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@liddiThank you. My interpretation on HW is very similar to yours, and you have articulated all the thoughts so well in your posts! I hope the drama could have spent a little more time digging into HW's POV, esp. on how she and WJ interacted with each other before HJ entered their lives. I would think it was not purely one-sided, that her brightness must have attracted WJ to a degree to be in a relationship with her, to admire her creating artwork, and to allow a child be conceived in the process. I do not agree with many of HW's actions, esp. on how she involved children in her plots, but I also did not like the feeling of her being portrayed on the face value almost as an overly obsessed woman just from purely one-sided affection from the beginning. This also made me applaud the actress SHB, that she took on a very dark role knowing that it is not likely to attract much affinity from the viewers, and she delivered the darkness very well. I also think while on the face value HJ agreed to leave to protect Lisa (not just to protect her from legal implications, but to not let her have the knowledge of WJ's death), it was also something HJ wanted to do on her own volition. I do not think she was forced to leave due the HW's threats. She asked HW to spare Lisa and she started offering up all the arrangements. If HJ had made up her mind not to leave, I believe (as the HJ that we knew) she would have found way to make it happen. But I think HJ has finally come to realize the magnitude of the terrible consequences from all her actions, lies, greed, etc. that she decided to run away vs. stay and work together with HS to face all the consequences and solve issues. Did I like it that HW went along with HJ's plan? No. But again, I think HJ played a bigger part of her own departure than HW. I agreed that it seems that the ending seemed to indicate the all but HJ has moved on, and HJ is now free to decide how to live the rest of her life.

I would love to see this as well! Rosa gets what she wants, and she knows what she wants because she knows that suits her son the best I know some feel that they may need to wait because of GU's career, but I (and maybe I am over romantic) personally hope that they would not have to choose one over the other. This is not to say that she should give up what she has planned, or that they would just live happily (and unrealistically) ever after while handling love, family and career like super people with no struggles. I think there is a lot room to explore about the possibility/challenges of a woman achieving her best in career with the full support of her spouse / in-laws, while also allowing a few breaks in between for a family. This is not just because of JW's 40+; however, their gap in age and position could actually allow JW to play a more supportive role in the relationship, caring for GU while she works to pass the board, or even taking a sabbatical when they decide to expand the family. I am also writing this based on my own interpretation of GU. While she is super dedicated to her job / patients (almost to the determent of her own welfare), I did not feel that she was doing it because she already has a well mapped out timetable for career milestones / achievements. Even her taking on the role of CR so early was not due to her own plan / moves. She is motivated and ambitious to excel in every task that is put in front of her, and that could also include being a girlfriend, wife, and mom. I think the key is for them to both be open and honest to each other, and not make their own assumptions about the other without talking it out first (I think JW might even be the one struggling with this more, assuming that GU is not ready/wants to finish fellowship first, etc., while GU is open to the idea of settling down first)... Of course, this is all just my interpretation + personal wish; I think we will be pleasantly satisfied whatever ShinLee have in store for us in S2.