The last episode of The Midnight Romance at Hagwon starts with Min-Jin, a colleague, quitting due to an offer from Ms. Woo. The next person they target is Seo Hye-Jin’s teaching assistant. In the meantime, Jun-Ho has a meeting with Ms. Woo’s informant, Lee Myeong-Joon, over drinks and successfully persuades him to support his cause.
However, Mr Yoon ultimately chose to support Ms. Woo instead. They talk about teaming up with Min-Jin and completely bringing down Daechi Chase. While Joon-Ho is seeking clarification from Myeong-Joon about Ms. Woo’s plan, Hye-Jin confides in her friend about her increasing emotions for Jun-Ho. The next day, Hye-Jin’s TA had a meeting with Ms Woo and Mr Yoon. At the same time, Jun-Ho and Hye-Jin talk to Boss about Min-Jin’s decision to resign.
Ms Woo discovers Hye-Jin’s assistant attempting to record their conversation and requests her to cease. She entices her by proposing a scholarship in exchange for bringing Jun-Ho with her. On her way back, the assistant encounters student Ha-Yool, who thanks her and Hye-Jin. The assistant shares information from her discussion with Ms woo with Jun-Ho and Hye-Jin. She admits she felt insulted by her considering she used her poverty to entice her. She feels sad that she almost got won over. Nearly forgetting how Hye jin has helped her. She ultimately chooses to support them.
Jun-Ho encourages Myung-Joon to inform Ms. Woo that Director Choi favored Hye-Jin more than her. Simultaneously, Hye-Jin has a meeting with Director Choi at Choisun academy. Ms Woo hurries to approach Director Choi to address Myung-Joon’s disclosure. Simultaneously, Jun-Ho hurries to Choiseon Korean.
Hye-Jin endeavors to regain her self-respect from Director Choi. She points out to the director Chois that none of her plans had ever been successful. Hye-Jin also mentions that Director Choi’s strategies involving her work, sending student Shi-Woo as a spy, and other tactics were unsuccessful. While the two were in discussion, Ms Woo and Jun-Ho enters the room.
Jun-Ho discloses that Myung-Joon supported him, causing Director Choi to become furious. Hye-Jin and Jun-Ho conspired to create conflict between Director Choi and Ms Woo. The two competitors start quarreling about their differences and hidden truths. In the end, Ms Woo slaps Director Choi, prompting him to continue with more abusive behavior. The two women start fighting publicly, which leads to the end of their careers and provides Hye-Jin with some necessary resolution.
At the same time, the information about the two women has spread widely on the internet. Cheong mi and Seong yu talk about the issue, but then they shift the conversation to focus on themselves. Seong yu is thinking about buying a car so he can regularly drive her places, but she confesses she is not concerned about that. Her question about his thesis causes Seong yu to become confused. Cheong mi then reassures him that she only wants him to pursue what brings him happiness, even if he doesn’t graduate like others. Seong yu is fascinated and openly ponders how he was able to attract a woman like her. They both end up sharing a laugh together.
The entire situation causes Hye-Jin to contemplate her professional path. She comes to the realization that her focus on earning money had prevented her from following her true passion, which was law. She leaves her position as an instructor at Daechi Chase and decides to attend law school. At first, Hye-Jin turned down Joon-Ho’s proposal to live together. Nevertheless, Joon-Ho requests that she carefully consider it.
In the meantime, Choi Seung-Gyu makes the decision to marry Nam Cheong-Mi and informs his mother, Kim Hyo-Im, about his plans. Ms Kim becomes the assistant director of Daechi Chase and asks Boss to make Cheong-Mi the academy’s new face to replace Hye-Jin after investing in the academy. Then, she can give Cheong mi to her son. When Boss tell Hye-Jin about this, she does not have any issues with the situation because she has already planned to leave the academy.
At the conclusion of the episode, Hye-Jin participates in Jun Ho’s exclusive class designed just for her, during which they act out a teacher-student scenario. There, he makes a proposal to her. Despite being surprised, Hye-Jin agrees to his proposal, resulting in a happy ending for the couple.
Finally, it’s ended. Hye Jin and Jun ho managed to turn things around. I will miss their dynamics. They ended up making me an anti teacher student romance endure their story. They worked well together but the second couple, Seong Yu and Cheong mi had better chemistry even though they didn’t have many touchy romantic scenes. I’m glad it all worked out but i wish they had shown us Mr Yoon’s embarrassed face when he realizes he has lost.
My rating: 8.5/10