From TIME · Kayti Burt · · 2m
How Take Charge of My Heart ends
Netflix's Korean romance resolves its love story after a life-threatening crisis forces the couple apart, then back together.
In brief
Netflix's Korean romance resolves its love story after a life-threatening crisis forces the couple apart, then back together. In Take Charge of My Heart's finale, Na Bo-bae and Baek Ho-rang overcome a medical emergency and family sabotage to end up together, with Bo-bae's powers mysteriously gone and her TV drama…
A supernatural romance with a twist
Netflix's Take Charge of My Heart features TV scriptwriter Na Bo-bae, played by Chae Soo-bin, who has electrical currents coursing through her body.She zaps anyone she touches with bare hands, so she has never dated.
The deal that changes everything
Chaebol heir Baek Ho-rang, played by Kim Young-kwang, has an artificial heart that is failing.When he and Bo-bae meet in hospital, doctors discover his heart charges when she is near.
Why Ho-rang is the exception
Bo-bae was struck by lightning as a child and has electrocuted everyone she touched since, until Ho-rang.The series implies their connection is fate.
The tragedy that shaped Ho-rang
Ho-rang's parents died in a car accident when he was a child.The finale reveals his cousin Choi Do-yoon, played by Jung Jae-kwang, lied to them about Ho-rang's condition to get them to rush to hospital.
Do-yoon's desperate sabotage
Do-yoon kidnaps Bo-bae on the night of the TS Group's thirtieth anniversary celebration to stop Ho-rang becoming successor. He spikes Ho-rang's drink, causing his artificial heart to fail. Ho-rang collapses on stage.
A desperate rescue with consequences
Bo-bae escapes using her electric powers and rushes to Ho-rang.She gives him CPR and sends a massive electrical current into his body.His heart restarts but Bo-bae collapses.
Separation and a mysterious change
Heartbroken, Bo-bae flees to her parents' house in Dae-jeon.She discovers her touch no longer shocks people.Her powers have temporarily short-circuited before after large discharges, but always returned.She worries they could return at any time.
Ho-rang wins her back
Ho-rang travels to Dae-jeon to convince Bo-bae they belong together.He wins over her parents by helping with their muscat grape jam business.
Do-yoon's downfall and happy endings
Do-yoon sabotages himself by driving drunk and crashing his car. Ho-rang's grandmother reinstates Ho-rang as chaebol heir. Bo-bae's drama The Bodyguard in My Heart begins filming, directed by her best friend Cho Seo-jeong.
Together at last, powers gone
At the series' ending, Bo-bae's powers have not returned.She and Ho-rang cuddle to watch the first episode of The Bodyguard in My Heart.Ho-rang cries when Bo-bae's name appears on screen.
At a glance
In Take Charge of My Heart's finale, Na Bo-bae and Baek Ho-rang overcome a medical emergency and family sabotage to end up together, with Bo-bae's powers mysteriously gone and her TV drama script finally complete.
