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[Spoiler] "Mask" Soo Ae - Ju Ji-hoon get a happy ending with a daughter and a home together

The feeling of something stuck down one's windpipes is now gone. The SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama "Mask" which received complaints from its fans because its slow pace, has now ended with refreshing turn of events.

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In its final episode broadcasted on the 30th, "Mask" shows Byeon Ji-Sook (Soo Ae) and Choi Min-Woo (Ju Ji-hoon) finally getting some payback after being punching bags for the whole time. Byeon Ji-Sook, who was imprisoned on charges that she pretended to be someone else, continued to grow her love by exchanging letters with Choi Min-Woo. After she is released 4 years later, she opens the restaurant which was her mother's dream and made a home with Choi Min-Woo. She also gave birth to a daughter.

The person who got a sad end was Choi Mi-Yeon (Yoo In-young) as she committed suicide after being abandoned by Min Seok-Hoon, the man she loved. While she had confessed all of his illicit deeds to Choi Mi-Yeon and is shown leaving with him, he just ends up hearting her more. She committed suicide. Min Seok-Hoon, later looks her up after feeling remorse, but it is too late. In the last scene of the show, he is shown referring to the photo of her as "someone I'm going to go meet soon" foreshadowing the fact that he will be choosing the same end as her.

"Mask" claimed to be a passionate melodrama which shows the true meaning of life and love through a woman who hides behind a mask pretending to be someone else and a man who loves that woman unconditionally. However, the show was really a mystery drama feeding of the viewers' need to know who really killed Seo Eun-Ha (Soo Ae), why Min Seok-Hoon (Yeon Jung-hoon) harasses poor Choi Min-Woo so, and whether Choi Mi-Yeon (Yoo In-young) is just evil or a poor woman so thirsty for affection.

Until the final episode, the pace of the show was stuffy as the protagonists just took all the abuse without any agency. In the 19th episode which aired on the 29th, ill fortune still reigned supreme over Choi Min-Woo and Byeon Ji-Sook while Min Seok-Hoon totally spiraled out of control.

However, the final episode was different. At a press event, Min Seok-Hoon revealed Min Seok-Hoon to be the culprit behind all. He said that he was framed. Byeon Ji-Sook also appeared. She confessed everything she went through living as Seo Eun-Ha in front of the press and pointed at Min Seok-Hoon as the mastermind behind it all.

So, at the end, the wicked got what was waiting for them and the two protagonists got a well-deserved happy ending.

As the follow up to "Mask", "Yong Pal" starring Kim Tae-hee will be broadcasted starting on the 5th.

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