Yeah not only the plot twist, but the fact that the leads always lose against the villains is really stressful to watch. Just when we think the FL has an advantage, another tragedy happens. At certain points, the drama might make your blood boil up to the state that you don't want to continue watching the drama anymore. But then we still continue watching anyway because we are curious how it'll end. I guess that's what makjang dramas are for, LOL.
Random thoughts and questions:1. I just realized Ha Do Gwon’s cross over as a lawyer from both Marry My Husband…
3. There is a possibility that Tae-joo killed Yoon-jin (by ordering to hit her with the truck). 6. He wanted to take revenge on Jae-won after finding out that Arin is not his biological daughter.
He was in fury, anger, disappointment and shock upon seeing the DNA test results. But yes I agree that shouldn't trigger him to cheat on her. It was his mistake which he regretted later (remember he was slapped by his father-in-law and also kneel down upon Yoon-jin asking her to keep the affair a secret from Jae-won).
Yes, Jae-won was raped by Sang-Beom, who was Yoon-jin's husband at that time. Yoon-jin witnessed seeing Sang-Beom bringing Jae-won to a hotel room, got shocked and caused her to have a miscarriage (her own child with Sang-Beom).
Jae-won was under alcohol influence and medicine for her mental illness so she didn't remember at all that she was raped. All along, she thought Arin was Soon-young's daughter but in fact, Arin's biological father is Sang-Beom.
After losing her baby due to the miscarriage, Yoon-jin wanted to take revenge by taking Soon-young and Arin from Jae-won. She revealed to Soon-young that Arin is not his biological daughter (using the "AMI" anonymous text messages), and seducing him at the same time. Soon-young arranged a DNA test which confirmed that Arin is not his biological daughter.
Soon-young's shock, anger and disappointment over the DNA test results caused him to make a mistake: having an affair with Yoon-jin (presuming his twin brother's identity), to take revenge on Jae-won. After realising that Jae-won herself didn't know about the rape incident, and that she has mental health issues, Soon-young regretted his actions -- but then he was killed.
It's because he found out that Arin is not his biological daughter, and he blamed the FL for not telling him or keeping it a secret. In fact, actually the FL didn't know either. And the ML didn't know if the FL was having a mental issue.
I already expected a disappointing ending but I didn't know if it would be this bad.
Yoon-jin decided to pick up (read: kidnap) Arin at the airport, bring her to eat ice cream, and then she's just sending her home. Just like that, giving her up? I thought she had become a very bad villain who had reached a point of no return.
The next thing we know, she walked to a police station (to turn herself in? idk), tried to cross a road and let herself hit by a speeding truck. WTF?
One of the most despicable and abrupt turns in the storyline. Again, bad (or lazy?) writing.
The rest of the episode moves slowly after a time-skip, presuming to show Jae-won's effort to find closure and that (deserved) happy ending. This includes her seeing the actual psychiatrist that she often hallucinates, and confronting her mom (which is another hallucination since the mom is already dead).
Oh and to finally tell the truth to Arin that her appa is dead. And to let her relationship with Teo hang, just like that. Lol.
Rachel sent Arin home alone (the airline's unaccompanied minor service) and then posted the details including the flight number on social media. I am sure she knows that the child is at risk of being kidnapped.
Jaewon went to the airport late despite knowing that a psychopath wanted to take the daughter from her -- yes the flight arrived 30 minutes earlier but if I have a very young daughter travelling alone and I know someone might kidnap her upon arrival, I will come to the airport 1 hour, or even 2 hours earlier!
And why did they decide to let the little girl travel alone on a trans-continental flight? Yes, a child as young as 5 can travel alone but it's quite a long flight, and she is in danger of being kidnapped (that's the reason why they sent her to the US in the first place).
Despite having the full recording as evidence, Jaewon still wanted to give Yoon-jin a chance despite knowing what she had done and how she was still a threat to her and her daughter.
The storyline just doesn't make sense. Very poor writing. And we the audience are suffering and stressed by watching the drama.
Yet I am still watching it up to episode 15. Maybe because I am still curious how the drama will end, and what will be the "happy ending" the title promised us. From what we can see, there are no "happy" things from episode 1 up to the penultimate episode. Only bad and stressful things.
This is the only movie in which I am rooting for a serial killer. She (Bok-nam) deserves to kill all the villagers on that tiny island for what they have done to her. Sickles are scary, lol.
It is sad to see her little daughter (Yeon-hee) die trying to protect her mom from her abusive dad. It is also heartbreaking that such a young girl has been constantly (statutorily) raped by her dad, only because she didn't understand and couldn't differentiate between paternal love and sexual abuse.
The Hye-won character, Bok-nam's childhood friend is just unlikeable. She was the one who left Bok-nam being raped by the 4 boys when they were teenagers. She doesn't try to help Bok-nam and her daughter flee the island even though she knows that she and her daughter are being abused. She also didn't want to testify when her daughter was killed by the dad.
Seo Young-hee, the actress portraying Bok-nam, is amazing and her acting performance in this movie is spectacular. The ending is a bit dissatisfying where Bok-nam had to die on Hye-won's lap (Hye-won killed her after Bok-nam tried to kill her earlier).
A very good thriller, with disturbing scenes in the first half of the movie, and suspense in the second half.
My 3 questions please give me someone answer? 1-- who is Ah rim real father?2-- Soon young is really die who kill…
Based on what we know after watching up to episode 14:
1. Ah-rin's biological father is Kim Sang-beom, Yoon-jin's ex-husband who raped Jae-won after drinking session. Yoon-jin witnessed that and caused her to have a miscarriage (her own child with Sang-beom).
2. Soon-young was kidnapped by Yoon-jin with Tae-joo's help, but it was Yoon-jin's father, Kwon Young-ik, who killed him thereafter.
3. Yoon-jin and her father Young-ik are the ones who want to kill Jae-won, because she has quite a lot of information and evidence that can take them down.
Sorry, I am currently still watching up to episode 2. Is the coach separated from his wife or what? Strangely, the coach and his two kids moved to the small town without the mom, despite the mom coaching another team in the same small town.
The mom seems to be not close to the kids as well (except maybe when the daughter greeted her when she came to the house and revealed to be the coach's wife). She seems to be closer to the girls she coaches rather than to her own kids, unbelievable.
Have watched until episode 14. To be honest, it's a disturbing drama. Gives a stressful feeling just watching every episode. Just when we thought the FL would gain some advantage, another bad thing struck.
I don't know if I will watch the final two episodes.
Love you on The Killer's Shopping List and the recent A Shop For Killers. You have the required talents to be…
Her best acting performances from what I have watched so far were in "Link: Eat, Love, Kill" as a kidnapped and murdered twin sister of the ML, "The Killer's Shopping List" as an abused daughter of the killer, "A Shop for Killers" as the young version of the FL who's being chased and targeted by killers, and "The First Responders 2" (episodes 5-6) where she was a daughter of a bad father who tried to poison her to death.
Most of her roles are mainly in dark (thriller, mystery, criminal) dramas portraying challenging/difficult roles but she can slay them well despite her young age. Kudos!
I know this is just a drama but I find it very heartbreaking to know that the Gye-young character is being kidnapped…
Decided to continue watching and the end of episode 15 hit my heart badly. OMG, what an outstanding acting performance of all the casts, both the adults and the kids. Yeo Jin-goo (as Gye-hoon), Mun Ka-Young (as adult Da-hyun), Ahn Se-bin (as Gye-young) and Lee Seol-a (as young Da-hyun) managed to make me cry uncontrollably in the last 10-15 minutes of episode 15.
The scenes where: - Both little girls were playing together during their captivity, and suddenly Gye-young sensed that her twin brother was crying; - Gye-young asked Da-hyun (the young version) to pass the message to her twin brother, to tell him that it's not his fault; - Da-hyun (adult) tried to pass the message to Gye-hoon before being pushed into the ambulance after she was stabbed; and - especially the last scene when Gye-hoon hugs his imaginary younger twin sister at the end, while she smiles and tries to comfort her brother...
are particularly heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. I can't control my emotions after watching the scene sequences.
I know this is just a drama but I find it very heartbreaking to know that the Gye-young character is being kidnapped and murdered -- and that she had a chance to survive but didn't because of the stupidity of the people in the neighbourhood.
I hate the people, especially the old ahjussi who drove the pickup car and met the little girl when she was trying to escape the killer. No matter how tired you are, you are not supposed to just leave a little girl in the middle of the night, especially after she specifically pleaded for help. OMG, it's really boiling my blood that I don't want to continue watching the drama anymore!!!!
It doesn't help that Ahn Sebin is one of my favourite actresses, and tbh I started watching this drama because of her. Seeing her character die in this drama breaks my heart.
Can anyone give me the ending?? I watched till ep 11 i think and it got too boring for me to continue.. but i…
ending summary:
- the young FL was also kidnapped together with the ML's sister. the young FL managed to escape but the sister was killed. - the link was because the sister asked the young FL to pass the message to the ML but was never delivered because the FL had amnesia after the incident. - the message was for the ML not to feel guilty about his sister's death, that it's not his fault. - the FL finally remembered but the killer also noticed and almost killed her before the ML came to the rescue. - the FL passed the message to the ML, which caused the link to find its purpose and the link then disappeared. - the police managed to get the killer to reveal the location of the sister's body and found the father's body at the same place - giving the ML and his mom closure. - the ML and FL then get back together as a normal couple without the link anymore.
regarding the major question asked by many: what was the motive/reason why ML's sister was kidnapped and killed - it was never explained throughout the story.
but if you ask my personal opinion, I think the reason is quite obvious, on a case of kidnapping and murder of a young girl without any ransom request, usually the reason is sexual assault-related. furthermore, another girl (the FL when she was young) almost became a victim as well. I can't think of another possible reason based on the circumstances - they just decided not to make it explicit since that would make the drama even darker, since child sexual abuse is a sensitive and disturbing topic.
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6. He wanted to take revenge on Jae-won after finding out that Arin is not his biological daughter.
But then, he was killed.
Jae-won was under alcohol influence and medicine for her mental illness so she didn't remember at all that she was raped. All along, she thought Arin was Soon-young's daughter but in fact, Arin's biological father is Sang-Beom.
After losing her baby due to the miscarriage, Yoon-jin wanted to take revenge by taking Soon-young and Arin from Jae-won. She revealed to Soon-young that Arin is not his biological daughter (using the "AMI" anonymous text messages), and seducing him at the same time. Soon-young arranged a DNA test which confirmed that Arin is not his biological daughter.
Soon-young's shock, anger and disappointment over the DNA test results caused him to make a mistake: having an affair with Yoon-jin (presuming his twin brother's identity), to take revenge on Jae-won. After realising that Jae-won herself didn't know about the rape incident, and that she has mental health issues, Soon-young regretted his actions -- but then he was killed.
Yoon-jin decided to pick up (read: kidnap) Arin at the airport, bring her to eat ice cream, and then she's just sending her home. Just like that, giving her up? I thought she had become a very bad villain who had reached a point of no return.
The next thing we know, she walked to a police station (to turn herself in? idk), tried to cross a road and let herself hit by a speeding truck. WTF?
One of the most despicable and abrupt turns in the storyline. Again, bad (or lazy?) writing.
The rest of the episode moves slowly after a time-skip, presuming to show Jae-won's effort to find closure and that (deserved) happy ending. This includes her seeing the actual psychiatrist that she often hallucinates, and confronting her mom (which is another hallucination since the mom is already dead).
Oh and to finally tell the truth to Arin that her appa is dead. And to let her relationship with Teo hang, just like that. Lol.
6/10, I guess.
Jaewon went to the airport late despite knowing that a psychopath wanted to take the daughter from her -- yes the flight arrived 30 minutes earlier but if I have a very young daughter travelling alone and I know someone might kidnap her upon arrival, I will come to the airport 1 hour, or even 2 hours earlier!
And why did they decide to let the little girl travel alone on a trans-continental flight? Yes, a child as young as 5 can travel alone but it's quite a long flight, and she is in danger of being kidnapped (that's the reason why they sent her to the US in the first place).
Despite having the full recording as evidence, Jaewon still wanted to give Yoon-jin a chance despite knowing what she had done and how she was still a threat to her and her daughter.
The storyline just doesn't make sense. Very poor writing. And we the audience are suffering and stressed by watching the drama.
Yet I am still watching it up to episode 15. Maybe because I am still curious how the drama will end, and what will be the "happy ending" the title promised us. From what we can see, there are no "happy" things from episode 1 up to the penultimate episode. Only bad and stressful things.
It is sad to see her little daughter (Yeon-hee) die trying to protect her mom from her abusive dad. It is also heartbreaking that such a young girl has been constantly (statutorily) raped by her dad, only because she didn't understand and couldn't differentiate between paternal love and sexual abuse.
The Hye-won character, Bok-nam's childhood friend is just unlikeable. She was the one who left Bok-nam being raped by the 4 boys when they were teenagers. She doesn't try to help Bok-nam and her daughter flee the island even though she knows that she and her daughter are being abused. She also didn't want to testify when her daughter was killed by the dad.
Seo Young-hee, the actress portraying Bok-nam, is amazing and her acting performance in this movie is spectacular. The ending is a bit dissatisfying where Bok-nam had to die on Hye-won's lap (Hye-won killed her after Bok-nam tried to kill her earlier).
A very good thriller, with disturbing scenes in the first half of the movie, and suspense in the second half.
1. Ah-rin's biological father is Kim Sang-beom, Yoon-jin's ex-husband who raped Jae-won after drinking session. Yoon-jin witnessed that and caused her to have a miscarriage (her own child with Sang-beom).
2. Soon-young was kidnapped by Yoon-jin with Tae-joo's help, but it was Yoon-jin's father, Kwon Young-ik, who killed him thereafter.
3. Yoon-jin and her father Young-ik are the ones who want to kill Jae-won, because she has quite a lot of information and evidence that can take them down.
The mom seems to be not close to the kids as well (except maybe when the daughter greeted her when she came to the house and revealed to be the coach's wife). She seems to be closer to the girls she coaches rather than to her own kids, unbelievable.
I don't know if I will watch the final two episodes.
Most of her roles are mainly in dark (thriller, mystery, criminal) dramas portraying challenging/difficult roles but she can slay them well despite her young age. Kudos!
The scenes where:
- Both little girls were playing together during their captivity, and suddenly Gye-young sensed that her twin brother was crying;
- Gye-young asked Da-hyun (the young version) to pass the message to her twin brother, to tell him that it's not his fault;
- Da-hyun (adult) tried to pass the message to Gye-hoon before being pushed into the ambulance after she was stabbed; and
- especially the last scene when Gye-hoon hugs his imaginary younger twin sister at the end, while she smiles and tries to comfort her brother...
are particularly heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. I can't control my emotions after watching the scene sequences.
I hate the people, especially the old ahjussi who drove the pickup car and met the little girl when she was trying to escape the killer. No matter how tired you are, you are not supposed to just leave a little girl in the middle of the night, especially after she specifically pleaded for help. OMG, it's really boiling my blood that I don't want to continue watching the drama anymore!!!!
It doesn't help that Ahn Sebin is one of my favourite actresses, and tbh I started watching this drama because of her. Seeing her character die in this drama breaks my heart.
- the young FL was also kidnapped together with the ML's sister. the young FL managed to escape but the sister was killed.
- the link was because the sister asked the young FL to pass the message to the ML but was never delivered because the FL had amnesia after the incident.
- the message was for the ML not to feel guilty about his sister's death, that it's not his fault.
- the FL finally remembered but the killer also noticed and almost killed her before the ML came to the rescue.
- the FL passed the message to the ML, which caused the link to find its purpose and the link then disappeared.
- the police managed to get the killer to reveal the location of the sister's body and found the father's body at the same place - giving the ML and his mom closure.
- the ML and FL then get back together as a normal couple without the link anymore.
regarding the major question asked by many: what was the motive/reason why ML's sister was kidnapped and killed - it was never explained throughout the story.
but if you ask my personal opinion, I think the reason is quite obvious, on a case of kidnapping and murder of a young girl without any ransom request, usually the reason is sexual assault-related. furthermore, another girl (the FL when she was young) almost became a victim as well. I can't think of another possible reason based on the circumstances - they just decided not to make it explicit since that would make the drama even darker, since child sexual abuse is a sensitive and disturbing topic.