Triangle: Episode 26 (Final)

99 July 31, 2014January 24, 2016

by HeadsNo2

Here lies what was once a promising show, though it may be hard to remember the good times when Triangle spent the last few weeks with one foot already in the grave. As far as finales go, it’s by and large not the worst you’ll ever see, and I imagine there might even be a few who’ll be able to mine some gratification from it. There’s at least something to be said for a show that made it through an extension without lobotomizing anyone or losing its collective mind, but how I dream of the day when we’ll watch a finale that blows us away and leaves us feeling glad for the time we put in. That day may not be today, but one day. One day.

As for ratings, Triangle finished its run in first place at 10.5%, while Temptation dropped slightly to 8.9%. Trot Lovers saw a tiny bump, even if they still brought up the rear with 8.2%.

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Jiyeon and Shorry J – “키스 앤 크라이 (Kiss and Cry)” from the OST [ Download ]

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FINAL EPISODE RECAP

While the bankrupt and penniless Chairman Go has somehow amassed a small army to kill Yang-ha, Young-dal and Dong-soo run to the casino to try and stop their littlest brother from getting hurt.

And even though Boss Min sends her small army to combat Chairman Go’s outside Daejung, Yang-ha remains completely unaware as he walks to work…

…Only to find Chairman Go’s army waiting for him inside. Seriously? There are no people, security personnel, or CCTV cameras? Really?

Young-dal and Dong-soo make it just in time to see Yang-ha being carted away by the thugs, and decide to face the army all on their own. They’re severely outnumbered, but that doesn’t stop Young-dal from fighting like hell to get to Yang-ha, who the thugs are trying to beat to death.

Since we’re in an alternate reality anyway, Manbong leads Boss Min’s army into the empty casino lobby to do battle. Young-dal cries out for Yang-ha when he’s unable to stop the thug that brutally stabs him in the stomach, and can only watch before he beats the man down to catch his brother before he falls.

“I’m sorry, Hyung,” Yang-ha murmurs. “I… should’ve called you ‘hyung’ sooner.” Young-dal can’t control his tears as he tells his brother to stop talking and stay still. You know it’s a finale when everyone suffers from Opera Syndrome—y’know, when someone’s bleeding out and everyone would rather just cry about it instead of doing something rational like applying pressure.

After Manbong’s men chase Chairman Go’s away to the break room, it’s just our three brothers left. Dong-soo sinks to his knees by Yang-ha’s side to cry. Okay, just to be clear, both of you men are wearing coats—freaking take them off and put them on his wound. Or call an ambulance. Do SOMETHING.

“Hyung… why did you abandon me?” Yang-ha asks weakly. “I’ve been so alone…” After Dong-soo cries that he’s sorry, Yang-ha has only one request: that he stop his fight with Chairman Yoon, the man who raised him as his own. “I don’t want to lose another father. Hyung… please stop.”

Then, Yang-ha’s eyes slowly close as he passes. Dong-soo and Young-dal sob over his body.

We find Dong-soo and Young-dal spreading Yang-ha’s ashes on the same cliff where Dong-soo once spread their father’s ashes. Jung-hee stands somberly with them in mourning.

In flashback, it’s revealed that Dong-soo and Young-dal were given Yang-ha’s ashes by Chairman Yoon only after Dong-soo showed him the video evidence of Director Hyun ordering his adopted son’s death.

Chairman Yoon doesn’t seem all that heartbroken about the whole dead son issue when he calls Director Hyun in to ask him why he did what he did. When Director Hyun denies it, Chairman Yoon slaps him across the face and shows him the damning video evidence.

But even then, it means little: Director Hyun drops to his knees to beg for forgiveness, which Chairman Yoon doesn’t even care about. It’s only because it was Dong-soo that gave him the video that gives him cause for concern, since he knows that they’ll turn on Director Hyun for revenge.

His advice? That Director Hyun turn himself into the police before the brothers can get to him, but that he also safeguard his shares by giving them to Chairman Yoon first in order to get them back later. So not only does Chairman Yoon not care that this is the man who ordered his son’s death, he’s actively trying to help him. Wow.

Soo-chang attempts to get through a police checkpoint erected to catch him and Chairman Go. Even though the policeman has a picture of Soo-chang in his hand, Soo-chang’s glasses-and-hat disguise are enough to fool him. Yes, really.

When he reaches Chairman Go (in hiding) to deliver their getaway money, Chairman Go insists—to no one’s surprise—that they have to kill Young-dal and Dong-soo before he flees the country.

Meanwhile, Boss Min reassures Young-dal that she’s got men covering all Chairman Go’s possible escape routes, and promises that she will catch him.

Jun-ho tells Young-dal and his buddies about Director Hyun turning his shares back over to Daejung before turning himself into the police, which has them suspicious that Director Hyun is up to no good. Again.

Grandma shares her sympathies over Yang-ha’s death with Jung-hee, and shakes her head over the bad luck the brothers have faced in general—what with the recent death of their mother and now this.

Afterward, Jung-hee takes a moment to herself to look up at the sky and say her final goodbye to Yang-ha as a tear rolls down her cheek.

With Yang-ha’s final words ringing in his head, Dong-soo confronts Chairman Yoon about forgiving him for everything—their father’s murder and Yang-ha’s even more senseless one—as long as he repents for what he’s done.

But in the long tradition of unrepentant old coots in dramas, Chairman Yoon claims he doesn’t need their forgiveness. In fact, he even blames Dong-soo for Yang-ha’s death, which he claims wouldn’t have happened if he and Young-dal hadn’t have gotten in his way.

His attitude infuriates Dong-soo since Yang-ha used his dying breath to ask for leniency for his good-for-nothing father who, even after everything, can’t see past his own greed. Chairman Yoon isn’t fazed when Dong-soo says he’ll never forgive him, and simply returns that if Dong-soo wants to end their cursed fate, he and Young-dal need to back down and disappear.

Young-dal isn’t surprised when Dong-soo tells him how the meeting went, since he knows the only way to make Chairman Yoon see things from their end is to take everything he has. And even then, he still might not repent.

But that doesn’t mean Young-dal isn’t going to try, since he plans to take control of Daejung Casino away from Chairman Yoon. Dong-soo agrees to leave him to it while he focuses his efforts on catching Chairman Go, though he warns his brother to be careful since Go still has it out for him.

After Young-dal’s buddies try to get Manager Bae to defect back to Team Young-dal, we find Young-dal out with Yoo-jin as she laments the senselessness of Yang-ha’s death. (Preaching to the choir.)

It comes as news to her that Young-dal and Yang-ha were biological brothers as he tells her he wants to put a stop to the deal they’ve been working on in order to do right by Yang-ha. After all, Yang-ha’s suffering was related to Young-dal meddling in his business, which Young-dal knows all too well now.

He sighs that he doesn’t even have the right to call himself Yang-ha’s hyung with the way they fought even after both of them knew the truth of their blood ties, but still tells Yoo-jin that he hopes Yang-ha will remain a pleasant memory for her. Tears roll down her cheeks after Young-dal leaves.

When a man tries to stab Young-dal in the parking garage, Young-dal quickly turns and disarms him after being lucky enough to spot his reflection in the car window. After he’s got his attacker pinned to the ground, he demands to know where Chairman Go is.

Boss Min orders Young-dal to keep hold of his attacker while she sends Manbong to help him out. She’s enraged that Chairman Go would make another pass on Young-dal’s life, and hopes that questioning the captured attacker will yield Chairman Go’s location.

Speaking of, Soo-chang delivers food and bad news to Chairman Go in hiding: all their possible exits are blocked, so they’ll have to wait until things calm down before they can attempt to flee.

This is not the news Chairman Go wants to hear, and he takes out his frustration on his loyal minion by beating the crap out of him. If Soo-chang wasn’t thinking of turning against him before, he sure as hell is now.

Boss Min and Manbong question Young-dal’s attacker in The Only Gangster Approved Basement in Seoul, but the captive yields nothing. Manbong decides to flex a little muscle to get him into a more talkative mood.

Jun-ho hands Young-dal a USB he found in Yang-ha’s desk containing some damning information, which Jailbreak thinks was Yang-ha’s last gift to his hyung. We don’t get to see what’s on it.

Detective Tak makes the mistake of telling Dong-soo that they were able to track down Chairman Go’s whereabouts before he tells his superiors, prompting Dong-soo to ask him to hand Go over to him. Since Chairman Go killed his father and brother, Detective Tak allows it.

Chairman Go wakes up in his hovel alone to find a breakup letter from Soo-chang, and his getaway money gone. In the letter, Soo-chang explains that he took it as compensation for the thankless years he spent under Chairman Go’s heel.

Just then, Dong-soo arrives, and all but knocks the doors down. He finds Chairman Go waiting inside, unsurprised that Dong-soo finally(?) found him. But even though he claims he has no fight left in him, he promises not to go down easy when Dong-soo grabs him by the lapels.

“I dreamt of this moment every time you escaped my grasp,” Dong-soo growls. Chairman Go snidely returns that his dream was always to chew Dong-soo up and spit him out: “Let’s see if your dream comes true today, or mine.”

What ensues isn’t so much a long-awaited fight as much as it is a total smackdown, which ends with Dong-soo having to be hauled off of Chairman Go by Manbong. He begs Dong-soo to think of Young-dal and calm down as Chairman Go is dragged out by his men.

“Did you hear about Go Bok-tae?” Boss Min asks Young-dal later, and of course we know the answer is always no. It’s no different this time, so Boss Min elatedly gives Young-dal the news that Dong-soo delivered Chairman Go to the police.

Since she also tells him that Manbong barely stopped Dong-soo from killing their enemy, Young-dal tells her to thank him on his behalf. But he’s not as happy about this news as she or Jang-soo expected him to be, which Jang-soo explains as being due to the damning evidence he found on Yang-ha’s USB which would be enough to put Chairman Yoon behind bars for good.

Boss Min doesn’t see what there is to worry about when Young-dal could end everything for good by using the intel, and neither does Jang-soo. But we know Young-dal’s hesitation comes from Yang-ha’s final wish—then again, Yang-ha was the one who left the USB in the first place.

Team Young-dal is surprised when Young-dal orders that Yang-ha’s USB be destroyed, because even though Yang-ha left it for HIM, Young-dal has decided that bringing Chairman Yoon down with this info isn’t what Yang-ha would’ve wanted. Which is fine, except it doesn’t make any sense.

So since we’ve always got to take the long way ‘round, Young-dal says that he’ll wait for Chairman Go and Director Hyun to bring Chairman Yoon down. Because somehow that vindicates Yang-ha more than using the evidence he left behind to get this exact same task accomplished.

While Young-dal asks Director Hyun’s fling to relay a message to him, Dong-soo gives Detective Tak a hint in properly interrogating Chairman Go: He won’t be able to get him solely on Yang-ha’s murder (because script), so he should instead focus on getting him to spill all he has on Chairman Yoon’s crimes.

Before the shit really hits the fan, Young-dal and Dong-soo talk about Yang-ha’s final words. They know he didn’t want to lose another father, but they can’t just sit back either. Young-dal: “Do you think he’ll understand us?” Dong-soo: “I know he will.”

Whatever message Young-dal sent to Director Hyun was enough to get him to hand over damning slush fund files on Chairman Yoon to the police. And when Chairman Yoon calls Director Hyun for some answers, Director Hyun makes it clear that he’s washed his hands of the chairman and wishes him good luck in getting out of what’s in store.

Chairman Go also shares his audio file of Chairman Yoon ordering him to kill Dong-soo during his investigation—but in return, he asks to call Chairman Yoon himself.

That’s when he tells the hateful chairman that he’s told the police everything about their sordid past in order to ensure that he won’t go down alone while Chairman Yoon lives fine and free. “I’ll see you in prison soon, Chairman Yoon.”

But not soon enough, since he has enough time for a sit-down meeting with Young-dal where he’s told everything he already knows about his people turning against him and his empire crumbling beneath him.

“Was what you were trying so desperately to protect more important than a person’s life?” Young-dal asks. “If you can’t answer me, then answer to Dong-woo. That’s the only way for Dong-woo to rest in peace.”

Shortly after he leaves, Kim Jin-soo delivers the news that the police have arrived with a warrant for Chairman Yoon’s arrest. He tries to help his longtime employer think of escape strategies, but Chairman Yoon just sends him away instead.

After a moment of consideration, Chairman Yoon opens his secret wall safe and pulls out a gun. He sinks down into his trademark chair with shaky hands as he hesitates over his decision…

…But as Young-dal walks away from his office, he hears the unmistakable BANG! of a gunshot. He knows, without needing to see it, that Chairman Yoon has ended his own life.

Following Chairman Yoon’s death, Young-dal is inaugurated as Daejung’s newest CEO. After making a speech about how he plans to run things (short version: very well), he talks to Boss Min about making her a Daejung Casino shareholder.

Boss Min couldn’t be happier, but Young-dal merely replies that it’s the least he can do for all the help she’s given him—he’ll have to use the rest of his life to truly repay her for everything. (Aw.) As for Manbong, he gives him an envelope with unknown contents, but whatever it is is repayment for the debt he owes him.

Young-dal and Jung-hee go to the airport to see Dong-soo off for his trip to the States, and forces him to grudgingly accept a corporate black card. It’s cute how Dong-soo calls Jung-hee “sister-in-law” and how Young-dal promises that he and Jung-hee will visit him next year.

“Please take good care of our Dong-chul,” Dong-soo tells Jung-hee. His sister-in-law smiles as she tells him not to worry—she’s got this. Dong-soo then pulls Young-dal into a farewell embrace as he tells him, “I’m so grateful to have you as my brother.”

While driving home, Jung-hee giggles as she tells Young-dal that she just remembered how they first met, with him running through the streets of Sabuk in his skivvies. Remembering that and looking at him now still shocks her, she says, because it goes to prove just how much a person can change.

Young-dal mentions a movie about a professional gambler who used a diamond to signify the last gamble he’d ever take, and how he thought he’d do the same one day. But now he doesn’t see why he’d have to.

When Jung-hee asks why that changed, Young-dal replies, “Because I have you in my heart, which is all I’ll ever need.”

After an unspecified amount of time, we see Young-dal walking through the casino he now owns. He stops at a certain table where a certain someone is dealing, and flashes her a wide smile. Jung-hee returns it, with a little wink.

Young-dal: “A casino is the end for one’s desire. There was a point in my life where I was like a moth to that flame of desire. But I realize it now, that the end to any desire… is death.

My father was a coal miner. They cal the end of a tunnel where miners are sent to mine in ‘the pitch.’ Because of the stifling coal dust and the burning heat, I heard that working in a mine is an insufferable hell. There was a time my life also looked like a dark tunnel without a ray of sunlight. At the end of that tunnel, someone miraculously appeared before me. As I loved her, I started to dream, and now I’m standing under a blinding sun. If you want to escape from ‘the pitch’ in your life, try loving someone. You never know when you might find a lucky someone and hit the jackpot.”

HEADSNO2’S COMMENTS

…That’s it? Huh. Well bravo, Triangle, you actually managed to surprise me. I thought I’d seen it all when it came to unsatisfying finales, from the weird and nonsensical to the just plain insulting and everywhere in-between—and I mean everywhere, because there’s actually such a thing as not having a finale. And that thing is called Basketball—which, if you’ve never heard the name and have just been spoiled, good. I’ve just saved you from an eighteen-hour spiral into madness.

That being said, it just goes to show that no one can ever be truly prepared, since I definitely wasn’t ready for whatever this was. I don’t want to hang the show out to dry because it could’ve been a lot worse, but it also wasn’t much of anything else, either. I was disappointed that the same kind of lag we’ve been experiencing since the show hit its twenties carried over even into finale week, where conflict is usually amped up a bit as we head toward the promise of resolution. And while things did happen, the pace with which the show went about presenting them was so lackadaisical that the payoff ended up hitting like a dull thud. They cared just enough to tie up some of the major stories, but not how, and certainly not with any sense of urgency. Or efficiency.

Setting aside the fact that Young-dal’s monologue at the end sounded like it came from a morality play I didn’t know we were watching, let’s talk about the one big upset from the episode: Yang-ha’s death. Even if I were going to take the show’s side and say that it was somehow necessary (it wasn’t), or that it somehow made sense (it didn’t), I can’t figure out why the powers that be felt it necessary to blow their only climactic scene at the beginning of the hour. It’s not like we were asking for a thrill-a-minute kind of show, but for one with a recurring inability to get it up, was it too much to ask for it to have lasted for more than ten minutes?

I’m sure that we’d be complaining even if Yang-ha had been a more fully realized character, but it’s actually more upsetting that he was so underdeveloped and underutilized before he died so unceremoniously. It’s no fun when a show makes it so painfully obvious that one character’s number is up and there’s nothing anybody can do to stop it, and even more so when nobody does anything to stop it. It can’t be that hard to add in fictional trying when it comes to a fictional death, can it? But in lieu of any of that all I ended up feeling was cheated, not because he died but because we barely got to know him first. Even with twenty-six episodes to do so.

Unfortunately, timing was never Triangle’s strong point, even if it managed pretty well for a while. And while I’d love to blame the extension for the endless retread of familiar plot points and conversations, it seemed clear from the beginning that the original twenty-four episode count was already way more than this show required, so adding two more hours was nothing short of a death sentence. Still, it wasn’t without its moments, even if it got way too caught up in the casino/business politics instead of focusing on the goldmine it had with three brothers finding each other after so many years apart.

And while everyone did their part (I’m going to give Lee Beom-soo a tentative pass because that poor guy never had anything to do), it was really wonderful to see Jaejoong step up to the plate, not only as an actor, but as a leading man capable of carrying a show. If nothing else, watching Young-dal’s early journey was the true heart of this story, and why the monologue he used to wrap it all up with didn’t quite work the way it was intended to. Because while Young-dal did find love, what he really found was himself. Against all odds, he went from a troubled youth who’d never even picked up a book to the CEO of a major conglomerate. His is a story of success based on his immense personal strength, courage, and willpower—but if Triangle wants to do itself a disservice by adding a soliloquy about love, let it. It wouldn’t be the first time they’ve ignored what really matters for everything that shouldn’t, but it is the last.

GUMMIMOCHI’S COMMENTS

And so Triangle ends. As much as I’m happy to see Young-dal get his own happy ending (and hopefully settle down with) Jung-hee, I can’t help but feel let down by an eight-minute finale followed by a fifty-minute epilogue. Because everything after Yang-ha’s death feels like the afterword that gave us one last reminder how Chairman Yoon was a terrible wishy-washy character who maybe cared about his adoptive heir (not son, because he made that clear on numerous occasions) and that Chairman Go was a mostly ineffectual villain with awful hair.

Seeing this show struggle week in and week out ever since the extension announcement hasn’t been easy on anyone, and while the live-shoot system typically takes its toll on everyone involved in a production, it’s been especially brutal for Triangle, from its exhausted-looking actors, to the thinly-stretched plot in the latter third of its run, to its viewers who wanted to see the show out of its misery. Speaking of which, I was shocked to see Yang-ha get the short end of the stick, and then felt cheated in waiting twenty-five hours for a genuine brotherly reunion that lasted all of one minute. To that end, I wish that the show continued to play to its strengths (e.g., building family relationships) than its weaknesses (e.g., boring boardroom conversations about revenge and death threats), because I loved the moments whenever two or more Jang brothers were on-screen discussing their past, present, and future with one another.

So it’s a pity that Triangle spun its narrative wheels on business relations hardly anybody cared about (see: Hanchang-Anderson investment deal, Daejung stocks, Chairman Go’s bankruptcy), introduced (and quickly dropped) a plethora of minor characters nobody cared about (see: numerous assassins, unimportant businessmen), and abandoned the characters whose futures everyone was left confused about (see: Elder Ahn, Lady Kim, Police Chief Hwang). It would be easy for the writing to fall back on long-winded discussions, which is something I don’t mind as long as it’s engaging, but Triangle became one of those cases where it recycled the same conflicts for so long that even talking about it became its own joke. Perhaps that’s why I was so surprised that there was an actual follow-through to the endless “I’ll get you, my pretty!” speeches, and honestly sad that Yang-ha was the ultimate victim. What a miserable end to a pitiful existence.

That isn’t to say that Triangle wasn’t without its highlights, because we got to see some fantastic performances among our core group of brothers. The greatest gem by far was being witness to Jaejoong’s acting performance and his progression from start to finish—at the halfway point in the series, you could tell that he tapped into his character and became Young-dal. Furthermore, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Young-dal and Jung-hee’s romance develop in an everyday kind of way (what do you mean kidnapping?) that we don’t often get to see in dramaland—just two people who naturally developed genuine feelings for each other and fostered a relationship built upon honest communication.

So while we didn’t get as much of the brotherly moments in this show that I hoped we would, at least I know that there were plenty of those whenever the cameras weren’t rolling:

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1 kimbap

July 31, 2014 at 4:09 AM

Yangha has to die because Siwan has to go to France for CF shooting and he has no time to film the last episode!
JJ mentioned in today's interview, writer Choi original intention was to kill Youngdal.

this:

“The drama has ended and I know I can speak up about it now, but honestly, Jang Dong Chul’s death was certain. He was supposed to die at the airport on the way to attend the Hold ‘Em Championships. However, the drama was extended by two episodes, so the ending changed. Im Siwan had other filming schedules and could only attend the filming of one extended episode, so that is why his character Jang Dong Woo died instead.”

Kim Jaejoong further explains, “Oh Yeon Soo, who plays Hwang Shin Hye, had to go to the U.S. for personal family matters, so we weren’t able to film together at the end. Lee Bum Soo and I had time, so we were together until the very last episode.”

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lyla

July 31, 2014 at 4:25 AM

with or without extention one of the brother will die..tsk tsk

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alua

July 31, 2014 at 4:54 AM

That's... just the lamest reason ever.

Now I'm even more frustrated about Yang-ha's death.

Not that I would have wanted Dong-chul to die either, but...

Did they have a check-box that had to be ticked, 'one brother must absolutely die'?

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lyla

July 31, 2014 at 5:06 AM

tragic ending seems already in their plan...but sorry at last the story yang ha died not amusing like dong chul "die at the airport on the way to attend the Hold ‘Em Championships." haha

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Rafaela

July 31, 2014 at 9:50 AM

It's funny how the planned death of Youngdal is similar to a death of a character in a Brazilian soap called Pecado Capital (literal translation: "Sin Capital"). The protagonist is a taxi driver who finds a briefcase full of money and do not know whether or not to stay with him; in the end he is killed at the airport.
I don't like the end of Triangle and how the plot was made.
Honestly the whole drama was saved because of good acting and chemistry of the actors and Jaejoong with Siwan and Bumsoo managed to convey well the personality of his characters. I did not like much of the acting of Jinhee, in some scenes she exaggerated emotions and facial expressions, but I know this it is expected in Korean actors, just that I don't like this aspect of performance there.
I hope Jaejoong can participate in one more drama, he said he wants to be in another drama before the army, and that if all goes well, the writer can be better than this of Triangle.

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Sang Puii

September 17, 2014 at 12:17 PM

I was so angry and frustrated about the ending that i didnt even cry a single tear!!! I was hoping that Yangha would find out how his father was using him to kill his own brother..but hell no!! Also i really wanted the three brothers to have a happy SOJU moment... The hell with the ending writer nim.. :)

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maakopla

July 31, 2014 at 5:16 AM

One thing I hate about Kdramas is this. They film while airing the show and not first film then air. And why not? So the drama could change according to personal schedules or the public opinion. NEVER MIND delivering a consistent well thought out quality plot #PissedOff #BunchOfPussies #rage

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whitechocolatte

August 1, 2014 at 1:19 AM

I know right?!
Honestly, I think it's just so dumb to leave it like that. Anything can happen in those last few hours or minutes before its air date - like Lee Seunggi and his eye injury in You're All Surrounded that pushed back an episode.
I always thought dramas were filmed and edited as a whole - finished and everything BEFORE it airs but wow, this is ridiculous.

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KDaddict

July 31, 2014 at 6:41 AM

It's both immensely sad and hilarious that the ending of the show depends on who among the actors has time for additional shooting!

Is writer Choi male or female? As Heads puts it, the show certainly can't get it up (much of the time).

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Mrs.Jang guem suk

July 31, 2014 at 7:44 AM

Its soo funny I was waiting for Youngdal to die ( that why I haven't been watching this because I was like Jaejoong dies again I ain't setting myself this time). Pfft. But I did call that someone was gonna die though ?

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Selia

July 31, 2014 at 8:04 AM

woa, that ending would have been very sad.

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hipployta

July 31, 2014 at 8:59 AM

I figured Yangha died because Siwan went to France but what kind of nonsense...they were going to kill Yongdal at the airport at the very end...how very Fashion King...PASS

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Sundae

August 2, 2014 at 1:37 AM

The original plan for Young-dal's death was ridiculous. If Young-dal had to die, why not during the rescue of his brothers but on the way to the airport. I do not like Yang-ha's death either. With only two siblings left, it not a triangle any more.

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TeSI

December 18, 2014 at 2:27 AM

LOL that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard LOL honestly i want Yang Ha to end up with the girl Jung Hee but what the fuck, He DIED!! I hate it i'm so fucking mad right now that i'm getting emotional LOL. . . . . . . Yang Ha is still the one for me!!

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2 kimbap

July 31, 2014 at 4:10 AM

this:

“The drama has ended and I know I can speak up about it now, but honestly, Jang Dong Chul’s death was certain. He was supposed to die at the airport on the way to attend the Hold ‘Em Championships. However the drama was extended by two episodes, so the ending changed. Im Siwan had other filming schedules and could only attend the filming of one extended episode, so that is why his character Jang Dong Woo died instead.”

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3 fanwho

July 31, 2014 at 4:15 AM

Thanks for the recap!
Kudos to recappers for this show!

So disappointed witht he show overall.
Boo we never had a chance for three brothers teaming up for a war against baddie, which I was hoping and hoping. Heck we didn't even had a chance to see all three brothers having one nice brotherly time together.
I don't like you the writer nim, even though drama HeoJun (original) holds dear in my heart.

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alua

July 31, 2014 at 5:17 AM

I would have so much preferred that... They could have had some sort of climactic moment with Yangha seeing his (estranged) brother risk their life to save his, then realising how much more they care for him than his father, thus switching sides to team up with them and take down the baddies, with Yang-ha hiding his "changing sides" from his father until they land him in prison or something. It could have been an emotional showdown (and including some nice brother-bonding moments). Instead we got something that felt only wishy-washy and underdeveloped, where the 'bonding' occurred over a Yang-ha bleeding to death with his brothers just looking. Seriously, Dong-soo as a former police officer must have been trained in first aid and both had phones to call the ambulance!

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4 Pollywood

July 31, 2014 at 4:17 AM

So I stopped after ep. 2, because I had more interesting dramas to follow (and so little time).

Are you saying the show was a waste of time and I should not revisit it? Because I will listen to you, who followed it through to the end. xD

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lyla

July 31, 2014 at 4:30 AM

i'm following ..till the end lol
i think because i'm so into young dal character so its interesting following his journey .
and just like HEADSNO2’S said "His is a story of success based on his immense personal strength, courage, and willpower..

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Elise

August 2, 2014 at 1:44 AM

I had followed from Episode 1 to the finale because of Jaejoong's performance. He was so charming and did it great as a male lead.

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JOHN

August 3, 2014 at 6:08 PM

The ending was awful! I mean bad very bad....

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5 Kmurasaki

July 31, 2014 at 4:40 AM

I had followed to the end because of Jaejoong's and his consistency in the character of Yeong Dal. He is the ultimate GEM in this drama!

Oh! I plan to re-watch it again. From ep. 1 to 26 to laugh and cry my heart outn again. ;-)

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6 Koshin

July 31, 2014 at 4:43 AM

I had followed to the end because of Jaejoong's and his consistency in the character of Yeong Dal. He is the ultimate GEM in this drama!

Oh! I plan to re-watch it again. From ep. 1 to 26 to laugh and cry my heart out again. ;-)

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Koshin

July 31, 2014 at 4:46 AM

Oops!

I cannot see my comments in FF but I can see in IE. Use 2 names and end up duplicating the comments, kekeke!

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7 Hayley

July 31, 2014 at 4:50 AM

Sooooo....my original thought was... Young dal and dong soo both survived being stabbed - dong soo with multiple stab wounds, but yang ha dies after 1?
But after reading above I guess I get it now. Ugh episode extensions. They rarely work well. I really wanted all bro's to live happily ever after. Sadness.

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Orion

July 31, 2014 at 4:54 AM

Dong Soo even got stabbed by a pro. And said pro's teacher failed to kill Yang Ha, but the newly hired goon without any solid training (we were told of) managed it. Dramas are great with finding nonsensical ways to do the things they want/need to do.

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lyla

July 31, 2014 at 5:01 AM

just think dong soo is a guy with police stamina and dong woo is a rich kid with no stamina, stabbed one..he died..lol

but i'm curious what if we don't have extensions, yang ha not gonna die, shin hye will happily marriage with dong soo and young dal died....but what happen to jung hee and all the young dal gang..?

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8 coby

July 31, 2014 at 4:51 AM

I really want to see this drama because I have not seen any drama of Jaejoong. Now I'm having second thoughts of marathoning/watching this drama

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9 alua

July 31, 2014 at 5:08 AM

I skip-watched this, which probably saved me some of the heartache (though not all).

The show should have focused more on the brothers, and less on all the manipulations and scheming related to the casino.

Yang-ha's death was frustrating, not only because we didn't really get to know him much as a character, but also because I'm terribly irritated at the fact that he never really got time with his brothers. Basically the message for his character was: "Your life sucks. Too bad for you. We'll kill you off anyhow, even though we could reunite you with your brothers." Maybe that's how it happens in real life, but somehow it just seemed so wrong here.

The good things about this drama.... Jaejoong, definitely. He was great. Now that he's demonstrated that he can act and carry a drama, I hope he chooses projects in the future that are solid, not dramas and films that will be forgotten half a year after they've aired. Maybe he would do better to do a Japanese drama again.

Jung-hee was also a pretty admirable character. Not that I could remotely relate to her life's dream of being a dealer in a casino, but she was strong in an admirable way.

The rich girl meanwhile that pursued Yang-ha seemed an utterly pointless character (and her explanation that she "loved" Yang-ha because of his loneliness and fame among classmates for trying to commit suicide... seriously? do we really need twisted reasons like this in kdramas?). Ultimately she was harmless, but I just don't understand why drama writers keep pushing characters like her. It's like "we need a role for this pretty person" NOT "we have an essential minor character, we need to find someone to fill the role"...

Anyhow...

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10 AJ

July 31, 2014 at 5:32 AM

Oh man -- let me count the ways in which the writer(s) of this drama failed. Nope. Not gonna do it. Not worth the time. But a virtually endless supply of drinking games could be devised based on the sins of the script.

What a sad waste of a cast that worked well together.

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11 Tricia

July 31, 2014 at 5:37 AM

I've actually really enjoyed watching Triangles these past few weeks, even though there were times I would yell at my laptop screen but I would also laugh or smile too.

I wasn't expecting the ending, and I'm not sure how I feel about it, which is more attributed to my ending in my head. In the end I understood, but not necessarily agreed with how Yang-ha's character wanted to believe and protect the father he knew, because those were the true feelings in his heart. I liked how Young-dal took this into consideration when taking down the Chairman. I also liked how we got to a throwback to Dong-soo's bad temper.

Before I watched this show, I had no idea who Siwan or Jaejoong were. I watched it because it was a story of 3 unfortunate brothers. I stayed for the truthful and sincere story, but I was engaged and captivated by the acting of Jaejoong. He was the stand out for me and I am happy his character got his happy ending (bare Yang-ha).

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12 esorual

July 31, 2014 at 5:46 AM

I wanted to watch this...do you guys recommend that I do so??? I only skimmed through the recaps because I didn't want to spoil anything in the event that I do watch it.

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Deliane

July 31, 2014 at 8:32 PM

Depends on how big a fan you are of Jaejoong. And saying that as a huge fan, I myself had to fast forward a lot of scenes, including an absurd amount of flashbacks.

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esorual

August 2, 2014 at 7:11 PM

I am actually a bigger fan of Siwan :) That said, I really like Jaejoong, Baek Jin Hee and Lee Bum Soo as well :/

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13 advice

July 31, 2014 at 7:15 AM

Dear all! :)
PLEASE I like to know if this drama is worth watching!
I haven't watched a single episode & I just know the synopsis!
I wanna know if the good points of this drama outweighs the flaws & weaknesses!

PS:I don't wanna waste my time on a bad written drama like "Doctor Stranger"! It is my BIGGEST mistake to have watched DS! So that is WHY I am asking you! :)

PSS: The dramas which I did ENJOY watching & have watched many times are: City Hunter,Boys Over Flowers,That Winter The Wind Blows,Secret Garden & Empress Qi(Actually I watched this just once)

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kimbap

July 31, 2014 at 7:30 AM

personally speaking, I like this drama. there are so many life lessons that I learn from this drama. It's worth it. You can have a try for few episodes.

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pigsnout

July 31, 2014 at 7:55 AM

It can never be as bad as Dr Stranger.....the actors are much better and the OTP romance is cute, and to me it was worth it for Jaejoong. But it still gets very boring.

I would say it's ok to watch as long as you fast forward over any scenes not featuring at least one brother or Jung Hee.

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alua

July 31, 2014 at 10:40 AM

It's not difficult to be better than Dr. Stranger.

I guess the question is why do you want to watch it? There are better revenge dramas and thrillers. There's romance (and one we could cheer for easily), but this isn't really a romance drama. The family part gets shifted, nowhere near enough brother reunion time. If it's one of the actors you want to watch for, then I guess go for it (though not for Lee Boemsoo as he's shamefully underused), but on the whole I wouldn't recommend this drama unless you really like one of the actors and have watched all of their other works already.

You could also skip-watch. Or watch and drop.

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14 pigsnout

July 31, 2014 at 7:25 AM

I only wanted one thing, ok two - for the brothers to not die and DalHee to have some cute moments..... I didn't get either. At least the bad guys did not get away with everything but still, it was sad.

But Jaejoong alone made me feel like I did not only waste 26 hours of my life. He was so good and DalHee so cute together, his fans should be proud of him. And he was supposed to die but did not, because of the extension? Writer-nim, at least come to your senses next time. This drama should have been great but it became like this by the end....
I understand why Yang Ha felt the way he did though. In this whole finale, this is one of the few things that make sense.

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