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Boys Before Flowers: Episode 20

I enjoyed this episode; it felt like a return to the style of earlier days, which in my book is a good thing.

(It’s sad; I haven’t rewatched any episodes since Episode 10 — up till that point I’d rewatched the episodes multiple times, or at least my favorite portions. I was a little shocked to realize when I started up this episode that I’d forgotten a few of the characters’ names! Aie. That’s how far back this show has gotten pushed in my mind when it’s not actually on. Although, like I said — I still totally enjoyed Episode 20.)

SONG OF THE DAY

8eight – “참지마” (Don’t Hold Back). I know the So-hee As Vampire song is getting all the attention right now for the music video, but I’m partial to this track. [ Download ]

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EPISODE 20 RECAP

When Yi-jung finds Ga-eul at her pottery class — using his trusty super-sensory Ga-eul Tracking Beacon, I’m sure — things start out promising for the couple. He looks at her encouragingly as she works on her project, and she smiles bashfully at his attention…

…until Yi-jung looks over at the ceramic puzzle piece on the desk, that is. Instantly recognizing it, he asks urgently where it came from.

Ga-eul answers that it belongs to her pottery teacher, which sends Yi-jung rushing out in a blaze of (over)emotion. (Oh, Kim Bum. It’s okay, you can bug out your eyes and flare your nostrils as much as you like, I’ll still love you.) From his shocked reaction, Ga-eul puts the (puzzle) pieces together, and we now confirm that the girl he’d been talking about in the last episode was in fact Eun-jae, not Ga-eul (sorry, Soeulmaters). (Refresher: He’d mumbled about in his sleep that he’d retreated because he was afraid he would hurt her.)

After sending her brother away, Jan-di wanders the streets with her sad piece of luggage. She pulls out her phone to call someone — perhaps Ji-hoo, or maybe Ga-eul — but gets no answer. (We can assume this is the phone Jae-kyung bought her, but a little more continuity would be nice. Jan-di suddenly has a phone! Then she doesn’t! Now she does again!)

Jan-di tries to stake out a spot for herself in the subway station, but she’s chased off by a drunken, belligerent homeless man. I know she tried to call somebody and she heads to the clinic next, but if she was willing to squat in a fetid corner of hobo headquarters, surely she could’ve tried a few more people first. Honey, there’s pride, and there’s stupidity. (Jan-di, two words for you: PC bang.)

(By the way, the background music is a Jisun song, “What Do I Do?” [어떡하죠], and no, it’s not out yet.)

At home, Jun-hee thinks back to how her mother interfered in her life, in much the same way she’s interfering in Jun-pyo’s now. Back before Jun-hee’s marriage, Madam Kang had attempted to pay off Jun-hee’s boyfriend, insisting that someone of Jun-hee’s standing needs to marry an elite type.

Jun-hee had angrily confronted her mother, saying that all she had ever wanted was a love like the one she had with him — nobody else can replace him. Madam Kang had sneered that risking her status for love is a foolish gamble. “Do that in your next life.”

Commiserating with Jan-di’s situation, Jun-hee calls her… which is a good thing, because this occurs just as Jan-di collapses in the street from exhaustion. Worried passers-by crowd around her, and one woman answers Jan-di’s phone.

When Jan-di awakens, she’s in a guest room at the Gu Manor (or I suppose I should call it Shinhwa Manor). Jun-hee greets her with affection and cheeriness, but there’s a firmness to her tone as she reminds Jan-di that she’d told her to call if she was ever in trouble. She announces that Jan-di is her guest now, and will stay in this house until she’s able to find a place to go.

Jan-di protests — it’s too much of an imposition — so Jun-hee busts out the “But you’ll hurt my feelings if you refuse” tactic, reminding Jan-di that she’d promised to think of her as an unni, regardless of Jun-pyo. Surely she wasn’t just paying lip service, was she? Besides, Mommie Dearest is out of the country right now.

It IS a solution to her problems, so Jan-di agrees reluctantly, under one condition — she wants to earn her keep. She asks to be put to work.

You know, the French maid outfits are ridiculous, but I kinda like them. More to the point, I like how they, unlike the school uniforms, are not fetishized sex-kitten costumes. Sure they’re funny-looking, but in a frilly, Pilgrim-girl way, not a skimpy lad-mag way.

Jun-hee introduces Jan-di to the staff and the stern Granny Housekeeper who rules the roost. (Anyone think that the bug pin on her collar is a nod to Jun-pyo’s bug phobia? Lol.) Granny’s kind of a hoot, not least because the actress is a kdrama staple and she always does the bossy grandma role hilariously. Furthermore, although Jun-hee calls her “grandmother” out of affectionate respect, the housekeeper demands that Jan-di (as her employee) call her “sunbae” instead. HAHA. (Insisting she be called “sunbae” would be appropriate if she were about fifty years younger.)

With that, Jun-hee announces she’ll be heading back to the States for a while, and wishes Jan-di well.

Jan-di is trained under the eagle eye of Housekeeper Granny, who demands perfection. At mealtime, Jan-di is assigned to serve Jun-pyo, so she hastily tells him the menu and keeps her face averted to avoid his notice.

Jun-pyo doesn’t notice Jan-di at first, because he’s startled to see Granny back — apparently she’d left the household to work elsewhere for a while. For the time being, she’s traded places with the butler.

Granny introduces Jan-di as the new maid, forcing the latter to face Jun-pyo. Wincing, Jan-d addresses him, and both exhibit further shock when Granny announces that Jan-di will be Jun-pyo’s exclusive personal maid.

Jan-di begs to be reassigned, but Granny is unbudging — this job requires her to do tasks that may not be enjoyable, but should be done uncomplainingly. Jan-di contemplates leaving, but feels that would be disrespectful to Jun-hee, and faces her task with resignation.

Jun-pyo, on the other hand, is loving this.

He uses a walkie-talkie to issue orders to Jan-di, which was a tactic already seen in Last Scandal. But even though it’s familiar, I still thoroughly enjoy it here.

He wastes no time putting his “personal maid” to work, issuing commands for her to essentially come running at his beck and call. When she bickers with him (using his name and casual banmal speech), Granny scolds her and reminds her to do her job.

First off, she prepares ramen for Jun-pyo, the first batch of which he rejects because she fancied it up with extra garnishes and pretty dishes — he wants it commoner-style, with the requisite copper pot and lid.

Then he tells her to sit by while he eats, softening the command by telling her how to work the recliner.

The song usage in this drama, as we know, tends to be heavy-handed, but at least the meaning of the song played here fits nicely in this scene. It even ties into a scene later. (This song is also still unreleased).

As Jan-di pulls the stool up on the recliner, the song goes, “I know that this shouldn’t happen. If you say this is a lie, will my feelings for you return?” (The song talks about harboring feelings that shouldn’t be felt, indicating that her feelings are in danger of making a reluctant resurgence.)

When Jun-pyo finishes eating, he sees that Jan-di has fallen asleep. He covers her with a blanket, and watches her as she sleeps on, not noticing that the maids have witnessed this through the open doorway. (Granny looks rather pleased, as well.)

In the morning, Jan-di has the daunting task of waking Jun-pyo, which as we’ve already seen takes some effort. He’s being so bad-tempered that when she arrives at his room, she overhears him yelling at a maid to get out and that she’s fired.

The maid bursts out crying, so Jan-di grits her teeth and storms in to wake him up, prodding him incessantly with her feather duster until he does. Furthermore, she makes him come outside to rescind his firing to the maid.

(As we’ve seen in the past, Jan-di tends to let herself be abused when she’s the one at the brunt of the bad behavior, but she’s more than willing to step in on others’ behalf. I wish she’d stand up for herself, too, because Weakling Jan-di sure gets tiresome. But given my options, I’ll take this Righteous Defender Jan-di over Doormat Jan-di any day.)

Yi-jung drops by the pottery classroom to see Eun-jae, and finally we can piece together their backstory. She’d been the one to leave him — and furthermore, she’d hidden herself on purpose to make it difficult for him to find her.

Ga-eul walks into the hallway in time to hear their conversation from the hallway. At this confirmation that Yi-jung and Eun-jae were first loves, she realizes that she’s probably out of the picture.

The girls mope together about their failed love lives. Jan-di’s lost her boyfriend to another woman, while Ga-eul is sad that she helped Yi-jung reunite with his first love, just as things were looking good for them.

Jae-kyung bursts in, worried, having found out Jan-di moved again. As telling the truth would present something of a delicate situation, Jan-di laughs it off, trying to remain vague about her new home and saying that “stuff came up.” So when Jae-kyung enthuses about another housewarming party, Ga-eul jumps in — Jan-di’s staying with her, so they can’t have a party.

Jae-kyung asks for some porridge to take to Jun-pyo, who’s sick. Jan-di almost slips by saying confusedly that Jun-pyo wasn’t sick that morning, but Ga-eul stops her in the nick of time.

Dr. Grandpa Yoon is experiencing more chest pains, which worries Jan-di. He keeps insisting he’s fine, and given that he’s a doctor, I’m interpreting this to mean that he’s actually NOT fine, which is a fear Jan-di shares. She doesn’t believe his reassurances, and says that she doesn’t like the idea of him living alone when he might fall ill again.

Thus Jan-di tries her best hand at some subtle manipulation, showing up at Ji-hoo’s home with luggage and asking if he has a spare room. The implication is that it’s for her — he’s a little taken aback, but points the way. Then Jan-di pops outside to bring in her guest: Dr. Grandpa.

This does not seem like a very good idea, and both men protest. Jan-di first deals with Grandpa, telling him he’s had 15 years to mentally prepare himself for this moment. Also, she threatens (affectionately), if he doesn’t do as she says, she’s going to reveal to Ji-hoo that he’s ill. Grandpa worries, “Will he forgive me?” Jan-di smiles reassuringly — it’ll work out.

Then she faces Ji-hoo, and as with the earlier maid scene, we see that Jan-di is more than happy to confront somebody when it’s for someone else’s behalf. Ji-hoo’s initial anger doesn’t faze her; she says, matter-of-factly, “He and you both need family. All I did was find it for you.”

She points out that even if he wants more time to “prepare himself” to confront his grandfather, at some point the preparation becomes useless.

Jan-di: “The Ji-hoo I know really loves his grandfather and misses him. That’s why you’ll be able to forgive him.”

Dinner at Jun-pyo’s is one of those scenes that isn’t a huge plot mover but is full of small, cute moments. I love it. Jun-pyo’s eating dinner with Woo-bin, when mention of the new maid comes up. He’s disgruntled that his new personal maid isn’t available, as Jun-hee had given her a five-day workweek.

Woo-bin isn’t aware that Jan-di is the new maid, and Jun-pyo’s not ready to make that news public, so he furtively signals for Granny to ix-nay on the andi-Jay alk-tay.

Then, Jae-kyung flounces in, unannounced. I laughed at Jun-pyo’s reaction to Jae-kyung’s attempt to tend to him in his moment of “illness” — could he BE leaning any farther away from her? Woo-bin, totally enjoying every moment of Jun-pyo’s discomfort, teases him about eating Jae-kyung’s porridge (hence the screencap of him above).

That night, Jun-pyo walkie-talkies Jan-di and orders her over, ignoring her protests that she’s off-duty. It turns out that he wants company while he watches a horror movie — and heh, extra lulz for using Kim Bum’s most recent film, Go-sa: Bloody Midterms.

The movie makes both of them jumpy, although Jun-pyo is the bigger scaredy-cat. Soon they’re all wound up in tension, and a particularly scary moment sends them jumping toward each other. (Is this predictable? I DON’T CARE.)

Naturally, this makes for some awkward romantic tension/frustration. They break apart uneasily, and finally Jan-di can’t take it; she gets up to leave.

Jun-pyo calls her back. She pauses, but leaves anyway.

And then she rushes back in, because she’s just spotted Jae-kyung outside, heading straight for Jun-pyo’s room. This sends her into a nervous flurry and she scurries around the room like a chicken with its head cut off, fretting over what to do.

For his part, Jun-pyo declares himself ready to just come out with the truth, but Jan-di panics and beelines for Jun-pyo’s closet. She climbs in.

Jun-pyo thinks she’s being ridiculous, but she frantically motions for him to shut the door, which he does just as Jae-kyung enters calling for him.

Jae-kyung has had a similar idea as Jun-pyo, and comes bearing a horror movie — she was too afraid to watch it alone. (They don’t say whether she brought the same movie, but the point highlighting their similarity is clear enough.)

After the movie ends, Jae-kyung looks over to see that Jun-pyo has fallen asleep. As Jun-pyo had done with Jan-di, Jae-kyung covers him with the blanket, then takes a long look at him.

I’m sure this parallel is intentional, showing again how Jae-kyung is similar to Jun-pyo — not necessarily to demonstrate that they’re a good (complementary) match, but more that they’re too similar to work. This is also the scene I was referring to when I mentioned the song lyrics previously, because the same song kicks in as Jae-kyung looks at sleeping Jun-pyo, with the same lyrics that go, “I know that this shouldn’t happen. If you say this is a lie, will my feelings return?”

Jae-kyung leans in close to press a kiss to his cheek.

Jun-pyo opens his eyes after she goes (which means he probably was awake for the kiss), then remembers Jan-di.

He finds her asleep in the closet. I really, really like the tiny beat while he’s looking at her intently and raises a hand to her face, and his finger lingers on her lips — it’s like he’s giving her a kiss, too.

He carries Jan-di back to her room.

In the morning, Ji-hoo wakes up to find his grandfather at the table, having prepared breakfast for the two of them. How sad that Ji-hoo is always left to eat his tragic foodstuffs alone, and now that he has a companion, he doesn’t want it. Grandpa Yoon has put a lot of care into making funny faces in the food — stuff Ji-hoo liked as a kid — but Ji-hoo isn’t ready for this step, and rejects it. Saying he’s not hungry, he turns away.

He does, however, come back after his grandfather has finished eating, and sits alone at the table and cleans his plate. Okay, I know this scene is all meaningful and touching, but it’s hilarious how purposely meaningful it is. Seriously, has food ever been as sad as when Ji-hoo eats it?

A lingering shot at both their plates highlights more of their similarities — they’ve even eaten in similar patterns (with the same leftovers). This reminder of their resemblances troubles Ji-hoo.

Then, Jan-di is confronted by an irate Jae-kyung, who storms into her guest bedroom and accuses her of deceiving her. How dare Jan-di lie to her so blatantly, when all she ever wanted to do was be her friend? She slaps her.

But as we may have guessed — whether from the setup or merely from Jae-kyung’s crazy eyes — this is a dream, brought on by Jan-di’s guilty conscience.

It’s the weekend, which means Jan-di doesn’t have housemaid duties, so she arrives at Ji-hoo’s house bright and early to usher them both to work. At first, Ji-hoo stands aside at the clinic, keeping out of the way without anything to do. Jan-di draws him into the mix, assigning him some of her tasks like handing out tea to the patients.

When she comes out of the exam room, she finds that Ji-hoo has done well on his own, entertaining patients with a song (the tune Jan-di sang before, “I Only Know Love”) on the harmonica. (Are Ji-hoo’s musical instruments the new F4 sporting events? What next, drums? Harp? Castanets?)

Yi-jung broods in his studio, remembering his conversation with Eun-jae. He’d asked why she’d suddenly disappeared, sadly saying that she’d been like air to him — a constant presence he’d come to depend on. Her abrupt departure was a huge shock to him.

Eun-jae had replied, “I wasn’t air. You confused the wind for air.” She had made the same mistake, too, thinking she could stay with him. However, in the end she realized, “Wind can’t return to the place it had once been.”

Ga-eul comes upon a defeated Yi-jung in the studio, asking why he’s like this. (He’s holding the puzzle piece, which he hides behind his back when she enters, which I suppose suggests that he does care about Ga-eul.)

Yi-jung doesn’t like Ga-eul questioning his life, and tells her to keep her mouth shut and leave. But she’s determined to say her piece and refuses to shut up, calling him out as a liar and a coward.

This angers him, but she points out that he had said (regarding Eun-jae) that he had pushed her away for her own sake. Ga-eul challenges his version of the story: “No, you were afraid you’d get hurt.”

Ga-eul continues: “I know the cool, stylish, attentive So Yi-jung is only a mask. But the So Yi-jung I like is a child-like person, afraid of love and of saying farewells.”

She hands him Eun-jae’s puzzle piece (which bears the Chinese character for “time” or “era”), and leaves him with one final thought: “Children don’t hesitate with things they like — because they know that they’ll burst into tears if they lose it.”

With that, Ga-eul exits. Yi-jung takes in all her words with stunned silence, unmoving… and then snaps out of it, and rushes out to follow her.

Morning again. Knowing what this means, Jan-di prepares herself for the arduous task of waking Jun-pyo, and pesters him with an alarm clock held to his ear.

Jun-pyo mumbles and resists, burying himself in the covers, so Jan-di tries harder to bug him with the clock and drag off the covers. As we can expect, this leads to a loss of balance, and she falls on top of him.

(Like I said before, is this predictable? I DON’T CARE.)

Instead of letting go awkwardly, Jun-pyo surprises Jan-di by holding her closer to him. He says, “Just five minutes. Let’s stay like this for five minutes. Then I’ll get up. Even though I’m holding you like this, it doesn’t feel real that you’re here.”

He turns to face her… and just when you’re wondering if they’re going to kiss…

… Jae-kyung arrives! Dun dun dun!

 
COMMENTS

With respect to the Ji-hoo storyline — I have to say that I like how Jan-di is set up to bring this pair together. The grandfather rift doesn’t excite me terribly as a plotline, but if we have to suffer through it, at least I can appreciate how it’s being carried out. No matter how obvious this outcome is (the reluctant reconciliation), it works with these characters.

Jan-di is just about the only person who could get away with manipulating Ji-hoo into forgiving his grandfather — and I don’t mean manipulating in a negative way. She’s blatant in her intentions, and Ji-hoo’s fully aware that she’s pestering him into forgiveness — it’s just that nobody else could convince him to let her get away with it. It has to be Jan-di pushing him along for this reunion to work, and the point is especially appreciated because it’s high time Jan-di (finally) gives back to Ji-hoo when she’d been receiving so much from him.

You know, I wasn’t sure how they were going to fit in the maid storyline into the drama at this late date, but I’m actually pleasantly surprised, because I think it worked. They worked it into the current plot in a logical way, and I think Jan-di’s reaction (to insist on working for her keep) is consistent with her character. They had to get rid of her family before she could act as maid, and things had to get pretty dire for her to accept this position… and I actually bought the setup this time.

In fact, I’ll defend this as a GOOD example of timing. Their relationship has been in a stasis since Jae-kyung came on the scene, even though their twoo wuv feelings are becoming more clear for both of them and harder to ignore. They needed a little push from an external force because they were both keeping at a distance, letting the circumstances dictate their actions rather than flying in the face of opposition, as they did in Season 1.

We may wish for them to be bold and fearless — okay, I’ll just speak for myself here and say that I wish that — but that’s also a characteristic of the youthful sort of “first flush of romance” emotion we get in the first half. That passionate, unrealistic, Romeo & Juliet fervor. They’re not MUCH older now, but the point remains that now there are other considerations they have to factor in aside from pure emotion. True Love may conquer all in a kdrama, but they’ve still got to work out some other obstacles first.

 
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i just want to say i love your recaps. THANKS (:

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Along with all your readers, I wanted to say thank you for your recaps! It makes the drama that much more enjoyable!

I have to agree with you that I stopped re-watching the episodes around part 10 or so...then stopped altogether because I couldn't bear to watch Jun Pyo and Jandi be apart from each other even though they were in love (sighs)...but then this episode aired and wow I came right back with the butterflies in my stomach...it definitely made me smile again...nice to get back to what I really enjoy about this drama...the cuteness and sweetness between the two lead actors!

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i've refrained myself from commenting because i'll just talk about how much i hate jan di (the actress, literally the actress)
but i realized that i am alone on this sentiment
i know that geum jan di is so selfless and never will take things for free, although to be honest, she had MANY TIMES
i think in the jpn version, she was forced to be a maid as to hide the fact that she's living there
but, srsly, her becoming a maid was quite unncessary, i guess to develop the story line but =_=
i love seeing jan di being yelled at
hahahahaha
the way she speaks pisses me off !
i love this drama and all the other characters (yesh including eun jae) but jan di, why jan di, why did they cast you as her?!

i'll take all the storyline consistences and paradise if she could be replaced

okay anyways thnx javabeans

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honestly speaking ( i know it's a kdrama and not reality)
how can you expect a couple like jun pyo and jan di to stay together?
they fight a LOT and it's mostly jan di's fault, honestly can't she be a little bit more loving and feminine in front of the guy that she loves (supposedly)
she's rude and loud and says "wanna die?" all the time, who's gonna find that cute. okay we know jun pyo finds that cute bc no one has ever said that to him but even during the times that they are alone they are alll up on each other's nerves
i dont find this relationship plausible because by episode 20 they should have become comfortable with each other by now
they are mostly fighting, and maybe it's because jan di's being shy or whatever, but GET OVER IT
jun pyo is pretty good to her and she's mostly being an annoying ungrateful..person =_=

p.s. how does someone fall asleep after sitting on a chair for 2 minutes?! i can't imagine that jan di is smart, especially after all the not so smart things she's done through the drama, i wouldn't want her to be my doctor. . . .

ah they can only be loving to each other when one is unconscious =_=

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is this predictable?

I DON'T CARE!!!!!

ha ha ha! neither do i, too! =) thanks for the recap!

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OMGG.

BOF IS SOO ADDICTING !

JK isn't thaat bad, after all, but wow...
JH is bad at displaying emotion sometimes, but his smile is too killahh :D

andd i reaally hope BOF comes out on dvd soon D:

I"M ADDICTEEDD.

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thanks for the awesome recap !

i have one question, though...

WHAT IS THE SONG CALLED WHEN JP is EATING THE RAMON, BUT THEN HE FINISHES TO FIND JD ASLEEP IN THE RECLINER AND HE GIVES HER A BLANKY?

i'm sooo curious, and, sadly, it's not on the OST2...

so, can you please give me the name ???

:D thankss(:

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hi there. i'm a fan of BBF as well.. juz wondering if u can help me to find who's the singer the song that they played in this episode in the part where Jan Di was serving Jun Pyo his ramen & when he carried her when she was asleep? i am hooked to that song.. I've tried hard to find but to no avail... can u or someone please help me? Appreciate it very much!! thanks in advance!!!! ^_^

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yea i KNOW! I 've been wondering what that song was! I can't find it either!! Plz someone tell us!! ^.^

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hey, but if yi jung wasnt talking about Ga eul no way its the other girl then. yi jung didn't come to the day the girl asked him to because he threw the letter while i think he was trying to make his point that ga eul souldn't be with him in episode 19. so i think yi jung was sleeptalking about ga eul and not the other girl.

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thats exactly what i was thinking. im glad someone else noticed too. my suspicions are now confirmed! they're my fave couple so im glad that this is true! :D

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Yah. I honestly LOVE BOF! I'm glad that Jun Pyo finally has the opportunity to be cute and cuddly with Jan Di! and Yi Jeong and Ga Eul is my fave couple! I think I would agree with you saying that Yi Jeong was sleeptalking about Ga Eul... because I don't think he left the other girl just because he thought he would hurt her.. he's trying his best to keep Ga Eul away because he thinks he would hurt HER, but I'm not so sure about the other girl...

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This is also the scene I was referring to when I mentioned the song lyrics previously, because the same song kicks in as Jae-kyung looks at sleeping Jun-pyo, with the same lyrics that go, “I know that this shouldn’t happen. If you say this is a lie, will my feelings return?”

<< hi :D can you please tell what is this song, the artist and title of it?? thank you so much!!! great job :D

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the song is "Nappeun maeumeul meokgehae (Ballad ver.) – T.Max"

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thank you soo much :D

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THANK for RECAAP
because me like very , very like to BBF....
cayyyooooo BBF..

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Your comments about Ji Hoo's sadness and food make me cry from laughing so hard. You write the best recaps ever in the history of recaps!

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You know, the thought just struck me now, but I think that Jae-kyung is a bit similar to Tachibana Ann from Prince of Tennis. Just a thought =)

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Just wanted to leave a comment to say thank you for making all these recaps.
I read some of the ones you did for You're Beautiful (possibly my favourite drama/TV show of all time now) and they were awesome as well.
I honestly don't know how you manage to notice all the little details in the episodes, you're very talented.
Anyway, thanks again, these have been super helpful, in many ways (and the pictures are useful too... you know, so I don't have to keep pausing when I want to stare all the cute guys :P)

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What is the song used during the scene when Jandi sits in the chair in Junpyo's room and Junpyo is eating ramen.

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I've been reading your recaps along with watching the shows and your commentary is hilarious! Everything you say is exactly what I'm thinking it's scary! Just thought you should know :)

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Series has it’s up and downs but otherwise good. What do the two symbols on the ceramic puzzle mean, not sure if they mentioned it?

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do you know what the piano song is at around 54 minutes into the episode? while yijung is brooding in his studio? it's so pretty and i've heard it a couple times but can't figure out what it is and i want to learn it!! ahhhh

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I enjoyed this episode. The highlights for me were:

- Jun-Pyo a'eatin' that Ramen like it was prime rib.

- Jan-Di and Eun-Jae giggling like madwomen when Jan-Di almost blurted that she'd seen Jun-Pyo just that morning. Hee-lar-ee-ous.

- Ji-Hoo awakening from a fitful sleep with perfect hair. Ha, love it.

Very good episode overall. Lee Min Ho is great at shreiking like a little girl, lol!

I really like Ji-Hoo. He may really be 4th dimensional, but he is a good, sweet soul. Can you imagine any of the other F3 passing out tea to low-income patients, or entertaining them? Methinks not. Plus, he just has the best smile. I like him the most out of all the guys--and almost wish he'd end up with Jan-Di (even though I know that won't come to fruition.

-- One more thing--don't know if anyone else caught it, but did anyone notice the chef in the background to the left who almost fell and busted his butt behind Jan-Di when she was trying to pronounce "Shrimp capaccio with white truffle aioli"? Not making fun of the dude; I just wondered how editing didn't catch that and use another take, lol.

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well i really enjoyed this episode coz the two of them back together....lolz....just wanna thanks for the recap....luvluv..

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Ya but...I am still waiting for him to say "I am sorry about what I said in China - I didn't mean it - I have always loved you" C'mon saaay it!

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F4 is princes gang gun jan very pretty girl lee min ho smile very nice

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mennhhh dis is Gwed..ah love dis

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this movie made me feel real in love with korean dramas, minoz is really cool and romantique . jandi is my favorite in this movie , her madness made want to experience how it feels to fall in love. saranghe jandi. @ queen of jandi lovers. LOL

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I would have enjoyed these episodes much better if they had dealt with Jae Kyung. All the scenes in this episode made JP look like a two timer when the story is supposed to be about his unwavering love for Jan Di. The scene where Jan di is in the closet and JK is watching a movie with JP felt so wrong.
Also the writers are sparing no effort in making Jan di pathetic. The scenes where she is unable to pronounce the names of the dishes was cringe instead of cute. The intent of the original concept is to show that people from lower-middle class families can be talented and skilled. That's why we had the character of Makino who excelled at everything she did. But here Jan di fails to walk straight or serve a platter of food properly when she is supposed to have waitressed for so long. Is this how the makers see commoners? Without any sense or grace?
And finally after seeing Jun-di, their moment had to be spoiled by JK. The main couple spends more time apart than together, you start wondering why they are supposed to be together in the first place

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Also Jan di showed pride by asking to work instead of staying for free but if she truly had pride, would she have agreed to stay in the Gu manor? In the house of the woman who humiliated her and slut shamed her on several occasions? In the house of the ex boyfriend who called her a stain and has a fiance? With all the resources Jun hee has, couldn't she have made other living arrangements for Jan di? Especially knowing that Madam Kang just demolished her house? I respected Jan di more when she went to the subway than when she agreed to stay/work at the Gu mansion. Now Jun hee has left conveniently leaving Jan di to face the wrath of Madam Kang. Just like her brother

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