Answer Me 1994: Episode 7
by girlfriday
I love. This. Episode. Is it that it’s set to the anthem of my drama first love? Is it because Chilbongie finally gets his spot in the limelight? Or because love begins to complicate all the friendships that have been built under one roof? It’s summer in 1994, and we finally get to the good stuff: that messy, ardent, giddy thing called feelings.
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EPISODE 7: “Summer That Year”
It’s a sweltering summer in 1994, and Na-jung has a new part-time job working the counter at a chicken and burger joint near campus. She’s surprisingly sharp and good with numbers, as she tells her customer the exact price difference between ordering his burgers and colas separately instead of as sets.
Someone pages her, and it turns out to be Chilbongie calling from baseball practice. He comes up with the adorably lame excuse that he felt like eating burgers, and wants to know if her store delivers.
She says he’d have to order something like twenty of them, and he happily orders fifty. Ermagerd, he’s so cute I can’t stand it.
So Na-jung and her co-worker (the computer science sunbae) head over to the field that night with fifty burgers in tow. The sunbae is giddy about making the delivery to the Yonsei baseball team, and thinks it weird that Na-jung is so blasé about it when their school is more famous for baseball than basketball.
He rattles off all the famous players he wants to meet, and Na-jung is shocked to hear him name Chilbongie. She says he practically lives at their house and thought that the Chilbongie nickname was something her dad made up. The sunbae laughs that any male citizen in this country would know that name, and again she’s a little impressed.
They make their way inside for the delivery and Na-jung is taken with the vastness of the open baseball field, the lights, the hotties in uniform. (Eeee! Neukkim (Feelings)! Excuse me while I burst into song.)
The players run up to claim their burgers, famous names on uniforms flashing by the screen one by one. They wonder who hasn’t picked up his dinner, and Na-jung recites the exact number of burgers taken and the one player who hasn’t claimed his: Chilbongie.
Just then, Chilbongie opens the door and comes onto the field, and humona, he’s shirtless. Na-jung practically has to pick her jaw up from the floor, and I love that she outright stares him up and down, ha.
He sits down with her to scarf down his burger, and she asks about the shoulder he has bandaged up, thinking it’s an injury. He explains that he’s just icing it routinely, and the girl behind them (I can’t tell if she’s a manager or a fangirl) asks how he knows Na-jung.
Chilbongie says they’re really good friends, and adds that she’s baseball coach Sung Dong-il’s daughter, and that earns her some cool points. He already knows what time she gets off of work, and asks her to wait outside after her shift so they can go home together.
She warns that he’d have to wait, but he obviously doesn’t mind, so they agree to meet later. And then he gets even more undressed as he unwraps the ice pack, and Na-jung tries not to faint while staring. Or is that just me?
She declines to stay and watch practice, but as soon as Chilbongie runs out onto the field and starts throwing the ball, she can’t take her eyes off of him. (Double Eeee! They remade the Neukkim song! It’s posted above. Also, I didn’t think it was possible to top oppa getting Seo Taiji’s “To You” as his love theme, but now Chilbongie gets Neukkim? Man do these producers know how to tug the right strings.)
As Na-jung watches, taken with baseball for the first time in her life, Chilbongie narrates:
Chilbongie: At a time in my life when I had nothing left if you took baseball away from me, I found a person who made me more excited, more fired up than baseball. The hottest summer in history was beginning, and my age twenty was following suit just like the season. It was the summer of 1994.
At home, everyone deals with the heat wave in their own way, from ice foot baths to spray bottles to fights over the prime position in front of the fan.
Mom and Dad literally lie down in the street, and Mom changes her mind again about the kind of fruit she wants, sending Dad grumbling back into the kitchen for the umpteenth time. He opens the fridge and screams to find that Yoon-jin has actually stuffed herself inside. Ha.
In his room, Binggeure lays out a brand new Boy London shirt like it’s precious, and curiously, Garbage puts on the same shirt to come outside. Is it the same shirt or a pair?
Mom decides she doesn’t want the black grapes that Dad brings, and says the baby is craving green grapes. She is so loving this, and I love her for it. She orders him to go buy some now, with the argument that she can’t wait till tomorrow because who knows what new cravings tomorrow will bring. Garbage has to hold Dad back from pitching a fit.
At baseball practice, Chilbongie gets called over to pitch for a third-year sunbae, who’s dripping with smarminess as he asks if that burger delivery girl is his girlfriend and if he’s slept with her. Chilbongie says they’re just friends, and the sunbae orders him to set him up with her so he can get some, literally swinging his bat around for emphasis. Gross.
Chilbongie clenches his jaw and doesn’t say a word, and then winds up for the pitch… and launches the ball right into Smarmy’s helmet. HA.
He clearly pays for it though, because when he comes to pick up Na-jung after work, he’s limping. Awww, did you get your ass whooped to keep Smarmy away from Na-jung?
She sighs to see him injured yet again, and decides that he should switch sports to basketball from now on. She cracks me up. He counters that he’s rather good at the baseball thing, plus there’s all the years he’s poured into the one sport that would feel like a waste. (By the way, he’s picked up the habit of imitating her accent whenever he’s around her, which is so cute.)
She admits that other people do keep saying he’s really good, and decides she needs to see for herself. She points to a can sitting atop a fire hydrant across the street, and asks if he can knock it down.
Chilbongie asks what she’ll do if he makes it, and she offers to never tell him to quit baseball for basketball again. He frowns that the target is too difficult for such a measly prize, and asks for an unnamed favor in return.
And two seconds later, the can falls with exact precision, from a tiny rock no less. Na-jung ooohs, acknowledging that he really is as good as they say, and asks what the favor is.
He says tomorrow is an important game, and asks her to come to cheer him on. Aw. She grumps that it’s awfully hot for that, but agrees as promised.
Na-jung comes home to her parents camping out in the street and calls them crazy, asking what the neighbors will think. They just point down the street, where the entire neighborhood is doing the exact same thing. They tell her they saved a spot for her, and she whines that she won’t sleep there, that is until Garbage comes out to take the spot next to hers.
So the family sleeps outside that night, and Na-jung asks Garbage if he’s sure about his friends on leave from army duty—they’re setting up their friends on a group blind date—warning that they have to be worthy because her Seoulite friends are really pretty.
He gets a little weird when she requests a particular oppa’s presence (saying that he’s the good-looking one), and gives the excuse that he’s not on leave this time. And then he snuggles her to sleep while she tries not to swoon too hard.
Mom asks Dad if he remembers her favorite soondae restaurant in Masan, and he recalls it fondly… until she says that the baby really wants to eat that soondae. Hahaha. Poor Dad.
In the morning Mom and Dad see Yoon-jin and Haitai off for their summer vacation trips back home. They say that Samcheonpo left at the crack of dawn because he has farther to travel, and suggest that the two of them ride together since they’re headed in the same direction.
Haitai thinks that’s a good idea, but Yoon-jin shoots him down right away: “You never know. What if a handsome guy comes along and sits next to me?” Hee.
Samcheonpo’s thinking the same thing on his bus, and perks up at the pretty girl who makes her way down the aisle. But of course it’s a granny and a wild toddler who choose the seat next to his.
Na-jung and her friends wait eagerly for their blind dates to arrive, though the city girls are wary of meeting guys from her hometown. Na-jung doesn’t know what they look like, but she assures them that they’re from the richest families in Masan.
The girls light up when Garbage walks in, thinking that he’s one of the prospective guys, which rankles Na-jung a bit. But that’s nothing compared to the look on her face when oppa’s friends arrive. Ha, they’re cameos from Jung Woo’s high school gangster movie Wish, that also co-starred Sohn Ho-joon (Haitai).
Na-jung’s reaction can only be described as an are-you-kidding-me snarl of death. Really, it’s your own damn fault for thinking that Garbage of all people would know that dudes in socks and sandals and gold chains weren’t cool. They should’ve at least shown up in their army uniforms. It would’ve been better than this.
At the bus station, a spot opens up on Yoon-jin’s bus, and Haitai happily climbs aboard and plops down next to her, declaring that what is meant to be will be. She rolls her eyes and rejects all his snacks, and he pouts that they’ve been living under the same roof for months now, so she could be a little friendlier to him.
He nabs her headphones to listen in on her Walkman and wonders if she never gets sick of Seo Taiji, which is a pretty dumb question for a guy who insists they’re friends.
Back at the blind date from hell, Garbage bites his nails down to the quick, looking back and forth and back and forth in the silence to end all silences. He answers a page that turns out to be a message from Na-jung, warning him to hurry up and get these losers out of here if he knows what’s good for him.
I love that they’re communicating this way. So then he leaves her a voicemail that she has to get up and check, and asks her to give the guys a chance, chiding her for judging a man by his looks, all, Is that what I taught you?
So she regretfully complies to continue the date, which goes straight downhill once drinks are ordered and the guys start telling terrible jokes. Why is Garbage sweating bullets so funny?
On the bus, Haitai falls asleep on Yoon-jin’s shoulder, which she in no way finds endearing, especially when it’s accompanied by a big spot of drool on her shirt. On Samcheonpo’s bus, the toddler falls asleep in his lap and leaves a puddle of drool on his pants.
It’s rest stop time and a group of peddlers climbs aboard the bus to sell gold watches, using a really obvious scheme by passing out numbers and declaring that they can only give this special deal to three people.
Samcheonpo jumps in excitement when his number is called and forks over the money, only to unwrap his new watch that leaves gold paint smears on his wrist. Poor guy can’t catch a break. It’s really his embarrassment that sells the moment—he feels cheated, but can’t bring himself to go after them and admit he’s been duped.
Haitai gets off his bus and asks if Yoon-jin isn’t coming along, and when she rebuffs him yet again, he snaps back childishly, “See if I ever speak to you again!”
Mom and Dad are left home alone, and Mom worries that Binggeure hasn’t called yet. It’s so sweet how the roles are reversed now and the kids have to call their Seoul mother when they go home to the country.
She wonders if he didn’t go home, and lo and behold, Binggeure is still on campus having lied to both moms. He puts in his notice to take next semester off, and then comes out to find the campus littered with announcements of breaking news: North Korean president Kim Il-sung is dead.
Everyone, from home to campus to rest stop to café is glued to the TV. And following the announcement comes the recall of all active soldiers on leave. Guess the blind date is over after all.
Haitai watches the broadcast in fascination and then belatedly realizes he’s been due back at the bus for a long time. He runs back to find Yoon-jin standing next to the bus driver, who yells at him for being so late and holding up the whole group. The driver asks if he can have his keys now, and Yoon-jin silently hands them over. Haha.
Haitai is shocked that she’d care, and sheepishly sits down next to her and offers her the bigger half of his twin popsicles. But she’s as prickly as ever, and tells him to eat them both.
Once the group date is over, Na-jung apologizes to her friends and offers to make it up to them with a night out. But one of the girls says she liked the one oppa and asks for his number… it’s Garbage, of course, and no amount of protesting will convince the girls that he’s not desirable.
So finally Na-jung lies that he has a girlfriend and lives with her, and the girls gasp, scandalized. At the same time, Garbage gets a call from one of the sunbaes saying that they made it back to the army base safely, and he asks Garbage for Na-jung’s number because he liked her best.
Garbage hems and haws awkwardly, arguing that she’s too young to be dating, and the sunbae has to point out that all the girls today were the same age. The sunbae barks at him to recite the number, and Garbage hesitates…
We don’t see how he answered, and when he finds Na-jung’s room empty, he wonders where she ran off to.
Chilbongie warms up for his big game, scanning the crowd every other second and trying to hide his disappointment when Na-jung isn’t there by the starting pitch. He takes the mound and bows and gets ready to start the game, and looks up to scan the crowd one last time.
That’s when Na-jung walks in and takes a seat in the stands, and the look on Chilbongie’s face, just…gaaah. He smiles right at her for so long that even Na-jung notices and looks around her quizzically to check that he’s really smiling at her. Squeeeeeee.
Powered by the need to impress his crush, Chilbongie plays with laser focus and pitches a shutout. The team rushes him and he’s given the winning ball, and they line up in front of the crowd to bow before disappearing into the dugout.
But then he pops back out for one more look, and finds Na-jung still lingering. They lock eyes and he starts walking in the opposite direction of the crowd, and she just follows, not knowing why (But who wouldn’t follow that smile?) until they reach the very corner of the stands where there’s no net between them.
He does all this without saying a word, and stretches out his hands in front of him. Again, she follows, and then he tosses her the game ball. It lands perfectly in her hands and she cracks a tiny smile.
Rewind to Garbage’s answer to his sunbae, who asks if Na-jung has a boyfriend or something. After a long pause, he says, “Yes, she has a boyfriend.” Omo. You like her too! You like her too!
Seoul 2013. Ha, one of the couples from the group date actually got married, and they congratulate Na-jung in her wedding video. Na-jung scowls to find all the beer cans emptied already, and yells at hubby to go buy some more.
Haitai nags her to be more like Yoon-jin, who used to be so prickly back in the day but met a good husband and became a sweetie pie. Yoon-jin mutters a curse under her breath, ha.
Haitai rounds up the guys to go buy beer together, and Na-jung calls out to hubby not to forget his wallet, and chucks it at the group. Somebody catches it one-handed.
Back in 1994, Dad’s voice rings through the whole neighborhood as he shouts that they’ll sleep here over his dead body. Inside, the entire household is standing in the living room clutching their pillows like a group of sad puppies.
They inch closer with hangdog expressions, but Dad doesn’t budge, wondering why they all came back up so early when there’s more summer vacation left. “Is it because of that?” He shoots a look at the corner, where a brand new air conditioner has been installed.
The kids each take turns convincing Dad to let them all sleep with the air conditioner on for just one night, and he finally relents that it’s just for today. The resounding cheer is so cute.
Mom wonders if they’ll all fit, and he points to her ridiculously giant stash of nonperishables that she bought (in case of war) and complains they’d be fine if they didn’t have that taking up all the room.
The kids all cheer and plop down in the living room, and Mom requests the radio to be played. Lee Moon-se! Deux! So much pop culture goodness. Na-jung falls asleep with her head in Mom’s lap as the radio plays, and the whole family sleeps together that night.
In the morning, Samcheonpo is cuddled in Haitai’s arms, still wearing his fake gold watch. And when we pan over, Yoon-jin and Haitai are sleeping with their hands side by side, and pwahahahaha—they’re both wearing the same watch as Samcheonpo.
Did they all get hustled at the same rest stop, or are two of these three couple watches?
By morning, Na-jung has found her way back to her spot in the dogpile… right in between Garbage and Chilbongie.
Chilbongie: Someone once sang that summer is the season of youth, and the season of love. In the summer of 1994, the season was passing, but my—and our—summer was just beginning.
COMMENTS
This is what I’ve been waiting for. Sooner would’ve been better, but I’m glad we’re here now. I feel like the last episode really launched us into the meat and potatoes of the love entanglements, and I’m loving the mounting tension. A lot of what we had early on in the series was fun, but it lacked this layer of conflict that makes us invested in every little look, gesture, and clue. And I don’t even mean clues about future husbands, but about feelings in the present. With love triangles brewing and wires crossed every which way they can be, there’s a distinct crackle to the proceedings now that everybody’s got a vested interest and a set of feelings to hide. At some point we’re going to end up with a house full of ticking time bombs, and one confession could set off a chain event.
Everything thus far has been pointing to Chilbongie liking Na-jung, who likes Garbage… but now we have new things to add to the mix, like Chilbongie refusing to let Na-jung ignore his general awesomeness (So. Great.) and Garbage revealing that he may not be quite so oppaish after all. Granted, his refusal to let his friend date his almost-sister is totally a real oppa thing to do, but that’s not why he lied on the phone. Did seeing Chilbongie with Na-jung jumpstart his feelings, or has he really purposely been ignoring them all this time, and why?
It was a pretty great build to that phone call in this episode, because we knew to expect that Chilbongie would refuse his sunbae’s date request, that Na-jung would refuse her friend’s, but it was Garbage who was the question mark in that equation. And now the third leg of the triangle is locked and loaded. Does this mean he’ll face his feelings head-on, or will Chilbongie beat him to the punch? Or will it not matter when Na-jung only has eyes for oppa?
I do think Chilbongie is giving Garbage a serious run for his money though, because between kisses and flimsy excuse burger orders and game-winning pitches into the stands, how is a girl to keep from melting into a giant puddle of goo? I know he’s always cute and sweet, but in uniform (and out, ahem), he’s a different person entirely. The fire in his eyes when he pitches is stealth-hot, and he woos Na-jung with zero reservation. This is a guy who doesn’t lose games, and I’m getting the impression that he’s not about to start losing when it comes to the girl.
I’m really excited for the other love triangle that revved up today too, because I think it’s just as fun to hunt for Yoon-jin’s future husband in the group (and let’s face it, Samcheonpo and Haitai were never really strong contenders for Na-jung in the first place). Her bus ride bonding experience with Haitai was really cute in this episode, and I think he’s the frontrunner for her, except for the fact that I absolutely LOVE her bickering hate with Samcheonpo. I hope theirs will be just as engrossing a mystery, with reasons to root for both sides. What happy dilemmas to have.
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51 Anna
November 9, 2013 at 4:14 PM
I hope its not Chilbong or Trash. I want something exciting and think it would be boring to go with one of them. :(
probably a very unpopular opinion.
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rockingchairs
November 10, 2013 at 12:18 PM
haha I'm secretly rooting for Haitai myself ;)
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52 jozie
November 9, 2013 at 4:57 PM
Still team oppa! But loving on the 'bong now too.
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53 Angelita
November 9, 2013 at 4:58 PM
This episode was pure awesomeness! I loved it soooo much!
And it's the first time ever I want both male leads to end up with the girl. Haha :p Though after this episode I'm leaning towards Chilbongie. His love for Na-Jung is so adorable! They're really playing the love triangle well, this time they really are equal contenders. There are also so many hints towards both leads being the husband in the 2013 scenes that it only makes you more confused. I guess we just have to watch and enjoy the show, without looking too much into hints.
Even though I loved Answer me 1997, it's one my favourite K-drama's, I have to agree with others that this love triangle is so much better. All in all the show might be as good as its predecessor but I'm still enjoying it a lot. It's definitely my favourite amongst the currently airing shows.
And I didn't think I would be able to love mom and dad even more. I love pregnant mom!
Now off to watch episode 8 :-)
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54 eetsuko
November 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM
The writers really did not hold back on chilbongie. They made him awesome, I have to admit. Though what I like best is that first and foremost he's taking the friendship route. The friendly slaps on the back (omg!), his making fun of her accent, the wanting to go home together, the intentional bump with NJ, the staring/swooning, man it's all such a natural interaction between friends except for the staring part but it is also full of his feelings. But the coming angst, I can't take it, they've all been so cute so far (the whole family), I'm not ready for the fight that will ensue when feelings are thrown out in the open. Hopefully CB's abs will make another appearance by then to comfort me (I don't usually swoon over drama abs, I think its because I'm not very interested in the character, but yeah I'm totally invested in chilbongie haha that I appreciate the abs)
I'm not sure right now what ship I am on but I know that I'm on a ship somewhere. I love this drama!!!
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Cam
November 9, 2013 at 5:27 PM
I agree with you about the friendship! This applies to all the friendships on the show but their friendship is particularly refreshing because it develops so naturally and in spite of Chilbongie's crush, he's able to joke with her and not afraid to make fun of her. And him just finding any excuse to be near her is just so adorable.
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55 Lisa
November 9, 2013 at 5:18 PM
Omgg you can totally tell that Binggeure likes Garbage!! I'm totes shipping them together!
Chilbongie and Na-Jung...... too cute!
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56 Cam
November 9, 2013 at 5:18 PM
These writers are so brilliantly cruel. As long as I'm not grasping at straws where there are none, I say. But it's hard to stay cautious when the thirst is this real and Chilbongie continues to deliver with the thirst, These writers cruel. Brilliant, but cruel. Like how do you just dangle those abs in front of me and expect to turn a blind eye. C'est impossible!
I don't know what it is about this love triangle setup, it's nothing I haven't seen before and I've had my fair share of doomed ships. But there's just something about that darn Chilbongie that you just want to go, "Let me love you!!!!". I gotta hand it to the actor Yoo Yoon Suk because he is killing it with the charisma. I'm usually not too keen on the "perfect to a fault" Gary Sue archetype but his portrayal of Chilbong has just the right amount of vulnerability, in the way his smile falters just a little or when shoulders sag when Na Jeong doesn't notice him, that adds that layer of depth and dynamic to the type of character that runs the risk of coming off as two-dimensional and unrealistic. And dammit if I'm not a sucker for the underdog in this story since Oppa is clearly the frontrunner in Na Jeong's heart at this point. Which makes this love triangle all the more compelling.
Darn you Chilbongie's abs Reply 1994 for giving me feelings!!!!
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Cam
November 9, 2013 at 5:20 PM
*well the Chilbongie's abs was meant to be in strikeout but oh well. Guess there's no use denying it. x]
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ilikemangos
November 9, 2013 at 8:30 PM
Brilliantly cruel is the perfect term to describe this production team.
I am seriously on pins and needles on who might be the husband, but i am also loving the series for just having so much heart with the friendships and the family aspects.
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momosa
November 11, 2013 at 11:43 PM
I want a boyfriend like Chilbongie for my daughter, he's beyond perfect!
The scene at the end of the baseball game - omg, I feel such ecstasy for the Na Jung (do you have any idea how many girls want that ball?!! It's such a precious ball for him!) and the slow walk-back home the night before.
Is this the same guy in Gu Book? He was so pathetic then.
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57 Jjane
November 9, 2013 at 5:20 PM
I really don't know whom I should support anymore. Both Oppa & Chilbong are so cute that I had a difficult time to decide whom should I ship more.
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58 bigwink
November 9, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Uuugghh the game of guessing whos NJ husband is bad for my heart. I really want it to be CB and we're still 13 episodes away from hubby revelation.
And AM 94 is so different from AM 97 where deep down in our heart we knew that its SJ whos going to end up with SW. But here... both boys has their own winning quality (though im sailing the CB ship).
But this kind of thing that makes AM series so good and different and makes me screams for moooooaarrr!!
What if the writers decides to reveal it sooner? Would the audience be as much invested? It will be good for MY heart for sure.....
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bigwink
November 9, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Forgot to add!!
Thank you for the recap!! Been refreshing all night to hear your say about this episode.
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59 crazykel
November 9, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Chilbongie is my perfect man, and I hope for him to be Na Jeong's perfect man too! This guy not only has the perfect bod (lordie, I was dying because I love baseball as much as Na Jeong loves basketball and baseball pants....abs....baseball pants...abs), he also pitches perfect games, and beans d-bags with absolute perfection (god, I loved when he did that. It's not just a manly thing to do, but that's how you settle scores in baseball--brushing a guy back or beaning him.) I want this man so much; why isn't he real?????
I love Samcheonpo, not in the romantic way, but as a character. He's naive and a bit forgetful, but he's so endearing when that happens. I feel for him a lot of the time; his awkwardness is a feeling I know well and that I identify with in a great way. I ship him with Yoon-jin because I love the repartee between them.
Did anyone else notice how adorable Binggeure was when the kiddos were trying to persuade Dad to sleep in the living room? He looked like a puppy begging for a treat by bringing a bone (his pillow) to his owner. It was just too cute!
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60 porcelain
November 9, 2013 at 5:58 PM
I think the length of the drama is something that I got use too... scenes may be slow, but they do bring that extra nugget when we hold on to it...
Like the whole Omma wants to eat something and Appa groaning and go back to the kitchen back and forth... and we discover Yoonjin in the refrigerator... she is so cute...
And let the hot summer continue if that means we get to see Oppa and Chilbong abs... yes please...
But if anything the pd and the writer are the biggest troll for the scenario like this... I had so much hope for a romantic scene when Oppa snuggle Najung but it turns out they were next to Appa and Omma.... and literally on the street.... what? but man... the look in Najung eyes... Oppa stop being so "skinship-py"...
And Haitai... oh boy is really cute with his eagerness with the amount of food he buys and eats on his bus trip... and I ate twin popsicles like that when I was younger too!!! And love that Yoonjin is fierce... with the bus drivers' key.
Actually the second triangle Haitai-Yoonjin-Samcheonpo is getting really exciting too...
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61 Erine
November 9, 2013 at 6:08 PM
Omona! This was a great birthday treat! Chibong-najung shipper all the way! I know the feeling of having your oppa (figuratively he's like trash, swoon worthy for real) as your first love but eventually i realized that loving him as my oppa helped me realize how to share my heart. Oppa trash, youre the best, but puhleazzzzee,,,, be real... Say it out already ok?
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dashi
November 12, 2013 at 4:51 AM
uh... Happy belated Birthday? :)
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62 zero9
November 9, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Loving 1994 way more than 1997. Chilbongie's adoration for her just gets me in the right spot. SQUUUUUEEEEEE
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63 selina
November 9, 2013 at 6:51 PM
As cute, adorable, and generally awesome, CB is I just can't help but support, ship, and root for trash oppa till the end. CB is someone I could see NJ being in a happy relationship but not marriage. To me he is someone you date, have the perfect unforgettable first love with; then eventually move on from cause he is kinda too good to be true.
Trash oppa i just...he is sweet, and caring, and considerate, and so perfect in all the little things he does, Then on the other hand he is just so weird, and 3D with his drying off with foot rug, kicking still full milk bottles, and buying the most expensive but ridiculous gifts. He is perfect but not too perfect to the point of being almost unreal. I feel like NJ and trash oppa in the end fit. Like they are each others pieces in a missing puzzle. Like they could have the same just right for them marriage her parents have (that I want to have in the future).
I like CB and feel that he is the husband, but man oh man would do I want trash oppa to be it or just have him or some form of him be real and mine in the near future. Honestly, homegirls wins out with either one for a husband.
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Abbie
November 9, 2013 at 7:21 PM
I like Garbage's 3D-ness. It makes him unique and adorable.
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64 rabbitfoot
November 9, 2013 at 6:59 PM
na jeoung ah....would be lovely couple with chilboungie...
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65 Abbie
November 9, 2013 at 7:11 PM
At this point I've given up trying to figure out who Na-jung's husband is. I still want it to be Garbage, but my enthusiasm for the show is starting to die down. And,I just prefer Jung Woo to Yoo Yeon-seok. I still can't get Gu Family Book out of my mind, and while I liked his character in it, he didn't really impress me, acting wise. Just my opinion. That being said, I do like Chilbongie and if the husband isn't Garbage then, by all means, let it be Chilbongie.
The show is still cute, but my liking of it is waning. Let me just say, it's not crack. Heirs is crack, but even my liking of that drama is waning too.
I like the other triangle of Yoon-jin, Haitai, and Samcheonpo. Really adorable all three of them.
Thanks for the recap, Girlfriday!
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66 bd
November 9, 2013 at 7:18 PM
Finally caught up and am LOVING AM1994.
If it continues as good as it has been, it may very well replace "Coffee Prince" as my favorite romcom.
I really like all the characters, but again, my fave is Dad (if the PDs decide to do another thing they should bring back Mom and Dad and continue the running jokes, along with Dad being a baseball manager and Mom making a virtual feast for every meal - but this time w/o a deceased kid).
I really don't mind that the romances have only started to begin b/c for me, this show has always been more about every day life - the humorous moments mixed with the more emotional ones.
The whole "who is the husband" isn't as impt. to me as to seeing the characters interact with each other and living their lives - and that's b/c the writing has been soooo good.
The writing here has been better than AM1997 - more humor and less of the whole girl fandom (which wasn't that interesting and a bit tiresome); the best part of AM1997 was the humor and everyday moments, along with the real emotional moments.
Good casting by the PD team - Yoo Yeon-seo looks like an athlete/pitcher w/ broad shoulders.
YYS would have been a much better choice for that swimming movie than that skinny, pale actor that got the part.
Go Ara looked cute in the burger joint uni - she looks better when her short hair isn't all permed up.
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67 Mia
November 9, 2013 at 7:37 PM
Awwww
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68 Sunnysideup
November 9, 2013 at 7:56 PM
Did anybody notice that the director tried extremely hard to hide Chilbongie's shirt during the baseball game because that would give who is the husband! But in one the scenes when he pitched and turned the last syllable was "Joon"! So does that mean its "Kim______Joon" :D:D
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ilikemangos
November 9, 2013 at 8:32 PM
lmao some of the fans managed to get a snapshot of the back of chilbongie's baseball uniform and blew it up.
Apparently, the name was revealed....
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Saima
November 10, 2013 at 1:43 AM
oohhhhhh, where can I read more about this?
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ilikemangos
November 10, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Here's a very blurry picture of the blown up picture.
If anyone could decipher that grainy thing, i'd be surprised.
http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpg/8ba26d4614fc8c7dfe45825aed8d6474e91a3135_r.jpg
They did well in trying to hide it.
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Tyme
November 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM
We already knew he was a __ Joon from the phone conversation with his mom and (I think) when Binggeure used his real name to get his attention. He's been called "Joon-Ah" before. I'm sure they meticulously check all their shots to make sure they give nothing away.
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69 CFLH
November 9, 2013 at 8:25 PM
girlfriday, thank you for the chilbongie shirltess screen caps...
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70 ilikemangos
November 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM
I really do find answer me 1994 to give sort of a sit-comy vibe. With much more heart. Equal parts comedy.
There's not much plot week-to-week, but instead we get tons of interactions between our characters, and all those wonderful moments shared together are the ones that steal our hearts.
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ilikemangos
November 9, 2013 at 8:37 PM
come to think of it, this is like how i met your mother. except, this is how i met your father.
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71 coby
November 9, 2013 at 8:37 PM
No! I will not read the recap before I see it later! But omegee! I never knew baseball can be this sezy!
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72 Kris
November 9, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Breaking news: Did you all see this about Jung Woo's dating scandal and how it MIGHT affect his chance of winning Na Jung's hand in the end?! What?!
http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/11788/20131105/jung-woo-gives-up-on-being-a-husband-in-answer-me-1994-because-of-scandal.htm
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liz
November 9, 2013 at 9:24 PM
nah, the ratings were higher this episode, it was people speculating their chemistry would be off now, but their chemistry is as good as always and A1994 is going on strong.
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Kris
November 10, 2013 at 4:14 AM
Thank goodness! I couldn’t understand why an actor’s personal life would have an impact on his professional life. That is an actor’s profession (job), and he is entitled to have a personal life outside of it.
And I’d like to think that viewers/fans can distinguish between the personal and professional and enjoy the actor’s work portraying a character.
Having said that, I’m still Team Oppa!
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73 WvR
November 9, 2013 at 8:45 PM
Yep, I'm enjoying this drama a lot. Thank you for the recap. I really like learning all the connections that you know that I don't, like the music connections to the time period. I was not familiar with dramas and the music from this time period like Feelings.
I still think Chilbongie will turn out the be the husband in the end. I like that it's written in a way that it's going to depend on Na-jung's choice over numerous moments in the show and it will be nice to see how she'll start to look at Chilbongie the way she looks at Garbage. There are all those moments like the baseball game that Chilbongie does, but seems fleeting. I feel it's portrayed to us that just in that moment she sees him as the impressive baseball star, but then at the house, she's comfortable with him as a friend but has eyes for Garbage only.
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74 rhiaa
November 9, 2013 at 8:59 PM
Co-worker/Sunbae/Class Representative knows what's up with Chilbong. I love those side-eye glances he's been giving Na-jung and Chilbong this episode. HAHAHA
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75 eetsuko
November 9, 2013 at 9:33 PM
In the 2013 scene where Na Jeong asked her husband to go downstairs and buy beer for her, the most obvious reaction was Oppa-garbage quickly turning to look at her. But if you look closely at Chilbong's face, he grimaced when she yelled out loud again. And including the one-handed catch of the wallet. Darn it show, Is it chilbong? Haha... These clues are just so... I can't think of the word, but man, I'm losing my mind with this show!
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76 SuziQ
November 9, 2013 at 10:02 PM
The best episode so far to add to the confusion of NJ mysterious Hubby. It's a toss up.....
Chilbongie is awesome in these last two episodes. He's gone after NJ, although she hasn't overtly accepted his attentions. Trash better step it up..an get over the younger sisterly act. You snooze, you lose.
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77 cvang010
November 9, 2013 at 10:26 PM
i believe it's time for us women to get two husbands!! it was always ok for men but not for women. Team Oppa or Team Chilbong?? lets have them both!
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78 Jade
November 9, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Was it just me that noticed the fake "Safety Zone" tshirt that Yoon Jae (Answer Me 1997) got for one of his birthdays? The guy that Na Jeong was working with when they both got off from working was wearing the same fake "Safty Zone" tshirt. I was having a huge "Answer Me" fan moment. Seriously.... Look it up!
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79 Dorotka
November 9, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Chilbongie aims for Najung's heart with the precision of an excellent pitcher. Finally I can see him as an equal rival to Oppa. Especially in that baseball uniform ;--)
Great episode.
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80 riya
November 10, 2013 at 12:18 AM
great episode....on the way to team chilbongie's...
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81 apple
November 10, 2013 at 2:22 AM
I think it is still Oppa and Na Jung even tho we notice NJ called her hubby Yeobo and she still call Trash as Oppa, but it depends on the situation, No more oppa-ya only oppa and the picture her smile there and the posing there really looks like an NJ and Oppa!!!
Please pls make it NJ and Oppa ya til the end!!
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82 talia
November 10, 2013 at 2:45 AM
#TEAMCHILBONGFOREVER
My favorite episode hands down - not just for the Chilbongie focus but that there was plenty of change in dynamics and relationships to make the hour fly by.
True testament to both the writer/PD team and Yoo Yeon Seok for making me so utterly invested in Chilbongie and his happiness. It's the first time I've actively rooted for his character archetype as I'm not usually one for the "perfect son-in-law" and had this been any other drama, I'd be all over Oppa and Oppa/Najeong. But I'm not - and it confuses me.
Perhaps it is those stilted moments where you see a flash of something more menacing and rebellious underneath Chilbongie's smiles and happy demeanour. Or his resolute in pursuing Na Jeong with complete determination and zero reservation (the ultimate distinction between his character and Oppa's in my opinion).
I find something so earnest and heart-achingly genuine about his growing admiration for Na Jeong. The idea that before he met her, all he knew was baseball. OOOFTT, right in the feels. And that in his mind, there's nothing simpler than: if you like the girl - do something about it and go for it.
I don't think I'm mentally or emotionally prepared to deal with the imminent heartbreak for poor Chilbongie. But what I love most about his character already is that: he's definitely not going down without a fight :)
Thanks for the recap girlfriday!
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83 bogosipeoyo
November 10, 2013 at 2:56 AM
OMG THIS EPISOOOODDDEEEE!!!
the "family" interaction was fun to watch and UGHHH CHILBONG!!
chilbong>oppa for me but the way they set-up chilbong as the "perfect namja" make me feel like oppa "the lesser perfect namja with cute flaws" is the husband.
but tbh, i don't care who's the husband anymore. this show give me the all the feels! perfect portrayal of first love!
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84 Heartoppaya
November 10, 2013 at 3:16 AM
Team Garbage Oppa, ftw! It was so obvious that oppa is the hubby. I mean, c'mon, the drunken bite/kiss in epi 2 was made of pure win and its kinda awkward to bite your brother there, right? I DO NOT act with my brother like that at all! CB was adorable ofcourse, but I'm Team Trash oppa, all da waaaayyy!!
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85 Netty Darwina
November 10, 2013 at 3:25 AM
Episode 9 preview is killing me...7 more day to wait..realy good show..anyways..thanks for the recap..girlfriday..
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Ebay
November 10, 2013 at 3:27 AM
The ending is not yet decided... You can read articles about it. :)
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86 Ebay
November 10, 2013 at 3:25 AM
Last week, ep.6 was too good. I mean the family matter really hits me up, that I felt I was with them crying and so sad about Na-Jungs' real oppa.
But this time, I wish I am Na-jung and Chilbong is my man!
Darn! Who can resist his smile! I mean, the whole episode 7 make me, "EeeeeHHHH"! He is perfect as Chilbong! Really love this drama!
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87 4blu8
November 10, 2013 at 4:12 AM
I super loved this episode too! I was just about to give up on this drama because it had turned slow and the comedy much too stretched out. But this episode just might get this show to be my new crack! Let's see how the next episode goes.
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88 Hannah
November 10, 2013 at 5:31 AM
i didn't really have the enthusiasm to watch this drama at first and decided to watch this only after it airs BUT I HAVE NO REGRETS NOW
same with the others both guys have a lot of potential to be the husband because T__T it's really hard to choose which side to root for. and i'm starting to like 1994 than 1997 because this time the ending is pretty unpredictable right now compared to 1997 though we had our doubts on yoon jae/shi won because of the brother :((
writer-nim, pls keep up the good work!!!
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89 Sue
November 10, 2013 at 6:24 AM
ChilbongieChilbongieChilbongieChilbongieChilbongie.
Trash has his charm, I will not deny it. But Chilbongie is my type of guy.
Yoo Yeon-Seok really stands out in this role. It is hard to believe he is 29 yrs old. He looks so young and innocent in this role. In Gu Family book he was wasted, with all his moping and angst, just the way Choi Jin-Hyuk is wasted now in Heirs.
I hope this is a new starting point for Yoo Yeon-Seok.
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90 Lozzers
November 10, 2013 at 7:12 AM
Is anyone else a bit worried for Binggeure? I know it's part of his character to question everything, but he's taking a TON of time off...
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bbstl
November 10, 2013 at 4:45 PM
my dream is that he will now get a summer break internship and get to pursue his true calling, broadcast! Although taking him out of the med school-track screws up my other dream, that he ends up with Hoya from 1997. Hmmmmmm.
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91 Mel
November 10, 2013 at 8:02 AM
ChilBB... YOU ARE SUCH A HOTTIE! Like many of you I was smiling and squealing silently during this episode! But Oppa, you are so good at being Oppa... How in the world is NJ going to get away from you when she is slowing going for ChilBB... Am soooo confused!!! ...but truly ChilBB had this episode even though now we know both he and Oppa are both trying to keep NJ from getting caught by other namjas... I love how each one ChilBB and Oppa, is doing their darn best to keep NJ from getting on the market... I have to rewatch, this was such a fun episode... Thanks GF for the AWESOME recap!!!
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92 Anon
November 10, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Team oppa until the very end. I cannot get over those two. While I understand and can appreciate the chilbong appeal ever since the pillow scene I was too far gone to even consider na jeong ending up with anyone but oppa. I'll admit if the h ends uends up being chilbong I won't be mad per say but I will definitely be a little bit disappointed. I just hope oppa gets his shit together so there can be actual progress in his relationship with her.
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93 Barbara Starks
November 10, 2013 at 11:00 AM
LOL Girl Friday that was just you, she admire him as any normal woman would but it was not faint look, you can compare expression, check out when Garbage took off his shirt and pants that a look of faint. LOL I can show you a GOOD GOD look, I sure my girls took my pic when Chilbong come out of that room, that what I like to call GOOD GOD OF MIGHTY give me just 10 minute, 10 minute I swear it wouldn't be a strike out but a Home Run....
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94 EunYung-ah
November 10, 2013 at 2:19 PM
This episode stole my heart. Chilbongie stole my heart. I think I may love baseball now too. This show keeps getting better and better...
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95 Aya
November 10, 2013 at 7:01 PM
I hope answer1994 is not about first love again. We've done that in 1997..
I'm on Chilbongie ship all the way! :D
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96 pitch
November 10, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Most of the time, I´m all for fast-moving plot and I get impatient easily if no real story-development is happening. With this drama, I don´t mind the slow pacing at all. It makes the characters feel real and tangible, imo.
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97 LOVE HS&SH
November 10, 2013 at 11:37 PM
HOPEFULLY END GAME WITH CHILBONG ;)
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98 Ethalina
November 11, 2013 at 7:50 AM
I have the same stars in my eyes while reading this recap just as I had when watching the episode. + kicking and internal cursing and a lot of squealing. kyaaaaaaaaaaa
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99 unchartedthoughts
November 11, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Chilbongie is the husband. In this episode, the couple greeting for Na Jung's wedding congratulate and thanked her because they met through her. So, if Trash oppa is the husband, shouldn't they address their best wishes to the both of them? Or at least mention him because it was him and Na Jung who set up the blind date at that time? Plus, both persons are friend of Na Jung and Trash oppa, so they will at any rate greet the both of them. However, they only acknowledge Na Jung. Why? Because, of course, Chilbong is Kim Jae Joon and that they're not acquainted with him.
Not to mention also, the meaningful catch the ball and catch the wallet thingy and the subtle sign of the sleeping position all point out on our Baseball National Representative.
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100 cinthy
November 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM
team oppaaaa
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