"Secret" Joo-won, despite amnesia remembers La-im... happy

Hyeon Bin showed signs of a happy ending, despite the fact that he had amnesia after returning to his own body.

On the 9th in the SBS drama "Secret Garden", Kim Joo-won's (Hyeon Bin) and Gil La-im's (Ha Ji-won) sould find their own places. But Hyeon Bin happens to lose his memories.

Joo-won and La-im have the same dream. They meet La-im's father in their dream and he says,"My magic is until here. Start your own magic". Then pours them the flower drink and disappears.

When they awake, their souls return to their right places. But Joo-won loses all memory from after his accident when he was 21. He doesn't remember anything about La-im.

La-im runs to see Joo-won as soon as she feels she's back in her own body. However, Joo-won says to La-im,"Who is Gil La-im? Is it someone I should remember?" makes her cry. Then he continued to say nonsense like,"Who are you to cry? Are you Gil La-im?"

But La-im was happy even with this nonsense. She was happy with the fact alone that he was alive. When Joo-won asked her,"What were we? If you're that important enough for me to remember you as soon as I woke up". La-im smiled and saide,"We were lovers".

She continued smiling,"You're adorable whatever you do. Anything. You are alive".

Although he couldn't remember her, he kept going to see her. He was repeating the same things he did when he first met La-im.

Later La-im goes to Boon-hong and causes her to be aghast by saying,"I will never part with him. Give me your son. I will make him happy".

Focus is on what will happen to the two, with Joo-won losing his memory but having their souls back again. But viewers are looking forward to a better chance of a happy ending with Joo-won remembering La-im.

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"Secret Garden" Gil La-im, brain death twist, sad ending?

Gil La-im (Ha Ji-won) in "Secret Garden" is unconscious.

In the 17th episode of SBS "Secret Garden" that was aired on the 8th, Gil La-im was in an accident and taken to the hospital but couldn't wake up. Previously, Joo-won's (Hyeon Bin) mother Moon Boon-hong (Park Joon-geum) threatened that she will remove Joo-won from his post.

Gil La-im cried,"I will say goodbye, I will disappear. Don't hurt him. I did wrong". Then she said so coldly, goodbye to Joo-won who came to see her and told him about her father and that she thought about him every time she saw him. "I lived 13 years without him. Please disappear".

After that Gil La-im gets involved in a car accident and falls into a coma. Joo-won holds her hands at her sick bed and shows sadness, "She is still in a dream. The peaceful look on her face shows that I'm not there".

Lim Jong-sonn (Lee Philip) also shows tears by saying, "Hurry and wake up Gil La-im. If you do, I will send you to Kim Joo-won".

[Spoiler]

In the last episode, it is expected that Joo-won will take La-im out into the rain to change their souls. Also, the song sung by Hyeon Bin himself adds to the sadness.

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Appearence of 'Dream High' drops 'Queen of Reversals' and 'Athena' audience rating

On the 3rd, when 'Dream High' was first broadcasted, the audience ratings for "ATHENA" and 'Queen of Reversals' both plummeted down.

According to AGB Nielson Media Research on the 4th,'Queen of Reverslas' recorded 14.2% on the 3rd, less than the 16.6% it recorded on Dec 28th. Indeed,"ATHENA" too, recorded a lower number of 16.3% on the 3rd, than the 18.6% it made on the 28th of Dec.

While KBS has been on a single number rating,'Dream High' seems to be on a solo lead with a 10.7% audience rating in its first broadcast.

While "ATHENA" and 'Queen of Reversals' are competing for the Monday and Tuesday drama throne, 'Dream High' has made a strong appearence and it seems that the Monday and Tuesday drama competition will be hot.

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KBS TV series "PRESIDENT" posts higher ratings

KBS series "President" [KBS]

KBS' series "President" was the only Wednesday and Thursdays prime time drama that went on air this week with the other two public broadcasters featuring year-end ceremonies in the same time slot.

"President", which aired both of its episodes on Wednesday, posted an average viewership rating of 7.8 percent on a survey by Total National Media Research(TNmS) and 9.9 percent on AGB Nielsen Media Research's poll, both figures significantly improved from last week's 4.6 percent and4.9 percent, respectively.

Starring Choi Soo-jong, Ha Hee-ra and TRAX's "JayÉ, the show depicts on the process of ambitious lawmaker Jang Il-joon (Choi) trying to become a president through a various efforts of himself and the people surrounding him including his family and staff members.

This week's episode showed how presidential candidate Jang successfully persuaded the floor leader of the ruling party Goh Sang-ryul (Byeon Hee-bong) to be his supporter for the election, wisely overcoming the trap set up for him.

KBS on Thursday aired its year-end K-pop show "KBS Gayo Festival" in its time slot while SBS and MBC ran and held their year-end singing and acting award ceremonies.

Meanwhile, starting January 5, MBC and SBS are set to show their new series "My Princess" a romantic comedy starring Kim Tae-hee and Song Seung-heon and medical thriller "Sign" starring Park Shin-yang and Kim Ah-joong, respectively.

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