But Young-seo overhears this. Though she pretends she’s fine, Seong-hoon can tell this deeply upsets her. ..
Does Tae-moo get along with Ha-ri’s parents?
Ha-ri’s mother is suspicious of her daughter’s whereabouts last night. When she sees Tae-moo drop her daughter off in the morning, she scolds both of them.
When Ha-ri calms down, she and Tae-moo have lunch together to celebrate Young-seo’s birthday. Tae-moo says he wants to date and marry Ha-ri. Her parents worry about the scandal that would ensue due to their low social status. ..
Tae-moo speaks with Ha-ri’s father privately and asks Tae-moo to protect Ha-ri from the gossip and scandal that she will likely suffer. Tae-moo promises to do everything he can to keep that from happening. ..
Do Ha-ri and Min-woo make amends?
Ha-ri meets Min-woo for tea. He tells her that he regrets ever dating her and that he never plans to date her again. ..
Min-woo has plans to travel the world and asks Ha-ri if they could be friends again after he returns. She says that might take some time, but they shake hands and say goodbye.
Do Young-seo and Seong-hoon break up?
After Chairman Jin demands that Seong-hoon break up with Young-seo, she goes to see her father to try and get him to change his mind. However, she doesn’t want to go along with his wishes and instead hands him her resignation. ..
Later, Seong-hoon cooks a birthday meal for Young-seo. Now that she’s resigned, she wants to start her own company. Seong-hoon wants to invest if he can come up with a proper business plan, and he surprises her with a large sum of money.
Does Chairman Kang have a heart attack?
Tae-moo is at work when he gets a call from someone saying that his grandfather collapsed. The person never hangs up, so Tae-moo overhears the chairman laughing. He is simply scheming to get Tae-moo to come to the hospital.
Ha-ri goes to the hospital instead, hoping the chairman can come to like her if they spend some time together. He orders her out, but she stays to help him get around. ..
Ha-ri is a South Korean woman who has been working as a secretary for Chairman Kang for over two years. Recently, she has started to become more involved in his personal life, and he seems to enjoy her company. However, Ha-ri does not seem to be getting the same level of enjoyment from their interactions. ..
Doctor: “It’s good that your grandfather came in for a checkup. We caught some serious heart issues that we can’t treat in Korea.” ..
Does Tae-moo leave Ha-ri for the United States?
Tae-moo tells Ha-ri he has to take his grandfather to the United States for medical treatment. He asks her to come with him, but she refuses. She thinks there would be too many rumors surrounding such a situation and doesn’t want him to get hurt. ..
The chairman is their most important concern right now. He doesn’t like her, so she thinks she should stay out of the way.
After much deliberation, the two decide that it is not in their best interests to break up. However, they will not be seeing each other for a while as they both have busy schedules. He asks her to wait for him. ..
What happens one year later?
Ha-ri is still working for her food development team. Ms. Yeo and Mr. Gye are now married and competely work opposite each other.
Young-seo has taken the year off to be with Seong-hoon and help him with his business.
Tae-moo has been working at the New York branch for a year, while Chairman Kang still receives treatment. Recently, an article was published claiming a romance between Tae-moo and another woman. Ha-ri video chats with Tae-moo, but he leaves in the middle of the call to take care of work. Later, Ha-ri sees an article about the alleged romance and is upset. ..
How does Business Proposal Season 1 end?
Ha-ri tries to reach him to ask him about the article. She even decides to take her vacation days to go to New York. As she’s about to leave, he arrives in Seoul. He assures her the rumors aren’t true, and they embrace. ..
The chairman told Tae-moo not to come back to the States until he gave her what’s in the box he’s holding. He opens it to reveal a ring, and he proposes to Ha-ri. She accepts, and they kiss.
The Episode Review
The show comes to an anticlimactic conclusion, to say the least.
The lack of context in this timeline makes it difficult to follow the story. I would love to see more development on these characters and their relationships in the future.
The K-drama skipped over the conflict with the chairman and introduced irrelevant conflict in the form of a slanderous article. This resolved almost immediately.
Ha-ri and Tae-moo had a compelling chemistry until the end. Though the final (and finally real) proposal didn’t happen with nearly as much pomp and circumstance as the build-up would indicate, it was still a sweet and satisfying moment. ..
In the end, it’s hard to see these characters go. Even if Business Proposal’s storylines have not always been handled consistently, the cast and characters have always been a strong draw. But with this finale, the series comes to a bittersweet end, giving these protagonists the endings they have earned, if not in the methods that they deserved.
