Woo-jin’s story concludes with him finding the hope to go on, and in the epilogue we’re retreated to a street performance of his song. Though we don’t fully understand the culminating event that sent Ryeon to Hell, we’ll surely see more of it later, and for now, it’s the empathy that’s important. The eyeshadow moment was not only sweet, but drenched in meaning. Though it’s short, the segment of Ryeon’s romance as a young Joseon bride is precious - they ripped a page from The King’s Affection, and gave us such a burst of innocent sweetness that it’s easy to see how losing that would be crushing to her. This empathy works because it ties into the first solid hints of Ryeon’s backstory that we’re given. Even despite the ring of punishment she wears, and all the pain it causes her, she does what it takes to get through to Woo-jin. Woo-jin’s story is heartbreaking and well-told, but the major takeaway for the wider story, I think, is that this is the first time we see Ryeon not only saving a person by myself, but that she does it through empathy. A person’s life is not about fate or karma, but the web of choices and causes and effects that impact each person’s life - sometimes their own choices, and sometimes the choices of others. He asks her if it’s karma from a past life catching up with him, but Ryeon calmly and beautifully explains that life is so much more complicated than that. You can’t blame Jun-woong for asking Ryeon WTH is going on with Woo-jin that he has met with so much suffering. Really?! She’s gonna die in an accident too? His love story with Na-young we’ve seen, but now their end is even more cruel. Little Woo-jin (played by the most adorable little boy on earth) is taken in by loving family members and it seems like he’ll heal from his trauma… but then all three of them die in a car accident and he’s left - again - alone, guilt-ridden, and hopeless. Woo-jin’s mother died in childbirth, his father blamed and hated him, and then eventually committed suicide. We met this couple last week, saw their adorable love story, and then the accident that kills Na-young and leaves Woo-jin injured and suicidal.Īs the team digs into his story they quickly realize that there are a few things that don’t add up - why is Woo-jin so dead set on blaming himself for her death? What has pushed him to the horrible extreme he is at? Well, we get his backstory to explain all of this, and it’s a real doozy. Picking up where we left off last week, our reapers have a complicated case ahead of them: runaway soul HEO NA-YOUNG ( Lee Noh-ah) is not only hiding from the Escort Team, but convinces our Risk Management reapers to let her help them save her husband, Woo-jin. And we need both, because I was crying just as much as Jun-woong was. While both show the cruelty of life and human suffering, both offer meaningful resolutions and a dose of hope. Interesting questions about destiny, fate, and what it truly means to honor a life are brought up this week as our reapers handle two different cases. 80 ApApTomorrow: Episodes 5-6 by missvictrix
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