It is a heartbreaking seeing that YM chose not to meet her father before his death. I can undestand her decision…
Coming from a jaded point of view, I was glad she didn't. I think if he'd said, "yeah, I'm sorry" it would have angered me / her because his words would have meant he knew all about the abuse but felt compelled to stand still and do nothing. That being said, your words are probably very much the emotionally right way to handle this situation in order to let the anger go.
Guys i think head nurse and MY's mother were sisters or something.......Because the 13ep' title was ''THE FATHER…
Looking at past episodes, I can see the clues for everything super clear, as if there was a neon sign highlighting the way. When I look for future pointers, I always guess wrong. So, I've learned to sit in the rocking chair, recline it back and get ready for a surprise because they do it every time.
There has not been one episode of "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" that hasn't touched me emotionally. Episode 13 seemed to not only touch but live in a place of joy, sorrow, and horrifying truth. It's a revealing episode that sets the stage for the final three stories left to tell and for the first time in my life, I find myself hating butterflies.
Go Moon Young's father is dying and the repercussions of people being bystanders and victims of abuse is laid front and center. I cheered when Go Moon Young neither forgave or visited her father prior to his last breath. I cried listening and watching the joy as she remembered her father reading her a fairy tale. Only once. Many things in our lifetime can be lost and found: money, vehicles, houses, and spouses can fade and reappear in a person's life . Two father's ignored their child's repeated cry and let them carry the weight of violent scars in their soul. I damned both characters to hell with no remorse whatsoever.
At the end of the episode, the mother's face is revealed and Go Moon Young recognizes the butterfly clue and meaning left in Moon Sang Tae's mural. A battle for mental and probably physical survival will be needed and I hope / pray / plead with the writers to allow the newfound family peace and resolution. A very selfish request from me so I can let these character go, knowing they found a place of happiness.
Loved your article and agree 100% with everything. One more very overused trope in both Chinese and Korean dramas is one of the main leads going away on a trip in the second to last episode and then coming back in the last ten minutes of the drama. It's like the writers have no clue about closure, so they just send them off and back with them hugging it out with no script resolution. I throw blunt objects at the tv in those moments.
Hi guys i think i might found a good answer to this feeling many of us will have or already starting to have it…
I will very much go into a "show-hole" depression because this drama is a work of art. Others are very good but I've never had the immersive feeling that exists when I watch an episode. Other than that, I will miss this fandom which very much lacks the toxic comments that others can have. I don't know whether it's the writing material or just a drama vibe, but the support I find for each other in these comments is very healing. That's what I will miss the most.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” - episode 12
These screenwriters are damning me to hell in the form of 5 days and 18 hours before episode 13.
Our trio's new normal is filled with light and the trivial acts of living day to day as a family. Moon Young and Kang Tae shopping for groceries with her screaming that she wants them to have a baby boy had me laughing out loud. Seriously, Moon Young and Sang Tae are so much alike in personality, it almost makes me want to believe the theory that they are actually siblings. Their interactions and squabbles make my world.
With all good roller coasters, the highest point is always followed by the rush of falling back to earth. Sang Tae's character growth pushes him to recount to his brother and the Director about his memory of the butterfly. As he tells his recollection of events, there is loss and sorrow growing in Kang Tae's eyes. He knows the butterfly pendant belonged to Moon Young's mother and this truth makes him want to run as far away as possible. He faces the dilemma of choice between staying and hurting Moon Young with the past or running away and turning his back on the spoken direction of wanting to never moving again. At the end of the episode, when their family portrait is taken, he chooses to stay but there is a haunting expression in his eyes. The truth of his mother's murder might be the room with no door to escape for Moon Young.
I've stated with every review how enamored I am with this show but today's episode absolutely left me in my thoughts for hours afterward. Whether this show ends in tragedy or happily, I'm on board. This truly is an emotional roller coaster ride and I'm in it until the end.
Go Moon Young's father is dying and the repercussions of people being bystanders and victims of abuse is laid front and center. I cheered when Go Moon Young neither forgave or visited her father prior to his last breath. I cried listening and watching the joy as she remembered her father reading her a fairy tale. Only once. Many things in our lifetime can be lost and found: money, vehicles, houses, and spouses can fade and reappear in a person's life . Two father's ignored their child's repeated cry and let them carry the weight of violent scars in their soul. I damned both characters to hell with no remorse whatsoever.
At the end of the episode, the mother's face is revealed and Go Moon Young recognizes the butterfly clue and meaning left in Moon Sang Tae's mural. A battle for mental and probably physical survival will be needed and I hope / pray / plead with the writers to allow the newfound family peace and resolution. A very selfish request from me so I can let these character go, knowing they found a place of happiness.
Other than that, I will miss this fandom which very much lacks the toxic comments that others can have. I don't know whether it's the writing material or just a drama vibe, but the support I find for each other in these comments is very healing. That's what I will miss the most.
Our trio's new normal is filled with light and the trivial acts of living day to day as a family. Moon Young and Kang Tae shopping for groceries with her screaming that she wants them to have a baby boy had me laughing out loud. Seriously, Moon Young and Sang Tae are so much alike in personality, it almost makes me want to believe the theory that they are actually siblings. Their interactions and squabbles make my world.
With all good roller coasters, the highest point is always followed by the rush of falling back to earth. Sang Tae's character growth pushes him to recount to his brother and the Director about his memory of the butterfly. As he tells his recollection of events, there is loss and sorrow growing in Kang Tae's eyes. He knows the butterfly pendant belonged to Moon Young's mother and this truth makes him want to run as far away as possible. He faces the dilemma of choice between staying and hurting Moon Young with the past or running away and turning his back on the spoken direction of wanting to never moving again. At the end of the episode, when their family portrait is taken, he chooses to stay but there is a haunting expression in his eyes. The truth of his mother's murder might be the room with no door to escape for Moon Young.
I've stated with every review how enamored I am with this show but today's episode absolutely left me in my thoughts for hours afterward. Whether this show ends in tragedy or happily, I'm on board. This truly is an emotional roller coaster ride and I'm in it until the end.