Lies Hidden in My Garden 2023 K Drama Episode 8 (Final Episode)

Jul 12, 2023

The season finale of Episode 8 of Lies Hidden in My Garden starts with a flashback of Joo-ran in Jae-ho’s office. She recalls the time he proposed to her at her sister’s funeral and his promise to protect her for the rest of their lives.

The next day, Joo-ran meets Hae-soo but there is no bruise on her arm. Hae-soo tells Joo-ran how she had witnessed her husband die and the two women learn that they share similar experiences of people dying.

Does Joo-ran betray Sang-eun?

Jae-ho calls her asking if they need any groceries and Joo-ran does not mention the charcoal briquette, betraying Sang-eun’s plan. The next day, Sang-eun arrives at Joo-ran’s house as per their plan to kill Jae-ho.

However, he attacks Sang-eun with a needle and leaves her unconscious. Jae-ho rushes outside to the garden to dig up a grave to bury Sang-eun when she starts to wake up inside the house.

Why does Joo-ran betray Sang-eun?

The episode moves to a flashback from before the moment Seung-jae tells the truth to Joo-ran. Joo-ran tells Jae-ho that Sang-eun had learned the truth about Seung-jae’s involvement in Soo-min’s death. Jae-ho continues to gaslight Joo-ran and tells her that if Sang-eun survives, she will continue to blackmail their family for money.

Instead of taking accountability for killing Soo-min himself, Jae-ho claims that they will have to get rid of Sang-eun in order to truly help Seung-jae move on. The couple decides to kill Sang-eun while Jae-ho gaslights Joo-ran into believing that they were doing all this to help their son.

What does Joo-ran do to help Sang-eun?

While Jae-ho digs up the grave to bury Sang-eun, Joo-ran spots Sang-eun waking up. She hands Sang-eun a scalpel, asking her to pretend to be unconscious until it is the right time. Jae-ho comes back inside to bury Sang-eun but Joo-ran distracts him. She calls him out for lying about the fact that he killed Soo-min and pinned the blame on Seung-jae.

Jae-ho continues to defend his actions and tries to gaslight Joo-ran into doubting herself. In the meantime, Sang-eun tries to free herself but Jae-ho notices her move. He starts beating her up as Sang-eun struggles to fight back. Sang-eun attacks Jae-ho in the face with the scalpel.

Who kills Jae-ho?

Jae-ho attacks Sang-eun, throwing the scalpel away. However, as Jae-ho attacks Sang-eun, Joo-ran slits her wrist and asks Jae-ho to stop everything. He slaps Joo-ran and claims that she would be worth nothing if she were to live alone. Joo-ran stabs him with the scalpel and runs to the top of the stairs.

Jae-ho follows her to the top and the couple fight. Meanwhile, Hae-soo sees Sang-eun struggling from the glass walls of Joo-ran’s house and calls the police, trying to get inside to help her.

At the same time, Jae-ho claims that Young-ran died because Joo-ran was so selfish. He tries to tame her and asks her to be complacent but Joo-ran fights back. Joo-ran pushes Jae-ho off the stairs and he bleeds out of his head, dying instantly.

What happens to Joo-ran?

The cops interrogate the death of Jae-ho and Joo-ran confesses that she killed her husband. She claims that Jae-ho had killed Soo-min while her son, Seung-jae had witnessed the murder. Joo-ran tells the cops that Jae-ho had also killed Yoon-beom.

She adds that Sang-eun was at their house to confront Jae-ho for killing her husband but adds that Jae-ho was trying to kill Sang-eun. The cops counter-interrogate Sang-eun and tell her about Joo-ran’s confession.

What happens to Sang-eun and her baby?

A flashback shows Sang-eun visiting Joo-ran in prison, asking if she was trying to kill her too. She wonders why Joo-ran saved her instead of killing both Jae-ho and her when she had the chance. Joo-ran tells Sang-eun if Sang-eun had not approached her at Yoon-beom’s funeral, she would still be living the lies that Jae-ho was feeding her. Joo-ran asks Sang-eun to live her life to the fullest.

Sang-eun finally gets the money from Yoon-beom’s insurance because his death was ruled as murder. A few years pass by and we see that she has a baby boy and works at a local grocery store. She sends a photo of her baby to her mother who is still in the nursing home.

How does Lies Hidden in My Garden end?

After serving her sentence for killing Jae-ho, Joo-ran is finally free and lives a happy life in her house with a backyard. The show ends with Joo-ran having dinner in the garden with Seung-jae, her mother, and Hae-soo while Sang-eun lives happily with her son.

The Episode Review

This show is really one of a kind but it is leaving me with so many lingering questions. For example, there is nothing about the woman with scratches on her hand who had booked a room in a hotel at the same time that Sang-eun’s mother was admitted to the nursing home.

The timeline of the show is all over the place and it makes the ending very confusing. While Joo-ran could have easily killed Jae-ho all by herself, it was selfish of her to involve Sang-eun in the fiasco.

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