ok...i made up my mind. I just saw the 9th episode (w/ eng subs though) and i can almost be certain that ES kissed him out of revenge, to toy with him the same way he toyed with her in ep 3. I have concluded this because when TJ told her "I love you" he was still holding her hand (by the wrist), and then when he said it a second time, ES slid her wrist off his hand in a daze and walked away, as he followed her asking where she was going and calling her name...she was still in a daze and out of nowhere, BAM! she turns around and kisses him. I predict that in ep 10, after they finish kissing, she will tell him something like "you were right, kissing others without any feelings is fun" and then walk away leaving him standing alone in the rain...i dunno, something in those lines...

i just think that we are still half way in the drama and therefore it is too soon for them to get together...i think there will be more drama before that happens, and this almost-rape incident will be another bump..or rather MOUNTAIN...on the road :D

Javabeans! Thanks so much for translating the script for us!

I liked the resulting interpretation of script by the director and the actors. I think Eric toned down the *rape* scene, which obviously can offend viewers. Still, some parts, like so many of you brilliant commenters (teehee) were more violent than the script. I was pretty shocked when TJ slapped HR, because there's no excuse for that. Still, I don't necessarily mean that TJ is a bad person, because hardly anyone is completely good or bad in the first place (unless it's in a very very typical k drama) I am happy to know that he did realize what he was doing to EunSoo before it escalated into..well...rape.

I am going to be upset if ES does forgive TJ so easily. Like you said, it glosses the whole incident and I don't think such a serious matter should be romanticized, because it's certainly not like that in real life. (Plus, what will happen to JH!?!? As much as I want TJ and ES to end up together...I dont want ES to get out of that relationship this way. I guess there's no way for any of the 4 characters from being hurt now eh?)I really like the writer and the director. By showing JH buying the golden bracelet for ES while the whole incident is going serves as contrast and makes the whole event that much more explosive...lol

I also wonder about HR a little bit. Did she know that TJ forced himself on ES? If she does, then her reaction should be renounced as well (though I don't think she deserved the slap from TJ...it's not like he's so righteous in the first place). How can she attack ES when ES was the victim? I guess jealousy blinds all eyes.

Still this scene has certainly grabbed everyone's attention! I can't wait for the next episode :D

im glad, the scene where tj starts to undress es was cut cause i don't know if i will be able to take much more shock. i felt es was way too vulnerable at that point of time. i have been fighting myself over this particular scene where tj stops kissing es on the bed & turns around to see hr behind them. i had always thought tj stopped doing what he was doing cause he heard hr or someone walk in, or he stopped cause he came to his senses but i have every reason to believe the former cause the first thing tj did was to turn back as if he knows someone is there. as read from a spoiler that as user posted in soompi, it seems es will pay pack tj at his own game, by kissing then saying its for fun (flashback to the lift trapped scene). what i want to know is whether es still loves tj or has started to accept jh. by the way, when did jh & es started dating? from the party/at home after that when they kissed? & when did es become jh's fiance when she has not accepted his proposal yet, i rem hearing her say that she will think abt it? and thanks so much javabeans for the excerpts.

haha...i agree with Ter...what he said to HR was strangely funny...

and about this whole almost-rape-and-then-kiss-scene, we are not going to be able to know what ES was really thinking until ep 10 comes out. Who knows, the writers might have done that kiss intentionally to have ppl talking, like WE are, and then watch it turn out that ES did it out of revenge or something....The script says that it was as though her "spirit left her", and so maybe she proceeded to kiss him out of revenge, which is something she would not have done earlier in the drama (remember she claimed she is not the type to kiss someone without any feelings unlike TJ?). If i am not mistaken (i have not watched the episode yet) the episoded ended with them still kissing, right? That means we have to wait for epi 10 to see what ES will say to TJ..is it "i love you too" ?? or something else like..."too bad, i am marrying the other guy!" hahaha! :D

who knows....but you have to hand it to the writers because if their purpose was to keep us bitting our fingertips and going crazy for the next episode...CLEARLY they have succeeded :D

thank you for this! i am so addicted to your blog :D

^Oh, on a side note, admidst all this angst and serious stuffs, I found it darkly humorous when Tae Joo yells at Hye Rin, "Are you crazy? What the hell are you doing!?!?!" Did TAE JOO, of all people, just ask that question? Mr.-I-just-climbed-on-top-of-a-woman-and-may-or-may-not-have-been-considering-raping-her?

I agree with a previous poster-- the script seems more violent and even worse than what actually happened. Although those screenshots of what Tae Joo's doing to Hye Rin is pretty brutal. The way her hair is kind of covering everything in that one shot makes it look like he's punching her straight in the face really really freakin hard!

I can take what Tae Joo did, and its not him or his actions that turn me off the show. Instead, I'm extremely annoyed at the writers, who seem to be romanticizing this whole incident by the end. When Eun Soo kisses Tae Joo right after he pushes himself on top of her (scaring her and making her cry in the process), it seems as if the writers are implicity saying doing that to a woman is excusable (whether they actually mean to or not). As I said before, Tae Joo even seems to get REWARDED for his action, and that just doesn't relay a very good message.

no mangoicy, you're not alone! because i think Tae Joo's confession is definitely significant. I just hesitate to attribute Eun Soo's reaction to one of softening in affection or love, because that puts a romantic slant on Tae Joo's use of force that I personally am uncomfortable with. (I recognize that others have fewer qualms with it, or more.)

But I'll also point out another thing, which is that in the script, two recurring phrases pop out at me in describing Eun Soo in the last scene. She's described as acting in this way: "정신 없는 듯" (jungshin obneun deut) or as though mindless, and "넋이 나간 채" (neoksi nagahn chae) or as though her spirit/soul has left her. That indicates, to me, that Eun Soo's not in her right mind -- and although that's not an *excuse* for her behavior, that does explain why she would act out of character. Because she's literally lost herself -- it's flown away in this instant -- prompting her to perhaps act with only her body, because once her mind and spirit are gone, only her body remains.

This is just my interpretation, so take it or leave it as you will...

Maybe i'm the only one, but i think we are leaving out an extremely significant scene, in between the "almost rape" scene and the "kiss in the rain" scene, in our discussion here. *wow, look at how limited my vocabulary is..... anyways*

Don't you think that TaeJoo's confession IS the reason why she kissed him even after what he did? *assuming that she truly meant it*... In that split second, she could see through him. She knew it was pure honesty, and for that reason, the wrong he did just minutes ago just flew away from her mind. Doesn't it happen a lot of times in our own lives? Sometimes it only take one word to forgive and forget.

But then again, I have no idea what occupied the mind of the writers. Until we know her real motive, all we can come up with are only assumptions.

i have a feeling that one of eun soo's intentions on kissing tae joo was to get back.. u noe kinda like karma from episode 3... although i think she does like him.. she has her doubts so i feel that she is not ready to give in just yet.. also i really dnt think it was rape in tae joos case because i feel as if it is something his character would do.. his desperation shows because hes never experienced this typpe of conflict before.. where he actually starts to have lingering feelings for a girl... he did this out of desperation and after reading this i could understand now that before it got out of hand he finally got his feelings in control and stopped himself... as for the hye rn getting hit i find that believabe too becaue it kind of reminded me when he threw the drink in her face and pushed her down in ealrier episodes...

either way i think the scenes kind of take this drama to whole new level.. a level where its not a typical kdrama.. nd i think thats the message the directers and writers are trying to get across.. that this isnt something where its cute and just funny.. its reality and deals with realistic issues... i think it was rite for them to kind of include something so contreversial...

well ive said enough lol...

love ur summeries! keep it up
looking forward for more...

That's super hot!
i cant wait for next episode