Flower Boy Next Door: Episode 7
by girlfriday
It’s another emotionally stirring episode, sandwiched among the moments of cuteness, of course. A misunderstanding gives way to some harsh truths, and Dok-mi and Enrique show that sometimes knowing a person’s true nature can become a weapon to inflict pain, as much as a bond to bring people together.
EPISODE 7: “Pride and Prejudice and Misunderstanding”
Jin-rak and Enrique get ready to duel up on the roof, and exchange steely glares. I love Jin-rak’s extra pathetic moment as he thinks to brandish a rainbow-colored broom as a weapon, and can’t even do that.
He starts in on this speech about how he’s not one to care about the formalities of a hyung-dongseng relationship and tells Enrique that he’ll speak plainly. Enrique matches his gaze… and then glares up at the sun for making him squint. Ha. He clip-clops his feet in excitement, “So…whaddja wanna talk about?”
Jin-rak sighs, deflated, and says that he doesn’t care much to pretend he likes people he doesn’t. This time Enrique picks up on his meaning pretty quickly and pouts. “You don’t like me either, huh?”
Suddenly Jin-rak finds himself being the reassuring one, “You’re not a bad guy.” He uses the word nom and then quickly adds that it isn’t a bad word (and it isn’t necessarily, because he’s the hyung). Enrique beams, “Hyung, you’re an okay nom too!” Hahaha. Okay, that time, it was a bad word. Hee.
Downstairs, Dong-hoon stands awkwardly between two ex-friends, still passing the boxes that Do-hwi brought back and forth. He suggests that Dok-mi should maybe go check on the two boys on the roof, trying to explain that they have an ill-fated connection she doesn’t know about.
Do-hwi huffs that the boxes are filled with their memories, and turns to take her bruised ego home, when suddenly two men dressed in black show up to knock on Jin-rak’s door.
Dong-hoon asks cautiously why they’re here, and they say they’re here to serve papers because Jin-rak’s going to be prosecuted for fraud and illegal money lending. Everyone freezes.
Do-hwi sneaks up to the roof and witnesses the boys shouting angrily and pointing fingers at each other.
But when we get close, it’s just Enrique confronting Jin-rak about his feelings for Dok-mi. He calls him out on the confession he witnessed from afar, and Jin-rak sputters that it wasn’t a confession, not like some totally bulldozy one-sided, “I like you! Date me!”
He says one shouldn’t have to confess at all, given enough time. Oh sweetie. Enrique laughs, “How would anyone date if nobody confessed?” Jin-rak: “You don’t need to confess. If you take lots and lots to time to slowly get to know each other fully, carefully, then at some point…”
Enrique: “At some point, someone ELSE will confess first: I love you, Go Dok-mi-sshi!” Jin-rak gasps, freaking out that Enrique has already confessed. He doesn’t see why, and Jin-rak finally flips his lid, screaming WHY: Why is he barging in and disrupting Dok-mi’s life then?
Enrique says Dok-mi herself is like a placid lake—no amount of shaking will change that. Besides, he goes back to Spain in a month. Jin-rak runs with the metaphor, asking if he’s going to make waves until then, and Enrique assures him that no amount of waves will shake Dok-mi. Curious that he never says he doesn’t like her.
Enrique: “You’ve watched her for that long and you still don’t know her as well as I do?” Now it really does turn into a competition, as Enrique asks if he knows what Dok-mi’s dream is, that she raises plants, that she likes travel documentaries.
What Jin-rak has to offer: “Do you know how many times a week she goes to the post office? Do you know how much she likes trash?!” He realizes that one didn’t come out right.
Finally Do-hwi runs up to the boys, screaming for them to stop. Of course she’s disappointed to learn that Enrique and Dok-mi aren’t a couple, and tries her best to convince them that Dok-mi must like him.
And then she somehow thinks it’s okay to tell them the story of their first love. She says that she and Dok-mi were friends, but then in high school they fell in love with the same teacher. (This is from Do-hwi’s perspective, so we have no idea if Dok-mi ever once shared her crush, though from what we’ve seen, she didn’t.)
Jin-rak interrupts her to ask what the teacher looked like, eager to know Dok-mi’s taste in men. Do-hwi lies that he looks just like Enrique.
And then she tells the twisted version of the story—that she was the favored one, but Dok-mi crossed a line with Teach, and when rumors spread, he had to leave. (It’s also seeming more and more that Teach is the one who had the inappropriate crush on Dok-mi.)
She says that Dok-mi didn’t speak a word to anyone, the rest of high school. The boys are unsurprisingly sympathetic towards Dok-mi, and don’t pass any judgment. They wonder why Do-hwi came upstairs and told them a story they never even asked about (ha), and she remembers the scary men who came looking for Jin-rak.
She adds that she really does want to make amends with Dok-mi and be friends again like before, and the boys turn in unison, “There is a way…”
Downstairs, Dong-hoon imagines Jin-rak’s criminal past, complete with cartoon prison striped jumpsuit and mean-looking mugshot. The men grab hold of his phone when he gets a text, but let him go when they read: “Oppa, where did I leave my underwear?”
Suddenly Dok-mi comes back out of her apartment and confronts the men—do they have proper identification? Does Jin-rak know he’s being indicted? Did they go through all the proper channels? She raises her phone to check with the police, and Dong-hoon stands behind her with a huge grin.
Later Dong-hoon demands to know about Jin-rak’s shady past, and he insists it was just one tiny mistake he made way back when, and it’s all over now. He wonders why those men left so easily though, and Dong-hoon tells him about Dok-mi’s outburst, declaring that she’s clearly got a hidden past too.
Jin-rak beams as romantic music swells. “You mean… she trusted me?” He totally swoons.
Dok-mi rapid-edits the rest of Enrique’s book, even with him hovering over her shoulder in panda gear. She’s ready for him to pack up and leave, but he reminds her she has a meeting at 3 o’clock.
The security guard comes knocking, surprised to see Enrique opening the door, and takes them to Ryu’s cooking-class-turned-apartment-meeting. There, Enrique eggs Jin-rak on to talk to Dok-mi, and the two boys are so busy signaling each other that they don’t notice that she sees the whole exchange.
Then Do-hwi joins the class as planned, acting the part of the friend who wants to reconcile, and Dok-mi is forced to endure the class with her. Gah.
Ryu starts in on this speech about how paella is meant to be shared and symbolizes friendship and forgiveness, though it all gets lost in translation when he trusts Enrique’s Japanese skills. His version: “It’s very tasty.”
The group of neighbors gathers at the table to share the meal, and even Dok-mi looks at the scene with a smile. Enrique catches it, and she quickly goes back to frowning.
After the class, Enrique latches onto Jin-rak to whisper that he’ll make up an excuse to invite him over.
But when he goes inside and tries to talk to Dok-mi, she just ignores him and continues to work. He brings up her trauma in high school. (Eeek, bad move! Bad move!)
He says that Seo-young went through something similar when she was young and lost her parents—she didn’t speak for years, but then one day she called out to him and hasn’t stopped talking since.
Dok-mi fumes with angry tears brimming in her eyes, as she listens to him rattle on about her problems as if he knows what he’s talking about. Augh, I know he means well, but I really wish he’d shut up and stop digging his own grave.
He says that judging from Dok-mi’s life inside this apartment, she still hasn’t recovered. He uses another soccer analogy, to say that if it’s a goal you can’t block, you shouldn’t, and tells her to make up with her friend.
Dok-mi finally snaps and throws all his stuff back into his suitcase and tells him to get out.
“Do you think that because you memorized a few lines from a psychology textbook that you know a person? Do you know what your most common search words are? Enrique who mouths off. Enrique the Arrogant King. Enrique the plagiarist. Enrique’s private life. They’re all hollow shells. You act like you know everything in this world. Well leave me out of it. Don’t act like you know who I am!”
He reels, but fires back, wondering what Dok-mi’s keywords might be. He muses that she hates such things, because she doesn’t want to be judged—she’s so scared of it that she hides. He says that someone has watched her for years though and her keywords are: Woman who receives packages at the post office.
“Not a hollow shell. But there’s no warmth of life. Why do you put up those travel pictures, when this house is your entire world?” She spits back that she doesn’t need warmth, and orders him out of her apartment—and her world.
He looks back at her with pained eyes and grabs his stuff and heads toward the door. He turns back to add, “I don’t care about keywords made up by people who don’t know me. But you know me, even if just a little. Hollow shell? That was harsh.”
He says he’ll accept that she spoke harshy to cut him off harshly, so he’ll give in and stay away. Oof, that was rough on both sides. I feel beat up.
He knocks on Jin-rak’s door with tears in his eyes, and cries that he gives up. Jin-rak doesn’t understand a word he’s saying, but Enrique just says that he doesn’t know anything anymore, and he at least feels better knowing that Jin-rak is around, and leaves Dok-mi in his care. He trudges away, head hanging.
Inside, Dok-mi sits down at her desk, and despite her threats to quit, she goes back to reading Enrique’s autobiography. She underlines a passage:
When rejected by the person you love most, when betrayed by the person closest to you—that’s when self-abasement begins. You hide in a space that’s all your own, and close your heart. I can’t just pass by people like that.
Enrique comes back to Tae-joon’s apartment, surprised to see him home. He says he’s finished up his work there, like he’s packing up to go somewhere. Seo-young is there too, and they set up a new big screen tv just for Enrique, and Tae-joon apologizes for the fight.
But Enrique is still just focused on Dok-mi’s words, and asks if they know his keywords. He says that he has a son, according to the internet, and he’s basically trash—just a hollow shell.
They remind him that he doesn’t care about stuff like that, but he says that’s how one woman sees him. Seo-young realizes the important part of that statement isn’t the keywords but the woman, and asks who it is, excited that he might have a crush. But he just sits dejectedly and tells himself not to think about it. He looks out the window over at Dok-mi’s apartment with a sigh.
Dok-mi gets back to her work in progress, and today she writes:
To that woman, a scar was like falling into deep water. The onlookers who don’t know the depth of that scar just wonder why she can’t swim out. There are so many people who belittle a stranger’s scar. She didn’t want to hear such empty words. At least one person… from one person…
Enrique’s book gets ready to come out, and Dok-mi sighs at the proof of the jacket cover, with her name on it. She looks over at the panda hat he left behind.
Meanwhile Enrique goes to a fan signing and then a strange incident happens on his way to meet the book editor.
A masked person runs up from behind and snatches his phone and takes off with it. He chases for a while, until the thief actually collides into a stopped car. He jumps back to see that it’s an ajumma, and stops chasing, figuring she can have the phone.
Dok-mi meets her editor sunbae about Enrique’s book, and runs out as soon as she hears he’s on his way. They cross paths at the door, both halting, but neither able to say a word.
Inside, Enrique hears that Dok-mi wants her name taken off his book, and the editor explains that as an aspiring writer, it makes sense she’d want the first time to be on her own work.
He sighs, remembering her dream to be a children’s author, and realizes that he made another mistake.
He heads home with dinner for three, though Seo-young and Tae-joon seem to be in the middle of a fight. She just screams that this has nothing to do with Enrique, but we have no context for the outburst.
At the same time, Jin-rak comes face-to-face with the men in black from the other day. Jin-rak says that if things don’t work out he’ll just have to go back to being Oh Jae-won, but that’ll be bad for them. Hm, cryptic. The mysterious man hands him a mysterious envelope.
He stops short at the sight of Dok-mi, and tries to explain when it’s clear she wasn’t really asking. He grabs her wrist to ask if she’ll listen to something he has to tell her, which is when Enrique walks up.
She pulls away and Enrique just walks past them without a word. Dok-mi says she’s tired today and asks to just go inside.
Then suddenly Seo-young comes running out in tears, without a jacket on. Enrique asks what’s wrong, and she blurts, “You knew, didn’t you?! About Oppa going to the island?”
He realizes she found out about Tae-joon preparing to leave, and reminds her that she’s known about his dream all along. (I’m supposing it’s to be a country doctor somewhere on a tiny island?)
She wails, “What does that matter? What am I supposed to do?!” She starts pounding on his chest, crying over and over, “What am I supposed to do?”
She breaks down, and he pulls her into a hug, which aaaauuuugh, is SO UNFAIR to him.
He holds her as she cries, and looks over at Dok-mi, who’s been watching this whole time. She starts to grow increasingly upset as she watches, and then runs toward them.
She grabs Enrique’s arm and pulls him away… towards her.
COMMENTS
Omo! Awww, is it to save him from having to comfort the girl who broke his heart? How cute. I love that she saves him! It could be a jealous outburst, but I think it’s her empathy at work more than anything—she sees how much he’s hurting, and in fact she’s the ONLY one who knows he’s been hurting because of Seo-young all this time. It’s one of the many things he hides underneath that happy talkative exterior that he’s only shown to Dok-mi, and I think it’s the first time she’s stuck her neck out for anyone, at least since high school.
It’s so nice to get the reversal right away, after seeing how vulnerable they were to each other’s barbs and biting accusations. Yes, opening up to someone is dangerous because you leave yourself exposed to judgment, to criticism, rejection, and pain. But that’s only one half of it—the half that tore them up in the fight.
But the other half is that someone out there in the world knows you. Gets you. Sees you for you. It’s the thing that both Enrique and Dok-mi are terrified of, but also want desperately—for people to stop seeing the misunderstanding, the misrepresented versions of them out there in the world. Whether it’s lies on the internet or lies in high school, they’re the same in making them feel misunderstood and alone.
It’s why Dok-mi has always chosen the safe route, in locking herself away. No one can misjudge her again if she’s not out in the world. But Enrique’s right in that it also isn’t living, because then she never opens herself up to the possibility that someone will know the true her. He does seem to have a leg up in that respect. He knows that you have to take the risk to gain the reward. What I like about their story is that it doesn’t even really matter what the misunderstanding is (not like a traditional melodrama Big Misunderstanding that drives the plot). Enrique doesn’t see her any differently even when he’s told that Dok-mi had an affair with her teacher. The point isn’t that he learns the truth about what happened in high school, but that they each choose to rise above their own fears and let someone in. And that’s a journey worth getting invested in.
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51 onyxx
January 29, 2013 at 12:15 AM
wow, that was fast. this is a great way to start my workday -- coffee and a healthy dose of FBND!
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52 onyxx
January 29, 2013 at 12:16 AM
wow, that was fast. this is a great way to start my workday -- coffee and a healthy dose of FBND! (i don't even have to wait for the subs -- how about that?)
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53 onyxx
January 29, 2013 at 12:19 AM
oops sorry for the double post -- something is wrong with my ISP. i was summarily logged out earlier, so when i posted my comment i was surprised to see 2 of them (kindly delete the 2nd one in case you have the time. thanks).
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54 ajj
January 29, 2013 at 1:06 AM
Yoon Si Yoon is so adorable here.While Jin Rak is too much of a dork,it's too cute.I dont know who to root for.
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55 Naomi
January 29, 2013 at 1:56 AM
thanks gf,
Oh jin rak ! the writer always give you a "miss call" when you are with dok mi, you never get a chance to speak to her in full sentences. You didn't chicken out, but never get the chance to butt in like enrique did.
Even the hand grasp from JIN RAK the DIRECTOR says - let it go of her hand, you are the 2nd lead !!
oh ! poor , poor jin rak, never given the chance at all with dok mi - even when sitting at the long table, you are not allowed to sit opposite dok mi but reserve for enrique.
Jin rak never get the the chance to face dok mi directly - eye contact but only for enrique, we do observe all these small incidents DIRECTOR !.
Enrique, he so easily come into dok mis' life, live in her apartment , where else jin rak could only write messages on the carton milk, pathetic love story jin rak.
What else will the writer and director do for you jin rak for all the "miss call" not getting the girl ?.
The writer could only write a consolation "prize" between you and dong hoon, what a sad situation jin rak.
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56 Anduril
January 29, 2013 at 2:25 AM
I also loved the Meta Roof scene when Jin Rak is describing a classic second-lead behavior and then Enrique jumps in "some other guy comes and gets the girl." Hee. (I agree, at least in drama world, that's how it works)
But you know, when Dok Mi was writing that she wished one person would not easily dismiss her scar, I thought of Jin Rak. He is a person who has tiptoed for three years in respect for her scars.
I like Enrique better, but I think the show could be setting up Jin Rak to get the girl. The way she values the post-its (aka his confession) and comes to his defense. The way Enrique volunteers to play cupid and keeps saying he's leaving in a month. I guess we'll know better tomorrow.
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57 mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 3:34 AM
E's character still does not grab me at this point in the storytelling. If he's so rich, why doesn't he have his own flat or a rental? His agents could've done that for him.
Anyway, I think DK stuck her neck out for JR on two occasions. The first was re his rent and the second was when the two suits came looking for him. She came to his rescue and now she's attempting to rescue E. DK is a lovely character.
Watching this drama is easy peasy, and the melo soundtrack is beautiful and fits DK.
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM
*DM
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Mystisith
January 29, 2013 at 4:48 AM
E doesn't wan't a home to call its own. He wants a place where he feels welcomed and loved. Preferably packed with nice people, to give him at least the illusion of a family. That's why he keeps barging in everyone's apartment. "See me, care for me!"
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 5:17 AM
This is why I do not take his character seriously. Poof!
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saturtledaisy
January 29, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Aww but he's just a puppy who needs some love, not a hugetastic empty apartment. Besides, it's not like he's going to be in the country for a long time. Why waste time (and money, though I doubt that's a big deal) moving in somewhere new for like a month or so when there's other places you can crash at?
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ladida
January 29, 2013 at 5:25 PM
I'm confused: do you not take his character seriously because he craves human interaction and attention or because of something else?
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 6:32 PM
My comment was in no way confusing....E is childish to me.
ar
January 29, 2013 at 5:07 PM
I think Enrique's probably afraid to be alone. When he could have booked a hotel room, he went into a sauna instead. If he's alone, all he's left with are his thoughts. He's a guy who loves distraction.
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 6:37 PM
His interactions with DM made me think at first he selected her as some personal project to help her "improve", but SY should've been included in that list if that were the case. Yet, he seems unable to relate to SY's -isms in a brutally honest manner like he does DM. I think the reason for that initially was because she was not that familiar to him so he could chip away at her facade.
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58 rotikirai
January 29, 2013 at 4:46 AM
Some of the notable LOL scenes for me are:
1. At the rooftop, Enrique teased Jin Rak that he must have planned to get to know Dok Mi slooowly...
2. When Dong Hoon wanted to tell Jin Rak that it was Dok Mi who caused the men in suit to leave earlier than expected, Dong Hoon's action on how he thought Dok Mi was mute...
Wonder if anyone could share how we could watch the live stream of this drama?
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59 blueberry
January 29, 2013 at 5:05 AM
I think jin rak is a good person and sincere.
B-U-T
BUT!! i'll Still root for ENRIQUE!!! go Enrique shippers!! <3
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60 john
January 29, 2013 at 5:55 AM
GF~
Thanks for the recap.
Park Shin-hye !
This is my first show I've seen her in. She went from a mouse to a lion.
When she kicked Enrique out of the house, that was intense.
Saying that she doesn't need warmth in her life. Poor baby, we know that isn't true.
Dok-Mi , needs her hair brushed*. I volunteer to do it for her.
*Toma Saya, (Toda Erika's character from SPEC), is another character that needs a good brushing.
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a fan
January 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM
I love her, both PSH and Dokmi
and I think her image was for someone doesn't care much about appearance so they style her that way
It fits her character whether we like it or not
I actually think it better than all those dramas that people woke up pretty and perfect all the time
It's refreshing to see they are just like us
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61 Petrinananana
January 29, 2013 at 6:27 AM
WHAT'S WITH THE CREEPY THIEF OF AN AHJUMMA?!
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 6:35 AM
Whoever she is, she now has all of his info from the phone.
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Mystisith
January 29, 2013 at 6:49 AM
Wild guess: His biological mom?
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62 Musewb
January 29, 2013 at 6:44 AM
I just love how this drama has such a unique and distinct voice of its own, and it isn't just one voice - that of Enrique's. This drama does a great job at letting each character have a voice with personality that makes each of them special but always the same in small, subtle ways. I personally think that there are a lot of people out there who can identify with Dok Mi, even Enrique and Jin Rak. Everyone has this part of themselves that is so fractured by a certain event or subject. And that no matter how trivial it may seem to the rest of the world, it is simply that much harder to just 'let go and move on'. And just like Dok Mi, there are people who choose to shut that part of themselves from the rest of the world. For Dok Mi, it was her very being she chose to hide from the world. All she truly needed was someone who could see her for her and understand that as well. Enrique is that one person who sees her for her but he couldn't seem to truly understand Dok Mi. In a way, this is because Enrique's notion is to never let the world stop you from living your life; even if the world hates you, you still have to slap on a brave smile and face the world. Yet, deep down in him, he has a part of himself as fractured as Dok Mi and that part has only been revealed to Dok Mi. Both of them know that side to each other and that made them vulnerable to each other's principle of living and eventually, their words.
I am soooo happy that Dok Mi helped Enrique from always trying to be the stronger person to help people out. I know this is rather irrelevant but Enrique has the same nice guy symptom as Maru had in the drama "Nice Guy". When he mentioned in his biography that he can never walk past a person who has clammed up due to some emotional damage they suffered. Of course, his case isn't as near to the seriousness in Maru's case, but still! And that is what Dok Mi (probably) couldn't stand looking at anymore. Another thing is that, I realise, ever since Enrique's arrival, Dok Mi has been stepping out of her comfort zone. And that, more often than not, she begins to stand up for herself and others around her. This episode had really let her shine in that way. Of course! Do Hwi plays her little evilish and annoying part in this as well. But Enrique was also there to see that Dok Mi should face anything head on rather than shy away. I loved it when she stood up against those men in black with an air of assertion of rights (? Did I get that right?) and then she stands up for Enrique because he has, yet again, that pained and helpless look in his eyes.
I kept on refreshing this page since morning :) thank you dramabeans! What would I do without you! Besides, no other recaps can beat Dramabeans
Waiting for the next recap already :)
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a fan
January 29, 2013 at 11:12 AM
I think she is a strong and smart girl. It's just the way she deal with life after the incident was choose not to make connection and deal with people.
And Enrique's arrival just bring out that side of her ( for us to see). People aren't usually just they way they look like
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Musewb
January 30, 2013 at 12:24 AM
Yeah I agree :)
I never meant to say that Dok Mi is a weak, damsel-in-distress type of character and that Enrique's arrival has saved her from that.
What I intended to say is that she is no longer the extreme introvert she used to be. She steps out of her comfort zone (her apartment) more often than not, albeit it was due to Enrique's persistent pushy attitude but I am glad that he knows his limits at times.
And I agree when you say "People aren't usually just the way they look like." In fact, no one at all. And Jin Rak doesn't really see that very well. He thinks he knows her just because he spent 3 years watching her from afar. (Amazed at the significant portion of stalking elements there are in this drama...)
What's better is that the writers of the show goes out to prove that point well. Jin Rak sees Dok Mi as the damsel-in-distress when Enrique insists on confrontation in the early episode. But other than that, when she felt like caving in because of her trauma, she is a young woman who is able to stand her ground and draw lines as well as making sure people respect that. (Well, except for Enrique who refuses to acknowledge that people should live away from people.)
I loved when someone mentioned about radio-palava's tumblr post about introverts and extroverts; referring to Dok Mi and Enrique respectively.
Okay. I can talk on for ages about this drama although I'm supposed to begin studying. LOVE this drama to pieces!
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63 CaroleMcDonnell
January 29, 2013 at 7:06 AM
Oh my gosh! I loved the twists in this episode. I loved the passion as well and the feeling of reality. Nothing seemed force or merely scripted. I love the fight between Dok Mi and Enrique. Their hearts were so THERE! OUT THERE! Painful to watch. Sooooo good. I felt like a snooper eavesdropping on the argument of two good friends. Which is the right way to feel when one is watching a drama, i might add.
Am not sure who the woman was who stole the ipad or whatever from Enrique. Not sure if she targeted him specifically or was just poor. Waiting to see what the heck that was all about.
Love Dong Hoon. What a great character. He knows Japanese a little. He's insightful about people and also about women..but for whatever reason Jin Rak isn't sharing his heart with him -- his roommate and pal. Seems strange to me.
Love that Ryu showed up and had some good scenes in this episode. Cute actor and I've been wanting to see him in more scenes.
Am not hating Dol Hwi. I know I should cause she's the villain and all but I see her as a pesky fly. Not anyone to really fear...like Jae "Hee in Nice Guy or like the mother-in-law from hell in 100 year's Inheritance. I don't think her power to spread misunderstanding has any real force in this neighborhood. Maybe because she's using high school tactics (frozen in teenage-time) and maybe girls like that never grow up. But whatever it is, that kind of communication is not gonna work here.
I don't know what the heck is going on with Tae-Joon. For a moment, I thought...is he gay? Why is he so distant and uncommunicative? He's kinda like this guy I knew in college whom we nicknamed "that obscure object of attraction" because so many people liked/loved him and he was just so darn inscrutable. He's so dang quiet.
Thanks so much for the recap.
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a fan
January 29, 2013 at 11:15 AM
I prefer Jaehee than DH to be honest.
At least JH's situation and life were her excuses but DH is just plain jealousy
JH doesn't really harm any one, if she did it was an accident where DH was one hand kill the teacher's career and her friend's life
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a fan
January 29, 2013 at 11:18 AM
a long time childhood friend nevertheless
Jaehee didn't really hate her step daughter until she pushed her to the wall....
Even the drama genres and scales are different, Jaehee is a much better person in my opinion
I can see her reasons while not the case with DH's
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CaroleMcDonnell
January 29, 2013 at 12:05 PM
I couldn't really hate Jae Hee cause she was such a hot mess. But she was dangerous. That's what I mean...the power these villains have to destroy lives. And yes, you're right. Dol Hwi did destroy the teacher's career. Sorry about forgetting that. Sometimes teenagers do such cruel things without realizing what they're doing. So her teenage crime I sorta ignore. I guess I'm thinking of them as adults so I don't think her cruelty has really shown its head yet. Maybe she will do something detestable in the future. I'm kinda half-expecting it. But she's not quite matured to adult cruelty so I don't worry about her damaging people's lives....yet.
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64 Davet
January 29, 2013 at 7:21 AM
I'm glad that Dok Mi and Enrique were in a fight because now they both realize what the other was trying to say and they somewhat understood. It just shows that their relationship will get closer.
Thanks for the recap... I really enjoyed it... ^_^
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65 Ashley
January 29, 2013 at 9:58 AM
I love that the episode aired on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice and had "Pride and Prejudice" in the title, and we have Jin rak trying as hard as he can to NOT be Mr. Darcy.
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66 saturtledaisy
January 29, 2013 at 10:37 AM
I just really really love how even Jin-rak can't hate Enrique, even though he tries so hard.
I kindof keep jumping ship when it comes to romantic pairings with Dok-mi. Right now, I don't even care anymore who she ends up with, as long as they both keep trying to get her to come out of that apartment. I love how she keeps helping Jin-rak out, and I really like how she's starting to become sortof comfortable around Enrique. At least she's talking to people!
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67 Cloudy91
January 29, 2013 at 10:48 AM
I really like Jin Rak, he is sweet and caring, but if he were the protagonist, I'd slap his face and tell him to hurry up... He wastes time watching Dok Mi, dreaming someone who won't have if he continues to postpone the confession. So I really really love Enrique because is the kind of person that act, once he figures out his feelings. And I adore the way Dok Mi and Enrique established a connection!!!
(If I did a mistake, I'm sorry. Greetings from Italy)
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68 Lilian
January 29, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Ooh..the ending was a shocker. But the fact that Enrique can get Dok Mi to react to him in such a "raw, true" manner means that he has reached the real her somehow =) Looking forward to the next episode.
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69 sirena
January 29, 2013 at 11:27 AM
A scene that I found significant was when the building's security guard is speaking about the woman he likes. He tells the others that she is wealthy because of the clothes she wears. When she enters the room, the other tenants are quick to greet her and address her as 'madam.' She is taken aback by their greeting but quickly composes herself.
The tenants and the security guard have formulated an opinion of her based on appearance--not fact. Misjudgment is a major theme of this show. Can any of the characters truly say that they know and understand one another? How much does Dong-hoon really know about Jin-Rak? And what about Dok-mi and Do-hwi? How has there past tainted their understanding of each other?
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mskololia
January 29, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Good observation, but I saw that scene differently.
To me the guard planted that idea in others to gain points with that lady because he's been leading the charge of admiration and respect. He gets to claim responsibility later on for having the tenants respect her and attend her functions....Also, I doubt he wants her alone with Ryu as she came up with that activity to get next to him.
The only ppl respecting others are JR, DM and Ryu. The others appear to be using ppl to get what they want.
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Carrie
January 31, 2013 at 9:01 AM
I agree with mskoloia - I think the security guard is so in love with the lady tenant that he wants the others to see her the way he does, or at least with as much respect as he does. He said something along the lines of "how her elegance just can't be controlled/contained" and "how she makes regular clothes look like designer clothes" (I think). The others take this to mean that she has a rich background, ergo she must be trying to pretend that she's at the same level as them despite being rich, ergo she must be the owner. I think the ajusshi security guard was more trying to get the others to treat her with more deference and respect, and when they jumped to secret owner he went with it, because it both served his purpose and helped to lift her to an even more vaunted status in his mind.
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sirena
February 5, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Good point. I totally get that the security guard likes her--I mean, he doesn't do a good job of hiding his interest :)
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sirena
February 5, 2013 at 1:56 PM
I don't think that he wants her alone with any of the guys :)
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70 Ivy
January 29, 2013 at 12:24 PM
Luuve this drama and the recaps :D It's such a cute, small story full of interesting development :)
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71 ar
January 29, 2013 at 5:05 PM
Thanks for the recap!! Just watched the episode today and gasped when Dok-mi grabbed Enrique's arm. It's like the female version of the aggressive male wrist-grab.
I loved the whole rooftop scene. Any scene where Enrique and Jin-rak get to interact with each other is comic gold and sends me into fits of giggles. It's hilarious how Enrique thinks they're friends and Jin-rak does feel swept away by Enrique sometimes.
And it's hilarious that they don't care about Do-hwi.
I was a little upset that they would try to reunite Do-hwi with Dok-mi, after listening to just Do-hwi's side of things. I was especially surprised at Einrique - since that moment he accepted Do-hwi's present for Dok-mi - since I always thought he was super perceptive despite his mile-a-minute, ditzy ways.
Park Shin-hye did wonderfully in this episode! I could feel her being suffocated by Enrique's well-meaning, but misguided advice on moving on and facing her fears. I was sort of relieved when she bitterly told him off. And then he told her off. And now all their faults are out there.
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72 sup super supper
January 29, 2013 at 5:39 PM
All right, all right. I admit it, I've been secretly rooting for Jin Rak all along. But I think this episode has swayed me. I do love a couple (whether friends or lovers) that can say the harshest (truest) things to each other and come out on the other side of it with a deeper understanding of themselves and one another, and a knowledge and willingness to make their relationship stronger because of it.
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73 kmushbeauty
January 29, 2013 at 5:59 PM
Episode eight eng subs is out on daily motion :)
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74 kellibean
January 29, 2013 at 6:51 PM
The thieving ajumma is totally Do Hwi! If you go back and look, it's totally her eyes...and I have a baaaad feeling about what she is gonna do with the phone!
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Mystisith
January 30, 2013 at 5:24 AM
I don't think so. It's an older woman: Wrinkles around the eyes. Her body is not the one of a frail lady at all...
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75 iZzie :)
January 29, 2013 at 10:43 PM
I originally had a ticket to SS Jin Rak, but I wandered off and got on board SS Enrique. ;)
The ship has started to sail.
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76 moonsshi
February 9, 2013 at 12:39 PM
I love how Dok Mi has grown in this series. It is refreshing to see her strength and intelligence. My mom always says that depression isn't a sign of weakness, But a sign that you've had to be strong for too long. I can definitely see that in Dok Mi.
I found Do Hwi's version of the high school incident very interesting. They way they showed her memories while she talked about Dok Mi's supposed obsession makes me think that Do Hwi was really telling her own story. "If she couldn't have the teacher, then no one could."
Poor Dok Mi, being wronged by two people she trusted. I'm excited to see her rise from the ashes. I suspect that she'll be more magnificent than either flower boy could have imagined.
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