The last two episode utterly destroyed what was an amazing drama. Why the writer thought it was needed is beyond me. If they wanted a time jump to make the age gap more palatable, they really could have had him study and be all cute keeping in contact throughout or whatever. Or any other drama land reason except for giving him like is and killing him but not really. It feels like the writer had some kind of brain melt and gave up. If they killed him off they should have kept him that way and made the ending about growth and overcoming pain and grief to be happy . That would have been a good bookend for the beginning where she moved on after her fathers death and was happy again. Ugh.. I’m just soo dissatisfied and disappointed.

I lost interest of this drama after finding out Jun is a minor. I'd just been following up the recap to see if it's worth it to pick up this drama again. The ending is a definite dearth sentence to me.

I'm genuinely worry to any writers that could think of this twisted plot and think that its ok. They need serious theraphy. It is not noble idiocy to let poeple that you love think that you are dead because you don't want to be vulnerable in front of them. It is CRUEL SICK TWISTED idiocy. This is like Oh My Venus, only way worst.

i had to change my "thumbs up" on netflix to "thumbs down". the end.

I agree with this. 100%. Ugh! I just feel so pissed at being robbed of what could have been my favorite romcom this year. I mourn for Lala and Jun. Their characters and their talented actors never deserved any of this! I hope both Go Ara and Lee Jae Wook get way better projects soon. 😫😤😭

I have no words! This drama does not deserve words. How could the PD & writer thought that this was the good way to end a feel-good drama?!?

What went on that meeting?? Probably nothing as this was the result!

I've spread the word about this ending being unthinkably horrendous as far and wide as possible, so I don't think I need to leave my thoughts again. Just kidding, this is what I put on the fan wall:
"HE LET HER BELIEVE HE WAS DEAD FOR FIVE YEARS.
Lala deserves better. Jun will torture her until the end of time with his malicious fucking lies.
He lost me in episode 14 for telling Lala that he didn’t like her anymore. As shown in episode 15, he could have just said he was going abroad. That was the first indication I really had that Jun was too immature to date Lala.
And then it’s revealed that he was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol all along. Am I touched? No, I’m not. That’s ridiculous. I hate it. I hate it so much. Jun being Lala’s guardian angel has been stretched too far, it’s not cute anymore. The only way they could have fixed this was by Jun dying.
And then he did! They could have foreshadowed it more, but with his constant unexplained nosebleeds, it was plausible that Jun had cancer! If Lala was never going to pay him back, then him dying was the perfect resolution to the story. He was the star watching her from Heaven all along, it’s perfect!
BUT OH WAIT, HE JUST PRETENDED THAT HE WAS DEAD. FOR. FIVE. YEARS."

Someone help me out: is Was It Love still the worst drama of the year? I'm struggling, because that was bad the whole way through, but for this to go from being wonderful to psychopathically toxic has definitely evoked a much stronger response of hate in me. Is a consistently bad show worse, or a suddenly awful show?

You know, I think what upset me the most now is that some people loved this ending. What that tells me is that they show what the writers wanted them to see, and they missed the fact that this ending (and Jun's subsequent character assassination) perpetuates seriously harmful, scary and dangerous behaviours as romantic. The writers had a responsibility to be self-conscious about what they're putting out there - for Jun not to receive any consequences for his seriously manipulative and creepy behaviour is gonna make someone out there think that this is okay.

Many thanks to missvictrix for hanging in there with this show. I dropped it after the fake wedding because I will not be trolled by writers. Somehow I get the feeling that Jun laughing from the top of the hill is actually the writing team laughing at all the fans who watched all 16 epsodes. Should all kdramas be reduced to 12 eps from now on?

Man, that ending...That was a rough one. I really enjoyed this show pretty much the whole way. Even through the weird age thing (didn’t bother me that much honestly, 5 year age gap? *shrug*), the stalker was meh, the forced time away from each other due to...”reasons.” I could forgive it all because all the characters were so charming.

Even the shrill mother grew on me a little bit with some of the flashbacks and her grieving as her son was ill. It was just so last minute that they threw in the illness, but it definitely hit me pretty hard. “Oh, so they’re going for a sad, meloncholy ending. Not really the tone of the entire show, but I was affected so...fine, I can deal with it.” Then the last minute ASS PULL where Jun comes back and pretty much craps all over 5 years of pain and suffering with a shrug and a laugh. What. The. Hell? I figured she was still grieving and he wasn’t actually there, but nope again.

I’ll admit I wasn’t initially so mad at the ending. I think I was still in shock. But the more I think about it, the more it really deserves all the hate most folks seem to be giving it. I just don’t get it, this is a professional writer who does this for a living. Could they not tell they were just dumping all over their own characters/story by doing this? It seems obvious from the outside, and I’ve personally looked back on old work and thought I could do something better than I initially did it. But this was thoroughly bad. Impressively bad. Atrocious ending.

I'm so glad I dropped this drama. That ending sounds just awful. For why????? This was not the time jump I wanted. WTF

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Watch this drama if you are wondering how 2020 can be made worse

I think the writer has seen one too many farfetched combinations of 1980s Hindi movies with identical storylines (yes the ones where 'dead' people return alive and well after getting a cure for an incurable illness). Should have just ended it at episode 14. There would have been more poignancy in having RaRa live her life fully without Jun.

And please let me sound off on:
1) The stalker guy------feels unresolved.
2) The weird sailor girl outfit.
3) Why RaRa's hair was nice and fluffy, and then went to pinstraight once they were a couple.

On the bright side, with a 5 year gap, Jun is now 24 or 25 and Ra Ra is 30 so the age gap 'scandal' can go away .
(Ok final thought....I was low-key afraid that the little baby at the end was her child with her and Jun's last 'night' together, but the math made no sense, so I let that thought go, along with the muscles that were keeping my jaw closed).
(Final final thought: I want a cell phone that turns into a fancy foldable tablet)

I feel terribly about this drama now because there is soooo much to like about it, and now I can't recommend it to people. It's really infused with light and warmth (even with leukemia and death). I can see how it could be a healing drama since so many of us have to deal with death this year. I love how the writer made the Eun-po family (and their actors) shine and grew Ra-ra from someone who have the skills now to look after people. For most of the series, it felt like a warm hug. I didn't even care that much about the high school reveal and was even interested on how they would resolve this. I loved how Ra-ra didn't throw a fit about it and was so patient and understanding. I hated the way Joon broke up with Ra-ra, but then he turned back and decided to have them part on the best terms. I loved the flashback to her and Joon's first actual meeting and the reveal of him being dodosolsollalasol. I was uneasy when he didn't say anything about the leukemia, but I sort of get it. It was a tough blow and patients sometimes want loved ones to see them at their best.

I'm fine with being jerked around with gotchas, but this was too much. I hated that Joon was killed off, but I could take it. I just can't process the idea that Joon was alive for 5 years and had lied to all his friends about it, including Man-bok who died thinking Joon was dead. The Eunpo crew is perfectly poised to be Joon's support. They could have even used the leukemia storyline to promote getting registered in the bone marrow registry!

When he showed up, it reminded me of this scene of Lee Jae Wook's drama-within-a-drama (What's Wrong with My Mother in Law in Search: WWW)- his mean character gets killed off; at funeral, his twin shows up https://youtu.be/jc-arFBASL0?t=71

Besides the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad ending, I'm also annoyed that nothing ever came of Chu Min-su and the spoons.

They showed us Rara twice in wedding dress. Couple Rings, Jun catching the flowers of the bride at the first episode - Why show you didn't give us at least a real wedding for Ra Ra and Jun after everything they went trough ?

Seriously was the writer of the first part of the drama replaced by someone jealous/salty of the chemistry and romance story of Lee Jae Wook and Go Ara ? They really messed up and play it dirty for every single actors and production team of this drama (Mimi included).
The could have avoid the leukemia trope, it was angsty and heatbreaking as hell. They could have really avoided the return of Jun "ex" girlfriend, an other trope wich was annoying as hell and deprived us from more moment between the leads. The trope of the chaebol on runaway hiding his real age was enough ! It would have been way better if they revealed that he was Dodosolsolalalasol at the end, jun would have continued to support RaRa secretly while doing his studies and maintain contact with her with his two identities. It was also supposed to be a drama about music, why didn't they show us more about how Ra Ra became a great teacher and gained more and more students ?

Making someone believes that you are dead during 5 years is really emotional abuse. Jun always put Ra Ra safety and happiness first, the Jun they introduced us would have take every single actions to stay with Ra Ra and not making her cry. He isn't someone who lack emotional intelligence but the last episode made him a someone who took Ra Ra for granted. I am really annoyed for Lee Jae Wook and Go Ara. So unfair for Arabeoji who didn't even know that Jun survived.

I am so mad ! It was supposed to be an healing drama and a Rom-com. Like most of the viewers I'll keep their moment in the beach as their last moment. I already started to imagine an alternative ending.

WHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY I can't bring myself to watch the final,I'm so angry and betrayed.
It would have been better if jun had been killed off, at least we could have some lessons about choose your heart bs... Anything would have been better than this. Or maybe jun could have been the one who died in the accident, maybe he was an angel for Ra-ra to get back on her feet.

I really enjoyed the eunpo family and the adorable vignettes about man-ok and sun-hye's romance. Maybe I should just make a cut of those scenes. The music and Ra-ra's infectious happiness is what I looked forward to each week.
Thank you for recapping this show and the finale episode!
I loved the cast and I am excited to see what projects they choose next. At least we have the music to look back on?

The writer should be taken out and shot at sunrise (not really, but). Perhaps the writer got seriously ill before the last episode was written and let his 6th grade daughter write the ending. She was just watching "When I Was Most Beautiful" and took the same crap storyline from there and slapped it into episode 16. Writer needs to give us all a DEEP HEARTFELT APOLOGY and then a REDO OF EPISODE 16 with some sanity. (Can you tell I'm really mad!)

Whatever this drama was that ending ... I hate it. haha.

Usually I am sorry when Beanies can’t hold drama comments for the recaps but feel compelled to spill on the fan wall. And when I read the first reactions to 15-16, I totally thought everyone must be way overreacting. So I watched it myself. I was compelled to explode all over the fan wall and would like to thank everyone who was there with me! It was fun to rant with you all ❤️❤️❤️

Applause to @missvictrix for all the great recaps and for keeping her head on to write this last one (instead of just posting a picture of a bomb, for instance). 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

thanks for the tip to stop watching before the end. i will leave Lala and Joon in happy land in my heart forever

I cant remember the last time I wrote a comment here but the outrage at the ending has made me leave one!
Everything about the storylines at the end were ridiculous and beyond belief. A sweet drama ruined by the last 2-3 episodes.

My theory is that the reason he turns up all fine and dandy at the end is not that he is alive but that he is there to comfort Gu Rara who after 5 years of trying to move on with life has had a mental break and/or died. The Sunwoo Jun that she meets may seem real to her (and indeed she is able to touch him) but this is because she is now also a spirit or has completely lost the plot. Pun intended!