Reply1994 E12; Miracles

This episode touched on the collapse of the Sampoong Departmental Store, which happened in 1995. Netizens were originally speculating if this incident was going to be covered in Reply 1994 or not, and it turns out that they did~ And it was brilliantly filmed, as it managed to allow the viewers to experience and understand how family and friends, of both the victims and the people who were supposed to be there, felt.
The anxiousness for some, and the others, the sigh of relief.

Of course, I am not a Korean myself, but this disaster (South Korea's largest peacetime disaster in history)
reminded me of the Nicoll Highway collapse which happened in Singapore, 2004. I was only 9, and my memory of it was just that, it was greatly covered in the news, and that it was something scary, and unbelievable.
And I went back to my toys after switching off the television.

This episode had me thinking. It wasn't just a scary moment for the people who were trapped and injured, but for the people they know as well.

That uncertainty, of whether your family members/friends who happened to be there, at that moment, are safe or not.

That moment, when all the pagers started beeping... The director captured the foreboding atmosphere really well.

That scene, of Haitai, Samcheonpo and the SeoTaiji fangirl paging Joon and Jung, and leaving their voice messages...

And the tears of relief, when Najung saw Joon at the traffic light.

Some people say that there is a miracle, and others say that there isn't.
But in the end, at that desperate moment, anyone prays for a miracle
and waits for one.
That's why a miracle should exist.
So that a slight hope, at least, can be given at every desperate moment. A miracle must exist.

Unfortunately, this stroke of luck doesn't apply for all. This is when the notable, exceptional scriptwriting of the Reply series come into play.

But miracles are miracles because they are not common.
Rather than luck that you didn't anticipate, there's much more misfortune that you couldn't even think of in this world.
Life, to live believing in only miracles, is cold and harsh.

 

Another trademark of the Reply series, is how well the various scenes manage to link at the end of each episode. Sometimes, with a shocking revelation. Something that makes the viewers go "Ah! So that's why they added this scene at the beginning!" How everything ties up in the end.. 

In the end, miracles are a matter of probability
Miracles exist only for one person.
For the remaining 9999 people, it's merely nonsense.
Life is, in all and overwhelming probability, cruel.

Anyway, I saw a post on Weibo, discussing the possible candidates for Najung's husband. And I found a point of hers quite interesting: the biggest spoiler, is Najung's character.
But TEAM CHILBONG FTW~

A quote, again, to conclude this post. 

Still, still, we need miracles.
Rather than despair that has zero percent probability, a possibility that could happen once in 100000.
A sliver of possibility is still better.
Only then do we have hope.