Master’s Sun: Episode 11
by javabeans
Thank goodness the new ep finally rolled around so we can all stop rewinding the end of the last one, yes?
I continue to feel giddy over the developments in this show, which are not only hitting consistent beats of satisfaction but accomplishing them with a nicely paced acceleration. There have been so many shows that start out amazing and exciting and so full of promise, only to dip at the very end, and I never quite know how to feel about those. But I’ll always take the show that took a few beats to get started, then built that momentum successfully toward a well-placed crescendo. I’m crossing my fingers that this show continues on its course to being the latter case.
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Lunchsong Project – “가족의 힘” (The power of family) [ Download ]
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EPISODE 11 RECAP
Joong-won confesses that he loves Gong-shil, which comes out more like I’m pretty sure I love you, but coming from him it’s a pretty huge deal either way. Her first impulse is to ask whether he’s joking. He says that he had difficulty accepting the truth of her ghost-seeing condition but eventually did, therefore she should accept this truth. Which cracks me up, as you are putting your love for her on the same level as her terror of ghosts.
She asks whether this actually changes anything, or if he’s saying this to keep her from touching him anymore. The look of frustration on his face at the sideways turn of this conversation is making my day. How could an “I love you” get so misinterpreted? But that’s the point of Gong-shil, she who interprets things sideways.
Joong-won replies, “I wondered why I kept forcing reasons when the calculations didn’t line up, and it was because I like you.” He’s decided that he’s tried his best to resist, but since that wasn’t working out, “From now I’m going to do as I want. Now your job is to stand firm and not let it sway you.”
The message is mixed, confusing Gong-shil—why is he telling her to resist him instead of accepting his feelings? He replies that this ain’t no “sweet confession” but a “bitter warning.”
As she protests, something whooshes nearby. Gong-shil barks at the ghost that she’s in the middle of something right now but it’s pretty persistent, so finally Joong-won whirls her to him. He confesses that he missed her every moment they were apart, and turned off his phone just so he wouldn’t pathetically check for her calls all the time.
Swoon. Then he says this is exactly the kind of stuff she’s supposed to resist. OH YOU. He points out that she’d already said she could withstand him (y’know, back when she was lying to herself) and thus he trusts her at her word. Or do you just want her to fail? Because I would be just peachy with failing.
Kang Woo and Yi-ryung have their own conversation outside the restaurant. Since Gong-shil called Joong-won her special one-and-only, she advises Kang Woo to give up. He replies that it’s for him to deal with, and makes extra-clear that Yi-ryung ought to stop chasing him—he’d thought she was just bored, but if she’s serious she’d better quit.
Never one to let her pride down, Yi-ryung retorts that she’s not serious at all, and she’ll quit because she’s tired, not because he told her to. But she’s blinking back tears.
Walking holding hands, Gong-shil asks whether Joong-won was affected by all the physical contact. He says that wouldn’t have been enough to sway him, which leads to a pun about her yook-gahm (sixth sense) not being the same thing as yook-gahm (sensuality), and how in the end it was her yook-gahm that got him. Heh.
He offers to do whatever she wants tonight, and she realizes with a thrill that she doesn’t have to be scared of night activities anymore. She’s giddy with all the possibilities and racks her brain for choices as a phone call interrupts (booooo). Just as she decides, he says that tonight they’ll just go to his thing, which is a a gathering of the country’s wealthiest. But first, a nicer outfit for her is in order, say in black.
Cut to: A funeral. HAHAHA. And to think, for a moment I was actually disappointed that we’d get saddled with a typical makeover montage. So much relief for the joke version.
She pouts that he didn’t have to lie about loving her just to get her to come to a funeral (which, given the pool stunt, isn’t an unfounded fear). Joong-won gripes that he wasn’t lying—it was just bad timing. She harrumphs that she doesn’t believe him and sets out with her radar up.
The deceased is Chairman Lee of rival group Giant Mall (cameo by Lee Jae-yong, whose character name is Lee Yong-jae, heh). Apparently the devoted family man actually died with his mistress at his side, keeping his wife and son away.
It’s the son who accepts visitors at the funeral hall—Lee Jae-seok, Giant Mall’s president and Joong-won’s direct competitor (cameo by Lee Jong-hyuk, keke). The moment she claps eyes on him, Gong-shil’s jaw drops in admiration; she’d assumed he’d be awful-looking based on Joong-won’s descriptions.
Joong-won fumes and reminds her, “We’re on a date. Don’t go looking at other men.” Well, it’s your fault for making a funeral your date.
Then he runs into an acquaintance and swings an arm around her shoulder, introducing her as his girlfriend. She points out that there are lots of rich people around (as in, Aren’t you worried I’ll make you look bad?) but he says, “If I can’t say the thing in front of my friends that I say in front of your friends, you’ll get mad.” True! See, he’s learning.
Gong-shil spots the chairman’s ghost at a table and reports back to Joong-won that he made a request: Get rid of a particular thing that his son mustn’t know about.
In a flashback, we see the moment when son Jae-seok discovers his father’s body at home. Strewn around the room are women’s clothing, cosmetics, and a bottle of perfume he recognizes. Having had faith in his father’s fidelity, now Jae-seok faces his father’s altar grimly.
I’m half-expecting a twist at some point, but Gong-shil tells Joong-won that the ghost wants her to clear out the mistress’s belongings, whom he’d kept successfully hidden all his life. Joong-won wishes the old man had left behind some trade secret instead (psh, you would), and deduces that if the woman were to appear suddenly, a battle over inheritance rights might erupt. He decides he’d like to see that blow up in the Giant president’s face, and advises Gong-shil to stay out of it. Ha.
Gong-shil is determined to help Jae-seok, which leads to a bickering match about whose vacation villa they should go to—Chairman Lee’s (to help out the Giant family), or Joong-won’s (to step aside). Things end in an impasse as he huffs that he’ll take her home instead. He adds that ghost-assisting isn’t his job, nor does he enjoy doing it, but he’s helping her because he wants to spend time together. Aww. But if she no longer needs him, it’s up to her to decide when this ends.
Gong-shil deflates at the reminder that all things come to an end, and says they ought not end up like that wolf and goat pair. He asks how the story ends, and she tells him to read the book. Lol.
Chairman Joo returns to Korea and is briefed on Joong-won’s latest broken engagement, as well as Gong-shil’s involvement. Kang Woo reports that Joong-won believes Gong-shil can see ghosts and possibly Hee-joo; thus he’s unlikely to believe a theory about Hee-joo being alive. Moreover, Kang Woo believes Gong-shil’s claims.
Joong-won asks for the title of the wolf-goat story, and she advises him to watch the cartoon instead since he can’t read. Pfft. She has come to a decision about their relationship, though, and suggests that they enjoy themselves and have fun while it lasts. They both agree, and both seem disappointed.
Kang Woo arrives home to see Gong-shil trudging inside and asks if anything’s wrong. He heard that Joong-won broke his engagement for her, but asks if he promised to be true to her. Gong-shil reminds Kang Woo of his advice about pain being the indicator when you aren’t true to your feelings, and says that Joong-won was true to his—”But I think the pain is my lot.”
A car almost hits Aunt and Uncle VP’s car as they pull into their complex, and Uncle VP’s ready to rage at the other driver until he sees that it’s their pretty new neighbor (cameo by Hwang Sun-hee). She’s polite and apologetic, and Aunt and Uncle are left with a favorable impression.
But then New Neighbor asks, “That’s Joo Joong-won’s aunt, right?” Standing beside her is the glowing ghost of Hee-joo. Huh, can she see ghosts too?
At Chairman Lee’s villa, caretakers begin to clear out the mistress’s belongings from the bedroom. They can’t see the chairman’s ghost raging at them, “DON’T TOUCH!” but they can certainly feel the wave of bad juju that sweeps through the room. They skedaddle.
The chairman’s ghost approaches the clutter of mistressy things, but without corporeal powers he’s unable to move them himself. Hm, I’m getting a far-fetched idea about those belongings…
Gong-shil remains convinced she should help the chairman, who looked awfully sad. His ghost also carried a fragrance that turns out to be a bottle of woman’s perfume, a sign of his longing for his mistress. Gong-shil spritzes herself thinking to attract the ghost, which should work as she’s quite popular with spirits. Turning to the empty seat, she asks, “Aren’t I?”
Joong-won just now sees that there are three coffee cups, ha. She adds that today the coffee-addict ghost brought a friend, and he asks (hopefully?) whether it’s Trash Can Man. Hearing her no, he mumbles, “So you weren’t friendly with that one.” Aw, and then he wonders whether she never got the necklace, or whether she did and is just not wearing it.
Kang Woo reminds Joong-won that his father is awaiting his visit, and Joong-won replies with the ole Tell HIM to see ME. Neither side is willing to take the first literal step, and thus they remain at impasse.
Giant prez Jae-seok arrives at Kingdom for a meeting with Joong-won, and passes Gong-shil in the lobby. Recognizing her perfume, he stops her to request its name; she doesn’t know it, but offers to show him the bottle.
But to Joong-won watching from afar, all he can do is speculate as to the nature of the encounter. And stew. He endures perhaps the world’s most annoying narrator in the form of Secretary Kim (annoying for him, I mean—hilarious for us): “The Giant Mall president has laid eyes on Tae-yang… now he’s talking to Tae-yang… they’re going somewhere together… that’s not the direction of the conference room!”
Both Joong-won and Kang Woo suppose this has to do with the father ghost and his villa. Secretary Kim says, “Ahhhh, so they’ll be heading off together then.” Joong-won and Kang Woo glare, and Secretary Kim just fuels that fire: “The Giant Mall president doesn’t have a wife by his side, and he’ll be feeling weak with his father recently deceased. She can comfort him.”
Kang Woo suggests tersely that Joong-won go after them (better the devil you know than the one you don’t?), which at least gives Joong-won his excuse. Psh.
Gong-shil shows Jae-seok the perfume, which he confirms is the scent he sometimes caught on his father. Yet even though his mother was sure there was another woman, Jae-seok had steadfastly believed dad wasn’t a cheater, making the betrayal sting. He briefly wonders whether Gong-shil is the woman, but accepts her denial.
Moments after he leaves, Joong-won shows up at the door singing a new tune: Now he wants to go to the chairman’s villa and help after all. Hee.
Uncle VP calls in Gossipy Guard Han-joo with a new assignment: Find out as much as possible about Gong-shil’s background. He knows she got into an accident just shy of graduating from university, and wants details.
Han-joo’s starting to feel pangs of guilt for abusing unni’s trust while he pumps her for info, though he shoves it aside. Unni confirms that the accident was seven years ago, but shudders at the horrible memories and doesn’t want to speak of it any further. So he invites unni to a friendly dinner, planning to loosen her tongue with alcohol. Again, he feels bad, but not bad enough to actually not do it. I hope unni delivers a mighty beatdown when she finds out what Han-joo’s been up to. (I don’t hate him—he’s a silly man with no spine—but he deserves a reckoning.)
Joong-won and Gong-shil drive over to the villa after his meeting with the Giant president, and he’s in great spirits because the other guy’s distraction allowed the negotiations to heavily favor Kingdom. Gong-shil picks up on the tension between Joong-won and his own father, and he confirms, “We don’t like each other.”
They find the chairman waiting their arrival in the mistress’s room, where he asks Gong-shil to delete the woman’s photo from his camera. But before she can get to it, they hear footsteps approaching from outside—it’s son Jae-seok.
They scramble to lock the door, but Jae-seok has a ring of master keys and starts trying them in turn. Crap. Being found here would look awful for them both, particularly given the business rivalry, but there are no exits. Gong-shil says they have to erase the photo before Jae-seok sees it, but Joong-won argues the opposite—that photo is their only proof backing the claim that they had a reason for coming here. The seconds tick down and Jae-seok is getting to the last of the keys…
Joong-won thinks fast and calls Jae-seok, barking at him to return to Kingdom immediately. He acknowledges that the deal was too stilted in Kingdom’s favor and offers to renegotiate—but it has to be NOW. Before he changes his mind.
That saves their skin, though Joong-won is left knocking his head against the wall for giving up a huge profit. As Gong-shil turns her attention to the camera, Joong-won says pointedly that the chairman is so focused on hiding his woman that he has given no thought to his son’s feelings—shouldn’t he have been asking Gong-shil to convey his apologies and sorrow?
Joong-won clearly identifies with the wronged son in this scenario and his words make an impact on the saddened chairman, just Gong-shil finds the photo and stares in surprise. It’s totally what I think it is, isn’t it? And so, the chairman changes his mind and asks Gong-shil to show the photo to Joong-won—he’d like Joong-won’s opinion on how he’d handle the shocking matter.
Joong-won scoffs that nothing would shock him about his own father’s taste in women, only when he sees the photo, he totally gapes. It’s him, isn’t it. IT’S HIM.
Joong-won makes the choice to call Jae-seok and order him to the villa, admitting that’s he’s there now. Jae-seok is surprised and suspicious to find the two in his father’s house and returns to his accusation that Gong-shil is the mistress. Hilariously, Joong-won cuts him off: “Get it straight! This one is mine. That one is the one your father was hiding.” He slaps a photo facedown onto the table.
Jae-seok interprets this as blackmail and informs Joong-won that he may hate his father, but he won’t stand for others scorning him. Joong-won tells him to take a look at the picture, then turns to address the chairman next to him: “Rather than trying to protect your son, it’s better to let your son protect you.” Ooof. That line is a winner.
Jae-seok flips over the photo… and recognizes his father, dressed as a woman. Gong-shil explains that the chairman had so much to protect that he had to “hide his true soul” all his life. He had taken that last photo as a ceremonial funeral picture, intending to give his soul a proper send-off. But he collapsed before he could do so, and wanted to hide it from the son who would surely be disgusted.
A short while later, Jae-seok sits regarding the photo while his father’s spirit sits across from him. Jae-seok states that he will continue to protect the things his father did, and completes the funeral for the woman in the photograph. The photo burns and with his soul at rest, his father poofs away.
Given today’s events, Joong-won is a little less hostile to the idea of seeing his father. He again wonders whether his father withheld the diamond necklace ransom as he suspects, to which Secretary Kim suggests that perhaps the chairman is hiding something to protect his son. Also, Dad was told of Joong-won’s relationship with Gong-shil—if Joong-won keeps dragging his feet, Dad might summon her instead. Ha, Secretary Kim is such a manipulator.
Just then, Jae-seok arrives in the lobby bearing a bouquet of flowers, and Secretary Kim notes that he must be here for Gong-shil: “Once a person feels Tae-yang’s warm heart, one tends to keep seeking it out.” Ahem. Prod. Hint. And the kicker: “That flower bouquet sure is big.”
Joong-won sniffs that the flowers could’ve been delivered, but Secretary Kim points out that it’s more meaningful in person, plus you can be assured that it got to the recipient. This sends Joong-won back to the trash can ghost to ask whether the necklace made it to the rightful owner. Mind you, he can’t see the ghost so he asks for a sign—if she took it, spin the trash can.
The lid starts spinning, and Joong-won smiles in relief. Then he asks if she liked it, and gets no response. He figures not, but then the lid goes ’round with extra force—she loved it. He supposes that he would’ve seen her reaction for himself if he’d given it to her personally.
Secretary Kim greets Jae-seok, who does seem interested in poaching Gong-shil away. Secretary Kim says that she is special to the president, as she is “the master’s sun.” Or, depending on how you hear it, she’s Mr. Joo’s Ms. Tae. Or maybe Mr. Joo’s sun. You get the point.
Jae-seok says that’s too bad and leaves a last message for Joong-won: “Tell him that I have a telescope too.” Bwahahaha.
Today Gong-shil hosts a tea party for four, listening to the ghosts’ tips on how to fix various problems for people. One rude ghost whooshes in frighteningly, and Gong-shil warns them all to behave, threatening to get the president—they all know what happens when she touches him. She clutches her sun necklace with a death grip.
The Mysterious Neighbor makes an appearance at Kingdom Mall, a strategic move to run into Aunt Joo, who invites her to dinner. Looks like she’s ready to play matchmaker by sending in the new girl to take Gong-shil’s place, which I assume is exactly new girl’s plan.
New Girl sees Joong-won walking by and notes, “It’s been a long while, Joo Joong-won.”
Joong-won sees his father after all, with the air is as strained as ever. Joong-won gets to the point and tells his father that Hee-joo was in on the plot. Chairman Joo states that he handed the necklace off to Hee-joo “like a fool, because I had to save you first.”
So both were both fooled by Hee-joo. Joong-won declares that he will put this whole affair behind him and almost sounds convincing, except his father isn’t so sure—Joong-won still can’t read, after all.
Chairman Joo hands over an envelope of evidence that he has collected on Hee-joo, saying that the contents may rattle him. He leaves the decision to look at it to Joong-won.
Joong-won has one last question, about whether his father purposely hasn’t told him the ransom amount to spare him hurt. Chairman Joo tells him to believe what he wants to, which is the answer Joong-won repeats to his father at the question of whether he ever doubted Dad.
Joong-won fiddles with the envelope, almost opening it before deciding against it. Secretary Kim delivers a stack of books—the wolf and goat stories, spanning multiple volumes. Joong-won is dismayed at the amount of words he’ll have to get through, but refuses assistance. He’ll read it himself.
He squints at the title, barely making out On a Stormy Night. Secretary Kim notes innocently that it’s quite the coincidence that he’d met Gong-shil on such a night.
Kang Woo informs Gong-shil that Joong-won told his father the truth about Hee-joo’s involvement in the crime. Gong-shil wishes she had some help to offer, but her encounters with Hee-joo’s ghost have left no clues about the other criminal. Kang Woo supposes that Joong-won will keep Gong-shil near until the case is closed, which has different meanings for them—for Kang Woo, that’s when he might hope for a new start, while for Gong-shil that means the end of her relationship with Joong-won.
Kang Woo returns to his post to find himself the subject of gossip—he’s made No. 1 on the internet searchwords list. Sort of. (The terms are “Tae Yi-ryung’s boyfriend” and “Tae Yi-ryung’s bodyguard.”)
Yi-ryung denies the rumors in an interview, deflecting with an admission that she is dating someone, but not Kingdom’s security chief—it’s the president. Oh we’re back to this? Aw c’mon.
Uncle VP gets a call tipping him off that the story will hit the press tomorrow, and Aunt Joo decides to use this occasion to press Joong-won for clarification on his love life. They happen to be dining with New Girl at the moment, who finds this all very interesting.
Joong-won pops up at Gong-shil’s office to remind her that she had picked a date place the other night, before they’d gotten diverted to the funeral. He’ll take her today, and orders her to wait for a moment as he heads back to his office. She takes the time to primp, and debate on whether to wear the sun necklace. Would it be too telling, like a sign that she’s hoping for more? In the end she puts it on.
Aunt is waiting in Joong-won’s office to warn him about the dating rumors with Yi-ryung. He says they’ll have to block the news, since Yi-ryung is their brand model and images must be protected.
Aunt prods, asking whether his reaction is more about Gong-shil, and he replies that Gong-shil isn’t one to be chased off by this kind of stuff. She doesn’t understand Gong-shil’s reactions, so he tells her to consider Gong-shil someone from a different world and leave things alone.
But as Joong-won heads out for his date, he sees Gong-shil standing just inside the office, having overheard the conversation. Aunt continues, not seeing her, “Does she have no pride? Does she love you that much?”
Gong-shil covers the necklace self-consciously. Joong-won answers while staring right at her, “That woman has no pride. She has a reason for not letting go of me, and no space to consider her pride. Even when I say I love her, she has no space to look after that love. So rest easy. Am I right?”
At that, Gong-shil answers quietly, “Yes.” And as always, Joong-won looks disappointed to get the answer he angled for, while hoping for its opposite.
He follows her out and holds her back, but she’s close to her breaking point and lies that the place she wanted to go was home. She excuses herself and leaves in tears, and he lets her go.
Joong-won broods in his office until he arrives at a decision, and arrives at her door shortly thereafter. He pounds insistently until she joins him on the rooftop, and asks why she cried when she had assured him she would manage their situation just fine.
Gong-shil just looks at him coolly and asks, “Who are you? Ah, are you that rude jerk Joo Joong-won? Why are you here? Does she look like such a pushover to you?”
Ah, he realizes she’s talking like someone else—is somebody else here? She accuses him of being a bastard and orders him to get lost, since Gong-shil didn’t enjoy hanging out with him. He grabs her arm and she cries, “I said get lost!”
A dead giveaway. He points out that he touched her, but “she” didn’t disappear. She covers it up with a lie (he pissed her off so much she came right back), and while he doesn’t believe her, he plays along. She adds that Gong-shil is hurting because of him and wants him to leave.
Joong-won stops her to point out that she doesn’t know how he got rid of the pianist’s wife. She snaps, “What, did you hit her?” He answers, “Watch carefully, and come back.”
Kiiiiiiiss.
COMMENTS
Swoon. A lot of great moments in this episode, starting with the dual father-son stories of misunderstanding and forgiveness. While Joong-won has more baggage to sort through with his own father than the Giant duo (as their misunderstanding was much shorter-lived), I like that he’s growing appreciably, and that he’s not too driven by old grudges to see that perhaps there’s a bigger story at play. It sure would be easier if Chairman Joo would just open his mouth and defend himself rather than leave Joong-won to draw the only conclusions that come to his mind, but as Secretary Kim notes, perhaps there are reasons for that silence. Frustrating, yes, but possible logically driven.
I love the point in stories where the hero gets over his denial and embraces his feelings, because duh. Kisses! This drama never lacked for the skinship, but I enjoy the point where Joong-won just faces the situation head-on and admits that maybe he doesn’t have reasons for wanting to be with her other than wanting to be with her. And once you accept that, well, things get a lot less frustrating.
I do understand Gong-shil’s fears and find her torn reaction—wanting to take him at his word and recalling that she’s got a self to take care of outside of this—believable and sympathetic. Especially since he’s the one contradicting himself all the time, taking a step forward (I love you) and then immediately back (don’t let this continue). It’s hilarious that he’s giving up the reins entirely to her, because he was so terrible at trying to be the control freak and now enjoys the freedom of just basking in the feelings. Let Gong-shil deal with all the complicated questions of how far to go and when to end things! And lest that sound too spineless, I think it’s important that he gives her final say—it’s her call to put an end to things.
So her confusion is reasonable… to a point, I think. Granted, the situation is much clearer to us because WE know when he’s being sincere and when he’s begging her to contradict him and say no, she does love him. She doesn’t have the benefit of our omniscience. It’s just that at a point, I think my (our) understanding of the real emotional throughlines actually confuses my understanding of the characters’ limited knowledge, so that I have to rack my brains to remember why she’s shoving him away this time instead of jumping his bones. Because please! Whose first impulse wouldn’t be to jump his bones? Especially when he’s declaring love and missing you and wanting to be with you all the time and asking you out on dates (albeit really weird ones)?
So it’s in those cases where I find that the stories sometimes follow a romantic logic that is semantic more than it is… oh, credible with the heart-feels. I have to convince my brain that this actually all works out on paper, while my heart is whining, “But whyyyyyy.” It’s like the wordy mathematic version of logic, where if A equals B and C equals D, then not-D does not equal B or C is greater than or equal to my mother. I dunno. Logic was a class I bombed utterly in college, which may or may not surprise anybody. Sadly for me.
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51 sponge
September 11, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Awesome episode, excited for the next as I impatiently wait (luckily 12 should be up by tomorrow). Also im all for passionate kisses in dramas (as few as thery come), I still swooned regardless, but I sort of understand that it wont come until theres reciprocity of feelings (those that are willingly revealed rather than confused and hesitant) n I hope that comes soon, the viewers can see it but we need the characters to! More swooning confessions and great dialogue please :)!
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52 bec
September 11, 2013 at 10:26 PM
ooowwww.... I want more kisses and more passionate please... So Ji Sub can do better, much better.
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53 forgetdeadlines
September 11, 2013 at 10:29 PM
If Joongwon has a golden telescope, I wonder what kind Jaeseok has.. does it have giant diamonds maybe?
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54 lalalala
September 11, 2013 at 10:30 PM
Hahaha. After hearing that i wanted a drama all about giant's ceo. That made my day.
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55 dizzyMongoose
September 11, 2013 at 10:30 PM
I'm convinced the most evil person on the show is Secretary Kim. He's so deliciously conniving.
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jomo143
September 12, 2013 at 5:18 AM
LOL
At least he is using his power for good!
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56 champagnepop
September 11, 2013 at 10:46 PM
I was super excited when I found out that Lee Jong Hyuk would be playing the role of Giant's CEO and assumed that we would be seeing him from Episodes 11 to 16, but after tonight's episode, that doesn't seem to be the case :(
Anyway, thanks for the recap, JB!
PS. How freaking ADORABLE was So Ji Sub when he did that 'let's go!' hand motion?!
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57 astromantic
September 11, 2013 at 10:48 PM
"Take a good look, and come back." versus "Take a good look, and get lost." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhh dang. Doesn't matter the iteration. I'm in love either way.
I think Gong Shil's "JESUS SAVE ME" shirt is a pretty good representation of my feelings every time I watch this show tbh
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58 jo marcelo
September 11, 2013 at 11:01 PM
maybe the accident where Cha Jee Hoo died is related to accident that Tae Yang figured in .....
wasn't there a car chase? when the police was pursuing the car which had Cha Jee Hoo inside?
maybe in the car chase, the car that had Tae Yang was one of the cars crashed by either the car of Cha Hee Hoo or the police cars?
hmmmm.... i maybe grasping at straws here but that would be a logical connection right? :)
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Minty
September 11, 2013 at 11:06 PM
but it was revealed in the episode that Gong Shil's accident occured 7 years ago... the kidnapping and Hee Joo's death happened years earlier than that, right?
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lina
September 12, 2013 at 2:20 AM
cha hee joo died 15 year ago. GS accident was 7 years ago.
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59 lea
September 11, 2013 at 11:01 PM
that moment when Secretary Kim was clapping his hands over his head behind Joong Won after Joong Won decided to follow Taeyang and Giant CEO, my sister and i practically jumped off our feet wanting to hug the screen! Ahjushi, we love you so freaking much! <3
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Crazynoona
September 12, 2013 at 2:24 AM
The man is absolutely having lots of fun at work, teasing his boss's heart daily
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sirena
September 12, 2013 at 9:19 AM
I noticed that as well! Secretary Kim we ❤ you!
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60 Minty
September 11, 2013 at 11:02 PM
i thank Secretary Kim for my crazy and literal LOL moments in this episode... *goes back to rewatch those scenes*
and now i want to see the Giant's CEO's telescope too... hahaha...
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61 elvira
September 11, 2013 at 11:11 PM
THE KISS IS HERE!!!
I have nothing else to say.
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62 Ekaaww
September 11, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Hey i just read from an article in The Master's Sun facebook fanclub, it said..
Those who live in south korea, better to watch ep 12 and make the rating more 20%. Maybe SBS and Hong Sisters might consider for an extension :D
You know...16 eps seems too short!!!
Well, i hope there would be a real kiss...i mean that passion kiss from OTP. Pleaseeee PDnim~~
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63 mina
September 11, 2013 at 11:40 PM
*Thank goodness the new ep finally rolled around so we can all stop rewinding the end of the last one, yes?*
lolz guilty as charged...i know you also have a golden telescope java! thanks for the recap!
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64 lalsy
September 11, 2013 at 11:43 PM
Because Seo In-guk is my bias, so the most stand-out scene in this episode to me is when he said to Gong-shil "Should I not go?" OMG it reminds me of him when he said "Should I not date her?" in Answer Me 1997. Squee!
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~Feather~
September 12, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Me too! I felt like I was having Déjà Vu. :)
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65 wren
September 12, 2013 at 12:55 AM
you know what I love about this show? the men are straight forward and don't twist their feelings for their women.although games are played and feelings are hidden its somehow satisfying to see the way the series is unwrapping.
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66 Mojobobo
September 12, 2013 at 1:08 AM
I've been seeing some speculations that Gong Shil's accident is somehow related to Hee Joo's.
Can anyone confirm how long ago the kidnapping was? I'm a bit confused over the timeline.
Gong Shil's accident was 7 years ago right before she was due to graduate which would put her at about 30 years old.
Joong Won's kidnapping was when he was still a high school student right?
So this must mean that Hee Joo's death did not happen at the same time as Gong Shil's accident? Otherwise Joong Won would be realllyyyy young haha.
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kopytko
September 12, 2013 at 1:26 AM
The kidnapping was 15 years ago. I wouldn't expect a direct connection between those two accidents.
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Mojobobo
September 12, 2013 at 9:05 PM
Ah thanks!!!
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67 PPasun
September 12, 2013 at 1:15 AM
I think people are taking Hong Sisters too seriously. They've never been a particularly deep thinker/writer with foolproof tight plots with profound logic behind. Much of their charm lies in their spontaneous, slapsticky way of throw-in-whatever-they-fancy-at-the-moment-and-if-it-sticks-great-but-if-it-doesn't-oh-well attitude. And that attitude goes well with the genre of their choice, Rom-Com.
I wouldn't try too hard to make sense out of this episode, especially the opening scene where they engage in some gobbledygook conversation about "so I love you, what are you going to do about it" and the one where GS overhears JW's conversation with his aunt and mysteriously feels so hurt by what she already knew and even insisted on herself in the opening scene. Just enjoy the ones you "get-it" and don't lose sleep over the ones you don't.
Of course being human, it's hard not to try to make sense out of the show you're watching. But then you might end up reading too much into it. For example, in the last episode there was a scene where GS told Kang Candy that she preferred Ddochi (another cartoon character from the Dooly show). That wasn't another one of Hong Sister's legendary metas about dinosaur v. goat v. ostrich v. vase, but simply their way of kissing up to Lee Jong Seok (maybe they want him to star their next drama?) because Jong Seok's nickname is Ddochi. Maybe it was also a way to promote Dooly In Gook and Ddochi Jong Seok's upcoming movie "No Breathing" where they play frenemies competing to prove their respective worth. Hmm, so it may be a meta .... Anyway, laugh about the jokes you get, don't get headaches over the ones you don't, but over all just enjoy the show!
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Perrie
September 12, 2013 at 1:18 AM
Hahaha! Wow, that's an awesome way of thinking about it!
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Moonbean
September 12, 2013 at 5:55 AM
I thought it was her polite way of saying I don't like you, I like the president.
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68 Perrie
September 12, 2013 at 1:17 AM
There are so many things I want to say about this episode but I'll make it as short as I can: THIS is the rom com drama that comes once every year. I love it and hate it at the same time. It's dramas like this that constantly remind you of how alone you are and how there is no way in hell this can ever happen to you (why?!!?)
A few things about this episode:
-I wish Lee Jong hyuk had been used as a comedic character. I feel like he, Gong Hyo Jin and So Ji Sub would have had this perfect comedic chemistry, but at the same time it wouldn't have gone with this story which I understand.
-I love how the ghost of the week stories always end up being a forshadow to the actual theme of the episode. It's really clever. Aside from that, it' always feels like 2 different episodes.
-To me, Kang Woo is the male version of the second female leads in dramas. He's always in the way, always ruining the mood. I think it's interesting how fans react more positively to him than compared to actual female second leads in other dramas ('I hate his character but man it's Seo In Guk so I won't hate him as much as compared to when it's the female second lead, even the actress playing the character gets hate). I do love his character in that sense though, that he's basically playing the stereotypical second lead female role.
-I love little Sun/ Yi Ryeong and I feel like people are hating such a harmless character. I really wasn't surprised when she said she was involved with Joo Joong 1. I understand where she was comming from. She was hurt and I was hurting for her too. I like the actress so much. I was sad we didn't get to see much of her again after the first scene with her. I also wish that the Hong Sisters would go more into her self esteem issues and I want her and Taeyang to talk out their problems. I want one of those enemies to friend relationship with them, lol.
-Hwang Sun Hee was ironically Lee Jong Hyuks first love in Cyrano (the grown up version of her)
-Ugh, I don't think I can watch So Ji Subs in anything else but rom coms now, this is just to perfect for him. I also think that he doesn't resemble Dokko jin as much as he did in the first few episodes. Joo Joong 1 is starting to be his own character, which is awesome!
-this was the first episode where the ghost talked
-The refrence to running man! I feel like it was a jab at the whole Monday Couple concept which is brilliant! Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself but when Kang Woo makes that reference it kind of makes me think of Song Ji Hyo and the 'character' she plays on running man with Gary. I can't explain it :(
Well...it's not as short as I was hoping, but yeah, there it is! Love this drama! Stayed up all night/morning to watch it after doing my homework! Be back soon!
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kopytko
September 12, 2013 at 1:42 AM
I think there is a huge difference between Kang Woo and female second leads, namely they are usually spitefull and actively seek to harm the main female lead. Kang Woo is polite, kind and we know he doesn't want to hurt Gong Shil (actually, he doesn't seem to hate Joong Won either). He just keeps carrying a little torch for GS and it's quite adorable and should not be mistaken for denial. On the other hand YiRyung is malicious (dinner with friends?) and keeps complicating things (the press info about her "relationship" with Master). She's a typical irritating second female lead. Though, I admit this time Hong sisters made her character ridiculous and absurd rather than plain hateful.
Oh, and the first love in Cyrano was actually Kim Jung Hwa. Both actresses do look alike.
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TS
September 12, 2013 at 6:21 AM
I so agree with you re Kwang Woo and Yi ryung. That's exactly how I feel about them both.
I really like Yi Ryung and I feel very bad for her.
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69 coby
September 12, 2013 at 3:09 AM
I LOVE IT!
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coby
September 12, 2013 at 3:12 AM
ooopps! got too excited there!
I accidentally clicked on "pause" before the kiss because I was hyperventilating!
This episode is sooooooo good!
Thanks for the recap!
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70 bells
September 12, 2013 at 3:31 AM
Guuuuys!
I found the wolf-goat story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arashi_no_Yoru_ni#Book_series
happy ending!
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coby
September 12, 2013 at 4:14 AM
will watch the anime later!
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TG
September 12, 2013 at 7:51 AM
Interesting. I certainly hope that doesn't mean Joong Won is going to have amnesia. Amnesia story lines are always so ridiculous.
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71 korean fan
September 12, 2013 at 3:31 AM
I think the two leads's not rushing to love totally make sense. You can always break up with the love of your life. Aside from JW's phobia of love due to the bitter betrayal, GS can't relay on JW as a shelter after they break up as lovers. It will be the dealth of her, losing both a lover and a shelter. Mind you, she just now got to even breathe from the fear of ghosts! And JW once said, "If I come into your world and your only one, then I can't tell you to get lost." Think about it, how humilliating it will be to GS after all the passion has gone, JW keeps her by his side just for pity's sake?"
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72 wren
September 12, 2013 at 3:36 AM
anyone else want to hug Secretary Kim for being awesome? no? just me? :)
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maimymlt
September 12, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Nope, you're not alone - I'd like to hug him, too!
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73 korean fan
September 12, 2013 at 3:39 AM
So I guess their love can get anywhere only after they get head over hills for their emotion enough not to care any consequemces whatsoeve or GS's fear of ghosts get treated in some ways so that GS's life itself doesn't rely on JW's existence.Oh, and sorry for my broken English. I only learned it from schools.
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74 MizzMizzEka
September 12, 2013 at 4:20 AM
Welll, Joo Woon was Tae Yang loveshelter, rite?
Then I love Secretary Kim so much! He so adorable and cupidlike for Jo Woon and Te Yang.
Seriously, I cant stop to laughs over and over when he give a fire to Joo Woon jealouslyfuel, especialy scene when they see from far that Tae Yang and JaeSeok meet, he make a lots of sentence to make JoWoon and KangWoo burn to jealous, and clearly make a great show off that the TaeYang's Man was the one and only, JoWoon. Seriously, II even dd my hands clapping like Secretary Kim does. LOL.
Then he's step aside to make a clear statement move that TaeYang was JoWoon Sun. So adorableee, make me wanna hugs him, kekekeke.
I think this was a great step for So Ji sub to make another his great entrance at dramaland, coz when I see his interviewed by Entertaintment Weekly , people mostly remember his role at I'm Sorry I Love You. Goo fighting, Oppa! I hope you get along in real loveline wigh Gong Hyo Jin. She's so lovely and warmth person. Ciayooo!
*Can't forget about JangByun and So Haa
* just sayin' :D
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75 anna
September 12, 2013 at 4:26 AM
Omg, SJS! Rom-com is your one true calling. I can't believe it took you this long to start in one. I hope there will be more in the future because holy crap you are adorable!
Considering starting a Secretary-Lawyer-Therapist Kim fanclub because that man is on FIRE! He's hilarious and such a shipper.. basically he's us.
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76 TS
September 12, 2013 at 4:40 AM
Aw, poor Yi Ryung. I wish Kang Woo would come begging, but we all know He's Just Not That Into You. Still, she really liked him, and I feel for her.
Junsu's Appa was handsome as ever.
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77 Ahjumma
September 12, 2013 at 5:13 AM
I am ridiculously attracted to Lee Jong Hyuk...I swoon at his every movement. UGH WHY SO HOT FOR
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78 thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 5:25 AM
Hahaha, the look on Gong-shil's face when she sees how handsome Giant mall's CEO is!
I just love how her reaction to eye candy is every bit as shallow as ours! :D
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79 jomo143
September 12, 2013 at 5:36 AM
Thank you for the recap.
I could feel your fangirl heart beating along with ours as I read your words. Show is good because the HS are not taking it seriously and having fun with us, too.
Yes, the cap gave away the transvestite story line immediately. As we panned through the woman's clothes, I thought either this is a big woman, or it's him. Didn't hurt the reveal, though. That small moment between the father and son as the photo burned was perfectly done. I got tears.
While TY's reaction to hearing the conversation between JW and his aunt confused me a little, I also had a different thought on why she teared up and ran away. She could also feel badly that she cannot accept his feelings, and because she knows how that hurts him, too. JW looked directly at TY when he said, "Even when I say I love her, she has no space to look after that love. So rest easy. Am I right?”
He is obviously sad that she will not accept him, and he is saying that he totally understands why. I think that his truthful confession in front of his aunt and TY must have made her aware he wasn't just playing with her. She needed time to process that and reconsider her delusion that she can only have protection or love not both.
The wall kiss was OK because it felt more like a moment frozen in time, not the actual action of the kiss. Does that make sense. I am sure we will be seeing a real one before all this is done!
I loved the telescope joke, the next mention of it should definitely be about whose is bigger. lol
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DDee
September 12, 2013 at 8:35 AM
"The wall kiss was OK because it felt more like a moment frozen in time,"--->FROZEN being the operative word. ;)
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80 Limmy
September 12, 2013 at 5:42 AM
There's definitely something about that accident that's going to come up again, right..?
Maybe Cha Hee Joo dopple-ganger caused it or something?
K-drama has trained me to expect that everyone is twice connected to everyone else. Old flames, secret family, accidents. There has to be something there.
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81 TS
September 12, 2013 at 6:23 AM
I think that woman is Cha Hee Jo and the one who died is the twin sister. But whoever is alive is pretty frigging cold to have partied around the world after her twin sister burned alive.
Just speaking for myself, I'd have serious survivor's guilt.
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82 Yin
September 12, 2013 at 6:25 AM
Thank you SO much for recapping this show. I was a little confused reading the subs for this particular episode but reading what you wrote has given me a more clear indication what the characters were saying. Thank you once again!
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83 Soyb
September 12, 2013 at 6:31 AM
***So it’s in those cases where I find that the stories sometimes follow a romantic logic that is semantic more than it is… oh, credible with the heart-feels. I have to convince my brain that this actually all works out on paper, while my heart is whining, “But whyyyyyy.” ***
So, even though I actually did very well in logic in college, I'm completely lost. Well, college was a long time ago.
I was hoping you could explain to me the why b/c I don't get it anymore. I thought I got it, but now I don't. It's like that ephemeral memory that keeps evading!
Somebody please explain to me why, now that he's admitted he loves her, that they can't just be together??? Why do we still have to worry about the wolf eating the goat???
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Limmy
September 12, 2013 at 6:43 AM
OMG same here. Not the logic in college part—did well for the first half the semester, did TERRIBLY on the rest—but the whole internal logic. My figurative brain is hurting trying to figure it out.
Why are they pushing each other away, preparing for a time when they'll have to separate, when clearly the answer is to give in to that love and see themselves being together from here on till forever?
This is Kdrama, after all, so I'm pretty sure it's not because they're thinking Real People Pragmatic thoughts like "oh, people break up all the time, that's why we can't do that." It definitely doesn't sound like they're thinking that.
It sounds like they're thinking, "this needs to be a business relationship, or we won't be able to end it." But if you're in love, then you shouldn't end it. So why are they spending all this energy trying figure out how to retain the ability to end something they shouldn't and don't want to end?!
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84 Koi94
September 12, 2013 at 6:38 AM
Swooning again! I think I hate swooning as much as Joong Won is trying to resist falling for Gong Shil. Unfortunately, ending with the same exact result...futile!
But thanks to Secretary Kim...best secretary ever!!! Clap! Clap! Clap! I think I just about died laughing when I saw him clap after Joong Won begrudgingly went after Gong Shil and Giant's CEO.
And if only all episodes can end with that kind of a cliffhanger: "Watch and come back!" Kiiiiiss!
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85 ella
September 12, 2013 at 7:05 AM
A lot of people seemed confused over this episode but somehow JW's warped logic made sense to me. In short, he's falling so hard for GS he doesn't know what to to. He desperately wants to be with her but he's gonna to try and do all he can to not make this into a real relationship because look what happened the last time he was in one.
And GS is hesitant because loving JW would shift their dynamic completely. Returning his love would mean self-pride and other feelings would factor into their current radar-bunker relationship. If they fought or broke up, she can no longer shamelessly run into his arms as she does now. What would happen to her bunker, her only refuge then?
At least that's what I felt about this episode. I like the Hong sister's new style with the subtler humour and more complex emotions but I kinda miss the laugh-till-you-cry-and-roll-on-the-floor moments of their old dramas.
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86 SuSueBeans
September 12, 2013 at 7:14 AM
"WHUA!" That's all I gotta say!
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87 thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Lotsa gaps in my logic, but I had another think about it, so here goes:
1. Joong-won thinks that once Gong-shil has enough breathing space and isn't so scared of ghosts anymore, so then he won't be her "special person" and she won't need him anymore. There's an expiry date. So it's up to her to "end" things when that happens.
2. He believes in calculating everything by worth, but his cold-hearted approach (as per the theme song) has just been thrown out the window, so he's in totally new emotional territory.
3. He has this terrible habit of saying stuff that comes back to bite him on the bum, like telling Aunt he's in it for "meaningless skinship" and telling Kang Woo that yes, he's essentially "using" GS.
4. He's vulnerable because GS hasn't returned his declaration of love, and he's pretty much admitted that he's the goat in the story.
5. Besides which, he's got a helluva lot of trust issues, starting with his high-school girlfriend's betrayal and stuff about his dad and mistresses, etc.
As for Gong-shil:
1. She initially clung to him as her only shelter from ghosts, for survival. She didn't care about his wealth or good looks, only his ghost-poofing ability.
2. So, even if she now says she loves him, she can't say it's a 100% pure love, or that she hasn't got any ulterior motives in being with him. They both know this.
3. He's told her before that she's a useful radar to pick up Hee Joo-related activity, and that he wouldn't keep her by his side otherwise.
4. He helps keep her ghost condition at bay, but she's conscious that to most people, she just looks like a crazy ahjumma, and wants to protect his image.
5. Being with JW in a relationship would really make her Candy, which she's adamantly refused to be so far. It wouldn't be a relationship on equal terms, because she depends on JW for her very survival.
Having said all this, I hope something happens to smash that logic to smithereens! Just admit that you belong to each other!!
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Chrispy_Bacon
September 12, 2013 at 7:40 AM
My guess is that by series end, GS loses her ability to see ghosts and stays by JW's side anyway, and that's how these two finally can just admit then want to be with one another because they want to be with one another! So easy, yet so hard!
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 2:54 PM
Haha, that's what I guessed in I Hear Your Voice (that SH would lose his powers permanently), but boy, was I way off! :)
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Limmy
September 12, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Oh my goodness that was so helpful. Thanks, Thursdaynexxt!
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bbstl
September 12, 2013 at 12:53 PM
yes, that really was very helpful! I am among the people with serious brain pain from this ep and now feel better. While fearing what new confusion ep 12 will bring.
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 2:59 PM
No problem, guys,thanks for reading! Better than aspirin, I guess! :D
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pogo
September 12, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Co-signed on all of this.
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88 mila
September 12, 2013 at 7:54 AM
I feel that this drama somehow teach me how to think/act-handle relationship in a serious, mature way. it's not simple at all yet I'm learning from the dialogues and everyone's thoughts here.
Thanks javabeans, can't wait for the next recap..
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89 Michelle
September 12, 2013 at 8:51 AM
I did not get why she was upset at the end, but then again the guy condradictes himself all the time
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90 NessaR18
September 12, 2013 at 8:59 AM
*SPOILER* End of Epi 12.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WAcRxiiVKM4
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Leonardo Farias
September 12, 2013 at 12:25 PM
WHY HONG SISTERS?! WHY YOU DO THIS TO US?!
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 2:53 PM
What? WUT?? WHAT???? Please tell me it's a fakeout!
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Lula
September 12, 2013 at 5:02 PM
Yeah, I watched the stream. I've been dying waiting for DB's recap of 12. Don't have anyone to talk to about it!
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91 sirena
September 12, 2013 at 8:59 AM
I was very pleased with this episode. I enjoyed the interaction between Kang-woo, Joong Won, and Secretary Kim when they see that the CEO of Giant is speaking with Gong-Shil. And the look that Kang woo and Joong-Won give Secretary Kim when they misinterpret his words about Gong-shil comforting the CEO of Giant (priceless!).
Is anyone else a Secretary Kim fan? I totally ♥ him!
I also liked that the writers "introduced" the topic of transgenderism. I say "transgendered" because I do not think that the CEO's father cross-dressed because he liked to wear women's clothing. I interpret his actions as a means of expressing his belief that he was born in the wrong body. I'm also pleased that his son acknowledged his father by symbolically holding a funeral and burning the portrait.
Lastly, I'm pleased that Gong-shil gives Joong won a piece of her mind at the end of this episode. As for the kiss, what was the director thinking?!
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92 sixtyeightmonkey
September 12, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Good episode with a great cameo, but I was a little disappointed by the ghost mystery. I understand the need to have a son misunderstand a father so we can see the parallels for Joong-won and his dad, but a cross-dressing dead daddy? Wasn't it entirely obvious from the start that the dad was cross-dressing and had no mistress? (Hello head cap and dressing gown). Maybe it's because I'm American, not Korean, but I can't see why this secret would have been so incomprehensible to everyone. A PR disaster if it leaked? Sure. Something so shocking and shameful that it never crossed anybody's mind? Hmmmm.
Thank goodness for Joong-won's speech in the vacation home dressing room about what a dead father's priorities should be when given the chance to speak to his son, or else Ghost Dad would have made the very bad decision to let his son hate him for being unfaithful, rather than understand him for his "socially-unacceptable" desire to identify as a woman from time to time.
Men and their pride. Pffft. What a nice reversal to have Joong-won being the one who speaks the truth about the vanity of pride, for once.
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pogo
September 12, 2013 at 1:17 PM
It would have been a scandal in any Asian country, let's be honest (re: cross-dressing dad). South Korea has rather different attitudes to certain things from what most Americans are used to - see adoption, for one example - and it is very likely that some people would find it more palatable/understandable that a rich and powerful chaebol had a mistress than that he liked wearing women's clothes.
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sixtyeightmonkey
September 12, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Yes, I get that a huge scandal would have blown up if his secret had ever been made public. I also get that Daddy Ghost would have hidden his cross-dressing secret from everybody, even his family. What I don't get is that absolutely nobody, including the housekeepers who found him dead in a dressing gown and head cap, ever suspected that all of the women's items belonged to the CEO, himself.
Secret that would be disastrous if leaked to the public? Sure. After all, once the son finds out, he agrees to keep his father's secret and protect it from public knowledge. But completely unimaginable that the CEO would cross dress in private? Really? Wouldn't somebody close to the CEO have had enough imagination to suspect it as a possibility when he was found dead in a dressing gown wearing a skull cap, surrounded by posh ladies' clothing and shoes that would fit the CEO?
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93 sixtyeightmonkey
September 12, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Oh, and one more thing.
Please don't let this wrap with Gong-shil needing to be away from Joong-won for an extended period of time while she finished up her degree or something. I hate the mandatory separation to test their love trope. I want to see them happily ever after, ghost-seeing babies and all. ;)
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94 arugula
September 12, 2013 at 9:48 AM
Sorry if this has already been asked--but does anyone know what the song is that plays when Gong-Shil is happy? In this episode, it was playing as she was putting on the necklace. Thanks!
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pogo
September 12, 2013 at 11:50 AM
I also know it as The Song That Plays When Good Fantasies Get Busted on this show. No idea what it's actually called though!
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Carmensitta
September 12, 2013 at 2:22 PM
It's Melody Day - All about. You can find it (and it's even subbed) on Loenent's Youtube Channel. I love that song!!!
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Thanks so much Carmensitta - have been searching for ages! :)
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arugula
September 12, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Thank you thank you!
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95 Carmensitta
September 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Is 오준성 the music director for this drama? Last time this happened, in Faith, all the music was more than awesome! And this is the case with Master's Sun too. I saw that most if not all of the instrumentals that were released so far are his and this is my logical conclusion. If anyone knows for sure, do let me know:D Thank you!
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pogo
September 12, 2013 at 11:52 AM
I'm pretty sure he is. And the score is fantastic indeed - music is a big reason why I've hung on to some crap shows past the point when I've given up, but here it's exactly as good as a show with this OTP deserves, which is to say - great.
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Yes, yes, yes! Play this music every chance I get - even the instrumentals.
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96 J
September 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM
THAT is a kiss? what the what?? It's like watching two faces being shoved together on gunpoint. Cmon, they could totally do WAY better.
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97 pogo
September 12, 2013 at 11:24 AM
The first three quarters of the ep had me in giddy, squealing SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE mode for our Master and Sun - but then the last ten minutes had to come along :(. I swear, my heart broke a little for Gong-shil as she was walking away, but thank god Joong-won isn't the type to let things fester after a misunderstanding between them - he didn't let Kang-woo swoop in and go off with her at the end of ep 10, and he wasn't going to let her remain heartbroken over what they said in front of his aunt now. Thank god for proactive heroes who confess first <33
On the other hand, I totally get why Gong-shil is withholding her own confession - it's ironic to me that they can admit their feelings about each other to other people without a thought (ep 10, Gong-shil letting it slip to Kang-woo that she liked Joong-won, and then not even freaking out about what she just said, Joong-won offhandedly admitting to his aunt and uncle that he couldn't send Gong-shil away while peering in the expensive ceramic thingy) but getting it out to each other takes a while. Though he does get it out easier than she does - look at him here!
She's been trying to protect her own heart and dissembling to him for a while now - lying that her stepping away from the telescope when he stood too close was because of scaredy ghost-thoughts, not because he was wayyy too close to her, then the poolside ajumma's departure in ep 8, lying that the person she liked was Kang-woo when JW turned uo with a fiancee, now not actually able to tell him how she feels except when she's pretending to be another person - my poor girl hasn't seen Joong-won's tender side to her the way we have.
It kills me that they can be so frank and open with each other on so many major issues (her ability, his past trauma) but when it comes to love, they're playing emotional hide-and-seek. Though Joong-won appears to not be playing anymore!
side note: I like that this couple can actually talk to each other without bickering, though I find it hilarious that they start bickering AFTER they know they're in love.
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pogo
September 12, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Also, +100000 for Joong-won's petty jealousy coming out to play again. It never fails to be hilarious.
And the scene in the car....GAH. It should be illegal for a couple to make me ship them this hard when they're just having some innuendo-filled (and adorable) talking, but they do.
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thursdaynexxt
September 12, 2013 at 3:03 PM
Yeah, love it when she gets saucy and he gets shocked!
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98 Ace
September 12, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Nooooo! I just watched ep.12. All I can say is that I felt everything I should feel in a very good drama. A rollercoaster of emotions this early morning. *sniff* It aws so good and so bad. Can't wait for the recaps and the subs. Hope there's still an episode to watch next week during Chuseok. I love this drama. *off to rewatch*
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99 Sabelita
September 12, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Each time So ji sub choses a role, I can trail loneliness on all his characters,here is a bit of himself because he is hot and rich but he is shy, akward and one of his best friends died 3 years ago, sometimes I think about him with sorrow.
I hope he catchs his partner in the show and find a path to support fame anti fans and all the crazyness in Dramaland...
Next time ,you could be a bad guy because when you said BAD BITCH I could feel your rage for me one of the best moments in the drama.
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100 Vickie
September 12, 2013 at 12:14 PM
I just love SOJISUB acting skills are really awesome and this episode is the best i cant wait to watch the next episode!!! btw i love this webside :o!!
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