Love Subsequent Door: Episodes 15-16 (Closing)
by missvictrix
It’s a really heat and really fuzzy outro for Love Subsequent Door, and we spend our closing week lingering with this story a bit previous its prime. Nonetheless, there are unfastened ends to be tied up, comfortable endings to be assured, and a few last-minute sweetness to make you neglect all that angst subsequent door.
EPISODES 15-16
Whereas I believe all of us deserved the candy endings the drama served (and so did our characters), I’m left feeling a bit unhappy. Regardless of all of the drama on this story, it was laborious for me to attach with these characters, and the emotional undercurrent looks as if it’s lacking one thing, even within the finale.
We decide up with Seung-hyo and Seok-ryu’s embrace on the street, with their combating mothers and drunk dads interrupting them. Seung-hyo is fast to announce they’re courting, and — as anticipated, how annoying — everybody appears royally pissed and drags our OTP aside. It’s needlessly comedic, to me, however that’s the way in which it goes.
Fortunately, the household drama shortly resolves over the finale — and that actually begins with our two essential moms making up after their struggle, and discovering a candy frequent floor by sharing what the opposite is aware of. Seok-ryu’s mother teaches Seung-hyo’s mother to make banchan, and in return Seung-hyo’s mother teaches Seok-ryu’s mother English. It’s only a small second of their friendship, however it’s good to see they discovered their stability once more. But when there’s something I’ve realized from this present it’s that the squabbling will go on. Certainly, on the finish of our drama we see the 2 at the moment are bragging in reverse concerning the different’s child.
Egos are undoubtedly on the heart of this story, however I’m unsure if that was intentional or not? A lot of the drama has been brought on by harm emotions, inferiority, wounded pleasure, and many others. For example, Seok-ryu’s mother goes as far as to suppose that Seok-ryu might be belittled due to her previous illness. Fortunately, Seung-hyo’s mother debunks this with a splendidly heartfelt: “After all I’m fearful about her well being; she’s your valuable baby!” And by the top, we get all of the households on the identical web page and accepting of the romance. I nonetheless don’t purchase the truth that neither set of fogeys ever noticed this coming, however that’s an argument for an additional day.
As a result of now, we simply have a contented couple to take pleasure in. Now we have dates! Now we have embraces! Now we have the engagement bracelet. However as a result of we all know our leads by now, we even have tons of labor. Don’t inform anybody, however Seung-hyo’s been engaged on a secret undertaking. See, Seok-ryu’s dad has certainly determined to shut the snack store, and it’s a heartwarming farewell. However I’m not as dumb as this drama thinks I’m, and I do know precisely the place they’re going with Seok-ryu’s unhappy looking at her “I want I may eat your meals” NerTube feedback.
However the drama did shock me with the truth that it’s Seok-ryu’s dad who proposes she take over the little snack store. I anticipated it to be her concept, or Seung-hyo’s, so I cherished that it was Dad. He goes secretly to Seung-hyo’s workplace and asks him to tackle the undertaking of renovating the restaurant. A number of paltry weeks later and the place is trying match for {a magazine}. It’s too stunning to be actual, however I’ll take it as a result of I like this plot level. I additionally love Seung-hyo taking Seok-ryu there and telling her: “This place is yours. It was a collaboration between the 2 males who love you most.” Okay, that line killed me.
All alongside this drama has fallen a bit in need of its personal logic, and possibly that’s the issue, and why these very nice endings for our characters really feel flat. For example, for the righteous stink everybody remodeled Seok-ryu cooking, I discover it laborious to imagine she goes to single-handedly run a whole restaurant herself with nobody saying a phrase (although thanks for pitching in, Dad). Equally, when Seok-ryu is reassuring her dad after he proclaims his retirement, she reminds him of the household motto: “No maintaining hassle to your self.” I’m sorry, Present, however is that actually their motto? If that’s the case, why have we not heard of it earlier than, and why did Seok-ryu do exactly that together with her most cancers for 3 total years? However I digress.
Seung-hyo’s enterprise has been taking off much more, and even Myung-woo has gotten fussy concerning the tasks they tackle. Appears the agency has discovered its candy spot with significant native tasks as an alternative of big-city money-grubbing tasks. Actually, Seung-hyo turns into the de facto redeveloper/renovator for his or her little neighborhood, and it’s very candy.
For the opposite love line we’ve all been ready for — nicely, they get their sweetness too. Mo-eum and Dan-ho are fortunately courting, and Mo-eum even buys matching tees for the 4 of them. In an particularly valuable scene, the 2 ask Yeon-du how she feels about them changing into a household, and he or she’s over the moon.
I used to be loving all of this till the purpose at which Mo-eum’s one-year put up in Antarctica is accredited and it’s made clear she has no intention of not going. Like, how she will be able to go away Dan-ho and people arms and a traumatized little woman who loves her is past me, however she has no qualms going. Actually, Dan-ho and Yeon-du are a bit too supportive, intercepting Mo-eum’s announcement (which she was nervous to inform them) with their pre-approval. Dan-ho scoffs that she thought he would maintain her again, and Yeon-du guarantees they’ll anticipate her return. Over right here, I’m simply scratching my head as a result of a paramedic going to the south pole by no means tracked for me anyway. By no means thoughts the truth that you lastly get along with the person of your (literal) desires solely to willingly go away a month or two later. However that’s our Mo-eum.
Should you thought that was the one stall button on romance, you’d be fallacious, as a result of Seok-ryu additionally pumps the brakes on her marriage ceremony with Seung-hyo. Now that she has this new restaurant to run, she needs to offer it her full consideration. What does this imply? It means they delay their marriage until Mo-eum returns, and in addition that Present teases us with a marriage gown try-on, and a not-their-wedding marriage ceremony, each of which I discovered terribly merciless at this level. (It was Seung-hyo’s mother and father renewing their vows or one thing.)
Past the unnecessary delay to the plot’s conclusion with these romance stalls, that is simply part of dramaland I believe I’m getting really uninterested in. Why do dramas insist their heroines need to do A Very Necessary Factor earlier than they may give their hearts to the person they love? I don’t perceive why they’re persistently mutually unique, however a part of me thinks dramas have been doing this so lengthy they’ve simply satisfied themselves it’s true.
Aside from these essential plot factors — and romances confirmed however in a type of holding sample — the finale contained a number of different random candy moments and a bunch of PPL (I counted 4 gadgets, and that’s not counting what we noticed final week). We additionally noticed Dong-jin actually stepping into his profession, whereas Na-yoon lastly units her sights on him (yay! And likewise, why these mere crumbs, Present?). I’d additionally wish to take this second to offer a spherical of applause to Seok-ryu’s great silver hair clip that made it by way of all the drama and caught my eye in each episode — properly finished, vogue director.
Issues lastly attain a decision of kinds because the curtain begins to shut ten months later. Mo-eum is doing nice within the south pole and Dan-ho is planning to go to her. Our ahjummas are ever the identical. And our childhood-friends-to-lovers? Bickering as a lot as ever. Seung-hyo has been designing their future house, and he’s harm that Seok-ryu isn’t extra invested in it. They squabble all the way in which down the street collectively, and it’s clear that nothing has modified, and nothing will ever change between these two. The top.
Whereas I discovered this a somewhat awkward level to finish the present, I get the thought — their story isn’t actually ending however starting. And whereas that’s pretty and all, I might have preferred extra of a strong ending, a minimum of for one in all our {couples}. God is aware of this present put us by way of sufficient. Nonetheless, the ending was fairly candy, and the general message of the drama is there if you happen to squint: one thing about residing life true to your self, appreciating and supporting your loved ones, and discovering love. Generally subsequent door. Nicely, all the time subsequent door, on this drama’s case.
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