Ji-hyo is surprised that her father would tell her this. She thought he loved her.
Ji-hyo is convinced that her father was involved in aliens and he even discredited her hypnosis memory, saying that the thoughts were put there by him. However, her staunch belief begins to crumble down when she realises ‘Father’ had put something in the tea she drank.
Father begins to rant about how he looked for the Messiah for years. He gets distraught thinking about how long everybody believed in him and followed his instructions. So he tells Ji-hyo to pretend to be the Messiah anyway, at least so his followers can die happy. He says she has already lied to the people once, they won’t let her go now. Ji-hyo tries to get up and leave but the drugged tea takes its toll on her and she collapses. ..
Does Bo-ra find the white light?
As Bo-ra runs through the woods looking for the light, Young-gi sees her and follows. She says she is confused about what to believe ever since she saw Ji-hyo lie to the church members. The two girls see the light again and follow it, but it turns out to be a large drone being controlled by some men from the church. They see multiple drones there and Young-gi finally realises it was all a lie.
The men controlling the drones pursue Bo-ra as she watches them. They catch up to her and Phillip, Captain Price and Dong-hyuk arrive just in time to save her. They drove there with Direct Kim.
Does ‘Father’ carry out his plan for ascension?
Ji-hyo is already on stage when she wakes up. She is wearing the white dress and has been chained to a large structure of the alien’s symbol. Church members chain her to it and Father puts a hat made of lights and wires on her head. Everyone begins to hum and pray as he talks about Father Light responding to the Messiah’s call.
Just then, Father Light arrives. The crowd chants “Sella” and each person begins to take the tablet out from their necklace. Father Light tells the story of his life, including his journey to find the Tablet of Life. The crowd is amazed by his story and asks for more tablets.
Ji-hyo screams out to them to stop. She tells them she is not a Messiah and can’t bring them salvation, it was all a lie. If they take the tablet, they will die. ‘Father’ points to the lights in the sky as proof of her divine power but right at that moment, a shot rings out and one of the drones falls to the ground. It is Young-gi who shot the drone. She exposes it to everyone and then takes a shot at ‘Father’, but misses.
Does Ji-hyo manage to escape?
After Young-gi shoots at ‘Father’, chaos ensues and the crowd runs helter-skelter. Ji-hyo, Bo-ra, and the other prisoners are able to break free and run towards the exit. Ji-hyo apologizes, sobbing, for lying to Bo-ra earlier. Bo-ra says it’s okay and they can look for aliens again together. ..
The other church members grow angry at their betrayal and turn against Ji-hyo. They converge on her and don’t even stop when Detective Kim arrives and fires warning shots into the sky.
A power outage has occurred and all the lights in the surrounding area go out.
Are the aliens in Glitch real?
A white light is seen in the sky. As it comes closer, it expands and turns into a massive UFO. A door opens right above Ji-hyo and Bo-ra. Ji-hyo closes her eyes, watching in amazement as the UFO grows larger and larger until it is so large that it dominates the sky.
Ji-hyo and Bo-ra were in a white space with no walls or floor when something small and round came floating right out of her head, something like a chip. The alien took the chip, folded into itself and then burst into tiny specks of light. The crowd on the ground gasps as the lights come back on. Ji-hyo and Bo-ra are nowhere to be found.
After a night of partying, Bo-ra and Ji-hyo wake up separately in different parts of the room. They realise they’ve both passed out next to each other and start laughing. ..
What happens to ‘Father’?
Father finds his wife through the woods and she is about to shoot him but a car suddenly comes through, knocking Father down. It is Direct Kim. He gives Young-gi a phone with her mother’s number and tells her to eat well. He takes the gun from her and shoots Father himself.
How does Glitch end?
After the memorial service, Bo-r and Ji-hyo meet detective Kim, Se-hee and Si-guk at the site. The police are now all over the scene. ..
Doctor Ma: Ji-hyo, can you tell me what happened after you woke up from your coma? Ji-hyo: After I woke up from my coma, I explained everything that I saw to Doctor Ma. But only one person believed me — Si-guk. ..
Si-guk plans to move back to his old apartment. He tells Ji-hyo that they should break up and jokes that he can’t stay with a crazy person. They laugh and end things on a good note.
Ji-hyo and her father are looking for a new apartment to live in. Ji-hyo has started calling her stepmother “Mom” now. ..
The news reports show that the cult leaders were arrested. The reports claim that toxic fumes made people hallucinate a UFO. Kim was arrested for killing Moon Hyung-tae. Phillip tells a group of new UFO forum members about the incident, along with Captain Price and Dong-hyuk.
What happens with Ji-hyo and Bo-ra?
Ji-hyo and Bo-ra meet at the café and Ji-hyo offers to help her with her new project, which is to find Bigfoot. Bo-ra accepts and they go upstairs to meet him. They see the alien drawing on the wall and Ji-hyo asks if she likes loft apartments. She offers them a list of apartments, just as she had offered the paper with the UFO clipping all those years ago when they first met. Bo-ra accepts.
Why did the aliens put a chip in Ji-hyo’s head?
Doctor Ma asks Ji-hyo about the memory she saw while under hypnosis. Ji-hyo says that when sturgeons get stuck in nets, humans help rescue them and leave them with an electronic chip. They do so just to see how far the creature would go. ..
Ji-hyo looks at the photonmeter as she leaves Bo-ra’s room. She smiles when it doesn’t move, but as she leaves, the indicator springs to the other end. ..
Is there a mid-credits scene?
Si-guk is walking on a road when he suddenly sees a giant green alien standing in his way. The alien starts to move, but Si-guk manages to shoot it with his gun.
The Episode Review
The finale of Glitch was satisfying in that it resolved all the questions that had been raised about the show. The reveal of aliens in the UFO was a satisfying twist, and it was great to see Ji-hyo believe that everything she experienced was real. Despite the lack of explanation, it was gratifying to know that there was truth to Bo-ra and Ji-hyo’s experiences.
The idea that the characters in Glitch are just like us watching humans is an interesting analogy. For all its focus on cults and blind religion, Glitch fulfills its promise of a captivating sci-fi tale. ..
The finale of “Father” wraps up loose ends well. The cult’s lies are exposed and ‘Father’ gets his due, although Direct Kim seems to pay an unfair price for it. Hong Ji-hyo seems to have found peace with her life and everything that happened in it. She settles into happier relationships with her parents, Bo-ra and even Si-guk.
Overall, the episode was a bit oddly paced and Ji-hyo definitely seemed like a damsel for a lot of it. Her plan to pose as the Messiah was never very convincing. But in the end, the episode brought the promise of aliens to fruition and they did it well, albeit abruptly. All in all, an okay finale. ..
