I Need Romance 3: Episode 6

93 January 28, 2014January 24, 2016

by girlfriday

It’s a fun episode where jealousy ignites some hilarious reactions out of everyone. I pretty much want sunbae to move in so they can start every morning with the Awkward Breakfast Threesome, which I could watch for days. Though of course along with petty jealousy come actual feelings that rise to the surface—some expected, and some game-changing.

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EPISODE 6: “I hope you never know your own heart”

Wan works all night at the recording studio and then sets his alarm for early in the morning to bring Joo-yeon breakfast. But when he walks in the door, he finds men’s shoes sitting in the doorway and then Tae-yoon coming out of the bathroom in a robe.

Both men look to the other and then to Joo-yeon for an explanation, and then she looks down at the sandwiches in Wan’s hand and blurts that he’s the delivery boy. Pwahaha, you did NOT just do that.

She grabs her wallet and stuffs cash into his hand and pushes him out the door, and he just stands there utterly flabbergasted. She says she’s sorry but the other guy’s just a work sunbae, “So don’t think anything weird!” And she leaves him standing on the doorstep.

She comes back in to tell Tae-yoon that she’s known the local sandwich delivery boy for ages so he lets himself in. And then her voiceover suddenly kicks in: “I’ve seen too many dramas. Why do I have to do this?”

Ha, so the sandwich charade turns out to be all in her head, and she decides to go with the honest-but-vague approach, and just introduces Wan as a dongseng she lives with. Tae-yoon knows she doesn’t have an actual little brother, so she amends it to “dongseng I know.” Wan needles, “Is that all we are?”

She introduces Tae-yoon as her work sunbae who drank too much and crashed here last night, and then adds that Wan is just living here for a short time because their moms are friends. It’s pretty hilarious the way the guys look at each other and ask in unison if this is a situation in which they should be shaking hands and greeting each other.

Thankfully the awkward moment is interrupted by a burning smell in the kitchen. Wan’s building agitation over everything he finds is awesome: You made hangover soup? You washed his shirt? And ironed it??

She asks Wan for to borrow a shirt, and he snaps that he doesn’t have any and wouldn’t let him borrow one even if he did. Ha. Tae-yoon sighs that the hole is in the back so he’ll just wear it.

Wan asks if that guy slept in his bed last night, and Joo-yeon says defiantly that they slept in her bed together. He doesn’t believe her for a second and she admits he crashed on the couch, mostly because she couldn’t possibly carry him up to the second floor.

She tries to get a pair of socks out of Wan but he’s even more peeved that she did Tae-yoon’s laundry when she swore up and down that she’d never wash anything of Wan’s. She checks on Tae-yoon and asks why he drank so much last night, and his mind drifts back to Se-ryung but he just says he felt like drinking.

Wan makes sure to point out how Joo-yeon can’t really cook or do any housework, which Tae-yoon says he probably knows better than anyone. Joo-yeon grits her teeth and just calls Wan too young to know any better.

He refuses to let them leave for work together, insisting he has something important to say. He holds her back and tells her not to bring men here. She asks what business it is of his, and when he can’t find a good reason, he goes with: “It’s not good for my education. You’re the one who said I was a kid.” Pfft.

She calls Tae-yoon just a sunbae, which doesn’t ease Wan’s worries, especially sinc he’s figured out that Tae-yoon is the person she was talking to about their kiss. She swears up and down that he’s just a friend, and nothing more.

Wan: “But you don’t know your own heart! Whether you’re in pain or not, in love or not—you can’t tell the difference between discomfort and a flutter.” He asks her to think carefully before answering.

She says again that there’s really nothing between them, but I’m even less convinced than before. Wan throws out a shaky, “I’ll trust you” as she walks out the door.

Joo-yeon finds Tae-yoon waiting for her in his car anyway, and he guesses Wan will blow a gasket when he finds her car still parked at home. He jokes that she sure does have a lot of men—recent ex, man she kissed, man she lives with. She adds that there’s another man who sleeps over whenever he’s drunk.

Tae-yoon: “That man is the best one. You should date him.” Joo-yeon: “Should I?” They both laugh. The car pulls away, and then Wan comes out exactly as Tae-yoon predicted. Wan: “L-look at that! They left in one car! I just HAD to come out and see it for myself and get hurt!” Haha.

Hee-jae sees Se-ryung arrive at work, and runs up to ask if she’ll her sign her book. She’s clearly a fan but not able to let on in front of Joo-yeon, and Se-ryung gives her a jacket just to be nice.

Her morning takes a dive when Tae-yoon’s car arrives and Joo-yeon gets out of it. She notes that he must’ve stayed out all night because he’s still wearing the same clothes from the bar last night, and Joo-yeon doesn’t lose the chance to take a dig: “He slept at my house.”

As she watches Tae-yoon buy coffee, she starts to become curious about what he’s like when he’s dating someone—if he smiles, and if it’s a way he doesn’t smile when he’s with her.

Hmmmm, is that actual interest stirring, missy? Se-ryung breaks her reverie when she makes sure to gloat about Tae-yoon buying her coffee too.

Min-jung pores over her gray hairs at her desk in dismay, while Hee-jae skips through the halls wearing her new jacket from Se-ryung. She ducks behind a wall in alarm when she sees Woo-young coming, but he’s already seen her and waits around the corner.

This time he stops her from running away with another excuse, and tries the kissing-is-no-big-deal approach. She gets flustered, arguing that of course it’s a big deal, and then catches herself and adds that it also poses a problem for her if it is a big deal.

Woo-young takes it back, deciding he’d rather have it be a big deal after all, leaving her more confused than ever.

Joo-yeon and Se-ryung face off during the pitch meeting, where insults fly between both teams and nobody can agree on anything. Se-ryung offers to just do two separate segments and compete instead of trying to agree, and Joo-yeon finds it a reasonable solution.

Tae-yoon gives her the benefit of the doubt and gives her two time slots, trusting her to make it work despite the risk. He smiles to watch her take charge, as she tells Woo-young and Hee-jae to go join Se-ryung’s team because it’s up to them to actually make both segments a success.

Min-jung and Joo-yeon both take note of the jacket Hee-jae is wearing, and demand to know where it’s from.

Wan does sweet things like making dinner or bringing home flowers, but Joo-yeon is so wrapped up in work that the food goes untouched and the flowers go unseen before they wilt. Aw.

Min-jung grows increasingly dejected when her eyesight worsens and she needs bifocals, and then worst news comes from her doctor, who tells her she has early-onset menopause.

She wanders back to the office in a daze, and tells everyone what the doctor said, and Joo-yeon just gives her a cursory, “Oh that sucks,” and goes right back to work. She looks to the others to be more sympathetic, but nobody can offer even an ounce of compassion, and she breaks down, asking what kind of friends and co-workers are so cold.

Joo-yeon counters that Min-jung has been given plenty of time off all week to deal with personal matters, but this is the office. Min-jung bursts into tears, calling Joo-yeon a crustacean (lol) and a bitch with no blood in her veins.

She asks if they really couldn’t offer one warm word of sympathy, and stalks off. She calls Min-seok to meet her at the hotel, refusing to believe that her sex drive is about to die on top of it all.

Wan finds Joo-yeon’s car at home and runs out to meet her at her favorite drinking spot. He guesses she fought with somebody, and she asks him what a crab, a lobster, and Shin Joo-yeon have in common. He says they’re all hard. She cries, “Just because they’re hard, does it mean they have no heart, no blood?”

She sighs, “I got called a crustacean.” He laughs and calls it a pretty apt nickname for her. He says that crustaceans are hard on the outside, but their weakness is that once that shell is damaged, they’re pretty much done for.

But he adds that she’s got extra protection because she has him, and he’ll block anything that might harm her. She laughs, and then he just says out of the blue: “I love you.”

He tells her to bear it even if it’s cheesy, because he’s going to say it often to remind her. She falls asleep at the table and he saves her from burning her face in a bowl of scalding hot broth, and then he piggybacks her home.

As he heads out with her on his back, he imagines young Joo-yeon standing there with him on her back, and they smile at each other. Wan: “See, I said I’d repay you. You’re awfully heavy you know.” Little Joo-yeon smiles back at him.

Joo-yeon narrates: “There was a time when we were stuck together just like this. There was a time when I thought we were one body. When we were really really young. But it feels like that now, for just a moment—that we’re one body.”

A flashback to earlier in the week reveals that she did see the rose he left on her nightstand. She thinks to herself that he’s still living in that fairytale.

In a second flashback, tween Joo-yeon sits across the table from a boy, and Wan storms in, tells the other guy that she snores when she sleeps, and leaves a single red rose sitting on the table before stalking off. Haha. Pint-sized Wan is so cute.

Joo-yeon continues to narrate: “I didn’t dislike it. And it felt like a small anticipation was bubbling up to the surface…the anticipation that this fairytale just might become reality.”

He brings her home and laughs to find that she sleeps with her hands balled up in fists. He gets out her pajamas and tells her that it’s just so that she can sleep comfortably, and starts to unbutton her blouse. Er, that’s not okay. Thankfully he only gets to one button and realizes he can’t do it. Show, do we need to have a talk about boundaries? Don’t make me go there.

She manages to wake up for long enough to change and stumble out to the living room, but she falls asleep immediately, and he carries her back to her room.

Woo-young offers to drive Hee-jae home after working another late night, and he gives her a scarf he picked out. Her boyfriend is waiting just outside though, after calling a bunch of times and being ignored, and she leaves with him.

Min-jung texts the team that night that she quits, and Joo-yeon tosses her phone aside in frustration, just choosing not to deal with it. Hee-jae and Woo-young worry about her doing the broadcast without her, while Min-jung watches from home and hopes it tanks.

But then they go live, and Joo-yeon’s broadcast actually does tank. Now I’m wondering if Se-ryung actually had the forethought to give Hee-jae that flowery blazer knowing this would happen. Too convoluted an evil plan, or just evil enough?

Her show hardly sells anything and is deemed a massive failure, while Se-ryung’s show starts and immediately begins to sell out. Joo-yeon walks through the halls as her co-workers snicker loudly behind her back, and then braces herself to face Tae-yoon.

She opens the door and he looks up at her, not angry, but also not with the same warm smile he usually greets her with. He just asks her coldly if she has anything to say. Her face falls.

Wan comes downstairs that night and finds Joo-yeon sitting in the dark. He asks what’s wrong, and she starts to cry as she says she ruined a broadcast. He tells her it’ll be okay.

She knows that she can pick herself back up at work and just do better next time, and she can even handle other people delighting in her failure, or even Se-ryung winning this round. It’s all okay…

“But… but that person… Whenever I finished a broadcast I’d go to that person…” Omo. Wan figures out that she’s talking about Tae-yoon, and she thinks back to how Tae-yoon would always smile at her as she danced and gloated about how awesome she was.

“He always smiled at me, but he was so cold!” As she says the words, she bursts into sobs. It stuns Wan.

Wan (voiceover): It was this. The reason you weren’t even sad when you broke up with your boyfriend. The reason you were fine right after fighting with another woman in front of him. The reason you kissed me, fell in love, and so quickly forgot that love. It was all because of that man. You were in love with that man. Because you loved him, all other love was just mediocre.

He holds her as she cries, and says aloud, “You’re really dumb.” And then he thinks: “But I hope you stay this dumb. I hope you never know your own heart.”

COMMENTS

Oof. Nice conflict. It’s a great position to put Wan in, after him thinking so much of himself for knowing her heart before she does. He’s not wrong about that, but now he has to deal with the fact that he can plainly see that she loves another man. It’s the wrench he wasn’t expecting to gum up the works, since her wall of defenses seemed like enough of a barrier to overcome, and the kiss gave him the confidence that she was attracted to him. But this changes everything. She’s not a crustacean (okay, maybe she still is); but more importantly, she’s in denial about her feelings for another man, and that makes his love unrequited.

I really like that we keep changing the game every few episodes because Joo-yeon is so clueless about her own feelings. It’s a case where her being so unaware of her own heart actually serves the plot, and I find the process fun—we find out one new thing which in turn makes us reevaluate the past. She wasn’t so jaded that Alex’s breakup meant nothing; her heart wasn’t in it because it was elsewhere and she didn’t even know.

Okay, backing up: Omo, she loves Tae-yoon! I’m worried for her because he’s hung up on Se-ryung, but the fact that she actually has such long-standing feelings for him changes things immensely. I actually thought the attraction might’ve been stronger in the other direction because he’s flirtier than she is, like he might’ve had a crush on her eons ago and just let it settle into friendship. But now her hero worship makes more sense, as does their jokey banter about how great they are for each other.

It certainly makes the loveliness more complicated (in a good way). Now we’ve got Wan pining for Joo-yeon, who’s in denial about her feelings for Tae-yoon, who’s in denial about his feelings for Se-ryung, and one loose cannon ex-girlfriend ex-best-friend stirring pots. I wouldn’t mind if Joo-yeon took turns dating both guys, if we go by Min-jung’s wisdom that you don’t know if you’re a good fit till you’ve kissed a guy. Just sayin’. My heart’s still with Wannie, of course, and the symmetry between him taking care of adult Joo-yeon and her taking care of baby Wan is endlessly sweet. It makes him feel like family and home when she was so alone in the world, and it’s heartwarming to see her rely on somebody even just a little.

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1 Ivoire

January 28, 2014 at 8:10 PM

I really loved this ep. Thank you for the recap! So much happened. So, we saw Shing shing come out of her room and sleep walk to her living room, dressed in her pajamas. Is it safe to assume that JW ended up changing her clothes? (He had said that he couldn’t do it, because his heart was beating faster). Or did that incident happened on a different day? (I was just curious).

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AJ

January 28, 2014 at 8:19 PM

No, I think she woke up and changed herself, because he decided he could not do it. Hey Ivoire, its been a while since I have heard from you. How have you been?

I love this new development with Tae-yoon! It makes the story more complicated, in a good way. And when she ends up with Wan in the end can I snatch Tae-yoon up for myself?!

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Athena

January 28, 2014 at 8:30 PM

Tae Yoon. That smile. Those eyes. That man. Ahhhhh~

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mary

January 29, 2014 at 9:49 AM

I feel like I'm cheating on Sung Joon everytime I (secretly) squee at Tae Yoon's smiles.

And, oh -- THAT COLD LOOK HE GAVE SING SING.

It hurt me too. T____T

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rachel o

January 29, 2014 at 12:20 PM

I'm totally on the JW/JY ship but I might join the competition for lonely Tae Yoon. Someone needs to save him from SR even though I do love her character precisely because of how horrid she is. She's who she is without apology lol.

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2 sartorius

January 28, 2014 at 8:15 PM

My heart....the feels....it can't take anymore. Poor Joo Wan...just when he thought he had things settled.... :'(

This ending definitely raises the stakes but m sure my OTP....both couples...will find their way back to each other.

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maria88

January 30, 2014 at 4:26 AM

my heart is hurt too when I see sweet potato.

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3 LingLing

January 28, 2014 at 8:25 PM

This episode really just made me completely fall in love with the drama! All these delicious conflicts. I was a bit surprised that she actually is in love with her sunbae, cause I did find her jealousy odd, but didn't think too much of it.

I'm so torn between wanting her to be with Joo Wan and Tae-yoon, cause I love both of their characters. I see many pros and cons in both of them, that it's so hard to choose one to cheer for with Joo-yeon. Gahhhh.

Anyways, next Monday & Tuesday can't get here fast enough! Sigh

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4 owl

January 28, 2014 at 8:28 PM

Poor crustacean. And I'm crazy about Tae yoon. Wait. He's not sabotaging Joo Yeon, is he? Who's lousy idea is it anyway to think former lovers who part badly can still operate professionally in the work place? Se ryung's intentions are never anything other than what gets her what she wants at the moment. And Tae yoon was out of commission on heartsick leave for a year, so, what's in it for him but that he still harbors a love for Se ryung and she knows it?!

I was on Wan's side a little more that last episode, but I think that mostly has to do with the fact that it's Sung Joon playing Wan. Cuz he's so darn fuzzy and cute.

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5 Kelinci Biru

January 28, 2014 at 8:30 PM

Now I'm sad. I want her to end up with Wan. Yet, I totally feel conflicted about this because I also want her to end up with her love. All in all, this is an interesting foursome.

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KenyanKorean

January 28, 2014 at 10:22 PM

What the heck!She should go ahead and date both of them!Hee Jae is doing it!As Girlfriday suggested, they should all just move in together and then have an alternating "date Shing Shing week."

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nomad

January 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM

LOL!!

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6 Katie

January 28, 2014 at 8:37 PM

Ack. I love Wan and Tae yoon...particularly since I like Sung Joon and Namgoong Min (a tinsy bit more) but WHYYY did Tae yoon have to be so mean? There's always a first for everything. ERGH. Also I cannot stand Se ryung's character no matter how "good" of a person she may be..she's just too smug for me. Or maybe I'm just Jooyeon biased? hahaha.

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kstalls

January 29, 2014 at 2:03 AM

He is mean because he knows she can do better. It's constructive not malicious. Why would he reward her for failing? At the end of the day, lovelines and friendship aside, he is her boss.

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AJ

January 29, 2014 at 3:37 AM

And (to try to add on to what kstalls said), from what we know now he does not love her back, so he has no qualms about hurting her feelings. She learned to treat her subordinates through him, and when someone messes up at work he is not going to go easy on them (even her).

But I know, I hate that he was mean because I get the feeling (and I could totally be wrong on this) that he knows she likes him. And I think, before Se-ryung came back into the picture, he was trying to like her back. Thats just my theory.

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mono

January 30, 2014 at 4:46 AM

Agree with kstalls, I think Tae Yoon is mean because she had much more potential than that, like how Joo Yeon scolded Hee Jae for her slip ups. Guess they don't like to coddle their subordinates!

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7 Rie

January 28, 2014 at 8:37 PM

Interesting! The conflict makes the show better...and poor Wannie...but I really hope he will win her (and viewers) heart in the future...

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soso

January 29, 2014 at 11:57 PM

he already win my heart.. shing shing and goguma forever! lol

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8 tata

January 28, 2014 at 8:41 PM

I SRSLY CRIED!!!!!

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9 kristyrae

January 28, 2014 at 8:43 PM

Wow! Can I just praise Kim So Yeon for a moment here?! She never fails to make me fall in love with her character no matter which drama it is. I love the little subtle details she adds in her acting. Like I literally see tears building in her eyes gradually; from seeing her segment fail, to her colleagues laughing at her, to finally seeing Tae Yoon. It's so heartbreaking! <3 And of course, can't wait to see how this love triangle, love square (?) unfolds!

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10 geese

January 28, 2014 at 8:44 PM

i was a bit expecting the twist but i wasn't sure until this episode. i would still pin for Wannie no matter what...the twist and turns are so adorably painful and sweet. i'm smiling like crazy watching Wannie and Joo Yeon....can i swear now to sunbae...lol....love it...

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11 Pam

January 28, 2014 at 8:48 PM

Well, I hope Wan and JY end up together since they are the leads...please! He is so adorable. Now it's just going to get angsty and complicated.

And then I hope TY dumps SR when she comes crawling back. I don't know why she's so confident and smug of herself. JY needs to one up her. I don't like SR at all. Does she have any redeeming qualities? I think she set up JY to fail her home shopping segment. I think this is what they alluded to in the next ep preview between SR and TY? GF didn't translate the preview at the end of the episode.

Anyway, I'm on board with this show.

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mono

January 30, 2014 at 5:06 AM

Se Ryoung needs to eat more humble pie LOL. But I don't think she set Joo Yeon up to fail, I thought their conversation in the preview was about people thinking that they are dating, which got Tae Yoon worked up.

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12 saranga

January 28, 2014 at 8:55 PM

wan's pink coat makes him look like a large swath of cotton candy. only a former male model could pull THAT off with aplomb. plus, he cooks, he cleans, he's hot—where is this guy in real life?

okay, did anyone else find min-jung's antics today annoying? i've been pretty ambivalent about her character so far—i guess i don't really find the actress all that interesting. but her character's meltdown was so incredibly unprofessional! and highlighted her drama queen tendencies to the fullest. maybe because i've encountered too many of these types in real life, but i was pretty actively annoyed and could relate to joo-yeon's reaction only too well. actually, i thought she handled it rather nicely. i think i'd have blown a gasket.

i mean, everyone working their asses off (even more so than usual) trying to ensure the project's success, and min-jung was fussing over grey hairs and bifocals. not saying that she doesn't have the right to freak out, but there's a time and a place for dealing with such things—she's old enough to know that, seeing how she's facing menopause. then she texts in her resignation? so unprofessional, immature.

joo-yeon loving tae-yoon was a bit of a surprise. the thought crossed my mind the first two episodes, but i thought they'd keep the relationship platonic and sunbae-hoobae. this should be interesting.

thank you for the recap!

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Pam

January 28, 2014 at 9:07 PM

I actually felt bad for min-jung. yes, she was overly dramatic. however, as a friend (?), I would have gone over and given her a hug, no matter what I was doing. everyone just stared at her, which is odd even if i know that they are super stressed and on a tight schedule. this scene made me uncomfortable. yes, min-jung acts like a petulant child but as a friend, i would have comforted her first, say let's work now and grab drinks later and talk about it, okay?

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saranga

January 28, 2014 at 10:14 PM

hmm, i didn't think of it that way. i hope the world is filled more with people who think like you :) it's difficult for me to understand min-jung types, who seem to have no qualms about airing out their woes to others. i would be the exact opposite; i prefer dealing with my issues and feelings privately. so my first reaction to min-jung was annoyance rather than sympathy.

i do agree that if the bunch had been really tight with each other, their reactions would have been borderline cruel. but tae-yoon's awkward reaction was understandable to me. no guy, i think, would want to talk about menopause. heejae and woo-young are underlings, and to their defense they did look taken aback. it was really up to joo-yeon to handle that situation.

i think the comment joo-yeon made about min-jung's "ridiculous" romance was pretty telling. it seemed to tell me that her ambivalence not only stemmed from personality and i'm-swamped-with-work daze, but that she's worked with min-jung long enough to be used to her arguably dramatic ways.

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mono

January 30, 2014 at 5:44 AM

I think having menopause also makes your temper worse? Having hot flashes etc is not going to make her the chirpiest person lol.

When my mum went through menopause it wasn't an easy period of time, so I could understand Min Jung's frustrations. Menopause is life changing but this work is not going to stick with you forever, so I didn't feel like she was being overly dramatic (and to think that she went to cheer Joo Yeon up when she broke up with Alex). Can't say I agree with Joo Yeon's reaction there!

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Shushkush

January 29, 2014 at 8:22 PM

I attributed their lack of compassion to both stress and a generation gap. When your focus is on how and where to have sex and avoid pregnancy (and STDs), it may be difficult to relate to someone who's facing issues like white hairs, a need for bifocals, not to mention 'drying up' and a decreasing libido.

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mono

January 30, 2014 at 5:27 AM

Me too, I was slightly uncomfortable with Joo Yeon & co's lack of reaction, like "oh you're going through mid-life crisis, but let's not care about that because work is more important". Even if it was a colleague I'm not too familiar with, I would have still asked how she's feeling.

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nomad

January 29, 2014 at 12:31 PM

My comment when I saw that scene was: "that's why you need a friend outside of work." I hope Koreans don't work as long hours as Kdramas show them to be, because that'd just suck big time. I remember sooo many years back when I was only an intern, my mentor told me" **, work to live. Never live to work."

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Betsy Hp

January 29, 2014 at 4:24 PM

I was actually really surprised that no one saw it coming. Suddenly finding grey hairs? Suddenly needing bifocals? Suddenly finding out your choice to have children or not is gone and, oh by the way, so is your sexuality?

Those are pretty huge issues and they really are hitting her early (she's not yet forty, she said, right?) and... I don't know the amount of blow-off she went through after listening to their "petty" issues (Hee-jae wanting to get laid, Joo-yeon getting dumped)... I can understand her being outraged about it.

What sucks for her is that she's the shoulder of the team. And she's always been independent and happy. And now she's not and no one is willing to be a shoulder for her. Very, "let me cry on you, but don't look for turnabout here."

Like Pam pointed out -- it wouldn't have taken much. A sympathetic word, an after-work drinking date. Just something to show people were listening and cared that something (even if they didn't fully comprehend what exactly) was throwing her into a tail-spin.

I was actually kind of pleased that she quit. Why stay at a place that thought so little of her they'd stand and stare when she was in obvious pain? (I do think part of it is both Joo-yeon and Tae-yoon relied on her to provide the human touch to their team. They didn't know how to handle what Min-jung handled for them.)

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13 Zafe

January 28, 2014 at 9:00 PM

Crying scene, Wow! ! Kim So Yeon did fantastic job, I'm really touched T T" Extremely love her performance ^___^~

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14 jomo143

January 28, 2014 at 9:05 PM

Thanks for the recap!

I really liked this episode a lot. What a great twist.
I didn't expect it at all.

The whole "I'll be by your side as you deal with this love" scenario fells very J dorama, doesn't it? Where most of the story involves the second lead dating the first lead then, bam, suddenly (but not really) the OTP realizes who was really MFEO and who was just a crush.

Unfortunately for Wan, I am not sure if Sunbae would step aside if he knew...They have the best friends and eventual lovers theme working for thme. It really could go either way.

Meanwhile, I am root root root ing for the home team.
Come on. Wan! Get another kiss in!!

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15 Crazynoona

January 28, 2014 at 9:07 PM

Now this show is where I won't mind about who'll end up with the leading lady...since both guys are equally sweet and hot, but I'm still rooting for wannie.

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16 mel

January 28, 2014 at 9:12 PM

That ending was so freaking sad. I was really hoping they weren't going to go that way plot wise. I was hoping that her and t.y. would start faking dating to push away the other 2 but might start to develop feelings along the way. but I was hoping her heart would be with wan and he would make her love for the first time in yrs. The fact that she is already in love just doesnt sit well with me for some reason.

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jomo143

January 28, 2014 at 9:15 PM

They could be playing the unreliable narrator on us.
Wan has been telling us what's what from the start when it comes to his Shing Shing. What if he is wrong?

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17 noernov

January 28, 2014 at 9:14 PM

Can she just have both???

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18 chewyish

January 28, 2014 at 9:19 PM

jooyeon and tae yoon's relationship reminds me of kang ji hwan's and park shi yeon's relationship in coffee house which I loved to bits and pieces but at the same time sweet potato is adorable and I'm a sucker for noona romance. I loved the piggy back scene it was a nice play on the usual cliched scene.

I don't like what they're trying to do with Heejae and Wooyoung because I really like Heejae's sweet hardworking boyfriend and all her complaining really makes her seem shallow and materialistic. the cheating is a big no no to me...

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AJ

January 29, 2014 at 5:14 AM

I agree with what you said about Heejay. Before the drama started I thought her boyfriend was going to be bad to her, or at least not want the same things as her, like marriage, and cheat on her or something. That would then lead into Heejae and Wooyoungs relationship, but what they are doing is not cool. I find her very whiny, and she does not deserve her boyfriend!

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19 hoochie

January 28, 2014 at 9:39 PM

Is Se-ryung the only girl on the show that hasn't cried yet?

Aww...Joo-yeon and Tae-yoon should have dated even though dating your boss would probably cause nasty gossiping around the office. But she might've not turned out so cold from the many breakups and he wouldn't be so hung up on his ex :sigh: they should make dramas with an alternative ending so that those with second lead syndrome are happy lols

Ironing 101: Never leave a running iron on clothing!

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20 Angelwj

January 28, 2014 at 9:52 PM

Hahahahaja she mistakenly kick her sunbae's leg Love it so far

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KenyanKorean

January 28, 2014 at 10:31 PM

That cracked me up!!!And he just calmly says, "That was my leg the entire time." Hahahahaha!

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Lilian

January 29, 2014 at 7:35 AM

Hahaha...that part was awesome. Followed next by the sharing one car scene XD

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21 Anne

January 28, 2014 at 10:23 PM

Sung Joon so sexy!!

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22 bd

January 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM

Things are starting to pick up, tho there isn't one couple/one potential couple that I really have made any attachment.

Some of the fashion that the characters are wearing is pretty funny/not very flattering.

Hyori's song for the OST "Don't Cry" - is pretty awesome.

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23 Anon

January 28, 2014 at 10:43 PM

I don't know about you guys but my finger itches to press the forward button every time a scene unrelated to joo yeon comes on. That being said however it isn't exactly a new thing for me while I watch dramas as I usually tend to skim over stuff that I don't care for but am I the only one who doesn't find the side characters engaging at all (coworkers, se ryung who I guess you could argue is a main character but I don't really get that vibe from her quite yet..)? I'm loving the whole goguma loves shing shing who is in denial about her feelings for sunbae but I feel like throwing se ryung in the mix is ruining it a bit for me. In addition to be frankly honest I don't like her at all. Her character rubs me in all the wrong ways and while I'm not totally dismissing her I wish her character was at least a bit likeable. Then again I might be alone in regards to this particular opinion.

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24 bluegrass

January 28, 2014 at 11:38 PM

I did not seen that coming.She was in love with her sunbae?I did wonder why she was so rude to him in the previous episode but I just thought it was because of her EX best friend.NOT because she was in love with him.But i'm still rooting for Wan to end up with her.

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25 nen916

January 28, 2014 at 11:49 PM

Thanks for the recap I'm loving it especially when is doesn't even know she's in love. This will open some great scenes as all involved deal with the implications of her love

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26 nen916

January 28, 2014 at 11:51 PM

Thanks for the recap I'm loving it especially when she doesn't even know she's in love. This will open some great scenes as all involved deal with the implications of her love

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27 whilethemusiclasts

January 28, 2014 at 11:54 PM

"Now I’m wondering if Se-ryung actually had the forethought to give Hee-jae that flowery blazer knowing this would happen."

This was exactly my thoughts during the episode. If I wasn't the only one whose thoughts were going in that direction, then I'm sure it's not that far-fetched. Gah.

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Trixie

January 29, 2014 at 2:48 PM

Oh she knew it would throw a wrench in the works. She is wickedly wise. The character is well written and well acted. Question - we didn't see if someone else was in the room with boss man, is it possible he was so harsh because of that? I didn't like his extremely cold behavior even if he had a point to make.

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28 faris

January 29, 2014 at 12:08 AM

Rooting for both lead..wan and taeyoon..but preferably lets taeyoon be with joo jeon. Much matured and gentleman character taeyoon compare to wan. Not really for noona romance but still, she can date both men. Exploring the game of love.

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29 faris

January 29, 2014 at 12:09 AM

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30 son hye

January 29, 2014 at 12:15 AM

I absolutely rooting goguma and shing shing.

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vini

January 29, 2014 at 5:22 PM

me also..

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31 morgan

January 29, 2014 at 12:26 AM

poor wan for this episode. I feel his sorrow when he realize that his shing shing is falling in love with her sunbae. and for Kim so yeon performance in this drama, I give her A++++ .. she did a very good job when it comes a crying scene. I feel her character.

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32 KDaddict

January 29, 2014 at 12:40 AM

It's never a good idea to walk into an open office and announce your latest medical condition, esp. if it has to do w gynaecology!
Esp, since they r working on a tv program w a tight schedule! that's completely unprofessional behaviour on her part.
If it's the 4 of them sitting down for drinks after work, I can see the reason for her outpour. As a grown woman, a professional one at that, she needs to know to say the right thing at the right time.
Also, expecting sympathy n comforting words put one in dangerous territory. Many ppl just don't know how to be comforting, even if their lives depend on it.

Shing Shing carried him on her back when he was a baby. He carries her on his now that he is all grown up. What a winning trade, hey? A guy 9 years her junior and has been in love w her since he was 9! My gosh!!! If only we can get one of those!

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Anne

January 29, 2014 at 3:33 AM

Is it 9 or 6yrs? I'm confused! She's 33 and he is 27, right?

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hoochie

January 29, 2014 at 5:40 AM

Joo-yeon (32) played by Kim So-yeon (33)
Wan (26) played by Sung Joon (23)
Tae-yoon (36) played by Namgoong Min (35)

Yup, the characters have an age difference of six years and interesting enough the age gap between actress/actor is larger with a ten year age difference.

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rearwindow

January 29, 2014 at 11:46 AM

Sung Joon is only 23??? Wow! He looks much older.

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Rie

January 29, 2014 at 1:33 PM

Yeah he used to play several high schooler roles during 2011-2013 (Shut up flower boy band, White Chistmas, Dangerously excited movie, Pluto movie, a KBS drama special)
But he is really great as Wan in this drama and also in Can we get married!

atz

January 29, 2014 at 5:15 AM

I am not sure if 33 years old woman (?) can start early mono.

But I guess when a woman was announced quite a shocking news from a doctor, she can really get a serious side effect of hormone inbalance via her attitude. Yes, the woman is not professional with your above mentioned reasons but I figure this scenes is quite important as to how she seems her self and devastated and how her comments against them really had some effects on SS and her crews. SS is rather cold hearted unlike the main lead from 'Can we love?' but SS's personality is actually real.

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Newbie

January 29, 2014 at 6:11 AM

You can start an early meno as early as your late twenties.

But the whole grey hair, sudden need of glasses and early meno is handled a little rediculously. Nature doesn't work this way. All at once and that fast. I know, why they are doing this, but it rubbs me the wrong way.

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atz

January 29, 2014 at 7:36 AM

As if tsunami of memo came at once our of nowhere!

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33 soso

January 29, 2014 at 12:43 AM

thanks GF for recaps this episode.. I hope shing shing will accepts wannie as a man soon.please writernim!

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34 Hayley

January 29, 2014 at 12:51 AM

Man i love this show!!!! But am i the only one who's scratching their heads at the friend ship story lines in this show? I know i shouldn't compare to the last 2 seasons of INR, but something i really liked about those seasons was the friendship the girls had. In the first couple of eps of this season, they kind of played up the friendship between all the coworkers, but since then, it's kind of just faded into the background. I think i was just kind of hoping for a bit more of a stronger relationship between them all.

And am i the only one who finds hee-jae annoying? I feel like she either is bitching about joo-yeon, or nagging her bf. In general i just find her a really whiny, and kind of disloyal person :/

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rachel o

January 29, 2014 at 1:13 AM

I feel like it is purposeful. JY is closed off emotionally so it makes sense she doesn't have close friendships. If she opened up there are people she could be close to. Like she wouldn't tell Min Jung anything about the break up with Alex. Not really confide in her at least even when it was the two of them alone. I think the end may have this be part of her character growth.

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35 ahsaem

January 29, 2014 at 1:33 AM

FINALLY. I've been waiting for this ost since the first teaser. Kim Soo Yeon was awesome in these episode. Those heart wrenching sobs, at her Sunbae being suddenly cold to her. It feels so real. Maybe to me, because i've been in a similar situation. LOVE HER.

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36 jenna

January 29, 2014 at 3:20 AM

This show is really getting more and more interesting.. I adore it to the bone. KSY and SJ are fabolous , I also like taeyoon :) he is soo charismatic.. I can't help keep repeating to watch this drama. OMO , I'm seriously addict !!!

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37 tdot

January 29, 2014 at 3:27 AM

Tae-yoon: “That man is the best one. You should date him.” Joo-yeon: “Should I?”

YES!!!!!

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38 fab

January 29, 2014 at 4:55 AM

Aaaaah my wish sorta came true, the wheel of TY an JY is running. But ARGH I'd hate if he didn't have the least bit of feelings for her. Part of it just means that SR is winning yet again. ANDWEEE

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39 micky

January 29, 2014 at 5:16 AM

Oh my!! This episode so awesome. Many many captivating moment. I hope TY has no special felling with JY. He also gorgeous but I'm rooting only Shing Shing and Sweet Patato. Totally love KSY and SJ chemistry. Can't wait for ep7!

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maria88

January 30, 2014 at 4:38 AM

I do agree the chemistry between KSY and SJ .. they both looks great together.

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40 Yapo

January 29, 2014 at 5:41 AM

Love Love Love This drama.

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soso

January 29, 2014 at 5:18 PM

I love this too...

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41 LizJ

January 29, 2014 at 6:58 AM

I still think Crustacean and Sweet Potato are the end game.

Is anyone else finding that the lines are blurring between I Need Romance 3 and Can We Love? I can keep the leads straight, but when it comes to some of the supporting characters, sometimes I have to stop and remember which one goes where! I guess it's because there are two dramas airing at the same time with the same themes and tone.

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42 Lilian

January 29, 2014 at 7:32 AM

Omo....I am glad he stopped at the first button!!! Anyway, him caring for her when she is drunk/sleepy is such a nice touch. In her way, he is repaying her! Then is it time to start fresh in a new relationship =D

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43 Kim Yoonmi

January 29, 2014 at 8:05 AM

Anyone catch how Wan kept falling back into the dongsaeng role in this episode--more than the other episodes? Where his habit was stronger than what he wanted the relationship to be. He kept acting like her dongsaeng and kicking himself for not being mature. It was great acting. (It's a cultural thing too).

I think at this point no one knows their own feelings too well.

Maybe they should change this to "I Need Love" or "I need to know my own heart." rather than I Need Romance--it seems like all of the characters want some sort of love, from friends, boyfriends, coworkers, etc. But at the same time aren't sure of their own feelings.

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tdot

January 29, 2014 at 8:27 AM

Yes, I noticed that, and was kind of relieved! I think that the revelation that his childhood recollections of their relationship were flawed really shook him up and made it hard for him to maintain his "I'm so grown-up and suave" persona. I think that before he was trying so hard to be seductive (or his misguided idea of seductive) and the way he was going about it was so unappealing to me. If this is the Wan we see from here on out (including his involuntary reversions to dongsaeng-ness, which are totally understandable and sort of endearing), I'll be able to forgive his initial overbearing behaviour.

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Kim Yoonmi

January 30, 2014 at 8:25 AM

I think it showed his "I'm grown up and suave" persona was only an extension of his actual dongsaeng-ness that she'd come to expect (from the rose flashback). In which case his grown up and suave is just like that pesky 8 year old child that couldn't get a clue that he's 8 and not 16 like she is. (I loved the change in perspective on his suave-ness with that scene.) Which means his current suaveness is still like a kid trying too hard. (In which case it's funny when he gets shot down.)

I also like she's actually allowed to have previous relationships and he apparently had none. (reversals.)

I also enjoyed the peak in between the hard shell that she has, as he put it a soft interior and she actually does like him though her feelings towards him according to her are murky, though she makes it out like they are clear cut to him. (Playing that is difficult layering).

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Betsy Hp

January 29, 2014 at 4:34 PM

Yes! And it was hilarious. :D I'm really glad we got to see him as smooth-Allen so we could clock the change. It makes for an interesting illustration of perception and how that can change behavior. When Joo-yeon saw him as "mysterious stranger," he was very smooth and suave. Now that she knows him as "that snot-nosed kid," he's falling into those patterns. Even when he doesn't want to.

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44 kanu0688

January 29, 2014 at 10:12 AM

Why do i always cried everytime i saw shing shing taking car wan when is a baby? It just...is hard...remind me when i had to take care my niece while my sister was getting back to work, it was FREAKING HARD that i secretly cried because i love my niece and my sister but it just to damn hard taking care a baby (and i was 23...) So, i can imagine this ten year old kid... yeah...those scenes for me...are sweet but at the same time, made me tear. And the end...uffff poor guy,is so hard to love that women.

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45 Tara

January 29, 2014 at 1:55 PM

I liked this week's episodes...because Wan came to the realization that his sweet memories with Joo-yeon as a child were in fact seen through rose-colored glasses. That woke him up to the reality that she had seen him as a burden, not as a love interest--of course, how could she when she was a teen and he was a baby, ya know? I loved the introspect that Wan had, when he piggybacked Joo-yeon and saw Joo-yeon doing the same when he was a child...Wan is maturing in front of our eyes, people! Hooray :P

The emergence of Tae-yoon as the third part of the love triangle was a bit expected...coming off a bit cliché, even. But it's definitely raising the stakes for Wan now, because he's got some fierce competition--and, of course, it stings because she has feelings for Tae-yoon and not him, as "little Wan" anyway. He's gotta step up his game and show Joo-yeon that he's the man for her.

Tae-yoon seems a bit too "perfect" for me...although his façade is cracking because of ex Se-ryung. A part of me is thinking that he actually meant for both Joo-yeon and Se-ryung to do presentations, to see who'd win--hence the "coldness" towards Joo-yeon after her failure. Of course, it didn't help that she did it herself and without any help from Min-jung.

My gripe about Min-jung was her unprofessionalism...in both announcing her diagnosis at the office, and quitting via text when Joo-yeon didn't provide "a word of comfort." Yeah, it's devastating...but there's a time and place for that--outside of work. Announcing to all in the office, when they're working on overdrive for the presentation? Clearly shows her "Look at ME" self-centeredness on full display..no points for you, my dear. Now, on the other hand...if she had said that when they were together outside of work and Joo-yeon had the same reaction? Then her "crustacean" remark would have fit. And to resign via text? Immature, at best. Of the three, Min-jung was getting a bit annoying...avoiding Hotel-Guy and worrying about herself (gray hair et.al), and her actions in ep 6 made me dislike her even more.

Looking forward to next week...now that Wan knows how Joo-yeon thinks of Tae-yoon, how is he gonna step up? How is he gonna prove to Joo-yeon that he's her man and not her dong-seng?? I'm hoping it'll be as quick as his realization and turnaround of how different reality was from his memories...

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46 kikidee

January 29, 2014 at 7:28 PM

I love that the whole delivery boy scenario was all in her head, and that she realizes that in the real world, that's a completely ridiculous response. It's always fun when shows have a meta moment.

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47 binbi

January 29, 2014 at 8:50 PM

thanks for recaps this episode. seems like the developmsent between wan and shing shing are growing.

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48 maria88

January 30, 2014 at 4:22 AM

I love goguma for shing shing.

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49 Sponge

January 30, 2014 at 4:50 AM

This is the saddest conflict ever - because it feels like a legitimate conflict insomuch that i feel my heart breaking in so many different directions. It's so rich and interesting that i can't seem to root for one pairing over the other, i just want Shing Shing to be happy and know that she's not alone in the world. She has friends and people that love her and if only she would realise her own heart (though i also realise that could be a protective barrier in and of itself not knowing) Ay my poor heart, i didn't know i would hit so hard with this drama (though the last time that happened, it was another Kim soyeon's drama Prosecutor Princess! so maybe it's not that suprising, she's brilliant through and through)

Can not wait for next week, squeee!