Scarlet Heart Ryeo Ending (Episodes 19 & 20) Recap – Eternity

We made it! Fate and time travel have never been benevolent or trustworthy things in Goryeo.

A reckoning comes as the Scarlet Heart Ryeo ending reminds us that though life is brief, love never dies.

The King (4th Prince) is forced to make 13th Prince prove his loyalty to the throne by leading soldiers to Baekje. But before he leaves, Woo-hee dies by jumping off a castle wall in front of him.

FREEDOM

Hae-Soo begs the King for 8th Prince’s life. He reluctantly agrees to exile him to his house.

BROKENNESS

Hae-Soo pleads with 14th Prince to protect her daughter and keep her away from palace life. She peacefully dies in 14th Prince’s arms while sitting in the garden.

THE SCARLET HEART RYEO ENDING

Hae-Soo wakes up in the present time in her house. She wonders at her dream and the tears on her face. We learn that she was in a coma for a year from almost drowning.

In the past, 4th Prince, now entirely without friends in the palace, stares at an eclipse in the sky. He thinks to himself: “If we’re not from the same world, I’ll find you. My Soo.”

THOUGHTS AND FEELS:

Man, that was heartbreaking. I have to admit that I knew it was coming, but honestly, I had hoped that with a new version, we would’ve had a different, ahem happier, ending.

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