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Koh says Isaks clothes dont fit him.
Eventually, Isak declines and says hell be buying a new suit for himself and hemming the old suit.
Kohs face visibly falls.
I guess hedidntknow about Isak and Sunja.
Said nuptials, though, are less than celebratory.
She closes the door behind her to leave the newlyweds to eat together.
Sunja tries to hold back tears as she eats the rice.
Even in moments of sentimentality, occupation finds a way to intrude.
Do you think you’re able to forget me?
he asks, the question both sincere and threatening.
He responds with rage.
Finally, Sunja says good-bye to her mother on the dock.
Yangjin gives Sunja a set of rings shed received when she was first married.
She has a gold pocket watch given to her by Koh when he was in love with her.
Yangjin tells her to take the rings anyway, and the ships horn blows.
Only when the ship has pulled off into the dusk does Yangjin break down, weeping on her knees.
Sunja and Isak go into the belly of the ship.
She promised Sunja that she would sing a song that night for Sunja and her son.
On the dock, the singer, in all her glittering finery, stood apart from the other travelers.
They are delighted and pound in time to the tune.
This is the song the singer is singing for Sunja and her someday child.
Abruptly, the song ends.
In 1989, Solomon also falls on his own sword of sorts.
The landowners adult children, Tom, and the other businessmen are visibly annoyed by the detour.
She asks, If Sunja were sitting here, would he tell her to sign?
In the exhilarating final sequence of the episode, Solomon runs down the stairs of his office building.
The shot perfectly mimics the ship stairs Sunja descended to start her journey to Japan.
Solomon sees a band in the subway playing a cover of the Cures In Between Days.
He begins to dance with abandon, his body free and moving through the rain.
She stands in the pounding surf, crying and laughing at once.
Pinball Thoughts
Bravo to the writers, directors, and cinematographers in this episode.
Art historians, do you have any thoughts?
