Camellia ep 18 — comment below with spoilers

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    I thought it said a lot about this drama that the triumph of catching Joker was cut short with a change of scene to DB bringing Pil-gu home. Yay, we caught Joker, but that’s not the focus of this story. The highlight is DB, her family, and her community — taking broken lives and making them whole. That’s why I’m hopeful that next week Pil-gu and Deok-soon will find a way, together, to bring DB and YS together again. The Camellia hasn’t bloomed yet.

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      I don’t even want them together. Pil gu has shown time and time again that he wants his mother for himself and that is not going to change. Yong sik is way to good for both of them and his mother is right, he can do better and with less baggage. This would not be a problem for me is DB had the right balance of a relationship with Pil gu, but she does not and she should pay the price for it. Yong sik should not.

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        I agree with you that this drama approaches DB’s relationship with Pil-gu too simplistically. Pil-gu wants his mother for himself, but he’s also shown that he can be self-sacrificing. DB wants to be with YS, but she also is trying to be self-sacrificing. YS wants to be with DB, but he can’t argue with her emotional logic as a mom. Yes, DB should have found a way to balance the men in her life. I suppose it’s a bow to her childhood for her to put her own child first. But it’s also a reason for two more episodes, and a chance for her mom and his mom to do something to redeem themselves. Even if DS is right, she has no business interfering in her son’s life at his age, or coming between Pil-gu and his mother by shooting off her mouth about burdens. You may wish YS had a more deserving girlfriend, but you can’t promise him that he’ll find one in the future. Meanwhile, his heart is breaking. So yes, I want to see an ending where YS and DB are married, Pil-gu realizes that he can have his mom and share her too, and DS welcomes DB into the family. My other secret hope is that Ja-young will take KT back again.

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        That’s how boys do with their moms. As a mom I would choose my kid over a love interest as well, it’s very complicated but that’s it. Pil Gu needs some situation there that he would understand that there is space for another guy to love his mum unconditionally. He is still in protective and possessive mode. That’s how life works.

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