[My Lovely Sam-soon] Kim Sam-soon, who was a fresh shock until right before the final episode

Source:

https://www.dmitory.com/index.php?mid=kdrama&group_srl=13947300&document_srl=249349446

After breaking up with Hyun-bin and struggling,

Ryeo-won eventually decides to leave for the US.

But the favor she asks of her ex-boyfriend is...

To take her to the airport on her way to the US.

Knowing how much hardship Ryeo-won has gone through,

Hyun-bin cannot refuse.

Hyun-bin tells Sam-soon that he wants to go if she gives her permission.

Sam-soon is obviously disgusted.

She gets angry, saying that the mere thought of it is unpleasant.

However, after meeting and talking with Ryeo-won, she changes her mind.

Ryeo-won is physically frail due to her battle with cancer,

and Sam-soon feels something akin to guilt because of Hyun-bin.

She gives Hyun-bin permission to go for exactly one week.

Hyun-bin is grateful,

and he withdraws his opposition to Sam-soon changing her name.

Finally, the person blocking her name change is gone,

but after some thought, Sam-soon tears up the application herself and walks out.

As Sam-soon walks confidently, a narration plays:

"And a week passed. Each day felt like a year.

He... did not return."

Then the Clazziquique background music starts playing, and episode 15 ends.

These days, dramas often have final twists

or unexpected plot developments,

but back then, it was an era where genre-specific dramas were almost non-existent,

and it was taken for granted that romance dramas followed a set formula lol.

But with exactly one episode left!

The male lead

flies away with his ex-girlfriend instead of the female lead,

and the episode ends with him not coming back...

I remember actually shouting "What?!!" while watching the original broadcast lol.

Source: https://cafe.daum.net/subdued20club/ReHf/5660468