Indeed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it this way. :). The next day, upon Isaacs return, he mentions that he met the reverend on the way. We've all seen Jin Sung take a beating and give one and I have no doubt he would have caused some serious damage. Well , some missing point that we need to understand OY is not only blind but psychologically is not stable. I loved how Kim Bum's character broke out of his loyalty and had that crazed, red rimmed look after he stabbed Oh Soobut then..wha.? Sad how it happens to many of the dramas I follow. One evening, Anne, Thomas, and Michael are at a gathering at the Gresham Hotel when Anne suddenly remembers reading about a tragedy that took place at that hotel. Gideon is timid and ineffectual, while Emma soon begins to claim that she is being haunted by some kind of unseen entity that inhabits the scrubland that stretches out all around them. It was really rushed and that's why I think the logic breaks down. Which might be realistic. It seemingly possesses Isaac's body, leading Lizzy to stab him with a piece of broken glass. Or if any of that actually matters. if not it's a freaking truck not an attack ninja -- your family can flee so what the hell are you doing?) Because now just isnt a good time? As he gets angrier, Lizzy notices an ominous dark shadow rising behind him. Harmon has become a go to author for me as a talented writer. Although not being a great fan of fiction books, I found 'What the Wind Knows' a fascinating story in which Amy Harmon cleverly intertwines the past with the present, the real with the imaginary. I've watched it happen in quite a few dramas. Jin-sung falls to his knees beside his hyung. Everything was so carefully built to that ending (except for the stabbing scene) that it felt planned to me. It did difficult to play blind person who has to display lots of deep scars and emotion. Im glad he grew as a person, but since when did Growth = Passivity? It was a visually lovely show to watch. It may have lost itself in its own mesmerizing cinematography at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed the visual experience. Anne soon discovers she has passed back in time to 1921 and that the little boy in the household is her grandfather, Eoin. I think Wind is about (kid) Naruto's past and how he needed to power through people's preconceptions of him to achieve his goal of Hokage "Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.Motivate your anger to make them all realize.Climbing the mountain, never coming down.Break into the contents, never falling down" This segment is describing his anger and sadness motivating him further- climbing . (hahah). She can see him, even if the picture isnt too clear, and smiles brightly. Her historical novels, inspirational romances, and young adult fantasy books are now being published internationally. my two cents anyway. After the book reading at the cafe, was it only Young's wishful thinking and imagination while she was walking and reminiscing about a dead Soo? Lizzy is also haunted by Emmas ghost one night, who asks her where her gun is. If it was sooner rather than so close to the end, it would have sat in place better, narratively. Heads you are one hell of a writer. Third, I agree with Ashely above in that Sung's relationship had soured (three suiters?) But I'm just so thankful. Yes, we do get a happy ending but it felt completely unsatisfying and made me feel so disappointed. About the ending, while watching the last episode, i really had the impression oh soo died. (Just enough to pay Soos debt.) But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make? He looks relieved as he shakes his bracelet to let her know its him. It will probably take how many months before the eyesight will go back to normal condition. But a girl can dream. Please try again. As for Soo, I mean, dude got stabbed not shot. Yes, so many dangling threads, holes where we just don't know - drama is pretty but tattered. Seriously. However, she is interrupted by the return of her husband, who has brought back the recently deceased Emmas books with him. As for the ending, I still kinda feel in some way that Soo is actually dead and whatever was happening was happening in some parallel universe, lol. I also think that they wouldn't have shown the "Next Spring" title if it was meant to be a dream or heaven. Same here. I applaud his professionalism, knowing that this is his first time to have sex scenes. Its interesting to note that, apart from possibly being tricked by the evil entity to murder both Emma and Isaac, Lizzy also had real-life motives to cause them harm. When I'm asked who's my favourite author, her name tumbles out of my lips without a second to consider. "NHK lost her soul to the devil". Also, most of the other NHK dramas I've watched have all felt remarkably real-- but in a way that evokes an appreciation of the human experience. There never is a straight ending in Kdramaland. No, it wasnt ever hard, Blurry Figure responds. Another BIG factor as to why the last scene is not a depiction of heaven, or Young's imagination, is because the conversation between Soo and Young in that cafe is waaay too elaborate to be fake. This is one drama that defies logic. For bookclub, we had to choose a book with a time travel element in it. No, she responds, and we see through Youngs eyes first its a blur of color, then light. I was also unhappy that Soo didn't take the money, making his con a moot point but whatever. This show started out great but slowly became distant with the sudden implausibilities and uncertainty of what Young was thinking as well as glossing over Sec. Theyre in it to win it or else. Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. The suicide, totally understandable for a person as emotionally damaged as she was who thinks she's been abandoned and betrayed by everything AND thinks she's going to die painfully anyway. I loved churches the way I loved cemeteries and books. But the scenes with Lawyer Jang and all of them wasn't from her perspective. . I loved the ending, but I don't know what to make of it. I'm in dramaland and i want the happy ending of course. I honestly handwave the whole stabbing scene away. Back with Jin-sung, we see Moo-chuls minion helping him out in revealing Boss Mans plan to screw him over, since the money he borrowed for the game came from the devil himself. Though not implicitly stated, the book could also have something to do with both the womens babies being stillborns as they both have the book during their pregnancy. Sex isn't a shameful thing. There was never ever enough Kim Bum. It is also in the mind of the person a VIABLE solution to their problem. But not before there's one final flashback. To be honest, I felt Nice Guy/Innocent Man was more engaging than That Winter, the Wind Blows. A horror that doesn't fall prey to the stereotypes of the genre (read - Hereditary, A Quiet Place, Bird Box). (Just enough to pay Soo's debt.) Because the earth's surface is made up of different types of land and water, the earth absorbs the sun's heat at different rates. To be honest, I was relieved when you wrote that you felt conflicted about the finale and the last few episodes. I highly rmore I loved this more than Outlander. this reminds me why I'm not a fan of the genre. But time skips are not a panacea, and its a universal truth I really wish dramaland would accept, especially when the end result isnt anything we couldnt have reached without it. The show ended with a major loophole. He has, because he loved a girl who was blind. It was a pleasure reading them. , Print length He acted very well there, too. Isnt it hard when you cant look into the eyes of someone you love? Young asks. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. Also, Heads! But hes not there to hear about her family life, and instead asks her to return to Youngs side. *cries*. There are a bit of similarities between both shows which leads me to wonder what is it with the all the melodrama cliches? As the story jumps back and forth in time, we learn that leading up to her death, Emma's behavior had become increasingly erratic, while after her death, Lizzy has come to believe that she too is being menaced by the entity her neighbor claimed to hear whispering to her on the wind. Finally, I was determined to let the characters sweep me away to 1920s Ireland and leave my present world completely behind. Thomas saves her. "If that had been me, Id have taken the knife and gone after Kim.". , Page numbers source ISBN Also, if they were both in the afterlife, I'm sure Young would get 100% of her sight back. Nooooooooo!!!! However, in the case of Emma, Lizzys feelings of dislike towards her slowly built up over time. ..Show you have less than 10 minutes to make him reincarnate. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time., Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. If not, its a bad thing. The kissing under the cherry tree was really true not a dream nor an imagination (if it was an imagination, how cruel the mind of Oh youn was, it doesn't make sense). , Screen Reader 0.0/10 from 0 users. I finished What the Wind Knows in 2 nights and never wanted it to end. or Wang's crimes. Then I realized that this drama is just like the character Young: beautiful to look at, given to half-disclosures or sideways feints that make you go into hours of analysis to try and figure it all out. Unable to add item to List. There were just moments that I wanted to backtrack to check if I missed out anything, but just didn't have the patience to go through the frustrations again. Sec. Cookies help us deliver our Services. On a shallow note, I loved most of OS's wardrobe, especially the orange coat he wore at the beginning of this episode, it looked good on him. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time. Rhys Bowen, New York Times and #1 Kindle bestselling author of The Tuscan Child, In Farleigh Field, and the Royal Spyness novels, Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. What the Wind Knows is a masterpiece written by Amy Harmon, an amazing interpretation of events in Ireland during the period of 1916 - 1922. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. The title is "Gu Family Book" which is why I expected there's some kind of journey to find said book or even the appearance of it. It really did feel very Kdrama-like to separate the characters for the sake of separating them? :D. I'll add, I also agree that this wasn't the writer pulling out a happy ending to please fans or because she couldn't think of anything else. Also when heesun and jinsung said they would bring flowers to soothe way it sounded in korean was like they were visiting his grave as hes not around longer rather than visiting a live person to give him flowers. If we add the something else, then this was an insanely beautiful if not sometimes-frustrating exercise in understanding people who looked like people, but had some moments where they didnt really act like people. Also, I have to agree that the pace of the finale felt waaaay off. When she was with Secretary Wang, Lawyer Jang, and her ex-fiance with those blind kids, those scenes were not blurry. The trailer for No Way Home revealed a bit of how that will happen: Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) will seemingly break the multiverse while trying to undo the moment when Peter Parker's. Lizzy's tale is pieced together through time jumps, simultaneously exploring her sinister past and rapidly deteriorating present. it's out of topic but I have to disagree that it's a porn movie, it is sexually graphic yes, but those are used to show how they become lustfully needing each other and to INCREASE TENSION as we go to the part when the deception was caught in the act (we can see their progress of being indifferent to each other up to the point that they're comfortable to do all the positions they want). The film's immense runtime (2 hours and 37 minutes) makes it the second longest Marvel . Wow. If you've just watched the credits roll and are still reeling from the revelations and changes, then . Question: I know Heads explained it, however I am still confused, did OS kept folding because if he didn't win he would be dead (being killed by Boss Man) and Boss Man wouldn't be able to get his money back (and OS of course didn't know that Boss Man wanted him dead anyway, regardless of the results)? I watched the last episode of Queen of Ambition yesterday. Emma is also seen endlessly reciting the book in the final days of her pregnancy. We also see things that may be influencing her perceptions, including witnessing Emma's emotional decline and Lizzy's interest in a pamphlet titled "Demons of the Prairie" (more on that later). Was this technique not used by both Soo and Young more than a few times throughout the drama? Out of all the melos I've seen, this one is definitely the most satisfying. Thank you so much <33333333. She finds the headstone for her great-grandmother, Eoin's mother, who was also named Anne Gallagher. He struggles to his knees as we pan to the shoes of the man who stabbed him, the trembling man holding the knife, and up. 'The Wind' is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. According to Secretary Wang, Soo started there six months ago. But, bite the cat that corners you, don't run and bite your mouse friend D': Maybe, he pulled a Moo Chul and was helping him in a way? Granted, some things started to not make sense towards the end, but NOTHING about this show makes me think the director or writer became lazy and gave up along the way. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; While Golden Wind's final message is one of hope, it's not exactly an uplifting hope either. The Wind is a Psychological Thriller directed by Emma Tammi. He confronts her about murdering Emma. One can argue it was a reference of Young's brother but I feel it was a reference they are bringing lamb's ears for both Soo and Young as she most likely died the same day as Soo in surgery and the flowers would be a way to remember them both Soo is alive. A call to Hee-sun affirms that Boss Man isnt lying, and Jin-sung looks devastated as the mean old geezer slides him a knife. It made me wonder if because this was a melodrama, the writer had the characters inflict (more) pain to each other for the sake of the nature of the drama fitting the bill (of a melodrama) till the end. She gave the story a nostalgic feel I reveled in.Thank you, Amy Harmon, for the chance to read an ARC and for kicking my reading year off with a bang. Young gives a coy smile, causing them both to break out in grins before Soo takes her face in his hands and kisses her. We are then transported to Emmas burial, where she is briefly seen with a massive head injury, most likely from a gun. Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time. And I want to pay for what Ive done, he chokes out. Thank you, Heads. It was blurry because it was trying to show it in Young's perspective. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. But the wind throws the books and tears the pages. In an even better play orchestrated by Jin-sung, Minion comes to the rescue as he and his men take over Boss Mans CCTV room so that they can keep watch over the game, ensuring that Boss Man cant cheat his way out AND to assure Jin-sung and Soos safe escape if they win. Youngs eyes begin to fill with tears as Soo pours his heart out in the video, saying how much he wanted to tell her when he first fell in love with her and how beautiful she was, and how much her real brother loved her. I guess its up to intrepretation but it may be that those two are actually alive and everything went well OR they both diedSoo died first bc he got stabbed which is why he is at the restaurant "6 months before" waiting for her. Lake Union Publishing, Seattle, WA, 2019. : And HeadsNo2, thank you, once again, for not squandering your gift and for so generously sharing it with us. Her tears finally spill over as she stops the video, even though Video Soo seemed to have more to say. Could you tell me exactly what it is about the ending that eluded you? // Load the SDK asynchronously and cease repining; Behind the cloud is the sun still shining; Thy fate is a common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall." Longfellow is rightrain comes at different times to all of us. I don't need my heroines to be people I'd like in real life to consider them interesting and watchable, but the second half of this devolved in a very, very similar way to Nice Guy - the nonsensical last-minute stabbing of the hero (well, at least Soo, unlike Maru, does not hang out having conversations on a park bench with his girl AFTER being stabbed), the time skip and the reunion of the couple after a long time. That ending just confused me. It didn't disgust me though. I haven't seen NHK's previous works, so thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. Could you please make sense? Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. I'm not a Kim Bum fan anyway, so when he's still acting adolescent in the tractor scene I just wanted to smack him upside the head. Because more than any other k-drama writer I can think of, NHK is gifted at writing highly relatable, complex characters whom I understand. The surreal film follows a woman's slow descent into madness as she struggles to survive the crushing solitude of the 19th-century frontier lands. The art part is just an excuse for porn. I really liked the beginning (episode 8 was definitely the climax of happiness for me) but then we dove into melo land which culminated in a LOT of crying in the last episode. Song Hye Gyo also said in the interview that the ending scene filmed in Young's perspective was blurry because they didn't want to give RP patients false hope, since those diagnosed with RP will not ever regain back their sight fully. Scene 1 Jin sung tells Boss Man that all the winnings are his in order to pay Soo's debt, but Boss Man has another plan - he knows where Jin sung's family is, threatening Jin Sung to choose between Soo or his family. But I thought her extreme trust issues were well shown so I bought her character as a whole. But more than anything, i belive the writers left an open ending on pourpose, they wanted to allow the viewers to come up with their own interpretation of the ending. In an unforgettable love story, a woman's impossible journey through the ages could change everything Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. Secondly, the blurriness, the bike, the cafe, and the final cherry blossom scene is played in Young's mind. They were driven by the Homestead Acts, which awarded citizens 160 acres of land in the sparsely populated west in exchange for a small filing fee. From what I understand, a feeble attempt at killing yourself like Young did is not a suicide attempt, but a cry for help/attention. Jin-sung is the one to actually drop Soo off, but methinks that Soo is unaware of Jin-sungs involvement. The Wind cast includes Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman, and Julia Goldani Telles to name a few. Lizzy did encounter the demons of the prairie, and even if they only existed in her mind, their power to destroy was still very real. If nothing else, this was an insanely beautiful show, well-scored and well-acted. 1. Skillfully woven around vividly depictedhistorical events and figures, this is a page-turner, hard to put down until the end., Helen Bryan, international bestselling author of. HeadsNo2, I wish I could meet you in person during the Dramabeans Meetup and personally say how you're one heck of a great writer and thinker but I'll have to be content with this. Notes from the translator. Soo keeps an eye on his watch, knowing time is of the essence. Having Soo say he made a mistake is kind of the show telling everyone to forgive her. But, to be perfectly honest, I wasn't thinking about her hair at all this episode, haha. The first part of the poem describes the action of the wind. There really wasn't that much plot, when you come to think of it and it makes sense, why it was a 2 hour movie versus a 16 hour drama. There is Balban, the "invader of the weak mind" and "bringer of delusions," Jezebeth, the "seductress," Succorhenoth, the "bringer of jealous thoughts," and Vetis, the "shapeshifter," among others. Order our What the Wind Knows Study Guide. In giving her the pamphlet, it seems that the Reverend was trying to prepare Lizzy for the hardships of frontier life. After shes gone, Soo lets this news sink in. At one point or the other, I kept viewing as some kind of Stockholm Syndrome on Young's end, the way she just also seemed to care for Wang even though what she did was horrible. Amy Harmon is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of thirteen novels, including From Sand and Ash, and the Whitney Awardwinning The Law of Moses. Either way I guess its a happy ending that they are together! I was hopeful in the beginning, because it started with NHK doing her empathy-building magic with Soo's character, and to a lesser extent with Young's character through the video diaries. i can't believe that is finished now.best best drama i have ever seem and it's the best drama of 2013. I also think it's real because Jin Sung and Hee Sung can't possibly be so cheerful had Jin Sung killed his hyung. It is a stunning work of fiction interwoven with true historical events, combining the magical and the real. Santiago tells the wind that love can empower it to do anything. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. This vagued up messy ending was the compromise. }; This final episode left me confused and with a sense of "this was it?" So it kinda kills me to read HeadsNo2's criticisms (that I agree with, btw) about often not being able to understand Young and other characters in this drama. Can she see? And when her heart gets caught between two different times, its nearly impossible to see her way clear. I will join you guys in saying that I am also quite impressed with Heads' writing and her sense of humor. But he had some charisma so that got brushed away at the end. As if I never wanted to die.. The event results in her grandfather Eoin's fear that Ireland is not safe for Anne, which is why he never allows her to travel there until after his death. You'll recognize delusion, jealousy, seduction, and shapeshifting as things Lizzy encounters during the movie. Meaning, the surgery was successful and Oh young survived. Retinitis pigmentosa is not curable a disease. South Wind Knows My Mood Episode 39. Eventually, he accepts that she is able to predict the future with uncanny accuracy. Thats where Young fails as a character, even though earlier episodes showed her growing and changing from the cold and prickly person she once was, which was mostly due to Secretary Wangs heavy hand in keeping her in a child-like state, into a woman who realized that the world wasnt always out to get her. I sometimes miss some of those, and I appreciate when those are pointed out to me. I guess I cant begrudge a character for not being selfless, so Ill boil it down simply: No matter her deep-seated issues, Young didnt make for an enjoyable heroine. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. : I still think he did die, so im kinda surprise how many people think he lived. I really think they needed another episode to really work the ending right. The court generally issues all of its decisions by the end of June before going on a summer break. :). I do find myself chuckling at times when reading her recaps. (Seriously though. We can theorize that he had to heal and hide for a bit from Boss Man, and that he was fine as long as he could keep a distant eye on Young. I didn't think about it that way when watching the final scene so i believed they both died. This is the perfect way to describe how I was feeling about the show in its final eps. Same here. And I guess we underestimate the rate at which human hair can grow. Jin-sung just kneels there, shaking and sobbing. What a waste! He turns back to her with a smile, and rings the bell bracelet. The promise of sizzle from early on in the show fizzled out too. Seriously I kept fast forwarding cuz there was nothing intriguing. But, no matter what flaws this drama has, I have to admit that I do LOVE this drama. I'll bet Young cut the short way across her arm too, rather than the long way, which would again be what you would do if you actually wanted to die. Lambert explains the grisly details of what happens to lungs when sucking . There seems to be no good outcome here for Lizzy. (I could buy him being dead if they'd left it at the bicycle scene -- but the restaurant was too real.). She considers trying to return to Thomas and the young Eoin, but she can never replicate the conditions. Thank you. Hence, combined with the ominous booklet that he gives her and his repeated appearances as a violent spirit, the reverend seems to be a very suspicious character indeed and is most likely not a real reverend but a form taken by the evil entity to torment Lizzy. In an unforgettable love story, a womans impossible journey through the ages could change everything. But the young couple is clearly not a happy one. She also manages to locate the chlorine gas the CRM was hiding at the culling station . When Hee Sun and Jin Sung were debating which flowers to give "Soo", they either meant to give flowers to Young's real brother Oh Soo's grave, or they wanted to bring flowers to Soo's new shop because they feel bad for Jin Sung's betrayal.