Actors Song Geon-hee and Seo Ji-hye delivered a gut-wrenching tragic romance that struck a nerve, leaving viewers with lingering heartbreak and longing.
On the 26th, the ENA drama wrapped after achieving the network’s second-highest rating ever. In Scarecrow, the two starred as devoted lovers, moving audiences to tears.
Amid the investigation into the Gangseong serial murder case, Gibeom (played by Song Geon-hee) met an unjust death, while Sun-young (played by Seo Ji-hye) fought desperately to clear her boyfriend’s name — a storyline that drew intense attention throughout the run.
Pregnant with Gibeom’s child, Sun-young ultimately gave birth alone. Later, their son Young-beom (also played by Song Geon-hee), a spitting image of his father, appeared and stirred emotions. In the final episode, the tender moment of the couple celebrating Young-beom’s first-birthday party (doljanchi) together was revealed as Tae-joo’s (Park Hae-soo) dream, prompting tears across living rooms.
Right after the finale, online communities and social media exploded with reactions like, "Please reunite in your next project with a happy ending," "Their storyline was so heartbreaking I can’t forget it," and "The definitive blueprint for a gut-wrenching ‘failed love’ arc."
Notably, Song Geon-hee and Seo Ji-hye previously shared a brief blind-date connection in the 2024 drama Chosen Family, making their full-fledged romance in Scarecrow an even hotter topic.