Aish, I don’t know what to think. The written preview doesn’t reveal much about episode 20, nor does the new video preview I have linked to below shed any definitive light on what’s to come. If 49 Days weren’t so unpredictable, I’d cast my vote on Ji Hyun being the one to ride the final elevator with Scheduler, this time not due to an early death caused by an expected accident, but because it was her destined time to depart. Being confused is probably a good thing, because I’m already way too teary as is. I have some more thoughts after the jump.
Written preview for episode 20:
Yi Kyung is shocked and sits facing Ji Hyun, hearing Ji Hyun calmly discussing her own fate. Ji Hyun begs Yi Kyung not to tell Kang anything. Ji Hyun arrvies at Heaven (the restaurant) bearing a picnic basket. She asks Kang to spend one day with her as her boyfriend. Just for one day, she wants to go with Kang on a date…..
Preview for episode 20:
Translation of dialogue:
Ji Hyun: This today of yours is the precious tomorrow of someone who passed away yesterday.
Ji Hyun: So who gave me the 3 tears?
Scheduler: One of the tears came from Park Seo Woo, but the other tear didn’t come from Song Yi Kyung.
Ji Hyun: Then who was it?
Kang: Shin Ji Hyun! What are you doing here?
Ji Hyun: Han Kang, can I borrow you for one day…… to be my boyfriend?
In Jung: Oppa, we can’t continue this anymore. You need to stop now.
Min Ho: I cannot stop. Even if it rips me into pieces, I’m will keep going.
Ji Hyun: You’re Scheduler, right?
Scheduler: Don’t tell me you forgot about me already?
Ji Hyun: No, I remember. Why do I remember my 49 days?
My Thoughts:
This drama has been heavy on the parallels and symbolism throughout the show. I’m too bone-weary to run down the list, but the writer has really integrated the theme of fate well into this drama. See Min Ho and In Jung, who deride their born-fate of being poor, and seek to escape not through legitimate means but through exacting some sort of “you are also due to suffer” vengeance on those who were born to live easier lives.
See how Min Ho and In Jung suffer, not because of their poverty (which they have endured and overcome), but because of their twisted jealousy, envy, and self-hatred. These feelings literally eat them alive from within and are the key to their own self-wrought downfall. See Yi Kyung thumb her nose at fate for taking away Yi Soo from her, so she gives up life. See how she suffers, because she chooses not to cherish her life and instead wastes it because she has not the courage to move on.
This drama rewards those with courage to live and love. See how Kang comes alive once he takes the step forward and confronts his years of unrequited love for Ji Hyun. I’m saying all of this because I think Ji Hyun is going to die, and she would show exactly how strong she is by embracing her fate and living every moment she has left to the best of her ability. The date with Kang is TOO much a parallel of Yi Kyung and Yi Soo final date not to mean something other than a simple date based on the writer’s pen in this drama.
For Ji Hyun to believe she will die (for a reason, I’m guessing Scheduler told her something) and then not die because of some miracle negates the drama’s basic premise that death cannot be avoided. What can be done is maybe we get one chance to fix what we have left unfinished – Scheduler got it through being a Scheduler to earn his date with Yi Kyung, Ji Hyun got it through her 49 days quest. What is left is just an understanding that life remains always complicated, unfair, and ultimately precious in each and every moment. Damnit, I love this drama.
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well said! i love this. it's an exact replica of my own thoughts "What is left is just an understanding that life remains always complicated, unfair, and ultimately precious in each and every moment."
here, here!!
that's why we gotta live life to the fullest! ^^
koala unnie! thanks for all the recaps and written previews you provide for this drama!
it's my first time leaving you a message on your page! hehe! love it!
*damnit i love this drama* too lol
Yes, you said it beautifully, Ockoala. A celebration of true steadfast love and the preciousness of life - that's what this drama is, and I love it cos it's so thought-provoking and makes me realise life is so transient and precious. Like you, I think this drama has to end with Ji Hyun's death. Her death is a fitting closure as well as a new beginning for those she leaves behind. This is a precious gem, this deceptively simple drama, with many layers that keep unfolding with each new ep. It has touched me so. I don't think I'll ever watch it again. But I'll remember it forever.
awwww..my forest friend. i am coming out of the woodworks to say hello. *hugs*
i'm with you. it is such a touching and thought-provoking drama. the first time that i'm truly in love with not because i'm obsessed with the actors but mainly for the story itself. kudos to the writer for doing such a great job! <3
yeisha, my forest friend!!!!! Missed you *hugs* Here's a toast to yeisha! *raises green soju bottle*
haha. a toast back to you my dear mayssenger...cheers!
missed you too. xoxo
I think Ji hyun will probably be the scheduler's last 'job' :(
Can't believe the other tear didn't come from Yi Kyung! If it didn't come from her, then i bet it came from in jung
i don't think ji-hyun will die
i think the writer knows that most of the viewers want kang and her to live happily ever after
so...i do think there will be some miracle at the very end that ensures a happily ever after...
I really hope for a happy ending!!! My fingers are crossed! If Kang doesn't end up with Ji- Hyun...I'm going to be really upset :(...
I think it will be an open ending....
JH dies most probably... and will end up with a scene of YK and Kang but no love confessions or so forth... just leave it to the viewer...at least indicates they are getting closer
i have a feeling about this too. that they will show HK and YK becoming best friends..perhaps even visiting YS and Ji Hyun's grave together. ah, so bittersweet. or it could be a time jump with HK designing that pension house that YS dreamed for YK and they will live there happily. however way it ends, i know it will be good.
ahhh..i miss this drama already. :(
whichever way it ends, I know I'm going to cryyy
hey, my avatar changed colour to light blue!
if the other tear wasn't from song yi kyung, then i think it's
either from in jung (because she still holds true feelings deep inside) or the scheduler. last episode :'(
everything is so heart-wrenching.
what about Min-ho? as Yi-kyung said, that the one Min-ho loves is Ji-hyun from the start...
Oh I posted my comment before reading yours, omo. Yes, I think so too. So sad that Min Ho loves her and he didn't even know it.
Maybe the tear is from Min Ho? It'd be even more heartwrenching then....cos he loves her despite not wanting to. Oh, this show just makes me hurt....
If you look really carefully in the video preview, there are three scenes that flash for one second each: YK is standing alone in JH's room (:04), JH's mom and Kang visiting YK in her apartment (:09) , and YK smiling at someone whoa appears to be Kang (:26). I think Ms. Koala is right that JH will die and YK and HG might end up together!
Also, this was my first time leaving a post! Ockoala, I have to thank you so much for providing beautiful recaps. I've been following your posts for a while, and I am so thankful for your hard work.
My guess is dat JH wont die in d end but instead it wil b Y...also if d tear ws not 4m Y thn cud it b dat they 4 siblings???im going crazy wid my own thots how it gona end!!!