#Lost 16 [warning: sp ** l * rs]
Although I hoped for more interactions between the leads, the ending was satisfying; this is a healing drama, after all, not a romance focused one.
KJ’s and BJ’s reaction in the planetarium is the same they had when they previously met (the accelerated breath, for example), so I have no doubt they will be together in the future. Their connection was real, and on the other hand we knew the photos sent by Ah-ran wouldn’t be a big issue (BJ didn’t mind KJ already knew about the suicide note).
In addition, she has no ring and the seat beside her is empty, and if we want to give credit to the lyrics of the song used when they met during ep.14 and to the Akira manager, they love each other, so I’m perfectly fine with the ending.
They healed, and that’s the most important thing.
In another drama maybe KJ would go back to school or find another job, while here we see he has made a business of the stand-in service, that is the thing he is good at, and what he chose to do (even if I think his motel days are over).
I liked that the writer didn’t specify the duration of the time jump, the time for healing is different for everyone, after all.
I am sad for Ah-ran. She has been abused and trapped for so long, that she can’t help but being disillusioned and she can’t believe love still exists. At least she has freed herself from the husband (even if I don’t think she exposed his violent behaviour).
Jong-hoon also is trapped into his own game. When he proposed AR to live a long and mediocre life with him, he was brave to expose his vulnerability, but unfortunately, he remains miserable and stuck in a client/employee relationship.
I had written that a relationship between Min-jung and DDak-yi would be hell for both, but now I’m not sure; it could work.
As other beanies, I had thought MJ could be a ticking bomb and cause trouble to BJ after all after the meeting with Jong-hoon, but this drama tried to be realistic, so fortunately, it didn’t go that route.
She was frightened by Jing-hoon, and gave up on KJ (whom I think she fancied only because of his looks and attitude). She wants a normal and stable life, with someone who only looks at her for more than the time of a stand-in service. (In addition, was she the girl who dumped Jung-soo’s junior?). I’m happy with her growth and her choice to start afresh.
I’m not sure what Kyung-eun and Jung-soo will choose to do with their feelings.
I think she was deeply in love with her husband and now she’s still lost and needs time to heal and to figure out what to do with her life.
On the other hand, Jung-soo is dense and not proactive, but she knows him and how to handle him, and the only time we saw him slightly happily smile, was when he was with her.
He had his own development, he finally yelled at his junior and stopped trying to please him (I don’t think this is the right word, but I can’t find a better one).
He is not a bad person, but surely not the right person for BJ, and the fact that he constantly avoided communication was frustrating, but people like this exist.
I liked that he and BJ talked at the end, clarifying that they’re both humans, that they deeply care for each other but aren’t in love, so lifting the weight of their marriage from their shoulders.
I still can’t understand the relationship between DDak-yi’s sister and Woo-nam. Who decided it had to be sexless? What’s going on, now? He seems to want to move to start afresh with her, so why did it seem he was crying from pain? Maybe as other beanies wrote, this storyline needed better actors, I don’t know.
Oh, did you notice the poster of “Bathsheba” at the bus stop? I will try to better understand the “Hallelujha” lyrics and how it fits (if it does) with the story.
This is the best drama of this year for me (but I still love you, YAMS) and surely entered the list of my favourites. No other show I have watched has so well (and beautifully) depicted the pain from depression, the sadness, the emptiness, the longing and the connection between two human beings.
I still agree with your original take that Ddak and Minjung would be hell for each other. Their last scene made me think this is how the parents in weekend dramas (shallow scheming mother, whipped buffoon of a father) come to be. Their relationship literally started like
Min-jung: can I spend your money?
Ddak: you can spend almost all of it
I also like your take on Jong Hoon – he really is a pitiable character.
Now I’m changing idea again about DY and MJ XD
Indeed they both seemed to “want”, rather than to “feel”, so maybe their outcome is the most unpredictable of all.
The thing that can give a little hope is the fact that MJ left JS’s junior, who already had a work and could be seen as reliable, and then started things with DY.
I was ok with how it ended too. At least it didn’t go up in a bonfire or slowly sink beneath the water. She needed time away from him after her marriage break up. The air between them was charged with they met at the end.
I felt like you that Jong-hoon was pitiful. He loved Ah-ran and she barely saw him. He waited on her hand and foot, and she just noticed it. There was no redemption for Ah-ran. She took my breath away when she left BJ to be strangled by her husband. Min-jung and DDak-yi seemed a bit forced together, but it was nice to see him happy. It didn’t hurt to see her working either. Most of all, I felt for Jung-soo. He seemed lost too. I think he was a good person and he tried to resist the love of his life. He seemed a bit of a wet sop, but he truly loved BJ. He just wasn’t right for her or her for him. The refrigerator in their unit was a big empty space, and continuing on with the nourishment theme, it was impossible to fill. (On an unrelated note, he was a younger man too btw.) The conversation at the end when they spoke the truth to each other came as a relief. Everything built up to that. I loved the drama too. I thought it was beautifully crafted and made its points with a light touch. What a joy to watch these two amazing actors.
I was shocked to see what Jin-seop had done to BJ (I had never considered such a thing), and shocked to see AR abandoning her. I know AR was being beaten herself and wanted to save herself and probably once inside the house she called the men who stopped JS, but still that scene hit me very much and now I understand why BJ hates both so much.
What I can’t understand is AR’s attitude towards BJ after all this, she has not even a little sympathy, but fights her like an enemy. I think her need to have the last word (sending the photos) is her way to survive.
Your take on the refrigerator is interesting. I wondered what was the meaning behind the MIL saying that it was too big. In another episode BJ and JS talked about it but I didn’t remember why he wanted to change it; I’ll be more attentive during rewatch time.
That’s when I felt more sympathetic to the MIL. She was bringing food to them, poor thing. Of course, she had her son’s interests at heart, but she is also confessing that she didn’t understand BJ. I’m the same as you about AR. Horrible and twisted: a beaten woman enabling the beater and turning on her defender.
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Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
October 25, 2021 at 4:08 AM
#Lost 16 [warning: sp ** l * rs]
Although I hoped for more interactions between the leads, the ending was satisfying; this is a healing drama, after all, not a romance focused one.
KJ’s and BJ’s reaction in the planetarium is the same they had when they previously met (the accelerated breath, for example), so I have no doubt they will be together in the future. Their connection was real, and on the other hand we knew the photos sent by Ah-ran wouldn’t be a big issue (BJ didn’t mind KJ already knew about the suicide note).
In addition, she has no ring and the seat beside her is empty, and if we want to give credit to the lyrics of the song used when they met during ep.14 and to the Akira manager, they love each other, so I’m perfectly fine with the ending.
They healed, and that’s the most important thing.
In another drama maybe KJ would go back to school or find another job, while here we see he has made a business of the stand-in service, that is the thing he is good at, and what he chose to do (even if I think his motel days are over).
I liked that the writer didn’t specify the duration of the time jump, the time for healing is different for everyone, after all.
About the other characters – >
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
October 25, 2021 at 4:09 AM
I am sad for Ah-ran. She has been abused and trapped for so long, that she can’t help but being disillusioned and she can’t believe love still exists. At least she has freed herself from the husband (even if I don’t think she exposed his violent behaviour).
Jong-hoon also is trapped into his own game. When he proposed AR to live a long and mediocre life with him, he was brave to expose his vulnerability, but unfortunately, he remains miserable and stuck in a client/employee relationship.
I had written that a relationship between Min-jung and DDak-yi would be hell for both, but now I’m not sure; it could work.
As other beanies, I had thought MJ could be a ticking bomb and cause trouble to BJ after all after the meeting with Jong-hoon, but this drama tried to be realistic, so fortunately, it didn’t go that route.
She was frightened by Jing-hoon, and gave up on KJ (whom I think she fancied only because of his looks and attitude). She wants a normal and stable life, with someone who only looks at her for more than the time of a stand-in service. (In addition, was she the girl who dumped Jung-soo’s junior?). I’m happy with her growth and her choice to start afresh.
I’m not sure what Kyung-eun and Jung-soo will choose to do with their feelings.
I think she was deeply in love with her husband and now she’s still lost and needs time to heal and to figure out what to do with her life.
On the other hand, Jung-soo is dense and not proactive, but she knows him and how to handle him, and the only time we saw him slightly happily smile, was when he was with her.
He had his own development, he finally yelled at his junior and stopped trying to please him (I don’t think this is the right word, but I can’t find a better one).
He is not a bad person, but surely not the right person for BJ, and the fact that he constantly avoided communication was frustrating, but people like this exist.
I liked that he and BJ talked at the end, clarifying that they’re both humans, that they deeply care for each other but aren’t in love, so lifting the weight of their marriage from their shoulders.
I still can’t understand the relationship between DDak-yi’s sister and Woo-nam. Who decided it had to be sexless? What’s going on, now? He seems to want to move to start afresh with her, so why did it seem he was crying from pain? Maybe as other beanies wrote, this storyline needed better actors, I don’t know.
Oh, did you notice the poster of “Bathsheba” at the bus stop? I will try to better understand the “Hallelujha” lyrics and how it fits (if it does) with the story.
This is the best drama of this year for me (but I still love you, YAMS) and surely entered the list of my favourites. No other show I have watched has so well (and beautifully) depicted the pain from depression, the sadness, the emptiness, the longing and the connection between two human beings.
asterell
October 25, 2021 at 3:10 PM
I still agree with your original take that Ddak and Minjung would be hell for each other. Their last scene made me think this is how the parents in weekend dramas (shallow scheming mother, whipped buffoon of a father) come to be. Their relationship literally started like
Min-jung: can I spend your money?
Ddak: you can spend almost all of it
I also like your take on Jong Hoon – he really is a pitiable character.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
October 28, 2021 at 12:33 PM
Now I’m changing idea again about DY and MJ XD
Indeed they both seemed to “want”, rather than to “feel”, so maybe their outcome is the most unpredictable of all.
The thing that can give a little hope is the fact that MJ left JS’s junior, who already had a work and could be seen as reliable, and then started things with DY.
dramalover4ever
October 25, 2021 at 3:43 PM
I was ok with how it ended too. At least it didn’t go up in a bonfire or slowly sink beneath the water. She needed time away from him after her marriage break up. The air between them was charged with they met at the end.
I felt like you that Jong-hoon was pitiful. He loved Ah-ran and she barely saw him. He waited on her hand and foot, and she just noticed it. There was no redemption for Ah-ran. She took my breath away when she left BJ to be strangled by her husband. Min-jung and DDak-yi seemed a bit forced together, but it was nice to see him happy. It didn’t hurt to see her working either. Most of all, I felt for Jung-soo. He seemed lost too. I think he was a good person and he tried to resist the love of his life. He seemed a bit of a wet sop, but he truly loved BJ. He just wasn’t right for her or her for him. The refrigerator in their unit was a big empty space, and continuing on with the nourishment theme, it was impossible to fill. (On an unrelated note, he was a younger man too btw.) The conversation at the end when they spoke the truth to each other came as a relief. Everything built up to that. I loved the drama too. I thought it was beautifully crafted and made its points with a light touch. What a joy to watch these two amazing actors.
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
October 28, 2021 at 12:29 PM
I was shocked to see what Jin-seop had done to BJ (I had never considered such a thing), and shocked to see AR abandoning her. I know AR was being beaten herself and wanted to save herself and probably once inside the house she called the men who stopped JS, but still that scene hit me very much and now I understand why BJ hates both so much.
What I can’t understand is AR’s attitude towards BJ after all this, she has not even a little sympathy, but fights her like an enemy. I think her need to have the last word (sending the photos) is her way to survive.
Your take on the refrigerator is interesting. I wondered what was the meaning behind the MIL saying that it was too big. In another episode BJ and JS talked about it but I didn’t remember why he wanted to change it; I’ll be more attentive during rewatch time.
dramalover4ever
October 28, 2021 at 1:57 PM
That’s when I felt more sympathetic to the MIL. She was bringing food to them, poor thing. Of course, she had her son’s interests at heart, but she is also confessing that she didn’t understand BJ. I’m the same as you about AR. Horrible and twisted: a beaten woman enabling the beater and turning on her defender.