Happiness Episode 12 Thoughts
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iaria+ They were separated much of the episode but Sae-bom and Yi-hyun were great. I really loved their final scene where they were super adorable. I loved Sae-bom vowing "I'll come get you wherever you are". I loved that Sae-bom's support was able to bring Yi-hyun back from being a zombie. I loved that Yi-hyun refused to call Sae-bom towards Andrew.
+ They did get me at the end because I definitely had a moment where I was all 'this had better not be an IRIS ending!'
+ I think the most surprising thing about the finale was actually how little death there was. There were a bunch of moments where I was expecting people to die and then they just kept not dying! That said I kind of like that Joo-hyung and Young-ok ended the show facing legal justice instead of death. I'm glad that Moon-hee wasn't murdered by her husband too because I was really expecting it.
+ Wow Young-ok lost it so hard this episode. There was a lot of lead up to this and she really hasn't been stable the last couple episodes but still yikes! Her attacking Andrew with the bat when he looked at her - wow. I mean if she had succeeded in killing him the fact that he was a serial killer who might become a zombie and had a gun he was trying to point at her certainly gave her a lot of reasonable motive.
+ "You bit him to death!" Um. I think the bat hitting him multiple times is what would have technically done him in, lol. I have to say I was really impressed with how Yi-hyun dealt with Young-ok in this scene. He was very calm and compassionate with her which is not necessarily how he usually approached things.
+ "I was keeping them as my boxed lunches! So what?" LMAO. I'm dying. I was definitely wondering why Joo-hyung was helping the cleaning couple but I didn't even consider this until Yi-hyun accused him. I was also really amused that, thinking he was zombiefied, he first reaction is to try and murder people.
+ I found the whole sequence where Joo-hyung acts zombie, bites Hae-song and then chases him and Sang-hee to the apartment was a hilarious farce.
+ The cleaner couple deciding to try and murder Joo-hyung, and doing a pretty bad job at it, and then him running to Sang-hee for help only to be rejected was pretty funny. Seems fair.
+ Joo-hyung crying to Yi-hyun for help because they were trying to murder him was pretty ironically funny too.
+ Actually Joo-hyung was all comedy this episode. I was surprised when he decided to lure Yi-hyun out and then tried to attack him directly because direct action isn't really his style. Him then trying to zombie attack Sae-bom made me go 'a ha, he still thinks he's a zombie' but then laugh because he isn't actually a zombie and so it was just pathetic and funny instead.
+ I was happy the siblings survived. I really liked them helping Yi-hyun. I was amused by them reacting to the craziness happening around them. They were just very sweet all episode. Also I loved this exchange:
Soo-min: The smell of his blood is disgusting and I don't want to drink it.
Hyun-kyung: ... Do you want to drink my blood?
Soo-min: Don't change the topic!
LOL.
+ Hyun-kyung sticking a helmet on Soo-min was a great idea!
+ I liked the reveal that Soo-min also had antibodies and was asymptomatic like Sae-bom. I'm not sold on the idea that Sae-bom's blood was losing it's antibodies and thus they could no longer use her to make the cure. Doesn't that mean it'll happen with anyone with antibodies? It feels like an excuse to give her freedom at the end of the show.
+ I liked Sae-bom injuring herself to trigger Andrew's inner zombie and then killing him.
+ Dong-hyun's reunion with his father was sweet. I appreciate that they basically holed up in their apartment this entire time with him taking care of his wife, and them missing basically all of the worst of it. Good for them.
+ I was genuinely surprised that Sang-hee was going to share the money with Hae-song. I mean it might have been an act and she was still playing him but idk. I do appreciate that they got no money for all the scheming.
+ So-yoon hanging up on Hae-song trying to apologise his way back to her good graces was excellent. Good for her.
+ I'm really happy we got a final Sae-bom and Seo-yoon scene and they're still as close as ever.
+ I really don't know what Se-kyu and Moon-hee were thinking in their 'lets keep the apartment' idea. I mean sure they could stay there until the quarantine is over but once it is they have no claim there? Stealing all the jewellery and money would've made a lot more sense.
+ I wish we'd gotten a little follow up on Jung-kook.
+ "We shouldn't leave him like that." Uh, what?? Yes, you should! He is a crime scene! Detective Yi-hoon should know better.
+ I'm a little disappointed that my thought that Tae-seok was infected turned out to not be true.
+ They did get me at the end because I definitely had a moment where I was all 'this had better not be an IRIS ending!'
+ I think the most surprising thing about the finale was actually how little death there was. There were a bunch of moments where I was expecting people to die and then they just kept not dying! That said I kind of like that Joo-hyung and Young-ok ended the show facing legal justice instead of death. I'm glad that Moon-hee wasn't murdered by her husband too because I was really expecting it.
+ Wow Young-ok lost it so hard this episode. There was a lot of lead up to this and she really hasn't been stable the last couple episodes but still yikes! Her attacking Andrew with the bat when he looked at her - wow. I mean if she had succeeded in killing him the fact that he was a serial killer who might become a zombie and had a gun he was trying to point at her certainly gave her a lot of reasonable motive.
+ "You bit him to death!" Um. I think the bat hitting him multiple times is what would have technically done him in, lol. I have to say I was really impressed with how Yi-hyun dealt with Young-ok in this scene. He was very calm and compassionate with her which is not necessarily how he usually approached things.
+ "I was keeping them as my boxed lunches! So what?" LMAO. I'm dying. I was definitely wondering why Joo-hyung was helping the cleaning couple but I didn't even consider this until Yi-hyun accused him. I was also really amused that, thinking he was zombiefied, he first reaction is to try and murder people.
+ I found the whole sequence where Joo-hyung acts zombie, bites Hae-song and then chases him and Sang-hee to the apartment was a hilarious farce.
+ The cleaner couple deciding to try and murder Joo-hyung, and doing a pretty bad job at it, and then him running to Sang-hee for help only to be rejected was pretty funny. Seems fair.
+ Joo-hyung crying to Yi-hyun for help because they were trying to murder him was pretty ironically funny too.
+ Actually Joo-hyung was all comedy this episode. I was surprised when he decided to lure Yi-hyun out and then tried to attack him directly because direct action isn't really his style. Him then trying to zombie attack Sae-bom made me go 'a ha, he still thinks he's a zombie' but then laugh because he isn't actually a zombie and so it was just pathetic and funny instead.
+ I was happy the siblings survived. I really liked them helping Yi-hyun. I was amused by them reacting to the craziness happening around them. They were just very sweet all episode. Also I loved this exchange:
Soo-min: The smell of his blood is disgusting and I don't want to drink it.
Hyun-kyung: ... Do you want to drink my blood?
Soo-min: Don't change the topic!
LOL.
+ Hyun-kyung sticking a helmet on Soo-min was a great idea!
+ I liked the reveal that Soo-min also had antibodies and was asymptomatic like Sae-bom. I'm not sold on the idea that Sae-bom's blood was losing it's antibodies and thus they could no longer use her to make the cure. Doesn't that mean it'll happen with anyone with antibodies? It feels like an excuse to give her freedom at the end of the show.
+ I liked Sae-bom injuring herself to trigger Andrew's inner zombie and then killing him.
+ Dong-hyun's reunion with his father was sweet. I appreciate that they basically holed up in their apartment this entire time with him taking care of his wife, and them missing basically all of the worst of it. Good for them.
+ I was genuinely surprised that Sang-hee was going to share the money with Hae-song. I mean it might have been an act and she was still playing him but idk. I do appreciate that they got no money for all the scheming.
+ So-yoon hanging up on Hae-song trying to apologise his way back to her good graces was excellent. Good for her.
+ I'm really happy we got a final Sae-bom and Seo-yoon scene and they're still as close as ever.
+ I really don't know what Se-kyu and Moon-hee were thinking in their 'lets keep the apartment' idea. I mean sure they could stay there until the quarantine is over but once it is they have no claim there? Stealing all the jewellery and money would've made a lot more sense.
+ I wish we'd gotten a little follow up on Jung-kook.
+ "We shouldn't leave him like that." Uh, what?? Yes, you should! He is a crime scene! Detective Yi-hoon should know better.
+ I'm a little disappointed that my thought that Tae-seok was infected turned out to not be true.
