The popular K-Drama Behind Your Touch has finally concluded its story with its sixteenth and final episode. So, let’s talk about what happened in today’s episode with a summary of the events that occurred and an explanation of the ending.
The final episode of Behind Your Touch picks up right where the last episode ended with Mr. Park in custody telling Dr. Bong and Detective Jang that he has Ok-hee is in his captivity, and if they don’t let him go she will die.
At the beginning of the final episode, we see Dr. Bong kidnapping Mr. Park at knifepoint in the police station. So, that she can find out where Ok-hee is being held. After Mr. Park, Dr. Bong, and Detective Jang get out of the police station we find out that Dr. Bong and Detective Jang were faking before and both of them just wanted to find Ok-hee.
After they get to the location where Ok-hee is supposed to be, they are ambushed by the gangsters from Seoul. All of them attack Det. Jang at once, injuring him severely. Mr. Park escapes with the gangsters, who also take Dr. Bong and Det. Jang with them.
We find out that Mr. Park and gangsters are working together, but when Mr. Park tries to go his way. The gangster tells him that the deal has been changed and he now has to pay him 30 million won for safe passage to China. In turn, Mr. Park sees the gangster’s whole past through his eyes and also tells him that Dr. Bong has the same power as him.
The gangster then goes to Det. Jang and Dr. Bong and ask them if what Mr. Park said was true. With Det. Jang still injured tries to help Dr. Bong by letting her see a memory of his from the National Police Academy. The gangsters take Det. Jang to a different room and tries to drug Dr. Bong, but she takes the needle and stabs the gangster right back. Turns out that she had seen all the training Det. Jang had from his Police Academy days. While on her way out she touches the gangster’s bum and finds out where all of the gangsters are and where are they Det. Jang.
After getting to Det. Jang, Dr. Bong sees him lying across a slab with a doctor ready to take his organs out. She first neutralizes the doctor and when both Det. Jang and Dr. Bong try to go out they come face to face with all the gangsters and they have to fight for their way out.
After locking all of the gangsters in a shed. Det. Jang coordinates with his colleagues to find Ok-hee, but as his colleagues are going to the location Det. Jang told them about it. They are interrupted by the detective from the Crime Branch. Thankfully, they are rescued by Ok-hee’s friends.
When all of the detectives get to the location Det. Jang told them about it, and they called Dr. Bong and asked for further directions. She tells them that she doesn’t exactly know where Mr. Park is holding Ok-hee because he had closed his eyes before. After hearing this the Teacher who loves Ok-hee tells Dr. Bong to close her eyes and think about all of the sounds in Mr. Park’s memories while he was kidnapping Ok-hee.
Thankfully, Dr. Bong remembers the sound of bells ringing and they find a contraption near where they are standing that is making the same sound. After this with the help of the sound in Mr. Park’s memories. Dr. Bong gives them directions which leads to a ground and after some deduction, the teacher thinks that there might be an underground tank where Mr. Park could have dropped Ok-hee. The teacher turns out to be right and he finds Ok-hee, who is a bit injured but overall healthy.
Next, we see Dr. Bong and Det. Jang trying to come up with a plan to capture Mr. Park, who is currently hiding near the port. Before he goes to the port he checks out some people’s memories to know if the police are chasing after him. After Mr. Park gets to the boat he sees the boat owner’s memories and finds out that he was going to call the police. When Det. Jang and Dr. Bong get to the boat they don’t find anybody, because Mr. Park has already escaped while he runs away he steals somebody’s wallet and takes money from their ATM.
Dr. Bong uses her power on a jaywalker and finds out that Mr. Park is in the bank and as they try to follow him, Mr. Park hides in somebody’s apartment. From there he contacts someone to get him to China. While he’s doing that Det. Jang and Dr. Bong try to find out his location from a few kids playing in the corner. From the kids, she finds out Mr. Park’s location but as they are heading there, Mr. Park sees them coming picks up a knife, and runs.
While Det. Jang and Dr. Bong are chasing Mr. Park, he stabs a random person for Dr. Bong to find. So, that he can send her a message telling her to not follow him if he does he will kill more people. As they are both in his pursuit they find another person lying down. Dr. Bong tries to help the person while Det. Jang runs to get first aid. To, Dr. Bong’s surprise the person lying down was none other than Mr. Park, who kidnaps her.
When Det. Jang catches up to both of them, he captures Mr. Park once again. But Mr. Park says that capturing him won’t matter because he will keep killing people even inside the jail, because they won’t be able to take away his power. After hearing this Dr. Bong pokes Mr. Park in his eyes telling him that she will visit him every week in prison and poke his eyes again.
Next, we see Det. Jang at the bus station leaving for Seoul as he had planned all along. His colleagues are there to say their final goodbyes. As he gets on the bus he tries to look for Dr. Bong who isn’t there. Then we see Dr. Bong rushing to the bus station where she finds out that Det. Jang missed his bus so that he could meet her for one last time.
Both Det. Jang and Dr. Bong sit together at the bus station and discuss what they are going to do in their lives and Det. Jang tells Dr. Bong to come meet him in Seoul. Then we find out that eight months have passed and we see Dr. Bong on a television show being presented as a miracle veterinarian who can talk to dogs.
Then we see Dr. Bong and Ok-hee in Seoul heading somewhere but Dr. Bong suddenly tells Ok-hee to stop and asks her for her lipstick. Turns out that she wanted to meet Det. Jang, and ask him for dinner. As they are eating, Det. Jang is interrupted by his work again and again. Dr. Bong offers to help in his case and he tells her to do that she would have to change into a uniform. Turns out that she has to go to prison and get some important information from a dangerous woman.
Episode 16 – Ending Explained
In the end, we see that Det. Jang and Dr. Bong are continuing their partnership to solve even more cases. We also see that there could be something romantic between them in the future. There is also a line of dialogue that could imply that Behind Your Touch could come back for a second season. With an eight-month time jump, the creators of Behind Your Touch were able to give the main characters of the series a happy ending, and they also left enough breadcrumbs that could lead into Season 2.