City Hunter: Episode 13
by girlfriday
I feel like this show stabs me and then bleeds me dry, every single episode. Is this what dating a vampire is like? Because the rush, the addiction… I know it’s bad for my health, but I can’t stop. Show, I know you’re just going to love me, then leave me, but why can’t I quit you?
EPISODE 13 RECAP
With Yoon-sung locked inside the market and Nana standing outside, Dad comes screeching towards her on a motorcycle. Yoon-sung sees his face, and acting quickly, he shatters the glass to get to Nana first.
He knocks her out of the way and Dad stops…
…And pulls out a gun. Whoa.
Yoon-sung puts himself between Dad and Nana, as if to say You gotta shoot me first. But… um… remember that time you stood on the car, and he hit you anyway? With a semi?
Dad knows he’s lost his advantage, so he zooms away. Nana trembles as she asks, “Is that your father?” Makes you grateful that you walked away from that tea party with your life, doesn’t it?
On the way home, Yoon-sung explains that this is Dad’s way of retaliating because he disposed of Target No. 3’s money in his own way. You should just tell her that when other kids got grounded, you got shot at. That pretty much tells her what she needs to know.
He swears to protect the people around him—Ajusshi, Mom, and Nana. But Nana’s not having any of that, and tells him that next time, he shouldn’t jump in the line of fire to protect her.
Nana: “I don’t like it when you’re in danger because of me. I don’t like it when you’re hurt because of me. I don’t like it when you’re struggling because of me.”
But he just yells at her to stop, refusing to listen and getting angry at her instead. He walks into the house all silent and pissy, and Ajusshi wonders if they fought at the market. Nana tells him that they ran into Dad.
Ajusshi starts stuttering immediately at the mention of Dad, and asks if they’re okay. She nods, and he just gapes, “But that’s not likely…” He describes Boss as the kind of person who stole Yoon-sung from his blood to raise him.
Dad sits in his office, calmly cleaning his gun. Sang-gook asks what he’s going to do now. Dad says matter-of-factly that Yoon-sung is the kid who ran guns-a-blazin’ when his surrogate mother was killed. “I just have to make him like that.” Shivers, meet Spine.
This is so messed up, but so genius too. He’s realized that threatening Yoon-sung with his people’s lives isn’t really getting him anywhere, but he knows the trigger to lure him into hell. I believe that Dad, despite his coldness, has a soft spot for Ajusshi and Mom. But Nana? She’s just in the way.
Nana confronts Yoon-sung right away (which I love), and he asks how he’s supposed to just pretend not to notice if her life is in danger.
Nana: I know better than anyone that every single day is a war for you, and every moment is a struggle, so how can I lean on you? How can I ask you to protect me too? I’m going to become someone that you can lean on. I’m going to become stronger. So I can protect you.
I. LOVE. HER.
He sighs, wondering what on earth she eats to make her so plucky. She smiles, “You just thought, ‘That woman is really cool,’ didn’t you? You thought, ‘I have a good eye when it comes to women,’ right?” Pwahahaha.
He gets mad again, mostly out of embarrassment, “What kind of woman just pops into a man’s room all the time?” The kind who wants your bacon. Duh. He tells her to stop saying stuff like that, or he won’t leave her alone. Rawr?
Target Kim Jong-shik tries to do some damage control by telling the press that the City Hunter is the one who stole university funds. When asked why the money was found at his house then, he says that the banks are unsafe, and he therefore was keeping the money safe for the school personally.
HA. Oh, okay then. Surely people will believe THAT story. Why it’s perfectly logical.
Yoon-sung sets a tiny spy camera in a book, and prepares to plant it in Kim Jong-shik’s office. He thinks he’s going alone, but once he gets in the car, Nana pops out of the backseat, grinning from ear to ear. She’s basically not going to take no for answer, so he finally gives in.
City Hunter and his Girl Friday, on the case. God, I love this drama.
Kim Jong-shik’s minion tells him that they’ve lost the City Hunter and Bae Man-duk to the wind, but they’ll keep trying the Nana angle. He orders them all killed, for stealing from him. Wow. Apparently this man really loves his money.
Young-ju heartbreakingly watches as his father’s name gets smeared all over the news. Nana’s aunt worries that she’s been unable to reach her, and at work they say that an uncle called in sick for her, which is highly unlikely.
But Young-ju’s day is about to get worse. The City Hunter case gets handed off to a different prosecutor, right out from under him. He storms into his boss’ office, only to be told flat out that he is to wash his hands of all the City Hunter cases because of his father.
Young-ju understands that he can’t handle his own father’s case, but pleads to continue his work on the City Hunter. His boss tells him that all it takes is one wrong move to taint a prosecutor’s good name, but what he really means is that he’ll bring the whole office down with him, which is not okay.
He takes a hard line and adds, “I’m not suspecting you or anything, but did you really not know about the money?” Oh. Oh, poor Young-ju. You are having a really bad day.
Yoon-sung and Nana pose as Kim Jong-shik’s bug sweeping team and distract the secretary long enough to plant their camera. Problem is, Young-ju is on his way to see Dad unannounced.
Nana steps outside for a cup of water and sees Young-ju walk in. He plows straight into the office and insists on waiting inside. Yoon-sung freezes, trapped behind nothing but a glass divider with some venetian blinds.
Young-ju is immediately suspicious of all things, which I love because it’s fitting for his character and awesome for the story. So he cautiously approaches the man standing in the corner, in an attempt to get a good look at him…
Yoon-sung steels himself, for what I don’t know—to attack, to run, maybe all of the above…
I really wish you had a face mask on right now…
And then just in the nick of time, Young-ju’s phone rings. It’s Nana, hilariously faking bad reception in an attempt to draw him out of the room. Smart girl. It’s such an instinctive thing we all do with cell phones—walk around to find a better signal, even if we can hear clearly while the other person insists they can’t.
She manages to draw him completely out of the office to give Yoon-sung an exit, and also assuage his concerns that she’s out sick and unreachable. She turns around to leave, and nearly runs right into Kim Jong-shik, on his way in.
She hides behind a pillar and Yoon-sung pulls her out of sight before she gets discovered. He notes the license plate on Kim Jong-shik’s car. Nana wonders what Young-ju is doing here (still in the dark about the daddy-son connection), and realizes that he must be here to investigate the money, like the awesome prosecutor that he is.
Yoon-sung spits jealously that he’s not being cool; he’s just doing his job. Heh. I love that you’re a big enough person to keep Young-ju’s family connection a secret, but petty enough to remind her that he’s not such hot stuff.
Young-ju pleads with Dad to turn himself in. But Dad is just as insistent as ever that he DESERVES that money, because he built this school up from nothing. He wonders why he’s the only one who has to abide by the law when no one else does. Uh, what now?
Young-ju calls him out for being so far gone that he’s made himself believe in his own innocence. He tells him how much pain he felt the day he realized what Dad had done after the accident, and that as his son, he wanted to somehow right his father’s wrongs.
Dad declares that he’s innocent by law, since the statute of limitations has expired. Young-ju asks how he can really feel no guilt, when someone died, and another has been a vegetable for ten years.
His eyes widen, “What a relief… that one died and the other became a vegetable. The dead can’t talk, and the vegetable won’t likely wake up. What a relief… that those people are taking my sins in my place.”
WHAT THE… ?
Young-ju’s jaw drops as he murmurs in disbelief, “Father…” Oh my god. He’s a loon. A proper sociopath. Oh my god.
He goes even further: “So what if those people pay for my sins? Do you think all lives are equal? I’m different from them.”
SAID THE PSYCHOPATH.
Oh god, he’s far scarier than Jin-pyo. I know, one’s got guns, but this guy is actually a nut job. He insists that the accident was nothing but bad luck. Young-ju hangs his head, his last drop of hope in his father shattered before his eyes. He draws the line in the sand:
Young-ju: It should have been you who died in that accident. At least then I wouldn’t have come to hate you like I do now. I resent being born as your son. Will sin really disappear in time? October 1983. What happened that day? Why is the City Hunter after you? I don’t think I’ll be able to protect you this time, Father. Take care of yourself.
Daddy vs. Son all around it is.
Young-ju comes back to the office ready to glue himself to the City Hunter case, rules be damned, but finds that his staff is not with him. He realizes that he’s on his own now if he’s going to go rogue. I like you much better this way. Rogue prosecutor is much cooler, even if you’re still a rule-stickler at heart.
He decides to track Lee Kyung-hee first, and goes to her snack shop to ask around in the neighborhood. One of the nearby ajummas tells him that she doesn’t know where she is, and that she has no family because her son was taken from her. In 1983.
He comes back up the steps and lo and behold, Yoon-sung is sitting there in front of Kyung-hee’s store. Young-ju hides, his mind rapidly piecing together what he knows: Lee Yoon-sung, Lee Kyung-hee. 1983. He had his blood test when she went into the hospital needing a bone marrow transplant.
He thinks back to earlier at the man in his father’s office. The City Hunter used hidden cameras to trap both Targets 1 and 2. If it was Yoon-sung…
Oh man, I love that he’s smart. I hate it, and I love it.
He goes right back to Dad’s office, and I totally expect him to tear the place apart looking for the camera, but he coolly pretends to just answer his phone and loudly exclaims, “You’ve found Lee Kyung-hee?” and repeats the location, for Yoon-sung to hear.
Hot damn, you’re even smarter than I thought.
He leads him to a convent and tells a nun to lead the man who arrives into the chapel. He waits inside, trap set.
Yoon-sung speeds over and the nun takes him to the chapel and opens the door…
He looks in and then halts, just an inch outside the door. He baits the nun with a trick question, asking if Kyung-hee’s leg has healed, and she lies that yes, her leg has healed and she’s doing well here. And with that, he disappears, trap averted not a moment too soon.
I love this cat and mouse game.
Young-ju runs out but he’s gone. He refuses to let it go and arrives at Yoon-sung’s house just two seconds behind him.
Yoon-sung plays it cool, musing that the good prosecutor seems mighty interested in his affairs with no evidence, and Young-ju tosses back with a smile that he knows Yoon-sung was at the convent. He even picks up on the dirt smudge on Yoon-sung’s back, noting that children were playing soccer in the field just outside the chapel. Okay Sherlock Holmes. Was it also a rare kind of dirt only to be found at that specific location, imported from India or something?
He reminds him that checking traffic cameras will confirm that he went there, though he guesses that Yoon-sung’s already changed his plates. He’s got nothing for now, and both men know it. Yoon-sung goes inside, and Young-ju texts his father with one last plea to turn himself in before things get ugly.
Ajusshi tries Kyung-hee’s house, to see if she’s come home at all. She hasn’t, but the mail is piling up, and he shuffles through it and lands on letters from a temple. He heads up there and finds that it’s where she’s been staying, but she’s gone on a trip to visit cancer patients and pray for them.
He tells the woman at the temple that she has a son, Lee Yoon-sung, who’s alive and well and looking for her. He leaves Yoon-sung’s number and begs her to have Kyung-hee call the second she arrives. On his way out he notes some green tea that the monks at the temple harvest themselves.
Young-ju cleans out his desk of all the City Hunter files he’s to turn over, and comes across an old mp3 player that he got as a gift from his father. He’s kept it all these years because it has a recording of Dad, telling him to become the kind of prosecutor who upholds justice and truth. He listens to it now, the emptiness of Dad’s words ringing in his ears.
He shows up at Yoon-sung’s gym, insisting that it’s pure coincidence. Yoon-sung doesn’t skip a beat and says sure, why not, since he grew up with a silver spoon too. He is Kim Jong-shik’s son after all. Oof.
He wonders that since Young-ju’s outed himself as Nana’s Daddy Long Legs, when he plans on coming out with the truth that he’s the son of the man who killed her mother. Eep. Young-ju spots another weakness and counters that he sure seems to know a lot about Nana.
Yoon-sung challenges, “Walk away from her cleanly. If you really want to remain a Daddy Long Legs.” Young-ju asks saucily, “Is that why you saved her? At the broadcast station, he let Seo Yong-hak go to save Kim Nana, the City Hunter.”
Oh you two and your dancing around each other. Is it prom night up in here?
Ajusshi visits the Blue House to give Nana’s partner Eun-ah the green tea that he bought at the temple. His pipedream crush on her is so cute. He even plays she-loves-me-she-loves-me-not with some leaves while he waits for her in the garden.
She accepts the tea happily thinking it’s from Yoon-sung, and Ajusshi sighs, his gesture totally misunderstood. Aw.
At home Yoon-sung frets that Ajusshi isn’t answering his phone (because he dropped it in water up at the temple), but then he gets a call from Eun-ah, thanking him for the tea. Nana’s eyes widen. “The Blue House? You mean where Kim Jong-shik sent a bunch of lookouts for me?”
They book it over to the Blue House, and find Ajusshi on their way, crossing the road. Yoon-sung stops the car and waves, just as another car zooms right past him…
…And straight for Ajusshi. NO!
Yoon-sung and Nana realize what’s happening, but in a split second, the car speeds up, and hits him dead on. Ajusshi smashes right into the front windshield and gets thrown over the car. He lands on the ground.
They race over to him and try to wake him up. Yoon-sung looks up at the car with a ferocious look in his eye. It’s Kim Jong-shik’s license plate. The driver sees Yoon-sung and Nana in the rearview mirror and drives away, as Yoon-sung mutters his name aloud.
They race Ajusshi to the hospital and the doctor begins CPR to try and revive him. No heartbeat.
OH SHIT. OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT.
Yoon-sung pleads, “Ajusshi, open your eyes! Ajusshi, get up!”
The doc keeps pumping his chest, but still no heartbeat. Yoon-sung starts to cry. Trembling, he whispers, “Ajusshi…don’t die. Please. Don’t die.”
He screams, “AJUSSHI!”
Don’t die. Don’t die. Please don’t die. Don’t die. Don’t die. Don’t die.
And then finally… a pulse. Oh THANK GOD. I nearly had a heart attack waiting for that heartbeat. Yoon-sung cries tears of relief, and even in this moment, he tries to hold back his tears, which just crushes my heart even more.
Ajusshi gets through surgery, but he remains in a coma. Yoon-sung sits by his bedside silently, not answering his phone. But it might be your mother! Aaaaugh!
Nana looks over at him warily, telling him that she knows what he’s thinking right now.
Nana: When my father was lying in a coma, I thought about it hundreds of times every day. If I weren’t a powerless high school student… If I could only drive… I could repay Kim Jong-shik in the exact same way… Your eyes right now are just like mine back then. It makes me nervous.
Yoon-sung: I finally understand my father’s heart now. He might even be going easy… Those people…
NO. No.no.no.no.no.no.no.
He asks her to take care of Ajusshi and walks out before she can stop him. He looks at himself in the mirror like an animal hungry to kill, his eyes piercing with rage and darkness.
God, it kills me inside, and yet… the City Hunter, finally coming to war with his own darkness… It’s the BEST. THING. EVER.
He shatters the mirror with his bare fist. And in turn his reflection fractures, the Yoon-sung we know, broken and no longer whole.
Ironically, Young-ju is up for a commendation, just when his career is on the cusp of landing in the toilet with one false move. His boss hands him an invite list, and he wryly crosses off the first name – his father’s.
But Dad gets the invitation anyway and smiles, thinking that his son still wants him to be proud of him, despite everything. So he shows up happily, right next to Young-ju.
But Young-ju’s lightning fast on the uptake, and guesses right away that the City Hunter is behind his dad’s appearance. He tells his assistant to look around, and plants the mp3 voice recorder in Dad’s pocket.
Yoon-sung arrives, noting Kim Jong-shik’s car parked downstairs, fixed up like new.
Nana shows up too, flowers in hand, after hearing from her aunt about Young-ju’s award. She sits eagerly, applauding along with everyone else as Young-ju receives his award and trembles, giving his speech using his father’s own righteous but empty words about what it means to uphold the law, beyond words in books.
Dad smiles proudly. But then the screen comes up behind Young-ju, and he hangs his head, knowing what’s about to come. And sure enough, there’s the video of his conversation with Dad, incriminating the both of them—Dad for his crimes and Young-ju for knowing.
Nana watches in shock, the truth dropped on her like a ton of bricks.
Kim Jong-shik turns to see all judgment pointed his way, and walks out. Young-ju’s boss is the only one to break everyone out of their stupor when he declares that this must be the work of the City Hunter.
Both Nana and Young-ju bolt at those words.
She cuts off his path, for Yoon-sung’s sake but also for her own, asking Young-ju: “Are those words true? You’re Kim Jong-shik’s son? So the father commits the crime, and the son feels sorry, so he becomes a Daddy Long Legs? All this time, I’ve been encouraged by letters and gifts, even living with hope. What was it? Pity? Guilt?”
He apologizes for not being able to tell her sooner, and promises to take all of her hatred later, but she refuses any apology. He runs, more concerned with finding his father before the City Hunter gets to him.
But he’s too late of course. Kim Jong-shik runs to his car, but the second he gets in, Yoon-sung is there waiting for him, knife to throat. He orders him to drive, unless he’d like to die in front of his son.
As Kim Jong-shik drives, Yoon-sung plays a recording of Young-ju’s voice saying, “I shouldn’t have let it go that day when I found that 200 billion won.” Oh, nice. And dark. You’re threatening him with his son.
Kim Jong-shik guesses that this is all because of October ’83, and Yoon-sung muses that he’s lived nicely after killing those men, living off students’ tuition, and committing murder and getting away with it. But he’s going to send him to be captured, by Young-ju. He shows him evidence of his embezzlement, the bow on the present when he delivers dad to son.
“Being caught by your own son’s hand… ought to be fun.” Kim Jong-shik pleads for him to leave Young-ju out of it. In a fit of desperation, he swerves the car and runs out with the documents.
Yoon-sung chases him in that creepy serial killer slow walk, knife at his side and in no hurry whatsoever.
Kim Jong-shik stumbles up onto a pedestrian bridge over the road, out of his mind with fear. He trips and the papers go flying out of his hand, and crazed with that single-minded pursuit of keeping them from getting out, he jumps up to try and catch them, hurling himself over the ledge.
He barely grabs onto the rail, hanging over the traffic down below. Yoon-sung stops in his tracks, and then…
…He turns around and walks away. *GASP*
But! Your soul! You’ll lose your soul!
But in that moment, he remembers the same pain when his surrogate mother was killed, and his father’s sacrifice to save him. And then Nana’s words, that what she wanted was not blood spilling blood, but for the City Hunter to bring Kim Jong-shik’s sins to light, to make it known that he is not someone to be upheld and respected.
Her words shake him, and he drops the knife.
Young-ju arrives and sees Dad hanging from the bridge. He cries out, “Father!” It startles Yoon-sung into action, and he turns around, running towards Kim Jong-shik.
Oh whew!
Kim Jong-shik hears his son below and sees the City Hunter running towards him. He realizes what’s to come, and unable to face it, he closes his eyes… and lets go.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
He falls to what is surely his death. Young-ju looks up and sees the City Hunter, standing there in the place where his father fell. He screams and runs over to Dad.
Yoon-sung trembles, feet locked in that place, looking over the ledge as it dawns on him what just happened.
COMMENTS
No! It’s so unfair! Some people flirt with their dark side for years with little or no consequence to anyone but themselves, but Yoon-sung goes dark for a day, and THIS is what happens? WAH.
This show makes me so bipolar because I LOVE this turn in the story — that Yoon-sung gets pushed over the edge, that he makes the conscious choice to turn his back on Kim Jong-shik, and that his one split-second decision has immediate and grave consequences. He didn’t pull the trigger, but he chose not to save him, and that changes the very makeup of a hero’s soul. But I HATE what it means for him, what he’ll have to face, what Young-ju and even Nana will think of him.
Will anyone believe that he didn’t kill him? Will he ever believe it himself?
I was really hoping this drama would take his hero’s journey to the dark side, and I’m glad that they didn’t necessarily have to kill off Nana or Ajusshi (fully) to do it. It may have been a short jaunt to his darker side, but what’s important is that it bears a massive consequence as a result.
From here on out, he bears the weight of Kim Jong-shik’s death, which changes everything, and seals his fate with Young-ju as well. There’s a chance he didn’t die, but I actually hope that’s not the case, because this would be a pivotal change and a narrative goldmine. It pains me, but I want to see him go through this and have a life-altering mistake on his conscience, to suffer through the Light vs. Dark within himself, and to struggle with what it means to be a hero in a world where the consequences are life and death.
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1 Melisa
July 6, 2011 at 8:56 PM
this drama is just TOO awesome >w< <3 thank you!
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kangling
July 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM
This Lee Min Ho is way too AWESOME..
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jyyjc
July 6, 2011 at 11:03 PM
OMG IKR!?!? Ok in BOF and PT, I didn't think much of lee minho's acting, thought it was so so. But here in CH omg...he will go far. That scene where they were trying to revive ahjussi, his tears, his face, it was riveting!
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jyyjc
July 6, 2011 at 11:04 PM
Oh and lee junhyuk is great too.
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marie21
July 12, 2011 at 12:38 PM
I agree with you all concerning Lee Min Ho's acting! he kicks a*** in this show, although I still think he was great in BoF (I fell in love wih Goo Jum Pyo!!!) ! But in this, his acting is really amazing! and the twist in this episode was stupendous! "OH SHIT. OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT. " I was exactly like that! I couldn't believe this was happening!!!Then, I knew that it would lead Yoon Sung to turn to the dark side if Ajusshi died.
and you know what? For a moment, I thought of another possibility concerning the one who runs over Ajusshi. We'll see in the next episode if I was right or not...^^
Great review again! I love this show! I love the fact that some characters like Kim Na Na and the prosecutor are sometimes very smart. He especially makes things difficult for City Hunter!!!
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soserious
July 6, 2011 at 10:29 PM
I'M COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH THIS DRAMA.
i wait for the weekend to pass by fast so that wednesday will come and i will get my Lee Min-HOT fix.
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gumiho23
July 7, 2011 at 2:43 AM
love this drama so much...!!!
lee min ho is superb and cool...!!! so handsome !!!
i love nana too...!!!
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Hazel
July 7, 2011 at 5:44 AM
watch City Hunter Episode 13 English Subbed here: http://www.kimchidramas.net/2011/07/city-hunter-episode-13.html
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omo_omo
July 7, 2011 at 8:29 AM
totally awesome!!!!
thanks GF! ^^
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malia
July 7, 2011 at 9:50 AM
This drama keeps getting better and better. It's my favourite one at the moment. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. And LMH as well <3
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2 Celexa
July 6, 2011 at 8:57 PM
City Hunter you're giving me cardiac arrhythmia!!!
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Celexa
July 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM
I just want to say again... both Lee Min Ho and Lee Joon Hyeok undeniable talents made this episode. Lee Min Ho you are perfect as City Hunter... no ... you are City Hunter!
I initially watched City Hunter for Lee Min Ho… but the actor playing the prosecutor – Lee Joon Hyeok is not moving over meekly and letting LMH shine alone! LJH has stepped up to the plate and matched LMH scene for scene!
The veteran actors have also added so much dimension to their characters that it’s difficult to hate them without pitying or them.
This is truely an awe-inspiring drama to watch!
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Mandelbrotr
July 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM
I agree LJH was great portraying such resignation and heartbreak. And I liked seeing the scenes with LJH and LMH together. So nice that the Prosecutor is smart.
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gala
July 6, 2011 at 9:47 PM
you speak words of truth, my friend. there's a weakest link, but it's not such a major "weakest link" that i'm bothered as a viewer. KNN's character is written convincingly, but i'm not so sure about the portrayal. i guess i can imagine a different actress for the part.
but, it's bashing towards PMY. i just think among all the leads, she's not delivering to expectations. still, i think she's performing to her full capabilities. it's just not enough to amaze me as a viewer.
anyway, city hunter is the best, so far this season. i think wherever the series takes us, for example the City Hunter "dying" [but pls no!], it's something i can accept. i believe the writer(s)/director can weave it smoothly and justifiably (unlike, say, 49days).
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scarlet
July 6, 2011 at 10:54 PM
I've yet to be moved by any of her scenes. PMY may be cute and all, but she's just......not a strong actress.
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funnygirl24
July 7, 2011 at 8:18 PM
PMY is way better than LMH past leading ladies. I didn't like the one he was paired with in BOF (Ku Hye Sun)...this actress was so over acting..it seems like the only thing she could do was to pout and squint. I didn't dare to finish that drama because of her.
Peeps
July 8, 2011 at 7:50 PM
funnygirl24 cudnt agree with you more...
denza
July 6, 2011 at 10:56 PM
ahahaha I agree with all the comments above... :) ... CH and the Prosecutor are giving a great acting!... I can not believe what had happen!!!... I <3 CH ... I cant wait to see the next episode!... I am so addicted to the drama... I had never been so anxious and responding with emotions to any other drama.. It makes my heart beat so hard... :S ... I do not want it to finish... :S
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houstontwin
July 6, 2011 at 11:24 PM
I like her portrayal but I agree that Nana could be expressed as a more complex character - she has some great lines.
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Celexa
July 6, 2011 at 11:29 PM
gala...
I agree with your assessment of KNN's character, she is cute, spunky, brave and miraculously jumping 15 points on her IQ (I do enjoy this side of her character), but as much as PMY tries, she has yet to evoke any sense that places her equally as City Hunters crime fighting counterpart.
I grew up reading Wonder Woman, Bat Girl and Super Girl comics... to this day.. they remain my heroines. They made me proud to be a woman. I'm not embarrassed to say... I have a Wonder Woman action figure prominently on my desk. Female action heroines are a rare breed, They are strong, smart, fearless, with a single minded drive to right the wrong... this is what I want PMY to bring out of the KNN character.
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Webfoot
July 7, 2011 at 12:35 AM
Hear hear!
thameryst
July 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Agreed!
Before, I was irritated by everyone else's griping on PMY's acting chops b/c I guess I've just gotten so used to disappointing dramas and sub-par acting that with my initial very-low expectations I felt PMY was doing alright and going all give-her-a-break-already-you-guys.
But that was before I really started paying attention to the riveting lesson LMH was giving on ADVANCED ACTING CHOPS: DON'T-EVEN-THINK-ABOUT-ATTENDING-IF-YOU-DIDN'T-PASS-THE-101-COURSE practical demonstration seminar. Next to him, suddenly, everyone else with even a justifiable flaw started to pale and fade away in the dusty wake of LMH's focused path of glorious execution.
My eyes were distracted from LMH's for a flicker of an instant in the hospital crying scene and I was taken aback by PMY's compartively weaker depiction of the scene's gravity. Before that micro-instant passed and all my attentions was once again absorbed by LMH's one-man-show, I came up with a flimsy pardon for her: well, I guess Yoon-Sung's character WOULD be more affected by Ahjusshi's death than Na Na would, so maybe she's wearing that expression of mild, cutely-interested SURPRISE on purpose.
But still, there's a huge difference between surprise and SHOCK and I think PMY should really stop by LMH's office hours sometime and ask for tips in figuring out exactly what the distinction is. Not to keep ragging on my PMY, b/c I truly love her, but I'm just sayin', get it together girl!
msim
July 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM
I have the WW action figurine too! and it's a Hollywood-shame that every second-rate comic book hero has a film and Wonder Woman is still not brought to the big screen.
I think PMY is doing the best she can - she's been very good in this - but she is missing an "edge" (Yoon Jin Seo or Shin Mina would have been spectacular).
Kim Na Na is one of the best characters I've seen in a while.
Ennayra
July 30, 2011 at 10:56 PM
thameryst, I agree that PMY's acting isn't as good as LMH, but Ajusshi IS the guy who changed his testimony about her parents' car accident. She's disliked the man for, what, 10 years at this point. It's hard to just turn those feelings off. So, this may be giving PMY too much credit, but her character might be shocked for Ajusshi, wondering what this means for Yoon-sung, and still not quite able to forgive Ajusshi. Did PMY convey all that? No. Lol.
Messi
July 7, 2011 at 5:45 AM
I think i'm the only one who like her acting. and she is very beautiful. ayo ;-)
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skelly
July 7, 2011 at 1:10 PM
She is nice looking, and seems to have a pleasant personality, but there are a million and one actresses out there who are nice-looking and seem pleasant. When the male leads are doing some really top-notch acting, nice and pleasant is no longer enough. I had the same problem with Greatest Love - sorry but where are the top-notch Korean actresses? It seems like both these ladies were in over their heads, in terms of bringing the drama and intensity.
funnygirl24
July 7, 2011 at 8:08 PM
I couldn't agree more with you gala... But, SBS is notorious with either killing one of the major character ( like in 49 days) or give open endings (like in Lie to Me) or both will happen. I like cliches sometimes... I have a pessimist feeling either YS will die or Nana at the end. Or someone will leave for good. Gosh! I hope they won't do it this time. Though, I don't like to raise my hopes up like what I did in 49days. I ended up hating it. They were so unfair.
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Rainie
July 6, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Agreed...I think they are both doing a fantastic job! I adore LMH's City Hunter act....he's just so good. His acting is getting better and better each episode. I love/hate how smart the prosecutor is, I don't want him to battle it out with YS but I also kind of do because I know it'll be interesting to watch.
I like how deep their character development is...I think Nana, her character development and scenes just aren't as deep compared to the two of them. I'm not moved by her scenes either, but at least she's no longer as snobby as she was towards YS in the earlier episodes. I think of her as a child compared to YS and YJ...her maturity level just isn't at their level yet. Even though her loved ones died, it just seems like her character isn't making such a big deal out of it in contrast to YS and YJ's reactions in episode 13.
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Birdie
July 6, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Initially I thought it is the way the Nana character is written too, but when the scenes required something else besides cuteness, the lack of acting skills shows. Maybe it is more obvious when she is surrounded by other good actors.
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Olena
July 7, 2011 at 6:58 AM
I think that Nana's character doesn't need to be as deep as YS's character. They couldn't be the same. If she will play mature women then YS will not be highlighted as he is. She is different (light, childish, snobby, strong and weak as a normal human being) and that what I like in this actress. Her role is to support and give way for a super boy :)
Great job! Best wishes to all team.
Greetings from Australia.
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wootwoot
July 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM
Her role doesn't require her to be a *great* actress but to be honest, the way she's delivering her role as Nana, she can be replaced by any other pretty face and she' won't be missed (at least me anyways). I bet if we had another actress (maybe with more experience?) who can also share some of the complexities LMH shows through his role, we would appreciate the dynamics between these two. I saw PMY's potential in SKKS but it seems like she's become just another pretty face as a hero's support role for this drama... come on girl!
And just to show you I'm not only bashing on the girl, I think the prosecutor role is similar to case i mentioned. He's executing his lines well with what's-expected-of emotions but he lacks what LMH has.... suck in the viewer!!! Maybe he'll show more of what he's been hiding in episode 14, but he's just been blah... neither cold nor hot... just lukewarm.
All the other characters really show off their charm and have made a great ensemble! kudos!
3 Fall
July 6, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Ahh!! It just gets better and better!!!
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4 Han
July 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM
thanks!!!!!!
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5 Arhazivory
July 6, 2011 at 9:01 PM
XD Dammit!!!!!! I wanna watch too!
Thanks GF
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6 stars4u
July 6, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Yoon-sung crying for Ahjusshi just tore my heart into a million pieces!!! He looks soooo vulnerable!!!!
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tuqaz
July 6, 2011 at 10:00 PM
LMH and his tears! I just wanna hug him every time he cries... He's a DAMN good actor :)
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kangling
July 6, 2011 at 10:19 PM
I can't focue on all the emotional wreck with the ajusshi. All I can think about is his tight pants. Is that Jeging? rrrrrr.....
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reva
July 7, 2011 at 1:33 AM
Jegging? That word makes me LOL all of the time I hear it. As the show creates piggybacking, the fashion creates jegging.
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7 hi
July 6, 2011 at 9:02 PM
YESSS!!!!!
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8 Mimi
July 6, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Just finished watching the episode. WHY CLIFFHANGER?! WHY?!!!!! Okay, I'm calm now.
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9 Ree
July 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Thanks girlfriday!
City Hunter makes me wish I were more in shape. Sigh…
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10 kangling
July 6, 2011 at 9:08 PM
Whoaaah.. I hope the street camera cought whatever happened there. and the end is alright. I was expecting something that make me hold my breath again. aaah... will wait patiently for tomorrow.
I think Korean drama make me grow old so fast.
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11 Thatgirl
July 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM
Today's episode just felt like one big overwhelming mess. *Sigh* Yoon Sung, its so hard to be a good guy, just join daddy in being bad, so much easier. *Sigh* How are you going to get out of this one, Yoon Sung.... Young Ju is going to be on your ass big time now.
Hopefully, tmrw's episode will be better. I was so overwhelmed with this episode I had to take a nap right after to re-energize.
Hrm... I wonder, how is the City Hunter going to get the President? Well... I'm pretty sure he isn't going to since something is bound to intervene to stop the City Hunter since the Pres is such a good person. But what say, City Hunter starts looking for something corrupted in the Pres' record? The Pres seems like such a good, honest guy, what do you guys think City Hunter will find about him? I mean, I'm pretty sure he'll find something, or else, what kinda show would that be? I wonder if once #4 is taken down, the Pres will confess, or make City Hunter will make him confess.
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Thatgirl
July 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM
I just realized something! What if Evil, Psycho, Daddy Jinpyo stole Kim Jong Shik's car and was the one who ran over Ajusshi? What if it wasn't Jong Shik's car at all? What if Jinpyo pulled a Yoon Sung and put in a fake license plate?! O_O
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mochadocha
July 6, 2011 at 9:23 PM
gah i was suspecting the same thing!!!! i was wondering why badass daddy was so absent this episode and not interfering with yoonsung at all...
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Mandelbrotr
July 6, 2011 at 9:24 PM
That's definitely what happened. Clearly forecasted earlier in the episode.
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Newbie
July 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM
DITTO
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Daniela
July 6, 2011 at 10:06 PM
My thoughts exactly. Daddy is the driver.
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ar_arguably romantic
July 6, 2011 at 10:17 PM
That's what I believe too! He wanted YS to go to the dark side and to remind him how it felt to lose a parent (or a surrogate parent).
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Linda
July 6, 2011 at 11:54 PM
I thought the exact same thing!
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legomom
July 7, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Agreed, Dad is behind Ajusshi's car accident.
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Avada Kedavra
July 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM
I've just watched ep. 13. I also think that it's Evil Daddy who hit the Ajusshi.
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beggar1015
July 7, 2011 at 3:04 PM
While that does seem to be where the script is heading, I have to question how Psycho Daddy would know that City Hunter would know that that was Kim Jong Shik's license plate?
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Thatgirl
July 6, 2011 at 9:31 PM
Nana isn't a ride or die, chick. Shes a ride by my side, chick.
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Thatgirl
July 6, 2011 at 10:14 PM
"He looks at himself in the mirror like an animal hungry to kill, his eyes piercing with rage and darkness."
Actually, I think thats just from Lee Minho being exhausted and lack of sleep.
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12 soserious
July 6, 2011 at 9:09 PM
OHH NOO!!! AHJUSSHI!!! NOOOOOO…
That scene was playing all slow-motion for me. I was clenching my hair… then he gets hit – oh shit.
Good thing he’s alive? I thought it would have helped the story if he had died – so there is that turning point in yoon-sung’s character. But I guess all is good, because it was only for that short while. Plus, young-ju’s dad just died (did you see young-ju’s face? ;A;)
On a side note, that nun lied him. A nun -_-
I’m so crazy over this drama. Why can’t tomorrow come sooner!!!
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msim
July 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM
Seriously: I am afraid of nuns...they give me the shivers.
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13 Nicole
July 6, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Oh man, this drama makes my head spin. I love the cliffhangers, the whole action plot, the occasional light-hearted humour/romance...but please, I'm on the verge of heart attacks at the end of each episode...and yet I can't wait for tomorrow's episode. Thank goodness, there's "You've Fallen For Me" to keep me sane.
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14 Ace
July 6, 2011 at 9:13 PM
Wah! Double feature recaps! Almost missed this coz I was reading YFFM. ;)
Thanks!
What'll happen now to mr. prosecutor?
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Ace
July 6, 2011 at 9:31 PM
I was thinking that the driver behind ajusshi's hit-and-run is someone from daddy Jin-pyo's camp.
"Dad says matter-of-factly that Yoon-sung is the kid who ran guns-a-blazin’ when his surrogate mother was killed. “I just have to make him like that.”
CH, why so good?
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15 Molly
July 6, 2011 at 9:13 PM
It's getting so intense that I can't watch it anymore! So scared of what will happen next...
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16 luckytoes612
July 6, 2011 at 9:14 PM
omg this drama is just too good.
my reaction throughout the whole episode is :O and O.O
by the end i was going AHHHH hahah
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Fall
July 6, 2011 at 9:19 PM
same here!! the ending bout jus gave me a heart attack with the dramatic music and everything
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17 crazedlu
July 6, 2011 at 9:14 PM
delivery is so sloppy.
the beginning, HILARIOUS. and yeah. uh huh. right. the car would just PARK there for you to be able to stare at the license plate for 30 seconds. of course you can commit the plate numbers to memory in 30 seconds! no great city hunter moment there.
and his turn to momentary dark side didn't have enough umph. and please, young ju, for the love of all things good about anything action, DO NOT go all two-face on us.
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18 Remior
July 6, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Does NaNa's Aunt know she's working for the guy who's father killed her family?? That's been bothering me because everyone else at the D.A.s office seems to know. Moral-quarrel much?
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Celexa
July 7, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Remior,
Young Ju changed his last name to keep his father's identity a secrete so that no one would say he was riding on his father's coat tails. The director was the only one that knew who his father was.
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beggar1015
July 7, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Oh wow, I forgot about the aunt! That'd be something, to allow her a moment to confront him.
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19 love 49
July 6, 2011 at 9:14 PM
i love u "lee min ho"<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
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20 mochadocha
July 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM
GOSH TOO GOOD. I must say though... the driver in Kim Jong Shik's car that hit Ajussi seems like it could be Jin Pyo... the whole "I'm going to hurt your loved ones to spur you into vengeance" speech kinda solidified my suspicion. But thanks gf! I can't wait for tomorrowww! :]
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21 Annie
July 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM
I totally agree with you, girlfriday! i love yoon sung's dark side. i love how every second of every episode, im at the edge of my seat. i hope yoon sung doesn't get caught because it seems like he's shocked and unable to move. seven more episodes D: i really hope they make season 2.
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22 Verónica
July 6, 2011 at 9:17 PM
I knew someone BESIDES Nana was needed to get hurt so he could finally accept his fate as a vengeance seeker, that was inevitable(not that she couldn't have been, but that may have been taking it to the extreme too soon, perhaps at episode 18?). But I was expecting the acts that would lead to such thing from his father, not someone else. For that, series, you get extra points!
I'm really liking how they are developing the prosecutor's plot, and the polite "I'm gonna outsmart you" game between him and Yoon Sung, but now after what happened to his father, and him out of the City HUnter case, I wonder if he'll become some sort of City Hunter's Hunter on his own or what. Dunno, but from the beginning I have smelled that if someone's gonna take revenge in a bad way, that's gonna be Young Ju, he's a true believer of justice but at what extent, that's gonna be interesting to watch. And Nana!! She may look like a scared little Hotot bunny but she keeps impressing me! Her character reminds me of Yi Nok from "Hong Gil Dong", the silly meddling girl without a fear in her heart.
How is this drama outdoing its previous episode, I'm still amazed at it, it just keeps getting better and better...
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Mandelbrotr
July 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Had to go look up "hotot bunny" then totally got lost in the cuteness of the image results :)
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Maymay
July 6, 2011 at 10:16 PM
You're right, these bunnies are so cute.
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Webfoot
July 7, 2011 at 7:06 AM
Thanks to you two, mandelbrotr and veronica I looked it up too, and that is EXACTLY the image she channels. I thought Hotot was just a mispelling of Hot hot. *facepalm*
And now PMY's scenes have just become .... overlaid with white fur and and a twitchy pink nose.
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Mandelbrotr
July 7, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Veronica, So back to your comments after all the bunny cuteness . . . I like what you said here about the Prosecutor. I was looking back at PR before the show was released and seeing how LJH was listed as an alternative love interest for KNN. This really hasn't turned out to be the case. But so much better that he is a full character on his own. And yes things could go good or bad for his character; bitter revenge or balanced justice. They have set this up well all the mains with enough depth they have multiple paths to end up on.
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23 lalala
July 6, 2011 at 9:20 PM
i think it was jin pyo who ran over ahjushee...
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24 Rini
July 6, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Thank you so much for the recap girlfriday!
So Kim Jong-shik just likes to run over people is what I got from this episode... No really though, this show is too addicting, meaning too awesomely plotted and acted! Can't wait to see how things will turn out now that it looks like another one might take a trip to the dark side...
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25 L
July 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM
Oh you two and your dancing around each other. Is it prom night up in here?
HAHAHAHA.
YS's dad totally was totally driving that car...
This drama is killing me ;_;
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26 MRS.Lee
July 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM
OMG!!!! cant wait to watch this.... CITY HUNTER IS SUPEEEER AWESOME. I LOVE THIS DRAMA.
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27 smashingalou
July 6, 2011 at 9:22 PM
GF, you must LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE CH so much to have a recap in less than 24 hours???!!!
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koreandramalover/kay
July 7, 2011 at 3:34 AM
@smashingalou, dearie, you said it!!! ;)
GF did say before that not since MGIAG has she been so in love with a drama and this lightning-fast recap is one proof of that love... ;)
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28 YerVang
July 6, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Wow, so many people beat me to the recaps. Lol. Thanks.
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29 Yuki
July 6, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Do you think it was Kim Jong Shik that tried to kill Ajusshi? Or was it Jin Pyo?
But OMG I was SO worried that Ajusshi was gonna die T___T
Thanks for the recap, girlfriday ^^
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FathuPixy
July 6, 2011 at 11:08 PM
I think it's Jin pyo, since he told us how angry was Yoon sung when his "another" mother killed
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30 T
July 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Does anyone else think that it was Yoon Sung's father that hit Ajusshi? To get Yoon Sung to go to the dark side? Like he just bought the same car and switched license plates to get Yoon Sung to kill like he wanted to when they killed his surrogate mother in Thailand? Thanks for the re-cap!!! Suddenly this show reminds me of Luke and Darth Vadar lol;)
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Fall
July 6, 2011 at 9:29 PM
I think so too also because they never showed the face in the car. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. :)
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31 sammy
July 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM
every week i tell myself i won't watch the show to spare my the heart attack...but i couldn't resist. the show is getting better and better and i hope it will ends with our hero being the hero along side his sidekicks. although, all dreams are ending badly....I'm very impress with Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young...they are soo soo good here (not saying that they were bad or anything).
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32 yanasaja
July 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM
im dying for next episode!!!!!
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33 fm
July 6, 2011 at 9:36 PM
I just watch the preview for next episode and its true that JP is the one who hit Ajusshi.YJ and YS both were awesome in this episode.
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34 samgetang
July 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
O.M.G!
Perfect episode!
Awesome recap!
THANK YOU!
Still maintaining the lead in Cliffhanger Academy -- Show, you are amazing!
And Kim Na Na, you are as kick.ass.as.ever!
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Celexa
July 7, 2011 at 12:32 AM
samgetang... Show has several doctorates from Cliffhanger University!
:)
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samgetang
July 7, 2011 at 1:00 AM
Hahaha! Yes, celexa! I'm envious of its doctorates. And I've not even taken my masters yet....
Show, you inspire me!
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smashingalou
July 8, 2011 at 10:49 AM
@celexa @samgetang, your comments are way too witty :)
And yes, CH can end up with A SUMMA CUM LAUDE on a CLIFFHANGER UNIVERSITY!!! No One better....
These guys totally rock!!!
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35 Stardust
July 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
I love the turn in the story, that now yoon sung is feeling the dark side. Honestly I'm quite blown away by lee min Ho, always thought he's just a pretty face. But He was absolutely spot on at the scene where the drs were reviving ahjussi. Those tears- man he's acting good. It's like he's breathing city hunter. This is going to be a breakthrough drama for him. Oh man, now he's a pretty fact and Great actor. U won urself one more fan here!
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36 Cynthia
July 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
I'm so totally proud of our NaNa stepping up and going toe-to-toe with YS! Girl's got backbone and it's a treat to watch her use it.
LMH hit it out of the park again tonight and upon reflection, I don't think there's one actor who isn't pulling his/her own weight with this drama - they're ALL superlative!
Can't wait for tomorrow - and have fingers crossed that YS checks his phone messages and finds a call from Mom!
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37 Maruja
July 6, 2011 at 9:38 PM
"I nearly had a heart attack waiting for that heartbeat." ME TOO!!!! Sigh...
I had the same feeling of seeing Anakin Skywalker turning into Darth Vader through the last part of this episode! =P I keept shouting "Return from the dark side, City Hunter.... RETURN!!!!!"
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38 la dee dah
July 6, 2011 at 9:39 PM
Thanks for the quick recap!
Gee, all the daddy issues in this show. What's up with the dads? I mean, the only seemingly good dad has been in a vegetative state for the past 10 years.
Also, the nun lying? Isn't that like a...sin? heh heh. Loved that the prosecutor figure things out quickly. Also loved that Nana FINALLY knows about Yoon-ju and the connection with his dad and her parent's accident.
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skelly
July 7, 2011 at 1:21 PM
I HATE that old cliche, the "bad nun." It's esp. prevalent in American dramas, where anything religious has to be evil and warped. Too bad Korean dramas lean on that old crutch, too. (And before anyone brings up "You're Beautiful," that was a Hong sisters farce so it hardly counts as a vote of confidence).
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39 thameryst
July 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Have gone beyond a state of catatonic shock into a realm, the name of which I have yet to discover.
More on that later, but for now, all I'll say is that narratively speaking this is the episode that turned it all around for me and I've sold the shadow of my soul that was still stubbornly holding itself back from the undeniable love that is CITY HUNTER.
Show, you've earned my respect.
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40 amg01
July 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM
I am so glad that "City Hunter," has achieve so far what up until now only Japanese dramas, and the TW drama "Black And White," have done, a "Dark Thriller" where the Good/Bad Cops and Good/Bad Heroes, are going at it properly!!!!
I am so glad the they decide to let the City Hunter go to the dark side......... I do not want to minimize his role at the end of the episode, he did had the "Chance," to save the bad guy but he refuse to do it......I remember when Nana was in a similar situation and he save her, but this time around he actively contribute to the bad guys death.... I hope that Nana can handle the situation!
City Hunter FTW!!!!!!!
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suppiechan369
July 6, 2011 at 11:13 PM
yea! the plot, twists, mystery and suspense in this drama really reminded me of "Black and White"! except I think BAW got too dark/twisty/confusing for me towards the end...
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marie21
July 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM
The ending of Black & White was very bad compared to the rest of the show which was brilliant! I thought there were too many twists at the end!
But I'm glad to finally see this genre in a Korean drama with characters being not totally good and not totally bad either!
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41 Irish J
July 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Poor Yoon-Sung. After trying so hard to do the right things, this has to happen. Not fair. I hope Nana believes in him.
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42 EJ
July 6, 2011 at 9:45 PM
AHH this drama is ACE!
I really think that it was Jin-pyo in the car that hit ahjushi though. I mean, Kim Jong-shik had no idea where ahjushi was so how did he find him?
When my sister was watching the ep. she literally screamed and almost choked on her mando when ahjushi got hurt.
Aigoo what has this drama done to us!!?
I love how there are twist and turns every moment. The writing in this drama is just so good!
Will the drama on City Hunter ever cease? I HOPE NOT! I say bring it!
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43 tiacait
July 6, 2011 at 9:52 PM
I think what I appreciate most about this drama is the growth I have seen from week to week. Up until a couple weeks ago, NaNa drove me nuts (exactly why can't a secret service agent tell that a lock has been picked and pick up on someone hiding in her house?), and I honestly HATED the episode 2, to the extent that I was thisclose to dropping it (the tonal shifts were giving me whiplash). Yet upon learning that Yoon Sung is CH, NaNa suddenly gained a few IQ points and was actually helpful! Furthermore, it seems like there is a better rom-com/action balance.
Yet one problem is still unresolved: characters seem to either be hand-wringing-mustache-twirling EVIL or appears-to-touch-the-dark-side-but-will-always-do-the-right-thing-in-the-end heroic. Is it too much to ask for a little nuance or subtlety? Although the prosecutor could prove the exception to the rule...
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44 thameryst
July 6, 2011 at 9:55 PM
OH MY....OH....OH...
There's no room in my exploding mind for words!
I just feel a haze of shock and pain and and...
Show...I---NO WORDS TO EXPRESS MY LOVE
MY SUDDEN SPIKE OF RESPECT
AND MOST OF ALL, BEST OF ALL, MY !!!!!genuine!!!!! AWE AT HOW YOU MANAGE TO CAPITALIZE ON EVERY POSSIBLE HUMAN EMOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND IN THE MOST MIND-BLOWING MANNER IMAGINABLE!
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Corn tea
July 6, 2011 at 10:47 PM
I felt the same way.
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smashingalou
July 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM
thameryst...you can imagine me nodding up and down with each and every word you uttered...*with a thumbs up*
You said it dear, I couldn't agree more...
"MY SUDDEN SPIKE OF RESPECT
AND MOST OF ALL, BEST OF ALL, MY !!!!!genuine!!!!! AWE AT HOW YOU MANAGE TO CAPITALIZE ON EVERY POSSIBLE HUMAN EMOTION AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND IN THE MOST MIND-BLOWING MANNER IMAGINABLE!"
*sobbing happily*
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thameryst
July 7, 2011 at 12:29 PM
Dry your tears CH-sister, b/c we haven't even seen ep 14 yet and we better reserve our energy for the proabable floodgates to come!
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45 kirara
July 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM
girlfriday, I agree with you that this is a drug and addiction.. I have no idea what is going to happen next, i mean the whole nana thing was a big mystery too, and it doesnt help that they never show previews for the past few episodes lately so the viewers are basically left to guess what is going to happen.
Gah.. we have to wait at least 24 hours or so to figure out what is going to happen.. thanks for the recap and i'm sure all of us are going to be glued to the screen and to our seats.. lets get ready for one crazy ride coming our way!:)
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46 Anne
July 6, 2011 at 9:58 PM
"No! It’s so unfair! Some people flirt with their dark side for years with little or no consequence to anyone but themselves, but Yoon-sung goes dark for a day, and THIS is what happens?"
That what I thought too. I hate it. but i think this part will be make this show more awesome. and we will wait what Young Ju will do. Will he be blind with anger of his father's death? (I mean if Kim Jong-shik death). and for Yoon sung I really feel so so so bad for him. just when he realize what that mean, everything crash down. and now he has to take responsible from his action/his dark side .... can wait episode 14.
And yes I hope there is City Hunter Season 2..... I think after City hunter end, I can't live without Lee min ho in my days....
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47 mykdramaself
July 6, 2011 at 10:00 PM
will be reading this now, for last night, i really gave in and watched the drama via livestream (got frustrated) and watched it raw this morning. this recap, i know would help.
thanks much, am so looking forward to the subbed episodes later tonight.;)
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48 Birdie
July 6, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Thank you GF for the quick recaps. I like how the plot is into the internal conflicts in the 2 men-City Hunter and the prosecutor. Lee Min Ho has very expressive eyes, which was accentuated by the mask.This episode it is noticeable how LMH effectively change his voice for different emotions. Lee Joon Hyeok definitely stepped up and was not outshone by LMH. Crazy dad was good,too.These 3 actors are holding the show.
My gripe this episode is PMY did not deliver in the two scenes which required some good acting. When she picked up the tomato and crazy dad pointed a gun at her-her fear was not convincing. When she was supposed to be shocked to discover that her daddy long legs is the son of her enemy, her lack of acting skills showed. Furthermore why is Nana not more curious about the reason a young man (stranger) was her daddy long legs for 10 years.
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QuaTrang
July 7, 2011 at 2:32 AM
I agree with you that PMY portrayal of KNN is still lacking. Her range of expressions seems limited, especially when it comes in comparison with other actors. She is great as expressing happy, bubbly feelings, as well as some sad scenes but her angsty expression... I don't buy it!
LMH is getting better and better. Lee Jun Hyuk is awesome. Both have a very expresive eyes in this series. But to be honest, I think LJH is a better actor in expressing his feeling, not only with his eyes, but with all the muscles on his face. The same effect we saw on veteran actors (the one portraying JinPyo, for example). Somehow LMH still have that "baby-smooth-face" that is not going all-out! But a big jump from PT, I guess!
And where the hell is SH the vet! I would hope her character would have more screentime! It would not feel right if she is the FIRST to figure out true identity of YS, then helped him out several times, then... dissappear!!! I don't want her to the on a love triangle with YS-NN, but rather a person to keep YS in check, even if their relationship got doomed because of his excessive workoholic attitude. In the end, she is the one who is there for him when he needs a coffee, who understands his drive and weaknesses! I don't want her just to be a plot device, please give that character a life of its own!
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QuaTrang
July 7, 2011 at 2:34 AM
*to keep YJ in check* (sorry for typo)
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Celexa
July 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Oh QuaTrang... If only there was time to develop this character!
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marisa
July 7, 2011 at 4:46 PM
I miss Lady Vet - she's cool-headed, efficient and fearless.
That dimple is a killer, too.
Surely this show can contain 2 complex female characters.
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scarlet
July 7, 2011 at 6:49 AM
I love how he lowers his voice with an steely edge behind KJS in the car! His vocal performance is another great asset besides his expressive eyes!
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anna
July 7, 2011 at 9:25 PM
lol ia. most of the time she has this O__O face expression and :D as the second.
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49 scarlet
July 6, 2011 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for another wonderful recaps GF!
LMH's dark side... interesting. Reminds me of an interview he said couple of years back about how Ha Jung-woo's psychopath killer in The Chaser fascinated him. He's not there yet, but i see him getting there, bit by bit. He never disappoints me in this aspect.
Oh and LJH!! Great acting from these 2 actors!
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50 Itsme
July 6, 2011 at 10:10 PM
Does anyone else think that it was Yoon-sung's father who set up the Ahjussi's accident? Remember what he said in the beginning of the episode!!
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Itsme
July 6, 2011 at 10:14 PM
oh wow I'm mad late forget I even asked :D
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Elena
July 6, 2011 at 10:52 PM
I thought so too.... I don't think Kim Jong-shik had reason to target Ajusshi, at least not so directly... Unless he makes it a habit of running people over with his car...
I think Daddy dearest went bananas with his badass plot.
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