Following swiftly on from my last post about my first impressions of DOTS, it's finally come to an end. This drama was one of the very few that I've followed from beginning to end as it aired week by week because I'm impatient and can't actually wait a whole week for next episodes.
I adored the concept of a doctor falling for a soldier from the very beginning and although this drama was short (16 episodes in total), I feel like everything fell into place very quickly. The romance was a love at first sight thing and the romance between Myung Joo and Dae Yong was already established. Overall, I really enjoyed this drama from beginning to end, great choice of main cast.
*WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD*
The ending was a bit of a downer for me, episode 15 and 16 didn't make as much of an impact as the rest of the drama did. I didn't like how they "killed" off Shi Jin and brought him back to life for the second time running. Killing people off and bringing them back to life once in a drama I can sort of accept but doing it twice is a bit of a shitty situation. It's also pretty unrealistic how he can always come back to life after being shot to pieces for the first time and then shot, tortured and beaten for the second time, poor guy must be full of holes.
To make matters worse, Shi Jin then randomly shows up in front of Mo Yeon in some dessert in the fictional Urk like "I'm baaaaack!" prompting a pretty angry response from Mo Yeon who thought he was dead for the past year. Same with Dae Young showing up in front of Myung Joo. Of course, what really happened was explained to save ourselves from sheer wtf-ness - they were captured, beaten, tortured and then saved by the North Korean dude who is also known as Shi Jin's "friend from far away". I'm not going to lie, despite the repeat-death-plot, the reunion for our main cast was very sweet.
And of course, the army was glad to have them back in one piece.
Apart from the slightly crappy ending, I really like how well Song Hye Kyo and Kim Ji Won playing Mo Yeon and Myung Joo respectively portrayed their sadness when we thought Shi Jin and Dae Yong really died in episode 15. Amazing acting skills.
The final episode was more of a wrap up, tying up the loose ends and explaining to us what really happened. It's a happily ever after ending with all our characters.
Mo Yeon and Shi Jin finally get away from their work lives to spend quality alone time together
Dae Young finally gets approval from Myung Joo's dad to be with her forever and ever
Even Seung Joon and Jung Yeon FINALLY get together! Ugh, the sexual tension between these 2 throughout the drama was frustrating
The drama pretty much ends there, nothing significant happens apart from lots of lovey dovey scenes, I loved the scene in the army cafeteria when Myung Joo makes everyone lower in rank to her close their eyes including Dae Young (who is lower in rank to her) and takes the opportunity to steal a kiss - ahhhh, you go girl! Everyone opens their eyes and applauds to the very sight of their successful love story.
And not to mention, Shi Jin and Mo Yeon return to their special beach in Urk as the pebble signifies and talk about the stars, making wishes, Shi Jin asks Mo Yeon what she wished for and she said she wished that Shi Jin would kiss her and...
Awww I love happy endings. In the final scene of the drama, our cast is in Vancouver attending Daniel and Ye Hwa's wedding then there's a power cut and a waitress busts in saying a volcano has erupted LOL - I'm sorry but I found this so cheesy - can they ever get away without being followed by a natural disaster? It was a bit of a "TO YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!" moment.
Apparently not.
Very enjoyable drama, just not a very satisfying ending. I feel it's slightly over-hyped across East Asia but totally worth watching if you're a fan of Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo.
