Wonderland of Love

Bai Li sets out on her desert expedition and stays in touch with her young daughter Bai Jia through frequent calls. She remains connected to family even as the harsh landscape tests her resolve. The calls anchor her to home while she treks deeper into the sands.

Jeong-in brings the real Tae-joo home after he wakes from his coma, reuniting him with the living world. The moment blurs the line between memory and simulation, since Tae-joo's presence feels altered by his days in stasis. Their reunion highlights the fragile boundary between truth and Wonderland.

Hae-ri, the Wonderland manager, fields video calls from her own parents and negotiates a string of cases that reveal the system's impact on real life. One involves a grandmother being exploited by a dead grandson in Wonderland, another about Yong-sik, a dying man whose paternity is questioned. Together they show how Wonderland threads memory, longing, and manipulation into everyday existence.

Bai Li's mother Hwa-ran contemplates ending the Wonderland service and telling her granddaughter that Li has died. The prospect of cutting off the virtual world exposes the family's fear of losing Li forever. Her hesitation frames the human cost of keeping up with a technology that blurs life and death.

After waking, Tae-joo becomes uneasy with the changes in himself and starts leaning on the Wonderland version of his own persona. The shift shows how simulated memories and idealized selves can pull people away from the real relationships around them. This tension threads through the couple's interactions.

Tae-joo is suspected of starting a fire in their apartment building, a charge that deepens Jeong-in's distrust and fuels conflict between the living and their digital echoes. The accusation casts a shadow over their relationship and tests Jeong-in's loyalty. The spark of suspicion accelerates the emotional distance between them.

A suspicious Tae-joo visits Jeong-in at her gate and learns of her Wonderland subscription, then bids her an emotional goodbye. The gate scene marks a formal end to their immediate relationship and shows how Wonderland separates lovers even as it connects others. The moment is charged with farewell rather than reconciliation.

At the airport, Hwa-ran loses track of Jia, triggering the deactivation of Jia's Wonderland service as the search intensifies. The outage complicates the rescue and foreshadows the potential loss of a child to the virtual world. The situation heightens the stakes for all parents relying on Wonderland.

Inside the Wonderland program, Bai Li attempts to leave the simulacrum and help find her daughter but is blocked by roadblocks. She drives through a sandstorm, causing glitches in other simulacra as she pushes toward the central server. Sung-joon ultimately grants her access to the central server.

Hae-ri, having lost her own parents, allows Bai Li to move to the airport network and appeals to Wonderland subscribers to help locate Jia. The collective effort demonstrates the system's power to mobilize many people in the search. It marks a turning point where the community becomes the crucial instrument for rescue.

Tae-joo rescues Jia, and the girl comes to terms with her mother's death. The moment underscores the consequences of relying on Wonderland when real loss intrudes. The girl's bravery and acceptance signal a shift away from the artificial bonds that once comforted them.

Jeong-in explains why she subscribed to Wonderland and then deactivates her service, choosing to face reality with Tae-joo. The reconciliation between the couple signals a move away from virtual presence toward authentic connection. Their decision reasserts the value of living memories over simulated ones.

In the epilogue, Hyeon-soo introduces his mother to the Wonderland version of Yong-sik, suggesting that digital echoes persist beyond the story's events. The final image hints at ongoing, imperfect bonds between the living and the memories created in Wonderland. It leaves the audience pondering what memories survive when the simulation ends.