Flower of Evil (2020) Final Reflections *Spoilers*
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The best part of this show was probably in the first half when Lee Joon-gi's character, Do Hyun-so was playing cat and mouse chess with everyone including Moon Chae-won's Ji-won. It was both edge of the seat stuff and Hitchcock-like. Even if he wasn't actually guilty of much by way of crime, he did perpetuate a degree of deception against his own family. Because of that, the resolution that we got, made some measure of sense. Not in terms of plausibility... all of that went out of the window in the final act with the heavy makjang emphasis... but in terms of his journey as a man who was sinned against much more than he sinned. Whatever his natural propensities were, they were muted by his relationship to Ji-won, the girl who pursued him and married him. Her belief in him and the fundamental good in him was what, according to the show, saved him mind, body and soul. Love... so the saying goes... conquers all. To avoid an outright happily-ever-after (which is what they were really aiming at here), they compromised and gave us the amnesia trope on a platter -- a symbolic cleansing and reset.
Flower of Evil (2020) Final Reflections *Spoilers*
Flower of Evil (2020) Final Reflections…
Flower of Evil (2020) Final Reflections *Spoilers*
The best part of this show was probably in the first half when Lee Joon-gi's character, Do Hyun-so was playing cat and mouse chess with everyone including Moon Chae-won's Ji-won. It was both edge of the seat stuff and Hitchcock-like. Even if he wasn't actually guilty of much by way of crime, he did perpetuate a degree of deception against his own family. Because of that, the resolution that we got, made some measure of sense. Not in terms of plausibility... all of that went out of the window in the final act with the heavy makjang emphasis... but in terms of his journey as a man who was sinned against much more than he sinned. Whatever his natural propensities were, they were muted by his relationship to Ji-won, the girl who pursued him and married him. Her belief in him and the fundamental good in him was what, according to the show, saved him mind, body and soul. Love... so the saying goes... conquers all. To avoid an outright happily-ever-after (which is what they were really aiming at here), they compromised and gave us the amnesia trope on a platter -- a symbolic cleansing and reset.