Yi-kyung asks if Ji-hyun really remembers her, and Kang, from her 49 days. She says she does, but then adds, "I'm going to die soon." What the?
Lest we think it's her assumption because her memories are intact, we flashback to earlier in the hospital, when the Scheduler appeared in front of Ji-hyun. She recognizes him and asks why he's here, why she can see him, if she's not dead...
As soon as the words come out of her mouth, it dawns on her that something is wrong. Why does she remember her 49 days? Why is he appearing to her?
And in his trademark blunt but sympathetic way, the Scheduler says, "This is your last cruel gift. You can refuse it if you like." She asks, trembling, if this means she's going to die.
He says that he received his last schedule for his remaining time, and the last person on that list... is her. Ooof. I knew his last schedule would come back to bite us in the ass, but this is too cruel.
He tells her that she is to die six days from now, and that this date of her death was determined as she was born. He says that because she experienced the 49 days and even earned her three tears, only to be met with this, the powers that be have given her the gift to remember her time on the other side, if she chooses.
It's crushing to watch this, because it's clearly even upsetting the Scheduler, to have to deliver such news. But he gets through it, and tells her that she can choose not to remember, in which case six days hence, he'll appear to her as if for the first time ever.
He tells her to go ahead and get angry. She shouts through tears, "Get angry at whom?! No matter how unfair it is, no matter how much it tears up my insides, I know it won't change a thing. No matter how much I beg." Heartbreak.
He puts a hand on her shoulder as she cries, and tells her that it's one thing human hands cannot control-life and death. Still, for the love of all that is hopeful, I can't believe she went through all that just to die again. I mean, I know she'll die eventually, but SIX frackin' days? Show, I know you love your circular narratives, but this is just mean.
Back in the present, Yi-kyung asks who would deliver such cruel news to her, asking defensively for Ji-hyun, not realizing that Yi-soo's been her afterlife guide all this time. Ji-hyun just says that such beings exist.
Yi-kyung says what we're all feeling, that it's so unfair for her to have go through all of that, just to end up having to die all over again. But Ji-hyun shows just how much she's matured over her 49 days, and the new perspective that's come with being on the other side:
Ji-hyun: If I hadn't gone on my 49 days' journey, my father's company would be in Kang Min-ho's hands, and I wouldn't be in my right mind from the trauma of being betrayed by my fiancé and friend. It's possible that my fate was to commit suicide from that shock. But because of my 49 days, I was able to receive love from someone like Kang-ie. I was able to love. I was able to guard my father's company. And I was able to look back on the life I had lived. I'm grateful actually, because if I hadn't known anything and died, I would've lived a fake life until death.
Yi-kyung asks why she's pretending not to remember then. She says that she wants to show the people in her life that she lived happily, as the immature, naïve, sweet Ji-hyun. Aw. But then when she saw Yi-kyung, she couldn't hide it from her.
She clasps her unni's hands, and it's so sweet how happy they are to see each other, and sit next to each other in their own bodies. That sounds weird out of context, but you know what I mean.
Yi-kyung reminds her that her family might not know anything, but Kang remembers all of the 49 days, and he asked her to tell him how she feels, and not to leave without a goodbye. Ji-hyun thinks it's no use giving him more heartache, if she's destined to die. She's leaving; he's staying, and knowing isn't going to change that. In fact, it'll make things harder.
