Serendipity’s Embrace: Episodes 7-8 (Remaining)
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Our serendipitous story involves a easy finish, becoming for what has been an easy and uncomplicated journey. Our characters get closure on the previous and backbone on current emotions, and whereas the longer term is likely to be unsure, it’s much less daunting touring the street collectively versus being alone.
EPISODES 7-8
Our last week begins with some a lot wanted closure on the Hong-joo and Joon-ho relationship. Joon-ho admits that he left as a result of he was sick, and he goes on to color himself because the sufferer and fault Hong-joo for not taking him again. However after three years of beating herself up and pondering she was the issue, Hong-joo refuses to be gaslighted any additional. The information that Joon-ho would nonetheless have left her it doesn’t matter what she did makes Hong-joo offended, nevertheless it additionally makes it simple to forgive him as a result of he has given her a solution to the query she has struggled along with her entire life: the individuals who left her had a motive to take action, and it isn’t her fault they left.
Hong-joo formally quits the Avant Garde challenge, however this resolution leaves her with blended emotions as a result of the difference was one thing she actually wished to do since earlier than becoming a member of the corporate. To raise her spirits, Hong-joo takes Hoo-young out on an activity-filled date, and afterwards he admits that he additionally wanted to de-stress as a result of he stop his job. Hong-joo asks if he stop as a result of she informed him to not go to the U.S., and he says no. He tells her to not fear, and to simply belief him.
However it’s onerous to not fear when Hoo-young’s mother strikes into uncle Wook’s place for the remainder of her keep in Korea. Mother begins by treating Hong-joo as Hoo-young’s “buddy,” and he or she’s not moved when Hoo-young insists that Hong-joo is his girlfriend — and that his resolution to stay in Korea has nothing to do with Hong-joo.
Since uncle Wook’s tackle is now a vacationer attraction, Joon-ho additionally reveals up at Hong-joo’s place to drop off all of the love letters she wrote to him. He in all probability didn’t pay for trash assortment at his place or perhaps the waste administration firm banned him for littering — as a result of this dude folded among the letters into planes and crashed them at completely different spots within the compound. Tsk.
One of many planes hits Hoo-young’s mother’s head, and he or she shouldn’t be impressed by Hong-joo’s “difficult love life.” Mother offers Hong-joo the “don’t block my son’s future” speech, and Hong-joo is blissful to tell Mother that Hoo-young is the one who flirted along with her and kissed her first. Lool. And as for what Hoo-young may “lose” due to her, Hong-joo replies that if good Hoo-young did the mathematics and made up his thoughts to be along with her, it means he thinks she’s price it. I really like her assured comebacks!
However whereas Hong-joo might need acted unfazed in entrance of Mother, she’s truly fearful that Mother will prevail and Hoo-young will return to the U.S. along with her. Hoo-young, alternatively, overhears from Sang-pil and Hye-ji that Hong-joo was going to work on a challenge with Joon-ho. And a mixture of abandonment points and belief points leads the couple to have their first struggle. Simply nice!
Hong-joo and Hoo-young report themselves to Hye-ji and Sang-pil respectively, they usually get scolded in return. Hye-ji tells Hong-joo that she ought to have trusted in Hoo-young’s promise to remain, and Sang-pil tells Hoo-young that Hong-joo’s greatest concern is that folks will go away her with out saying goodbye. Hoo-young beforehand famous that Hong-joo all the time mentioned goodbye to him each time they met, and now he realizes why.
Our OTP finally apologize to one another, make up — and struggle for his or her proper to be the one which likes the opposite particular person extra. Tsk. It’s very disrespectful to us single of us, however no matter. At the very least they’ve overcome this hurdle and issues are wanting up for them, proper?
Fallacious! Mother units up extra hurdles on our OTP’s path: 1) she offers Hong-joo the “come to the U.S. with Hoo-young or neglect about him” ultimatum; 2) she refuses to simply accept Hoo-young’s resignation and recordsdata a lawsuit towards him for utilizing inside info to safe outdoors investments. Man simply wished to department out on his personal, however now nobody will put money into him with an ongoing lawsuit. Wow!
How did this lady handle to be one of many worst ever Okay-drama male lead mothers in simply three episodes?? I’m not even counting her misinform Hong-joo that Hoo-young modifications girlfriends regularly. How do you stain your son’s private {and professional} status after which flip round to say issues like “What mother would let her son break his personal life?” Ma’am, you are the one ruining his life. Jeez!
Hoo-young has no alternative however to return to the U.S. as a result of lawsuit, and he asks Hong-joo to go along with him. However as a lot as Hong-joo likes him and he or she’d prefer to, every little thing valuable to her is in Korea, and she will’t go away. I half anticipated a breakup and time skip to observe, however our OTP doesn’t break up. Hoo-young guarantees to return after the lawsuit is over, and he or she plans to attend for him. The connection may not have run as easily as she anticipated, however Hong-joo says she doesn’t remorse it.
Subsequent factor , Hoo-young is on the airport prepared to go away, and Hong-joo rolls up with a suitcase. Apparently, my good sis has too many trip days, and he or she has determined to spend all of them within the U.S. A trip is a pleasant compromise, and I’ll take it despite the fact that it appears like Mother received. Hoo-young and Hong-joo set off collectively on one other part of their serendipitous journey, and so far as blissful endings go, that is theirs. As for me, perhaps if I drink sufficient water, the fish bone lodged in my throat will go down.
From its first week it was apparent this drama wasn’t promising something out of the unusual, however part of me feels prefer it may have been extra. On a regular basis spent on Hoo-young’s disapproving mother and Hye-ji × Kyung-taek’s overly dramatic arc earlier than they received collectively, may have been higher invested to present Hoo-young and Hong-joo the prospect to know extra concerning the present-day variations of one another. Present did ship on the brief and easy, however as for the candy, there was a slight aftertaste.
Total, I suppose the message of the drama is that past love is particular, however it’s not the final word. It’s nice if past love comes true, however even when it doesn’t work out, love can all the time be present in another person’s arms. Whereas Serendipity’s Embrace is likely to be a great way to cross time, it’s not a kind of nice romance dramas you’ll bear in mind in future. However in case you’re fortunate, it is likely to be one in all your viewing choices on a flight headed to your past love, or away from them — and in both case, better of luck to you.
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