Saturday, May 16, 2015

Divorce Lawyer in Love Episode 4 Recap

Arg! I don’t know about all of you, but Spring is always a miserable time of year for me. While I love all the growth of flowers and leaves on trees, I *hate* the pollen that comes with those blooming plants, the mold that comes with the rain, and the migraines that I seem to have with increased frequency as a result. The last 2 weeks, I have been relatively side-lined with my head feeling like it’s going to either explode or float away with dizziness. So now I am really behind on my recapping!

When last we left off, Min Kyu arrived and rescued Cheok Hee from being humiliated by his father, Bong In Jae. Of course, it was right as Jung Woo was about to do it, but Jung Woo waited too long, so it was Min Kyu to the rescue. Bong walks away – which bothers Min Kyu. I’m not sure for what reason. He’s a enigmatic character that I have yet to figure out. Jung Woo bends down to pick up the petition papers – because he’s nice like that – while Min Kyu checks Cheok Hee’s head (which he split open when she got pushed against the counter). Jung Woo awkwardly straightens the papers and she’s embarrassed that Jung Woo witnessed the whole thing. He’s seen you at your worst. So why be embarrassed?

Min Kyu ‘yells’ at Jung Woo for just standing there and when Cheok Hee starts to cover for him, Jung Woo does a wrist grab to silence her. She’s a little shocked – and not just that he stopped her, but how it stirred something. It’s obvious that he feels terrible. His poor face! Soo Ah turns around to see Jung Woo’s continued wrist grab and it bothers her. As evidenced by the small frown she made before she took off after Bong. She’s not happy as she leaves, but duty (to Bong) calls. He’s going to fall in love with another woman again! Although, last episode, we discovered that the mystery woman is actually a mystery woman – someone who saved Jung Woo's life in the Seoul Metro Explosion from 7 years ago. And, I hate to break it to you, Soo Ah, but Jung Woo's already in love with Cheok Hee, although he’s in denial. I think if she’d ever been remotely nice to him, he would have realized it, but, folks, he definitely is. No man would put up with how much she tormented him and belittles him unless he was emotionally attached.

Jung Woo shakes his head to tell her to stop – because he knows that his motives weren’t totally pure, watching to see if Cheok Hee failed – and humbly apologizes, bowing deeply to Min Kyu. Even though, shouldn’t be bowing to Cheok Hee? He still is holding on to her wrist, though. Heh. Min Kyu takes Cheok Hee’s hand and walks her away, telling Jung Woo that he’ll see Jung Woo in the morning. Slow motion focus on her being pulled out of his hand and his hand not wanting to let go. All Jung Woo can do is watch her go. Cheok Hee looks back at him as she walks away. Still confused by what it means, these strange feelings he’s stirred. And I feel so bad for Jung Woo. He is such a nice guy – who has the appropriate amount of pride without being arrogant – and he’s compassionate of others, even people that he doesn’t like. Poor Jung Woo.

Outside, Cheok Hee and Min Kyu arrive at his car. He clucks at her about the gash in her head. She’s more worried with causing trouble for Min Kyu with his father. Will he be in trouble because of her? Min Kyu kind of smiles and he declares that Bong was cute earlier. Bong was more nervous than when he received a citation from the President. And I really think that he likes the idea of his dad stepping down a peg or two. I actually think that he loves Bong a lot, but can’t stand that he’s so hypocritical.

Min Kyu decides that they need to clean up the cut on Cheok Hee’s head. He looks for tissue in his car but find none. So he takes that 40M won painting, rips it in half and uses half of the canvas as a cloth to pour water on and then wipe Cheok Hee’s head with. How comfortable would that be? Not very, especially on an open cut. But I think this moment is there to shock up – after that’s 40M won to show us just how little he really cares about impressing the Jones, or, if we want to use Korean last names, keeping up with the Kims. [As a side note, there are only about 250 surnames currently in use in Korea, as compared to Japan, with over 100K active surnames.] If you’d like to read more about it, go here: http://www.ibtimes.com/kim-park-lee-why-do-koreans-have-so-few-surnames-1472324

Cheok Hee is appropriately shocked at him ripping an Emil Saintmaijanc painting in half. And then he just discards it on the ground like common trash. Okay, (1) he just destroyed a 40M won painting, and now (2) he is acting like littering is no big deal. It’s like when I was walking through a parking garage and found someone’s leftover smoothie just sitting in the stairwell, when there’s a trashcan one flight below me. Really irksome! When Cheok Hee yells at him, he shrugs and replies that the cost is the reason he left half of the painting untouched.

Min Kyu wants to go apply some ointment to Cheok Hee’s head. She gets a call from Jung Sook, who asks if she completed her task and filed the petition. Her voice is thick with a scolding tone. Cheok Hee just says that something came up, so she couldn’t get it done. She apologizes – and there’s real regret at disappointing Jung Sook – and says that she will try again tomorrow. Cheok Hee hangs up and Min Kyu asks if Jung Sook is angry. Even though he knows she is. Cheok Hee worries over the upcoming vote and even thinks about going back to the fish market.

The next morning, Cheok Hee brings 2 drinks to work with her. She’s planning on apologizing to Jung Woo, but can’t quite bring herself to do it, so she decides on saying that the kid taking her order was so daft that he gave her two when she only ordered one. That one lets her save enough face. And why does she have a bright yellow kid’s bandage on her forehead? They don’t sell flesh-covered ones?

Meanwhile inside the office, Kyung has also brought Jung Woo some drinks. He’s there to find out how the Go Cheok Hee show went yesterday. Kyung declares that it must have been fun and wishes that he had gone too. Of course, Cheok Hee overhears this part of the conversation. Jung Woo looked like he was just about to tell Kyung to can it but he spotted Cheok Hee’s hurt face instead. She is stunned that yesterday, he didn't come to help her but instead he came just to watch her make a spectacle of herself. Jung Woo sputters that that's not it. Cheok Hee bitterly laughs to herself – almost like she’s thinking, ‘I thought you were different, but you are just like everyone else.’ – and sarcastically tells him that she’s sorry that she couldn't give him a funnier show.

She walks out of the office. Not just Jung Woo’s office, but I guess she’s going to get some air. Not that she just got to work or anything. But this gives Jung Woo the chance to chase her, which he does. And romantic leads are supposed to chase after women when the women get upset at them being stupid and storm off. Jung Woo runs after her and grabs her arm to get her to stop, telling her to listen to his explanation. Instead of immediately going into his explanation, he squirms.

Cheok Hee tells him that she knows that people find her difficult. They're probably asking ask why she’s running about, when she should just be living quietly, out of sight, after being punished. She thought that way, too for a while, that living hidden was receiving her punishment properly, but that was cowardice. If she wanted to repay the debt to the world, she had to face it again, and the only place that accepted her was there. And he words dig the knife in a little more. She says that she decided to do better.

Then her voice turns cheery – which is another twist of the knife as she says: She’s thought of today as her last day there (because of the upcoming vote). Since it's turned out like this they should finish it smiling. Since even ill-fate relationships, if met twice, are destiny. And Jung Woo keels over from blood loss, from all those knife wounds he just received.

It’s voting time. Min Kyu asks if she has any last words. She doesn’t. So the vote begins. And the voting goes as expected: Min Kyu and Jung Sook for, Yoo Mi and Kyung against. The only one who’s struggling is Jung Woo. Part of his wants her gone but part of him doesn’t. Because you lurv her. Jung Woo glances over at the waiting Cheok Hee and hears Wife’s words: It wasn't that she hated him. She must have hated him because she wanted to see him that way. So, if she looks at Husband with more love, wouldn't he look more lovable? He sighs and starts to write his ‘X’. But he pauses, with the fountain pen leaving a big blotch of ink where his hand has paused. He hears Cheok Hee says that even ill-fate, if met twice, is destiny. He votes and makes a face like he’s hating what he’s just done. We, of course, don’t see how he voted, just him folding it up and putting it in the basket.

Min Kyu reads off the votes. 2 for, 2 against. Beating heart sound. Whose is it? Cheok Hee’s or Jung Woo’s? Then there’s Jung Woo’s vote: For. He changed that line into part of a circle. Min Kyu looks at it a moment and announces “For.” Shocked faces. Jung Woo looks like he’s going to be sick. Kyung can’t believe that they didn’t vote Cheok Hee out and sadly writes the line in the ‘For’ column. Cheok Hee can’t believe it. Min Kyu smiles as he announces that Cheok Hee will stay and heads into his office. Cheok Hee slaps her face to make sure that she’s not dreaming. Jung Woo bites his thumb, asking himself what he’s just done.

Cheok Hee joyfully bows to Jung Sook and gushes as she thanks Jung Sook for her vote. Cheok Hee declares that even though right now, she’s a newbie as an office manager who cannot even stamp petitions correctly… Just as a caterpillar will break through the chrysalis to become a butterfly, I will more diligently learn and study to become a brilliant butterfly in the field of office managers and soar thereby showing everyone that I have improved. Jung Sook uncomfortably ‘accepts’ her thanks.

Cheok Hee turns to Kyung, takes his hands, and tells her friend ‘thank you.’ He can’t look at her. Cheok Hee declares that they should be friends forever and gives him a kiss on the Cheok Heek about 8 times. Kyung grunts like he’s in pain as she does it, but she is giddy over getting to stay. And Jung Woo painfully sighs and rests the bridge of his nose on his hand.

Later, Jung Woo sits in his office, blinds closed, room dark. He’s on the floor, slowly banging his head against the wall. He asks himself what he just did, calling himself by his full name. Kyung rushes in and asks how Cheok Hee staying could happen! Jung Woo starts to sputter but Kyung isn’t paying attention. Instead he rants that Yoo Mi said she was definitely against, so how could she change her mind in the last minute?! It’s an out for Jung Woo. He asks if it was Yoo Mi that voted for Cheok Hee. Kyung declares that it’s not like Jung Woo would have voted for Cheok Hee. Cheok Hee must have bribed Yoo Mi somehow. If not, then this makes no sense.

In the women’s bathroom, Yoo Mi sighs and asks Jung Sook how it could happen! Yoo Mi thinks that Kyung is the one who voted for Cheok Hee to stay since Jung Woo wouldn’t have done it, not in a million years. She declares that he didn’t look like it, but there is definitely some back door dealing going on. As they leave the bathroom, Kyung walks down the hall. He sees Yoo Mi and barks at her. She makes a face and grunts back at him.

Jung Woo is still sitting in the dark. He looks rather despondent. Cheok Hee sits down next to him, with a loud sigh, which startles him. He tries to catch his breath as he gasps that she scared him. She smiles and sarcastically tells him that that’s a shame. Then she asks Mr. "I have an objection to this vote" – complete with raised hand like she’s requesting to talk in class – if he wanted to say something like that. He just stares at her with apprehension. She makes a sad face and sarcastically sympathizes with him, saying that he must have been so surprised that he’s out of his mind now.

Cheok Hee smiles and agrees. It surprises even her, so how must it be for Lawyer So? Jung Woo starts to ask himself how it could happen. Cheok Hee waxes poetic that the only thing that is sure in life is death. That’s the only thing in life that you can be sure of. Then she reminds him that she told him that the human heart is like a soft, boiled radish rather than a raw, hard one. I don’t remember this conversation. Jung Woo nods – because apparently, he remembers it. She tells him that it's probably not something he had hoped for, but she wants to bury her bones here. Crossing her hands across her heart, like you do when something is very sincere and moving, Cheok Hee says that she wants to do it even if it's just for that person who allowed her to remain there. Jung Woo shakes his head slowly and groans, pained. Because he knows that it’s his ‘fault.’

Elsewhere, dramatic music plays as a woman rides a lift up the side of a building. Inside she spies an man – I’m assuming it’s her husband – drinking wine and kissing another woman. Anger! Husband and Mistress see her through the window and cower together. And that would incense me even more, him hugging her protectively. Jerk! She spots a diamond engagement ring on her finger and can’t take it anymore. Was that her ring? Or just the fact that he gave a ring to Mistress? Wife grabs a heavy mallet, screams that they should get a divorce and smashes the window.

[Episode 4: The Taming of the Shrew]

Does that refer to Wife or Cheok Hee? Or both?

Cheok Hee is skipping and singing on her way home from work. It’s a really sappy song called, “You Were Born to Be Loved.” Evidently, even though it seems to be a song about God loving you, it’s made into mainstream Korean society, since one of the clips I found on YouTube had a celebrity singing a verse of it on a variety show. Cheok Hee sings, “You were born to receive love in your arms.” Her phone rings – if I haven’t mentioned it before, it’s Vincent Price’s laugh from the ‘Thriller’ video. She happily answers Min Kyu’s call. He declares that they have to celebrate. He’ll send a car for her. She asks where Min Kyu is at. It's called (English with a Korean Accent) “High Class Luxury Premium Golden Diamond Private Club.” Why would they name it that? Sounds really pretentious.

Cheok Hee arrives and has to walk through a maze of rooms to reach the room that Min Kyu is in with their meal. Of course, it’s a private room. She mutters that these people, while spending and spending their money, they finally had nowhere else to spend it and went crazy. So this must be the place they come to spend it. Min Kyu tells her to apologize, because the worst people in the world are those who judge people with money. I think frivolously spending 40M won on a painting that you later rip in half and throw into the street like it’s litter is worse. Cheok Hee can’t believe he just asked her that. He asks her if she was born a wealthy person because he wanted to be? Yes, but you could still spend it more responsibly.

Cheok Hee begrudgingly apologizes. Min Kyu smiles and declares that he will forgive her since it's a good night. She smiles. He pours them some wine and they toast. She mentions the eels again and declares that she’ll be really nice to Chief Yoon. He asks if she thinks that it was Jung Sook who voted her. Cheok Hee declares that it could only have been Min Kyu, Jung Sook and Kyung. No one else. Even she declares that there’s no way that Jung Woo would have voted for her. He shrugs and smiles to himself because that’s exactly what happened – the Jung Woo part.

Cheok Hee asks where the restroom is. Min Kyu snaps his fingers and someone knocks to indicated that they are there to escort her. Maybe it’s just me, but I really hate it when chaebols snap their fingers in dramas as a signal to their minions to do something. I think I find it very condescending, like the people are his dogs, or something. Cheok Hee heads to the bathroom. Min Kyu pulls out Jung Woo’s voting slip from his jacket’s inside breast pocket and looks at it again. He chuckles to himself and says that this is becoming more and more fun. What is he up to?

Later, Soo Ah is at Min Kyu’s house. She’s looking at the Saintmaijanc, wondering why there is only half of the painting now. Min Kyu has framed it so that half of the painting is obviously missing. Min Kyu emerges from another room in his pajamas and robe. Wow, they are familiar if he has no problem walking around in his PJs with her around and she doesn’t even bat an eye at his appearance. Min Kyu declares that if Emil Saintmaijanc focused on how to recreate immorality, this Bong Min Kyu worked on how to reinterpret that immorality. Heh. Min Kyu grabs a Perrier out of the fridge and asks if it isn’t time for her to graduate from coming to find him. She replies that he has to let her graduate for that to happen. He chuckles and answers that from where he sits, she subtly enjoys it, cleaning up after CEO Bong.

Soo Ah replies that CEO Bong is unfortunate. Min Kyu is shocked by that description: The man that has the whole world? She chastises him for embarrassing his father for all to see, in front of the Chairman and the Chief Justice. She tells him that he’s much more undutiful than Emil Saintmaijanc. Really.

Soo Ah starts to leave, but that wrist grab is bugging her. She tries to casually ask if Cheok Hee was voted out. She’s shocked to hear that Cheok Hee isn’t gone. Who voted for her?! Min Kyu looks at her and declares that he and Jung Sook did, and… He pauses and goes and grabs something out of a drawer. It’s Jung Woo’s vote. He tells her to look and she doesn’t get it. He explains. The ink blot. The smudged shape isn't round; it's an oval. If that's so, it means that the pen tip is long and there is only one brand that uses that pen tip in all the world, the Durupont. The pen she gave Jung Woo.

Min Kyu passes Soo Ah the voting slip so she can limply hold it, as he declares that Jung Woo is a funny guy. He was the one who made a fuss about sending her out and he was also the guy who voted not to send her out. Seriously. He chuckles like he finds it funny and heads into his bedroom. Soo Ah looks at the piece of paper again.

Bong and CEO Aunt are in Bong’s office. Pleasantries. She asks about the new building that’s being constructed. Bong smiles and says that when it's completed, it will become the largest law firm business in the nation. CEO Aunt takes a sip of her tea. And I notice that her nail color alternates between an almost black color and white. I wonder if that’s symbolic. Bong moves the conversation to why Aunt is there: she seems to have come there because she has something to say. She’s there about Cheok Hee. Cheok Hee needs to be gotten rid of. Does Aunt have this much of a vendetta against Mi Ri, since she’s the woman that orchestrated it all? It doesn’t seem so, since Mi Ri has gone on to be incredibly rich and famous. Why so much venom towards Cheok Hee?

Bong chuckles – almost like he’s uncomfortable, which he probably is, given that Min Kyu is such a loose cannon with him – and says that he’s relieved that it's something that he can do. He chuckles and blinks several times. Because he is uncomfortable that his most powerful client is asking him to do this.

Bong and Min Kyu head out to the construction site. Dad points out just how huge the building is going to be. Min Kyu ‘marvels’ and says that there's no reason that a law office has to be this big. Maybe he’s trying, in his roundabout way, to get his dad to realize that Min Kyu will love him even if Bong wasn’t so powerful. Dad smiles and replies that the only thing a man needs to decrease as he grows older is his waist size. Min Kyu should increase his guts and raise his stakes. Min Kyu mutters, almost to himself, that Bong must have gotten rid of his bad mood.

Min Kyu tells Bong that if Bong looks at it, he’s really quite a dutiful son. He even got engaged to a woman whose face he barely remembers for Bong so that he could put up his building, right? Bong want to know why Min Kyu is bringing that up. Min Kyu declares that if Bong hadn't have received the land from DK, the new building wouldn't have had a chance. Bong frowns – because Min Kyu is right and that annoys Bong because Min Kyu isn’t just going to let him get away with it – and shoves a box at Min Kyu. Min Kyu opens it. There’s a key inside.

Min Kyu rolls his eyes. Bong tells him that if he does to Han River Yeouido Park, there’s a yacht waiting for him. Min Kyu wants to know Dad’s point. Bong tells him to kick Cheok Hee out. Bong starts to stroll away. Min Kyu follows and asks why Bong is being like this again? His building is going up well. Bong asks Min Kyu if he thinks that the building should come down because of a girl. He mentions CEO Aunt coming to visit and then tells Min Kyu to be satisfied with the fun he had and get rid of her. Min Kyu asks Dad why he’s using a missile to catch a fly rather than a fly swatter? If Dad continues like this, he’s going to get curious whether – he looks at the key – she's worth this much or not.

Cheok Hee is at a convenience store. Yoo Mi is there too and asks why Cheok Hee is so desperate to work at their office. She’s the daughter of a rich family that doesn't have to do anything to eat and live. Cheok Hee is surprised at the idea that her family is rich. Yoo Mi says that she knows that Cheok Hee has a person whose job is to only clean the fish bowls, the guy who came to the office carrying the pink package. Cheok Hee wonders if Yoo Mi means Abeoji. Yoo Mi is confused. Cheok Hee repeats that he was her father. Yoo Mi protests that the rumor is that Cheok Hee’s family is well known in Busan as the rich family, with many boats and a cruise ship! Cheok Hee sighs and says that a long time ago, we did have a motor boat, but right now, they sell eels at Jagalchi Market.

Yoo Mi is confused. In every drama she’s watched, the poor family is always so nice. It's the rich ones that you can't stand. Heh. But, Yoo Mi, k-dramas are fiction! No one wrist grabs in real life. And there aren’t tons rich chaebols running around falling in love with ordinary girls, either, in Korea or anywhere else. Cheok Hee takes a bite of her kimbap and declares that it’s all a big fat lie. Heh. Is Yoo Mi’s rich? Yoo Mi frowns and says that all her life, she’s lived with poverty on her back. Cheok Hee says that the nice ones are the ones who grew up well without any grudges, like Bong Min Kyu. Does the world leave the poor, like them, alone, so that they can be nice? Heh. Phone call. Cheok Hee answers that Vincent Price laugh and is shocked by what the caller says.

Switch to truck with a lift on it. The wife from the beginning is driving, with a man and a little girl as passengers.

Jung Woo is out eating lunch with Kyung. Cheok Hee calls him and tells him that Wife2’s (Lee Yeon Hui) husband has stolen a diamond ring from Wife2’s place to give to his mistress. Wife2 went to find him because she was angry but it seems they won't open the door. Jung Woo doesn’t like the sound of Wife2 and the lift. He gets the address from Cheok Hee, who is worried, “Gosh, if she creates trouble, we're dead.” Cheok Hee tells Jung Woo to take the subway, since traffic is heavy. Subway? He’s not excited about that one.

Jung Woo heads to the subway but really has to make himself go in. As he waits for the train to arrive, he really starts to go through a little PTSD over the Metro bombing. He starts coughing and runs out of the subway.

Wife2 climbs onto the lift. Jung Woo arrives (running) as Cheok Hee arrives in a taxi. Daughter is the one who called Cheok Hee. Wife2 did say that Daughter was smart. Cheok Hee yells at Wife2 to stop. Wife2 ignores her. Cheok Hee can’t believe that Jung Woo ran all that way. Cheok Hee yells at the lift operator to stop. He replies that he’d like to, but his boss (Wife2) said that he'll die or be fired if he does. Cheok Hee spots another lift truck. Which just happens to be driving by. She runs out in front of it and it stop in time. Driver curses at her. And the drama beeps the word out. Hehe. Cheok Hee sure is fearless when it matters.

Cheok Hee is able to convince the driver. She climbs into the lift, but is terrified. Jung Woo isn’t going to let her put herself in danger. He lifts Cheok Hee out of the lift – as gentle, romantic music plays – and goes up instead. Cheok Hee grabs a kid’s megaphone and gives it to Jung Woo. Up he goes.

As Wife2 rises, she shocks several of the apartment complex’s residents. We’re now back at the beginning of the episode and Wife2 spots that diamond ring. Jung Woo keeps yelling at her to get her to stop and listen to him. They are really high up off the ground, man! Jung Woo arrives at the window and pleads with Wife2 to listen to him for a minute. Wife2 declares that today, she’s going to kill that *sshole and she’s going to die, too. Jung Woo protests that what she’s doing is not a way to resolve this nor is it a revenge. Wife2 is not listening.

Wife2 puts on her black gloves and picks up the sledgehammer. As Jung Woo yells at her to stop, Wife2 smashes the glass that encloses the balcony. Reaction from the crowd. Wife2 climbs on the balcony. Scumbag runs up and makes sure that the sliding door is locked. He goes and sits with his mistress. Wife2 picks up the sledgehammer again. Jung Woo yells out Daughter’s name. That gets Wife2’s attention. Jung Woo tells her that if she breaks that window, Soo Ji will have to live with that woman – I’m going to call her Trollop – for the rest of her life. He promises to resolve everything: parental custody, child support. He'll make it so she can live together with your daughter. Wife2’s held it in for 15 years. Just 15 seconds more. Wife2 breaks down crying and drops the sledgehammer.

Police Station. Scumbag wants Wife2 prosecuted. Look at the likes of what this bat does! If it was Policeman, would he like to live with this person? Wife2 answers that Scumbag’s mother, who passed away, passed down this ring to me as a token for my hardships as the wife of the eldest son. She screams at Scumbag, asking him where he’s planning on siphon it, too?! Scumbag is ‘offended’ and says that the ring has gone to the person it's supposed to go to. He was going to travel and propose with it officially on Wednesday – even though Trollop was wearing it *before* then – but the mood was all ruined because of Wife2!

Scumbag’s female lawyer, Go Sol Hee, arrives. She hands Jung Woo her card. She’s ‘pleasant.’ She tells Wife2 that her profile is much more pleasant. Huh? Lawyer Go pulls out photos that she has of the event, showing Wife2 with the sledgehammer on the lift. Cheok Hee can’t believe that Sol Hee had Wife2 under surveillance. Seo Hee answers that she of the style that likes certainty. And because of it, she’s rewarded fruit for her labors. Wife2 knows that she was trespassing, right? And since she even brandished a sledgehammer, the crime of special breaking and entering. She tells Wife2 that she’s grateful. Otherwise, the child would have been taken away from her client.

Violent reaction from Wife2 as she tries to grab Sol Hee. Sol Hee protests to the Officer, who isn’t doing anything. Everyone else is trying to restrain Wife2. Soo Ji runs up and that gets Wife2 to stop. Policemen drag Wife2 off to a neighboring cell. I would be interested to know if this is a standard police station set that they use in their dramas, because it really looks familiar. Sol Hee brushes herself off, like she’s been traumatized, and says that she wish she had a picture of that, too. If they even add assault charges, their judge should love it. This really rankles Cheok Hee, but Jung Woo holds her back.

Jung Woo pleads with Officer that he will convince Lee Yeon Hui well, so for now, please let her out. Please! Officer gets pulls away by his boss. Before he goes, he tsks and says that when the woman's like that, of course, she's getting divorced. Cheok Hee is offended. And so am I. It’s not like Scumbag drove her to her wits end or anything. Jung Woo again stops her and tells her to go meet that side's lawyer for now. Hurry, hurry. He’ll take care of things there. Cheok Hee agrees and goes.

Scumbag is smiling while on the handphone. He’s giggling as he tells Trollop – I’m guessing that’s who he’s talking to – that he thinks it'll work out. But does Trollop really want a kid around?

Cheok Hee is facing off with Sol Hee. Sol Hee tells Cheok Hee that she’s knows, right? Larceny can't be punished between family members. Cheok Hee isn’t intimidated. In the same tone, she replies that Sol Hee knows, right? Trespassing. If it's the first time, even if she were to receive punishment it'll just be a fine. Sol Hee leans in and asks, in a low voice, “What if it's not her first time?” Oops. Cheok Hee’s now concerned. What else hasn’t Wife2 told them?

Jung Woo is working on a female Officer to help him. FOfficer doesn’t want to get involved. Jung Woo pleads that Wife2 only did it because of her child. Where is there a mother that wouldn't go crazy when they're trying to take her child away? FOfficer has tried to get some water but the tank is empty. Jung Woo quickly changes it for her. He pleads with FOfficer, as he gets her the water, that Soo Ji doesn't even have anywhere to go tonight. FOfficer says that she’ll talk to Officer.

Cheok Hee is now trying to get all the info out of Wife2. She pleads with Wife2 to tell her, but Wife2 doesn’t want to say because Cheok Hee isn’t a lawyer. Ouch. Wife2 says that she’ll tell Jung Woo once he’s there. Jung Woo hurries over. He sure likes to run a lot. He tells them that he’s asked for a favor so they'll have to wait and see. Cheok Hee tells him that this isn’t the first time that Wife2 has trespassed. Jung Woo, not happy. Wife2 says that there was a reason. When that person met the third woman, at that time, she was still trying to live with him no matter what. She dragged a backhoe to that wench's house, pushed down her front door, and dug up the ground in her yard, saying if she met my husband again, Wife2 would bury both of them. Not good news.

Cheok Hee groans and declares that this is going to lead to incarceration. Wife2 is surprised. Back then, she just paid a fine and it was over. Jung Woo explains that if it's a repeated offense, she could be incarcerated. Cheok Hee asks Wife2, scolding, that if she’s incarcerated, does she think her husband's side will stay calm? "We can't give the child to a mother who has spent time in prison." They will use that to take Wife2’s legs out from under her. Now Wife2 is scared.

Wife2 begs Jung Woo, declaring that if they're going to take Soo Ji, tell them to take Wife2’s arms and legs as well. Wife2 declares that when Scumbag was seeing 5 different women, she wanted to die every day but Soo Ji kept her going. Wife2 would take the abuse so that Soo Ji won't live like her, so that she'll grow up prettily and doesn't turn out like Wife2, so that Soo Ji gets treated well as she lives. Wife2 would declare, “let my fate become dirtier.” If that means her Soo Ji's life can be better off, then “please let my fate please become dirtier!”

Both Jung Woo and Cheok Hee feel bad for both of them. They decide to chase after Sol Hee. Jung Woo declares that they’ll concede all the other sides of the lawsuit, but the parental custody they won’t. Sol Hee replies that she came there ready to finish everything because it was annoying to have to go to court, but as expected they couldn’t communicate well, so she has no other choice but to see them in court. This woman is really obnoxious. It doesn’t slip by Cheok Hee, either. Sol Hee gives them a ‘fighting’ fist and tells them to write their report well and then leaves to write her petition.

Cheok Hee yells after the car that she can't believe there's such a prick like that! The irony is not lost of Jung Woo either. He stresses his “Wow,” and says that Sol Hee reminds him of someone 3 years ago. It’s not lost on her and she uncomfortably clears her throat. They go back into the Police Station, where Soo Ji is waiting for them. She asks if her mom is going to prison. And she calls Jung Woo ‘ajusshi.’ Aw. He squats next to her and says that there is a bit of a problem but she shouldn’t worry. He’ll solve it for her. Soo Ji makes him pinky promise. Jung Woo pats Soo Ji’s head and asks her if she wants to live with Wife2. Soo Ji says that she does, but she wants to live with Scumbag, too. It would be nice to live together. Wife2 appears. They’ve released her. She – appropriately – thanks Jung Woo.

Jung Woo and Cheok Hee leave the police station. Cheok Hee tells him that he did well. He scoffs at that: What did he do well? Once Wife2's indicted they're done. He groans with frustration and says that he should have prevented her from trespassing no matter what. Cheok Hee points out that even though they weren't able to stop Wife2 from trespassing, but he did block the vandalism and assault. If Wife2 had even broken the door to the living room there's no way they would have been able to get out of it. Jung Woo is surprised: is Cheok Hee saying that there's a way to get Wife2 out? Cheok Hee declares that they must find it.

Then Cheok Hee asks if Jung Woo minds if she’s a little bit late tomorrow. He scolds her for even talking about being late in a situation like this? She replies that she has to go somewhere. She'll go early in the morning and then come straight to the office. She begs him for just one hour. And at least she’s showing him the respect to ask for permission. Old Cheok Hee would have just done what she wanted. I guess that close-quarters discussion in the hallway got through to her. That’s why you need to be the man, Jung Woo!

Soo Ah waiting for Jung Woo to get home, thinking about the wrist grab and how Min Kyu said that he voted for Cheok Hee to stay. She’s bothered. He’s not going to like you, despite what Mom says. Jung Woo arrives and asks why she’s outside, since it’s cold. She ask why he’s late, not even picking up his phone. He looks at him phone and realizes there are missed calls. He apologizes, saying that something happened earlier. Soo Ah starts to ask him about the voting, but thinks better of it. Smart, since you don’t want to alienate him acting all jealous. Instead, she declares that she’s going to use the bathroom first and run instead. He chases after her, since he’s held it in since 7pm today, 7pm! They are like siblings.

The next day, Jung Woo goes to a cemetery with flowers. It’s the mausoleum for the victims of the Seoul Subway Disaster, June 25, 2008. That’s interesting that they picked a date that will happen after the series has finished. The plaque reads, “To the victims, we pray that their souls are at rest. Seoul Subway Disaster Charnel House, June 25, 2008.” He puts his flowers before a spot where the plaque reads, “Unidentified,” and we fade into the flashback of the accident.

Jung Woo is in college – as evidenced by his sweatshirt and jeans – and is heading to an exam. He’s on the phone with Soo Ah, who will be sitting next to him during it. She tells him that she thinks she’ll pass it this time. Jung Woo hanging up and rejoices that from the start his luck is good. On the train, he does some last minute cramming – in the scorched law book that we’ve seen earlier. People are just going about their day, riding in the train. The lights flicker. There’s an explosion and the lights go out. Everyone is thrown to the floor. Screaming and panic. People rushing to get out. Jung Woo’s ankle is hurt, but he tries to run anyway, since smoke is coming his way.

Jung Woo wakes up, head bloody, he’s sitting on the floor, cradling his law book. He’s barely with it. A woman feeds Jung Woo a peppermint candy. Tender music plays. He grabs the wrapper from the candy. Mystery woman opens the door for the train car and Jung Woo crawls out. After he leaves the car, there’s an explosion and when Jung Woo looks, the car is on fire.

Back in the present, Jung Woo is trying not to hyperventilate as he remembers. He looks down at a flowerpot and spots two peppermint wrappers, tucked underneath the pot. It’s the same wrapper that mystery woman had. He hears footsteps and sees a woman in the distance. She’s wearing heels, a white shirt and blue skirt. He chases after her but misses her.

When Jung Woo gets to the office, Cheok Hee is there, wearing a white shirt and navy skirt. Was mystery woman Cheok Hee?! Why wouldn’t she be suffering PTSD if it was? He stares at her so she asks, “What?” He asks if she went somewhere this morning. She wants to know why he’s asking. He just says that he saw someone wearing something similar. Cheok Hee wants to know why it’s a big dea. Yoo Mi and Jung Sook arrive, in white shirts and navy skirts. Cheok Hee tells him that it’s the uniform of working women.

Soo Ah arrives at work, Bong is in a conference with a bunch of reporters. He tells them that they already sent the petition to the Seoul General Railroad, but their reply was that it was already a compensated claim. Soo Ah asks GIRL what’s going on and another staffer says that the client was burned in the accident and she was a violin prodigy before the accident. She's trying to sue them again. She hears the girl say that she lost her mother in the bombing. She was about to faint but a woman put candy in her mouth. Woman? Candy? Jung Woo? Girl says that the candy strangely helped her to breathe. Soo Ah wants the case. The press conference clears out and Soo Ah tells Bong that she wants the case. He doesn’t think that it’s her specialty but she persuades him. Find the woman, be the savior in Jung Woo’s eyes and then he’ll finally love her. I roll my eyes.

Back at the office, Jung Woo and Cheok Hee are hard at work. She’s cradling her Chucky doll and petting it’s head. Heh. She tells Jung Woo that kids at that age change their minds once every five minutes on the question of who they want to live with. He’s trying to find case law that supports a parent getting custody after serving prison time. Cheok Hee tells him that they need to stop Wife2 from going to prison. Close up of Chucky doll. Ick. Jung Woo yells at her to put Chucky away! Like minds! Cheok Hee turns so that she’s body-blocking Jung Woo from seeing Chucky. She tells him that it’s her lucky doll. If she pets his hair, her stopped frontal lobe dances and her hormones start to stimulate the brain.

Cheok Hee shoves Chucky in Jung Woo’s face. He jumps backward, muttering that Cheok Hee scared him. He asks Jung Woo if he doesn’t think that Chucky is cute. He replies that it is, very much to the point that he’s getting goosebumps. She starts pacing again. She notices that Jung Woo is sitting on a piece of paper, which reads, “Kim Kwan Woo/Agreed to divorce.” She drops Chucky and walks over to Jung Woo. He’s really uncomfortable as “Stop” by Sam Brown plays. (All that I have is all that you’ve given me. Did you never worry that I’d come to depend on you?) She grabs his butt. He starts squirming and protesting, asking why she’s like this. She announces that she found it. She shoves the paper in his face. Record scratch as Jung Woo looks at it.

It’s notes about Scumbag (Kim Kwan Woo) and Wife2 (Lee Yeon Hui). Scumbag is a teacher at Seoul New Gangnam Elementary School. Eureka. National Civil Service Law, Section 63. A civil servant must not disregard his job on or off duty and must not take actions that will degrade his reputation. Bingo. Scumbag is definitely not abiding by that one. He’s cheated on his wife at least 5 times. Okay! They just need to gather evidence of his behavior. But how? They can’t follow Scumbag, because his attorney is already doing that and if they realize that Scumbag is being followed, then Scumbag won’t do anything.

Cheok Hee says that there’s another way: Soo Ji. Jung Woo thinks that idea’s crazy since Daughter is only in fifth grade. Cheok Hee replies that now he finally seems like So Jung Woo. Because their Urine (Lawyer Go), he only uses elegant and refined methods. She tells him that he only has 2 days left and not to forget the promise that he made to the kid. He sighs because of that darn promise.

Yoo Mi is sitting at her desk trying to find knock offs of the bag that Mi Ri had when she was in Cannes. There just aren’t any. She wonders if it’s because there were only 3 that came into Korea: Mi Ri’s bag, the one with Ma Dong Goo's mistress, Hong Eun Seol, and a third bag. Kyung glances over at Cheok Hee, who is looking at little uncomfortable. He mentions that Cheok Hee has the third bag. Yoo Mi starts to beg Cheok Hee to at least see it. Cheok Hee answers that she doesn’t have it now. Flashback to when she returned it. Yoo Mi asks where the bag is now. Cheok Hee answers that she’ll have to find that out as well.

Mi Ri is out on one of her celebrity appearances acting as the Honorary Ambassador for Bone Marrow Transplant Organization. And she’s carrying *the* bag. Her daughter is also with her. Girl heads out to the playground. Mi Ri looks at the pictures of all the children and stops at one, obviously moved by it, as she reaches out as if to touch the child’s face. CEO Aunt arrives and tells her that if anyone saw her, they might think that was her kid that was sick. And maybe she does have a illegitimate sickly child. That’s just a really haunted reaction.

Mi Ri steels herself for CEO Aunt. Aunt says that the Minister should have seated a scholar or a someone worthy. Why did he allow a petty celebrity to be the honorary ambassador? Mi Ri smiles and says that she heard that DK is establishing a new foundation, and it looks like Aunt is coming to these kinds of events now. Aunt says that from what she knows, Mi Ri doesn’t have a habit of sharing what she has with others. It’s a different story when it come to Mi Ri taking things. Mi Ri replies that Aunt (Sister-in-law) doesn't have a habit of giving either, if she's choosing to use the word "take" to express receiving what was legally hers.

More sniping back and forth. Aunt stops the minute Seul Gi (her niece) appears. It’s obvious she loves her brother’s daughter very much. But the ceremony’s about to start, so the reunion is short. Mi Ri asks Aunt that when she goes on stage, please clap for her. For the first time in her life, she'll be able to receive Sister-in-law’s applause. If she wasn’t so despicable, I might actually kind of like Mi Ri.

Fancy restaurant, with Min Kyu and the staff being the only people there. Cheok Hee asks if he reserved the floor. Nope. It’s the entire restaurant. He says that he’s a bit sensitive to noise between floors. Cheok Hee can’t believe him. Min Kyu hands the menu to Jung Sook and tells her to choose. She replies that since the main course is lobster, champagne would be good. She picks a Veuve Cliquot Ponsardin La Grand Dame, 1998 vintage. And I’m impressed by her French accent. Everyone is amazed, except for Min Kyu, who gives Jung Sook a thumbs up for her choice. Kyung is really shocked. Yoo Mi tells him that Jung Sook has a certificate as a sommelier. Dang, this woman is really dedicated. Jung Sook replies that if you want to serve Lawyer Bong, this much preparation is necessary. Jung Woo says that since he’s driving, he’ll just drink a Coke. Cheok Hee replies, “Coke, my ass. Drink water. Water!” Heh.

Later, Cheok Hee is talking about what makes a good divorce lawyer. She seems to be a little inebriated. She says that it’s helping your client to receive as much money as he can and finishing the lawsuit as quickly as possible. Someone who drags things out makes you want to get a second divorce: once with your husband, once with your lawyer. Of course, Jung Woo has to argue the opposite. She shuts him up by reminding him that there's only one more day left.

Later Jung Woo is hanging out with Kyung in his room. They have some food and Soju. Kyung declares that now it seems like a dinner that humans have. This is Kyung’s first time in Jung Woo’s room. He asks why Jung Woo has so many books. Has he read them all? He grabs one off the shelf: ‘How to Be a Good Boss?’ Jung Woo actually bought this and read it? Jung Woo just kind of shrugs. Kyung declares that Lawyer Bong is the real professional when it comes to women. He made an ajumma with two kids into a certified meat identifier and a sommelier.

But what is Jung Woo? (Not an expert.) He lets Cheok Hee talk back to him and say that he’s the type whom clients would want a second divorce from. Jung Woo sighs and declares that if Cheok Hee was a dinosaur, she would have rewritten Earth's history. There's no way to make her extinct. No method whatsoever. Heh.

Kyung spots a book on Jung Woo’s shelves: William Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew.’ This gives him an idea. Oi, they’re referring to a play where a headstrong woman eventually becomes so obedient to her husband the she does a 180 in personality and in the end espouses complete submission to your husband, even if he is a low enough to make a bet on how much he has belittled you. And, of course, Cheok Hee is a shrew because she isn’t demure. Gak! Kyung wonders just how did Shakespeare tame a shrew in his day and age? Jung Woo doesn’t hesitate in responding, “Page 184.
'Twas told me that you were rough, and coy, and sullen.
And now I find report a very liar;
Kyung finds the passage and Jung Woo has it memorized:
'Twas told me that you were rough, and coy, and sullen.
And now I find report a very liar;
For thou are pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous,
But slow in speech, yet sweet as spring-time flowers.
The Viki subs were nice enough to actually look up the sonnet so that it’s a direct quote of the play. Dramafever instead interprets this:
I see now that you're quite friendly.
The rumors were that you were tough, fat, and blunt.
'That was a downright lie.'
Way to go, Dramafever. Shakespeare is the ultimate in English literature and you can't even look up the verses from 'Taming of the Shrew.' Not only do you skimp on Korean culture, but now British culture, too?

Kyung is amazed that Jung Woo memorized the play. And why would he fixate on that one? It’s odd, or indulgent by the writers, since it fits the idea of taming Cheok Hee. Instead of answering, Jung Woo says that compliments and looking out for her are not going to even dent her. Kyung decides that this plan will work: Look at Jung Sook. Because of the protection she received from Lawyer Bong, she's dedicated her whole life to him. He concludes that if they are going to work in the same office, this is the only way. The taming of the shrew! Making Go Cheok Hee into a nice, obedient office manager who will bow down to you. A partially drunk Jung Woo blinks as he squints at the book.

Cheok Hee is riding in the car with Min Kyu. He keeps looking at her, so she asks him why he’s doing it. He doesn’t directly answer. Instead he asks her how much she think that she’s worth? Wow, what a question. I don’t know how I would answer that. Cheok Hee knows though. Cheok Hee answers: 10,000,000,000? 15,000,000,000? Which makes me appreciate her confidence. I don’t think I would have answered that. Then Min Kyu mutters to himself, wondering how much Bong’s new building will be worth in the market. When Cheok Hee asks what he’s saying, Min Kyu deflects and says that it seems like her worth is over estimated.

Back at Jung Woo’s, he’s having a hard time sleeping. Even though he drank all that alcohol. He can’t forget Cheok Hee’s words and the promise he made to Soo Ji. When he gets up, he ‘casually’ stops by his mom’s shop. She is cashing out from yesterday's sales. She tells him to have some water and go. Instead he sits down at the table she is at and asks if she still regrets getting a divorce. She answers that of course, she does. Jung Woo wouldn't be suffering like this if she had reigned in her temper a bit and he would've gone to law school a long time ago.

Jung Woo tells her not to talk about him, but *her.* If she thinks about it only in her life's perspective, how is it? Oma smiles. Wealthy in-laws and a husband who is a successful lawyer. Throwing away all that and for choosing to live like this, she thinks she’s a crazy fool. But recently, she has been having different thoughts. After getting a divorce, she found out what life is really like. After getting a divorce, she got to know her real self, that she is capable of earning money and that she’s not that weak. This is what Jung Woo needs to hear.

At work, Cheok Hee is stewing because Jung Woo hasn’t arrived yet. It'll be over after today. He arrives and tells her to come with him to Soo Ji's school. She’s surprised and has to say it again so that it doesn’t come across so condescending. They quickly leave and find Soo Ji at the playground. She looks really sad. Jung Woo tells Soo Ji that his parents also divorced when he was in the 5th grade. He told his mom it was okay but he cried a lot in my room. Who do I go with to the amusement park on children's day? I said I wanted to live with my mom... What would I do if I missed my dad?

Soo Ji declares that she is going to live with Wife2. Her Dad has someone who will love him, but Wife2... has nobody else but her. Jung Woo tells her that there are families that are happy when they're together, but there are also families that are happy because they are separated. Jung Woo tells her that he has a difficult favor to ask. Soo Ji should listen first and if she doesn't think she can do it, she doesn't have to. Soo Ji’s interested. Jung Woo says that Wife2 received a penalty point once, but even though your dad also made a mistake, he didn't receive one. So, Jung Woo wants to make it a tie. That would be fair, right?

Soo Ji is now meeting her dad at a restaurant. She looks a little nervous. Scumbag is happy to see her, but wonders why she called him. She says that it’s because she missed him so much. She is a good little liar. Scumbag looks at his phone. Like he’s supposed to be meeting Harlot now. He tells Soo Ji that he has another appointment. Soo Ji makes her best sad face and asks if she can't even have a hamburger? She’s hungry. Scumbag, of course, will give her food. Of course she can eat! She must eat. Soo Ji smiles like he’s the best daddy in the world and orders a bulgogi burger and a strawberry milkshake. As Scumbag goes up to get the order, Soo Ji asks if he can leave his handphone. She wants to play a game. Scumbag agrees: just one game. She is totally sneaky!

Jung Woo and Cheok Hee are at the office, waiting. Jung Woo worries if it’s too much asking Soo Ji to do this? Cheok Hee doesn’t think so; he explained it so well to her just then. Jung Woo worries about Soo Ji getting hurt. Back at the diner, Soo Ji is looking through Scumbag’s texts. She finds one about the Hidden Starlight Pension (as in boardinghouse or small hotel. I know that Americans don’t usually use the word for a B&B, but they do use it in places like Russia. It’s not just a Korean thing.).
- You know that the administrators and the third grade teachers are getting dinner together after work, right? Let's go together.
- Of course, let's go in one car.
Soo Ji quickly sends the info to Jung Woo and then deletes the message.

Scumbag arrives. Soo Ji is shocked. He frowns and takes the phone. Did he just catch her? Scumbag sighs and asks if she thought that he wouldn’t know. She looks chagrinned. Scolding he tells her that he said only ONE game. She did two, right. Soo Ji acts like *that’s* what she just got busted doing.

Cheok Hee gets the message about the Hidden Starlight Pension. She immediately assigns jobs to everyone. Cheok Hee’s surprised when Jung Woo says that he’s going. He’s going to go? Yoo Mi’s shocked that they’re heading to a intimate hideaway together. Drama-brain. Jung Woo tells Cheok Hee that she doesn’t even have a car; how is she planning on getting there.

Jung Woo heads into his office to pack up some stuff. Kyung follows him and tells him that this is his chance! Jung Woo doesn’t know what Kyung’s talking about, but Kyung reminds him: The taming of the shrew! Jung Woo says he doesn’t think that method is going to work. As soon as he looks at that woman's face... goodwill and whatever else is not going to come easily. Even though you were thinking something similar during the vote: didn’t I hate husband because I wanted to see him that way? And if I look at him with love, won’t he become more loveable?

Kyung argues for his idea: Pressure, threats, revenge… Has Cheok Hee fallen for any of those? Making boxing motions, Kyung declares that those were nothing but jabs. It's all about the hook! Knock her out with one blow! Jung Woo chuckles at his foolishness.

Kyung decides that he’s going to help with the plan. He follows after Cheok Hee and tells her that he’s happy to see that the two of them are fighting for the same cause. The truth is, Lawyer So respected her so much three years ago. Cheok Hee scoffs at that one: All he did was object to things and he tried to put her in her place whenever he got the chance. Kyung says that that's not true. Jung Woo always stuck up for her whenever they would talk behind her back. But since she didn't believe him about the leak, he has completely veered of that path. Cheok Hee is actually considering this.

Kyung leans in and tells her that this is really a secret. The voting… it was Jung Woo (and not him) who voted for her to stay. Which is the truth, but Kyung doesn’t know that. He’s going to be really surprised when he finds out that it really was Jung Woo. Cheok Hee really can’t believe that news.

As they drive to the Pension, Cheok Hee starts to bring it up, but back out. Jung Woo bugs her to speak, so she asks him who's the one who saved her. He replies that it was General Lee Soon Shin. Heh. That *is* funny. Especially how he says it. The conversation doesn’t go much farther because they reach the pension.

Back in Seoul, Kyung, Jung Sook and Yoo Mi have gone out to dinner. Kyung is pretty much out after drinking a little alcohol. Yoo Mi is worried that something might happen between the couple. Jung Sook is skeptical. Yoo Mi is sure. They left without even making a reservation. Doesn't Jung Sook watch dramas? When there's exactly one room left? She imagines Cheok Hee and Jung Woo’s eyes meeting and love sparking. Insert eye roll here. (In reality, there are plenty of rooms. Cheok Hee and Jung Woo pick rooms far away from each other. And both Soo Ah and Min Kyu discover that they’ve gone off together. Neither one are very happy either.)

Jung Sook thinks Yoo Mi is crazy. Go Cheok Hee and So Jung Woo are worse than Tom and Jerry. Yoo Mi declares that it’s the atmosphere that seduces you. It always happens that way in dramas: One day, two enemies are spending the night together. Their bodies meet – cue weird backwards walking by Cheok Hee and Jung Woo, to where they bump butts – and unexpected feelings suddenly form – Jung Woo looks puzzled; Cheok Hee blinks beckoningly and Jung Woo raises an eyebrow and smiles like he likes the idea. More eye rolling by me. Episode ends with heart-shaped fireworks happening.

Thoughts


A lot happened this episode. We found out who the mystery woman is from Jung Woo’s past (sort of). Development on the love front, just a little. Cheok Hee doesn’t get voted out and Jung Woo was the swing vote. (But did anyone really think that he was going to vote to get rid of her?) Already, Cheok Hee and Jung Woo are proving to be a good team. And there’s plenty of ‘moments’ between them to say that love is brewing under the surface.

What are some of the things that I’m wondering about?
  1. What is the deal between Min Kyu and his Dad? It’s almost like Min Kyu has perfected this apathetic fop attitude – oh, sorry, I forgot, he’s the Scarlet Pimpernel – to deal with the rich people he has to deal with. Like a protective mechanism, since he doesn’t like how soul-sucking they are. He’s not all about power or money – because he has tons of the second and isn’t using any of it to get more of the first. And it’s like he’s disappointed that his father isn’t the great man that he thought he was and could be and Min Kyu wants to help him be that man.
  2. How long is Soo Ah going to be pining for Jung Woo? Mom doesn’t help by telling her that Jung Woo just isn’t doing anything because he lacks the confidence. [Side Note: I do like the confident Jung Woo. He’s shown up a few times and I really like him. He just needs to act like that more often and Cheok Hee will be putty in his fingers.] But it’s obvious that Jung Woo just thinks of her as a friend or a sister.
  3. What’s the deal between Soo Ah and Min Kyu. I actually think that if Soo Ah would stop liking Jung Woo and turn her eyes to Min Kyu, Min Kyu actually might decide that he likes her. But I think her blind loyalty to Bong really keeps Min Kyu from even considering her.
  4. Are we going to meet Min Kyu’s fiancée? And is she really into Min Kyu or viewing this as a necessary evil.?
  5. What is Mi Ri’s deal? Does she have a secret love child that has cancer? And how horrible was her relationship with CEO Aunt and the rest of the family that she ended up being so callous. Now that I think about it, in some ways she’s very much like Min Kyu, keeping things very close to the chest. This is not to say that I like her, because her close-to-the-chest means that people can get burned and she doesn’t care.
  6. What ever happened to the third handbag?
  7. How long before Cheok Hee finds out that Jung Woo really *was* the one who voted for her to stay? I think it will be the final straw before she decides that she loves him. And that’s one of the things that I like about this show: both Jung Woo and Cheok Hee are becoming better because of their relationship with each other. Jung Woo is a super nice guy but he needs to learn to stand up for himself. Cheok Hee is making him do that. And Cheok Hee needs someone who is going to reign her in. Plus, they compliment each other quite well in their jobs. I do like how their relationship is evolving because now they talk like they’re friends.
  8. How long before Mi Hee shows back up? And how long is Cheok Hee going to be a doormat? It’s not her fault that their mother died. Even if she had started that treatment, if she was that much on death’s door, the treatment wouldn’t have done anything. I envision Jung Woo putting Mi Hee in her place and that finally leading to their reconciliation.
  9. Who is the mystery woman? When I was watching the episode on Viki, when the flashback happened, some of them were thinking that it was Cheok Hee, but I don’t think so. Jung Woo still has PTSD from it. Why wouldn’t the mystery woman?
  10. How much is this new lawsuit and Soo Ah being involved going to go towards finding the mystery woman? And how is it going to effect Bong’s business? What I would like to see happen is Bong deciding that he doesn’t care about the moment to his glory (the office building) but cares more about being awesome in his son’s eyes.
  11. How much is CEO Aunt’s vendetta really going to make Cheok Hee’s like miserable? She’s not as bad as the EMIL in ‘The Suspicious Housekeeper’ but she is acting irrationally. Grief will do that, but both her and Bong expecting Cheok Hee to be miserable and destitute for the rest of her life is a little much.
  12. When is Jung Woo going to realize that he’s in love with Cheok Hee? Is it going to be as he tries to ‘tame’ Cheok Hee, that he’s going to see her as more loveable?
I'm not really wondering what's going to happen with Wife2 and Scumbag. They're going to get the dirt on him and he's going to have to eat it. In a humiliating way. And I'm going to enjoy it.

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