Strong Girl Nam-soon Episode 16 Recap and Review: The famous hit South Korean drama Strong Woman Do Bong-soon (힘쎈여자 도봉순) spin-off series Strong Girl Nam-soon (힘쎈여자 강남순) of the is directed by Kim Jung-Sik and written by Baek Mi-Kyeong. Starring Lee Yoo-mi, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hae-sook, Ong Seong-wu and Byeon Woo-seok in the lead roles, the series will follow a young girl named Nam-soon and her immense strength being used for the good. The series is produced by JTBC and is distributed by Netflix.
The series takes up the story of Bong-soon’s sixth cousin, Kang Nam-soon (Lee Yoo-mi) who has similar strength to her cousin. After getting lost in Magnolia, Nam-soon returns to South Korea to find her family. She successfully finds her mother (Kim Jung-eun) and grandmother (Kim Hae-sook) but little does she know, the trio are in for a big treat.
Lee Yoo-mi made it big after her pivotal role in Squid Game (2021). She was last seen in All of Us Are Dead (2022). Kim Jung-eun’s last ventures are Missing: The Other Side (2020-2023) and DNA Mate (since 2022). Kim Hae-sook’s latest work was Revenant (2023). Speaking of Ong Seong-wu, he was last seen in the movie Starlight Falls (2023) while Byeon Woo-seok’s latest project was Soulmate (2023).
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Strong Girl Nam-soon Episode 16 Recap
Shi-o consumes the drug and has a face-off with Nam-soon. She ultimately injures him. He escapes the moment Hee-sik comes. Hee-sik takes Nam-soon to the hospital, Geum-ju’s people find her and she is also taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, Jun-hee finds Joong-gan absolutely unconscious and rushes to the same hospital as well. All three women are severely harmed but thankfully, they get saved. Hee-sik finds an antidote and saves Nam-soon. Geum-ju recovers quickly and Joong-gan also seems to be doing well.
The next day, the duo prepare to find Shi-o and end his game. Shi-o at his hideout gets a call from Pavel’s leader Nozh and is threatened by him. Since his calls are tapped and Dr. Choi tells Shi-o’s spot, the police go there alone with Nam-soon. Meanwhile, a stranger visits Shi-o and we learn it is Binbin the best friend of Shi-o. Binbin says that to survive he has to kill Shi-o. Shi-o requests him to not betray him as he wants to die with two betrayals only (one by his father and Nam-soon). Binbin hands the gun to him and leaves. The police barge in and witness Shi-o ending his life.
All the people linked with Shi-o are arrested and interrogated. Somehow everything keeps going towards Song Bread and Geum-ju finds it hard to find him as he has escaped to Italy. She wonders who he really is and what he’s going to do with all the money he swindled. Everyone in the strong women’s family return to their normal life. They also learn that the stationary shop owner whom Shi-o met often is his biological father who abandoned him. Seems like he has built him the stationery shop and also bought the land where the orphans were brought up.
Hee-sik proposes marriage to Nam-soon, Joong-gan, and Jun-hee take their relationship to the next step while Geum-ju and Bong-go who are in love with each other remain quiet. Nam-soon receives an award for solving the drug case along with the special unit and is recruited by the police academy. Her first mission successfully wraps up.
Meanwhile, Geum-ju who is on the run to find the real man behind the Pavel group finally gets to see the picture of Nozh, the leader who is none other than Song Bread.
Strong Girl Nam-soon Post Credits Scene
Geum-ju visits Yun-hui, a family member of hers to recruit her son Chung-dong for the next mission which is to abolish Nozh and Pavel. We learn that during the birth of Chung-dong who is a male, had some miracles happen in his chromosomes leading him to get the power of the women in their family. Chung-dong’s face isn’t revealed however this hints that in the next season, we will witness Strong Boy Chung-dong.
Strong Girl Nam-soon Episode 16 Review
I’m absolutely done with this series! Initially, it started off well, had a good plot and good actors. But the more it started to progress towards the end everything felt half-baked and rushed. Shi-o could have been given a chance to change since in the end it is understood he was a good man towards those he wanted to. Not going to justify all the cruel crimes he did but he could have been changed by Nam-soon or simply arrested for a new life. He could have been convinced by his biological father or his best friend Binbin. The villain definitely died in vain.
The romance between Hee-sik and Nam-soon is completely off. Literally, even their kissing scenes didn’t have chemistry and felt forced. I didn’t want to compare but Bong-soon had so much pain in her eyes when her loved ones were in danger while Nam-soon was screaming like a child. I’m super disappointed with the finale because when Shi-o was capable of so many things, making such a strong character die just like that is super dumb. Either they could have kept him alive and ended the series hinting at his return for revenge. However, they made Song Bread stand out.
It was evident that Song Bread was the main villain given the way his identity remained a mystery but Shi-o could have also had a proper ending. Very very disappointed!
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Agree, Great series with the villian captivating the audience, his character and presence was keeping me interested in the series. The way he died was to sudden for a main villian. Disappointed in episode 16, his crimes were dreadful and he needed to be accountable for them , he had gone through so much and we never got to hear the whole life experience of his dreadful past only glimpses. Dissapointed in this episode. I like the series but it’s not the same with him gone. He should have been held accountable and nam soon questioning him as a police officer….
Agree with your review. There was an opportunity to develop Shi-o into a more complex character, but they just gave up and made him a simple villain at the end. Other characters are not realistic enough in general. The show is not nearly as good as the first one about Bong soon.