“As You Stood By” Ending Explained

“As You Stood By” has been released on Netflix. Let us recap the finale and explain the ending!

“As You Stood By” episode 8 recap

After Hui-Su disappeared, Eun-Su looks for her with the help of Jin So-Baek. Jin-Young is murdering Hui-su and trying to stage it as a suicide but gets a call from her co-worker about staging and deleting CCTV footage. This forces her to leave the scene when Eun-su and the boss arrive and rescue Hui-Su.

Jin-young’s co-worker is on her tail and she even makes a call and meets with the chief of police trying to affect his investigation into the murder.

Hui-Su is rescued and put into the hospital, she and Eun-su have a discussion about what had happened.

Eun-su ends up getting arrested the next day and Jin-young interrogates her. While that is happening, the officer gets a call from an important person to her and she demands an explanation after getting info on her about her brother and such. She panics and tries to hit Eun-su before her lawyer arrives.

Jin-young rushes to try and explain but gets a call from her mother. She tells her to come because he’s here. Turns out, Jang Kang is here and the mother killed him after he berated her about her dead son and how horrible of a human he is.

Jin-young panics as she arrives and they both decide to dump the body. So-baek’s man is on her tail and Eun-su tells him she wants to end this. Hui-su finds out from So-baek that she left to end it so she turns herself in and confesses to murdering her husband.

Hui-su chases Jin-young with her car and crashes into it exposing them right then and there. Both confess to police and turn themselves in for what happened and Jin-young’s crimes along with her brother’s gets exposed via the media.

So-baek hires the best lawyers to defend both girls’ cases. At the sentencing, both girls speak of domestic violence and how it affected them, both get sentenced differently.

Hui-su’s mother comes and sees her. She explains she finally left home and apologizes. Hui-su also apologizes for turning a blind eye to her mother’s issue. Both cry.

Serving in prison, Eun-su gets the news that her mother had died.

Several years later

hui-su and so-baek come to escort eun-so who has served her sentence and was discharged. While the exact number of years they served was not specified, its implied that hui-su served less than Eun-so but both were released some years later.

The trio ends up moving to Vietnam, working there and having fun together. The last scene shows both girls happy doing what they love doing, having the best time in Vietnam.

“As You Stood By” ending explained- FAQ

Does “As You Stood By” have a happy ending?

Yes, eventually, both jin-young and the mother of jin-pyo get arrested and charged for several crimes. And while Eun-so and Hui-su also get charged, they serve less and leave jail sooner.

How does “As You Stood By” end?

It ends with the trio moving to Vietnam, working there and having fun together. The last scene shows both girls happy doing what they love doing, having the best time in Vietnam.