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Lol @Just_Me I am also not done talking and thinking about this drama. Netflix just posted the final scene on the Swoon, so I decided to watch it again. Honestly, after watching just the scene alone I thought the writer/director had such a perfect ending. If we didn't have to go through the other 55 minutes of episode 16, I would be so happy with this ending. Even now, I'm starting to accept the ending just because of how beautiful this scene is. It's like a love letter to the drama and the city of Eunpo. The first shot is a cloudy but beautiful day followed by a view of the city with its colorful rooftops. RaRa starts playing Jun's welcome song, and we get a shot of the flower shop on top of the hill (this makes me a little sad because according to @JenL's blog, the set has already been taken down ). Finally, our hero arrives and starts running uphill as RaRa beckons him to come home by playing the piano. I really appreciate these final scenes because it reminded me of the beauty of the drama. The writing wasn't perfect, but when it was good, it was really good. It gave me something to look forward to every week. So thank you Netflix and KBS, please make another drama with Go Ara and Lee Jae Wook!

@JenL Very good points. There are certainly elements of tragedy-comedy in the show, and they were totally right about the ajummas being a greek chorus. However, unlike a greek chorus that provides insight into the characters, it seems the ladies were always wrong. If the writer truly meant to kill Jun, I can't make sense of it. She left too many hints about a reunion. First, there is harabeoji and Sunja's story (you'll meet again if it's fated to be), Dr. Cha's movie quote ( If you love something set it free. If it comes back it's yours.), Jun saying he might suddenly disappear and asking RaRa to hold on, and finally RaRa's quote (if you endure through the hard times, you can reap the benefits). I think the writer wrote herself into a corner with all the twists. She wanted to subvert tropes and stereotypes, but I think she wanted to execute one big twist with Jun being alive, but didn't know how to execute it properly.

Hello, I stumbled on this forum looking for more discussion on dodosol. Even now I cannot let go of this show. I absolutely adored it to pieces. It was written so well. Even the twist with his age didn't upset me. I just though ah, that must be why they didn't have RaRa move in to LalaLand. After watching the last few episodes, I just feel so sad and disappointed. A beautiful story that was ruined by such an ending. I fell in love with the show mostly because of Go Ara and Lee Jae-wook's performance. Their chemistry was really something else. I hadn't watched kdrama in such a long time (even CLOY bored me after the first 2 episodes). Then I saw the first episode posted on netflix, and I could not stop thinking about it since that day. I normally don't watch BTS and promotion videos, but I tried to follow every single one including fan cams. They really seem like more than friends! I felt a similar vibe from the main leads when I was watching DOTS. This is my feeling watching the last 5 minutes. I was happy that RaRaJun are together but upset about how we got there.