High Ratings Despite Full Of Clichés: Will “Queen of Tears” Have A Happy Ending Anyway?

On April 28th, tvN’s Saturday-Sunday drama “Queen of Tears” will finally end its long journey. Although the final episode is just around the corner, the drama still creates a buzz that does not cool down.

In the latest episode, Hong Hae-in (played by Kim Ji-won) regained her memory after reading the diary she had written just before the surgery. However, it was then that Baek Hyun-woo (played by Kim Soo-hyun) and Hong Hae-in were facing challenges again, raising viewers’ anxiety. Baek Hyun-woo had a car accident just before he met Hong. This scene has been criticized for being too cliché. Viewers are leaving comments such as “The writer must be Yoon Eun-sung’s fan,” “When are they going to get Queens back?” “Isn’t this the writer’s retiring work?”

Writer Park Ji-eun’s goal was to win the hearts and minds of households in the Seoul metropolitan area, and she did. The ratings averaged 23.9% for households in the Seoul metropolitan area and 21.0% for households nationwide, topping for eight consecutive weeks. By the 14th episode, the drama had an average audience rating of 21.6% based on households nationwide, showing a difference of just 0.1% from tvN’s all-time No. 1 viewer rating by “Crash Landing On You.” As the shocking development continued in the 15th episode, it is expected that “Queens of Tears” final episode will win first place by overcoming “Crash Landing On You.” There is only one episode left. Will Park be able to satisfy her viewers by solving all the plots in the final episode?

From the first to the 12th episode, “Queen of Tears” was loved for showing off its syndrome-like popularity despite its obvious cliché setting, chaebol, Cinderella setting and the deathly disease. Despite the unrealistic storyline, viewers “knowingly” watched it all as writer Park Ji-eun, director of “Bulgasal: Immortal Souls” Jang Young-woo and director Kim Hee-won of “Vincenzo” and “Little Women” worked together in this drama, along with the lineup of skillful actors.

Due to the drama’s flow, there should be no sad ending. In addition, many of Park’s previous works such as “Producer,” “My Love from the Star,” “The Legend of the Blue Sea,” and “Crash Landing on You” all have a happy ending. Keen attention is being paid to the final episode, which will air today (28th).

Source: daum