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Healer: Episode 18

Strap yourselves in, folks, it’s a roller coaster of an episode, running the entire emotional gamut—there’s plenty of cuteness and laughs, but with only one more week left, we can’t rest too assured in momentary comforts. We’re never far from the undercurrent of unease that runs throughout, reminding us that there’s just enough time for one more big fight. And that’s sure to be a doozy.

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EPISODE 18 RECAP

Backing up a bit, we see how the tape made its way to Moon-ho’s broadcast, rather than into the Elder’s hand. Aha, so it was Dae-yong who got to the charnel vault first, and she finds a box tucked in the back containing the real tape. She swaps it for a decoy, then takes it to Moon-ho directly.

Moon-ho listens right away, then calls Jung-hoo to inform him of its contents. As they’d known, Seo Joon-seok wasn’t guilty, but moreover, he wasn’t even initially a suspect. He’d gone to the police to report Gil-han’s murder, with photos as proof. Thus the tape isn’t a suspect statement but a witness statement.

Jung-hoo has to pull over the car to process the good news, and he and Young-shin smile at each other.

Moon-ho thinks the tape is enough to take to broadcast, and tells Jung-hoo to come back. Jung-hoo asks Young-shin what she thinks, and she’s of the same mind as him: They’ll see through the original plan.

So now we resume with Jung-hoo capturing the Elder’s face on camera for all the nation to see. A bodyguard blocks the Elder from view, but Jung-hoo jumps into reporter mode (with some of Bong-soo’s demeanor) and starts asking a question. It goes ignored as the Elder leaves the room.

Jung-hoo has a few seconds of broadcast time before the guards close in on him, and calls out, “These people must work for the Elder! I’ll ask you a question! Surely you wouldn’t use violence and beat the reporter who came to interview the Elder during a live broadcast?”

His glasses and wallet are confiscated, and then the Elder returns to the room. Upon confirmation that this guy is a reporter named Park Bong-soo, he asks, “Didn’t you say you were the Healer?”

Jung-hoo laugh-stutters, “I-if I said that, ha ha, I was told you’d meet with me.” Gah, I am so glad Bong-soo is not real, because he would not be long for this world. The Elder says he’d talk if Bong-soo were the Healer, but if not… Jung-hoo guesses, “You’d k-kill me? But I don’t wanna die.”

He asks if “Grandpa” really is the Elder, and the Elder replies that he didn’t need to broadcast his face in order to ask that. But Jung-hoo counters that Gramps kills people who bother him, and he couldn’t have that—this is their way of posting a “Beware of dog” type warning sign.

The Elder crouches to meet Jung-hoo’s eye level and calls him child, asking who he is. Jung-hoo replies that there’s a man named Seo Joon-seok among the people Grandpa’s killed: “I am his son, Seo Jung-hoo. Grandpa, when you kill people in the future, you ought to think of their sons or daughters.”

Outside the house, Young-shin waits impatiently with a camera, trying to urge the police officers with her to intervene. But the police can’t do anything without proper authorization, so Young-shin just starts filming right there. There’s not much to see, but it’s enough to show police officers stationed outside the Elder’s house, and Moon-ho turns over the broadcast to show the scene. Within moments of it airing, the guards restraining Jung-hoo inside back off.

The Elder invites Jung-hoo to sit, offering Jung-hoo a drink that gets refused, and lighting an incense stick like this is some kind of polite visit. Jung-hoo has dropped the wimpy act and faces the old man defiantly, sneering at the Elder’s description of his side as “working to save people.”

The Elder explains that there’s the “us” who protect people, and the “them” who receive their protection: “Young man, which side do you want to be on?”

Jung-hoo is unimpressed with the Elder’s talk, but… wait, why are you fading and your senses dulling? Gah, it’s the incense, isn’t it? The Elder starts to blur in his eyes as the old man says he quite likes Jung-hoo but won’t wait long for his decision.

Jung-hoo tries to clear his head through the smoke, and then sees the stick and puts it out. Oh thank goodness. But the drugs have done their trick and he falls over, unconscious. The Elder leaves him in slumped in the room.

Back to Seo Joon-seok’s witness statement, which we see in flashback. Joon-seok sits dully in front of the detectives, emotionally traumatized from Gil-han’s death, and explains that “they” call themselves Farmers. As a trio, he and Gil-han and Moon-shik had been chasing the story for the past year when they received information about a planned truck shipment, which they took to mean slush fund movement.

Joon-seok describes the “farming” that this group does: They view the country as their field for the plowing, sowing money around to reap all sorts of benefits—political, legal, financial.

Young-shin finally gets tired of waiting and bursts onto the Elder’s property. She finds Jung-hoo starting to stir, trying to shake off his drug-induced stupor. She asks worriedly, “Why are you always sleeping when I see you?” He replies, “You always wake me.” Pause to aww.

She offers to take him to the hospital, but he asks to sleep a bit, resting against her shoulder and holding her arm. He asks, “Our fathers were very close, weren’t they?” Since he didn’t get to see the broadcast, Young-shin says that their fathers were loyal to the end, and recounts the events that we see in flashback.

1992. Moon-shik drives the car as the three friends follow the truck in question, and the mood is lighthearted with bickering and laughs. They think the task will be a simple matter of snapping a few photos showing the money handoff.

Upon arrival, it becomes evident that the situation is more serious than they’d anticipated. One truck contains large metal paint canisters, and another is filled with apple boxes containing massive sums of cash.

Gil-han wants to see inside the paint canisters, while Joon-seok holds him back. Gil-han just quips, “What are they going to do, kill me? A reporter?” But they accidentally knock over a bin that alerts the others to their presence, and Gil-han offers to divert them while Joon-seok gets to the paint cans. Before his friend can protest, he runs off and is quickly followed.

Joon-seok grabs a canister and runs back to the car, where he alerts Moon-shik to the danger. He tells Moon-shik to prepare for getaway, then heads back to get his friend.

When Joon-seok makes it back, Gil-han is already prone on the ground, his head bloody. Moon-shik arrives just in time to grab him back from going after the Farmer guys, but Joon-seok wells up in righteous fury. He starts snapping photos openly, and Moon-shik forcibly drags him back to the car.

The car escapes, and Joon-seok explains in his statement that he was on the run for days, and eventually found out what was in the paint cans. He explains that it was chemicals used in construction projects to weaken steel, and as soon as he reveals this, men in suits burst in to stop the proceedings.

Young-shin wraps up the story, and Jung-hoo sighs, “It’s over. The homework. For Teacher, Father, and you.” He’s free to leave the Healer behind, and Young-shin praises him for a job well done, Jung-hoo rests his head in her lap (…but… the Elder’s house…) and asks, “Living like other people—is it hard?”

“Let’s try it, living like other people,” she says. He asks, “You’ll be with me, right?” And she replies, “Of course.” He sighs that that’s enough, and closes his eyes to sleep some more, taking her hand in his.

Myung-hee prepares a nice dinner for her and Moon-shik, and her outwardly pleasant attitude puts him in a good mood. It seems she’s watching for his reaction as she tells him of watching Moon-ho’s broadcast and asks about what he didn’t tell her. He answers that he hadn’t been holding back from her, admitting that he’d suspected Joon-seok all these years, and the broadcast has allowed him peace of mind knowing that wasn’t true.

Myung-hee doesn’t like that answer (well, it is a blatant lie), and I wonder if she’d been hoping he’d respond differently. She keeps her pleasant face on, but looks meaningfully over at Ji-an’s birthday spread nearby. I do hope her suspicion extends to that story too.

Moon-shik retires to his study after dinner, and his mind flashes back to his first encounter with the Elder. And now we see what happens next: Moon-shik accepts that deal, and gives a witness statement to the police that he saw Joon-seok killing Gil-han. Interestingly, the first statement is given while he’s bloody, terrified, and shaking. The second time, Moon-shik is resigned and dead-eyed.

But by the third time, he’s crisp and alert, confident in his lies as he says that the money triggered Joon-seok’s greed. When Gil-han refused to keep it, Joon-seok killed him.

In the present day, the memory doesn’t even stir a pang of regret as he sits there, idly eating Ji-an’s birthday cookies, soul unruffled. Or maybe absent.

In contrast, over at the cafe, Young-shin and her father eye that cookie with reverent anticipation, both bummed to see that it broke in transit. Young-shin feeds Dad the first bite, and they marvel at the taste. Then Dad asks when she’s bringing “that guy” over, and she initially feigns ignorance (“Which guy? I kinda have a lot of guys”).

Dad tells her to drag him over, then sighs that of all the men, she had to pick one so weak and frail, always ready to cry at the drop of a hat. She dies laughing.

When she gets to her room, she’s startled to find Jung-hoo already here, having climbed in through the window and all ready for his hugs. She pushes him back to arm’s length and lays down a few ground rules about how to live like other people, which includes using front doors. And meeting her father to get his permission to date, which makes him grimace. Also, on his girlfriend’s birthday, he should give her a gift.

She holds out her hands expectantly, and Jung-hoo fumbles to come up with something. He gives her the necklace from around his neck, and she points out that it would be nice to get gifts that are new and wrapped. He tries to make it better by pointing out that his necklace has a tracker in it, but that just sounds worse, lol.

Young-shin lets him fasten it around her neck, and he asks, “Can I hug you now?” He grabs her in a hug without waiting, and she kicks him. HA.

He looks hurt as he asks why she keeps pushing him away, and she reminds him that he wanted to live, and love, like other people. He asks what this is, and she says, “This is… a little different from other people.”

Jung-hoo decides he can do things in the proper order, and tells her to wait. She agrees, telling him not to take too long. He notes the key points—father, salary—and she heads to the door to show him how to use it properly, only to turn around to see that he’s already left via window. Siiiigh.

Adorably, Jung-hoo then barrels in through the cafe doors, psyching himself up to get this over with. But the longer Dad stares at him blankly, the more his nerves falter and Jung-hoo mutters to himself that he can’t do it. He stammers to Dad that he’ll come back next time, and I love that he’s really not too far off from wimpy Bong-sookie after all.

Pickpocket Ajusshi enters just then, blocking Jung-hoo’s exit, and Dad slowly wraps his hand in an apron like he’s getting ready to inflict some pain. Jung-hoo says nervously that he’s here to give his proper greeting and get permission.

Young-shin hears noise and hurries downstairs, where she finds Jung-hoo in the study with Dad and ajusshi. Jung-hoo sends her pathetic pleading looks while Dad warns her to stay out of this.

Dad starts with the cafe kiss a few days ago, and just thinking of it spurs violent impulses. Ajusshi intervenes: information first, then kill. Ajusshi takes over the interrogation and asks how far they’ve gone, and thankfully Dad shoves him aside because I’m not sure that’s an answer they want to hear.

Dad asks if that soup was any good, and Jung-hoo answers that it was delicious. You’ll recall that Young-shin had called Dad for recipe instructions from Jung-hoo’s pad, and now Dad knows that Jung-hoo was the friend needing nursing all night long. Ajusshi has to hold him back while Jung-hoo darts around the room trying to avoid a beating while blurting, “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

Making this even better is the fact that while sounds of destruction come from the office, Young-shin listens from outside eating ice cream. As you do.

The mood takes a darker turn, however, when later that night Secretary Oh makes his way inside Moon-ho’s apartment. This can’t be good.

At the paper, Editor Jang alerts Moon-ho to postings on the Someday message board that offer information from witnesses who’ve met the Elder. It’s unclear whether these tips are legit, but Moon-ho instructs his staff to look into them, and they’ll follow up on anything that sounds promising. Editor Jang points out that they’ll be understaffed, which is Moon-ho’s cue to introduce their new employee: Jung-hoo, or rather, Bong-soo, who is heartily welcomed.

While the team congratulates him for his intrepid undercover work, Young-shin tells Moon-ho about Jung-hoo wanting to live like a regular person, which Moon-ho notes isn’t the easiest thing. Young-shin quips, “I think living like other people means not knowing what you’re doing. What’s so great about that?” She adds that Jung-hoo’s done being the Healer, laughing that she thinks he got fired. Yay for ajumma.

Moon-ho informs her that Myung-hee asked for an excuse to meet Young-shin again. As they talk cozily, Jung-hoo shoots Moon-ho the side-eye and steps right between them, just like old times. Aw, jealous Bong-sookie.

Young-shin starts to narrate an explanation about a friend reentering mainstream society, and we see Jung-hoo adapting to civilian life. He struggles to remain awake all day at work, which she compares to being a wildcat—awake for the hunt, sleeping otherwise.

When his first paycheck comes in, Jung-hoo calls in to ajumma to ask how much it was, shocked at the paltry sum (“But… I worked a whole month!”). He even wonders if he should pick up some side jobs, but ajumma reminds him that he quit being the Healer and wants her earset back. Then she screams at her screen—not at Jung-hoo, but at the hapless newbie who can’t do a simple task right. Ha, is she training the new Healer?

It’s Dae-yong, who’s in plain view of all the car black boxes around her. Dae-yong complains that there’s no street in Seoul without parked cars, and ajumma barks, “That’s why your hyungnim flew around on rooftops!”

Young-shin’s voiceover comes from her conversation with Myung-hee, and she laughingly describes how this guy is a teeny bit older but acts thirteen, which is why she has to look after him. Myung-hee guesses that she likes him, then leans right in to brush a crumb from Young-shin’s face and touch up her makeup, their rapport already comfortable.

The day arrives for Moon-shik’s live broadcast interview, and at the last minute, Moon-ho receives the alarming news that Moon-shik arrived at the station and announced that he’d be deviating from the script. This is equally disruptive to both the broadcaster and Someday, but it’s worse for Someday, who’ve lost their opportunity to counter Moon-shik’s interview replies in real time.

At the station, Moon-shik just tells Min-jae, who’s interviewing him, to ask whatever she wants. The Someday team gathers to watch, and Moon-shik starts by deftly fielding questions about whether he’s able to manage Seoul when he can’t even manage his brotherly relationship.

Moon-shik speaks openly of Moon-ho’s current activities opposing him, but invokes his own reporter past. He identifies himself as a member of the pirate broadcasts that have garnered Moon-ho so much popularity these days and even pulls out that photo to show on air.

Calling himself a journalist who once fought for the freedom of media, he says that he has to take his brother’s activities in stride—because that’s what he fought for. God, that’s infuriating. Moon-ho watches with a sour expression, and is forced to cancel their planned broadcast, given the direction of Moon-shik’s interview.

Myung-hee’s reaction is similar, full of impotent anger, and Young-shin takes her hand as they listen to Moon-shik talking about how the press frankly has too much freedom these days, and in order for that to happen, those in power have had to sacrifice a lot. Oh, boo-hoo for the rich and powerful.

Then he takes out the old suitcase full of cassette tapes belonging to Moon-ho—so that’s what Secretary Oh was doing lurking in his apartment. Jung-hoo has to jump in to keep Moon-ho from physically assaulting his television as Moon-shik proudly shows off the tapes and the old Healer zine as treasured memories. His smugness is maddening.

Myung-hee watches bitterly as Moon-shik explains the meaning behind Healer, proclaiming the press as a force that identifies and treats society’s pains, and he just takes credit for everything like a goddamned hero. Moon-shik turns to address the camera/the public, saying that he worked to protect the media, and will now turn those efforts to protecting the city of Seoul, “as well as this country’s freedom, democracy, and order.”

Myung-hee cries to Young-shin, “I’m sorry.” Young-shin doesn’t understand why, but holds her mother in her arms as she cries.

Sitting grimly after the broadcast, Jung-hoo offers to steal back the tapes, which shouldn’t be too difficult. Moon-ho points out that he’s given up his clandestine errand-running job, saying that he’d like for Jung-hoo to live normally. “But… are you okay?” Jung-hoo asks. He looks over at Moon-ho and says in joke-relief, “I was really scared you were crying.”

Moon-ho returns, “I almost cried.” Jung-hoo asks if that’s because of the stolen tapes, and Moon-ho just tells him to buy some more beer and come over, because he’s got a lot of things he wants to tell him and Young-shin.

Our Double S Guards make a reappearance, although it’s to get shoved to the side as the operation gets taken over by Jeil Newspaper’s Manager Ahn. I suppose he IS more effective than Sang-soo, who finds his office taken over by the brusque newcomer.

Min-ja has her eye on Double S and notices the movement, as does Dae-yong, who’s staking out the building. They watch the Jeil team leaving the office, and Dae-yong wonders why they’re here. Ajumma merely replies that she’s making the Healer a retirement fund, and it involves the thugs who followed him after the ex-cop died. It’s likely that one of them was the killer—but why would they be affiliated with Double S?

Dae-yong photographs the Jeil team, and the closeup of Manager Ahn’s face niggles at ajumma’s memory. Where has she seen him before?

The Someday staff stays late working their way through the Elder tips, which are mostly duds. Moon-ho looks exhausted, but rather than take a break he’s preparing for things to start soon (…more things?). He’s not sure when or how they’ll come at them, but he knows to expect something.

While the staffers doze, Moon-ho finds Young-shin sleeping in Jung-hoo’s lap, clutching his arm. He notes that the couple is being pretty blatant, and Jung-hoo informs Moon-ho that she can’t sleep around just anyone. “What about you?” Moon-ho asks. “I’m not just anyone,” Jung-hoo replies.

Jung-hoo asks about Moon-ho fighting the Elder now, and wonders if that puts Young-shin in danger. Moon-ho doesn’t know, and asks if Jung-hoo would like to take her away someplace far, where it’ll be easier to live as a normal person. Jung-hoo admits that he’s hesitating over the idea: “I think it’s because of you. Leaving you on your own and going away just the two of us doesn’t feel right.”

Moon-ho touches hand to heart and half-teases that he’s touched. But Jung-hoo says seriously, “I can’t be without her now. So if it’s for her, I could throw you away.”

“That’s okay,” Moon-ho says readily, smiling. Ack! Stop doing things that make me scared for you!

In the morning, the attack begins. In a flurry of activity, Moon-ho is hit with legal documents, including a summons by the prosecutors’ office. Then a team is sent from the National Tax Service, acting on the report that misuse of funds were used to buy out Someday. Fuming, Moon-ho can do nothing while they confiscate everything.

It looks like they’re going after Someday big-time, and Editor Jang wonders to Jung-hoo whether his wife’s current business troubles could be related. Her restaurant was hit with a health inspection and enormous fine, and the timing makes him wonder if there’s any connection. But he shakes his head, telling himself there isn’t.

Later that evening, Moon-ho pulls into his parking garage, with Jung-hoo and Young-shin not far behind, armed with beer for a friendly visit. The second Moon-ho opens his car door, he’s ambushed—gack! Noooo, not Moon-ho!

His attackers drug him with chloroform. Their cars peel out moments later, just as Jung-hoo’s car drives in. That strikes Jung-hoo as odd, and the moment he sees the dropped camera in Moon-ho’s parking spot, his sense of alarm spikes.

Jung-hoo connects to ajumma right away, asking her to track Moon-ho, and gives Young-shin the choice: come with him or wait in Moon-ho’s apartment. She guesses that fighting is likely and quickly gets out of the car—better not hold him back. When he tries to escort her upstairs, she waves him off, and he’s pressed enough to hurry out after Moon-ho. Uh-oh. I have very bad feelings about all of this.

In the getaway car with an unconscious Moon-ho, the Elder’s minions find his cell phone and hand it off to a motorcyclist, who drives off in other direction. Crap crap crap.

Jung-hoo therefore follows ajumma’s instructions following the wrong vehicle, while Young-shin waits for the elevator to Moon-ho’s apartment. Someone joins her, and she nervously looks up… at a smiling, smarmy-faced Secretary Oh.

 
COMMENTS

Well that’s certainly not a face you ever want to see, especially when it’s looking so gleeful. Secretary Oh should never be happy, because only bad things happen when he’s happy.

What a great (and terrible!) episode of turnarounds, coming off last episode’s euphoria of Team Healer pulling a fast one on the bad guys with such aplomb. Then there was all that relationship cuteness, and moments of warm humor, and promises of the future… and bam! We slam into a wall of darkness and unease. Dramatically, it’s fantastic. It’s just, as a viewer, I don’t know how much my nerves can take. I just care too much about these people, so sue me. *cries into cornflakes*

I was a little surprised to see the Elder storyline settle down so quickly after the live broadcast ambush, because while I knew that he would regroup later, I didn’t expect him to just… vanish and let the characters be happy and safe. I suppose that lull just makes the attack more painful when it comes, but it also serves the purpose in giving us a glimpse of life after Healer-dom, which I didn’t realize I wanted to see so badly until we saw it.

That’s not just because I want to see Jung-hoo normal and happy, but because there’s a thread of sadness woven into this concept of being reintroduced to society that I really appreciate. It’s amusing in the moment to see Jung-hoo’s reintegration foibles in a comedic light, but it also hurts the heart a little when you consider just how much of an impact his isolated life has had on who he is as a person, and how he reacts to the most ordinary of circumstances. It’s funny to call him thirteen and laugh at how he goes through windows, but then he asks in a plaintive voice why Young-shin is keeping him away from herself, and the reality comes crashing in: He doesn’t actually know how to react. He doesn’t have social graces. He’s always tired because he’s never had to be a functional adult.

It’s therefore just as saddening as it is amusing to see Jung-hoo struggling to adjust to mundane life, especially since this current life isn’t too different from what he did the first time as Park Bong-soo… it’s just that the first time, the job was the afterthought, the B-sides to Healer’s super-fly action movie A-story. This time, he has to live the B-sides as his main life, and the beauty of that is that this humdrum ordinariness is actually the goal he wants. Once he gets used to staying awake for a full workday and answering phone calls he doesn’t want to, that is. It might take a while, but thankfully, he’s got the rest of his life to figure it out.

I find myself flip-flopping on Moon-shik with every twist, and I suppose that indicates that he’s been very well-drawn on both sides of his character, because both of his extremes feel credible. Yesterday I saw him in a more sympathetic light, but today he went back to pissing me off, albeit in a good way because he’s showing more complexity and shades of his darkness, not just going back and forth between stark white and black. His interview was brilliant and infuriating in equal measure, and showed once more his gift in taking the truth and using it to shape the narrative he wants to present.

Nothing he said in the broadcast was false, and furthermore, you get the sense that Moon-shik truly believes his explanations of why he was acting for a good cause. He’s not just a good liar; he may be self-delusional about his motives, and that makes him a very dangerous character. It’s almost sociopathic, his ability to convey earnestness and truth in a way that’s just wrong. The Moon-shik of 1980 didn’t seem so bad, and the Moon-shik of 1992 (even after the accident) also appears well-intentioned and loyal. But there’s no getting around the fact that since then, he has made choices with his eyes wide open and is warping the past to bolster his actions in the present. That explains why Moon-ho and Myung-hee reacted with such frustrated rage, because he’s just too good at twisting facts into his version of the truth.

The explanation of the Farmers takes us in an interesting direction, shifting the story away from the personal injustices and into a darker well of institutionalized corruption. This is something Writer Song does particularly well (and reminds me of Story of a Man, in fact), and by the time we get to this part of the story we’re deeply invested because of the connection to our main characters. (As to the particulars of the case: I’m not 100 percent sure I’m understanding correctly, so correct me if I’m wrong, but the scene witnessed by Gil-han and Joon-seok showed the Farmers involved in a massive payoff that involved the willful use of bad construction materials. It turns this into a more dangerous issue than politicians merely stashing away illegal funds—that’s a bad enough thing, but at least not a direct threat to public safety.)

But on to Moon-ho, whose fate isn’t looking so good right about now. To be honest, I was never convinced he’d make it out of the drama alive, but the more he integrated with Team Healer, the more positive I thought his chances were for survival. On a symbolic level I argue with myself that it works better to keep him alive, as a survivor of this cyclical series of events that began in 1980; his internet broadcasts carry echoes of the old rebellious spirit, and because of his age he has always been smack-dab in the middle of the two generations, acting as a link but never quite belonging to either group. So he isn’t necessarily bound to the old tragedy, and I feel like an argument could be made for him being the way to break the cycle in the new generation.

On the other hand, recent episodes hint at his willingness to hurtle headlong into the fight without concern for coming out of it alive, and he might just go down fighting. It’s a lovely contrast to his earlier apathy, where he lived because he wasn’t dead, not because he had any great motivation to stay alive. Now that he’s discovered a passion to keep him going, surely the writer wouldn’t be so cruel as to snatch that away from us/him, would she? (Worried side note: She totally would be that cruel. It’s kind of why I love her writing, and also feel pain because of it.)

And perhaps viewed symbolically from the other side, it’s possible that the message for Moon-ho is that it’s more meaningful to live with purpose for a short time than to exist indefinitely without purpose. That links him closer to the older generation, most of whom met premature ends but whose lives were, as far as we can judge, well-lived and well-loved.

Aghhhh, basically I think this means that Moon-ho could live or die and either case is supported thematically and symbolically, and now I’m just scared. Don’t die, Moon-ho! Please?

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I fear for Mondays and Tuesdays now
Just imagine surfing up on the Internet to check for Healer episodes and there's none :(
*sobs**sobs*

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Standing by with all of you to drown in episode 19!!!!!

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Happy to have you here, @Lunatic4KD :)
Brace your self, everyone
This ride is gonna bumpy, i suppose

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less than 3o mins to go!!!! and am really getting antsy!!!!! weeeeeeeh

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It's starting! !!

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Perfect song at the right moment!

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To all Beanies watching Episode 19 now...

A sweet and important REMINDER about posting SPOILERS, please... you know the drill.

Let's make this last few rides healthy and sacred for everyone... and as JB mentioned before, DON'T MEKE HER COME DOWN HERE TO DELETE YOU!

So please, preatty please... refrain yourselves from ANY SPOILERS... as we have different time zones here, and for some of us, we're waiting for an hour or so to watch that precious episode.

Thank you for your kind understanding and support!

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*Sorry for so many typo errors, getting exited perhaps!

*DON'T MAKE HER (JAVABEANS) COME DOWN HERE TO DELETE YOU! (a warning from episode 16/17 recaps)

*pretty please...

Happy viewing, beanies!!! Me re-watching ep 18 for more analysis while waiting for the main thing... :)

And please reply to 178 c/o @Divyrus for our Fan Project Contribution. That will keep us all busy at the moment.

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*multiple typo errors... sigh! already got symptoms of PHeWS!

I meant Thread #178 c/o @dramapenchant

Collecting your favorite quotes/dialogues from Episodes 1-18, please include who said it to whom, episode number. We need to gather it tonight so we can send it at tomorrow's deadline for Healer International Fan Project...

Hwaiting, beanies!!!

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@polaris sweetie, I am just wondering by tomorrow's it's still okay to submit right on that the 10th? I hope it's like before 11.59pm KST or something! So last minute - the stress lol

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Sigh. I am so jealous of all of you who can watch the episode tonight...

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@Chesens
It'll be up in less than an hour on Dramabay or some other sites. Possible YouTube too. :)

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@GB

I drowned myself in YT with all th MVs and BTS and whatever I can find about our boy JCW and healer! I promised to wait til the subs are out... So... I'm practically going out of my mind now!

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No spoilers 1000 over 10!!!

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Sigh I wasn't able to catch this episode live, but that good huh Growing beautifully? Can't wait to watch then! You've always rated 9/10 so can't wait to see what made you gave this a 1000! :)

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@Annabelle
Oh, I'm sorry you had to miss it. Both you and @Teru??

Suffice it to say it had enough of all elements and the pace was good. Also what I'd sort of hoped for/predicted came to pass. No spoilers right? :)

Hang in there. You can get the raw soon on several sites.

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@GB

Yep same with Teru, she didn't end up watching either. That poor girl had a lot of work to do at work. The project we've been working on, one experiment's results are usually not enough to be statistically relevant. So the same experiment has to be repeated three times and at different intervals too. Last week she had completed one. Today she did another one but her experiment didn't go as expected... She's leaving next week (her last week here as she goes back to uni) so all her projects have to wrap up. That means these infection experiments (which she had planned for weeks) has to be done with results end of this week. That poor girl....I'm pretty sure she's dead tired LOL. I think she's tired every week since Healer aired but this time it's work over load for her. I wanted to join her watching live today but thought it's better she rests. My internet on the other hand doesn't work with KBS2's site.

Thanks for the heads up, I'm really looking forward to watching the raws now. It's 11.45pm here so it's not too late in the night! :)

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@Annabelle @Teru :( :( missed you both. I'm sure real life is really catching up fast, and it sucks more that Healer is ending the same week as well. Tell teru good luck with all her work, and wish to see both of you in thread ep. 20 ♡ ♥ ღ

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Yeah! My heart breaks a tiny bit every time you say 9 out of 10 LOL. Don't consider me crazy, mama GB. Love you lots!

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LOL! My rating makes *your* heart break??? LOLOL! I'm err... so gratified??? LOL!

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1000 over 10, it is !

I feel so bad for spazzing out in all caps about the episode,! I think I pissed JB off ! :-/

I just couldn't control it!

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The comments numbering is getting strange. I'm writing after Comment 407 but my posts are appearing on top instead of below. :)

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And Gidget's posts are moving down all the time???

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Yeah, happened to mine too. It's really weird. I keep refreshing but it's still the same, sends new message above.

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Yeah what's happening?? Could it have something to do with the time? It's different with every commenter.

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Hahaha i noticed too???

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Haha I saw thus happened before with an earlier episode... Kinda weird lol

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The Healer beanie ghosts are haunting this thread!

I kept having typo errors and then when my comment came up it goes to the top, and previous comments kept going down.

Waaahh... Ep 19 really THAT good?!!! 1 hour 18 minutes more for me... huhuhu!

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@Growingbeautifully

You think Manager Ahn somehow hacked into DB? Envious of the tons of love Healer's getting from here, perhaps?

That b*****d! :-D

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Hah, I think our overload of comments may be doing something strange.

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Back from watching 19th, daebak!

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@nee Daebaek is the word indeed, it was amazzzzzzing :) :) :)

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Yup. Every time when I thought "oh shit!", they will straightened themselves just in time and peace my mind.

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OMG! DAT end is everything! ? ❤️❤️❤️

Episode 19 is DAEBAK. That's all you need to know. :D

How can I go back to my sane self now? UGH can't believe it's the episode before the final one...;'( *SOB*

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@fab true that the ending was fantastico :) DAEBAEK :) :) so excited to watch the finale now. Favorite scene would have to be the one in the car you know...the meeting between two people ;) soooo cuuute

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Mine is a few seconds before that. It's 5am, everyone's asleep, and when I suddenly laughed like a loon, my dog barked at me in surprise!

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mhwahahaha, i can imagining that your dog must be in shock state, @ottoke, LOL
#errrwhatishedoing
#its5amforgodsake

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LOL @Ottoke. You're bad, I say your pet deserves an extra bone for startling him.

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OW staaahp, throwing hearts and confetti at that one. So cute, I couldn't stop grinning. I sat literally at the edge of my seat and then bam I started laughing hysterical. Kudos for the PD for making such a sweet moment in a seemingly dangerous scene. Gah I hope I am not saying too much here...

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So true ???

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Yeah to that ending! I LOVE CYS's style in that shot! Man, she's blooming!!!

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Just watched Epi 19!

No spoilers I know. Just want to say it's another daebak episode! I clapped several times (first time I've done here) and had a really really big GRIN when the eli ended. :) :) :)

Can I sleep tonight? Oh subbers, pali pali please!

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Oops, typo....when the epi ended.

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@dramabliss yes ma'am sleep tight and dream of Healer baby ;) ;) amazzzzzzing ending

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It's funny how we all(@Nee inc.) described the episode as DAEBAK. No more words needed really. xD
Cried, laughed, clapped; it's just perfect.

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daebak is indeed the word. I had a slightly grainy connection but nothing can blur out the daebak-ness of the episode. It will be a good run to the end. Bring it on.

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@dramabliss @ottoke @rigby @redsun @TurkishRose @fab @whimsicalnet

We knew Healer was swoon worthy ! But this was clap worthy !

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What I would give to understand Korean now! :(

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@hawaiting yes, I've been saying that since I started watching Healer Live lol.

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Last week, while watching the episode, when I understood the words, ' Sam gu hana' I was overjoyed.

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Speaking of Episodes 1-18, there was a little thing I noticed.

When JH first joined Someday, YS told him that everyone would get their own coffee so there was no need for him to go overboard to do that. Yet after his confession to her and after he revealed himself to Moon Ho, YS finds him the next morning serving coffee and ignoring her. It was a double snub... not only was he not speaking to her but he was doing what she told him not to do!! LOL!

Others noticed the mugs (which I need to re-watch to check up on!) reappearing from office to his home...

Are there any other little things you've noticed?

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Am trying to come up with a meme or animation about that. Tentatively calling it "Teleporting Mugs". But am not sure if I can make it to the deadline of our Fans Project. Crossing my fingers.

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Omg, please do!

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wow, @GB!Why yes, i just realize it now since you mention it!see that's the good thing of rewatching, it let us to sink in everything, and become a pensive,LOL

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@gb my theory surrounding the mugs is only a sentimental visual showing the reunion of bongsooki and young shin and junghoo all interwined in Healer home.

The mugs belonged to bongsook and young shin

The mugs appear in a very intimate scene between junghoo and young shin♡ ♥ ღ

So it's the unity of all his characters mixed with their love for each other :) :)

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@TurkishRose

Woah! almost metaphysical, the way you say it!!! Could be a symbol of union, sort of... the motifs on the mugs were hearts with crowns on them. King and Queen of hearts had gotten together. :D

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@gb lol yes the king and queen of hearts have gotten together lol, but I love that scene so many feels, I will never look at the those mugs ever the same when rewatching the series from the beginning lol ;)

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ehhhhhhhh, that could be explain the whole mystery @tTurkishRose!that's the most logical reason for me to digest right now about those mugs :p

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@redsun lol I'm glad you found it logical, but that's the only way I understood it, I'm such a romantic for small details like that ;)♡ ♥ ღ healer brings out emotions like that from us lol

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This is a bit different. But I love it how they actually helped Yeon-hee a lot in fighting the guys who humiliated her and so many other women. She was very courageous and now that I think about it, everything started with her complaint against former mayor candidate Han.
President Hwang was killed off by his own group and that mayor candidate got shamed big in public, all of it was made possible by the efforts of the great team at Someday, aaand YS's dad. ?

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@ Fab

Agreed Fab, that Yeon Hee was courageous. And it was YS who cared enough to at least check out what was happening despite the presence of the two menacing guards. Most people would just walk away pretending not to have seen anything, I suppose. :-(

YaY for YS!. :-)

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Yes yay for YS. Isn't hysterical that she was drunk when she had the courage to post YH complaint on Someday's website. But she never regretted doing it. Best drunk behaviour goes to YS! :)

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I guess JCW hasn't gotten out of the habit of stealing company products...lol

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Can't wait for recap and subs. See you all tonight in ep. 19, Chingus! Have a wonderful day!

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See ya @Ottoke!! Come back with lots to say! :)

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@ottoke see you later, :)

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We can pretty much load 3000 comments here while waiting for JBs recap. :)

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@hwaiting
Actually quite possible... we've only got 115 more to go :)

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@ hwaiting

Done. As of this instant. :-)

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Super Love this episode!

Tomorrow can't come fast enough! First for Spazzing, and then for watching the finale!

And then, we'll all be crying that it's all over!

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Isn't it wonderful how a cliffhanger 6 days ago, seems strangely redundant? Ok, it was necessary to make us come back for more... anyway it was well done.

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@gb omg so true, and here I was preparing myself for great angst of an ending, but this ending left me hungry for more :)

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LOLOL! not enough angst we complain ... more angst, we also complain and do our Aargh! No way we can be sufficiently satisfied huh?

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@gb lol yes we are such complainers, but what can we do, we are going crazy because of this show and OTP ;)

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@Growingbeautifully

Only way to be satisfied now is if I see some more hubba-hubba on their love-bed. Preferably with a few wedding photos here and there, somewhere. :-D

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@GB @TurkishRose @patinalee @KDaddict

LOL ! we really are greedy people ! You know what's really awesome about this show, that despite the show going in opposite direction of what we expect it to , it still leaves us spazzing and hungry for more !!!

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@@kdaddict, my feelings exactly. Like I'm sooooo excited in watching the finale right now, bit I'm so sure after tomorrow, it will be so depressing, no more Monday and Tuesday healer :(

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@@kdaddict hear hear, let's cheer up and hope for a happy ending that will make us so satisfied, and be able to let go easily lol :)

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@TurkishRose

Yes, end the show on a high note. Neither angsty nor depressing. Not even an open ending. Please.

And I have a feeling we're going to get it. If writer-nim remains consistent. :-D

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@ TurkishRose and KDaddict

You know what, I'm going to start haunting the Recap of Persevere, Gu Hae-ra: Episode 3. JB did the last recap and likes that show too. So I'm starting it as soon as possible and will hang out there. Wanna try that show and join me? It's a musical but looks better than Dream High.

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I have read bits of the recaps and it just gives me good vibes of Answer me 1997. I usually don't like musical shows, but this one looks much more than that. ;D
I read that it doesn't have a lot of episodes, right?

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I have yet to read enough about it to know about the episodes actually. Must find a moment away from Healer to pay attention to Gu Hae Ra! :)

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@gb wish I could, but I have a long list of-to-watch-list, so can't do anything live right now. :) but if it turns out nice, do let us know

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I watched 'Persevere gu hae ra ' too while waiting for this week's Healer episodes. If you're hanging out there then I'm coming too :D

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I sure hope many of us can meet again very soon on another thread.
I haven't read the recap or watched Persevere yet. Will see about it after these Healer days, n nights.

Good night, everyone.

See you tmr! Kisses.

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Is that drama good? If so Teru and I will join you guys in watching it too over that thread :)

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If ya'll will be watching Gu Hae Ra, I might think of joining you all, depending on if schoolwork will allow it or not.

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I'm going to be hanging out there too! :) Will be catching up with the episodes after Healer ends (... and after a Healer marathon, of course).

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I want to catch up on the recaps of that show as well. I read the first recap, but I think all the names confused me, so I'm going to have to reread it. I enjoy the musical shows. Dream High was good. The Musical was eh. What's Up is a really really good one.

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From what I've briefly read, this is an mNet production company, which also produced Monstar, the show that got me into kpop. I'm interested and might join in if you guys are going. Will watch Warrior Baek Dong-soo on non-live days.

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the only drama i've watched live. and though i didn't understand 95% of the conversation.. haha.. it still makes me feel so giddy, excited and nervous! oh show.. i can't believe you're already ending tomorrow!!!

i want a happy ending okay? ;)
it kinda feels surreal that Healer will already end tomorrow..
i think i'll have my old life back now. haha.
after everything that healer has done to my life.. i'll miss you show!! and our OTP! but i can always go back to watching my fave scenes. :) PMY and JCW.. can you two just marry in real life? haha.

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@anythinggoes lol haha I wish they can just get married in real life and make us all happy. It was definitely an awesome episode, but I can't imagine my life will go back to being mundane without healer :(

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there are no mondays to look forward to anymore! :(
i'm totally surprised by myself to be actually looking forward to mondays when in reality, we all hate it. haha. that's what healer has done to us. it's magic is just unexplainable!!!it will definitely take a long while before we can function normally without healer.. all these fangirling.. i will definitely miss!!!

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Likewise here @anythinggoes_1213????
The ONLY drama i have watched live and i am utterly happy and barely a handful of korean phrases i understand hahaha....

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Wohoa... what's happening? I just did my typo correction and it's like a long thread of comments already and mine lost to the top?!!!

Goosebumps... is the end THAT near?!! Healer beanie ghosts are haunting this thread! *scared look... wait, I'm alone at my room and it's almost 11pm here!

Waahh... Healer-yah, you're driving me insane!!!

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@Polaris
Stay calm girl, it's all cool. No ghosties. Just us and a comments app that is getting a little fried after so many posts! Heheheh!

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Yup, now the thread numbering is having duplicates!! There are 3 comments numbered 418.1 !!!

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Triplets or quads actually LOL!

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I hope this doesn't mean that we're crashing Dramabeans...! "The end is near." LOL

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Hee hee hee. The comments app along w our brains.

Now I wonder where this one is going to appear under, when it is meant as a reply to GB's 418.1

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@ KDaddict and TurkishRose

Are we getting properly spooked now?! Hahahah! I think DB is giving up on us. Probably needs a rest from our commenting but we just never stop!

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@Polaris rofl , you could be right about the ghosts of Healer beanies messing up the thread. It's so weird, I wrote a comment and it appears in the previous page.

Scaaryyyy ;)

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@Polaris

Healer beanie ghosts you said? Wasn't there a Ghost_of_Chandler or something like that, in the last thread? :-)

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@polaris @Gb @fab @KDaddict @TurkishRose @patinalee

Have you beanies finally broken commenting thread ?? Lol, poor thread, it's going nuts unable to manage the comment flow I guess !/:D

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@@Divyrus omg rofl I think so, it was breaking apart lol thank god it's ok now, you missed the spooky fun ;)

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I went back and checked.
Ep 1 and 2 have less than 100 comments.
Ep 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 have under 200 comments each.
Then starting with Ep 8, over 1000 comments each ep.

Isn't it amazing?

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It is! I loved the show from the start, but I got pulled in the comments section by the many enthusiastic Beanies. :)

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I loved the show from the start too; at first I was stunned into silence, u know, w mouth hanging open over his coolness! WOW!
Took a few eps for me to come to my senses.

The rest goes is a lovefes!

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@Fab

I was also pulled into commenting too thanks to the beanies here. This drama and its fandom is too great not to be a part of. I'm glad I am a part of this phenomenon :)

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@kdaddict whoa. I've never commented on the earlier beginning episodes because I started late watching HEALER. But it would be nice to go and comment now without spoilers of course ;)

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@KDaddict

Yes, I remember that. The comments exploded from ep 8 onward. Must have been due to the awesome elevator rescue and rooftop kiss scenes. :-D

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I feel like that scene is the turning point of the drama that officially got everyone hooked! Elevator rescue and kiss is my favourite scene!

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@AnnaAkana

Yes. That two scenes were DA BOMB.

Among my favourites too. :-D

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i only started watching healer after ep 6 was broadcasted, while trying to cope with my misaeng withdrawal lol
now what should i do with healer withdrawals...

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@Gidget
Great analyses about the abhorrent reality of government contractors. It's so obvious, but money rules and no one has the power to stop it.
That's why in Healer a broadcast medium like Someday is important. They may never be able to defeat the whole organisation behind Elder but they can bring small changes and protect the innocent and powerless citizens from the greedy capitalists.

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OMG beanies
I cannot believe I missed the episode ? something urgent came up
life's a bitch !
Will catch up once I get back home ?
Hope you all enjoyed the episode !
Hur hur hur fate ?

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@Sumee,
So sorry for you my dear. But you can watch the raw soon.

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@kdaddict just watched the raw ! Sucker in all the good ways possible ?

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Hang in there, I promise it's worth every minute of the wait! Fighting. ;-)

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@fab ..bingo ..worth every minute and the wait .. Amazingly well paced ???

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@sumee, in assuming you watched it? Since you have a huge grin on your face :) ;)

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Awwww it's ok. I couldn't watch the episode too. And I won't be able to for the next few hours. :( just came here to check if every one who watched it came out of the experience alive. I feel positive now after reading their comments (saying that the episode was really good) . Thanks girls. I have been feeling SO restless for the past two hours
So, now I have to make a PowerPoint presentation and attend a ceremony. I guess I'll be able to watch it at 4 am. I wish I could take a break from real life or stop time for a couple of hours. That would be so cool!

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@saems same I was so caught up with work ,but finally I watched it ..felling that I attained karma ?

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@Saema

Speaking of presentations, I have a seminar I have to present tomorrow morning too! Huhu...my PowerPoint slides have only just got completed now. Real life can sometimes hold you off dramas!

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I feel your pain. School has been ridiculous this semester. I'm four episodes behind, but I've been keeping up with the recaps.
I'm debating if I want spoilers for the final episodes or not...I have a sick mind and enjoy spoilers as long as I seek them out myself (I hate when someone tells me a spoiler without my consent).

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I feel sorry for whatever drama follows Healer in the same time slot. I don't know why, I just do. I guess I know they won't be receiving the same amt of love.

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@KDaddict @TurkishRose @patinalee

Am seriously considering holding off on KDRAMAS for a while ! I don't wanna cheat on Healer !

I am.finally irreversibly nuts.

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@@Divyrus lol you always manage to put a smile on my face I swear ;) but your right cheating is what we all would be doing to get over the heart break lol

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Am smiling that I have made you smile, TurkishRose !!!

:)

Keep smiling! <3

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Have to agree with you there, next show just won't be getting the same amount of love. Certainly not from the guys and gals, dudes and dudettes, here. We'll be bushed. Off-kilter. Trying to recover a semblance of our lives pre-Healer. LOL :-D

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Question... *raises hand

Since Healer is my first recap delurker, I still don't know the rules here at DB.

Is it okay or permissible to hang on the threads even if the drama ended? "Coz you know, I'm planning on re-watching the episodes until I can find a suitable drama that can meet the standard Healer sets... and wouldn't it be weird if I go back commenting to episode threads or post analysis for that particular episode? I just imagine it would be great if we stumble on each other on this community even if this is all over... *sigh* just the thought of it!

Anyone, pretty please?! :)

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@ Polaris

Yes you can hang on the threads for as long as you wish and add comments there too, just that they are not likely to be read by many people. Just make sure you don't accidentally leave spoilers in earlier episode recaps... just comment on the actual ep of that recap. JB does not mind if we do that. We plan to hang out for a long time in Ep 20 Recap.

As for me,... I've just been mentioning that I'll be watching Perservere Gu Hae Ra which is being recapped... so I'll be there too and in Healer Ep 20. :)

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Why not? You could, in time, watch one episode a week and write down your thoughts and feelings about it. It's all for the good of the Kdrama experience. I think there will be a lot of people in the future who'll watch it and appreciate the comments. :)

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@Polaris, Chandler, GB, Fab,

See my comment 419.

I was going to say we can go back and rewatch from the beginning, and start meeting there, after the finale. Sort of a pre-quel to this party. ?

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@GB, Chandler, Fab, KDaddict

Thanks a lot for that! Wow... I'll be seeing you then on our pre-quel rendezvous. So there's life after Healer, after all!

*still a fang of sadness that's it will end tomorrow! Please give us a happy ending... pretty, pretty please!

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@Polaris totally love that idea. I was also planning on doing it too like Chandler, but was waiting for it to finish airing then start the journey from the beginning. Because, I just like you guys, was a late starter on the Healer wagon, so never made it to the earlier recaps. So see you then, hopefully we will stumble upon each other there :)

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@TurkishRose

Oh dear... glad I'm not the only one! *virtual hugs*

I'm planning to spend Monday and Tuesday in each episode, just like we used to do. Since I started delurking at episode 8, it will be nice to back-track all the squee from the very first episode... who knows, we can make the thread over 1000 even after Healer! kekeke...

See you there, dear beanie! But for now, let's enjoy this one until the end.... we may end up lurking at episode 20 for a loooong time!

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@Polaris lol omg good idea, I have a feeling that you and me will meet a lot, and like you said I hope we can get them to 1000 although it might be hard lol, let's aim for 100"s ;)

Episode 20 here we come ;) :) see you there and here Polaris

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Next Monday, I have to learn to integrate myself to society again. I don't know how. :(

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maybe you can ask JH for tips? LOL

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Well, JH has CYS to help him w the integration. What do we have? Need to come up w some crutches, don't we?

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@redsun

Ask JH for tips? Hahaha.......mistake. Big mistake. He hasn't been doing it too well himself, has he? :-D

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on the second thought, yes it's a big mistake,LOL @patinalee but i wonder what kind of advise he would give after all, since he also in this situation

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@lol do we have to? Can't we just live in our own little healer space and not have to mingle with society ever again? ;)

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The comments numbering disappeared! I think some Beanie ghosts don't agree about Healer ending... ?

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@Fab
Weird, right? I even screencapped it. :D

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So I wasn't hallucinating or imagining it! Good thing you have secured evidence of the momentary catastrophe. Funny. :D

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i must sleep now! it's already 11.30 pm here and i need to get up at 5.30 tomorrow. but i still want to read some comments! haha. it's the last episode tomorrow... and i'll definitely miss the HEALER thread sooo much!!! all the mon-tue anticipation. watching live without understanding anything.. then reading the recaps.. then watching with subs.. then re-watch again. haha. healer-ya... i'm missing you already. i love being in looove with this show. it was so much fun and it always put a smile on my face! best show ever!!! :)

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I have to wait like 12 hours to watch the episode, how it is suppose I will work when I'm thinkin about healer all the time?
Tomorrow I have to let my phone at home to avoid watch a single thing about the last episode T__T

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Lol so strange all the comments at the bottom has no numbers on them...? That's a bit different!

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Comments are a bit weird and out of order, so I'll hold off posting new analyses until tomorrow's recap. Episode 19 was DAEBAK!!!!!! Just no words for it, so good :)

Almost 3am so see you all at tomorrow's recap!

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Woah! What is happening here??? Comments at the bottom have no numbers! I refreshed the page and it's the same. Weird.....

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@Giegie

It seems to be fixed now and back to now for me just now after I refreshed the page. Is it same for you too? :)

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@Annabelle
Yes, it's fixed now. But it's weird, some ghosts are probably delurking and messing with us.

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Oooooo just watched the episode and I am soooooo excited ..super awesome !!!??
I missed out on so many comments ,was neck deep in work today ! And dead tired now ..?
See you all tomorrow hopefully if I can watch it live (prays to god please make it happen )?
What's with the comments section ? So puzzled ...?

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Okay I had a super busy Monday and am.very late to the party !

Am coming back from office and totally spazzing like a idiot here!

I was very firm on not opening DB for fear of even knowing how the episode will be butttttt I CANT STOP MYSELF !

So am letting it out and leaving until I finish the episode !
Hopefully I will reach soon !

Beanies , pray for less trafficcccccc for meeeeee

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Praying for you and good luck @Divyrus :) my friend Teru is also drained by work so she couldn't join the party. I'm sure she'll be missing DB a lot too!

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@Annabelle

Your prayers did work ! I came home fast ! But got another office call where I got hung up for another couple of hours!

RL just doesn't like me !

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@@Divyrus lol did you end up watching it now, or still haven't? I'm sure it's so hard being at work, and your mind is totally preoccupied with Healer. Hope you didn't get in trouble today lol ;)

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YES I WATCHED IT

AM SPAZZING SO.MUCH

SHE HAS SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST

WHY DOES THIS SHOW HAS TO END

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@@Divyrus lol I know I'm so sad...* screaming out loud in the darkness* nooooooooo don't gooooooo healer :( :( I was spazzing too, and can't believe tomorrow if the finale omg

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Is it just me or the comments just fixed themselves after a number of us pointed it out?? Numbers are a fixed now yay! Looks like this recap is another one that will reach <3000 comments before tomorrow. Catch you all after I watch the raw version of 19 :)

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@Annabelle lol yes the comments were so messed up, we were coming up with so many weird and scary theories about that lol. I'm glad it's fixed now lol;)

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@TurkishRose

Haha I saw some of the theories such ghosts? Bahaha I died! Hilarious :D

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@Annabelle lol you know how it is, we are going a little crazy with Healer ending and everything ;)

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At the rate my heart is going, am not gonna get the sleep that I need.. Anyways, since I cannot talk about episode 19...have you guys seen that BTS where young shin joined jung ho in bed and cuddled? JCW poked PMY's cheek. So cute.. JCW is such a naughty boy! And I loved it! haha

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@kweninjo omgggg I just love all their BTS moments, especially the one you mentioned. I love how nice and playful he seems all the time. So sweet♡ ♥ ღ

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Viki is 75% eng sub! That is quick! :)

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Now, Viki is at 82% eng sub!

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@latewatch like seriously thank you for that.

**runs off to watch the episode again with subs*** :)

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They're so fast! This time I can actually watch it long before going to bed(early day tomorrow!). Viki subbers really outdone themselves, chapeau.
Thanks Latewatch.

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It was 1 PM eastern time when I went to Viki, all ready to watch ep 19 raw. Miraculously, they are subbed at 99%!!!

Whoa! Won't look a horse gift in the mouth, but just want to say thank you! thank you! kamsahamnida!!!!

By the way, I am home sick today so this show really became my healer! I was jumping and screaming all throughout the hour!

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@wits, lol how you were miraculously healed watching healer, to the point of jumping up and down lol so cute ;)

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I am so sad that I can not watch Healer on Viki. I had just lurking at dreamingsnowflake tumblr and saw her description on Healer withdrawal "Frankly, there is a tiny, heretical part of me that feels relieved Healer is ending in 20 hours - firstly, I need to resume living my own life again, and secondly because there is only so many cardiac arrests my poor heart can take. I’m literally trembling here with fear, excitement and anticipation and I’m pretty sure that this sort of addiction is NOT healthy."
I have to agree with her. This kind of addiction. Does not feel healthy. I have been watching so many JCW and PMY old dramas, just to feed my addiction. And on Wednesday, after it is subbed for ep 20, then it's end. i will be sad and find me self a quick fix, watching as much as Kdrama that I can before going back to see this drama again from the start.

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For those living in the U.S., viki has episode 15 now available. So I just rewatched it again because I love reading the timed comments :)

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oh, the timed comments is just so hillarious!along with the perveryness. they just bought them self a bunker in the gutter, and they lock them selves from inside, LOL

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@redsun rofl I know they get me every time, especially episode 15's beginning,nuff said lol ;)

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I've watched Healer raw on kbs and YouTube, subbed on myasiantv, hulu, and dramafever. It's interesting how the subs can vary in each versions.

I have tried watching with the timed subs on a different drama, and it confused the heck out of me! LOL I might give it a try to check out those comments and get another perspective on this awesome show.

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@ottoke it is interesting, your absolutely right, how translations vary from site to site. But you know viki, is the only site that has the timed comments on top (that is viewer comments as they watch the episode, so it's funny to read people's comments on specific scenes) :) aside from the timed comments, I do appreciate the translation and subtitles for them. :)

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Done watching a roller-coaster-like-emotionally-charged-episode... *which 95% of the dialogue I didn't understand, thankfully for the wonderful actors and their superb acting you won't be left behind.

It's 1:33am on my side of the world, waaay past my bedtime. So before the Healer ghosts haunt me, better go to bed.

Ready for the subbed episode tomorrow and JB's recap.

Good night... err, good morning beanies!

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Haha matulog ka na @polaris!
See you tomorrow, and watch your back, ghosts are everyone atm! :D

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It is quite the episode uhu... Sweet dreams Polaris!

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@polaris @fab

You beanies are quite cool about it.

I don't know HOW TO TYPE COOL !

Am just feeling so many things now !

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I am dying... My sisters are making me wait until Thursday to watch 19-20 so we can watch it together! (Someone stop the twisting of the knife in my heart!) So I'm stopping by to thank everyone for all their insights and recaps... And support! I have to unplug from the internet for the next few days to be devoid of spoilers as Healer comes to an end. For now I will rewatch epis 1-18 and enjoy it as a buildup to my Thursday viewing experience. Enjoy everyone!!! I'm so happy for you all that Healer day has arrived! He better live at the end or I'm gonna write some strongly worded letters to the writer, haha!

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@RooPoo143

Have a blast on Thursday then @RooPoo143! Both eps ought to be fully subbed by then. :-)

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Dear JB,
A sincere thanks for your consistently awesome recap!
When new drama comes, and when i know it is either you or GF to write them, i will definitely watch that drama, the analysis is spot on and adding nuances and understanding, and always, always give us the humor *swoon*

The DB community, oh-how-i-so-love-thee!
You gals and guys (...any?) gave the drama-watching a one-of-a-kind experience. Fans across the world bonding over drama! How cool is that!

Thank you again for introducing me to ji chang wook, never knew him before this, but definitely a fan now...

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In Denver airport again waiting for flight home to SFO- good WiFi so will watch 19 on myasiantv.com or wherever I can find it. Love all of your Daebak comments!!! See you in 19 recap thread. Yay!

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Have a safe trip @Lunatic4KD. :-)

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Have a safe trip home Lunatic4KD, and enjoy the episode!

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Wow!!! Such a fabulous episode!!, OMG. Loved every second and grinning and laughing like an idiot at the last scene. Don't care how many people are staring at me here in the airport. Loved it raw. Can't wait to get home and catch it subbed on VIKI. This is the GREATEST drama ever made. How lucky we are!

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Lucky , yes, we are the luckiest Lunatic4KD!!! To have actually live watched this awesome show!

Shows like these don't happen easily!
No matter how people see it next, we would be the luckiest to see this show in this time ! No one would be getting this experience!

And I was making lot of silent spazzing and screaming because my roommate is asleep and I shouldn't wake her up! Better to be in airport, you can make sounds at least ! Lol :D

See you on episode 19 recap!!!

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Back from watching ep 19. That was one amazing episode! Who else here laughed at 57 minutes? Hoping that's not a spoiler but safe to say the ending is what I wanted and leaves me wanting more!!!

My rating 11/10 :D

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Finale episode text preview. Contains SPOILERS so click at own risk ;) I'm really sad that this drama is ending and even the subtitle for episode 20 is bittersweet. I have to add, all of the subtitles for each episode since the first episode is so nice. I was talking about this with Teru and we both think that the titles if you put the whole lot together all at once gives you a glimpse of the whole story. It leads on to the next like a journey. Amazing isn't it?

Anyway as people have said previously, so spoiler comments and don't click on link if you don't want to know the finale's preview :)

http://jichangwookkitchen.com/2014/12/06/drama-healer-episode-text-previews/

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Me me me me!!,! Laughing out loud and bouncing up and down. Making a public spectacle of myself. ?

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Thanks @latewatch! Let me know when it's 100%. Although 3am over here and I am so tempted to watch with subs again. Lol

Btw, how can you tell the % subbed? I can't see it anywhere when I open Viki?

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It's a good thing tomorrow is my day off for work (got a legit excuse too haha) :)

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Well technically only half a day off, I don't have to come in in the morning. Just afternoon onwards for a presentation then a few minor things to do. Easy day tomorrow = home early to catch the finale live broadcast :D

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It is by the language section per episode. You can see the percentage :)

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"Stop making my EXPECTATIONS HIGH ON MEN"

Hahaha that had me laughing coupled with a hot pic of Jung Hoo/JCW

http://instagram.com/p/y454i4HDTA/

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Comic strip from Soompi

http://instagram.com/p/y4HNNbwB62/

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This is credit to the lovely @polaris from episode 15's thread. She discovered this app from JCWkitchen and I thought I should share it with everyone. I downloaded and installed the Kwave magazine app and download magazine number 48 (all about JCW). And Iove this magazine, all of JCW'S pics on the tip of my hands so I wanna say thank you to polaris for this!!! Love you and hope you don't mind me sharing this here :D

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.winny.kwave.book&hl=en&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dkwave+app&pcampaignid=APPU_1_7g3ZVKPlBKPZmAXiroDoBg

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@AnnaAkana

Oh, I'm so glad you liked that one... 'coz if it's a real mag *paper and all* it would have been badly tattered by now by frequent drooling and spazzing... *atleast every other night before bedtime..?! kekeke

Yes... yes... share it so everyone can enjoy JCW, thank you technology!!! Best handy medication for PHeWS!!!

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And more here too - some pics of the full magazine are not included in the mobile app but can be see in the link provided in JCWkitchen

http://jichangwookkitchen.com/2014/12/12/magazine-k-wave-magazine-december-2014-issue/

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