her child to threaten her and threw her under the bus. End yet, in the end those actions are rewarded, as he gets to have her by his side, and Woon-kwan, who has almost been killed twice (once very recently) over their love, is left alone, with nothing. albeit after getting past their breakup -which in itself, as it happened right when they were finally free, was absurd and illogical-.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 2:33 AM
In a sense, the criminal, jealously homicidal husband is vindicated in all his choices, and indeed is correct that "the world" (or better the writer) is not on Woon-kwan's side. Again, I won't make excuses or rationalizations in an attempt to pretend that this bad writing makes sense:
- Them being different people after 8 years is hogwash: she still knows him like the back of her hand (the jacket scene), and they are both in love with each other.
- For that matter, both her relationship with Woon-kwan and her husband involved lies, but the one with her husband was entirely based on a lie. At least with Woon-kwan she had genuine feelings for him, while she chose to marry her husband based on the coercion/threat that he would otherwise attempt to kill the man she loved, Woon-kwan.
- In light of his nature as a criminal, a violent, dangerous, jealously homicidal scumbag, someone that would use her kid to threaten her and throw her under the bus, and that tried to only recently murder Woon-kwan for a second time, the idea that she would want him in her (and I would say her kid's) life (whether she wanted to pursue a relatioship with Woon-kwan or not) is just crazy, an frankly insulting to a character with the strength to coldly, calculatingly choose to marry him to protect the one she loved, irrespective of her desires and emotions (and now she relents for the kid, basically because he got her pregnant? Like, the fact that he is a violent, jealous criminal that just recently tried to murder someone she loved and to use the kid to threaten her, and everything we already mentioned, gets swept under the rug because of that biological reality? Anyone sane around her would tell her that it does not make sense to *not* divorce the guy, and she was already established as someone able to coldly, calculatingly evaluate the situation, someone for which this self evident fact should be more than apparent).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 2:44 AM
Separate from the issue of her not divorcing her criminal, violent, jealously homicidal husband (but about the coercitive, fear based nature of their relationship, where she was forced to be with him to stop him from murdering those she loved, or about him using her kid to threaten her, etc., we have already talked), there is the question of her relationship with Woon-kwan.
She risked everything for him, marrying someone she didn't love in order to protect him (and with good reason, given the jealous creep even just recently tried to murder the man she had a relationship with in the past, due to some petty reason).
She was also in love with him, and he was in love with her. This was established clearly through the drama. Now, it would have made sense for him to decide to move on at any point in time *before* they were both free of their shackles, but how does it make any sense for them not even trying to give it a go *now that they are finally free of their constraints*? Don't they at last deserve the happiness that they were denied back in the day, at the hands of the very same man that she chooses *not* to divorce?
Are they different people? Well, her husband never knew who he had married, evidently, and that was a relationship being based entirely on a lie, and worse on a threat/coercion: him attempting to kill those she loved. "Toxic" does not begin to describe it. So the same argument would be even more valid as a reason for her divorcing him. At least, her relationship with Woon-kwan was based on genuine affection. And in the drama we definitely see that she still has feelings for him, while we don't see the same for her husband (and with good reason: the guy just recently tried to murder the man she loved and was trying to protect out of jealousy, and used her son to threaten her, on top of everything we already mentioned... the fact that she would love him, in this toxic/abusive context, demeans her as a character -and a strong female character at that-, and reeks of stockholm syndrome/battered housewife... yes, he impregnated her; yes, even a mob boss probably cares for his kid -but he was not above using him an a pawn-; no, I probably wouldn't be too thrilled with letting the violent, homicidally jealous criminal creep in my life, and arguably in his kid's as well (the fact that his father is a murderous criminal that attempted to kill his idol twice should at some point become a relevant argument of discussion, because at some point he is bound to notice that the guy is in prison for various crimes, including two attempted murders).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:07 AM
Actually, I ended up talking about how distasteful (to use a huge euphemism) her *not* divorcing her husband (or even giving him the option to refuse breaking off a relationship based on a lie, and threats/coercion -namely him trying to murder those she loved out of jealousy, the very reason she is in a relationship with him, to prevent him from doing that, as well as *using the kid to control her*, and absurdly *succeeding in doing exactly that*, in the end, when she was supposed to be free-). But the point I wanted to make was more about all the reasons the should not be with Woon-kwang being reason a thousand times more true and relevant for which she should divorce her husband. They built such a strong female character, and ruined her characterization in the end by making her into a weak and irrational character with no self respect, afflicted by stockholm syndrome, who learned to love her jailer, despite him throwing her under the bus, using the child to control her, being criminal scum and a violent, homicidally jealous creep that just recently tried to murder someone she loves for the second time. She was free, she chose to don the chains.
Besides that, I will reiterate that now that they are both free and we have learned that she "betrayed" him to save his life, there is literally no reason for them not to be together. They love each other. Their relationship was based on genuine affection, rather than on the threat that he would hurt those she loves out of jealousy (as was the case for her husband). And in the course of the show we clearly see him loving her and her loving him (the same can't be said about her feelings towards her husband, and that was a good thing, given the coercitive nature of the relationship, based on lethal threats towards those she loves). Both her and Woon-kwan love her child (and obviously her husband feels affection towards his own flesh and blood, despite also not being above using him as a tool to control her, but that does not say much -the same could probably be said of the worst monster or dictator, out of purely biological reasons, and I would frankly be interested to see that tested in practice, to see whether there is the same twisted possessive/controlling dynamic as with his wife, because then even the label of "love" would be questionable in view of the toxicity... I think that we saw a bit of that when the kid's admiration for Woon-kwan was raised: he did not hesitate to murder his kid's idol over petty jealousy-)... Aargh, I found myself talking about the husband again, but it's just that I find the show giving him a happy ending and have her choose him (I would say "instead of Woon-kwan", despite him having accepted the breakup before she *didn't* divorce her husband, but I feel that we could leave that part aside and talk just about the "not leaving her husband bit", whether she wanted something with Woon-kwan or not) just insulting for the viewer's intelligence and suspension...
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57 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:13 AM
I get the feeling that Mi-Eun's twist at the end was done more for shock value, and it's not a good look. Asking the viewer to support her relationship with her scumbag of a husband is just intellectually insulting and indicative of an utterly broken moral compass. The guy just recently tried to murder those she loves, and this coercion/threat was the whole reason she agreed to marry the homicidally jealous criminal in the first place. This demeans her as a strong, rational female character. It's an insult to herself, to her kid (whose father is, like it or not, a criminal and a violent, homicidally jealous creep), and to Woon-kwan (her husband was correct to say that "the universe" is against him: he was almost murdered twice over their love, and in the end he ends up alone, while she chooses to not leave her husband).
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58 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:18 AM
I think that the message "you can be a criminal, a murderously jealous creep that would try to assassinate those she loves, thus leading her to be with you out of threat/coercion, a scumbag that would throw her under the bus or use the kid to threaten her or control her... and the latter, using the kid to control her, pays off, because by merely impregnating her you get to have her stay in your life even when she dropped the shackles and should be free to pursue her own happiness". Not sure it's a good message. Not sure I can respect her as a character when seeing her run back to her criminal of a husband, when he just tried to murder someone she loves and to use the kid against her, among all the other aforementioned things. But maybe it's the writers that didn't respect her character, turning a strong woman into a weeping idiot for no discernible reason (beside stockholm syndrome, but then again he tried to murder the person she loved out of petty jealousy just recently, so her forgiving him that and using the kid as a tool to control her, and essentially validating that he can do the latter, is just insulting towards her character and towards the viewer). Not sure I can call his jealous, possessive attitude normal "love": this is clearly toxic.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:22 AM
To be more specific, she was de facto coerced into a relatioship with Seung-Jae by him threatening to murder those she loved. He ended up marrying her. Then recently he tried to make another attempt on Woon-kwon's life, and also used her kid to manipulate her. The latter clearly worked, as she did not divorce him ever when she had the chance to. Not sure I appreciate the message being conveyed here, or what it says about her up until that moment strong female character.
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59 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:38 AM
> It’s so clear who the better man is here, and I’m glad Woon-kwang got the closure he needed to move on from his painful past with Mi-eun.
He is someone that accepts her and her husband's kid, while the latter tried to murder him over his kid being a fan of his and his wife having feelings for him.
> Though I did at some point root for the two to get back together, I think the way they ended things was right—they aren’t the same people they were eight years ago it really does seem like Mi-eun loves Seung-jae in her own way, given her willingness to stay married to him
Let's not rationalize and make excuses for bad writing. Thorough the whole show we clearly see that she has feelings for Woon-kwan, and he had feelings for her. That did not change. And he didn't either: she was able to read him like the back of her hands (see the jacket scene). On the contrary, we don't see any such feelings for Seung-jae, and it was good that we didn't, because the whole reason she was with him was to keep the murderously jealous creep from attempting to kill the person she really loved (which he tried to do just recently, almost succeeding... it's impossible for me to understadn how the latter, or him threatening her with the kid, would lead to her loving him, and I wouldn't respect her if she did... this is stockholm syndrome/battered housewife level stuff, and she was fully aware of the kind of possesive/homicidally controlling scumbag criminal that he was, a reality that clearly didn't change in the ensuing time). No, I clearly get the feeling that the operative element here is the kid, and it should not be (even if it was just a normal relationship where she loves someone else, but particularly here where the whole relationship is based on a lie, and on the coerction/threat of him murdering anyone else she might love if he just gets a hint that triggers his jealousy... and it was clear that she was into Woon-kwan this whole time).
> I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man, because while I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
That was an important element, and already, by itself, a disqualifying one (him changing his mind or not is besides the point: too little too late... not that all these years changed him into someone that *wouldn't* murder someone she loves out of jealousy, given the fact that he just recently attempted to do just that, something for which it's insulting to think she would have forgiven him). It was not the only thing, however. He was a criminal, someone that tried to throw her under the bus, and most importantly a violent, murderously jealous creep that attempted to murder the person she loved twice, the second attempt having happened just recently (and would have succeeded had the ML spy not been there, plus a lot of luck). Not the kind of guy that should be in her life (or...
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:45 AM
> I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man, because while I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
That was an important element, and already, by itself, a disqualifying one (him changing his mind or not is besides the point: too little too late... not that all these years changed him into someone that *wouldn't* murder someone she loves out of jealousy, given the fact that he just recently attempted to do just that, something for which it's insulting to think she would have forgiven him). It was not the only thing, however. He was a criminal, someone that tried to throw her under the bus, and most importantly a violent, murderously jealous creep that attempted to murder the person she loved twice, the second attempt having happened just recently (and would have succeeded had the ML spy not been there, plus a lot of luck). Not the kind of guy that should be in her life (or her son's, given the extreme violence and lethality of his jealousy, and the fact that the latter admires Woon-kwan -the reality that his father tried to murder his idol twice out of petty jealousy being something he needs to be informed of sooner or later-, for that matter). Again, the idea that she would be okay with not leaving him for any reason when considering this is insulting towards her kid, towards Woon-kwan, towards herself (he tried to murder someone she loved out of petty jealousy, he used her son against her, and apparenly suceeeded into manipulating her into not divorcing her by using the kid).
Again, not to beat a dead horse too much, but their whole relationship was based on her fearing, with good reason, that he would murder someone she loved. That was the reason she was with him. It's just repulsive to think that she would stay with the guy just because he impregnated her, and that this jealous, controlling, violently murderous possessive freak would get a happy ending. Essentially, not only her choosing him over Woon-kwan (after the latter had been almost murdered over their love twice, one time just recently). But just her choosing to be with her husband at all, whether or not she wanted to be with Woon-kwan. This is stockholm syndrome/battered wife level stuff. Using the kid to guilt trip her into staying with what is essentially a wife beating drunk to the billionth power (i.e. someone much more dangerous than a wife beating drunk, literally someone that would murder those she loves over his petty jealousy)? "Distasteful" and "intellectually and morally insulting to the viewer" does not even begin to convey my disgust. One thing is trying to use the kid to control her, a whole other thing is him succeeding, like he does.
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60 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 3:54 AM
I mean, talk about a slap in the face. Woon-kwon has risked dying twice for the love of someone that would choose *not* to divorce the person that almost killed him. And he says that he wants to be around, even for her kid. Kind of an awkward dinner, I would imagine, given that her husband tried to murder his idol.
> I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man
Frankly, the very fact that she was willing to overlook him trying to murder someone she loves out of petty jealousy (which was the whole reason she was coerced into the relationship, and which is something that he tried to do years later, very recently -useful to keep in mind if we are betting on time changing him, frankly I wouldn't hold my breath, not that I think anything he could do wouldn't be too little, to late-) makes me much less sympathetic, which is a shame, because I used to respect her as a strong character before this.
On this topic, there is the whether/when he will come out question. The guy is responsible for a ton of crimes, and among them are not one, but two, attempted murders. I wouldn't imagine we would want them on the streets again soon (and for the same reasons she shouldn't want him in her -and, dare I say it, her son's- life, if anything the latter should be protected from his father... by the way, how are they going to keep the fact that he tried to murder his idol from him? I mean, besides the fact that he is not going to get out of prison for a long time, there is the fact that his attempts to kill him have been exposed on live television, so basically everyone knows this, what with the victim being a world famous action star and the culprit being the richest man in Korea).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:08 AM
> while I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae
I don't believe you or me or anyone else does, really. This was completely out of the blue. She clearly loves Woon-kwan, while her relationship with her husband was based on lies and very well founded fear. Fear that he would kill those she loves out of petty jealousy. Which he tried to do, years ago and then again recently. The reason that she is with him seems to be the fact that he impregnated her.
This would not be a good reason to stay even if she was *merely* in love with someone else, but given the abusive/fear based nature of the relationship, which she essentially entered into to prevent him from killed the man she loves, which, once again, let's not forget, he tried to do even very recently, this is all the more reasons to have him out of her and, I would say, her kid's life (because of the violent, lethal nature of his jealousy, he is clearly a danger and given he was willing to use the kid to coerce her, and the fact that he is jealous over his kid having Woon-kwon as an idol, who knows what he might do in the future... we shouldn't treat as normal "love" this dysfunctional possessiveness, nor underestimate its potential for harm: he claimed to love her, but was willing to hurt her by murdering those she loves, and by threatening her by taking away the kid).
Again, the only reason she is with his is the fact that he impregnated her. And in terms of him as a father, note that he was willing to separate the kid from his mother to get his way, which says something about his love and care for the kid in the first place, and in my eyes disqualifies him as a parent, as well.
All this is insulting towards Woon-kwan (who, after all, was almost killed twice for her husband, once recently: her not ending up with him, but on the contrary staying with her husband, apparently unbothered by the seemingly already forgiven fact that he tried to murder Woon-kwan and would have succeeded had it not been for ML spy and a whole lot of luck , is a pretty solid slap in the face), towards her kid (his father tried to murder his idol twice, is in jail for it, among other crimes, and them being celebrities and it being broadcasted on live tv, it's something that he won't be able to stay ignorant of... again, compare Woon-kwan's acceptance of him, despite being the son of his love and the man that tried to murder him twice, with her husband's jealousy at his son admiring Woon-kwan as an action figure... the kid deserves better, and in particular deserves to be safe from a potentially dangerous homicidal maniac with issues with possessiveness and control), and herself (she was a rational, cold, calculating agent that chose to sacrifice herself to stop her husband from murdering those she loves).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:17 AM
> Again, the only reason she is with his is the fact that he impregnated her. And in terms of him as a father, note that he was willing to separate the kid from his mother to get his way, which says something about his love and care for the kid in the first place, and in my eyes disqualifies him as a parent, as well.
Actually, this is something that Mi-Eun should see as well. He was the kind of person that, for his jealousy, would have separated a child from his mother, uncaring of how it would hurt her *AND* the kid. If she does not have enough self respect (and it's a same to see it, since she was depicted as such a strong female character up until that point), then AT LEAST she should think of the kid.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 5:33 AM
And she clearly loved Woon-kwang, it's the entire reason her husband attempted to murder him the second time... come one, are you telling me that they don't end up together and she stays with this possessive creep?
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matrice
May 3, 2022 at 4:19 AM
> Again, the only reason she is with his is the fact that he impregnated her. And in terms of him as a father, note that he was willing to separate the kid from his mother to get his way, which says something about his love and care for the kid in the first place, and in my eyes disqualifies him as a parent, as well.
Actually, compare this with Woon-kwan, and the way he accepted and was willing to love and protect her kid, despite him being the son of the woman he loved and his worst enemy that tried to murder him twice.
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matrice
May 3, 2022 at 5:31 AM
And her love for him was basically the reason her violent, jealously murderous creep of a husband tried to kill him a second time. The controlling scum. And we are supposed to root for them staying together? In what alternative universe inhabited by non human aliens?
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 5:37 AM
>I mean, talk about a slap in the face. Woon-kwon has risked dying twice for the love of someone that would choose *not* to divorce the person that almost killed him.
Not only that, but her *still being in love with him* (which was an established fact thorough the whole show) is *exactly* the reason he was put thorough a second attempted murder. And she does not end up with him, but with the violent, jealously murderous scumbag that would have killed him? And that she married in the first place *because* she knew he was a possessive, controlling freak that would murder anyone that she loves? And that was willing to hurt her *AND* her child by taking him away from his mother? In which parallel universe am I supposed to be rooting for them to be together? Probably in one where I should sympathize for any wife beating drunk and where the battered housewife is told to stay in the kitchen and put up with it for the kids. In other words, not a world inhabited by thinking people with any sense (common or otherwise).
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61 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:30 AM
> I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man, because while I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
- Years ago he was the kind of man that would kill someone Mi-Eun loved over petty jealousy. Years later, he is the same man, and he tried to murder Woon-kwan, and would have succeeded if not for a massive amount of luck (this is what she forgives? This is the man she loves? No inkling during this whole series, and thankfully, because otherwise I couldn't have tolerated her character). Not sure how this relationship that she was forced into because of the creep's murderous jealousy should be one we should support.
- The reason she is with his is incomprehensible, but the hint is clearly that it is not love, but rather the fact that he impregnated her. But the other fact you mention is the relevant element to see that even *that* is not his saving grace: the guy was willing to separate her from her child, putting his petty jealousy and concerns *ABOVE* not only his wife's happyness, but *HIS CHILD'S* as well. That's something that in my eyes disqualifies him as a father, and it should disqualify him in Mi-Eun's eyes as well. If her own self respect and dignity is not enough for her to break things off, *HER CHILD* deserving to have a father that would prioritize him and not sacrifice his happyness by separating him from his mother over his own interests and concern should be more than enough. Compare this with Woon-kwon accepting and protecting the kid despite him being the product of the union of the woman he loved, and that betrayed him (at least as he saw in the beginning) and his worst enemy, that attempted to murder him multiple times... who would make a better father? Who prioritized the child's happiness?
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62 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:44 AM
To be clear, her husband was not only a horrible partner, basically coercing her into marrying him and keeping her bound to him by attempting to murder those she loves, on top of throwing her under the bus, and using the child to threaten her. He was also a bad father, despite the show trying to present that has the only saving grace. He was willing to make his kid suffer by separating him from his mother, all because of his own petty jealousy, his own interests and concerns. Compare that with Woon-kwon's attitude towards the kid, the care he showed him despite him being the son of the woman he loved and betrayed him and his worst enemy, that tried to murder him multiple times. In the end, this possessive, controlling, not to mention violently murderous jealous creep, has all his efforts and sick schemes validated by the show's narrative, in that he essentially gets a happy ending, Mi-Eun choosing to stay with him. Mind you, I would have preferred her to be with Woon-kwon, given how they loved each other and were now, finally, free from their shackles. But even if they chose, irrationally, not to pursue this, due to some hogwash, her choosing to stay with her husband basically validated the latter's atrocious behavior.
The show gave its imprimatur to this relationship with the scumbag for no other apparent reason that he impregnated her. Essentially, he used threats to force her to be with him and stay with him, uncaring about hurting her (attempting to kill people she loved, separating her from her son), and the kid (separating him from his mother), and this gets rewarded with her being with him (at all, but in paritcular, rather than Woon-kwan). In some sense, I cannot help but seeing this as him trying to kill those she loves and threatening to separate her and the kid, without a care about hurting either of them, and her rewarding this bad behavior by choosing him over Woon-kwan (or choosing him at all, for that matter). Not exactly what happens (Woon-kwan tells her he is over her, though her reversing course and choosing not to divorce was along these lines, and basically, apparently, motivated only by the kid, which is soooo not a good reason, particularly given her husband's willingness to make him suffer by separating him from his mother for his own concerns, and him being a violent and unstable jealous creep that is quite obviously a potential danger -having already shown lack of care in hurting his kid by separating him from his mother-). I must say that it was so insulting that in the writers' eyes I would have to root for their relationshi, that it kind of made me regret watching the whole show. It certanily made me lose a lot, I would say basically all, my respect for Mi-Eun as a character. The guy showed no concern about her and her kid's wellbeing when he was willing to separate them. He tried to murder someone she loved. Not a deal breaker?
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63 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:53 AM
>I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
No, I would say you, me and anyone else don't. I mean, the whole premise is that this criminal wanted to murder those she loved. That's why she was forced to marry him. Years later, he was still willing to kill the one she loves over his petty jealousy, and almost did. Not a deal breaker? It's not even a question of why she wouldn't stop loving him after that, but why she would love him in the first place, given that this fear/coercion/threat was exactly the reason she married him, walking in there with her eyes open (and until now, not being stupid).
If not, then we have the fact that he tried to throw her under the bus, and even tried to separate her from her son, with to concern about the suffering it would cause not only her, but him. Being willing to hurt her son was not a deal breaker either? Instead him impregnating her seems to be the excuse/rationalization used to have her not divorce him? The fact that she would overlook this violent criminal's willingness to hurt not only her, not only murder those she loves, but separate her from -and thus hurt- her son? I cannot understand or respect that. This was just over the top toxic and abusive, and even the redeeming quality of fatherhood was something he put behind his own jealousy, concerns and interests. His violent, murderous jealousy was a threat to those she loves, and he has already shown himself to be willing to cause paint to his son for his own interest, by separating him from his mother. I couldn't choose anything that *wasn't* a deal breaker. Plus, in the whole show she is, thankfully, depicted as loving her son and Woon-kwan, and most definitely *not* her husband (see first scene at the school, see her drunken, suffering behavior). Now she is free, and she chooses the chains, and for what exactly? The answer is not in the rationalizations presented here, but in the simple words: shock value.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 5:06 AM
It was clearly not love. If she loved him, it should have been shown in the rest of the drama, but for obvious reasons it wasn't. And how, in terms of her characterization, would it make sense for her to love him? Even just a as a woman, bound to someone that would murder anyone she loves out of petty jealousy, and would be willing to hurt both her *AND* her child by separating them, for his own ends. Not to mention that she was not a regular woman that entered this under a delusion of love and later discovered the truth, but rather an agent that consciously entered this relationship entirely based on a lie, under the threat/coercion/fear that he would murder the person she loves, which he attempted to do in the past, and which he attempted to do a second time very recently, out of petty jealousy, almost succeeding if not for the intervention of the ML spy and a looot of luck. It's not a question of why these wouldn't be deal breakers that she couldn't forgive him for, it's a question of why, knowing exactly that he was the kind of person that would do these things to those she loved, to her, and to her child, she would ever fall for him as she most certainly *DIDN'T* do in the drama, certainly up to this point (otherwise I would have disliked her character during the whole show). This characterization does not make sense, and it is insulting not only to the viewer, but to her character, as a strong female spy and more generally as a woman (she basically turns into a stockholm syndrome/battered housewife that lets herself being irrationally guilt tripped into not leaving the abuser).
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64 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 4:57 AM
>I get why she’d choose to stay with Seung-jae, we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
No, we (me, you, anyone else) don't get it, because until the very last moment this clearly did not appear as an option. I also see some selective memory, so let's refresh our minds. The thing with the kid was important because his willingness to hurt not only her, but their kid, basically made even his saving grace, his fatherhood, into a moot point. The man was someone willing to murder those she loves out of petty jealousy. He was willing to hurt her and even his child, by separating them, for his own interests and concerns. The relationship was toxic and based on a lie, fear, coercion, threats, and he was willing to sacrifice even his kid's happiness, by taking him away from his mother, for his own concerns. The guy, quite simply, does not deserve her, or his kid, and should not be in her (I would even say their) life(ves).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 5:26 AM
This is made much worse by the fact that Woon-Kwang is someone she is *actually* shown as loving thorough the whole show (and in fact this is exactly the reason her husband attempts to murder him not only once, but twice... him almost falling off a bridge for someone that didn't even love him? No, she clearly had feelings for him, and in fact the whole reason she was with her husband was to protect him and stop her husband from trying to assassinate him). On top of that, compare the way he was always loving and protecting her kid to her husband's jealousy (of her, of the fact that his kid admires Woon-kwang, plus his willingness to hurt both her and their kid by separating him from her, his mother).
There is no reason for her to love or stay with her husband. It's certainly something that she didn't give any indication she wanted to do until that point (the divorce made perfect sense). It's something that he didn't deserve, and I don't understand in which universe we are supposed to root for them as a couple, emotionally (not our universe, or any universe inhabited by humans, that's for sure). And she is finally free from her husbands' coercion and threats, from the fear of seeing the one she loves murdered, as he almost did not long ago, or to see herself and her son condemned to suffering by her husband forcing them apart. The guy is going to jail for a long time (on top of all his crimes, there are two attempted murders), everyone knows he tried to murder Woon-kwang (they are all public figures and they discussed it on the TV), her son will have to be notified of the hard reality (his father being a criminal and a violently murderous jealous creep that wanted to separated him from his mother and to murder his idol... again, the guy is not coming home from prison any time soon, and everyone knows of these facts due to them discussing it on prime television and being the most famous actor and the richest man in Korea, respectively). Woon-kwang is not only a better man, but would make a better father (compare, again, his acceptance of the son the woman he loved and betrayed him, and his worst enemy that tried to murder him multiple times, to her husband's jealousy at the kid considering him his idol and his willingness to hurt him by separating him from his mother, for his own motives).
They *CLEARLY* both loved each other, she knew him like the back of her hand (jacket scene) and was looking at him, he didn't kiss other girls on set, and if there are lies in both her relationship, it was much more so with her husband: that was a complete fabrication she entered into out of fear/coerction/threat that he would murder those she loved, while at least she did genuinely love Woon-kwang. And now, they are both free from those fears and constraints, and *NOW* he decides to move on? And they don't even decide to give it a go, despite being obviously into each other? And we have to accept this? When her husband not only married a...
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 5:27 AM
They *CLEARLY* both loved each other, she knew him like the back of her hand (jacket scene) and was looking at him, he didn't kiss other girls on set, and if there are lies in both her relationship, it was much more so with her husband: that was a complete fabrication she entered into out of fear/coerction/threat that he would murder those she loved, while at least she did genuinely love Woon-kwang. And now, they are both free from those fears and constraints, and *NOW* he decides to move on? And they don't even decide to give it a go, despite being obviously into each other? And we have to accept this? When her husband not only married a "different person", but someone that was a complete fabrication and that wanted to avoid him murdering those she loved? No, they are not different people, or whatever changed clearly didn't change the fact that they love each other, and in any case, it would be a thousand times more true of her relationship with her husband. He was still someone she could read like the back of her hand, as per the jacket scene. They were both in love with each other. And he chooses this time to move on, while the, instead of breaking the chains (actually, they were already broken, she was free) chooses to side with someone that tried to murder her love just recently? That she was with in the first place exactly to prevent him from killing those she loves? That was willing to hurt both her and her child by separating the kid from his mother? No, unaccepatble. All the obstacles were removed, and they were established to love each other. He could have moved on at any time, and he chose now? And her to stay with a scumbag willing to hurt her and the kid, and that had almost murdered someone she loved recently, out of petty jealousy, and none of that is a dealbreaker? Why? It was basically the *ONLY* moment when it *DIDN'T* make sense for Woon-kwang to move on and for her *not* to divorce her husband. When they are finally free to be with those they love, and her betrayal has been explained to not have been a betrayal, but an attempt to save him from her violent, jealous murderous creep of a husband, which she married for this exact purpose. I mean, the reason he was almost killed just recently was exactly because she loved him. You are telling me that they don't end up together, so this was all for nothing? A second attempted murder for nothing? Ultimate disrespect, to the characters and the viewers.
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matrice
May 3, 2022 at 5:29 AM
The fact that Woon-kwang had to go through a second attempted murder for *NOTHING* is infuriating. They don't end up together in the end? She chooses to stay with the scumbag criminal that would have murdered those she loves, hurt her *AND* the kid by separating the latter from his mother? Are you kidding me?
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matrice
May 3, 2022 at 5:29 AM
The futility of it all is the most infuriating element of all this.
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65 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 6:44 AM
Actually, can we stop to consider for a second how stupid this whole thing with Mi-Eun, Woon-kwang and her husband is? I mean, the latter tried to murder Woon-kwang eight years ago and then two months ago. Avoiding this is exactly why she broke up with Woon-kwang and married him (not that it stopped him from going on a rampage as soon as he got a bit jealous). And now that he is finally behind bars, where he belongs, and that she and Woon-kwang are free:
1) She gives him back his stock and money, so he has the resources to go after Woon-kwang if he wants to.
2) Woon-kwang tells her that he will be there for her son when he needs him, but she stays married to her husband. I don't understand how having him in her and more generally their lives is supposed to work: the guy tried to murder him by making him fall off a bridge when he get a inkling that his wife might like him and he got jealous his son admired the actor. It's obvious that her husband being in her life is *incompatible* with her and Woon-kwang having any kind of relationship, or him being around her son. It is also effed up to the max that she would not consider that a deal breaker (or have any love for someone she married because she feared/coerced/threatened his murderous jealousy), and would look Woon-kwang in the face and accept his words regrading her son, while her husband is not only alive and well, but she is still with him (this is before destroying the papers, but she gave the divorce papers but felt the option to him) and even gave him the resources to hurt Woon-kwang if he wanted to (and two months ago, like eight years priory, he was certainly willing to).
This is without even going into the man's murderous possessiveness and controlling nature, the way he was wiling to hurt those she loves, and even hurt her and even more importantly their son, by separating him from his mother. Getting jealous over the kid admiring Woon-kwang, while the latter cared for him, despite him being the son of the woman he loved up and that betrayed him, and the man that forced them apart, and that tried to murder him twice. This is without even going into the rest of his criminal activity, which would have threatened the whole country through the election conspiracy. Giving him back the money alone was crazy, without even mentioning staying with him.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 6:46 AM
It just doesn't make any sense: the whole point of her marrying him and putting him in jail was to "neuter" him and not allow him to hurt them anymore. She then goes right ahead and gives him back the economical power that he could use to hurt Woon-kwang. And generally treats him quite unlikely someone that had tried to murder the guy, who she loves, just a mere two months ago.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 7:11 AM
I mean, what is the plan exactly, to simply give him resources and hope that by the time he comes out he just will not want to kill Woon-kwang? What do you think would happen if Woon-kwang and Mi-Eun got together? He didn't let go of his petty jealousy for 8 years... almost a decade. As evidenced by the fact the guy tried to kill him a couple of months ago (which didn't seem to deter or give second thoughts to Mi-Eun at all).
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66 marcello
May 3, 2022 at 6:52 AM
In short Woon-kwang confesses to having loved her up until that point, and right now that she is finally free and doesn't have to worry about her husband, the jealously murderous creep that he was, to kill him (she married him *precisely* to avoid this, thought the events of two months ago show that it was not too effective), he tells her they should move on? How? Why? It would have made sense years ago, not now when he has discovered that she did this all out of love for him, because she didn't want to see him murdered by her husband (and in that vein, why give him power by giving him back the stock and money? And how can the ML's words about being there for the courageous kid, and Woon-kwang's promise to be there with her son, with her husband still being in her life and now being empowered with the financial resources to destroy him? Him being murderous over petty jealousy not earlier than two mere months ago? This is the criminal they are dealing with, the monster she has empowered with her money and by whose side she is still willing to stand, despite his willingness to kill those she loves, and hurt not only her, but her son, by threatening to separate him from her, his mother).
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 6:56 AM
Again, the whole reason they broke up in the first place is that her current husband was a threat to Woon-kwang. He has clearly shown that he is still a threat to him, given he tried to kill him two months ago. It's impossible to understand why she chose to enable him by giving him back the money, and to stay with him. Almost as impossible as him thinking him being around her son would be compatible with her husband being in her life (even more so with the money/stock she gave him), or choosing now, when she was revealed to not have betrayed him, but to have done all this out of love for him, to protect him, and after loving her up until this point (as she loved him, which is why he was almost killed two months ago), to break up and go their separate ways. Right now, when she is finally free to make her own decisions? No, complete craziness.
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 7:23 AM
> I just hope for her sake that Seung-jae comes out of prison a changed man ... we can’t forget that he’s the same guy who so cruelly threatened to take her son away from her.
I mean, that's true but also the last of their problems:
- The whole reason she married him was to prevent him from killing Woon-kwang out of jealousy (not that it worked too well, considering his assassination attempt two months prior, which also makes her treat this like as if he had merely made a scene due to jealousy a bit ridiculous and impossible to believe... she went into the relationship with her eye open, hoping to prevent exactly the sort of murderous consequences that then ensued).
- 8 years of marriage have not been enough to prevent him from trying to kill the guy again when he got a bit jealous and didn't like his son having him as his idol. Not sure I would hold my breath, then again I am not sure "not being willing to murder in cold blood someone Mi-Eun loves over petty jealousy" should be applause-worthy or make him fit as a husband and father.
- The proposition of Woon-kwang being in her child's life as mentioned by himself and the ML is obviously incompatible with her husband being in her life. For that matter, it is also incompatible with the guy being out of prison or having the financial resources to cause a mess regardless.
- In this context, giving him back the stock and money was completely counterproductive, given that the whole point behind marrying him was to stop him from hurting those she loves and he had proven himself capable and willing to try to kill them just a couple of months ago. I mean, the mere fact that he might get out of prison is something to look at as a problem, and not because he might not win boyfriend of the month due to his willingness to hurt her and their child by threatening to separate him from his mother (between everything he did, including a conspiracy for the presidency and two attempted murders, hopefully that will be as late as possible, then again giving him the money to cause a mess outside was simply crazy)... again, he was a trash husband and father, willing to kill those he was jealous with (because of his wife and kid liking them) and to hurt his wife and child by threatening to separate the latter from his mother. He is also going to stay in jail for a long time (and the idea would have been to separate him from his financial assets so he won't be able to kill people outside, as he tried to do just recently). Pursuing something with Woon-kwang, who has clearly shown that he is willing to be there for her son, would obviously be preferable to have the kid grow up without a father (though between not having any and having the homicidally jealous creep that would willingly hurt him and take him away from his mother for his own gains might be preferable). It's obvious that him being a part of her and her kid's life is a non starter as long as her husband is still in his life and still has the...
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marcello
May 3, 2022 at 8:18 AM
I saw in another blog the proposition that she has chosen to postpone the divorce for the kid, which I found absurd for numerous already mentioned reasons, among which her husband being willing to hurt her and the kid, or being a homicidally jealous creep, has to be thrown together with him having to stay in prison for a long time (as long as possible, because the day he is out is, given his behavior after 8 years of marriage, the day they are back at it again, with his jealousy and willingness to kill anyone she loves).
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matrice889
May 3, 2022 at 10:24 AM
Regarding her not wanting to divorce (or even leaving the decision up to her husband) is incomprehensible. So is her giving her husband the financial resource to hurt Woon-kwang, wo he had attempted to kill no longer than two months ago. Also absurd that she and Woong-kwang both love each other, and he chooses now, when he has discovered she didn't really betray him, but married the villain out of a desire to protect him, the man she loved, from his murder attempts, and when she is finally free from her shackles, having finally put the murderous, possessive creep behind bars, to decide he should move on, after loving her for almost a decade?
The idea of Woon-kwang in her son's life is nice (he would make a much better father, as evidenced by the fact that this is the attitude he has towards the son of the woman he loved and that betrayed him, and of his own worst enemy that separated him from the woman he loves and tried to kill him twice... not sure what, between him being a jealous murderous creep or him being willing to hurt both Mi-Eun and their kid by threatening to separate the latter from his mother, is supposed to have "changed her attitude in 8 years". When she entered the relationship, he was a creep that would literally kill those she loved out of jealousy. Now he is a creep that would literally kill those she loved out of jealousy, and also hurt her and their son by threatening to separate the latter from his mother. If anything, it seems to me that she has been given more reasons to hate the guy's guts than when she was first forced/coerced/threatened into marrying him out of fear/coercion/threat that he would hurt those she loved.
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67 regina mokoma
October 24, 2023 at 6:26 AM
i like the this show a lot but i think there should be more to it especially the ending is confusing it would be interesting seeing the ghost agent coming back to his home land and face DO_Ha and that rogue ghost agent coming back from prison to his daughter and wife there are many missing scenes in this show that could be worth watching the show PHJ the talented actor we love him we want to see more of him and Do_Ha
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68 regina mokoma
October 24, 2023 at 7:21 AM
i enjoy this show a lot i want to see ghost agent k coming back home only to find out that he left Do_Ha and child for he is human straggling to reunite with them and Un_gwang helping Do_hathe raise child the pain he caused Do_ha leaving her behind to Budha PEST
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