Heart to Heart: Episode 6
by LollyPip
A whole lot of changes happen in this episode, for all three of our leads. Yi-seok and Doo-soo continue to clash antlers over Hong-do’s honor, while she’s left shaking her head at these confusing men and their odd behavior. Yi-seok figures out that this thing between him and Hong-do might be more than just physical attraction, but it might be too late as a serious breach of trust has Hong-do rethinking their whole arrangement.
EPISODE 6 RECAP
A fire truck races through the streets, sirens wailing, with Hong-do on her scooter following close behind. She zips around a corner, leading them to Yi-seok’s hospital, which is billowing smoke out of every window. But the fire truck doesn’t even stop, leaving Hong-do to enter the building alone. She runs into the office, screaming Yi-seok’s name into the thickening smoke, but he’s nowhere to be found.
We go back to where we left them earlier, with Hong-do touching Yi-seok’s face and both of them admitting they enjoyed that night together. Suddenly Hong-do pulls back, saying that their bodies get along well. I’ll say. She jokes that sex is important for marriage, making Yi-seok counter that she doesn’t know anything about it. But Hong-do points out that she spent a lot of time shut up at home alone — what did he think she was doing? Oooohhh, naughty girl.
She says that she wasn’t just reading porn, that she also read his book, but got the mistaken impression that he was a nice doctor. HA. She says he’s more like alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs: something bad and addictive. Yi-seok pretends to take offense and knocks the chair out from under her, tossing her over his shoulder. He spins her around the room and dumps her on the couch while she shrieks, then lies on top of her to squish her.
This is when Doo-soo walks in, and sees them playing and laughing like the closest of friends. He excuses himself with this hurt look on his face, and Hong-do wiggles out from under Yi-seok to follow him outside. She stops when he sees her, pulling back into the shadow of the building, but for once doesn’t hide her face.
A bit more composed, Doo-soo gives a tiny little smile and says he’s glad to see that she’s okay after not being able to reach her. Hong-do steps out into the sunlight as he says that Yi-seok must be a good doctor because this is the first time he’s heard her laugh. He says that he hopes her treatment works and starts to invite her to tell him if there’s good news, but stops himself and just wishes her well. Oof, that sounds like goodbye.
Yi-seok finally reads Hong-do’s journal, but it reads more like a to-do list, until he gets to the part that just repeats, “I want to do it… I want to do it…” He gets frustrated, but when Hong-do comes back in looking devastated, he just asks what Doo-soo wanted. He gripes that Doo-soo is confused, not wanting her himself but not wanting anyone else to have her, which frankly says a lot more about how Yi-seok feels about Hong-do.
Hong-do asks what he’s talking about and he admits that he told Doo-soo they slept together, telling her that he didn’t come here because he likes her but because he’s angry with Yi-seok. She’s not listening though, because she’s too busy dying on the inside, and asks him again what he just said.
Instead of answering, Yi-seok starts screaming about cockroaches under his desk, throwing books on the floor and yelling at her to come help kill them. She rolls up her journal as a weapon, but goes after Yi-seok instead, HAHA. She whaps him upside the head repeatedly and screams at him for telling her secret so easily, and runs out.
Doo-soo and Yang do some sparring, but visions of Yi-seok and Hong-do being comfortable together run through Doo-soo’s mind, and he gets a little too aggressive. He thinks of his own moments with Hong-do and how she’s always so skittish and afraid around him, and it distracts him enough for Yang to get the upper hand, hurting his arm.
Doo-soo arrives home to see Hong-do crouched by the wall outside his apartment, and hurt, he nearly walks past her. But he stops and approaches just close enough to talk. He asks if she has anything to say to him, and Hong-do looks like she desperately wants to, but in the end she can’t make a sound.
For the first time looking guarded, Doo-soo thanks her for the mittens, and asks her for a favor. He asks her to be careful, and to cherish herself more. She manages to squeak out a tiny, “I’m sorry,” but Doo-soo says there’s nothing to be sorry about. He heads inside, stopping at his doorway to wait… but Hong-do still doesn’t speak.
Yi-seok can’t sleep and finally gets up to pedal listlessly on his stationary bike. He thinks back to his night with Hong-do, where we see that he’d started to leave after she fell asleep like he usually does, but instead he’d gotten back in bed and ended up staying all night.
In the morning, Hong-do dresses as Madam Oh and waits for the bus, and she sees Doo-soo in his car across the street. He sees her too, but doesn’t acknowledge her, and just drives away.
She goes to work and finds Chairman Go in his library (after giving Yi-seok’s portrait a long, suspicious glare) and finds him looking at old photo albums. He says he wants to make a book from all these old memories, and again she uses Butler Ahn’s advice by exclaiming over pictures of him as a young man, then basically telling him what his book should be about. Hee, he laps it up like a cat with a bowl of cream.
Looking very different in casual clothes and a baseball cap, Doo-soo’s fiancee Da-young meets him in a cafe, and says they should reconsider their marriage. Apparently she was pressured by his very large family to come to his hometown and help out at the family memorial, and those obligations were a lot more overwhelming than she expected. He apologizes for not stepping in and stopping it, but Da-young admits that she’s more upset by the fact that he never called her to offer moral support.
Da-young asks if Doo-soo has ever really been in love, saying that if she’d felt love from him she wouldn’t be balking at marrying him. At first she thought he was just that way, but now she knows he doesn’t love her. Doo-soo doesn’t have anything to say to this — she’s not wrong.
Later, Yi-seok calls Doo-soo while he’s at work and asks him out to talk. Doo-soo isn’t happy to find out the only reason Yi-seok is here is to get Hong-do’s address. Doo-soo refuses, grabbing him and ordering him to stay away from Hong-do.
Yi-seok isn’t helping things when he needles Doo-soo by asking when his wedding is, and saying he’s thinking of attending with Hong-do. He smirks, saying that Doo-soo is only mad that Yi-seok got to her first after trying unsuccessfully for seven years — dude, being right may not be worth the ass-whooping you’re about to get.
He tips his hand a bit by saying it’s none of Doo-soo’s business what he and Hong-do do, even if he takes her in and lives with her. But Doo-soo is too angry to see how much this reveals about Yi-seok’s feelings, and says she’s not a toy to play with and throw away.
Yi-seok blows him off, and now Doo-soo is enraged and he screams in Yi-seok’s face to leave her alone. He threatens to kill Yi-seok if he wrongs Hong-do, and goes back inside before things get out of hand. But when the vending machine eats his coin he finally loses his temper and nearly smashes it, and Yang has to pull him away.
Hong-do is still ignoring Yi-seok’s calls, but he finally leaves a voicemail so she listens. In it, he criticizes her again for not showing up to work and threatens to knock on every door in her neighborhood until he finds her. He says he went to Doo-soo for her address and dares her to come out and fight with him, which works brilliantly.
Hong-do bursts into Yi-seok’s office looking like a woman on the warpath, yelling at Yi-seok for going to Doo-soo yet again. He looks genuinely contrite, but ruins it by saying he’ll stop talking to him if she gives him her address. HA. She starts to leave and he calls after her, “Why did you sleep with me?” He says that neither of them knows, they just bonded and it happened, but she screams at him to stop.
He gets this hangdog look on his face that just kills me, and says that telling Doo-soo about them was the same — he didn’t plan it, it just happened. Hong-do is in no mood to hear it, and Yi-seok apologizes over and over, saying he should have thought about how she felt instead of just himself, meaning every word. He’s more sincere than he’s ever been, but Hong-do says she doesn’t know what to trust anymore, and she’ll have to think about it.
Yi-seok arrives at work the next morning to find Hong-do’s chair empty, but his is occupied by a schoolgirl who says she’s here for counseling. She tells him Dr. Uhm is boring, so she wants to switch to him. She starts to tell him a story about her exams, but his ears start their painful ringing and he orders her out. She refuses and he’s forced to leave the room himself.
Yi-seok bursts into Dr. Uhm’s office to complain about the girl, but Dr. Uhm just gripes that he attracts so many women, ha. He pouts that he’s been paying his dues here long enough, but all she has to do is remind him that he still can’t see patients without Hong-do in the room, to prove he’s not ready. He asks about the girl in his office and Dr. Uhm admits that she’s her friend’s daughter.
When Yi-seok gets back to his office he can’t hide a tiny smile to see Hong-do there, though he gruffly orders her to take her helmet off. He asks the girl why she doesn’t like Dr. Uhm, and she goes off on a rant that reveals that she’s probably been in treatment for a long time, because she knows what all the questions and answers would reveal about her. She says she’s just here to kill time and he orders her out again, but Hong-do pipes up to tell him to treat the girl. Poor guy got ganged-up on.
Se-ro is doing yoga when Yi-seok confronts her about being carried home drunk the other day. He threatens to ship her off to America if she doesn’t behave, but she says she’s just getting life experience. She knows now that she can’t trust the police.
Hong-do-as-Madam-Oh watches Chairman Go repair an antique bicycle, marveling that the bike is so old it’s an elder. They chat about the bike’s history, while the housekeeper hilariously finds reasons to sloooowly wander back and forth in front of the doors to glare at them. Someone’s jealous!
The chairman reveals something interesting about Yi-seok — that ever since he was young, once he started on a project he never stopped until it was finished, and he never throws anything away. The chairman is shocked that Hong-do never learned to ride a bike, and she’s all, “Yeah, well, you can’t use a smartphone.” Hee.
Dr. Uhm comes to the house for a session with Yi-seok’s mother, but she’s in another manic phase and Yi-seok took her out instead. Butler Ahn catches her swearing at Yi-seok, but he’s gentleman enough to ignore it. She’s mystified at his insistence on making her a cup of hand-drip coffee, but shudders when he scratches his butt on his way to the kitchen. Okay, so maybe he’s not all that swoony.
Hong-do excuses herself at the end of the day, passing the glaring housekeeper on her way out of the chairman’s library. She hides at the top of the stairs when she hears Yi-seok talking to his father, telling him not to take Mom out tonight, because she’s in a fragile state right now.
Jerk Dad says Yi-seok only became a doctor because he wanted to help his mother (as if that’s a bad thing?) but says she’s not getting any better anyway. Yi-seok wonders when he started to care, and Dad just says he has no idea, then Mom arrives dressed to the nines and his parents head out.
Yi-seok sees Hong-do walking to the bus stop, still in character, and stops to offer her a ride. She averts her face and tries to refuse, but when she slips on the ice he jumps out to physically steer her to his car. She at least manages to get in the back seat where she can better hide, and keeps her head down as they drive.
Yi-seok is so cutely deferential to what he thinks is a little old lady, making small talk and playing music for her. He tries to take her home but she’s vague about where she lives, and jumps out when he’s distracted by a call from Se-ro saying that his mother is upset and hysterical. He rushes home, but Se-ro says their father isn’t even there, having left Mom alone in a hotel room. Really, Dad?
Hong-do can’t help but check her phone repeatedly, telling herself that she’s worried about Yi-seok’s mother. She caves and calls him, and he says in this small voice that he wants to see her. She meets him in a park, and he asks if she’s thought about whether she’ll keep meeting with him or not. She says she does trust him as a doctor, but not as a man.
He invites her into his car but she stubbornly takes a seat in the back, calling it a consultation. She closes her eyes and talks about her family, how her mother gave her over to her grandmother when she was five years old to get remarried and start a new life, then died in an accident.
She says she was bullied a lot in high school, so she eventually quit. One day her grandmother collapsed, and her last words to her grandmother were that she’d be right back, the morning she passed away. And that’s it. She says all this woodenly, as if she were reading a shopping list, which is so sad.
Yi-seok asks how she felt when she couldn’t be with her grandmother, and Hong-do says she was sad, then angry. Angry because her grandmother knew she couldn’t do things for herself, but she didn’t take her with her. She starts to cry as she adds that she was also so sorry that her body felt like it was ripping apart. She says the thing she remembers most are her grandmother’s coarse hands, from working so hard to take care of her.
Hong-do says that’s all, and asks what else Yi-seok wants to know. He surprises her by asking if she wants to date him, saying that she must feel the same thing between them that he feels, and asks if she’s curious about it. He says that earlier he felt like there were bombs and fireworks in his head, but with her he feels fine, and he’s curious if it’s love or something else.
Hong-do listens to all this, then just blurts out, “I don’t want to!” She jumps out of the car and takes off on her scooter, insisting she’s not at all curious and there’s nothing between them. She sure is upset about something that doesn’t exist, hee.
Evidently Doo-soo’s grandfather passed out from the announcement of his broken engagement, and never woke up. Doo-soo drives home alone and dazed that night after getting the news.
Hong-do comes to work a week later still angry with Yi-seok, and his student patient (her name is Eun-ho) overhears him protest that she rejected him, so she shouldn’t be the angry one. Eun-ho wilts when her mother appears, and she’s one of those ladies who’s polished from tip to toe and all about appearances. She asks about Hong-do, who Yi-seok explains away as a sort of security camera.
Eun-ho’s mother says that during their last consultation, she saw that her daughter downloaded a movie to her phone instead, and Yi-seok agrees that she’s a pretty rude kid. Mom gets politely fed up with his flippant attitude and stands to leave, but she hears Yi-seok mutter that mother and daughter are exactly alike. He asks if she knows why Eun-ho acts out, and she haughtily says she knows her daughter better than he does, and nearly gets out the door before Hong-do slams her book onto her desk and scares her. HA, she blames the cockroaches.
Doo-soo arrives home, looking from his clothing as if he came from his grandfather’s funeral. He stops before he gets to his door, thinks a moment, then starts running. He runs all the way to Hong-do’s house, and stops outside her front porch to say, “I’m a bit late. Sleep well, Hong-do-sshi,” with a giant grin. He turns to go, and we see that inside, she’s sleeping peacefully.
In the morning she’s woken up by a text from Doo-soo, asking her to meet him at the bakery. She gets ready in a hurry and takes a call from Yi-seok, who’s coughing so badly he can barely speak, and tells her the hospital is on fire. She thinks he’s joking but he begs her to hurry, and the line goes dead.
She still thinks he’s kidding, but on her way to the bakery she’s passed by the emergency vehicles heading to the hospital, and realizes he’s telling the truth. She follows the truck, going right by the bakery where Doo-soo sees her pass without stopping.
She tries to direct the truck to the hospital but they don’t stop, leaving Hong-do to run into the building herself to find Yi-seok. She calls his name frantically, but the smoke forces her back outside — only to see him standing cockily by his car, waving at her and grinning. YOU JERK, that is not funny.
He laughs at how worried she was, and admits the smoke is just an insecticide to kill the roaches. Yi-seok gloats that her reaction to thinking he was in danger is proof that she has feelings for him, rubbing it in her face while she stares at him in disbelief. Hong-do runs at him and starts to choke him, ready to kill him for playing a bad joke and making her miss her date with Doo-soo.
COMMENTS
Okay, that was not cool, Yi-seok. Not cool at all. It’s going to take all your puppy-dog-eyed pouting powers to worm your way out of this one. You sit there and think about what you did, and I’ll get back to you in a minute.
I’m not one to succumb to Second Lead Syndrome very often, and as much as I love Doo-soo, I haven’t in this drama either. But I can’t help but ache for his situation. I discussed before about how lonely he seems, and the more we learn about him the sadder I feel. We know that he comes from a very old, very traditional family, and that he bucked tradition to become a cop. I think he agreed to the arranged marriage in the hopes of soothing those hard feelings, and it’s absolutely terrible that his grandfather actually died from the shock of his broken engagement. Even though we know it’s not Doo-soo’s fault, and that Da-young actually broke it off after having to deal with his family’s intense pressure to conform to their expectations, he’s almost certainly going to blame himself anyway.
Which makes it interesting that, instead of giving in to it, Doo-soo instead went even further and has apparently decided to pursue Hong-do for real. Who knew our rule-following cop was such a rebel? I like this side of him, the one that makes his own decisions and goes for what he wants, because I bet that expectation of following the family’s wishes has a lot to do with why he’s let this thing with Hong-do go on in limbo for seven years. I’m looking forward to seeing the proactive Doo-soo, rather than the passive Doo-soo we’ve seen so far.
But Yi-seok — I agree with Hong-do, I could strangle him right now. I know he’s an immature man-child pulling her pigtails — but come on, that wasn’t funny on any level. I have no doubt that was a bit of retaliation for rejecting him, to make her scared he was dying in a burning building, but no amount of “It was just a joke” is going to make it better. We saw how good he is at a sincere apology when he wants to be, so he’d better start practicing his very best bent-knee begging if he wants Hong-do to ever speak to him again. If she’s smart, she’ll make him really work for it.
I do love it when the man falls in love first, and even though he’s just realized it, I think Yi-seok is more than halfway in love with Hong-do already. I’m glad that he’s not afraid to admit that he feels something between himself and Hong-do. I find it amusing that, once he finally admitted it, it’s almost like he can’t stop admitting it because he keeps talking about it ad nauseum. He’s like a dog with a bone, and he’s not going to stop until Hong-do agrees to date him. Even if she has to give in just to make him stop pestering her, I’m fine with that, because I just adore how honest Hong-do gets when she’s really annoyed with Yi-seok. He brings out the best-worst in her, and I love it.
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Tags: Choi Kang-hee, Chun Jung-myung, featured, Heart to Heart
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1 camry
January 27, 2015 at 2:14 PM
chun jung myung is bae
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shountypoo
January 27, 2015 at 3:51 PM
+1
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selina
January 27, 2015 at 9:14 PM
+2.
I adored him in 'What's Up Fox' and just love him here. The man child puppy dog looks he gives makes me want to forgive him of everything. That joke was not funny in the least (I cheered when she strangled him) and sets back whatever progress he made with HD by leaps. He is going to have to man child puppy it up a lot for her (and me) to forgive him.
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dramabliss
January 28, 2015 at 2:02 AM
Absolutely adored him in What's Up Fox? as well. That's were he got the nickname from Beanies/fangirls--PIE, which is short for Cutiepie.
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:22 AM
Ah thank u for explaining as i had gone back to all the previous episode recaps comments section to find an explanation to PIE just in case i had missed a comment explaining it!
jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 10:57 AM
http://koalasplayground.com/glossary/
Her short definition of PIE is on there.
I don't know why it is all caps. Maybe to mimic how most Korean names get abbreviated?
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 5:43 PM
U got that right. When i was telling a Korean friend abou this drama - i said that i watched it at first for Lee Jae Yoon - Doo Soo - but i am heaving him over to the girls from Atlanta and VA and mountain resort - so that i can swoon over the man-child with puppy dog expression - and all get out sexy too - CJM - Yi Seok!
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camry
January 27, 2015 at 6:01 PM
have you see him on what's up, fox? he's the cutest thing I've ever seen and he's approximately 500 years older than me. and i absolutely love it. *commence squealing
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 6:05 PM
Not yet but i got it 'favourited' in one of the sites so that it gets added to my watch list after reading some of the comments from the recaps of previous episodes. I will watch it after this series.
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camry
January 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM
some of the episodes get tiring but, hey, when you have 20 yr old CJM on the screen, it's pretty much all the encouragement you need to keep watching ;)
Chandler
January 27, 2015 at 8:21 PM
I love him in What's Up, Fox! His character had this way of being so cute and so hot at the same time...that's when I first fell in love.
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museofmanymasks
January 27, 2015 at 6:05 PM
Oh I totally agree--the way CJM looks at Hong-do floors me sometimes--but this man needs no help. I am honorably rendering a service to the more dense member of his species...helping Do Soo get over his inevitable heartbreak that is...
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 6:22 PM
I read an article at Hancinema site late last week with CKH and
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camry
January 27, 2015 at 6:26 PM
I know what you mean by the way he looks at her. It's sort of like... I don't know. Quiet passion? Or maybe really sober, really quiet passion. You can physically SEE him falling more in love with her and maybe that's just because of the eyes but I really can't say that for a lot of other actors.
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 6:28 PM
I read an article at Hancinema site late last week of an interview with CKH and CJM in which CKH says she had to help CJM with the bed scene in Ep 4 because he said he has never done such an intimate kissing scene before and was feeling all shy - which i think is a ploy on his part?
On the other end - i saw LJY in Venus Talks movie with Uhm Jung Hwa - and man - I saw 'more' of LJY than i bargained for - safe to say that one was not shy of playing intimate scenes!
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Yvette Hsieh
January 27, 2015 at 7:37 PM
You can read a more accurate version of the interview here: http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/85557/choi-kang-hee-and-chun-jung-myung-share-on-filming-bed-scene-in-heart-to-heart
Choi Kang Hee attended the press conference for tvN’s Heart to Heart on January 20 at Twosome Place in Gwanghwamun and started, “I thought Chun Jung Myung had a lot of experience (in filming bed scenes), but he unexpectedly didn’t have any.”
She continued, “Chun Jung Myung told me it was his first bed scene, so I remember apologizing to him. I actually have a lot of experience in filming bed scenes.”
Choi Kang Hee shared, “When we were about to film the scene, I was resolutely getting ready but burst out into laughter upon seeing Chun Jung Myung in a long sleeved shirt and training pants, telling me that he feels embarrassed. In the drama, we had to act completely opposite to how we really were, but I saw another side of him.”
In what's up fox, there are many bed scenes, but they are all fully dressed, nothing like this one. HAHAHA
Yvette Hsieh
January 27, 2015 at 7:12 PM
I love CJM from What's up? Fox. However, after that, he is kind of known (as well as typecast) for this kind of puppy role.
For me, his best performance is actually Fashion 70. Although he was the second lead and a rookie compared to other actors/actresses, he stole the show. He had a very different feel in that drama: rough and rebellious. His interactions with his mom make Fashion 70 one of my all time favorites.
His outstanding performance in Fashion 70 that secured him a lead role in Goodbye Solo, which is the BEST work by the writer Noh Hee Kyung. Noh used to be so exceptional ...sigh...
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Chandler
January 27, 2015 at 8:24 PM
I love Goodbye Solo!
dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 9:26 PM
Thank u - i have located and favourited Fashion 70s and Goodbye Solo too and am just waiting for an ice or snow day here in north texas to marathon them.
Nissa
January 27, 2015 at 9:23 PM
+3
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2 Tip Top
January 27, 2015 at 2:16 PM
Both the main leads are good actor.
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3 Gaelicmaiden
January 27, 2015 at 2:20 PM
Yi-Seok, could you please come here? Just a little closer. A little more. Good.
*Smack* Bad Yi-Seok! Bad! *Smack*
Seriously, do you need to have someone following you around with a sign that says, "What were you thinking?"? You just barely got Hong-Do to start trusting and opening up to you again and you pull a stunt like THAT? Pretty sure that if she strangled you to death, no jury would convict her.
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:55 AM
I hope u smacked him REALLY HARD so that he wished he was wearing the helmet!
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4 Nana
January 27, 2015 at 2:24 PM
Oh gad.. the last scene. I feel like stranggling him myself... sheshhh...
And thank you.. seriously loving this...
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5 Jazzelm
January 27, 2015 at 2:27 PM
This show is slowly worming its way into my heart. I love the leads and the way they portray the delicate nature of their characters. I am interested in all the characters and how they came to be as they are today and also how they will develop and change in the future. Cant wait for more episodes to come!
Thanks for the recaps,LolliPip. I love reading your point of view on this show.
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6 mary
January 27, 2015 at 2:31 PM
Waaaaaaaaaaaah~ Yi-seok, any decent person would run and worry over a friend who may/may not be trapped in a burning building.
Tsk tsk tsk... you and your puppy tricks. Just stay still and be nice! Yi-seok can like you too.
PS thanks for the recap ^^
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7 sfgirl
January 27, 2015 at 2:47 PM
The reason I can't back Doo-Soo is because he would have married that lady he was engaged to had she not manned up and broken off the engagement. His active pursuit after being dumped by his fiancee just feels like a consolation prize.
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DayDreamer
January 27, 2015 at 2:56 PM
I dunno. I think that even if the engagement wasn't broken off, at some point he was going to realize that he is unhappy seeing HD and YS together and the cause is his own dormant feelings. Then he would be the one breaking the relationship.
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AshleyH
January 27, 2015 at 9:11 PM
It was also kind of weird how happy he was right after he went to his grandfather's funeral...
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howforwardsale
January 28, 2015 at 5:58 AM
I don't know if it is weird. If he's been held back from pursuing most of the things he has desired because of his patriarchal and traditional family. Now that his grandfather has passed, some of that pressure may be gone. Not that he isn't sad that his grandfather died.
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:26 AM
Forgive me please but i could not resist - yes Doo Soo had an epiphany - I can also hear him sing 'Let it Go, Let it go! while ran up to HD's place.
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8 DayDreamer
January 27, 2015 at 2:51 PM
I agree. I'm not developing any second lead syndrome for Doo Soo but he is so lovable, earnest, and sincere that I do feel so much heartache for him knowing that he will not get the heroine's love by the end. I hope that through his interactions with the other major characters, he can be healed of being lonely as well. That would be a more satisfying arc than him losing Hong Do and getting Se Ro as a consolatory prize. For once, I'd like a bitter-less love triangle. Still have scars from Reply 1994.
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anglvue
January 27, 2015 at 4:45 PM
i heart doo soo so much because he's just a nice guy. i feel so bad for him because it does seem like he has no one else. i loved his smile when he came to the realization that he liked hong do so i'm already a bit crushed knowing how lonely he will be when he doesn't get the girl.
yes, i agree with you. it would be much more satisfying to know that he's no longer lonely rather than him simply hooking up with sero.
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Catchingoppa
January 27, 2015 at 6:40 PM
I agree with u guys about the whole "getting Sero instead as a consolation prize". Totally do not want this drama to go to that direction.
Can this drama surprise me instead by not making Doo-Soo ending up with Sero like some typical korean rom-com.
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nomad
January 27, 2015 at 8:32 PM
I don't have any SLS either, but the writer better not put Doo Soo with the sister. She annoys me at ALL levels.
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selina
January 27, 2015 at 9:25 PM
I like Doo Soo but have no SLS here.He just doesn't have that chemistry with HD that YS has and I also feel some kind of way about the 7 years of time he had to do something, the fact that he was engaged and going to get married (if for nothing more than familial duty) until girl called it off, and I don't like the way he sees HD as a woman and at the same time not. Like he thinks only he sees her. I don't like the fact that he thinks YS is only using her. I don't know, it kinda feels like he thinks only he sees the magic in her and can't believe/understand that others would feel the same. Like he doesn't get what YS could possibly see in HD and that rubs me the wrong way cause HD has a lot to offer and if he can see her why would he think others would not be able to?
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hisown
January 28, 2015 at 5:09 AM
I actually agree with you.
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9 Pollywood
January 27, 2015 at 2:57 PM
Ouf! So. much. chemistry!
I love the OTP!
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10 4drama
January 27, 2015 at 2:59 PM
Loved all the 3 main characters!! I just noticed that YS was practically being beaten by HD in the last 3 episodes ☺️, and yet still ask for more on "fire" prank!!
Man when are you going to learn?! But still I loved his crazy antics to get Hong do sshi!!!
Thanks a bunch LollyPip!! Again for ur wonderful recaps!!
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11 Sim
January 27, 2015 at 3:04 PM
In defense of YS, clearly he does this kind of joke all the time, I mean HD was going to ignore the call because she knew he was joking. She actually got worried when she saw the fire--though it was possibly just shock that he told the truth about something for once in his life.
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12 jozie
January 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM
I wonder if YS views what he did at the end as therapy. It seems like one of the reasons he and HD feel messed up is because they could not do anything as the people most important to them died. But HD is changing, and while you might not be able to save someone, it's evidence she is no longer a person that would be frozen by inaction do to her phobia. I still think this was a jerk move for YS to do, but not sur he sees it as that way. In fact, regardless of YS' logic, pretty sure he never sees himself as a jerk.
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Aigoooo
January 27, 2015 at 5:26 PM
Yeah, I kinda see his pranks as half boy pulling on pigtails and half therapy. It seems like every time he pulls a stunt like this, the more HD becomes brazen in her actions.
I can see she is getting better too. When DS saw them horsing around and she followed him outside, she actually stood there facing him instead of running away or hiding her face. And, if you strip away the jealousy and hurt feelings, DS probably saw a ray of hope that he can be close to HD the same way YS has been.
They have setup a pretty crazy love triangle and it's going to be such a joy to see how it plays out. If DS gets thru to HD then YS is screwed but, like what his grandfather said, YS never starts anything he doesn't finish so he's gonna be scrapping till the end. I just hope HD doesn't end up killing him in the process.
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jomo143
January 27, 2015 at 6:10 PM
LOL at your last line!
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 6:41 PM
+1 here - If YS comes thru this alive and intact - he is one lucky dude!
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selina
January 27, 2015 at 9:31 PM
LOL. I agree on that last bit. I too hope he doesn't get himself killed by her hands.
I don't know. I feel the prank as therapy is a bit reaching but do agree that his brand of whatever he has with HD is exactly what she needs and has been really helpful to her. I like that he is aggressive, pushes her, and treats her with his same brash, sometimes rude, joking, but you know he cares and will one day apologize he's treated everyone else in the drama. Basically I like that he doesn't wear kiddy gloves and move at her pace as Doo Soo had done for 7 years. That as we see/saw gets you nowhere.
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4drama
January 27, 2015 at 10:20 PM
@aigoooo
Makes me LOL on ur last sentence!! Soooo truee!!!?
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13 Kar
January 27, 2015 at 3:38 PM
I'm also loving this drama! where to find songs that sound in it? I could not find the "ost" nowhere. Thank You!
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dwi
January 27, 2015 at 7:37 PM
I am looking for the ost too. cant found it yet. anyone knows?
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jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 11:01 AM
I even checked TVN's site. Nothing. Opsau.
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14 kristbjorg999
January 27, 2015 at 3:49 PM
LOVE YOUR RECAPS, thank you :)
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15 evergreen
January 27, 2015 at 3:53 PM
I rewatched the opening scene a million times. Hearing the way the OTP talks to each other, the way HD laughs and smiles, and that incredible smile on YS's face right before he notices DS-omg! So much chemistry.
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16 Joanna
January 27, 2015 at 3:57 PM
The scene where they are playing squishy on the couch and giggling is going up there with one of my favorite scenes of all time. So carefree, just for a moment.
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17 Z
January 27, 2015 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter to Doo-Soo
Doo-Soo, can we talk? Noona is rooting for you; you know that. But there are some things that you just don't do if you're the Nice Guy in a KDrama. You do not EVER run to your ladies house and then stop outside and say "I'm too late!" With those words you have sealed your fate. Because you know that the Jerky Guy is just gonna bang on her door no matter what time it is until she lets him in. Yes, this is all metaphorical and the door is her heart... but, this is KDramaland and everything you do is extrapolated on the metaphorical level. I feel like you should have known this. Hate to say it, but you screwed up. At this point, my advice would be to buy her some shoes, meet up with her at the Han River and get your bad news then get on a plane and fly to Atlanta. I'll meet you at the airport with from Fried Chicken and some collard greens and work on mending that poor broken heart.
Love,
Noona
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museofmanymasks
January 27, 2015 at 4:51 PM
P.S. But if you prefer catfish, collards, AND cornbread, fly a little farther north to VA and I'LL meet Oppa at the airport.
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revlow
January 27, 2015 at 5:07 PM
I live in a beautiful mountain resort. You like skiing, don't you?
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Aigoooo
January 27, 2015 at 5:29 PM
Oh man, I don't think I can get away with saying stuff like that to Choi Kang Hee/Hong Do. lol The perks of fangirling... it sounds a lot less creepy. lmao
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museofmanymasks
January 27, 2015 at 5:58 PM
*blinks innocently* Creepy? I'm just offering to feed him ahem.
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 5:35 PM
Ladies - remember his LARGE traditional family will get u to help in all that memoral stuff! U better be ready for that hugh family!
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museofmanymasks
January 27, 2015 at 6:01 PM
haha that's why I didn't offer to fly there. tsk tsk our airlines, oh so conveniently canceling flights on all those important dates...
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 6:11 PM
Ah - very crafty! Our DS needs some one like u to stand by him.
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Z
January 27, 2015 at 7:50 PM
Exactly! Flying to Korea is a rookie mistake. Get him to America and "accidentally" buy him a one way ticket.
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revlow
January 27, 2015 at 8:54 PM
And strand him in the mountains. ;-)
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miilo
January 28, 2015 at 12:35 AM
Isn´t it around 13 memorials a year now?
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:29 AM
Oh you're right - those memorial ceremonies are piling up with Grandpa's recent passing due to cancelled marriage.
miilo
January 29, 2015 at 2:00 AM
Oh the body count.
CZ
January 27, 2015 at 5:40 PM
Uwah~ giving shoes + meeting at Han River? Can we just complete all the superstitions and have him gift her a knife set too? (I think it's superstition to "cut all relationship ties").
Haha!! when you want to wrap up the loose end, you quite clearly wrap it all up!
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Z
January 27, 2015 at 7:31 PM
I've never heard the knife one. I'll be sure to relay the message.
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18 cherry
January 27, 2015 at 4:30 PM
anyone else noticed that last episode it was YS's ex-gf who found them in a position that he would feel uncomfortable being in with anyone else, and this episode it was DS who found both YS ad HD together doing something HD would find uncomfortable doing with anyone else. ;) And that is why DS never stood a chance - even with 7 years of knowing with each other vs YS and HD who knew each other probably for less than 1-2 months
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 5:25 PM
Thanks LollyPip for recap!
Each episode kills me with laughter and liking for all the 3 main characters. They are a riot and i think YS died a thousand deaths via all of HD's fans towards the end there! I myself was yelling at the screen - Kill him!
Grandpa's reveal about YS explains all those comic books in his bedroom at the family home!
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Aigoooo
January 27, 2015 at 5:35 PM
I think after 7 years, he has probably established their boundaries thinking that this is as far as HD is willing to make contact with him and he accepted that but then he saw her messing around with YS and it opened up a whole new world of possibilities for him.
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Very true!
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Z
January 27, 2015 at 7:56 PM
This is how I interpret it as well. People are all over Doo Soo for not going after her in the past seven years or "leading her on" but it seems like the guy tried as best as he could to build some form of relationship with her but got nothing back from her (except the yummy food) so he accepted that this was as far as Hong Do could or would go. That's why it was so jarring to see her so comfortable with Ji Soek. That's also why I think his decision to pursue her is not based on jealousy or on not knowing what he had until he lost it. But, it's more that he sees that Hong Do is capable of connecting with people in a way that he thought was off limits up to this point.
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museofmanymasks
January 27, 2015 at 8:13 PM
Preach!
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4drama
January 28, 2015 at 1:37 AM
Very nice thought on this one Z?
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19 Lixie
January 27, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Great recap for a lovely episode. :)
I only disagree when people say DS is passive, I mean, he tried, for 7 years she never gave him the smallest chance to talk to her. The paper cup tower scene was great, his whole approach at the station was pretty perfect, he did ask her out and she replied! When she didn't show he went to her house, he tried many times after that. It's not that he is not pushy, he IS but the competition is a lunatic. Besides she is the one that took the initiative to look for the crazy doctor, she is the one that got him into trouble and later saved his life. It's not so much that his approach is better but that her reaction is completely different.
This prank was so comical, I knew what was going on and still laughed, he is so delusional, it's hilarious.
One major thing I like a lot on this show too is that it is not about these guys saving her, but a bunch of people trying to save themselves while falling in love. If anything the doc is the craziest of the whole lot.
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dfwkimchi
January 27, 2015 at 5:31 PM
Agree with your observation - all of it but especially LUV 'the competition is a lunatic' Yep, thst sums up Doc pretty well - he sure is unlike most kdrama male leads - i love him anyway.
Also in this episode we saw much more raction in DS then ever before - that lumbering gentle giant is waking up! Watch out Doc!
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Julia Fitri
January 29, 2015 at 6:21 PM
It's doomed from the start really, of course, HD's reaction to him would be the most extreme because she loves DS, so she would be at her most shyest, and she would be feeling the most insecure with him. So of course she of the paralyzing shyness couldn't show her face to him, could barely even speak to him.
With YS, she didn't even care for him, considered him rude and over-bearing which is why she was able to speak to him, and later talk to him like normal. Add to that, after they've slept together, of course she would no longer feel shy toward him....*sigh*
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20 Belinda Smith
January 27, 2015 at 5:22 PM
Driving in the middle of winter on a scooter/ moped is crazy you freeze your ass off .
I know I do it .
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21 kimchikay
January 27, 2015 at 5:37 PM
I freakin love Yi-Seok - I'm sorry, I know he's probably the more unethical, craziest psychiatrist out there but he's such a riot, so over the top that it's almost unbelievable but then he'll pull back and give us a moment where it all makes sense.
This show, didn't think I'd love it as much as I do but gosh, it's topping my list at the moment!
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Sabsam
January 27, 2015 at 6:04 PM
I loveeee YS! he is toooo adorableeee.
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22 Maki
January 27, 2015 at 5:40 PM
I enjoying EVERY your expression, Yi Suk
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23 Aigoooo
January 27, 2015 at 5:55 PM
Choi Kang Hee's Hong Do has crept up on my list of favorite Kdrama heroines. No one can dethrone Go Eun Chan but she can definitely take second place.
Go Eun Chan
Hong Do
Na Doo Rim
Joo Jang Mi
Gil Ra Im
Thanks for the recap Lollypip!!
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selina
January 28, 2015 at 11:41 PM
What drama are these ladies from because I love me some awesome I am a mature adult woman, don't take the male lead's ish female leads. i.e Dal-Ja's Spring, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, What's Up Fox, Soulmate, City Hall, My Name is Kim Sam-soon
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Aigoooo
January 29, 2015 at 7:47 AM
Go Eun Chan - Coffee Prince
Cha Hong Do - Heart to Heart
Na Doo Rim - Bride of the Century
Joo Jang Mi - Marriage Not Dating
Gil Ra Im - Secret Garden
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24 azack77
January 27, 2015 at 5:58 PM
Thanks for the recap! Been waiting for it..
Thank god I didn't fall for it, knowing YS likes to play pranks or provoking her so that she will come out of her shells. If not, I would choke him together with HD. I think that his way of curing people, knowing instinctively what he needs to say or do for the truth to come out.
And yes, I like it so much when a man falls in love first than the girl. Makes it more amusing/interesting to watch when they tried to run away from it or to deny what they feel for the girl. CJM really makes it more amusing, he's so expressive and his tone of voice when he's upset or confused or flat out disbelief with HD are hilarious. Love it!
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thursdaynexxt
January 28, 2015 at 5:15 AM
"I think that his way of curing people, knowing instinctively what he needs to say or do for the truth to come out." - yes, there's method in his madness, after all!
But since his primary motivation for becoming a doctor was his mother, it must feel like he's painfully useless since he can't cure his own mum - poor boy!
"I like it so much when a man falls in love first..."
Me too, me too!! Almost gave me a conniption when he said "Will you go out with me?" so suddenly like that! He clearly doesn't regard her as a patient!
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25 Ella
January 27, 2015 at 6:04 PM
Hi there Dramafire!
Can you also attached in the review/recap the OSTs used in the drama.. I super frickin' love it..
Thank you<3
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26 jomo143
January 27, 2015 at 6:09 PM
Thanks for the recap!
I watched this one at least 4 times.
Absolutely felt every second of DS conflict, anger, and self-doubt. LJY beating up his partner, beating up the coffee machine, and looking like he could kill YS were downright terrifying.
He knows he only has himself to blame, but he keeps trying to make YS the bad guy. Every time he tells the Doc to stay away from HD, he's counting his own missed opportunities over all those years. Doc isn't a better man - not nicer, not more hard-working, not smarter. Why does this crazy man, who just appeared on the scene, know more about HD? It isn't fair that HD is getting stolen out from his grasp before DS had a chance to close his hand.
This intruder, alien doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as HD, how could she have shared his bed? But more importantly why didn't the DS think of that!?
YS is soo dead, but HD will have to admit (to herself) that the thought of losing him shocked her. That physical connection should be explored more. Why not? She has spent so many years alone and lonely, how could the lure of such intimacy not tempt her? Especially with a willing partner. Go for it, girl, because we cannot!!
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Yvette Hsieh
January 27, 2015 at 6:51 PM
Jomo: This is an episode for Lee Jae Yoon to shine. He is brilliant. This is not an easy character to play. He cannot utilize so many facial expressions like PIE because DS has a rather restrained personality. However, I feel his heartbreak, his anger, frustration as well as his joy when he is finally free from familial obligations.
Kudos to Lee Jae Yoon. I love CJM and CKH. However, LJY is equally brilliant, so is the rest of the cast. Sohee is actually doing fine, but her character is really kind of disconnected from the orbit of h2h. That's why I don't know how to read her character--I end up skipping her scenes a lot. There is not even tangible chemistry between Sohee and DS. CJM and CKH have great chemistry from episode 1 already. That's one thing I am concerned about. Otherwise, this drama is simply perfect.
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miilo
January 28, 2015 at 12:47 AM
Lee Jae Yoon caught me off-guard, I just didn´t expect him to actually act in this drama, heh. Felt every bit of DS frustration *whimper*. When he was beating that silly vending machine I just wanted to hug him. Poor DS!
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Aigoooo
January 28, 2015 at 9:59 AM
Just wondering.. Why do you guys call CJM PIE? Is it an acronym of something or is it short for cutie-pie?
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jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 11:04 AM
It evolved from Cutie-pie and then he went all uppercase.
PIE is very upper case.
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Aigoooo
January 29, 2015 at 7:48 AM
THANKS!
Julia Fitri
January 27, 2015 at 11:54 PM
I dunno. I don't think that HD's reaction to the fire was anything more than a basic reaction to someone she knows is in a burning building.
I mean, sure she admits that they have chemistry and they're developing a friendship, but I don't think there's anything more at this point from HD's side. At least, not yet.
She's still hung up on DS, and I'm hoping that she gets to be with him, explore her feelings for him more, whether it's infatuation or admiration or real love before anything more happens with YS. At least have her comfortable with him.
Frankly, YS is an ass right now. Sure he's adorable but he needs growing up to do and I'd like to see him do that before they start anything more. 'Cause frankly, the present HD and the present YS is a disaster together. I'm happy that they've slept together to get the UST out of the way so they can get to focus on the emotional part of their relationship.
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thursdaynexxt
January 28, 2015 at 5:20 AM
Yes, and I'd also like to explore more of why Doo Soo has been so fascinated by Hong Do these past 7 years.
What does she represent to him? What part of her does he like so much that he can't put her out of his mind completely, even though he was engaged to another woman, and even though he hadn't even seen Hong Do's face properly in 7 years?
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27 twitchedthursday
January 27, 2015 at 7:21 PM
ommo ommo dunno if I would hate him or kiss Yiseok for doing that.
Mind you I haven't seen any of the episodes yet I already feel like drowning from the romance and conflicts just by reading the recap. Love it! Can't wait for the story to progress more.
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28 바나나gurl
January 27, 2015 at 7:26 PM
SWEET LAWD BABY GEEZUZ... Doctor YS, what are we going to do with you?!? That was such a naughty thing to do... but we still love you!! Arrrgggghhh. Seriously, I think I am going bonkers. It's so hard to concentrate at work. I keep thinking about the fascinating world of YS and HD.
Ladies, why is Chung Jun Myung so gorgeous? His smile! Teeth! And expressive eyes... sooo sooo adorable. He's like a hotter version of Park Yoochun...don't u think? Aigoo.... I need a drink.
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:34 AM
CJM has a mischievous glint in his eyes that sucks u into whatever (prank or unexpected remarks) that comes next. He is very charming and that charm really translate well thru the camera lens.
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29 twitchedthursday
January 27, 2015 at 7:48 PM
I think this is my first rom-com kdrama on a more adult level. I mean me screeching not because of high school romance or lee min ho's cute face but rather the approach is on adult humor and its straight forward.
Love how the male lead is not packaged as macho and yet knows what he wants and asserts it. Well matched by the female lead that I feel is really opinionated and can't be influenced by others of what she wants as well. Just cute that she can only blurt it out to Yiseok and no other.
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30 bbstl
January 27, 2015 at 7:55 PM
"Yi-seok and Doo-soo continue to clash antlers over Hong-do’s honor"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Lollypip, you just crack me up. This is a special show and you are a special writer! Thanks for recapping H2H.
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31 Blcktron
January 27, 2015 at 9:15 PM
Thanks for the Recap Lollypip!! I was on the floor from the moment HD said "our bodies get along well", totally caught YS off guard as he was being drawn in. Their frank banter is what keeps me coming back for more. Totally on HD's side at the end, I was ready to choke YS too, even though I was sure it was a prank.
I do feel for DS though, his 7 years itch has become fruitless endeavor (for the moment) so I can certainly understand his recent reaction. H2H has climbed into my heart and broken my drama slump, can't wait til the next episode to see where this drama goes!!
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32 Nissa
January 27, 2015 at 9:32 PM
I Love your recaps to. I Love reading your opinion, and from all the readers to. I wish it come out sooner. i'm sure it will highten the number of comment on the recaps. Cause like me, right after watching it, i feel the need to share the excitement right away, and would love to hear what others feel about it too, in the end more comments and more interactions.
I'm sure LollyPip is trying the best Pip can do, i'm just wishing here.. <3
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Nissa
January 27, 2015 at 9:33 PM
*too
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33 Julia Fitri
January 27, 2015 at 10:07 PM
Wow, YS, assy move, man. I'm tempted to drown you right now, or push you back into the smokey room.
I have to admit, I like DS more right now. And yeah, I've been wondering about his family, seems fairly constricting in an extremely traditional way.
DS seems very kind but also very together and full of restraint which is probably because of his family. It makes watching him unravel in this episode the more delicious.
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34 So3
January 28, 2015 at 12:19 AM
I don't know... but DS' "please cherish yourself more" just rub me the wrong way, he has no right whatsoever to judge HD's night with YS thinking she doesn't cherish herself by sleeping with YS. Seriously DS? Just by this sentence alone we know deep down DS is a very traditionally-minded person, no matter how "rebellious" he may seem to his perhaps-more-traditional family. And we all saw how open-minded and cool HD is on her night with YS until DS made HD feel ashamed about that night thinking she did something wrong.
What I found interesting about YS' character is that he is far from being a real jerk. We often see a jerk male lead painted as a one-dimensional character until the female lead appears to melt his heart and warm him up. This is so not the case for YS. He is one that is able to be compassionate to others (well not 100% of the time) and perhaps due to his profession he tends to make very sharp and direct comments in order to get a genuine (and therefore informative) feedback from the other person.
I wonder if the show will eventually tell us what's written inside YS' book since that was basically the first interaction between HD and YS, with his book giving her the hope that she may indeed have a chance to live a normal life, to love and be loved.
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Lixie
January 28, 2015 at 5:00 AM
She was embarrassed about it when she found out he knew, she waited on the street to say she was sorry, YS told him there were no feelings involved and he always acts like a jerk around DS, so pretty much every guy would think she shouldn't have slept with him, since for this kind of more traditional man, sex must come with romance for a woman. Any guy in his shoes would say the same. We can't judge based on what we know since he knows much less about both of them and their relationship.
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So3
January 28, 2015 at 6:24 AM
And that's exactly my point - DS shouldn't judge based on what he thinks he knows (when he knows much less than what we know and that means very limited information). In fact that applies to all people. How do we judge others when we know so little about them?
Yes HD was embarrassed that DS found out but it's DS who made the matter sound worse by asking her to "cherish herself". And what did HD do next? An apology. And then got a passive-aggressive reply saying yeah you really don't have to apologize to me and don't act like a sinner blah blah blah. Well yeah, thanks for that. You just made HD feel better (not).
But of course, everyone is prone to some kind of prejudice and DS is no exception, that's very normal. I just thought DS jumped to a conclusion too early and by doing so he's hurt HD's feeling.
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Because of Reasons
January 28, 2015 at 9:30 AM
I don't think his reply was passive-aggressive. I got the feeling it was sincere.
Thinking it over a bit more after positing my comment just below, I remembered that Doo Soo is under the impression, based on what his partner told him and how Yi Seok has been acting, that Yi Seok is some kind of player doctor who's known for seducing his lady patients. So maybe the "cherish yourself" wasn't said in any judgement of Hong Do herself, but was an expression of his worry that she might get used and thrown away by Yi Seok, whom he believes to be an inveterate womanizer. So less, "Don't jump into bed so quickly," and more "I am scared that bad man will hurt you and make you feel bad about yourself; please be careful."
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Lixie
January 28, 2015 at 12:44 PM
Yes I agree with what Because of Reasons said above, I felt sincerity too, I don't think he was expecting or wanted an apology, he was just worried about her. This is not a random girl, it's HD we are talking about, a woman that has a hard time even speaking with people, so it's quite a jump to expect she would go to bed with YS without having any interest in him.
Nicole
January 28, 2015 at 4:29 PM
Yes, thank you! Although I understand why other viewers have gotten the bad impression from Doo-soo saying that, my thoughts are the same as yours. I don't know how it's subtitled on various versions since I don't watch with subs, but what Doo-soo said was laced with sincerity. Especially considering he follows right up saying, "Don't be sorry. Whatever happened, there's no reason you have to feel sorry/apologetic about it. You didn't do anything wrong."
If that's not an understanding approach, I don't know what would be.
So3
January 28, 2015 at 6:03 PM
I think one major reason why I would interpret this scene this way is because of LYJ's acting here. The way LYJ spoke, his tone and facial expression here suggests that DS was quite angry. So while I don't doubt him caring for HD, in that scene alone the emotion was much more complicated. It's a mix of anger, regret, frustration (in not understanding why he's feeling this way) and worry.
And he definitely started off the conversation with anger (note his tone and facial expression here - from thanking her for the gloves and "I have a request for you"). IF he spoke all the lines with softness in tone and all that, then I would agree that he's just being genuinely worried like a neighborhood oppa and take that as it is. But I think he's venting a bit of his anger towards HD in this whole scene thus resulting in my interpretation. To prove my point, DS continued to be angry the next day when he was driving and passed through the bus-stop.
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Because of Reasons
January 28, 2015 at 6:35 PM
I agree with you that he was angry/upset/hurt and about the blend of emotions he was feeling at the time. But that's not really the point I was making. What I was trying to get at that, regardless of his tone of voice and demeanour and how he expressed his feelings, I'm thinking that his "cherish yourself" statement wasn't in the sense of slut-shaming Hong Do (which was my knee-jerk interpretation of it), but was coming from a place of both worry for her, and annoyance, jealousy, etc. with regards to Yi Seok. It was more an indication of his feelings about Yi Seok than any judgement of Hong Do's behaviour.
He did speak to her quite harshly in terms of tone and body language, but I feel like I can give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't trying to make her feel ashamed about having sex with Yi Seok.
Aigoooo
January 28, 2015 at 5:29 AM
Yeah, my immediate interpretation of that statement was him telling HD not to be a slut. I probably had the same reaction as you did. lol
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Because of Reasons
January 28, 2015 at 9:17 AM
Really still not sure what to make of the "cherish yourself" thing. It instantly rubbed me the wrong way too, for pretty much the same reasons. I wonder a bit if maybe I mis-understood his meaning, or maybe something got lost in the cross-cultural translation. It struck a sour note with me, but I don't know if that was the intent. Especially since he did say later, when she apologized, that she hadn't done anything that she should be feeling sorry/ashamed about.
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35 zoer25
January 28, 2015 at 2:47 AM
When I watched first two episodes even though I liked them I wasn't that excited but after watching more episodes I completely love this drama!!! It's so fresh and unique and we can see grown up people acting like grown up's which is rare in dramas.
I love the characters and the lead couple is amazing, even though I feel a little sad for Doo Soo!!! But what I can't get enough of is Yi Sok he's sooo cute and adorable!!! Probably one of my favorite male characters in dramas!!!
Can't wait for next episode!!! <333
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36 mjfan
January 28, 2015 at 3:59 AM
i keep reading recaps here without watching any drama , probably my last one was i hear your voice , but I couldnt do this here , after 5 recaps i marathoned the 6 episodes , and all i can say is i love this show , CJM is adorable as ever , and i love CKH here , their chemistry is awesome , cant wait for more YS-HD bickering ..
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37 howforwardsale
January 28, 2015 at 5:01 AM
:::::::::::Lollypip, Thank you for this recap::::::::::::
Ugghhhh, the scene where Doo Soo sees "Grandma Hong Do" at the bus stop, they catch each others eyes and then he looks the other way. That scene killed me so much. I just bawled at that moment. And the look on her face showed shock, guilt, pain and regret.
Yi Suk with all his mini skirmishes. How many times is this guy going to get hit before he changes his style of dealing with people?
He has verbal love diarrhea. When he claimed it was none of Doo Soo's business if they move in together, I was thinking to myself he's already named their kids, and she doesn't even know if she likes him or not. He's got it soooo bad and I love when the guy falls hard first.
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Aigoooo
January 28, 2015 at 5:54 AM
I have a feeling that them living together will be more of a reality in future episodes. All this business about Hong Do's landlord raising the rent seems more like a setup for her to get kicked out of her house, ending up with her living with either of the two men. I'd prefer she lives with YS because their chemistry is off the charts and the co-habitation hijinks will be so funny but it won't be easy for her to transform into grandma. On the flip side, if she ends up living with Do Soo, she'd be able to do her grandma thing plus they'd get to know each other better. Not as funny co-habitation wise but I guess it would be a riot to see YS squirm knowing that those two are living together.
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howforwardsale
January 28, 2015 at 6:05 AM
I feel like they are going to let her get kicked out too. Her home is her crutch, her hidey hole so of course they will take that away. I'm all for her co-habitating with Doo Soo.
If she moves in with Doo Soo:
+ it will be easier he lives a few blocks from her
+ he can do all the heavy lifting (thighs of steel)
+ he will be friend zoned so hard it will hurt
+ I will prepare my body for jealous-er Yi Suk
+ Yi Suk will find a way to make out w/ her on Doo Soo's bed
If she moves in with Yi Suk:
+ they can't show those scenes even on cable
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:37 AM
ROFL!
Oh we get co-habiting hijinks either way!! Wow let the fun begin!
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Because of Reasons
January 28, 2015 at 9:20 AM
Your last bullet point made me laugh out loud! Thanks for that!
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 6:45 AM
Well since YS is living at the family mansion his apartment is empty - all ready for HD to move in!
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jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 11:10 AM
And somehow YS will come up with a reason or two to stay over with HD once in a while.
To protect her, yeah, that's it.
And you know DS will lose his sh^t when he finds out!
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Yvette Hsieh
January 28, 2015 at 1:13 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Hong Do has to stay where she is...that lovely apartment is why H2H appeals to me in the first place!!!! It's so cozy, so warm and lively with all the plants. In comparions, YS's big house is so cold....
YS can move in to HD's apartment instead. :D He can then realize how self-reliant HD is. That flat is a little wonderful universe by itself.
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bbstl
January 28, 2015 at 3:39 PM
I knoooow, I love her in her cozy cave! It's so much a part of her. I'm afraid it will be heartbreaking if she has to leave her house.
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38 thursdaynexxt
January 28, 2015 at 5:34 AM
Oooh, it's going to get interesting with the new assertive Doo Soo! Now that there's an imminent threat (read: Yi Seok) he has to protect Hong Do from, he can jump into action.
I'd like to believe that he was realising that he couldn't leave his feelings for Hong Do as they were, and that he would have broken up with his fiancee anyway. The guilt of losing his grandfather like that, and not being able to say goodbye - that's another bond he has in common with Hong Do. I hope he gives Yi Seok a run for his money, 'cos YS still has a lot of growing up to do!
The other thing I really appreciated about DS was his reaction to knowing Hong Do and Yi Seok slept together. He was stunned, but I didn't feel that he blamed her or was resentful towards her, despite his "please cherish yourself more" comment. For me, his comment actually came across as him trying to be tactful as always, but letting her know he doesn't judge her, and he's just worried for her well-being.
I think DS's big mistake has been not letting her know that he cared, and was interested in her as a woman. Respecting boundaries is a good thing, but when dealing with someone as socially insecure as HD, tiptoeing around like that will surely just make her think that he's just being polite?
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Lixie
January 28, 2015 at 6:14 AM
I don't think he was interested romantically until the show started. She was always hiding, we don't know if he even had looked at her face before. After they started getting closer he tried to finally get to know her but he was already engaged so I thought he was trying to be friendly and protective but not even thinking about how he really felt. In fact, I don't think he realized he was seeing her as a romantic interest until he caught them together laughing at the office.
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thursdaynexxt
January 29, 2015 at 3:41 AM
True. Maybe I should rephrase that to "DS's mistake has been not realising that he cared, and was interested in her as a woman"! It's just such typical SLS timing.
I agree with comments that DS wasn't (and couldn't have been) really romantically interested in HD until recently, and he's been a complete gentleman, but I think Yi-seok wasn't wrong when he pretty much called it a territorial pissing contest - DS's inner cave man is emerging with a vengeance, and I'm finding it fascinating - he's not into the wrist grabs and such, thank God, but when he's thrashing his partner in defence training, throttling the vending machine, punching YS, etc, his awareness of Hong Do is growing by leaps and bounds!
I really like the twist that in spite of the physical intimacy she had/has with YS, Do Soo has decided to go for the girl.
(But really, Yi Seok, "you're just mad because I 'had' her first" is such a crass way of putting it. Our well-bred Harvard doctor with his potty mouth. Indeed, he's well-matched with Hong Do!)
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Lixie
January 29, 2015 at 5:20 AM
>you’re just mad because I ‘had’ her first
Loved that remark! Exactly the kind of stuff our jerk leads would say in real life but kdramas never show because they are afraid of being real. Not H2H. :)
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39 SpinThePickle
January 28, 2015 at 6:08 AM
I got the impression that Doo-soo didn't really consider Hong-do a woman until recently. I mean, how could he be romantically interested in someone that he never saw AND didn't communicate with? It isn't like the occasional post-it note included with some food was going to win him over or show him anything about her personality. Don't get me wrong, I believe he legitimately cared about her welfare, but he's a nice guy, he'd care about how an old lady or a small child was doing too.
I felt like her confession made him think about it for the first time, but more like feeling guilty that he never realized it before and that he may have been leading her on. (Kudos to him for immediately telling her that he was engaged, though.)
Seeing her with Yi-seok and having had a few actual conversations with her now- now THAT has him interested. Although, I think that is mixed up with both his need to protect and his own need to be comforted with all the changes in his life (upcoming wedding, ending wedding, grandfather passing, even Hong-do's confession and no more care packages). She's safe territory.
I don't think he is jealous so much that YS "got there first" in terms of physical intimacy, I think he is jealous that YS got there first in terms of emotional intimacy. I mean, DS put 7 years into trying to connect with her and trying to help her, and YS gets her talking, shouting, going without her helmet, and giggling within a few short weeks. That's gotta sting.
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selina
January 29, 2015 at 12:06 AM
I agree with every word.
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40 howforwardsale
January 28, 2015 at 6:13 AM
I really didn't like the scene when Doo Soo broke out into a run to go to Hong Do's house. At first. I thought how dare you check to see if she's at home alone...she might be in there with Yi Suk for all you know! After that "value yourself" speech, I wanted to ask him did he feel cheap after "eating ramyun with the un-love of his life?" But then I re-watched the scene.
In the context of him leaving his gf's funeral and driving home after that. He lives separately and is a policeman against the family's wishes shows that he has been distancing himself from them/their values. Coming from the funeral (which was most likely formal/traditional and uncomfortable because of the circumstances of his gf's collapse and death) I can totally see how he can feel more free as he returns to his apt. I imagine him mulling over what that lift of restriction means for his future and as he gets closer to home (and Hong Do) for him to get excited about this new chance and new opportunity to woo Hong Do.
So when I looked at the scene that way, I felt better towards Doo Soo and not bitter.
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Aigoooo
January 28, 2015 at 7:48 AM
I think a lot of people would have missed the funeral backstory because the whole grandfather dying was such a brief scene. If I had blinked, I would have missed the whole thing about him getting the announcement that his grandfather had passed away from shock about his marriage break-up. Plus, I think they should have given him one of those funeral armbands as a visual to show he was at a funeral.
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 12:42 PM
You are right @Aigoo - when i first saw the episode - i thought what a bad editing job! That was a choppy scene transition. Had to wait until sub came up to understand that his grandfather died although his attire gave me a clue that he had been at a funeral.
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41 SpinThePickle
January 28, 2015 at 6:25 AM
One last thought, I think Yi-seok's conversations with Doo-soo are motivated more by his desire to defend Hong-do than anything else. He started in on the detective about HD long before he became close to her. He was immediately annoyed by the detective's attitude towards HD - namely that he sees her as less than she is (fragile instead of spirited, believing her condition robs her of her ability to make her own choices, etc). Which makes me wonder if it reminds YS of his parents - his mother is desperate for his father's attention and love, but the father keeps leading her on which is detrimental to her mental health.
I don't think that later conversations are absent of possessive/jealousy, but I think it is Mostly motivated by his wanting to defend her. Like pointedly reminding DS that he's getting married and has no claim on HD. Explaining to him that to act like he does is confusing to HD and does her no good. Or to say, she's a consenting adult, you don't have to worry about her choices.
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jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 9:30 AM
I agree! He is a good advocat for HD when she isn't listening. He sees her more clearly that DS because DS has built up an idea of the girl in the tower over the last 7 years..
The Doc sees a spitfire he won't let him off the hook.
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jomo143
January 28, 2015 at 9:31 AM
Let me clarify: He sees a spitfire that won't let HIM off the hook.
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meganG
February 2, 2015 at 6:59 AM
Idk, I would agree with both statements!
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42 Noelle
January 28, 2015 at 8:41 AM
The one thing I don't like in this drama is the sister. She's annoying and slightly cruel when it comes to her mother. I figure its from decades of being ignored because her mother never got over her sons death so she was probably put on the back burner of priorities. And what I really don't like is that they are making her out to be the fourth leg in this love square. I really don't want her anywhere near Doo Soo. She's this child who believes life should give here limes instead of lemons. Well hopefully she gets more lemons. I will rage if something happens between the two.
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43 bbstl
January 28, 2015 at 8:58 AM
I'm very interested to know more about YS Mom and Dad. They go out on a "date" and he leaves Mom in a hotel? What the heck happened?
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dfwkimchi
January 28, 2015 at 12:45 PM
Yep that was indeed a curious scene. Sure would like to know what is the story about the parents and the hyung who died in the fire.
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44 Lizzy4e
January 28, 2015 at 9:41 AM
Thank you for your witty recap!
I am obsessing over this show. The main couple has Great chemistry and the characters seem like real people.
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45 바나나gurl
January 28, 2015 at 11:45 AM
Before I saw epsiode 1, I was expecting a drama similar to Park Shin Hye's Flower Boy Next Door. Omona. I was completely wrong. Heart to Heart is more interesting and witty. The characters are more fascinating and more real. Gaaaah... can't wait for this week to be over. I can't wait to see episodes 7 and 8.
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46 redmoon
January 28, 2015 at 10:17 PM
I don't know if it's mention before but I wonder what's the mother issue is. Am loving the OTP chemistry. Oh mygosh my heart when he said he also liked it and when he said let's date. Is it the weekend yet?
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selina
January 29, 2015 at 12:11 AM
It was mentioned in an earlier episode that she is bipolar
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redmoon
January 29, 2015 at 3:56 PM
I must have missed it. Thanks selina.
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47 mjfan
January 29, 2015 at 1:52 AM
I soooooooooooooooooo love that moment when YS & HD both were annoyeD at this polished mother , they totally were like a team scaring the hell out of her , and the expressions on YS face weRe AWESOME , totally love CJM ...
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dfwkimchi
January 29, 2015 at 10:13 AM
when HD answers - Cockroaches! - to YS question why she banged the table so hard - i laughed HARD! and then YS replied back - 'Yeah we got to kill all them roaches! - that was priceless!
It appears that HD is a very intelligent girl - hope that in future she can open up a counselling practice with YS - they make good team!
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Aigoooo
January 29, 2015 at 7:06 PM
I love how they are both an OTP and a Dr. + Sidekick sometimes.
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48 redmoon
January 29, 2015 at 4:12 PM
I'm having so much fun re-watching and re-reading the recaps waiting for the weekend. Thanks LollyPip. And thanks for he's not all that swoony with Dr Uhm and butler Ahn LOL.
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49 Vi
January 29, 2015 at 11:16 PM
I just can't warm up to DS no matter how I try. I find him to be such a hypocrite. When he was talking about HD not being a toy to play around with I couldn't help thinking how he led her on - unknowingly but also his fault for him being incredibly obtuse - for seven years and then got upset when she slept with someone even though he was engaged to be married.
I just find him to be such a frustrating character because he acts like he owns HD and I'm really not okay with that.
Maybe when he starts treating HD like a person instead of this piece of glass that HE MUST PROTECT, I'll warm up to him because right now I find him completely over the top.
I was really hoping that HD would kick YS right in the balls because that was a dick move.
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50 dfwkimchi
January 30, 2015 at 4:33 AM
It's FRIDAY!
Time for NEW episode! Let's see if YS survives today.
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thursdaynexxt
January 30, 2015 at 5:39 PM
HAHAHA. It's a sure bet that he's gonna get hit by somebody today!
Maybe he better borrow Hong Do's helmet?
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