: Hee-sun cries at the sight of Moo-chuls body in the morgue, while Jin-sung stays to comfort her. Out of all the melos I've seen, this one is definitely the most satisfying. Just like Young, this show grew and developed until about halfway, when it started losing its momentum, getting more secretive, and reverting to bad old habits. @picklemonster: That's actually pretty cool -- the not wanting to give false hope thing. The time travel element helps give this novel a satisfying conclusion. I didn't have a problem with Soo not taking the $$ though! When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. I will join you guys in saying that I am also quite impressed with Heads' writing and her sense of humor. Here's the guy who warned you again and again that Kim was bad news, to get out of Dodge ASAP and don't look back, who was always trying to get you out of the gangster life - and so you take the knife and leave the only true villain in the entire melo and go all the way out to the rooftop to stab your friend. He loved you so much. Young's hair, everyone's fantastic health etc. And how, for the first time, the world seemed fair. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time. Rhys Bowen, New York Times and #1 Kindle bestselling author of The Tuscan Child, In Farleigh Field, and the Royal Spyness novels, Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. Outside the room, Sun-hee tells Soo that Moo-chul died after being sick for far too long. As a young boy, he was fascinated by Giovanni Caproni planes, which were made by one of Italy's best-known aircraft engineers. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I really wanted to completely love this show and I did especially the the first third of the drama but the show just started going downhill for me in the last three episodes. Sick of Emmas habit of always depending on her and her husband to take care of her, Lizzy finally loses control when Emma suggests moving in with Lizzy and Isaac. We really don't know what happened when Oh soo was stubbed by Jin Sung. I'm glad that this was my first. This would explain how Isaac meets the real reverend while Lizzy is haunted by the spirit in the form of the reverend. But he interacts with too many people and objects to be a ghost or a memory. If that was for Oh soo's grave then why it is on the table? There was a time when I liked watching her because I expected things to change, and when they didnt, I couldnt understand why we would be expected to be on her journey no matter how much I wanted to be. Its no surprise that Soo lived, since every character in this show (aside from poor Moo-chul), displayed a knack for healing without a scratch. I was waiting to see if the aftermath changed how I felt about the whole ordeal, since there was a chance for the show to treat the attempt in a thoughtful and meaningful way. As Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito converged on the thieves' cave, they. I love this show for all its prettiness and as much as I try to make myself truly love it, I can't help but leave feeling empty and cold towards the latter part of the show. As he gets angrier, Lizzy notices an ominous dark shadow rising behind him. His stern expression did make me think he matured a bit. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; I did chuckle many times reading this recap. A romcom, please!!! Isaac confronts Lizzy about the murder. There never is a straight ending in Kdramaland. I will miss this drama.. hiks. One of the least enjoyable finales av ever watched! Print Word PDF This section contains 688 words (approx. Wow! Even for wearing that maroon suit and pants at ep16! The more she tries to unravel her familys past, the more entangled she becomes. I think that is what the writer ment. The trailer for No Way Home revealed a bit of how that will happen: Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) will seemingly break the multiverse while trying to undo the moment when Peter Parker's. It's by no means the worst thing I've ever seen, but it was a letdown - I can live with Young's suicide attempt, but the sudden Drama Fairy handwaving of it is too much. One evening, Anne, Thomas, and Michael are at a gathering at the Gresham Hotel when Anne suddenly remembers reading about a tragedy that took place at that hotel. So it kinda kills me to read HeadsNo2's criticisms (that I agree with, btw) about often not being able to understand Young and other characters in this drama. I mean, there's blunt force trauma, but it's not exactly subtle. So let me get this straight. I have never felt so involved in a story and I feel even more fascinated by the history of Ireland. At least Moo-chul's minion seems to have Jin-sung's back. Really? I wont even get into how robbed I felt of FINALLY seeing Jin-sung break away from his astounding sense of loyalty, because it would have been an amazing character moment to see exactly how the wheels turned in his head when he chose his family over his best friend. Stabbingthis seems to be used a lot. Blurry. That scene jump from cafe to that path lined with cherry blossom trees was so abrupt and strange, kind of like how it would happen in dreams. Otherwise she's hanging out in the afterlife with her ex-fiance. Yep! Really, why? Meaning, the surgery was successful and Oh young survived. I think they are dead. If it was Young's imagination, why did she have to make it so that Soo only shows himself to her after a year? South Wind Knows My Mood Episode 39. Granted, some things started to not make sense towards the end, but NOTHING about this show makes me think the director or writer became lazy and gave up along the way. Fresh out of the oven from their dangerous and daring adventures in America, the book finds Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha, and Shepherd back in the UK with a laundry list of problems to take care of. endings were perfectly done. Almost everyone believes Anne to be Eoin's mother, though this Anne is the great-granddaughter of that Anne. I really love him. But that's really the only thing I wonder. This time, we look at the baffling ending of Neon. (I could buy him being dead if they'd left it at the bicycle scene -- but the restaurant was too real.). She got the call from Jin-sung while she was on her way to treat Young. As the novel comes to an end, the couple are reunited and happy together. At one point or the other, I kept viewing as some kind of Stockholm Syndrome on Young's end, the way she just also seemed to care for Wang even though what she did was horrible. But in true drama fashion, we know Soos cards must be the winning ones, and Jin-sung knows as well since Soo just leaves him there. Make Kim think Oh Soo, died like Moo Chul had everyone thinking he was threatening Soo instead of just warning him? As she tries to free herself from the bed, Isaac attempts to stop her and gets stabbed in the process. Is this another instance of Drama Syndrome, where characters would rather undergo pain and irreparable harm than do something logical? (For the other reasons you said as well.). However that hee Sun would not figure it out would not be consistent. I salute the writer as well as Ju in sung and Oh young very well-acted characters. Find more reviews and book recommendations on my blog. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { Just like the one guy says, "Soo was willing to forget pride". They could have done the movie with only half of them. Thank you so much for the recap. Oooh, a twist! He was not quite ready hence she couldn't see him until he was. Michael and his men discover the door has been locked and they would have died if not for Anne's warning. i'm a great fan of head's writing superpowers. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; Rachel Brown, a fellow teacher and . Sex is a natural part of our life and that is artistically shot and they are just depicting a natural human behavior to get aroused and be lustful, because if you don't then you are not normal . Even if OY couldn't forgive OS at that moment, they could have still talked, I thought. And if the case hasn't been resolved by June 30 . Notes from the translator. It was LOST season six. Thank you all, and thank you HeadsNo2 for your recaps. Almost the ending: Yay! I was hoping for a more straight-forward ending, but I'll take this too. She didnt really want to commit suicide, it was just a cry for attention? Oh and Kim Bum, I don't think I can forgive you. Anne soon discovers she has passed back in time to 1921 and that the little boy in the household is her grandfather, Eoin. In an even better play orchestrated by Jin-sung, Minion comes to the rescue as he and his men take over Boss Mans CCTV room so that they can keep watch over the game, ensuring that Boss Man cant cheat his way out AND to assure Jin-sung and Soos safe escape if they win. When I heard her speech in this ep about how she wanted Soo to come and save her I was really disgusted. One day, Anne chases Eoin's ball into the lough and she begins to fade away. He has, because he loved a girl who was blind. But she didn't, her vision is only recovering, thus the blurry images. The film's immense runtime (2 hours and 37 minutes) makes it the second longest Marvel . When you said this, "(Seriously though. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time., Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. Anne and Thomas spend a lot of time together and fall in love. That was what it felt like to me, just so we could have the reunion scene in the very end and tie a neat bow). Only when hes out does he call Secretary Wang to ask her to return, because hell feel more at ease if shes there to take care of Young. In the end, the struggle becomes a question of whether she should or could stay in a time period she doesnt belong in but has become home for her. A wildlife officer (Cory Lambert) finds the dead body of a local Native American girl out in the middle of the cold Wyoming wildlife. "What the Wind Knows" is less sex heavy, more passionate romance wise, and the plot line is more intense. "Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time." That is permanent and altered the scope of her life, but yet even at the end they are asking her to come back into Young's life. When I started watching I already accepted the fact that someone or even all of the lead characters might die. The plot holes - oy! Amy explained in the most beautiful narrative about the heartbreaking decisions many of these people had to make. : Which is why I'm so happy Soo lived. He looks relieved as he shakes his bracelet to let her know its him. I cant forgive you, she says. or (Seriously! I was definitely perplexed, after having watched this episode. Whilst I have read several books from this period, this one was special. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Late in the narrative, Isaac finds the diary in Lizzy's possession, which prompts him to realize that Lizzy likely had something to do with Emma's death. Over all, I do think rather than a "happy ending" it was more like a "believe what you want" ending. Her confusion at the beginning of the film as to how Emma got her hands on the gun is also questionable. Thats where Young fails as a character, even though earlier episodes showed her growing and changing from the cold and prickly person she once was, which was mostly due to Secretary Wangs heavy hand in keeping her in a child-like state, into a woman who realized that the world wasnt always out to get her. At first I thought it was some kind of alternate reality where they both died and created it so they (and us viewers) can come into terms with moving on. Zombie Young says okay, and he carries her three steps to the kitchen. Could you tell me exactly what it is about the ending that eluded you? I will agree with deducing opera, that in general, barring sacrificing yourself in a suicide 'mission' to save others, suicide is a big o' hey look at me. What would be the point of having that conversation of how Soo told Wang to not tell Young about his whereabouts until she was done chemo? Well, there was no wrenching of the guts here. His care for Anne shows the type of love every woman should aspire to find. Just read and look where Song was interviewed, she also concluded TWTWB was a happy ending story. Also, the ladies he played never landed him in jail.). Indeed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it this way. But once Lily is shown how she's going to act in the future, she chooses to act differently . I totally agree. He would have lived with it and never told hee Sun. If you've just watched the credits roll and are still reeling from the revelations and changes, then . This article contains Eternals spoilers.. Eternals is a big movie for Marvelin every sense of the word.. JS looked very sad at the point when he agreed to what Hee-sun suggested but the the face of JS was a type of confused or something that the director suggested for him to do to make us bewildered of what really had happened to Oh soo. That said I think it lost me in episode 12 or 13 with Young's funky character development and the insane troll logic medical stuff. When I first started watching More Beautiful Than a Flower, I didn't know that it was written by NHK. : Oh and I forgot to add. Soo does all the talking during dinner and even after, until Young cuts him off by telling him to leave once Lawyer Jang comes back. On a shallow note, I loved most of OS's wardrobe, especially the orange coat he wore at the beginning of this episode, it looked good on him. Lawyer Jang tries to get Soo to take the money on Youngs behalf, since it would make her feel better. What the Wind Knows takes this idea and expands upon in it, layer upon beautiful layer. I thought it was a nice touch. (Like Lost!, And especially because all the scenes were blurry. Many viewers will say that a happy ending does not excuse a drama from obvious plot holes, but I'll give TWTWB a pass. There are no amount of words to describe this book. I was anticipating this one especially, because I was curious about what you thought of this episode. I loved that. Her books have been translated into thirty languages around the world. Wind explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Wind explained Energy from moving air Wind is caused by uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. SHK and JIS are really good looking. It always took some time with him. Please try again. This vagued up messy ending was the compromise. Harmon has become a go to author for me as a talented writer. I for one liked the ending. However, she seems to be lost in a hallucination of her earlier days, when her husband refused to believe her about the presence of an ominous entity. I didn't understand the scene where JS knifed OS. , Publisher Is this another instance of Drama Syndrome, where characters would rather undergo pain and irreparable harm than do something logical?) A tiny moment passes before he asks if they can see each other again. When I'm asked who's my favourite author, her name tumbles out of my lips without a second to consider. I cried like a baby. Soo drags his feet, futilely trying to make it to the hospital as blood streams from his wound and tears stream from his face. while watching this episode, as in "I really want to understand, but honestly, I don't. I enjoyed the feisty and whiplash smart Young in the beginning of the show and then her character just went downhill with the suicide attempt. This explains that Oh young has the ability to see but not really clear. This film follows the story of two couples as they start living in the unpopulated area of New Mexico. (hahah). Doctor Sun-hee treats Young at home, with Lawyer Jang and her closest friends watching nervously even as Sun-hee declares that Young will be fine when she wakes up. One of the main driving forces of Lizzys frustration is her solitude in suffering. In the case of Deus, the system knows Lily should behave one way based on all the rules of determinism. Ur comments cracked me up!!! Instead of theorizing, theres another option, in that the obligatory happy ending could have just made sense without requiring leaps in logic. Is he alive or just a figment of her memories? I don't think he's a chef, but I do think he owns some kind of restaurant. Soo makes Jin-sung and Boss Man nervous when he keeps folding, but Soo reveals his tactic during a time out he wanted to come this close to losing so Boss Man would have no option but to buy in. At first I was so upset because I wasn't sure whether Soo was dead or alive, and thought the writer ripped us off with an open-ended ending. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2019. I don't need my heroines to be people I'd like in real life to consider them interesting and watchable, but the second half of this devolved in a very, very similar way to Nice Guy - the nonsensical last-minute stabbing of the hero (well, at least Soo, unlike Maru, does not hang out having conversations on a park bench with his girl AFTER being stabbed), the time skip and the reunion of the couple after a long time. Really, the only way out was to stab Soo? At the end of the twentieth century, it became the general theory. Which might be realistic. And I want to pay for what Ive done, he chokes out. Note to self don't do this on my kindle again it auto correct is a bitch. It's a . I could feel the discomfort of the clothing, the confusion of being in a new place and time, and see the world as if I was reading in 3D. I know, hard to believe. Nor are the ladies & gentlemen of the castle as aristocratic as they believe they are. Granted, I'm not familiar with Irish history, making everything in these pages new to me. You made viewing this beautiful drama (scenes, actors and soundtracks) even more memorable. , Sticky notes I HONESTLY dont know where to start on how much this book meant to me! I don't think it was an excuse to put in alot of sex scenes. My biggest gripe is the directing of this show. In that case then, why stab him in the first place? It blows harder, annoyed, and tells Santiago to talk to the Hand That Wrote All. Perhaps instead of questioning whether Lizzy's experiences were real or imagined, the film is trying to suggest that both things can be true at once. It was amazing because it is not really easy to write an open ended story and with so much twists. The Wind cast includes Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, and Julia Goldani Telles to name a few. Another BIG factor as to why the last scene is not a depiction of heaven, or Young's imagination, is because the conversation between Soo and Young in that cafe is waaay too elaborate to be fake. I also think it's real because Jin Sung and Hee Sung can't possibly be so cheerful had Jin Sung killed his hyung. Maybe it was the timing in which it happened. The surreal film follows a womans slow descent into madness as she struggles to survive the crushing solitude of the 19th-century frontier lands. But they crammed it into like a freaking two-minutes-reactionif that. The Wind opens with Lizzy emerging from a cabin, soaked in blood, holding her neighbor Emmas stillborn baby. Summary. There's not a book of hers that has not thrilled me. Wang's crimes. Completely agree, Kaye. I still think he did die, so im kinda surprise how many people think he lived. Sometimes you can't explain your heart. I'm disappointed though that it didn't keep up toward the end. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. So, the suicidal attitude has always been there and it takes months of treatment, so I can totally relate to OY each time she is going back and forth with the suicidal attempt or negativity towards life. - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. And yes, like mentioned above, to show lust and passion. Doing the right thing is often synonymous with doing the difficult thing. She finds the Braille letter Soo left her directing her to watch the video. A horror that doesn't fall prey to the stereotypes of the genre (read - Hereditary, A Quiet Place, Bird Box). As folks already pointed out, I just don't get why Sec. . He was timeless - simple, yet strong, and completely human. But, because Soo lived so the scene didn't actually impact the storyline much, I just stick my fingers in my ears and lalala my way through that scene and the drama works! When Lizzy opens it, the camera lingers long enough to see the list of demons and their attributes. Wow, now that "winter" has past, I can finally breathe. The Other Side of the Wind, the film-within-a-film, is a riff on Euro-centric indie filmmaking of the '60s that was avant-garde and extremely influential. SHK, you are being kissed by JIS! As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. I'm one of those people who would rather have a happy ending than a realistic one. On the other hand, there is evidence to suggest that these events are the result of Lizzy's paranoid imagination. It's even weirder cuz 2 eps ago lawyer ahjussi was angrily throwing her out asking her if she's human and all and then hey! For taking the time to actually write it out or type it out in this case. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access But it wasn't clear how our characters survived the stabbing, surgery, and road accidents. This is exactly what I said. None of the motivations made sense after that. Maybe he felt like a cornered mouse or panicked. But no, Young frequently visited Soo's cafe, hears the bell on his bracelet and yet Soo doesn't reveal to her that it's him until much later. The show ended with a major loophole. I felt that the plot and the characterizations started to fall apart in the last episodes. In the late fifties the cop got into an accident and burned to death, the priests had known what the cop . We knew it would be, but it hurts to see the crazed look in Jin-sungs eyes as Soo hauls himself up to eye level. In short: In the ending of Link's Awakening, upon waking the Windfish, Link saves three of the four real characters (the Windfish, Link, and Marin), while Nakura (the ghost) succumbs to the storm and cannot be saved. But, no matter what flaws this drama has, I have to admit that I do LOVE this drama. I always see this movie labeled as "porn", but this is the perfect example of explaining that it isn't. But since it didn't really do anything anyway I just push it from my mind and enjoy what's left. Even if she survives the stab wound from the scissors, which is bleeding profusely, she most likely slowly descends into madness before long. Amy Harmon is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and New York Times bestselling author. Please try your request again later. Now, I just can't watch JIS without thinking "he did a porn movie" Cause that's what it is. And as was mentioned, there is no way Hee-Sun and Jin-Sung could be happy is Soo were really dead. I love you.. 0.0/10 from 0 users. Because more than any other k-drama writer I can think of, NHK is gifted at writing highly relatable, complex characters whom I understand. What the Wind Knows Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to One day, Anne is walking by the lough when she hears a familiar whistle, and Thomas arrives. Also, when OY did that (push back when she would ask questions to OS), it reminded me some of Faith, when CY told the doctor that he would ask her later to stay with him and get her answer then.