Newtopia- (Fina) Episodes 7-8
Chaos, Chainsaws, and a Leap of Faith
If you thought Newtopia couldn’t get any more intense, Episode 7 says: “Hold my chainsaw.” This action-packed penultimate episode delivers non-stop thrills, emotional gut punches, and one of the most epic finales we’ve seen yet.
Running for Their Lives... Again
The episode opens mid-panic, with Kwak Gye-young and Oh Soo-jeong fleeing from a zombie horde in the hotel’s ventilation system. They reunite with Kim Young-man and Private Hwang Kyung-sik, but their relief is short-lived—there’s no way out, and the undead are closing in fast.
Hwang opens fire to clear a path, but in the chaos, a bullet grazes Soo-jeong. Meanwhile, Jae-yoon, In-ho, and the chef finally find Aron in the vents, but tensions rise when the chef panics, sprints ahead, and gets bitten. In true Aron fashion, he kicks the transforming chef into a pit. Dark? Yes. Effective? Also yes.
A Clever Diversion & an Unexpected Escape
As another wave of zombies corners the remaining troops, Aron turns hero again. He lures the horde using walkie-talkies—and his drunken scent, which makes him invisible to them. The zombies charge right past him and fall into the pit. It’s a brilliant (and slightly hilarious) moment of strategy-meets-chaos.
Young-joo’s Journey: Dreams, Nightmares & Chainsaw Mayhem
Elsewhere, Young-joo is still battling through a horde of zombies—physically and emotionally. Haunted by hallucinations of Jae-yoon, she collapses in a stairwell. In her dream, she sees Jae-yoon bitten and begging her to end him. She does—with a chainsaw. Brutal.
She wakes up rattled and wanders into a room of survivors. A tender moment follows as she finds an old video of Jae-yoon reassuring her during his military service. It reignites her will to fight and make it to Suseo Station. Chainsaw in hand, she stocks up on supplies (and new pants!) and heads out again like a woman on a mission.
Internal Conflict & a Suspended Elevator Nightmare
Back at the hotel, things go sideways when Hwang Kyung-sik is called out for his reckless shooting. In typical Hwang fashion, he pulls a gun on his teammates—but Soo-jeong is quicker. She shuts him down, hard.
Aron then reveals the existence of a cargo elevator. Jae-yoon volunteers to retrieve it, but the moment they board, it malfunctions and halts mid-air—right in front of a giant window with a horde of zombies just waiting behind it. Cue full-blown panic.
As Jae-yoon desperately tries to fix it, the zombies break through. A bloody battle erupts inside the elevator, ending with the mechanism crashing multiple floors into a toy store. Everyone barely escapes... except Jae-yoon.
Two Survivors, Two Brutal Journeys
At Suseo Station, Young-joo—now fully in survival mode—makes her way onto the train tracks. She’s quickly mistaken for infected and surrounded by a group of armed men who try to kill her. She fights them off with an iron pipe and flees, her chainsaw stolen and her resolve tested yet again.
Meanwhile, the team believes Jae-yoon didn’t survive the elevator crash. But plot twist—he wakes up cushioned by a pile of plushies (yes, really), only to be attacked by a costumed zombie. His padded attacker gives him an idea: disguise himself the same way.
The final shot? Jae-yoon, suited up in a ridiculous stuffed animal costume, hurling himself out the window and walking the streets below, yelling Young-joo’s name. Iconic.
Leaps of Faith, Heart-Stopping Reunions & A Final Warning
The season finale of Newtopia goes all in—emotion, action, sacrifice, and suspense. Episode 8 doesn’t just wrap up the season; it launches it into another gear, with its sights clearly set on a possible Season 2.
Jae-yoon the Human Plushie Returns
We kick off right where Episode 7 left off—Jae-yoon, decked out in a soft toy costume, leaps out of the hotel window and lands (somehow safely) on the street. Looking up, he spots Aron fending off zombies like a one-man demolition squad. Inside, the floor is overrun. The group is cornered behind glass, barely holding back the infected.
Jae-yoon races against time to rescue them, securing an elevator cable to a truck and padding a landing zone with mattresses. One by one, the team ziplines down to safety. But there’s a catch—Sergeant Kim Young-man has been bitten. As his infection spreads, he insists on staying behind, handing over his vest to Aron with his final command: Go.
Young-joo’s Railway Nightmare
Meanwhile, Young-joo is still being hunted by violent men. She hides in a train car, but soon she’s trapped—men on one side, zombies on the other. Her quick thinking saves her: she climbs into the luggage rack, and the men unknowingly run straight into a pack of waiting zombies. Poetic justice? Absolutely.
She escapes and meets a woman dressed as a train attendant who leads her to safety—through a hall of horrors filled with headless bodies. The woman offers food, comfort, and a safe place to rest. Young-joo finally gets to call her mom, a brief but emotional moment of calm in a storm of chaos.
The Team Splinters and a Zombie Rises
Elsewhere, the rest of the team—minus Sergeant Kim—heads toward Suseo Station. But Kim’s not quite gone yet. Now fully turned, he lunges at Hwang Kyung-sik. In a somber callback to their military days, Kyung-sik hesitates, but ultimately puts his comrade down with a bullet to the head.
At a pit stop, Jae-yoon tries calling Young-joo but can’t reach her. Instead, he contacts her mother and learns her location. Fueled by determination, he grabs a bike and races to the station, calling her name as he dodges zombies.
At the same time, the mysterious train attendant helps Young-joo prepare for an escape route. But just as she opens the shutters, she hears his voice. She runs toward it, calling Jae-yoon’s name.
Reunited... And Ambushed
In the most heart-stopping moment of the episode, Young-joo mistakes an approaching zombie for Jae-yoon—until it lunges. But just in time, the real Jae-yoon shows up and takes it down. Their emotional reunion is cut short as a zombie horde arrives, only to be blown away by Jae-yoon’s team.
Before they can leave, Young-joo insists on waiting for the woman who saved her. But In-ho discovers a headless body in a train attendant’s uniform with the same name tag. The truth is too painful to tell. To protect her spirit, they lie—saying the woman escaped earlier.
Hope, Pain, and One Last Boom
The team drives through the city at sunrise, stopping at a bridge over the Han River to breathe. Amid the smoke, Young-joo asks Jae-yoon if they're over. He tells her he would never let her go, even if the world hadn't changed. She responds that this time, she’ll protect him. On-screen, a flash shows: Young-joo has killed 59 zombies. Jae-yoon? Only nine.
And just when you think it’s over—boom. An explosion rips through another bridge. In-ho delivers one last chilling line: “It’s not over yet.”
A Finale That Leaves Us Hungry for More
The final scenes suggest this is far from the end. The city still burns, zombies still roam, and unanswered questions linger. Who was the mysterious woman who helped Young-joo? What caused the outbreak? And what’s waiting at Incheon Port?
While nothing’s confirmed yet, Newtopia’s finale drops every hint that a second season is brewing. And honestly? We need it.
Because after everything we’ve seen, one thing’s clear—this new world isn’t done with our survivors just yet.
DramaZen's Opinion
A Breathtaking Finish That Deserves a Season 2
Episodes 7 and 8 of Newtopia were a wild, emotional, and action-packed ride that completely blew me away. These two final episodes had everything—heart-pounding tension, devastating sacrifices, gut-wrenching reunions, and just the right amount of hope to keep us hanging on.
Episode 7 delivered some of the most intense sequences of the series so far, from Aron’s clever zombie-luring trick to Young-joo battling through hallucinations and chainsawing her way to survival like an absolute boss. And can we talk about Jae-yoon jumping out of a building in a giant plush costume? Iconic.
But Episode 8 took things to another level. The zipline rescue plan? Genius. Sergeant Kim’s heartbreaking farewell? Tears. And that long-awaited reunion between Young-joo and Jae-yoon? Beautiful and brutal at once. The twist about the woman who saved Young-joo? Chilling. And the final explosion over the Han River? A perfect last-minute reminder that nothing is truly safe in this world.
If this is how Newtopia ends (for now), it went out with a bang. But the number of lingering questions and that ominous final scene? We need Season 2. Like, now.
