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Emergency Couple: Episode 20

If a man and woman wake up together naked, and no one else is there to see it, did it really happen? Does it mean that it was the work of Fate, or the work of copious amounts of beer? Or is it simply two people who are rediscovering the parts of their selves that they fell in love with long ago?

 
EPISODE 20 RECAP

Jin-hee and Chang-min scream at the top of their lungs as they wake up nekkid in bed together. After taking a shower, Chang-min calls out for a towel which sparks another memory for Jin-hee.

In flashback, we see Jin-hee embarrassedly offering a towel to a wet Chang-min. Laughing, he yanks her into the bathroom. The camera stays on the hallway, and we see her sweater, pants, bra and panties fly through the air before landing in a heap on the floor.

In the present, Jin-hee smiles to herself, perhaps in pleasant anticipation. Closing her eyes, she offers the towel to Chang-min…only to be disappointed when she hears him say that he found a towel inside the bathroom after all. Pffft.

As Chang-min puts out breakfast, he recalls the previous night. In his memory, he watches Jin-hee sleep and eventually falls asleep himself. They snuggle closer and closer together as the night wears on.

Still mostly asleep, Jin-hee reaches for his face and they kiss. Their clothes and underwear land in a pile beside the bed.

Feeling awkward, Jin-hee joins Chang-min for breakfast. He asks whether she remembers what happened, and she replies that she sort of remembers but sort of doesn’t. He admonishes her to drink less booze but she adamantly denies that she gets that drunk with just anybody.

She essentially denies having been with anybody else during the past six years. Turning the tables on Chang-min, she asks him whether he’s been with another woman. As if having to rack his memory, he teases her while her alarm grows.

Laughing, Chang-min insists that there has been no other woman in his life since Jin-hee. Looking dubious, she brings up his time in the States. I guess, you know, ’cause we American women are fast and loose?

Chang-min says that he had a hard time forgetting Jin-hee and that he was solely focused on his studies. This finally brings a smile to her face.

As they drive to work, Chang-min can’t help but tease Jin-hee some more. Claiming to remember everything that happened, he jokes that he thinks Jin-hee’s put on some weight while her breasts have gotten smaller. As she splutters, he laughs and finally admits that his memory of the previous night is also hazy.

Chun-soo suggests to Ji-hye that he’d like to look into a clinical trial for the grandma with lung cancer. When she confirms that she once worked at a cancer center in the States, he asks her to inquire whether it’s a possible fit.

A previous patient of Chun-soo’s is back in the emergency room after having tried to commit suicide via pill overdose. The patient is an opera singer who can no longer sing after being treated for acute laryngitis. Everyone races to stabilize and stomach-pump him.

Later, Jin-hee poses to Chang-min the same question that Chun-soo once posed to her. She asks: would he rather live and work as a doctor for one month, or would he rather quit being a doctor and live a long life? He replies that he wants to continue working as a doctor AND live a long life with her.

He then makes a big show of drinking from the opposite lip of the water bottle from which Jin-hee just drank. As he drinks, Jin-hee smacks the underside of the bottle. Water spills down Chang-min’s chin, and Jin-hee sticks her tongue out at him.

Yong-gyu expresses some trepidation about leaving medicine and embarking on a music career. Ah-reum reassures him that he will be happier once he’s doing what he really wants to be doing. She then asks him out on a date to see a concert during the weekend.

A passing nurse bumps into Yong-gyu, causing him to spill his beverage all over Ah-reum’s scrubs. Without thinking, he rubs at her chest until they both realize the awkwardness of the situation.

Chang-min and Jin-hee work on the opera singer patient who suddenly regains consciousness and pushes Chang-min away. The patient grabs the scissors in Jin-hee’s hand and violently slashes his wrist. Chun-soo, Ji-hye, and other residents rush to restrain him.

The patient shouts that he no longer wants to live. He demands to know who ruined his singing voice and Chun-soo shouts back that it was he who did so in order to save his life. The patient bemoans his hard work and lost opportunities.

Chun-soo yells that people have overcome circumstances even more desperate than the patient’s: “Opportunities will come again, and your voice may very well return!” When the patient continues to struggle, Chun-soo demands that he be restrained.

In his office, Ji-hye asks Chun-soo if he’s okay. She knows it’s not the first time that saving a patient’s life has resulted in the curtailing of their dream. She recalls having to amputate a patient’s leg, only to discover that he had dreams of becoming a basketball player. She mentions another patient whose dream of becoming a pianist was shattered when her hand was amputated at the wrist.

Chun-soo muses, “As I work, I wonder whether I’m really working to save lives, or whether I’m only doling out despair. People who would otherwise die comfortably…am I only prolonging their pain?”

Ji-hye agrees that at times, she feels that she only wants to save the patients who want to live. But she realizes that death is not something that anyone can or should choose.

Smiling gratefully, Chun-soo considers himself fortunate that he can still talk about these kinds of things with Ji-hye. She teases that he must have been awfully lonely during the time when he didn’t have somebody to have these conversations with.

The married girl intern is upset at her husband and his apparent lack of concern over her health. Shouting, she gripes that he doesn’t consider her feelings about not wanting to get pregnant. A couple of residents break up their fight and tell them this isn’t their living room.

Ji-hye and Chun-soo finalize the proposal for checking the grandma with lung cancer into a clinical trial. She asks Jin-hee to explain the arrangements to grandma’s son. When Chun-soo offers to speak to the son himself, Jin-hee insists that she’ll do it and will ask for his help only if needed.

Studying Chun-soo closely, Ji-hye chuckles at his awkwardness. Defensive, he asks why she’s laughing, but she only chuckles some more.

When Jin-hee offers up the clinical trial proposal to the grandma’s son, he replies that he’s already received a recommendation for a clinic from Professor Ahn.

Jin-hee and Chang-min agree that Ji-hye’s cancer clinic is probably a better choice for the patient. With sudden resolve, Chang-min walks over and asks Professor Ahn whether he can sit in on his research clinic presentation he’s making.

Later, Chang-min sits with the grandma’s son and points out the pros of choosing the cancer clinic in the States. The son agrees that it seems to be a much better fit, and wonders why he wasted time listening to the other proposal. Ruh roh.

Sure enough, Professor Ahn, looking furious, stamps into Chun-soo’s office. Angrily, he insists that Chun-soo has again overstepped his bounds. He grabs him by the lapels, and criticizes him bitterly about his utter lack of respect for hierarchy.

Chang-min listens with great interest to Jin-hee as she speaks on her phone to a friend who tries to convince her to go out on a blind date. Jin-hee refuses, insisting she has no time to date eligible chaebol bachelors.

Hanging up, Jin-hee is startled to find Chang-min in the office. He tries to feign nonchalance by flipping hurriedly through a textbook. She sidles up to his desk, and asks him whether he’d like to catch a movie later.

They both claim (again) that neither so much as dated during the six years apart. Looking her squarely in the eyes, Chang-min teases, “Who could have merely looked at this woman and left her alone?”

As Chang-min leaves work, Chun-soo stops to ask him if he presented the clinical trial to the grandma’s son. When he confirms it, Chun-soo tells him he did well and pats him on the shoulder.

Jin-hee catches Ji-hye in her office and apologizes for having been oblivious to her relationship with Chun-soo. Ji-hye clarifies that she and Chun-soo were in a relationship six years ago. Even so, Jin-hee asks why Ji-hye encouraged her in regards to Chun-soo.

Ji-hye replies that she likes Jin-hee, and that Jin-hee is the person who shook up Chun-soo’s heart. She adds obliquely that in relationships, the impossible can become possible.

Jin-hee catches up to Chang-min and still wants her movie date, much to his amusement. But then she walks away to take a phone call from Chang-min’s mom and agrees to meet with her later that day. She merely tells Chang-min that their date isn’t going to happen today after all.

Chang-min’s mom has discovered that her husband paid for Jin-hee’s medical school tuition. Jin-hee apologizes, but Chang-min’s mom says that it eases her mind that her husband may have made up for her own behavior towards Jin-hee.

Jin-hee’s face falls when Chang-min’s mom encourages Jin-hee to meet someone new and start afresh. But she goes on to say that whether Jin-hee and Chang-min work out or not, she is going to live her own life. She realizes now that her son’s life cannot be her own.

Jin-hee is struck near-speechless, but then, Chang-min’s mom more realistically says that she is unable to apologize for her past behavior to Jin-hee, because that is who she is. Jin-hee replies that it’s okay, and Chang-min’s mom thanks her.

Strolling through the hallway together, Ji-hye teases Chun-soo, asking whether he doesn’t like her because she comes saddled with a child. She tells him that her daughter and her parents are coming to Korea for a short visit on the weekend.

Jin-hee settles onto her couch with her sister and Baby Guk. Jin-ae chides her for not having come home last night and starts in on the questions: “Did you sleep together? After drinking? Was it good? You don’t remember?” Embarrassed, Jin-hee redirects the conversation by asking of Kwang-soo’s whereabouts.

Suddenly serious, Jin-ae admits that Kwang-soo left the house after they had a huge fight.

Meanwhile, Kwang-soo calls out Chang-min for drinks and complains about fighting with Jin-ae over money that he loaned to a friend.

Chang-min offers relationship advice to Kwang-soo. First on his list of dos and don’ts is the following: only take action after discussing things over with the wife. Secondly, he says, a man needs to keep his word. Once vows are spoken, a man needs to see things through to the end. Kwang-soo hilariously interjects that he and Jin-ae haven’t had an actual wedding ceremony.

Thirdly, Chang-min says that a man should always lose to the woman. When Kwang-soo reacts with doubt, Chang-min says it’s not like men can win against women anyway.

At another table in the same bar, Jin-hee advises Jin-ae to overlook all of a man’s shortcomings. She reasons that such things can never be changed and that the focus needs to stay on the good things. She asks Jin-ae what she originally liked about Kwang-soo, and Jin-ae replies, “His looks.” Haha.

She adds that she did like his positive attitude as well. Jin-hee advises her to trust in this one thing and ignore everything else.

Jin-ae asks what other advice Jin-hee has to offer, but she replies that there is no more. She thinks men are simple creatures, and that her advice is enough to provide for 50 years of marital harmony.

Leaning in, Jin-ae is still curious to know whether Jin-hee and Chang-min slept together. As Jin-hee pauses, Kwang-soo’s voice rings out loudly from the other end of the bar: “You slept together??” The two women giggle, without realizing that it’s Kwang-soo.

It’s Kwang-soo’s turn to pry for details from Chang-min, but suddenly he hears Jin-ae’s voice loudly complaining that she’s unable to live appreciating one good quality in a man, when so many other things about the man bother her. Chang-min physically drags Kwang-soo over to the girls’ table.

When chided about their fighting, Kwang-soo and Jin-ae laugh at the irony. They tell Chang-min and Jin-hee to sort THEIR issues out, and then head out to go make up.

As Chang-min walks her home, Jin-hee tells him that she met with his mom earlier. He reacts with a surprising lack of shock to the news that his mom no longer intends to interfere in their lives.

In front of her house, Jin-hee stares awkwardly at Chang-min. When he just stands there, she takes the matter into her own hands and reaches up to kiss him on the cheek. They exchange smiles and waves.

The next day, Chun-soo and Jin-hee check in on the opera singer patient. Still in despair, the patient asks, “What will I be able to do now?” Chun-soo replies that he can do anything but the patient scoffs doubtfully.

Chun-soo adds that the patient will probably now be able to see and consider possibilities that he’s never been able to see or consider before. Jin-hee is moved by his words.

Chang-min finds Jin-hee lost in thought and clearly, she has applied Chun-soo’s words to her own personal situation. When she explains that they’ll have a lot to see in the future, and that they’ll have many things to consider for each other, Chang-min asks whether that’s a confession. She denies it with a smile.

Jin-hee’s phone rings, and on the line is her friend who is insistent on setting her up on the blind date. In irritation, Jin-hee snaps that she has no interest but before she can hang up, Chang-min grabs the phone.

Turning on the polite charm, he introduces himself and declares that he and Jin-hee are dating. In light of this, he asks firmly that the matchmaking stop, but softens his request with a friendly invitation to dinner. Jin-hee smiles happily as he walks away.

Meanwhile, the chief of the ER complains bitterly to Chun-soo about Professor Ahn’s latest ruckus. When Ji-hye tells him that she has been asked to go back to the States, Chun-soo rushes out to confront Professor Ahn.

Stopping him, Ji-hye says that it’s enough for her that the lung cancer patient chose the clinical trial that she recommended. “I’ll go back (to the States),” she says. She thinks perhaps things have worked out for the best, as she had been thinking that she needed to be with her daughter.

“Don’t do that,” Chun-soo replies. He says he won’t stand for Professor Ahn’s antics, but Ji-hye stops him from taking it any further.

Chang-min tells Jin-hee about Ji-hye’s dismissal and regrets that he got involved with the lung cancer patient in the first place. He’s bothered enough to go meet with Chun-soo, but Chun-soo reassures him that he did the right thing.

When Chang-min wonders whether he should have better observed formalities, Chun-soo scoffs and reminds him that every second is important to the patient. Informing the patients so that they can quickly make their own decisions is all that needs to be done, according to Chun-soo. He tells Chang-min not to worry about Ji-hye because he’ll do whatever he has to in order to resolve her situation, and says that he hopes Chang-min won’t have to encounter these struggles when it’s his time to be the chief.

Jin-hee gets off work when Chang-min comes running up to her to grab her by the wrist. When she asks what’s going on, he smiles and says, “A kidnapping. And this time, I won’t fail.” Hand in hand, they run through the hospital.

Once outside, they continue running down the street. In voiceover, Jin-hee remembers her sister asking what she liked so much about Chang-min. We hear Jin-hee’s reply: “Precisely this kind of thing…his boldness in moving forward with me. The aspects of his personality so different from my own…”

They stop outside of a hotel, and Jin-hee asks whether they’re going in. He tells her to hurry, but she says that today isn’t a good day and that she wanted to just talk with him instead. Chang-min replies that he only needs two hours and Jin-hee seems exasperated.

Chang-min says that if she’s that tired, she can just go in and sleep. Jin-hee replies, “How can we come all the way here and just sleep?”

Cut to: the two of them sitting in a theater. Chang-min watches the movie while Jin-hee struggles to stay awake. Ahahaha. Okay, I fell for this one and assumed they’d been discussing whether to check into a love motel.

As the movie plays on, Jin-hee eventually succumbs to sleep, while the camera pans over to Chang-min who is busy wiping away tears. He wakes her when the movie ends, and she’s embarrassed that she slept through the whole thing. It’s Chang-min’s turn to be embarrassed when she asks him if he’s been crying.

Over drinks, Chun-soo brings up Professor Ahn but Ji-hye doesn’t want to talk about it. He’s concerned that her sudden departure will taint her resume, but she demands that he stop. She repeats again that she wants to go back to the States.

She continues, “The truth is, I thought I was fine all this time, but I don’t think I can see you anymore. No, I mean, I’d prefer not to see you.” Angry now, she rebukes him for his repetitive patterns of behavior. He thinks she’s referring to their past, but she tells him that he mishandled his relationship with Jin-hee.

Ji-hye says that he should put himself out there with the expectation of getting hurt. Otherwise, how else can he sort through and understanding his feelings if he never even tries?

In stark contrast to Ji-hye and Chun-soo, Chang-min and Jin-hee canoodle over snacks and drinks at a food truck.

Chun-soo broods as he considers Ji-hye’s outburst. With sudden resolve, he calls Jin-hee, who doesn’t pick up. He eyes the red jacket that she gave him before rushing out.

For whatever reason, he asks the taxi ajusshi to let him off at the bus stop instead of the house. He stands there as if waiting, and sure enough, Chang-min and Jin-hee get off the next bus at the same stop.

Chang-min jokes about how long their dates are going to stay wholesome. When Jin-hee asks him what he means, he leans in for a kiss. Only several meters away, Chun-soo watches them while his eyes twitch with hurt.

COMMENTS

I am mystified. At this point, we all know that Jin-hee has chosen Chang-min. Why is Chun-soo, here in the next to last episode, only now making a play for Jin-hee? Could it be that the one episode extension caused the writers to cast about for one final conflict, only to settle on trotting out the second lead for one last round of emotional battering? And let’s face it: there is no added suspense that Jin-hee might yet choose Chun-soo. I’ve never seen a drama heroine yet who transfers her affections from one man to another in the course of one episode or even twenty. That’d be considered loose, y’all. Remember, we’re to believe that neither Jin-hee nor Chang-min had sex with anybody else for six years. Six years, people! As I watched those scenes, my right eyebrow migrated to a different line of latitude entirely from my left. They’re still misaligned as we speak.

Now, please don’t misunderstand me. I value constancy. I value fidelity. But I do not consider Jin-hee’s and Chang-min’s six years of abstinence as “fidelity” because they were not in a relationship with each other–they were divorced. Nor do I like the show’s seeming insistence that their abstinence/”fidelity” must certainly equate to love. That’s just ass backwards. It’s when love (and commitment to a relationship) effectuates fidelity that I swoon in satisfaction.

What also dissatisfies me is that using Chun-soo to try to generate one last lame duck conflict and point of non-suspense effectively guarantees that Chun-soo and Ji-hye will not get their happily ever after. There simply isn’t enough time left for our second leads to hash things out in any sort of convincing fashion. And I realize now that I’d been counting on it. How can Ji-hye, who’s been all sorts of awesomesauce, not get her man? How can Chun-soo toil on, saving the world one patient at a time, without anybody who understands him by his side?

I have little to say about our main couple because their conflicts are largely resolved, or as resolved as they’re probably going to get. They had plenty of light-hearted, playful moments in this episode which made for a pleasant, unchallenging watch. I had wished that the final episode would show us more happiness and discourse about their future from our lead couple, while resolving Chun-soo’s and Ji-hye’s storyline to satisfaction. It looks like I might not get my wish, so how about hoping instead to see more of Baby Guk’s top-shelf acting and enviable head of hair. Keep on keepin’ on, Guk-ieee!

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I really hope that Emergency Couple will have a satisfying ending. That's the part I'm most scared for right now (haven't watched it yet, will do later) because I feel like the writers are going to tie up all the conflicts in messy ribbons at this rate. (sigh)

Watching the finale in a few. Good luck to me!

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good luck. i'm in the middle of it right now. just hoping chun soo gets his happy ending :(

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K dramas are predictable they will get end up together and that will be it...... IDK why folks act as if it changes -_-

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Usually true, but not always. I have seen a few endings that just left me scratching my head and wondering what went wrong.

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you MUST watch "Secret" i'm sure you can't predict the ending :) and it was a great drama & good conflict which is different with other kdramas

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oh, c'mon... what's with the last scene, people? pls get it right on ep 21.. oh chan ming and jim hee. and ah reum with the cute doctor. and pls pls pls... dr. chun soo and the gorgeous dr. ji hye. part of the reason she came to korea was to look for him.. although she is very cool and level headed she deserves a happy ending,too and that's with chun soo.

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what did i say people!! IF IT MAKES NO SENSE THEN IT WILL BE REAL. (the sex scene) urgh i can't even deal with them. there was so much tugging and pushing for the longest time and in the last 3 to four eps they've rushed them into somehow getting back together and it just feels awkward. seeing the chief at the end watching them really broke my heart though. i actually got a little emotional lol. he shouldn't have had to see that. and oh jin hee still has me pissed that she didn't make things a little more clearer with him before moving on. anyway, the two have their cute moments but i just want chief happy. this should have been done earlier at a more natural pace so that we could have had time to see how each person moves on

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I thought that everybody could do the same as Oh Jin Hee's doing..
i mean, no one perfect, right?
She is on a didn't-get-whats-she's-doing right now..
At the end, she is know that her heart always beat for Oh Chang Min, even if they have been divorce before..
Still, I'm really rightfully proud w/ Ji Hye, who could be so patience like that..

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I am soooo in love with thia drama. Chun soo should have moved quicker to thicken the conflict and not on the second to the last episode. The drama extension must have done this.

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When Ji-hye said“The truth is, I thought I was fine all this time, but I don’t think I can see you anymore. That chunsoo should put himself out there with the expectation of getting hurt. Otherwise, how else can he sort through and understanding his feelings if he never even tries? This is to give him the opportunity to find out who is really is in his heart . Then he will stop relying on her. This will give her the chance to move on as well as him. It will also allow him to open his heart to the one it truly belong to be it ji-hye or jinhee. There is still room for him even in one episodes to discover that the pain he feel when he miss jihee is not as strong as when he miss ji-hye

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I completely agree on the concept of fidelity, Slappyunni. I don't like how intimate relationship with anyone else other than the male lead is a strict no-go. I'd be satisfied even if they introduce a nice ex boyfriend OJH had a worthwhile relationship with. Like Ji-Hye. Not exactly the thing I wanted, but better than what I had hoped for.

I'm sure someone has mentioned it before, but this drama isn't keeping the sexual aspect natural - I understand sex is a significant part of adult life, but it feels almost forced as if they are telling us, look! It's a cable drama! We are very open with these things! The humor seems completely lost now.

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Is it bad that I actually dropped this series? And I NEVAA dropped a show before. I mean I read the recaps (thank you!) so I can catch up but I have no interest in the show anymore?

It just doesn't make sense to me.

When did Changmin start to fall in love with Jinhee again?
When did Jinhee start to fall in love with Changmin again?
Why is build up Chief as a romantic interest when you know his character is just there for romantic tension and nothing more.

logic. this drama has none.
or it looked at it and said fuck this and threw it out the window.
which is sad because even with its slow start the middle was good, the ending..... uhhh yeah. I'll leave that you you Slappyunni. :D

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i totally agree. i feel like i lost a lot of the show that i originally fell in love with. which sucks because i wanted to remember the show much more fondly because i loved it so much at first

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No logical sequencing yes. And very disjointed transitions and building up.

- When did Changmin start to fall in love with Jinhee again?
Errr after that boner in the elevator proximity?
His physical told the emotional to connect and start chasing.

- When did Jinhee start to fall in love with Changmin again?
After her slap and telling him to back off. Because next wk episodes were of her being aware and chasing him instead, and him retreating instead.

- Why build up Chief as a romantic interest when you know his character is just there for romantic tension and nothing more

Romantic tension? Sadistic torture more like.
Esp that last ep 20 scene when the poor man for (whatever crazy turn the writer suddenly thought of) wanted to make his one last romantic attempt, only to have it so cruelly nipped, this time in graphic detail right in front of his face.

What a seriously awful scene to witness. Like he hasn't already suffered enough.

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Nope, not bad at all - I can understand why. I have been keeping up with it, but ever since around ep12 have been doing a LOT of fast forwarding to just catch the highlights.

In the last 3-4 episodes it really seems to have veered off the road, with a lot of things just not making any sense.

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I watched ep 21.
All I can say is: Baby Gukieeee Ah!!!

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EC = Erotic Couple?!

There's so much sexual content in here!!!
What was the Ah Reum / Young Gyu scene about anyway?? I love skinship scenes.. but this drama makes it so awkward to watch!!!

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Erotic? How old are you 10? What sexual content are you talking about?hahaha. Ididn't evenget to see jinhyuk's body. The kisses in this series are abit stiff and tight lip especially on jihyo's part. Frozen flower thats my definition of erotic film.

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I love the moment when the underwear flew through the air. Ah, joy! And the thought that rang through my mind when Chang Min was giving advice to Kwang Soo was, "Chang Min-ah, marry me!"

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Chun Soo is just lame and doesn't deserve to get the girl - neither Jin Hee nor Ji Hye.

Jin Hee and Chang Min - getting back together was a given from day one. I wish scriptwriter was more bold and taken a different tack. Drama would have been more interesting. About their six years of abstinence ... k-drama is often puritanical like that. One just has to suspend belief.

Baby Guk is the scene stealer! What amazing, adorable screen presence this little tyke has!

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I love seeing Chang Min's happy smile again. *flails*

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I desperately want to find out the ending.........
jeezz..... i love this show.

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MUCH THANKS slappyunni for this last review and lol, your closing comments - hopefully your brows have struck a happy compromise by now! :)

On checking out ep 20 without subs on Fri:

>>> trotting out the second lead for one last round of emotional battering

(1) Exactly. what's the point by now? they've already given that Chief Gook 'nipped in the bud before it even bloomed' romance a sloppy resolution last week. So why the change of heart for this one last sadistic frostbite torture?

(2) As I said in the last recap comments, I don't enjoy the fact their bed scene was with one party piss-drunk and passed out. (And in retrospect is a fuzzy groping with little impression on both parties?!?)

What a utter waste the writer didn't use the opportunity to tag on a more meaningful waking up morning-sex bed scene instead, and mutually consensual too.

BUT what I liked at least about that bed scene - how they used the 2 pairs of feet to managed to symbolise the myriad of subconscious body language emotions, even when asleep.

How the 2 bodies and feet were instinctively drawn to each other, even when not fully conscious ... it illustrates what the writer is trying to say (rather UN-successfully, and with really awkward transitions) = that they harbored all these subconscious buried feelings for each other all 6 years apart.

(3) The couple-together scenes overall are rather weird and disjointed.

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I liked the feet/bed sequence too but wished it had been followed by a fully awake celebratory "back together" session. I also don't understand the Chief's actions at the end. He has no chance with Jihye at this point. A declaration or confession may make him feel better but puts a burden on others. Even with these frustrations, this is one of the better Kdramas that I've seen.

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I think the entire purpose of introducing Chun-Soo into the "love triangle" is not for the purposes of him finding love, but rather be opened to it. That was his journey, and finding love was not the writers' endgame for his character. This was why Ji-hye was so approving of Jin-hee, was that she was able to kickstart his fluttering heart. To me, it was never about Chun-Soo potentially ended up with Jin-hee, but rather him finally opening his emotions up to facing his inner demons. As a character, he has gone through an enormous transition from the 'Devil' he was at the beginning of the episode, from being focused almost entirely on his patients to being more outwardly compassionate to his staff. This is partially due to having Jin-hye and Jin-hee in his life, one who knew the man he was and one who helped him reclaim that man.

As for the whole fidelity thing, I'm just going to assume that they were too busy studying in med school that sexual escapades were on the back burner. Plus, at this stage of the show, I don't think the writers wanted to introduce unnecessary tension between them. So, ignoring everything that I've seen on Grey's Anatomy, I will accept that they were too preoccupied with med school to see other people.

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I agree with your comment about being busy with medical school, but I also think it was because Oh Jin Hee and Oh Chang Min were dealing with the aftermath of a ailed relationship. Based on some of the flashback scenes, the end of their marriage was vicious (with hateful comments from both parties) and devastating for both of them. It's a case of once burned, twice shy.

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I agree with you about the fidelity thing and being too busy. It's kinda funny, in Grey's anatomy doctors are shown being "too busy" in their sex lives, while this one shows us celibacy. I tend to believe the latter one more, cause when you're THAT tired, sex is the last thing on one's mind…at least personally.

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Jinhee's 6 years abstinence is believable since she stayed in korea a very conservative country. Chang min on other hand seems like a hot blooded young man(the awkward walking after the elevator scene, putting the stet on her breast) plus he studied in America. So was CM introvert and avoided any social interaction the wholetime he was studying in america? He has a great body and not ba looking I highly doubt girls were avoiding him.

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This is a very enjoyable drama. There are some episodes that make you ask your self..why is Big Rock playing with the Chief's emotions ? She has to realize he is interested. But then again perhaps she was fighting with her own emotions..him vs her ex. Enough of that..I think the baby was just the best. He is so cute and lovable. thanks for the great review !!!!

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"we’re to believe that neither Jin-hee nor Chang-min had sex with anybody else for six years. Six years, people! As I watched those scenes, my right eyebrow migrated to a different line of latitude entirely from my left. They’re still misaligned as we speak."
Lol that was my exact reaction, "i just kept thinking 6years u didn't do it with no one else puhhlezzee"
And is there some way i can adopt that baby? he is just so cute..

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I was happy with episode 20, I think it is preparing us for a nice peaceful ending, even that last scene I think is kind of bittersweet, I rooted for the main couple all the way, but seeing the chief standing there was really sad, I felt bad for enjoying the kiss, yet I think the purpose of that scene was to give closure to the "love triangle" not so much for conflict, since looking at his face, he looks more on a "well, that's pretty much it" matter, than a "I got to get this girl anyway" one.
Nevertheless, is anyone else worried over the preview? Would they be bold enough to give us an even more bittersweet ending?? That preview looked to me like our main couple is going on a separate yet peaceful path!

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That kid has so much hair. It needs it's own twitter account.

I have no problem with the writers putting Chief out there like that. It's late in the game to us but really it's not about that at all. Like Ji Hye said, he needed to put himself out there even if it ended up hurting him. He needed to see what he missed with Jin Hee. Hopefully, this will be the catalyst he needs to get off his butt and do something about Ji Hye.

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What was the movie that made Chang-min cry?
And I like this show.

And (I am a very moral, even prudish woman but) since when if a character says, "I didn't have sex with anyone for 6 years," is it accepted as truth???? I mean, either or both of them can claim that. And it's a nice thing to say. But I don't think I, as the audience, have to believe that it is completely factual.

Geesh.

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I mean, what. Do you really think in this instance either would say, "all the sex I had in the last six years was meaningless because it wasn't with you," or something like that?

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This show just got stupid the last 5 episodes. Song Ji Hyo just confirmed that her acting is one dimensional and the scriptwriter cannot write. The only redeeming qualities: Dr Jin Hye, Baby Gookie who is amazeballs and Choi Jin Hyuk who can act despite the awful script.

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I'm the opposite. I think Choi Jin Hyuk is an okay actor (quite one-dimensional and boring) and Song Ji Hyo is better than him (tho she's not the best actress). After watching 10 episodes of this drama, I realize that I am not a fan of Choi Jin Hyuk and will be avoiding his future projects.

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Yeah, he's not great nor subtle. But there was LPM! CJK is not so bad as to completely avoid him but I think I have to agree with your sentiment about SJH. I think the script kind of did them. Because she had far more enjoyable acting (less gimmicky and more natural) at the beginning, but it started to get a bit ham-fisted in the acting department with the OTP at the end.

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Emergency Couple is the first drama that I've watched of CJK. His acting is flat and has yet to impress me. I rather watch Lee Pil Mo's and Baby Guk's future projects.

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"As I watched those scenes, my right eyebrow migrated to a different line of latitude entirely from my left. They’re still misaligned as we speak."

HAHAHAHA. You're the best, Slappyunni.

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The sound effect that went with the baby's eyes going back and forth was the funniest and cutest thing

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I really hate the fact that this drama will end with Jin hee and changmin end up together,,,

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I felt uncomfortable at the fact that Jin Hee was drunk while Changmin was sober when they had sex. I mean she couldn't remember squat from what happened last night while he did.

I don't think the writer is trying to pull Chunsoo back into the game. As you said, that's dumb because we all know she's chosen Changmin. It's more so that he needs to just confess he liked her to move on, not be with her.

Anyway, this drama has honestly lost its direction, and I'm disappointed with how it's turned out so far. Let's hope the last episode does justice for this series.

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Changmin was not sober, he was not as drunk as she was, but he was not sober.

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Slappyunni...i am not american but when it comes to Choi Jin Hyuk i can be fast and loose too lol

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Thank you for the recap! I'm watching the episode right now, and I had to pause at the part where Chang Min is 'kidnapping' Jin Hee. Choi Jin Hyuk's running pose is so stylish. I love it, haha.

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I was ready to drop off from k - drama world as I only enjoyed I Hear Your Voice the past few months. But Emergency Couple pushed me right back to the small screen. I love the Oh Couple and their interactions. I marathon through the drama 3 times. Wishing there had been more bts. Loved baby good. All the sexy scenes had me cringing in embarrassment and laughing out loud.

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Hey Guys! Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background when Jin-Hee is talking to Changmin's mom? I've been trying to look for this song for such a long time , and for some reason I can't find it on the soundtrack either. Hopefully someone can help me find it :D thank you <3

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Does anyone know what was the title of the background music that was played when chun-soo and ji-hye drink at bar in this ep... please please..

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I have the same issue - the song when Chun Soo and Ji Hye were at the bar drinking, what is it? Tried to google it and even use the app Shazam but no luck. Glad if someone can email me the song's title and artist. THanks

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i mean just post here. not email. kamsahmnida

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