They established that “Vincenzo” (빈센조) and “Queen of Tears” (눈물의 여왕) are in a shared world.
While this was not the first, this is still very good. It means that more and more Korean producers are expanding their creativity. This can later open up an interesting interconnection between different stories.
It was a very sweet “I told you so” moment for the main male character.
While most would not understand, and get irritated, that the main male character was simply accepting the humiliation, discrimination, and everything, against him by the rich and wealthy people, especially his ex-in-laws, he was right in the end to endure it. It was not exactly for them, it was for his ex-wife.
He still loves his ex-wife, and his divorce was clearly made clear that it was because they had irreconcilable differences after they had a stillbirth. Most, if not all, couples experience major changes in their relationship, especially with the mother who's closely connected to the child in her womb.
Thus, even after their divorce, he remained with his ex-in-laws's company, just to be close to his ex-wife and protect her.
Unfortunately, no one wants to believe him. They wouldn't even listen to him when he said he has nothing to do with the bugging of their rooms. And the grandfather/chairman even fired him after he repeatedly warned them not to enter certain business transactions.
In the end, he was proven right.
The rich and wealthy family crashed down very hard. From the very top, to the very bottom.
The only person they can rely on was no other than the ex-husband. The very person they accused of spying on them. They very person the chairman/grandfather fired and refused to listen. That same person who divorced their daughter yet still stayed in their company for their daughter.
The family that was once at the very top of society is now at the very bottom; and their only option to hide was at a far province where the ex-husband grew up.
It was a moment of “I told you so, and you're lucky I stayed with you despite everything you did to me”.
@youronlyone@kdrama@kdrama@asiandrama
I really loved today's show, in part because of the Vincenzo cameo. More importantly, there were a LOT of brief encounters that showed the depth of the feelings that both main characters have for each other. They were subtle and lovely. I especially loved the scene of her crossing the bridge into her newly divorced life, while watching the commuter train that she took with her sweetheart, enjoying the sunset. #kdrama
@EllenInEdmonton Indeed! The scenes were well-thought of and the cinematography were excellent. They captured the thoughts and emotions of the characters without vocalising it.
Especially the internal conflict both of them have. Loving each other, but at the same time, feeling the pain they caused each other.
“I still love you very much, but I was deeply hurt.”
@hfrancissl@youronlyone@asiandrama
I loved how she followed in his footsteps and heard him admitting how much he still wants to protect her. There were a lot of lovely little scenes in the whole episode.
@youronlyone@kdrama@kdrama@asiandrama the family isn't at the bottom. They lost the majority as shareholders, but they're still very wealthy. They hide only to avoid facing public humiliation, yet they're still rich property owners, they still hold precious shares and they have all the financial means to get back their power.
Ahh! I thought their assets were frozen pending investigation, and the scene when they arrived at their ex-in-laws home, they were so down and defeated. I understood it as they've completely fallen.
@youronlyone@kdrama@kdrama@asiandrama As far I understood the investigation concerns the grand father and his mistress. The others didn't want to take the blame. All the members of the family were removed from their positions because those positions are decided by the major shareholders. I suppose Hyun-woo is the only one who didn't get fired, since he's team leader and he has a regular contract he couldn't be fired by the grandfather either.
@s1m0n4@youronlyone@kdrama@kdrama@asiandrama
I think that the family is still very well-off, even though some of their major assets may have been sold off or frozen. Still, they've been accustomed to having "people" to deal with every minor aspect of their lives as well as living in a private compound, so living in someone else's space, in the countryside will be a huge adjustment!