Answer Me 1988: Episode 18
by girlfriday
Our gang is all grown up in some ways… and still exactly the same in other ways. But now that they’re a little bit older and maybe just a tiny bit wiser about life, they know what it means to have regrets and start to do things differently this time around. To what effect remains to be seen, but hey, I consider it momentous enough that they’re acting on their feelings now instead of denying and repressing and making puppy eyes. We’re all out of time for that now—there’s only one week left to go!
SONG OF THE DAY
Lee Seung-hwan – “기다린 날도 지워질 날도” (Days I Waited and Days That’ll Be Erased) [ Download ]
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EPISODE 18: “Goodbye first love”
We’re all the way in October 1994 now, which means the gang is 23 this year. One by one they rush out to go over to Taek’s room for his birthday party, and both Jung-hwan’s parents and Deok-sun’s parents linger by the doorway, looking wistfully at their second child who never comes home.
Jung-hwan’s parents sigh that they miss the high school years because they got to see their son, while Deok-sun’s dad gets all huffy about her finally coming home and immediately running off to hang out with her friends. He perks up right away when Mom informs him that Bora is coming home though, and yells after Deok-sun that she can just stay out.
Sun-woo comes out of his room (in Taek’s house, squee) and takes issue with Jin-ju not greeting him. He reminds her that there was a time when she was alllll about Oppa, but Jin-ju pouts that Sun-woo is hardly home and always sleepy. Dad tells Jin-ju to be the bigger person and apologize first, and she considers it.
Mom sets the table for Taek’s birthday party and asks Sun-woo to check on him, to make sure he’s not down the street struggling to park his new car. That’s exactly what Taek is doing, in fact, and the hilarious part is that there are no other cars around him. He just has to park it against an empty wall, but can’t figure out why the car won’t go there.
Finally Sun-woo comes to the rescue and sends Taek home because the family is waiting, so Taek complies. Everyone rushes to the door when he comes in, and Jin-ju complains that Oppa came home so late that the food is getting cold. He takes out a lollipop from his pocket and gives it to her, and she’s happy again. Okay, I am actually jealous of a little girl right now. She gets to have Sun-woo AND Taek as oppas?
Taek opens the door to his room to find a lavish home-cooked meal set out for his birthday party, which is pretty damn moving, when compared to the pizza boxes and bottles of Coke he used to have.
Sun-woo heads home after parking the car, which is of course the exact time that Bora turns the corner and arrives on their street. They both pause and look at each other, but before Bora can say anything, Sun-woo gives her a silent courtesy bow and heads inside. Aw, he’s still heartbroken.
The kids sing happy birthday to Taek and give him a pager as a birthday gift, and he says he doesn’t need one or even know how to use it. They complain that he’s the only person without one, and Deok-sun says THEY need him to use it.
Taek asks how Jung-bong is doing and if he’s studying for the bar exam, and Jung-hwan tells him that Hyung isn’t studying at all. Honestly, I thought it was a miracle he even got into college. Dong-ryong says that Bora is the anomaly for locking herself up in a gosiwon and not even visiting her family just to pass the exam, and Taek gives a little glance over at Sun-woo, who’s got his head down.
Mom rattles off a million things to Bora all at once because it’s been so long since she’s been home, and Bora assures her that she’s living well. Dad complains about her living with her friend and Deok-sun always staying over at a friend’s house between flights, and No-eul always off to do another concert (he’s a college student, so he must be in theater/performing arts like he wanted).
They get a call in the middle of dinner because an employee at Dad’s bank took off with some money, and he has to rush off to go catch them. Bora wonders if Dad isn’t too old for the fraud department now, but Mom says he’s still spry and will still earn extra money while he can.
Taek’s birthday party now has beers instead of soda, and the boys grill Deok-sun on her latest boyfriend. She insists that she dumped him, so of course the boys tease her endlessly about being dumped.
Sun-woo and Taek’s parents come over to have drinks with Jung-hwan’s parents, and they ask why the phone line here is always busy when they try to call. It’s because Jung-bong is monopolizing the computer (remember dial-up?), his latest obsession. Some things never change. He’s in a chatroom with a few people, and when he mentions a space travel card, one of the others named Maggie’s Memories (Maggie was Mi-ok’s nickname in high school) names the board game that it came from, and it startles him.
Deok-sun’s mom joins them with today’s newspaper in hand, with a big story about a famous celebrity naming Taek as her ideal type. His parents say that they’d prefer someone ordinary, not famous, but they trust Taek to find someone on his own. He goes on plenty of blind dates all the time, and Dad figures he’ll meet the right person eventually by doing that.
Dad guesses that Taek’s friends are teasing him about that news story right about now. Deok-sun cracks up while reading it, wondering if all these famous people who like Taek know that he can’t tie his shoelaces.
Dong-ryong asks Taek why he can’t manage to have a relationship when he goes on more dates than any of them, and Sun-woo ignores Taek’s protests and tells them the real reason: He goes on blind dates and then gets rejected over and over because he never says anything and the women are frustrated and bored. Lol. Taek pouts that he tries, and they tell him to try harder.
Dong-ryong prods Deok-sun to set them up on a group date, but she doesn’t want to hear complaints from her girlfriends about the guys she brought. Dong-ryong and Sun-woo even get Taek to agree, but Jung-hwan refuses. He’s up in Seoul for a short stint, but eventually he’ll go back to his post and any relationship would end then anyway.
They ask Jung-hwan to play a song as they start drifting off to sleep, and Sun-woo tells Deok-sun to stay over too. But she says she’s going home after this song. Everyone shuts their eyes where they are, but then after a little while, Taek opens his eyes and stares across the room.
Then we see that Jung-hwan has his eyes open too, and they’re both staring at the empty space where Deok-sun was sitting just a moment ago. Deok-sun and Bora share a bed like old times, but both sisters lie awake deep in thought.
In the morning, Deok-sun heads out just a few seconds ahead of Jung-hwan and they miss each other on the street, and then again as Jung-hwan drives by and Deok-sun looks down at her watch. The whole sequence is set to Forrest Gump music, and she goes on a date to watch Forrest Gump with another guy.
The moms ask each other if they’ve seen their kids while they’ve been home, and Jung-hwan’s mom says she’s seen a lot of the back of Jung-hwan’s head. Sun-woo’s mom says she sees a lot of Taek and Sun-woo… when their eyes are closed. In flashback we see Mom and Dad just staring and staring at Taek and Sun-woo while they sleep, wondering if they’ve lost weight since last time or just checking to make sure they’re still breathing. Ha.
Deok-sun’s mom says that Bora does nothing but sleep when she’s home too. They ask if she’s chosen a specialty, and Mom says Bora wants to be a prosecutor, and thankfully her student protesting history won’t stand in the way of that. Jung-hwan’s mom sighs wondering when Jung-bong will ever get to that point, and starts chugging soju straight out of the bottle.
Bora’s friend reminds her about the blind date she promised to go on this weekend. She says it’s with a younger man—a third-year med student at Yonsei who’s a genius. Sun-woo? She says he has a nickname: “Garbage.” Lol, it’s Oppa-ya!
So Garbage Oppa turns out to be Sun-woo’s classmate at Yonsei, and they even share an office at the hospital (and a crossover character in their friend). They help each other out and are friendly, and Garbage asks Sun-woo for his pager number because Sun-woo owes him a favor.
Deok-sun’s dad comes home late and asks to be woken up early because of his big fraud case. He passes out right away, leaving Mom worried about his health. Jung-hwan’s mom stands by the window just waiting for Jung-hwan to come home, and Dad gently tells her that Jung-hwan said he’d be out late.
He’s hanging out at Dong-ryong’s hyung’s restaurant, where Dong-ryong works now. They close up for the night and wait for their friends, and reminisce about the time they saw JYP at that dance competition when they were kids. Dong-ryong asks why Jung-hwan hasn’t dated anyone seriously, and says that going on a few blind dates and dating for a month or two doesn’t count.
Dong-ryong points out that he still hasn’t given anyone his graduation ring (from the military academy, apparently a “fiancée ring” that you give to your girl when you graduate because that’s tradition). Jung-hwan says he doesn’t have a girlfriend to give it to, and Dong-ryong sighs that he’s going to die before ever being able to confess once. Yeah no kidding. Or I’ll die first.
Taek’s colleague at the baduk training center is super grateful to Deok-sun because she introduced him to one of her flight attendant friends, and the friend introduced Deok-sun to her current boyfriend in return.
The boys arrive at the restaurant before Deok-sun, and Taek says he can’t drink because he brought his car. Dong-ryong says that Deok-sun can drive because she quit drinking, which the other guys all say won’t last long.
Deok-sun arrives and they all greet her as Soo-yeon because Dong-ryong remembered that fortuneteller and her predictions, and Deok-sun scowls that she needs to move because there’s nothing they don’t know about her.
They ask if things are going well with the boyfriend, not really believing her, and she insists that she’s really popular elsewhere. Taek: “Where?” Jung-hwan: “Come on, let’s not lie to each other.”
She says she’s going to a concert with the boyfriend this Sunday, and Dong-ryong reminds her that they were all supposed to go see Forrest Gump together. Deok-sun and Taek have both already seen it, which makes the other three grump that they can’t go see a movie with just three guys.
Deok-sun takes that to mean they at least see her as a girl, and offers to cancel her date to go with them. They yell at her for acting all cutesy, and she scowls and asks for a drink. Taek informs her quietly that she can’t because she has to drive, and then continues to drink his beer. Pfft.
They see Dong-ryong home because he’s roaring drunk, and when Deok-sun trips over his front gate, Jung-hwan and Taek both jump in to hold her up on either side. Well that’s not awkward.
Deok-sun comes home and asks Mom why Dad looks so tired these days. She wonders if maybe he should retire, but Mom says he would hate not working, and she’ll make sure to get him some herbal medicine.
Jung-hwan’s mom is still awake until he comes home, and when Taek heads in, Mom is there to make sure he got in safe. She reminds him not to take sleeping pills tonight, and he smiles to find a cup of milk left out for him.
Jung-bong is a bundle of nerves as he decides to ask his chatroom to meet up in person, and he’s floored when Maggie responds: “First floor, not second.” Aw, he’s so happy. I really hope it’s Mi-ok!
Deok-sun’s dad brings up the topic of early retirement with Mom, but she tells him that he can’t retire before their kids are married off. She obviously feels bad for insisting, but doesn’t want their daughters to be at a disadvantage. He takes it back right away and swears he wasn’t considering it seriously.
Deok-sun gets all dressed up for her concert, only to get a message from her date asking to cancel at the last minute. So she changes out of her nice clothes and trudges out in slippers to go buy groceries for Mom, and happens to run into the guys on their way out. She lies that she’s going to the concert anyway, and lets Dong-ryong drive her just to keep up the ruse that she didn’t get dumped.
It must be Blind Date Sunday, because Bora heads out on her blind date and waits for Garbage to page her, and Jung-bong heads out to meet Maggie with his pink shirt and a bouquet of roses.
Taek washes his face in the bathroom, as Deok-sun’s flight attendant friend tells her boyfriend that the guy she set up with Deok-sun turned out to have a girlfriend on the side. Dong-ryong and Jung-hwan grouse when Sun-woo cancels on the movie, and they’re surprised when they notice Deok-sun’s boyfriend at the movie theater with another girl. Dong-ryong figures that Deok-sun got dumped after all, but Jung-hwan looks pissed.
He’s distracted through the whole movie and doesn’t hear a word that Dong-ryong is saying to him, and just as Jenny and Forrest are running through a crowd to get to each other in the movie, Jung-hwan darts up and runs out of the theater. Yeessssss! Ruuuuuun, Jung-hwan, ruuuuuuunn!
He races to his car and peels out of the parking lot, and outside the concert hall, Deok-sun leaves a message with her friend Ja-hyun to come to the concert and bring her some clothes. She’s freezing in her sweats and slippers, but insists on waiting outside.
Jung-hwan speeds the whole way, beside himself every time he’s stopped by a red light and forced to wait. He looks like he might start running people over if he can’t get there faster.
Deok-sun waits and waits even though the concert has started, and even the ticket-takers start to pity her. But then she looks up and sees someone approaching…
Jung-bong waits and waits, looking up and looking despondent every time someone else walks through the door. And then finally, someone makes him stand up…
Bora looks across the table at her date and asks, “Are you Garbage?”
Deok-sun gapes as someone runs over to her out of breath… Omo, it’s Taek!
And aaaaack, Jung-hwan was literally two steps behind. He turns and walks away, as he narrates: “Fate doesn’t come around at any time. To use the word fate, it has to be a dramatic moment brought by coincidence—that makes it fate. That’s why another word for fate is timing. If I hadn’t gotten caught at just one of those lights, if those damned red lights had helped me out just once… I might be standing in front of her right now, like fate. My first love was always held back by damned timing. That damned timing.”
Jung-bong looks at the girl who just walked in, and yay, it’s Mi-ok! She looks adorable. They don’t even need to say a word to each other, and he just rushes her in a giant hug, crying because he’s so happy to have found her again.
Bora asks her blind date again, “Are you Garbage?” But it’s Sun-woo, not Garbage, and he asks what Bora is doing here. She tells him to answer first, so we flash back to Garbage reminding Sun-woo that he owed him a favor. Garbage got told to go on the blind date, but earlier on Sunday, Na-jung fell and twisted her ankle.
Oppa-ya ran over to find her, and left a message for Sun-woo on his way, cashing in on that favor by asking him to go on the blind date.
Jung-hwan’s night only gets worse as he sits in his car listening to the radio. The news reports an unprecedented forfeit from baduk player Choi Taek, who suddenly forfeited today’s match for personal reasons. He skipped a match to go to Deok-sun?
Jung-hwan slams his steering wheel in anger and cries alone in his car. He narrates, “But fate and timing aren’t just coincidences that find you. They’re moments like miracles, that arise out of choices made because of ardent desire. Surrender and decision, without hesitation—that is what makes timing. He was more ardent, and I should’ve had more courage. It wasn’t the red lights, nor the timing that was bad… but the countless times I hesitated.”
Sun-woo and Bora sit in tense silence for a while, and Sun-woo says bitterly that Bora must feel nothing if she was able to go on a blind date with someone from his school in his department. But she says, “I came for the one-percent chance that it could be you.”
When she heard that his nickname was Garbage, she realized it couldn’t be Sun-woo, but then she thought that maybe he’d hear about the date because it was with one of his classmates. Bora: “And though it’s only a one-percent chance, if you still liked me, then couldn’t we start over?” Her eyes well up with tears as she says, “I know this sounds crazy, but I missed you.” Sun-woo doesn’t know how on earth to respond.
Deok-sun insists that she didn’t get stood up, and Taek just nods and says he knows. He lets her tell the white lie about her date getting into an accident on the way, just throws his jacket around her shoulders. She says she’s not cold, so he says he’s too warm to wear it, and follows her into the concert with a smile.
Jung-hwan wipes his tears and continues to narrate, quoting Forrest Gump: “‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ Even if I’ve picked the bitterest chocolate of them all, it can’t be helped. That’s the fate I chose. There’s no regretting it, crying about it, or being heartbroken about it.”
2015. Deok-sun begins another interview at a coffee shop, and when Lee Seung-hwan comes on over the radio, she reminisces about going to many of his concerts. She wonders if they don’t have too much interview footage by now, and says asking her stuff is fine, but her husband normally dislikes doing interviews and she only agreed to do this one because her sister asked.
Husband arrives and stands around awkwardly while Deok-sun runs to get him a coffee, and she tells him to go home, promising that she won’t bug him while he works today. He lies that he likes interviews, and she laughs and tells him to go home. She reminds him to take out the trash, and he says he already did on his way to the comic book store. She mutters at him to stop with the comic books for his image’s sake, and he shuffles off.
Back in 1994, Sun-woo peels open his eyes in the morning to find Mom and Jin-ju staring creepily down at him. He tells them to stop being scary, but Mom pouts that everyone’s asleep. Jin-ju asks why he even comes home if all he ever does here is sleep, and Sun-woo asks to sleep some more, but caves and asks for breakfast.
Jung-hwan wakes up to find his parents doing the same creepy hovering thing, and he jumps out of his skin. He asks why they didn’t wake him, but Mom and Dad wanted to let him sleep in. Mom is so cute about having made his favorite dish, and Jung-hwan laughs into his pillow.
Bora and Deok-sun wake up face-to-face, which surprises Bora since she didn’t hear Deok-sun come home last night. They start the morning off with an old-school fight, and Dad chuckles that it sounds like home again. Dad gets a bloody nose that morning, and Mom looks more worried than usual.
At Sun-woo and Taek’s house, Sun-woo says that all the kids are getting together tonight because Jung-hwan is leaving tomorrow. Taek says he has a match, but it should end early. Jin-ju nags him to do fewer competitions, and when Sun-woo laughs, she nags him not to come home anymore if all he’s going to do is sleep. When Taek laughs at that, she nags him not to date that celebrity who likes him, or else. Guess we know who the boss is around here.
At Jung-hwan’s house, Mom stares and stares at the calendar feeling like something is off, and goes to check the calendar on her nightstand. We see her flip back a few months and find a date circled, but the past few months are clean. Hm, I wonder if it’s menopause.
Deok-sun and Jung-hwan head out together to meet the gang, and he notices that she keeps checking her pager. She asks if it’s okay to take his car when they’re going to drink, and he says she’ll be driving it home. He tells her to put on some music, but all he has are Lee Moon-se tapes so she picks one, and they spend the whole ride bickering like old times.
They have beers with Dong-ryong and Sun-woo, and Taek is on his way. Jung-hwan notices that Deok-sun looks up every time someone opens the front door, which just leaves tiny cracks in my heart every time.
Dong-ryong asks for Jung-hwan’s graduation ring, and Jung-hwan takes it out but says it’s kind of a waste to give it to Dong-ryong. Dong-ryong complains that he doesn’t have anyone else to give it to and will die before ever proposing to a girl, and says, “It’s my wish to see you confess before I die.”
Suddenly Jung-hwan says, “Deok-sun-ah…” and puts the ring box in front of her. HOLY SHIT. He says he was going to give it to her when he graduated, but he’s doing it now. Sun-woo and Dong-ryong stare at each other wondering what’s going on, but Jung-hwan just continues like they’re not even there.
Jung-hwan: “I like you.” He says it again so intently, and then laughs as he tells her about all the things he did, like waiting for an hour outside the house just to go to school with her, or not being able to sleep until she came home from the library every night: “All I ever thought about was you.”
Dong-ryong mouths to Sun-woo: “This bastard must be for real!” Sun-woo tells him to shut it. Jung-hwan names the times they ran into each other on the bus, or went to the concert together, or when she gave him a shirt for his birthday: “I was so happy I thought I’d go crazy.” He says he always wanted to see her more, and was just happy when he was with her. Deok-sun smiles as he says all this, and he adds, “I’ve wanted to tell you this for a long time: I really like you. I love you.” Omg, I’m a puddle of goo.
The moment lingers, and then suddenly Jung-hwan turns to Dong-ryong and asks, “Is that good, moron? You said this was your wish.” Oh nooooooooes, Jung-hwan, you’re not going to act like it was all a joke, are you? I’m going to go cry in a corner now.
Sun-woo and Dong-ryong are so shocked that they don’t even understand at first, but then they take it as him pulling one over on all of them and laugh. Sun-woo asks Deok-sun if she was fooled too, and she just smiles, not knowing what to say to that. Jung-hwan smiles on the outside, but he looks like he’s on the verge of tears. Are you seriously going to take this TO YOUR FREAKING GRAVE?
Dong-ryong says he’s smitten and confesses that he loves Jung-hwan back, and they laugh it off like it was a prank. Deok-sun looks over at the door again when it opens, and Jung-hwan notes it again.
In flashback, we see that after Jung-hwan told Deok-sun she didn’t look pretty in a hanbok way back in 1988, he ran inside to stare at her from the window. And after showing up to give her an umbrella in the rain and walk away with his cool one-liner, he ran home and freaked out like big dork, and smiled at himself for doing the cool thing.
He was a total spaz about the Christmas present too, and nearly chickened out of asking No-eul to deliver it for him. He finally managed to give it to No-eul, who couldn’t comprehend why Jung-hwan would be giving Deok-sun a Christmas present, and to cover up his own embarrassment, Jung-hwan basically kicked him until No-eul was too afraid to ask more questions. Lol.
The group reminisces about old times over drinks, and they decide to move on to round two and page Taek to meet them there. They get up to go, and Jung-hwan’s ring gets left behind on the table.
COMMENTS
Noooo, don’t leave it on the table! Is first love over, just like that? It can’t be over, there are two episodes left! I’m starting to have a mild panic attack here, because I was not expecting Jung-hwan to just fold like that. How can you confess like THAT, so sincere and heartfelt, and then say you’re kidding? That’s not… You can’t… AGH. That confession really threw me for a loop. And I still can’t read Deok-sun’s expressions throughout it—is it just sweet nostalgia for an old crush, and is she waiting for Boyfriend Taek to arrive? (Not that I wouldn’t squee about that either. I mean, that’s kind of the nice thing, or terrible thing, about this love triangle.) Or is she disappointed when he acts like he punked them and she’s trying to save face? I feel like Jung-hwan just took himself out of the race with that final I-love-you-just-kidding, but if he really did, I don’t know if I can handle it. *whimper*
It really is in keeping with their characters for Taek to go all in when he sees an opportunity and for Jung-hwan to hesitate so long that he shoots himself in the foot. So, so much that it kills me. But I am glad that he finally learned his lesson about making your own damn fate, because screw timing and coincidence—you make that fate yourself with every choice, and hesitation and inaction are choices too. That’s a really important thing for Jung-hwan to learn as he finally grows up, even if he learns it in the most painful way possible. The thing that throws a wrench in everything is that we still don’t know how Deok-sun feels about any of this, whether seeing Taek at the concert reignited old feelings, whether Taek finally confessed, or if she’s ever thought of either them in the years since high school.
I didn’t expect to be moved by Jung-bong and Mi-ok’s reunion, because their loveline has always been comic relief or just sweet. But Jung-bong was crying when he finally found her again, and I suddenly felt like he’d had a hole in his heart all those years. It fits his character more than anyone else that he’d be fixated on his first love and never move on, and because their loveline was never guaranteed, I was so relieved when she walked through the door.
Bora and Sun-woo, on the other hand, were always going to get back together; it was just a matter of how. It was the best crossover yet to have Garbage and Sun-woo as classmates in med school, since it works out that they’re the same age (I never really stopped to think about how the timelines overlapped, and find it funny that these kids are older than Na-jung and the rest of the 1994 gang, even though, duh). The blind date switcheroo might’ve been an actual twist of fate, but I liked that Bora owned up to saying yes for that tiny chance that she might see Sun-woo again. It’s nice to see the reversal too, because he always chased her and liked her more when they were young, and now she has to work to convince him to give their relationship another chance. I thought it was cute that she went on the date even after knowing that Sun-woo’s nickname could never be Garbage, just on the off chance that she could make him jealous. It’s so roundabout when she could just knock on his door, but he clearly hasn’t made it very easy for her to approach him.
It’s a big relief to know that everyone has at least attempted to move on and date other people, and that it’s not for lack of trying that they’re still lingering on first loves (I’d argue that it’s because some of you never confessed, but that’s water under the bridge). Taek and Sun-woo’s family is so cute that I just want to spend entire episodes with Bossy Princess Jin-ju telling her oppas how to behave, with Mom looking after Taek and Dad getting Sun-woo to play catch. They’re like a mini Brady Bunch, and I love it. Taek eats whole meals, has a little sister to dote on, and their house doesn’t seem so quiet and sad anymore. I found it hilarious that all the parents kept staring at their sleeping kids because they never see them anymore—it helped make the passage of time feel real, in a way that just cutting their hair or dressing them differently doesn’t do nearly as well. Because the parents actually act like they desperately miss their kids, I find myself thinking of them as having left the nest and living full adult lives out there. It makes the group reunions bittersweet too, but it means more that they still get together on Taek’s birthday because that’s tradition, and that they make time for each other even though their lives are going in all sorts of different directions. At least I know that no matter which way the loveline goes, our gang will always be the same. Okay, I’m off to go cry some more.
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301 sachelle
January 13, 2016 at 5:04 PM
this is my first time to comment on the Reply 1988 series thread although I have been a lurker.
I have to say this is so much fun.
I have been burned a lot by guys who treat you hot and cold, expects you to be a mind reader. It frustrated me a lot. JH is such a realistic character.
But If I were Deoksun and I speak from experience I'd go for the man who will be brave enough to tell me their true intentions. The world is filled with so much ambiguity that I don't want to have it invade my closest relationships.
But then that's me, I am not writer-nim nor Deoksun. The answer as to who the husband is will depend largely on the kind of woman Deoksun has become.
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ricekate
January 15, 2016 at 8:21 AM
Great insight, by the way!
Why do you think Taek is brave? He has every indication that DS likes him. He has the support of his friends - actually in their eyes, it seems he can't do anything wrong- he's perfect! DS likes him unconditionally. In his vantage point, from what I see, he has all the "green lights", it's a GO!
Just wondering - because I have read in several posts that Taek is the brave one and Jung Hwan is not - he chickened out.
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sachelle
January 15, 2016 at 9:39 AM
Hi ricekate!
glad I went back and saw your comment.
Ep 19 made me remember my post.
You'd be surprised but the k-drama fan and hopeless romantic in me hopes for a DK - JH ending. I love, love, love the Kim Jung Hwan character. He is just so realistic. Most men are just like him.
Taek on the other hand appeals to the woman that I am in real life. As I have said, I speak from experience. I have met and let go of a Jung Hwan who crossed my path simply because he didn't say it out loud. I went and married my own Taek.
A male friend once admonished me to let go of my belief and listen to the song "When you say nothing at all" because most men really prefer to just show it.
I believe both boys had equal chance. Both have lovely personalities. I would say JH even had the edge because for awhile there Deoksun was giving him signs.
With all things being equal, if you are Deoksun and still insecure in love (as we all are) judging from the way she went to that concert alone just so she wouldn't lose face, you'd go for the one who bared his soul. It's true what JH said about fate, timing and hesitation. In reality, sometimes we simply have to take risks willingly to make our dreams come true.
Whatever the outcome, I think this series will become one of my all time fave. Nostalgic, realistic... and Just 'cause sometimes (to quote a song), ".... we can't escape the thought of all that might have been... every now and then..."
AND! i love, love, love Ryu Jun Yeol. such an excellent actor.
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ricekate
January 15, 2016 at 11:37 AM
Thanks for the reply! I so agree with your comments about taking risks and responsibilities for our actions and decisions.
Not gonna lie and no offense that you married your own version of Taek - but I do think that if Taek is the husband, DS made the most rational choice and it makes a lot of sense. Taek is the safe choice.
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sachelle
January 15, 2016 at 9:47 PM
It was nice discussing things with you. No offense taken.
I was wondering... what team are you on? I am teamjunhwan by the way... but I just like to put things in perspective (just in case he won't be end game). This is a drama after all, and part of what makes it fun is throwing reality out the window.
Taek sure is not perfect himself, his being inept at the simplest things will annoy any girl involved with him in time.
Bottomline, both boys have a lot of growing up to do.
Now, I have got to deal with withdrawal symptoms soon...
lala
January 15, 2016 at 7:39 PM
Jung Hwan didn't chicken out. He gave DS up FOR Taek, just like he did for his older brother. Remember the scene where he said "I wish that guy (Taek) was a bad guy." That's how much he wanted to go for DS but simply couldn't be selfish.
That's why I think he should've ended up with DS even more because his character is self-less towards everyone he loves.
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ricekate
January 17, 2016 at 10:22 AM
Sachelle,
Thank you. I also love both JH and CT. Not in any particular ship. Sorry for the very abrupt comment - my computer was having issues. I wanted to say that from DS perspective, Taek is the safe choice. No head games for sure. He expressed his affection for her and it made sense that she chose him.
lala,
I don't think JH chickened out either - my statement was a reflection of what other people are saying.. that he wasn't as brave as Taek but I begged to differ. I think it is also brave to be unselfish.
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302 soondubu
January 13, 2016 at 6:50 PM
i'm going to throw up from the anxiety and tension and suspense omg. thank you so much for the recap :) ahahahah idk who the husband is anymore, the writers are toying with my emotions!!!
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303 Dannah
January 13, 2016 at 7:14 PM
the way present DS talks to her husband(caring and always reminding her husband of simple things like wearing warmer clothes, bring out the garbage from their home etc) totally resembles DS and Taek. i don't think JH needs to be remind of wearing warmer clother and doing simple things as we all know that JH always wear warmer clothes, and ofcourse have the initiative to do the simple tasks without being remind of.
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304 ghie (phils)
January 13, 2016 at 7:36 PM
Even though theres a lot of fans here stating that the future husband will be CT ... im not losing hope that JH will the FUTURE HUSBAND ... im just hoping the scene that link with JH will possibly help that he is DS husband 1) the chocolate scene 2) those pink gift that they exchange ( gloves&poloshirt) they treasure it 3) comics lover 4) the picture taken january 1989 & last the words of JH to DS not to go in any blid date... epi.18 is really heartbreaking but is not over till its over.. preview is quite confusing still im hoping for the best for JH & DS to be together ...
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305 Fiona
January 13, 2016 at 7:43 PM
Looking over at the front door everytime...it's a done deal...Taek will be the husband....even right after JH "confessed" she still looked over at the front door.....even JH showed it on his face when she looked at the front door...like she's gone, I lost her.
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306 michi vartan
January 13, 2016 at 8:54 PM
I think it's JungHwan. It'd surely break my heart if it's not him. I mean, how could they give him that heartbteaking/black moment scene if he's going to be hurting till the end? Also, in one episode where the future husband is bullying No Eul, it really seems like Jung Hwan. Taekkie isn't rude to No Eul (ryt?). He's all so cute and nice. Only Jung Hwan was that rude to him.
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307 renren
January 13, 2016 at 9:04 PM
JH has always made me frustrated with his not confessing his feeling for DS. But the fact that he DID confess and it was a JOKE frustrated me more. I cried for two reasons. 1) because I was so sad it was a joke. 2) because it frustrated the hell out of me.
I'd been a JH girl from early on but I love Taek so much, I'll support him. It just brakes my heart going through all this and realizing nothing more will ever happen.
I just want to get it over with to see "the end".
That being said, I'm so glad Oppa-ya was in this episode! I missed him so much!!
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308 dramalover
January 13, 2016 at 9:31 PM
Although I hope that the husband is JH, the fact that the present day scenes are always in an interview style makes me wonder if it is an interview for Taek due to his fame from Baduk. Significant?
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309 Jenina
January 13, 2016 at 10:23 PM
I'm still pretty sure it's going to be Junghwan. The parting style of the husband in the future is never a solid evidence of it being Taek. And his personality in the latest episode did not scream Taek for me. It's still a Junghwan behavior that I see so I don't know why people sees it as Taek? haha
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dramamad
January 14, 2016 at 3:55 AM
IKR. In some ways the grown up JH personality reminded me much of JH's Dad. I can totally see DS growing into a mini Ra Mi Ran.
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SomeSarameun
January 14, 2016 at 7:10 AM
why do you guys always tend to follow the logic that, "since the future husband looks like JH then the husband must be, therefore JH"
it's flawed in many ways if you insist on this kind of thinking. What for is the purpose of the story of this drama if you are not keen on the hints that are being presented by the writers? What for then would be the use of the narrative if your are not going to follow it?
Seriously people. it's fine to drool over you favorite actor, but at least be conscientious of the actual storyline and to the decisions of the writers of the show, shhhheeeeehhh.
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laura
January 14, 2016 at 4:22 PM
Yeah I mean something like hairstyle is just too obvious. Why would the writer do that?
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Emily Williams
January 15, 2016 at 9:47 PM
Actually, I think the husband looks like Taek's dad, too. So the hairstyle totally goes out the window.
Jenina
January 15, 2016 at 10:48 PM
I did not say that the hairstyle proves it to be JH. I was pointing out that the parting style did not prove anything as well. Lol. I'm just saying that the behavior still looks like JH to me. But from seeing spoilers on latest episodes. Okay, I'm convinced now that it's going to be Taek. haha..
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310 roselynJ
January 13, 2016 at 10:54 PM
I still believe Jung hwan is the husband. He liked her right from the beginning in EP 1 . like yoon jae in R 97 . I have been team Jung hwan since EP 1
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311 bd5
January 14, 2016 at 1:55 AM
Don't know why Bora had to break-up w/ Sun-woo in the 1st place.
Plenty of people continue to date or are married while studying for the bar exam or the medical license exam, much less attend law or med school.
Bora could have easily asked SW to see each other less (even while studying, one needs a break and their "dates" were pretty much eating together, which one has to do anyway) or to hold off until they had both taken their exams.
Makes more sense if this was Bora's excuse for breaking up a relationship that she had doubts about from the start and that only after did she realize how much she missed SW.
As usual, heartbreak for JW, but glad that neither he nor Taek ended up dating Deok-sun while they were still in HS - would have resulted in even more hurt feelings and would have changed their relationships.
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312 POTATOMASTER
January 14, 2016 at 4:34 AM
Im just gonna cry until the next episode comes out and do nothing with my life. Ugh why Junghwan, why! im so dead ugh im emotionally deflated and i did nothing
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313 Abhi
January 14, 2016 at 5:49 AM
Team jungpal all the way ...in this episode junghwa says about attending interview becoz his son sister said he don't have a sister I have a feeling that Jungpal's mom is not going through a menopause but she is pregnant and they have a baby girl...it might be that Jungpal couldn't confess but I have a very strong feeling that it is junghwa..if its not jungpal I am gonna cry...I also wish it would not end in 2 episodes ..
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314 ML
January 14, 2016 at 7:24 AM
Just a friendly reminder that just like Jung Hwan, Taek hasn't confessed to Duk Seon in the past 6 years either.
On a different note, Yoon Jae from 1997 ended up as a judge, while Bo Ra most likely becomes a prosecutor. It's pretty far-fetched but since they're both in legal service, wouldn't it be nice if another cameo happens........
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Rach
January 14, 2016 at 7:39 PM
That's what I've been thinking! How Bora wanted DeokSun to do an interview and how Sunjae did an interview too! The two are two opposites and the only thing in common is interviews but i couldnt help but correlate the two
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315 Liz
January 14, 2016 at 9:20 AM
At first I thought DS was leaning towards JH but after reading some of the viewers' comments I've realized that if you really want to know who the future husband will be, then you have to intently watch DS's reaction while she was being proposed to by JH. It's like she was surprised by the proposal then she was sad bec she cannot say yes to the proposal...she was also sad bec she knew that her long time friend will be hurt in the end. Watch DS's reaction when JH said "I love you". She shifted and she probably felt uncomfortable that's why JH changed his strategy and made the proposal a joke. I will be happy if DS ended up with JH. There is an undeniable chemistry between the two. The only downside in their relationship is JH's love for verbal tussle (some call it as verbal abuse hehehe) However, I'd be happier if she ends up with Taek. Marriage is not all about passion. Sometimes it's better to end up with somebody who treats you with kindness and devotion. But knowing how crazy the writers of the Reply series can be...I guess it's safe to say that "It's anybody's ballgame". Go Team Taek!!!
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316 fanyhwanhee
January 14, 2016 at 1:50 PM
I'm shaking so hard right now. My tears are not even flowing...
The most heart-breaking confession ever...
If Junghwan doesn't get Deokseon in the end, I will be disappointed so much...
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317 natsdee
January 14, 2016 at 2:44 PM
Can't sleep thinking of who will be the husband. I cried after watching JH's confession but then got mad after he said it was a joke! As much as everyone thinks that JH is the husband, I firmly believe that it'll be Taek (high hopes)! I have my reasons too and not only basing it on recent episodes.
In the beginning of R88 most of us probably thinks that Sunwoo is the husband and it'll be a love triangle with JH. But it turned out SW like Bora so thats the time the story started to slowly introduce/establish Taek as one of the potential husband.
Throughout the series the affection/treatment DS showing JH is almost same with SW. She liked her because of the possibility that JH liked him too but i guess thats it. For a teenager its normal. Yes they have their sweet moments. But they thought about how are they going to have that moment. For example JH waiting for DS outside the gate and pretending to tie his shoes and DS waking up early to catch JH riding the bus.
If you look back on DS and Taek relationship its different. You may only see them as good friends but you can feel that both of them understand each other even without having conversation or what. We never saw DS took good care of her other friends unlike with Taek. It not because she's nice but because she genuinely cares for taek. There are girls like guys who made them feel that they are needed.
Another thing, there are a lot of moments that DS was waiting for Taek outside their house. Yes because she needs something or wHat but for me if i don't love you i wont do that! I'll just call you on the phone.There is love in there guys whether we accept it or not... Episode 16/17 is like a turning point for
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318 Rach
January 14, 2016 at 7:33 PM
this is the third time I've commented lol but I've finally watched the episode instead of reading the recap and ... Taek is endgame (most likely). The interviews and how he doesn't like them (maybe the interview is for Choi Taek, the legendary baduk player's life or something), the comic books - I've seen a stack of them behind him while they were in his room :/-, how Jung Hwan speaks informally to No Eul (remember when husband said he couldn't speak informally to No Eul) .... all the dots point to Taek :')
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Rach
January 14, 2016 at 7:40 PM
Also Bora's husband not liking her smoking = SunWoo making a wish for her not to smoke.
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Junghwan Forever
January 15, 2016 at 10:48 AM
NO :,(
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319 teriyakitofu
January 14, 2016 at 8:18 PM
I predict that: a) The ring is going to go missing (we'll find out later that Deok-sun took it).
b) Deok-sun will find out about the pink shirt (likely indirectly from Jung-bong). She'll then realize that Jung-hwan's confession was real because he never gave up the shirt.
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320 nangelique
January 14, 2016 at 11:19 PM
I know a lot of people still thinks JungHwan is still most likely the husband... but if you look closely at Deok Sun's reaction during the proposal, it's like she doesn't even really care about it. I suppose if she still had feelings for JungHwan then her reaction to his proposal would be a little bit more different... or at least just something more... but no. And even after the whole thing, you can see that DeakSun checks the the door again when she hears it open, like nothing just happened. Which means she was still thinking about Taek the whole time. And JungHwan sees this too.
So for me, at the moment, I'm leaning towards Taek a bit. Just because of what's been happening so far.
I love the two boys that I don't really care who she ends up with anymore, I just really hope they do it well.
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321 hong
January 15, 2016 at 1:03 AM
Putting aside the husband mystery, the confession is THE BEST EVER. It is so sad and touching. I don't think i can look at Ryu Jun Yeol here on after and not think of Jung Hwan.
It is very painful liking someone and not knowing how to act and get that someone to like you back. This is from someone with first hand experience. There is a real ache in the heart (probably due to stress). This show is totally relatable, it is unreal.
I don't know if i can do this, but this video is killing me. In that it is good.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6orT0chDL_4
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322 Emily Williams
January 15, 2016 at 3:48 AM
OH MY...
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323 Emily Williams
January 15, 2016 at 3:50 AM
OH MY FREAKING GOD!
OH MY OH MY OH MY OH MY!!!
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324 JUNGHWANNNNN
January 15, 2016 at 4:15 AM
Okay I srsly think that jung hwan is going to be the husband. DO YOU KNOW HOW CRUEL IT IS TO WATCH THE WOMAN YOU LOVED ALL YOUR LIFE TO BE MARRIED WITH YOUR FRIEND? I think JH did his part, he tried didn't he? It's now up to DS since back then she was trying to guess whether JH was feeling something for her.
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325 DaehanMingukManse
January 15, 2016 at 4:27 AM
The preview for eps 19 weren't so good for team Jung Hwan either. I haunted Answer 1988 team twitter account for the preview... Hiks hiks hiks...
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326 kit
January 15, 2016 at 4:56 AM
NO SPOILERS BUT I WAS GOING THROUGH THE STAGES OF GRIEF IN EP 19
It was a heartwarming episode and the first one I didn't want to skip any scenes but
MY HEART
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Navi
January 15, 2016 at 5:23 AM
Can't wait for ep 19.... Refreshing my browser like crazy here for the raw video.... Can't wait...
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Christine
January 15, 2016 at 3:29 PM
Episode 19 was soooo good and it pretty much solidifies who the husband is, don't you think? It would be weird for them to switch in the last episode, plus the preview seems to show a lot of them together, so I don't see room for them to switch at this point. But who knows I watched it raw.
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327 Liz
January 15, 2016 at 8:32 AM
*** Yes!!!! I'm doing the dance of joy right now!!!!! ***
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Junghwan Forever
January 15, 2016 at 10:45 AM
noooo. :,(
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328 Shuerei
January 15, 2016 at 10:09 AM
I believe Miranda is right. And all others who agreed with Miranda. I always like the dynamics between taek and deok sun. The way he made his moves, the way he gazed and smiled at her. I dunno about the clues leading to actual spouse but I think the way Taek goes all the way to protect her or simply be with her is sweet and endearing.
JH is an amazing guy but I dunno whether the writer will make him the husband when DS already stopped thinking about him for quite some time. The last two episodes seem to indicate that DS is more concerned about Taek now. And even with the six years lapse, it's possible that Taek turning up for her at the concert may be the game changer.
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329 info
January 15, 2016 at 10:43 AM
what time do you guys usually post?
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330 Junghwan Forever
January 15, 2016 at 10:44 AM
Seriously ? .. This is affecting my life and after seeing the trailer of ep19 .. its just sucks!! Its like we got played or stabbed.. :,( eottoke junghwannnaaa you got chilbongized... huhuhuhuh eottoke im so sad.
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SomeSarameun
January 15, 2016 at 11:23 AM
you can blame the writers and the drama and all that but you know, it's actually your fault that youre feeling that way right now.
I mean come on! all the hints were clearly provided by the writers, if you decipehered it differently than most common people would, then you would definitely feel bad about it. Most especially if your not intently watching the show and just focusing on your bias, which i suppose is jung hwan.
anyway cheer up! I know the writers have good plans for his character even with an episode left. so don't fret too much about what happened to his lovelife. let's just all be happy for all these dynamic characters who we learn to love for 20 episodes..
anyway! congrats to taek! I know that he's the man for deok seon. hahaha all hail master choi taek, manse team taek!!! woooooot!
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lala
January 15, 2016 at 6:24 PM
The actors had better chemistry. I think that was what was off-setting in the drama!
The actors should've switched characters!
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331 blo
January 15, 2016 at 12:51 PM
If anyone made a confession like that in front of a group of close friends AND THEN said that they were joking... I would be so embarrassed. Who does that? It's not swoony to always back down. I find Jung-hwan frustrating.
Anyways, I wish the drama would stop dragging out the "mystery". It's barely what I tune in for anyways.
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lala
January 15, 2016 at 6:27 PM
Jung-Hwan did not grow as a character...very disappointed in him
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Bongsookie?
January 15, 2016 at 6:57 PM
I think that was the point and life lesson the writer is trying to teach us. It made sense that his confession was his realisation that he should've not hesitated. It wasn't fate in the end but his very own hesitation. His confession was not only to leave at peace now that he said it...but it was also the start of his growth. He now finally realises his mistake. I still loved how JH was written since it was very true to real life. JH could've been anyone in real life. Hus dilemma was very human and very real.
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moar
January 15, 2016 at 8:18 PM
Hear, hear! It's not what I tune in for AT ALL.
(I tune in for Ra Mi Ran. Haha)
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332 Navi
January 15, 2016 at 4:26 PM
Can't wait for the recap GF^^
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333 Rie
January 15, 2016 at 4:48 PM
Waiting for ep 19 recap...?
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Christine
January 15, 2016 at 5:31 PM
You and me both. I watched it raw and understood about 75% of what was being said. I'm so sad tomorrow is the last episode!!! :(
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Bongsookie?
January 15, 2016 at 6:07 PM
Me too, can't wait to read the recap to understand what I watched!!! Ah I'm sad too that tonight will be the finale. Such a great family drama! ❤ the last family drama I loved a lot was "What Happened to My Family".
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334 lala
January 15, 2016 at 6:05 PM
I had to stop Ep 19 midway because I CANNOT BELEIVE WHAT IS HAPPENING....
NOOOOOOO
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lala
January 15, 2016 at 6:05 PM
OOOOOOOOOO
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Bongsookie?
January 15, 2016 at 6:09 PM
I'm actually the opposite, quite happy with how things turned out so yayyyy!. But anyhow, let's not spoil it for others :)
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lala
January 15, 2016 at 6:26 PM
Makes...no....sense....
Maybe it follows a logical storyline but I feel no chemistry between the husband and wife....
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Bongsookie?
January 15, 2016 at 6:53 PM
Hmm it was the opposite for me since I felt the chemistry between the husband and wife. I watched this from an unbiased point of view so I was able to see clues from the start. That's why I jumped ship midway. If you watched from an unbiased point of view, you would see that their relationship had the most growth. I saw the progression slowly throughout hence why I rooted for him. I loved both JH and Taek so it didn't matter to me whoever she ends up with. After what DR said, at the end what is important is not who likes DS, but rather what does her heart tell her. She has to choose who she loves even if there is a chance that person doesn't love her back. DS just followed her heart and that is why I'm satisfied. Her relationship with her husband had growth and she sincerely likes him back :)
#TeamDeoksun
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lala
January 15, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Hm I thought JH did a lot more for her than Taek since the beginning, and I always thought Taek was always stuck in his sleepy/depressed state rather than being focused on her. I understand why she felt the need to take care of Taek since he always looked weak and fragile but didn't see how she came to really love him as more than a friend.
lala
January 15, 2016 at 7:31 PM
For me, JH and DS had elements of both friendship and romance (and the commitment just wasn't there). With Taek and DS, it felt largely like friendship and somewhat commitment.
lala
January 15, 2016 at 7:35 PM
Also, DS DID come to like JH a lot (the shirt, pretending to hurt her leg so she can have contact with him, etc.) JH simply didn't make big moves on her because of Taek, causing misunderstandings and loss of feelings on DS' side.
335 moar
January 15, 2016 at 9:13 PM
'users currently online - 934' hahaha
pretty sure at least 900 of those are waiting for reply episode 20 recap
yay for dramabeans!
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moar
January 15, 2016 at 9:14 PM
19*
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336 Emily Williams
January 15, 2016 at 9:50 PM
Husband is Junghwan ...
Beanpole bike thing: https://youtu.be/__ZzLN3Xnx0
Unless, as they said, Junghwan dies in the '95 plane accident ... after all, Dad's first love died, too ...
Dad’s first love: https://youtu.be/LRZt8bqnWS0
I don't know. I like both - not one terribly much more than the other. I think Taek's much more handsome, but that has nothing to do with anything really. (Although Chilbong is much more handsome than Trash ...)
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337 Kween Ramyeon
January 16, 2016 at 11:15 AM
Gosh the end montage is a goodbye for Jung Hwan's first love, isn't it? It has all the highlights, together with his last hurrah speech (had to get it out so he could then move on) and leaving behind the ring, it is a heartbreaking ending.
But the way it's told - we're shown he's a really cool guy. He knows better than to blame or curse Taek, and after blaming the red lights, he is insightful enough to know it was just he never wanted her enough to put himself on the line in time. It's really mature and philosophical.
On a side note - all the parental staring at kids who sleep a lot - that's hilarious. It annoyed me when I was young to be disturbed by my mother when I slept - but I can see it from this side now.
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338 Carinne
January 16, 2016 at 6:08 PM
I can't believe JH left his ring behind. It speaks volumes. His loyalty to his first and foremost unrequited love, seeing only DS as the only recipient deserving this ring sure enough titrates poison in me little by little. It was her ring and no one else's, that's why it was left on the table. JH's romantic gesture becomes overwhelming, being so grand albeit late, but his motives are clearly there however get brushed aside too often. He's way romantic, proving his friends wrong, it's just he never catches a break making those moments count winning the girl. *sobs*
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339 jiyuchan
January 19, 2016 at 8:07 PM
WHY? OH WHY? OH WHY? While I was watching this episode, I really couldn't stop my tears from falling. I have been #teamJunghwan since ep 1 and this, THIS confession-alias-kidding really hurts my heart. He already knew that he was too late because he could see that Dukseon would look at the entrance everytime the door rings.
Dear Writer-nim,
You could've atleast given Jungpal a chance because it will always be up to Dukseon whom she will choose. If she picks Taek then we can't do anything about it. BUT you could have given him a chance. Nobody even knew that he had a huge liking towards her. Nobody would tell Dukseon that Junghwan likes her because NOBODY KNEW.
#teamJUNGHWAN, let us just hope that Na PD will kidnap the F4 of Ssangmundong and take them to another country in the next Youth Over Flowers.
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340 Grnapple31
January 27, 2016 at 2:54 PM
I think this was a GREAT episode. FINALLY, a drama said what's on every audience's mind when it comes to second leads that don't get the girl: not choosing is also a choice.
I love that JH owned up to the fact that he had countless opportunities - probably even more than Taek - to get the girl but he lacked courage. He hesitated too much. He second guessed too much. Even at the movie, if he would've just left and made a bee line for DS he could've been the one with DS now. Taek - who was in the middle of a competition - gave it all up to run to the girl. You need to action, inaction will get you nothing. It's a bitter pill to swallow for our JH but I'm glad he finally learned and it seems this will lead him to move on with his life.
As for the confession, I think DS understood it. I think she understood the sincerity behind it because I think she always suspected it (besides, it was way too detailed to have been made up anyway). But I think it was too late, meaning I think she was waiting for Taek. But that's ok. Because for JH he just needed to get it off his chest. He needed to say it out loud for her to hear: "I love you" from him. It's less about her accepting it and more about him finally confessing. And although the boys might have thought it was a joke, I think based on DS's expression she got it that it was real, and I think JH knew that she got it too. Now, he can finally let go of his first love.
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341 Taekieship
February 2, 2016 at 10:52 AM
Well, I was always on Taek ship... I see in above comments, people fighting out for Jung-Hwan. But I would like to say this,any girl will fall for a guy who ''shows'' that he likes her and gives her the attention. In the end , it doesnt matters if Taek cant take care of himself, cant tie show laces etc... But he loves her and when need be, can protect her.
So Taek it is... and should be...
Also, JH, still dint learn the lesson. He again chickened out at the last moment. why confess and again mock DS? DS maynot show it, but things like that are pretty much hurtful...
Also, in starting of Episode 2 itself, when older DS and Husband are talking, Husbadn says -'i'll smoke and come'...Only Taek smokes and JH hates smokers and doesnt smokes either...we pretty much got the biggest clue back then...
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342 starryeyes
February 17, 2016 at 10:35 PM
When he ran and drove like crazy to find her, my heart raced so fast until the person who showed up first was Taek.
When he lamented on the fact that fate was all about timing, my heart broke a little for him.
When he confessed, my heart stopped...because it's all I ever
wanted him to do for the longest time.
And when he said it was all a joke, I just wanted to cry
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343 Beanfan
March 17, 2016 at 10:53 PM
I've finally read through all these comments (albeit months after the show has finished airing), and I've not much to add... But if the husband ends up being JH, then the 'dream kiss' may actually have been real, and DS just pretended it didn't happen--and also misled CT into thinking it didn't happen--because her heart already belonged to JH by then.
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344 buckdawna
April 23, 2016 at 10:17 AM
The ring was Jung Hwan's heart, and he left it there on that table. And that crunching you hear underfoot? Those are the shards of MY shattered heart, after watching that scene.
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345 abkdrama
July 1, 2017 at 7:18 AM
My heart is still breaking for Jung-hwan :(
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