"I'm also not hopeful for a Season 2 (or more like, I don’t think it can surpass this one) so I’m more bitter that it ended just like that." Precisely.

This show definitely shook my world, and I was left feeling so unhappy at that ending. This kind of emotional closer is just what I needed (though in the ending in my head, Jae Han is dead. Yes. Even though I loved him, he died in my version) Thanks for writing.

LOVE your ending!

Thank you, @earthna! Yes, this is the kind of emotional closure I needed, too. After all that hard-boiled non-romance, I'm glad you got them to see the light and tie the knot.

LOL at Hae-young's girlfriend from another show with a wacky timeline. Just don't let any of them get near a subway. ;-)

This drama made me eat omurice for weeks! Signal literally shook my world.
I was actually quite satisfied with the original ending. However I will not refuse to see park hae-young bring song ma-rin as his plus one to so-hyun and jae-han wedding.

"Hae-young came to the wedding with his girlfriend Song Ma-rin (What? Oh, wrong drama.)"

This gave me LOL. When Signal meets Tomorrow With You through the wonderful creature called Lee Je Hoon, wow, that is very interesting to see.

Your alternate endin makes me wanna rewatch signal ! But I totally agree with you there that season 2 may not surpass season 1

THANK YOU! I adored Signal so much, It still gives me goosebumps whenever i think about it. It doesn't really matter to me wether Jae Han lived or died, I just need a closure. What you wrote was pretty similar to what I imagined, though I have 2 versions, one where he died, one where he lived.

Very nicely written @earthna! I didn't like signal's ending that much, it kind of lessened my awe of the rest of the show. But, this was a really good ending!

Well that's a fairy tale ending, for sure... Haha
I actually don't like the final execution, They basically change everyone memory, make what already happen actually didn't occured in the past, and change the future to fit Jae Han is still alive narrative.It's such a let down final for me, abit a faiy tale ending. But it's still acceptable.

I loved Signal so much that I was practically either crying or infuriated every week during its broadcast. I became and certified Cha Soo Hyun and Lee Ji Han fangirl after the show. I still follow Cho Jin Wong and Kim Hye Soo movie projects. Loved the both of them, Thank you for the alternate ending. But I just hoped for the three detectives to meet and share a soju together that alone is a good ending for me:)

Ok when I read that someone wanted to rewrite the ending of Signal,my gut reaction was BLASPHEMY! How could I want to change an ending that had me yelping in happiness and craving for more in frustration. Doesn’t that equate to happiness?! But I decided there might be another path to happiness so, i will 🛑 now to actually read what you’ve laid out.

Oh that was emotional closure and the Ma-rin mention heee ! I would tweak it slightly to say Soo-hyun wore pink heels if there was a wedding scene. She has to have something pink! But alas i love the idea/desire of a Season 2 with the understanding it may never come. I’m the person who enjoys Thursdays more than Fridays because it’s the hope of a great weekend to come versus it arriving and falling short of expectations.

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Signal is that drama that is so good but the ending lack that 2%. I thought I find peace and happy enough that it was from start to finish but after reading your altenate ending... man... this.is.good.

Gosh, that made me tear up. Because that's exactly what i had hoped for to see in the last Episode. Signal was just totally undeniably great and will stay with me for a long long time. Thank you for this version <3

I love that Hae Young went with Ma Rin hahahaha

Good job!!!

So maybe I'm in a minority but I absolutely loved Signal's ending. There were two majority opinions on this drama: that it was a work of genius and the ending was ambiguous and unsatisfying. I had completely the other reaction.

I thought the first 12 episodes were very good but then 13, 14 and 15 were slow, meandering and almost tiresome. The show lost all focus and treaded over the same narrative ground repeatedly. There was at max an episode's worth of plot spread out over three. I spent most of 15 yelling "yes it's a closed time loop, we get it, just get on with it".

I was in no hurry to watch the finale after that but finally settled down one afternoon and absolutely loved it. Finally the show got to the point! And it was a great point. Overall, this was definitely one of the best dramas of 2016 and that's because of this episode.

Like Forest of Secrets, this drama understands and accepts that corruption is eternal and repeats constantly. Also eternal is the passing of the guard from honest, determined cops to new cops in the future. For that reason, it was more important that Jae Han and Hae Young NOT meet. They're different generations of the same man bridged by a person one trained and the other was mentored by. The walkie-talkie represented the link between the past and the future of the omnipresence of corruption and those who fight it.

Hae Young and Soo Hyun aren't driving to meet Jae Han; they're driving into the future of law enforcement, into a new story.

So I can't say I'm thrilled with your ending. But I guess people get their emotional fulfilment in different ways and mileage, as always, varies.

Awww this is so cute! Where was I when this was posted??! Ahahaha actually, I know where I was. I think I was in Korea at the time. Still, I would have loved to see them meet (even though I liked the ending the way it was too).

LOVE it! Thank you. This drama was great until episode 16, where it was filled with confusion and flashbacks. If the show hadn't set it up for those thoughts, then this alternative ending we yearned for would not have made sense. I just finished watching this series and it is another one that should contain a warning about the disapointing/weak ending.