Answer Me 1994: Episode 19

269 December 22, 2013January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

The new millennium wipes the slate clean and sets us up for the final game (thank goodness). In the search for answers, everyone muses on the role of Fate—is it a real thing, an entity out to mess with us all, or just another name for good old-fashioned timing?

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EPISODE 19: “Do you believe in Fate?”

It’s January 2000, and Samcheonpo narrates that despite his hopes, the world did not end because of Y2K after all, and he still has to report to the office for his first day of work. Haitai makes sure to rub it in after chatting on the phone with girlfriend Ae-jung and telling her how much he loves her.

Samcheonpo tells us that he failed spectacularly at getting into grad school, and finally joined the rank and file at a big company. His job: the all-important, highly specialized Copy & Fax Minion. We watch him struggle to make ten copies (he makes a thousand instead, ha) and he narrates: “The world should’ve ended.”

Yoon-jin stuck through the hard times at her job even when they couldn’t afford to pay her, so now she’s in her third year at the office. She comes home the bedraggled breadwinner, while Samcheonpo irons. Heh, they’re already like a married couple, and she warns him not to touch her tonight because she’s tired.

Binggeure is already wearing lab coats and putting in rounds at the hospital, and Na-jung is busying herself with the new goal of getting a driver’s license. Samcheonpo argues with her about TV rights (FinKL vs. Heo Jun), and gets attacked. He tells us she returned from Australia with her personality intact.

Mom and Dad are in good spirits because Dad has just been rehired by the Twins after a two-year hiatus, which he spent working at a friend’s business. Mom steams crabs for the occasion, and Na-jung tears into them with so much gusto I’m jealous. Dad wonders if she starved while in Australia, but she doesn’t pay them any mind and just chows down to her heart’s content.

The doorbell rings and Haitai returns to the kitchen to tell everyone to hurry up and grab their cameras, and then Chilbongie shoves him into the room for a big jolly, “I’m HE~RE!” Aw. Everybody cheers, and Na-jung just glances up while stuffing her face some more, since she saw him just the other night.

He comes bearing a chocolate cake for Mom and a 30-year scotch for Dad, and the other guys marvel at his memory. Dad gets walloping drunk right away, and the other kids get excited when Binggeure mentions that Chilbongie is doing a talk show interview soon.

As they eat he notices a piece of crab on Na-jung’s face and stops to peel it off and wipe her cheek clean with his hand, and it catches everyone’s eye at the table.

The gang drinks upstairs after dinner, and Chilbongie confirms that he’s due in America by the end of January. Poo. He’s taking some extra time off while he can, and the other guys suggest it’s a good chance to get his driver’s license. They tell him that Na-jung has already scoped out a surefire academy in Jeonju that promises to get you a license, and the two exchange an awkward look. Road trip?

Road trip! They get on the bus to go to Jeonju, and Chilbongie sighs at the amount of stuff to be memorized on the written test. Na-jung tells him it’s a piece of cake and that the trick isn’t memorizing, but comprehending.

He pouts. Aw, this brings back happy memories of the time she tried to tutor him in school. My favorite thing about Chilbongie is that he’s realistically terrible at studying.

Na-jung scores 100 on her test, as expected, and then goes to find Chilbongie expecting to congratulate him. He tells her he failed with a sheepish grin, and then we cut to the whole group laughing hysterically at the story as he tells them he scored 44.

One by one, Binggeure and Haitai get called away on boyfriend duty, and then even Samcheonpo gets the bright idea to call Yoon-jin while she’s sitting next to him. Heh. That just leaves Na-jung and Chilbongie alone again for an awkward beat.

He says he’s going to retake the driving test tomorrow, and asks if it’s okay if he sleeps over in Binggeure’s room. He looks at the medical texts on Binggeure’s desk with a smile (hilariously failing to read the English title to himself), and notices Garbage’s notebooks with a long face.

Binggeure has gone to the hospital to visit Garbage, but finds him sleeping after a long surgical rotation. He just leaves a coffee and a post-it on his desk and heads out.

Samcheonpo reminds Yoon-jin about his sunbae’s wedding tomorrow, and gets thwacked for trying to sneak up like a zombie and steal a kiss. Points for style though.

Mom is a happy camper now that the house is bustling again, and sighs that all they need is Garbage and it’ll be like old times. Binggeure and Haitai freeze awkwardly at that, knowing his fallout with Na-jung keeps him away. Dad sighs that it’s been a year since he’s seen his best friend because of it all, though he has plans to see him soon. Mom presents Dad with a pair of matching red mittens she knitted for their family—Mom, Dad, Na-jung, and Joonie. He characteristically complains while still putting them on, even hitting Binggeure for trying to steal them.

The parents wonder about Yoon-jin and Samcheonpo and why they aren’t getting married now that both are gainfully employed. Dad jokes that they’ll just have kids right here in this house and never leave.

At the wedding later that day Samcheonpo is as doting a boyfriend as ever, running to get Yoon-jin the food she wants, or answering questions about how long they’ve been dating in number of days, not years.

But when their friends ask about when they’re getting married, Samcheonpo says he has no plans for marriage. Yoon-jin is caught off-guard, clearly not on the same page, and Haitai sees it written all over her face.

She makes painfully insincere attempts to agree with him, and excuses herself to go to the restroom. Haitai yells at Samcheonpo for his thickheaded ways, and he just sits there totally oblivious.

Chilbongie and Na-jung are on their way back from Day 2 of driving tests, and he’s failed yet again. He asks her not to rat him out to their friends, and she deadpans, “Tell me the truth. You’re dumb, right?” Pfft.

He swears it’s because he didn’t have time to study last night, but is determined to pass tomorrow. She acknowledges his persistence, wondering if that’s what got him to the major league.

Samcheonpo comes by to ask Yoon-jin if she’ll come to a movie tomorrow with the gang, but she answers noncommittally that she’ll see. She answers a late-night call from a work sunbae, and Samcheonpo gets all rankled that he’s calling so late. She reminds him that they’re just friends, “besides, it’s not like you and I are getting married or anything.” Oouuuuch. Please, take the hint.

He doesn’t, but thankfully Na-jung and Haitai are around to pull their hair out and scream at him to hurry up and tell Yoon-jin that he wants to marry her. Samcheonpo argues that he DOES want to marry her, but not yet—he’ll tell her when the time is right.

They try their damnedest to make him understand that he has to let her know that he intends to marry her, even if it’s someday in the future, but he doesn’t understand why. It’s like banging your head against a wall, and Haitai and Na-jung nearly explode trying to reason with him.

The group makes plans to meet at the theater later that night, and Na-jung runs off in anticipation of getting her license today. Binggeuere worries that Chilbongie will fail again today, but Na-jung says he couldn’t possibly unless he was a total moron…

…And of course he failed again. Pwahaha. He explains how close he was to passing with a goofy grin, and Na-jung smiles back like she’s patronizing a simpleton. They realize there isn’t time for a whole meal before the movie, and he happily suggests this new bakery he discovered that has the name of some dinosaur or something (it’s Tous Les Jours, which he reads like it’s English).

She takes his word for it, only to arrive at the bakery and realize what he meant, and has a grand ol’ time piling on the jokes, which go totally over his head. She asks him to go inside and order the Tyrannosaurus bread, or on second thought, the whole Jurassic Park set. He just smiles and nods, repeating her words like it’s a real order. LOL.

Haitai and girlfriend Ae-jung are the only ones to meet them at the theater, Binggeure and Die-Die having ditched them to watch the sex movie that’s playing on the other screen. Everyone gulps awkwardly at that.

Ae-jung is shocked that Haitai is actually friends with famous baseball star Chilbongie, who says he’s heard a lot about her and that they reunited on New Year’s Eve. He adds that he and Na-jung did too, which startles her.

They settle into their seats for the movie, but then Chilbongie tenses up when the man next to him introduces himself as a reporter who interviewed him once. Uh-oh. He remains wary of the reporter’s presence the whole time, and then chases him out afterwards.

He asks the reporter not to write the story he’s about to write, and the reporter doesn’t look inclined to let it go. “She’s your girlfriend, right?”

Chilbongie: “She isn’t. Not yet. I like her on my own.” He confesses that he likes her and promises to give him an exclusive when he’s officially in a relationship, and the reporter softens at that. Whew, bullet dodged.

Dad goes to see his bestie (Garbage’s dad) while he’s in the hospital for a regular checkup, and they chitchat good-naturedly with zero hard feelings on either end about the kids’ broken engagement. Dad asks after Garbage and says it’s time he meet with him, and promises his buddy he won’t beat his son or anything.

Garbage runs down to meet Dad, head hanging, and sits down in preparation to hear the worst. Garbage apologizes for not calling and apologizes again, and Dad tells him to stop saying sorry: “It’s not your fault. It’s not anyone’s fault.”

Dad says he’s okay now, and tells Garbage to call Mom at least once a month. He promises, all quivering lip and shaky voice like a little boy.

It’s when Dad takes a deep breath and calls him “Son” that the tears start to spill uncontrollably. Dad says he opposed the two of them dating because, “I don’t know what you thought about it, but you’re a son to me.”

He starts to say after they lay Na-jung’s oppa Hoon to rest… but gets choked up just bringing up his son’s name. Dad says that after he died, Garbage called them mother and father and filled their lives, making each day a little better. “And I was grateful.”

“But when you said you were dating Na-jungie, I was disappointed, and worried—Ah, so I’ll lose another son this way.” He admits to being worried for Na-jung, to being angry at the both of them for breaking up, and thinking of yelling at them until they fixed things.

But he sighs that things don’t happen in life the way you want them to. “And what you are to me… Could I live the rest of my life not seeing you? I’m okay. I’m okay now, so call home once in a while.” Man, nobody can break my heart like Dad.

He chuckles, “Still, saying everything on my mind to my son for the first time in a long time feels nice.” He’s back to his nagging self by the time Garbage walks him out to a cab, and tells him to wear a coat when it’s cold.

He digs out those red family mittens that Mom knitted for him and stuffs them in Garbage’s hand without explanation, insisting he wear them. Awwwww, Daaaaaaaad.

The air is still frosty between Yoon-jin and Samcheonpo, and he trails after her with the reminder that he made reservations at a French restaurant for tonight. Haitai bets they’ll break up, Binggeure bets they won’t, and Na-jung bets they’ll break up at least once. Dad: “I bet you’ll all be dead in three seconds.” Ha. Everyone skedaddles.

Dad heads out for drinks with his team and Mom takes Joonie to Masan, which leaves Na-jung staring at the family car keys with an evil glint in her eye. She asks Haitai and Binggeure who wants to be the first to be taken for a ride, and they tiptoe away gingerly.

Right on cue, poor Chilbongie comes by sing-song-ing, “Na-jung-ah, come out and play~!” Binggeure and Haitai mime at him to run for the hills, but they’re too late to save him.

He doesn’t seem worried until they get in the car and she tells him it’s her first time actually driving in the city and not on a practice course, pffft. I’m so scared for you. Also, who gives licenses away like that?

It doesn’t exactly put him at ease when she suddenly forgets which pedal is which, and things just get worse as she takes him on the tensest drive ever, screaming in fear while crawling along in the street.

Samcheonpo ends up stuck at an office party much later than he’d planned, and has to call Yoon-jin to apologize and cancel their dinner plans. She then answers a call from her sunbae, asking if she’s busy tonight.

Samcheonpo ends up in one of those horribly awkward situations where his work superiors are drunkenly asking him to call his girlfriend over so they can meet her, and despite his attempts to explain that they’re fighting and she can’t come, they make him feel pressured enough to grit his teeth and make the call.

Naturally Yoon-jin says no because she hates those things, besides the fact that he isn’t exactly her favorite person right now.

Na-jung and Chilbongie finally make it to his place in one piece, and it only took them the entire day to drive across town. Ha. She’s way too freaked out to even consider driving back on her own, and asks to leave the car here while she takes a cab home. Hahaha.

Samcheonpo counts down the seconds till the noraebang clock runs out, only to be told they paid for an extra hour and won’t leave until his girlfriend shows herself. Oy. He tries calling again, but now her phone is off.

The situation inside just gets worse, so he heads out to try calling one last time. He gives up when she doesn’t answer, thinking it’s over. But when he looks up, Yoon-jin walks through the door, all dolled up and prepared to do the thing she hates, just for him. Aw. Marry her, you fool!

Na-jung and Chilbongie stand in the street waiting for a cab, when Mom calls in a panic to say that Dad got drunk at the team party and fell and broke some bones. Oh no. Someone has to go to the hospital to sign for surgery, and Mom’s in Masan, so Na-jung has to go.

Na-jung starts to freak out, crying at the lack of cabs when she needs to go to Dad. Chilbongie watches her tensely for a moment, and then caves: “Hand me your keys.” What. If he knows how to drive, I’ll die laughing.

Sure enough, he gets behind the wheel and weaves through traffic with ease. Na-jung gapes at him, and he smiles sheepishly, “So… I was going to tell you, really…” Hahahahaha. She snaps at him that they’ll discuss it later, though she totally gives him the death glare of doom.

Yoon-jin sings a duet (Trip Sketch’s “Fate”) with Samcheonpo in front of his coworkers, and totally makes his night.

Na-jung and Chilbongie pace back and forth outside the operating room, and the doc comes out to say that Dad will be fine. He’s got a bunch of broken bones that’ll need to heal, but he’s okay.

Na-jung’s legs finally give out once the relief hits, and Chilbongie catches her before she falls. He sits her down and puts an arm around her to comfort her.

At home, Samcheonpo comes to Yoon-jin’s room and says he has something to give her. Ack, she looks like she’s expecting a ring, which makes me positive he’s going to muck it up instead. He tells her to close her eyes and put out her hand, so she does, palm down, totally expecting him to slide a ring on her finger. While she has her eyes closed he futzes with something, and then tells her to open her eyes.

She opens them to find three bankbooks tucked into her fingers, ha. He says that he really likes her, and that he wants to do a fancy proposal too, “But I’m a person who needs a plan. What can I do, when this is who I am?”

He asks for her understanding, because who else in the world would? He tells her that one account is for a house, one is savings, and the last… is for their wedding. Aw. “These funds haven’t matured. But when they do, I’ll propose.” Best non-proposal proposal ever. He asks her to be patient till then, and hugs her sweetly. And then he adds that if that sunbae calls her again, he’ll rip his head off. Ha.

Na-jung finally calms down once she knows that Dad is okay, and then she tells Chilbongie to fess up and hand over his wallet. Haha, caught. He cringes and hands it over, and she finds his driver’s license right there.

He swears he was going to tell her, and she just rails at him for making her the idiot. I think you’re pretty even on that score. He pouts, “Well what was I supposed to do? I have to go back to America in half a month, and I’m out of time.” He fesses up to doing it on purpose, not really knowing what else to do after seeing her again like that on New Year’s Eve. He felt like this was his last chance, and if he lost it it’d really be the end.

He asks if she remembers what he asked when they parted—if they met again years later and she didn’t have anyone by her side, for her to date him. He wrings his hands nervously and takes a deep breath: “Na-jung-ah, I like you a lot. I liked you when I first saw you, and I still… I like you now.”

Mom breaks the tension with a call, and Chilbongie goes to get them some coffee. When Mom hears that she was able to get to the hospital so soon because she was with Chilbongie, she says it’s good luck that he was there, and tells Na-jung to buy him something to eat. “Heaven helped us.” Na-jung looks up at Chilbongie coming toward her, perhaps with new eyes.

Na-jung: Sometimes there are moments when I really feel like there is a God. Even if there isn’t, there are times I feel like there has to at least be a something like Fate to explain certain situations. This exquisite coincidence, this unbelievable timing, this ingenious reversal—it’s possible that my fate is playing a game with me.

Or a writer is. Just sayin’.

Garbage sleepwalks to his bunk, where his buddy tells him about Dad’s surgery. Garbage scrambles to run out the door, but his buddy tells him that was already hours ago: “You’re late. You’re beyond late.” Augh, always Oppa’s curse, isn’t it?

Garbage: Fate is damned. Fate is cruel. And Fate… is strong. Fate throws us into dilemmas, traps us in corners where we can’t do a thing, and in the bitter end, even ignores our sincere prayers. That’s how Fate is damned. That’s how Fate is cruel and strong.

As Oppa narrates, we go back to New Year’s Eve, when he finishes his work and steps outside as it starts to snow. But as soon as he does, someone runs out to say that his professor is calling him back. He gets delayed, stuck in traffic on his way, and gets into a fender-bender that sets him back even more. By the time he reaches Na-jung’s house, all the lights are off and everyone is asleep. He sits out in his car, not even able to step foot inside.

Chilbongie tells Na-jung he has a few more days till he has to leave, so he’ll be back tomorrow to see her and Dad. She walks him down the corridor, and he smiles after her.

Chilbongie: Another reason why Fate is cruel and strong: timing you can’t predict. This is how Fate is cruel.

Na-jung walks him to the elevator to send him off, and the door slides open to reveal Garbage standing inside. Smiles fade and faces freeze all three ways.

Na-jung: Fate pushes me to the edge of a cliff, makes it so that I can’t budge, and in the end passes me the ball. In the end Fate is choosing. Now I just have to make a choice.

COMMENTS

Yes, you do. Please, for the love of Fate, make a choice and make it quick. I’m glad that the conclusion isn’t that she’s just going to leave it up to Fate to decide for her, because that would be the worst kind of deflating after waiting 21 episodes to find out the answer. Fate as timing, I can get behind, since after all love is just one of those things that lives or dies by timing. But in the end choice is what really matters.

I wonder what kept Oppa from going inside the house on New Year’s Eve—was being late worse than not showing up at all? Was it meaningless if he missed that window? Or was not going inside the damning choice, not the missed timing? Perhaps it won’t matter, as New Year’s Eve clearly isn’t all there is, and they still have to deal with the fallout of their relationship. It’s yet another thing that happened offscreen for this couple that drives me bonkers, but at least in this case the breakup was actually a fizzling out, and the feelings left over are the ones that matter, once they deal with them.

Oppa just has this horrible history with being late—late to show up, late to realize feelings, laaaaate to act on them. I hope he isn’t now doubling up on his problem by shooting himself in the foot and giving up because of lateness. That seems like the worst thing he could do. I dunno, Fate’s a bitch and all, but showing up seems far more important than being on time. Having a rival in Chilbongie lit a fire under his ass once before (er, sort of) so maybe seeing him with Na-jung now will get him to act. Who knows, maybe his whole character arc is in learning to actually get the timing right.

Chilbongie was hilarious in this episode with his blatant lies about driving just to spend time with Na-jung, and of course the show does its classic twist of taking something funny and making it meaningful when you see it under a different light. I still can’t believe he didn’t say a word when she spent an entire day driving him from Shincheon to Gangnam or was calling him stupid, but that’s just his style, and why he breaks hearts. My favorite thing is that he is actually still endearingly dumb regardless, just maybe a little less than he was letting on. Ha.

I loved Samcheonpo’s story in this episode, and his whole conversation with an incredulous Haitai and Na-jung cracked me up. But it’s great to see him step up, be consistent to his nebbishy worrywart character, and still make the proposal that hits the heart. Who needs a flashy ring when the person you love shows you he’s planning for his life to be with you?

And of course Dad tugs all the heartstrings, because he’s amazing and he’s Dad. Garbage’s place in the family was always the stuff that touched me the most at the start of the series, and I was sad about it falling to the background when he started dating Na-jung. It was nice to be reminded that his relationship to Mom and Dad can be mended and forgiven separately, as a son—that warmed my heart more than anything, because Dad doesn’t need him to marry Na-jung to love him as his child. It’s the best kind of I-just-love-you-for-being-you statement there is.

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1 Zainab

December 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM

Thankyou =)!

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2 Stephanie

December 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM

Stopped watching this show 2 weeks back. But I still pop by to see your commentaries.

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Stephanie

December 22, 2013 at 12:59 PM

Sigh, this is why dramas trying to remake the mere idea of another drama will fail terribly in my book. They get so fixated on the idea of the drama that it becomes a gimmick rather than a story. A story with characters that everyone loves.

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wannabean

December 22, 2013 at 5:37 PM

I like 1994 though...1997 has a special place in my drama heart, but '94 has lots of heart-wrenching moments too, along with a lovable cast, more or less.

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Beth

December 22, 2013 at 7:06 PM

They are lovable. :)

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confusedturtle

December 22, 2013 at 8:43 PM

I stopped watching it too. I'm so angry that they stayed fixated to this husband-mystery idea, because the characters were great. It should have just been given it's own idea.

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shf

December 23, 2013 at 5:54 AM

ugh, i don't know anymore! i've skipped a few episodes because i just want to read the re-caps before i even get into it. reading the recap for ep 19, i don't think i'm going to watch it...idk...it is too rushed for nj to be falling for cb. i never was into cb because i felt him too quiet in his liking and pursuit of nj, even if he did take some action later on. yes, oppa is pretty consistent on the lateness, but i think it's because of his feelings on his position in the family; so he's indecisive.

idk, i might not watch ep 20 or 21 until i've read the recaps. hopefully the ending is something i'll be happy about because I DO NOT want to feel like how I did after Heirs ended! ugh! what an ending! ugh!

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chaosgirl

December 23, 2013 at 4:51 PM

Me too, two weeks ago. Depending on how it ends I'll go back and watch. I don't like writers yanking on my chain.

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3 disfigurine

December 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM

Each episode makes me fall in love with Chilbongie more and more ;)

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Jaeng

December 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM

Me,too.
Till the Limit that I can Not give any good Feeling for our Oppa and Nj anymore.

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elle

December 22, 2013 at 3:01 PM

i really missed chil bong, and his smiling face. :)

i don't think chil bong is stupid.

i mean, he didn't know mentor, as in the english word, but he knew what it means in korean? i don't know.

also, he seemed to learn conversational japanese skills enough to conduct interviews in the language.

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pinky

December 22, 2013 at 6:44 PM

me too me too... everytime i watch the show, im in love with chilbong more , more and moreeeeeeeeee.......

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PeepsLeAwesomePotato

December 22, 2013 at 10:12 PM

Chilbong strikes me as a more hands-on, street smart, practically good kind of guy. He just isn't book smart. It's like words fail him.

So he's not stupid, just smart in another way. High EQ and IQ in terms of bodily-kinesthetic but lower IQ on the math and inquisition side. Hahah.

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Moll

December 22, 2013 at 9:55 PM

I've only been following recaps so I was feeling more for Na-Jung than the male leads (so I was perfectly fine with Garbage), but something about episode 18 made me jump ship. In love with Chilbongie now! Omg.

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disfigurine

December 22, 2013 at 10:19 PM

Oh fellow Chilbong shippers...I feel so heartbroken. I know I posted many times how I'm positive Oppa is the husband and I even congratulated Oppa shippers, but something just snapped within me. I always wanted to be Team NJ, trust me, but my heart refuses to let go of my delusional 1% faith that CB is the husband. But my brain is now fully operating after a week of break and told me how foolish I was being. I am now seriously 100% certain Oppa is the husband with no doubts about it. I don't think I can watch or comment on episodes 20 and 21. I felt my heart drop after reading some analysis that made so much sense I am forced to some to a realization that CB just isn't the husband. This writer crushed and stomped on my heart for leading me this far, I think I'm going a little cuckoo. I for one was never a fan of love triangles and thought I could handle this, but the more I think about it, it just makes me more sad. By making CB pursue NJ even now, makes it more impossible for me to accept a rushed happily ever after for him without NJ. I'm honestly not going to be happy with any outcome. I am also wondering, why did every single one of the couples in AM94 end up with their first love? Is it that common in South Korea O.O?

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Nima

February 24, 2016 at 5:15 PM

so i'am watching this drama in 2016'' too late'' haha but believe me i cried like never before reading your comment, and this is exactly what i feel. anyway i am team CB.

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lint

December 23, 2013 at 12:21 AM

Agreed, me and the 128 people who liked your comment.

I just noticed that when there's a comment that is pro chilbong and pro nabong couple, it gets a lot of likes. But, there are more comments that are pro trash. So, I guess a lot of team chilbong are staying silent to avoid adding fire to the flame wars.

Well, to all silent pro chilbong, I want to direct you to the fantastic shipper thread on soompi for our "miracle couple' (najung-chilbong). You can spazz there all you want.

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girlinterrupted

December 23, 2013 at 4:15 AM

Me too! I'm even loving him through the Chilbong-less episodes. :-)

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4 thesandwitch04

December 22, 2013 at 12:22 PM

Huh. So Chilbongie is back in the running? When I jumped off the Chilbongie-Na Jung ship, I went right into the water—if it’s not CB, then it can’t be anyone else. But I'm not too excited about the way he was written back into the story, too abrupt. If there was another Na Jung I would have wanted Bongie to be with her and this Na Jung to stay with Oppa. A girl can dream, right?

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adette

December 22, 2013 at 3:10 PM

agreeeeed. i love chilbong to peices but i dont like how suddenly na-jung feels like she has to choose when i feel like she never even struggled with the question of "are these friendly or romantic feelings" in the past. not when he stared moony eyed at her, not when he confessed, not really even when he was preparing to leave for japan and she found her picture in his cap. she didn't react to any of those things, but suddenly she &yoon-jin act kinda awkward seeing him on tv in the previous ep and she's talking about having to make a choice between him and garbage now... idk. to me it feels rushed and kinda out of step with the rest of the show (i really can't remember a time when i felt like she might possibly reciprocate his feelings even a little bit, but my memory is crap so if i'm wrong someone please refer me to it lol). as much as i love them together, it'd feel too weird for him to be the husband, because up until the script told her to be conflicted about him in these last two episodes, she didn't seem to see him as anything more than a friend idk

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Beth

December 22, 2013 at 7:13 PM

I have to agree. At this point, I kind of hope Chilbongie gets the girl, but Na Jung hasn't ever showed interest or confusion at her feelings for him. So the choice doesn't really make sense this late in the game. It should have been introduced earlier (like 7 or 8 episodes ago) and then it really would have been a struggle.

It makes me kind of sad to see this beautiful relationship (Oppa and Na Jung) that we spent so long getting just...fizzle out. I know its possible in reality, but this is a TV show. idek...

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thesandwitch04

December 23, 2013 at 1:13 AM

That right there is the problem I have with the Show (or the writing, you choose). The end of Oppa and Na Jung's relationship is what I have a problem with: these two had feelings for each other right from the get-go (at least on Na Jung's side) and now they are just no more, lack of communication or whatever.

So, are they saying that these two JUST grew apart--I'm not buying that for one bit! Should have found a more believable break-up idea. Is all I'm saying. Not that I want Oppa to be with Na Jung, hoh! But their relationship was more believable.

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h0neybee

December 23, 2013 at 3:34 AM

I dunno. I think a break up like that is pretty realistic. I know oppa was in Busan and they worked out, but he wasn't there for a very long time and Na Jung could visit him anytime she wanted to cuz it's cheAper and closer. Long distance takes a toll on any relationship. You mentally and personally grow in two years, and after those years, you're just in two different places in your lives. That's why I hate the fast forwarding because we don't get to see that. We just assume.

cafelatte

December 23, 2013 at 8:10 PM

it makes sense if you think about the theme of the previous episodes which was "FEAR of losing your love". So, to me, I took Najung and Oppa 'breaking up without breaking up' as more like -- Both sides realized that they were inadvertently hurting the other party by being unable to keep up with their relationship they wanted to and ALSO maybe both sides felt like the other party had fallen out of love (for instance, when Oppa couldn't answer NJ's phonecalls because he lost his cell phone - she could've misunderstood it as him not caring. Same when she didn't reply to his e-mail. we already know from the Busan epiode that Oppa feared that NJ might not love him anymore because he couldn't be there for her like he wanted to)
Hence, it makes sense that if they are both still in love (but believe that the other party doesn't love them anymore) that they would hold off having the conversation that might actually confirm their "fear" that their love has ended. So NJ deals with it by manic eating and Oppa suffers alone and being constantly sick.
Maybe it's because my personality is similar in the way that I will ignore things (that I fear the outcome of) for as long as possible because i don't want the outcome to be confirmed

shf

December 23, 2013 at 5:46 AM

I don't think your memory is crap. I think you remembered pretty well. That's how I remember NJ's feelings for CB. You are right, it IS too rushed.

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5 Anon

December 22, 2013 at 12:25 PM

Still hoping for oppa and na jung ending. To summarize my thoughts briefly because while I could write an essay as to why I think it should happen, I'll just say that their relationship is the first fictional one which made me feel warm on the inside. And that's all I'm going to say. Chilbong is great, amazing in fact I love his character with all my heart but I never felt the sparks with his and na jungs relationship. This is just my opinion and I can see and appreciate the appeal of a chilbong and na jung ending but it just doesnt feel right. Ah this roller coaster of emotions will finally be over next week.. I feel kind of sad but at the same time I'm happy I'll finally be able to breathe easily lol

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shai

December 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM

I guess it's a preference thing then? Because I never really saw the spark in oppa/NJ relationship either. I always saw them as a cute oppa/dongsaeng before being a couple. Sure, I would smile at their cute scenes and go aww..but it's chilbong and NJ that made my heart race and made me all giddy. But, at this point, even though I want chilbong for na jaeong, if oppa steps up his game and finally get the timing right and na jaeong accept him back then I guess I would have no qualms about the show's ending.

because at the end of it all, we just want the characters to be happy. so, whoever na jaeong chooses will be my choice. :)

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anon

December 22, 2013 at 7:35 PM

yeah i get it. it is a preference thing. i think in most regards, especially in terms of relationships, love and what not opinions differ based on the way a person perceives things and on their idea of what feels right. i think the main reason i saw no sparks was because the lack of reaction on na jung's part like i totally get it but until i see some sort of reciprocation of feelings on her part i won't buy the couple. if they can manage to show me some of that then i will definitely be okay with a cb/nj ending. you see what i mean right? i'm not trying to criticize your opinion at all and i really apologize if it seems that way.
i do agree with your last point however. as long as the ending can show me that chilbong and na jung are happy together and conclude it in a satisfactory way i would have no issues with that scenario whatsoever.
i mean come on i think we'd all be lying if we said that regardless of who we were rooting for we weren't swayed by the other at one point in the drama. :P

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miley

December 23, 2013 at 3:42 AM

I agree with you 100%.i never felt neither see a spark between Trash and NJ.that's why when they kissed i cringed.i love Chilbong and NJ.they have more chemistry and the spark is overwhelming.

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blegh

December 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM

I swear! if this drama pulls an M. Night Shyamalan, I'm gonna choke somebody. most likely me. goddamn! oppa better end up as the husband!

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Dorina Revamonte

December 24, 2013 at 5:25 AM

me tooo i think the remaining episode its CB's making a connection between na jeong ang oppa to be together again....

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6 Ketu

December 22, 2013 at 12:26 PM

Sung Dong II and Jung Woo the best actors in the cast deliver the best scene in the drama.
Cried buckets.

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Beth

December 22, 2013 at 7:15 PM

Jung Woo is the perfectest male crier.

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7 Chinchingering

December 22, 2013 at 12:29 PM

I'm 95% sure trash is na jung's husband, but I hope chilbongie gets a happy ending for himself too. I love all the characters in this drama and wished they focused on them more rather than the who's-the-husband goose chase.

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shai

December 22, 2013 at 4:33 PM

Lol. I'm almost 99% sure chilbong is the husband after today's episode and all the 2013 clues. But, let's see where the writer takes us. :)

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Moll

December 22, 2013 at 9:58 PM

I agree. I feel like Chilbongie is the husband; the recent episodes suggest that love is about unpredictability and fate, not necessarily history or anything expected.

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saboriana

December 22, 2013 at 6:49 PM

95% sure plus 5%.

Oppa shippers, lets put on are left jackets and ride this ship up that little river known as D-Nile. So what if the iceberg formally known as oppa is melting.

Until Na-jung gives birth to her first child and that child calls CB Appa, there is still a chance.

Lets put Ditto on replay and ride this out to the bitter end.
" I will go down with this ship, I won't put my hand up in surrender, there will be no white flat over my door".

PS. If worse come to worse we can always go on wiki and edit so that the Reply 1997 only has 17 episode.

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saboriana

December 22, 2013 at 8:58 PM

Life Jackets

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h0neybee

December 23, 2013 at 3:43 AM

I really care who NJ ends up with now because both are great. The only concern I have is chil bong' s happy ending if he isn't the husband. Because let's face it. Everyone in the answer me world will get a happy ending. But CB has no other prospects and there are only 2 episodes left. Oppa has his first love and his best friend as potentials if NJ didn't work out.

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8 fanjing

December 22, 2013 at 12:29 PM

Chilbong makes a comeback, but why do I feel like Trash is still going to win ;A;

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9 crazedlu

December 22, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Ooh. I like.

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10 Hipployta

December 22, 2013 at 12:30 PM

See...I guess I'm the only one who finds CB lying about the license stuff annoying...*sigh*

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weeknd

December 22, 2013 at 12:33 PM

I think so.

I thought it was rather endearing that he wanted to spend time with her.

If NJ didn't think it was annoying, then I'm happy she had a great time with him :)

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KDaddict

December 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM

If it's a guy that we (women) don't like and he tags along by lying for an excuse to do so, we'd be upset. The more we dislike him, the more we'd be upset.
If it is a guy whose company we enjoy, we wouldn't be upset at all.
If it is a guy that we like, well then, we'd be more than ok with it. Isn't that so?

For a viewer to be upset at CB for lying about not having a driver's license in order to take that road trip with NJ reflects the viewer's relative disfavor towards CB (compared to his competitor), NOT NJ's.

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Ketu

December 22, 2013 at 12:43 PM

I usually like Cb but he irritated me this episode. First with all the lies then with the proposal I just could not understand why a guy like CB who would get a million different wonderful girls pine over a girl who has shown no interest in him for years even after avoiding her for years knowing she is happily dating someoneelse. It all seemed majorly off to me.
Maybe it s from bias but i genuinely liked him before and missed him when he was not on for 2 episodes.

Btw did anyone notice NJ beinge eating or is that what she always does it just seemed like she was terribly depressed and coping it up with food. Again bias maybe.

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LSG

December 22, 2013 at 12:52 PM

I don't mean any offence, but if that's your reason (including the whole "why doesn't he go for someone else"), then I'm pretty sure you would've stopped liking him a long time ago because this isn't the first episode that has shown him liking NJ.

Also, I don't think you can just tell someone to stop liking someone else. If you've invested so much time and emotion into loving someone, it's really hard to just stop.

Again, if Oppa's and NJ's relationship didn't work out because of distance and CB still loved NJ despite not being in contact with her, that's quite telling.

So I don't feel it's fair to dislike a character because of that.

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sancheezy

December 22, 2013 at 12:56 PM

1st it's annoying but it's great in fate
if there's no cb that day, will nj still go ride or will nj come in the right time save dad??

lying but he admitted is, confessed because nj asking his reason
well it wasn't a great deal, it saved them actually
and nj know the truth, he going to told her anyway, its the gang who said it better to go with nj before he said something

the point that cb can get million girls is applied to oppa
why oppa didn't fall with another patient, he is caring doctor anyway or his co workers when they broke up
love is not a choice and for nj response, that the missing key, maybe she actually love cb but she in relationship that she thinks gonna last forever like people in countryside marriage,
at least cb did just like his promised to nj

nj eating lot because she just back to home, with mom cooking her special food that she never tasted in long time

if she depressed, they will show she eat a lot in australia

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Min

December 22, 2013 at 1:31 PM

well I agree that there are many other fish in the pond for both oppa and chilbongie but I don't agree with your comment about having oppa get together with a patient... that's just wrong. it's a breach in ethics.

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sancheezy

December 22, 2013 at 1:47 PM

I mean is the possibility
because in the interaction of both side

but i agree that's kind of weird and out of norm
but sometimes patient can fall for the doctor