Lie To Me: Episode 8 Open Thread
by javabeans
This episode in a nutshell (or, as I like to think of it, the weecap): Ah-jung takes care of Ki-joon when he’s sick (food-poisoned by her leftovers). She’s miffed when he doesn’t reply to her text, so Ki-joon admits that he didn’t know how to reply — if he said he was still sick, she’d worry, but if he said he was better, he was afraid she wouldn’t come to see him. Aw. He plays a joke on her by shaking her Coke behind her back, which causes it to explode, leading to a mini-food fight, pounding hearts, and an acknowledgement of their attraction. (Ah-jung: “Is this acting, or is this for real?” Ki-joon: “For real.”)
Alas, K-dramas never allow our happy couple to be happy very long before mucking up the works. Two complicators: Sang-hee and Auntie CEO. Sang-hee gets pissy to see the growing rapport between Ah-jung and Ki-joon, and tells her repeatedly that she’s misreading the situation. He tells his brother he’s really, truly over Yoon-ju and that hyung should be happy with her — his way of pushing his brother away from Ah-jung, whom he’s starting to like.
On the other hand, Auntie CEO steps in get rid of Yoon-ju, despite professing to liking her very much, because everybody in this drama thinks Sang-hee’s a poor, feeble-hearted child incapable of mature reasoning or of handling the disappointment of not getting the girl. DUDE. He may be your baby brother, but he’s still a grown-ass person. Let him deal. So Aunt calls them all together and reveals that Ki-joon and Ah-jung are secretly married. Ki-joon freaks out, chases Yoon-ju out (leaving Ah-jung behind), and reconciles with her. Phew! Boy gets around.
Ah-jung imagines the kissy reunion, is heartbroken and withdraws, blaming the lie on herself and telling the reunited couple that she’s happy for them, then bawls her heart out. And then she goes to So-ran — who has just heard that Ah-jung knows of her marital woes — and cops to the lie. Finally!
Comments: The lie is out — thank god! They’ve gotten about as much mileage out of it as can be reasonably expected, especially since the Chinese investors have now returned home. I actually think there’s a fun drama in here, but the problem is that it’s padded with so much useless filler material that the interesting stuff gets watered down and dragged out, thereby smothering what life the drama does have. (Triple-mixed-metaphor, woo!) It’s too bad that there’s so very little plot to keep the pace moving, and despite my great liking for the leads, there’s only so much dead weight that can be carried by chemistry alone.
I’m curious to see how the story changes after this — and hope that it doesn’t go off into a totally weird direction because the writer’s run out of ideas (I’m thinking I Am Legend, which turned into a different, much more tedious drama halfway through). I’m hopeful that with the lie now out in the open, we’ll finally make some narrative progress…although a part of me is nervous that it’ll just be angst city as the golden couple gets back together.
To be honest, I can’t even tell you what a relief it was to be able to watch Episodes 7 and 8 without the burden of recaps. It helps that this week’s episodes were better than last week’s, which at some points had me banging my head against my desk with frustration. But it’s also freeing to not be stuck having to recap the many boring filler scenes — the parental love triangle, the co-workers, So-ran’s tirades, which used to be fun but which are now getting tiresome, Sang-hee’s hot-and-cold angsting — because we all know that we’re basically just watching this drama for two reasons: Yoon Eun-hye and Kang Ji-hwan.
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Tags: featured, Kang Ji-hwan, Lie To Me, Yoon Eun-hye
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1 Asama
May 31, 2011 at 1:22 PM
WOW
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Kangling
May 31, 2011 at 1:41 PM
I said "WOW" to the kiss too. I'm super glad because YEH is a brave kiser. I'm so sick and tired watching Kdrama kissing scene where they just stand there and like a dead cold fish kissing a wall. Of course KJH is awesome too. More kisses please, (KJH & YEH only )
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Carinne
May 31, 2011 at 6:43 PM
I concur, plus I'd like to add Jang Geun-suk has been waiting for someone like YEH to pair up swap amylase with. Yeah, that's sharing human saliva peeps. M-mmmmmm~ However, I doubt that may actually happen, YEH x JGS, 'cos YEH is too strong of an actress to pair w/ JGS unless he goes on steroids or something in that freak of nature.
Why did I jump into that? o , 0"
Anyways..................... 'C O L A K I S S' ............... (lingers).
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Tn
May 31, 2011 at 7:24 PM
To nobody in particular.
I never got the hype of Lie to Me.
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olive
May 31, 2011 at 10:36 PM
yeah...me too
Eleven11
May 31, 2011 at 7:45 PM
Haha, I love JGS with all my heart, but I have to agree with you on that one. Although, they both do the intense-emotions-overflowing unwavering stare sooo well. I'd pay to watch them just looking at each other for a while.
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Rina
June 3, 2011 at 11:22 AM
I agree that JGS and YEH wouldn't have the same impact/charisma as YEH and Gong Yoo, YEH and KJH or YEH with a strong male lead.
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dami
May 31, 2011 at 8:29 PM
they guy noes how to kiss
if your reading YEH this i wouldn't mind a kiss to lol
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lovekdramafan
June 1, 2011 at 5:01 AM
Agree. I enjoy watching this drama and the main actors have a real chemistry - as KJH said - good actors.
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snow
May 31, 2011 at 2:07 PM
lol. and very nice screencap too. thanks jb for the mini recap!
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2watchkdrama
May 31, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Please don't stop recapping. It explains a lot and makes me understand things much better.
Also appreciate the links for the individual OST songs.
Do you also have the instrumental version of Lovin' Ice Cream. This song has been stuck in my head now for the past few days. Love it!!!!
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nonski ⭐️A forever JIN who crash landed on Hyun Bins heart❤️!
May 31, 2011 at 10:13 PM
plsssssssssssssssss... drama gods, please don't allow jb and gf to drop this drama, huhuhu...
i really like this even if they resorting to fan service, who wouldn't like the cute!
guys, english softsubs of this drama is available at:
http://www.darksmurfsub.com
direct link to this drama:
http://www.darksmurfsub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1277-lie-to-me-2011/page__st__580
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Kiara
June 1, 2011 at 6:53 AM
Thanks for the links :). My mom is dying to watch it so I got her a new PC.
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nonski ⭐️A forever JIN who crash landed on Hyun Bins heart❤️!
June 1, 2011 at 8:39 AM
you're welcome Kiara and you're wonderful for giving your mom a new PC. :)
Nyl
June 1, 2011 at 3:06 PM
LOL When I saw the 2 of them kiss my first thought was here the Drama God wants girlfriday to keep recapping this show.
BTW, I think Sang Hee wants to reconcile his brother and the girl (whose name I refuse to remember), to make up for his past mistake hence he was mad when he saw Ki Hoon & Ah Jung together, not because of his growing attraction to Ah Jung. Ok maybe 80-20? If anything I don't think his attraction to Ah Jung growing at all.
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joe&jane
June 4, 2011 at 1:59 AM
Exactly what I was thinking. He wants His Loved One to be happy and feels sorry. To my point of view, he's more trying to protect HJ than he's jalous.
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2 itshotintopeka
May 31, 2011 at 1:22 PM
so true. it's getting so tiring I fast forward through most of the non YEH KJH scenes.
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Kangling
May 31, 2011 at 1:35 PM
me too!! I skipped everything. even the younger brother and the restaurant scenes. Only have eyes for KJW and YEH. I don't like the other girl. Don't kiss her. send her back to Tahiti or Timbuktu.
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Aqua
May 31, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Yea, right on!! I'm only mostly watching the KJW and YEH scenes!!
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Kiara
May 31, 2011 at 2:13 PM
hahahaha me like.
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ashura
May 31, 2011 at 8:50 PM
I especially agree to this comment about the restaurant scenes. Totally does nothing to the plot!
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A
June 1, 2011 at 11:05 AM
yesssss,, please send her away!!!!!!!!!
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Nyl
June 1, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Hahaha Charm? :D
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nana
May 31, 2011 at 2:04 PM
me too i only watch YEH KJH scenes.
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crazykillua
May 31, 2011 at 2:45 PM
I sooooo agree.. I do the same thing too...hahhaha, but still cant help myself to download the raws...Tis is crazy!
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Xueh
May 31, 2011 at 4:37 PM
True!
Does anyone else feel this is very much like Kim Sam Soon?
Hope it doesn't follow it much much longer
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Meix2
May 31, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Absolutely. I was SO getting the KSS Vibe.
Although I'm not much into the plot, I ABSOLUTELY feel for Ah Jung right now. YEH does those heart wretching scenes so well.
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Cyoon
May 31, 2011 at 5:54 PM
i was totally thinking the same thing!! woah!
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Ju Ina-sshi
June 1, 2011 at 4:06 AM
Wuah I wondered why this feeling was so familiar and everything so predictable. But now that you mention it....
wuah which drama will be adapted in this one next? How about soul switching? Too obvious? Then a trip together to Jeju Island? Or So-ran and Ah-jung stalking? Just get the Chinese Investor back!
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Rina
June 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Haha...or ghost possessing someone's body during their sleep to gather tears?
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yix
June 2, 2011 at 6:18 AM
yeah~ i was thinking about that seems like when samshika meets hee jin in jejudo, and left sam sooni a side with henry noooooooooooooooooo why~~ T-T
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KDrama Fan
May 31, 2011 at 7:17 PM
I was totally going to drop this drama but since I've got nothing else I'm back to watching it...and pushing the ff button to Ki Joon scenes:)
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Linda
June 1, 2011 at 7:55 AM
LOL! i do the same thing, i skip watching everyone else and jump right to the couple.. and rewatched the kiss a few more times :)
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3 jomo143
May 31, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Wee cap! Love the name!
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leddik
May 31, 2011 at 2:09 PM
I know. It brought a smile to my face when I read that. Only JB would come up with such a cute name. :)
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4 Freehee
May 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Well, it isn't a COMPLETE disaster....IMO it's actually getting a tad more interesting with these two episodes...I'm gonna hold out watching and see if it manages to ruin itself or pick up like it did this week...or maybe I'm in it to see two hot people kissing in every episode.......sighhh nice to be YEH haha
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5 kitten
May 31, 2011 at 1:25 PM
just watched it. OMG i lahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhve. and i'm getting a little bit sick of sang hee, his hotness notwithstanding.
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Freehee
May 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Will he EVER get the girl he likes?
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Jinsight
June 1, 2011 at 7:33 AM
He looks like an anemic little boy, I don't get the "hotness." He dresses terribly too- aka loose crotch pants in every episode. If he and Eun Hye have a love-line my eyes may degenerate.
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kdfan
June 1, 2011 at 9:34 AM
hahaha .. i was thinking the same but wondering if it was just me since so many were raving about how hot he is! sorry but i really don't find him that good looking ..
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6 Rebeca
May 31, 2011 at 1:26 PM
U.U SO SAD!!
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7 ishrooroo
May 31, 2011 at 1:28 PM
I kinda love the weecap more cuz we get to the gist of things without boring fillers! I wanna smack Ki Joon for breaking poor Ah Jung's heart, stupid boy.
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mardie
May 31, 2011 at 7:41 PM
true!
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Moozy
June 1, 2011 at 6:26 AM
Mee tooo!! I x mind even it is just a weecap!
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odynia
June 1, 2011 at 2:01 PM
ki joon deserves a beating really..he is like a boy who doesn't know exactly what he wants.
And shouldn't he personally say that to ae jung instead making her suffer in front of Yun Ju? Doesn't he even respect her?
I dont know yeah it is just a drama but i get angry..
If i were Ae Jung i would not accept him later on ..
I am anti- Ki joon from now on :)))although i love KJH
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8 yeisha
May 31, 2011 at 1:28 PM
"because we all know that we’re basically just watching this drama for two reasons: Yoon Eun-hye and Kang Ji-hwan."
big word, JB.
that's why i'm actually dreading the second half of this drama. if it'll be angst-central and then last ep of the couple getting together, i'm breaking up with this show. gah...i just want to see YEH and KJH stare/kiss/make-out/etc without the burden of having to watch the side characters...is that too much to ask? i'm so shallow like that. heh.
(seriously, why is everyone else so snooze-worthy in this show? or is it that YEH-KJH are just so electrifying together everything else pales in comparison?)
also, is anyone else confused by how the OTP went from "i-can't-get-my-hands-off-you" to being totally blase about it after their sizzling cola kiss? i mean, they were even holding hands while he was talking on the phone and cut to the next scene, she is walking out and he is driving his car? *shakes head*
anyways, will not over-analyze. will enjoy the kisses. the ice cream. I LOVE ICE CREAM. ;)
p.s. thanks JB and GF for this open thread.
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HyoSun
May 31, 2011 at 2:10 PM
""" i just want to see YEH and KJH stare/kiss/make-out/etc"""
100%
If it was in every episode though, I'd feel it getting boring but I could watch their first 2 kisses over & over again.
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garcia_marina
May 31, 2011 at 4:41 PM
btw, forgive me for my ignorance but what is OTP? tnx
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rainerust
May 31, 2011 at 5:03 PM
One true pairing
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mary
May 31, 2011 at 5:12 PM
One True Pairing (???)
I was wondering about that myself.
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celinae
May 31, 2011 at 6:19 PM
Or "only true pairing." I've heard it used in the context that someone has decided that only two certain people should be allowed to be a couple ("pairing"), rejecting all other characters (haha, and sometimes even reality). I.e. In Harry Potter, Hermione and Draco...
There's also OTP in the sense that a show has decided that certain people should end up together, like Ki-Joon and Ah-Jung, instead of Sang-hee and Ah-jung. But I think this meaning isn't used as often.
Hope that helps clarify! :)
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linkyo
June 1, 2011 at 12:59 AM
owh? I thought OTP = Official True Pairing ? ^^;;;
FunnyBunny
May 31, 2011 at 11:39 PM
"gah…i just want to see YEH and KJH stare/kiss/make-out/etc without the burden of having to watch the side characters…is that too much to ask? i’m so shallow like that. heh."
In terms of this drama it's perfectly acceptable to be shallow-especially with all the pretty to stare at. In fact, it's pretty much the only way to go about viewing it.
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min
June 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Ya! I also find the transition from the cola kiss to the car scene very weird.. I am not sure what is the purpose of the car scene because I totally can't feel the love of the two for that scene. It is just awkward...
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9 caroline
May 31, 2011 at 1:28 PM
yay!! thank you for deciding to do an open thread :D
love the couple - hope they back together!
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10 manou
May 31, 2011 at 1:29 PM
waaaaaaaaaaaaw i love this drama so much i wait for it each monday and tuesday i love the actor but in this episode i felt so sorry for ah gong when she discovered that she loves him he go back to his first love.it's so pitiful.
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11 Ani
May 31, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Weecap for the win. Yay! This means I still don't have to watch the show, but at least still get to know what happens (because I'm still interested in that sense). Whoop whoop!
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12 oi
May 31, 2011 at 1:30 PM
time to have more guest writers and enjoy more yourself?
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13 snoopyvkd
May 31, 2011 at 1:30 PM
I don't care the boring filler if we continue to get to see that kind of kiss and that kind of killer smile from KJH!
He looks so perplex as to which one to choose. Makes me wanna go in TV and join the girls' fight for that guy. Poor guy, maybe if we give him more options, it'ld be easier :)
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14 J
May 31, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Thank you Javabeans :)
So much happened in this episode!!! Personnaly, I won't complain that the pace is too slow now, because today's episode felt like the real drama finally began.
Yoon Eun Hye is such a good actress especially when it comes to her crying scenes! I can really feel her pain and her sincerity. In fact, when she cried in her car and at the end, I cried with her too. I think that I even cried more than her lol. This is the first time that I cried while watching this drama and I am now 100% emotionally invested in this drama. I LOVED today’s episode (even though I hated to see Ki Joon and Yoon Joo together.) The Cola kiss left me with no words. It was amaaaazing. Ah Jung’s pain was very relatable. I feel for her. (*I’ll even punch Ki Joon for her ^^*)
I really hope that now that there are no more lies between Ah Jung and Soo Ran, they can rely on each other and be genuinely good friends. Soo Ran can even help Ah Jun make Yoon Joo go away with her scaryness bwahahaha. Now, I'm I hoping for too much?
I’m looking forward to next week’s episode and to see how Ki Joon will make up for all the pain/confusion/sadness that he put Ah Jung through.
Lie To Me fighting!
P.-S: I love the Ice Ceam song! I hope that they will release the official version of Yoon Eun hye and Kang Ji Hwan's :)
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Leishers
May 31, 2011 at 2:13 PM
I thought I was the only one who was kindve hoping for So Ran and Ah Jung To be friends, atleast for a little, after the lie came out. I really wanna know why Soo Ran is so jealous of Ah Jung, because that is what she really is.
The Ice cream song is just really starting to stick with me too. I call it the YEH effect. She just makes everything stick. heheh
I like the Weecaps Javabeans. I misjudge how effective it could be...sorry!! :) Although I like your recaps much better, I guess I was selfish in thinking that you dont need a break once in a while. Glad you came up with this!
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ashura
May 31, 2011 at 8:47 PM
I am not sure if my interpretation is right about So Ran, but this is what I think… So Ran is so guilty that she stole Ah Jung's crush that she just has to show that she is the happier one. To cover her guilt, she has to be the 'stronger' and 'better', or it would seem she has made the wrong choice to steal the guy and damage the friendship!
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unknown x
May 31, 2011 at 3:41 PM
I cried too..... I felt so sad watching her cry and heartbroken.
After AJ left SR's house after she told the truth, I was hoping that SR was gonna run after her and they can hug it out and cry on the street together.
AJ really needs a friend. She doesn't have a solid friend in this drama. She's always going around with other people instead of going to one person when she's feeling sad. First, it was SH. Then KJ and then her officemates (even though they don't know why).
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15 soracantabile
May 31, 2011 at 1:32 PM
YEH and KJH really helping this drama..
I wouldn't watch this after ep 4 if they don't have YEH and KJH..
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16 J
May 31, 2011 at 1:38 PM
I just noticed something wrong in your mini recap. Ki Joon DIDN'T KISS Yoon Joo on the beach. He only hugged her. Thank god. Or else, I would've trown something at my laptop lol.
The kissing scene was Ah Jung's dream (you can notice it because the lighting was brighter indicating that it wasn't reality) and also they showed Ah Jung waking up right after KJ and YJ "kiss".
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Javabeans
May 31, 2011 at 1:42 PM
I did think it was weirdly edited, and unintentionally ambiguous. But it probably was imagined; I've edited the description.
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Nyl
June 1, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Well if you notice he didn't quite hug her either...I think his love for that annoying pretty hair, long legs girl isn't as strong as before, he mostly just want to protect her because she's always hurts/ cries/ walking in the park with her shoes off so that her leg got cut but behind him she was completely able to hold her own against Aunty CEO. The girl know her crafts I give her that.
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17 YoSoyHaru!!!!!!!!!!
May 31, 2011 at 1:42 PM
thanks for the open thread so happy!
i just want to know who's the little boy singing the song in the beggining it sounds like the little boy from speedy scandle who was also in my fair lady with YEH, anybody who can correct me here.
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crazykillua
May 31, 2011 at 3:24 PM
love the song!!!..new ringtone...hahahah..still thining if i have to chang my secret garden msg tone....hmmmm
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Daniela
May 31, 2011 at 4:06 PM
I still have that msg tone, i love it. One day my cellphone rang in my class and my teacher asked what was it. He said: Is it winnie Pooh? I said: Its korean. hehehe
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18 Viv
May 31, 2011 at 1:46 PM
I cried and cried at the end with AJ (YEH always get me to cry with her).
I don't think KJ kissed YJ at the beach, it was just AJ's dream when she dozed off in her bedroom. Actually KJ did not even hug YJ back.
What about the preview though? The two little kids, I assume one is little KJ and the other is little AJ in school right?
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19 Kongjoo
May 31, 2011 at 1:50 PM
lol throughout the whole episode, I was just waiting for that blouse she wore in the teaser pic... haha I only watched for the kiss ;)
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20 Geneva
May 31, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Aww, a weecap! I'm glad you're doing at least this, because as tiring as recaps must be I still like to see your general thoughts on the episodes, which is the whole reason I read the recaps anyway, to be honest. If I only wanted a play by play of the entire episode I would just wait a few hours for subs and watch it.
I think I prefer weecaps/open threads, actually, especially for less weighty dramas like this, it gives less of the episode away while getting right down to the stuff that actually matters. Plus, far less work for you as recappers.
I wouldn't say no to it becoming a more regular thing for future series that don't maybe merit the full recap treatment. :)
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21 Okie Dokie
May 31, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Thank you so much for the wee-caps and open thread! I love this idea since you guys don't want to do actual recaps anymore, we still get to hear your insights. =)
I'm glad the beach kiss thing was just imagination. But poor AJ, she's gonna be getting really confused with this all.
I do think that somehow, SoRan and Ahjung are going to become allies. Maybe that will be SoRan's redemption.
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22 PetiteCasabel
May 31, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Does anyone know what song was played when he had the flashback of his encounters with GAJ during the Ice-Cream song in Ep 6? And where I can get a free download? Thanks.
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23 saranga
May 31, 2011 at 2:01 PM
yeah. this week's episodes moved me to officially decide to drop watching this drama.... and miss ripley is too dark for my taste. i am hoping city hunter continues to hold my interest this week :)
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24 kader82
May 31, 2011 at 2:02 PM
ya bu adma sinir oldum ya pislik herif ya ay unnim nasilda agladi oppa sinir oldum sana ya
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merve
June 1, 2011 at 5:50 AM
cok haklisin ya! katiliyorum
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25 Ladymoonstone143
May 31, 2011 at 2:03 PM
I read this open thread...and just watch the kissing part. It was good but hopefully next week, the writer will deliver more as we are halfway there. And yes, I am sooo glad that the lie is out.
The other girl YJ, sad to say, is not believable to be playing the girl who got two brothers smitten for her. She doesn't have any appeal to me at all, even on the screen. Can't eclipse YEH's presence on screen.
And the kiss is awesome. I can just count how many kissing scene on korean drama I saw that I actually am clapping my hands in glee and re watching it so many times...:))) This will be one of them...lol
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