And now I come to the last episode of what I realized is my first Jang Hyuk drama I've ever finished. (Technically I finished Fated To Love You by reading the recaps.) My thanks to the Crazy Shine Team over at Viki.
Holding Shin Yool in his arms, Wang So walks into the freezing waters. It appears for a moment that Yool has succumbed to the cold. (Because that's what would have happened in real life, you crazy doctor!) So cries out to her, "Yool! (The first time he's called her by her real name.) Wake up! I love you!" Because it's too early in the episode for her character to die, Yool does indeed wake up again.
Back in the warm and dry shack, that crazy doctor tells them Yool is showing signs of improvement. (There's nowhere to go but up after you've been turned into a popsicle.)
Meanwhile those two conscript laborers who escaped last episode are going to try and get into Chunghae village. Earlier, Eun Chun and Cheong Ok had also tried to get in but were rebuffed by the suspicious villagers. It's Gil Bok and his ever-helpful gossip who fills in the black ninjas about all the wild rumors going around. Rumors like Prince Wang So is leading a rebellion.
Wang Shik Ryum is fanning those rumor flames. Using Shin Yool's stolen slave ledger, Shik Ryum informs some councilors about how Yool and So had been secretly buying slaves to turn into their own private army. In order to save the day, Shik Ryum announces he will lead his own private army into the city to face off with So. And while he's at it, Shik Ryum will then march on over to the palace and seize the throne for himself.
Alone, Wang So rides back into town. Eun Chun and the others fill him in on what's going down. So orders them to go get Gyu Dal and the others to convince the villagers that Yool is still alive. Wang So is off to the palace to meet with the king.
So tells his brother about Shik Ryum's plans for a coup. The king had no idea what his uncle was up to. To So's confusion the king won't act immediately and instead keeps asking for a moment alone. He's needing the moment to prepare himself for what he needs to do. The king calls his brother back in and announces he's abdicating the throne to So. Wang So keeps trying to refuse the crown but ultimately he has to take it because it's in the script.
Now that she's the queen-to-be, Yeo Won meets with the other (weaker) members of the Legion of Doom and offers forgiveness for their part in killing the old king as long as they abandon Wang Shik Ryum. Otherwise she'll have their entire families wiped out. What's it gonna be, fellas?
Day breaks and Wang Shik Ryum leads his army to the site of the village. Wang So stands with the villagers, who are armed with farm implements, as well as the black ninjas. Spawn of Satan wonders where the rest of the Legion of Doom is. Shik Ryum is still confident that once he wins here his evil minions will come flocking back.
Just as Poong orders his men to attack, So brandishes the golden sword of the king. He reminds the regular soldiers that they're supposed to be serving the people of Goryeo. We are all the same people. As a sign to the other side, Wang So and all of his makeshift army drop their weapons. That one soldier from last episode throws down his sword and refuses to kill his fellow citizen.
Shik Ryum won't give up. He orders the red ninjas to kill his rebellious soldiers. Wang So and his unarmed black ninjas come to their defense. (Cuz ninjas don't need no stinkin' swords to kick ass.) So orders Shik Ryum to surrender. The old man does and that's the end of that. Kinda disappointed here. Did the Show not have money for a good battle scene?
Wang So rides back to his woman and finally gets around to that wedding night five years in the making.
So asks Yool to come live at the palace with him but she would rather travel and conduct business.
Wang So and Yeo Won ascend to the throne. Time passes. So grows a beard. This is when we see the three kids from the first episode sneak into what we now know as the former Hall of Doom. The kids find the butterfly necklace and the yeti (Ji Mong) starts to tell them the long story about the cursed prince and princess.
The final shot shows a young Shin Yool and young Wang So meeting again. For those of you confused by the ending, just accept they're both dead and they're reuniting in the afterlife.
The End.
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