4 Elements: The Water EP 8

Love your reaction your me most of the episode. I can’t believe lada tried to lie so blatantly to her mum but mum wasn’t born yesterday and neither were we. Also you reaction to the lada rose scene hand be c chuckling

The longest GL finale ever starts with both Nam and Lada pensive after her last rejection as Nam has returned to the “Monarch” and Lada is still in the Nan province with her mother, who asks her why she keeps pushing her away if she loves her, then revealing she listened in on Lada talking with Nam. She asks if Lada loves Nam, but she pretends no to. Her mother thinks it’s because of her that Lada can’t live her life the way she wants to, and pleads with her to worry about herself, too. But Lada claims it’s not about her at all, and argues that she’ll be used to hurt Nam, and her hotel by Pat and her father. So she chose not to follow her heart because she wanted to protect her, and she argues that it’s probably best to leave it be and that she’ll soon forget about her, and everything will be over. Later, Lada gets a phone call by Preem, telling her that Nam has resigned, because her father reprimanded her for moping around all day, which offended so much that she quit. Lada quickly returns to Hua Hin and to Nam, who is surprised to see her, but Lada tells her that Preem told her she had resigned, and wants to get her back to work vowing not to let her quit no matter what. We get a flashback of Adisorn telling her daughter she no longer works there, arguing that he knows that Lada rejected her, but claiming she shouldn’t sit around looking miserable. He wants her to fight this rejection, fight for her, but Nam claims she can’t fight anymore. Then, he instructs Preem to tell Lada that Nam had resigned, and he was confident that would get Lada to care. Nam claims she has lost all motivation to do anything, but Lada doesn’t want to ruin her life, whereas Nam thinks if her life was ruined it would be entirely her own fault. She quit because she felt too exhausted, then wants to go, but Lada hold her back claiming that if she doesn’t want anyone to blame Nam’s current state on her, she should return to work, arguing that she’s talented and capable and will soon forget about her. But Nam doesn’t know, and can’t imagine her life without Lada, and rejects Lada’s fears that she would suffer if she loves her, and not caring that she’s her rival’s daughter, and her brother was out for revenge. She argues that doing business means they can never avoid having problems, but at least she would have her beside her if they faced a dead end. Lada wants to know why she has to love her this much, and Nam just hugs her, and claims she should know she loves her the most – then asks her to marry her. She drops down on one knee pulls out the ring she originally got for her birthday, and pleads with her not to turn her down again. Lada calls her Apo gets corrected to Nam as she claims that if she trusts in her and her love, they will finally get through it together, and Nam promises to never let go of her hand. As Nam asks her again to marry her, she finally accepts. And Nam puts the ring on her finger, and they share a tearful, but joyful hug. Nam kisses Lada on her forehead, but Lada claims that’s not the way a bride and groom should kiss, and draws her in for a kiss on the mouth. Later, they are in Nam’s private residence again as it rains outside, and Lada argues it will be difficult to return home in this weather, but Nam just says: “Then don’t”, arguing she never liked the rain when Lada wasn’t around, and states that she misses her so much, which is the same for Lada. They kiss, and start to make out – but Lada is hungry, she claims, and with the kitchen closed, Nam proposes she eats her instead, to which Lada replies what kind of answer she expects to that, but Nam just wants her to be honest, and continue making out and undressing each other, with Lada starting by pulling off Nam’s glasses and tossing them, turning it into a four-minute love scene. Afterwards, it’s the wedding and Nade comes to the hotel to meet Lada in her wedding dress, fawning over her beauty but Lada claims Nade also looks good, and remarks if she dressed up like this every day, she would have gotten a boyfriend long ago. But she argues she only dresses this nicely because of her wedding, and Lada thanks her for helping her because without her she wouldn’t have got to this point. But she claims that Lada is the most beautiful bride she has ever seen, and asks Nam – who joins then at this stage – if she agrees. Shortly thereafter, Adisorn, Fah and her mother also join and confesses they tricked Lada into believing Nam had quit her job. Nam argues that it was his plan, but Adisorn claims he had to do something or the Watin group would have gone out of business. Then, Preem comes in and announces the wedding is about to start, and Lada/Nam walk hand in hand to the venue and pose for photos with lots of guests. Lada wonders why there are so many guests as she had wanted a small ceremony, but Nam admits that Preem told Wadee and Nuch, too – so probably everybody in Hua Hin knows of the ceremony. Wadee and Nuch promptly join them and argue a bit about how to call Lada exactly, before they and Preem also pose for photos, as does Lada’s mother. She thanks Nam for helping with her case, but Nam claims it was nothing because she didn’t do anything wrong. Then, Lada’s mother puts Lady into Nam’s care. Nam is worried because her cousins and Rose haven’t arrived yet, but before them Lada’s brother Wat also arrives to congratulate them. Then, we get the wedding ceremony, and Preem invites Lada and Nam to the stage. Nam thanks everyone for the warm welcome which people could mistake for a concert if there wasn’t a wedding sign posted, and confesses she never thought she would get to this point, arguing her first priority has always been her work, until she found love and this woman who made her realize that work isn’t the only thing in life. And that woman is Chonlada she claims. Lada also claims that she never thought to marry a walking robot like her – but there she is on her wedding day, a day she will never forget, and she promises to care for her, be honest and loyal to her for the rest of her life. The Lada and Nam kiss, then the lights go out, and Din, Lom and Fai start to sing a song, with Rose cheering them on and eventually with Nam singing as well. This all ends in a dance number with most of the attendees joining in. Finally Lada and Nam kiss again. Next, it’s time for the bouquet toss, but the single ladies all get a ribbon the Lada’s bridal bouquet with one of the ribbons actually attached to it. Fai gets Lom to take a ribbon as well – and it’s the one attached to bouquet. Lada gives her the bouquet claiming that Lom and her really wanted her to have it, hoping she will finally find the love she’s been looking for. Later, Rose takes Lada aside, claiming that she sent Din to Nam to tutor her for the wedding night, as they fear Lom as a nerd probably would not know what to do. But Lada thinks her worries are unfounded, Nam isn’t a nerd, and work isn’t the only thing she is good at, she can confirm. 😊Even later, she thanks Wat for attending her wedding, and he argues she invited her person, so how could be not attend. He is happy that she got to marry the person she loves. Lada thinks that there’s something on his mind, but he claims it’s nothing and mentions that he heard she also visited their father. But we move on to the wedding night where Nam and Lada dance and Nam apologizes for not getting their home done in time, bat Lada doesn’t mind, and Lom promises to always make her happy and feel special, but Lada claims having her at her side already accomplishes that. They kiss and after a while join in bed together and undress each other while making love. A week later, Lada wakes up first in a tent and teases Nam, who shocks her, but claims it’s a holiday, so why should she get up early. Lada wants to do some outdoor activities, but Nam has a certain indoor activity in mind which takes precedence. Afterwards, they are arranging seats and tables, and later are dishing out coffee and pies (at the homestay, I presume). Afterwards, they are having drinks and cake themselves, and Lada notices Nam is working, and wonders what it would be like for her to quit working for real. Lada thinks her sweet-talking skills have improved when Lam claims it would be all her all the time on her mind, then, Lom claims she also can stomach eating spicy better, but Lada claims she could hardly hide it when she ate the green chili dip that morning, to which Nam responds by claiming that she meant her, and calls her hot, like that tiny chili, hot and spicy. Lada warns her that other people might hear her, but Nam just asks what would be wrong with that. Lada fakes a massage to grab Nam’s tablet which shows the headline “The downfall of Wachara group. A five-star hotel going bankrupt.” We return to Bangkok and start the epilogue with the Wachara home getting packed up as Lada and Nam arrive and Wat tells them that Par forged her father’s signature to embezzle money and move it abroad and signed the hotel away as collateral, which must now pay for the debts. He and his father only found out about it when the lawsuits arrived. Pat did this out of spite, because his father took his hotel away. And Wat, Nam and Lada rush upstairs to find father has collapsed, having suffered a stroke. The hospital can save his life, but he suffered brain damage and might be permanently paralyzed. Nam tells Lada from Lom that the police already issued an arrest warrant for Pat, but he left the country weeks ago. Lada feels useless, unable to help with the company as her father always feared, but Nam vow to help her in any way possible, and proposes for her join the executive staff at the “Monarch”. Lada thinks she is not experienced enough to do that, and Adisorn would disagree, but Nam claims it was his idea, and she needs support because they are opening up a new branch she has to look after. Nam argues that she could prove all the potential nepotism accusations wrong by doing this, plus, she could be able to help the Wachara Group as well, establishing it anew. Preem welcomes Boss Lada – as she is now called – to the “Monarch”, and she gets a desk in the same room as Nam opposite her. In the following weeks, she dives into work – but still finds time to dive into the pool to look for a child’s bracelet. 😉 Her father, meanwhile, has gone home and is cared for by her mother, who is doing this voluntarily – for how could he leave him alone, she argues. He’s silent, as usual, she claims but thinks he is proud of his daughter’s success in the business. (I call that “wishful thinking”…) Nam needs a bouquet of tulips, but it’s already late and all the shops have closed. Preem promises to order one first thing in the morning, but she needs it that day because it’s their 3-month anniversary. She comes home empty-handed, but Lada has completely forgotten the anniversary, so Nam calls her more workaholic than her. But she whips up some noodles for her. And they tease each other some more about forgetting anniversaries and eating each other. Later, Lada has to skip lunch with Nam in order to deal with guests and Nam calls her a worse workaholic than herself, Later, she tries to make it up to her, but Nam only relents as she takes place in her lap, and showers her with kisses. Later, Nam introduces Mr. Prasobchoke, who is an organizer working with the hotel, to Lada, and he apologizes from not being able to attend their wedding, and congratulates them instead. They talk a little, then Lada is called to tend to some guest who wants to talk to her. The guy who wants to talk to her is Marvin, an artist who once had an exhibition at the Monarch managed by Lada. He is here for inspiration and at the invitation of the owner of the current exhibition and is glad to have met her today. Then, he gives her a drink to cheer with but Lada would rather have some fruit juice, but they don’t have any. As they start to cheer, Nam comes in and claims she has looked for her everywhere, Nam greets Marvin and what to know what they were talking about and get herself invited to the conversation by Marvin. He then announces that he has an exhibition in Bangkok soon and will send her an invitation, but she wants two one for herself, and one for Nam. Marvin will send her two invitations of course, and excuses himself as Nam and Lada keep planning a whole date. They talk a bit about Nam’s jealousy which Lada finds cute. Lada paints a picture of the waves, and to Nam she explains that she likes the sea, it holds so many memories, and it’s where their love began. Nam remarks that the pink tulip and the sunflowers remind her of a daughter and son, and asks her what names she would choose. Nam has names, she would name a boy “Chonlatarn” and a girl “Anada” as she combine both their names. But her favorite name is “Chonlada”, she claims, a stream of water that fills her heart with love, and she thanks her for making her feel real love, Lada thanks her for making her life meaningful. And on a closeup of her painting, which shows sunflowers and pink tulips in front of the oceans, the series ends. ____ This was looooong, and it felt long, as episode 8 not only finished the original story of the novel, but also added a – frankly unnecessary – coda to Lada’s family’s story with an undeserved kind of redemption arc, and added the plots of three of the five special chapters of the novel. Most of what happened in the final hour of the show, I could have lived without, the first 50 minutes were okay with their reconciliation, and proposal and the wedding all happening in quick succession, and I would have preferred to leave it a that. But for the whole series, I’m still giving 8/10 or a “B” in U.S. letter grades – half a point less than for “The Earth” but while I liked the novel “The Water” more than “The Earth” some of the things they did to push the drama further (the whole chef Ian fiasco, or the “mother murdered a man” subplot) didn’t sit so well with me and in the end all fizzled. Now, I heard the screenwriter for “The Earth” has also done “The Air”, so I’m hopeful for this show.