Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 16 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. Ernabel Demillo is back to help us analyze the final episode of CLOY. We discuss:

• The songs we heard during the recap: Same Sky, Different World by Nam Hye Seung and Park Sang Hee, Like You by So Soo Bin and Kim Soo Hee, and Here I Am Again by Baek Yerin.
• How Captain Ri kept vigil by Se-ri until he knew she was in stable condition.
• How it would feel to be given a chance to stay in South Korea after growing up in North Korea.
• How Se-ri’s stepmom gave Se-ri a gift when she told Se-ri about Captain Ri’s devotion; this convinces Se-ri to go see Captain Ri before he left.
• The heartbreaking scene at the border when Captain Ri and Se-ri manage to steal a few moments and say goodbye.
• How General Ri went to rescue his men and his wife kept her own virgil at home, with folded pieces of paper that probably contained poison.
• The tragic relationship between Seo Dan and Gu Seung Jun. Seo Dan confesses that she likes Gu Seung Jun and then Gu Seung Jun dies. 
• How Seo Dan and Se-ri are united in their desire to take down Yoon Se-hyeong. Seo Dan helps Se-ri by getting Mr. Cheon to send records and recordings from China to Se-ri.
• How Seo Dan and her mother seem at peace with Captain Ri’s actions, and the end of Captain Ri and Se-ri’s engagement.
• The NIS chief with the big heart who allowed Captain Ri to visit Se-ri at the hospital and schedule text messages before he went back to North Korea.
• How the text messages allow Se-ri to feel like she is spending the seasons with Captain Ri. Both of them try to honor the other by trying to live a good life.
• How life goes back to normal after Captain Ri and his men go back to North Korea, but all of our characters are fundamentally changed.
• How Se-ri convinces her brother, Yoon Se-jun, to create a foundation that supports students talented in music. These students are given support to study in Switzerland.
• After many years of waiting, Se-ri paraglides, lands on a mountaintop, and meets Ri Jeong Hyeok, who has missed her every night and day.
• Later, we learn that Captain Ri and Se-ri spend two happy weeks in Switzerland together each year.
• The show that we will recap and analyze in Season 9 of K Drama Chat.

References

• Se-ri’s Choices
• The Tale of Gyeonu and Jingnyeo
• Hyun Bin singing That Man from the Secret Garden OST
• The Deep Meaning Behind the Eternal Flower of Edelweiss
• Edelweiss - All About This Alpine Flower
• Captain Ri’s mother’s folded papers with the glass of water
• Time Travelers: North Korean Defectors Resettling in South Korea
• Alternate Way Better Ending for Crash Landing On You by GF Miller
• North Korean diplomat defected through Cuba