Boys Before Flowers: Episode 24

199 March 30, 2009January 24, 2016

by javabeans

Last week, folks! Get ready to say goodbye…

There were a lot of nice moments in this episode. (Honestly, at several moments I said aloud, “NICE!”)

Naturally, there were other points I thought could have been done better, but we’re so close to the end that at this point I’m just glad when things are working, and proceeding relatively smoothly.

Also, good news for those of you who use the drama streaming site Dramafever.com! They’ve just licensed Boys Before Flowers and will be putting up the first batch of episodes this week. They’ll be officially partnering closely with With S2 fansubbers to bring you high-quality translations. If you haven’t signed up for the site yet, use the invite code “coolbeans” and register in time for the BBF launch. 😉

SONG OF THE DAY

Sweet Sorrow – “그대에게 하는 말” (Words Said To You) [ Download ]

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EPISODE 24 RECAP

Jan-di’s mother asks what’s going on, not fooled at Jan-di’s assurances that nothing’s wrong. Jan-di keeps her tone bright and says she wants to live here with the family, which gets Mom sputtering. What about school? And Jun-pyo? Even though Jan-di has been protesting for a while that she and Jun-pyo are through, the family hasn’t believed it, but I guess Mom can sense that things have changed. She sighs, “We’re done for now. What hope do we have?”

Yi-jung wonders if Ga-eul has heard from Jan-di (she hasn’t), and she wonders in return how Jun-pyo is holding up (“He’s a mess”). With those preliminaries out of the way, Yi-jung addresses the matter of their own chemistry: “Don’t we have to talk about us now?”

Ga-eul speaks first, possibly acting before Yi-jung can shoot her down: “You don’t have to feel pressure from me. I know how you feel, and I won’t go looking for you anymore.” As Eun-jae had said, doing everything she could leaves her without regrets: “Thank you for giving me the chance to try my best.”

However, Yi-jung’s suddenly perturbed expression suggests that this might not be the way he had intended the conversation to go…

Jun-hee hesitates over whether to talk to Jun-pyo, but ultimately backs off and worries to Mr. Jung, “This time I really don’t have a good feeling.”

Perhaps feeling it’s time to reveal one truth, Mr. Jung leads Jun-hee to the mystery patient’s bedside — and at the sight of her father, Jun-hee breaks down. Not only is she hit with the shock of seeing him alive, but all the implications that accompany this.

Namely, that all evil deeds point back to one source: Madam Kang. Jun-hee storms in on her mother, demanding to know how she could sink so low: “I don’t even want to call you mother. How could a person go that far?”

At first, Madam Kang has no idea what has caused this outburst until Jun-hee cries, “How could you say that my father had died when he was still alive? … Were you planning to forever deceive us?! Why did you do it?”

Now that the jig is up, Madam Kang recovers smoothly from the surprise and answers, “Your father would have wanted it.” He had entrusted her to take responsibility before his collapse, and she couldn’t see the company ruined. “My pride wouldn’t allow it.”

Ooh, bad word choice. Jun-hee bristles: “Pride? Are you saying that you told your children their father was dead and deceived the entire world all because of your pride?”

Overhearing, Jun-pyo walks in and demands to know what’s going on. Trying to prevent a blow-up, Mama Kang promises to explain everything calmly, but he’s not having it.

He sees the proof for himself when he goes to his father’s sickbed. Jun-pyo is given a huge emotional shock, remembering the promise he’d made to his father (to take care of Shinhwa and his family after his father was gone). He recalls his mother specifically manipulating that loyalty, by invoking his (supposedly) dead father’s hard work to guilt-trip him into doing what she wanted.

Jun-pyo stalks out out in a haze of betrayed confusion and goes for an angry drive. Now his thoughts turn to Jan-di’s parting words — how they’re from different worlds, and how she’s never been able to see him as a man beyond his Shinhwa position.

It’s got to be a tough blow, not only because his Witch Mom has again done him wrong, but also because his entire struggle in this second faux-season has just been proven pointless. (Granted, his father was in a coma and unable to work, so perhaps Jun-pyo would have had to assume his position even if his mother hadn’t orchestrated this grand hoax. But still, everything that resulted from the emotional manipulation is the bigger loss.) It’s got to hurt.

Ji-hoo sits alone, pining for Jan-di — we can tell because he stares at their fake wedding photo, then his mother’s ring, which he wears on a chain as a necklace. Ji-hoo then hallucinates for a moment, thinking Jan-di is sleeping nearby, and smiles in relief — only to find that he’s imagining things.

Maybe his Jan-Distress antenna is working, though, because he turns on the television and happens to catch a news segment at the very fish market where Jan-di works. In fact, she’s in the background of the shot. Oh, Coincidence. So nice of you to show up.

Jun-pyo’s attitude settles into cool detachment — he declines to visit his father again, and when his mother tries to talk to him (saying, “Talk with your mother a moment”), he scoffs, “Mother? Have you ever truly been my mother for even one moment?”

F3 try to persuade him to go visit Jan-di, now that Ji-hoo has located her. Contrary to expectations, he ignores their prodding and says he’s not interested. Nobody really believes that but he doesn’t change his mind, so Ji-hoo leaves a scrap of paper behind (the address) and says he’s going — it’s up to Jun-pyo if he wants to come along.

And then, it’s a gratuitous topless scene! (Who else laughed? Yay for fanservice!)

We know that Jun-pyo isn’t actually indifferent to Jan-di — he’s just resigned to the futility of the circumstances. What could he do even if he did see her?

Jun-pyo: “I can’t promise her anything now. I can’t tell her I’ll always make her laugh, that I’ll make her happy or to trust in me. Being the son of someone like that, being a member of that kind of family — I hate it enough myself, so how must she feel? She’ll have hated everything she went through already.”
Woo-bin: “But she’s Geum Jan-di, she might feel differently.”
Jun-pyo: “That’s why it’s more impossible. Because she’s the woman I love.”

In the fishing village, the neighborhood ajummas accost Jan-di’s family, accusing them of lying about Jan-di’s relationship to the Shinhwa heir. They’ve seen the report naming Jae-kyung as his fiancée.

Hearing that Jan-di isn’t actually engaged to Jun-pyo, they insist on getting their money back, which they loaned eagerly when they thought it would help ingratiate themselves with a future Shinhwa family member. Now that that’s not the case, they clamor for repayment immediately — after all, what if the family runs away? (To be fair, it’s a valid concern.)

Into the chaos arrives Ji-hoo, who stops the furor by announcing that he will pay them all back.

Ji-hoo does, and the ajummas take their payment happily, chattering about the handsome young man, wondering if he is the Shinhwa heir.

One man catches their conversation and the mention of Shinhwa. This is the man introduced in the previous episode as a former businessman from Seoul who was ruined, left by his wife, cut off from his kids, and now spends all day wandering and drinking.

Jan-di wonders how Ji-hoo found out where she was, and he answers, “I heard the emergency alarm.”

She’s uncomfortable that he’s paid her family’s debts, and feels she’s received too much from Ji-hoo. At this, Ji-hoo turns to face her, crouches down so that they’re at eye level, and says, “You’ve given me more.”

(NICE. That just might be Ji-hoo’s best line in the whole damn series. It’s a lovely little moment — not too maudlin or goopy-sweet, but pleasing in the matter-of-fact way he says it.)

After some small talk about Grandpa Yoon, Ji-hoo takes off his necklace and hands it to Jan-di. He explains that the ring was given to him by his grandfather, and had been his grandmother’s, then his mother’s.

Ji-hoo: “I don’t know when it started either. But now, I can’t be without you.”

Jan-di looks down at the ring, torn over his gesture and her feelings. Unable to accept, she gives it back, saying in an increasingly choked voice, “I thought I could forget — that I did forget. But…”

Jan-di pulls out the the necklace she’s already wearing — Jun-pyo’s — and continues, “…but I can’t throw this away. I can’t let it go. I can’t tear Gu Jun-pyo away.”

Jan-di apologizes, but maybe Ji-hoo wasn’t expecting her to accept, because he’s pretty understanding. He pulls Jan-di to him in a comforting hug and tells her it’s okay.

This ring-necklace moment is another part where I thought, “NICE.” Because while there’s nothing amazing about the exchange, I thought the moment was built well, and all the symbolic and logical elements (for once!) convened in just the right way.

For example, it makes perfect sense that Ji-hoo would put the ring on a chain and wear it (rather than, say, carry around a ring box). It makes sense that he’d give it to her, and that she’d refuse it. And it makes sense that she’d be still wearing the star-moon necklace. So all these elements work together without seeming forced or fanwanky, which makes the symbolism even nicer — that Jan-di can’t accept Ji-hoo’s gift (i.e., his feelings) because she’s already wearing Jun-pyo’s.

All the while, Jun-pyo watches from his car. Naturally this isn’t easy for him to watch, since all he sees is the hug and he can’t know that Jan-di has just confessed her unwavering love for him.

He takes to lurking around the neighborhood, which is how he happens to see another shady character lurking — the disgruntled ex-Shinhwa employee, who is under the mistaken impression that Ji-hoo is Jun-pyo.

When Ji-hoo comes into view, the ex-Shinhwa man gets into his car and revs the engine with maniacal determination, muttering that he’ll bring Shinhwa down with him.

Ji-hoo doesn’t notice the car heading toward him, but Jun-pyo does, and he realizes that his friend is about to be mowed down. He leaps into the street, shoves Ji-hoo aside, and gets hit instead.

The impact actually looks really painful — Ji-hoo takes a hard hit too, but it’s nothing compared to Jun-pyo, who receives the full brunt of the collision and flies over the windshield and roof, crumpling on the ground. Ji-hoo races to him and calls for emergency help.

When Madam Kang arrives — looking genuinely worried — Jun-hee confronts her angrily: “Are you satisfied now? Is this what you wanted? You said this was all for Jun-pyo in the end.”

Madam Kang is unusually quiet, not responding as Jun-hee continues, “Do you know one thing that your son enjoys eating, what he likes, what he wants to do?”

When Mr. Jung confirms that Jun-pyo’s surgery went smoothly, Madam Kang turns to leave — she has an important meeting. That riles Jun-hee up further, who calls after her mother, “Was our father not enough? Answer me! Tell me if what’s important to you is Shinhwa or Jun-pyo!”

Madam Kang leaves, but for once her hard exterior slips a little. Jan-di comes running, sees Mama Kang sitting, and approaches. But rather than taking this moment to kick her when she’s down (which honestly, she’s earned the right to do at this point), Jan-di sits quietly for a moment. When she speaks, it’s without rancor:

Jan-di: “Jun-pyo really likes egg rolls and ramen. He particularly likes the fish cakes at pojangmachas [street stalls]. He’d eat twenty at once. He likes packing lunch and going on picnics, and he likes looking at the stars through the telescope his parents gave him.”

All throughout this, Mama Kang has remained silent, though her expression is more vulnerable than we’ve seen from her. Jan-di says insistently, “Don’t worry, he’ll get better.”

Mom gets up to go without acknowledging Jan-di, but the words have their impact. On the way home, Mama Kang tells Mr. Jung to pull over at a pojangmacha, where she watches a father and son eating fish cake skewers together. She even — omo! — sheds a tear. But because Lee Hye-young is awesome, her performance isn’t TOO soft, and she soon recovers her brusque demeanor.

(By the way — good lordy, do we really need a flashback here to Jan-di’s pojangmacha comment from a minute prior? I think this just proves that BBF’s problem isn’t that the drama is made by idiots, or that its fans are idiots — it’s that the drama makers just think the fans are idiots.)

At the clinic, Ji-hoo remembers the last thing Jun-pyo had told him after being hit by the car: “I told you, it can’t be anyone but you.”

It’s a callback to the night before his wedding, when Jun-pyo admitted how he didn’t want to give Jan-di up, but Ji-hoo was the only person he could bear seeing her go to.

In the hospital, Jan-di holds Jun-pyo’s hand and cries, feeling guilty for the way she’d broken up with him. In another nice moment, Jan-di’s tearful confession here echoes the tearful confession she’d made way back when Jun-pyo had faked his injury:

Jan-di: “Gu Jun-pyo, do you hear me? I lied to you again. To me, you’re always just Gu Jun-pyo. You’re the dummy Gu Jun-pyo who likes the unpretty, poor, nameless me. So wake up. Wake up, Gu Jun-pyo.”

And then, time passes. Jan-di returns to Seoul (moving back with her family) and resumes her school life. Some time later, F3 finds her at school to announce the good news: Jun-pyo has woken up.

Everyone gathers in his hospital room to welcome him back to the land of the conscious. Woo-bin drawls, “Yo ma bro, welcome back,” which is hilarious and also makes me admit that I’ve really missed his embarrassing gangsta-speak.

Ji-hoo tells him, “Thanks for surviving,” and everyone’s relieved to see that Jun-pyo’s old arrogance is back. Until, of course, he looks blankly at Jan-di and wonders, “What’s with that chick?”

That startles everyone — how can he not know Geum Jan-di? (Jun-pyo: “Geum Jan-di? What’s that?”) They test his memory, but he knows who everyone else is: “Should I know her? Ji-hoo, is she your girlfriend?”

More tests are performed, and while he’d been previously pronounced healthy, the doctor thinks that his selective amnesia could be a symptom of stress, or trauma. (Yeah, I know, selective amnesia = stupidest fake-disease ever, but it’s in the original, so sigh.)

Because there’s only one person Jun-pyo cannot remember, the doctor speculates that it may mean that person is linked to really painful things or was really important to him. It’s unclear how long it might take to recover his memory — six months, perhaps years.

Through this all, Jan-di continues to visit Jun-pyo, trying not to let her disappointment show when he fails to recognize her.

It’s difficult, though, because not only does he not remember their relationship, he’s back to treating her as he did before — namely, as an insignificant, unfashionable commoner. When she drops by alone, he grumbles, “What makes you think you can just barge into someone’s hospital room whenever you want? Are you interested in me?”

He’s still under the impression that she’s Ji-hoo’s girlfriend, and she starts to correct him, saying, “I’m more your girl than Ji-hoo’s…” But he cuts her off and rudely says, “Get lost.”

Jan-di takes out her frustration on the vending machine, which is when a girl comes up and kicks the machine for her. She hands Jan-di the drink and introduces herself in an open, friendly way — she’s Jang Yumi, a second-year high school student who has broken her leg in a ski accident.

When Yumi explains that she’s cheerful because she doesn’t want to be one of those patients who sinks into depression or irritability, Jan-di asks how one would deal with a person like that, thinking of Jun-pyo. Yumi answers, “Just naturally.”

Spotting Jun-pyo attempting to walk down the hall, Yumi approaches him and tries to help, calling him oppa and offering her crutch. Jun-pyo initially treats her like an annoying pest and tells her to get lost — and Jan-di attempts to offer her help to keep him from Yumi (lol).

But when faced with the option of accepting the help of one annoying girl or another, he opts for Yumi’s, and leaves Jan-di looking after them, hurt.

F3 try to figure out how to get Jun-pyo’s memory back, mulling over their options — should they give Jun-pyo another shock? (Suuure, hit the head-trauma patient in the head!)

They decide they’ll have to jog his memory by bringing up a memorable moment involving Jan-di — say, for instance, their first encounter with the ice cream cone. Thus they stage an encounter so Jan-di can shove her ice cream cone at him, stick a card to his head, and tell him, “Call me when you get your memory back.”

Unfortunately, that has no effect. Woo-bin resolves, “This was too weak. Let’s try something stronger next.”

Their next plan has Jan-di storming into the hospital room, flinging a towel in Jun-pyo’s face (to re-enact the spinning kick encounter). But Jun-pyo just asks, “Why do you keep messing with me? I’m not going to take any more, even if you are Ji-hoo’s girl.”

Continuing with the re-enactment, Jan-di clenches her fists and growls, “I told you I’m not going to take any more!” and flies into the kick (although she doesn’t hit anything). (Btw, I love how intently F3 watch for his reaction. It’s hysterical.)

Too bad Jun-pyo just yells at Ji-hoo, “Keep her out of my sight!”

Ji-hoo tries to cheer Jan-di up, saying, “Don’t worry. You’re not someone who can be forgotten that easily.” Ruefully, Jan-di wonders, “Who knows, maybe things were so difficult for him he wanted to forget.” Ji-hoo: “If your relationship could have been more easily forgotten, would that have been easier?”

They’re joined outside by Yumi and Jun-pyo, who are getting along pretty well, it seems. Jun-pyo’s actually laughing along with her chatter, although when they spot the other two, he shows no warmth for Jan-di.

Interestingly, when Yumi cheerfully introduces herself to Ji-hoo, whom she assumes is Jan-di’s boyfriend, he doesn’t even bother to acknowledge her. He’s not overtly mean TO her, he just pretends she doesn’t exist and walks right by to Jun-pyo, ignoring her overture.

(I know how this plays in the original, but for the purposes of seeing this plot play out here, I’m going to stick with thinking this is an intriguing little exchange.)

That night, Yumi drops by Jun-pyo’s room bearing pizza, which they eat together outside. She looks up at the sky and asks if he likes stars, which triggers a memory — the one at the Jeju villa with Jan-di. However, he can’t see Jan-di’s face in the memory, and wears a troubled look as he tells Yumi, “I think I’ve forgotten something important. But I can’t remember. It feels like my chest is going to burst in frustration.”

Yumi advises that he not push himself to remember — if it’s really important, it’ll come back. And if it doesn’t, it probably wasn’t that important anyway.

When F3 arrive with Jan-di, they note that they’re seeing an awful lot of Yumi lately. Not picking up on the implication (read: “We’re seeing you too much, so get lost”), Yumi links her arm through Jun-pyo’s and announces that they’re the official “Hospital Couple.”

Ji-hoo: “Do you still not remember?”
Jun-pyo: “What is it I’m supposed to remember?”
Ji-hoo: “Geum Jan-di. Don’t you?”
Jun-pyo: “You keep going on about Jan-di. Why do I have to remember your girl?”

Worse yet, Jun-pyo mutters that Ji-hoo should’ve picked a better girlfriend instead of such a common gangster like Jan-di, and tells him not to bring her around anymore.

That sets off Ji-hoo’s temper, and he lunges for Jun-pyo, just barely held back by F2. Jan-di tells Ji-hoo to stop, and they all walk off, leaving Jun-pyo bewildered: “What’s with him?”

Later, Ji-hoo apologizes to Jan-do for losing his temper. Jan-di responds, “I didn’t stop you because I was afraid you’d hurt him. It’s because if you hit him, you’d hurt more.”

Ji-hoo tells her, “You don’t have to act so brave with me.” Jan-di: “It’s not acting brave, it’s that because you’re here, you give me strength.”

She doesn’t mean anything romantic by it — and she’s made her feelings clear — so she breaks the moment by getting up for some tea, leaving Ji-hoo to brood alone.

COMMENTS

I know I’m not the only one who has tired of the Soeulmater relationship, although they were at one point the highlight of my BBF watching experience. I think it was around the same time Yi-jung turned into a pathetic emo wreck and Ga-eul lost her spunk.

For the sake of nostalgia, I’d be happy to see these two end up together, and also wouldn’t mind having this one point deviate from the rest of Hana Yori Dango canon. Just to keep things fresh. However, I’m not emotionally committed (as committed as I can be to this drama at this point) to this outcome anymore, and I actually think this episode left their relationship at a nice parting point for me. If they get together after this, great. If not, I think it works too.

If they ARE going to keep this going, I think the flicker of hope comes in Yi-jung’s reaction to Ga-eul “breaking up” with him. If she hadn’t spoken up, I think he may have suggested they try dating — but that would have been in a casual, “normal” dating relationship. But if he still wants to be with her now, I think it should mean something more — kind of how you don’t realize what you’re losing until you’ve lost it.

I expect to be in the minority about the amnesia plotline, but I actually really dug it here. Well, clarification — I hated the idea that we were getting it and I was bracing myself in anticipation. But given that it’s a prominent point in the manga and was going to be included, if we HAD to have it, I was relieved that it made sense in context.

The circumstances that led to the accident and its significance flowed logically — and, as we know, logic isn’t exactly this drama’s strong suit. For instance, it makes sense that Jun-pyo was being targeted by a disgruntled man with a Shinhwa vendetta, as well as how he acted to save Ji-hoo. The rescue, significantly, occurs just after he’s seen Ji-hoo looking chummy with Jan-di, when he should be feeling the most grudging toward his friend.

But that’s not the case, and even as he passes out, Jun-pyo’s last words are, “It can’t be anyone else but you.” The spoiled little rich boy has learned, hasn’t he? He’s come a long way since he broke Ji-hoo’s robot (albeit accidentally). (I’ll say it again: NICE.)

How awesome is Mama Kang, huh?

I mean, awesomely twisted and bitchy and plain wrong, but still, as a character she is so complex and acted so fantastically that I just love to hate her, and also love to love her.

In the past, I loved her as the awesome villain, because she was frightening and cruel, but in a supremely chilly way. I didn’t particularly need her to be that humanized because she has always been the unequivocal villain in this drama, but I always appreciated whenever she showed her layers underneath all that wickedness and evilry.

But I hadn’t expected to see this much vulnerability from her — when she shed a tear, it was like it cracked her mask to reveal the humanity underneath for a split second. I never thought I’d see true emotion from her, and it was great. Yet interestingly enough, the hint of vulnerability in no way makes her less scary for me. I think the fact that she shows a moment of true emotion, then swiftly covers it up and resumes her normal exterior, is probably just as frightening a prospect as if she were always cruel. ‘Cause this lady, she has control.

Furthermore, the scene between Jan-di and Mama Kang (thankfully without music, too!) was another “NICE” moment today. Jan-di has frustrated me to no end when she hasn’t asserted herself as much as she used to, and she even let Madam Kang drive her away last episode. But when she passes up the chance to poke at her raw wounds, Jan-di did something unexpected and proved herself to be the Bigger Person in a way that I admire.

She didn’t exult that she knew Jun-pyo better (and she could have, saying everything in a tone of “I know him so much better than you do”) but instead, she just shared. She let her in on the secret rather than keeping it to herself — which is something Mom could never do. Yunno, since love can be spread around instead of controlled tightly, guarded jealously like something with a price and a limit.

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101 moi

March 31, 2009 at 2:29 AM

i've gotten so used to reading your summaries and opinions ont he drama that even if i had seen the episode, i still make it a point to visit your site, if only to affirm that someone credible share my thoughts about certain parts of the drama. (and i love it the you love kim rae won as well cause i'm just crazy about him. i do believe that he's one of the best. he just owns his characters.)

i do hope that they they take a different path about SoEul's love angle. i am really really hoping they would at least date.

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102 ju liu

March 31, 2009 at 2:30 AM

NICE SONG JAVABEANS!!!
NICE ABS GU JUN PYO! LOL!!!!!!

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103 jae

March 31, 2009 at 2:54 AM

Nothing's more painful than being forgotten by the one you love, both literally and figuratively.

Anyhoots, I just loooove this line: “Don’t we have to talk about us now?”.... And her response is just the way I like it too. Ehehe. I wonder how the writers and PD will end it.... Wah~~

Btw, javabeans. ^^ I really dig the song of the day. Is there a chance you could link me up to the lyrics + translation? Thanks much!

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104 yan

March 31, 2009 at 3:11 AM

I personally think that the addition of the irratable YUMI does anything at all in terms of plot progrssion and more importantly, rounding up the whole drama. Yes, no doubt, through this, one can really see the extent of Jan-di's love for Jun-pyo. However, when a character is introducedjust merely for an episode and half, it certainly would not be long enough for that character to accomplish all that intented impact and effect on the entire plotting and the audience. As such, I think it would be much better if the writers could bring Yumi forward more, and cut short the parts of Jae-Gyung, thus acheiving the required balance for these add-ons to the drama. Such last minute additions would only serve to over-exaggerate the whole ending and leave the audiences in a very much unsatisfied disposition.

However, i sincerely hope that Ga-Eul and Yi-Jung works out well. It's really pleasing to see them having a simple and innocent love story. :):)

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105 Myoguri

March 31, 2009 at 3:25 AM

I can't wait for the closure! :D

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106 HanaDan

March 31, 2009 at 4:02 AM

Great recap javabeans. Thanks and here is what I thought....
What a great episode altogether...

I just love the way they enfolded the story and gathered the main characters in just one scene (at the hospital) and it was done brilliantly. Junhee's words really makes me want to cry. Madam Kang, as I sensed earlier has that potential to show her softer side after all. For me, earlier she is basically being protective of things that she's known important and through this tragedy she actually discover that life has a lot more than just ShinHwa. I'm just glad that she didn't blame it on Jandi or Jihoo for this tragedy, I guess her husband's coma thing also has soften and widen her perceptions.

Jandi's soft approach also is done pretty well. It is consistent with her character all along the story and she actually wants Madam Kang to care more of Junpyo. She share her thoughts about the likes of Junpyo and that basically just show what is more important than what Madam Kang always knew all along (ShinHwa). I'm sort of glad that Jandi's character is softer than what I want her to be coz, truthfully you should never be rude to the elders. No matter how rude they behave. (Basically that's how I was raised, but that just me) The eastern value is a lot different from the western.

The memory loss part (illogical or not; there have been cases and it's quite rare) is done quite ok. His failure to recognise Jandi, at first I thought that he was like really angry at her and act like he didn't know her, I just don't know how Junhee or F3 picked up that something wrong with his memory. Anyway, the part where they tried to revive his memory was done pretty well and really amusing. LMAO with Junpyo's crossed-eyed thing.

Yumi was actually good. I totally annoyed by her and she actually projects someone that actually does what she thinks and what she wants regardless what others might think. That's Yumi that I know from manga. In here, it's achieved really well. You can annoy me as far as you want, girl... but I know just who Junpyo's true love is.

Now as the story coming to an end, I really felt that this version not only portray the love story of Jandi and Junpyo but it also shows the true friendship, ups and downs and family values altogether. And I have to say this version really achieved well in that area. Love will conquer all but without friends and family, for me it's quite meaningless.

I can't wait for this to end but am really sad to gave my farewell to the show. I'm really going to miss my Mondays and Tuesdays.

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Sakshi3631

May 25, 2023 at 7:36 PM

" I'm sort of glad that Jandi's character is softer than what I want her to be coz, truthfully you should never be rude to the elders. No matter how rude they behave. (Basically that's how I was raised, but that just me) The eastern value is a lot different from the western."

I have been raised in an Asian country as well. But I do not see age is a license to humiliate anyone. What should be respected is the behaviour not the age. If they were truly an elder, then they should speak and behave in a manner that is offensive. What you have mentioned as value is actually a distortion and the main reason behind toxic families and workplace in the east. There is only one thing that applies to respect: You get as much as you give. I see no merit in swallowing insults just because a person older than you is doing it.

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Sakshi3631

May 25, 2023 at 7:41 PM

And as for the show catering to the 'family values', do you think Madam Kang was ever a family to her children? She had relegated the care of her children to butlers and bartered them for her blind ambition. She also pretended that Jun pyo's father was dead just to make him yield. Staying under one roof does not make you family. You do not become parents just by giving birth to someone. The mutual love and respect that people have for each other makes for a family. And Madam Kang falls extremely short in this area. I would have not considered it a breach of 'family values' if Jun pyo had left his mother to be independent.

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107 christine

March 31, 2009 at 4:05 AM

javabeans thanks to your wonderful recaps (as always!what's new right?!)!!!

kudos to you!!!! the end is near so let's make the most of it!!!

this is the first epi that i saw madam kang so vulnerable!!! what a sight!!! great job to the actress who played her!!! perfect emotion!!! but then again after a millisecond the evil witch came right back.bwuhahaha!!!

ji hoo poor him... if jandi don't want you my shoulders are yours for the taking *dreaming*
i'll take you anytime!^__^

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108 reverie

March 31, 2009 at 4:15 AM

yea..yea..yea..the amnesia is part of the manga
BUT do we have to have it the last episode *oh come on
they could cut the JaeKyung episode a little to make more space for the ending
hope it didn't end in a rush....*sigh

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109 bajanBBFfan

March 31, 2009 at 4:17 AM

Hi javabeans,

Been meaning to comment ever since but this is my first time. I really enjoy your recaps, though there are some times my opinion differs a bit from yours. It helps me to look at small details that I might have overlooked in the drama. Personally I'm quite glad that this ever- addictive drama is over tomorrow...will be able to live a normal life again LOL

But one question...I noticed that although you said there were some Jihoo scenes that were nice in this episode, you didn't specifically say that his acting has improved. Don't you think so? I mean for me this episode really showed to me that Kim Hyunjoong has gotten better. From the proposal scene, to the weeping on Grandpa's shoulder, to getting ready to punch Junpyo...I really enjoyed his acting this episode.

Anyways...still a wee bit sad that Jihoo is rejected, but on reflecting on his confession, he said he can't be without her, so I guess the ending the PD's have in mind allows that to come true. Meanwhile Jandi and Junpyo get to enjoy their trwuuu wuvvv (LOL..loving the Princess Bride reference)

Ok, was wondering how ppl post so much, but now it see that it just gushes out. Thanks again for all your hard work, and am looking forward to tomorrow's episode and your recap.

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110 heejung

March 31, 2009 at 4:34 AM

i really like the scene where madam kang asks junpyo to "talk with mom", and he goes "mom?" When i saw that part, it totally just blew me away!

but yeah, i wish they hadnt dragged out the jaekyung arc so much. -_-
ah well.

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111 Angela

March 31, 2009 at 4:34 AM

Thanks for the recaps as always! I love hearing your opinion on everything.

On another note: I thought I was the only person who WASN'T going ga-ga over the Soeulmate couple... nice to see I'm not alone! ^_^

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112 christine

March 31, 2009 at 4:35 AM

it's a bit off topic but i just want to share it to all of you...

i think this song is perfect for jandi and ji hoo...

i don't have the heart by kyla basically the lyrics is this...

Your face is beaming, you say it's cause you're dreaming of
How good it's going to be
You say you've been around and now you've finally found

Chorus:
I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way you want me to

Inside I'm dying, to see you cryin'
How can I make you understand
I care about you, so much about you
Baby I'm trying to say this as gently as I can 'cause

Chorus:
I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way you want me to

You're so trusting, and open
Hoping that love will start
But I don't have the heart
Oh no, I don't have the heart

Chorus:
I don't have the heart to hurt you
It's the last thing I want to do
But I don't have the heart to love you
Not the way you want me to

I don't have the heart
Baby, I don't have the heart
Baby, I don't have the heart

that's all just wanna share. peace y'all^__^v

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113 yoonah

March 31, 2009 at 5:12 AM

#72 Tippy
It wasn't just you. I was also muttering at the screen "Stop shaking him, dammit!" lol

Yeah, I agree with javabeans that this amnesia arc (despite my distaste for it as a HYD plotline) actually came about logically. Still, introducing a new conflict in the 2nd-to-the-last episode... I hope, I really really hope the ending won't look too rushed. :s They could've lessened the Jae Kyung eps, and added more to this one (though I've always liked Shigeru/JK and HATE the Umi/Yumi character). Oh well.

I was thinking: Jun Pyo hasn't forgotten *just* Jan Di, right? His selective amnesia (to make some sort of sense) should have erased the past entire year from his memory, so he's basically back to pre-BBF Jun Pyo who doesn't know about Jan Di, his dad's "death" and coma, Jae Kyung, Shinhwa Group's shaky financial status, love and compassion and humanity (lol), etc. Don't they have to explain at least some of that to him, esp the situation about his dad? His witch mom (oh, kudos to Lee Hye Young, wonderful acting in this episode) must be so happy, he's practically a blank slate again, perfect for manipulation.

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114 Ysaelle

March 31, 2009 at 5:13 AM

i hope yi-jung and ga-eul will end up together!!!!!

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115 Marres

March 31, 2009 at 5:29 AM

Hi all

Javabeans, awesome re-cap! Thanks as always.

"Yeah, I know, selective amnesia = stupidest fake-disease ever, but it’s in the original, so sigh"

i know right! sooo funny! Loving the BBF!

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116 liz

March 31, 2009 at 5:36 AM

I'm excited and and scared for the last episode. excited because i want to see it but scared because what am I gonna do monday and tuesday nights now??? this drama has been my staple for the few months that it has been on air and i will miss it so much. As always, i really appreciate your recaps, they are rather insightful and i get to see a different side of the drama than just looking at it in a pure eye candy kind of way :]

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117 Rebeca

March 31, 2009 at 5:37 AM

@ 16 and 22

What Javabeans meant by that comment is that the original manga has the same exact scene. Where Rui (Ji Hoon) is introduced to the hospital girl and she sticks her hand out to greet him and he just looks ahead and walks away.

So what she meant is that, eventhough it wasn't an original scene (it was one copied from the manga), it was still played out really nicely and it fit in with not only Rui's personality(from the manga), but JiHoon's.

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118 Rebeca

March 31, 2009 at 5:43 AM

@113

actually..interestingly enough..you said the thing about Joon Pyo being a blank canvas now. That is how it happens in Meteor Garden2. The mom is acually happy that he lost his memory and takes full advantage of that. lol
just thought of that.

but, YA, it would make much more sense that he didn't remember ANY Of those things instead of just JanDi. It was just that in the manga, they only had these "little" problems that Doumyoji didn't have to remember (Shigeru, etc etc etc), so he could have just acted like the normal, before Makino, Doumyoji.

but here, they have one MAJOR problem which is his dad being in a coma. I really wonder how he remembers his dad without remembering everything else. Or maybe he doesn't remember his dad, and his dad will only come into play when he has his memory back. idk

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119 Waiting for the last

March 31, 2009 at 6:06 AM

I gotta say... the last couple of episodes have actually been quite enjoyable. I like these melancholy, bittersweet moments. I feel liked the PDs elongated the middle exactly to the point where they want to insert the selective amnesia. They had the beginning, they had the end, and just decided some STUFF will just happen in the middle until episode 23. But I'm glad we're finally passed that!

This episode was quite good. I haven't sympathized with Jan Di since I don't know when... Macau? But this episode... I felt so bad for her. I was half expecting her to just give up from the very beginning and was surprised to find her really trying to make Gu Jun Pyo regain memories of her. Sigh... I'm just waiting for the next episode. I'm dyyyin' for the next episode!

And, I feel like I must be going crazy because Ji-Hoo is beginning to improve in my eyes. (I had recently gone back to the beginning episodes and found myself dyyying on the floor out of laughter at his acting... which I did when I FIRST watched it too)

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120 salt

March 31, 2009 at 6:08 AM

poor, poor JH...
so in love with a girl who loves another man and having to help her get him back to boot.
no wonder he's so skinny and sad.
KHJ's acting is getting better. you could feel his hurt and sadness, even without any dialogue. ( or could be just me being such a fan).
i've said before that Oguri Shun owns Hanazawa Rui from the manga and anime (more than MG or BBF) and i still stand by that.
but now that we are at the end, i think KHJ is the perfect Yoon Ji Hoo. a character based on Rui but an entity on it's own.

i'm glad i stuck around till the end of the ride...

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121 yogini

March 31, 2009 at 6:10 AM

unfortunately i don't have time to make a proper comment or to read all the other wonderful comments. but since we are on the cusp of this drama ending, i was curious what other dramas would you recommend for me to watch. i really enjoyed this one. and although not Korean, i also really liked Fated to Love (Tawain). i have access to Mysoju and Dramafever. thanks!

btw...i still have Ji Hoo and Woo Bin love!

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122 deeta

March 31, 2009 at 6:11 AM

I'm just going to echo your sentiment about Monster Mom. Lee Hyeyoung was one of the highlights of this episode. She rocks!

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123 yuu

March 31, 2009 at 6:17 AM

Thank you for the re-caps, Javabeans ^^!

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124 Waiting for the last

March 31, 2009 at 6:26 AM

Did anyone else noticed that JiHoo did not say thanks to JunPyo for saving him? He said thanks for being alive but not for actually saving his life. I thought the whole scene was very passive considering the impact. I can't wait for tonight's episode, I'm gonna be in BOF withdrawal starting tomorrow. =(

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125 min

March 31, 2009 at 6:51 AM

I just love reading your comment.
Although i have not watch this ep, but i have a rough idea about it!
Seen ep 25 preview, seem like there is a little change in plot eh.
Hope this will lead to season 2. (most probably it's unlikely, cause all the cast of hana youri dango had been shown, even his dad which all the other versions didn't have it)

I agree with what you say about what ji hoo say to jandi! It's really sweet.
The motivation for me to watch hana is due to hanazawa rui which the Korea's version really acted well.
Root for JanDi and JiHoon= J&J (which monkey hopes that it stands for them)

Thanks alot for your screenshot!

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126 yvree

March 31, 2009 at 6:59 AM

i agree with u about prez kang. she's terrific in any way.

i really didnt expect this episode will made me cry ALOT.. XD

for the past 22 episodes, it didnt come into my nerves to give out even a single tear, but kimbum(the billboard thing) was just amazing and this episode gave me chills. T_T

thanks java java java! ^_________^!

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127 Snikki

March 31, 2009 at 7:03 AM

The amnesia storyline isn't bothering me this time, BBF is doing it pretty well. But it's not over yet, so we'll see.

At this point, I don't really mind if Ga Eul and Yi Jung don't end up together. Don't get me wrong, I really wanted them to be a couple, or at least see Yi Jung profess his feelings for Ga Eul. But I'm satisfied at where they're at right now, 'cuz you can see in Yi Jung's eyes that he does in fact have feelings for her, and for me that's enough. And since most of us know that their characters in the manga weren't written to be together in the end, it's great to have Ga Eul be the one to end things or at least stop chasing after Yi Jung. But then again, like I said, it's not over yet.

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128 yvree

March 31, 2009 at 7:03 AM

#53

I AGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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129 Lemon

March 31, 2009 at 7:13 AM

Hey Dramabeans!

Thanks for the recap!! It always makes my day because its so witty, and gives me an idea of the episode before actually watching it (cos i never have the time to do so immediately.)

Anyway, I am a Jihoo-Jandi supporter. Even though Jun Pyo is wonderful as an actor and all, I do think that he and JD seriously lack chemistry. This has already been pointed out, many times, I think!

Also, another commenter said that it'll be cool if WOobin and Jun Hee ends up together. I AGREE TTLY. It'll totally be like, power couple! hahaha but mama kang wouldnt be satisfied, I can imagine.

Now for my gushing---I totally love Kim Hyun Joong. Why did they have so many scenes that make me so sad for him?? I really can't help but feel sorry for his character, who is such a wonderful and good guy. Sigh...hope the last episode does give me a girl he deserves :)

THANKS DRAMABEANS.

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130 Kirsten

March 31, 2009 at 7:20 AM

Thanks Javabeans for recapping another series. It was great and I loved all your sidenotes. : )

I'm sad that this story is ending but can't wait for another good one to begin. I'm definately am excited for tonights last episode.

YAY BOYS BEFORE FLOWERS!!!!

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131 Ve

March 31, 2009 at 7:38 AM

Thanks a lot for the recap!!

i wish therei wll be the sequel after this one,.. hopefully with better and more sensible plot,stronger character for WU bin as well...!!
Despite of the pretty faces that really entertain us, again i hope the sequel will send good message to the audiences ; the purity and the power of love will make everything is possible!!! ha..ha..ha.. I am a dreamer, am i?

somehow I love bbf, love them all, except president kang!
To all mums and dads! yr child's happiness should come first, instead of your pride and ego.>!!

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132 lidy

March 31, 2009 at 7:59 AM

@121:

for other dramas I recommend
My Lucky Star (Taiwanese)
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (Japanese)
Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata (Japaense- made for tv, so only 1 episode)
Smiling Pasta (Taiwanese)
Why Why Love (Taiwanese- Rainie Yang stars in this and she played Yuki in MG)
My Girl (Korean)
Bull Fighting (Taiwanese)
Star's Lover (Korean- it does start to get a bit draggy after the first 12 episodes)
Corner With Love (Taiwanese- stars Barbie Hsu who was Sancai/Makino in MG)
Full House (Korean)

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133 Peeps`

March 31, 2009 at 8:03 AM

Ah... What other songs of the day so you have, javabeans? I wanna hear more. Are you gonna recap any other dramas other than the return of Iljimae (I kind of stalk your website for only two things - BBF and ROI.). I wanna watch something good!
Hope to read more recaps from you after this ends! Ai... the end is near... or rather, in korean time, here...

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134 Peeps`

March 31, 2009 at 8:06 AM

Eh... forget it. Thanks to lidy, I have a whole host of dramas to watch. Although I beg to differ that 'Corner of Love was good. Somewhere in the middle, it got draggy. And I cannot stand Rainie Yang... Hate her overacting in Miss No Good and other dramas...

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135 vjah

March 31, 2009 at 8:06 AM

I like the scene where Junpyo got hit instead of Jihoo...not because I like Jihoo or Jun Pyo but we can clearly see how Jihoo will support the two who is most dear to him. I think this was NICEly done. :D

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136 Peeps`

March 31, 2009 at 8:14 AM

Y'know, when JunPyo said "That's why it's more impossible because she's the woman I love", I thought of Shin refering to Hyorin in Goong...

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137 Lidy Wilks

March 31, 2009 at 8:19 AM

@ peeps

you're welcome. and i can understand about rainie yang in miss no good. i couldn't watch pass episode 4 anymore and the only other dramas i've seen her in was MG and Why Why Love, and I actually liked her in both. i'm new to asian drama for a couple of months now and so far almost all of the shows i've seen/ currently watching gets draggy at some point. but how much i get disgruntled enough to drop it becuase of dragginess depends oh how much i love it to the point that i don't care and that's where My Lucky Star, Tatta Hitotsu no Koi,
Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata (doesn't count since its only 1 ep), Smiling Pasta, My Girl, Corner With Love and Full House falls under.
Also, if you want to give a try there's Dragon Zakura (Japanese) and Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (Japanese). They're school dramas along the lines of Gokusen, where you have a teacher trying to teach life lessons to their students.

ps Smiling Pasta does alot of those missed oppurtunities/misunderstanding scenes and slow motion-emphasis shots but overall it's one of those happy-go-lucky type dramas, where you get an actual raincloud hovering and raining over a character, when he/she is sad.

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138 priti

March 31, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Plplpl can one of u pl put in a 2 lines on how the episode 25 went. I can't sleep and have already dined on my nails..........

someone pl tell me JP-JD made it..................

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139 Dnay

March 31, 2009 at 8:28 AM

its funny that now near the end is when i start liking woobin more and more...>_>;; i usually have to read the recap before watching the episode but since ep 21 I've been watching first then reading later LOL anyhow!! thank u for the wonderful recaps...it made the show a WHOLE lot more enjoyable to watch

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140 songee

March 31, 2009 at 8:47 AM

great recap. thank you again as always.

forgot to mention the scene with madame kang BEFORE she arrives at the hospital. she's watching the news and hears the recap of her son's accident. it's THEN she shows that first initial crack of her exterior--the shake of her head, the disbelief at what has happened.

she's such a fantastic actress. the does the wincing of the face so well (ie: when she shows discomfort after JP questions how she can call herself his mother, then proceeds to call her chairman kang). so chilly with a stillness to her. i think because lee min ho can also portray that "stillness" onscreen, it makes him such a great actor. makes him a truly believable son of madame kang, because he also possesses some of her traits. his character is definitely complex.

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141 ...

March 31, 2009 at 8:48 AM

what am i going to do look forward to on my monday and tuesday evenings? *sigh*... sort of glad its coming to a close... exams are beginning to loom...
they obviously felt it necessary to give us a little more fanservice right before they end it all... lol... not that i'm complaining! hahaha!
one part that really bugs me is the bit where junpyo is watching jihoo hug jandi... you'd the hugger and the hugged would see a red sports car (which they should know belongs to Junpyo) if it is less than 20m away from them wouldn't you?
thanks so much for recapping! your comments are always so true as well!

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142 kriza09

March 31, 2009 at 9:10 AM

@124 & 135

It will be too sad if Jihoo's the one who got hit.. coz the culprit originally planned to hit Shinhwa's heir.. he just thought Jihoo is the Shinhwa's heir,,,

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143 Mo108

March 31, 2009 at 9:22 AM

Ah, bless you, Javabeans! Thanks so much again for the recap and comments. I appreciate them no end... even more so at this tail-end of the series... watched the last few eps. first before reading the recaps, seeing as they're the last ones, but shot desparately here immediately afterwards to see if you could provide some equalibrium to all the craziness tht started swirling around as soon as the final credits rolled... Naturally, you did... and I quote:

"NICE!"

That pretty much sums this episode up, for me too. For the first time in ages the "nice" moments really outweight any wierd twists and turns, holes and logic vacuums... The "I'm afraid you have... amnesia" daytime soap moment I so feared didn't really come [heaving a HUGE sigh of relief] because it fit really well and was in context as you said, Javabeans, and made sense. and well, I kinda dug it, actually...

Ah, the moment between Ji-hoo and his grandfather was really sweet... very touching. All those hard times Ji-hoo had to face all alone, withdrawn, brooding... in the dark... with no shoulder to cry on (well, aside from those solitary meals of misery), finally, there was someone there to comfort him... NICE...

...and as some have commented, "it's not over yet," or at least until the fat lady sings, or whatever... so naturally, as an evid Ji-hoo shipper, this episode was indeed a voyage and a half, and of course, I'm madly fanning the last, tiniest sparks of hope for Ji-hoo and Jan-di, even if she was clear that she can't let go of Jun-pyo. They deserve one another, they really do... Oh, there were moments when I jumped out of my chair (especially when Ji-hoo saw Jan-di on the TV) shouting, "GO! GO! GO!" just like it was football, hehe... So, in that spirit, I'll keep saying it until the final whistle blows:

JI-HOO! FIGHTING!!!

p.s. I really expected Mama Kang to start melting when she shed a tear, like the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz". She still freezes all the blood in my body and freaks me the hell out, no end... Take a bow, Mama Kang--what an absolutely superb job, and well done... but I don't think I'd be missing you very much... but... but...

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144 Mo108

March 31, 2009 at 9:31 AM

Again... Poor Ji-hoo... poor, poor Ji-hoo... Ufff! I died a thousand times for him during this episode... I hope he is happy at the end of episode 25...

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145 Marjjx

March 31, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Thanks again for a great recap!
I love 'Mama Kang' too, and I loved the way her character got broken down in this episode. She's lovable evil.
Have to disagree a bit with the whole Yi Jung and Ga Eul thing though. I mean, yeahh, I did get a bit annoyed when she lost her spunk, but I loved the whole Yi Jung wreck. I think it was building their relationship, in no other way any other situation could've done. I'm just a die hard Yi Jung and Ga Eul fan anyway - cannot wait for their relationship climax and to see what Yi Jung will do to get her next episode. God, from the way they made it almost 'end' in this one, it has gotta be big and well, romantic! Pretty sure will happen because this whole thing has just been going on for almost the whole show. I was screaming 'Grab her and kiss her!' so loudy at the computer screen but the fool didn't say anything! I really thought this was it - so yeahh, next episode 'it' best be there.

Hyun Joong has some pretty good acting skills now - though I loved him from the start to be honest. I'm a die hard Ji Hoo fan too, and I loved loved lovedd the scene where he tells Jan Di that what she's done for him is so much more etc. I loved the way he grasped her shoulders and looked in her eyes so deeply, like he was searching through her or something. Gahh, so cute... and then his little smile right after it.

I think I might end up reading all of your recaps and reviews of BBF over and over again when this finishes, after I re watch the series of course. It's my way (terrible as it is) of 'putting myself down' slowly, as I really think I might go crazy when this drama finishes. I might suffer real bad effects if it's taken away too quickly..

LOVE BOYS BEFORE FLOWERS

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146 esztokam

March 31, 2009 at 9:40 AM

OK, true, I missed Woo Bin gangsta language as well. and i should admit that i miss the 1st OST! Hyun Joong has improved a lot, don't you think so (he can cry without rain)?

thanks again for the review! I watched it, understood everything but i love your style and comments so much that i just had to read it!

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147 MQ

March 31, 2009 at 9:43 AM

Haha.. I think Hyun Joong's acting really improved by alot this ep!! maybe because of the scenes? Coz this is one of the few eps where Jihoo is supposed to be angry? I hope I can see KHJ in some other drama... I feel so sad for Jihoo throughout the ep.. hahaha.. when he shed that one tear (the scene w gramps) I'm like, wow! he managed to cry.. tho the tear is really v small but.. well.. he still managed to cry.. haha... I really liked tt necklace exchange part too.. It's really meaningful... Haha.. I have no qualms about a happy ending.. cant wait for it to be subbed, and for Javabeans to review it!! Thanks for all ur reviews!!!

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148 4thDimensional

March 31, 2009 at 9:45 AM

APPLAUSE to the WRITER and Director - for REDEEMING the great actress -MAMA KANG! Great writing of connecting dots that were loosely drawn.

This is where yesterday(HYD) meets Tomorrow (HYD)

The strength that GJD shows again for the deep love for GJP is not only scripted well but acted well. She chokes in all she could to sort out her hurt and confusion. For HS student of that age, GJD possess more guts and containment than most people double her age group. She has done grown up! well

I would of done jus like her. Great script again and great acting by Mama Kang and GJD.

JH 's with a few more acting lesson, can really make world's girls cry thenselves to sleep.

JY finally got a great Piece of his "pie". But sad that he could not say his peace.

All nice girls - got their peace in this scene....All fans for the couple is sad....I am happy, GE made the first move....which TOO many HS girls must learn from this point and case. Let The Boy chase for a while...

WB and LMH were for the first time pairing and in such a sober and real heart to heart talk. It was also the second best scene......WB show-cased himself well up against LMH. Just applaud LMH for carrying this drama so well... Aloha! boys and the 3 top actresses here......God bless you for a fine time you all have given us!

I try to share my thoughts from adults' perspective as what have learned and eenjoyed about life in these wonderful dramas.....

DRAMABEANS - you should be APPLAUDED ALSO! as the clearest supporter of the writers and directors....We have gained so MUCH Insight from your recaps......what a wonderful teacher! of scenes...Thank You - Mahalo (hawaiian)

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149

March 31, 2009 at 9:57 AM

Angela... you're totally not the only one who wants SoEulmate to end up together.... they have such a huge fanbase ... look at Soompi as an example... I think one of the reasons of the popularity and high rates of this drama is this couple, really... and I'm one of those people who started to watch this drama becasue of the main charachters but after a while (I dunnow when exactly) I was watching this drama only becasue of SoEulmate I sometimes even watch only their scenes when I don't have time.. and the two scenes of SoEul in this episode were great at least for me... I loooved that GE has this pride and can't accept to be stalker any more LOL and OMG YJ's look was priceless... full of confusion.. sadness... loss and disappointment.. he was too shocked that he couldn't even stop her or follow her.. which shows us and will make him realize how truely and deeply he loves GE.... I hope the ending doesn't disappoint me.I really think that I'll cry if their ending is rushed or left open >< and poor JH I want also a happy ending for him but not with JD and not with only his grandfather ... thanx for your great blogs they added nice and more interesting flavour for the drama :)

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150 Almost done

March 31, 2009 at 10:01 AM

My poor Ji Hoo - I felt so sad when he was crying while his Grandpa was consoling him in the doctor's office. Did the Grandpa know why Ji Hoo was crying?

I have a question: What is the legal drinking age in Korea? Is it 18? It just looked strange to me that all the BOF crew were always drinking wine, beer, and all sorts of alcoholic beverages and going into clubs etc. when they were suppose to be in high school or just entering University. Maybe because I'm looking through the eyes of someone who resides in the US and the drinking age is 21 here? If someone can clarify that for me, thanks in advance!!!

Almost over..............POOR JI HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe JD can get hit over the head, not remember JP and think that JH is her boyfriend.....Then JP will be with Yumi and I will have a HUGE smile at the finale. Hey.....a girl can dream, no?! ;P

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