The Imminent End
Dong-Ma and Pi-Young leave their apartment together. Pi-Young is blushing and she gestures for Dong-Ma to stop staring. The pair make it up to see Dong-Ma’s father, where they confirm their baby is due on September 30th.
Dong-Ma’s father is pleased to see how lively the house has become since Seo-Ban and Si-Eun joined it. The maids, however, are not too thrilled. It’s more work for them and they have to grit their teeth as Dong-Ma’s father orders them to bring some strawberries to the table.
Pi-Young tries to diffuse the tension by telling the maids not to hassle the kids. Hyang-Gi is resentful because she feels like she has to do extra work. ..
Si-Eun does well to keep her secret, but in the quiet of the night, she researches online and tries to find out more information about her pregnancy and possible birth defects. ..
Dong-Mi ends up dancing with Yu-Shin in the house. With a rose in her mouth, she continues to take a trip down memory lane. This time, she relives her memories from when she used to dance with her teacher, Richard Kang. Richard Kang was a very talented and well-known dancer who Dong-Mi admired greatly. ..
A-Mi continues to try and get a confession from her, speaking to Dong-Mi afterwards and brings up Ki-Rim and what happened to him. She records their conversation and presses her on what happened. Unfortunately, Dong-Mi doesn’t bite and reveal what really took place. ..
Yu-Shin is frustrated with A-Mi for meddling in her patient’s care. She tells her that she should stop and that she told her to talk to the patient. Yu-Shin doesn’t see the funny side of this and is annoyed.
Dong-Mi heads out to see Hae-Ryun, Si-Eun and Pi-Young go for lunch with Hye-Ryung. While they eat, Yu-Shin continues to regret his actions as he thinks over food and how accommodating Pi-Young was for him. Now though, the constant taste of fried chicken rather than homecooked food is doing nothing for him. Good. Serves him right for cheating. ..
A-Mi waits until morning to make noodles, but they are bland and without flavor. Ghost Song-Won, whom we’ve seen just wandering about and eating food, plops herself down at the table and starts eating some noodles. As you do. ..
Dong-Ma’s maids are fed up and want a raise. Pi-Young sits down with them and points out that although they have more people working for them now, they’re not lounging about and acting like slobs; they’re happy to help too. However, their salaries come from this family, which means that they’re already getting a hefty pay check. ..
The maids are unhappy and together, they conspire in private to all quit at the same time. When Si-Eun and Pi-Young beg for them to stay, they’ll ask for a 30% raise. That is, if they’re even asked to stay of course.
In their absence, Si-Eun does a pregnancy test and finds out she’s definitely pregnant. At the same time, we return to Hye-Ryung who starts grilling Sa-Hyun and taking her depression and frustrations out on him.
After Hye-Ryung packs her things and looks set to leave, Moon-ho speaks to Sa-Hyun and unpacks her gear. Hye-Ryung seems to pass out on the sofa, presumably from the stress of it all. ..
Hae-Ryun ends up seeing Ga-Bin again while he’s waiting to meet Dong-Mi. She doesn’t show up and instead when he rings her, Dong-Mi brushes him off, claiming she’s in a bad mood and wants to leave it. That leaves Hae-Ryun and Ga-Bin to talk.
Elsewhere, Pi-Young breaks the news to Ji-A that she’s going to be a big sister. She’s delighted. When they make their way back to the house, the three maids sit and enact their plan, quitting. Si-Eun and Pi-Young accept it. That’s not the reaction they’re after and find themselves in an even bigger mess. Still, it’s too late though and they’re forced to leave with their tails tucked between their legs. ..
Dong-Mi continues to spiral, but this time, A-Mi has Yu-Shin by her side when she admits the truth about killing Ki-Jin. She begins manically laughing, as Yu-Shin is left shocked and appalled.
As the episode ends, several reapers show up to take Song-Won back. OMG, are we getting a crossover with MBC’s Tomorrow? How exciting!
The Episode Review
Love is a drama that coughs out another algorithmically driven slice of drama. Other characters just sorta do things because the script calls it.
The main point of this article is that Hye-Ryung’s character has been completely killed off in the novel, while Song-Won and the lack of rules and explanation around this ghostly world just make the whole thing feel random and out of place.
There are some positives to the news that Seo-Ban and Si-Eun’s relationship is going well. I imagine he’ll be delighted to find out Si-Eun is pregnant.
The maids getting their comeuppance and leaving without anything is satisfying and a great inclusion.
Despite all the promise shown in the early episodes of this season, it has since felt like the show has been going through the motions. With only six episodes left, will there be a final twist that brings this show to a satisfying conclusion? ..
