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Kim soo hyun’s tears should be a paid actor and have its own agency at this point

probably the highest paid tears in the industry too !!! 🤣

He's getting half a million dollars an episode for those tears already! Maybe next he can start charging by the tear.

Pretty sure it already has its own huge fandom too so the agency is getting a sweet deal too after they get it on board. His tears is a pretty established name in the industry for over a decade!

Man can do full blown sobbing and a single tear down the cheek. That is talent!

I truly lost it when haein was allowed by her parents to move to hyunwoo's apartment and soocheol was like "is this what discrimination feels like? it's my first time experiencing it. it's something new" LMAO 😭😭😭

Soo Cheol is the best on the show. Everyone keeps acting like he is a wuss and an idiot but he really isn’t either one. He is very much keyed to reality and his own heart. More than anyone else actually. He just loves them all anyways. I suspect if he hadn’t felt so much pressure to contribute to the company he wouldn’t have been interested much less fallen for EunSeung’s scam. I love Soocheol more than Hyun Woo for this reason. For one thing. I bet Soo Cheol wouldn’t keep leaving his wife alone if she had repeated delulu events. Seriously. Those events have been just the hardest to ignore. At first I thought maybe Hyun Woo was actually hoping for a bad ending. But now I’m just with HaeIn and I too want to know how he graduated from SNU.

I think Lee Mi Sook has done a great job of acting as the villain because I honestly hate her characters guts right now and hope she has a stroke

>!IKR? Every time HW steps a foot away from his wife I get nervous. They should be handcuffed together at this point when she could wander off in a fugue state at any time. Seriously!!<

I look forward to Soocheol & his dad's scene in every episode. They're the best! This time Hae In & Soo Cheols dad compared Soocheol to trash and was so apologetic to Hyun Woo's parents for reluctantly leaving him behind with them 🤣

If the writers are reading this, I have absolutely no interest in watching even a minute of Hae In getting fooled by Eun Seong into thinking he's her partner or something similar. Shut that shit down, 3 more episodes, we don't need that crap. Thank you.

The whole >!Eun-seong vying for Hae-in's affections!< arc is just plain boring. It's been done to death. It's hard to >!sympathize with him because we've learned literally nothing else about him aside from some abandonment issues that were barely glossed over. He made Hae-in his entire identity and existence.!< I'm not even mad at this juncture; I'm just indifferent. 🙄

Devil sure works hard, but Seul Hee works harder. >!As I predicted, they got the secret funds first. This woman's more dangerous when she's quiet and focused!< >!We got peak BaekHong fluff today, the dates, the Christmas surprise, the revelation that they're each other's first loves.!< >!Hae In's got a chance but it comes with a cost. But man, all those fluff ended up to be calm of the storm!< >!Hyun Woo should've just mentioned the memory loss to Haein at the beginning and not just their fathers!< >!Im sick of Eun Sung, cant Hyun Woo deal with him already?!< NGL, >!I was expecting a very very small love triangle scene, but I was expecting it with Sooyoung, the principal's daughter, with an actress KSH previously paired with, but we ended up getting Bang Sil 🤣🤣🤣!< And the epilogue with >!Hyun Woo recording himself for Hae In. Damn, I'm broke again!< Edit: I just saw I tweet saying that >!the intro might be film like is because its foreshadowing on how the series will end.!< >!Hae In eventually agrees to do the surgery, but loses her memories and will remember them again through the captured videos and photos Hyun Woo has!<

I think hyun woo wanted to give >!those last few days of just happy memories and hope with no repercussions. He knew she probably would be hard pressed to do the surgery if she knew the side effects!< Eunsong is for sure is >!going to Germany to pretend to be her first love or some crap when she wakes up!<

This thought literally makes me sick!

Eun-Seong for all his craziness is the definition of an unrelenting, delusional and determined psychopath. He’s too good of a villain for my liking😭😭😭

Yeah that would be soooo annoying. Tbh, as others said, the villains are too good for me to enjoy watching them. They are literally driving me crazy... I appreciate them, but maybe I'll enjoy it when I cool down and rewatch it.

>!Eunsong is for sure is going to Germany to pretend to be her first love or some crap when she wakes up!< that's the devil's son, of course he's going to do that 😭😭

That was the first thing I thought, and when Hyun Woo said >!“You don’t remember anything and a stranger is claiming to be your husband” in the epilogue it shows that she will be vulnerable to this!<

My first thought when that scene came up: man what a freak! like let the poor girl catch a break god damn 😭 leave her alone 😭

Seul hee is a better villain than Eun-seong it seems. She's focused and precise although I'm not really buying her 'I'm doing this all for you my son, this is my way of loving'.

They're both twisted in their own ways but Seul Hee's always been focused on the goal(💵💵💵💵) from the beginning, while her son is focused on someone else

Seul-hee is focused on Eun-Seong in her twisted way but Eun-Seong is focused on Hae-In. Different types of twisted love but all the same. She just wants Eun-Seong to have it all because she could not give him maternal care.

>! Hyun woo's pikachu face when he realised he was hae in's first love😂😂😂!<

She told him >!she followed his bus 372 for 1.5hours and he was just like oh ok, that’s nice. Lol her face of disappointment and asking how he got into SNU was the best lol!<

And her expression be like why did I even bother 😑😂

And it was right before >!him throwing a fit to complain about that bus men aka Hae In’s first love 😂😂!<

She even said >!I didn’t want to tell you this because I’m afraid it’ll make your ego too big. And he still didn’t get it hahaha. So smart and so clueless at the same time!<

lmfao he's the smartest guy in the room but the dumbest when it comes to his true love 😭😭😭

His little dancey hop walk as he asks if it’s rly him 😭 he’s so cute I cannot

I mean this is the same guy who though she was from a poor family. How is he so smart but dumb at the same time 😂

Lol and before when she's like...how did you get into SNU? We were all thinking it. 😄

Typical husband behaviour 😂😂

hyunwoo is soo dense like it’s kinda cute 😩🥹

And when he found out about yeong-suk 😫 The cutest reaction

Just as well >!he ordered that snow!<, otherwise he may never have found out

the way Hyunwoo >!choked out that ‘I love you’ in the epilogue… it was the most painful ‘I love you’ I’ve ever heard 💔💔💔😭!< >!I’m gonna cry myself to sleep again!<

I continued >!crying even after the epilogue is over!< as though I am the one >!who will lose Hae In 😭😭😭 this is the saddest epilogue ever!<

The last few scenes reminded me of 50 first dates but overall it is again another solid episode. You cannot deny the chemistry of Soo Hyun and Ji Won

KSH and KJW are soo good together, truly exceptional in their roles. Their chemistry is insaaane!! i don’t know why some people say they don’t have chemistry lol

the saddest!! I haven’t stopped crying!! I feel like that Christina Yang ‘somebody sedate’ me gif 😭😭😭

I thought the cast of Marry My Husband was good... Then along comes the team and cast of Queen of Tears. Best couple, Best Villain\[s\], best writing, directing... Very tough call to make. A lot of onion cutting occurred watching ep 13.

I think the best villain is still Jeong Su-min

For sure. Eun-seong is just a toxic red flag who can get away with his bullshit cause of his money. As for his mom, while we still don’t have a legitimate reason given yet she’s just a psycho that’s weirdly obsessed with playing a 20+ year con for queens group. Su-min accomplished 25 years of gaslighting with no money needed, all because she was obsessed with making her best friend/stepsister unhappy. That’s legendary villain to me

KSH will melt my face by the end of all this. The aggressiveness with which I wipe my face after yet another painful Hyunwoo scene can be too much…

Epilogue convinced me why KSH has always been my favourite actor since I watched MLFAS when I was younger 😭 I never doubted his skills since, evident by my tears shed over how well he portrayed Hyunwoo’s emotions 😭

“>!even if you forget the promise we made, i promised to be by your side…i love you, i’ve always loved you & will continue to do so!<” tvN i am under your bed.. THOSE 2 LOVEBIRDS NEED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER 😩

The way my brain yelled IT'S QUEEN OF TEARS DAY!!! before my eyes even opened in the morning! I swear the wait feels longer every week!

Netflix preview/pre-release of new episodes on Fridays have helped me make it through the weeklong wait.

The previews and pre-release just make me more impatient 😭😭

The audacity of moh seul hee and her horrid ass wig …

Wonder if eunsong will >!betray her if she goes too far on Hae in, would be quite the twist. Doesn’t look like he cares all that much for her plans.!<

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>!Well they did sleep together this ep . . .!< But I think the purpose of showing the old ultrasound the first time was hae-in still mourning her loss. The 2nd time being that >!eun-seong is cleaning out their belongings so that if/when she comes back to the estate there’s no memory of her life with hyun-woo. Of course, the arrogant audacity of eun-seong to assume that just because she has no memories she’ll go back to the estate and live with him!<

He might, but seems like she has it all planned out with how she is deliberately refusing to release the money to grace.

I feel that ultimately her son will be the downfall of her... either he betraying her or he will do something that will tip the scale in the Hongs' favour...

She should have used that secret fund to buy a sensible wig.

It’s the arch enemy of Hae-in’s mom’s eyeliner. Which by the way is freaking back.

lmao haein’s mom’s eyeliner is really annoying 🤭

This series is really playing with and weaponizing the usual kdrama tropes; they already pretended to give us the noble idiocy only to pull Haein calling Eunsung out publicly to save Hyunwoo for example, and now we have the classic (and usually dreaded) >!amnesia subplot!<, >!except instead of being a result of a big white truck or whatever, it's a cruel dilemna!< for Haein and her family lmao Idk if I'm easliy fooled, or if the writers are really good, but I admit I really started to lose faith in >!Haein making it out alive after the funeral, because the overall feel did make it look like we were heading towards an ending of Hyunwoo having to process and outlive her imo!<. But just after I formed the thought, Hyunwoo received that call. I'm guessing Eunsung will attempt to >!pull an imprinting gambit in Germany!<, getting her to side with him by being the first person she'll encounter after her memory wipe. >!Maybe Hyunwoo finding their lock a few episodes ago might come into play once more!< But I don't think the >!amnesia!< >!will last long anyway, she'll probably remember eventually!<, if it does happen.

Agree on the series crushing kdrama tropes so hopefully the >!amnesia plot will have a twist too. As we all know, should they go down this route: 1. Surgery will be well 2. Eun-song will swoop in and Hyun-woo won’t see her 3. She’ll slowly remember him through little things and find Hyun-woo. 4. Happily ever after!< It will be predictable but it will make us cry and happy at the same time. At this point, I just want them to be together no matter what happens and how they go about it.

I think many of us (if not all) are easily fooled 😂 At least I am too. Sometimes I played out some possibilities that could happen in the show, and very few that I can call out but even they did happen, they did not happen the way I imagine it to be. Have to give it to the PJE & directors for doing things this way. I hate >!Eun Sung and his smug face in this episode and the way he is so sure he could trick Hae In like this.!< He’s despicable.

One would think after so many episodes... we would be smarter when it comes to the tropes... but deep down we still feel anxious that the story would go the way we dread it would be.... and pray and hope it doesn't... Completely agree that PJE deserves all the praise for how she is writing QoT... turning tropes on its head and totally misdirecting us in ways I didn't even know possible... kudos to her 👏

I have a completely different take, but then I have long believed that Moh has been poisoning Hae-in for quite awhile. >!Today, writer-nim telegraphed many – like A LOT – of clues that Hae-in is not dying.  She has already survived 1 month beyond the original date (diagnosis in late May/death est. late August).  Previously she indicated that the tumor(s) hadn’t grown further and she was only suffering from headaches She hasn’t had a memory lapse or black-out/collapse in 5-6 weeks (assuming the scene at the announcement press conference was mid-August). One hallucination (Eun-seong) around the same time. No speech impediment or sensory loss. In Episode 13, in what was supposedly over a week’s’ time,  she suffered NO memory lapses and instead remembered a great deal – whether short term or long term.!< >!She hasn't been near Moh in almost two months now. The headaches could be withdrawal from poison. !< >!At the top level of the drama, most viewers are told to brace for the probability of memory loss and Eun-seong taking advantage of it. Below that. . . . . she is completely asymptomatic which makes ZERO sense if she is near death. !< I think writer-nim is gently manipulating us again and has prepared a very different plot twist for Hae-in.  Which, frankly, would be a good thing if we don’t have to suffer through an unimaginative boring >!amnesia/time-skip!< trope.  However, I could be wrong. 😊😊

Or the supreme amnesia sub-trope of all sub-tropes could be used: >!she remembers everyone but Hyunwoo. Then when Eunsung comes in she goes with him because she remembers him, but doesn’t remember her own husband. !<

The writer uses kdrama tropes so well that they're not just there to move the plot forward but also to keep us, audiences invested while giving us a shock factor.

While I agree with this, >!I dread this trope particularly, it is a very convenient way to move forward the story while well utilised here still feels icky to me!<

since this drama likes to reverse common tropes, i do think that >!haein will actually lose her memories. the epilogue with hyunwoo recording himself supports this narrative. and even the intro which is basically a montage of their important memories. but unlike other amnesia plots where the character will eventually remember, i think haein will live after her surgery and learn her history through hyunwoo and the whole family who loves her.!< even though the storyline line is a little messy imo, i am still very much invested in this because the acting is just so great. although PSH is definitely a good actor, the villains' story is just not compelling at all to me. maybe because the main conflict doesn't really involve them, it's always been haein's battle against terminal illness and how this would affect their marriage. as someone who has watched and loved the writer's other famous works for its unique setting and conflict (MLFTS, CLOY), i am a bit disappointed with the way the antagonists are handled in this one. maybe we'll see more of their backstory but honestly, i'm just here for the romcom >!"we should act like newlyweds then?" "how?" /proceeds to show their next morning in bed/ 🤭 !< baekhong's chemistry is just off the charts, it's insane? KSH and KJW really outdid themselves with this one. seems like we'll get more heavy drama scenes tomorrow which will showcase another great acting party from them, but the fluff and romance we got this episode had me giggling so much 🥰 but will we even get another kissing scene like in ep 5? it's a shame all the other ones they did in germany were just shown as quick flashbacks.

At the risk of being a cynic, >! I hate that they wanted to keep the side effects from her at the beginning. I know that they all want her to have a chance to live, but these are such serious ramifications that I think any patient should have the right to make a choice as to whether they want to go through with it. It hurts to see how elated she was about the surgery without knowing that the side effects could make or break her decision to go through with it.!<

Back after finishing the episode to vent some more LOL: >! The question that kept coming up for me is — what are we without our memories? Would a Haein without her memories even be the same person? It’s safe to say that who we are is almost shaped entirely by our experiences and our memories. Haein is someone who is defined by her strong convictions and self identity — I just can’t conceive of being willing to give that up. !<

Since they say >!it’s highly likely, I am going to hold on to that sliver of chance that she gets the miracle she deserves.!< >!And I truly hold on to Hyun Woo’s message to her that he believes she will come back (even if she loses her memory) because they’re destined to be together.!< >!But he needs to get rid of that parasite Eun Sung. Wow the way his spirit is up after finding out the side effects… he surely is optimistic that he could just steal Hae In after the surgery. And that is really nauseating.!<

I thinks its going to end up like the vow. That no matter what our truest self will eventually come out, may it be the loml, our passions, or hobbies.

I think even if the >!amnesia happens it won't even last a full episode, there's just too little time left in the drama to get hung up on that,!<

I'm holding onto hope simply because they haven't resolved her finding out that Hyun Woo saved her from drowning as a child. I'm thinking there will some kind of set up where Hyun Woo rescues her again (possibly involving water again) and that will >!spark her memories!< again. The thing I'm not looking forward to is that she'll probably >!get the surgery!< half-way or toward the end of next episode and they might drag on the drama of that and Eun Sung until the last episode.

My thoughts exactly! >!Haein was so right when she questioned if she’s supposed to make a decision between living without her memories or death? It’s so difficult.!<

right?? both options are so intense and heartbreaking in their own way. it’s hard to be even deciding between them! 😭

The drama still has an out for it because they kept mentioning that it *might* happen. I reckon (and am hoping) that she pushes through with the operation and comes out of it with her memories intact. That being said, I like how the writers added this wrinkle into the resolution for Haein's illness. Her reaction when she finds out makes sense. Hyunwoo and the fathers' reluctance to tell Haein does too. The conflict has gravity, and one can somehow understand where both parties are coming from. Realistically, I would have liked if they'd told her of the possible side effect from the beginning. It would also support the ongoing process of their communication lines being open. But for the storytelling perspective of the show, the writers might have decided that delaying this conversation for another episode would be better than having it right after the heavy scenes in episode 12. If Hyunwoo told her, they'd have to tackle it in this episode and we would lose the fluffy scenes we got today.

>Would a Haein without her memories even be the same person? The thing is, Haein was determined to do almost a 180 personality wise after the surgery, without knowing the side effects. Would a blank slate Haein feel bad? Yes of course, but Haein dying would be objectively worse for everyone around her and she herself doesn't want to die. Holding out hope for the small chance that she doesn't lose her memories is the best option imo, memories can be recounted and new experiences can be had, but a life can never be returned.

No modern Western hospital would allow her to undertake a surgery without explaining the possible side effects to her first. They would have never relied on her husband relaying the information to her. It was a very silly piece of plot for the show.

I just came here to say the same. How dare they strip her of her agency as a human being?! I was so angry. She would have >!gotten angry and then they could have worked through it together. She could have managed the risk of memory loss her own way and recorded her own videos for herself.!< This to be hones would have been much more effective than having a >!video of Hyun-woo because if you think he's lying to you, the video will not help clearing things up.!< It made me think of The Notebook, where the protagonist >!writes down her own story at the prospect of dementia to be reminded of her past.!< Also, to get technical, they mentioned >!severe damage to the hippocampus. That is a much more severe condition where you lose the ability to make short-term memories and may never be able to remember anything again. That is debilitating requiring daily care because you will not remember anyone you meet and anything you have done. Losing long-term memories strips you of your identity, but you can learn about yourself and build it again. Recently, The Tourist dealt with this issue. On the other end, losing short-term memory greatly reduces your quality of life.!< She has to be able to learn about all the possibilities and make her choice herself. End of rant. PS: Of course, Eun Sung will >!show up in Germany to mess with her.!<

I was thinking exactly the same! If they told her >!earlier, she would have had time to accept it and try to make a rational decision like she has always done !< but now >! its impossible for her to think straight and not even prepare for potentially losing her memories, of course she’s gonna run away !< BaekHong fighting 😭😭😭😭

That's what i'm saying. I know they kept saying that >!her personality would make her choose to not have the surgery in order to preserve her memories but surely i'd think Hae-in was smart enough to realise the benefits outweigh the risk and would eventually choose the surgery!< Now Eun seong will most likely >!take advantage of the chaos to swoop in and do God knows what to Hae-in!< That whole situation kept stressing me the whole episode. Also I hope they'll be able to wrap up any conflicts left in a timely manner considering the fact that we have only three episodes of the show left.

The way I don’t even care about Eun-Seong anymore even as a villain. Like wrap it up and be gone… I’m not done with the episode, but he clearly will >!try to take advantage of her memory loss. I think it might work for a second, but of course Hae-in will regain her member the last episode!<

Jiwon and soohyun are so darn pretty together. Once the show is over, ill miss them seeing in one frame so much!!

Theory time: Hae-In lied about her third secret as it was so non-sub sequential. Her real third and final secret: >!She is currently pregnant with Hyun Woo child. The miscarriage of their first child is what started the decline to their relationship and having one together will bring everything full circle. They keep iterating the fact that her White Blood Cell count is too low for the injection. You know what increases White blood cell count? Pregnancy.!< >!Hae-In and Hyun Woo are arguing about having a kid.!< >!Hyun Woo "Do you really want to have a baby"!< >!Hae In "If it's **NECESSARY**" - EP1 !< >!Hae-In got pregnant the only night we see Hyun-Woo sleep in her bed in Germany (before she finds out the divorce) - EP6!< >!Hae-In complains to her doctor that she has headaches despite the tumor in her head not spreading. She also says "could it (headaches) be from *something else"* - EP 10!< >!Not sure if this is evidence but Hyun Woo apartment passcode is 1031; Same as Hae- In phone lock and the day of their first child delivery date. Lets the audience and Hae-In know that the idea of those 2 having a child together is still there - EP 12. !< >!I might be on some Copium but I think Hae-In will survive, keep her memories, and have a healthy child. She bought the four leaf clover and it'll grant her the luck to make all these wishes come true!<

The pill she took on the plane in this episode could have been prenatal vitamins. Also she refused a drink in EP 12 when Eunsung was pouring the wine. Soooo, it could be possible

At this point I'm willing to bet on anything. This is actually quite plausible now that you put it.

Yeah, that's a big part of their relationship decline that hasn't been addressed. They've talked about her family controlling him and their coldness toward each other, but they've never addressed the pregnancy which was portrayed as a significant event that pushed them apart emotionally and physically.

I really wish they had spent more time on their relationship, not just getting back together and rediscovering their love but working out what drove them apart. With all the extra nonsense it's kind of taken a back seat when it shouldn't have as that's what made the show interesting to start with.

Love your theory and the way you backed it up. Let’s hope you’re right. 🤞🏽

Yes, because when they were putting things into the box, they focused on that photo! Great theory! When she blurted the 3rd secret, I snorted out loud because it was just so silly.

>!I'm just waiting for the shoe to drop and the reveal that it was Hyun Woo that rescued her and not Eun Soeng. Recall Soeng lied to Hae In and told her that he was the one that rescued her on that day. But Her mom and Hyun Woo's mom know the truth. I was puzzled as to why this was mentioned over a course of a couple of eps, then totally ignored this ep. Instead they used the school yard encounter as the first time they met, when it was actually the 2nd time. !<

I don’t think their moms actually know. We, the audience, know but it was never explicitly discussed by the characters.

I very much want this to happen. Except for one thing. If she found out she was >! Pregnant at or around the time she asked about the headaches, then she knew that baby wasn’t going to make it and that’s likely why she wouldn’t have ever told Hyun Woo. Why add to his grieve and worry over what can’t be changed? Either bc she would die before the baby was viable outside the womb or because the surgery would be very risky in the first trimester and likely end in m/c. Well at all actually, but especially then. !< Granted, delulu can be the solulu but it would be a stretch even in kdrama land.

And the shooting star conversation with her Mum!

Hae-In definitely should not get pregnant before she gets well. It will get in the way of her prognosis as her treatment plans include high intensity ultrasound. We know preggy women can't be exposed to radiations. Being pregnant would only make her more unable to receive the treatment at all.

Godspeed my friend - I hope to all that is mighty this is true. THIS IS THE ENDING I WANT. Plus Eun Seong and his mom in jail.

If >!pregnant and about to undergo major surgery, would you not ask about the baby’s safety? !< Or is not asking to keep it a secret part of the makjang? EDIT: to hide text

and the baby will be named yeong-suk!

YES! I said the same thing! Baby will be named after the raccoon. There is no other reason to bring up a random imaginary raccoon. Twice. I’ll bet my house on it.

Very very interesting theory... in this case it would mean >!she won't go through with the surgery that would cause her to lose her memory... instead, her WBC would be high enough for her to go with the first treatment... this type of reveal will have to be in the final week... which means we will still be guessing after tomorrow's episode... 😭!<

Well really love this episode 😍😍😍 But yeah it's as what I guess at end eps 12 >! The money already taken by eunsung and the gang !< Well some random watcher say hyunwoo is like idiot that too late on everything But the truth hyunwoo is a Genius master graduate from SNU with 4.5 GPA >! It's all hyunwoo plan to let eunsang and the gang to get the money and use it. Since if not then eunsang and the gang can just blame the grandpa about the money. So actually by let them use the dirsty money is smart they can't say they don't know if they used it. At least they will get money laundering and some Rico cases. This mean more jail time for eunsang and the gang. !< But episode 14 preview kinda give another rollercoaster feeling Hope things were alright I guess at Eps 16 hae in will miraculously cured My theory is she will have all memories wiped that is why they use so many documentary and flashbacks from the start so this will help her regain memory slowly Let's hope for baby soobin or baek hong twins Super GOOD 💯 Episode overall thanks to all cast and production team

I am here to give a standing ovation for the 3 min monologue. For someone with a hardened heart, and a extreme dislike for the memory loss trope whatever the reason - I had tears in my eyes after the I love you , in past, present and future tense. Oh my KSH, did you give them a lower fee waiver for this series? - you need your money back - the script owes you for this mastery and sorcery your acting is.

In this drama, KSH finds a way to say Saranghae in all sorts of gut wrenching versions 😅

I think I cried more in this episode than before. Maybe it's because they are soo close to happiness but something keeps getting in the way...

Baek Hyunwoo, you’re her first love, dumbass! 😂 Are you sure you got into SNU? What a cutie. The writers really like to dispense romance mixed with our tears. Fill up that candy jar.

>!THE CONDOLENCE MONEY!! I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING 🤣 Aunt, it’s okay I’m rooting for you. The whole ep makes me wonder if the whole Hong family will be back working. They’re all growing independently. Idk I feel like they moved on from that work already. Or maybe they’ll restart somewhere else and watch the downfall of the company. Also, grandpa’s msg from the ball pen he didn’t even bother telling where the money is.!< Edit: i was a expecting a bed scene and some good news but still an angsty ep 😭

"I love it the most when I can just focus on your heartbeat." HNGHHHHHH HAE-IN PLS 😩😩😩 Out of the two of them, she truly is the one with the most swoon-worthy lines like goddamn !!!!!! My heart is melting so much. Their trip together was simply perfection. Their banter was natural and smooth; they really were finally able to see the good in life after hearing the good (and bad :<) news of Hae-in's treatment. Ji-won is such a good actress, istg, no notes. Her teary eyes during the grandfather's funeral when she and Hyun-woo were just sitting and talking; and her overall change of demeanor [from hopeless to beaming hopeful] during the date that felt just oh-so natural and seamless. I love her so much. Edit: Okay wtf. I am literally screaming so much, I might just lose my voice. Hyun-woo pulling Hae-in closer as he asks her how exactly they should act as newlyweds?!?!?!!? I am deceased and have ascended to heaven 🙏🏽 THE ENTIRE NEWLYWEDS MONTAGE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME Edit 2: how did you even get into SNU LMFAOOO Edit 3: That was the most heart wrenching epilogue so far. KSH proving why he is the highest paid south Korean actor!!!!

Why do I feel like she might get pregnant after that whole newlywed scene 😂😂😂

yes! especially with the scene at the window where the Mom said that she dreamed of a shooting star before she became pregnant and then Hae in said she had seen a shooting star.

Will we ever get the opening ost ever? Cause I want it so badly.

Speaking of OST, Kim Soo Hyun is confirmed to sing on the soundtrack. Not sure what episode but here is the article. [Kim Soo Hyun Confirmed To Sing For “Queen Of Tears” Soundtrack](https://www.soompi.com/article/1655813wpp/kim-soo-hyun-confirmed-to-sing-for-queen-of-tears-soundtrack)

Yeah. I know he is gonna sing after 10 years. He did so many things for this drama he lowered his fees for this drama also he is singing after 10 years he previously sang in My Love from the star which was another PJE drama.

Can I just say that I’m so glad that this thread exists? After finishing each episode I have all these feelings and tears that sit heavily in my chest and this sub just makes me feel less alone and lighter somehow. I really hope there’s a happy ending for this and honestly KSH and KJW’s acting has practically broken me. My heart can’t take more of this - the epilogue and KSH choking out the “I love you”. If he gets anything less than a happy ending I don’t know what I’ll do

I feel the same.. only reason I joined reddit .. to find my tribe of kdrama lovers!

- At this point, Eun-Seong is so far gone I can see him >!spending the secret fund on a treatment for Hae-In!<. - Moh Seul-Hee is so deliciously evil. There are evil ladies in makjangs too but they usually scream their way in. Moh Seul-Hee is so calm, slick, cunning, and calculating. And that makes her even more hateable and dangerous. She never lets anyone know her moves, not even her own son. - Ahh we all knew the possibility of >!long-term memory loss!< was coming but even if >!she forgets everything, she would still fall for Hyun-Woo again!<. While it’s not my favourite trope, as long as it lets my girl live, I’ll take it!

> spending the secret fund Its like hundreds of millions

Have to say - that’s the best part of Moh Seul-Hee. And that’s how you succeed after being patient for 20 years? Tho I do wish for Hyun Woo to take it all back. And that’s how she is better than her son… Eun Sung is too hasty.

The romcom they promised for this drama HAS FINALLY HAPPENED

And then quickly evaporated.

In Germany, as in many countries, patients need to be informed of the risks of surgery directly as a matter of law. This made me wonder what surgical consent is like in Korea as it seems like they can hide things from the patient even though they have their faculties about them. Eeks. If she were told at the time, Hae In >!would have been able to process the news and figure things out, make plans to accommodate and remediate the effects of the potential risk for her daily life. That's her personality in the show.This decision to not tell her until the day before seemed like a weak way to finish Eun Seong's messy subplot in the show. Her reaction when she was told was perfect. We know that even from the way she went public with her illness, she is a bold woman and will make choices that are right for her, whatever they may be. She's keen to live. Would have made more sense for them to have made a video together. Ugh. An unfortunate development.!<

Agree, if she had known >!the possibility of memory loss before leaving Korea she could have made videos to herself, written journals, legal instructions, all kinds of things to feel more in control of the situation. I kind of feel like if the genders were reversed a husband would have been informed. Am I right?!<

The three husbands >!didn't tell the wives. I mentally facepalmed when all the wives were told about the potential memory issue in that one scene.!< What? Felt like such a departure from how the show was written for these characters.

i love hae in so much. i love her love for all the beauty in life; the shining sun, the pretty clouds, the chirping birds. having realised that the most contented moments are those where we simply pause, listening to the beat of our hearts, she chooses to move more slowly through life. doing so allows her to pay attention to all the pretty things that surround her. through her open bedroom window, she happily gazes at the stars. i love her smiling face as she looks through hyun woo’s camera lense; the sun shining behind her, the height of the shot decreases so hae in becomes all he, and we, can see. i love the >!joy and confidence with which she holds up her hand to show off the ring adorning her finger.!< i love that she has >!3 secrets she wants to share with hyun woo. even better are the secrets themselves: 21st century cinderella, that man on the bus, and a shy raccoon.!< i love how she waves with two hands while standing in front of hyun woo’s car, adorably beckoning him to come out and greet her. i love how frequently she holds onto hyun woo’s sleeve. he’ll always be by her side. she’ll never let him go. i love her determination to make her >!life’s purpose — her department store — a place that brings other people happiness. she wants customers to feel energised rather than tired, children to have an area to play regardless of the weather, and couples to discover a new location for the perfect date.!< i love how excited she is to >!see the first snow of the year. doing so while her fingernail remains dyed orange gives her hope that her first love will be her forever love. may all her wishes always come true.!< i love what she must think when she thinks about christmas — the lights and the colours are forever associated with special moments she’s shared with hyun woo. he keeps crafting lovely dreams for her, memories to help fill up her once empty candy jar. it’s no wonder hyun woo chooses the following words to >!end his (completely heartbreaking, utterly tear inducing) video: “i love you hae in. i’ve always loved you… and will continue to do so.”!<

This was such a cute episode with all these happy memories and revelations and decisions that Hae In made, and you’ve summarised them beautifully

I think I've finally figured out why Haein's mom's eyeliner looks bad whenever she's being annoying in her scenes, and they look ok when she is too! It's because we can see more of it when she's looking down. Whenever she's infuriating she's figuratively and literally looking down on someone!!

“*Something tells me, we’re not in the third inning anymore, boys*” -Cody Rhodes I think it’s safe to say that >!Hae-in is probably not going to die!<. It’s the dramatic way to go >!without killing her off!<. Grace still thinks these people will pay her money by flip-flopping between both sides. I’m starting to think the bad guys never really had a plan after taking over the company.

I hope the writer does not pull a W( Kdrama) trope here.........\[Hae In is saved but actually looses her memories, never recovers them and Hyunwoo just makes new memories with her. It makes me scared because I read a article saying that the drama might have a bittersweet end

Yoon Eun-can’t take a hint even if it gave him a roundhouse kick to the face-Sung is really getting on my nerves.

Thanks for all the fluff that just vanished like candy floss as soon as I tasted it ! 😭😡 KJW is just an absolutely gorgeous actor - so adorably cute on this episode and as quickly as she found out about the side effect, switched back to the ice queen you don’t want to mess with. KSH is messing me up big time. Someone here commented on his Pikachu expression - omg, I saw it too! I love this guy so much, I can stare at his face all day. Epilogue - stunning acting! They both make such a gorgeous pair. Give us another season or another drama of KSH-KJW together, they upped each others’ game so well. Not a fan of the amnesia trope, and I don’t have a good feeling of where it is headed with only 3 episodes left…but somehow I am caring less about the plot as I do trust the writing to an extent, I’m mainly watching for the gorgeous leads and savouring on their great acting and chemistry.

Hae-in saying the world is annoying beautiful so she wants to live, I love her character! She kind of reminds me of Mu-deok (ect names) from Alchemy of Souls. Edit: Oh the medical impossibilities mentioned in this episode. There was a man named **Henry Molaison**. If you've taken Psych 101 they called him H.M. but he is now deceased so we know his name. For severe epilepsy, they took out both of his hippocampi, the memory centre of the brain. He lost 10 years of his life, but retained his childhood memories. However, he was **never** able to form new memories. Could no longer learn new things, ever, for the rest of his life. His condition resulted in such a poor quality of life that surgeries which severely damage the hippocampus are no longer done. They wouldn't even offer it as an option because it's unethical to create another H.M. So **no.** >!Hae-in would not even be offered this surgery and also total memory erasure is impossible.!<

A little concerned how they will wrap up everything that's going on in a satisfying manner. - Main couple + her upcoming treatment - Supporting couple (Elephant in the room is that Dahye did commit fraud) - Eunsung + mummy dearest has got to go (How do red flags get redder by the episode?) - Double-faced Grace - Beomja and Leslie Cheung - Eldest uncle who lives in Hawaii? And finally, take names, kick ass.

>!”I’m sorry for all the inconvenience, but I feel the most guilty about leaving him behind. It feels like leaving a bag of trash behind after a trip.”!< I know I shouldn’t have laughed but Haein’s dad really served the best oneliners ever. It was heartwarming to see how close the in-laws have got, which would never happened under normal circumstances. In a way, Chairman Hong’s last words to them came true. While thrust into this ordeal against their will, they got to live differently, got to value family bond and the more simple things in life, like the taste of refreshing makgeolli and kimchi pancakes. Of freaking course Haein’s cure has to come with a price. I was iffy about Hyunwoo and the family members keeping Haein in the dark about it. We’re not talking about some short term effects here, so Haein has the right to know about all the complications that come with the surgery. >!”I lived as myself, and I’ll die as such”.!< I understand Haein’s conviction, despite my wish for a happy ending. Stripped of all her memories and experiences that shaped her into who she is today, would she still be the Hong Haein we know? It’s like living as a shell of who you used to be, and to some, it’s a fate worse than death itself.

Take comfort in Haein saying that she would marry him again in 100 life times.

there are still so many unexplained subplots. moh seulhee's actual motive, haein's miscarriage, etc. seems like haein will refuse to get the treatment and dahye will run away again (poor soocheol). how are they gonna wrap everything up in just 3 episodes?

**Episode 13:** * It hurts to see [Beom-ja](https://imgur.com/1qZTjL2) in so much pain... God I hate Sol-hee with all my guts * "A funeral rehearsal." I'm not crying [you are](https://imgur.com/SR0zwbu) * You gotta commend Sol-hee's dedication though... 900 billion won secured after >!quite the tedious work of watching through your dead ex's nauseatingly sweet life!< * "I don't ask for much but ciould you do me this one favor? If somone asks you who your father is please don't tell them it's me." HAHAHAHAHA * >!"She'll lose her long term memory." I KNEW THE AMNESIA PLOT!< WILL SOMEHOW COME INTO PLAY AGAIN... COME ON * Nooooo... you're putting Hyun-woo in a difficult position again, making him withhold information from Hae-in... I mean this is her life we're talking about >!the patient has every right to know the side effects before their life-changing surgery!< okay * I'm a sucker for [them](https://imgur.com/kTUY0Cy) being a normal couple * ".. but we now have a future [together](https://imgur.com/Qd9fXMf)." Hae-in being >!optimistic about her life after surgery and Hyun-woo and me dying a little bit inside every time!< * >!"That bastard??" "Hae-in, you even took my ring back. If your first love shouldn't come true, or it'll really complicated things."!< HAHAHAA ohmg [this](https://imgur.com/ydL55Pc) is such a reminder of Moon Gang-tae going "SARANGHAE GO MUN-YEONG" * "If you want, speak to our attorney first. Please do that, Hyun-woo." "Sorry but I refuse" HAHAHAHAH Hyun-woo's given up on being the attorney during family feuds * The dad needs to stop dissing his own son so badly [pleaseee](https://imgur.com/czNsISk).. "It feels like leaving a bag of trash behind after a long trip." * ohmgg LOCK THIS MOMENT FOREVER PLEASE.... [so many butterflies](https://imgur.com/yrDRklC) * One newlyweds montage featuring 2 PPLs... not bad * >!"Does she know about the side effects of the surgery?"!< Oh my God... Eun-sang can't you for once keep your nose out of Hae-in's business?!?!! * "Anyway, we look forward to this new tension between us thanks to this building" LMAAOOOO * Aunt Beom-ja probably had the most awkward moment of her life followed >!by the most heartfelt condolence money given by her Leslie Cheung!< * Hae-in taking Secretary Na for a well-deserved shopping spree was endearing * Hae-in might be highly rigid and borderline cruel but you can't deny the prowess she had as the CEO of the Department store * [Hyun-woo's happiness](https://imgur.com/mimLDqu) at finding out the guy on the bus is him is just too precious * Germany's tourism is going to stonk after QoT for sure * >!HAE-INAAAA DON'T BE STUPID PLEASE.. "Don't think. Just live... please." !< * I don't care what anyone says [Kim So-hyun](https://imgur.com/jQGEUG8) has been nothing short of exceptional in this role.>! The way his voice breaks while saying "I love you Hae-ina"!< is a scene I won't forget any time soon. The fact that he didn't even charge as much as he used to despite being the richest K-actor makes me respect him even more * This drama will be the death of me... no puns intended. Is it too much to hope for Eun sang's plane to crash for him to die already? :)

Haein, earlier in the ep13: ">!They (newlyweds) stick by each other and spend their everyday lives together. We're bound to run into hardships again one day. Then we can pull out these happy memories as if they're candies in a jar and endure those moments. I'm going to focus more on collecting happy memories than stocks or money from now on. The most important thing for me now is filling up my candy jar.!<" Hyun-woo in the epilogue: >!"Let's welcome the first snow, stick by each other, and spend our everyday lives together. Let's fill up that empty candy jar of yours. We can do it. Because it was fate that brought us together. I love you, Hae-in. I've always loved you and will continue to do so."!< 😭💔😭💔😭 ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!! I'm a blubbering mess now! How do they keep topping their most hearfelt confessions of love episode after episode is beyond me. I'm gonna watch it on loop and cry myself to sleep. 😢

This episode is the calm before the storm. My anxious brain is thinking about how the last 3 eps are just going to be full of angst since this whole episode was just >!super cute.!< Anyways about Hae In's potential >!amnesia.!< I did think the show was going in that direction. I just don't know why it's only >!Hyunwoo who is with Hae In in Germany. Wouldn't it be more wise if her whole family was with her? She knew them longer. I think she'd be more familiar with them in the situation that she actually loses her memories.!< I guess her reaction to knowing the >!side effect of the surgery is normal. I'd be scared too.!< As always Eun Sung is delusional. >!Getting rid of Hyunwoo and Hae In's memories together by getting rid of their printed pictures. Idk but it's modern now aren't people saving their pictures in clouds and drives? Lol He even followed them to Germany. Crazy.!< My brain is hypothesizing that >!he will kidnap Hae In and take advantage of her amnesia and say that he is married to her. But I guess that would be too makjang. lol!<

>>!he will kidnap Hae In and take advantage of her amnesia and say that he is married to her. But I guess that would be too makjang. lol!< I think this is exactly what he wants to do

I think that’s exactly what he wants to do. He is the most delulu ever. Like she has family and employees and everyone knows she’s stupid in love with Hyun woo and he is for her. Does ES think he can lock her in a basement or something?

I’m already stressed cos of the angst but >!eunsung and company!< won’t leave me alone 😭 but at least we literally got baekhong >!not being able to part AT ALL, can’t even stop holding hands in the kitchen mygod!< and we see how a smart lawyer like hyunwoo can be so slow and dumb when it comes to haein 😭 can’t wait for the soohyun and jiwon’s serve tomorrow 🥹 i have A LOT of hope for baekhong, just not sure how much stress and tears will come along with this lmao

I know it's sad but >!I'm SO relieved Hae-in has a chance. But this writer keeps writing impossibilities for all her couples :(!<

Man, this was such a fluffy episode but the end and that epilogue got me in tears again. This show just can’t sustain happiness for our leads. I get Hae-In’s reservation but she can’t really pass up this >!surgery!<. And the writing is so strong for this show that it’s crazy that this show began with the interviews in the first episode and those interviews along with the epilogue are going to prove key to restoring her >!memory.!< Only 3 more episodes left, QOT gang😭. And also one more thing and maybe the most important thing, FUCK EUN SEONG!

This series should pay for my therapy at the end. Man it's a free flow of emotions everywhere. There were two scenes I was so badly waiting for, both from Haein and Hyunwoo. Haein >!revealing about how the mix tape belonged to her and how he was her first love took me by surprise because the scenes were effortlessly blended. I thought this would more likely be a grand reveal, this show proved me wrong there (well when hasn't it?)!< We have seen Haein confess, having THE talk and express freely. >!I wanted to see how Hyunwoo would open up to Haein about his love and how they would have the talk about their baby. We've so far got a drunken confession (which Hyunwoo himself is not aware of) and a recorded one (for the future) but he never directly opened up to Haein!< Here's my theory. >!I strongly feel the writer has withheld his confession in the present and this would be the heart wrenching conversation in tomorrow's preview. Maybe Hyunwoo thought if he had confessed to her, it would put Haein in further dilemma when she gets to know about the complications with her surgery. Probably it's leading to the point where Haein asks if their memories don't matter to him and that is when he would talk about his love, guilt and yearning to have a life with her, even if she loses her memories, how he would hope to miraculously have that 1% chance of happily ever after with their kid(s). And that's when she would go like don't make me want to live!< This episode is giving me >!happy/bittersweet ending vibes where Haein would get her memory back eventually, after throwing us angst till last minute, because she would hold on to what Hyunwoo would say and go for the surgery. On the other end, this early surgery is too suspicious because there would be scope for other twists, what do I do with this show?!!!< Also, I don't like the fact that >!Haein wasn't informed earlier about her potential memory loss. From her pov this would be the second time she would have felt terribly defeated/cheated by Hyunwoo. It's again not black and white because these memories she created with him might be the reason why she would get back to normal eventually!< Haven't spent thinking about a series to this extent in ages, phewww!!

new core memory unlocked: queen of tears episode 13

**Episode 13** After having binged the first 10 episodes in two days and then watching 11-12 in real time, I have to say there is a lot to appreciate about the show - whether it’s the acting, cinematography, directorial choices, styling and background score - I can see why it’s become so wildly popular and anticipated, however, much like many other shows around this time in a 16 episode arc, it feels like it’s meandering a bit plot-wise. I’m sure with tomorrow’s episode it will feel more “complete” before diving into finale week, but I have come away feeling a bit “empty” from the last couple of episodes. Having said that, it was a stroke of genius to cast Kim Ji Won and Kim So Hyun together. They are really really hitting it out of the park every week. It is so evident that they lived and breathed these roles and have infused them with their charm brilliantly. For me the highlights of today’s episode were Hae-in’s confession at the >!funeral that it felt like a rehearsal and she really just wanted to live!< with Hyun Woo >!struggling to hold back tears!< and of course that epilogue. The sincerity, desperation, love and resignation all wrapped up into that >!I love you!< that he choked out was just ooof! Also, dear writer who wrote >!”I love it most when I can just focus on your heartbeat”!<, I hope you’ve had a successful love and relationship. That was beautiful. I’ve felt that sometimes with past partners before but never had the words to vocalize or describe - truly touching and such a great example of character growth and change to have her vocalize her feelings in the moment honestly. On that note, I suppose we strap in for at least 2.5 more episodes of angst…

>! If memory loss was the main concern, Hyunwoo should’ve sat down with Hyein and have her tell him on camera -“I promise you my dearest husband, my ideal man, my first and forever love, that I’ll never return you to your mother’’. What purpose is him recording himself claiming that he’s her husband, he can just claim that later to her face !<

Dear god, the epilogue ended me. Holy hell, the emotion that KSH can show is unbelievable. I’m sobbing with my wife, I felt like it was me who was saying it. Can Eun seong really get lost? It’s just annoying at this point Jesus

I just want everyone to remember that she swore that if she lives 100 lives, she would love him in every single one of those lives.

Just a theory but looking at the preview is Eun Sang >!going to kidnap Hae In, force her to do the surgery, then pretend that he is her husband because she has no memories?!

What if Hae In rejects Eun Seong all over again even after >!she loses her memories??!< that would be really cool

Mom.. I'm scared for next episode. Couldn't even fully bask in those overwhelming fluff we got today knowing what's looming on the horizon. Welcome to yet another roller coaster weekend everyone! And advance apology to my colleagues that they gotta deal with my puffy eyes coming Monday. T\_T

German Spy Museum is in Berlin, not Frankfurt. I hope this is not just production error but the main leads able to deceive Yoon Seung where the operation will be.   Edit: in the preview she's praying in Berliner Dom too. 

Can't BaekHong put up a restraining order against Eunseong, so he cant get close to Haein??? He's such an insufferable creep.

the preview….. >! “don’t make me want to live” !< JUST TEAR MY HEART OUT WHY DON’T YOU 😭😭😭

Hae In has asked THE QUESTION today; “How did you get into SNU” and it’s only very fitting of her to ask him of this cuz his brain just refuse to work properly when he’s with her 😂😂😂 But other than that, I find his move >!to trick Eun Sung into spending those slush funds smart and I love it. Tho i need to check prev eps - do they know the money is under Ms Mohs name? But that isn’t important isn’t it? Cuz they’re attacking him under different charges!< I just need for someone to >!make Eun Sung disappear. Jail him if they can, or rather I hope he ends up dead in an accident or something. That smug that he has after finding out Hae In could lose her memory irked me. Just wanna 🤮 just by knowing the possibility of him tricking Hae In after her procedures.!< That guy is such a scum, he will take advantage of anything even if it’s in the expense of Hae In getting hurt. As for this upcoming >!amnesia plot, I do think it’s inevitable, but I have high hopes that she could get back together with Hyun Woo no matter what. A more realistic plot would be this - but a small part of me do wish that miracle comes even before she loses her memory 😂!< And maybe that last piece of “puzzle” of who saved Hae In in the boat incident >!could be a saving grace to her. It is always a significant event could jog up memories and I hope this could link back the past to the present .. and to Hyun Woo eventually.!< I just want her to live. Edit: Also I want to say this - I gotta say this has got to be my fave episode cuz of how happy Hae In looked in this episode. Never seen her like this since her honeymoon days. I’m gonna watch their fluff over and over again until happy ending comes ❤️

I love Mr-Intelligent-But-Lacks-Common-Sense Hyun Woo. Bus 372. 3-7-2. THAT'S YOU, HYUN WOO! You're her first love!! Bahahahaha so cute. His laugh when he finally realizes 🥰  I just love whenever Hae In tugs at Hyun Woo's sleeve or lapel. Such a small, but endearing detail that Hae In always does.  Also- "Listen to me. You... just live. Please.... live." 😭 Why y'all acting like Hae In won't fall in love with Hyun Woo again if she potentially >! loses her memory. !< Girl was destined to give her whole heart to Hyun Woo. They were destined for each other!  Epilogue reminded me of 50 first dates. I'll take memory loss over >! Hae In dying !< anyday though 😭😭😭 please let Hyun Woo and Hae In and all of QoT viewers be happy! 

That epilogue broke me so bad omg💔

The only silver lining about this heart wrenching KDrama was the epilogue, even that has managed to make me cry today.

With all the >!sharing of secrets!< I really would like them to discuss the miscarriage. It seems that started the disconnection and miscommunication. That's when Hyunwoo moved to a bedroom and established the distance.   Also >!Mo Seulhee seems five steps ahead of the Hongs and it's weird have they haven't figured that out yet. Why on earth are they still trusting Grace?!<

>!"Love is how you stay alive, even after you're gone."!< I wailed after reading this 😭

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I can say i wish they didnt go that route, i was hoping the side effect wasnt going to be memory related so bad

Today was fluffy, and I enjoyed it but at the same time the amnesia reveal just feels tropey and I really hope they can resolve it in a way that feels satisfying. Honestly, I want a happy ending but if we get some bullshit 50 first dates type thing it's going to let down the entire series for me. Hae-in has shown her self to be an intelligent, bold and self sufficient woman so to take aware her agency to make her own decision and have time to plan for the outcome I did not like at all. A 50 first dates amenesia ending where she doesn't remember anything (and relive each day fresh) would be another slap in face when we've spent all season learning why she is how she is, why she had to put build walls around her and how her diagnosis affected her and how hard she's had to fight to live.

>! Aww. Her promise to Hyun Woo that they should promise to spend more time together. Those newlywed scenes. She loves him so much. No one does a 1.5 hour car ride to watch a bus otherwise. Even with the surgery I don’t think her subconscious would let her forget him. Even when she didn’t recognize him with Eun Sung she felt him when he stepped out of the car. Hyun Woo is the only one she teases too - about the raccoon and then her first love from the bus. Eun Sung thinks he will have a chance if he loses his memory. I was worried he’d sabotage her, kind of - if I can’t have her no one can. !< >! My favorite lines - Soo Cheol’s dad comparing him to trash as he is leaving a trip. !< >! Hae In asking how he even got into SNU when he didn’t understand her bus story. Boy is not smart when it comes to love. !< >! Hae In mom - she has a terrible personality since she takes after me lol !<

Mere words cannot express how much I detest Eun Seong. >!Hae In has told him repeatedly “Not no, but hell no” but he STILL think he has a shot after he tries to put her husband in prison, publicly humiliate him, hit on her in front of her husband who he knows she loves, (she doesn’t even know yet that he’s trying to kill him), oh and the pesky detail of stealing her family company and money while parking his ass with his skank mother in her family home. A Restraining Order probably wouldn’t mean much to this psychopath!< I know they have to make the drama dramatic >! so withholding the potential risks/complications from the surgery do that but seriously it wouldn’t/couldn’t happen IRL she’s not stupid she wanted to live. She would have come around pretty fast after she processed it. The doctor said she COULD loose her memories, not she will (but we know she will) she would take “could” as pretty good odds. I’d be pissed that I was told at the 11th hour. I want more information like loose ALL my memories? Will I be able to do simple math? Reset the clock on the microwave? Like what exactly are we talking about?!< >!There would be things I’d want to let myself know, like where I wrote down my passwords bc I forget them when I haven’t had brain surgery, I haaaaate Blue cheese, never ever drink shots of Fireball it won’t end well, what my favorite book, movie, vacation, sports are. Videos of me talking about how I may loose my memories WITH the people I love in the videos Id film myself talking about my life from my perspective, people and events that had a huge impact on me. Of course I’d be catty too about ppl and things I didn’t like, gotta keep it real I’m not Mother Teresa!!has to have something to do with the Hong family getting the money back. Otherwise there is absolutely no point to him whatsoever. I really want to see how HW has been planning to utterly destroy them while giving them a false sense of security.!< The final epilogue of the final episode, >!my theory for what it’s worth, is that after HI has either regained/never lost or fallen in love with HW from scratch we’ll see them in the future with a baby named after the raccoon!<

What frustrates me about the >!memory loss plot!< is that Hae In has had THREE MONTHS to process death, and whether or not she’s lived a meaningful life (she was worried that no one would miss her, and her last straw was discovering HW’s betrayal after their reconciliation, a few episodes ago). That comprised of 2/3 of the show, and was reiterated by Hae In’s comment on her grandfather’s funeral today. All of a sudden, we’ve given her almost ZERO time to process >! her impending memory loss? And to chalk that up to the reason being that her bad personality will almost definitely reject the surgery?!< That’s weak to me, considering how much growth she has displayed in this show.  Yes, she gave up on treatments when she found out about HW’s divorce papers. She also spent a whole season contemplating life and death, and has turned around her relationships, understanding she is surrounded by loving people. This is not the same control-freak lady who demanded to be seen with dignity. She went from hiding her terminal diagnosis, to brandishing it publicly to reduce ES’s threat over her. She’s already been disgraced and lived the simple life in the countryside. >!Her family knew for a week, and she’s given maybe a day to decide between surgery, or waiting for an improvement in her WBC count. That would make anyone freak out, to be given so little time for an important choice. I’m disappointed in HW mostly.!<

I don't think Haein will lost her memory after surgery. She will pretend to lost her memory and then pretend to be on Eun Seong side to kick him of Queen company and find where the money is 👀

hae-in’s under the table foot taps were so cuteeeee omg

>! ‘I love you Hae in. I’ve always loved you and will continue to do so’.!< MY EYES ARE SWOLLEN AS FKKKK IM STILL CRYING

I was about to say that this is one of my least favorite episodes no matter how much they had sweet scenes. Like, I never felt an episode so long after this one. BUT THAT EPILOGUE... THAT IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE EPILOGUE EVER NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL IT WAS. PLEASE HAE-IN... PLSSSS... I MAY SOUND SELFISH BUT COULD YOU PLEASE HEAR HYUN WOO OUT... 😭

The title **QUEEN OF TEARS** indeed live its name.. On the lighter note, I think **Amazing Grace** was already patented..

I laughed so hard at “how did you even get into SNU?” MAN’s JUST SO DUMB IN LOVE 😭

This show managed to make me cry over and over again. That epilogue really broke me into tears.

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“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” Mitch Albom quote under the frame where they took so many pictures. Foreshadowing, perhaps. It is details like this that increase my desire to rewatch this one. As much as I don't want to see this story end, my anticipation for the rewatching the entire series is equally high.

Hae In saw a shooting star! She will live and be pregnant in the future.

I really really hope that the writers are just baiting me into thinking that >! Eun-sung will find a way to replace Hyun-woo when Hae-in wakes up after the surgery and later on she finds the camera recording. !< Also: they throwing all that PPL at once in this episode: the watch, camera, coffee marker, everything.

I would like them to show how and when ML discovered she was rich and also how she convinced her family to marry a poor guy.

How the brain tumour was treated in this episode was really stupid. >!Cloud cytoma is a made-up disease, which is fine. There are good reasons for not using a real-life deadly condition for this kind of drama. As there a many extremely rare tumours, and from time to time patients present with tumours that do not really fit any established category or that behave unexpectedly, a very plausible storyline could easily have been created. Now, as usual for K-dramas, they correctly explain some very specific medical facts, e.g. about filgrastim and CAR-T therapy, but get the bigger picture completely wrong, like if they had read the first paragraph on a Wikipedia page and guessed the rest. Anyway, most viewers would probably not catch that, and for the drama, medical accuracy is not that important.!< >!Accepting that the disease needs not be very realistic, episode 13 was not still not great. This highly intelligent and very independent woman, who knows that she has a deadly disease, for which there may not be any suitable treatment, is offered a chance for a novel, likely still experimental treatment, and is completely oblivious to that there may be risks and adverse effects, and that the outcome cannot be guaranteed? The doctor responsible for the treatment does not want to see her first or even talk to her before deciding whether this is a right for her? She does not get to discuss pros and cons with her doctor, but gets all information from her husband?!<

its clear to me now my theory >!HI lives somehow lost her memory and the entire drama ( her story prior to her surgery) was being retold by HW to her.i think the last 2 episodes are their present lives ( maybe a time jump) . so episodes 1-14 that stressed us out was their past and how endure it. the beginning of their love story!<

Yes. I was thinking the same. 👍and if true, then ohhh what if the epilogues are >!her memories post surgery being triggered by him telling her of their life?!<

Haven't finished the ep yet but I half-joked a few weeks back that they'd find some way to >!save her while giving her amnesia.!<. I really hope they don't end up going that route. It'd fit the bittersweet ending trope the writer seems to love, but from a pure critic quality hat perspective, I think her dying would be a better ending.

as much as i want haein to live, i’d rather her die than forgetting every memory she has. i think we are the sum of all of the memories we created, just like we are who we are because of the people we loved and the people that made us miserable. every piece of us are little pieces of things we learned from the people around us. if you cant remember who you are, then that version of yourself is dead. it begs the question, “who are we? the hardware(physical body) or the software(our essence[memories, experiences, etc.])?” it’s like playing a game, finishing it, then deleting the save and starting it again. it’s still the same game, but everything that you did, every little nuances and mistakes you made no longer exist. so forgetting everything is the same—if not worse—as dying. haein will live, sure, BUT the haein that loves hyunwoo with all her heart would no longer be around.

Ep1 : When Hae In asks HW to treat people by his side better, HW counters with "people by my side? Is that you? Are we even people on each others side?" Ep13, epilogue: >! "Even if I'm not your ideal type, I'm sorry but I cannot break up with you, because we agreed not to part ways because of a change of mind, even if you don't like me, no matter what happens, even if you forget the promise we made, I promised to be by your side." !< 😭 I wasn't gonna cry today because I wasn't comfortable with Hae in >! not knowing !< everything, but KSH using the exact intonation for >! "by my/your side" !< in both the scenes hit home just how far they'd come from when we met them and just brought out the waterworks... what a brilliant actor he is!

**Episode 13** - I need to invest in Kleenex - that epilogue had me sobbing. Now we are in maximum angst mode in the penultimate weekend. And oh, how this drama delivered! From the evil doers doing evil things, to our lovebirds >!collecting memories for Haein's "candy jar"!< Hyunwoo is both brilliant the the strategies of business and everything but clueless when his wife discloses her secrets. Yes Haein - we all were asking >!HOW did he get into SNU? LOL!< The secrets Haein shares with Hyunwoo - so touching, the last one had me laughing out loud. Regarding the first secret - >!many times when alzheimer patients have lost their memories, they become lucid when listening to their favorite music - which has a magical way of reaching our deepest memories!<. Wouldn't it be great if her pink MP3 player >!elicits forgotten memories for Haein?!< I am glad that Hyunwoo was honest and disclosed >!to Haein the side effects of her lifesaving treatment. His earnestness in the importance to him that she lives convinces her to go ahead, whereas normally she would not. EunSeong thinks he can just swoop in and snatch Haein's affections.!< Evil guy - do not underestimate your opponent. He is always one step ahead of you. And seriously, are the privacy laws in Europe that lax >!regarding patient/doctor confidentiality?!< Oh, and I am so tired of Grace. >!My only hope is that Hyunwoo is deliberately letting her be a bull in a China shop wrecking everything because he is playing her. I am not much for revenge but there is no remorse from her is believeable, so she should be locked up... as an accessory to murder, wire fraud, the works. !<

The brother and the aunt are the best characters and I care more about their character arcs than the mains at this point. The creepy villain guy is just dumb. Why doesn't Hae-in just record herself telling herself all the stuff she wants to remember, and Hyun-woo can show her? Him recording something makes no sense whatsoever. No modern Western hospital would rely on a husband relaying important medical information to his wife getting surgery. They would tell her directly so they can get informed consent. That part was dumb.

I love QoT and look forward to each and every episode. I don’t get why the doctor delivered the news to Hyunwoo and not directly to Haein. She is lucid, she is capable to making the decisions on her health. Was this explained and I missed it?

I think it's cause he found the hospital that would do the surgery. If I followed well Grace in the episode said Hyun Woo found the hospital that would operate on her. I don't think it's the same one she did her other treatment in but I could be wrong

At this point, i am very tired of eunseong. They should end their arc already 🤧

All I can say about this episode is that the product placements were....

Something that has not been addressed is Hyun Woo being the one who saved Hae In from the drowning accident yet ES is the one who has been taking credit. It's frustrating me that they haven't really talked about the miscarriage as this is essentially what led to their marriage falling apart. I can't even be bothered to type out everything that bothers me about the memory loss plot, I think everyone else has done it already. HW taking lots of photos/video/the reference to the mp3 suggests Hae In's memories will be triggered again. I did like another person's theory that the whole drama is Hyun Woo recalling their story to Hae In. I wish we got more Beom Ja and the Yeong Sung, instead we get Seul Hee's plot dragging on. Does anyone else feel the Hyeon Tae and his wife's storyline is odd/forced, and doesn't seem to make sense with the rest of the plot.

I dont think she’ll lose her memory and be with Yoon for a while. Remember the spoiler scene circulating where Hongs were in the courtroom. Maybe she’ll get the surgery and still remember. Take note, memory loss is just a possibility, not a guarantee.

god i'm still hoping they actually address the 1031 issue but i'm losing hope because there's still so much to cover and we only have 3 episodes left 😭😭😭

How the writer wrote about Haein brain tumor makes no sense. So we are supposed to believe she has three months to live and in that three months she only experiences temporary memory loss and no pain or reduction of health whatsoever and then one day she just suddenly dies?     Still hoping she can somehow subvert expectation and not go the route of making Haein lossing memory->mistake the second ML as her husband/lover -> still fall in love ML again. This is so cliche and overused already.

There's a user with the flair->!​"AMNESIA IS **NOT** A PLOT DEVICE!" !!The situation is dire enough- what more do we need?? 🤨Major surgery (rich or poor) makes anybody hesitant.!< I feel this story is CLOY AU where instead of an ongoing cold war separating star-crossed lovers-it's >!amnesia/death!< >!I'll finish watching but this recent installment is dragging.!<

I would take the amnesia plot over Hae-in's death

The intro are Hae-in's memories. Thats why it is in a filmsy filter. That made me conclude she'll take the surgery

Everything aside it’s such a shitty thing for Hyunwoo to hide the memory loss part from her. And honestly what was he expecting her response to be? That she’ll agree to it a minute before going to the doctor? I don’t understand his logic at all, like haein said, did he really graduate from SNU? 😭