You’re Beautiful: Episode 2
by javabeans
I have a good feeling about this drama. Everyone is well-cast and the writers do a great job subverting cliches and twisting angsty moments into a punchline. Love that. I enjoyed this episode even more than Episode 1, which was already pretty jam-packed with hilarity.
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EPISODE 2 RECAP
Mi-nyeo wakes up from her dream and finds herself, shockingly, asleep on the floor with the three other guys. Startled and overwhelmed, she tries to get her bearings and figure out what happened. She has no idea how she got back to the house, but her shirt is dirty and her lip has an injury.
Her split lip triggers a memory — she had fallen off the bench and the boys had rushed to break her fall. When she landed on top of one of them, her lips mashed with another set. But she can’t remember which set of lips!
She closes her eyes, trying to convince herself that this is a dream, and starts praying.
Jeremy comes out to scold Mi-nyeo and give her the stinkeye for her drunken behavior. From his disapproving attitude, Mi-nyeo assumes he’s the one she offended, and apologizes. Jeremy instructs her to apologize to the person she offended most: “hyung.”
This means it wasn’t Jeremy, so she approaches Shin-woo next. He’s sitting down for some morning tea and says he was shocked at last night’s unbelievable events. Mi-nyeo again apologizes profusely and begs him to consider her actions as being hit by a rock falling from the sky. (As in, unfortunate and random.)
Hilariously, Jeremy sees her sitting with Shin-woo and yells, “Hey! I told you to go apologize, and you’re just sitting here drinking tea?!” Mi-nyeo answers, “But I am apologizing.”
They set her straight: it was Tae-kyung she violated. With this additional information, we return to the flashback, when she had fallen on top of Tae-kyung, mouth landing on his — but that’s not where the story ends. After she had landed, she had gagged… and vomited… right into his mouth.
(I’m not exaggerating when I say that I had to pause my video and laugh until my sides literally ached. This is exactly what I mean by the Hong sisters spinning cliches in clever ways. The “oops I fell and landed on your lips” is a familiar scenario, and I was sorta going to let it slide… but now it goes from an expected gag to clever twist.)
This also explains everyone’s horror — they’re not reacting in prissy shock because of a mere kiss. It’s an appropriate level of response, I think, to vomiting into someone’s mouth. The two guys advise her to patch things up with Tae-kyung — if he’ll let her, that is.
Tae-kyung wakes up and freaks out to recall last night. We have seen how compulsive and uptight he is, so now he fixates on getting to the shower to wash himself clean of his revulsion. When Mi-nyeo comes by to ask for forgiveness, he’s so agitated that he tells her he can’t talk to her now. Also, “Why would I forgive you?” She answers thoughtfully, “Because you’re a good person.”
Tae-kyung bites out, “When I’ve disliked a person in the past, I kept disliking them, because they kept doing things I disliked. I disliked you from the moment I saw you, and sure enough you did the thing I hate most. It’s clear that you’ll keep doing things I hate and that I’ll keep hating you. So that forgiveness you talk about won’t happen now, or ever.” He yells at her to get out.
But he’s not a complete ogre, because when he heads to the bathroom to wash up, he mutters (a little guiltily) that Mi-nam should’ve listened when he asked for time to shower and calm down. It suggests that he knows he could have handled it better and that Mi-nam didn’t mean to do it.
Mi-nyeo leaves a cup of tea and a fragrant candle on his desk to enjoy later, but in so doing she spills wax on the ground. When she bends to wipe it up, the hot wax makes her recoil. That makes her crash right into his CD rack. The contents of the shelves come crashing down, and she frantically holds up the rack to keep it from also falling, and is stuck holding up the frame. (It’s like one of those Mousetrap chain-reaction games gone awry. LOL.)
Unfortunately, a remote control also falls and sets off the fan, which causes sheet music to flutter down, which land next to the flickering candle…
Mi-nyeo frantically tries to rectify the situation while Tae-kyung showers (topless Jang Geun-seok scene!). She tries reaching for the remote control, but it’s out of her reach. She then tries blowing out the candle, but she’s too far.
She concludes that she must douse the candle and looks around for water. Seeing none, she gets the idea to use her own spit…
(I’m starting to see how she got into so much trouble at the convent.)
Tae-kyung, refreshed from his shower, emerges JUST as she spits at the candle. On the plus side, the candle goes out. On the down side… well, everything else.
Tae-kyung glowers at her (“Did you just spit on my floor?”) and demands to know what she’s doing. When she says she’s here to beg his forgiveness, he growls, “Then should I forgive you using your methods?!” and slams his hand on an empty shelf.
He only hits the case for emphasis, but the sudden movement causes a heavy trophy to fall, hitting her on the head. Tae-kyung didn’t mean to hurt her, and is alarmed as she crumples to the ground. Blood seeps from a wound on her forehead.
The others arrive in the doorway to see Tae-kyung hunched over an unconscious Mi-nam, holding the business end of a heavy award trophy. He’s frozen in guilt and shock. I LOVE how Tae-kyung answers, in this thoroughly incriminating pose, “I didn’t do it.”
(He means he didn’t make the mess, but his stricken expression makes me giggle.)
Mi-nyeo awakens as she is being taken to the hospital in an ambulance, with Hoon-yi sitting by her. Despite her weakened condition, she points out that if she goes to the hospital, they’ll find out she’s a girl.
Good point. They pull over at a neighborhood park and treat her injury with over-the-counter medicine instead. Mi-nyeo does say that Tae-kyung didn’t hit her, but Hoon-yi believes she’s too good-hearted and is merely covering up for him.
Tae-kyung calls and wants to talk to Mi-nam, asking about her injuries. It’s very cute how he plays it off like he’s not worried, and says he just wants to clarify that he didn’t hit her. Mi-nyeo tells him that she’s fine and he doesn’t have to worry, and that she’s being treated in the emergency room.
What she doesn’t know is that he’s actually AT the hospital, looking for her. At the emergency room, a nurse informs him that he can’t use his cell phone here. That stops him short, and he asks Mi-nyeo how she’s on the phone when they aren’t allowed.
Uh-oh. Mi-nyeo fumbles for an explanation as Tae-kyung narrows his eyes in suspicion — just as a truck passes through the neighborhood (Mi-nyeo’s), peddling groceries. Tae-kyung hears the loudspeaker.
A fan-shot video surfaces online, which shows the four A.N.JELL members in the parking lot the night of the party. Jeremy carries an unconscious Tae-kyung (he’d fainted in shock after the vomiting incident), while Shin-woo carries drunk Mi-nam. This leads to online speculation — was there a fight?
Therefore, when Mi-nyeo heads to A.N. Entertainment to discuss things with the manager, a snoopy reporter is lurking in the lobby. He prods for gossip, hinting that there’s bad blood between Mi-nam and Tae-kyung.
Mi-nyeo protests in her sweet way that Tae-kyung didn’t hit her. Tae-kyung arrives at that moment, sizes up the situation, and storms off.
The reporter doesn’t believe Mi-nam’s denial, and puts up a story about the injury to Mi-nam’s face, saying Tae-kyung hit him. Articles continue to appear online that contain few facts but a lot of suggestive speculation about group strife. Fans, led by the fiercely loyal fanclub president Sayuri, jump to the conclusion that Go Mi-nam must be the problem — how dare he endanger Tae-kyung’s image? Everything was fine before Mi-nam arrived.
Sayuri’s a little unhinged (in an entertaining way), and thinks this is a ploy by Mi-nam to garner sympathy for himself. She leads a protest to kick him out of the group.
Jeremy’s an interesting character, because he’s a happy-go-lucky type, but in this circumstance he’s peeved at Mi-nam because his hyung Tae-kyung is suffering. He (half-jokingly) sics his dog at her, which jumps at her playfully and slobbers over her face. (Btw, the dog is named Angelina Jolie.)
Jeremy scolds Mi-nyeo for ruining Tae-kyung’s room. She’s glum from all the drama and because of the bloodthirsty fanbase, and promises to clean up the mess she made.
When she starts to leave, he grabs her because he’s not done talking to her. Being suddenly in close quarters makes her panic, and she runs away. Interestingly, her frantic reaction makes Jeremy uncomfortable. He thinks it’s because it makes him seem like the bad guy (like he was a pervert for grabbing Mi-nam), but I’m also going to suggest that he feels an odd attraction to her that unnerves him.
Shin-woo is more kind, asking how she’s doing and indicating her injury. He reaches for her forehead, and she recoils. Shin-woo says, “If you flinch like that, everyone will catch on.” Mi-nyeo is alarmed, thinking he means that they’ll catch on to her girl identity, but he clarifies that they’ll assume she really was hit by Tae-kyung.
Mi-nyeo heads to Tae-kyung’s room to clean up before he gets back. Among the scattered items, she finds a lot of old CDs and videos of Mo Hwa-ran, a singer famous in the ’90s, and guesses that he must be a fan. When she spots a photo of the singer with a young boy, however, she wonders if Tae-kyung is the boy in the picture.
Of course, this is when Tae-kyung arrives, displeased to see her rooting through his stuff. Fed up, he grabs Mi-nyeo’s arm and drags her downstairs to confront managers Sung-chan and Hoon-yi, who have just arrived. He wants Mi-nam kicked out, or he’ll leave instead — then makes good on that threat by storming out of the house.
Mi-nyeo sits in a funk, telling Hoon-yi that she’s finding it increasingly difficult to endure; she’s all out of energy. Her manager, however, takes the glass-half-full approach: this is a good thing for her. If she grew too friendly with Tae-kyung, she’d be in greater danger of being found out. The benefit of being hated is that he’ll keep his distance, and she’ll be able to last the month.
He points out that Mi-nam has shot to the top of internet search results, reminding her that being famous will help find her mother.
We also introduce actress Choi Ran, a Hong sisters regular, as Mi-nam’s aunt. She brags about being related to Mi-nam, although her friends remind her that she dumped the kids off at the orphanage. The flighty, selfish aunt says that she’s still family — she’s better than the mother who abandoned them, whom they don’t even know. It’s clear that while the twins were a burden as children, now that one is famous, she’s willing to rekindle the relationship in the name of “family love.”
I find it a little curious that Mi-nam and Tae-kyung both have mother-abandonment issues, but I’m going with it for now. Tae-kyung runs into the glamorous woman from Episode 1, and we realize that this is Hwa-ran, his mother. He freezes when they come face to face with each other in the elevator, and he tries to cover up the intensity of his reaction with coldness.
For instance, he calls her “madam” rather than “mother,” saying that he only called her Mother in the past out of childish naivete, thinking biology made someone a parent. He warns her not to act familiar with him — back when he was a kid, she was the famous one and didn’t act like his mother, but now the tables are turned and he’s the famous one. He doesn’t want her causing trouble.
Shin-woo has been remarkably perceptive, and we sense he knows more than he’s letting on. Jeremy, on the other hand, is cheerfully oblivious. He wonders what Shin-woo’s thinking about, and Shin-woo replies that Jeremy should figure it out himself, although he doubts that that’s possible since he’s so dense.
To prove that point, Jeremy brings up how strange Mi-nam is — first, he’s weirdly sensitive and even cried after Tae-kyung left the house. On top of that, he’s too soft and smooth: “It makes me feel bad.” Jeremy sees that Shin-woo doesn’t share his opinion, and comments that he must like Mi-nam. After all, he took care of him the night of the party.
This leads us to a flashback, when Shin-woo had helped Mi-nam out of the party. He’d looked closely at Mi-nyeo’s face, and as he held her, he’d started to sense the truth — that Mi-nyeo is really a girl.
Jeremy: “You must be enjoying hanging around with that girly guy.”
Shin-woo: “I’ll have fun watching for now.”
Jeremy doesn’t get that he means he’s going to enjoy her antics posing as a guy, and shrugs off the comment.
Mi-nyeo is thrown another hurdle when Sung-chan announces that Mi-nam will be making his stage debut at the Asia Music Festival, which is in two weeks. Hoon-yi and the stylist (who’s a good friend of Hoon-yi and knows the truth) both protest, saying Mi-nam isn’t ready yet, but Sung-chan is eager to strike while the iron’s hot.
Mi-nyeo doesn’t think she can do it, but she is thrust into activity — photo shoots, dance rehearsals.
Stylist Wang is impressed with Mi-nyeo’s hard work, but Mi-nyeo confides that she’s looking forward to righting everything when her brother returns. She’s wronging everyone by lying now, so she must endure the hardship that comes with it.
The stylist is sympathetic, and they share a nice dramatic moment — only to cap off the scene with the stylist telling Mi-nyeo that she has gone overboard with the stuffing. OF HER PANTS.
Sung-chan has a webchat with Tae-kyung, who has moved out and is now staying on his own at a hotel. The manager tries to convince Tae-kyung to participate in the Asia Music Festival, and we can tell Tae-kyung’s anger has cooled a little because he grudgingly agrees to consider it.
Sung-chan sends the wrong email, however, and has to rush off to find the right information. He instructs Tae-kyung to sit still and not move. As he leaves, he inadvertently moves his webcam, and a few moments later, it captures a different scene altogether.
Tae-kyung watches as the stylist bursts into the room with Mi-nam. We know that she has found one of Mi-nyeo’s fake balls (literal and figurative) in the dance studio and is frantic to correct the mistake before someone notices, but to Tae-kyung’s eyes this scene takes on a different slant as the stylist whispers that they’ll be private here and fumbles for Mi-nam’s pants.
Tae-kyung does a spit-take — and just then, the light goes out at a crucial moment as the re-stuffing takes place. When the lights come back on, the stylist prods Mi-nyeo’s chest to check that the bindings are tight. There’s not not much to bind in the first place, “But still, you’re a girl.”
Tae-kyung is incredulous: “She was a girl?”
OH MY GOD.
I LOVE THIS. (More on this later.)
Tae-kyung pushes “record” on his laptop to get the last snippet, as Mi-nyeo says with relief, “Thanks to you, nobody will find out I’m a girl.”
Tae-kyung drives to the studio to “confirm something important,” and walks in on rehearsal where the A.N.JELL guys are practicing with the other dancers. Everyone watches curiously as he beelines for Mi-nyeo, and he stares at her intently.
Suddenly, he grabs her in a hug. And feels the truth for himself.
He says incredulously, “Go Mi-nam… you!”
But he doesn’t get to finish that thought. Sung-chan walks in with a reporter, who starts snapping photos happily. Sung-chan is pleased at the sight of the two members seemingly on good terms (and this also suggests to the others that this was a photo op).
Tae-kyung tries to get the manager alone to tell him his important news, but Sung-chan blows him off. So when Tae-kyung insists they have to kick Mi-nam out of the group, it comes out sounding petty and he is waved aside.
Mi-nyeo is just relieved that nothing weird(er) happened with Tae-kyung, and is instructed by her manager to the second-floor bathroom to avoid showering with the other boys. However, they’re unaware that the downstairs shower is broken, and that the boys are headed upstairs.
Jeremy notices, “Mi-nam really doesn’t wash.” Shin-woo knows the real reason why, but since Jeremy is so endearingly thick, he concludes, “Like Tae-kyung hyung said, he must really be dirty!”
Hoon-yi had been guarding the door, but a phone call makes him wander away, so Mi-nyeo freezes to hear their approach. Thankfully she’s done showering, but now she’s stuck in the locker room, and the boys are all getting nekkid! I LOVE the censoring — laugh-out-loud hilarity, folks! — as everyone’s modesty is preserved with animated clouds.
But what’s an innocent almost-nun to do??? As she does in times of stress, Mi-nyeo appeals to the Mother Superior, who appears (in her imagination) to give her some advice. She reminds Mi-nyeo of the cherubs in religious paintings, which have never given her a sense of shame: “Think of them as cherubs appearing as God made them.”
It is hysterical. (I couldn’t stop laughing.)
It does do the trick, though, since Mi-nyeo is able to peacefully walk toward the exit without shame, as she pictures all the boys as angelic babies.
She snaps out of her reverie when Shin-woo covers her eyes with a towel. Smiling, he tells her: “Since you’re done washing, you can leave. If you’re here, I can’t shower.”
She totally misses the meaning behind that, and she rushes out. She sighs in relief, “Great, I wasn’t found out!”
But she gets the response, “You have been found out.”
Tae-kyung stands facing her, arms akimbo. Coming closer, he announces, “I’ve found you out.”
Uh-oh. Mi-nyeo prays, “Mother Superior, what do I do now?”
COMMENTS
I was thinking we’d get another Coffee Prince with conflicted emotions and attractions and ten episodes of anticipation, but Tae-kyung finds out the truth now?? THIS IS FANTASTIC.
The setup to this drama (crossdressing and romantic comedy) means that there are a few predictable elements that must happen, like someone finding out the truth early, and someone being uncomfortably attracted to Mi-nam. However, what makes this drama strong from a narrative perspective is that it swiftly takes us PAST these cliches, so that instead of dragging out the obvious ending for episodes, we address that point right away and move on. That makes me more excited for what’s to come, since there’s more of an element of surprise.
Aside from that, I again have to point out the great casting for all four idols. Jang Geun-seok has a wonderful sneer, and he really commits to it — I feel like this is the most committed I’ve seen him to a role in a long time.
I also love the manager’s overreliance on English phrases. Oh, it’s hella cheesy but that’s why I love it — he thinks it’s cool but it makes him look silly.
I love Jeremy for his dunderheadedness — how oblivious is he? He’s the first one sensing an inkling of attraction because his body takes note of the signs — Mi-nam’s girlish mannerisms, smooth skin, vaguely feminine ambiance — but his brain is a step behind his body, so he’s the last one to know.
And while Tae-kyung is a great character who I’m sure I will end up rooting for, HOW GREAT IS SHIN-WOO? I like him so much. He’s the Rui that Kim Hyun-joong couldn’t quite be. I have in the past suffered from Second Lead Crush Syndrome, where I felt bad for secondary characters who never got the girl despite treating her better than the hero, and I think Shin-woo will continue this trend. But I think of this in a positive light, because the benefit to a strong conflict like this is that the love triangle actually feels tense and engaging.
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201 Artemis
October 12, 2009 at 3:24 AM
Episode 2 was even better than 1 - how great is that? Gotta love the Hong sisters for bringing a lot of LOLs into our lives once again!
And when was the last time a recap had more than 200 comments, Javabeans? Let's hope that the Korean audience love this show as much as the international.
@200 Rovi: Thank you for pointing that out. I knew there was something with the names, because someone over at soompi mentioned it, but didn't explain.
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202 WOW
October 12, 2009 at 4:13 AM
I never knew that JiHoo was autistic!!!! i am in shock! OMG.
He didn't really look autistic to me, so i didn't even know.
I thought he was just stiff and awkward.
I think that Shin Woo is not that great so far, even though he is kinda cute, he does have a trace of awkward acting. But still, i wish him luck! :)
I am so loving Jang Geun Suk.
I was a fan before, now even more.
He really proves that he can act.
I hope that Park Shin Hye gets to act as her girl self, Min-nyeo. She looks pretty with long hair and stuff. But still cute with short hair ^^
I really don't understand how everyone (in the drama) thinks the looks like a guy? i mean HER VOICE?!
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203 to 195 ,to 198
October 12, 2009 at 5:16 AM
to 195 whatever
I cannot English well.
Not knowing English well is not the mistake.
there was not a work which will write KIM HYUN JOONG(=金賢重) in english
I use 金賢重.
金賢重 wrote first in English.
and i am bbf fan than khj
do not cloudy a viewpoint.
Change your narrow mind.
Don’t be sarcastic.
to 198 joanna
Shin Woo - - have Shin Woo excellent actor skill that Shin Woo is better than khj ?
Shin Woo is okay,and khj is okay...
his is my viewpoint.
his is my viewpoint. Shin Woo is not more superior than khj
why get so serious about KHJ?
If someone do not say to khj , i will not say to Shin Woo.
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204 stjimmy
October 12, 2009 at 5:57 AM
I LOVE THE COMPUTER SCENE I WAS TOTALLY ROFLING.
anyway. i think this version there's a cut in the bathroom scene. between the shin woo comes to cover mi-nam's face with the towel, jeremy appears in front of mi-man and that snapped her out of her reverie. Jeremy started talking to her. then when he was done, he took of the towel that he had around his waist and swung it over his shoulders. so now he's completely naked. mi-nam stands in shock. THEN shin woo appears. by then i think shin woo already knows that mi-nam is a boy coz there was this scene he was on the roof and mi-nam, the manager and the stylist was talking about mi-nam being a girl and he overheard.
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205 Trang
October 12, 2009 at 6:41 AM
this drama is fantastic! I've just finished ep 2 and I do, do want more
just love jang geum seuk
never like Park shin hye but her characters in this drama is so interesting and of course hilarious
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206 i discover something in korean site
October 12, 2009 at 6:51 AM
i discover something in korean site
as youguys know the actor who play SHIN-WOO is JUNG YONG WHA.
someone said he is JUNG KYUNG HO's brother.
but he is not a JUNG KYUNG HO's brother.
JUNG YONG WHA have nothing to do with JUNG KYUNG HO.
they are just look similar.
and JUNG YONG WHA is lead vocal of a independent band.
he is singer-songwriter in real life.
and he is lead vocal/ base guitar in his band.
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207 mimim
October 12, 2009 at 7:10 AM
my fave character the President of Fans Club XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!
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208 amy
October 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Just want to comment that when Tae-kyung says "I didn't do it", I think he meant that he didn't hurt her, rather than meaning he didn't make the mass.
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209 favoree
October 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Although late as always, all I can do is thank javabeans for this blog!!!!
I've got a feeling that Hong sisters decided to escalate the stardom of Jang Geun suk to the skyes.Either he gets the girl, being soft inside and hard outside or he will act another prince Chag Hwi- we will cry......That's why I love korean dramas!
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210 le
October 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM
your recaps make me want to check out this drama, even if the cast does not seem that interesting. those are some really feminine looking dudes.
KHJ can't act, hopefully he won't get a KBS Drama Award for acting, but for Popularity. but he did improve a little.
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211 Kgrl
October 12, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Second Lead Crush Syndrome? Is that what we call it? Where do I get immediate treatment from the painful, repeated relapses of SLCS (BOF, QSD, MFL...)??
Holy-A.N.Jell, the entire production is a parody. From the title, to names, to characters, to statues, to music, to everything. Sung Chan totally reminds me of a cross between JYP and Tony An; And boycotting fanatics reminds me of stuff going on now in Kpop (2PM, SNSD...)
Is anyone else loving all the sub-characters? I adore the violent, domineering stylist, the walk-all-over-him manager, the English-spewing-think-he's-really-funny CEO, the die-hard fan president, gosh, I even like Mother Superior (imagination) for being able to bring such enlightenment to MN in times of "crisis." Every, single character seems to be wittingly characterized and protrayed.
Like everyone else I'm loving SW, but I have to say JGS is a much better actor, afterall he is more experienced than JYH. I think JGS nuanced his transitions between a hidden softie and an emo-y OCD well. PSH didn't surprise me with her innocent, cute protrayal, I've seen quite a few of her works and she's good with innocent and sweet. HongKi....is just hilarious - I'm rather glad he went overboard in acting, because his character befits some over-the-top.
I haven't been this pleased with ALL characters of a kdrama since...a long time. lols...
@118: You judge an actress by one report? *sigh* No wonder Korean stars want to commit suicide with fan-mob mentalities like that.
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212 Yina
October 12, 2009 at 4:37 PM
It is kind of strange, I guess, because I was totally in the Rui camp for Meteor Garden and the Japanese HYD (not the Korean version, though, because KHJ was lauhgably inferior to the Chinese and Japanese Ruis, IMO, and Gu Jun-Pyo has got to be one of the most iconic characters in a KDrama ever), but yet I'm not rooting for Shin-Woo, as attractive as the actor portraying him is.
He just seems kind of too smooth and perfect and therefore, a bit boring to me right now. There tends to be only so much I can tolerate in a guy's cruelty toward a girl (for example, I didn't like the Japanese and Chinese Tsukasas at all because I found it appalling how they treated.. their respective Makinos in the very beginning), but JGS, for some reason... I just think he hits the spot.
His character is just to die for. Moody and arrogant, but you can just tell that he is a big softie inside. I'm glad that he is the lead and that he will get the girl -- maybe I'm a sucker for cliches, but isn't it a lot more fun to watch two characters who start off with so many more conflict points like Mi-nyeo and Tae-kyoung instead of two characters who hit it off spendidly from the start like her and Shin-Woo?
Ah, maybe I'm just a sucker for the whole 'love you, hate you, wanna fxxx you, wanna kill you' thing. XDDDD
Hm, and while Mi-nam gets Tae-kyoung and you gals fall all over Shin-Woo, I think I'm going to get cozy with Jeremy over there in the corner....
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213 ............
October 12, 2009 at 5:04 PM
One of the best korean drama ever! I wish to say that, but i'll hold it back until it finish.
anyhow, what i'm very glad is, that at last, they manage to do romantic comedic drama with a character of polite and soft girl as the main cast. and the comedic part about her is her innocent and blurriness. i've always waited this to come since i'm romantic comedy fan, but i hate how the main girl always being over the top.. acting uberly cute or shouting too much.
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214 namja
October 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM
wow i think...this is the 2nd drama in this year that i wont miss to watch, the 1st one is BOF....i have a question....JB in real life are both of them (Jeremy & Tae-Kyoung) come from 1 family...coz their face is same with other...
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215 Faye
October 12, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Okay, this drama, even with only two episodes, has made me obsessed. I love it. Park Shin Hye is really really cute, I almost can't stand her because of it. Shin-woo is gonna be so much fun. There will be some major fangirling for him. Tae-kyung has a sexy voice and he cracks me up. A lot. Jeremy is adorable and way funny (Angelina Jolie. LOL). Sigh, I'm back into my BOF-like high. Ha, YAY.
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216 kdramanewbie
October 12, 2009 at 7:44 PM
This is only my second year watching K-dramas, but I think that You're Beautiful is so far the best K-drama this years. I did like Boys Before Flowers but I didn't see a lot of chemistry between the protagonists. I loved the shower and the mother superior unexpectedly coming out of the locker! HAHA! I had to get some air after the episode was over. I am addicted now and I don't know how I'm going to study for midterms like this!! I hope that Mi Nam ends up with Taekyung (sorry if it's spelled wrong). I feel they have more chemistry than Shi Woo (again sorry). I would be really mad if Mi Nam and Taekyung ended up being half siblings or step siblings.
I'm curious though? Why does the manager (I forgot his name) start crying everytime that Mi Nam does something for the band? Is there a possibility that the real Mi Nam is dead? I'm just curious.
I can't wait for episode three and four. You're Beautiful is like the almonds in my strawberry frozen yogurt! It is wonderful!
Now I should stop ranting on and get back to my Japanese homework!
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217 dreams
October 12, 2009 at 11:25 PM
any one knows where I can listen to the theme ost (full ver), Promise?
thx!
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218 spoiled
October 13, 2009 at 12:20 AM
i'm so obsess with this drama.. i feel like i've been waiting and counting the days for it..
again today i started smiling when i thought about the hilarious scene... ppl probably thought i am crazy........
i hate waiting......but that is what im doing now...
waiting omg... wed is seem so far away..
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219 LunaTic
October 13, 2009 at 12:59 AM
i'm watching both eps and reading the recaps (and crying with laughter). the hero with the sexy voice, the child-like innocent heroine, ahh...Shin Woo :) (i'm rooting for you!), the 'reservoir dogs strut', the emo-sulk...what am i ranting about? you guys are watching it too. love it! love it! love it! now i can stop repeating my BOF :P
thanks JB for the recaps, i'll be back for more, definitely!
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220 JODRAMA
October 13, 2009 at 2:59 AM
i will PROMISE you that i will keep continue watching tis drama and reading your recap...
Keep up a good work,JB....
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221 tika
October 13, 2009 at 3:24 AM
seriously I thought jgs would do bad coz it's a not so challenging drama. but he act so well!! omigosh.. and shin woo is so hottttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i finally watch kdrama again after a long time
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222 tomorrow!!!
October 13, 2009 at 6:21 AM
cant wait for the drama to air tmr XD ytd has never seemed so far away..sigh. meanwhile, i shall rewatch to avoid boredom(:
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223 bumpkin
October 13, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I was hoping you would summarize this drama...Thanks JB! :)
I love, love, love this drama! At first I didn't expect anything as I was just looking for another drama to watch on my soju.
After laughing my head off at 4am in the morning I am now officially hooked!! :D
I love the fact that the drama is witty, unconventional (despite having your usual cliches), and fun. I can't remember how many times I clicked on 'pause' because I was laughing too hard.
My favorite line: "Pig shit tsunami" *makes the point wave*. Hilarious.
Funny scene: JGS choking on water bec of the 'revelation'
I want the next episode already!!!!!! Waah!!!! As for the comparisons, etc., guys, let's just forget about that and enjoy the drama. Good stuff like this doesn't come everyday!
Can't wait for the next epi! :)
Note: I didn't know that the female lead could dance so well! Check out her videos on youtube!
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224 ccricket
October 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Great. Now this post makes me want to watch this dram
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225 Fan
October 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Possibly everyone else here is, like me, hooked onto listening to this for hours already, but if you happen to be dying for the next episode and haven't yet seen the AN Jell mini-concert you absolutely should!
Makes me love the OST more, and actually also shows off Jung's charisma... I think the other two male leads may have more band experience, but Jung's acting skills made him seem (to me) to be the most charming on-stage of the three.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW1cpN5DiuA
And 212 Yina, I'm almost with you 100%... I'm a 2nd lead symptom classic. Rui fan in all versions, and loved Junki's 2nd fiddle role in My Girl, and particularly for BoF I have to admit the "random acts of violence" that the script seemed to indulge in for the lead male character sat ill with me, compared to Rui's moody gentleness.... though all actors were incredibly cute!
Here for the first time I see the 2nd lead's attraction- and it does help the actor is gorgeous- but something about Jung's charisma has me captivated... he's become, in my eyes, dramatic Heathcliff, poetic Byron, who's still as funnily vulnerable as good old Arthur Dent! :) Okay, too much raving, difficult not to be disappointed if we work ourselves up into frothing in the mouth over this- so I'm going to try to keep my expectations moderate and reasonable and just enjoy whatever comes our way in future episodes.
Now if _only_ Wednesdays and Thursdays come twice a week instead of once... is that really _unreasonable_ to ask for??!
;)
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226 daydreamer
October 13, 2009 at 12:19 PM
This is a drama that I watch with my family, it is indeed hilarious and I think we needed a drama like that. I agree with what you've said about the cast, it is indeed perfect and evey actor fits the character they have been casted, I for one loveJeremy he is too adorable.
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227 jayjay
October 13, 2009 at 2:22 PM
just how great is shin woo??? second episode and i'm already falling for him :)
and its so AWESOME that they already figured out that she's a girl
i know other dramas would drag it out, but sometimes i'm like "oh come on! how can you miss that???"
so i'm super excited that it's moving fast. it's more fun now knowing that she's a girl anyways hahah can't wait for the next episodes and your reviews :)
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228 Ashlea
October 13, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Oh my gosh I needed this. I watched it today after finishing MFL and realising that in the last 4 eps it had dragged and this made me sad because I had been really enjoying it. So when I put this on straight after and it had me screaming so loud I had my flatmates talking on fb ^^;;; it felt really good! I cannot WAIT for episode 3
I LOVE that TY found out I really was hoping he would... I prefer it that way... the hana kimi way but it's different again because she knows he knows. I like it, looking forwards to seeing how it pans out. Fortunately I rarely suffer second love syndrome :P I usually like them but feel the pull of the lead enough to get me past it... the only time I really struggled was with HYD...
Anyway whoooo bring on tomorrow <3
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229 linly
October 13, 2009 at 8:26 PM
This seem like a very good funny drama to watch.
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230 Unnursvana
October 14, 2009 at 1:15 AM
the first two episodes of this drama were so hilarious and just epic! the Hong sisters are amazing screenwriters, and the music in this drama are amazing ^^ like when Tae-kyung gets angry there comes this awesome dramatic music and everything.
I couldn't stop laughing throughout the second episode, especially over Hongki's character (who names his dog Angelina Jolie), he is so funny and oblivious and just so adorable and I think that Hongki plays that really well. There are LOT for really great and funny scenes throughout this episode, like Hongki eating that orange, when the eggtruck came, and that showers scene when the nun came out of the locker ^^ priceless.
I haven't been so exited for a drama in a while, I was a huge BBF fan but that did get a little weird sometimes and at the end it was so dragged out... I hope this series won't end up like that, and I hope the rating would get higher for this drama.
I can't wait for the episode who will air today. So exiting
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231 bleuzelle
October 14, 2009 at 8:03 AM
i dont intend to watch this drama, but YOU change my mind......Cant wait! Just reading ur recaps and the pics here i'm already fallen for shin woo. like you, i always sympathize with the underdogs(second male lead) :(
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232 tonia
October 14, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Can't wait for your next recap of this series. Loving this more and more. I'm speculating that HTK's mom is actually his stepmom? Because I have a feeling that she is actually GMN's real mom. May be when HTK said something like a mom is not a mom just because she gave birth to a child, may be he found out that she abandoned her real children. Anyway, that's just my thoughts. Can't wait to watch episodes 3 and 4 with subs of course.
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233 twinky
October 14, 2009 at 2:54 PM
@225
of course Yonghwa has the band feel in him..
he's in C.N.BLUE, a korean indie band which recently debuted in japan..he's the lead singer and guitaris..fyi, he sing in English..sexy voice..
and the band is in the company as FT ISLAND..
though he recently debut, he's been a trainee in the company perhaps since hongki was a trainee back then.. that was 4 years ago?so you know where the charisma is oozing from..
guess both yonghwa and hongki already know each other for a long time..
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234 twinky
October 14, 2009 at 3:03 PM
@232
i somehow feel that TK mom will be the connecting point of TK and GMN..
i also have the feeling that TK mom is only the stepmother and she's GMN real mother..then, that's the twist of the drama start..the mom might left the twins(to avoid scandal,she's famous isn't she?)and married TK's father..(still she keep she and TK relationship a secret)
we can expect the unexpected from this drama..
this drama is like a parody of what really happening in korean entertainment industry..but the writers and PD put it underlying the funny and witty plot..
i totally can relate my fandom of k-pop with this drama..
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235 Fan
October 14, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Off topic, but episode 3 is my favorite so far.... we get a lot more of the duality of the lead guy- half-angel, half-demon .
Okay, I too will eat my own words and go back to being a frothing in the mouth fan over what is a half-absolutely-charismatic, half-idiotic-charm, shaken and definitely stirred up character. Or if you like ol' William,
"in Action, how like an Angel? in apprehension, how like a God?"
(Just watch the last scene from episode 3 and you'll see what I mean... there's reference to both those elements in him ... ;)... someone more insightful than me point out the last frame's similarity to the Sistine chapel's famous ceiling. )
Lots and lots of self parody too... watch for an ad starring his normal self. This episode managed to be terribly clever, yet also wonderfully idiotic at once! Kudos to the Hong sister's amazing script and the director! (E.g., Hong ki's character's 'reinterpretation' of a scene he saw was DOPE! ;) I'm starting to appreciate his character... he has his share of idiosyncrasies! ;) )
My favorite moments? Jung's hands-up 'hug', his dainty brushing off of his shoes after 'kicking' aside clothes, all those funny, cynical, nit-picky, sometimes awkward, sometimes masterfully in charge- e.g. his subway "let's go" scene and the sweet scene that we get a glimpse of in the trailers for episode 4 (since there's no spoiler tag, I'll keep my comments vague, but those of you who've seen it will know what I mean! ;) )
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236
October 14, 2009 at 9:12 PM
despiratly waiting for ep 3 recap........i think i will be fired frm my job lol......can't help but sneak to dramabeans now and then...
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237 emma
October 15, 2009 at 12:32 AM
yes im with you im glad that they arent going to do another coffee prince, drag it on is she a girl is she a boy thing
find out now so when they fall for each other (lalala) itll be even more bangbang! thx JB for the recap!
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238 mai
October 15, 2009 at 11:44 PM
OH YEAH! Taekyung AND Shinwoo knows.. Idk.. In Coffee Prince, without the guy knowing, it was almost sad because he was willing to become gay for her and it was just, Idk.. Heartbreaking..?
ANYWAYS, I'm actually glad Taekyung found out or else I think I would've stopped watching.. -Hmph- ;)
Haha, but yah. Jeremy, oh gosh Jeremy.. Haha, I think out of A.N. Jell.. I love Jeremy the most. Lol, he gets amused easily and he also jumps into crazy conclusions that idk.. Makes him suspiciously weird. Lol, I found it funny how his dog's name was Angelina Jolie.. Oh gosh, I just found that very funny and how he accused himself as a perv. Lol, all Mi Nam did was run off, out of his grasp. Lol. ;D
Haha, but aww.. Shin Woo.. Oh, gosh I think I've fallen for him.. He's so sweet in like a very nice calming way.. The towel thing, was totally "AHH!!~" Lol.
Oh goshers, and I like love it how crazy of a clean freak Taekyung is.. He just can't take it. Haha, its almost cute. ;D Wait it is, although he reacts like a maniac thats about ready to kill.
So far, so good. ;)
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239 glitzyglam
October 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM
back to comment because I've finally started the drama!!
Is it just me or is "Minam's" character overly annoying. GAHH I really cannot stand her. Maybe it's because her character is supposed to be really proper and polite and have that sweet angelic voice... everything about it just bugs me SOOO much. Ugh, I hope my opinion about her character changes SOON because it's really starting to frustrate me!! The other boys/the humor is so worth it though (:
@194 - This is javabean's blog, therefore she does not have to speak objectively. She wrote her recap of it in a completely objective manner.. and she only mentions Jihoo's character in her COMMENTS section. Please understand this; you must remember you are coming to a BLOG to read this.
@234 - the only weird thing about it was when she was watching TV and saw A N JELL on TV she was like, oh he's on TV... I guess he does actually have something in common with me (which is usually something you only say about your REAL children)
unless she was actually saying that about Minam.. which I kind of doubt though because how would she just recognize Minam that quickly? And plus it just makes more sense for it to be Taekkyung
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240 whoa
October 17, 2009 at 1:00 PM
i knew it! i love that you love this drama JB,
i totally have no expectation of the drama, since this year drama trendy drama dissapointed me, (esp, lady castle). im only at ep 2, im holding back from reading your recap (ooh so tempting), so ill just straight read your opinion at the end
somehow you're beautifull totally reminds me of fantasy couple style. with mi nyeo as the crazy girl. both drama got the laid back style, and i have to say, you're beautifull is very well made. i just found out that this is hong sister's work. wow that explain
"He’s the Rui that Kim Hyun-joong couldn’t quite be."
now that is sooo damn true. in that shower scene i cant stop thinking about this too. the second male lead, rui vibe, only much better presented,
jeremy is overexagerating, but funny and adorb as hell! i love the whole character, from the managers, nun, even the crazy president fanclub, they're all hillarious
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241 harlene
October 19, 2009 at 12:31 AM
what i love in this drama is the fast phase, and the goal is not about finding her true identity which is really cool.
:D
thanks java beans for the recaps ;)
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242 biniBningPunkista
October 23, 2009 at 5:00 AM
this is the episode where i realized who Park Shin Hye looked like... its Eun Hye. i'm not trying to compare how they act only how much i noticed that they have HUGE similarities when it comes to some profile if i compare Shin's image from this drama to Hye's Coffee Prince but of course they also have BIG differences like how shorter Shin is and how LARGER her hips are. (did YOU notice that?) I had to comment on that here. Shin has LARGE HIPS. it really bugs me at times, especially when she gets to wear a tight fitting pants for a man. it makes me wonder, if Shin's character was truly a Male... does he actually have to have hips that BIG? ^_^v
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243 kharyl
October 23, 2009 at 7:15 AM
sounds like a really good watch^^
even with just reading this it's made me laugh so much^^
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244 Shin
November 2, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Javabean!!!
U know what!! i'm so in love the way u wrote this article..!!!
I've been suffering for not be able to watch this drama in Youtube,
because of the Online limit i've got,
which I only can use it wisely by reading the drama article u've written in this blog!!
I'm so glad that i've found this blog today!!
I mean it Javebean!! U're my heroine !!
Do u play MSN?? This is mine.. Please add me !!! I'm happy to know u:DD
[email protected]
I'll stop reading today, I've got test to attend tomorrow!! wish me luck ;D!!
Good night Javebean<3
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245 Rachel
November 11, 2009 at 3:14 AM
I realized I absolutely love this drama when Mother Superior walked out of a gym locker.
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246 a
November 15, 2009 at 1:50 AM
thanks for these summaries! you're awesome
note: you did forget about how jeremy stopped her on her way out of the change room. this is what snapped her into reality, shocking her. this leads to the reason shinwoo had to cover her head with the towel.. xD
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247 Jenny
November 29, 2009 at 7:52 AM
Hello,
Love your recaps.
Have watched this series two times now (I'm nearly 32 yo, but still really really liked this drama) and am now reading your recaps, laughing at the scenes and your witty comments regarding them.
Thanks a million,
J.
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248 shin mi rae
December 29, 2009 at 10:13 PM
hi javabeans
what do we have here??? i also almost always fall for the second lead.. the un-noticed hero. the gentle, very sensitive guy who never gets the girl. and at the end of the series, i just want to enter my computer so i can give him a hug because he is so much in pain that i want to comfort him. i never really understand why the heroine pick the first lead.....
i love your referrence to rui. i am a big fan of hanazawa rui, i especially like oguri shun's take on the character. and yeah, i dont like the korean version of rui either.
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249
January 23, 2010 at 3:41 PM
I LOVE the scene where TK is watching on the computer and he thinks the stylist lady and Minam are doing something sexual. I haven't seen a Korean drama where they play out such a "misunderstanding" scene so well and so overtly. It was GREAT! I loved' TK's reaction and it was just HILARIOUS! Even if it immediately became clear that the situation was not what he imagined it was...but ended up being something completely different!!!
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250 April
May 9, 2010 at 2:08 AM
you made a mistake.
minyeo wasn't able to walk calmly out of the shower room. jeremy stopped her popping her imagination which caused her to freeze in the change room.
that was the reason to why shinwoo plopped the towel on her head. he covered the naked bodies for her so she could get out
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