The Meaning of Sweet Home Season 2's Resolution: How Is THAT Character Returning?
In the second season finale of Sweet Home, unexpected cameos and heartbreaking interactions are shown, while the plot of Hyun-su's story is set up for the third season. Sad deaths, unexpected comebacks, and significant setups for Sweet Home season 3 were all there in the season 2 finale. Three years after its debut, Sweet Home, one of the most watched Korean dramas on Netflix, returned for a second season. It might not have been easy to keep track of all that transpired in Sweet Home season 2 with so many new characters and storylines introduced. That being said, the emotionally charged Sweet Home season 2 episode 8 wraps everything up and hints at Hyun-su's (Song Kang) upcoming adventure.
Eun-hyeok of Sweet Home Is Still Alive
Eun-hyeok, who had most likely died at the end of Sweet Home season 1, returns as a monster as the season comes to a close. Eun-yu never gave up searching for her brother because she thought he might still be alive throughout Sweet Home season 2. Eun-yu even believed that Eun-hyeok was the enigmatic person who kept protecting her and that Eun-hyeok had become a monster. Her brother was alive, even though Eun-yu was only partially correct and that Hyun-su was, all along, her mystery monster savior. Returning to the Green Home in Sweet Home season 2, episode 8, viewers see a rather monsterized Eun-hyeok emerging from the rubble and grinning at the camera.
When the Green Home's surviving occupants momentarily returned to their residence earlier in the season, they spotted Myung-sook, who they all believed had perished in one of the initial monster attacks back in season 1. But Myung-sook was housed in a monster cocoon and eventually came out as a hybrid of some kind between a monster and a human. She was no longer a human, even if she now possessed all the telltale signs of a monster ready to change. Although Eun-hyeok was in a cocoon as well, the same thing happened to her. It's interesting to note that Eun-hyeok's Sweet Home webtoon counterpart experiences a similar metamorphosis.
Ui-myeong of Sweet Home Was Sang-won from the beginning.
The identity of Ui-myeong, who appears in Sweet Home season 2, is one of the biggest revelations of the show. The first season of Sweet Home established that Ui-myeong's body belonged to one of the scientists who were using him for research. It was unclear if Ui-myeong was the name of the doctor whose body he was now inhabiting, or if that was his own name.
Regardless, Ui-myeong now has Sang-wook's (Lee Jin-Uk) body at the start of Sweet Home season 2. After Sang-wook's death at the end of season 1, Ui-myeong used his body whenever he appeared on screen in season 2. The true plot twist, though, is that Yi-kyung's fiancé, Sang-won, is Ui-myeong.
Even though Nam Sang-won did not have a lot of screen time in the first season of Sweet Home, he is an important character. Yi-kyung searched for her fiancé and tried to figure out why he had departed for the most of the first season. Later in the season, it was disclosed that Sang-won had knowledge of the monster curse and had offered to serve as a test subject for the government.
Sang-won, however, was treated like a lab rat by the study team under Dr. Im's direction, which pushed him to steal one of the physicians' bodies and flee. Having spent the entirety of season 1 as Ui-myeong, Sang-won is currently researching ways to transform people into monsters.
What Was Yi-kyung's Experience in Sweet Home?
In the second season finale of Sweet Home, Yi-kyung almost lost consciousness due to smoke inhalation and fainting out after a fire. Yi-kyung had the option to escape, but he declined, and his daughter ended up setting the boat on fire. Because Hyung-su thought Yi-kyung's daughter deserved to say farewell, she took her to see her mother one last time.
But the Kid wasn't just not that keen in getting back in touch with her mother; she also said that Yi-kyung didn't have to pass away. The Child has the ability to transform people into monsters just by touching them, as was revealed earlier in the season. Yi-kyung became a monster after The Kid touched her mother.
The issue is that, in comparison to other characters, Yi-kyung had even less control over her monster nature. Every human who turns into a monster, according to Hyun-su, gets to dwell in their "happy mind palace" while their monster selves take charge. For Yi-kyung, though, such was not the case.
She blamed herself for everything that had happened since the birth of her daughter, and as a result, she was suffering both as a human and a monster. Hyung-su had to kill Yi-kyung since she was in such agony and loathed killing every monster. Yi-kyung's story ended tragically since she was never able to forgive herself or even get back in touch with her daughter.
Where Will Hyun-su Be Heading In Sweet Home Next?
In season two of Sweet Home, Hyun-su did not make many appearances. Hyun-su only makes a proper reappearance in episode 7 after losing a battle with Ui-myeong in episode 3. Since those two episodes were more than a year ago, a lot of information regarding Hyun-su has come to light that the show did not address. It is known that Hyun-su assisted Yi-kyung in raising her daughter, to the extent that the child now has more faith in him than in her mother.
Apart from the Kid's narrative, Hyun-su's current objectives remain ambiguous. Hyun-su's monstrous self assumes control at the conclusion of Sweet Home season 2 and engages Eun-yu in conversation.
It's unclear what Hyun-su meant when he told Eun-yu that he could make things right. It does not appear likely that Hyun-su will battle against humanity given that he turned down Ui-myeong's invitation to recruit other neo-humans, claiming that he did not want to lose sight of his humanity. Nevertheless, Hyun-su has shown compassion for other monsters during the course of the program, emphasizing that they shouldn't be despised or hunted down only for existing. Since Hyun-su and Eun-yu were apart for the majority of the season, Sweet Home season 3 may find their stories to be more intertwined.
In Sweet Home, what is Chief Ji hiding?
With the focus of the second season of Sweet Home being on the relationships and secrets of this new group of survivors, the stadium served as the Green Home's counterpart. Chief Ji was an intriguing man who lived at the stadium and worked with Sergeant Tak to maintain order. But Sergeant Tak and Chief Ji were both concealing important information.
Ji could not prove Tak was a monster, but she suspected him to be one. Ji, on the other side, deceived Seung-wan and left him there to be devoured because she was covertly harboring a monster. Given that he previously attacked Eun-yu, the monster in question is most likely Ji's spouse.
How Season 2 of Sweet Home Sets Up Season 3
Though the second season of Sweet Home debuted three years subsequent to the first, fans didn't have to wait that long for the third season. Sweet Home made a comeback in 2024, as the title card at the conclusion of episode 8 disclosed. There are still a lot of unanswered questions in Sweet Home season 2, which suggests that the show is not over. The majority of them are related to Yi-kyung's daughter, whose abilities remain a huge mystery. Other persons who The Kid has the ability to convert into monsters do not exhibit any symptoms of infection prior to transformation. She has authority over them as well.
Ui-myeong/Sang-won, the primary antagonist of Sweet Home season 3, has managed to apprehend Dr. Lim. Another crucial narrative aspect for season 3 was Hyung-su's future destination. There is still no resolution to the battle in the stadium because Chief Ji and Sargeant Tak are both withholding horrible information from the survivors. Eun-hyeok’s return as a monster is Sweet Home season 2’s biggest sequel hook for season 3, especially because he does not seem to be too friendly now. Eun-yu is still looking for her brother, and she might not be happy with what she finds.
The Real Meaning Of Home Season 2's Ending
The final episode of Sweet Home season 2 was one of the most emotional in the show, and it had a considerable amount of thematic depth. At the core of almost every tragic twist, turn, and death were two key aspects — loss, and (at a metaphorical level) how tragedy can turn loved-ones into people one doesn't recognize. Of these, the first is the most evident. Almost every character lost in the Sweet Home season 2 finale was incredibly important to at least one of the other characters. This meant that the deaths hit incredibly hard, and their emotional impact on those they left behind could be fully examined.
The second aspect of the episode's deeper meaning was more metaphorical. There were several characters either turned into monsters, or revealed to have been monsters all along. Much like the characters who died, these unfortunate transformations seemed to be mainly with those who were loved ones of other characters in the show.
While not every transformation in Sweet Home plays into the same metaphor, in the season 2 finale there was the definite sense that the idea of transformation was being used at a metaphorical level. Since these transformations into monsters came so late in the story, by the point that everyone still alive in the Green Home complex had experienced a considerable amount of trauma, the response wasn't one of shock and surprise as much as it was one of despair.
Because of this, there seemed to be a metaphorical thread running through the entire finale. This idea that tragedy can turn people into monsters (in a metaphorical sense) was compounded by Hyun-su's explanation that the (literal) monsters in Sweet Home all exist in a dreamlike state of happiness in their own mind. It feeds into the idea that, if analyzed from a metaphorical perspective, the transformation of various characters into monsters in the Sweet Home season 2 finale could be seen as an alegory for how trauma can lead people in the real world to become the worst version of themselves if this is an easier option than facing their own troubles.
