The Last Scandal of My Life

April 21st, 2008 // by javabeans

The Last Scandal of My Life is SUPER FUN. It’s too bad I came upon this delightful series so late (it’s aired 14 episodes of its 16), but on the bright side, I have lots of episodes to catch up on without having to wait.

Since I haven’t caught up yet, please do me the favor and DON’T SPOIL ME! That’s all I ask.

I have my own drama biases to blame for initially passing over Last Scandal, and that’s because it seemed such a typical ajumma drama. I’m not ragging on ajummas — I know lots of them, I love them, I hope to transition into one gracefully — but the ajumma drama as a genre is not my favorite. I think the poster reminded me of standard adultery fare like My Man’s Woman.

But Last Scandal isn’t at all overwrought or melodramatic. It’s hilarious. It’s like Full House with better acting and more complex character relationships, with a liberal dash of Dal Ja’s Spring mixed in. And I’ve always liked Choi Jin Shil, although I’ve only seen her in three projects (original trendy drama Jealousy, original Cinderella drama Star in My Heart, and romantic weepie movie The Letter) — but she’s as adorable at almost-40 as she was at 20.

SONG OF THE DAY

The Last Scandal of My Life OST – “사랑이 올까요” (Will love come?) [ Download ]

 
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  1. 1 all4movies - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    A cute ajumma series. About time, there’s a lot of us out there.

  2. 2 h - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    i was waiting for you to write about this drama…it’s so cute!

  3. 3 Jane - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    I just started watching this drama too. I heard it was good so I started to watch it. It’s so fun. I only watched the first 2 episodes so this was a spoiler for me. LOL.
    :D

  4. 4 charizo - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    anyone know where to get the subs?

  5. 5 closet_queen - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    your article is very interesting…
    i hope someone makes english subtitle for this.
    i very like full house and dalja spring. i am certain that i will like this too..
    especially because you like it too!
    thanks for all the articles you send… its so nice to read them all

  6. 6 Orchid - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    The lady in the picture is nearly 40? She surely does not look like it. How do you find the time to watch so many dramas Javabeans! I tip my hat to ya. ;-)

  7. 7 boshky - Apr 21, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    woah! sounds so exciting!
    I really should be studying for that exam tomorrow but…….
    Haha. Thanks as always =) Love the summaries!

  8. 8 stargazer377 - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    omg!!! i finally found it thanks to you javabeans!!! my sister watched 2 episodes of this while she was at the hair salon and she was telling me about the characters and the plot, but i had no idea what drama it was until i saw the names of the lead characters. thank goodness you started to watch it! and i’m glad it’s a fun drama. i’ll have to check it out.
    thanks again!!!

  9. 9 smiley6yrl - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    awww too bad no1 is subbing this series.. haha you made me want to watch it even more now…. pls let me know if there are eng subs somewhere, if not, then i’ll just read your summary… hehe thanks javabeans!

  10. 10 lovepotionNo9 - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    o.m.g. that perm!! loved choi jin sil in the letter so i really want to check this one out. thanks for the recaps.

  11. 11 yeli - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    this seems fun! i’ve heard this was a good drama and had been meaning to give it a try…and now thanks to your recap i want to check it out even more..

    is it being subbed though? :(

  12. 12 ladychick - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    I wanted to watch it too but there is no english sub available…….

  13. 13 choram - Apr 21, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    I saw this on television! (yes can you believe it?) :)

  14. 14 ay_link - Apr 21, 2008 at 11:22 pm

    Hehe… I’m quite surprised and happy to see dramabeans covered this wonderful series ;)
    4 episodes at a time! Whoo-hoo… Sarahbeans rocks!! lolz

    I myself have been following this every weekend, and hooked ever since, especially end of ep 8. What a fun weekend drama, great script and cast all around, and I’d actually love for WITH S2 to sub this, but errm… we’ll see if we can get more translators on board, especially when we’re indeed quite hectic this month ^^
    But, indeed, this drama is too great to be missed out…
    Anyone should at least try it =)

  15. 15 meriika - Apr 21, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    I have been hoping someone would sub this since it started for all the super young almost 40 somethings out there. Thanks for the recaps and drawing more attention to this drama!

  16. 16 koalabear - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:05 am

    javabeans…never too late to catch up on this drama, I enjoy this so much…I remember most of the Soompiers on the Last Scandal thread were really waiting for you to tackle this drama and it finally came true! No dull moment for this drama…to think that more older actors are the main character but their acting gets better every episode so much that I also got hooked…yeah 2 more episodes left to go and I hope to see you on the Last Scandal thread in Soompi ^ ^

  17. 17 baima22 - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:16 am

    I am so glad that you start to watch the Last Scandal. Your blog was recommended to me a couple of weeks ago, but unfortunately, I didn’t see your reviews on the Last Scandal that time. Now it is. I hope you enjoy watching the remaining episodes. This is the best k-drama I have seen in the last couple of years.
    Will come back to check more of your review. :) Thanks.

  18. 18 Gaijin - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:24 am

    This series just started to broadcast on MBC America this week.

  19. 19 cartman - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:33 am

    urgh..I hope someone will sub this drama..:(

  20. 20 Sylvia - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:38 am

    Argh! Just as I was about to download this drama after reading your summaries, I realised there aren’t any English subs for it yet!

    Such a pity, because I’m intrigued now but I just can’t understand enough Korean to get by without subs.

    I guess I’ll just have to depend on your summaries to try and understand this series, till some nice fansub group decides to pick it up *crossing all fingers*

  21. 21 Maryuan - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Along with “Who are You?”, this drama is another one I have to watch during the week! Everyone is so into their roles here, especially the philandering husband :)

  22. 22 Toya - Apr 22, 2008 at 9:00 am

    Now I want to watch this show.

  23. 23 Fifi - Apr 22, 2008 at 9:06 am

    I love this drama…I’m so sad it ending this week.

  24. 24 ripgal - Apr 22, 2008 at 10:22 am

    YAY! A recap of Last Scandal of My Life..
    I’m also lagging behind about 7 episodes! I’ve gotta catch up quick..XD

    And oh, the drama’s really full of fun.. you will love Jae Bin more as the drama progresses..hehehe..

  25. 25 mzpakipot - Apr 22, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    where can i watch this with english sub??

  26. 26 Suzy - Apr 22, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    Ooh, this sounds hilarious! I’m still laughing at the the fake incontinence part. I like all all the actors too. Looks like this is going to be the first drama I watch totally without subs. So I’ll definitely be back to read more summaries. THANKS JAVABEANS!!

  27. 27 Alodia - Apr 22, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Thanks for recommending… been looking for something to watch once i’ve finished watching DalJa’s Spring… seems this one is the perfect one. I like Choi Jin Shil’s acting powers (but i have a little grduge against her when she beat Kim Sun Ah in Baeksang for her Rosy Life — yeah yeah i know how superb her performance was… it’s just a fan-thing ok! and Suna is not bad at all in MNIKSS… it’s just that CJS was really god in Rosy Life). WIll start looking for this drama. Thanks Javabeans!

  28. 28 Nancy - Apr 22, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    yay,… hehe Aylink n a few members from WITHS2 is here, so maybe, n hopefully WITHS2 is going to sub this series when they aren’t as busy… since i know that they have A LOT on their plates right now.. Thanks dramabeans for drawing more attentions to this series n covering it and thanks WITHS2 for subbing all of my fave series…

  29. 29 One-x - Apr 22, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Im noy going to question you or correct. Im just going to point out and I maybe be wrong.

    But, I went on dramawiki to check this out.

    And it says that this ends on May 11 with 20 episodes not 16.

    So just wanted to point that out just in case.

  30. 30 Ina - Apr 22, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    This has been my favorite as much as Who are You. Every eps was awesome.

  31. 31 betchay - Apr 22, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Thanks javabeans. This is a MUST watch drama.
    Very funny & entertaining, i enjoyed watching even
    without sub, great to know that u started on summarizing
    the episodes.

  32. 32 javabeans - Apr 22, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    One-x, thanks for the info, but dramawiki is wrong. The Korean sites have it listed as 16 episodes, last episode on April 27. (Mydaily, Joynews) “Sweet Life” airs after Last Scandal finishes, premiering May 3 (Newsen).

  33. 33 One-x - Apr 22, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    No prob. I was sure I was wrong ,but since im from Puerto Rico my resources are limited the dramawiki so thanks. And thanks for summury this and Who Are You? Love the site. I have gotten to watch many drama becuase you. So Thanks.

  34. 34 meocon97 - Apr 22, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    Tks javabeans for the recaps and recommendation! I’ve been watching this drama without subbs since it’s airring. I really really enjoy it though I don’t fully understand the dialogue. I only tried to understand the storyline through the summaries (from the Last Scandal thread on soompi).
    I do really hope the Eng subbs with be out soon!

  35. 35 djes - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Oh, you’ve made the summaries!
    Apparently you got server’s crashes, huh, I was so anxious why I couldn’t see your site yesterday.

    Anyway, I’m gonna take your recommendation and I’m going to see this drama soon after I finish New Heart. Thanks Javabeans!
    ( I’m going to recommend this to my own ajuhma! I bet she’ll gonna like it! Jung Joon Hoo! )

  36. 36 wandergirl - Apr 22, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    This sounds like a great series to watch!
    I hope WITH S2 can take it as a side project when the team is not busy :D

  37. 37 Jo - Apr 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    I’m so in love with this series! It’s funny and adorable! Hurry up and catch up, javabeans~~hehe.

    By the way, Jung Joon Ho and Choi Jin Sil don’t look their age~~Jung Joon Ho is like a Brad Pitt (anyone agree?) of Korea in my book. Love him

  38. 38 blupodo85 - Apr 22, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Because of this (along with “I’m Happy”), Saturday is my favorite [drama] day =D
    The first few episodes made me grunt a lot because it felt like a whole lot of other ajumma dramas where the wife gets dumped and starts a new life, but at the halfway mark, Jung Joonho and Jung Oong-in changed all that for me. And yeah, Choi Jinshil is great too. I’m not sure who she should end up with, but I’m guessing it’ll be the somewhat obvious guy…though I’m rooting for the underdog lol.

    And I love the theme song! Fits so perfectly with the series ^^

    And I must totally agree with Jo that Jung Joonho has never looked so dang smokin ever ^0^ Hope he’ll star in more dramas in the future and not just go back to movies..

  39. 39 MannyMo - Apr 23, 2008 at 3:21 am

    now i’m intrigued by what you’ve said about this series dramabeans :o . It seems like a good drama (which my sisters will totally love). So i guess we have to wait till a fansubgroup will pick this one up (and if somebody will pick it up)….wishing real hard for WTHS2 :p..hehe. But i’ve seen the schedule WITHS2 is working and it’s hardcore :o u guyz doing so many series at the same time.

    ps. i love your coverage of series dramabeans, always fun to read.

    Before i forget: I do have a comment about your site. I find it quite annoying that when i click on the comments (or any page with lot of pictures) all those images keep popping up and moving down all comments. Which means i gotta wait till all images are loaded before i can start reading, It comes down to that i gotta wait at least 30 seconds (because your summaries are always loaded of images ^^ which i love btw). There’s a code to set the images on a fixed spot in the site. Unfortunately im not a sitedesigner so i know crap about codes :P . There should be somebody out there who can help you fix it.

  40. 40 dhivs - Apr 23, 2008 at 3:50 am

    This drama seems a lot of fun….unfortunately the subs arent out yet (I wonder why!!!), so I’m just gonna have to wait till then.

    But cant stop a girl from reading your detailed episode summary……I just love them!!Im so glad to find you taken up with this series!!

  41. 41 tooizzy - Apr 23, 2008 at 7:52 am

    Yay! I hope you continue telling us about them? :-)

  42. 42 bebolic - Apr 23, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    i agree with all of you guys…this drama looks really good and i would LOVE to watch it if it gets subbed. if not, i’ll just wait for javabean’s recaps!

  43. 43 Jessica - Apr 23, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    If you can read Chinese there are Chinese-subs here:
    http://co2r.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/mbc08last-scandal%eb%a7%88%ec%a7%80%eb%a7%89-%ec%8a%a4%ec%ba%94%eb%93%a4-feat-choi-jin-shil-jung-joon-ho-updated-to-ep-1/

    It’s times like this that I’m thankful my parents forced me to Chinese school.

    Who would have thought? I guess that’s how you can convince your kids to study a language, “When you’re all grown up you’ll be thankful you know Chinese so you can watch k-dramas that aren’t subbed in English!”

  44. 44 smiley6yrl - Apr 24, 2008 at 2:45 am

    woohoo, its OFFICIAL, WITHS2 is subbing this series! Thanks so much team!!!!!!! I love you guys~!!!! ;) and thanks Dramabeans for introducing this new series.. at least for me it was.. hehe im super excited~!

  45. 45 mylabs - Apr 24, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Anyone know what time this airs on MBC America?

  46. 46 chaegyeong - Apr 25, 2008 at 8:48 am

    i was kinda disappointed at first cos i couldn’t watch it cos jung joon ho is one of my favorite actors. it’s good to know that withs2 will sub this soon. but even if nobody subbed this, as long as u blog about the drama javabeans, i’ll still watch without the subs cos ur blogging are pretty comprehensive. the style before and after the makeover reminds me of amy chan in this tvb (i think) series in the 90s, fate of the clairvoyant. except that in that show her husband ran off with a younger mistress

  47. 47 AwesomeAshley. - May 10, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    One of the best dramas of 2008, for sure (:
    Thanks for your episode summarys, they’re great !

  48. 48 goldlilys - May 20, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    Started watching this drama because a friend of mine recommended it. I also had misconceptions about the drama so I avoided it. I tend to not like ajumma storylines also because I’ve tried watching 2 of them (forget which ones), but they didn’t catch my attention. Until I watched the first episode of this and I was hooked. Right from the beginning, hilarious and one of the best acting I’ve seen is present. The characters are believable without overacting. I’ve seen the guy from My Boss My Hero and it’s so funny how he can play a jokey kind of character. I’ve never seen the main girl in any drama, but so far, I’m liking her strong, yet cute character.

    Just finished up to episode 2 cuz still waiting for WITHS2 to sub the rest. Already downloading the batch episodes. Can’t resist to watch them.

  49. 49 bjharm - May 25, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    well just seen episode one, and the thing that struck me most was how much the lead lady looked like Jung Da Bin [rip] that is without the silly hair style she wears later in the episode.

  50. 50 Lys - May 26, 2008 at 10:06 am

    i’m waiting this film… Choi Jin Shil is my idol! In Last Scandal, she is really ajuma.

  51. 51 snowfairy - May 28, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    so far so good. i’m really liking it. thanks for the recap!

  52. 52 momo - May 30, 2008 at 2:02 am

    i finally found the first 2 episodes. hooray! really nice episode summaries, though a spoiler for m, i can’t help but read it. :D D

  53. 53 maltesers - Jun 18, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    i started to watch this series because of javabeans’ recommendation…
    and yes, i did not regret spending 6 hours straight for 2 days because i simply can’t get enough of this!
    ah…it’s been so long since i’ve literally ROFLed because of a kdrama!

    this drama is a true MUST-WATCH!!!!

    thanks, beans!
    and you’re doing a great job with the subs too ^^;

  54. 54 Andrea - Jun 22, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Hey Javabeans,

    Do you know who sings the song in episode 4 when Jae Bin takes Sun Hee shopping? I think it’s a cover of Paradise City but it’s not on the Last Scandal OST.

  55. 55 sang hee - Jul 4, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    if you want to watch LS w/ subs go to mysoju dot com & it’s still ongoing! i saw the first epis & i think it’s a funny one! i love choi jin sil when i first saw her in star in my heart with ahn jae wook and gosh did she make me cry in my rosy life! she’s a great actress no wonder she won the best actress award for rosy life, well-deserved! thnx for the synopsis of LS!!

  56. 56 Rainy Yuniart - Jul 16, 2008 at 3:15 am

    nice movie

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  58. 58 Amienah - Dec 29, 2008 at 2:45 am

    Hey..i’ve watched 2 episodes and thought of wanting to know its synopsis…i dont understand a little so it wont be a spoiler for me lol

  59. 59 diza - Mar 15, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    love tis movie….love them both!if any1 can help me to download the ost plz…must see movie!

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    I love this drama so..much..In this i love jung woong in who acts as Dong hwa..he is so..COOL..I LOVE HIM SO MUCH…

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  63. 63 شوووق الورد - Jun 24, 2009 at 1:55 pm

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    بس ابي احمل اغانيها وما رضت تتحمل ابد
    ومن كثر ماتصفحت لقيت دراما حلووه بس مدري شلون احملها

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  64. 64 hajni124 - Jun 28, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Nagyon szeretem ezt a doramát. Nagyon jó a színészek alakítása és a karakterek is jó. :)

  65. 65 Raki- Philippines - Sep 17, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    I like this drama… But I will be more happy if Choi jin Shil is still alive… Lord Jesus loves her so much… but no one is compassionate enough to tell her and do whatever it takes to bring her close to God… CHURCH, WAKE UP! The Lord is perishing without Jesus Christ!

  66. 66 janey - Oct 13, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Hi Raki. I super can relate to you. I also love this show sooooooooo much. It’s hilarious and romantic. Just so sad that when I am finally hooked up with the show, I found out that Choi jing-sil was that star of “a rosy life” who committed suicide last year. Yeah, I too, will be more happy if Choi jin Sil is still alive. But that’s life. It is GOD, himself, who planned everything in Choi jin sil’s life-her success and even her death. May she rest in peace.

  67. 67 yvree - Nov 30, 2009 at 7:58 am

    hi JB! i am at the 9th episode.. so far so good.. unbelievable plot, (actually not superb) but it’s really unique.. i got hooked!

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