Level 7 Civil Servant: Episode 16

59 March 14, 2013January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

Illustration by Ally

Dude, someone pop the champagne. Our spies actually FIGURE STUFF OUT. For realsies. Connecting dots and everything. Okay, so maybe it’s eons too late and we’ve been twiddling our thumbs wondering why they don’t know stuff that we’ve known for weeks, but hey, not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

EPISODE 16 RECAP

In the aftermath of confronting his father about possibly being the villain of this story, Gil-ro cries into Seo-won’s lap.

What they don’t know is that JJ is being released from NIS custody at the same time, because now Director Oh is acting under Mi-rae’s orders. I don’t even remember what their primary objective was, but having the director of the NIS under your thumb seems like a better one, as far as evil plans go.

Seo-won takes Gil-ro to a Love exhibit at a museum to lift his spirits. If this is for you two to learn about how kisses work, I’m all for it. Do they teach classes too? He tries a kiss and gets his arm twisted behind his back (Why, Seo-won, WHY?) but he manages to kiss her anyway, like a pretzel with lips.

He asks what she’s going to do with his father’s secret files, and asks her not to hand them over to the team yet. She agrees to wait until they figure more out on their own. At least you’re sharing intel now? It seems a step up from the haywire ski junket.

He tells her about the shell corporation behind Mi-rae that he found during his investigation. Seo-won doesn’t understand why it’s important, but Gil-ro explains that the CEO of said company is Choi Woo-hyuk’s father.

Her eyes grow wide—Gil-ro’s just cracked this case wide open. I’d cheer if it wasn’t stuff we’ve already known for weeks. Just sayin’. He sighs that the worst part is, he’s also gotten confirmation from Dad that he made a deal with Choi Woo-hyuk. (And as a side note, putting your characters in front of other movie/drama characters kissing is just aggravating if they’re not going to follow suit!)

Mi-rae meets Director Oh in broad daylight which seems risky, but then again, with Team Pew Pew on the job, I wouldn’t be worried about anyone following me either. He tells her that her accomplice has been freed, and she hands over one of the promised files.

He gets the other file along with Choi Woo-hyuk when he sends Won-seok to the location of her choice, to be killed.

At headquarters, Seo-won tells Young-soon that she has the Dad File in her possession now, but promised Gil-ro that she wouldn’t give it over to the agency quite yet. Then why are you telling her you have it? She asks for a few days, reminding Young-soon that she was the one who advised her to do her best as an agent, and as a person.

Bathroom break so soon? We check in with Seo-won’s parents, who worry about their village project.

Gil-ro tells Seo-won about his failed attempt to hack the NIS server (Should I be comforted or worried that you failed?) so they decide to try using contacts instead to get at the classified files. They take their spy academy buddies out to dinner to butter them up.

Won-seok fiiinally sits down to tell his wife that they’re not going to the States after all, and she lets out a defeated sigh, knowing that he won’t tell her why. She says that she’s lived twenty years this way and knows now: “The country might need you, but I don’t need you.” Can’t say I’m surprised.

All day Seo-won’s been getting nonstop texts and calls, and Gil-ro laser-eyes her ringing phone while she’s away from the table, tempted to check it. He can barely stop himself, but she returns with coffee so he’s forced to ask her outright.

She says they’re credit card alerts, which he brushes off as an excuse. He doesn’t see why she can’t just tell him who keeps calling if it really is nothing, and she laughs that he’d be trying to crack her password if she didn’t tell him. He says they could just tell each other: “Mine’s 007-bang [zero]!” Ha. Of course it is.

She says there’s no need to know each other’s passwords, so then he launches into another elaborate hypothetical scenario wherein they’d need it to call for help in an emergency. She deflates his theory by reminding him that you can dial 119 without a password on any phone. Commence pouting.

She tells him that interest is nice but possessiveness isn’t, and wonders what’s bringing this on. He asks if she handed his father’s file over, and she tells him that she reported that she has it, but hasn’t handed it over, as promised.

He asks if it’s really not Young-soon or Won-seok texting her, and now she understands what he’s worried about—that they’re basically coaching her through this and pulling all the strings, still using Gil-ro for information.

She says he’s the bad guy if he really suspects that of her, so he backs down and says that he’ll choose to trust her, and they leave it at that. Somehow that does not feel like the end of that conversation.

JJ greets Mi-rae with a hug, and asks how she freed him. She shows him a picture of Director Oh unconscious and bleeding, and says that she killed him once JJ was free. What? Why are you lying? Huh? SHOW, help a sister out.

Mi-rae tells him that they need to stop going for the soft apology and just kill their targets. But… you’re the one who didn’t kill Director Oh.

She tells him that he needs to know so that there’s no confusion—she doesn’t love him, and she’s only protecting him because of his hyung’s dying request. So, I have no idea why, but Mi-rae is now running her own side operation, apparently.

Gil-ro is still pouting by the time he drops Seo-won off, so she takes him out for a drink to clear the air. She gets another text during dinner so this time she shows him. His jaw drops—they really are credit card alerts alllll the way down.

She lists the number of things that have to be paid for in her family, and how each payday her phone rings nonstop. He can’t believe she has to pay for all of those bills, and she says she’s never thought of her family as a burden, but does admit that sometimes the weight does feel heavy.

He suggests that she spend a little on herself once in a while, and they both lament how difficult it is to save money. She tells Gil-ro that he really should save if he doesn’t want to inherit Dad’s company. He says he can’t anyway—he couldn’t take a company built on dirty money, and sighs that they’re both dirt poor now.

Sun-mi visits Do-ha at work with a sunny smile, acting in her usual Do-ha-obsessed way. At least she has a believable cover for being all up in his grill. He’s implacable as ever, even as she says things like, “You’d be great if you weren’t a bad guy.”

She tries calling him oppa and that finally gets a reaction out of him (choking, so maybe not the reaction she wanted) and asks if he’s really capable of doing anything for his country, just like he said in spy school.

He tells her that they’re both people who act on orders, and she asks hopefully if maybe he’s doing something right now that he doesn’t like doing. No answer. She gives him a present, and then apologizes without an explanation. And while he steps out, she goes to his computer to spy on the mole.

Another bathroom break! More worrying from Seo-won’s parents.

Gil-ro’s dad thinks over his son’s question asking if he’s a bad person, and makes a decision. He puts on the watch Gil-ro gave him and tells Mom that he might be a while. And then he goes to the police station and turns himself in. Aw.

Problem is, Director Oh has already cleaned up everything having to do with the case, so Dad gets told that there is no such crime to confess being an accessory to. Well way to take the steam out of his big heroic moment. Poor Dad. I hope Gil-ro finds out about him trying to do the right thing.

Gil-ro presents Seo-won with a couple savings account that he opened under both their names. He suggests that they each put in a little each month, and then once a year they can go on a vacation, like she always wanted. Okay, that’s sweet.

For once, she doesn’t complain or argue (that much), and agrees that it’s a good idea. She wonders what happens if they break up, and he says that’s impossible. Says the guy who just yesterday suggested they break up?

She pockets the bank book, and he balks, wanting to be the Keeper of the Money, and tries to win it back with rock-paper-scissors. If you two were 16, you’d be an adorable couple.

Young-soon gets offered a blind date with a guy seven years younger than her, and she’s on cloud nine until Seo-won sees the picture and says that her nephew is good-looking. Ouch.

Sun-mi comes to work and sees that Do-ha never even opened the present she gave him. At this point, I don’t even know why you like the guy.

Seo-won and Gil-ro get more pieces of the puzzle, and things FINALLY start to form a picture—the kids of the two informants Choi and Kim who were presumed dead, Won-seok’s story about those families and the NIS choosing to betray them.

It took them forever, but they finally wonder if maybe the guy they have in custody (er, had, but they don’t know that yet) is Choi Woo-jin, the younger son, and younger brother to Choi Woo-hyuk. Ding ding ding! A cookie for the spies.

The only way to be sure would be a DNA test, and they wonder how they’ll get a sample. Well isn’t it convenient that Won-seok happens to have a handful of the guy’s hair somewhere. They don’t know that yet, and Gil-ro worries about trusting Won-seok, for good reason.

Seo-won tells him the story about the botched mission years ago, and how the three children were presumed dead. But what if they’re not, and the kids are actually Woo-hyuk, his little bro, and Mi-rae? Then they’re looking at a revenge mission, for the agents responsible for using their fathers and leaving them for dead. Gil-ro can hardly believe Won-seok would make such a cruel choice to let those kids die, and Seo-won says that it’s not an excuse, but he does seem to regret it.

Seo-won asks Young-soon for a sample of JJ’s DNA, but this time Young-soon gets fed up with Seo-won running her own investigation and withholding evidence. She demands the Dad File right now, and Seo-won protests that she promised Gil-ro.

That just incenses Young-soon even more, and she tells Seo-won to choose right now. Thankfully Gil-ro interrupts to say that they’ll hand over the file, and asks if she knows who Chairman Choi is.

Mi-rae tells JJ that Won-seok is headed to their rendezvous spot tonight, and orders him to kill on sight.

Won-seok takes a detour that night when his wife calls him out to the river. Uh-oh, prepare for bad news. She asks him a nonsensical question on purpose—if they fell into the river, would he save her or his country first? But Won-seok being Won-seok can’t even manage to just lie and say he’d save her first. Dolt.

She asks for a divorce, which he doesn’t take very seriously at first, but she tells him that all she wanted was for him to be a husband who consulted her before making huge life decisions, but he’s turned her into the woman who resents the country he’s loyal to before her. She asks again for a divorce, and he leaves for his next appointment, saying they’ll discuss it later.

He’s on his way to meet Director Oh of course, only Director Oh is sitting at his desk nervously. He does seem a little sad about sending his friend to his death, not that it makes him any less of a murderous bastard.

Meanwhile, Seo-won and Gil-ro run the DNA test, and because this writer can’t figure out a better way to write this exposition, Young-soon has a moment of utter stupidity and asks them to explain the giant screen that says 100% MATCH between Choi Woo-hyuk and Choi Woo-jin.

They’re like, “THEY’RE BROTHERS.” Young-soon: “THEY’RE BROTHERS??” Lawd, this show.

Now she’s even more pissed off that they withheld this information, when Gil-ro gets a panicked call from NIS headquarters alerting him to the fact that JJ was released. They decide not to tell Young-soon that Won-seok’s life is in danger, which seems to be a glaring omission, but whatever.

They trace his cell phone and race over to the park to find him.

Won-seok is busy talking to Director Oh, who’s still in his office, pretending like he’s on his way. He says in vague terms that he’s sorry and to think of it like a sacrifice for his country, and Won-seok smiles and chats with him, not knowing how gravely he means those words.

JJ has Won-seok in his sights, and puts a silencer on his gun. He approaches…

Young-soon bursts into Director Oh’s office to ask why they let JJ go, and tells him that he’s Choi Woo-hyuk’s brother. (They’re calling Woo-hyuk JJ, even though every single show website/chart/article calls Little Bro JJ, but whatever, at this point it doesn’t matter. They’re brothers and interchangeable in the story.)

Director Oh’s eyes widen, but I have no idea why it should make a difference, since being killed by him for revenge or being killed by Mi-rae in exchange for intel still ends with Won-seok dead.

Seo-won finally gets through to Won-seok, and manages to tell him that Choi Woo-jin is the man they captured, and he’s been freed… and he’s coming after Won-seok right now.

Seconds later, Woo-jin is standing there with a gun pointed at his head. Won-seok rises slowly, and asks tenderly, “Choi Woo-jin? You’re alive.” A tear falls as he remembers young Woo-jin crying in his arms, asking Won-seok to save his father.

Won-seok looks at him with such heartbreaking relief. It’s the opposite of what Woo-jin expected, and it shakes him. His hand starts to tremble, and he thinks back to what hyung had said about agents spilling false tears. He had warned Little Bro not to fall for such lies.

He steels himself and says that he lived so he could kill Won-seok, and takes a step closer. Won-seok doesn’t move and doesn’t give excuses, almost as if he’s relieved to finally pay for that mistake that he regrets so much.

Seo-won and Gil-ro finally arrive and call out to Won-seok. Woo-jin turns to see them and acts quickly, firing off two shots into Won-seok’s chest.

Gil-ro fires at him but he gets away, and they run over to Won-seok, who’s lying on the ground, his blood splattered over the family picture on his phone. Gil-ro calls out to him over and over, but he doesn’t move.

COMMENTS

Judging from the Won-seok-centric montage we get at the end, I’m guessing he’s really dead? The sadder part is that this show is so whackadoo that I don’t really care one way or the other. It literally has no bearing on whether or not the show will make any more or less sense, and I fully expect the story to go on with more of the same. I suppose it at least takes Mi-rae and JJ one step closer to being done with their mission, even with her running her own side deal with Director Oh.

I did like the scene with Won-seok finally coming face to face with JJ, Woo-jin, or whatever the hell his name is. It’s been hard to trust him, with his flip-flopping and his lies to Gil-ro, not to mention the fact that he’s kind of a terrible do-as-I-say boss and husband. But it was nice to see that he really does have a heart and regret his actions all those years ago. Because for all the faith Seo-won had in him, he didn’t seem so remorseful until now. I suppose it’s too little too late in his case, but then, with this show, I half expect him to pop up in the next episode and say: “I didn’t teach you how to go rogue so you could go rogue!”

It’s getting painful to play Coulda Woulda Shoulda with this show, but wouldn’t it be nice if we had a fun spy story where agents were smart and figured stuff out before we did? This show has a strange way of either being so slow on the uptake that we can’t believe they don’t know things we’ve known for centuries, or leaving us completely behind so that we’re scratching our heads and going, What just happened? It’d be one thing if the dumb moments were played for comedic effect. That would be a different show entirely. And who knows, maybe that’s what this show intended to be at the outset? If so, someone got some wires severely crossed.

The strange thing is, string-cheese logic aside, it wouldn’t have mattered as much if the central spy vs. spy story had remained, well, central. But the romance now has zero tension, with both leads working together on the same side, and now all they do is repeat variations of the same argument about trusting each other. And to top it off, the heroine has some aversion to kisses. TO KISSES. *gives up trying to understand*

Illustration by Ally

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1 Noa

March 14, 2013 at 7:53 PM

Honestly, this show should just be over and buried in drama history forever :(

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ivoire

March 14, 2013 at 8:25 PM

LOL at the few comments I have read so far... I am watching this to the bitter end. I actually like JW in this. I wish he had something better to work with, at times, however, I really like his acting here. I would like to see how the writer will fill up the next four episodes. Would it be too much to ask for less screen time with SW's parents? I don't think GR's parents even have that privilege :-(, and they ARE the lead's parents...

And to think this is the same writer who wrote the movie. What happened, writer-nim? KHN's character was better written than SW, so we know he could do it. The question is, why hasn't he? Laziness, maybe?

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Caitlyn

March 16, 2013 at 5:47 AM

Writing a movie and writing a drama are so completely different though. The writer can fill an hour and a half with a story, but 20 hours? That's a loooooong time.

I stopped watching the show after episode 12, and now just read the recaps. They're much more enjoyable than the show, and I don't feel like I've wasted my time.

I don't understand Seowon's parents at all, they are so incredibly boring and pointless. I can't think of any other characters in any other drama that have such a lack of purpose and bring nothing to the central storyline.

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bambledd

March 17, 2013 at 3:06 PM

I think a lot of the dramas that have "older" characters in the storyline (parents, grandparents) is to draw in a wider range of viewers. If you look at Baker King with it's 50% ratings, many of the main characters were middle-age. Smile, You also did well and the main storyline had to do with everyone's relationship to the grandfather.
Basically, I think they do an inter-generational storyline to try to keep everyone interested.

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ivoire

March 16, 2013 at 12:50 PM

Hello Caitlyn,

I was thinking that maybe the writer knew what he was getting into when he decided to agree to write for a 20 episodes drama and that as he wrote, he would think along those lines. It is interesting that JB and GF have thought of better or more creative plot lines than the writer, just a thought.

I have actually enjoyed this drama for the most part and I had some really LOL moments in some of the episodes. I also like the cute scenes, tbh. As I have mentioned earlier, I do like JW's acting here, more than I did in Gaksital and in OB (I haven't watched BKKTG). I thought JW was good in Gaksital, however I wished he had shown more nuances, in some of his scenes, which I though PKW did well (better than JW). In this drama, I find JW doing better with being nuanced at times in his expressions, it could be my personal preferences influencing me.

The transitions to Seo-won's parents are not always smooth, imho. Before you know it, there they are, sometimes early in the episode. Someone on Soompi argued that maybe they are there to show how life is for rural people, and that in spite of their daughter being an agent, they don't relate to her or her profession. The dad seems more interested in what he can get out of her connections, and the mom is having a hard time because she is aware that she is not very educated (school wise) and has not always been treated well (by her husband). Maybe the writer wants to show us what some of the agents' parents go through or what their lives might be like? I am being a little sarcastic here.
I am really curious as to why the writer keeps giving them so much screen time (I wish I could ask him that).

On a different note, I love the last drawing...

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2 Arhazivory

March 14, 2013 at 7:55 PM

Sorry for the randomness (that's unrelated to the show) but....Ally did a really great job with the drawings.

*two thumbs up* :D

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Shellybean

March 15, 2013 at 12:04 PM

Haha I had the same thought! Great job Ally.

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Mollee

March 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM

They were awesome and soo related to the story. Haha thumbs up!

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3 kdramapedia

March 14, 2013 at 7:57 PM

WHY IS THIS SHOW STILL GOING ON?

Please, just end already!

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snow_white

March 14, 2013 at 8:08 PM

agreed :P

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hanie

March 14, 2013 at 8:29 PM

Well, we still need our obligatory big bow sprinkled with unicorn dusts send via the double rainbows happily ever after ending... so yeah...

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4 Elizabeth

March 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM

wait.....it's not over?

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Belle3005

March 14, 2013 at 8:24 PM

apparently there's 4 more episodes to go. Sigh.

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jyyjc

March 14, 2013 at 9:32 PM

WHAT o__o

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Mollee

March 15, 2013 at 8:40 PM

wuuuuuut.... I thought it was over at episode 16, until I saw the cliffhanger at the end...

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ilikemangos

March 14, 2013 at 10:29 PM

a crappy show like this should end at 16 episodes, max.

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5 Elle

March 14, 2013 at 8:12 PM

thanks for the recap girlfriday :-)

question...was it really necessary for Gil Ro to yell out Won Seok's name? you'd think upon seeing JJ pointing a gun to Won Seok...they'd try to inconspicuously save Won Seok by, oh i dunno...shooting JJ. oh wait, i forgot..they don't carry guns right? *sigh*

i hope the teeny love story will develop into something a little bit more mature before the 20th episode. *sigh again*

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mkiep

March 29, 2013 at 4:27 PM

I had to come look at the recap and comments to see if anyone pointed this out. This frustrated me SO MUCH. NO, they HAVE GUNS! Gil Ro even shoots at JJ, and Seo Won has her own gun. WHAAAIII??? Gil Ro SUCKS. WORST AGENT EVA. My poor baby JW.

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6 Airyn

March 14, 2013 at 8:15 PM

Thumbs up for the ongoing fan-art show! :)

Also, if I were CKH, by now, I might be staging some sort of rebellion against the writer about those kisses. I mean, "dude, don't stop me from kissing Joo Won!" o_O

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7 hanie

March 14, 2013 at 8:23 PM

tbh, I clicked this just for the illustrations. Ally done a good job.
Thanks for the recap and most importantly, for continue watching this mess. Feel like reading DrFetus's recap all over again.

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8 Dongsaeng killer

March 14, 2013 at 8:25 PM

Oh well.... No longer here for logic. JJ is so pretteh :) other than that, meh

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9 whatis

March 14, 2013 at 8:27 PM

I am tuning in for the drawings!! they're awesome!

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whatis

March 14, 2013 at 8:28 PM

also telling what scene the artists choose to draw! hahaha

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10 Belle3005

March 14, 2013 at 8:30 PM

GEE. It;s dreadful enough to have lasted 16 episodes and now there's 4 more to go? Poor Joo Won. This certainly reminds me of the Dr Jin days but oh well,this drama ain't THAT bad,right?(At least Joo Won can act,he tried.) Better luck perhaps for Joo Won when pursuing other projects next time?

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Belle3005

March 14, 2013 at 8:31 PM

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queenofcam

March 15, 2013 at 7:26 PM

I so want to cry right now....This show might just be (dare I say it?) even worse than Dr. Jin. At least Dr. Jin was so crazy with their idea of a dead fetus that we could just laugh it off and even treat it as comedy. But this....I can't even laugh. What is the writer thinking? Isn't there anyone in the whole production team of L7SC complaining about the lack of common sense with these characters, and that the reasons behind every single decision doesn't follow up? There are such obvious plot holes, and for the life of me I can't figure out WHY they haven't changed the script yet.

Joo Won! WHYYY?! *sigh* I guess every actor has their own fair share of bad projects.... but I just know that Joo Won is too nice to complain. I can just imagine him at an interview when the drama ends, saying "I had a lot of fun filming this drama, and I love the director and the writer was awesome!" =_______=;

For once, I think the most appropriate ending for this drama is if everyone dies, except for Gil Ro. But even Joo Won's character annoy me sometimes, because I still can't figure out how the hell he fell in love with a woman who has the personality of a wet rag. Everytime she pushes him away when he wants to be affectionate, I'm just screaming "LEAVE HER YOU IDIOT! I'LL DO IT, I'LL KISS YOU!" *8*

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bambledd

March 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM

No, I'll have to disagree. Dr. Jin was off the charts for bad drama. It was made up of nonsense that really made you wonder how it got funded or the OK from the network to air.
The writing in Civil Servant is weak, especially the spy details, but at least it doesn't make you wonder if the writers were high when thinking it up like Dr. Jin. : 0

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SS

March 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM

I didn't watch Dr Jin so I can't compare. But I did read some recaps of it. Let's just say that this writer suffers from the same ailment as the good doctor himself. Maybe there is another brain fetus somewhere zapping his brain.

Yes, Joo Won is too nice to say anything bad. He will just point out the positives. Although he read and liked the script, I doubt he seen much of it before he made his choice. Moreover, the cast were handed script hours before filming. Maybe a lot of things changed. But revisions aside, I can't see how such a piece of work can be explained. The whole premise was great and full of potential but in the end, it was just wasted.

One good that came out of this for Joo Won is that he has shown that he can do comedy. Although DB and some have said he overacts in this drama, I feel otherwise. Without Gilro's over the top funny and adorable expressions, this drama will have nothing going for it. The actors have no funny or witty lines to deliver, they just have to use their acting to make up for it. The actors who play Seo Won's parents are veterans, very superb and experienced but see what this show make of them. Not funny at all.

If Joo Won had wanted to erase Lee Kangto image from viewers' mind, I think he has succeeded. Many actors suffer from being stuck with one character for most of their career. In this aspect, I take my hat off to him for taking the plunge. It just turn out to be a bad choice.

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11 bambledd

March 14, 2013 at 9:07 PM

"JJ, Woo-jin, or whatever the hell his name is." LOL. Thanks for the recap. : )

You know, most action movies - when someone is at gunpoint and someone shouts something to try to distract the gunman (which Gil-Ro did), they usually kick the gun out of the gunman's hands or get away somehow (which Won-seok didn't do). Instead Won-seok just stared off and smiled. No wonder you got shot, buddy.

I'm still enjoying Joo-Won's acting.
Gaksital 4-eva !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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12 Belle3005

March 14, 2013 at 9:13 PM

One thing that I'll miss about this show's all the drawings. THEY'RE THE BEST! :D

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13 Christy

March 14, 2013 at 9:14 PM

This drama really just needs to end asap and be put out of its misery. There's no hope for the show at this point and I'm really just tuning in to the recaps to see the illustrations :P

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14 Rai-Rai

March 14, 2013 at 10:07 PM

After I fell asleep halfway through the first episode, I knew not to bother with this drama. Glad I listened to my instincts...

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15 h311ybean

March 14, 2013 at 10:14 PM

I lost interest in this show ages ago, but love pouty Joo-won :D

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16 Yon Yih

March 14, 2013 at 10:22 PM

They’re like, “THEY’RE BROTHERS.” Young-soon: “THEY’RE BROTHERS??”

LOL this is so stupid, like shouting out "THE WORLD IS ROUND. THE WORLD IS ROUND?"

i enjoy the recaps, always so funny & I always wait till DB's review whether the drama is worth the time o not before i watch. So thanks for tellin me not 2 waste the time on this show

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scarlett

March 15, 2013 at 2:27 AM

there was a time that our ancestors believed the world was flat so, maybe the characters in this drama are still in that stage ^__^

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KimYoonmi

March 15, 2013 at 1:47 PM

That's a myth created by an author who wanted to write about Christopher Columbus... but it isn't true. We always know the world is round, mostly because of horizons, etc.

So they are dumber than our ancestors.

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17 Sajen

March 14, 2013 at 10:24 PM

I wonder if I can convince the producers to let me re-write this show. There wouldn't be any dialogue cause I can't write dialogue but it would still make more sense than this.

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18 ilikemangos

March 14, 2013 at 10:31 PM

Sigh. I just have so much respect for JB and GF for recapping until the bitter end.
Really, lots of appreciation.
You must really love us beanies. FIGHTING!

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scarlett

March 15, 2013 at 2:29 AM

either that or they love pouty joo woon too much

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Mystisith

March 15, 2013 at 4:23 AM

I gave up on Show centuries ago but that pic of him staring at the phone is cute. You take what you can...

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thil28

March 15, 2013 at 3:45 AM

WORD!!! thank you jb and gf for falling on your swords(pens?) for us beanies! im so glad i dont need to watch the show any more but can enjoy the recaps and great artworks by fellow beanies and enjoy pouty joo won screencaps, too. really hopes he chooses better next time...

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19 Shelena Mia

March 14, 2013 at 11:41 PM

Thank you!
I hope Won-seok is not dead…

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20 Ebonix

March 14, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Wonderful recaps, as always,
Joo Won's face,
Adorable pictures from Ally
(Love them so much <3, can we get more of these, pleaseeeee....)

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21 far

March 15, 2013 at 1:16 AM

get the drama over and done with so joowon can reminisce why the heck did he chose this drama in the first place. and then he can move on to his rom-com-badass movie, and then off to an AMAZING drama. hopefully..

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22 a_diva

March 15, 2013 at 4:37 AM

i find it interesting that everyone is/has been calling choi woo jin JJ when older brother choi woo hyuk was clearly called JJ early on. at the beginning of the series, the nis noted that JJ had entered the country and then we saw woo jin and mi rae picking him up from the airport. after his death, nis did not know he had died and said he was missing, hadn't been heard of for over a year, etc. i thought calling woo jin was a mistake but i just ran with it b/c it didn't matter all that much.

on a completely different note though, i totally thought (and hoped this was the final episode). i thought it ended a bit up abruptly with won seok's death (which i am a bit sad about *tear*) but i breathed a sigh of relief thinking they had finally did something right---an open-ended finale without the fluff and happy after ever of gil ro and seo won. but to think there are FOUR more episodes leaves a bitter bitter taste in my mouth. really show? really? i mean . . . really? you think there is enough material, conflict, and angst to last four more episodes? one word: d e l u s i o n a l

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a_diva

March 15, 2013 at 4:39 AM

correction: "thinking they had finally DONE something right"

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23 tsutsuw

March 15, 2013 at 6:45 AM

At first I was really liking this show, it was fun and the undercover part was interesting enough for me to keep on watching. But when I saw the episode in which SW "fail" her mission I was like "what the fuck, she's an agent with intense training and she can't take back the documents from Gil-ro's hands ???"... then I gave up on it. Plus Gil-ro's character was pissing me off more and more...
I'm just hoping for the next two weeks to pass quickly so Song Seung-Heon new drama will be on air (and I'm praying for it to be better than Dr. Jin)

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24 delicatecloud

March 15, 2013 at 7:14 AM

Couldn't stand (or sit) this show but I LOVE the illustrations! Way to go Ally!!

Thanks for the recaps!

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Bridget

March 15, 2013 at 11:52 AM

I haven't watched the show but am now tuning in to the recaps just to see the drawings!

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25 EX-DF user

March 15, 2013 at 8:13 AM

Thanks for the caps. I'm behind on the watching (since I've left DF for good). BUT, I do have to say this:

Not the best spy or Joo Won drama I've ever seen. Not even close. I agree it should end at 16 (at most) not 20 eps.

However, I'm too much of a Joo Won fan to just drop it completely. Besides, I'm shallow enough to appreciate Do Ha and JJ gun-carrying eye candy.

BTW, took me a shile to get past the "preztel with lips" comment to be able to write this. (still laughing)

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26 bambledd

March 15, 2013 at 12:09 PM

I think they were advertising "The Titanic" DVD in this episode. I thought it was tacky how they kept showing other movies in the background, esp. Leonardo and Kate. Not to mention it was very distracting trying to listen to what Gil-Ro and SeoWon were saying when they were showing couples making out in the back. Real nice directing.

Anyhow, can't get enough of JOO-WON!!!!

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27 Rie

March 15, 2013 at 1:53 PM

The last scene with Won-seok was not that bad...
However, never watched a drama this nonsensical until episode 16 :/ joo-won-ah whyyyy
& i'm not happy that uhm force and joo-won had no scene together :/

even if with this drama i can sometime enjoy JW cuteness, i can't wait to this to end so he can (hopefully) have a Good project soon ! & need to watch Gaksital or Ojakkyo Brothers again after this !

Thanks for your patience, your recaps and the brillant illustrations !

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28 khylla

March 15, 2013 at 5:33 PM

thanks for the recaps......

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29 Mar

March 16, 2013 at 7:08 AM

I started watching the show for Choi Kang-hee. I stayed because the Romulan Gang were good for a laugh, and there was a lull in dramaland. I waivered because of well, the badness that everyone else points out. I am now in to the end at least for the recap drawings. I know the DramaFever wtfuckery was stressful and I'm not downplaying it, but oh, this drama definitely got new life for us Beanies out of the drawings lol.

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30 RIO kdrama lover

March 16, 2013 at 10:15 AM

I thought it would end at 16. When'll it end?...
I love Joo-Won, but this show looks terrible, I can't watch it even though I love him -.-
I hope he chooses a better drama next time (I'm not judging who likes the show, it just don't appeal to me...)

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31 whatsthescenario

March 17, 2013 at 9:36 AM

I think the writer expected Won Seok's death to have a much greater impact on the viewer. Think Shi-kyung in K2H ( I STILL can't get over it). But sadly it fell flat, we didn't really connect with him, because they've made very poor decisions in the storylines. I'm so over Dong Ha being an ass with a robot heart. How can be not see he is being used and alienated from his teammates?

Now onto to stupid Seo-Won, why does she keep turnin Gil-ro away?!?!?!?! You know, the big-eyed ingenue is getting tired on her. She just seems like the cold, calculating liar she's desperately trying to convince him that she's not. There's really no other reason, especially now that you are on the same side.

I loved the hairstyle of the other cutie Spy academy agent girl. I think this is the look they should have used for Seo-Won, or at least one that is less raggedy.

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32 waedramawae?!?!?!

March 17, 2013 at 11:38 PM

I was half through reading the recap when I realised I didnt even finish watching this episode. I would rather just watch a rolling screen of javabeans recaps then actually finish watching an episode.....waaaaahh I can literally feel my brain cells wisping out my ears for the hour but damn my stupid OCDness :( I just have to freaking finish what I start don't I!!?!?!

*sigh* it has come to a point that even yumminess like joo won and chansung are of no use, this is like korean drama torture for me especially since I had just finished watching history of a salaryman and then i was like oooh let me watch this omg bad mistake :( :( :( good luck to anyone else there who are feeling the same, have strength!!! fighting javabeans!!!

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waedramawae?!?!?!

March 17, 2013 at 11:47 PM

oh also fighting girlfriday!!!

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33 Penelope Ryu

September 3, 2013 at 7:36 AM

Can someone please tell me what's the relationship between Mirae, JJ and Choi Woo Hyuk? I thought all of them were biological siblings? During the flashback, three of them were crying and begging the NIS agents to save their father. But there's in one episode where Mirae say. "I am your brother's woman.....". Someone help me. I'm getting confused here. Thanks in advance!

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