GF, the producers of PK must've read your comments. When I saw the scene about Hani wanting to make something of herself, The first thing that came to my mind was your request for Hani to get sone self respect!
Bravo! And thanks for the amazing recap.

YEAAAHHHH BAEK SEUNG JO! YOU'RE HONESTLY AN EXCELLENT BOYFRIEND!! I love that you want her to grow a spine and teach her to stand on her own feet and want her to pursue a dream by herself! You worry about her and miss her and think about her but you're so frickin amazing because you don't give in to her whines and childish emotional manipulation but you show her that you love her all the same! You're wonderful!

"Seung-jo’s jealousy-fueled, rain-soaked, you-can’t-love-anyone-but-me kiss leaves Ha-ni (and everyone else) a puddle of goo."

Love this expression! And yes, the kiss dis reduce me to a puddle of goo.

Gah, Seung Jo turned out to be awesome and sincerely good for Ha Ni who remained adorable but also grew up somewhat and this just all made me so happy! Drama, you just got tasteful! ♥

We kept the faith... and there it is :) It couldn't have come any sooner. And for Ha-ni's wake-up call to come from Seung-jo himself? Show, meet Awesome. (I think I'm quoting GF here, lol.) I think it's great that they brought this turnaround, because it drives home to viewers the message we desperately wanted Ha-ni to get. I knew it was going to come eventually, though, and we'd just have to wait: they'd set up Ha-ni to be too great a person to just fall off and spend her days following Seung-jo around.

Thanks for the recap, GF! I'm actually going to miss the cute when the show ends. Esp. KHJ's smile - it gives me the warm fuzzies every time :D

SJ's display of tenderness is just so dynamically loving. This drama will be a classic "regular go-see" for those who need a vanilla ice-cream with strawberries & whip cream fix, just to smile & savor its delightful young love story. I will miss this drama. I hold a grudge against those that rant & got 4 episodes wiped out.

Part of me felt that Ha Ni's realization of her life goal was a bit of a cop out (especially since she started out by saying that she wanted to help him), but she was also the inspiration behind his life dream of being a doctor. To me, at least, SJ hadn't considered becoming a doctor until Ha Ni encouraged him to do so. It seemed to be the favorite of her career fantasies for him, and since she was always imagining herself right there beside him, perhaps to some degree she had wanted to be a nurse before SJ was set on the doctor idea. At least, that's what the feminist inside me wants to be true. :P

I also have to admit that the mom is grating on me much more. At first, she was harmlessly cute, but she's been pushing far too strongly lately. Seriously--getting married less than a year after high school? I know that's how the original story went, but I think waiting a few years would have been healthier. From what I gather from the comments, some liberties had already been taken with the storyline. I understand that having a wedding scene is important, but that all could have been in an Episode 16 flash forward (also so that we could see everyone that was jilted happily paired off).

Thanks GF for the quick recap, wohoo!

my favourite part is actually the part where I finally understand why SJ is the perfect fit for HN, cos he’s always so rational, grounded, collected and realistic, which is exacly what HN lacks, and really need, someone to rein her in appropriately, someone who is there to guide her, and give her the opp to mature and find her own path in life, not by dictating what she should or should not do, but rather, by letting her learn the hard way.

It may seem harsh or even cold the way he treat her, but i think it’s because he see things in her before she herself even know it, that’s how much he understand her, and he is being her best partner by letting her learn and explore things on her own, despite him already knowing how things will turn out.

I like this fact that he never once tell her to do this or that, or just love her blindly by being oblivious to her shortcomings or emotions (like Joongu), he really wants her grow and mature to be a better person, for herself!

P.S. I've been wondering why "netizens" power of complaint are so influential, comments that could cut a show short. I'm a "netizen" too!!! Why aren't my views ever able to make any difference! sigh. I know, I'm a grain of sand.

girlfriday, a million thanks to your amazing recap! we are on the same page on this show...

i stopped watching this show from ep 10 because i totally gave up on oh ha ni...but reading yr recap now just changed my mind and have decided to resume watching from where i left off....just so I can say that I always finish things that I started, haha.

whew! what a stretch though...is this Kdrama faithful to the original script/novel? the only reason i watched it in the first place was that i was curious why all the hoopla on the iswak tdrama version.

from the comments here i can say that not many people seem to have the patience for this type of heroine...although in real life many find themselves in the same quagmire, hehe. so maybe i think the reason this story is so popular is because when we are in love we do the same crazy stuff and only those who are watching us think us crazy but we do not find it any bit ridiculous at all to do the things we do. so this storyline strikes an oh so familiar chord for many of us.

crazy human race, eh?

thanks for going through with all of it...that's life for all of us! ;-)

nice recap GF.. :)

thank you so much for the fast recap... it makes me hani to finally see baek seung jo show his feelings to oh ha ni..i just hope hani learned the lesson that love is not just following someone u love around but also about having your own dreams..but i feel that episode 16 is too short how i wish they could have shown it longer and more plots..i super love the drama....

Wow the way the director has moved some scenes around threw me for a loop. Actually, I haven't read the manga but I have seen the anime and TW versions so sometimes I wish I could forget those so I wouldn't realize all the scenes I am missing/that are being cut short (especially since I like this version so much). It's not like I want the same exact thing all over again...just, I know what there *could* be and it drives me crazy when there isn't...

Le sigh.

I'm really curious though how they are going to end it because there is still two more episodes and they are already getting married I'm assuming in 15 unless something else happens. Hm. At least the director chopped the figuring-out-her-future scene and threw it in here (in the TW version you have to wait a season and a half haha)! Interesting how these things work...

Thanks for the recap! Enjoyed it as always ;)

SO FAST!!!!
Yay! I just your recap! Super excited. :D
I'm gonna watch the eps in the weekend. :D

Found this BTS pic of our couple from MBC. Gah, I could kill the editors for not showing us this part of the hug. The look on their faces is just LOVE.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3617/69193a4b04497e7eaec3abe.jpg

Squealing like mad here~I've waited for this moment for so long and finally it's here...thx for recap girlfriday ^^

Its kinda weird seeing him all nice to her.....but I like it. My heart kinda flutters when I see Seung Jo smile *sigh* I'm kinda glad that the whole cold front thing is slowly diminishing...... Kim Hyun Joong Chua Hay....! <3

yey girlfriday... lightning fast recaps!!! your recap made me laugh, giggle and squeel like a highschool girl and cry... that picture of duckie totally did it for me.. and i havent watched the show yet... the screen shot you picked for duckie, i can feel his heart breaking!!!

congratulations SHOW for making girlfriday and the rest of us very happy this week....

i love seeing baek seung jo smile.. man is just superbly handsome!!!

oh ha-ni.... congratulations... unlike some of us.. you got your man!

omo... why its so fast? now its already ep 14... ah i wanna see the ending... seung-jo... saranghae...

Sheesh, he did a total 180 turn which makes me scratch my head.

How great was Mama Baek? The part where she was secretly, gleefully snapping pictures while the two were back hugging was a riot. Thanks for the speedy recap =]

OMO Super lightning speed GF! Yay!! Thanks baby

Ahhh round 14 already? (Another 2 to go T___T Waaa)

While watching this episode, I was actually have a muscle cramp coz my face can't left me from keep smiling all the way thru, even now while reading your recap... yah BSJ you're so awesome... and you're worth for every pride that OHN has been trampled on... yes PRIDE be damned.

From the sizzling hot kiss scene, to the ever-surprising-proposal, to a relax yet sweetest-ever-back-hug scene, to the ever-so-wonderful window scene, to another sweetest-ever-hugging in the public thingy....

AWWWW you do keep in my mind what OHN wants you to do in that her English book, don't you...

And I'm smiling from ear to ear while watching how irresistible you're and cant help to feel envy for OHN, you lucky, lucky snail!

What amazes me most is our little Eun-jo. He has predicted this kind of ending all the long. It is a fact that he is the sanest one from this wacky Baeks-Oh household combined.

And I just love mom reaction during the proposal. I guess she's more happier than OHN and BSJ combined. LOL Hands down, the most lovable-sweetest-wackiest-coolest mother-In-Law in Kdrama history...

YHR-BJG, both of I applaud for your effort to get your love, although it'll never work out, yet you try it anyway. It's worth a fight to lose anyway. Rather than admitting defeat without putting up a front. Kudos.

As I said it earlier, being happy is the first thing you need to be to achieve anything that is seem impossible. Keep smiling you two... Yeah especially you BSJ, coz it really suits you ^^

This week def had lots of action altho it feels more like a sprint to the finish line! Im glad everything worked out and its all a relief. Can't wait for the wedding either, hope it'll be a romantic one.

Glad they cut the # of eps down, I don't think I could have lasted an extra 4 eps of SJ "secretly" liking HN but treating her like crap.

In the future, I really wish they wouldn't remake dramas that have been done 2-3x over. It just takes all the suspense away when I know what's going to happen next!! arg.

I was squealing so much in the first ten mins of the show... Seung Jo holding hands with Hani~~~...just realised that was the first time they held hands!! Totally fell off my seat when he said "I want to MARRY Hani" OMG!!!!

When SJ smiled at the end of the scene telling Hae ra about him and Hani, I totally collapsed...Hae ra must be thinking "How do I bloody break up with you with you smiling like that???!!"

Cruel, cruel Seung Jo.

Who am I to comment on Oh Ha Ni's pathetic lack of direction and self and her determined devotion to SJ....when my whole life revolves around waiting for the next episode of Playful Kiss?

GF thks for the great recap...totally agreed wif u all tt SJ is sweet whn he informed abt his intention to make HN his wife ( n the way he hold HNs hand n their finger interlocking) n its is so sweet n cute whn he answer the father tt he knws abt HN's flaws...n also how he assure HN by back hugging her wh HN is afraid tt he will turn back to cold Robot boy..

n me feel a bit sad to JG...he shld deserve some1 good n devoted to his love..n really hope that they will show a happy ending for every1 in tis show...

GF thanks again for not giving up tis Show...or v wont able to read such a great recap....

finally loving it.reminded me why i loved it started with a kiss in the first place...

Oh Ha ni fighting!

I'm loving the progress in this episode! If this drama had ended before she gained an ounce of self-respect, I would've felt very disatissfied.

Though, I seriously think the writer/director/whoever constantly makes wrong decisions. I mean, was I the only one thinking that, during the restaurant scene with Ha-ni, Joon-gu and Seung-jo, the tension could've been.. well, more, if she actually had to tell him instead of him already knowing? That scene (although Joon-gu is seriously breaking my heart) sort of lost the impact because he already knew, it wasn't just suspicion on his end. It's sad that she never has to own up to something herself, everyone else sorta always does it for her.. Ah well, it's still super-cute! x)

Lol... it's currently 4am here but I had to read the recap first before sleeping anyways.. haha

Anyways, THANK YOU GF!! why so fast though? you took me by surprise...

It's so funny how what's surprising for those who have not watched any of the other versions before is not for those who did, and what's shocking to those who have watched previous versions is not to those who didn't.

And glad seungjo is finally making up (big time) for being a jerk... sweet gentle seungjo is totally winning.
I would totally marry. Hani needed that push.

Anyways, I MUST sleep now... but will come back later... I'm just going to copy/paste a previous comment I did... It's the second time i'm doing this... hope this is not turning into a habit... -_-" but i'm so invested into PK these days I'm totally drained with all the school work to add to that... especially at 4-5am.

Need I say it? I loved the episode!! Honestly, watching the long preview, I dreaded the moment when I would have to dislike Hani, perhaps for the first time in the drama, for acting like a spoiled willful kid.. Turned out I didn’t have to, or at least for too long. And yes, you’re right about Seungjo being perfect for Hani… As much as I defended her bench conversation, her growth is certainly not a bad thing and frankly, only Seungjo can spur her to have the motivation to develop herself for the better. The girl does not have the highest opinion of herself and I believe she would have stayed unambitious if left alone, or worshipped. And I feel like Seungjo’s love can be truly felt when he forces himself to leave her alone for her own sake. You could tell he didn’t like doing it but knew he was right in doing it. Perhaps, in a way, it was even more heartwarming that all those hugs and smiles he finally let himself have for her… And I need to say this…
Seungjo being the sweet boyfriend is totally melting… Man, it was totally worth all the mess. I know if we have post-marriage life, we can see Seungjo’s love for Hani but honestly, even without it, i’m satisfied now… I can already see that he loves her very much. BSJ owning up to his emotions is not only relieving for him but also deeply satisfying for us viewers. Took you some time but you’re making up rather quite well I would say. Nothing guarantees my face splitting smile more than seeing the two lovebirds being ecstatic about their situation… seeing them IN LOVE just kills me. I say this with the particular window scene in mind… it was lovely. and I totally love it when he caresses Hani’s hair… To my future boyfriend: take careful note. I want you to craddle me like that…
Speaking of killing… my heart hurt badly for both Haera and Joongu in this episode… poor poor duckie… i hope you find your happy ending. how can you make me bleed for you even more when you confronted BSJ? you must be the most devoted dumped guy in history. However, I hurted the most when he was talking enthusiastically about the lunch box to the dad… I literally could feel my chest hurt, notwithstanding the stream of tears I had… I wanted to scream at the dad for letting Joongu hope even more…

btw, i was totally satisfied with the proposal EXCEPT for Hani’s dad response… somehow, it bugged me and didn’t feel as touching as I felt it could have. and also seungjo annoyed me for a split tiny second before i let him get away with it but who proposes without asking and involving the bride in the conversation first? As for the mom… LOL.. is it me or she seemed more happy about the marriage than Hani? and hani’s faces when the dad was bashing her was totally hilarious. XD
Eunjo… i totally heart you… you’re a sweetheart. a sourpuss sweetheart but still an adorable one. how i wish i could just squeeze you… haha.

About the kiss scene… hehe.. i got my wish that he would replay it.. but in a way, i wished he could have included the umbrella shot (which i hated) just so the kiss could have been longer… I wanted the umbrella to be cut… but also for an additional scene to be added. the kiss is still hot though.

As for haera… may I say that I LOVE Lee si young.. she’s an awesome actress and played her role quite perfectly… she’s just the right amount of everything… in the end, the character Haera in unhatable… not when she behaves with such dignity and being such a good sport… but also shows that she’s just as vulnerable as any girl when matters of the heart are concerned… The frustration she felt and the leading to her release of emotions and tears were brilliantly done. Bravo. As for her bitchiness…. for me, it was always less the bitchy and mostly the funny and to be taken lightly.

As for Hani becoming a nurse…I'm proud of her... she needed that push from Seungjo to mature and grow up and to sort out her thoughts for herself.

Poor seungjo had no idea what mama baek had in mind when he said that the wedding wasn’t coming soon… it’s right up your nose you robot boy… and be glad for it… you’ll be marrying the most loveable girl out there… although said girl could use a shake or too for behaving so childishly (i won’t lie… i did worse… it rarely happens but when it does, i’m basically a drama queen in real life. but then, it’s always easier to see what’s wrong with it when you observe someone else than when you’re doing it in the heat of emotions).

Honestly, I don’t want PK to end at all.. this is one of the few dramas when I don’t want it to end so soon… MGIAG is lovely but I thought it ended at the perfect time… as for PK, there’s so much more to explore, so many moments to squeal/angst/cry/laugh over and so little time left. Event the 7 episodes won’t quench my longing for more… especially when I just received the blow today that they will merely be 10 minutes episode… Show, I need more..

Thank you for your recaps.

Kim Hyun Joong just looked so cute and hot throughout this episode.

Smile *swoon*...

I was as excited as you were when Hani let go of Baek for a bit to find herself. I hope she develops better than what the anime or ISWAK Oh Hani characters...

at least let her learn to cook better, writers.

Kim Hyun Joong is really to die for when he's being sweet... I'm looking forward to his next drama wherein his role is not much of a cold character....This drama made him a better actor even for a little bit.

:D

notice the difference in SJ's voice when talking to OHN?
softer, mellower..far from his usual motonone.

Really?
Am I the only one who thought it was ridiculous to see such a sudden 180 degree turn to Seung-jo? I was giggling for most of the beginning and not because of how good it was. More like....because of how nonsensical it seemed.

Thanks for the recap!

Baek Seung Jo was right to kick Hani in the proverbial behind, but ouch! The comment that she was no longer cute without her perseverance had to hurt. But in the end all was right because Hani got some self motivation finally and BSJ went to her friends to find her after all.

I loved the parallelism in this episode. Hani needed to find herself so she moved out, got a part time job at a restaurant without her family interfering and did some self reflecting just like Baek Seung Jo did earlier. What made me laugh was Hani figured herself out a lot faster than Baek Seung Jo. She took only 2 days? You go girl! What made me made sad was that no one was paying any attention to Hani at the dinner table. She obviously wanted to share her decision but it all got lost in the wedding announcement made by mom.

I agree that BJG and Hae Ra actors were also stellar and made me love them all the more.

i didn't watch jp/tw version but read numerously that they were so annoying. now i understand it. all the characters except seungjo(though KHJ was still annoying), hera, hani's dad, are all pathetic but show just try to make it look like adorable only because our heroine and her supporters are supposed to be loved no matter what in a dramaland.
in an earliest eps, sj' mom get sj hurt by raising him like a girl and yet use it(photos) again to match sj and hani.
she never knew hani before. show doesn't give an explanation why she loves hani so much. just because she is your husband's friend's daughter? all i witnessed is that you want a daughter for your own pleasure and it happened to be hani. everyone says sj doesn't deserve hani's love but i don't think hani deserves sj either.
i coudn't "see" the development in sj' feeling to hani and
it's partly the fault of acting and directing.

I really enjoyed this drama.
Hopefully we may await a season 2!

thanks gf!! your great as usual!!!!
and your right, as long as we asked the drama gods will listen! esp. when many people asked for it.

this episode was the best for me so far. it sealed all the questions whether seung jo really do care or love hani.
i really love how they played the announcement of engagement with simplicity. it doesnt have frills and grand gestures, but its doesnt mean its not heartfelt. you can feel the sincerity in the scene which i think is great. it also have touch of reality in it.

joon gu and haera are great in this episode. they dealt with their heartaches with grace and face still held high. these two i think deserves a happy ending too.

to our OTP

hani, your miracle is already here as referring to your question to eun jo in episode 7. im also glad that even though its a bit late you found the direction that you badly needed. and also enjoy the fruits of your labor of love. even though seung jo is still bit rough and cold, he surely loves you.

seung jo, wow! thankfully you really stepped up and owned up to your feelings. im happy to see the warm smile upon your face as if the burden of the world was lifted from your shoulder. thank you also for pushing hani to be the better person, even though someone will think its bad of you to do or say those things to hani still you do it bcoz its you know its for the better. those actions showed how much you love and value her.

excited for the next week's episode, do we need to get ready for the wedding? when we will receive the inivitation? i hope they send it at the correct address.

see you at episode 15!
PK AJA! FIGTHING!

i can't wait till the next episode,..
lol just think about how cute their wedding will be..
hope it's saturday already..

I think my fight with Show mirrors Seung-jo’s fight with Ha-ni. I had to push, for it to struggle and come back around.

hahhaha you are so cute srsly. i mean that in a sincere non-creepy way xD

I didn't expect that it would turn out like this...... but I'm lovin' it!!!!!!!! I haven't watched ep 14 yet but I'm so exited to watch it!!!!!! I really hate reading long stories but this made me do it xD

Thanks for your great recap and your comments Girlfriday!!!
I'm totally with you there, concerning HaNi's lack of real goal for her future. It didn't bother me in ep 12 but now it's time she starts finding her own thing. And way to go, Seung Jo!!!Although he may seem harsh to some people, he did the right thing by "shaking" her (I wanted to do that myself to HaNi as she was whining about her bad test results) and making her find the time to think deeply about her future. She needs to have a goal in life other than to follow Seung Jo around. lol ^^
I'm glad to see that she decides to become someone worthy of him!
Did you notice that even her friends also try to make her realize that? Even HeRa in her own way gives Hani the "push" that she needs...
Anyway, it was a great episode. :) loved it!

Wow! What can I say, everyone seems to have said it all. After episode twelve's recap I was beginning to lose faith, with the recapper (sorry girlfriday, couldn't help feeling it at that juncture) and the audience.

I love Itazura na Kiss, both live drama and anime, ISWAK and PK, every version, be they with bad or good acting, cinematography, editing, directing, etc., etc., and I was becoming more and more disappointed with everyone's constant gripes about every little thing in PK and not enjoying the story for what it is. A light, humorous love drama (might I dare to say here based on very realistic situations) about two still very young people trying to find their way in life and love.

Okay, BSJ is cold and mean most of the time, and he's no Mr. Perfect by any long stretch of the imagination, but his love runs deep. OHN does have obsessive tendencies, but it is this tenacity that has turned her into the woman SJ loves. Once she makes up her mind and sets her goal she goes all out until she achieves it, no matter how hard it gets or how long it takes, even if it is unimaginable for her capabilities, she goes and proves everyone, including herself, wrong. And please don't misinterpret, I don't mean it was good for her to dog SJ or be persistent to the point of annoying sometimes.

Both BSJ and OHN are teenagers on the cusp between the last of their childhood and the start of adulthood, and the story here illustrates that journey between the two states beautifully. It didn't matter whether or not that the author used SJ and HN's characters to illustrate this or not, but because she did these characters showed us this journey in a meaningful way. It is difficult, it is cold, it can be mean and harsh, you might get lost, become hesitant, full of indecisions, feel pain, of the bad kind, but yet it is tempered with fun, excitement, the happiness of youth and yet more pain, of the good kind. Ultimately, the important thing is it leads to fulfilment, joy and love if you arrive at the right place, not just for HN and SJ but for the people around them too, even HR and JG, who will have to take their own journeys to discover their own final harbours with the right persons for them. To many SJ might be cold and mean, to me he is wise and caring. I'm glad he has finally found the person who can help him to bring all this to the surface, likewise for HN who has SJ to help her to dig deep inside herself. If anyone cares to look deeper this story is not just fluff. Again, don't take me wrongly, I know the original manga wasn't a great work of literature and wasn't intended to be viewed as such. We all have to take or have taken the same journey to adulthood and the very simplicity of this drama is sufficient and have done the job admirably to illustrate that. Some of us may have enjoyed the story's humour and some of us have not, which is fine with me, but I do wish everyone would enjoy PK for what it is rather than looking for something it isn't.

One little thing I thought I had to mention, I don't think SJ has been treating HN badly for all of those four years GF mentioned in the recap. He couldn't have when he didn't know of her existence before her confession. For some of those years, can't remember what they said in PK, but in ISWAK it was two, she had been admiring and loving him from afar and only until their paths crossed did he knew about her. I'm not a masochist and I know SJ's words can cut deep, but to me I could feel his love in everything he does for and with HN, even when he was being harsh (I know it's easy for me to say because I'm not HN on the receiving end, but SJ's love in the early part of the story was meant for the viewers' eyes only).

This week I was floored by both recaps here and the ones I read over at ockoala's. They were all exceptional and apart from the odd, light complaints here and there, I'm glad the audience have redeemed themselves and have stopped all the strong gripes.

Perhaps I might be speaking too early since I haven't read every single comment, but from what I have read I am happy that the audience is finally happy.

Thank you, for making me happy.

Good for you girlfriday, I already broken up with the show after episode 10. Even though episodes 13 and 14 were really good, it's too late now to heal my broken heart. I'm just gonna read your recaps. Thanks

Just want to comment about the kiss scene at the start.. I think the production team has been given much flak on how people just truly despise that umbrella so they took it out.. LOL. (that edit totally cracked me up) It must have been the most despised umbrella in the world right now. Poor thing.

Yah Baek Seung Jo! ^_^

"Mom squeals louder than twenty fangirls on speed"

gf, I love your way with words!

thanks for the recap, GF!!