Review: The Romantic and Idol Season 2 Finale

It's been one heck of an interesting second season and finally it came down to this. What happened with the quadrangle that was Minhyuk, Yewon, Jonghun and Jiwon?

After a brief tease at the beginning of all the idols at the airport waiting to go back to Seoul, the show got into the final day.

Before the final selections, each idol could go on a free (as long as agreed upon mutually) date with a person of their choice. Here's the pairings:

Minhyuk and Jiwon (They got paired up first)
Kevin was a no show (He had to go back to Seoul for a "schedule")
G.Na and Eunyoung were paired with N
Jonghun and Yewon

Jonghun and Yewon
Jonghun is up pretty much up at the crack of dawn for his date with Yewon. Of course he would want to spend as much time as he could with her! But Yewon is late. Seriously late. She keeps him waiting for about an hour and a half. When she finally does appear, she asks him if he's been waiting long. And he responds that he's only been waiting for an hour and a half! Whether he was exaggerating or not, we'll never know. But oh my god....how insensitive of Yewon in the first place.

They finally set off on bikes and head into town where they visit a cute little cafe that overlooks the ocean. There they sit down at a little cafe and enjoy the view of the sparkling ocean in front of them. After they enjoy a little drink and some additional primping on Yewon's part, they went outside to take couple photos at a little stone wall overlooking the ocean. Soon after they take off on scooters to a lighthouse. If you've ever seen "Heartstrings"/"You've Fallen For Me" starring Jung Yong Hwa of CNBlue and Park Shin Hye, you'll recognize this is the same lighthouse from episode 1.

The Threesome, G.Na, N and Eunyoung
Since Kevin had to return to Seoul for a performance/appearance, these three were stuck together. Seems like they didn't want to stay home, so they ended up going to a museum to kill some time. Then they sit down at a cafe and start a bit of grilling on Eunyoung's interviewing skills. Cut to Eunyoung's interview with the PD's where she says that if N were not to choose her, if she ever saw him again, she wouldn't acknowledge him. And she would say she wanted Vixx's Ken to come on the show instead.

Minhyuk and Jiwon
Out of all the couples, I must say that Minhyuk and Jiwon looked like they were having a blast together. They went out to what looked like a ranch and spent time horseback riding and talking in the meadows. Jiwon is curious about Minhyuk's feelings and he admits that he told Yewon the night before that his feelings had changed a bit in the past couple of days. Both felt that Yewon was just as confused as Minhyuk was about their feelings. Minhyuk is confident that Yewon will pick him and he feels that he should just go where his heart leads him in the end.

Jiwon is still confused as well. She has a tough decision between N and Minhyuk. One makes her feel like they are just siblings, the other seems more of a grown man to her that she can relate to.

FINAL SELECTION DAY
As the group heads into final selections, tensions are high. It's the moment of truth, that everyone has been waiting for....

First up is...G.Na. (Oo boy...)
As the four men come up to her out of all of them G.Na looks nervous not wanting to look at them. Jonghun looks pensive like he's about to puke.

As the PD's countdown ends, one by one the men leave. But....Jonghun hesitated? And...it's only for a moment as he turns away regretfully. G.Na is stunned. She began to cry silently and says that the show really is cruel.

Next is Eunyoung
As all four men near her you can see the look of surprise on her face when she sees all four. Then the countdown begins. And at the end, as with G.Na, all the men turn to leave. But, sweetie Kevin turns back and gives Eunyoung a hug. Now that's a man!

We're finally left with the two young maidens who most of the men we're vying for.

Yewon is first.
At the end of the countdown Jonghun and Minhyuk are the only ones left. Not surprising. She asks them both what it was about her that they found so interesting. Jonghun is honest and said from the moment her first laid eyes on her, it was only her and no one else. Minhyuk agreed that even though they had their uncomfortable moments, he still felt attracted to her.

As the PD's push Yewon to make a decision, she haltingly walks towards...Minhyuk. Jonghun stands on the side with his face turned away, his jaw set in a hard line. I will never forget that look. It was such a look of hurt, and yet, you could see his pride in tatters in the expression on his face.

As Minhyuk and Yewon embraced, Jonghun walked silently away.

Jiwon is the last one and as two men come up to her she is obviously disappointed not to see Minyuk. And at the end of the countdown....she shakes both of their hands and decides not to choose either N or Kevin. Ouch.

As they all gather back at the bus, all greet Minhyuk and Yewon with cheers and applause. All except for Jonghun who is already sitting on the bus by himself. At least one couple paired up.

My take on this show/season...meh..

It was excruciating to watch. I am an FT Island fan, and it was hard for me to watch Jonghun go through the dating process. Even though I am already taken, I was still caught up in the melodrama of fangirling. I hoped he would find someone he liked. I truly wanted him to be happy. But I hated the fact that he seemed to end up wasting his time on Yewon who didn't return his affections. I also felt he could have been more...understanding and flexible. He didn't really seem to care about other people's feelings at times, and that was hard to watch. I understand that he was just trying to be true to his heart, but sometimes the heart has to remain open.

I felt bad for G.Na and Eunyoung. Both left their hearts out in the open. And both were rejected.

I wished Kevin threw himself into the experience more despite all the little pairings.

And as for the Jonghun/Minhyuk/G.Na/Yewon/Jiwon pentatrangle, what a mess. I was really rooting for Minhyuk and Jiwon because they looked so cute together. They seemed to match personalities. Yewon I just found dang irritating. Who forces someone to do aegyo when they're not comfortable?

Well, at least someone paired up...

Hope you enjoyed reading my reviews! Sorry this one was so late. I had a hard time writing this up. And I was also really sick the past couple of weeks.

With that, I hope you enjoyed the videos on this post. I felt it really suited the theme well. Remember, I don't own them, all rights go to the owners.

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