Here is hoping for another fabulous badass female protagonist with amazing style and a flawed character!!!. odilettante: Its been fun sharing in the discussions each week, and while Hye-rans happiness may be in question, were happy that everyone stuck with us until the bitter and foggy end. After Misty I was suddenly craving another drama with a headstrong, independent but morally grey character. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. It was only very recent that she realized she has real feelings for Tae Wook. I found these two episodes difficult to watch. Why did he decide to take the fall for TW? Perhaps it was the message from the drama to viewers Woman, you cant be happy if you choose career over love. We fell in love with Misty. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); When Hye-ran protests, he insists theyre reporting a fact: Myung-woo confessed to killing Kevin Lee. And yet episode 16 was 2 hours! really?'. This guy sure knows how to kick a person when they're down. I still love the show but I'm so disappointed in Tae Wook. There was obsession and lust, but no love. Yes, you read me right - last four episodes. I wanted a happy ending for Tae-wook and Hye-ran. I understand why he thinks he does, but if I'd been there in the car I'd be screaming YOU'RE WROOOOOOOOONG at him. When I say I like the ending, I mean I like it thematically. mary: Misty didn't manage to beat Woman of Dignity in ratings, but what it lacked in finale numbers it made up for in staying power? It's not that I think the ending doesn't make sense or anything, I just really wanted for Hye Ran to be happy and achieve her dreams and maybe she'll still be able to but AT WHAT COST. Even if it's her body and it's her right, they were married with a bit of affection on both sides. I always knew that Kang or Ra El would die, I felt that this drama was going to have a tragic ending. Hi there @Rigby @rigby2800! Misty is one of my fave drama now and yeah even it has the foggiest ending, I am still glad I have watched it. She was a victim of her poor choices but that is all since it was her hatred and thirst for revenge that led to the death of her child. If the edges had been smoothed out more, I would have recommended this drama to everyone and their mothers in a heartbeat. So it was disingenuous on his part. Hope to see more of her soon. He was obsessed with protecting GHR. odilettante: Apparently Im the only one who didnt mind the ending, but thats because I never really expected a true happy ending. The show wrapped up several loose threads and concluded on a bittersweet note. All in all, I understand her doubts and point of view, and would have found it unbelievable/disappointed had she *not* been insecure/questioned her choices, given the direction her life had taken. Yay for Jin Ki Joo as Ji Won. Lee Ji-eun as Lee Ji-an without the IU's halo (Photo Credit: NewOnNetflix) My Mister (sometimes titled My Ajusshi and in Hangul) has been on my Netflix feed for the longest time. 5. Misty, the brand new K-drama with a suspenseful story of passion and crime, intrigued us as soon as we heard about the top-star billing of Kim Nam Joo and Ji. They wanted to use Foggy, but who would've want to watch a drama called Foggy? I came to that conclusion around Episode 8 and have been calling it' 'foggy' in my head. c'mon, Hye Ran wouldn't dress that fluffly at home loved the pantsuits and the shoes. So youre saying his death will cover everything up, close another dark chapter in Hye-rans life and let her live a perfect-looking life at the top. Its apparent Tae-wook had been suffering from depression for years. Is it so hard to portray a powerful woman? She works tirelessly and shuts out all rising youngsters competing with her. She thought they had a deal but he couldn't keep his end of the bargain. Maybe with a new and smarter detective. That was important. If art is imitating life, then the ending for this drama is appropriate. So was blackmailing a colleague and capitalizing on her friend being betrayed (though Ji-won should have gotten the brunt of this). Thank you @mary and @odilettante for the recap. Hye ran would have been ruined, but the true story would have gotten out. Was she looking for social justice or simply her own social ladder? I can't get over Tae Wook commiting suicide, but alas, he already showed obsessive, dangerous traits from episode 1, so I guess we cannot complain about him doing extreme things, we were warned. mary: I think a more competent cop wouldve been able to poke holes in Myung-woos story. * When their souls leave their bodies, at that point, there is no return (dominoes clacking}}}}}. :( Him re-imagining the scene from the beginning hurts so much. May problem with the ending is the execution. Mr.Sunshine (2018) Because it is a drama set during the turbulent period of the Korean Empire, Mr. Sunshine's sad ending is something that almost everyone already expected in advance. Dark, mature, suspenseful. Cheese In The Trap. The person I ended up disliking - to my surprise - is Eun Soo (after all, she was the victim), and Ki Joon was that character who rubbed me the wrong way even if he was onto something that turned out to be the truth. The only scene of this that really resonated with me was when Office Manager Lee let loose on the worst cop in Seoul. I suddenly realised that what I think is the main point of the drama is often not what there writers think so suddenly I feel like I'm in the last two episodes of a different show. Frankly, I would have liked the opposite from this drama, not from the female lead, who after all had her own dramatic flaws and was meant to be depicted as such (and was by no mean the only one -see the prosecutor who was used for power, etc.-). However, Mr.Sunshine still received great attention from the public, becoming one of the dramas with the highest ratings in history of the cable network tvN. And I was sad that Myung Woo will once again, be sent to prison. This drama has always felt kind of like a modern-day sageuk to me, so the fact that anyone was still alive in the end was the unexpected part. I watched till episode 7, then i saw dal mi first kiss with that lier in rooftop. Not the moral equivalent of MW or even the widow's assault with a fork, could have happened literally to anyone playing in a park. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; Why they didn't talk to each other? His rebelling and starting a public defender practice resulted in nothing but court loss after court loss. He never blamed her and no one should blame another person for their choices in life. // Load the SDK asynchronously She was lying her *ss off. Can't remember the name at the moment, but I really think, on the contrary, this choice between work and family life is a well explored trope (my opinion is that this is all bs and you should be able to, and can, have both). I also don't think that it's what the show's creators intended. And did they mention "enthralling story of success"? Always reading the comments but never typing any. The guy married her and had basic, reasonable expectations of respecting certain boundaries, such as not being cheated on, or lied to. Tell me about it. I don't think what Eun Joo told HMW on that day in the past is gossip. Not all dangling situations need nor can be answered. Myung-Woo was released after the murder so everyone would be certain that he DIDN'T commit the murder. If it wasnt for the ending I would have recommended Misty (plot holes and all) to everyone. For answering questions, showing us more of the characters weve become invested in, and fashion. Wrong again ate Rigby. Poor scripts undermined the romance between Han Tae-sool and Kang Seo-hae, major characters disappeared without explanation, and the coda is just lazy Korean drama reviews + FOLLOW Kevin Lee was a jerk, but he was one of the man who loved GHR passionately and if the character was played by someone else, I don't think it will have the same effect. But when she refuses to let things go, he breaks her protest sign and practically admits that he killed Dong-hyun. In it, Myung-woo tells him to protect Hye-ran until the end as the punishment for his crimes. I feel bad for Hye Ran though. That final scene when Kang Tae Wook said, "Are you happy?" And Hyeran was crying. Don't ever do the same." In the studio, Hye-ran opens the show and takes questions from the audience. 'Sweet and Sour' is a South Korean romantic film directed by Kae-Byeok Lee. I didnt really like the ending of Misty but I love it nonetheless. She has done it before plus now she is in love with her husband which gives her more motive. June 27, 2022. In a way, just like how everyone in the show had their eyes on Hye-Ran, I didnt take much notice of him as well and took all his actions at face-value. Tragedies end tragically. I was disappointed that it was sad but at the same time I'm not too gutted about it because I didn't find it too far off for the show. Continue reading "Misty: Episodes 15-16 (Final Open Thread)" If Spring ever worked so hard to find its own version of happiness, stumbled on it unexpectedly, then got pummeled by Life and Consequences the moment it got a little bit soft. He married an ambitious woman for love and it was a disaster. The show was at its finest when Hye Ran made mincemeat out of her rivals, fought the bigwigs and kept her eyes on her goal. We have so many unanswered questions and characters and backstories we could have delved deeper into. Even the kindest person can turn into a cold-hearted person. Hye-ran thinks to herself that people who live a crazy life are chasing things that cant be caught. Obviously, she couldn't advertise that because it gave her more motive to kill him. I wish Manager Lee kicked detective out of their office to boot but Manager Lee yelling at the detective was soooo satisfying at the moment. All the poor dude wanted to hear from his wife was "Well done! I am super disappointed. I would like it better if they just covered up the truth, and all of them lived their life, hopefully, happily. It seemed like Myung-woo was giving her some tough love: Okay Eun-joo, you wanna play the blame game? I'm not happy with the ending, no I meant the ending made me feel sad and gloomy. Here TW's case is different, and I would draw a parallel rather to Kevin Lee's wife. The point is: I don't know why but most good shows are ruined by an end that disappoints you. Leaving her to deal with the guilt of Tae Wook 's suicide and Myung Woo's capital punishment isn't something a man who truly loved her would have done. Then In-Hye splits her money with her sisters. This time, Hye-ran questions Eun-joos accusations. 16 Popular and Best K-Dramas With Happy Ending. If she was really concerned about Hye-ran as a friend and not just trying to get Myung-woo turned off by Hye-ran's behavior, she would've immediately called an adult to intervene in Hye-ran's situation. Myung-woo confesses to killing Kevin Lee and Dong-hyun, much to Detective Kangs frustration. Black expected the audience to accept the vague. EXACTLY, in the end I totally don't find any of these men in Hyeran's life swoony for "protecting" her. It feels like God's Gift to me. It all started to go wrong after Myung Woo confessed because suddenly the distance between Hye Ran and Tae Wook became unassailable. With that Manager Lee reveal, Hye-ran's stylist is probably the only character in the show that didn't get her moment of "mistiness". The media, and drama itself, now lets a man get away with murder while we now relegate our heroine to pander to peoples fantasy of perfect marriages. Have we been watching the same drama? "As the title 'Misty' suggests, the drama looks into the truth of life shrouded in uncertainty. So youre saying his death will cover everything up, close another dark chapter in Hye-rans life and let her live a perfect-looking life at the top. Answer (1 of 4): I loved the 1st episode only - very heartwarming, then the story is poor, confused. I cut him slack when he killed the loanshark because he was a youth then. If executed well, it would be awesome but dont sacrifice logic and the integrity of your story and characters just to achieve it. mary: Noooo I forgot about that for thirty seconds. "misty korean drama ending - (Misty Ep. And men admired her strong personality, she was deemed worthy. To be honest, by the time we got to the trial scene, Misty had kinda lost that pull it had onto me so I wasnt super expectant about the ending. I am not that annoyed at the ending, except for the hard fact that Tae Wook was indeed the killer, even though I vehemently wanted to deny that. odilettante: Not to mention what, exactly, was on that black box video. !, Exactly how I feel right now! ^-^ Mistys ending however, was so ??? TW should have got into a mere fight with KL in his car, which is why the brooch was found there- it fell by accident. The finale of the Korean drama "Misty Mist" reveals who is the murderer behind the scenes. But the thing that I found annoying was the show acting as though she had an affair with Kevin Lee. Release Date: February 2, 2018 - March 24, 2018. She did not try to pathetically pin it all on her husband, she understood they had different expectations. I don't know, probably yes, but not that soon, or even he wouldn't. I have to admit that the still shot of the leading actress (as shown in the picture above) is not too convincing . It's really not, though. I really would have liked to see a well adjusted female character that could have a great career while also communicating with her spouse about big life decisions, rather than deceive them in an attempt to deny reality (which they both did, for their respective secrets -and it would have been good for this parallel to have been made explicit to them as well-). So many bad things had happen and NONE of them deserved it. I wrote more or less of the same thing you said,before reading yours. We can probably pick any satisfactory theory from the past Open Thread comments, but the show made such a big to-do about it, youd think theyd give us a little hint in the finale. I often read comments on different sites that Hye Ran is also responsible that the men in her life turned out this way. But what happened to her telling Eun Joo "when all of this is done, you'll know I didn't do anything wrong"? Misty was a beautifully done drama for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed the 16 episodes train ride, despite the train chose to head into a misty filled tunnel at the end. See how shitty that sounds? Its like everything was ok until the time when Tae Wook went to the station but then Myung Woo enters the scene and boy he did made it all go down to a mist. Queens of facial expressions. Once again the man she loved chose to go hero and leave her all alone. How did the fake witness describe the fight between Tae-wook and Kevin so perfectly, even though it was proven he couldnt see anything? Tae Wook's last question: 'Are you happy now? A slightly sobered up Hye-ran walks out of the building, recalling Eun-joos bitter words about her ruining everyones life. The series marks Kim Nam-joo's small screen comeback after six years. In fact in the end he managed to actually get her to love him (maybe she always did, and was in denial because of her mother's history), and everything was ok (could have been okay much earlier had they chosen to communicate and tell the truth), or would have been had it not been for a freak accident (the guy did not try to kill or even beat up KL, he gave him a push as thousands of people do every day playing sports, etc., and the golfer died for a freak accident. But then that guy would sacrifice himself againso I don't know what to think. }; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; Why Kevin felt he needed to be with her? Why Taewook didn't talk to her? Thanks for pointing out @growingbeautifully and thank you for those beautiful flowers just like you. That would be one justification. Sure, Hye-ran talks about the truth and facts, but reality of her actions is very different and that is how I judge her character. Kariernya sebagai news anchor sangat cemerlang dan sukses. in conflict with its tone and focus but it made no. I really thought that I was prepared when I saw the ending coming but hell no.haha. He re-imagines the scene when he interrupted Hye-rans interrogation at the start of the series. Some are bittersweet and some are just like Misty where you are left baffled with what you saw in the end. " His assaults on others and eventual killing of Dong Hyun justified his imprisonment. With this ending tho, i found it quite out of character of taewook to end it that way. And she never did something for her husband too, she let him in the dark with all the Kevin Lee issue or with her issues at work when her job was threatened My favourite character is Reporter Yoon ! But episode 15 changed for me. He was also selfish in that GHR was denied the chance to present the news about TW being the murder- her want to create a just society. Ugh. In the present, Tae-wook closes his eyes as a tear falls. She alone could see the figure in public spaces, leading to the idea that maybe she was hallucinating. When it ended, I was like 'is that finished? The drama ended perfectly and diluting it with the details of unaswered situations/people would reduce the impact of the ending. I am very much looking forward to what kind of lies Anna will use to convince Hyun-joo and explain the money and accessories that were stolen at that time. Im hoping to see her in any project in the future and I just want to applaud the whole team (minus the writer) for their hard work. It was so fun to read your comments and dialogues. I don't think this is the case, nor do I think that it should be (horrendous behavior being wrongly justified because of a person's gender should be corrected by questioning it regardless of gender, not by using this disparity as an excuse). We see that he found Tae-wooks discarded shirt and bandages the morning after his fight with Kevin, and Manager Lee threw the evidence away. That said, she had unique challenges: being switched around for someone younger and more beautiful is not something that would have happened to a man, and her becoming a house-wife is certainly not an expectation people would have towards a man, but centrally, it is also not something that people ask of him -besides the scum lawyer-, it's not something her husband wants and she is *generally* admired for breaking the mold and opening the way (the exception being the corrupt prosecutor's wife, who is also clearly depicted on the "villain's side" one of the reasons I would have liked for them to also introduce a well adjusted female character with a career and a healthy home life -good communication about big life decisions, being there for their parents when they are on their death bed, I wouldn't ask for a kid, but wouldn't object if they had one-, to point out that this is not a dichotomy, a binary choice). No one's going to forget this show soon. misty korean drama ending explained ; d (Misty Ep. Tae-wook shoves him into a wall in anger and walks away, but Kevins head hits the wall hard enough to kill him, and he slumps to the ground. For an example of the opposite, I would cite Start Up or Itaewon class, with powerful females having both love and career. Yes, it's an unexpected outcome, but it also takes all of those nuanced, emotional interactions between Tae . All the times Myung-woo refused to join Eun-joos blame-Hye-ran-for-everything party. He concedes that its his fault for chasing her so obsessively, he lost the real culprit: someone close enough to Hye-ran to take the brooch from her home after her rendezvous with Kevin Lee. Is this sarcasm like Are you happy you make me kill Kevin and make me kill myself? Or is this the drama selling misplaced emotion as ultimate love Are you happy I sacrificed myself so that you can remain spotless?. Of course, with female character you have additional bs to deal with, like the "go back to the kitches to be a housewife" thing that, however, in this drama is done only by two characters, both shown as pathetic and "villains", not by "good guys" that clearly admire her for being a model of female empowerment (this is despite her fighting prejudice like being thrown aside for someone more appealing, but then she pushes back and goes for the director position), someone that sets the trend. I learned so many life lessons and I'll be remembering many quotes from this drama for a very long time. Well, the ending was kinda unexpected but not exactly shocking. He is Kang Tae-wook, husband of news anchor Go Hye-ran. She goes back to her desk and waits for the news to blow up as we see Tae-wook walking to the police station. Tae Wook being perfect came out of nowhere, she did not marry him because he was perfect. 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