8.16 - Podcast Review of Episode 16 of Crash Landing On You (CLOY)

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 16 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. Ernabel Demillo is back to help us analyze the final episode of CLOY. We discuss:The songs we heard during the recap: Same Sky, Different World by Nam Hye Seung and Park Sang Hee, Like You by So Soo Bin and Kim Soo Hee, and Here I Am Again by Baek Yerin.How Captain Ri kept vigil by Se-ri until he knew she was in stable condition.How it would feel to be given a chance to stay in South Korea after growing up in North Korea.How Se-ri’s stepmom gave Se-ri a gift when she told Se-ri about Captain Ri’s devotion; this convinces Se-ri to go see Captain Ri before he left.The heartbreaking scene at the border when Captain Ri and Se-ri manage to steal a few moments and say goodbye.How General Ri went to rescue his men and his wife kept her own virgil at home, with folded pieces of paper that probably contained poison.The tragic relationship between Seo Dan and Gu Seung Jun. Seo Dan confesses that she likes Gu Seung Jun and then Gu Seung Jun dies. How Seo Dan and Se-ri are united in their desire to take down Yoon Se-hyeong. Seo Dan helps Se-ri by getting Mr. Cheon to send records and recordings from China to Se-ri.How Seo Dan and her mother seem at peace with Captain Ri’s actions, and the end of Captain Ri and Se-ri’s engagement.The NIS chief with the big heart who allowed Captain Ri to visit Se-ri at the hospital and schedule text messages before he went back to North Korea.How the text messages allow Se-ri to feel like she is spending the seasons with Captain Ri. Both of them try to honor the other by trying to live a good life.How life goes back to normal after Captain Ri and his men go back to North Korea, but all of our characters are fundamentally changed.How Se-ri convinces her brother, Yoon Se-jun, to create a foundation that supports students talented in music. These students are given support to study in Switzerland.After many years of waiting, Se-ri paraglides, lands on a mountaintop, and meets Ri Jeong Hyeok, who has missed her every night and day.Later, we learn that Captain Ri and Se-ri spend two happy weeks in Switzerland together each year.The show that we will recap and analyze in Season 9 of K Drama Chat.ReferencesSe-ri’s ChoicesThe Tale of Gyeonu and JingnyeoHyun Bin singing That Man from the Secret Garden OSTThe Deep Meaning Behind the Eternal Flower of EdelweissEdelweiss - All About This Alpine FlowerCaptain Ri’s mother’s folded papers with the glass of waterTime Travelers: North Korean Defectors Resettling in South KoreaAlternate Way Better Ending for Crash Landing On You by GF MillerNorth Korean diplomat defected through Cuba