Goblin Ends with Bittersweet Happy ending and Incredible 18.6% Cable Ratings for Episode 20

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• I agree with you. It was also 95% perfect for me. The ending was just not satisfying enough to have a complete closure for the series. But that is just from my point of view.

  • I totally agree.This reply is like three years late but I would have liked a bit more of an explanation for why Kim Shin managed to come back and live on earth.Wasn't the sword the thing tying him down to earth and the reason for his powers in the first place?I would have felt more satisified with the ending if he had died and they would have come back in the next life as humans or if Eun-tak had come back as an immortal being because it's so heartbreaking to think that he has to watch her die in this life,then the next one and the next one as well.

    • Watched it again. It's because of the contract between Kim Shin and Eun-tak.

    • omg i agree with you he lived for 900 years then found eun tak. he almost died , stayed alone for 9 years .when he returned her memories gone. that was already very painful and then eun tak died ughhh:(( then again he waited for 30 years. i dont he deserved such a punishment.he shouldve returned as a human when she turned 29 . i love the show except the bittersweet end.

  • I think everything has a meaning as whatever diety provides you one can never be satisfied, what you reap is what you sow whether its goblins revenge which led to his miserable eternity or grim reapers wish to forget everything that led his breakdown afterwards one has to accept his past and try to do best in future.At the very end fls existence was questionable and after some time it may end up with huge misery so I think it was a indeed a very good drama and atlast they finally become a rightful couple without any problem for sure.

• I thought the ending was fitting. The title itself is the lonely and shining Goblin. I didn't get the lonely part at first but after watching the ending, I get it. Waiting for the love of your life for 30 years while your friend and sister move on not to mention Deok Hwa growing old. It seems everybody leaving you. It's sad. But it's his choice.

  However, instead of leaving to our imagination, we get to see their love blossomed. Falling in love again, being in love, the proposal, wedding dress shopping!, getting married and enjoying newlywed life even a possible *wink wink* scene. We saw that. Though I did hope the truck of doom didn't happen and they didn't have to face the heartbreak but they're indeed living on borrowed time so it bound to happen. Otherwise, there'll be holes in the plot.

  Congrats on the rating!

• Funny thing is I stayed up to watch it live (happens rarely), watched 15.. Lovely.. Started 16.. The moment I realized what was happening I was out. I think I am too emotionally attached to finish it now. I will remember this as a lovely drama, Gong Yoo's Shin was memorable and so was Lee Dong Wook's crying (so heartbreaking.. I'm sure he needs to rehydrate after this).

• It was episode 15 and 16...........I was happy that my second couple got their happy ending. That's all, I never truly cared for Eun Tak, it was more like without her Goblin would be sad which is why I cared whatever amount that I did.

  • After watching Goblin, I have become a certified Yoo In Na fan. She was amazing! Even if her scenes were so few, she dominated it with her charisma! Absolutely a joy to watch! Her chemistry with Lee Dong Wok sizzles! These should have a drama together !

    • touch your heart is waiting for you

• female lead sux.look like a kid next to Goblin.
  second couple win handdown.

  • Agree!
    The Gob-Reaper Bromance is Jjang!

  • hello... she's only freshman college then they meet again when she is about 29.

    goblin has been around the corner for about 900+ years.

    so she has the tendency to be playful and cheerful as compared to goblin who has outlived friends and possibly, lovers…

    physically, they should have not much age gap as one is considered old and marriageable when they are in their 20s in the past (kim shin's time)

  • Lead actress did not act like she was 19. She acted like she was 8 years old.

    • Nope, she acted like a 19 years old... i get where you come from, but it is a culture difference. I am western, but lived half my life in Asian countries... and the mentality and actions of a teen in America or Europe can never be compared as a teen in Asia, ever!!! So for a South Korean, she was actually a very mature 19 year old girl.

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  Jane Says:
  January 22nd, 2017 at 12:36 pm
  Reasons why I love the writer Kim Eun Sook:-
  1) her flair is exactly what I love
  2) her romance script is reality plus fairy tale. Too much reality is boring cos we already have reality in our life. I prefer a drama that relieve me from reality.
  3) entertaining: the story line and especially the dialogues are great and tacky
  4) happy ending : it may sound so typical but so what? We laugh and cry buckets with the drama. And then, we rejoice when we see happy ending!

  My plan for Goblin:-
  I am saving Goblin until it ends. Then I can watch and enjoy it in my leisure
  BUT I hear the ending is not a happy one. This is not Kim EUn Sook’s style. So disappointing! This is so Japanese-like. Japanese drama is so mean in their ending: either unhappy or inconclusive. I hate this kind, too much reality. We have too much of reality in our life. I don’t need this reality in dramas.
  I think I will not watch Goblin
  Sigh! Please, could you give an epilogue for Goblin with a happy ending!!!! PLEASE!

  • Watch I am not a Robot, it’s very light hearted ending. I love it!!

• Just think of the ending as a cycle. She comes back, reincarnation x 3. After her life cycle ends, they both go together to the afterlife like grim reaper and Sunny. Then re-incarnate as normal human. I think the writer end it with an open ending, that audience need to make a good ending for the drama.

  • Or maybe no reincarnation after 4th life cycle ?

• i started to marathon goblin knowing it ends yesterday, i caught up to last episode live broadcast and feeling bittersweet by the ending. i like the ending because we know they are in the better place and have peace in their heart. no more resentment whatsoever especially for goblin, grim reaper and sunny. euntak has the chance to relive her life in a good way, where there is no threat of death hanging every time she hit the '9' in her life. Goblin made his own fate by continuing to stay immortal but for this time, he's not waiting for someone to pulled the sword, he's waiting for his loved one and spending every precious time together again. i hope the deities show his mercy and end goblin immortal live when euntak hit her last reincarnation.

  kudos to kim eunsook-nim and the director for this masterpiece. a fantasy drama done right. they are not perfect, it was still done nicely. thank you the actor and actress for holding up in such a cold weather and still delivering the right emotional punch.

• I always wait for the soompi forum comments before watching the real episode, the moment to prepare my self, especially in the last 4 episodes...
  I know smt is wrong when I watch the preview last night, something feel missing...and I remember the preview, something about dandelion, but not yet been shown in the show

  The last episode makes my heart feel like 'PANG'. It's not hurting that much (because I've spoiled my self too much), it does not feel that empty, but it feels...something lingering inside. Like someone shove reality forcefully to me

  I love this show, I truly do

  But I might avoid this show for a while to avoid my own self

• its a sad ending for me. poor goblin