Forget You Not ending explained: What happens to the father and the daughter

Forget You Not premiered on Netflix on May 26, 2025 and has quickly struck a chord with the audience with its emotional theme. The Netflix show deals with the bond between a father and a daughter who have not been on the best terms for years. Eventually, when the daughter comes to know that her father has dementia, she ends up being his caretaker, a role that redefines their relationship.

Forget You Not talks about a lot of important issues in a heartwarming manner. From showing how Cheng Le-Le never had enough parental love and support in her childhood, to Cheng Kuang-Chi trying his best as a father and yet never being able to do enough, the show talks about how complicated the relationship between a parent and a child can be.

When Cheng Le-Le, as an adult, comes to know that her father Cheng Kuang-Chi has dementia, she realizes that they might not have a lot of time left together. She begins taking care of him. How including her father into her daily schedule gradually changes Le-Le’s life is what Forget You Not talks about.

Let us now explore what happens in Forget You Not and if Le-Le took good care of her father.

The following article contains spoilers.

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Cheng Kuang-Chi dies at the end of Forget You Not

When Le-Le first came to know of her father being diagnosed with dementia, she realized that her customary visits to see him twice or thrice a month would not suffice anymore. Initially she did not believe the diagnosis completely, but it gradually became clear to her that the doctors were right when they said that Cheng Kuang-Chi needed great care as his dementia, which was at a primary stage, could gradually worsen with time.

As Le-Le took the responsibility of caring for her father, she came to know of many thighs that she was not previously aware of — like her father had been in touch with her mother all these years.

Hsiao-Fang, Le-Le’s mother, had left her and her father when Le-Le was young. Naturally, she never received mother’s love while growing up and it was up to her father to make up for both parents. While he did his best, that was not enough for Le-Le and after growing up she gradually drifted apart from her father till the diagnosis of his dementia.

Knowing how her father had tried his best to give her a good childhood, Le-Le feels bad, thinking that perhaps she had not been fair to her dad. This leads to Le-Le doing all that she can to take care of her father. However, as she lost her job, things got difficult to manage in terms of money.

Eventually, Le-Le makes a career out of being a standup comedian and while she does take good care of her father, the old man passes away at the end of Forget You Not. Cheng Kuang-Chi’s death is not exactly shocking because he was old and suffering from dementia, but it does leave an emotional impact because of the journey he took with his daughter in the final days of his life.

Le-Le decides to keep her father alive through her work in Forget You Not

As Le-Le comes to terms with her father’s death, she decides that she will not forget him or let the world forget him as she would keep him alive through her work. She is a standup comedian who appears on stage and talks to a number of people on a daily basis.

When she starts to infuse her father and his conditions in her jokes in a heartwarming and sentimental manner, the audience response is great and that gives her encouragement to continue. This becomes Le-Le’s way of keeping the memory of her father alive among the living, even when he is gone and would never come back.

Forget You Not can be streamed on Netflix.

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