Happiness- Episode 12 (Last Episode)

    The Final Day 

 Episode 12 of Happiness begins with Sae-Bom watching videos of Yi-Hyun on her phone. She’s hooked up to machines and has her blood taken. Seo-Yoon is there too, excitedly visiting her Mum who happens to be in one of the rooms, being kept under supervision. 

Given Seo-Yoon is being prepped for surgery, she asks Sae-Bom to look after her girl just for a little while longer. Unable to suppress her temptations any longer, Eun-Ji turns in front of her eyes.

Meanwhile, Tae-Seok begins interviewing the others from the apartment block that managed to get out. Namely that of So-Yoon, wanting to know how many people have been infected. The trouble is, there is a limited amount of time and resources to synthesize and multiply the cure.

With Sae-Bom’s antibodies in short supply, they only have a finite amount to use. Of course, Tae-Seok uses one of them on his wife. After injecting her, soldiers show and put him under arrest for breaking protocols.

Knowing that people would come for him, Tae-Seok helps Sae-Bom escape before being captured. She wears a gas mask and military gear to blend in. She heads for Kang Eun-Ji’s room first, giving her the cure. Lieutenant Lee shows up and helps Sae-Bom escape too. She’s forced to make it look like she’s incapacitated Kim; a stiff blow to the face from the butt of the gun should do it!

Unfortunately Kim’s plan doesn’t work as Tae-Seok rats out Sae-Bom, pointing out to his superiors that she has antibodies and is heading back to the apartment complex. Well, Sae-Bom shows up looking for Yi-Hyun… but there’s bad news.Yi-Hyun is on the roof. After killing Andrew and leaving him in a pool of his own blood, he walks away. The Building Rep tries to take his gun but Andrew stirs and holds her down.

Downstairs, a bloody Joo-Hyeong comes crashing through the corridors, blood-spattered and desperate to get at Sang-Hee and Hae-Sung. They hastily shut the unit door though to stop that happening. When Joo-Hyeong returns to his own unit, the news begin to highlight that a cure is coming and a vaccine is being tested, at least according to an “inside source.”

Yi-Hyun recovers from his injuries and finds Joo-Hyeong, spouting out nonsense about his injuries. To be honest, the more pressing concern is Se-Kyu, who’s still alive… but barely. He still has a knife sticking out of him but despite giving the man painkillers and his bedroom, it doesn’t seem like there’s much hope. At best, Joo-Hyeong predicts he has a few days before dying.

With everything starting to spiral out of control, Yeon-Ok returns down and confronts the others. She too is covered in blood but there’s a bigger problem. Andrew is not actually dead and appears to be lurking about in the apartment building somewhere.

Yi-Hyun remains vigilant but heads down to the parking lot. There, he finds Dong-Hyun sobbing in his car. He’s bloodied and clearly hurt but – more importantly – still alive. He also hasn’t turned so Yi-Hyun takes him back inside with them. He returns home to his father, sobbing, and apologizes for his earlier behaviour. It’s a really heartwarming moment, especially as he’s embraced and brought back inside.

Out in the hallway, things take a turn for the crazy. Se-Kyu attacks Joo-Hyeong, which brings him out into the hallway to escape. Only, he’s eventually forced down to the gym after a fairly obvious mutiny breaks out.

In his absence, Se-Kyu begins taking Joo-Hyeong’s things for himself. More importantly though, Yi-Hyun is alive – and at home waiting for Sae-Bom.

                                             - Ishini Navodya-