As “Love Your Enemy” inched in direction of its finale, feelings ran excessive. As secrets and techniques had been revealed, many bought the closure they had been looking for, and our lead couple lastly bought the start that they had been ready for. Seok Ji Gained (Ju Ji Hoon) and Yoon Ji Gained (Jung Yu Mi) have lastly been capable of put a hoop to their 18-year-long relationship, nevertheless it appears our lead couple has just a few extra hurdles to navigate earlier than the fortunately ever after. The final two episodes of “Love Your Enemy” centered its lens on the elders, who had their very own baggage to cope with, and the 2 leads stood by one another towards the storms their households geared as much as face.
Warning: spoilers from episodes 11-12.
“Be the larger particular person”
The Yoon household faces yet one more heartbreak. Senior Yoon (Kim Kap Soo) is completely satisfied that his granddaughter Yoon Ji Gained is lastly getting married however can also be nervous that he might not have the ability to present for her. When he goes by the financial savings he has made in her identify, he decides to promote a few of the land he owns in order that he may give her a good-looking wedding ceremony reward. Nevertheless, he’s in for an enormous shock when he learns that Ji Kyung Hoon (Lee Seung Joon), whom he had raised as his personal son, has been embezzling funds and mendacity to him all alongside. It wasn’t Yoon Ji Gained’s father who had ruined the corporate, however Kyung Hoon, who additionally had a big hand in her dad and mom’ demise after he had mercilessly walked away from the accident website 12 years in the past.
Unable to take the shock, Senior Yoon faces a cognitive dysfunction, regressing again in time. However Senior Yoon quickly visits Kyung Hoon in jail and tells him you will need to forgive Kyung Hoon with the intention to forgive himself. Senior Yoon divulges that he by no means wished to undertake Kyung Hoon, however has performed so on the behest of Yoon Ji Gained’s father, who was a kind-hearted soul and had nervous that his buddy would haven’t any place to go. And regardless of seeing how Kyung Hoon had got down to destroy the very household that had made him, Senior Yoon says he has no choice however to forgive and let Kyung Hoon go for his personal peace.
Senior Yoon showcases his energy of character. Regardless of being devastated and damage, he doesn’t search to take revenge, however pardons Kyung Hoon and walks away.
In the meantime, Cha Ji Hye (Kim Ye Gained) lastly musters her braveness and confesses that she was the one who had performed a big half in Yoon Ji Gained and Seok Ji Gained’s breakup. Yoon Ji Gained seems a bit shocked, however smiles at her buddy, saying it occurred a very long time in the past and that they had been all somewhat younger to know any higher. As she tenderly reaches out to carry her buddy’s hand, it’s Ji Hye who’s moved to tears by Yoon Ji Gained’s generosity and caring coronary heart.
Each grandfather and granddaughter proved that forgiveness shouldn’t be an indication of weak spot however somewhat fortitude. There aren’t any histrionics or high-end drama however a quiet energy in the way in which they cope with the betrayal by individuals whom they thought had been the closest to them.
“Let go of the previous and grudges”
Seok Ji Gained’s father (Lee Byung Joon) shouldn’t be amused when he sees Yoon Ji Gained flashing her diamond ring. He tries to be impolite and imply by exhibiting her the record of potential brides he has in thoughts for his son. Yoon Ji Gained takes it on the chin and says she is the prettiest amongst all of them. As Seok Ji Gained’s mom (Kim Jung Younger) apologizes for her husband’s habits, saying he was born grumpy, Yoon Ji Gained says that she has truly seen a form facet of Senior Seok. She recounts an incident from years in the past when Seok Ji Gained’s father had helped are likely to her scrapped knee and even handled her to ice cream, gruffly telling her to maintain it a secret from her household and his. Yoon Ji Gained additional charms Senior Seok together with her forthright angle, however he maintains his gruff exterior in order to not present that he’s truly thawing.
We see the caring facet of Senior Seok once more when he’s ready to fulfill Senior Yoon, who’s late for his or her appointment. He sees Senior Yoon cross the place they had been to fulfill, and as he rushes out to chastise him for being late, he’s nervous to see the outdated man disoriented and takes him to the hospital. Just a few days later, when he’s summoned relating to Senior Yoon’s missed follow-up on the hospital, he places on his grumpy act and chastises him for being troublesome. Nicely conscious the 2 might be in-laws quickly, one sees the ice thawing between the 2. Issues get funnier with the arrival of Seok Ji Gained’s grandmother, the girl who was as soon as the article of Senior Yoon’s affections and likewise the reason for the feud between the 2 households, since she had chosen Seok Ji Gained’s grandfather over Senior Yoon. She tells her son to finish no matter is happening between the 2 males as a result of with the wedding of Yoon Ji Gained and Seok Ji Gained, the households are on the cusp of a brand new starting, and the cycle of hate will lastly finish.
The sweetest second is when Senior Seok complies with Seok Ji Gained’s needs and builds an ecological park over the formidable golf course on the town. When Kyung Hoon tries to get Senior Seok’s help towards Senior Yoon, he’s firmly put in his place with “we’re household.”
Lastly rid of the grudges and hate which have bogged Senior Seok down, one sees him for the sort particular person he really is. Alternatively, Senior Yoon too has come a good distance from shedding the girl he cherished and tells Gong Moon Soo (Lee Si Woo) that if the particular person you’re keen on is completely satisfied and smiling with one other, it’s best to let go.
“Each finish might be a brand new starting”
Yoon Ji Gained tells Cha Ji Hye that she is so completely satisfied that she worries she could also be struck by misfortune. Ji Hye tells her that as a substitute of considering like that, she ought to take a look at it this fashion: now she has somebody to share her happiness and burdens with. Yoon Ji Gained’s face reveals aid as she realizes she has a robust rock in Seok Ji Gained, who’s at all times searching for her.
18 years in the past, when a teary Yoon Ji Gained had waited for Seok Ji Gained at Namsan Tower on a snowy evening, she had thought he had by no means saved his promise, and it had been downhill for the 2 after. However what she doesn’t know is that he had saved the promise and even knitted her a purple muffler as she had requested him to. Although he was by no means capable of give it to her, he lastly will get an opportunity to take action 18 years later. When he will get prepared to depart on a piece journey for a month, Yoon Ji Gained tries to place up a sulking act, saying he’ll miss their birthday which falls on the identical day and the way she’ll be sitting by herself at Namsan Tower. She waits his return and is unable to achieve him. As quickly because it begins to snow, she finds herself at Namsan and tells herself it’s silly that she is right here when Seok Ji Gained is away in New Zealand. However she will get a name from him saying that it’s snowing the place he’s, she says, however it’s summer time the place he’s. She turns round to see him standing in entrance of her. And as they hug, he drapes the purple muffler he had so lovingly knit for her. The second is actually pleasant and sure to make you smile.
It has been 18 lengthy years, and eventually the 2 are getting their fortunately ever after. However one factor that received’t ever change is that they are going to proceed to squabble and bicker with one another. In the event that they didn’t, issues would appear somewhat irregular. Because the Seok household insists on a grand wedding ceremony, the Yoon household desires one thing intimate. Seok Ji Gained sides with Yoon Ji Gained’s needs, however the one factor he desires is a romantic wedding ceremony photo-op together with her, to which she agrees. It’s candy how these two spar and make-up, and it’s obvious married life for the 2 might be removed from boring and mundane.
Ju Ji Hoon is a success in his efficiency as Seok Ji Gained, successful hearts with the love and help he has for Yoon Ji Gained. Alternatively, Jung Yu Mi made Yoon Ji Gained a lived-in and relatable character. The chemistry between the 2 actors was straightforward and pure which additional added to the breezy narrative, which might be missed!
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Puja Talwar is a Soompi author with a robust Yoo Yeon Seok and Lee Junho bias. A very long time Okay-drama fan, she loves devising alternate eventualities to the narratives. She has interviewed Lee Min Ho, Gong Yoo, Cha Eun Woo, and Ji Chang Wook to call just a few. You may comply with her on @puja_talwar7 on Instagram.
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