Episode 16: FINALE
OMG. Is this really happening? Are we truly at the end? Seems like we just got started good!
• I’m not surprised at how this epi started off. I had a sneaking suspicion that Se Na would get the heck out of Dodge once she saw Hyun Wook making headway when it came to composing again. The cool thing about it is she didn’t try to fool him into thinking she was leaving because she’d had a change of heart about her feelings for him (a usual well worn K-drama tactic). She made it very clear that she loved him deeply and that she knew he loved her just as deeply, but that distance was the only way they’d survive for the time being. I ain’t mad at ya, Se Na. One thing you’ve always been is a smart cookie. Good call, but a heartbreaker. *sniffle*
(Let me say right here that Rain’s hair has been an amazing work of art during this show. You can’t helping wanting to partake of its radiant magnificence. I’ve always thought it probably has its own separate contract, manager, and agent. That man was born with an awesome mane, let me tell you. If he were a lion, he’d definitely be King of the Forest. Or of the Jungle. Or of the Korean peninsula. Or of wherever.)
• ROFL! I told y’all. “1 year later.” ROFLMAO! (Awesome. Is Hyun Wook still CEO? Or did CEO Lee survive and come back to AnA? Has A-hole Jae Young managed to hang on to his shirt? Let’s get on to it!)
• Aw, poor Jae Young. He completely screwed himself because of his hatred and tomfoolery, and still, he’s as sullen and bitter as a 5-year-old at recess. It’s gotta suck to live like that. LMAO~ People like him, in real life, are laughable and of absolutely no use.
• LOL at Producer Hyun Wook and World Star Shi Woo butting heads over working together. Y’all two are so cute, scowling at each other, haha. Hae Yoon has risen to the presidency now… hmm. I always knew she had it in her if she’d just get her head out of her butt. Good for her.
• Jesus. Ex-CEO Lee is still alive – and STILL telling Hyun Wook how to live his life, what to do with his house, et cetera, et cetera. Dude, you ever thought of just saying a simple “Hey, how are you today, son?” when you lay eyes on your kid sometimes? Sheesh. What a drag.
• Don’t bother lying about it, Hyun Wook. You haven’t “forgotten all about” Se Na, not by a long shot. But, I guess if I were you, I’d be saying the same thing if A WHOLE YEAR HAD PASSED and everyone kept bringing up her name like, DAILY. What is it with you people? You didn’t want him with her, y’all bitched every day about it back then, how “just wrong” it was, how the world would be against them. He hasn’t been with her for a year! Why do you continue torturing him? Shut your pie holes.
• Ahahaha! Hong’s boyfriend ended up as Shi Woo’s manager? Did not see that coming. I underestimated you, dude.
• How convenient, Hyun Wook’s front door being unlocked. The fact that the house hasn’t been cleaned out by neighborhood thugs yet is unrealistic. Ugh.
• Yeah, let me stroll into my house and find the door open. The first thing I’d be doing was backing out the way I came and calling the cops to file a report and see if anything is missing, not sitting down and composing a song. If Hyun Wook thought that maybe he’d carelessly left the door open himself, that should have been made clear. (That’s two strikes in rapid succession, screenwriter. You’ve had a good run thus far. Don’t make me come down hard on you now that we’re in the homestretch.)
• Yeah, Se Na, wouldn’t you feel cold and hurt if Hyun Wook had abandoned you? You’d be furious, and you know it. Your leaving was understandable, I got it, but this is a consequence of leaving him after his life had been about nothing but loss for the past four years. He still loves you, but doesn’t trust you or himself anymore. A sure-fire way of protecting yourself from further hurt is not letting anyone in anymore, even if you have to fib.
• I knew there had to be a catch for Hong’s boyfriend to be a manager. Shi Woo, tsk tsk! LOL~
• Alright, Shi Woo. You need to rein in that horse before it writes a check your ass can’t cash. Just because our favorite couple is broken up, don’t think you can be an upstart to Hyun Wook about it. Your feelings will be awfully hurt when your cockiness doesn’t keep them apart. Don’t you watch K-dramas? LOL~
• Ahaha! Rain’s face, when Hyun Wook was lying sternly over the phone to Se Na about his “missing 100-year-old” pen, strongly reminded me of Young Jae’s face whenever he lied sternly to Han JiEun in Full House. Keke~ (Her hidden delight at being summoned to his house was so cute! Is she wearing the necklace he gave her? 😮 Yippee! She should have found that pen where he hid it, and put it in his face, screenwriter!)
Lee Young Jae lying his butt off on “Full House”…
• Racoon Hae Yoon and ex-CEO Lee at the door when Hyun Wook has Se Na right where he wants her. Arghhhhhhh! Aigooooooo, just kill me now so I don’t have to suffer this!! 😡
• Awwwwww. Hyun Wook outed himself to the entire nation. Holy cow, how romantic. Wild horses couldn’t drag Se Na from that train station after that. And when they lay eyes on each other, it was all over but the singing. For good. ❤ ❤ YAY 🙂
Talk about a feel-good ending. Talk about a feel-good drama, without some of the K-melodramatic craziness we’re used to seeing. I enjoyed it so much. Hyun Wook, Se Na, Shi Woo, and Hae Yoon all changed and grew and found success in both life and business. Their transitions were right on. I would like to have seen Shi Woo end up with a happy heart, but I suppose that with his new confidence, that might have come next. The same with Hae Yoon – I was hoping she would begin to see Sung Jin with new eyes and give him a chance. *sigh*
Jackass Jae Young was as stagnant as all get out, didn’t grow at all, and got off damned easy. No satisfaction for me there. If he suffered, I wanted to see him suffer, not have that suffering implied. He probably went on to accept Hae Yoon’s offer, but what’s the point if he’s still an ass? You can say the same of Ex-CEO Lee – you know he went on to create more problems for our favorite couple before realizing he wasn’t going to get anywhere. He probably even refused to go to their wedding. Oh, well. You can’t win them all.
I thought for sure that Supernatural So Eun and ghost pooch Dal Bongie might have a final hoorah, but no. Eh, okay.
Was this K-drama perfect? No. Did I get most of what I was hoping for with this K-drama? Yes. I was looking to recapture some of the things I felt while watching favorite “Full House” but without the lovers hurting each other so much in the process of fighting their feelings. When everyone’s feelings got hurt, I wanted a heroine who remained strong but didn’t turn into a shrew, and a hero who kept his compassion but didn’t turn into a bully and a jerk, which is exactly what I got. Se Na and Hyun Wook exasperated me at times, but at no time did they act out of character, in my honest opinion.
Rain and Krystal, job well done. Really proud of you both. 🙂
I would’ve liked there to be more to the ending, but I didn’t mind what we got because that’s simply what you get with a K-drama, and anyone who watches them knows that. So long as Hyun Wook and Se Na ended up together, alive and intact, in the real world and not in an afterlife, I was good. Just think of the ending we could have gotten… SangDoo… A Love To Kill… I’m Sorry, I Love You… Kingdom of Wind… Flames of Desire… Yeah, now, that would have sucked.
1) Why didn’t they let Hyun Wook sing a little bit while he was composing? File that under Missed Opportunity. 😐
2) It would have been a better idea to have 20 episodes and spend less time or NO time on the subplots you weren’t going to develop or tie up. Like Kang Tae Min and Mrs. CEO Lee — did nothing with that. Ra Eum and the Infinite Power leader (played by Hoya?) treating Shi Woo like garbage — did nothing with that. Ex-CEO Lee’s supposed love child that turned out to not be his love child — glossed over that. The consequences of Jae Young’s villainous betrayals — glossed over that. Sung Jin having a crush on Hae Yoon — did nothing with that. The two AnA staffers secretly dating — did nothing with that!
If these things weren’t going anywhere, why’d you bring them up? You could have used all of that time digging deeper into the real meat of the problem, Hyun Wook being with his dead lover’s sister, and more of the fallout from that. Hyun Wook and Se Na would have been clinging together in quiet, calm misery, while everyone else and the Korean Media spun out of control around them and made life hell.
3) Hyun Wook’s panic attacks and “earworm” problem were completely dropped after the first few episodes. What the heck for? Y’all could have done wonders with that!
4) The pacing could have used a boost. (Refer back to #2.) Terri said this and I agree — The events that happened in those 16 episodes could have happened in only eight.
A few inane things people are saying around the Internet:
“What was with Rain dating his dead girlfriend’s sister? OMG, so lame.” The same thing has happened in about a million-gazillion K-dramas before this one. It’s a well used plot device, so stop pretending it’s so shocking.
“No romantic chemistry between the leads.” If you already had a bias against either Rain or Krystal, you would think that. Which means that they could have jumped through flaming hoops to please you, and you’d still condemn them. So, whatevs.
“Krystal’s acting was wooden and horrible. She wasn’t up to Rain’s level at all.” Jesus, folks. The poor girl is just starting her acting career in earnest. She’s barely turned 20. With the added pressure of co-starring with RAIN, I have to give her kudos for managing to pull it off. Everybody has to start off wet behind the ears somewhere. Even Rain did. How could she possibly be on the level with anyone who’s already been acting for 12 years? Geez.
“What was with all the head-holding and one-handed hugs? Where was the passionate kissing? WTF?” R-i-g-h-t. That’s all Rain needed for everyone to then bash him for tongue-kissing and feeling up a girl 12 years his junior. Why do you think they were in his bed fully clothed and their night of love merely implied? Netizens would have tried to ride Rain out of town on a rail. You know I’m telling the truth.
“I could have written better.” Is that why you’re not employed as a screenwriter? Just askin’.
“The worst K-drama I’ve ever watched.” LOL, I doubt it. Stop being so dramatic and think back on all the drivel you’ve watched over the years… See?
“He’ll be a great actor with just a few more lessons.” *speechless* ROFLMAO
“All Rain did was stand around looking grim with his hands straight down by his sides.” That was the character. That’s what Hyun Wook does. He is a rigid, introverted business type whose life has been a living hell for a lot of years. He’s damaged. He’s quiet. You expect him to enter every scene like a party animal, I guess?
Let me also mention that I saw just as many comments by viewers who saw the chemistry plenty and enjoyed Rain’s and Krystal’s performance. Glad of that.
Okay, folks, take the floor if you so desire. What did you think of My Lovable Girl?
(*NOTE: You can be truthful about your feelings in this thread—or any thread on Cloud USA—without fear of being attacked. BUT. No hate speech. No fighting. And no vilifying of Rain or other commenters. Be constructive. We have discussions here, not flame wars. Have at!)
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