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How often will she be linked to this murders now, without someone on her side who helps her through this mess? Tae Wook's last question: 'Are you happy now? I will be the last person who says that Hye Ran was perfect and without any faults. But I will forever love her for her ambition and how she handled every situation true to her character.

I hope we will get more of such badass female leads without all the tragedy involved!! That is what I too am saying. I wrote more or less of the same thing you said,before reading yours. I agree. Despite our hopes,if such a thing would happen it'd be unrealistic. Oh, I want to add something. Yeah, the ending did have big problems, like that fact that Myung-woo was in prison when Kevin was murdered so how come anyone would take his confession seriously?

Not to mention the utter ineptitude of police officers here, which was clearly just a plot device. When I say I like the ending, I mean I like it thematically. It was fitting that Tae-wook was the killer NOT murderer - that was obviously a manslaughter, not murder and that Myung-woo took the fall. Hye-ran would, of course, stay silent because truth comes second to her in regards to her own interests as has been shown countless of times.

And Tae-wook's suicide was inevitable, too, because as people have pointed out, no way he could've lived with himself. I would not have minded an ending where he goes to jail and they patch up their marriage, though.

That would've worked, too. May problem with the ending is the execution. Many plot holes and stupid choices by the characters had to be introduced to come to this ending. They were unnecessary, too, because for example Myung-woo could've simply been released from jail on the day Kevin died and thus this plot hole would have been removed.

If HMW were released on the day Kevin died,how would he be able to find and kill Kevin in such a short time and how he possibly could have known about Kevin's presence and his being a threat for Hye Ran while being jailed for 19 years? They didn't see each other even once since he shunned her visits.

HMW was a totally unnecessary character to be used as a joker,the way he was portrayed; the worst plothole. I keep reading about the 'plot holes 'but can't think of any.

That was important. The audience knows he didn't, the other characters know he didn't, the police officer knows he didn't. It wouldn't have been a 'tragedy' if there was any possibility that he might've actually done it. That's the show's thesis statement. Petty mistakes accumulating and snowballing out of control. I will join the club of those who pretend ep. The ending of this one is just Tae-Wook ssi, a half innocent man took the blame and legal punishment for your crime, and he said, in exchange for that your punishment was to take care and protect Hye Ran for the rest of your life, and you still bailed??

The only satifying part was Manager Lee giving the Dummy Detective the much-deserved yelling for his shoddy investigation. How this man could work 30 years as a detective is really beyond me. I really thought that I was prepared when I saw the ending coming but hell no. I guess it was better if Eun-Joo or anyone besides Tae Wook was revelead to be the real killer.

Some knetz even said that Tae Wook was in a self-driving car -- he never would've died. I wish Manager Lee kicked detective out of their office to boot but Manager Lee yelling at the detective was soooo satisfying at the moment. Then the annoyance came back when detective stopped by to give Tae Wook one last nudge just before TW's drive to the interview. This guy sure knows how to kick a person when they're down.

It's as if the detective did not hear a single word Manager Lee said to him. I wonder why the badass heroines who fight against the corrupt and go-against-the-trend always end up alone,and partially bitter,as if the price they had to pay for being awe inspiring public figures was getting a hole in the heart that can never be filled.

And here I am,mostly accepting and sorta ok with that instead being upset, cause that whole thing seems realistic. But really,are there NONE of such heroines who managed to lead a blissful,complete,no-regrets life after they achieved their goal???

I guess I have weird concerns. This drama came at a time when I was facing issues at work and Hye Ran was an inspiration along with that epic theme music.

She really was a role madel. Yes, she made questionable decisions but she had a sense of what was right and wrong and was on this blazing trail towards justice, no matter what it took. But through the course of the show, she also learnt how to lean on Tae Wook.

It all boils down to Tae Wook. His decision stripped her of agenc I envisioned her asking him the question of who killed Kevin lee and I imagined his answer shocking the crowd but both Hye Ran and Tae Wook would share a look and remain confident in their resolve to not only bring the truth to light and spare Myung Woo from death but also to stand by eachother, no matter what.

It all started to go wrong after Myung Woo confessed because suddenly the distance between Hye Ran and Tae Wook became unassailable. After that epic hug outside the museum too! Why did Tae Wook decide that suicide was the best were of protecting her when she didn't want him to go to jail? Unless his internal monologue was supposed to imply that he really wasn't perfect and his earlier confession that he mistakenly believed his actions were borne out of Iove were supposed to highlight his own selfishness and that, despite initial appearances, she was more principled than he was.

Leaving her to deal with the guilt of Tae Wook 's suicide and Myung Woo's capital punishment isn't something a man who truly loved her would have done. The ending was a disappointment because it made everything she had previously fought for seem useless because clearly, after finding out about her husband, she wasn't going to be happy.

She deserved to be understood, not abandoned. He could have chosen her by staying alive but he choose himself again and she has to live with it. THAT made the ending absolutely heartbreaking. You summed it up for me. What was that ending? I was actually confused after I first saw the episode whether he died or not. I will choose to still like the drama, but because of the ending it is out of my top dramas to watch. If there had been an episode 15 reveal that the news director did it, or the detective did it I would have been very angry.

Its apparent Tae-wook had been suffering from depression for years. His family contacts did nothing but lead him into a world of corruption. His rebelling and starting a public defender practice resulted in nothing but court loss after court loss. He married an ambitious woman for love and it was a disaster. All he had left was his pride and integrity and both got systematically stripped away during the series.

He had nothing left. Hmm i dont think i wanted them to be holding hands on a beach. I thought he wld go to jail but she would wait for him. I wanted it to be such that their love could withstand anything.

But you're right. And how his pursuit of love actually changed into something else. In a way, just like how everyone in the show had their eyes on Hye-Ran, I didnt take much notice of him as well and took all his actions at face-value.

Initially, i did feel like that they should have shown us more. But everything you mentioned was actually apparent and i think i fell into that trap of not realising - which this show a great commentary on mental health and the importance of social support. If Detective Kang doesn't meet Tae-wook in that morning to say those lines, would Tae-wook's ending be different?

I don't know, probably yes, but not that soon, or even he wouldn't. I think Hye-ran hold the live interview for him to confess his crime and save Myun-woo. I'm not happy with the ending, no I meant the ending made me feel sad and gloomy. Those are two different things right? Hye-ran deserves happiness. At the end, it is still satisfying ending for good ending gives viewer something to ponder upon.

If Detective Kang did his job properly in the first place, he wouldn't have to question almost every little 'feeling' he had. Tae Wook would've been imprisoned and maybe, just maybe he would've had a better ending with Go Hye Ran waiting for him and visiting him regularly as he pays for his crime in prison while she exposes corrupt officials and finds happiness on her own.

The only scene of this that really resonated with me was when Office Manager Lee let loose on the worst cop in Seoul.

So it was disingenuous on his part. He didn't want his boss found out. I don't know. If he had gone on the TV show and confessed, it would have ended Hye-ran, too. No way could she have survived the public backlash.

They would have wanted to know how long she knew and how much she covered up. Or accused her of hiding it until she could use it to boost her show's ratings and get more attention for herself. Think about how merciless the Korean netizens are to their celebrities. No way would she have come out of it a hero. So, I'm not sure he could have gone on to do that interview regardless of interacting with Detective Kang. I don't think that Hye-ran could have done a light and fluffy "our marriage is great, and we beat injustice" type interview because it would have been a big, fat lie.

I think the 'big fat lie' interview with her husband was exactly what she was planning and that was why she basically had a nervous breakdown on camera. I'm not disapointed by the end because it was clear from pretty soon that it will be not a happy ending. I never felt their sincere love even if they had some passionate moments. But during all the drama, they lied to each other. I don't understand when Hye Ran said he was the only person who understands her. Of course he was sure of her innocence, he did it But he didn't understand her ambition and didn't accept it very well or too late.

When Myung Woo understood her ambition and accepted her like she was he knew her childhood and understood why even if it meant that he would only be a "tool" for her. And she never did something for her husband too, she let him in the dark with all the Kevin Lee issue or with her issues at work when her job was threatened My favourite character is Reporter Yoon!

She's the one who gave the important informations for the news, she was a great friend, she never doubted about the innocence of Hye Ran and I liked when she said that if Hye Ran had had wanted to kill him, it would not have been so messy :p And she was a good journalist, she followed the facts :. But we all know his confidence comes from a "personal" knowledge of the actual killer so :. Someone take Detective Kang's badge and give it to her instead.

I think like most people on this thread is a little stunned by the ending and wish that it could have been done better. I knew half way that Tae Wook was going to be the murderer and half hoped that they were going to turn that around hence the big surprise.

Suicide however is not what I expected Tae Wook to do - a man of such calibre. I expected him to tell the truth and take responsibility for it.

That would have been more like him in my opinion. I also felt that the ending was too rushed. When it ended, I was like 'is that finished? Plus the many unanswered questions which Mary and Odilettante mentioned above. Anyway, that being said, I did really like the drama. The story, the cast, everything about it was amazing. It just wasn't perfect. If you haven't seen it, and want to watch it, I'd say watch it but just have reservation about the ending and you will be fine. It's definitely worth the watch just to see the amazing cast - particularly the two main leads.

Too rushed, with all of the plot points in the mist Kang Wook was driving into. And yet episode 16 was 2 hours! That's the slowest rushed ending in history. Totally agree about recommending this show. It feels like God's Gift to me. The ending is disappointing but I didn't regret meeting such characters brought to life by the cast and would recommend it to friends who are into such themes or genre.

I'll admit I haven't watched ep 16 yet? I'm not even mad at the murder per se but that he pulled Hye Ran into it and that she finally LOVED him only for everything come crushing down. But one thing is clear, Go Hye Ran was a wonderful, amazing, inspiring, beautiful, powersuit-working protagonist and I'll remember her for a long long time.

Great recap, guys! I particularly liked your idea of life being about everyone driving into the mist. It is like that after all. As can sometimes happen, what I thought was the main point of the drama and what the writers thought was the main point of the drama diverged wildly around the end of episode As such, I found the last episodes frustrating, watching time tick down to a finale that I knew wasn't going to contain resolution to the plotlines I cared about.

The ending in particular I found depressing in a way the rest of the drama - however moody and dark - wasn't. I'm going to jump on my feminist bandwagon here too. I didn't like that this show about a powerful woman refusing to disappear just because she aged became in the end about how a woman can have success but only if she destroys every man she meets. Horrible ending to an otherwise awesome drama. I guess it was expected that there would be a dark, sad ending. I can't get over Tae Wook commiting suicide, but alas, he already showed obsessive, dangerous traits from episode 1, so I guess we cannot complain about him doing extreme things, we were warned.

About Hye Ran, not sure what to think. I loved some parts of the character, hated others and didn't understand part of her motivations. Was she looking for social justice or simply her own social ladder? Since none of this was clear for me, it is difficult to assess the final situation and empathise with her feelings. On a more superficial note, I enjoyed the side characters till the end, and loved how the relationship between Ji Won and Reporter Kwak turned into subtle flirting.

I'd have loved to see them dating! I just want to say all the beanies summed up my feelings of disappointed in the ending of the drama. That being said it has been both an honor and a privilege to watch this show with you and I'm glad I could read your thoughts.

Here is hoping for another fabulous badass female protagonist with amazing style and a flawed character!!! Thank you mary and odilettante for the recap. Shakes fist at lazy writers. Why writers? It would have given Eun joo and the not too bright cop a little closure.

It would have been better that way writers. We could have seen Hye ran stuggle with that decision. Hye ran would have been ruined, but the true story would have gotten out. Meanwhile , Ji won and reporter Kwak could have pressed on with their fight against the evil powers.

Much better ending imho. Or it turned out that Kevin Lee died in a car accident. And this entire show was about a corrupt boy's club trying to get rid of an annoying woman - and failing. The last two episodes were devoted to Hye Ran using the evidence she'd collected to rain hell down upon them.

Hye Ran learns her lesson about honesty and tells Tae Wook everything. I wish we could've seen something like what you and johnb said. I wouldn't mind a bit more suffering in exchange for a bit more closure.

I sure hope Misty is that one rare drama. Some suffer a poorly written ending to an otherwise good drama. It is unfortunate that Misty is one of those dramas which ending negated everything. Years of neglect, burning with jealousy must have fried his brains and short-circuited his tongue.

His masculinity was defined by crushing a glass into pieces with his bare hand and killing Kevin with one push. Everything else pointed to a man who was a coward and self-absorbed.

The show was at its finest when Hye Ran made mincemeat out of her rivals, fought the bigwigs and kept her eyes on her goal. In the end, this was a show tried too hard. They were gorgeous of course but also hint at style over substance and most of all, an inflated sense of importance. The show had the last chance to redeem itself even if they had to make Tae Wook die. And what did they do? Look at the trail of destruction you have left behind in your pursuit. I know the show's called Misty but we still don't actually know what happened that night or why Hye Ran was lying to Kevin Lee about wanting to be with him or where she went with his wife or why he had the black box video in his jacket.

But the thing that I found annoying was the show acting as though she had an affair with Kevin Lee. Obviously, she couldn't advertise that because it gave her more motive to kill him. But what happened to her telling Eun Joo "when all of this is done, you'll know I didn't do anything wrong"? Ji Won was the one actually sleeping with him but nobody seemed to care about that. Apparently I dropped Misty before this horrific incident.

Who cooks steak in the microwave? Tae Wook may have been sexy AF, but wow, dude, no. It's in the scene where she tells him that she loves him finally but she wants to break up with him because she doesn't like the pain that comes with love. But maybe that's just a cover for the real reason: she realized Tae-wook isn't the perfect husband because of the microwaved steak.

Tae Wook looked criminally handsome in that scene and oh, so so devastated! All the poor dude wanted to hear from his wife was "Well done! Like you, odilettante , I am one of the few that really liked the ending. There was no way that anyone was gonna get out of this "happy". It was all in line with the unraveling chain of events. It took me a while saying goodbye to this beautiful, beautiful drama. I am not that annoyed at the ending, except for the hard fact that Tae Wook was indeed the killer, even though I vehemently wanted to deny that.

Sure, they left quite a few unanswered plot holes here and there but I'll forgive them for that. And I was sad that Myung Woo will once again, be sent to prison. He deserved a better life more than anyone else. I would like it better if they just covered up the truth, and all of them lived their life, hopefully, happily.

Misty was a beautifully done drama for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed the 16 episodes train ride, despite the train chose to head into a misty filled tunnel at the end. And can we please send some love to Go Joon? Kevin Lee was a jerk, but he was one of the man who loved GHR passionately and if the character was played by someone else, I don't think it will have the same effect.

I hoped this will start a new flower-filled path for the actors. I'm watching The Good Wife too! After Misty I was suddenly craving another drama with a headstrong, independent but morally grey character. Wasn't expecting Kevin Lee to suddenly pop up. So I am kind of even more upset at the ending after reading this recap because I didn't hear the Tae Wook car crash at the end?! I was trying very hard to understand why TW chose suicide, because that end to his character left so much more to be desired.

Even if MW is the writer's mouthpiece, this ending still left me feeling shortchanged. I thought that 2 points in the show embodied the title quite nicely: when TW's assistant found but chose to ignore the clothes TW threw out, and when JBC's director chose to broadcast MW as the culprit despite HR's confession his reasoning being it's 'the facts', but I think if TW arrived at the station before MW, that 'fact' could have easily been another one, or the truth in this case.

I'm curious to know if MW took the fall for TW knowing that the latter will eventually choose to remove himself from HR's life taking odilettante's explanation of TW's suicide With that Manager Lee reveal, Hye-ran's stylist is probably the only character in the show that didn't get her moment of "mistiness".

Knowing Myung-woo's obsession with avenging Hye-ran, I imagine he'd kill himself and chase Tae-wook around Hell just to torture him for leaving Hye-ran alone. And I hated that he was a butthurt until the end. Someone here asked what the Title Misty stood for? I found this article explanation quite fitting for the drama. The cast members are really doing their best to tell the real story and feelings as sincerely as possible," the producer said.

Source : Yonhap News Agency "Romance thriller 'Misty,' enthralling story of success, unpretentious love". I find it most incredible that he wanted to depict unpretentious love. If anything, this drama has depicted love in the worst form. Myung Woo is a psycho. I have no empathy for this guy. I cut him slack when he killed the loanshark because he was a youth then. However, he learn nothing in those long years in prison. He's obsessed with Hye Ran and let's not mistake it for love in any way.

Worst, he kills and has no remorse. Hye Ran admitted she married Tae Wook because she needed his position, his background and power to boost her ambitions. It was only very recent that she realized she has real feelings for Tae Wook. Their whole marriage can be best described as a charade. He was her trophy husband and she his trail blazing wife. She thought they had a deal but he couldn't keep his end of the bargain. Tae Wook's love for Hye Ran looks noble but is far from desirable.

It's the kind of love which destroys because it wants to be perfect and unconditional when it is not. As for the extramarital affair, how is it unpretentious or even love?

It was lust, struggle for dominance and deceit masqueraded as passion. Well put, bravo!!! There was no love, you can't love without communication because they never communicated.

There was obsession and lust, but no love. The lack of communication between Hye Ran and Tae Wook is unreal. You don't even need to be lovers or married to communicate. It's a basic function of humans. Tae Wook bottled everything inside that nicely toned body of his, only to loose it on Kevin's fragile skull that coroner ought to be fired btw. In her private life, Hye Ran was the opposite of what she vowed to uphold in her job. It the episode when I cried the most. A good friend of mine just don't watch this episode.

Rambling thoughts my apologies : They voluntarily fall like flies - the men who surround a femme fatale. I wanted Tae Wook to be stronger, and Myung Woo was strong in the wrong, delusional way. I was confused by Ki Seok's motive for filming that footage of Hye Ran and Jae Young, but then he was always on her side?

The person I ended up liking the most is the Director. The person I ended up disliking - to my surprise - is Eun Soo after all, she was the victim , and Ki Joon was that character who rubbed me the wrong way even if he was onto something that turned out to be the truth.

Still, the result is the same. Most of all, I want the ultimate power look: a khaki trench coat and red stilettos. Really Eun Soo is the victim?? She did not want the truth she wanted blood and she purposely withheld information about the night her husband died including the fact that he was sleeping with another woman.

I saw no sign of love in her marriage and instead it appeared Kevin used her to support his career and she stayed with him for the money and prestige even though she knew he was an adulterous POS. She was a victim of her poor choices but that is all since it was her hatred and thirst for revenge that led to the death of her child. I'm late but here to protect Reporter Kwak. He was a snoop at most, maybe it's his desire to know all facts like his in his mind perfect sunbae Hye-ran.

Yes, I agree. I think the show made it seem like it could be a potential problem that he observed and filmed them, but ultimately he rather idolized her professionally. Nobody forced me to watch this drama. I remember stumbling upon it during the airing of its first four episodes and yeah, I knew from that moment that I finished those first four that I'll be head over heels in love with this drama.

I became so emotionally invested and I never regret it. I learned so many life lessons and I'll be remembering many quotes from this drama for a very long time.

I'm now quite glad it ended that way. It stayed in me and I think the writer is saying, "My characters ended up in those ways because of their own decisions. Don't ever do the same. Even the kindest person can turn into a cold-hearted person.

If they leave you, you will end up all alone, sad, depressed, hopeless and even suicidal. No one on this planet should control your happiness other than yourself. Just gonna repeat here what I said about the ending: " Love it? No Hate it? There are endings that are happy.

There are those that are sad. Some are bittersweet and some are just like Misty where you are left baffled with what you saw in the end. Go Hye Ran started the drama carrying a buried secret and ended it with supposedly using the new show for revealing the truth burying another. Nevertheless, Misty still holds a special place in my heart. Thanks again to mary and odilettante for all the amazing discussions here you've both started.

We've all enjoyed all those weeks of analysis and fun. I hardly comment but i was fine with everything until d show decided to mk MW take d fall 4 TW.

I mean why couldn't he hv just taken responsibility 4 his actio s instead allowing MW to do dat? I was ultimately dissapointed wit d 2 of dem, she HR didn't stand 4 d truth n he was a coward in d end. Also wat is wit TW and d question d end? Like y'all said, it sounded sarcastic. Ultimately , was d writer telling us u can't hv a strong woman wit ambitions hv love and support from her spouse n family but will hv to destroy 1 or d oda. Anyway, kudos to all d actors especially d 2 leads n her director on d newsroom cos in d end he was d 1 who appreciated her d most.

Misty, no black or white. Even the most righteous characters have their dark shady sides. Tae Wok was honest, fair and firm in his life and love but Hye ran was principled, yes, she would seek to uncover the truth until the end.. It was misty indeed, and choices are what define us in the end, we all have our positive traits, but we indeed have negative instincts inside.

Its with our choices in life how we decide whats gonna be As much as Im in love with her character, we also have to be honest here, she did let a person go to jail without even confessing she was involved and maybe lessen his sentence with the circumstances. So now why would I be surprised by the fact she remains silence about TW? She has done it before plus now she is in love with her husband which gives her more motive.

Misty indeed, our pursue of happiness, the obssessive fight for something we dont even know how to get or how to name. And in the end, you open your hand, and there is nothing. As I see it, the ending conveys this pessimism to the guts.

I dont need anymore scenes of Hye Ran, I already know she will never be happy.. Misty, misty. Thanks mary and odilettante for the open thread recaps of Misty. Your efforts and time are very much appreciated. Was it the ending what I wanted - no. However, I give props to the writer for actually hinting at and following through with the male lead as the culprit. I enjoyed watching a drama that was adult-oriented, suspenseful, intriguing, fascinating and entertaining.

Aside from trying to figure out who murdered Kevin Lee, the fashion of sense of Go Hye-Ran was not to be missed. What would a rare female lead character like Go Hye-Ran wear next? Misty - Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist. Full of tears so as to blur the vision of a person's eyes. Vague; hazy. Full of tender emotion; sentimental. Open Thread Jirisan: Episode 5.

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna. User ratings: Click to Review or Comment. Share Share to. I will pretend that the final never happen and Misty is the best drama of the year. By the way, is there any blog that capture Hye Ran style?

I need her clothes and bags. Serendipity March 28, at PM. He is used as a Deus Ex Machina,so unreal Coffee and red lipstick March 29, at AM. That's exactly what was insinuated.

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Seems only Money Flower had a satisfying ending recently from the shows I've seen. So many bad things had happen and NONE of them deserved it. Kafiyah Bello March 28, at AM. Everything you've said!!!!! The ending answered nothing. I am super disappointed. Kafiyah Bello April 12, at AM. CS March 30, at AM.

Tae-wook is not dead: he went back to his cone-headed, perfect husband material planet. Peony March 28, at AM. Cone heads are everywhere this week. Which drama next? LOL there that's the paradox of K drama.

That was the truth. Comment was deleted. The ending is controversial and plothole-ridd but. Mike April 11, at PM. Tricia March 28, at AM. Dl March 28, at PM. The ending was a disappointment because she deserved better. Reallly, what WAS that ending? I know right! I still love the show but I'm so disappointed in Tae Wook. But at 15, Copeland made headlines for being the center of a legal battle between her mother and Bradley over whom Copeland would live with.

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