Episode 17:
High Points: Min-suk tells Soo-young that he might go to
Germany and she blurts out that they should just get married. She
changes her mind, but he thinks about it and proposes. Ok, I never
like the getting down on the knees thing. Soo-young's mother comes to
school and sees Min-suk in his uniform, which mirrors when Soo-young
found out the same way. There is a scene at college where Min-suk's friends don't understand his PPT. They think it is phys ed but it is really a presentation. That mirrors the time at the start of the show where Min-suk didn't understand a presentation either. The scene where the office workers find out is funny, as
is the one where Yoo-ah talks their mother into agreeing. The couple come
late to their own wedding, skim through the ceremony, and leave in a
rush, which was actually very rude to the guests. After the wedding Jun-woo meets a woman who gets him to impersonate someone on
her phone to get her out of a bind. Then she gets in his car for a
lift to the subway and leaves her phone. All these things mirror his experience with Soo-young at the start of the show. Then we get a three-year time-skip with a peek at Min-suk and Soo-young as a married couple. The show
ends with them walking on the stairs in the dark and standing under a
street light while she gets after him and then he kisses her. Deja vu
for the first time they kissed.
What were they thinking? Soo-young is giving Min-suk an out
when she offers to break up, because she knows he is young and might
want something different before too long. He decides he really wants
her, and they show us it works out in the postlude after the time
skip. The wedding, however, points up their immaturity. It was very
rude of them to be late and make people wait, and then leave in a hurry. It was disrespectful of all the work of
the people who set things up at the park, practiced the song, and
took time from their busy lives to come show them support.
In general I felt that the last two episodes fell a little flat. It
might be partly due to the one-episode extension. It might be due to
the fact that I wanted more out of the show. In particular, I wanted
more of hyung's story. I didn't want him to be a plot device like the
twin brother in You're Beautiful, who was just an excuse for the
silly plot set-up and made only a token appearance at the end of the
show. Most of the show was really good, however. I laughed a lot,
felt pulled into the story, and cared about the characters. The mirroring at the end was a great touch. It takes us back
through the story and gives us better closure.
The thing that bothered me was that he was still a minor when they married. People have complained about the age gap all along, and I was one of those who said to chill. The actor in real life is older, and I thought there would be a time skip before the wedding. At least let them both be legal adults first. In the end, it is just too squicky that he is only 17 in US age and the whole things kind of washed out on me. I would still recommend this for someone to watch. Other than that caveat about the end, it's a really fun show.
The thing that bothered me was that he was still a minor when they married. People have complained about the age gap all along, and I was one of those who said to chill. The actor in real life is older, and I thought there would be a time skip before the wedding. At least let them both be legal adults first. In the end, it is just too squicky that he is only 17 in US age and the whole things kind of washed out on me. I would still recommend this for someone to watch. Other than that caveat about the end, it's a really fun show.
