Unsatisfying Ending

I understand fate, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

The dreaded time skip appears at the end of the drama. ML and FL break up. Years later, she opens an email from him. End scene. What the what?

I hate time skips at the end of a drama when it's done stupidly. It's like the writer(s) couldn't figure a way out of their plot dilemma. Anyone showing up FIVE years after making their loved ones grieve their death isn't romantic or considerate. ML should have remained dead. Get that man a body bag!

Worth watching for Hyun Bin's performance. I know I'm supposed to be happy Jekyll survived and Hyde disappeared, but I wasn't.

Me: It's over? Did I miss something? (Rewinds and rewatches) Is this the last episode? (Checks) I must have missed something. (Rewinds and rewatches) Dang. Was there a holiday, and the writer left early for vacation, because that was no ending.  And it was so good up until then!

According to the rules set forth, the ending made no sense. 

Life is hard, and then you die.  There was no softening the blow with a tiny bit of hope. I enjoyed the costumes, the actors, and the OST, but this is a hard "no" for rewatching. This is pure angst with a side of bleakness. But it's beautifully done and makes sense.

What was the purpose of me watching this? What was the purpose of writing, acting, and filming this? Ugh.

It's not a bad ending; it made sense. It was just very unsatisfying.

Unfortunately, censorship likely caused the last episode to be so disjointed.

This drama needed to be about 60 seconds longer. It was brilliant until the ambiguous ending.

My hatred of many time skips at the end of a drama was invoked even more heavily when the viewer was "treated" to a freaking 50 year time skip. 

I loved this drama right up to the last episodes when it switched from upbeat, sweet nostalgia to an ugly, dark reality. It took me awhile to accept the ending, but I've come to terms that it's a logical outcome. I still dislike it and have written a future outcome in my head: after retirement, FL and ML find one another again and live out the remainder of their days happily.