Secret Garden: Episode 18

376 January 10, 2011January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

I’m glad this show comes with its own shrink. It should be a new requirement in all k-dramas. I mean, if you’re going to start making such sharp turns, it’s only fair that you provide your own medical care for those of us who suffer from the whiplash. I’d like to dedicate this recap to my 21-year old self: If anyone comes by insisting that you loved this drama in the future, run. Run away.

EPISODE 18 RECAP

Joo-won drives off into the Storm of Magical Soul Swapping, breaking my heart into a million little pieces.

Oska paces back and forth at home, the box of coveted goodies giving him enough pause to think that something’s up. He gets a strange anxious feeling he can’t shake off, and when Joo-won doesn’t pick up his phone, it finally dawns on him that he might just be that crazy…

Meanwhile Jong-soo is yelling at the hospital attendants for letting a coma patient disappear. Yeah, it’s not the soundest of plot points, is it? Oska runs in, yelling at them to check the CCTV, but he already knows where Ra-im is. He tells Jong-soo that Joo-won’s gone too, and he’s pretty sure they’re headed towards the nearest rainfall, to swap bodies.

He’s called the cops on the way over, and they report that they’ve found them. Oska rushes over as they’re unloaded at the nearest hospital, and has them transported to the original hospital in Seoul. What’s with all the trucking back and forth of coma patients? Anyway, they’re both unconscious, and Oska calls Ji-hyun to do what she can.

Each family waits by their bedsides, Joo-won’s mother in hysterics and Oska and Jong-soo keeping watch, waiting for any indication of a swap. Finally, Joo-won wakes up, and Oska stands over him, calling his name.

But it isn’t Joo-won; it’s Ra-Him, waking up in Joo-won’s body. When Oska keeps calling her “Joo-won,” she touches her face and realizes that she’s been swapped. Shaking, she asks what happened, and if it rained in Seoul.

Crying, Oska says, “What about my little brother?” Oof. Heartbreaking.

He tells her that it didn’t rain; Joo-won took her into the rain on purpose, to switch their bodies. She cries, “No, no it can’t be. It can’t be. It can’t be!”

She cries uncontrollably, just as Mom and Ji-hyun run in. She cries, “Where is Kim Joo-won? Where is he?” as Mom and Ji-hyun try to make sense of what’s going on, and Oska cries.

She gets up and runs into Joo-wonda’s room, where Jong-soo jumps up, asking who she is. He realizes that it’s Ra-Him, and hugs her. Ra-Him cries, saying that Joo-won swapped them, ready to die to save her. She looks at her body lying there, and cries for Joo-won, not knowing what to do.

Mom chases her in there, freaking out about her precious son being hugged by riffraff, and orders her henchmen (since when does she have henchmen?) to take Ra-Him away. Jong-soo tries to stop her, shouting that this isn’t Kim Joo-won, but Ra-Him calls her “Mom” and says that she’ll go. She tells Jong-soo that she can handle it, and leaves with Joo-won’s mom.

Back at Joo-won’s house, Ra-Him gets a clean bill of health from the family doctor, and she manages to send Mom away, but not without a dig at “that girl,” of course. She parks a whole army of henchmen at Joo-won’s door, ordering them to keep him away from the hospital, knowing that he’s bound to try and go back to see Ra-im.

Inside, Ra-Him gets up to rush back to the hospital, but Oska stops her. She cries, “I have to go to him. He’s waiting for me.” Oska: “I get that your damn love is grand and all that, but you have to wait.” Ha. It’s both funny and heartbreaking, because he knows it’s not her fault, and yet he’s so frustrated with Joo-won, and still grieving over his crazy actions, driven by such a grandiose love. Because to him, it just means he’s lost his little brother.

He asks her to wait a day, so that Mom doesn’t freak out, and she apologizes that she didn’t think of it that way. Oska goes back to the hospital, and stands by Joo-wonda’s bedside.

Oska: You crazy. How could you? How, how could you do such a thing, you crazy fool? Is this woman the only thing that matters to you? Is your family nothing? You throw a pair of shoes at me…is that it? It’s going to rain eventually. So what am I supposed to do, lock up Ra-im every time it rains? Is that what you want? I can’t. I don’t care how much you hate me. I can’t protect your love. Even if you cry and shout and go crazy, I’m going to live seeing my little brother that way!

This kills me. It was the most heartbreaking part of the last episode for me as well, when Joo-won spent the night with his hyung, knowing what he was about to do. Their relationship is the most heart-rending for me because it keeps Joo-won’s grand mythic gesture tethered to reality and the tragic consequences of his actions.

Despite Oska’s warnings, Ra-Him heads out anyway, unable to leave Joo-wonda alone. She handily beats the guards who try to stop her, but then gets stopped by the housekeeper who brings her the mail. In the stack is the letter that Joo-won wrote.

With the Magic Veil of Un-switchiness, Ra-im sits in Joo-won’s car, and cries as she reads the letter:

Joo-won: Now I think that this magic spell we’re under is a gift from the gods. So, just like a person who’s received a surprise gift, smile with happiness. If you laugh with your heart, I’ll hear it. Because I’m a much more powerful person than you think. Shave my face nicely, and dress me in the clothes that I like. If we could be together even in that way… then that’s enough — let’s think of it as being together. That’s enough for us to consider ourselves as happy as other lovers.

She holds the letter to her heart as she cries. The veil comes back as Ra-Him drives back to the hospital.

She runs in to find Jong-soo still sitting there, outside Joo-wonda’s room. She asks why he’s still here, and he answers that Joo-won might be scared all alone, and that if someone were outside waiting for him, he might return. Aw, is everybody trying to break my heart all at once?

Ra-Him’s eyes fill with tears at the gesture, and she bows before going inside. The veil returns, as Ra-im comes into the room.

She cries as she tells Joo-won that it must be their fate, that one of them has to disappear into bubbles. She says that she’ll be the one to do it. (What, are we really going to do this, Show? If we keep going back and forth on the See-Saw of Love Sacrifice, I’m getting the hell off this ride.)

She says that as soon as the Little Mermaid fell in love with the prince, her fate was sealed. But he’s supposed to be the Little Mermaid, remember? Now all of a sudden, everyone’s clamoring to be the friggin’ mermaid.

She says that she’s going to make everything right again when it rains, and begs him to stay in his rightful place once they switch.

At home Oska drinks as he thinks back to how strange Joo-won was the other night, laughing at his stories. He realizes now that it was his last goodbye. Seul sits with him, trying to help, but confused since Oska isn’t really explaining things to her so that she’ll understand.

He says that he’s always lost to Joo-won because he was the hyung and the adult. But he wonders how much of a hyung and an adult you have to be, to die in someone’s place.

As Ra-Him sleeps holding Joo-wonda’s hand, her father appears in magical dreamland and watches them together with a heavy heart. And then, through some magical maneuvering on his part, Ra-im and Joo-won start to hear each other in their dreams, as they imagine meeting each other in a field, at a lavish table set for two.

In dreamworld, they sit across from each other and smile, and then they wait for the one who invited them…Ra-im’s father. He shows up and holds up a new bottle of flower liquor, saying that this wine is the beginning and the end of the magic.

As he pours a glass for each of them, he tells Joo-won to forget him now, and his promise, since he’s fulfilled it beyond the call of duty. He tells Ra-im to be loved, and that as much as she has kept her head bowed, to now live the rest of her days being loved. He tells them that the magic is over now, and to consider it like a handshake between people who’ve just met; the real magic begins now. Blech. Sorry, I choked on the cheese.

Listen Show, this benevolent magic from daddy dearest is really taking all the air out of my tires. I thought it was fine when his choice to do the spell was driven by selfish motivations to save his daughter, but now, if his intention was to put everything back anyway, it just drips of plot contrivance. Why couldn’t he have stayed a flawed, selfish father with some hoodoo up his sleeve? What’s wrong with that?

Daddy disappears, and as Joo-won and Ra-im drink the magic wine, it starts to rain rose petals, just like in Ah-young’s dream.

And then, just like that, they wake up…in their own bodies. Yep, Just. Like. That. RA&*%^$! Goddamnit. Now I’m pissed off about the last episode and a half. All that angst, and this is the resolution? So lame.

They each wake up to discover that they’re in their own bodies, and as they get out of bed, the camera pulls back to show their floors covered in rose petals. Ra-im wakes up in the hospital the same, relieved to be back, and runs out to find Joo-won.

But Joo-won seems a little more than confused, even by his own face. Oska comes in, thinking that it’s still Ra-im in there, and Joo-won calls him hyung and asks why they both look like this. He asks where this is, and why he’s not at the hospital…and if his friends made it out of the fire okay…

Oska looks at him in shock, as he realizes that Joo-won came back all right, but as his 21-year old self, right after his big accident.

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Dude, somebody send Daddy back to Hogwarts. Your magic is all screwy!

Oska asks Ji-hyun to meet with Joo-won, and she comes back to report that Joo-won is okay, but is probably suffering from shock. He’s regained his memories from the accident, but in exchange has lost all his memories since. He also can’t remember the fireman who rescued him.

She says that he’s taking it all pretty well, and is happy to find out that he’s the president of LOEL (over his hyung, neener) and he’s excited to wake up an adult. Haha. Despite the rampant whatthefuckery of bringing in the mother of all exasperating tropes (that would be AMNESIA), it is kind of hilarious to meet the 21-year old Joo-won. He praises his own taste as he looks around his house, and Oska confirms that Joo-won is now 34, while he’s 36. Joo-won: “You look it. But me…” Ha.

He catches up with the basics, and also fills us in on his past with Ji-hyun, as he says that she dumped him three months ago. She corrects him: that would be thirteen years and three months ago. He’s surprised that they’re still friends, but she says it’s because she’s so good-natured. Heh.

Meanwhile, Ra-im rushes over, and starts crying at the sight of Joo-won back in his own body. She rushes over and hugs him, calling him a jerk for pulling that stunt, and that she was scared she’d never see him again.

Joo-won just stares at her, wondering who she is. He has a vague memory of seeing her at the hospital, and Oska thinks that maybe his memory is coming back after all. Ra-im looks at him in shock, and Oska tells her that he’ll explain, but that Joo-won is 21 right now.

He asks who Gil Ra-im is, asking if it’s someone he knows. It was the first thought he had when he woke up, but he doesn’t know why. Ra-im starts to cry, and he looks curiously at her, “Are you…Gil Ra-im? You?”

She nods and Oska and Ji-hyun leave, thinking that maybe Ra-im will be the best trigger for his memory. He looks her up and down, asking her how old she is, and what she does for a living, shocked that he knew a stuntwoman, of all things. He asks what they were to each other.

Ra-im: “You loved me. And I loved you.” Joo-won reels at that, not believing it for a second. He wonders if there’s perhaps another Gil Ra-im. She says there probably is, but she’s the one that Kim Joo-won loved.

He accepts it for now and says that he’s got to clear some things up, so to leave her number and go. Ra-im: “You were a jerk even when you were young, huh?” Pwahahaha! Hilarity.

He’s like, what the…but she just smiles at him. She tells him to check his cell phone for her number, where he’ll also find pictures of her. Ra-im: “Now, no matter what you do, I like you. Now, no matter what you do, I can forgive you. For the sole reason…that you’re alive.”

He puts on his sparkly tracksuit (Amazing…that’s the thing you pull out of your closet when all of the clothes are new to you?) and goes for a walk. Ra-im appears next to him, walking alongside him like she used to, and he wonders to himself why he’s thinking of her.

Ra-im is back at the hospital, and Ah-young yells at her for giving her the scare of her life, as the girls have a happy reunion. Joo-won shows up and tells Ah-young to send in the man out in the hall. She goes out to find Secretary Kim, who wheels in a cart with a grand lunch by candlelight. Ra-im laughs and so does Secretary Kim, who notes with a smirk that the stuff Joo-won does is exactly the same. They have a good laugh over it and Joo-won gets pissy, asking if they’re friends. Ha.

She does the same thing she did the first time he set a lavish table for her, and puts the candles out. He can’t believe that he ever liked someone like her, and asks the typical Kim-Joo-won questions, like who her father is and what family she’s from. She just tells him that he does know her father, but doesn’t say anything beyond that.

She surprises him by calling out the fact that he can’t stop thinking about her, and that it’s the reason why he’s here. Ra-im: “Do you want to know why? Because you love me.” She tells him that he followed her around like crazy and that he’ll be back tomorrow, so she gives him an excuse to come. She tells him that eventually he’ll tell her that she’s strange and curious to him, and he just covers his ears and walks out, not wanting to hear it. Heh. I sort of like the idea of her dating the 21-year old version of Joo-won. Can he just stay this way, and not get his memory back?

I love the way she looks at him, like you’ll see just how crazy in love with me you’re going to be, kid.

Ra-im returns to the action school where she’s greeted with confetti and party hats. Jong-soo hugs her, which is right when Joo-won walks in, telling them to separate. Joo-won: “Were you a two-timer? Were you two-timing me?” Heh. He pompously tells everyone to leave the room, and Ra-im tells the guys she’ll explain later, and takes him upstairs. He looks at them agape, “Do I know you guys too?”

She can tell that his memory hasn’t returned, but when she makes a move to kick him in the shin, he involuntarily moves back in step. He looks at her accusingly, asking why his leg just did that: did she used to hit him? She looks up at him slyly, not denying it. Ra-im: “Your body remembers me.” Rawr.

She calls him Kim Ddol-choo, her nickname for him (basically short for Loser Tracksuit), and he realizes that she’s making fun of his outfit. He laughs, saying that this is no ordinary tracksuit…and he unzips it and shows her the label. HA.

Ra-im swoops in for a hug, thanking him for coming by like this. She sighs, “I guess I’m going to end up loving the 21-year old you too.” He’s taken aback at first, but then can’t help himself, and totally melts into her hug. OMG, 34-year old Joo-won drove me batty, but I frickin’ love the 21-year old version. So cute.

He leans his head in and puts his hands around her, saying sweetly, “Will you?” I love how awkward he is.

Ra-im then goes to see Joo-won’s mother, and stands up to her for the first time. She tells her that they won’t break up, for whatever reason, because they’ve been to death’s door and back, and now every second of their lives is precious. She refuses to back down, and tells Mother matter-of-factly that she isn’t scared of her anymore.

And then, with a big breath, she blurts out, “Please give me your son! I’ll take responsibility for him and make him happy.” Pwahaha. Love it. What a great reversal for her to ask for Joo-won’s hand.

Joo-won sends Secretary Kim over to Ra-im’s to fetch her over to his house (which they also laugh at). She walks in and he tells her to move into the house (whoa, movin’ fast there, little buddy) so that he can figure out why he liked her so much.

She just laughs, telling him that it’s not the first time he’s said those words. She tells him that he’s done a lot to try and convince her, to move in, to share a bed, to shower together…

He perks up at that, smiling that they must be closer than he thought. He moves closer to her, “So, were we close enough to kiss? Like this…?”

He gets up and leans over her, going in for the kill.

COMMENTS

Hahaha. It’s kinda wrong if you think about it, but I totally want 21-year old Joo-won to go for it! He’s so much more adorable and less weighed down by darkness than his older self. I kind of want them to stay this way, and for him to never get his memory back. Would that be so bad?

At least Ra-im finally stood up to Mom, though it sure did take her long enough. I just can’t believe that of ALL the possible mystical and life-threatening barriers that they get past, she is the one that’s still standing. I mean, what? I find it odd that we still have two episodes left, but she’s really the only obstacle left, and she’s just harping on the same old stuff. Yawn.

I really hated the resolution to the life-sacrificing-body-swapping mess of a plot, which sucked all the dramatic weight out of that storyline. And I yelled obscenities when the amnesia followed suit, like Show was trying to kill me or something. But then the result of the amnesia was surprisingly light and funny and cute, so that was really this episode’s saving grace. I definitely have a bit of emotional whiplash from the melodrama-turned-makjang-turned-comedy, but at this point I’m not really that surprised. This show jerks me around so much it’s sadistic.

Just when I thought that the drama had finally validated itself and found a reason for the body swap, AND the mystical veil (I know!), it totally did a 180 and shot itself in the proverbial foot. That rose-petal magic dreamland hoodoo crap made me wanna barf all over the pure white snow. But lo and behold, barely post-pubescent Joo-won appeared out of nowhere and saved me from driving a spork through my heart.

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1 Alex

January 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM

When JW remember RI after being amnesia, I immediately remember The movie "50 first dates" hehe, falling in love all over again...yee ha!

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Haru

January 10, 2011 at 12:13 PM

LMAO I know right xD
Though that movie was cute :3

GF~ If JW goes broody in the last 2 episodes I will be the one driving a spork through my heart ;A;
I mean FFS~~ that certainly was not the best solution to the friggin life-sacrificing-body-swap :| But it was definitely saved by the cute & adorkable 21 year old Joo-won <3333333333333

Thank you very much for the recap *hands over a box of cookies*

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chong

January 11, 2011 at 2:17 AM

i'll drive the spork too

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2 Ace

January 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM

Yes!!! Thanks GF! Been waiting for 12hrs for this..

- I'm so charmed by the young Joo-won. Still arrogant, conceited, & neurotic…no wonder Ra-im's also falling again for the 21-yr old, expensive, hand-stitched, sequined Italian tracksuit owner (I guess he also forgot that he prefers the French lace-patterned tracksuit nowadays).

When Joo-won said to Ra-im, "I’ve seen you, at the hospital" does that mean he saw her 13 years ago?

- So touched by Jong-soo when he stayed at the hospital so Joo-wonda wouldn’t feel lonely.
- Oska is absolutely wonderful as Joo-won’s hyung

- cheers to Ra-im's Dad for ending the soul-swap…

- and to Ra-im for finally standing up to Joo-won's mom.

[I know it's stupid but just had to wonder how Ra-im paid for the taxi fare after she woke up from the hospital?!?!...and did they let Ha Ji-won walk in the snow in a hospital gown? Hope she wore really good thermal underwear. ;0 ]

Anyway, bring on the cute please for the last two episodes!

Just want to share some fan-made MVs for Hyun Bin's 그남자 and Sung Si Kyung's 너는 나의 봄이다:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjsd0MLZyLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SkiqF0SF4&feature=related

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jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Wae?Why do I click on these things at work?
(Specifically the HB one!)
I have tears blurring my vision as I type here!!

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Letsallplaythefool

January 10, 2011 at 3:45 PM

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time”. ... Good old Abe Lincoln is proven wrong on this one.

Fooled to our heart’s content and even grudgingly despise the thought its about to end.

Ah, foolhardy me loving this SG spell never mind that I’ve been hold hostage too (albeit willingly) to the lead’s cute-tity.

Thanks for the really great fucking ------ recap.

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Lee

January 10, 2011 at 3:50 PM

you can pay when you get to your door if you really need too and The snow walking Ra Im was imaginary, but I give Ha Ji Won props for doing that scene.

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kappy

January 11, 2011 at 2:23 AM

Ace! Your bracketed thoughts were mine, too. (Taxi fare? and...good thermal underwear, let's hope.) Heck, your other thoughts were mine, too, come to think of it. Thanks for the links (though quick-draw-McGraw SBS yanked the first one already). Am so looking forward to the next two episodes, but with bittersweet anticipation 'cause that will mean the end. Sob.

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Ace

January 11, 2011 at 8:25 AM

ahahaha! kappy! I missed you! so we're still on the same wavelength huh? ;)

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SG-addict

January 11, 2011 at 12:39 PM

Am so looking forward to the next two episodes, but with bittersweet anticipation ’cause that will mean the end. Sob.

For the first time in 9 weeks, I'm dreading the arrival of Sat and Sun. :(

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3 Memei

January 10, 2011 at 10:13 AM

For some reason, I thought both 17 an 18 are a little cramped. It felt like the coma and amnesia thing should have been played out longer, three episodes won't hurt. They spent too much time in developing the loveline (not that i didn't love their bickering) and cramped the amnesia and coma in two episodes only.

But, whatever Memei, I still love Secret Garden. Going gaga over it.

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berdecinismo

January 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM

Thanks for pointing that out.
I agree that the story at this point seems a bit rushed/cramped.

And, who doesn't want a couple more epis. with 21-yr-old JW.

:-)

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maeumi

January 10, 2011 at 4:47 PM

My exact thought. The continuity and the editing were messy for the last two episodes. the pace and the tone are uneven and not as smooth as the previous episodes. Lame solutions to crisis are not helpful as well. It's like they're trying too hard to come out with new material.

From the bottom of my heart, I love the drama still but I am not as excited as before honestly. It's unfortunate really as I usually would be dying for the last two episodes. I am just praying for a decent ending so that SG would not be a total what-could-have-been forever for me.

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chocolat

January 10, 2011 at 10:54 PM

I read someone's comment @ another blog:
“Sometimes I think that maybe, SG is originally meant for 16 episodes that’s why it’s been so draggy halfway through the episodes.”

Had to agree. But then the writer crams 6 episodes-worth of story in two episodes, which only makes me wonder why she drives the story this way. It reminds me of Ra im driving Joo won’s convertible a short distance (and really fast, too), stopping abruptly then going for the finish line at breakneck speed again. Much as I hate weepy melodramatic scenes, she could have fleshed out the conflicts presented in Ep 17 more. Argh.

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4 izzie

January 10, 2011 at 10:13 AM

This show is a Frankenstein! :(
Still like to watch it but did it really have to go thru a zigzag?

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grateful1

January 10, 2011 at 10:24 AM

Yes, I'm suffering from whiplash from watching Show go from rom-com to tearjerker makjang, and back to rom-com again so quickly. But I think I figured out what was behind the mood swings -- Show must have been on her period! Think about it-- the sobbing, the raging, the feeling like the world is coming to an end-- no wonder Show was acting like a total Drama Queen!

I can just hear Show singing: It's my pity party, and I'll make you cry if I want to.... act like a makjang if I want to..... even give him amnesia just as she's coming out of her coma(!) if I want to..... you would cry too, if it happened to you.....

Anyway, I'm glad Show's back to her playful self.

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izzie

January 10, 2011 at 10:48 AM

Apparently, the show as a whole, has been playful. :( to our expense. But still like it. The show is sadistic and we're masochistic. :(

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qpank

January 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Show must have been on her period!
what a comment O cant help myself laughing out loud .People in next room think I ve gone bonker came to find out what happened to me ....hahahah
Zabardust!!!!!!!!!!!

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izzie

January 10, 2011 at 11:41 AM

Lol! :D PMS! (post-makjang syndrome...)

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chatzilola~

January 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM

XD lol, yes~~

Mawiie

January 10, 2011 at 7:39 PM

Nahhh I bet that the writter got body-swapted with the one who writes all the daily makjangs ;) And by the end of the episode it must have rained in Seoul

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izzie

January 11, 2011 at 7:47 AM

And by the end of the episode it must have rained in Seoul

and drenched the laptop of the writer so she had to re-write the episode again - in a hurry - because the next day is filming day? :)

Jemrie

January 15, 2011 at 11:23 PM

That was hilarious! I think you hit it spot on! LOL

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5 Raitei

January 10, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Yay! It's finally here! Thanks for the recap. I actually haven't read it yet, but I'll surely do after watching ep 17, which I'm currently doing.. :D

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6 olivia

January 10, 2011 at 10:17 AM

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! & YES!!!!!

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7 tweetpandora

January 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM

Yay finally thank you chicas much much appreciated!!

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8 vannie

January 10, 2011 at 10:23 AM

thanks!
when i saw this without subs i thought JW is gonna do a go jun pyo on us with that memory loss thing!
oh no just 2 more ep!

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AmbieH

January 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM

me too! I was all "dammit! no BOFs!" lol but this version is much easier to swallow~

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lovenyc52

January 10, 2011 at 10:44 AM

haha i TOTALLY thought of BOF too!! and thought that Ra Im was going to be the one initiating all the re-enactments of scenarios. but i like it's JooWon 'courting' her like his 21 year old self would to try to figure her out.

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ilikehim

January 10, 2011 at 12:30 PM

Yea, i was seriously worried that they would pull a Gu Joon Pyo on us. But thank goodness they took the comical and the-i-dont-remember-our-past-but-21-yr-old-me-still-falls-for-you-again approach.

Who else have the SLIGHTEST SUSPICION that Joo-won feign Amnesia (or already regain memories of Ra-Im but continue act ignorant) to get Ra-Im to move in with him..? Sorry for doubting, but Joo-won IS a sly one.

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Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 3:21 PM

Oh, yeah, there is that possibility too. But I'd rather he isn't feigning it. Can't really explain why though.

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ilikehim

January 10, 2011 at 5:02 PM

I guess it IS more romantic that he isnt feigning it but cant help falling in love with her again..like it was inevitable, destined love?

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Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM

Oh, yeah, definitely in that sense

jiaxin

January 10, 2011 at 5:35 PM

OMG! that would be soo good lol but then im not sure if they could make it last 2 more episodes
lol

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sobohomom2

January 10, 2011 at 6:19 PM

I sort of thought that in the last scene, when he started to make the moved on RI that JW seemed more like his old self--but that could just be a quirk in HB's acting. JW does have motivation to fake his condition since he and RI broke up before her accident, so if it is a charade it may be to make her really open up to him again.

But, I also thought that if JW really is supposed to be psychologically 21, he may just be taking advantage of RI, since what 21 year-old man wouldn't want to smooch and hug such a beautiful woman? Who knows what he's really feeling--21 year-old men are very fickle.

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hoi

January 10, 2011 at 10:20 PM

yes i agree...
he's that kind of person. he's taking advantage of RI,
if he's feigning amnesia, will RI feigning amnesia too after JW back to his old self? take turns to feign amnesia, hahhah...

ps. the letter JW wrote to RI,,,o o o o so touching, i have to praise Kim Eun SOo, she's such a wordsmith in some kind...

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Lik

January 11, 2011 at 1:12 AM

Hi! I also think that Joo-won could have been faking the amnesia---- somewhat similar to what Soo-Hyuk (Lee Dong Gun) did in Lovers in Paris, as LIP and SG have the same writer.

Yes, I also agree that maybe Joo-won wants to have some happy days with Ra-im, since she's been crying too much with him prior to the accident

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Jemrie

January 15, 2011 at 11:29 PM

Was wondering myself after that last scene, I wouldn't put it past the show to do that although I don't really understand what his motive would be. This show seems to go in any direction it feels like regardless of logic so I'm thinking it's possible. Wonder how they are going to resolve this in two episodes and give this show a sense of satisfying completion. Kind of worried about that.

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twylah

January 10, 2011 at 3:50 PM

true. somehow, this is the amnesia trope that was easier to swallow. wasn't even that much bothered about it: all because it brought us 21 year old jo woon! so adorable!

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9 Sumi

January 10, 2011 at 10:24 AM

I admit the plot has been more than a little topsy turvy but I can't even hate the crack-attack Secret Garden has become because of HJW and HB. They're so golden in playing their respective roles, playing each other and in HB's case playing a younger version of himself that SG's already labeled itself as one of my favorite dramas. Damn. I feel cheated...then I watch the scene with the lunch and then I cackle with glee.

*Le sigh* I'm too soft for this nonsense.

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Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 5:44 PM

*Le sigh* me too.

I'm mad the Show becuz I can't even hate her now.

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10 myweithisway

January 10, 2011 at 10:25 AM

This is the ending???

ARGGGHHHHH Not cool, drama, not cool.

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jo

January 10, 2011 at 10:27 AM

ugh. no. two more episodes to go.

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11 Balletgoddess

January 10, 2011 at 10:25 AM

OMG when Osaka realize that Joo-won went back to the age of 21 the first thing that popped in my head was Hana Yori Dango Returns!! Anyway, I liked this episode. At I first I was like "oh oh where are we going with the 'Noble Idiot Syndrome'" but then cause this is a fantasy drama it somehow turned out a-okay and now we are back to the comedy! I must say I love the 21 year old Joo-won, he's even more blunt and funnier ^_^

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Leslie

January 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM

I thought about hana yori dango too!

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Minnetter

January 10, 2011 at 4:17 PM

ok I love Oska, I always knew it but now it's for sure^^ He's just like the best big brother ever! <3
Also 21 year old Joo Won is hilarious, he's practically the same but less weighed down with the darkness of what happened and since he remembers what happened in the elevator for the most part, he may not feel as traumatized because he can begin to exorcise his demons^^

I watched this episode raw last night and I am quite surprised that I understood a lot of what they were saying and if I didn't quite get the finer points I understood the gist of it! I'm happy my self-taught korean is improving^^ But I love reading the recaps so that I can see if what I understood is basically what happened^^ yay!

thanks GF for this recap though I don't quite agree with not liking it's crazy twists and turns because I rather they did it in two episodes and got rid of the melo so we could have some more fun with them before saying goodbye!

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Mounty

March 11, 2014 at 6:59 AM

I loved the 21 year old JW too!! He's very cute! But the only thing is, that it will probably take another at least 10 more episodes for Ra-im to constantly hang around him like he did to Ra-im before he lost his memory. But we only have 2 eps to go, so the best way is to probably go for some kind of object or person that switches his brain on. But I really hope there's no deus ex machina involved...

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12 kristin

January 10, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Man oh man. I know in my HEAD that this show has been jerking me around, and that the swap plot point was wrapped up lazily, but I admit I cried my heart out when I watched 17 (more than once...) and 18. I love the Ra Im that openly loves Joo Won. She's so funny and warm, so much better than meek Ra Im. And young Joo Won is just plain old funny - his immature antics are so much more likeable when he's got wide-eyed youth on top of it. Despite its flaws, I LOVE love this show, and I'm so sad it's almost over. And PS. Hyun Bin pretty much broke my heart about 10 times in the last two episodes. Fantastic.

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kristin

January 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM

And PPS. I was so concerned when the amnesia reared its head, it would be the ugly, mean, crying kind (a la Boys Over Flowers) so how refreshing is it that it's the adorable, I-may-not-remember-you-but-history-repeats-itself kind? I can get behind this kind of amnesia any day.

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13 izzie

January 10, 2011 at 10:27 AM

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Dude, somebody send Daddy back to Hogwarts. Your magic is all screwy!

That's what happens when they drink only half the effin' cup. :( screwy magic.

The dream part was the downhill part. Can't they think of a better way if unswitching the two? Not that I hate the 21-mind thing, but I just wish they used a better vehicle to get there.

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marypeg

January 10, 2011 at 11:16 PM

Lol. That was the funniest line of the recap. Man I was totally hating the middle part of the episode... I thought my eyes were going to get stuck roofed up in my head, especially when amnesia happened...but that turned our to be actually great. I dreaded that we might have a BOF asshole scenario, but I love 21 year old joo won! So cute!

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MEK

January 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM

you guys make me laugh so hard...sometimes the comments are better than the recap...hahahahahahaha

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14 stars4u

January 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM

This show..
It drives me crazy but I still love it no matter how crazy and absurd it gets!!!

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15 A Simple Thing

January 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM

I'm so psyched about this ending - I like the fact that although it's like it was at the beginning, with JW doing the chasing, RI is now reciprocating the feelings, instead of constantly chasing him away.
Though the bit with the leg automatically jerking away?
And the return of the Sparkly Suit that Never Dies?

I'm so ridiculously happy right now! And it makes up for all the times we wanted RI to just admit she liked JW and revel in it...

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16 anotherfan

January 10, 2011 at 10:28 AM

And with the amnesia part, I must say that I keep thinking back to BOF - not because they are similar in tone (which they aren't) but b/c in kdrama world - they both have the really rich boy storyline -- mean mean jerk and falls way over for a common girl. The psycho controlling mom and amnesia to top it off!

I agree with GF. At least with amnesia here, it's the cute fun kind... not the really annoying kind as I've seen in many dramas.

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17 Ladymoonstone143

January 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Thanks Girlfriday for an awesome recap.

I was crying most of ep 17 and part of 18...and when the AMNESIA happened I was like...whoa..the writer even squeeze that element...lol

BUT...I love the 21 year old Jo woon...I mean, there role will be reverse because it will be Raim who will be after him and showing her love.

I know the crying will be over and I will just enjoy the fun of eps 19 and 20 next week because I know it will be back to the element that I fall inlove with on the first place.... the bantering and the sweet scenes of the lead characters. I hope more kissing too...lol

I wish Hyun Bin is single. Him and Ha Ji Won will make a great pair..so much chemistry...:))

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Ace

January 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM

"I wish Hyun Bin is single. Him and Ha Ji Won will make a great pair..so much chemistry…:))"

hahaha...you don't know how many times I've asked myself since last week (it's because of SG OST Part.5, Hyun Bin's "That Man") when he and SHK would break up. ㅋㅋㅋ

HJW vs SHK --- so who's the best Hwang Jin-i? ;)

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jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 11:18 AM

If wishes were real, and I had one, I certainly would NOT send HB to HJW, but to ME ME ME ME.

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Ladymoonstone143

January 10, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Hmmm..I will still go for HJW...that girl is so versatile. Be it action, drama, rom-com..you name it...she is the girl...:)

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Vaidhi

January 10, 2011 at 12:21 PM

Ha Ji Won.... she nails Hwang Ji-i....as she does Ra-im

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snow

January 10, 2011 at 5:42 PM

ha ji won wins hands down! no contest whatsoever.

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kooriyuki

January 10, 2011 at 7:54 PM

if HB keeps changing a girlfriend after working with someone new, then it's not so good, no? ;)

and I agree with Jomo! :p

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ghaylet

January 10, 2011 at 10:41 PM

"if HB keeps changing a girlfriend after working with someone new, then it’s not so good, no?"

very true.. and I certainly wouldn't want another Jen-Brad-Angelina debacle.

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mskmouse

January 11, 2011 at 8:12 AM

didn't his gf song hye kyo date her co-actors too? ;p

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bathala

January 11, 2011 at 1:35 AM

Hmmm. Hyun Bin's real life GF is a hottie. 'Nuff said.

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18 AmbieH

January 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM

"WHAT. THE. FUCK. Dude, somebody send Daddy back to Hogwarts. Your magic is all screwy!" the best!! lol

on to another fangirl note did anyone notice all the JYJ pics in the last epi lol....

Im glad Ra Im is finally standing up... but I have to say that unfortunately the mother character is someone Ive met... some bitches stay bitches....

i love this damn show!

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vannie

January 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM

jyj..i noticed that too! i like the scene where ha jiwon is leaving the dept store after seeing JW but lol next thing i see is yoochun! its supposed to be a sad scene but i cant help but smile for quite a while

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Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 3:24 PM

And I thought I was the only one who laughed at that lol

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goldenflower

January 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM

haha, I thought it was intentional. Product placement! Micky Yoochun!

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AmbieH

January 10, 2011 at 4:10 PM

i had to stop and play jyj for a second lol... it was like find jyj and big bang episode lol

kappy

January 11, 2011 at 2:34 AM

I noticed the JYJ pic too. That made me go and listen to my favorite SKKS song (For you it's separation...).

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19 izzie

January 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM

That tracksuit... I thought it was just one of the effects of his traumatic experience that he wears those crazy outfits. But that taste *sigh* he was born with it, after all! :(

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20 iidrama.com

January 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM

It is good show. Thanks for the recap. thanks that this good show. At least 18 was not like esp 17, crying my hearts out in that one.

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21 Jinjoo

January 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM

does this mean this drama isn't really that great based from your comment/s? i nver watched it (yet) so i'm contemplating now.

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mia

January 10, 2011 at 6:52 PM

u should watch it and experience the craziness! it's not so famous for nothing... it is a gem of all gems!

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22 tracy

January 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM

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23 soysauce

January 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM

DANG JB & GF are soooo fast! I love you both! I'm commenting before reading this. GAAAHHH, the snow came at the right time. Now I have time to watch this and let it sink in. :D

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24 lovenyc52

January 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM

yay~!!!!! thanks for the awesome recap GF :)

was totally dying after the end of ep 17 and tried to watch ep 18 raw only to get to the dual dream sequence and get totally lost cuz i had no idea what was going on.

i agree that the way they resolved the body switch is total bullshit.... but i am absolutely LOVING 21 year-old JooWon and the return of ballsy Ra Im. And I love that he (or rather, his body/subconscious) remembers parts of Ra Im. His reflex when she was about to kick him was awesome... and sooo glad that Ra Im FINALLY stood up to the witch mom.

I hope the last 2 eps are just fun romcom and brings it back to the hilarity and antics that made me fall in love with the drama in the first place...

Death to Makjang SG~!!

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25 xiaoSxin

January 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM

from watching ep 17.. and then.. 18.. I feel like this drama gave me a slap in the face. 17 has such good potential. It has laid down so many good setup for 18. but then no. I got a very hard whiplash watching ep 18.

I'm still watching it bec.. what the heck.. 2 more eps?? let's cont it til the end.

Plus Hyun Bin's song makes me swoon. Not because he is a good singer. it's a decent song and his voice is raw. I love it bec it's him singing it. ^^

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26 aceyyy

January 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM

14 hours of refreshing paid off!! thank youuuuu

WORD at the emotional whiplash.... i loved the cute at the end but i didn't know if i was allowed to have the cute... after 1.5 episodes of EXTREME ANGST T___T

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27 xObiO7

January 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM

i loved it! when i read the transcap yesterday after reading ep 17 recap, i loved it. i loved it more reading gf recap it. i hated how easily the switch was over and hated more that out of all the usual kdrama tropes, amnesia came out as a result of the sacrifice. but i get it. gil daddy said he'll forget it and live anew. i get it because it's easy for me to see the reasons behind why these parents did the things they did. even if it's in drama form. so i took it in and strapped myself down for the last three eps.

this one was awesome!^^ two eps left!=P i just hope joowon gets his memory back by the middle of ep 19. the pacing was crazy fast this week. i'd be pissed it if slows down to a standstill for the last two eps.

thanks gf for the recap!^^

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28 halfmoon

January 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Eh. The storyline could have been better, the show had so much potential, and the editing of the last few episides hasn't been great.

But I'm ok with it all and they don't seem to bother me that much. There are worse series. Regardless of the ending, SG would still be one of my favorites. The storyline could be a bit cliché and/or illogical, but there are so many other little twists and aspects (the humor, the scenary, the acting) that make up for it.

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29 tweetpandora

January 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM

I don't like the resolution either I hate the way they have used the magic in this drama!! But on the otherhand glad that no one died, loving the return of comedy and chemistry!! The show has actually managed to re-hook me!

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30 CityHunter

January 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Amnesia? Are they channeling BOF?

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izzie

January 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Or Winter Sonata since it's snowing. And then go Stairway to Heaven with RI's head injury.

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Anon106

January 10, 2011 at 12:13 PM

I had this EXACT same thought! Oh trendy k-dramas.

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31 moomooye

January 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM

I actually thought that once they drank the wine, they would just end right there, and they would both wake up but in each others bodies and stay like that for the rest of their lives. Wouldn't that be fun?

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32 Lan

January 10, 2011 at 10:51 AM

I think the memory loss makes sense. Ra Im's father tells Joo Won to forget about his promise with Ra Im's father (probably to protect his daughter when he's gone), and with that, his burden and tragic memory. It was tragic enough for Joo Won to change his personality a lot to become a 'darker' Joo Won. So now that dad unleashes him of his burden, he's back to the 21 year old Joo Won and things will go from there.

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halfmoon

January 10, 2011 at 11:00 AM

I totally agree.

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ghaylet

January 10, 2011 at 11:53 AM

exactly my thoughts too..

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mia

January 10, 2011 at 6:55 PM

i think so too :)

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kappy

January 11, 2011 at 2:36 AM

I like your way of thinking.

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33 xiaoSxin

January 10, 2011 at 10:52 AM

WHAT. THE. FUCK. Dude, somebody send Daddy back to Hogwarts. Your magic is all screwy!

BEST LINE EVAAAARRR. Girlfriday you rock!!!!!!!!!!

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34 d-addict

January 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

oh gee. ha ji won, even as Ra im, ended up being the noona in this love story after all. ;9

anyway, this age-downing sorta de-masculinized joo won for me. GAH. charisma you may have Joo won, Jr. but 21 is too far from 30. I really, reallly look at him as Ra im's MYOO cat stuff toy now: TO BE HUGGED WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. =D Hug hiiiimmmm, Ra im. Don't let him get away.

Anyway, whiplash. yeah. Watching the scene the first time, I found it hard to believe Joo won "forgot/had amnesia" because...I dunno, what comes to mind is that "Hyun Bin (and I, as viewer) certainly DIDN'T. And neither did RA-IM via Ha Ji won. LOL

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d-addict

January 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM

Also, I now hate that drugged wine! arrgghh.
But it does remind me of the cake/liquor Alice imbibed in (and only in) Underland....
Joo won and Ra im acquired their bottles of wine from Secret Garden.
I'm beginning to wonder if that forest is a "Dream Sequence", too. :8 But they drank the wines only when they got to the hotel/sauna, so how did those dream bottles make their way to reality?

Here's what I told my friend episodes (and seemingly centuries) ago. lol

"I hope the story will end happily and no one GETS SICK, DIES, HALLUCINATES OR DREAMS ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. I want Joo won and Ra im to be REAL. That's it. I'll get mad if another "dream" (or worse, "hallucinatory") scenario happens. >.< I think the two accidents are connected, too but i can't get a handle on the nature of the accident. I think jw was a better person all round before the accident. He and oska were def closer then..? bec the past eps were too funny, i forgot how 'mentally vulnerable' jw was. It was in ep 14 I got reminded he was taking anti anxiety meds..JW...just...don't you ever get another amnesia then forget Raim..! arggh.

This makes me laugh now. HOW many things in my list came true? They tick themselves off one by one.

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Eileen

January 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Did anyone else think the "dream" was a bit like a wedding?

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izzie

January 11, 2011 at 1:37 AM

thought it was a pojangmacha in heaven. :D

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mskmouse

January 11, 2011 at 8:14 AM

haha! LOL

35 red_pill

January 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

At first I wasn't happy with the memory loss bit - but 21-year-old Joowon is so adorably TWENTY-ONE and endearing that I warmed up to the idea. At least we seem to be heading towards a happy ending, and I want to throw out a THANK GOD for that.

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red_pill

January 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM

Okay, I thought about it some more and have a faint theory. My theory is that Fate (with a capital F) was supposed to have our two main characters meet right after the accident because it's implied that Joowon must've made some promise to Raim's father while being saved (most likely about taking care of her) and he does remember her vaguely from the hospital (where she probably went hearing about her father's death). Only Joowon lost his memory of the accident, screwing up the Grand Plan. And so Daddy Dearest was setting Fate right by forcing them together.

That's it. That's all I've got. ^^

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jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM

I'll buy that for a dollar.

Do you think we will find out if JW remember her face from 21 at the hospital?

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d-addict

January 10, 2011 at 11:20 AM

oh yeah! i wondered, too, if JW and RI knew each other (or Joo won knew Ra im) before the accident, only Joo won forgot..;0

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kappy

January 11, 2011 at 2:40 AM

Oh yes, good thinking!

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red_pill

January 10, 2011 at 11:31 AM

I definitely think there will be a mention of a scene (hopefully a flashback) of the two meeting at the hospital at ages 21 and 17.

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halfmoon

January 10, 2011 at 11:47 AM

Yes, I think your theory can be valid, and there could definitely be such a scene.

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addicted to SG

January 10, 2011 at 11:43 AM

I actually think the same as you......There must be a reason why Ra-im father has the switch happening.....
The next two episode will complete the explanation

Awith all the fantasy and the memory issues of KJW, the amnesia makes sense to me

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ghaylet

January 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM

very nice theory.. it makes more sense..

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watchumlots

January 10, 2011 at 2:50 PM

I'll buy that for $2!

Sounds like a plot device that could save this drama.

Are you reading these blogs drama writers? Since the dramas remain trite with re-used plot devices, I guess not.

This has been a fun drama with good actors, great cinematography, and underused seconds. How much fun would it have been to have seen Joo Won compete with Jong Soo for Ra Im? Or, for Jong Soo to have misinterpreted Oska's interest in Ra Im? Much more fun than 4 episodes of Ra Im and Joo Won bickering!

JB & GF give the best recaps! Thank you!

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ar

January 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM

I'll buy that too! Good thing the writer has generous people like you to cover for them!

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36 Hipployta

January 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM

Aww...I'm okay with resolution...I totally buy Daddy doing that in a dream considering he managed to take PHYSICAL gender-swapped form and take over someone elses restaurant. Too bad Daddy said, "You Can Forget Me" A bad choice of words considering the result but...

I LOVE HOW THEY ARE PLAYING THE AMNESIA.

When I read the spoilers about memory loss I wasn't sure but I am not completely sold. We get to see Ra-im making moves and everyone enjoying how it's happening all over again but without the risk-avoidance involved on the first go.

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Hipployta

January 10, 2011 at 10:57 AM

It should say I am NOW completely sold...I like it a lot LOL

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37 Informantxgirl

January 10, 2011 at 10:55 AM

Yeah, a lot of it was pretty unbelievable, but I kept coming with rationalizations for it. Like how JW spirited RI away - he probably just bribed whoever was on duty to look the other way. And how Oska had them moved to Seoul - still looking out for the family name. (Although why no other family members show up...were they keeping JW's condition a secret?)

I thought the joint dream was corny as hell, but it was okay, since everything else was either angsty or cute enough to offset it.

I like that he's falling in love with her all over again, and that she's so confident he will. It's really sweet and romantic, only I feel like 21-year-old JW will feel less compelled to give up his riches for a woman. Will that be their final conflict?

Also, WHERE IS HAN TAE-SUN? (sorry for the use of caps) After that awesome, sexy caveman move Oska pulled on him, you'd think we'd get a little something. I know the ep was crammed, but still...need my Ssun fix.

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izzie

January 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM

WHERE IS HAN TAE-SUN?

He disappeared like a bubble. Alas! He's the mermaid!

Now all of a sudden, everyone’s clamoring to be the friggin’ mermaid.

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Que263

January 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM

OMG I missed him this episode too :((
But I don't think they could have fit any more into this one. There better be lots of Tae-Sun in the last 2 eps or SG and I will have serious problems!

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kappy

January 11, 2011 at 2:45 AM

"He's the mermaid!" That was funny.

I, for one, didn't really miss him 'cause I mainly enjoy the main couple (and also Oska).

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samgetang

January 12, 2011 at 8:25 AM

LOL! he sure is :-)

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38 jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 10:58 AM

He puts on his sparkly tracksuit (Amazing…that’s the thing you pull out of your closet when all of the clothes are new to you?)

If Key Lime puts on her spark-trackly suit, Joo Won will HAVE to fall in love.

I liked the fast resolution, myself. You knew we were gonna get there, why suffer? I am looking at YOU Winter for the love of god, just END IT!Sonata!

21 year old Joo Won is the cutest freaking thing since, ever, and 21 year old Joo Won looking at Key Lime as a purely sexual object is too hot for words. Even before he loved her he loved her. The idea that he would tell her to move in with him, and expect her to agree is balls itself.

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13thangel

January 10, 2011 at 11:22 AM

as written above:

“Your body remembers me.” Rawr.

That. XD

thanks for the recap, GF!

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39 Ani

January 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM

I love Oska and Joo-won's interaction. But sadly no siting of Tae-sun in this episode. Oh well, on with the kinky stuff... or not so Kinky. XD

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40 izzie

January 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM

I wonder if DumbleDad will have another appearance.

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Daniela

January 10, 2011 at 11:28 AM

LOL

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jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 11:31 AM

DumbleDad! Great one!

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izzie

January 11, 2011 at 1:51 AM

LOL. that was prompted by GF citing Hogwarts. :)

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41 Imcrazyce

January 10, 2011 at 11:08 AM

"WHAT. THE. FUCK. Dude, somebody send Daddy back to Hogwarts. Your magic is all screwy!"

pwahahahaha!

Girlfriday, maybe it's because The Book of Magical Spells doesn't really translate well from Latin to Korean.

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mia

January 10, 2011 at 7:01 PM

LMAO AGREE!!

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Alma

January 6, 2015 at 8:51 AM

HAHAHA OMG ..TOO FUNNY XD

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42 Lenita

January 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM

this is the first time that i've waited so eagerly for a recap. really. now i know why people keep asking and refreshing (previously irksome to me, i don't know how you and jb handle it).

i'm still reeling from it all. but contrary to all, these last two episodes are imo great, great drama. sniff.

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43 Celest

January 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM

WHAT THE EFF!?!?

You have no idea how many times I've said that out loud in the last two episodes.

Am I the only one that wants to throw a chair at the screen? I feel like my brain went through the Twilight Zone and then got sucked in by the plot bunny black hole. Whoever wrote the last two episodes should get blacklisted.

First the good things:
Yoon Sang Hyun as Oska in this episode was fantastic. His acting when he found out that JooWon was now JooWonda totally blew me away. Once again, Hyun Bin shows his phenomenal range and RaIm FINALLY shows some back bone.

And then the not so good things:
The Little Mermaid reference. It's a good reference, don't get me wrong, but I feel like they've sucked it dry to the bone. If I hear The Little Mermaid one more time (which I'm sure will happen), I'm gonna have to hurt someone.
The "Dream" or whatever it was sequence. I felt like it was a lackluster way to resolve the switcheroo issue. It almost felt like a cop out to me. I get RaIm's Dad's motives but like you girlfriday I was confused as to why the magic is ending JUST now and why at all.
The whole 21vs34 thing. Doesn't make sense at all. Props to Hyun Bin for making the plot bunny a little more bearable, but once again, I'm not sure if this was the right way to approach and conclude the plot line regarding JooWon's accident.

While I'm glad they switched back and that RaIm is alive and well, I am confused and worried as to how this show will end next week. I feel like the last two episodes were just a dream (oh god if it is...) and that the PD and writers were on crack while filming and now, this show is trying to come back to its original tone which is starting to lose its effect and magic on me. No pun intended.

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Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 3:41 PM

You know, I totally agree with you about the bumpy trip we endured through ep 17 and 18. But, Alas, I'm already at the point that no matter what Show says or does, I will like and forgive her. For the sole reason... she's got some greatly lovable characters. *cough*JooWon*cough*Oska*cough*cough*

Good thing SG's loop holes showed at the last few episodes, becuz if this trite plot showed up in the beginning, I'd have dropped it like it's hot.

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44 jomo143

January 10, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Oh! I forgot!

I love how JWv21 makes a comment about him not looking like he's 34 years old.

I think that is a nod to all the netizens who called BS when that made that point suddenly and several times the SHOW.

Reminds me of the Winnie the Pooh movie where the gopher keeps saying "I'm not in the book, you know!"

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45 Niki

January 10, 2011 at 11:14 AM

I screamed at my screen half way through this episode... I'm just glad we avoided death and "it was all just a dream" scenario.

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46 dramaloverr

January 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM

i want 21 year old joowon for myself, he's sooo adorable!!

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47 endodo4ever

January 10, 2011 at 11:17 AM

I hated the way episode 17 unfolded but then episode 18 came along and took up crazy a few notches and I was definitely yelling all sorts of obscenities...until the last fifteen to twenty minutes of the drama. I hated the switching and the daddy magic crap that occurred, which had me headdesking and facepalming all over the place. And yea, basically what everybody else has said already.

Two things redeemed this episode: 1) Hyun Bin as 21-year-old Joo Won. So. freaking. cute! 2) Hearing Hyun Bin's version of "That Man." That song KILLS me, not because it's sung well, per se, but that it was sung with heartfelt emotions.

But seriously, 21 year old Joo Won is so freaking adorable. I liked the younger version of JW better and I'm glad to see that confident Ra Im is back. Didn't like the Ra Im I saw in episode 17. Major kudos to both Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won, since I know Binnie has been quite sick for the past several weeks. Hope the entire cast gets some major rest after this fiasco, er, drama is over.

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xiaoSxin

January 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM

yes i love the 21 year old Joo Won too. but the whole set up is so WTF.. i wanted to bail right then and there..

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endodo4ever

January 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM

I know, I know. I was WTF'ing the whole time myself. I think I was more pissed off yesterday night, after I finished the episode. This morning, I'm frustrated but not as angry. The setups were cheesy and contrived. Like I said, KES needs to go to poopooland if the finale is full of headdesking & facepalming!

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xiaoSxin

January 10, 2011 at 11:49 AM

I don't think my head will survive another weekend of HEAD-DESK.. Not after last night..

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endodo4ever

January 10, 2011 at 12:13 PM

How about headpillowing instead of headdesking? :P

celestialorigin

January 11, 2011 at 10:34 PM

After reading GF's recap, the last half is actually making sense & HB is way too adorable to get irritated by XD. So stay with me fr a couple more eps!

Gummie

January 10, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Yeah, I was almost gone rage at the Amnesia bit, luckily, the 21 JW swooped in the screen and most of my irritation melt away. So not fair :(

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48 sosoxrah

January 10, 2011 at 11:19 AM

I can't get over the fact that Raim is in such good spirits about Joowon's amnesia... she doesn't seem worried at all that he's like this, although his cute character tries to alleviate all the dramatic events that happened earlier in the drama. And how will they completely ignore how Raim's dad is the significant link that keeps the two together? How will Joowon's amnesia help him understand any better? gah... What happened to this drama??

And what about the Jongsoo's run-ins with Joowon's sis? Is anything gonna happen bt them in the last episodes? I feel like there's still so much story to tie together as we near the end that it may become a bunch of chaotic resolutions between all the characters at full speed... I don't mind that this drama has been unpredictable and makes me wonder what will happen next, but I feel like it lost its flow...

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xylophonic

January 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM

I think it's understandable how happy she is about JW's amnesia, not that she's thankful for it, but purely because he's alive, like she said. He's not too different, to be honest, and he KINDASORTA still remembers her, and he's a lot more lighthearted. Just the fact that he's there (and admittedly with a lot less emotional baggage) is enough to make her happy, which I think is a nice testament to their love (and such).

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49 Yoori

January 10, 2011 at 11:27 AM

O.M.G .. did anyone notice the little moment ....
when Ra Im arrived at Joo Won's house (after he send Secretary Kim to ask her to move in) and both of them sitting on the sofa ... the stare between those two were sizzling with chemistry!!! The way he looked at her in silence ... wow, totally stole my heart! Sooo much chemistry and I absolutely love the 21 year old JW!!!!

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jusash

January 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM

YUPZ - I totally loved that look they shared too.
Especially that electric one fr Joowon, and the casual way he was just sitting, and looking. The one meaningful stare swoons a thousand viewers types.

Further helped by how in sync they both looked in their blue clothing (though I am old enough that I found her jacket 'dated', even if it's now 'retro-in').

And yes I know I am shallow but also totally loved the shades of blue on Joo-won's top.