Love in Contract: Episodes 11-12
by Unit
Things go from bad to worse this week, as our professional wife is faced with the fallout from her exposure last week. And while we may not like some of their methods, the men in her life actively try their best to prevent her house of cards from totally crashing down.
EPISODES 11-12 WEECAP
There’s an unease that comes when a volatile situation seems to wrap itself up too nicely, and that’s the exact emotion I felt throughout this week’s episodes. Last week’s face reveal turned out to be blurry pictures and the public couldn’t make out Sang-eun’s face. Thankfully, she took advantage of the situation to clear the air with Kangjin group on the nonexistent marriage plans she has with their son. (And maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand why these chaebols arrange family meetings during mealtimes. How do they manage to digest their food in such passive aggressive situations?)
Life goes on for our main couple, with Ji-ho getting a promotion at work, and his ex-wife wanting to get back together. And in a non-teamwork effort with Ji-eun, Hae-jin also tells Ji-ho to give up on Sang-eun because he doesn’t really know her. Why won’t this guy respect Sang-eun’s choice and just mind his business? Sheesh!
Rather than break up, though, Ji-ho makes a “What I Know About Sang-eun vs. What I Want To Know About Her” list. He has a whooping 496 items on the Want To Know list, but he ends up ditching them in favor of a make out session. And it’s always the quiet ones who are the most passionate. Heh. Anyway, they end up getting interrupted by an incoming call from Gwang-nam that Sang-eun is only too disappointed to receive.
For a while now, Sang-eun has been such an inattentive friend to Gwang-nam. He knows everything (or at least most of the things) going on in her life — because he takes his time to ask, and listens to her! I know Sang-eun has a lot on her plate right now, but for someone who’s her best friend, she barely knows what’s been going on in Gwang-nam’s life. And I don’t like the one-sided nature of their friendship lately.
Soon, the other shoe drops for Sang-eun, and it starts off with Helmet Man who surprisingly turns out to be one of her former clients. The dude has been on a downward spiral since his mother’s death, and became fixated on her. Between begging Sang-eun to drop the charges against her brother, and blaming her for how his life has turned out, Helmet Man’s sister releases an exposé on The Secret Life of Kang Hae-jin’s Fiancée.
The news spreads like wildfire, and family members of Sang-eun’s other clients release their wedding pictures too. With her seemingly scandalous life in the public eye now, Sang-eun has been effectively turned into a gold-digger — at least, that’s the story Hae-jin’s agency wants to go with. And though Hae-jin refuses to throw her under the bus, Sang-eun also agrees to take the fall for the situation to minimize damage to him.
As a professional, Sang-eun is worried about the risks to Ji-ho and Hae-jin. But more than their reputation as a judge and celebrity, both guys (and Gwang-nam) are worried about her. And while Sang-eun appears to be strong on the outside, Ji-ho can see past all of that. “Should I distance myself? Or should I hug you?” he asks, when she suggests they take a break. And she goes for the second option, because, why not?
Meanwhile Hae-jin goes on to be the hero that no one asked him to be by calling for a press conference. It’s giving immature lover boy vibes because anything he says can and will be used against Sang-eun. Ji-eun cannot care less about what happens to her rival in love, but to prevent Hae-jin from further worsening the situation, she takes over the press conference. And it’s not like she’s worried about Hae-jin as her client either (because client confidentiality doesn’t exist to her). She’s only doing it because Ji-ho asked her to.
Reading from a written speech Ji-ho prepared, Ji-eun admits that all twelve of Sang-eun’s marriages were real, and each one ended based on mutual agreement between the respective parties. (And the clients themselves can’t admit that the relationships were faked because it’s also bad for their image.) Ji-eun also tosses in some threats of legal action for effect. But then she goes off script by adding that Sang-eun and Hae-jin are genuinely in love.
According to her, a touching love story between Sang-eun and Hae-jin is the best way to wrap up the situation, but she doesn’t sound very convincing to Ji-ho. Either way, by helping him handle the situation for Sang-eun, Ji-ho is now in her debt. And that’s fine as long as she doesn’t strong arm him into getting back together, because his answer is still going to be in the negative. Duh!
But indeed, there are people who exist with zero understanding of the word “no.” Because after plunging her into this mess, why is Hae-jin still asking Sang-eun to marry him for real? In other words, turn Ji-ho into a mistress? I think not. Sang-eun also has no plans of doing that, and she finally admits to him that she’s not biologically related to Eena group. And if she was, I still doubt she will marry him, so he should just accept his reality already.
Even the real boyfriend is staying still, passing up on his promotion, and returning to his cold shell to avoid talking about Sang-eun to his team members — who to their credit, manage to hold on to their curiosity without pushing for an explanation. The explanation finally comes in the form of Sang-eun herself, who tells them about her job and admits that Ji-ho was also a client who she fell in love with. Awwww. Ji-ho’s eyes are full of gratitude, warmth, and adoration, and his expression just melts me.
I cannot overemphasize how much I love that our main couple wades through these murky waters on a united front rather than the usual noble idiocy that seems to plague other K-drama couples in similar situations. Still, the worst is far from over as Mi-ho stubbornly pushes for a Sang-eun × Hae-jin wedding and threatens the Eena group chairman to make it happen.
With the way she insists the wedding is for Sang-eun’s happiness, you’d think that Sang-eun asked for that life. Mi-ho is such a word that rhymes with “witch” — actually, she’s that too. And she soon sets her scheming eyes on Ji-ho after going through the men in Sang-eun’s client list and cornering Gwang-nam into admitting that Ji-ho is Sang-eun’s boyfriend.
But Ji-ho is not just a judge because he looks (deliciously) good in a robe. He has all the information about Eena group’s adoption of Sang-eun for business purposes, and intends to charge them with unprecedented abuse! Hae-jin better watch and learn because this is how to use your powers for good.
Ji-ho is more logical and helpful in handling Sang-eun’s situation compared to Hae-jin’s impulsive methods. This is probably why Gwang-nam trusted him with the situation over his own boss Hae-jin. (Plus, we got to learn from their interaction that Ji-ho registered his marriage with Sang-eun to prevent her from getting any more divorces on her record.) And this is why Jamie the cat likes him more. By the way, where is Jamie?
Ji-ho puts a call across to Mi-ho and they agree to meet up. But as they face each other on opposite sides of the crosswalk, my unease returns because I’ve seen this scene too many times and I don’t like the ending. True to my suspicions, the light turns green, and they begin to cross the road. And then the pandemic that is the Truck of Doom appears with its sights set on Mi-ho…
Oh boy! If there’s one thing this show will do, it is to slam you with an epic cliffhanger. Lol. But then, Mi-ho definitely had it coming because nothing good ever comes out of threatening a dirty chaebol chairman. Anyway, I’m not Sang-eun (who, I still don’t know why she’s so attached to this woman), so I don’t care if something bad happens to Mi-ho. But I will riot if Ji-ho runs to save her and gets hit instead. Don’t even play with me, Show!
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1 💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 28, 2022 at 4:22 PM
I want to string Yoo Mi Ho up by her toenails.
*Ahem.*
By the power vested in me by the State of Melonia, by dint of being its Queen, etc, etc, I hearby sentence her, the one known as Yoo Mi Ho, to death by Endosolistration.
There, now I feel better.
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Unit
October 29, 2022 at 12:03 AM
I really went on to Google "Endosolistration"...
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 29, 2022 at 12:34 AM
That’s so funny as I just made up my own explanation. So I googled it after seeing your comment still with no explanation and Dramabeans and @sicarius are the top three hits! Wow talk about claim to fame.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 29, 2022 at 12:56 AM
Sic, to Thing 1 and Thing 2: We got another TWO, boys!!!!!
First of all, I hope you both found a suitable answer to your questions through googling ;)
Second of all, love that you just decided to make up your own explanation, that's great, very on brand.
Thirdly, yes, it means, roughly, To Throw Into the Sun, and yes, I coined it, because I wanted something for dramas where Defenestration is just not, quite, enough :P :P
(technically, I think it should be Ensolistration, but the former has stuck so whatever_)
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FlyingTool
October 29, 2022 at 4:22 PM
When YMH was talking to the roommate over a thousand dollar bottle of wine, I thought for a few seconds, “ah, that’s what the Devil sounds like”… at least I think that’s what they were going for.
It’s too bad - I thought her character had potential to be interesting.
And, oh, with this drama turning into a makjang, when do we get:
1. A birth secret
2. Amnesia
…
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 29, 2022 at 4:57 PM
(it's been more than half makjang from episode 1 lol_)
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Kathryn51
October 31, 2022 at 3:55 PM
I don't know if it qualifies as makjang, but I'm wondering if Ji-ho's father and Sang Eun's parents died in the same storm.
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2 Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
October 28, 2022 at 4:26 PM
I didn’t think I could dislike a character more than I do Mi-ho, and then Ji-ho’s ex comes along and says “watch this!” Malice, jealousy, deceitfulness, and total disregard for her client’s confidentiality and well-being - what the heck, why has she not already been struck off and ostracized by everyone she knows? (Answer: drama.) She and Mi-ho are really going head-to-head in hatefulness. Hae-jin’s mom makes a brief run at the title of Most Awful Female, too, but she’s an amateur. Mi-ho really rises to the challenge, though. Every single woman - Sang-eun not excepted - is a lousy human being and it makes me wonder (1) if the writer hates women and (2) why I’m still watching. At this point every character seems to deserve what they’re getting. I cheered for ToD’s appearance at the end of ep. 12 - wearing a van costume, but we’d know him anywhere regardless of disguise. Truck-sshi, please engage your targeting system. I have a list for you.
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Alluvial_Fan
October 28, 2022 at 4:44 PM
Ouch! You identified what was bugging me about this show and that's the assembly of Most Awful Females. Want to change Mo-ho's name to You-ho.
I wish I could pull off a Truck of Doom costume in a weekend but alas (and nobody would get it anyway).
I'll reprise my Sen/Chihiro costume from Spirited Away complete with a beanie baby gerbil sewn into the shoulder of my cotton kimono jammie top. Nobody got that one either.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 28, 2022 at 5:43 PM
The Vampire Club, session 2, has officially commenced.
Greetings, fellow member. I see you are finally struggling with the pain this drama has been bringing me for some time.
It is officially on plus speeds when watching.
I am hanging on by the thinnest of threads, and the fact that, somehow, our OTP, is, inexplicably, despite everything, STILL technically, *legally married*. Do you think they'll get through the last four episodes without getting divorced/breaking up?
I think I would give this drama a gold star for that alone if they don't actually ever do. Wouldn't that be so counter-natural for its kind and breed?
And we're still watching cos we said we'd tag team watch, remember? 😂😂😂
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Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
October 28, 2022 at 11:46 PM
Yes but when I suggested that, I thought it would be *fun* grumble grumble. Eh, I'm in for Wednesday. I need to know the cat is OK, anyway.
There's got to be at least one more marital reconfiguration before the end. I don't actually hold out any hope that the show will ultimately subvert the ideal of marriage as happy-ever-after, but it's doing a great job of making the institution seem as unappealing as possible.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 29, 2022 at 12:59 AM
Oh Elinor... *pats with understanding and commiseration* *first time? surely not 😂😂😂*
Oh see, I really want it to just never break them up or divorce them- it's not really the kind of show to do that, which makes me want it to do it even more lmfao
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 28, 2022 at 8:41 PM
It’s so true the women are all shown in a ridiculous light apart from the woman helping Jiho with his social skills so she had to be shown drunk to fit in with the ridiculous portrayal of women brief. The other nice women; head judge’s wife needs her husband to sing her to sleep, another judge’s wife makes a salty drink that would be ideal replacement for charcoal when people need to induce vomiting. Then there are are the malicious women queuing up to cause mayhem; Miho is obsessed with etiquette but doesn’t pay her bills, she treats people with utter contempt yet read Jamie’s facial expression when she was upset about the marriage mate. She knows should be compensated for that incident and for being groomed to be the perfect wife but in both situations makes it ten times worse. Jiho’s ex wife was outrageously bad as a wife, (shown as a typical career focused male approach) she acknowledged it by paying alimony but then wants to come back for round two where she will get all the benefits but has nothing to offer. The mild end of the not nice spectrum is the coworker obsessed with gossip who was nosy at the apartment and was trying to get Sangeun drunk to make her show her ‘true colours’.
Not sure where to put Sangeun on the nice not nice spectrum she is really good at her job but is a rubbish friend and when it comes to her love life loses the ability to think and act appropriately.
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FlyingTool
October 29, 2022 at 4:14 PM
Van? Perhaps it is that distant cousin of ToD, the Van of Kidnapping?
I haven’t made it this far in the drama, yet…
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3 snancy
October 28, 2022 at 4:56 PM
I had planned to read the recap before I decided to watch episodes 11-12, but instead I read the 2 comments. Dropping!!!
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snancy
October 28, 2022 at 5:13 PM
I'm still stewing about this, so I need to write one more thing. Why, why, why do they promote teasers of dramas that look like they are going to be fun and then they go all makjang on us? We start the show because it looks light and fun! I'm super pissed off!
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 28, 2022 at 8:14 PM
I can feel your pain. I hope you have other dramas to fill the gap or can find one in the next batch of dramas.
I am so with you on the promotion element it can be so disappointing when it doesn’t live up to expectations. I recently realised that if I didn’t care about collecting beans there are a few on air dramas that I would have happily walked away from. I would have spent my time enjoying binge watching older dramas many of which have brought me so much joy recently.
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4 technicat
October 28, 2022 at 5:12 PM
These last two episodes I found myself wishing they'd pivot the show to a triangle with two men and a cat.
The chaebol meal meetings are one place I'd welcome some product placement, watch them order in pizza or subs.
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Elinor, Team Glasses team co-captain
October 28, 2022 at 5:28 PM
I used to want Gwang-nam and Jamie the Cat to be the OTP, but Gwang-nam deserves a more fulfilling relationship with a human, so now I'm shipping him with any decent, sincere guy that comes along so they can adopt the cat and live happily ever after far away from the rest of this drama.
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5 Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
October 28, 2022 at 5:44 PM
"But I will riot if Ji-ho runs to save her and gets hit instead."
How fast can Amazon deliver riot gear?
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6 SEDH
October 28, 2022 at 5:59 PM
I had decided to stop watching this show for now but read this re-cap just in case the show decided to get better. Sadly, it has not. It seems to have gotten worse. So while I do dearly love Ji-Ho, it's not nearly enough to bring me back to watching. There are plenty of other dramas out there to watch that I don't need to spend my time with these characters.
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7 Jess29
October 28, 2022 at 7:12 PM
I was waiting for the recap just to comment about yoo madam, she’s a terrible character overall, she’s not even a good written “villain”, there’s literally no reason for her to be doing the things she does, the adoptive parents don’t even want anything to do with SangEun but she’s pushing it so much it has become a chore to watch the drama. The writers are probably going to give her a situation to redeem herself but unless she saves South Korea from an alien invasion (and even that wouldn’t be enough) I just can’t help but skip everytime she’s on screen! I still don’t understand why SangEun keeps her in her house…
As for Gwangnam……… I love his relationship with SangEun but boy, COME ON! How is it that you keep saying you hate the lady but every time you get the chance, you engage in conversation with her??? And spill information for no apparent reason??? At this point I feel that there’s no going forward with the drama, the plot has always been lazy and annoying to say the least but ep 12 takes the cake with that cliffhanger, I can’t remember the last time I saw a truck being used as a plot device…
And the ex that I can’t bother to remember the name of, she’s competing against MiHo for the worst female character in the show, she literally broke off her relationship with JiHo to come back and act outrageously entitled and delusional; JiHo can stub his toe and she’ll say it’s because of her, holy cow! She’s also a skip for me.
I don’t see how they can save this drama from, honestly, the only thing keeping me here is JiHo and his coworkers, they are the only thing worth watching.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 28, 2022 at 8:04 PM
I agree with your points on Miho she seems to be on a one person crusade no one has asked her to go on. If it’s the inheritance she feels Jamie is entitled to she should have that as compensation without needing to fulfil a role of completing a mergers and acquisitions deal. I think Jiho will sort that via the legal route.
The co worker’s birthday party at her relatives restaurant, how small and unpopular would the place need to be to justify closing just to host a 6 person event? I can’t believe she only had one extra friend at the table who looked like he was probably a colleague too.
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8 Kafiyah Bello
October 28, 2022 at 7:24 PM
Ji Ho is such an utterly fabulous character and Go Kyung Po is playing him deliciously. He is the best part of this drama. I can't wait until it is just Ji Ho and Sang Eun.
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darwi
October 31, 2022 at 3:40 PM
He is the perfect husband.
And Go Kyung Po has swooning line deliveries.
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Kafiyah Bello
November 1, 2022 at 4:28 AM
Yes, with that beautiful, velvety voice of his.
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9 kd6606
October 28, 2022 at 7:24 PM
I should add this post to the 'unpopular/controversial kdrama opinion' thread, lol!
I love this drama. It think it is hilarious and I really like the three leads. I love how our leading lady applied her very-specific over-the-top training to a very lucrative business and I love her professional business-like manner. Ji-ho is so completely clueless yet not. And the two of them so completely don't care about what anyone else thinks. Sang-eun knows just what to say in all these tricky meetings and hilariously spiked the wheels in the family meeting. 'what you have been divorced more than once?' 'Yes, 12 times'. I totally cracked up!. And, I might add, she put in a plug for the emotional well-being of our tortured second. I also really like our tortured second - he is so much better than many kdrama thwarted chaebol lovers. He actually truly likes Sang-eun for her self, and is not manipulating and throwing her under the bus unlike the usual trope. He has his own struggles. I was predicting the 3 of them would team together to take down the 'Familes', our leading lady and our second lead with their different versions of I am doing my own thing attitude and our judge because of, well, he is a judge, with legal knowledge. (they hinted at this with that stock on the computer screen scene). Selfish Mi-ho is also a great character, and the actress is killing this role. I do agree that they should do way more with the roommate. He is great and way underused. The scenes between him and Mi-ho are hilarious. I was thinking he might get together with Hae-jin's agent, we will see - the bickering is there. If the judge get amnesia, though, I might throw my remote through the TV. I really wanted to see the showdown between him and Mi-ho. Can't wait till next week!
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 28, 2022 at 7:54 PM
Oh no, why did you mention amnesia because the way this drama is going that would definitely fit with the story line and then the ex and Sangeun would battle it out to see who gets him to fall in love with them again. 😱 was it Fated to love you that did that?
You sound like you are watching the drama I thought this was going to be. I so wish I was seeing it that way too so thanks for bringing that perspective in as it’s usually me who is watching the alternative drama to everyone else😊
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kd6606
October 29, 2022 at 9:44 AM
I like quirky, and kdramas excel at quirky characters. I don't need too much plot as long as I enjoy the ride.
And, yeah, I hope I didn't jinx anything by bringing up amnesia, lol!
Maybe the drama will turn-around for you ?!?
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FlyingTool
October 29, 2022 at 4:53 PM
Finding this drama funny is a lot easier if one has been a Ji-Ho, a socially clueless but otherwise functional looking adult, or at least know one well.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 29, 2022 at 9:24 PM
I like my rom coms really basic and silly too that’s why this one has been annoying and disappointing for me literally from the start. They have done some elements well showing they got the memo and could execute it perfectly but we’re choosing not to. I expected it to be more of these elements; cat ignoring the owner, the stairs battle over the days of the week, the difficulties transitioning from client to real life partner. Teaching Jiho how to interact with his peers would have provided plenty of material. The relationship between ex client housemate and new boyfriend could have been an excellent vehicle for the jealousy trope especially if the friendship had been two way deep and meaningful.
However, I got the elements I don’t like taking up too much air time.
I don’t like thriller elements didn’t it start with these elements and drag them out for weeks (helmet guy and Jiho enacting the murder of one of his cases). I don’t like second leads being possessive and not taking no for an answer (Haejin initially and ex wife currently) Chaebol’s treating people like pawns (‘failed project’, annoying Miho). Women being portrayed in ways that don’t make sense just because it fits for them to be accessories for the plot (the high karate kick so she showed her underwear to the very man who had been acting disrespectfully and possessively) as a clothes horse where to start? The Pilates or whatever it is manoeuvres and a lot of her barely existent outfits (recently seen this happening in too many dramas where it doesn’t fit with the character profile or budget)
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CouchDrama
October 29, 2022 at 6:06 PM
Totally agree with you! I think it's great fun and am on team HaeJin, so that makes double the unpopular kdrama opinion 🤣
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darwi
October 31, 2022 at 3:46 PM
I too like that there is no noble idiocy, and that 2ML accept (part time) that she will not be with him.
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10 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 28, 2022 at 7:45 PM
@unit thank you for the weecap. You brought out the key points that were bugging me this week.
👉’For a while now, Sang-eun has been such an inattentive friend to Gwang-nam. He knows everything (or at least most of the things) going on in her life — because he takes his time to ask, and listens to her!’
I am constantly querying are they actually friends or is she just basking in the sweetness that is Gwangnam. She worked 6 days a week and would spend Sundays at her retreat or hiking so when did they see each other? She never apologises for not being a decent friend these days due to the busyness of the drama around her. She did not discuss moving Miho in and despite knowing he spends more time in the house so is effected by her more she still has not moved her out. So all of this indicates to me that she is not acting out of character and is actually benefiting from being in a one sided friendship. Haejin said Gwangnam is a good judge of people so I hope he sees something we don’t and is getting something from the relationship that means he is prepared to be used in this way. When he finally gets his long term relationship he will see that he does not have to settle for this kind of treatment from someone who supposedly cares about him.
Jamie the cat is never mentioned even the daily video calls don’t seem to be happening any more. Sangeun is in and out the apartment with no ‘allergic’ reactions these days. I know they need to limit the on camera time of animals and children but they could refer to her at least. I don’t do pets but it’s like a significant character has exited stage left and no one is mentioning it.
The ex wife 😡 Why is she suddenly asking for reconciliation is it actually Jiho or her dream apartment that she wants, she is rich enough to get one herself surely. It seems to me that she hates the fact he came out of himself when he got with Sangeun. She is so full of herself that she thinks he spent the years after their divorce paying someone else to eat his meals because she always blanked his efforts. Watching how she treated him was just awful. I can’t believe he stuck it out as long as he did. Having had a horrific childhood surely he would want to be in control of his happiness as an adult.
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11 geminirat
October 28, 2022 at 8:07 PM
Thank you, @unit, for the weecap! I, too, cannot understand why Jaime is so important to Yoo Miho, but then, Sang-eun discovered it: she was a failed project. Miho was like a mother to Sang-eun (maybe that's why she's still giving her so many chances) because she was her nanny growing up abroad. Sang-eun never met her adoptive parents formally. I hope Hae-jin finds somebody right for him (and acceptable to his family). He may be immature in others' eyes but I'm cutting him some slack for being raised in that kind of chaebol family.
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12 loveblossom🌸
October 28, 2022 at 10:55 PM
Barely hanging on. Wish there were more likable characters.
Communication & romantic moments between Ji Ho and Sang Eun were still pretty nice. He's been consistent with his awkwardness, heh.
I feel like there's not enough material for 4 more episodes though, ugh. Like in most kdramas, things could have been wrapped up sooner. And all these chaebol angst/drama is not what I wanted when I saw the early previews of this show. >_>
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Omg. I was writing this comment. Left my computer, scrolled other stuff on my phone for like 2 hours. Almost forgot to come back here.
I guess you can tell how eager I am to post this..
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13 jerrykuvira
October 29, 2022 at 12:12 AM
Wait, wait, wait. Is it amnesia I'm seeing in the comment section? It better not be. And why did they seize the previews this week😭. You don't do this to my fav couple and refuse to ease the tension.
Sometimes when TOD's happen, there's usually ample time for the intended victim to exit the danger zone. So I don't know why Mi-ho stood there as if in a brain freeze. The situation can cause a mental immobility to the legs so I quite understand. But not Ji-ho. Why add him to the mix.
The show better not 1.) hurt Ji-ho and bring in amnesia, 2.) Mi-ho better not kick against Ji-ho after he puts himself in harm's way for her.
Did anyone catch the split second definitely-not-a-part-of-the-script smile on Mi-ho's(Jin Young's) face when she jumped off the chair as Ina's chairman wanted to grab the flash😅. Jin Young is having fun with her character. As usual Mi-ho vs Gwang-nam scenes never lose it steam and it comes packed every minute. Talking of Gwang-nam, when will Sang-eun learn to treat him as he treats her. The way she dismisses him isn't how friends roll.
I like the level of trust and confidence Ji-ho and Sang-eun share. And I concur to the peace of mind that comes with it that they are experiencing.
That request Ji-eun has to make had better not be let's-date-again nonsense or anything along that line. You'll be disappointed again, woman. Amnesia or not, once amnesia wears off you'll be back where you were. Don't forget that.
Even if Ji-ho's work assistants wanted to eavesdrop on his conversation, I wasn't expecting the new addition, Mr. Park Sang-goo to join in, not after how vehemently he shows disinterest :) . The man has given me too caption this vibes this week.
Talking about Mi-ho and Sang-eun's attachment to each other, there's a conversation it seems that was discussed but cut out of the episodes, a conversation we'll see in subsequent episodes. The point where Ji-ho threatened the man managing Mi-ho. The man said Mi-ho never assaulted Sang-eun and that there's more to it about Mi-ho and Sang-eun after which the man began spilling the info but we do not get to watch that since the scene was cut right there. An explanation is in sight. I just hope they're not having familial ties to each other.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 29, 2022 at 12:28 AM
This show has the worst/best misleading previews so there was no need to include one this week. If they had it probably would have shown Gwangnam driving the van having a lover’s tiff with the manager as they always do and then looking back at the road to a full on stare with Miho too late to brake. But in the actual episode he would be looking at a red light and screeching to a stop holding his arm out to save the manager because seatbelts are not as effective as an arm thrust in front of you. His concerned ‘Gwenchana’ as they stop just on the line would lead to a look from the manager and the realisation of the reality of their feelings for each other.
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kd6606
October 29, 2022 at 9:20 AM
Ha! I like it!
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kd6606
October 29, 2022 at 9:37 AM
Yes! Jin Young is totally having fun with her character. And the scenes between her and Gwang-nam are hilarious. He has this sort of perverse fascination with her, and can't quite bring himself to be impolite. His facial expressions in their interactions are priceless. He knows she is toxic, but she knows just how to reel him in.
I actually want to see the stand-off between Ji ho and Mi ho, it could be epic. I was disappointed in the appearance of the TOD. I am hoping it is a red herring and doesn't actually interfere.
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jerrykuvira
October 29, 2022 at 10:12 AM
You know what? I was waiting for confrontation as well. And yes, the buildup was perfect and well done. Only for a ToD to rear out its head 🤦🏽
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FlyingTool
October 29, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Makjang tropes:
1. Birth secrets
2. Amnesia
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FlyingTool
October 29, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Oh, and I’m holding out for a Van of Kidnapping (yes, it’s a stretch). After all, a makjang involving chaebols has to have a5 least one kidnapping, right?
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14 hallyumint
October 29, 2022 at 1:39 AM
sangeun puts up with miho because she's her mother to her. Even if this relationship isn't acknowledge.
Miho too sees sangeun as her daughter.
Even if family is toxic u can't quite divorce your feelings for them can u.
Example Gwang nam. His family is shitty. Still he hasn't walked out on them
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️ Underpants buddies for life. 😎
October 29, 2022 at 1:53 AM
You can’t divorce feelings but you can take action that protects your mental health. Gwangnam chose marriage and limiting contact as short term measures but he felt living on another continent was the best permanent solution for all. Sangeun chose to provide financial recompense only prior to the prison incident they had cut ties. She could have given a short term base with a clear exit date as they have not lived together for years and Miho is able to find money when she needs to like getting the Audi rather than the ugly bubble car.
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15 Miranda
October 29, 2022 at 9:12 AM
The wardrobe choices here are very confusing. I keep thinking that Sang Run’s style has partly been influenced by Pretty Woman. But… that movie was about an actual prostitute. There’s really no character motivation for Sang Eun to dress the way she has been - it doesn’t help her business, it surely can’t enhance her reputation generally, and why would she dress provocatively around clients when that’s exactly the service she DOESN’T provide? Midriffs and skirts slit to the hip are fine as a choice if you have a reason for them, but I’m not seeing a reason.
I mean, I guess it could be to constantly rebel against nanny’s blueblood training, but… That doesn’t feel compelling when put up against Sang Eun’s business considerations. By the way I’ve pretty much convinced myself that Sang Eun is the daughter of the nanny and the chairman, and nanny is actually a very close parallel to the actor’s mother: a mistress who intends to use their child to secure a windfall and personal advantage. I don’t think the chairman knows, though.
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imzadi
October 29, 2022 at 1:51 PM
Just like "Love is for suckers", I did find myself sometimes distracted by the leading lady's styling choices. To be honest I thought it made her look "cheap", especially as I don't think it was a conscious styling choice of the character.
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16 Toodlepip
October 29, 2022 at 3:44 PM
It's Ji Ho that's keeping me watching this show. He's my favourite ML in ages. @unit 'it's the quite ones that are the most passionate ' - ain't that the truth!
Gwang Nam deserves a medal. I loved the scene between him and Ji Ho. He really needs a better friend in Sang Eun and a nice guy to pair off with by the end of the show.
I'm thanking the drama gods that we haven't seen any sign of noble idiocy so far. SE did try to sacrifice herself, but both JH and HJ had the decency not to let her.
I'm interested to see if JH has dug up anything juicy re Ina group, but he had better clear everything with SE before he hands anything to a prosecutor.
And when JH and MH were on opposite sides of the street, I was shaking my head. Seriously, a ToD? Give me a break. They had better not be a scratch on JH next week! *shakes fist at sky*
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sakuradaydream
October 30, 2022 at 7:06 PM
"Gwang Nam deserves a medal. I loved the scene between him and Ji Ho."
the way i teared up at that scene cuz hes such a true friend
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17 korfan
October 30, 2022 at 6:32 AM
Mi-ho. I have no good wishes for her.
ToD, you have one job. Don't mess it up.
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18 sakuradaydream
October 30, 2022 at 7:04 PM
please the way it wasn't even a truck of doom, it was a van of doom (they couldn't afford the truck)
and i was just screaming at JH to let her die ffs
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hmwtx
October 31, 2022 at 7:43 AM
I would have been ok with his letting her get hit - but Ji Ho's sense of right and wrong would not have allowed that. In the previews, you can see that [SPOILER].
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Kathryn51
October 31, 2022 at 4:09 PM
haha, I thought it was always the "white van of doom", but then I'm fairly new to K-drama. It's been a white van in the 2-3 shows I've seen this year.
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19 Kathryn51
October 31, 2022 at 4:06 PM
Unit, you said: "I cannot overemphasize how much I love that our main couple wades through these murky waters on a united front rather than the usual noble idiocy that seems to plague other K-drama couples in similar situations. "
THIS. This is why I love this show and look forward to it every week. I think I posted a few weeks ago that I could put up with a last minute makjang moment provided they didn't break up or Sang Eun didn't fly off to Canada which usually happens around Ep. 11 or 12 (in a 16 ep series). The overall story is crazy but then Sang Eun keeps wondering if she is crazy. The villains aren't simply typical chaebol father - we have Mi-ho (possibly Dad's former mistress?), the ex-wife that I love-to-hate, and older brother probably sexually assaulted Sang Eun at the dinner - karma will be coming to all and I cannot wait.
So glad that the person that writes a review is enjoying the show as much as me! Thank you for great we-cap.
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