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Heirs: Episode 3

The show is settling into its groove, and not just because we’re packing up to head back to Korea soon. (Soon!) I’m actually warming up to how the California setting is being integrated into the story, now that we’ve put the horridness of the Cali stereotypes behind us. (The less we speak of those, the better.)

There’s an interesting effect that comes from shooting a quintessentially Korean romance drama in a place that’s both so iconic and so NOT the norm for quintessentially Korean romance dramas—it’s weird, but in a good way. It feels fish-out-of-water-like for us too, giving us a taste of what the characters feel, being out of sync and not quite there, there. And you know, I do think that’s quite the point.

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EPISODE 3 RECAP

In the movie theater, Tan translates the conversation unfolding onscreen for Eun-sang. Then he veers off-script, tacking on his own scenario about meeting a girl named Eun-sang that ends on: “Do I… like you?”

After a few charged moments, Eun-sang offers, “Probably not.” She points out that he’s engaged as though that’s explanation enough, and he brushes that aside impatiently: “What if I do anyway?” She says that’s too much like the movies, and Tan replies that this kind of thing happens in real life too.

Eun-sang gets distracted with the realization, “Are we really in Hollywood?” Rather, it’s her excuse to be distracted, and she marvels at the Hollywood sign while studiously ignoring Tan’s attempt to have a conversation about what he just said. Clocking her avoidance, he relents and offers to take her to see the sign up close.

She declines, telling him he’s done enough for her. Hers is the rational decision, but Tan is upset by the rejection.

They return to his house to pick up her luggage, by which time he’s become silent and gloomy. She says her goodbye and starts to head off… and then Tan grabs her bag from her and carries it back inside the house.

By now, best bud Chan-young has responded to her online plea for help and urges her to call him asap. But rather than relay that message, Tan tells Eun-sang to stay at the house until her friend calls. Trying to cling to any reason to keep her here.

He gets a call from Manager Yoon, one of Jeguk’s executives (who stood up to big bro Won the other day) and also Chan-young’s father. Manager Yoon informs Tan of the stockholders family gathering he is to attend, per Chairman Dad’s decree. Also, Won will be there, and Tan understands that his presence won’t be met with brotherly welcome.

On the other end of the call, Manager Yoon hangs up and gets accosted by a friendly Bo-na, who’s already calling him “Father.” Haha. I know she’s a ditzy girlfriend with a one-track mind, but I do find her attachment to Chan-young harmlessly cute. She complains that Chan-young is probably cheating on her already, but the moment Manager Yoon agrees that his son was bad, Bo-na jumps to her boyfriend’s defense. She’s a riot.

Bo-na is part of the broadcasting club and joins fellow club member Hyo-shin (prosecutor’s son and mysteriously vomiting sunbae). After dismissing annoying underclassmen who’ve come to fawn over Hyo-shin, Bo-na chats with him about one of their members whose family made him quit the club. I suppose it makes sense—why be a creative when you can own the creatives as some CEO or another? Hyo-shin himself would be forced to quit if his elders found out, and he figures that either he’s hid the secret well, or his parents have hid it for him. (So… grandpa rules his family, I take it?)

Bo-na wonders what pill he’s popping, and Hyo-shin waves it off as vitamins for his advanced old age—yunno, nineteen versus her eighteen. But we know better.

Tan dresses for the stockholders meeting and tells Eun-sang to stay at home till he’s back. And then, oh god, Terrible Stoner Surfer Meathead is back, make it stop make it stop make it stooooop. Never have I been so mad at beans for not killing somebody. I envy Eun-sang’s inability to understand him.

Terrible Meathead is happy to sidle up flirtatiously to Eun-sang, which at least gets Tan rethinking his plans for the day. Off she goes with him. I’m so relieved for her.

Tan’s mother, Madam Han, consults with her sister about grounds for divorce. Little Sis speaks with a conspicuous saturi accent (i.e., distinctly non-high-society), and Madam Han urges her to keep her voice down before slipping into saturi herself. (Ha, anybody else reminded of Julie “How dare he say I’m from Riverside” Cooper?) Little Sis gives her the name of a guy who’ll follow people to snap adultery photos, because adultery is her only viable grounds for seeking divorce.

I’m wondering why she’d want a divorce from her cushy situation, but no, it turns out she’s sending the rat to sniff out Madam Jung—aka Wife No. 2. Ah, is she still legally the wife? So Madam Han really IS a concubine. That explains why Tan is registered under Wife 2’s name in the family registry (until the law was reformed in recent years, children had to be registered under their father’s name, and to keep Tan legitimate he was listed as the child of the lawful wife). Granted, Madam Han has been the chairman’s recognized partner for years, but she’s eager to claim her place officially.

As she’s making her furtive call to the private eye in the cellar, she fails to see the housekeeper, Eun-sang’s mother, until it’s too late. (For convenience’s sake, she’ll be simply Mom.) Mom may be mute but she’s certainly not deaf, and she confirms that she heard all.

I’m getting the sense that Madam Han has been unsuccessful in asserting her place not because of meanie oppression but due to her own lack of mental acuity. Her argument is all, You should’ve heard how secretive I was being and made your presence known so I wouldn’t keep talking about myself incriminatingly! Silly billy.

Mom dryly notes that she was standing here the whole time doing just that, holding out messages to her employer that went unseen. Hilariously, those notes read: “If you’re lucky you won’t get caught” and “You should really use an unregistered phone for these calls.” Ha.

Tan takes Eun-sang along for the long drive to the Central Cali orchard where the company event is being held. He advises her to take a look around while he’s inside, not sure whether it’ll take him five minutes to get kicked out this time, or longer. Just be sure she avoids “the coldest-looking person” here, he warns.

Speaking of whom, Won is smiling it up as he wines and dines the attendees, though that smile immediately disappears upon seeing Tan’s arrival. Won curtly orders him aside, and Tan nervously tries to open with pleasantries. He keeps going despite hyung’s frosty reception, saying that he wanted to see him and that it’s been three years. Won sneers that he’s just a kid, lacking the judgment to know he shouldn’t have come.

Ack, Tan’s little-boy hopefulness is quite a jab to the heart as he tries to earn approval somehow, and says that he’s grown a lot taller since the last time. Won spits back, “That’s all you’ve done since you’ve been in America, isn’t it? Stick to that. Coming here overstepped your bounds.”

Poor heartbroken Tan. And standing at within earshot is Eun-sang, eyeing him sympathetically. The sprinklers suddenly switch on, drenching him. But still he stands there, lost.

Eun-sang approaches. “Are you okay?” she asks. “I’m not,” he says. He asks why she eavesdropped, and she says she was ready to jump in, grab his wrist (heh) and run away if he became endangered. He replies, “Then why didn’t you? I was in danger the whole time.”

With that, they make the long drive back home. He tells her to forget what she saw, and she answers that she’s going to forget this all—it’s just one midsummer night’s dream to her.

Tan belatedly registers fallen rocks in the lane ahead (that’s what you get for staring at the girl while driving), and swerves to avoid the boulders. They screech to a halt, and the car grinds to a halt in the sandy dirt. No cell reception means they’ve got to get themselves out of this fix. Eun-sang can’t drive, so… cut to her pushing, ha.

Still, no go. With dusk approaching, Tan suggests heading out on foot to find civilization. Eun-sang protests, because her extensive horror-movie knowledge tells her that people always die that way. On the other hand she’d die if she’s left behind, so she tags along. (Tan: “So we’re dying in the end?” Eun-sang: “Well, one of us has to stay alive for Season 2.”)

They walk on toward a roadhouse Tan remembers seeing, and he asks what she intends to do when her friend replies to her message. She says she’ll borrow money for a ticket back home, and he points out that he could lend her money too. But no, she’s not about to mooch off him to that extent.

They finally make it to a motel, where they have to spend the night until a tow truck can be called in the morning. Tan buys a couple of matching T-shirts to change into, then changes into his right then and there. I love that while she whirls around before he gets (half-)nekkid, she then sighs to herself, “What a shame, I should’ve looked.” Yes you should have, honey. I looked, and it was great.

They eat at the adjoining diner, and he finds her so cute he just stares and stares. She warns him that if he keeps that up she’ll start asking uncomfortable questions, but he beats her to the punch. If she was wondering who he was talking to earlier, “It’s the person I like most in the world.” Aww.

She leans in close and nosy-like to pry about his hyung, and his reply growl makes her rear back reflexively. But they’re sitting on barstools, so he lurches to grab her before she falls, leading to the classic rom-com clinch. Enjoy, folks.

He chuckles at her blush, which she blusters isn’t a blush. It’s, um, upset at not being able to eat pancakes on her trip to America, yeah! He offers to take her to his favorite place on Melrose later, and she orders him to stop making promises he can’t keep, because that means he’ll die (according to the movies). Psh.

Back in the room Eun-sang pretends to fall asleep right away, but Tan is on to her and persists until she gives up the act. He asks why she wants Jeguk Group to be ruined but doesn’t get a straight answer, and after a round of bickering they head to bed and Tan warns her not to get pervy with him while he’s sleeping.

Lying in bed, Tan asks when she’ll return to Korea. She yawns, “As soon as possible.” He starts to ask, “What if… I…” only to see that she’s nodded off. She starts to topple over, and he pitches forward to cushion her head, then tucks her in and watches her sleep.

Pissy fiancée Rachel had sent Tan’s address to Chan-young, eager to get rid of Eun-sang. He arrives in Malibu just as the other two pull in, and Eun-sang lights up to see her buddy. Tan glowers.

Once again when Eun-sang starts to say goodbye to Tan, he draws it out, suggesting that she stay here until her flight. The offer takes her aback, and he reframes the offer as being the fair thing to do after she got her passport confiscated because of him. All through the exchange Chan-young gives him the shifty eye until he guesses, “Are you Kim Tan?” He says they know each other, though he declines to explain how.

Their taxi arrives, and with it go any last excuses to hold onto her.

Chan-young and Eun-sang arrive at his place, and she asks if Tan is a bad guy, to which Chan-young replies merely that he’s not a nice one. Eun-sang is finally able to let down her guard a bit with him and tearfully confides about her sister running off. She’s still hasty to assure Chan-young she’ll pay him back asap and leave right away, though he urges her to take her time.

They head out to enjoy the day, and Chan-young snaps a selca of them to upload online “to show you something funny.” And there it is, on the count of three: the angry call from Bo-na. Hahaha. So predictable. He finds it cute, while Eun-sang complains that he’s going to get her in trouble and her hair possibly yanked out. I’d bet on Bo-na, ‘s all I’m sayin’.

Tan also takes note of the photo with annoyance. Then he sees his engagement photo with Rachel and sighs, “It’s tomorrow.” I don’t really feel sorry for Rachel given that she and her barbed tongue can take care of herself, but it’s gotta suck to be that unwanted by your fiancé. She’s pissy when he calls, but as the call comes with an in-person appearance, it smooths over some of her ruffled feathers.

Rachel’s mother calls her to get their stories straight—Rachel went to America on Tan’s request, not on her own whim—before she meets with (Wife No. 2) Madam Jung, whom she refers to as Tan’s mother. I wonder who exactly knows of Tan’s birth situation, though the ambiguity is certainly done on purpose.

Neither Rachel’s mother nor Madam Jung know why Tan and Young-do are no longer friends, given how tight they were right up until Tan’s departure for the States.

Young-do is called by his father to essentially get body and ego bruised by the judo mat. Why do I feel like his father is using judo as an excuse to thrash his son? His father rubs in the loss with a few “tips” afterward, saying that Young-do loses because he attacks unnecessarily, both on and off the mat.

Dad orders Young-do to pick up Rachel at the airport tomorrow, which Young-do haaaaaates but can’t exactly argue. I have to say that while I find Young-do’s just-under-the-surface rage unsettling, it’s vaguely satisfying to see him at a disadvantage for once, after watching him lord it over everyone else. What goes around, et cetera.

Restored to a good mood, Rachel thanks Tan for going shopping with her all day, happy more about his presence than the clothing gifts. He wipes the smile from her face by telling her that he likes shopping with her because anything else would seem like a real date. Snappish again, Rachel confirms that Eun-sang left his house, then orders him to stop talking about her, to which he reminds her that she brought her up in the first place.

They’re interrupted by a furious call from Young-do, who’s not about to meet her at the airport and tells her to find a way to make that not happen. I guess just not going isn’t an option.

And here, just because this scene couldn’t have been included only to be overlooked:

Rachel complains about his high-handedness to Tan, who asks how Young-do’s doing. She says he’s great, doing on his own what he and Tan used to do together. We’ve gotten hints here and there before, but I guess that confirms that Tan used to be a big bully too, though something tells me he didn’t enjoy it.

Rachel wants to go for pancakes at Tan’s favorite place, and he declines, saying that he thinks Eun-sang will be there. Rachel sneers at his naive belief in fateful meetings or whatnot and digs in her heels more, wanting to prove him wrong.

The scenario goes the other way, of course, and they walk up to see Eun-sang and Chan-young already seated. Tan still tries to pull her away, saying that he’s trying to do the polite thing to Rachel, and that makes her more stubborn: “Being polite” would suggest there’s more to the relationship than she can allow. She forces her way in.

Rachel walks right up to their table and declares, “I’m sitting here. We’ll pay.” God, she’s going to be such a nightmare when she’s all growed up, isn’t she? (Not that she isn’t already one, but I see her as the miniature version of shrieky psycho played later by someone like Seo Hyo-rim.)

Rachel proceeds to make everyone exceedingly uncomfortable, announcing that this is their engagement anniversary and generally being imperious and nosy. She has to rub salt in things by pointing out that Tan is Bo-na’s ex-boyfriend, while Chan-young is her current one. She then pointedly asks Eun-sang if she only hangs out with guys who are taken. Blaaaagh. Somebody shut her up please. I don’t care how.

At that, Tan grabs Rachel and drags her away. Once they’re at some distance, he reminds her of their first meeting, back when they were ten and he’d thought her a young genius—he’d felt the novice next to her English and Japanese fluency. And bossiness, you forgot her bossiness. Then when they were fourteen, she’d liked his brother and called Tan a kiddo who couldn’t compete, and Tan had felt again that he was the green little boy.

“For eight years, the Yoo Rachel in my memory was always smart, pretty, and adult,” he tells her. “But right now, you’re not looking that great. Don’t be like this, especially if it’s because of me.”

Well, I’m glad he said it. And moreover, I’m glad that there’s somebody in this world who can call Rachel out on her crap and have it land.

Or maybe there are two people: Back at the hotel, she crosses paths with Won, with whom she’s on friendly terms. She asks to tag along with Won, preferring his company to an empty hotel room, and he takes her along to visit his mother’s grave. She’d been a plain country girl growing up in a California vineyard, whom Won supposes must’ve found Korea suffocating.

Aw, I like Won and Rachel’s rapport together, considering that they can put their thorns put away with each other to have some genuine conversation.

Back in Seoul, Manager Yoon has a Dramatic Elevator Eye-Lock with Rachel’s mother. Gah, is everybody in this drama going to have a Secret Past Relationship?

Once her fiancé steps aside, Rachel’s mom turns to Manager Yoon with an awwwwfully familiar tone. Referring to her upcoming wedding, she notes, “Both twenty years ago and now, you’re not the one, Oppa.” It looks like she was digging for a reaction, as she seems disappointed at his bland congratulations.

She tosses out, “It’s quite strange how seeing you still makes my heart race.” He tosses back, “I hope that happens after your wedding too. Take care.” Just to get this clear: We’re talking Rachel’s mother, Chan-young’s father, and Young-do’s father. Because the relationships in this drama weren’t complicated enough.

Tan finally connects Chan-young with Manager Yoon and mentions it when he calls Chan-young. He’s looking for Eun-sang and asks (demands) that she call him back. But upon hearing the message, Eun-sang decides not to return the call, figuring their connection is at an end.

So Tan, poor sap, sits staring at his phone all afternoon, afraid to leave it out of his sight. He smiles to see a pair of socks on his door handle, ostensibly Eun-sang’s payment for some favor or another. Meanwhile, she drops by his school campus to pin up a goodbye message amidst all the other flyers: “It was like a midsummer night’s dream. I’ll be disappearing now, like last night’s dream… Goodbye.”

Tan dutifully shows up to take Rachel to the airport, and she asks whether he has any plans to come back to Korea. He answers, “I always have plans, I just don’t have the courage.”

Rachel hesitates a moment before hugging Tan goodbye, telling him she’s still mad at him. He keeps his hands in his pockets but lets her keep holding him… just as Eun-sang walks into the terminal. Agggh! I can’t even be angry at the coincidence since this departure was mentioned multiple times, but of course this would happen.

I doubt Eun-sang would ever admit to herself that she had feelings for Tan, but this really seals the deal. She turns away, which is when he looks over and spots her. “Cha Eun-sang! Stop right there!”

 
COMMENTS

Despite how many of the characters I don’t like as people, I do like their characterizations as characters. Like Rachel, who’s a real piece of work and who, more dangerously, possesses the destructive power of a small tornado—I don’t like her much, but I find her a compelling character. I get why she lashes out in certain ways, and while I’d love to see her humbled and maybe left to fend for herself as a penniless wretch, I see why she’s become the person she is. It’s a real relief to see her scenes with Won (and to a lesser extent, the ones where she’s not pissed off at Tan), because it proves that she can be a happy and reasonable person, given the right circumstances. Too bad she can’t be a decent person when everything doesn’t go her way, but maybe there’s growth in store for her? Please?

Young-do’s another character I’m having a real hard time feeling any sympathy for, given that he’s so menacing and screams malevolent energy, but nobody say he isn’t charismatic. Or interesting. The dark, twisted flawed ones always are. And on the flipside I have much love for Chan-young, who rather seems like the ubiquitous Daddy Long Legs second lead de-sexified, in that he has no stake in claiming the heroine’s heart for himself. Does that make him an even more perfect second lead than the typical nice-guy second lead? (As a corollary: Please oh please don’t give him any sudden interest in the heroine, y’hear? That would be a surefire way to ruin a good thing.) And even Bo-na strikes me as an amusing bit of comic relief, kind of a like a yappy puppy you can’t shoo away.

Won and Tan are another slice of tension and conflict that adds a jolt of energy to the proceedings—Lee Min-ho does a lot of silent staring in this show, but damn if it isn’t soulful. And so I’m wishing really hard right now that the heroine pulls through as well, because Eun-sang is… I dunno. Kind of expected. I like Park Shin-hye and I think she’s doing a good job portraying the multiple sides of Eun-sang—the bubbly side, for instance, when she’s not being so guarded and defensive—but I don’t know that she’s being written as interestingly as the others. She’s just The Heroine. I’d love it if she were more.

With the English-language scenes pulled back to a minimum (although if somebody could kill off Surfer Boy, I’d be much obliged), I’m quite okay with the Southern California location shooting, and not just because it’s pretty or because I recognize the locations. It actually has a strong narrative function, in that there’s a weird dissonance to shooting what is a very Korean drama in such a different locale. Normally in other dramas, foreign shoots are a quick jaunt overseas that often hinder the character of the supposed backdrop from coming through. But this extensive sequence in the States actually incorporates the setting into the romance of the romance, if you get me.

There’s an ethereal, dreamlike quality to the relationship that Eun-sang notes in her Midsummer Night’s Dream allusion (minus the manic fairies, I suppose), and perhaps it’s because they are out of their element—both of them, despite his extended stay here—that allows their feelings to boil down to a very simple, basic matter: Do you like me? Do I like you?

I suspect that the reason for the swift romantic development is because feeling the feelings isn’t this couple’s problem, but rather living with the reality. And for them, reality is back in Korea, within the strict outlines of their socially conscious society, where it means more to be a chaebol than having a spiffy house by the sea. So while I’m never really thrilled to watch yet another Candy-chaebol, rich-poor, parental-opposition romance, I do appreciate how this drama has set up the conflict and made it feel real. Well, not real-real in the case of our reality, but the emotions feel genuine, and that’s the kind of real I care about.

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Yes! Someone please kill surfer dude! This show would be so much better with out him in it! The overacting is horrifying to watch.
Seriously!
Otherwise, I am enjoying it so far and am looking forward to see how things will change once they head back to Korea. I wish that they would give Park Shin-Hye more to because she is very talented. She has brought life to a 2-D character but there better be more development soon!
Still will keep watching if only to gawk at Lee Min-Ho. ;)

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I actually thought she was written with more sense than that 2D thing in You're Beautiful. She has wit and character.

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TBH i really like Rachel even though she is a bitch. her character has that mysteriousness and cant wait to find out more about her :D OH and idk if it's just me but i really want her and young do or won to get together XD <3333

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Love Heirs. I've dropped both Mi Rae and Secrets. I don't need all that drama in my kdrama.

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Apologies if this is redundant...haven't had time to read through all the comments on this series. But does anyone else think that Bo Na is eerily similar to the Bit Na character in King of Dramas?

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Ack! Now I have Bit Na's high-pitched nasal voice in my head.

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Lee Min Ho staring at a sleeping girl is becoming a K-drama trope...

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"mysteriously vomiting sunbae" made my day.

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So far enjoying the show but Lee Min Ho's character is bugging the heck out of me. He is ENGAGED. So what does he expect Eun-Sang to do when he confesses to her? Like Eun-Sang has stated, California is like a mindsummer's night dream. It's not gonna work unless Tan leaves his inheritance OR if Eun-Sanh becomes his mistress. Thanks for the recaps javabeans!

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I totally hate it with k-drama try to incorporate other country in drama. It so freaking annoying to see them act like simple mind idiots like this doesn’t happen in KOREA! No one believe that conservative crap come clean for once in represent yourselves honestly instead of acting like seeing a man chest is something to turn away from... Every time I see the same old tired ploy of innocent I want to puke, really a man chest!

Dare I say it! it no way he wasn't banging every beach beauty there so stop with the innocent act it not charming it a insult to viewer intelligence.

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Thanks Javabeans for the recap and side comments. Especially "silly billy". Also, the pic of Woo Bin. ;)

I'm just enjoying this drama. I like the slow pace and the slow revealing tangle of new and old relationships. I didn't really start analyzing till reading the comments, but I did enjoy the feel of some real dialogue.

Won and Tan's scene was well done I thought. Also, seeing a different side of Won and Rachel was needed. As much as the character Bo Na irritates me, it's really funny how Chan Young pushes her buttons. Actually, I like her scenes with the men, I guess I just don't like it when girls are rude to girls for no real reason. Which brings me to Rachel. Frankly, I hope she dumps Tan on his behind and finds someone else. The most agreed upon was Young Do which I think could work well. She seems smart and spirited, but relies to much on having a man I think. Very insecure in her own worth, which makes her prickly. As for our main couple, I just enjoyed the cute. She seems to have some spunk, I hope she keeps it and brings more when needed. Waiting for next ep!

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Brilliant drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love how fast paced each episode is. I want morrrrrrrreeeeee!!!! Morrrrrrreeeeee!!!!!

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I just watched a bit of this episode & feeling tired of Kim Tan's mom bimboish antics and annoyed at how someone her position (rich, privilege & fully able) treats somebody mute so carelessly.

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Here’s the thread of the story that I’m finding interesting:
Contrast between controlling/intellectual Won, with heart-driven Tan. Won’s natural tendency is to try to lead by force and facts, rather than persuasion. And it look’s like they’re going to assert that Tan used to be the same way, but he’s softened and changed. What intrigues me is how that’ll play into the father’s instructions to Won: his main goal should be proving his worthiness to lead by winning the allegiance of the managers rather than grab control by intellect or the power of his title. Hmmm. Who's the best fit for that set of instructions?

Here’s what I'm loving about the show’s world: the satire

A sub-culture that deems itself sophisticated, yet considers regional accent more important than basic manners.

A sub-culture that deems itself smart, yet prioritizes surface appearance over depth of character.

A subculture that relies on inbreeding, yet looks down on the rest of the population as though it's regressive.

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This show is settling into it's groove nicely, and I'm really enjoying it. All the characters (with the exception of Rachel, urgh) are interesting and likeable(?) in some way or another. I find Young-do to be really interesting. I want to know what is under all that anger.

I like the romance progression between Tan and Eun-sang.

Thanks for the recap, JB!

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loved that encounter between the Kim brothers! Gotta agree that the Rachel and Won scene was done well. I like all the pairings so far be it love/brotherhood/friendship etc. It is easy to watch and fun!

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More incredible than witnessing the leading duo's few cross-country feats ~ realising that the over-sized buddies of Eunsang's sis's ex BF could qualify as marathon runners themselves. And I don't just want to press the mute button whenever overacting surfer dude appears ~ I want to blot mosaic over him as well...

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anyone know the song that played towards the end of this episode? its sang by a woman

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sum1 please whats the song played when hes waiting for the phone call? near the end

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i personally think Krystal needs to fix her acting in the 1st and 2nd episodes, but when i watched her in this episode, i thought, she's not that bad! i kinda love Bo Na's obsession towards his BF. i hope in the future episodes Bo Na will stop her jealousy towards Eun Sang and Chan Young's friendship.

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I am more interested on the character of Yong Do's than that of Kim Tan's. In all of the kdramas that I've seen I always go for the lead male and never for the second lead, my sympathy is always with the main leads. But with Yong Do's character, can't help but admire his naughtyness, I really love how he bickers and sneers. I can sense that there is a deper Yong Do behind the bickering mask he is sporting, and I am more than willing to wait for him to show it as this drama progrsses.

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Perhaps, me seeing Kim Woo Bin for the first time in this drama, added to my interest in his character since I do not have any pre-conceptions of who he is in the first place. I just hope that the drama will not be dragging towards the end.

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Hi,

Can anyone help me...i'm searching for the song used when kim tan and eun sang was driving to the ranch. what is the title and where can we download it...many thanks guys :)

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Well said. I wanted to thank you for what you are doing, I am a Latino person and your explanations makes me understand better this drama, which I love.
I have so many unanswered questions, and even though I speak English, some times the translations left me with a big question mark, sometimes they don't make sense, but you are explaining everything so well, thanks a lot!

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i wanna ask something......what song when tan and eu sang drive to...what the title and who sing...not korea song but english song pliss tell me..thank's before

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Hi, does anyone know what song played when Kim Tan and Cha Eun Sang were under the trees, the water poured, and Kim Tan's brother left him? I try so hard to find it... Thank you.

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i actually just saw it. i loooooovvveeed it. every second... nope, every minute of it. i had this butterfly'ish' feeling & i totally loved it. it kinda gave me something 2 look 4ward 2. i'm a total softie & i'm heading 2 korea 4 my masters soon so i really hope i meet cute, nice & (stupidly rich) would be a bonus. amen!!
can anybody guide me on what next 2 watch.
is there another season?
so his elder bro just dies unhappy?
so many questions... pls reply.
thanks!!!

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Does any know what the piano score is the moment Tan and Racheal saw Eun-Sang and Chan-Young sitting at the table enjoying their talk?

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Can anyone tell me which song was playing when LMH and PSH were walking towards the roadhouse?

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super late comment. but who was KT referring to as manager when he and ES were stranded? i just started watching the drama lol

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Just started watching this lol. sorryyyy.
Anyways who or what was KT referring to when he said manager during the time he an ES were stranded??

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Who was KT referring to as manager when he and ES were stranded in the desert???

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who was KT referring to as manager when he and ES were stranded in the desert???!

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I hope poor Sabrina finally got an answer to this burning question.

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Love this show!! However, I have tried to find a song in episode 3 and I just can't seem to find it anywhere! It plays in the scene after Tan and Eun Sang leave his car and walk to find help. There's no singing, and nothing recognizes it. Does anyone know what it's called, or who it's by?

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So cliche! How could KT and ES run into each other all the time? I mean LA and the airport are not small. When was the last time you met the same stranger so many times at different places in a couple of days? They just had no way to avoid each other. And the conversations between them, am I the only one who feels they are lame and stupid? cannot buy it, the story!

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And standing at within earshot is Eun-sang, eyeing him sympathetically. The sprinklers suddenly switch on, drenching him.

After Memories of the Alhambra, the only possible way to interpret this is not the way it was originally intended :)

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I was more like "Another angst shower!"

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(Tan: “So we’re dying in the end?” Eun-sang: “Well, one of us has to stay alive for Season 2.”)

😱 Ah, innocent times when Season 2 of a lame show wasn't a credible threat. #Netflix.

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I don't know what I was expecting from the Heirs but it certainly wasn't this. The way people talk about it, I guess I was expecting it to be terrible from episode one; a kind of cliched soap opera with a clunky romance between a Ken Doll and the Human Sprinkler. And... it's still that, obviously... but guys, it's weird.
In the beginning?
It's not that bad.
It's really not that bad.
This episode? Actually quite good.
If I had watched these first two or three episodes at the time, I would have thought "this looks like fun!"

I actually quite like Tan. He's honest. He tries to talk to people properly. Parts of this episode made me laugh. Some of the second leads are actually hilarious.

So now I think I understand the hate more. I can imagine people liking this drama and thinking it's going to be good. I can imagine people getting invested in it and then having to deal with the grinding disappointment as it unravels beneath them.

For now I have to say, although it was completely unexpected, I actually enjoyed this episode. And that's the most astounding thing of all.

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Dammit so was i wrong in not watching it all these years? Dont tempt me!
#luckyimnotaleeminhofan

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Yes! Join me!

I mean... no, don't. We all know this drama is an episode or two away from being awful.

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i cantttt...im this close to jumping on the CLOY bandwagon. And i still have 2 dramas to finish.

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We'll always have the recaps...

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@parkchuna I had the same reaction! Hahahaha
"oh no! Should I watch it?" and then I remembered that there are too many other good dramas out to do this...
Dear Dame Judi (@leetennant), thank you for your sacrifice.

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I had this weird thought, that maybe this was a show that's stood the test of time, and that with 5 years hindsight, turns out to be actually really good unlike the trashy hateful reputation it's got. It could happen, after all there shows that were deemed amazing when they aired but that were rather meh when watched years later.

And then I woke up and knew that: no of course that wasn't the case.

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The writer. The actors. The number of episodes.

I think it's guaranteed to be trash and, at some point, disturbing trash.

Although the irony of me declaring an upcoming Kim Eun-sook drama with LMH my idea of hell while choosing to watch exactly that right now is not lost on me. Maybe afterwards I'll complete the Hongs' filmography and give up what's left of my sanity.

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I'm watching Personal Taste at the moment, and liking it - if that makes you feel any better.

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Personal Taste and Faith. LMH isn't fantastic or jaw-dropping or oozing charisma in any of them, but both are understated and kind-hearted roles that surprisingly seem exactly made for him. He should have gone for these type of roles from the very beginning. I kind of think he will be great in lovely ahjusshi roles in ten or fifteen years IF he understands this.

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To quote (partially) one of your other comments, some of their work is not that bad. Of course, that may have more to do with better actors and directors...

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Also, I felt weirdly tempted to watch this, and then I had a look at the recaps of upcoming episodes and now I'm just laughing.

LT, fighting!!

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Yeah, it's kind of a hot take, but I actually go back and rewatch the first five episodes now and then. I've already established that I have no idea what comes after, but those five are pretty glorious when it comes cheesy angst.

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The pessimist is me had to remind you that this is a KES show. The first few episodes being good are always her hook. She writes them well, she has the attention of the audience. Plus the audience struggle through the nothingness of the middle knowing full well that her ending few episodes are also good. That's her format. Writing is tough and honestly, I used to criticize KES much more until I found out that I also have that tendency to have weak middle points. But yeah that's her pattern, Heirs, Dots, Goblin, Mr Sunshine, all the same. I , in fact do check her first episodes out knowing full well that I would drop the show soon, only because I know that they will be treat. Compared to all the shows mentioned, Heirs actually has the weakest first few episodes.

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Tastes vary a lot. I have watched 6 of her shows and the only one I really love and can say was any good is City Hall.
I truly disliked Secret Garden, Gentleman's Dignity is one of the rare shows I dropped in the middle, it was so boring. I watched Heirs mostly on ff only because my friend wouldn't let me say I hated it if I didn't finish it 😂. I watched Goblin only for the male leads and the only thing I liked was their comedic scenes together, and I watched DotS because I was in the hospital caring for my sick aunt and I needed something completely irrelevant, unexciting, and non-addicting to pass the hours while she was asleep and it was just that. I don't remember anything of it. I don't think I will ever watch another show of hers.

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I have two gripes with KES.
1. Her stuff is often extremely boring. Beautiful. But boring as hell. Goblin? Bored the bejeezus out of me.
2. She often has disturbing power imbalances in her OTP that I just don't like. Even Secret Garden went in this direction at one point and that's the one of hers I actually finished and didn't mind parts of. I don't think she's written a single OTP I wasn't disturbed and squicked out by at some point. The closest was probably DoTS and zzzzz.....

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BORING! EXACTLY! I rewatch City Hall from time to time, I love it, but I have to confess that one too is boring. Its only saving grace is the fantastic leads and their incredible chemistry.

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But I do have other gripes with her too. Like too many characters acting too cool. The most personal things happening in the most public way possible... And some others.

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See @midnight, I hated the OTP in City Hall. Hated it with a passion. I didn't like the show at all.

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Believe me! I understand! I'm probably more surprised at myself for liking them!

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I agree, this episode was pretty good. There were a few scenes I could have done without, like the parents, surfer boy scene.
Overall I can see how Tan and Eun-sang are starting to fall for each other. I'm more interested in Tan at the moment and what will happen once he comes back to Korea.
Eun- sang seems bland in comparison.

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Then he veers off-script, tacking on his own scenario about meeting a girl named Eun-sang that ends on: “Do I… like you?”

After a few charged moments, Eun-sang offers, “Probably not.” She points out that he’s engaged as though that’s explanation enough, and he brushes that aside impatiently: “What if I do anyway?” She says that’s too much like the movies, and Tan replies that this kind of thing happens in real life too.

Engaged men who want to cheat on their fiancees? Yeah, that's totally the stuff of film fantasy....

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Crash Landing on You just took a whole plot point from this.

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But they're actually talking about feelings? His feelings?

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Yes indeed. He's completely honest about his feelings. It's a shame this show will inevitably be such a trainwreck because at episode 3 I kind of like him. I'm sure this will change radically.

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Random thoughts: Why is the number of comments merely half of previous episodes?

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People dropped it after the first two episodes. There was no Great Thank You Scandal. Or maybe it was just because this episode... wasn't that bad?

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I finished ep 3 in a breeze. I still think that no one looks 18 and I don't remember the character names except for kim tan and Eunsung. The story is okay, but I wan't them all to be in one place (Korea or US) for more character interaction.

Have you watched ep 4 LT?

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Not yet, I was waiting to see if more people joined in the recaps. But I think I will watch it tonight.

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Oh... so the high numbers are mostly bad comments? Got it.

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Yeah, you can't make fun of something that is kind of good :/

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What I wanted to say - because I actually watched this episode so I could discuss - is that I've always loved Park Shin-hye. Always. But watching this now, it's like she can't act. I've never once thought this before and I go back to her old (decent) projects often. I can't decide whether it's her or the unnatural dialogue or something about the way she's directed maybe, but overall her character is getting hard to watch.

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Everything about this show is weird and unnatural. I love PSH too, not in all her shows but most of them. But this show is like it WANTS you to hate everybody!!

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The most awkwardly written confession. "I want to ask Eun sang a question, do I like you."
how did they not get kicked out from the cinema, where was the popcorn?
Not surfer dude again, this is painful to watch.
My sweet angel - I don't know any teenagers who use those lines.
Ha-neul stop taking those vitamins ( diet pills) and eat and go make out with your one true love woo-bin.
Ok so big brother and tan are step siblings, he needs to calm down.

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Half siblings. They have the same father.

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I'm dying at the sprinkler scene

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The sprinkler was perfectly timed to cover his tears 😢

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Yes! We can't have him cry on camera lol
I watched ep 2 last night and was thinking we needed an angst shower. I wasn't expecting one so soon!

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