YES.. there's no better way to describe Ep9 than OMFG!!!

wow...great summary. in much detail ^^ thx for the efforts!! loving QSS too!!
im looking for the song night time from alex classiquai but cant seem to listen to it on ur site, is it possible for u to send it to me? with much thanks~

felt the kiss ES initiated was some kinda of playing with TJ .... couldnt possibly kiss someone after he "outraged" her....the happy ending wont come so soon.

thanks sarah! im late today. swamped with work. this surely has been a hot topic with many views and many speculations about everyone. but ultimately, i wonder why TJ let HR continue kissing him in that manipulative manner and why he did stop it. its like its ok to keep on. maybe he's numb or what but doesnt sit right. although, in the thread many speculating is going on ES motivations for the last scene. me personally, im perplexed. i dont know whats going on through their brains. im not the type to abandon QSS, i need to see if in the next eppie the end justifies the means. i dont condone nor do i agree with TJ, maybe that was his best recourse. i dont pity him and HR cause as u said what they did is to their won demise. sigh, hopefully they can redeem themselves. lastly, to the WHIB and QSS criticisms no way. really no way. i mean sure, we have the love rectangle too and what not. but the flow and story itself. plus the way its shot and directed too. and no, definitely dont want the same ending. ugh. i believe this can end better. i want it to end better.. i want my happy ending.

hope that there willbe a dvd already 'cause it's sooo tiring to always download in the web and it takes time though...

Personally, I don't think Eun Soo actually blamed Tae Joo for the "assault" so there was really nothing to "forgive."

Now I agree that if she did blame him and she actually thought he did assault her then her forgiveness would be too sudden.

So that's why I feel that Eun Soo didn't think he assaulted her. Rather, she was thinking that perhaps he was just toying with her feelings again. That's why she acted that way towards him, because last time she felt that he was simply playing her.

But when she saw how real his emotions were, she was a bit shocked. And that's why in the end she kissed him, because she realized that he was being serious and not just playing around.

Anyway, just my thoughts :) Great site and thanks for the reviews!

I, too, love the ending. I'm glad that Dal Ja left to do her own thing in America instead of staying when Tae Bong asked her not do. And the theme of fate is lovely for hopeless romantics. If they're meant to be together, they will be!

yeah, the proposal seems to come unnaturally quick. But, I still like the JH and ES pairing more. otoke? when it's for sure that they won't end up together.

(Interestingly, this is the second drama, after Goong, where I'm more for the girl ending up with the second lead.)

and as always, thank you, javabeans!

Eun Soo and the show lost serious points with me here. She shouldn't have forgiven Tae Joo so easily. I'm not as pissed at Tae Joo, because I believe what he did was in-character, and his character was capable of committing that act (but not commiting full-on rape). And then we have Eun Soo. The writers have so far been portraying her as this strong, independent woman, maybe naive and inexperienced, yes, but definitely not some kinda weak pushover. And then suddenly the writers have her forgiving Tae Joo just like that for doing that to her? Its out of character, AND whats worse, by having her fianlly cave in and kiss Tae Joo after doing THAT of all acts, the writers seem to be condoning what Tae Joo did. The fact that the writers inserted that scene is fine with me. But Eun Soo's reaction is not, because first of all, its definitely not in-line with Eun Soo's character, and secondly, under no circumstance should that scene be condoned and even portrayed as romantic by having a consensual kiss come right after it! Its like they're practically rewarding Tae Joo, and that is unacceptable. But I will keep up with this show, because who knows, maybe Eun Soo just isn't in her right senses.

Hi Sarah,
Your blog is very informative. I like the way you present yout thoughts. Watching K-Drama developed my interest in the Korean Language and Culture. Your pointers are helpful. Right now i am trying to understand the script... I am so interested in learning the language that I am thinking of enrolling to a Korean Language school here but i want to be prepared =)
I enjoy reading reviews on K-Drama make me understand the story more as I am also relying on sub. SOme of the DVDs here are poorly subbed so many grammatical errors and some of the lines are transalated directly without considering the entire statement. Also, you mentioned of consistency I think that is very important. Great Blog.