Kill Me, Heal Me: Episode 13

280 February 21, 2015January 24, 2016

by purplecow

It seems clear that Ri-jin and Do-hyun like each other, but the obstacles in their path are numerous and daunting. The full truth of the past continues to evade them, and the more they think about the future the darker it seems. But Do-hyun is set on his path, determined to shoulder the burdens that were once too much for him to bear. And Ri-jin is determined to fight for her love—even if it means punching Fate (and possibly a few other people) in the face.

EPISODE 13 RECAP

After showing Grandma Seo his new determination, Do-hyun goes looking for Ri-jin. He finds her in the basement, sitting motionless as her buried memories resurface. She tells Do-hyun she’s fine, but when she tries to stand up she faints and falls against him.

Do-hyun calls Dr. Seok to his apartment to check on Ri-jin. Dr. Seok doesn’t seem very worried, but he asks Do-hyun to take extra care of Ri-jin. Though she’s tough now, she used to struggle with limiting her empathy for patients. Dr. Seok makes fun of himself for worrying like a father, but his concern is both genuine and touching.

Ri-jin sleeps fretfully, her dreams troubled by fragments of her traumatic past. Do-hyun gets up to make a call, but Ri-jin calls out to him, still deep within her nightmare: “Don’t leave. Play with me.”

Do-hyun grasps her hand in his and promises to stay by her side. He’ll look after her now, he says, so she shouldn’t worry about anything and just rest.

In his room in his parents’ house, Ri-on bolts upright, wondering if he had a nightmare. He returns to his story, narrating while we return to Do-hyun keeping watch over Ri-jin. Ri-on writes that the thread of memory, once it begins to unwind, will not stop until it reaches an end—whatever that end may be.

When Do-hyun wakes up, Ri-jin is gone. He finds her downstairs in the kitchen, looking quite chipper considering her difficult night. She roots through the fridge and says she wishes she could have some of her mother’s cooking.

Looking very downcast, Do-hyun apologizes for getting Ri-jin involved in his business. She teases him for being all serious, and tells him that she already told her parents the truth about her staying in Korea. Ri-jin then declines Do-hyun’s offer to take her home, saying that if he’s truly sorry he should buy her a meal instead.

Do-hyun treats Ri-jin to samgyeopsal and soju, feeding her a lettuce wrap with a shy smile that just kills me. He asks about Ri-jin’s nightmare, but she tells him to keep the serious talk for later. She has someone else who interprets her dreams: Ri-on.

This leads naturally to a discussion of Ri-on, and all of the interactions Do-hyun has had with him so far begin seem suspicious in light of what Do-hyun now knows. He asks what kind of person Ri-on is, and Ri-jin replies that even she isn’t entirely sure because her brother has so many different sides.

Do-hyun wants to ask if Ri-on is Ri-jin’s biological brother, but he stays silent and instead chides Ri-jin for drinking so much right after being ill. Ri-jin replies that you would have better luck telling a dog to stop eating poop than getting her to eat samgyeopsal without soju—a girl after my own heart, this one.

As they meander along the street, Ri-jin asks if Do-hyun is worried now that he’s no longer the vice president of ID Entertainment. Will he be fine without the money he’s accustomed to? Do-hyun replies that he can always sell the expensive goods Se-gi has collected over the years.

Do-hyun explains his plan, which is to find the child he thinks was in the basement with him. Ri-jin approves of this plan, simple and straightforward as it is. She realizes she forgot her phone in the restaurant, and sends Do-hyun ahead to the café to order her coffee.

But Do-hyun pauses in front of a storefront advertising tarot card readings. His eyes light up, and he heads inside.

The tarot reader (cameo by comedian Ahn Young-mi) greets Do-hyun by complimenting him on his good looks. She offers to tell his fortune, asking Do-hyun to concentrate on the girl he likes as he chooses the cards.

The person she describes sounds a lot like Ri-jin: a girl with a bright personality and a strong mind, who makes Do-hyun feel at ease and is like a ray of sunshine in his life. The other cards, however, predict many obstacles in the way of their love.

The final card is the Wheel of Fortune (look familiar?!), which represents an unavoidable fate. Their love may come to fruition, says the seer, but not without pain or hardship.

No sooner does Do-hyun leave the shop than Ri-jin walks by. She also walks in to have her fortune told… only to hear that she’s juggling too many men. HA! The Force is strong with this one.

The next card is Death, which according to the fortune teller represents Ruin, or a great catastrophe. Ri-jin should give up on love and focus on work instead, or else her pursuit for love will end in ruin.

“That’s invalid!” Ri-jin screams, just like Se-gi after his homemade Wheel of Fate chose Do-hyun. “Pick again!” Sorry dear, the cards have spoken.

Ri-jin meets Do-hyun at the café, where he’s doing in an Internet search on the reliability of tarot card reading. When Ri-jin swipes his phone to see what he’s looking at, Do-hyun tries to grab it back and they get entangled in a heart-pounding embrace.

Back at the apartment, Do-hyun asks Ri-jin why he’s only supposed to call her when he needs her. Hasn’t she ever needed him? Do-hyun asks to be more than a patient—he wants to know if Ri-jin can come to see him as a man.

Ri-jin’s answer is to invite Do-hyun to take a trip with her on the “Snowflake Train.” He can learn more about her, and they can become closer friends. They agree to meet in thirty minutes for their date, but as soon as Do-hyun starts to pack he gets a call from Chae-yeon. Excellent timing this girl has.

Chae-yeon has had a few drinks, and wants Do-hyun to come see her. He tries to refuse, but she threatens to break off her engagement with Ki-joon and tell the family and even the tabloids how Do-hyun tried to seduce her.

Ri-jin comes downstairs, ready for the trip, when Do-hyun tells her he won’t be able to go. He feels responsible for Chae-yeon because Se-gi has her so mixed up, and so he’s going to meet her even though he doesn’t have a plan. Ri-jin sends him off, but once he’s gone she jumps up and down in frustration at having their romantic getaway canceled.

After meeting Chae-yeon in a hotel bar, Do-hyun tells her this is the last time he’ll come out to meet her. Chae-yeon asks if he’d stay away even if she harmed herself, showing just how broken up she is. She reminds Do-hyun that he was the first to hold out his hand—so why is she the only one feeling cast aside? Do-hyun claims that he momentarily lost his senses, but Chae-yeon says she finally knows whom she really likes.

Meanwhile, Ki-joon’s mother and Chae-yeon’s mother walk arm-in-arm through a hotel lobby after getting massages. Ki-joon’s mother happens to see Do-hyun escorting a drunk Chae-yeon away from the bar.

Ri-jin drinks a few beers alone in Do-hyun’s apartment, still looking for a way around the fortune teller’s advice to give up on love. “Tomorrow I’m going to church,” she decides, cracking me up.

Ri-on and a friend are eating dinner with some pretty ladies, and Ri-on tries out an original Se-gi pick-up line (“You called me a very long time ago”). Everything seems to be flowing well, until Ri-on gets a call from Ri-jin asking him to take her home. He goes running out as soon as he hears that she fainted and had another nightmare.

Do-hyun arrives back at his apartment to find Ri-jin gone. She left him a note saying that she’s taking him up on his earlier offer of a break. She asks him to understand, and promises that she didn’t leave because she was mad about their canceled trip.

Back at the family restaurant, Ri-jin shares her thoughts with Ri-on. She reminds him of the time he covered her eyes so she wouldn’t see her first love with his girlfriend, and reveals that she knew the truth even before Ri-on did. She thanks him for taking care of her then, and asks him to do the same thing if she ever makes a mistake like that again.

Ri-on asks her straight out if she likes Do-hyun. Instead of answering directly, Ri-jin says that she’s been struggling lately. Not only are there her confusing feelings for Do-hyun, but there is also her nightmare and a niggling sense of déjà vu—what’s worse, she can’t talk to Do-hyun about any of this because he’s going through a harder time than she is.

Unnoticed by Ri-jin, Do-hyun overhears her talking from the driveway. He watches from a distance, listening to what Ri-jin couldn’t share with him. When Ri-jin begins to turn around, Ri-on covers her eyes with his blanket so she won’t see Do-hyun. She complains that he’s never serious and stalks inside, while Do-hyun walks away without a word.

Do-hyun drives home, thinking about everything that Ri-jin has been keeping bottled up. Remembering all the times that Ri-jin has supported him, he begins to cry.

Ki-joon and his father meet with several Seungjin executives. Since Grandma Seo fired Do-hyun, once thought to be her successor, the men believe Ki-joon’s father is a lock for the position of chairman at the next stockholders’ meeting. Dad takes a call outside—his minions have discovered the identity of someone else searching for the lost child.

Chief Ahn helps Do-hyun move his things out of the office. For his part, Do-hyun tells his friend not to worry about him, and to grab any opportunity he sees to rise. But the loyal Chief Ahn has no interest in hitching his horse to someone else’s wagon.

Ki-joon stops Do-hyun for one last confrontation in the hallway. Do-hyun reveals that he’s not going to America as planned, and Ki-joon leaves him with a warning: “Don’t show your face again around my company or my woman.” Yup… figures he’d mention the company first.

In the parking garage, Chief Ahn receives a call from Do-hyun’s mother. She’s heard about Do-hyun getting fired, and she’s come back to South Korea to raise some hell.

Mom and Do-hyun meet in a café, where she scolds her son for losing his position. Do-hyun is only concerned about the lost child, however. When Mom denies that there was another child, Do-hyun reveals that he already knows his mother is searching for him or her, and that his father was abusive. Mom, visibly flustered, says she has an urgent appointment and leaves at once.

Do-hyun has one of the flashes of pain that sometimes signal an impending personality change. A call comes in from the Omega writer, and Do-hyun arranges to meet Ri-on at another café.

Ri-on explains that his parents don’t know Ri-jin is treating Do-hyun, and that they would be upset to learn their daughter is staying with an unmarried man. But he will continue to deceive them, because he trusts in Ri-jin as a doctor; she’s too much of a professional to develop personal feelings for a patient, he says (*cough* bullshit! *cough*).

Ri-jin is slicing rice cake for the soup traditionally eaten on Lunar New Year. She marvels at how uniformly her mother cuts the rice cake, reflecting that it’s a lot like how her parents raised both her and Ri-on with the same amount of love. Her parents get noticeably anxious at this comparison, but Ri-jin only thanks them and wishes them many blessings in the New Year.

Back at the café, Do-hyun points out that Ri-on is being very careful to emphasize the professional nature of his relationship to Ri-jin. Ri-on admits he is, and asks Do-hyun to break ties with his sister once he returns to America in two months.

Ri-on goes to get coffee, while Do-hyun clutches his head in pain. When he opens his eyes again, it’s Yo-na looking out from them. She complains that Do-hyun only calls her out when he’s having a tough time, then shakes off her annoyance and declares: “It’s Yo-na’s world now!”

Yo-na gets up from the table, only to see Ri-on coming towards her with coffee. He freezes and asks tentatively, “Cha Do-hyun?” Yo-na blushes and calls him “oppa,” which just about gives Ri-on a heart attack. Yo-na screams “oppa” again and jumps into Ri-on’s arms.

Not content with just talking to “Ri-on oppa,” Yo-na goes straight in for a kiss. Ri-on holds her at arm’s length and makes an emergency call to Ri-jin, who’s still at the family restaurant. He asks if Yo-na is the personality Ri-jin warned him about before.

“Save me, Ri-jin,” Ri-on begs. “I’ll be good. I’ll do better from now on.” Ri-jin rushes to the car, warning Ri-on to do whatever Yo-na asks. If he loses her, things will get even worse than whatever he’s imagining.

Back in her school uniform and rocking the pink lipstick, Yo-na gets Ri-on to buy her food and then makes him feed it to her. The customers in the café watch, amazed, as Ri-on tries to keep Yo-na happy. His courage fails on the first attempt, and Yo-na threatens to dance on the table if Ri-on doesn’t feed her.

Ri-on still can’t bring himself to do it, however, and announces to everyone in the café that “it’s not like that.” Yo-na replies breezily: “It’s exactly like that!” Ri-on calls Ri-jin and sobs that he just can’t do it. Yo-na gives Ri-on a coy smile and says, “Catch me.” She runs out of the café, and Ri-jin orders Ri-on not to lose her.

Carefree and beaming happily, Yo-na runs down the street, which just happens to be lined with hordes of people taking cell phone videos (so long, fourth wall). Ri-jin joins the chase, advising Ri-on to use his martial arts abilities to take down Yo-na. Ri-on wails that he can’t use those on a girl!

Yo-na leads the pursuing Ri-on into an alleyway, and pouts that he’s too slow to catch her. “How about I catch you?” she cries gleefully, and launches herself at Ri-on. Ri-on fends her off while marveling at her strength, and Ri-jin catches up in time to try and break the two of them apart.

A wonderful three-way battle ensues, as Yo-na tries to catch Ri-on while fighting off Ri-jin. After a mighty struggle, Yo-na successfully lands a kiss on Ri-on’s lips.

Overjoyed at her success, Yo-na cheers and jumps in the air. Ri-jin winds up and hits Yo-na in the face with a beautiful right cross. She crumples to the pavement, clutching her lipstick and calling out for “oppa.” Ri-jin: 1. Yo-na: 0.

Do-hyun wakes up in Ri-on’s room at the family restaurant. He sees Ri-on watching him, and the two boys scream like banshees and spring apart. Ri-on promises to explain everything in detail and gives Do-hyun a change of clothing. He’s so rattled by the memory of Yo-na that he accidentally refers to himself as “oppa.” Oh, Ri-on.

Downstairs, Ri-jin grabs Do-hyun and drags him outside. She stumbles, recovers and declares she’s perfectly fine, then kicks a trash can in aggravation. Do-hyun can’t hide a tiny smile at seeing her so worked up.

Do-hyun’s mother sits beside Dad’s bed. His favorite poem collection has been left out, and Mom says she used to read it to him years ago. She opens the book and finds a picture of Dad’s first wife between two pages that had been stuck together.

Ri-jin tells Do-hyun that her brother knows about his multiple personalities; in fact, he knew since he met Se-gi. But he won’t use that knowledge for his self-interest, she says. Ri-jin turns around as if to leave for the house.

Ri-jin pauses, clearly waiting for Do-hyun to speak to her. He doesn’t, so she whirls around and reminds him to pretend to be Perry Park in front of her parents. She turns again, and when Do-hyun doesn’t stop her she scowls ferociously. Ri-jin turns back once more and says she’ll be in the kitchen if he needs her.

Ri-jin turns to leave for the third time, and this time Do-hyun calls out to her. She smiles with her back turned, then adopts an unconcerned tone when she answers him. “Even if it’s only for two months,” Do-hyun asks, “can’t I be a man to you?”

Back in Evil Dad’s hospital room, Mom says that she knew all along that he still loved his first wife. But even though she knew that, she clung to him to keep from sinking back into her sewer of a life. To protect her world, she is determined to find the missing child before Do-hyun recovers his memories.

Ri-jin recites the clause in their contract that specifies that she will not fall in love with Do-hyun or any of his personalities. He replies that it’s fine; he’ll just break the contract and pay the penalty fee.

Do-hyun steps closer, intending to kiss her to officially break the contract. But before we see if Ri-jin reciprocates or not, Do-hyun’s eye is caught by a charred photo in the trash can.

He takes out the photo, staring at it blankly. “Who is it?” Ri-jin asks. “My mother,” Do-hyun responds, pole-axed. “My mother on the birth registry.”

COMMENTS

This episode was much slower and more contemplative than those of previous weeks (with the obvious exception of Yo-na’s romp through Hongdae, which was amazing). For the most part I enjoyed the change of pace, which allowed secrets and emotions alike to simmer luxuriously.

I have one complaint however, and that is the director’s reliance on flashbacks during moments of sincere emotion. Obviously flashbacks are a good way to show what a character is remembering, and it keeps lazy viewers from forgetting relevant moments from past episodes; still, when flashbacks are overused they start to feel very heavy-handed.

I’m hesitant to criticize Kill Me, Heal Me at all because I love it so much, but I have to admit I would appreciate a lighter touch on the flashback button, especially when it comes to the basement memories and OTP moments that only happened one or two episodes ago. I think we as viewers can be trusted to recall these moments, especially because they were so vivid the first time around, without needing to see them again and again.

Sometimes an extended flashback helps to set the mood, but in the worst case it can feel like padding on extra time. There is so much in the present moment to explore, so much rich potential for conflict and character development, that I’m loathe to use much airtime replaying what we’ve already seen—and if you’re like me, you already replayed these moments a few times during the wait between episodes.

On a more positive note, Yo-na finally met her oppa! The scene in the café was hilarious, but what I really loved was the running scene, when fans were allowed to line the streets and watch the filming. This show has always been self-aware, as we can see in the recurring bit where characters talk about what’s happening in front of their eyes as if it were a drama. Given that, it felt quite natural to have the fourth wall broken so spectacularly. I only wish that I could have been in Hongdae with them!

It was nice to see the show examine the relationship between Ri-jin and Do-hyun a little more closely in this episode. Obviously they are no longer merely doctor and patient (I think that boat sailed a few smooches ago), but neither are they in the kind of mutually supportive relationship where they can tell each other everything and be there for each other no matter the obstacle.

Ri-jin still thinks of herself as a doctor first and prioritizes Do-hyun’s suffering above her own, even though we know she is just as much a victim as he is. Seeing the two of them fumble around their own feelings, inadvertently uncovering memories little by little, is endlessly frustrating—but in a good way, at least for me.

In fact, sometimes they remind me a little of the main couple from Healer: Both couples are thrown together as children, then find each other years later with the shadow of an older generation still weighing heavily upon them. Do-hyun needs to heal his mind, but he also needs to earn Ri-jin’s unqualified trust so they can work together to thwart the machinations of Mom, Grandma Seo, and Ki-joon’s family. Seungjin Group is a veritable cesspool, filled with the absolute worst of humanity; I only hope that Do-hyun and Ri-jin can fight their way free.

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1 ck1Oz

February 21, 2015 at 3:19 AM

Gosh I know I liked the episode but excuse me while I say... I love the Yo Na's scenes. If that's what rom com is... it sure delivered.

It was funny and I just break out into giggles remembering Yo Na demanding to be fed. And no guy/ girl should be so frisky running down the streets. It was honestly one of the best laugh I've had in months. In anything. Not just K drama.

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Aria

February 21, 2015 at 5:59 AM

haha..me too.. this has got to be one of the funniest romcoms I've ever watched. A guy playing like a girl really makes me laugh so uncontrollably.

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adelaide

February 21, 2015 at 11:49 AM

the yoo-na scene will forever be one of those great moments in kdrama, I didn't see it coming so I really LOL! like I forgot what time it was and that I probably sounded like I finally lost it, hahaha! I repeated that scene like so many times, whatever happened in the first 40 minutes of the show was totally lost on me already.
gee, you know how that feels, a guy that you were crushin on suddenly is there before you, how would you react,right? not like yoo-na coz you still have some self-preservation but you totally wish you could have done the same thing if only in your mind, ;-) when he asked him to buy a cake for her (her? did I just typed her, ok,whatever) and "she" asked why is Oh Ri On making her say so many words, and the way "she" said it was just so funny and adorable. Damn, Ji Sung, age really made you so better!
and now "chababa" which means"catch me" but more like catch me if you can, and if you can't catch me, I'll catch you. exactly, what happened,right?!
I think Yoo-na scored big time with the kiss, so she went out with a bang.
there's only one strange gesture - yoo na wiped her lips right after, why would you that, girl?

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jomo143

February 21, 2015 at 1:41 PM

I noticed that, too. Subconscious on CDH's part?
Or Ji Sung's?

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Beebeeshing

February 21, 2015 at 7:34 PM

I would like to think that it's Segi in the picture. Segi and Yona had signs becoming one in the earlier episode. So, maybe Segi is disgusted with the thought of kissing Rion (his love rival also his enemy?)

kyl

February 21, 2015 at 11:26 PM

LOL I think it was Ji-sung's subconscious. I laughed out loud when I saw Yo-na wiping her lips because from the BTS videos, Ji-sung seemed to get embarrassed easily (although his spectacular acting doesn't show that). And that kiss was not in the script :D love Ri-on's traumatized reaction.

sargevee

February 22, 2015 at 10:05 AM

@kyl
Ooh where is that BTS please do share the link. I think the wiping of the lips is perhaps an alter's subconscious either Segi or CDH. Although I agree with you it could easily be a JS involuntary reaction to a guy's kiss. This drama knows how to work everything it captures on film and it's no surprise that the kiss and most probably Ji Sung wiping his lips are both ad-libbed.

@purplecow
Thanks Purplecow for the fab recap! Agree with you on the long flashbacks....and I too felt hesitant to criticize this drama so I tried to ignore how impatient I felt during those flashbacks.

kyl

February 23, 2015 at 7:52 AM

@Sargeveegee I can't remember exactly which BTS but I do get the sense that he gets embarrassed easily from the videos. Plus, this show is so meta that I didn't really think of it as a sign of merging personalities :)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRr5yqAuR7zWjIFPAZqR84w/videos

This channel has all the videos, some are even subbed. Enjoy!

Fetch

February 21, 2015 at 11:03 PM

I thought she was pressing her fingers to her lips, like "I'll never wash my lips again!" delight. Or possibly rubbing the kiss in.

If either Do Hyun or Ri On had been miscast, this entire scene would have been a disaster - they cast exactly right.

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lara4liwa

February 22, 2015 at 3:40 PM

+ 1

Agreed Fetch

GrnDrgns&Appls

September 10, 2015 at 8:11 PM

I love the Yo-Na scenes. I started this drama well after it ended and wondered what all the fuss was about regarding Yo-Na and man, do I get it. It doesn't even feel like Ji-Sung playing Yo-Na. It just feels like Yo-Na, like that's a real character. And I wish there were better translations for all her slang because it's hilarious! Also, I absolutely love how in every scene she is with Ri-Jin, Yo-Na yells at Ri-Jin to "Don't show your teeth, you jijibae!" In every scene, without fail, like she's really annoyed at RJ showing her teeth. May be it's just another way for her to tell her to shut up. But it's so funny because it's soooo random and hilarious! Perhaps because for me I feel like HJE does have pretty prominent teeth. Hahaha~! I wish there were more Yo-Na and RO scenes.

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Healerfan

February 21, 2015 at 7:02 PM

[This kind of excessive posting is spam. Deleted. -jb]

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Pranx

February 21, 2015 at 8:17 PM

Are you a spambot?

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annflln

February 22, 2015 at 12:05 AM

I read Healerfan post the same thing on other thread. Just skip it.

risa

February 21, 2015 at 7:28 AM

That scene elicited one of the best laughs I've had in ages as well. I bet JS enjoyed it a lot too.

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Darling

February 21, 2015 at 7:38 AM

This drama has made me laugh SO much. I was laughing out loud throughout the entire scene with Yo-na, too funny. XD

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Catali7

February 21, 2015 at 11:48 AM

I had to stuff a pillow in my face so I didn't wake the household I was laughing so hard! Yo Na and her Oppa! *squees* so funny and cute! And Ri On begging Ri Jin to save him and promising to be better from now on killed me! My stomach muscles are still sore. :)

This drama just keeps hitting all the right notes with me, and I loved the "fourth wall? What fourth wall?" Moments in this episode.

On a side note, our Ji Sung most definitely needs to capitalize on his sexy sexy lipgloss scenes and get a commercial deal or something! Yo Na's scenes are some of the most unforgettable in this series.

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plumwine

February 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM

I was so hoping for this to happen! Yo Na's cafe scene in now one of my 'make me feel better' shorts just like John Oliver's salmon cannon. I had tears in my eyes. I just loved it! How she said she was saying so many words. Ha! Ri On's face was priceless. I am so jealous of all the fans who were able to be there.

PurpleCow thanks for the wonderful recaps but I'm going to have to disagree with one thing. Yo Na gets a point because she did get her kiss. I call tie.

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Fetch

February 21, 2015 at 9:35 PM

I couldn't stop laughing after the successful kiss-lunge: Yo Na kicking her heels up with joy as Ri On wails and sinks out of frame. Ha!

I have to say, JS is pulling off a female character better than almost any man I've seen in a comedic role. He's really throwing himself into it - all those coy looks and terrifyingly teen-girl manipulations, he has them NAILED. Which is what makes Ri On's confusion so much better: "I can't hit a girl" and "oppa's clothes" followed by the instantaneous correction is brilliant. I'm actually quite impressed that they're giving Ri On complexity regarding Yo Na: he knows Do Hyun is a man, but his brain is telling him he's interacting with a woman, and rather than being disgusted and lashing out he's actually processing it and recognizing his own reactions.

It's more nuanced than I would've expected.

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plumwine

February 22, 2015 at 7:56 AM

Nuances! That is it exactly.

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sancheezy

February 22, 2015 at 7:12 PM

-rather than being disgusted and lashing out he’s actually processing it and recognizing his own reactions-

thanks...it describe why I loved it

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madridista

February 22, 2015 at 3:09 PM

What's more amazing about this scene is that once again, it was improvised by the actors. They really use the liberty the director gives them optimally, they amaze me

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2 siesta

February 21, 2015 at 3:43 AM

i've been asking for yo-na to meet ri-on since foreveeerrr and writer-nim delivers! haha love how ri-on kept slipping and called himself oppa.. the look on both their faces! xD

yo-na, light of my life, you are rocking that pink tint, gurl

i'm honestly kind of bored with the whole seungjin family machinations, like yadda3 you're all evil just take a seat somewhere *yawns*

i wish the show will give me more otp development and the Oh family

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nesiessi

February 22, 2015 at 2:07 PM

what brand is that lipstick? i need it in my life

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3 mary

February 21, 2015 at 3:44 AM

Kinda off-topic but I recognize the fortune teller!

She played Jihyo in SNL Korea's Frozen Flower parody. Song Jae-rim was Joo Jin-Mo. Kim Min-kyo was Jo In-sung. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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4 gf

February 21, 2015 at 3:47 AM

I was amazed at how awesome Yo Na was in this episode! Ji Sung is love! If the drama award giving bodies dont acknowledge him, I will personally make one and send it to him!

Thank you for the recap purplecow! Really appreciate it. Oh and I didn't mind the flashback at all. It still flows for me. This is just me though.

Also I get soooo affected when Ji Sung smiles! ??? heart just melts!!! Seriously!

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lemon84

February 21, 2015 at 4:24 AM

@gf you so right! Jisung smile.. ahhh.. (girls inside me dreaming..) and yes i relieved that indeed he is and oppa to me.. since others actor so young can't help my self feel so sinner to call them oppa when I'm older.. haha..
and back to topic.. jisung smile..... make me envy lee bo young.. haha..

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Lily

February 21, 2015 at 5:05 AM

Aaaaaak totally agree. Now I have Ji Sung's smile running in my head 24/7 :(((

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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

February 21, 2015 at 6:10 AM

yeah his smile should be declared illegal, it's lethal. Absolutely lethal! (see username)

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plumwine

February 21, 2015 at 7:10 PM

LOL! I got it - who do we get to bring you back? Or are you just now going to take over a clairvoyant to watch your kdramas and type?

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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉

February 21, 2015 at 10:27 PM

oh it's just a temporary out of body experience, hehe.

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Daehoney

February 21, 2015 at 6:38 AM

That puppy smile!!! Now at random times I always imagine how LBY wakes up every morning to that smile......

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nesiessi

February 22, 2015 at 2:08 PM

LBY is soooooooooooooooooooooo lucky...and she knows it

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5 Daehoney

February 21, 2015 at 3:55 AM

Yeah, the flashback issues have been concerning me since the first few episodes. Also the CG, they better have a real basement rather than green/blue screen. Director-nim, make it better, please!
Nevertheless, the highlight of this episode is Yona. I don't know if I like the crowd at Hongdae or not. It can be amusing as the team would like viewers to know that we are a part of the family (they announce the location and time in social media though but I don't think they expect that many people. The power of Yona!), but yeah I still think it's better if the crowd's not there.
The fortune teller is hilarious!

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Aria

February 21, 2015 at 6:01 AM

I think the crowd is a New Year's gift to KMHM fans if

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Aria

February 21, 2015 at 6:02 AM

(continuing coz i accidentally submitted the comment)
I'm not mistaken

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KDaddict?JCW

February 21, 2015 at 7:37 AM

I like the crowds lining the streets. It may be fan service, but it is better than shooting on empty streets at first dawn, which seems even less realistic.

If there are 3 persons, one running after another, shutting and hollering, against traffic in broad daylight, there would be ppl lined up to gawk at them. It's good that the show doesn't take itself too seriously. How could it, when Ji Sung looks like that. Plus, it's just fun.

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