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Grief: A Consequence of Love
South Korea has not given us consistent pairings before, so when this series was announced, I cheered, because I loved them in their first series together and I wasn't disappointed with this series as well. The chemistry is still fire, the visuals are on the attack, but the storyline was where the intrigue was for me.
The series is 8 episodes and, we are told right at the start that there is loss. One part of the couple, the remaining is struggling with the passing of the other. There is a sense of guilt and what ifs and low and behold, he is given the opportunity to return and 'correct' things, excepting he himself is exhibiting signs of ill health and a diagnosis is never given, but there an impending and foreboding feeling in the air.
The final episode is where it all comes together for me because throughout the series, the remaining man has been working super hard to secure the life of his partner and the last episode shows the result of his efforts, but equally, they are not shown to be in the same physical space - umm together. I wondered why and I then theorized, the story was never about them being together, but rather the story is about grief. When you look at the back and forth between time before and now and you focus on the details, the story loses sense, but when you zoom out and look at it from above, it brings into focus the sadness which has permeated the story throughout the episodes.
The struggle, the mourning, the unsurmountable grief of finding love and losing it. In the end, it really does not matter who lived or who died, because they cannot have each other for as long as they wished to, due to untimely passing, either through illness or unforeseen circumstances. When you think you have found one meant for you and then they pass, how are you meant to move on?
I would recommend this series to anyone interested in plot driven storytelling, because the gazes and the kissing aren't the strongest points. The story is.
Let's rewatch!
The series is 8 episodes and, we are told right at the start that there is loss. One part of the couple, the remaining is struggling with the passing of the other. There is a sense of guilt and what ifs and low and behold, he is given the opportunity to return and 'correct' things, excepting he himself is exhibiting signs of ill health and a diagnosis is never given, but there an impending and foreboding feeling in the air.
The final episode is where it all comes together for me because throughout the series, the remaining man has been working super hard to secure the life of his partner and the last episode shows the result of his efforts, but equally, they are not shown to be in the same physical space - umm together. I wondered why and I then theorized, the story was never about them being together, but rather the story is about grief. When you look at the back and forth between time before and now and you focus on the details, the story loses sense, but when you zoom out and look at it from above, it brings into focus the sadness which has permeated the story throughout the episodes.
The struggle, the mourning, the unsurmountable grief of finding love and losing it. In the end, it really does not matter who lived or who died, because they cannot have each other for as long as they wished to, due to untimely passing, either through illness or unforeseen circumstances. When you think you have found one meant for you and then they pass, how are you meant to move on?
I would recommend this series to anyone interested in plot driven storytelling, because the gazes and the kissing aren't the strongest points. The story is.
Let's rewatch!
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