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Descended From the Sun: Episode 14

If we thought that our soldiers would be safer once they got home, we’d be wrong — danger comes in many different forms, and can happen at any time. But friends can also be found in unexpected places and at surprising moments, and though not all friendships are meant to last a lifetime, occasionally they can move mountains.

EPISODE 14 RECAP

Two patients are rushed to the hospital, and Sang-hyun takes over for the first man, who we recognize as the North Korean soldier that Shi-jin knows. Mo-yeon goes to take the second patient, who’s in critical condition from multiple gunshot wounds, but she gasps in shock when she realizes that the patient is Shi-jin.

We back up to see what happened, and learn that the North Korean soldier (his name is Jung-joon) was unarmed when he approached Shi-jin and Dae-young. They’d held him at gunpoint and asked what he was doing here, and he’d said that he’s here because he considers Shi-jin a friend. I knew it, I knew he was a good man.

He’d asked to be sent home, but before he could explain why he wasn’t asking for asylum, shots rang out. A van had screeched into view and Jung-joon was shot. Hiding behind cars, Dae-young and Shi-jin get off several good shots but the men manage to kidnap Jung-joon.

Shi-jin calls for backup, then goes running after the van, executing some pretty slick moves around other cars. He ends up in front of the van, but he only has one bullet left, and radios to Dae-young that he’ll stop the van.

He waits until the van passes a fire extinguisher, and uses his last bullet to shoot a hole in it. The spray causes the van to skid to a stop, but Shi-jin is shot several times as they pass him. He loses consciousness just as Dae-young comes running.

In the ER, Shi-jin goes into cardiac arrest, and when the defibrillator fails to start his heart again, Mo-yeon starts doing chest compressions. She begs him desperately to wake up, but just as she loses strength and is forced to stop, she hears a weak voice: “That really hurts.”

The first thing Shi-jin asks about is Jung-joon, but Mo-yeon snaps that this isn’t the time to be worried about others. Shi-jin smiles that she looks familiar, ever the jokester, but he asks again about about Jung-joon and even tries to get up.

Mo-yeon assumes that Jung-joon is the one who shot Shi-jin, but Shi-jin explains that he’s a friend. Nurse Min-ji runs in to report that Jung-joon is freaking out, and we see that he’s awake and holding Ja-ae hostage with a scalpel.

Ja-ae actually argues that he needs medical attention, and Shi-jin arrives to help. He asks Jung-joon to submit to treatment, but Jung-joon is afraid to let a South Korean doctor operate on him. Shi-jin says that the doctors are the only ones who don’t care which side he’s on, and though Jung-joon is still raring for a fight, he’s lost too much blood and passes out.

Shi-jin asks Mo-yeon to perform Jung-joon’s surgery, and in answer, she tells the other doctors to treat Shi-jin. She does Jung-joon’s surgery, and luckily for him, his injuries aren’t too severe. She notices a recent wound on his arm that’s been stitched, and figures out that he’s had something implanted under the skin.

Back at the site of the shootings, Dae-young reports to Lieutenant Park what he knows about Jung-joon: he’s a North Korean soldier who’s often assigned to protection duty, and that he told them he would be off-duty during this meeting. He didn’t initiate this shoot-out — he was the one being pursued.

His attackers have been arrested, and they’re identified as Matagonian embassy security (another fictional country). Jung-joon had counterfeited a Matagonian passport, which is their excuse for shooting and kidnapping him. Seems a bit of an overreaction, and Dae-young says so.

Shi-jin is relieved to hear that Jung-joon’s surgery was a success, but Mo-yeon would rather talk about Shi-jin’s behavior (did he not need surgery after almost dying??). She’s angry that Shi-jin doesn’t seem concerned with her feelings when she watched her boyfriend literally die right in front of her, and he gives her a tiny little, “I’m sorry.”

She’s still upset that he’s more worried about Jung-joon than her, and threatens to kill him herself once he recovers. Then Jung-joon is wheeled into Shi-jin’s room, and Dae-young follows to formally inform Mo-yeon that this room is being cordoned off, and even doctors are not allowed in without permission.

Later Mo-yeon gives Dae-young the item she removed from Jung-joon’s arm, which looks like some sort of microchip.

Dr. Kim gets nosy (again), asking Mo-yeon what exactly her boyfriend does to be getting shot and having men in black suits swarming their hospital. Mo-yeon sighs that she wishes she knew, then leaves to answer a summons from Director Han.

Director Han is trying to bluster his way past the guards to Shi-jin’s room, and he also turns to Mo-yeon to ask what the heck her boyfriend is involved in. His usual tactic of getting loud doesn’t work on the soldiers, and tells Mo-yeon to take care of it, though what he expects her to do is a mystery.

Shi-jin interrogates Jung-joon while Lieutenant Park films them, but Jung-joon keeps frustratingly silent. He refuses to even acknowledge Shi-jin’s questions of why he’s here or whether he’s on a mission, so Shi-jin asks if he wants political asylum.

When he doesn’t answer, Shi-jin tells Lieutenant Park that Jung-joon asked to be sent back North, which makes no sense to anyone. Why come to South Korea, only to ask to be sent home?

Dae-young has taken possession of Jung-joon’s personal belongings (after Sang-hyun nearly killed himself with the deadly injector pen), and they send the chip found in his arm to be analyzed right away. They’re still listening in on the room, and Snoopy reports that Shi-jin is doing all the talking… about food, ha.

Lieutenant Park is ready to have a nervous breakdown, with the President calling him and Shi-jin in there discussing condiments. The North Korean dignitary wants Jung-joon turned over to his country by morning, or the summit will be called off.

It’s discovered that Jung-joon is wanted by Interpol as a murder suspect — two days prior in Tokyo, the main witness to a Japanese mafia case was killed by a sniper on her way to testify in court. But it’s the fact that the sniper was found dead soon after that’s of interest, and it’s for that murder that Jung-joon is wanted for questioning.

The really interesting part is that the sniper is someone we’ve met — he’s the other soldier that was in the bunker back when Shi-jin and Jung-joon fought, the one that Dae-young dealt with. He’s one of Jung-joon’s former subordinates.

The information on the microchip is so heavily encrypted that it will take a week to break it, but the North Korean government wants Jung-joon back by morning. Dae-young tells Shi-jin that getting him to talk is their best bet, but Shi-jin says that as long as he knows they’re listening, he won’t say a word. He has an idea, but he needs the microchip, and Mo-yeon’s help.

Too bad the chip is being analyzed at this very moment, but Dae-young thought ahead and got a copy made. He sends Mo-yeon in to examine Jung-joon, and she tells him that there’s a piece of shrapnel close to his spine that could paralyze him.

Shi-jin grins at her fussing until she turns it on him, and starts in on “that ugly person” who yelled at Shi-jin when she operating on the Abu Dhabi prince — now she’s angry because he interrogated her and her team. Knowing that Lieutenant Park is listening, Shi-jin puts his hand over her mouth, and writes on Mo-yeon’s hand that the room is bugged.

Ha, Mo-yeon starts to chatter about how happy she was to see Park, so happy that she nearly hugged him. While she’s yapping, Shi-jin writes a note that he needs a private place to speak with Jung-joon. Speaking in code, Shi-jin asks Mo-yeon to pick a place, and she reluctantly agrees, choosing the CT room.

Shi-jin somehow gets Jung-joon to the CT room and tells him to speak freely, that this is his last chance to get Shi-jin’s help. Jung-joon is still reluctant to talk until Shi-jin mentions the former subordinate that he killed, then he demands his belongings back. Shi-jin tosses him the faked microchip, and it’s enough to get Jung-joon talking.

He tells Shi-jin that they got a tip that their best Special Forces personnel were being hired by mafia syndicates to act as hit men. Jung-joon’s mission was to eliminate the traitors and discover who was ordering the hits. When Shi-jin asks if he was successful, Jung-joon holds up the chip and says that he should already know.

Shi-jin claims that the code is too difficult and just asks for the password — or better yet, the information itself. In answer, Jung-joon swallows the chip, and declines the South Korean government’s help. Shi-jin tells him that they’re planning to hand him over to his government in the morning, and interestingly, Jung-joon doesn’t look happy to hear it.

Jung-joon is left alone, supposedly sedated, but he uses the needle of his IV to pick the lock on his handcuffs and busts out a window. He climbs to a lower floor and breaks another window to get in, but finds Shi-jin waiting for him with a gun. He tells Shi-jin that he has to finish his mission, which clues Shi-jin in to why he didn’t look pleased to be picked up by his government.

He says that he’s been wondering why Jung-joon came to see him, and he’s deduced that it’s because they share an enemy. Jung-joon’s country has betrayed him.

Jung-joon points the gun at his own heart, and claims that a warrior never betrays his country. We see that after he’d killed his former comrade, he’d taken the man’s phone and answered a call, only to hear his own commander’s voice on the other line. Commander Choi, the same dignitary who’s on his way to finish the summit meetings. He’d asked if Commander Choi was the traitor, but Choi had chuckled evilly that he was the traitor.

Jung-joon clutches Shi-jin’s gun and begs him to help him escape, but Shi-jin argues that he’ll die if he goes back. Jung-joon says that he’d rather die on his home soil, and Shi-jin’s eyes go hard. He wrenches the gun up to Jung-joon’s head and says that he’s also a soldier, carrying out a mission for his country, and Jung-joon slumps in defeat.

He’s taken away in handcuffs, but before he leaves the hospital, Shi-jin hands him a chocopie. He tells Jung-joon to savor it, with a purposeful expression.

Shi-jin feigns pain to get out of Mo-yeon’s questioning, but she’s totally not buying it. He fesses up that Jung-joon broke the windows, but she demands that he pay for the damage anyway. She orders him to sit still until his IV is done, which he obeys only as long as it takes for her to leave the room.

Dr. Kim just can’t help but be nasty, and she manages to offend Chi-hoon’s fiancee Hee-eun and Ji-soo in one fell swoop. Hee-eun grabs her by the hair, but she’s not fighting — she’s going into labor. HAHA, Ji-soo just tells her to yank on Dr. Kim’s ponytail harder.

Someone from hospital administration approaches Mo-yeon for compensation for the broken windows, and ha, Chi-hoon just stands there looking innocent as if he doesn’t own the entire hospital. He runs off when he gets the call that his baby is on the way, and Mo-yeon also squeals and runs… in the opposite direction. LOL.

Jung-joon is taken to Commander Choi, who pretends to be glad to see him, and Jung-joon’s salute looks like it was actually painful to execute. He reports that he punished the traitor, and looks Choi right in the eye when he adds that he knows who made the order.

But he refuses to disclose where the chip is now, so Commander Choi flips back the curtains, and Jung-joon looks down to see a sniper sight aimed right at his heart. Choi orders Jung-joon to say his last words, and Jung-joon asks for a bowl of his favorite noodle dish to be placed at his memorial.

Choi looks triumphant, until Jung-joon adds that he will now finish his mission — he will eliminate the traitor, Commander Choi. He breaks a glass bottle on a table edge and rushes at Choi, but before he can even scratch him, he’s shot down by the sniper.

Commander Choi meets with the South Korean President as planned, where they discuss the matter of reuniting separated families. Despite Commander Choi’s words, the President doesn’t feel that he’s all that interested in making the reunions happen, and that they want to cut off all contact with South Korea. Choi just chuckles as if this is all very entertaining, and stands to leave.

But the President stops him and gives him one more thing to read — a list of bribes Choi has taken from the mafias, buying the use of his men. Choi storms out of the meeting room, but finds himself stopped by men who say they’ve been ordered to take him and Jung-joon back to Pyongyang. Wait, Jung-joon is alive?!

We’re shown in flashback that when Commander Choi opened the curtains to allow access to the sniper, that sniper had been none other than Shi-jin. Awesome. He and Team Alpha had arrested the original sniper and Shi-jin had taken his place, and they’d heard Commander Choi’s entire confession through the bug that they’d planted in the chocopie that Shi-jin gave him.

He’d shot Jung-joon in the shoulder as soon as he heard Choi say the password to the coded microchip, and Jung-joon had pretended to be dead (then snarked that the South Koreans are bad shots once he was alone, heh). It hadn’t stopped Jung-joon from being arrested for deportation, but he’d asked for a minute to eat the chocopie.

The soldiers rush to get Shi-jin back to his room and suited up in a hospital gown before Mo-yeon comes back to see him — I love how they’re more scared of her than they were of the North Koreans, heh. He can’t get his pants off because of his cast, so he jumps in bed and pretends to be asleep.

Mo-yeon leaves him to his nap, then turns and walks right back in to find Dae-young taking off Shi-jin’s pants. Rawr? HAHA, Dae-young jumps into bed and Shi-jin pretends to be Dae-young, as if Mo-yeon didn’t just see everything. These guys are such idjits.

Once she leaves again, Dae-young asks how he plans to pay for the broken windows, so Shi-jin suggests that they split the cost “like real men.” To which Dae-young retorts that he’s not a real man, and pushes his hair behind his ears effeminately. ~PFFT~

Mo-yeon finds Myung-joo lurking in the hospital lobby, though she claims she’s only here to see Shi-jin. She tells Mo-yeon that she and Dae-young broke up, and after her initial surprise, Mo-yeon is all Well I get it, those two are like “Dumb and Dumber.”

The atmosphere is frosty in Shi-jin’s room, though Shi-jin tries to get Myung-joo and Dae-young to talk. Instead they argue over who will leave first, and Shi-jin tells Myung-joo all about Dae-young’s girly behavior earlier, trying to break the ice. Myung-joo ins’t amused, agrees that they’re just like “Dumb and Dumber,” and leaves.

Shi-jin asks Dae-young why they broke up, since it seems pretty serious. Dae-young explains about his discharge request, and Shi-jin gapes that he made such a huge decision without even talking it over with his best friend.

Then he tells Dae-young, “Go after her.” If he’s willing to give up his life for her, then he shouldn’t waste time fighting with her. Dae-young does, and finds Myung-joo standing alone downstairs. He stops just around the corner from her, though she can see his reflection.

Sang-hyun and Ja-ae watch them from a short distance, wondering what they’re doing just standing there. Sang-hyun analyzes the situation, guessing that Myung-joo did the breaking up so she can’t go to Dae-young. Ja-ae sees it from Dae-young’s point of view, that he can’t go to Myung-joo because he wants to let her keep her pride.

Sang-hyun asks Ja-ae to help him pick out a new car, and this time when he teases her about liking him, she admits it. Finally! He buys the car quickly, so that he can take her out on their first date.

The breaking news is that North and South Korea have agreed to start holding meetings to reunite separated families, and Mo-yeon smiles at the news. She visits Shi-jin, who complains that he only sees her during her rounds lately, and she asks him why he left the hospital. He says he went to the rooftop for some fresh air — just not the rooftop of the hospital.

He nods when Mo-yeon asks if he went to the “department store” with his friend, meaning Jung-joon, and asks why he came back alone. Shi-jin just says sadly that they had different paths to follow. He says that he feels bad, and requests comfort rather than a scolding — even though he did his duty, he’s upset that he doesn’t know whether his friend is dead or alive.

Mo-yeon admits that she’s worried about him, and Shi-jin invites her to lay down next to him. Cut to: Mo-yeon lying on a cot next to the bed, and Shi-jin whining that she turned him down. Awww. He says that he’s too weak to try anything, but Mo-yeon points out that he wasn’t too weak to go to the “department store.” Good point.

She sleepily tells Shi-jin that Chi-hoon became the father of a little boy today, and Shi-jin smiles that he’s probably as adorable as his daddy. He apologizes for worrying Mo-yeon, and thanks her for saving his life. She wonders out loud why they’re always thanking each other for saving their lives, and Shi-jin apologizes again.

She murmurs that she saw the kind of peace that he fights for on the news today. But if he’s really sorry, he can thank her by never showing up covered in blood again.

Shi-jin asks if she wants to see that movie they keep missing out on, and they sit on his bed together, finally able to enjoy the movie without interruption. At some point Shi-jin gets his wish and they fall asleep spooning, and in voiceover, Mo-yeon says that she doesn’t remember who fell asleep first.

“It ws a long and tough day, and I was in his arms. I shone brightly through the night in his arms, like a woman who was deeply loved.”

They never did see the end of that movie.

COMMENTS

With the exception of Myung-joo and Dae-young, this was another episode that felt like it could have served as a finale. That’s not a complaint — I like that we’re getting little wrap-ups at the end of each week, and it makes me look forward to seeing what we’ll get when it’s actually finale week. It’s sweet to see Mo-yeon and Shi-jin readjusting their relationship after every hiccup, big or small, and learning to fit their lives and expectations together into one strong love. They’re even finding out that their fights don’t have to be about big things like their careers — they can be about small things like broken windows or irresponsible behavior with buddies, but at the end of the day, they’ll work it out and be stronger for it. Despite their extreme situation, it’s very true to life, how even they have to go through the awkward pains of starting a new relationship.

I wasn’t expecting there to be more military and political intrigue after we got back to South Korea, but I actually really like that we’ve come back full circle to Jung-joon and the North Koreans, since they introduced the story in the first place. Something about Jung-joon and his interaction with Shi-jin made a big impression on me in the first episode, and I appreciate that he got a heroic treatment here at the end. No wonder Shi-jin always respected Jung-joon, because he understood how he felt as a fellow soldier. It was an interesting angle, to see the patriotism that the show has been touting from the beginning, applied to a soldier from another country. Yes, some of the political statements througout the course of the show have been a bit problematic in their idealism, but I appreciate that we were shown that love of one’s country is universal.

That said, I don’t even know what to say about the continuity/logic issues in this episode, there are honestly too many to count. Not that the show has ever been particularly strong in this area, but it does feel as though, as soon as we got everyone back to South Korea, logic flew right out the window. I mean, aside from the — I’m sorry but it’s true — terrible medicinal practices (Shi-jin just bouncing out of bed less than a minute after dying on the table, and being shot multiple times yet not needing surgery are just a couple of examples), it’s like the writers have completely given up on trying to make anything make sense. How did Shi-jin sneak Jung-joon out of their room with all those guards posted? Why would the South Korean soldiers leave Jung-hoon alone to eat a chocopie? And why is a doctor <i.who wasn't even there expected to pay for the broken windows? So many things about the show just baffle me, because they make no real sense, and you really do have to watch this drama willing to let a lot of things just go.

It’s really the characters that carry the show, though I honestly don’t know that even that would be enough if it weren’t for the spot-on perfect casting. I can’t fault anything in anyone’s performance, and for the most part, there are really no character discrepancies — everyone behaves in ways true to themselves, and the continuity mistakes are confined to situations outside of the characters themselves. There are even some wonderfully clever callbacks to comments made back in very early episodes, which definitely add to the fun. Maybe that’s why the show baffles me even while it charms me… because the characters are so well-written, and the cinematography is certainly breathtaking, so why is the logic in certain areas of the storytelling so weak? It’s still a good show (and the ratings certainly prove that I’m not the only one who thinks so) but it does make me wonder what might have been, if just a little extra care had been taken – it’s not as if they didn’t have the time. Descended From the Sun has certainly made its case for more pre-produced shows to give it a shot in the future, and I do hope more dramas try it out. There are a lot of ways in which the show has proved its worth, and a lot of areas in which the process could be improved, and I’d love to see more attempts made and discover where it could lead.

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It is ridiculous how someone who got shot several times and almost died can suddenly get up on his own and walk.

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LOL at your comment! I said in mine that I felt the need to suspend disbelief while watching this episode, and honestly, while watching some of the scenes in this drama. Welcome to the club :-)

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MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. Its like he has magically vampire healing abilities. I don't know. Drama logic. Ahahaha.

If it wasn't for the actors and the characters, I think I would have quit this show by now. I fully admit to skipping though parts of the last couple episodes. It now feels like the writer had too many episodes left and is filling it with random/pointless/illogical plot points. Don't get me wrong, I generally like this drama, but it certainly has flaws. I have enjoyed it a lot more than some of this writers other dramas. I've especially liked the relationships between the characters in this drama far more than Secret Garden and Heirs.

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I like Dots more than Heirs

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was thinking the same thing..what were the writers thinking? Shi Jin getting up after almost dieing like nothing happened, the chocopie, the window etc. The PPL are also very destracting. The casting was spot on though..was trying to think of another actor who could play Shi Jin but could not imagine anyone else.. SJK is just perfect .

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I am actually dropping this drama. I don't understand the high ratings but I guess it's because of the handsome SJK and the lovely SHK! Otherwise, nothing spectacular to get this much hype! I have seen way better dramas in the past with poor ratings. I guess this one just doesn't entertain me.

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Yes. It doesn't make any sense. He was barely breathing and then tada! Real superman.

And about the feathers in the early scene. I was thinking.. "Wait, wait, is there any pillow near Shi jin?" Dramatic effect I guess?

Still enjoy this drama despite all the flaws! Final week!!

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I didn't understand the purpose of the feathers either, and that was never explained, or showed why they were there.

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North Korean airbags?

Silencers for North Korean assassins?

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after SJ shot the fire extinguisher the assassins' car hit a grocery cart filled with down pillows by the looks of it. as for the purpose.. plain ol' drama? i suppose lol
SJ did look like a bloody angel amidst all those feathers lmao

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Was it really feathers...?

I thought those where the chemical from the fire extinguisher reacting with the air after Shi Jin shot it. Or was it not?

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I thought the same thing lol I didn't think of them as feathers

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rewatched it again: definitely feathers. and definitely a random shopping cart filled with pillows that the van crashed into. what the effery was that doing there???

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PPL maybe?

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Maybe it was from the airbag.

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sorry to ride on your comment. But I believe the tourism minister (or something like that) made the talks with North Korea, not the actual president.

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Yes, the actual President was only seen in episode 12, after the rescue of KMY went well. The dignitary representing NK (the Choi character) met with the Blue House Chief (that is the title I got from episode 11, per viki's subtitles). He deals with matters related to Foreign affairs and Foreign security (per episode 12 info).

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I lost my respect for the show after this ridiculous scene lol.

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To be honest, I think we're at Dr. Stranger level of nonsense... which everyone laughed at, but here people still seem to be "just ignore, bring out the popcorn and enjoy the show".

Though the Korean Herald did publish an article on the "fantasy" in DoTs yesterday: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160408000920. (Doesn't mention the medical nonsense though.)

LollyPip writes:

<It’s really the characters that carry the show, though I honestly don’t know that even that would be enough if it weren’t for the spot-on perfect casting.

But I don't think it's even the characters. They are too surface-level (if you really think about it, we don't actually know very much about them at all). It's just the actors that are carrying this.

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it's all that pretty.. makes it hard to resist ;)

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Power of love :)

After all the trouble YSJ went to get in a relationship with KMY, he wouldn't let a few little bullets ruin it for him.

Anyway I personally think they should have changed the scenario a bit, so instead of YSJ getting shot at the beginning, it would have happened after he helped his NK friend as they couldn't remove him from helping that friend, but letting him get hurt when the mission was done wouldn't take away anything, beside of his miraculous healing power.

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Right on!!! I thought i was the only one. I just kept at that scene. I swear even the actors will think about the fantasy of that scene.

You are right. The show is being carried on by the actors if not, it would have been a flop. The cast too? he was shot on his shoulder and abdomen...the feathers?

This episode was ridiculous but fun.

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I agree that that scene was ludicrous and I think it detracted from the show

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They lost me when they had Koreas top spec ops guy who only had one bullet left, firmly planting himself in front of an oncoming car filled with armed-to-the-teeth assassins.

I dunno, maybe next week we'll find out he really is from Korea's formerly unknown vamp-ops special forces unit. And the blood he was covered with wasn't his own. And he didn't almost die. It was only a brief food coma.

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OOOH season 2! Descended from the Moon. (cause you know vampires can't see sunlight :D ... ba-dum-tss)

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hahahahahahaha

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What if (and this is a big IF) this ridiculousness is setting us up for the finale? That Yoo Shi Jin bouncing around after being shot is just causing more internal injuries, causing him to die at the end of the drama?

*I'm seriously hoping this is complete crap but I'm so afraid he'll die.

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Well, I actually make my own judgement looking at that scene. I thought: maybe he's wearing a bulletproof vest, maybe the blood came from his arm, maybe the cardiac arrest caused by the bullet on his vest. True, it's drama logic. But I don't mind, still it's a good show for me, I enjoyed it!

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It continually amazes me how the human being has the wonderful ability to forget. I re-watched the episode again and all feelings of the scene being unreal, well, sort of disappeared. I was just glad Captain Yoo Shi Jin was still among the living.

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I can only assume that Captain Yoo was wearing a vest. But even if he had been wearing one, the close proximity of the shooter and the type of guns used would come into play. The guns looked like automatic riffles and therefore had more fire power. So the impact would still be strong. Capt. Yoo would not be shot but he would have been badly bruised. Or he could have superficial wounds. That's why he was bloody. That kind of impact to the body could cause cardiac arrest, which is what happened on the show. Cardiac arrest is caused by "shock." When this happens, the heart's internal electrical system that causes the heart to contract gets disrupted or stops completely. Hence, the heart can't contract, can't pump blood and oxygen, and so on. A person can die if his/her heartbeat is not restored immediately. So doctors use a defibrillator, it's the equipment that sends electric charges to the heart to "jumpstart" the pumping once again. So, what we saw on the episode is actually realistically possible.

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Err... I was only thinking about the waking up and talking part though. LOL! But after sudden cardiac arrest, I think the rest of what happened in the show is unlikely to happen in real life. ☺

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If that was the case, the arrest would happen immediately after the impact, not waaaaaay later at the hospital. Let's admit it: those scenes don't make sense from any possible point of view.

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Thank you for the recap! This ep. left me confused. I thought I saw YSJ being shot at, and he had blood on him, but I didn’t see him being treated for any injuries, only that he had his right hand in a cast (which based on what I read, was the cast for SJK’s real injuries he sustained while filming this ep.). So besides his hand, was YSJ hurt anywhere else, that would explain the blood on his body, or was that the blood of the NK Lt? Or is YSJ like a Korean Superman, he will not die, at least not on the job? Also, I don’t know that I saw YSJ and SDY wearing bullet proof vests, were they? Were the other members of Alpha Team wearing one? (I don’t think I saw one on them either).

I thought it was interesting that even though KMY got disappointed in YSJ, she seemed to still trust him. I guess she is encouraged (at the end of the day), when she realizes that he actually tries to do good things. For example, she ended up operating on the NK Lt, at YSJ’s request (he trusts her surgeon’s skills), and she also found a private room for him and the NK Lt, so they could talk freely. I guess they are a good team? I was glad to see that they made up by the end of the episode though. That platonic bed scene was nice to see. And I don’t know if I was the only one, however I felt that I had to suspend disbelief a few times in this episode. So for example, YSJ could take his cast off, go handle a sniper gun perfectly well, and then come back, and ask that a new cast be put on his right hand?! Is that how it works for Special Forces soldiers? I am just wondering… (Though I guess we are not going with reality in this drama, I know). I also wondered if KMY suspected something, because she was not out of the room for very long, before she came back.

I thought it was interesting that even back in Seoul, YSJ’s job managed to interfere with KMY’s. She had a hand in what he was able to do, and she needed to trust him as well. And now that I think about it, the NK Lt. must have known that YSJ (or his team) had made a copy of that card, which was why he finally gave them the code (at the last minute. Maybe he thought he was going to die). I did like that YSJ cared enough about Lt Ahn to be worried about him, once he was taken back. I read that they didn’t show the very beginning of ep.1 in China, I wondered if the scenes with the NK Lt. (that whole part of the plot), were shown there, this time.

On the SDY and YMJ’s front, I guess it is now “noble idiocy”? *Sigh* All their effort to have a relationship, to come to this? I thought it was funny, when SDY was acting “feminine” (per viki’s translation). I can’t help but wonder what is in store for this couple next week (finale week).

I also thought it was funny when KMY’s friend, the Pathology Dr., told LCH’s girlfriend to keep on holding tight to the mean Dr.’s hair. That whole scene was hilarious. And I am glad that Dr. Song and Nurse JA are finally a couple. It took them long enough.

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Can't we just shut our brain off while watching?

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Yeah the scriptwriter is really treating us viewers as brainless people here. Decided to hang on coz there are only 2 episodes left so might as well finish it.

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Hi Francesca,

For those who would like to, who is stopping them?

And for others like me who enjoy thinking their way through a drama, and be engaged in that way, I don't see why we should. I don't believe I'm doing something wrong, or breaking some kind of law. It is my brain right, so I would hope I can use it, if I wish to. I guess it takes all kinds of drama viewers, in the community of drama lovers, people like me included. Please feel free to skip my comments, when you see my screen name, if it is better for you. I will not be offended if you do. I wouldn't even know, if you did.

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Preach it, Ivoire. (Giving you millions of thumbs up here.)

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your words are so spot on, Ivorie!

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You know shutting your brain means is not caring how pointless the plot become.. not when your hero becomes superman/vampire... we must shut our eyes to ignore it.....
For a pre produced drama these are silly mistakes that can't be overlooked just because the show is good looking...

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Bulletproof vests: Nope, didn't see any, Si Jin was clearly shot.

Korean Superman: Apparently Si Jin is also an alien and has similar healing abilities like Do Min Joon. (Which would also explain his never-aging and very pretty face kekeke)

On/off of the cast: my explanation...they shot the rooftop mission scene before SJK got injured and didn't bother to reshoot it. lol

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Actually from a purely medical standpoint, SJ can totally take off the cast to go on a mission. The purpose of the cast is to prevent u from over-working that limb (since it's usually placed after surgery or if there's a fracture or ligament injury), so we don't recommend that u take it off and risk injuring that limb more.
But in SJ case he probably feel that the cast will be in the way of his mission. As long as patient understands the risk, no reason why he cannot request for the cast to be removed while he's on mission.

The flat line chest compression + suddenly awake and up part though, there's no medical explanation for that. ? He's just a superhero!

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Yep..that scene.. I literally shouted at my computer
" YOU HAD A CARDIAC ARREST!! YOU DON'T JUST GET UP & MAKE JOKES NOT 5 SECONDS AFTER A FREAKING CARDIAC ARREST!!"

And Mo Yeon's chest compressions? *facepalm*

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oh you're so right! does this make any sense? in fact I stopped watching after he got up trying to calm down the less 'critical patient'. oh my god! how was he able to walk? let's say he woke up and started joking but how could he walk or speak rationally or negotiate or ask for favors? wouldn't he at least be very dizzy or nauseous after loosing all this blood? I love korean drama, but their sense of logic is unbearable. if he's sick let him be really sick, let him be operated, let him have a rest! what's wrong with that?

in fact in 90% of the time people who suffer from a cardiac arrest with multiple injuries and blood loss do not survive unless saved within the first 10 mns. I accepted kmy's weak compressions which should have been as deep as 5 cm to be efficient, but then there was the miraculous awakening and talk and walk and shock (for me at least). he was in the first stage of treatment, they were diagnosing him and he was supposedly bleeding, his injuries weren't even treated and yet he wakes up, assists in some black op and as good as new. really, in korea, heroes do not only survive gunshots in the most wimzical ways but are also able to perform superhuman acts. but what I don't understand is why was this necessary, any other guy could have attended to the situation, in fact it was solved by itself, so whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

I can't get enough of this because I'm really frustrated, I don't mind if they postpone the end or create a new plot, or if accidents happen on set, logic should be maintained especially in common sense knowledge. while at it, there's no need to keep him in the hospital for 4 or 5 silly wounds?

concerning kmy's behavior towards ysj, not all army girlfriends or wives are the same just like any other girlfriend or wife of a regular guy. some girls nag, some girls are extremely tender and worry a lot, some get easily angry and kmy is all of the above and ysj kept following her until she accepted him knowing her opinion about his job. I really love ysj and was sad he was dumped repeatedly, I'm not taking sides but he knew her position and her character so he should be patient unless he wants to break up.

I think that actors are intelligent people especially sjk and he should have opposed this. I thought descendants of the sun would be different since it was pre-produced and had enough time to be written and assessed.
disappointment!!!!!

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Hi Ivorie

on the China cut, one user @soompi said that the part about the mission in north Korea from ep 13 was cut, so i'm not sure but i think if they follow the same method, they would have cut most of ep 14, LOL
at least they are efficient dictatorship, in my country stupidity and oppression are mating and gave birth to a freak.

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I so agree with the comments. I think there are so many good things about Korean Dramas, and it mostly comes from great characters and actors, but plotlines fall badly so often because of lack of logic. They do a trade-off between emotional sequences and basic sense. I think they should hire extra people from the west to at least do a regular check whether it makes any sense or not, and I'm sure most of us would do the job as volunteers just to get better dramas. I had given up on dramas for a year and when I heard of Descendants of the Sun I came back because I love both Song Hye Kyo in literally everything she's starred in, and Song Joong Ki since Running Man, and I missed action in dramas since Healer. I enjoyed how quickly the characters moved to dating, the quick dialogues, the brilliant acting, and plots about war zones, earth quake, emergency medicine, etc., but the more the show went on the more they threw logic out of the window. Especially the part where he was shot. So let's say he was wearing a bulletproof vest and there was no need for surgery to take out bullets - but why did his heart stop? How did he end up dying for a minute and two minutes later he only has his arm in a cast? After watching episode 15, I hope they don't disappoint us and give us a good explanation (no comma, amnesia, etc.,) of why he was absent for a year.

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Ok so let me get this right he could fire a sniper shot but could not remove his own pants?

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Everyone has a weakness, y'know

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That bit with YSJ fake snoring, then SDY trying to help him take off his pants to change back into his hospital pajamas, then getting caught by KMY had me laughing aloud! Hiding behind a book when he is half dressed in hospital gear and his cast is showing was hilarious! And the look on her face was priceless.

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Favourite scene of the episode!

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One of mine as well.

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I actually just went and rewatched that scene again. I literally LOL a few times again. They must have had fun filming it, at least I hope.

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I believe that the show has done what it could with the scenes already shot until our actor got himself injured. In all probability, and as I understand this happens quite a bit, scenes are shot out of sequence.

Shi Jin's rooftop escapade might have been shot before he got hurt and his back to hospital trying to commit the perfect crime with Dae Young's help, might have been shot after.

There might also have been more than one version of some scenes so that the near-death and quick awakening scene might not have been meant to have been placed so close together. Or an alternative scene was cut out. However, in the editing, some decisions were made that have given us this strange sequence of events.

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Someone goofed up at the editing table for sure. YSJ started talking before the machine detected his heartbeat. LCH was so redundant in that scene. Also how did YSJ know the NK soldier was also brought to the same hospital? I guess at some point in the ambulance ride, he regained consciousness.

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The editing team probably had a hard time and hoped we'd not nit pick too much! :D

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not sure how different country works.. but normally arent they evacuated to the nearest hospital (of course it must be well-equipped to handle the situation..)

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I'm guessing it had to do with the cast on his hand? Lol

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Hi Victoria,

I think the reason he gave SDY was that he had his cast removed, then went to the rooftop (to assist with the lieutenant's mission), came back, had his cast put back on (a new one I'm assuming. I'm also assuming that it was put on while he was still in his suit clothes), and then went to his room to change. I guess he didn't think about the fact that he would have to change his pants, which have buttons and a zipper. He also told SDY that he wanted to commit "the perfect crime." I guess better luck next time, YSJ? I wonder how long the whole thing took him. YSJ said that KMY's rounds were every two hours. Another scene where I have to suspend disbelief, LOL.

I loved that scene as well. I don't know if you guys noticed that YSJ/SJK tried to have SDY/JG's voice when he was talking to KMY. That scene was too much, LOL! They looked little children who had been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I loved how SDY was kinda looking at KMY, and kinda not, when he was on the bed. You guys make me wanna go back and rewatch that scene.

I swear KMY was gone less than a minute when she came back. Do you guys think she suspected something was fishy, when she first came into the room? I wouldn't be surprised if she did.

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He took off his cast for the sniper mission and wore it back when he returned to the hospital (before removing his pants)..

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Another sad case of a drama being too long for its own good. I might have to pretend that ep 12 was the end. The writer is doing all sorts of things to fill up space. Pointless breakups, random traitor storyline, and super healing powers. Looks like they're gonna use the death angle next episode lol.

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I second you...ep 12 is the true ending for me. It is just perfectly wrapped the whole drama. The hype is cooling down a bit on onward episodes. Am I the only one hoping for one of the character die soon? It's a good turning point, flipped the table and worth ending. Don't hate me for that but I do hope the writers would bring her top notch, strong closure on this great drama.

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I saw lots of weak points in this episode, shi jin got shot and he had a cardiac arrest, but sudden he woke and walked, as nothing happened, and they just only operated only north korean guy, shi jin only had a cast(for his real injuries)

i think they had to changed the script as SJK 's injured real, and they had to come up with solution and made this scenes, but any way SJK is so adorable as usually.

i hope that mo yeon's friend who is in wheel chair; it never mentioned what has happened to her to end up in a wheel chair.

i am counting to next episode, can't believe this drama has already done. going to miss it badly.

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Sameee. Despite the glaring flaws, I enjoyed this drama immensely because of the characters and their interactions. Sad that it's ending next week :( I'm really going to miss them! I think I'll be rewatching certain scenes a lot. Oh but hopefully the special episodes will be a treat for fans, would love to see how the drama was made!

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I know this is kind of unrelated to this specific episode, but I really appreciate the direction that Kim Eun Sook took this drama. I was just kind of thinking about this after I watched the episode, and I love that KES empowered the female characters. For example, KMY was the one who saved YSJ's life at the beginning of this episode. It's KMY who controls their relationship. And it's YMJ who persuaded her father that DY and her should stay together. The majority of the doctors, at least the ones you see, are women.

Compared to KES's past dramas, such as Secret Garden (It was Kim Joo Won who controlled the relationship as well as the one who persuaded his mom to let them stay together) or The Heirs (Kim Tan basically took control of Eun Sang's life), DFtS has done a really good job to make sure that the women aren't weak or dependent. I'm not saying that this drama is the golden standard for feminist viewers or whatever (because DFtS still fails in some aspects, like how YMJ is the only female soldier, who in fact is the commander's daughter) but it's been proving to be somewhat of a changing turn for KES's writing.

Btw, I'm not an avid drama watcher like some others on this blog (I don't have time to watch a lot, and the ones I do watch have ratings above 30%; I also just really like this blog) so I'm only really speaking for KES specifically. I'm sure other dramas do similar things, I just don't know about them.

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That is spot on. KMY does control their relationship but only to an extent. She usually acts when there is conflict whilst YSJ seems engaged throughout; it seems as if he is letting her have the perception. Yet we've observed that he was able to sway KMY to operate on his comrade and the CT room etc.

The dynamics of SDY and YMJ'S relationship are entirely different. I think that rather SDY controls the flow of their relationship whilst YMJ attempts to seize control-her excepts don't transpire to a relationship. Her struggles are interesting on that they raise some very primitive feminist issues;family or love? Society or love?

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Here is list of heroines you may love ^^

It's Okay That's Love - Ji Hae So
King 2 Hearts - Kim Hang Ah
I Hears Your Voice - Jang Hye Seong
My Love From The Star - Cheon Song Yi

I really love KMY's characterization but I don't find SHK's portrayal as endearing, it's rather cringe worthy at times :/ But her delivery at emotional scenes spot on ^^

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You miss the whole female characters' squad in Six Flying Dragons though.
Boon Yi, Yeon Hee, Lady Min, Sa Gwang, Gap Boon, Cho-Young, MooHyul's Grandma, Hwasadan's Spies, and Boon-yi's mother. They're all awesome!

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ahahaha...agree with you, Melts & Wow..
i think the female character in DoTs is awesome,,,
Female Squad in SFD also awesome.. especially Boon Yi, Boon Yi's mother and Lady min.. hahahaha

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Oh thanks, I haven't seen SFD yet I've been gathering courage :) I suppose most of historical female characters stands out as being diligent and intelligent also their circumstances makes them stronger so I can't even compare their achievements with controlling the relationship ^^

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You might also like the character of Nyang (Empress Ki played by Ha Jiwon), she is a scary badass who doesn't let anyone tell her what to do and literally goes from the poor orphaned girl forced to hide as a man to the empress of the entire nation leading an army almost entirely on her own. She is intelligent and daring, and although the show is not perfect, it is still a very good one that I really enjoyed.

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You are absolutely right about the "female squad" of SFD. They were all awesome! Everyone had a purpose and being a bitch only happened if/when it was the best option to deal w/the situation. It wasn't played as the only weapon in a woman's arsenal.

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You might also like KES's drama "On Air." Good strong female characters. But with enough flaws to make it feel like the show's not pandering to 'girl power.'

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Thank you for the recap LollyPip :)

I was actually hoping that the conversation between President and his assistant make it into the recap because I didn't really get their conversation about morality. No worries though, hopefully Beanies everywhere can help me with understanding that scene.

Another thing I just have to get out is about how annoyed I am with KMY. All she did this episode was express worry. YSJ is SORRY dammit so can you stop being concerned about your feelings and offer comfort instead? Or tell him that you're proud of him that he managed to maintain peace between two regions at war. But nooo, YSJ has to keep apologising and feeling guilty for worrying her. Look, he's obviously one to do anything for the country. Getting hurt is part of the deal. If he can avoid it, he would! That being said, I can kinda understand where she's coming from. I'm just sad that he's always the first to apologise..What happened to your character growth KMY?

I still love you though KMY. Because no matter what, you'll always be brave and honorable in my eyes.

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In my view, actually, how KMY acted did make sense. We have to keep in mind that although we all know what was happening (this NK soldiers YSJ has a long-time connection with, someone obviously being framed for something, etc.) she has no idea.

I mean, for KMY this is happening: the person she loves (whether or not she has said it) essentially died (without getting into he ridiculousness of how he got up right away - seriously, writers, just put him in a bullet proof vest and give him a bloody flesh/shoulder wound! It's still bloody, still scares KMY, AND IS REALISTIC). Instead of seeming to care about his own health and well-being, he gets up right away and cares about someone ELSE. From an enemy country. Who threatened her nurse with a knife.

He doesn't seem to care about his own safety and life, and is just charging ahead. For someone who had to see her boyfriend nearly die on her own treatment table, that has to be scary. And she has no idea, at that moment, of the complexity of the issue and how it's a matter of peace and war. What she sees, is someone she cares about, and who cares about her, blatantly disregarding his own health and safety for an unknown reason - when there are other, unhurt soldiers nearby. Then, he doesn't even let he know he's going to disappear - how is she to know he didn't go off and die when he left? And how is she to know he's trying to maintain NK and SK peace at that very moment?

But when she does realize - when she sees the news report about NK and SK families reuniting for the first time, and realizes it must be part of what YSJ was doing - that's the moment it clicks. That's when what the viewers were aware (us being omniscient since we see both YSJ and KMY's lives in whole), also becomes something that KMY is aware of. And you see in that moment - she goes to YSJ's room, and he expects her to get angry again. But instead she talks about how she realizes what he does, tells him about normal facts in her life (Daddy Chi Hoon), and shows she understands.

I think the episode actually does show KMY's growth. Yes, she's angry with YSJ, but she doesn't say "Let's break up" and she isn't unable to accept his actions, although at that moment (for all she knows), he might have been the one who shot the NK soldier. Her anger comes from genuine worry and concern because she saw his heart stop - and he seems to not care at all. Yet, even when angry she realizes when he's doing things that are important - after all, she's the one that secured him a "private room" to talk. She didn't know the reasons why, she was still angry, but she trusted him enough to believe him and help him when he needed it.

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So well said. Thank you for explaining KMY's perspective. I love how YSJ and KMY trust in each other, regardless of how they feel at the time (well, they at least give each other the benefit of the doubt). I feel that it must be the reason why he requested that she did the surgery on the NK Lt, and the reason why KMY found a room where YSJ and the NK Lt could talk freely. That might have been when that soldier began to open up. So in some ways, KMY had a hand in YSJ being able to accomplish all of what he did.

I loved how KMY was telling her friend Dr Ji-soo that she was working for the government, shush-shush-ing her and everything, when she was asking her if they could use the room. I guess she was really feeling her role, he he he...

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Dear Plop,

Your comment made my blood boil a little lesser. I may disagree that he has no regard for his safety. On the contrary, as much as safety protocols are in place, there is just no guarantee. No matter how much he tries...he will constantly be in contact with danger and will be injured.

Also, that one scene when he said he doesn't now if Ahn is dead or alive..he was clearly sad and asked that she comfort him instead of scolding him. Her response was "your girlfriend was concerned for you." In my humble opinion, I felt that instead of steering the conversation to herself, she should have said something akin to a "there there". Maybe I didn't realise that she was in fact comforting him, just not in the manner I imagined. Oh well, I'm so glad they ended up spending time with each other.

Thanks again Plop. I want to end this drama loving KMY more :)

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I'm on the same page with you Edgepee. I was expecting KMY to stop scolding him and was taken aback when she said “your girlfriend was concerned for you.” and yeah, it might be just her way to comfort him.

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Little to no, dangit. I hate my phone sometimes.

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Because she spent the whole episode worried about him while he's worried about someone else the whole time. You aren't mad at him for not thinking of her once, but you think she should be thinking of him? Where is HER comfort? Hmm. I thought they worked it out well in the end. She stayed with him, they watched a movie and snuggled. Mutual comfort.

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If this were a real life military couple they wouldn't last without some serious counselling. You dump out, not in. If your injured soldier is worried about a battle buddy you do not make that admission all about yourself and your worries. She needs to find a third party to vent to.

And not to sound heartless, but worrying is just what military spouses do. Spec ops even more so. You let them know a few times so that they know you care and then after that you keep your trap shut. They have enough to deal with without trying to manage someone else's emotions. If she can't cope with that stress without dumping it all over YSJ then their relationship is doomed.

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Noope. Screw that. He came in bloodied and mostly dead, after swearing to not make her worry and the only thing he can do is worry about his friend. And this is her fault for daring to mention she's worried about him too? lol

It's not just about his feelings. That's ridiculous. So she should just be used to worrying her whole life about him, while he plays Captain Korea, and worries about everyone but her? Again, screw that.

If they want an equal relationship SJ has every bit of obligations to "manage her emotions" as she does with him. Basically you are suggesting she suck it up and spend her time comforting him because he's got bigger things to deal with. Again, ridiculous.

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The whole swearing not to worry her thing just underscores my point. It's an impossible promise to keep and the fact that she needed that means she just isn't equipped to deal with what a relationship with him would mean. The reality is that they leave when they get the call, often with little to know warning for spec ops. The family is not allowed to know where they are or what they are doing. So you hold things down at home and try not to imagine worst case scenarios. And then when they come back they may have some serious issues to work through. Ptsd, survivors guilt, physical injury, whatever. So you've waited and waited for this homecoming but instead of the puppies and rainbows seen on tv you get awkward transitions and relationship hiccups and the long hard work of finding a new normal.

It's a hard life. In a lot of situations you simply don't come first as an army wife. When I married my husband my grandmother told me something I'll never forget: The Army is his wife. You're just the mistress. And I've seen the truth to her little quip. It doesn't matter if you're pregnant or giving birth or if it's your anniversary or you're just having a hard time coping. The mission comes first. And having a mentally healthy soldier is important to the mission, so it's important that a military spouse finds someone other than the soldier to vent to. A frustrated, worried, distracted soldier is a danger to himself and those around him. It sucks. It doesn't always feel fair. But that's just the way it is.

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Totally agree. She did everything SJ asked of her this episode. Never even gave a thought of "breaking up" and said she understood him at the end. Do people really want her to coddle him for coming in nearly dead and then ignoring doctor's orders. I thought they worked out things really well. I liked how he called her brave in the stairwell instead of just offering hugs, as well. I love their unique relationship.

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Whaat? She had EVERY right to worry lol. Are you serious? He showed up dead and covered in blood and all he could talk about is his friends, his job, his mission... kept leaving, didn't think of her once and didn't bother to say sorry I worried you until the very very end of the show.

He deserved every scolding (and then some) that he got.

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People are just now realizing the ridiculousness of this drama?

The first episode showed a doctor straddling a patient on a moving gurney, without wearing any gloves or other protective gear, while said patient was spewing blood.

The getting back up after getting shot multiple times is like the least cringeworthy thing i've seen from this show.

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Uh no? Lol People have criticised the drama consistently since it began. Yes, even the fans of the drama acknowledge the ridiculous aspects of the show. But it is possible to enjoy it no matter the many flaws.

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Thanks for answering my rhetorical question.

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No worries, I took it to be genuine. Now I know there was no sense or purpose to the question. My mistake.

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it's not unsual. this scene is credible. i work in ICU and one time we had a patient back from OR. however just as the patient was about to be transferred to the bed from the gurney, an RN noted blood coming out from the surgical cut. the MD without gloves immediately jumped on top of the patient putting pressure on the gaping wound while commanding everyone to turn around back to the OR.

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A very sweet ending for this episode. Good job DOTS!

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I would have liked them to be a bit closer when they fell asleep in each other's arms. The distance between them seemed a bit too far. Made me reminisce about all of the snuggling in Healer.

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Maybe we'll get the snuggling next week? Haha

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true that!

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I love your screen name! Byun Yo-Han fighting!

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Healer couple scenes are still gold!!! :)

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Hello @helkwo :) *hi 5!*

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I think that KES does well writing romances whether it be the main couple, the secondary couple, the nurse/doc interaction. However, she is used to writing about main conflicts involving chaebols and love triangles not action/spy dramas and though I know there is a second writer involved, I still think this is her thing. She is the one who changed the SJK character from a doctor (This whole idea was from a script competition and she took it from there) to a military guy, which is fine if she had stuck with the issues dating a military special forces guy. It doesn't work when she tries to go with the bad guy/spy stuff though the episode 14 stuff worked better than the Argus stuff.

So, yes, she does romance well, and I very much appreciate it seems to avoid the tropes so common in her previous dramas and about 75% of the other k-dramas, but I agree that with the $$ spent, the time allowed, the talent they gathered, this whole drama should have been a lot better. I am happy for everyone involved in the production and for k-drama because honestly, they've needed a huge hallyu hit.....but still, though I've enjoyed the romance, I keep coming back to it could have been so much better. For anyone interested I think KES gave an interview and Soompi has a bit of it....she was even questioned about her "cheesy lines".

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I will admit, I'm only following this show out of hype and have no invested emotions or feelings in this drama...how people are addicted and crazy for it is beyond me but even those people have to admit the ridiculousness of Shi Jin getting shot.

I think I finally get the title of the drama now....Shi Jin's gotta be some mythical god descended from the sun to survive bullet wounds like that.

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Hahahaha.,, i love your comment : " I think I finally get the title of the drama now….Shi Jin’s gotta be some mythical god descended from the sun to survive bullet wounds like that"

YSJ is really like a mighty heroes.. i think he is qualified to be include in The Cullens Family... maybe that's why they take a title : Descendants of the sun -- means YSJ is the descendant for Sun Gods ?? ahhahahahhaa...

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I'm just so insanely happy with how the female characters are written on this show that I'll almost forgive everything.
I thought did SJ wear a bullet proof vest and maybe it was the shock or pressure that caused the cardiac arrest?
I have no idea but I'm actually willing to suspend my logic for ANY drama that isn't having the lead guy force kiss or grab any female characters.
I think this is such progress for the writer! Also, NO LOVE TRIANGLES!!! Love!!

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At the point where KMY shocked YSJ twice, somehow made him come back to life with chest compression AFTER that, and then he got up right away...I just gave up and hysterically laughed.

I mean, this was always a crack drama but...if they're going to do a death scare soon (and we know they likely will), why bother with this "intense" injury? Why not give him a bullet proof vest, shoot him, clip his shoulder/arm and have him fall on it and fracture it, and give him a bloody flesh wound? That way, the NK soldier still comes in, KMY sees YSJ bloody all over and possibly having shot another person (and freaks out), but his actions after are still realistic. He'll need to be hospitalized - his arm is injured after all, and even with bullet proof vests, the force of the bullet can severely bruise and injure a person's chest/rib area. But him magically being able to walk and shoot like an ace would be in the realm of possibility.

After I realized trying to underestimate why the writers went so out of the realm of capability only made me angrier, I just gave up and decided that it was time to solely focus on the pretty of this drama. We went from "Plot, what plot?" to "LOL REALITY CAN GO SUCK IT".

I will say that what I have heard (the non KES writer really wrote a lot of the drama, she changed it to her will/had specific parts she wanted in) shows itself here - this drama isn't cohesive or connected, probably in large part because the writers weren't. There was a writer for plot, and a writer for BIG MOMENTS, and somehow trying to connect the two just made...no plot. How much better would this drama be with one big plot? What if, the North Korea issue from ep 1 was throughout the entire story? What if the backing of the Urk diamond and gun smugglers was North Korean, and Argus was just a lackey? What if Argus still had human/good sides to him (maybe he hesitates in killing soldiers/YSJ bc of those memories, etc). And after YSJ discovers the NK plot in Urk, he returns to SK with Team Alpha and they continue to investigate it, risking his life, until it comes to a conclusion in episode 16.

I guess what angers me most now isn't that this drama is crack - I came in looking for fluff/crack, because we knew this was not going to be the kind of deep drama, and to be honest I ENJOY fluff dramas, no excuses given because none needed. But the thing is, this drama clearly shows it had possibility. How YSJ talks about obeying orders, yet you can see that even before KMY he always followed his heart and beliefs (how many soldiers have NK "chingoo" soldiers?) - it could be a complex, layered issue of duty vs what feels right. KMY clearly, in ep 1, was shown as a doctor who cares (in front of a senior doctor responsible for possibly giving her a professorship, she instead chases after a wayward patient). What, in 8 months, made her suddenly a "doctor who broadcasts" and cares ab money? What about the complexity of her change, and her return...

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What about the complexity of her change, and her return to realizing what she cares about more is the doctor-ing part?

This drama had possibilities...it just ignored them...

That said, I am still all aboard the DOTS train until the end. Except now I will also look at it as a fluff comedy and just let myself hysterically crack up next time YSJ legitimately dies and comes back still human (we all know that will happen). At the end of the day, we need no reason to like dramas. I like it right now, and that's that.

(That said, this is the first time in years I have commented so in-depth about a drama on Dramabeans. Clearly DOTS is doing SOMETHING right.)

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+10000 with everything you said
This drama could've been so much more and justify its hype easily with a bit more care. I've read so many good suggestions in the comments throughout the recaps (including yours above which is one of the more complex) for the ridiculous plot lines that would've spared us a lot of head scratching and I'm pretty sure DB readers are not script writers in real life or spent hours coming up with those. Sometimes just a simple google search would've helped already ha ha.
But feels like both writers really didn't bother because they don't even have the excuse of live shooting or extension, they simply also turned off their brains sometimes while writing the script lol. I mean nobody's here for the (non)plot as we've all known way before it started that this is a love story only. There's no need for a complex plot like in Signal or Punch, just asking for a minimal amount of logic and reality and not treating your viewers as brainless creatures. Sigh

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Yes to everything you said. That was interesting about the writers because knowing there are two, I still figured KES was the top dog but I can totally see her doing the big romantic moments and the other writer trying to shoe horn in an action/spy drama scenario in between the "big moments".

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Oh yes! Ditto to everything that you wrote here.

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+10000
totally agree with you, plop

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<We went from “Plot, what plot?” to “LOL REALITY CAN GO SUCK IT”.

Hehehehehe. That's good way of summing it all up.

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Very well said and an accurate analysis. Thumbs up!

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I love this show so much but I just cringe with the unrealistic portrayals of the medicine aspects in this show. As a physician, seeing someone who coded like Shi jin just jump up like that is medically impossible. For dramatic purposes, I understand when characters code and they get their pulse back but for Shi jin to jump out of bed like that was so ridiculous! Oh man, how hard is it for the writers to get a medical professional to guide them with their medical scenes?!? Thank goodness for the amazing romance and bromance in this drama! And Song Joong Ki!!!

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The thing is, the writer doesn't want realism or correctly portrayed facts, she wants an effect. A big effect. She writes scenes to generate feelings the viewers are supposed to feel or evoke a sentiment or make the characters have skinship or whatever. How she gets there is obviously totally unimportant, she is not plot driven, but effect driven. And the sad fact is, that the audience wants this hype and not quality writing.

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That's REALLY sad... :-P

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I'm not really impressed with the last 2 episodes, I feel like there were more fillers than an actual storyline. I agree with everyone that questioned the logic part of ep 14 - YSJ got a cardiac arrest, then miraculously resurrected, only to have him jumped out and running a minute later (with multiple gunshots, etc) - as if he only got a minor injury.

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I assume those gun shots just scratched his abdomen area and shoulder, because of the shock he got cardiac arrest, he is easily losing his consciousness, back in urk he lost it when he rescue that little guy.

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@ mido,

So how would you explain the blood on him then? Do you think it was the NK Lt's blood on him? Speculating that he was close (physically) to YSJ when he was shot, and so his blood splashed on YSJ? But SDY was also physically close to the NK Lt, and he didn't get any blood on himself, so I'm not sure about that theory.

I was also wondering if maybe YSJ might have caught the NK Lt as he fell down when he was shot. Though I don't know if that happened, as we saw YSJ give chase right away to the car that was fleeing. Also, YSJ had blood on his neck, how did that blood get there? It looked like it had come from his own body. I don't think that YSJ holding the NK Lt would have been enough to get the blood on his neck, and we didn't see YSJ hold him, but then again I could be wrong.

I'm trying to figure out how the blood got on YSJ, and if he only had scratches, that was a lot of blood for just scratches, imho.

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Agreed. The storyline is being stretched. The loveline between MY & SJ is not developing at all. Is this as far/deep as they can go? Now its SJ doing his thing & MY trying to understand it?

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Thanks for the recap!
Haha.. No matter what happen, im very happy that i have been able to watch this show! Its really entertaining and we should appreciate all the efforts of DOTS team for bringing us this enjoyable show! Im ready for the finale! Bring it on! :)

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Thanks LollyPip.

What I'd like to bring up about this episode is how nicely balanced out this event with Lt Anh of North Korea is for Shi Jin, whose motto is also to be honorable and to take care of his friends (especially old people, young kids and beautiful women LOL!), when we remember the case of Argus.

Shi Jin met Anh as his enemy and both found each other honorable and respected each other. Now they call each other friends. Parallel with: how Shi Jin had a hand in getting Argus rescued and considered him a friend, but how he turned into an enemy.

Shi Jin to his chagrin had to shoot Argus, as a dishonorable criminal to kill him. Parallel with Shi Jin shooting Anh in order to save him.

Whereas Shi JIn was filled with regrets over Argus, he is filled with hope over Anh.

Isn't it great that the character of Shi Jin did not become bitter and cynical after Argus and that he has retained his honor and respect even for the enemy?
:)

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I switched off my brain and intelligence while watching this drama coz I've already given up trying to find logic in anything that doesn't concern the romance part of the drama. It wasn't only at the medical part of the drama, the security procedures starting from Argus arch until now were really done haphazardly...

I'll just enjoy looking at SJK's face and his bromance with JG coz when they are together it will always turned out gold. Even his intense bromance with the North Korean's soldier, even if short lived, was pretty epic :)

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I still enjoy, like the ep and I still want a goat,
I find this drama is so funny and meme generator in my daily life,

for the incorrect or remedial resurrection, I knew it's so weird but I don't think it change the plot so much, I mean Nick Fury always survive in Marvel despite anything that happen with small information because it wasn't important to the plot, his present is what needed.

Sometimes when I saw real life situation and think if I film it, it wasn't gonna be as touching as drama. Look at how Boyhood and let's say the fault in our star in people perspective. It's a drama and the way the director that like the suspense in it will way different than the scriptwriter that focus on what really happen and ofc different with people that look into the procedure.
I am major in physics and I have tons of complaint since the building collapse but tbh it wasn't something that people will understand or care when a building is collapse.

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not gonna comment on the ridiculousness of this ep since everybody else has.

but the blase way shijin just brushed aside MY's legit fear and concern over him dying in front of her just makes him look like an egotistic ass and got me seriously upset at him for the first time. i know you have an Important Mission, but couldn't you spare a few moments to hug your GF, ask if she's okay and assure her that you do care for how she's feeling? i mean for MY, it must have hurt to always being put as Less Important than whatever conflict he's facing atm

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Thanks a lot for the recap. I'm in love with this drama, esp Dr Kang

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Pride? Dae Yong and Myung Joo can't get back together because of some stupid pride?? And after all they‘ve been through to be together?? Why??
I'm gonna watch this show till the end just for the sake of finishing what I've started.. I'm not fully invested in the story anymore, since ep 12… .
I don't even care what happens next… If one ar all of them die at the end, so be it…

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I totally agree with this

"It’s really the characters that carry the show, though I honestly don’t know that even that would be enough if it weren’t for the spot-on perfect casting. I can’t fault anything in anyone’s performance, and for the most part, there are really no character discrepancies — everyone behaves in ways true to themselves, and the continuity mistakes are confined to situations outside of the characters themselves. There are even some wonderfully clever callbacks to comments made back in very early episodes, which definitely add to the fun. Maybe that’s why the show baffles me even while it charms me… because the characters are so well-written, and the cinematography is certainly breathtaking, so why is the logic in certain areas of the storytelling so weak? It’s still a good show (and the ratings certainly prove that I’m not the only one who thinks so) but it does make me wonder what might have been, if just a little extra care had been taken – it’s not as if they didn’t have the time. Descended From the Sun has certainly made its case for more pre-produced shows to give it a shot in the future, and I do hope more dramas try it out. There are a lot of ways in which the show has proved its worth, and a lot of areas in which the process could be improved, and I’d love to see more attempts made and discover where it could lead."

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The drama should have focused on other things when the doctors returned to Korea.
They could have focused on the PTSD aspect more as well as KMY wanting to open her own clinic a little more.
The getting drunk thing from last ep was weird and could have been shorter.

YSJ should have at least been on a wheelchair when moving round in the hospital in this ep.

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the drinking/drunk scenes were completely unnecessary. and unfortunately it was another big example of YSJ taking his gf for granted. Because he came back all the way from Uruk and he didnt even TELL his gf that he was back, didnt go see her and she had to find him drunk with all his army bros. the only reason this issue was overlooked was because they were so cute about it. and thus another time the plot took a backseat where you cant even say there was character development or continuity.

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I saw a comment elsewhere referring to the Choco Pie as simply being more PPL, but I believe there's a lot more to it than that. Choco Pies are a big deal in North Korea-- they were so popular on the black market there, people sometimes paid more than a day's wages for a single Choco Pie, and they were being used as a form of underground currency. Eventually the gov't banned them, and South Korean activists responded by sending 10,000 Choco Pies over the border via helium balloons, which in turn caused a diplomatic incident between the two countries. Foreign relations analysts have written about the influence of Choco Pies in North Korea. I'm not making this up!

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/06
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/south-korean-activists-choco-pie-balloons

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Wow! Thanks for the info; I never would have known.

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wow... thanks for the info,,i didn't thought about it!

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Dang. Now I want to eat a chocopie.

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I know why Shi Jin made a miraculous recovery in seconds after he got shot and almost died.

He has alien DNA.

Good thing I watched the X Files.

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I love your theory

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I think a lot of Korean celebrities must have alien DNA how else could you have the face of 16 year old at 32 without it?

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botox lol

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Oh yeah, I forgot about that....

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Most loved korean drama ever, it is loved by globally, i think sun, moon star concepts are working really good in ratings with records (Moon embracing the sun, my love from another star, descendants from the sun)
SJK's acting is awesome, he is well playing his comical side and seriousness as a soldier, and as someone's beloved. i am a sole fan of him.

hope to see your next project soon.
fighting and take care

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there's moonlight drawn by clouds waiting, let's see how's moon work out

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i have a theory that the north korean soldier will play a part in saving YSJ in the final week- he did make a comment to repay SJ even if he ends up dying
still optimistic that this drama will end well

btw how hilarious was DY playing girly i totally lost it at that scene xD and rawr indeed at him taking off SJ's pants lol

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Once again, can't thank javabeans enough for their recaps. They are the window to kdramas and their reviews are an excellent guide.

The show's script is well written and the main lead as well as the second lead couple have ace performances. Its almost a guaranteed good watch.

However, I am feeling that the show has lost some steam. I was enjoying Shi Jin persuing MY but now that he has her she is always in the backseat. I wish the story was more about conflict and love stretching and expanding boundaries.

For me, I am looking for romantic development with the suttleties and sparks and having an underlying mature theme. This started off right but now it has become a PG drama.

I love the interaction of Dae Young & Shi Jin the most. More than SJ & MY which can tell you why I say the drama has lost its steam for me.

Now I am hoping that the drama has a happy ending

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Yes @siesta

Hmmm girly and pants scene ... those are the parts you noted huh? Heheheh! Keep it up girl!

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well everyone else has done a very good job of articulating all the other details so i'm just throwing in a little tidbit i enjoyed in this episode lol.. i definitely wouldn't mind taking over DY's place *winkwinknudgenudge*

cmon DY's spot on 'girly' gesture with his manly man face was hilarious xD Dumb and Dumber totally carried this week's eps for me since the romance was taking a back seat (or backward steps for MJ&DY)

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I just wanna give all the awards to whoever did the sliding across the hood of the van stunt at the top of this episode. I watched that stunt so many times, and it is perfection.

Also my favorite logic issues:

-Not transferred to a military hospital as soon as they were stable?
-Not having jurisdiction over mercenaries who shoot one of your soldiers on your soil??
-No more Yoo Ah In???

...okay, that last one is just me loving unconditionally Yoo Ah In, but it is still important

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I really liked that slide over moving vehicle stunt too. It was just soooo smooth and he didn't ever break his stride! :)

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+10000000
Car sliding scene makes up for all the flaws. :) Why it's Joong Ki!

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ditto! one of the best stunt scenes i've seen in a drama
is it possible that SJK did the stunt himself and ended up injuring his knee?

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Sadly, yes. This was apparently the stunt that caused him to injure his right wrist and tore the ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) on his right knee. He didn't land properly after doing this stunt :(

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Also loved that sliding over the car scene!!

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I love this series, infact i love it so much that i am revisiting Innocent man and watching it again (There is a limit to how many times i can watch and rewatch 14 episodes).
But having said that this is episode is a bit disappointing when it comes to logic....I mean i am a romantic and could not care less about the politics or medicine in the world but its hard to ignore so many things thrown at you at once.
The most difficult to swallow of this all was the magical 5 min recovery of Shi-jin. I mean unless he was a part of the universal soldier league that they missed to mention in this series so far then it would be near impossible to recover so fast from gun shot wounds much less go on another mission by breaking and climbing windows. Dont get me wrong i actually took a sigh of relief when they showed in alive in ep14 after leaving us on a cliffhanger in ep13....but for a critical patient that was just too quick a recovery.
Also the fact that Shi-jjin just about never takes Mo yeon seriously when it comes to his health is a bit frustrating. I guess that where my female ego comes into works so i ll let that one pass.
But at the end of the day i love this series and love watching every single episode of it.
Guilty as charged !!

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Me, I'm just working with: Shi-jin did get operated on, at about the same time as Jung Joon. But because of the severity of Jung Joon's injuries, Jung Joon was hospitalized for the later part of four months, drifting in and out of consciousness. So by the time he was fully recovered, Shi-jin just had the cast on for formality sake.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

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MY specifically said that it has been an hour since she saw shijin died when she visited him after finishing jung joon's operation

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If this drama ends with a finale that I don't like I'm coming back here to read your version because I think I will like it better. LOL!

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Once again, can’t thank javabeans enough for their recaps. They are the window to kdramas and their reviews are an excellent guide.

The show’s script is well written and the main lead as well as the second lead couple have ace performances. Its almost a guaranteed good watch.

However, I am feeling that the show has lost some steam. I was enjoying Shi Jin persuing MY but now that he has her she is always in the backseat. I wish the story was more about conflict and love stretching and expanding boundaries.

For me, I am looking for romantic development with the suttleties and sparks and having an underlying mature theme. This started off right but now it has become a PG drama.

I love the interaction of Dae Young & Shi Jin the most. More than SJ & MY which can tell you why I say the drama has lost its steam for me.

Now I am hoping that the drama has a happy ending

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This time, it's LollyPip who wrote the recap for ep14.. :D

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Thanks for pointing that out. I appreciate all the people who are involved with this site. It's a splendid hangout for all of us:)

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I reelly enjoyed this episode despite being unrealistic...
but one thing really bugged me and this applies to quite a lot of dramas, it's the scene in the hospital room when Mo-yeon insists on sleeping next to the bed because she "has to protect herself". I mean wth? Is Shi-jin some kind of predator who can't control his animalistic urges and might jump his innocent prey any second? That kind of sexist bullshit is implied in so many dramas grrrrr

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I think the writer made MY first refuse so that the last scene of both sleeping together on his bed has a bigger effect, is more 'Wow! They do it anyway!'.
Unfortunately she is shallow like that.

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I'm really tired of the "a guy will jump a girl as soon as they're alone and a bed is within arms reach"-trope.

1. She's a 30something adult and some cuddling wouldn't kill you, especially when you went through so much that day....unless she's actually worried that she'll be the one who wouldn't be able to hold back which... rawr lol.
2. A little fan service wouldn't have hurt here considering we had to go through his cardiac arrest at the beginning of this episode (no matter how ridiculous that ended). And not gonna lie, to me there is not enough skinship in this drama, I don't need them to eat each other's faces but come on this is a love story, jfc, I can't even remember whether they've even ever hold hands. Lmao
(3. Irrelevant to the trope but 99% of us wouldn't need to be asked twice and be in that bed within 3 seconds, hello manly special forces soldier with SJK's face. lol)

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In any moment the drama shows Mo-Yeon as innocent virgin, on the contrary, she always flirted with Shi-Jin, for me, she refused to lie in bed with him as punishment or charme.

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HEY, ref #3.... That had me loudly laughing, forget the lol crap. Some of us might ACT as if it would take longer than 3 seconds...(Geeezzz)... but not by much.

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I'm new to Korean dramas, and I'm trying to get a sensing of the cultural norms with regard to pre-marital sex, at least on TV. are female leads supposed to remain virgins? earlier in the show, MJ got upset when she heard there were rumours that she had slept with DY. it would have been more fun to see MY consciously accept his invitation to cuddle.

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Interesting you bring up the issue of cultural norms with regard to pre-marital sex. I have seen a few Korean dramas and have sort of decided that there is something called "hypocritical Korean morality". It seems to be ok for the men to have mistresses, girlfriends, bastard children, hit their wives, drink like a fish and moreover treat their girlfriends/wives like dirt. The females are expected to be virgins or certainly act like they are virgins, coy and cute. Abortion is often discussed...Wait....was there a virginal pregnancy? This often takes place after a night of wild drinking. I have long since given up attempting to figure out the reasons/justification for this behavior and have learned to enjoy the drama presentation.

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I'm by no means an expert on Korean culture, Korean dramas are not documentaries so I can't speak for the reality of life in Korea.
From the top of my head I can remember four dramas where the unmarried female lead has sex and only one of them has an actual sex scene (Cruel City). I get the feeling that the past three years or so dramas have become a bit more liberal discussing the topic of sex and intimacy ("skinship"), but even if society is depicted as more liberal, in most dramas it just so happens that the female lead is coincidentally still one of the women who are unexperienced and "innocent" regardless of her age...

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Maybe she didn't want to sleep with him. Plus he was in trouble so he didn't deserve it lol. And she gave in anyway

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She has every right not to sleep with him if she doesn't want to! But then she should say so and not suggest that she has to be afraid of him not being able to control himself.
Saying that he didn't deserve it because he was in trouble suggests that women use sex as reward or punishment to manipulate men. Not exactly a healthy message either. And the fact that she gave in anyway makes it look like she was just playing hard to get. Another cliche about women I dislike. I'm not criticising you! These are all conclusions viewers can draw because they were set up by the writers/producers/directors to do so in that scene and from the behaviour of the characters in general.

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To me this is part of who Mo-yeon is. She is (not in a negative sense) emotionally immature for her age. When Yoo Shi Jin left Urk for Korea to attend his father's retirement ceremony, Mo-yeon knew in her heart she had make a big mistake by asking Yoo Shi Jin to apologize instead of allowing him to confess. She does finally give in after she beats herself up and acknowledges her feelings. Recall after she broadcast her confession, she attempted to change the subject, deny her involvement, lie her way out and finally she ran away. In the truck after her confession, she broke down and responded in a way that was short of jumping his bones. He has been extremely patient and has had to confront her with "how many times have you rejected me? I think our sexy captain has been around the block a few times without a lot of emotional attachment- more like "wham-bam, thank you mam", but now he really wants her.

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it's weird YSJ could woke up from just being come back from the dead crazzyy

maybe they just wanna show how tough their physic as a special force and their heroic thing to put others life first instead of him?
huufff well just enjoy it than the story line as it is.

i'm still scared what if they kill YSJ aaahhhh i can't take it if they kill him for all those emotion and time i invest for this dramaa aarrghh let them live happily ever after.

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Still loving this show despite the lapses in
logic but all i can say about Si Jin's miraculous recovery is that maybe he didnt have deep bullet wounds? I mean that is something the writers cant really miss. Anyway, still looking foward to how its gonna end.

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What might be the possible alternative scenarios, if the logic was better reflective of reality?

After personally feel that at this point in the drama, i wouldn't want like more of pre-(Urk-)ake's peace and banter,

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Ahh sorry, my phone hanged, totally messed that up, and the comment accidentally got posted before I was done..

Retyping the 2nd para:

After thinking about it, I personally feel that at this point in the drama - i wouldn't want more of pre-Urk/earthquake peace and banter, or more development on the other supporting characters / soldiers / politics included - just for a more realistic recovery process on YSJ, if you get what i'm saying. (Maybe i'm just not that into the medical / military / political aspects.)

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Haesung Dramaland Hospital must be the most expensive for the miraculous treatments, guffaw!!!
Cardiac arrest then miraculously up in less than 5 minutes for Shi Jin? How does the poison in the ballpen on the left breast pocket work? We saw blood...
Nevertheless, curious to see the last 2 episodes.
Fighting!

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based on what I watched in Bridge of Spies, if the soldiers are caught by the enemy, they're supposed to kill themselves by stabbing the pen. that way the enemy can't squeeze out intel from them.

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I am thoroughly enjoying the entertainment aspect of this drama. It's paced well and the characters really draw you in!

Perhaps this will be an unpopular opinion....
However, I can't seem to get myself to be very invested in YSJ and KMY's relationship because the writer has betrayed such a preference for their relationships survival that I can't take any threat that comes to them seriously. I know at the end of the day, the two will still be alive and probably together.

On the flip side, the second lead couple I can get behind because their threats (both life and relationally) have weight behind it. I feel myself fighting for their relationships much more than the lead couple.

While the actors are portraying a phenomenal job of their characters, something about the story isn't sitting right with me (and I'm not just talking about the suspended reality).

What would redeem this drama for me is if the lead couple didn't end up together because honestly, the show has set up such an unrealistic setting for the couple to live in that it is just complete fantasy to have a happily ever after for the two, plus, Ill be wholly disappointed to see them skipping towards the sunset come ep 16.

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I dropped the show from ep.5 and just read recaps if it's good or not. The story is not cohesive and maybe I am one of those who enjoys a plot rather than the actors..anyway..mqybe will start marathoning this once this is finished and just skip to cringey parts.

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I'm sorry - I started shrieking at my computer as selfish, immature Mo-yeon yelled at her beautiful man in the emergency room, "Didn't you think at all about me??!!!" How dare she say that!
This drama drives me nuts for moments like this that are so wrong. There are more but this one really got me. She doesn't deserve him. OK - I've vented.

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lol I can't believe people are actually calling her selfish and immature for being MAD about how SJ acted this episode. After he promised her that he wouldn't worry her too...

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Just enjoy the pretty or give it up. This ain't HBO, it's more like LMN. The drama has had more plot holes than swiss cheese from the very beginning. Although it was a bit weird to have the dead sit up and start bantering with his GF 30 seconds after his heart is revived. Maybe this is HBO, maybe it's GOT. Naw, no boobies.

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LOL! Thanks for making me laugh! And yes to this! I am sitting back and enjoying this ride :D

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honestly there's a limit to just how much one can turn off one's brain while watching a drama/movie...

it's what i've been trying to do during DOTS' whole run, but i think my frustration spilled over with this episode. yoo si-jin was sprightly as hell for someone with a GSW to the chest and who had nearly permanently flatlined.

i don't expect the medical stuff, the army stuff to be 100 percent realistic (and quite honestly, i wouldn't want it to be!) but there's just been so much cringey stuff throughout the entire drama.

i wonder if this show wasn't written by kim eun-sook, would it still be so successful? sometimes i wonder/think that it's kim eun-sook and her amazing track record that ensures the ratings.

i didn't like secret garden, but i could sort of see why it was so hyped. with this one, though, i really just can't see it, unless people are watching for the leads...

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... because Secret Garden was all about romance and had Hyun Bin-Ha Ji won?

I miss Hyun Bin so much btw..

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Totally agree because SG was a fantasy drama. The role-switching of HB and HJW had me in stitches.

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is the north korea solider going to die? :c

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I might just consider this the last episode after seeing the preview.

Loved this episode and the honorable bromance with the North Korean. Hope he lives.

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You know what the final scene in this episode where they both fell asleep without finishing the movie was the only thing that redeemed this episode for me. Everything else just felt like a filler. But I still love Dots and besides I need my SJK fix every week. He just has to smile & I'm ready to forgive the show for all it's flaws:)

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Let us all take DOTs as the fun drama with perfect cinematography.

I have never laughed so much at the ridiculous of a drama like DOTs, but i still love watching, if for nothing but the Bromance and the second leads relationship.

As someone mentioned earlier, the sliding over the car was the perfect stunt. It was. there is no way anyone will miss the perfection there.

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amidst the stretched plot -- like SJ sneaking off the hospital to visit the department store *rolls eyes* -- I have to say my two favourite moments were (i) when Liutenant Park waved his phone panickedly when the head of security called him (so cute!) and (ii) when DY tucked his hair behind his ears. oh man. somebody needs to gif that right now!

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my favourite scene is when KMY swearing about liutenant colonel Mr. Park ( ugly soldiers ) and how the sergeant Choi make a face beside Mr. PArk.. it was totally hillarious.. i can't stop laughing..ahahhahhaa.. if only YSJ let KMY to speak it out loud.. ahhahaha,,,

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Despite of those some non-sense scene like the feather scene where YSJ got shoot.. and then how he can wake up and still walking toward the mad NK soldier,,
i should say : you are qualified to be a family member of The Cullens.
ahahahhahaha,...
i will just ignore those silly, non-sense scene and enjoy the show,,.
the show itself picture a reality and i like it..
it is so different with many kdrama with the (always) same story : triangle love, chaebol man fall in love with poor woman.. sooo boring and cliche..

but this show, bring up a humanity issue, relationship problems and how they handle all the hardship in their relationship... i have no comment..

it will be hard for me to move on to another drama after DoTS.. aahahaha..
judging from the preview of next episode, i hope PD nim doesn't let YSJ die.. even if PD n writer nim make him die, i believe, he will come back as a human. hahaha.. like always happened in many drama... ahhaahhaha...

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I think it'll be Seoul Daeyoung's turn to almost or even actually die in the next episode.

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i don't think so.. but, yeah,, i just hope all the character get a happy ending..! hahahah

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*whips out list of characters who have died on Grey's Anatomy* If my Shi-jin can come back to life on the bed after being shot multiple times and not needing surgey, so can all of my favorites from Grey's Anatomy.

Also, if Dae-young is the one who dies, I'm gonna riot. I want a happy ending for him.

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I’m really enjoying this tv drama and since there’s only a week or two left, I’m determined to continue to enjoy it as much as I can.

There have been a lot of comments on the internet about how unrealistic it was that YSJ got shot multiple times, then got up and walked around the hospital soon after. So, here’s my happy suspension-of-disbelief reasoning to myself:

1. A reviewer at another site suggested that YSJ was wearing a bullet proof vest (because it’s standard operating procedure, and he was doing security detail although we don’t see it in the drama), he wasn’t shown in surgery, so none of the bullets remained in his body or hit vital organs. So it was just flesh wounds (arm, abdomen) and blood loss. The blood loss caused the cardiac arrest at the hospital. If he had lots of fluids given him by IV at the hospital, and his vitals were destabilized by KMY, then the main issues would be fixed.

2. Another reviewer said that as a paramedic/nurse, she had seen unconscious patients recover well, and she had a military uncle who know of a pill given to special forces who could keep them awake and fit for 72 hours, and that special forces were trained to function under incredible amounts of pain.

3. The North Korean soldier was shot multiple times, got lots of saline in the ambulance, and managed to take Nurse Ha hostage and wave a knife around. So that’s what a special forces leader is capable of! I’d say he’s even more superhuman than YSJ...Until he passes out from blood loss. And the doctors removed 3 bullets and an SD card from his body in the OR. Both men clearly can take a lot of pain. Remember YSJ fighting off 17 gangsters with knives with a fresh knife wound to his abdomen?

5. It’s easier to believe that YSJ can walk around after being shot multiple times than that a van full of special forces would miss shooting YSJ when he’s standing right in front of them until the very last minute. I mean, think of the rest of the show. Is it realistic? Not really. Is it seriously fun? Yes. If I wanted something realistic, I’d be watching a dour documentary….It’s more like 24 meets Harlequin…

6. Song Joong Ki still has some immortal healing werewolf blood from Werewolf Boy, so Captain Yoo is super healing...

When DSY is trying to help YSJ remove his pants (LOL), he said something like, why did you have to put it back on? I guess he was referring to the cast...

I loved the part where YSJ bum-scooted over the car in the underground parking garage. Sooo cool. It was funny when KMY chewed him out for his reckless behaviour and he couldn’t talk back because of the secrets he was keeping. I liked how YSJ replaced the sniper and the North Korean soldier lived. Although I wish we knew what would happen with him back in North Korea - would he be exonerated because he found the real traitor or was he framed too well?

I think Agus and the North Korean soldier are two sides of the same coin. They both show what can happen to YSJ in the...

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Love your assessments of best examples of suspended belief in order to keep enjoying the party. Cracked me up.

I like the bullet proof vest option for walking around after being hit by at least 3 bullets.

The "bumskoot" across the car hood had me saying COOL as I watched it happen. Much more graceful a landing then flip onto hood and whip legs back onto ground at other side of hood. That one has so been done;)

My second mention of the floating feathers when he was shown hitting the floor after being shot. I ass-umed that, maybe, they were supposed to have come from the airbag?? Feathers in airbags??? What the hek, something to stick to the burn powder that gets on your face. OR....were they from the angel wings that he has on his back; which he can make invisible for when he's shirtless?

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If you rewatch it carefully, there is a cart with pillow right beside the white car.. i think that's where the feathers come from.. hahahahaa..

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I thought the feathers may have come from his bullet proof vest. But that's my uneducated guess.

two more to add to the list:

1. when YSJ got shot only after the fire extinguisher smoke came out, not when he was super open in the seconds before

2. when Anh received sedatives (the nurse wasn't lying was she??) but could still break windows and escape. I assume they would give a potent dosage so that the sedative would work!

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I read that the 'bumskoot" scene was the moment where SJK fractured his wrist, so thats why he wore that cast

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I prefer YSJ got shot but they were all scratched his body, because gunman couldn't aim at him as he was in a running car, and he got into cardiac arrest because of the blood loss.

it is too early to get him major injuries, may be in next two episodes :(

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