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8/10
The Final Ending, Story
timotheus_904 November 2005
Warning: Spoilers
In-wook lies in bed with Soo-Jung. He tells Soo-Jung that she is free to go anywhere as he can see the sadness in her eyes. Soo-Jung cries and tells In-wook that she wanted so badly to give him her heart, but she can't. Then Jae-min walks into their room, with a loaded gun. He shoots In-wook and Soo-Jung. In-wook dies immediately and Soo-Jung as she breathes her last, tells Jae-min that she loves him. Jae-min completely breaks down, walks to the beach and commits suicide with the same gun.

What a tragic ending!! Jae-min killed both of them but he found another way to have Soo-Jung by killing himself too at the beach.

Lee Soo-Jung is an orphan who works as a tour guide in Bali. She has a useless brother that constantly gets into trouble and needs her to bail him out all the time. She struggles to make ends meet and aspires to be rescued out of her current predicament by a rich & wealthy man.

Jung Jae-min is the youngest son of the wealthy Chairman of the Pax Group. He is uninterested in business, irresponsible, arrogant, childish, self-centered and a playboy. Jae-min is constantly put down by his elder brother and beaten up by his father, but he is immune to all these treatments. He is engaged to Choi Young-joo, who comes from a comparable wealthy and powerful family. Both Jae-min and Young-joo are not in love with each other and he continues to sleep around. Jae-min is of the opinion that even with marriage, it should not affect how both of them are to lead their lives.

Young-joo in turn is still in love with her ex-boyfriend Kang In-wook whom she left so that she can be engaged to Jae-min (as per arranged by both parents). Kang In-wook comes from a broken family, his parents are divorced and his mother opens a small restaurant. He is a capable person at work but he has a cold exterior and it is difficult to read his mind.
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10/10
Simply the best
philanderpao25 October 2020
The best K-Drama. The leading characters are interconnected with each other, their love was so passionate that it affected their lives.
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5/10
See it for the stars early role but the story is heavy and repetitive
phd_travel14 April 2020
This cliched love square story is an example of the heavy melodramas of the early 2000s. Starts off nicely in Bali then when things get back to Seoul it gets a bit repetitive. Half the episodes could have been cut. The theme of rich people being forced to marry rich people even though they love the poor ones is totally milked for all its worth.

This is a chance to see some big stars in an earlier drama. The cast is well cast for their parts - considering the material is inferior. Ha Ji Won is prettier here than in later roles. So Ji Sub's face is rather inexpressive but it suits the character. But the showiest role is by Jo In Sung who has the right attitude and is convincing as the wealthy playboy. Don't get why he loved her so much. The middle to end had too much drunk binges and wailing. Repetitive. Liked the way the last episode played out with the screwing of the company until the cliched deaths. Why not just have a happy ending instead? This notoriously irritating ending seemed out of place with the rest of the show.
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