You’re Beautiful: Episode 3
Another cute, funny episode. The characters are really growing on me, and we’re starting to see a little depth with them (some more than others). I don’t know how dramatic this drama will get, but I usually enjoy the level of comedy-versus-angst in a Hong sisters drama.
SONG OF THE DAY
You’re Beautiful OST – “약속” (Promise). This is the A.N.JELL version, with Jang Geun-seok on vocals. [ Download ]
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EPISODE 3 RECAP
Tae-kyung confronts Mi-nyeo and plays his video recording of her admitting she’s a girl. He says almost triumphantly, “Go Mi-nam, you’re done for now,” and walks off smirking.
Mi-nyeo chases after him and begs him to listen. He doesn’t care to and dismisses her, heading to the elevator. As Mi-nyeo steps in front of the elevator doors, blocking his path, Jeremy catches a glimpse of the two and watches curiously. The scene sure has an odd vibe…
Tae-kyung tells her that he intends to hand the video over to Sung-chan and doesn’t want to see her again, calling her “Miss Go Mi-nam” pointedly.
Since he is unwilling to listen and about to leave, she looks at the phone/PDA in his hand, contemplating her move… and swipes it. She grabs it just as the elevator doors close, and dashes off.
Oh, no she di’n't. Tae-kyung chases her outside to a second-story landing, glowering all the while. He corners her and approaches menacingly (and good lordy does Jang Geun-seok have a frightening scowl), and grabs the camera/phone. He asks, “Do you think you won’t be found out without this? Are you an idiot?”
Those words get through to her, and Mi-nyeo realizes he’s right. She slackens her grip, energy sapping away. Sensing opportunity, Tae-kyung wrests the phone out of her grasp, but since she’s already weakened her grip, it goes flying… over the railing… and onto a truck below.
(Hehe. You can tell Tae-kyung is a proud guy who can’t admit his own mistakes, because he gripes, “How could you let go like that?” Mi-nyeo points out weakly, “You said to let go…”)
Tae-kyung orders Mi-nyeo to retrieve the phone and reluctantly gives her a boost up to the roof. Tae-kyung is solely concerned about the phone’s condition and grabs it back, worrying over new scratches, totally ignoring the fact that Mi-nyeo needs help down.
But soon, the truck starts moving…
Mi-nyeo attempts to call down to him, but her voice is weak and he’s preoccupied with his precious phone. When he finally turns to see the truck, he is so startled that he stares blankly as the truck pulls out of the parking lot.
Mi-nyeo tries her best to hang on, frightened and growing weaker. Just as she thinks she can’t hold on any longer, she hears Tae-kyung shouting after her — he’s running behind them, yelling at her to hang on tight.
But he’s no match for a vehicle, and can’t keep up. When the truck pauses at a red light, Tae-kyung yells at Mi-nyeo to get off quickly.
She staggers to her feet and musters her courage, jumping off as the light turns green. Tae-kyung races to try to catch her; she lands on her feet (owww), but he breaks her fall as she falls onto him.
As a result, both are a little bruised and battered as they limp home. Mi-nyeo follows a few paces behind, and although he glares at her, I think he’s actually more angry at himself for caring in the first place.
Mi-nyeo thanks him for running after her and catching her fall. Tae-kyung is so astounded by these events that he asks if this is a secret camera prank, and looks around for a crew. (It’s cute how he adjusts his attitude to appear less grouchy when there’s the possibility that he’s being taped.)
He calls her a public nuisance and decides, “Being around you is unlucky. Go Mi-nam, you’re dangerous.” He recalls all the messes she’s made, shuddering, and demands, “Take care of the messes you’ve made and disappear.”
Tearing up, she says, “I understand. I’ll quit in order to keep further problems from arising.”
Mi-nyeo reports to Hoon-yi and Stylist Wang that she has been exposed, and they’re dejected that the jig is up. However, Hoon-yi perks up to consider that Tae-kyung is the only one who knows. That means that if they could only get rid of him…
We wouldn’t have a Hong sisters drama without a collection of pop culture parodies, and the first comes as Hoon-yi imagines locking up Tae-kyung a la Oldboy. Naturally the two ladies reject that idea. Then what if they insist that he confused Mi-nam with someone else? They could pull an identity con like in Wife’s Temptation…
If that fails, then they must beg! A Super Junior (“Sorry Sorry”) parody ensues. LOL.
That night, Tae-kyung feels bad to recall how Mi-nam had been limping after her jump from the truck. When that thought unsettles him, he brushes it aside, telling himself it’s a good thing he decided not to get involved.
On their way home, Jeremy eyes Mi-nam suspiciously, remembering the scene he overheard, and asks if she caused trouble for Tae-kyung again. Still feeling the sting of Tae-kyung’s words, she glumly confirms his accusations, referring to herself using Tae-kyung’s accusations — she’s a nuisance who’s always causing injury to others.
That triggers Jeremy’s overactive imagination, and he re-interprets the earlier scene at the elevator. This time, he sees Mi-nam as the (romantic) aggressor, and Tae-kyung as the victim. It’s hilarious.
While Jeremy has his freak-out, Shin-woo looks at her curiously and notices her fresh injuries. At the house, he calls her aside and attends to her cuts, commenting that this must be how Jeremy feels to take care of Jolie.
She’s saddened to be compared to a dog, but he didn’t mean it in a bad way: “You’re like a dog who has lost its way. I feel like I have to take care of you.”
To lift her spirits, he confides a story of how he was once rejected by a girl because of a dog. He had liked a girl from Seoul, and wanted to “correct” his speech from his rustic accent to the Seoul accent. When he had asked a question mixing his Seoul accent with a Southern colloquialism, the girl had misunderstood his question to mean “Does your family catch dogs?” and got offended.
As his Seoul accent is now perfect, nobody knows he’s from the South; he’s sharing this as a secret with her. He also tells her to call him hyung, and she’s not quite comfortable with that. Testing her reaction, he asks, “Then, do you want to call me oppa?” She obviously can’t do that, so she should call him Shin-woo hyung.
Little do they know, Jeremy has seen (but not heard) this exchange from the house, and is completely weirded out at the close vibe between Shin-woo and Mi-nam. Thus when Mi-nam comes upon him to hand back the apple he’d dropped, his imagination again kicks in and he interprets her simple actions in a suggestive light.
He warns himself, “There’s definitely something weird with that guy. I’d better be careful.”
That night, Mi-nyeo deals with the fact that she has to drop out of A.N.JELL, and apologizes to Mi-nam for ruining his dreams. Worst of all is the feeling that she’s useless, that she has no purpose as a person.
In the morning, she attempts to call Sung-chan to come clean, but he isn’t answering his phone. During the group’s ride to the agency, Tae-kyung calls Jeremy to find out whether Mi-nam has quit yet (although he doesn’t use those words). Hearing that nothing is amiss, he figures she hasn’t.
Mi-nam’s selfish aunt arrives outside the agency and is unable to get past security, who don’t buy that she’s Mi-nam’s aunt. Therefore she has to sit with all the other fans who are camped out to get a glimpse of the stars. But an ill-timed bathroom break means that she misses the arrival of the three A.N.JELL members, so she passes an envelope to a delivery man, asking him to make sure Mi-nam gets it.
Mi-nyeo heads for Sung-chan’s office first thing, only to find that he’s out. She waits in his office, which is when she is handed her aunt’s envelope. Inside is a sole photograph, a childhood image of Mi-nam, Mi-nyeo, and their father. No note accompanies the picture, but she knows immediately that somebody close to her must have sent it. Hearing that the source was a middle-aged lady wearing red who was just outside, Mi-nyeo races outside to find her.
On the way, she runs into Sung-chan, who is ready to hear what she has to say. Making a split-second decision, Mi-nyeo decides that the envelope lady is more important, and runs outside.
Arriving separately, Tae-kyung happens to glimpse Mi-nam running down the street, toward the subway station, and wonders what that’s all about.
She’s not far behind her aunt, but she doesn’t quite know who she’s looking for and misses her several times.
A few schoolgirls start to recognize Mi-nam as an A.N.JELL member, just as Tae-kyung arrives and flips up her hood to hide her face. She resists, saying she has someone to find, but he grabs her arm and pulls her away.
Mi-nyeo confides that it could have been her mother: “Even if she’s not my mother, I won’t be disappointed. If I could just hear news of her, I’d be happy with that.” She tries to comfort herself saying that if the woman came this far, she’ll probably try to contact her again.
Tae-kyung watches as she prays, intrigued and also annoyed with her reaction: “What would you do then? Even if she came, you won’t be here. Did you forget your promise to leave the group immediately?”
He doesn’t want to hear her wallowing in self-pity, and even when she pleads to stay just until the woman returns, he answers coolly, “No. Go Mi-nam, you’re out. Nothing’s changed.”
Mommy issues are never that simple, though, as we see when Tae-kyung returns to his hotel and again crosses paths with his mother. She’s perfectly cool, and points out that he stayed even knowing she was staying here — “Wasn’t that because you were hoping you might run into me?”
Although Tae-kyung’s response is cold, it’s clear he’s much angrier than he’d like to be. Anger suggests hurt, and he flashes back to a childhood memory of being home alone, seeing his mother onscreen because she was never around in person. The memories disgust him, and he mutters to himself, “What are you hoping for from the woman who abandoned you? Pathetic.”
When Mi-nam sits down to talk with Sung-chan, she mulls over the latest developments, and has a hard time getting her words out. But she changes her mind at the last minute, and says with determination, “I cannot leave. I absolutely cannot leave. I will stay here as Go Mi-nam. Until now, I have felt that I was dragged here forcefully, but not anymore. I have a reason to stay here. I will stick it out no matter what.”
(Sung-chan is a little confused, but he rolls with it.)
Next, Mi-nyeo confronts Tae-kyung outside his hotel. To explain how important it is to reunite with her mother (and therefore stay with A.N.JELL), she hands him a ring. There were two rings given to her and Mi-nam, symbolic of their parents. This is her most prized possession, and now she entrusts it to Tae-kyung as a symbol of her commitment: “Hold onto this and have faith in me.”
He isn’t moved: “Do you think you can find your mother if you stick around?” She answers, “If I search for her earnestly, I believe I can.”
He’s unimpressed with her fervor, saying, “Shall we see if earnestness will find her for you?” With that, he throws the ring over the railing, into the stream below.
Mi-nyeo can’t believe it, and glares at him in shock. He tells her, “Once you’ve been abandoned, it’s over. Your mother left you behind so that’s the end of that, and that’s the end of your ring, too. So end this insistence on being Go Mi-nam.”
She walks to him angrily and shoves him: “I told you that was precious to me!” He retorts, “See, you’re getting angry because you think you can’t find it.”
When she insists she will find it, he throws down the gauntlet: “If you do, I’ll believe you and accept you for real.”
So she steps into the water to feel around for the ring, stubbornly wading from one end to the other. Tae-kyung thinks he’s teaching her a lesson — that things that are lost don’t come back to you — but she refuses to give up. By nighttime, she’s shivering and sniffling, and Tae-kyung watches incredulously: “Is she stupid? Does she really think she can find it?”
As I suspected, it’s in his hand — he’s had the ring the entire time. He feels a twinge of guilt, but sneers, “You won’t ever find it. Give up.”
He has trouble falling asleep that night but convinces himself that she’s probably given up. In the morning, he’s satisfied (and relieved) to see that she’s gone.
Until she moves from behind a boulder, that is. Now he feels both guilty and impressed, and tells her to give it up. Mi-nyeo just shoots him a resentful look and persists: “I’m going to find it.”
Realizing she means it, he concedes, “You don’t have to find it. Come out now,” and shows her the ring.
Registering this, Mi-nyeo gets out of the water and approaches with an angry look in her eyes. Tae-kyung can’t really argue with that, and he says, “Fine, you’re strong and you’re great. That’s enough now.”
He seems nervous for her reaction, and automatically assumes that she’ll hate him, as most people would do. (He certainly deserves it.) But she surprises him by grabbing his hand and saying with relief, “I found it.”
He thinks she’s going to hit him, but she grabs him in a bear hug and says tearfully, “Thank you, Hwang Tae-kyung.” She also points out that she did in fact “find” the ring (which means she won this challenge).
Completely thrown off-guard, he tries to push her off, but she holds on tight. Uncomfortably, he endures the hug.
Afterward, her good spirits are completely restored, and she thanks Tae-kyung for not ratting her out. He clarifies that he won’t tell on her, but he also isn’t going to help her. He will, however, be moving back to the A.N.JELL house.
A photo shoot has the group posing in a swimming pool, which is a concept that thoroughly amuses Tae-kyung because he knows a swimsuit shoot would expose Mi-nam. (Therefore, he’s the one left sulking when it turns out the shoot will have them posing fully clothed and Mi-nam is off the hook.)
Mi-nyeo struggles with the concept, and she ends up shooting and reshooting while the other guys rest.
Shin-woo shares some words of consolation, assuring her that all first shoots are like this. For instance, he relates the story of his own first shoot, which required him to hold a glass of wine and look cool. When the director called for “one shot” — in camera terms — he misinterpreted and downed the wine in one shot.
Jeremy again overhears the exchange and misunderstands. He tries to tell himself it’s nothing: “Shin-woo hyung is just being nice!” He hits himself for thinking bad thoughts, feeling guilty for doubting his hyung’s intentions.
Jeremy’s horror grows when he then catches Tae-kyung talking to Mi-nam. Tae-kyung sarcastically says that it’s too bad there weren’t any topless shots, because Mi-nam would’ve rocked those. He then disparages her meager bustline by saying there’s probably not too much to see anyway.
Misconstruing the conversation, Jeremy tells himself, “Tae-kyung hyung is only like that because they’re getting along now! It’s a good thing to be friendly with teammates!”
But Jeremy can’t shake his thoughts. When Shin-woo asks around for Mi-nam after the shoot warps, Jeremy confronts him, asking what his deal is with Mi-nam.
Meanwhile, Mi-nyeo has to figure out how to change into dry clothing without exposing herself in the men’s locker room. (Tae-kyung enjoys poking at her insecurities, and says in reference to the aforementioned bustline, “There may be nothing worth seeing, but I’ll look forward to it. Try manning up and go to the locker room.”)
Instead, she sneaks back toward the now-empty pool area, which has been closed by the crew. However, a crew member has left behind a piece of equipment, so in the midst of her clothing change, the lights flick back on, and staffers come back to search for it.
Tae-kyung overhears the crew talking and guesses that Mi-nyeo is going to be in trouble — and sure enough, she finds herself cornered. Without a better option, she jumps into the pool to avoid discovery. (Let’s ignore the fact that the guys totally missed seeing a body splash into the water a few feet away!)
Tae-kyung looks around and knows she’s here somewhere, finally spotting bubbles rising from the pool. She can’t come up yet because the staffers are still looking around the perimeter, and Mi-nyeo tells herself to hang on.
Worried now, Tae-kyung checks his watch — she’s passed the 1-minute mark… She starts to lose consciousness…
Mi-nyeo prays to the Mother Superior for help, and just then, Tae-kyung splashes into the pool and swims toward her. She makes out his blurry form and wonders, “Mother Superior, someone has come to get me. Is he an angel?”
COMMENTS
I’m going to consider it a good thing about this drama that a lot of comments in the last recap pointed out things I’d left out. I hadn’t forgotten those unmentioned hilarious moments (like the balls glowing in the dark, or Sung-chan accidentally sending Tae-kyung a somewhat scandalous email from his secret actress girlfriend) — it’s just that I can’t feasibly include every moment in a recap. It would be too long! I make some decisions to cut out certain details depending on length, relevance, flow of the recap, etc. So I think it speaks well of the drama that even after all that, there’s material left over that people think deserves more discussion.
Tae-kyung’s uncomfortable expression to Mi-nyeo’s teary hug (above) is one of my favorite moments in this episode. I think Jang Geun-seok is taking the sneer a little too far in some cases, but the subtler moments of confusion are gems. As I mentioned, I really think Tae-kyung is upset with the very fact that he cares about Mi-nyeo (just like he’s upset that he cares about his mother). Tae-kyung aims to maintain that cold exterior but he’s actually pretty bad at it. Therefore, he takes out that self-loathing on Mi-nyeo because he’d rather not confront the alternative — the suggestion that he’s actually a warm guy with feelings. That would just mean he’s capable of being hurt. (Aw, poor damaged kdrama heroes. Aren’t we all just suckers for them?)
I think guilt is a great emotion to introduce into their dynamic, because that’s something he can’t ignore. I mean, he can try to, but it’s much easier being angry at someone than feeling sorry that you’ve wronged them. It’s even worse when she thanks him for returning her ring and doesn’t hold a grudge. I love that moment when Tae-kyung recoils, expecting her to hit him for what he did — and I’m pretty sure he would have preferred that she did hit him. Brute force he can handle. Fuzzy emotions, not so much.
(It’s also a clever way of getting Mi-nyeo to “win” their wager and force him to let her stay.)
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Tags: Jang Geun-seok, Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Hong-ki, Park Shin-hye, You're Beautiful
omg!!
thanks javabeans!
*runs up and read it.
it’s been a while i’m so crazy about catching up with a series ASAP.
second lead crush syndrome too
hi 5*
OMG!! So fast!!! You LOVE this drama really much ya,JB???
Thanks..
I’ve been waiting for your recap, so thank you so much for this! Park Shin-hye is amazing! She really deserves this role.
thank u!!
now time to read :]
I absolutely LOVE this drama and SHINWOO! <3
Thank you!
I watched this episode in the afternoon, but I was waiting for your recap to read your opinions on it! I agree that Taekyung takes his sneer/smirk too far; it almost looks funny. But he’s still a good actor and he shows emotion well
I love how Taekyung always acts like he doesn’t care about Minyeo & wants to see her suffer, but always helps her out in the end. It’s so cute ^^ But right now, I’m rooting for Shinwoo<3 It's so adorable how he opens up to her and tells her his secrets. His kyungsangdo satoori was hilarious, too!
I can't wait for tomorrow's episode =)
I wonder if UEE can act..
Wow… so fast! Thanks for the great recap, Javabeans.
I love this drama so much that i watched it unsubbed at 430am SIN time… hahaha… I cant wait to get off work to watch with ENG subs. For now, this is one great alternative. i really, really appreciate your hardwork and dedication to drama recaps…
We fans are eternally grateful. Cheers!
Nice! I do like this drama!
Hongki is so cute!
TaeKyung’s sneer makes me giggle. Every. Single. Time.
Well, actually, almost everything made me giggle in this episode, to the point where I was glad I was watching it alone. Had I been in public, I would not have been able to continue watching this episode. We’ll say it’s 20% my mood, and 80% the Hong Sisters writing. It’s just so campy! After a series of dramas that should have been funny but weren’t, this is a breath of fresh air. Or, a bunch of new giggles.
Now on to the drama…..
My love for this drama has not faded yet. In fact, i love all characters even more. I think JGS is fantastic here! I fell in love with him as Changwi in Hong Gil Dong – not because he was perfect but the potential he displayed. Plus, did i mention how freaking how he looked? hehehe
At the expense of sounding like a perv, I am digging all the shirtless JGS scenes huh! But on equal measure, i love his sneer and the vulnerability he is showing.
Fully agree with JB – he wants to come off as cold and uncaring but he’s not as heartless as he wants to think. I believe this is partly why he’s so prickly. He wants badly to not care at all. I am going to love watching him fall in love… hahaha.
Shinwoo is your typical sweet guy but TaeKyung has won me over 100% this episode. I loved his reaction when Minyeo hugged him after she grabbed the ring back. He simply didnt know how to deal! Loved, loved it!
I really love this drama, but I found episode 3 a little bit choppy, no? The flow seemed a little off (like HTK running after the truck out of nowhere). I also agree that JGS’s sneer/smirk is a little exaggerated at times, but, love him anyway! Thanks JB for fast and great recaps!
I love this drama. I LOVE this drama! I LOVE THIS DRAMA!!
As soon as I saw the Oldboy scene, I knew we were in for a hilarious episode.
JGS is giving my little Kim Bum a run for his money in the “Very Young Guys I Have An Inappropriate Crush On” dept. And if anyone had told me a month ago that that would be the case, I’d have said they were insane. Some little pretty boy with guyliner and hideous hair is going to be my new boycrush? Yeah, right. But he TOTALLY is. Shin-woo who?
This drama is just insanely wonderful. And the previews for Ep 4 are awesome…makes me want to go to bed right this minute so tomorrow will get here faster!
park shin hye is awesome!!! really makes me think BOF would’ve been so much better if she was jandi..
AHHHHH I love this!!!!!!!
Can’t wait for the next episode!
I wonder what will happen after he pulls her out of the water!
I like the first 2 episodes very much but somehow in ep 3 I felt disappointed.
All the characters in this drama look exaggerating but not in such a good way.
I felt like i was watching cartoon or something.
TK reminded me a lot of L in death note.LOL
I don’t like many of his expressions he sent to viewers. The acting was too over the top. The one that bothered me the best was during his running after the car.
What was that??? Am I in cartoon network or something??????
MN was cute but somehow kept me wondering. How could people around didn’t know she was a girl??? Everything about MN is so girlish. The way she talked, run, happy and scared. The emotion scene of PSH needs a lot of improvement. It didn’t look real, somehow I felt like she made us “trying to feel”.
Shin Woo reminds me a lot of Ji hoo sunbae which of course didn’t good for sure. His facial expression,emotion and character is very flat, no dimension for us at all. Too bored…
The only character that I think it fits well with this drama was Jeremy. He’s hilarious. His character looks vary which means can show something deeper for the audiences.
I felt bored with this episode. I tried to watch this but in the end I watched this drama half an hour and switch to IRIS.
And the pilot episode of IRIS was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway JB, will you recap IRIS???
Thank you for the recap!
“-the suggestion that he’s actually a warm guy with feelings. That would just mean he’s capable of being hurt. (Aw, poor damaged kdrama heroes. Aren’t we all just suckers for them?)”
I have to completely agree! One can’t help but want to love the damaged. My drama buddy was loving Shin Woo and I would think that the average girl would but I never love the sweet nurturing guy…I always love the wankers
They are more fun to watch, plus I seem to understand them so much more.
I also have to agree that Jang Geun Seok is going too far at times with his sneer but somehow each time it makes me giggle. I hope that he finds his groove and it doesn’t get annoying.
I really can’t wait until we see where this show is going. I’m really enjoying it.
Been waiting all night! Thanks again!
YES, Its Here!!!! Run Off to read
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seriously, i was refreshing youtube for about 2-3 hour last night waiting for some nice sould to upload them (that’s how impatient i was waiting for ep 3
and the next morning i even squeezed 1 hour of my preparation-to-work time just to watched without subs, and i’m late about a half hour to work XD
Taekyung is just a big meanie but with a warm heart, he’s just like a little kid…
i’m torn between shinwoo and taekyung here…
oh and i’ve downloaded the OST album, and been listening to it nostop fo 4 hours… the songs are nice, and park shin hye’s voice is not bad… me like!!
Part of the genius of this show is that Jang Geon Suk is more or less allowed to be a parody of the Jang Geon Suk that we’ve seen the last few years. So much so that he’s turned into the Korean ZOOLANDER *purses lips*
One cool thing about the show is that the slapstick dynamic is so wonderfully oft-balance due to Mi Nam’s extreme sweetness. He’s a douchebag, but even he seems so confused about his own douchebagness because she’s so freakishly nice to him and affectionate. Like, how can you hate a puppy, you know? It’s seriously like watching Tohru and Kyo of Fruits Basket in an Idol World. She can’t help but see good in him, and he’s truly disturbed by her friendliness. Nice day for white wedding. *Purses lips*
Having said that, Park Shin Hye kinda stepped out of character in a few scenes in the last 1/3 of the show. Because in K-dramas like this, you DO expect the female heroine to fight back. Or at least, you expect them to go “yaaa!!!” One of the tricky bits with her character’s development is that, as she learns to assert herself, the original joke about “nun among idols” may work less and less. It’s just so much funnier when Mi Nam’s in full “omo omo mother teresa help me help me”
its really funny how I try to talk myself into reading just your comments, but cannot resist reading the entire recap.
I really want to see it before I read it, but Im expecting too many good things its hard to ignore…. its great to see the the story forming well. I hope it keeps up the momentum.
I don’t think I’ve laughed so much since the first time I watched Hana Kimi and I don’t think I’ve been so into a drama since My Girl…
That Oldboy/Super Junior thing won me over completely, it was SO funny….
I like that Park Shin Hye and Jang Geun Suk have considerable chemistry, it’s sooo cute!
I can’t wait till tomoro!!!
I’m currently enjoying this drama. Anyone else notice the Kang Mae influence in JGS’s acting?
as i was watching this episode, i kept getting this nagging feeling about jang geun seuk, that something was familiar about him…… and then it hit me. his speech strikes me as incredibly similar to kim myung min’s character from beethoven virus. then i googled 장근석 김명민 and it looked like i was not the only one thinking so. haha it suits him and it is unique, but because it’s been done….. i wonder if he couldn’t have taken it further and avoided these kinds of comments.
i’m really starting to like park shin hye and her character a lot, and her contrast to jang geun suk’s character. i thought the purity of her character really shone through in this episode. for example, considering the circumstances, she could have perceived that photograph as a threat – that someone knows her secret, or at least that go mi nam has a twin. at first, i thought that was what her mind was jumping to. but she thinks it could have been her mother. and her reasons for wanting to stay in the group is so she can find her mother…. although i don’t know why she can’t explain to taekyung that she’s only standing in for her twin brother.
i loved the scene where she finally gets the ring back. at first i thought she’d be furious, then i thought she was holding her anger back, and then i realized that she’s just grateful to have the ring back. it was a great scene, and i thought, again, it reflected her purity.
the pool scene was… weird. it’s not like she tried to slide into the pool without making any splashing sounds, but she just JUMPED. lmao what was the director thinking!
By the end of the show, I’m afraid for Jeremy. It seemed like he was going crazy throughout the entire episode!
The episode was still so much fun, and there were scenes that I HAD to replay.
My favorite was when Tae Kyung took time to register that the truck Minam was on was leaving, lol. Oh, I loved his expression!
And I agree that it is impossible to recap every moment. It’s impossible to recap the entire 1 hr drama of every second that happens.
“Anyone else notice the Kang Mae influence in JGS’s acting?”
A little bit in how the character is written. There’s a lot more detail in his characterization, and it helps the comedy. The situational comedy in this show is really, really well written.
Tae-kyung is a meanie, but he’s also obsessive compulsive. In a way, he’s mean because he IS obsessive compulsive. That’s what makes the slapstick work so beautifully. She is threatening to him.
this drama is not popular in Korea? the ratings are getting lower and lower …
“By the end of the show, I’m afraid for Jeremy. It seemed like he was going crazy throughout the entire episode!”
Jeremy having ‘Nakatsu’ moments are so damn hilarious… even i don’t know what they were saying i would still LOLed at any scene with Jeremy…
“this drama is not popular in Korea? the ratings are getting lower and lower …”
well, it should be expected, with IRIS premeired last night with more than 20% rating… but YB and IRIS are two different drama, i just hope all the best for YB (and for IRIS too)…
I am really loving this drama. It is such a live action cartoon. It’s a hoot. As was said upthread who knew you could go ga ga over a smirky idol with bad hair, guyliner, and did I mention a really sexy voice! I am way to old for this stuff it really makes me feel like a perv.
Yes, the sneer made an otherwise excellent “divia” seem a bit awkward this episode but it was funny. LOL.
Thank you for the recaps and comments!
OMG!!!
I CANNOT get over how much i LOVE this drama!!!!
Episode 3 was hilarious!!!
SHIN-WOO!!!! My inner fangirlness is slowly coming out becuase of him
JGS, Hongki and PSH are amazing too!!!
hongki is so cute. I lkept laughing when hongki kept slapping himself!
I do see Kang Mae influence in JGS haha
That song’s growing on me too. I love how people here have lengthy comments. Don’t we all just love this series?
Here in the Philippines, ABS-CBN is a bigger broadcasting station/network more than the rest–people are starting to flood one of their sites for requests to get the rights to air the show this early. 
I’m so happy for this drama. It’s been a while since I was practically BEGGING for more episodes after the other. I love the way JGS smirks, it’s very Weon Jun Suk. 
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I didn’t enjoy this episode quite as much as the first two. Probably because my expectations have shot off into the stratosphere. But also, I think, because this episode isn’t as gratuitous as I’d hoped. Which, upon reflection, is probably a good thing.
I was disappointed that they went for the spunky-girl-wows-boy-with-sheer-determination cliche with the all-night ring-hunt, complete with stumblings and sniffling. But I think it was redeemed for me by the unexpected ending. I’m so relieved that they went for him being won over not by pity (pity not being a good basis for a relationship, imo), nor even by the display of her mule-headed (ditto mule-headedness and relationships), but by her unexpected forgiveness. Yeah, that’s right, people. Forgiveness IS impressive. I’m much more impressed by a woman winning over a man by her ability to forgive, than for him to succumb because she’s pretty and/or pitiful.
I was a bit shocked that TK was quite so *mean* in this episode. Wow, they really believe in the power of his pretty face to win us over, huh. But then, again, as I think about it, I shouldn’t complain since I hate all those fake instant-makeovers, all that “saved by the love of a good woman” rubbish, and the wish-fulfilling meltings of hard men in the presence of sweet young things.
And there were some nice touches. I was really fooled when Manager said “I feel so much better now I have confessed” – I thought “What? President knows?”. I should have clued on to the statue of Mary at the back. I also like how the fanatic fan-girls who have been baying for Mi Nam’s blood, when confronted by him in the flesh, human and begging, completely deflate and help him. Human reality collides with rabid fangirldom, and humanity scores a small victory.
I love JGS’s smirk, it so Wang Seok-hyun!
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Tae-Kyung really have so many expressions that I loved even the scowl except for the overacted sneer too funny. I hope goes back to the first two ep. sneer instead, hahaha. But I’m really looking forward to his in-love expressions.
Jeremy is going crazy in this eposide. Way too funny he is
Thank You for the recap!
The only reason why the ratings went down was because of IRIS which I’ve heard from the get go is really good like this drama. Both IRIS and You’re Beautiful are my chosen dramas for this year so I’m watching both. Plus ratings are so over-rated anyways ! LOL
Enjoyed this episode and the character development so far. I fear Jeremy will be like Nakatsu from Hana Kimi (Japan) as in him being confused throughout the whole drama about his feelings toward Mi-nyeo but its hilarious watching his portions during the show and that imagination of his. Cute to see Tae-kyung slowly but surely becoming softer and Mi-nyeo I find her such a fun character and she is so pure and sweet no matter what situation she is in she always looks on the positive side and Shin-woo I feel sorry for him because we all know he isn’t the one she’ll end up with but yet his character is so loveable (I personally believe Ji Hoo from Boys Over Flowers should have been written like this).
Thanks for the re-cap
Thanks for the recap. I am just worried that Jeremy would go crazy for the next episode. lol.
IRIS, anyone? x
The best scene in this episode has to be TK’s phone commercial.
Mad corny ya’ll. The flowers, the fog, the background music…what the heck? I watched it repeatedly. Someone needs to hook me up with a gif.
Also, anyone else notice on the banners hanging on the swimming pool that Jeremy’s name is “Jermy”? That cracked me up too. Possibly because I’m mentally 5 years old.
next episode please!!! i am loving my wednesday and thursday!!! thanks javabeans for the recaps.
it really has been a while when I was excited about a drama. I hope this feeling keeps up, we need all the laughs, warm fuzzy feelings after watching a rom-com drama in these times… ( natural disasters, floods, earthquake and tsunamis..)
this drama is a perfect escape!!!!
Yeah, that phone commercial was hilarious. Particularly as TK points (literally) to it as the image of who he really is. I mean, how shallow, egotistical and messed up is that? Adorable.
Thank Java Beans, i waiting your recap all day
i love you
but love JGS more
I saw this episode earlier, it was just as good as the first two. I think my favorite scene was about the ring, because TK really had no idea how to deal with that type of gratefulness and the physical contact filled with kindness. His expression is asking what the hell is this and what is it making me feel.
I also loved reading all of the comments. I can totally agree with Langdon813’s, “Very Young Guys I Have An Inappropriate Crush On” comment it made me laugh so much (Thanks). I thought JGS was a cute kid in “Baby and Me”, but I didn’t think he woould be crush-worthy.
Man, I loved the episode but I kind of wish I hadn’t read that interview you posted yesterday. Every time Tae-kyung purses his lips, I can’t stop seeing him dressed as Meryl Streep. The heels, the hair, the clothes, going around editing fashion magazines. Bossing around Anne Hathaway. And now that I’ve read some of the comments above mine, I fear I’ll start to have Zoolander flashbacks too. Oh dear.
“this drama is not popular in Korea? the ratings are getting lower and lower …”
YB’s ratings prospects are not high, not just due to stiff Iris competition, but because YB’s demographic prefers watching the shows online, on the phone, or during reruns. (Ajummmas still control the remote.) That’s why youth/idol dramas are not programmed that often during primetime in Korea. (Boys Before Flowers kinda came out of nowhere.)
What the stations try to track, though, is buzz. Gauging netizen response. Doing independent metrics of youth viewership. YB has great buzz.
I am really liking this drama! I really like Jang Geun-seok in this role. The last thing saw him in was Beethoven Virus and I was not that pleased(not that he did a bad job I was just a bit upset). This cast is really easy to watch and enjoy. I am pleased thus far… Cannot wait to see how things continue to unfold.
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thank you!
at least I can read the recap since I haven’t dl last night episode..so i can’t watch it tonight.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE FAST. THANKS A WHOLE LOT. BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALL WEEK. NOW TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT EP~
This drama rocks! And thanks Javabeans for the insights and recaps.
I really like the cast. And the Hong sisters are great. There are subtle twists, so I’m all the more excited about how things will turn out.
I laughed out loud when I thought the manager confided to Sung-chan when in fact he confided to a priest. Hehe.
Can’t wait for Ep . 4.
@ langdon813
“JGS is giving my little Kim Bum a run for his money in the “Very Young Guys I Have An Inappropriate Crush On” dept. And if anyone had told me a month ago that that would be the case, I’d have said they were insane. Some little pretty boy with guyliner and hideous hair is going to be my new boycrush? Yeah, right.”
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ belleza
“Part of the genius of this show is that Jang Geon Suk is more or less allowed to be a parody of the Jang Geon Suk that we’ve seen the last few years. So much so that he’s turned into the Korean ZOOLANDER”
Completely agree. And btw, Zoolander is the best comedy movie everrrrrrrrrrrr.
@ HwaRang
“I’m currently enjoying this drama. Anyone else notice the Kang Mae influence in JGS’s acting?”
Yep! And hinted at it in my comments for the last episode. Infact, I re-watched Beethoven virus the past few days. He has grown tremendously as an actor.
@ bbm
“Jeremy having ‘Nakatsu’ moments are so damn hilarious… ”
OMG, I was screaming Nakatsu to the computer screen. Yep, he is soooo funny.
Ok a few thoughts about TK. This is my impression of the character:
There is no doubt TK has been hurt before which has led him to have abandonment issues. He wants to fight back and show that he is just as mean. He can hurt the other person just as bad if not more. The problem is: He is not a mean guy at all. He doesn’t have it in him to hurt but he tries so desperately.
So he builds walls to keep people out and himself in. He is always on offensive to protect himself. And once he hates you, he will always hate you cuz’ he won’t change his mind. Why should he change, why not the other person. Once something is lost, it is lost forever. Why should he look for something, why can’t the thing come find him?
He struggles with forgiveness because it is a sign of weakness. In his mind, forgiving is equivalent to giving permission to the person to hurt them again. “If I forgive them, they will trample all over me and hurt me again”. Therefore, MN’s reaction to the ring was such a surprise for him. He is not expecting nor asking to be forgiven. Yet he is. And without any prejudice.
MN forgives him for pretending to loose the most precious item she had. He can not understand why. MN is looking for her mother who abandoned her. He can not understand why. In his mind, MN is the one holding on. Yet, in reality, it is TK who is the one holding onto the past, the hurt, the anger. He thinks he has severed himself from all that by becoming cold and distant. He is still very much stuck. MN, on the other hand, is free from all that. It is this freedom TK desires and I hope that we see the character learn a thing or two about it in the upcoming episodes. Funny how TK wants to teach MN a lesson but ends up with the learning.
Great great drama
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EPISODE 3!!!!
Jeremy sure is freaking out and panicking now…what more if he finds out about Mi-nyeo… >8D
Wahahaha…Oldboy parody… then next thing I’ll be hearing from this series is a “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance” parody (like in Dal-ja…pffft…*restraining laughter*)
By the way, DID YOU GUYS NOTICE THE RINGS JEREMY WAS WEARING? PACMAN RINGS? Where, in the world, can i buy those???
yes, this show is totally brighten up my day!
thx javabeans for the nice recaps,
can’t wait for the next episode!
@41,Belleza
Although BOF is also a youth/idol dramas, it is able to attrack older viewers which i think might be because of LMH/Junpyo character. I dont know how to describe it, but right now LMH gains fans from all ages. there’s just something about the character and his acting. to compare with YB, this drama centred around Idols/Idol group which i think ahjummas never interested in.
btw, THANKS Javabeans for the recap! Love this drama.
i love that the romance is developing greatly in this episode, but i actually like the previous eps better. this ep is kinda over the top for me. i know its a trendy drama but previous ones were able to come off believable to me. to note: how the hell TK was suddenly able to catch up with the track, and the ending at the swimming pool. i dont get why MN throw away her shirt and decides to jump into the pool. she can easily put on her shirt back. and to count TK saved MN in this ep alone like three times. truck, train, pool. it feels like BOF again. and i cringe at TK smirks in this ep. that said, there are still scenes that i like. hillarious Jeremy, cellphone commercial, parody and many more.
When I read JB’s review of episode 1 & 2- I decided to give this drama a try, and I am glad that I did. This drama is very over the top, in my opinion, but there are some emotional moments that I liked. After watching 3 episodes, I am glad to say that I will continue.
JGS is much better in here than in BV. Probably because in BV, they gave him a crappy lovey dovey story w/ Lee Jia’s character, and KJM’s acting was too supreb for any actor to surpass him.
This is my first time see PSH, and she is adorable. Her character reminds me of YEH’s Eun Chan (CP) and Hana Kim. Her character is leading toward Hana KIm female cross dressing type, b/c this drama is soooo silly.—but i still love it. =]
Hopefully the ratings will go up again. Maybe not, since lots of female fans will be watching LBH’s Iris. I would immediately be glued to the computer every wednesday for Iris over this drama, IF KTH was NOT the female lead.
The Son Ye Jin- LBH couple would have been PERFECTION. Then again, I am in the mood for a feel good type of show, that I don’t have to do too much thinking. On a related note– I just finished “The Last Scandal of My Life” in 2 days and it was AWESOME!!!!!
by the way, can someone supply the dialogue from the “Temptation of Wife” parody? I didn’t quite understand it, even after re-reading the recap for the scene…
the female stylist (LURVE HER HAT AND GAUZE VEIL…reminds me of Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s getup…and the jeonmo hat used by Moon Chae-won in PoTW… ;p) is quite abusive of Hong-yi…
rating maybe important..but i prefer something fresh and cute….so don’t really care about YB rating….this drama is beautiful anyway…hehehehe
thanks,JB for a good work…
addicted to jung yonghwa and his C.N blue group..their songs awesome!!!!
@Fiey,
“Although BOF is also a youth/idol dramas, it is able to attrack older viewers which i think might be because of LMH/Junpyo character.”
Yeah, but that one was a planetary alignment type phenomenon. BOF came at the right time, when the Korean economy was so, so bad, that a show that seemed cheerfully, even rebelliously oblivious to that was mutually enjoyed as recession balm for everybody. I can honestly say I enjoyed BOF probably more than any other show I’ve ever watched. Not because it was a good show, but due to my own job situation, I really, really needed a show like this.
Brilliant Legacy hit paydirt too, but that show was a brilliant intersection between SBS Weekend Soap histrionics and <24 age casting. The ajummas enjoyed the Cinderella vs bad stepmom plot. The kids enjoyed the slow-burn romance between Lee Seung Gi and Han Hyo Joo, but pretty much a show mostly populated by young 20-somethings.
You're Beautiful doesn't have either going for it. Then again, it doesn't need to. There isn't a massive MFL-style budget or an A-list headliner with this show. There isn't an expectation for the show to do big numbers, because this show was always programmed to be an offbeat alternative, mostly for the kids, to whatever blockbuster was on the other channels. The pressure is mostly off.
Idol dramas travel well across different countries. And this is a good one.
Thank you as always!
Lee Honggi is EXCELLENT in this drama!
I see combination of BOF and Hanakimi in this series and loving it!
thanks for the recap! episode 3 definitely had a bunch of unexpected things happening i.e. the moving truck, Mi-nyeo forgiving him for the ring, etc. and there was a good mix of lol comedy and drama (the thing with her mom and the ring- it’s so sad how Taekyung sort of wants to show that her mom has definitely abandoned her). and whoa that expression on JGS’s face after she stole the PDA- so sexy!! and i love how Hong-ki plays the observer. the only negative thing so far might be the swimming pool scene…it doesn’t really feel as fresh as the rest of the drama since they sort of did the she-is-drowning-underwater thing in Hong Gil Dong.
thanks to this episode, am so in love with the series now! it’s seriously looking up
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This is sooo great! Love your recaps!
Since I cant watch this online b/c my internet is too slow..
I can somehow keep up with the drama
THANKS SOOO MUCH!
Thanks for the quick review! I can’t wait for ep 4!! jgs is total hotness. this has been the best comedy drama i’ve watched this year.
I really enjoy your recap, this drama is so freak funny
I can’t wait the next episode 
Aja aja fighting for your hard work!
ahhhh I just finished watching the episode after reading the recap!
I LOVE IT!!!! thanks so much Javabeans! got something to look forward to tomorrow after uni
Hahaha I just finished watching – all my flatmates probably just heard me giggling to myself. I’m not really going to add anything to this conversation, just wanted to say that JGS’s confused face is the most crack-me-up/adorable thing I’ve seen in a long time.
When he realises she’s still on the truck?! And when she hugs him??!! hahaha aww…. so awesome ^_^
Even the whole Zoolander thing’s kinda cute! it’s just so weird…hehehe oh for the love of god I’m fangirling. I sense a new drama addiction coming on…
but its so…damn…cute…
Thanks a bunch for the recap! A a string of drama disappointments this year, YB is a breath of fresh air!
Oops, I meant ‘after’!
Oh, and I forgot to add that JGS is smoooooookin’ hot. He’s my new obsession! Seriously, that low and manly voice of his is to die for!
I think the sneer worked. It suited him and works in the scenes – it’s knowing ahead of time that he worked on it that gets in the way. If you are really into the story – it flows and isn’t awkward.
WOW POINTING TO THE BILLBOARD IS LIKE NOW SHOWING
MJ – That IS IT !!
DON’T BE TOO OVER IN YOUR SMIRKING TAE KYUNG.
Aw, Shin-woo, you’re a little less special now. Tae-kyung also knows. LOL
I’m so glad in an idol/trendy drama, I finally come to like the female lead. I’m also glad she doesn’t scream her head off every freakin’ second and goes “YAAAAAAA!” really loud. My ears are at peace.
Hihihi… Jeremy or “Jermy” is funny! Poor boy is so clueless. I love his facial expressions.
I also like Hong Yi and their parodies, especially the “shori shori” one. And the scene where he supposedly confessed the truth…to a priest. Hehehe…
Park Shin Hye is so adorable! This is the first time I’ve seen her act. I would have probably enjoyed watching Geum Jan Di if PSH got that part, oh well… I’m glad she got this role.
I can’t wait for tonight! Thank goodness for fast uploaders and subbers! I’m clearing my Wed. and Thurs. nights for this.
I LOVE when Jeremy gives Mi-nam the apple to avoid contact with her, and even though it has a bite taken out of it already, she’s so touched and thanks him profusely. HAHAHA!
I LOVE THIS DRAMA…THE SORRY SORRY PARODY WAS CRAZY!!!
Thanks JB
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With episode 3 they’ve started airing parodies of Korean pop songs featuring A.N.Jell. Starting things off are the three members (minus Mi-nam) bouncing along to DJ Doc’s “Run to you”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w23cw_CWiUI
Awww…. the drama is getting so addictive!! i was wondering whether i should wait for the recaps before watching the drama, but i couldnt stand it and got tempted by the videos!
I hope the ratings would go up, because if it does, there’s a higher chance of extending the drama rite?
This drama is so damn good that i keep wanting more. I’m totally gaga over it!!
@ tombrady: mind sharing where u watch this online? I’m from Singapore and I had such a hard time trying to find it on air as early as possible or best is live streaming. Even though I can’t understand Korean, but I’m just too desperate to watch it as soon as possible. Haha~ Thx!
@ bbm: where did u find the album?!! Gosh I can’t believe I cannot find anything last night. Can’t find the live streaming of the show, can’t find where to download the album. Thx!
Hope we will know how come Mi-nyeo is crying with JGS hugging her in episode 4!!
P/s: Thx a lot JB for sharing the main OST!
how cute is tae-kyung when he ties up his fringe (jogging scene) ?! ?! oh.. and I found myself giving as tae-kyung scowl to a guy who teased me as I was walking on campus .. hee
I think I would enjoy this drama so much more if I was not crazily obsessed with another.
The rap part of this song, Promise, on the OST, is by Shin Woo right?
Sounds awesome ^^
And although he is a pretty cool and likable second lead, his character seems a bit flat right now. Not much emotion?
go to my youtube account to watch you’re beautiful with english sub…..this drama will sure gonna be a hit just 3 episodes and it already have an excellent feedback hong sisters really is a good writer……this is my fav drama right now in this year even though theres boys over flowers before this drama is the best…all in all…great cast and writers and directors…..if the dvd come out im sure gonna buy it to add into my drama collections cant wait for the dvd to come out….JLINKIFY is my username in youtube..enjoy watching
I love your recaps as always…..the whole episode was great it had some heavy duty drama and LOL comedy….the mix is great for youthfull drama and I think the writers and director are doing a great job……..I hope the ratings keep in proving becauese this drama really is wonderful to watch……..I love how the main characters are developing and in this episode we get to see the serious side of them specially JGS character…..I hope the comedy continues and more parodies please cause that is what is making this drama so great to watch. Is like watching a manga/anime come to live in an GREAT way…….
Scenes that I love
1. TK pointing to his own phone comercial/ and the is this hidden camera part LOL…..JGS sure looks HOT…..I’m falling for him and that deep sexy voice LOVE IT……
2. The Oldboy and Sorry dance was hilarious……
3. Jeremy in his pink outfit so cute..like a little boy..lol….and apple scene was EPIC…..
4. The director of the MV or photoshoot was so funny…..with those shorst LOL
waiting for. ep. 4
I have to join langdon813 (@11) in the club for women who have Inappropriate Crushes on K-Boys. JGS, eyeliner notwithstanding, is terrific in this. I’ve grown to love the one-eyed look his rather goth style is giving him. It’s a bit of a shock when he takes a shower and two eyes show up. The sneer might be getting a bit out of hand, but maybe it’s part of the overthetopness which is so enjoyable.
Great recaps, again… thanks!
yyeee! thanks javaB!
am off to reading this…
Thanks for the recap, JB! After years of prepping himself in second lead roles, I’m so happy that Jang Geun-soek chose this project for his first lead drama role. It’s so cute and sweet, and it’s introducting him to a whole new audience, yay! This episode continues to be fun and zippy, love.
need to comment first before reading the other comments. hehehe ^_~
by the way, regarding the balls glowing in the dark. it made me fall off my seat literally… and while watching the series i kept laughing so hard that my dad went to my room and ask me if i’m going crazy cause i’m laughing by myself..
this drama or i mean dramady is starting to grow on me… and the Hong sisters surely know their stuff… kudos to their brilliant writing…
i’ll watch this epi tomorrow. hope it’s already subbed in viikii… and i’m off to my crazy antics again laughing like insane person..
oohh.. i forgot to say thanks to JB..
so here it goes…
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE EVER WONDERFUL AND ENTERTAINING RECAPS AS ALWAYS JB!!!!
omo! omo! cant wait to watch this!
Just by reading this ep, am already laughing hard!!!
aawwww….. I dont know who makes a cuter couple… shinwoo/Mi nam or Tk/MiNam!!! sooo sweet!!!!
okay its 1am and i have an 8am meeting tomorrow at work..i got home around midnight doing preparations for that meeting..i should be sleeping and resting but NOOO i can’t help but watch episode 3 at viikiii!!! waaaah i can’t help it..im hooked!!!
I believe the OST for this series is already for sale at yesasia.com
anyway, it is just me cause i find a hint of similarity between PSH and YEH in some of the pics… it seems to me that she is a younger version of YEH..
Greatest bit in the episode = Taekyung’s reaction to the hug
SOOO FUNNY… and cute
The way he held his hand up so that he didn’t touch her at all.. XD
I love seeing the little snippets of caring Taekyung now — this was a good episode for the character. Am loving Geun seok more and more as this drama goes by..
BY THE WAY…. DOES ANYBODY NOTICES HOW NICE AND LOW JSG’S VOICE IS!!! VERY VERY HOT…. SEEMS LIKE LOWER THAN A BARITONE KIND OF VOICE…. *DROOLING*
reaaaaaaaly enjoyed to watch this episode. it’s soo funny.. can’t wait to the next ep…!! kyaaaaa….. XD
btw, thanks JB for the Song! I love it!
something i noticed recently- Mi-nyeo is a very athletic nun! she jumps turnstiles at the train station and railings! she’s made to be a boyband member!
So that was a Wife’s Temptation moment. I was wondering about that. I seriously loved Jeremy’s expressions and wild imagination in this episode I kept going back after reading the subs just to see the look on his face. And the moment I saw Tae-kyung’s sneer it made me think of that Meryl Streep reference I read in the interview you posted. Thanks for all your effort.
I replayed the scene where Minam hugs TaeKyung at least 4 times because I couldn’t stop cracking up at JGS’s expression! It changes from eyes tightly shut to one of complete incredulousness and seeing it in slow-motion was even better, buahaha! Just thinking about it makes me giggle~ And Hongki slapping himself was cute too… I think everyone in here is very well cast, and I’ll say it again- what a good-looking cast! It’s like they’re straight out of a manhwa!
this drama is way toooo coool!!!! i really love watching jang geun suk and park shin hye doing these kind of roles….especially because those roles given 2 them before showed too much innocence…(JGS- hwang jini and PSH- stairway to heaven)
i adore hong ki’s acting….he’s really hilarious!!!
I love the story since i’m hooked into idol groups in Korea….
the fans reminded me of those HOTTEST(FANGROUPS OF 2pm)…
Can’t wait 4 the next episode….love it!!!
this drama is perfect.
its been ages since i have been so into a kdrama.
“That triggers Jeremy’s overactive imagination, and he re-interprets the earlier scene at the elevator. This time, he sees Mi-nam as the (romantic) aggressor, and Tae-kyung as the victim. It’s hilarious.”
No Beeepebebeebbeep’ing kidding!
That was WONDERFUL! Watching JGS take on a melodramatic, girly “What part of “No” confuses you?” air, and PSH take on the “please, please, please accept me, I love you so much” look while repeating the same innocuous lines from the ‘real’ scene was almost too much for my poor heart! (I might have burst a vein at that one!)
Seriously, I’m enjoying how _clever_ this script is- pop culture references abound (hidden camera shows, JGS pointing at his own commercial, all the other k-drama parodies), not to mention funny ‘religious revelation’ moments that take place in Ni-nam’s head (complete with heavenly choral music and mother superior’s voice in a echo’ing voice-over!), use of freeze frames and twisting between a build up to something dramatic (a fist fight? Ni-nam hitting TK in frustration for keeping her up and digging in the cold pond all night??) and letting us release that tension in helpless laughter as the scene dissolves into something half-absolutely-silly and yet half-touching (a hug where TK keeps his hands up in “I have nothing whatsoever to do with this one-sided hug!” pose!
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Thank you JB for your caps, and I can’t wait to see what you think about episode 4, I just watched it raw and I really liked it… more Hong sisters writing magic!
@ 75 dreams
here you can check this site out to watch it unsubbed:
http://joonmedia.net/videos/play/11432/2
ENJOY…
I just saw Episode 4….sweet and funny again. Can’t wait for next week.
I was just a little bit disappointed in the episode (only the tiniest bit). I think one of the side effects of the early discovery is that the angst starts earlier, too. So it’s a tiny bit less fun and a tiny bit more drama-y. All the mommy issues don’t help either. I just remember having more fun watching the first couple of episodes.
I was kind of hoping for a full disclosure of Minan’s secret, at least amongst the four band-mates. One thing I hate about KDrama’s is that everyone is always hiding something from everyone else. Of course, if that had happened we would never have gotten a glimpse into Jeremy’s imagination… BRILLIANT. I laughed out loud at his recollection of the elevator scene because, for a split second, I thought it was a real flashback and I was all “how did I miss that?” But locker room shenanigans and freaked out half-wits can only be funny so many times so I really hope the band all gets on the relative same page soon.
what really bothers me is the way taekyung angles his head and glares at mi nam..its just weird…creeps me out.
but the series is really funny and i love it.
a lot of twists and its unpredictable.
At the risk of sounding like a total fangirl… I’m so happy for Jang Geun Suk…. after so much series of him playing the second lead (and the one who doesn’t get the girl)… he is totally rocking this “ssagaji with a heart” LEAD role!
btw, TK’s sexy voice > SW’s nice guy…. and every time I hear that sexy baritone voice… makes me forget the whole weird half face fringe that he has!
and actually I wouldn’t mind that Jeremy has found out yet (for a couple of episodes at least)… his crazy overactive imagination is just waaay tooo funny~
QUESTION: is Uee’s character coming out in Episode 4? because for some weird reason I already hate her… her character seems really annoying.
Thanks for the song, dramabeans. I’ve been wanting to download it. I just hope they don’t play it as often as BBF did “paradise..” now that would be dreadful.
love love love Jung Yong Hwa (Shin-woo)
Hahaha, it’s nice to have a kdrama addiction again XD
Thanks for a great recap!
Thank you very much for such a prompt recap Javabeans!!! I had a great time watching the first two episodes. This drama sure is funny and exciting. I got interested after your first recap (aside from the fact that Jang Geun-suk is the lead). I hope to see the episode 4 recap very soon.
@75, dreams
you can download it from here
http://www.4shared.com/file/140767317/cd7f5db3/Youre_Beautiful_OST.html
Credit to 13infamyss from YB soompi thread…
from soompi i read that the OST already in top ten daily sales…
will be waiting patiently for ep 4 recap
was i the only one that thought of “heartbreaker” when jeremy had that apple in his hand? ahahahaha xD
excellent drama! i can’t waiiit to see how it turns out! it’s been a while since i’ve been so excited about a show =D
Haha I love Jeremy in this ep, he was so hilarious with his wild imaginations. The hug scene was awkward but fitting and cute, I love TK’s expression and posture haha
LOL I just loved the manager’s ideas and plans!! LOL I was laughing so hard, like not even kidding also having the stylist like beat him for being stupid. LOL. But the situation between Taekyung and Mi Nam, I mean at first it seems as though he’s really going to do it, (although I mean we all know that’s not gonna happen anytime soon..) but still in the end goes after Mi Nam when she gets stuck on top of the truck, oh goodness, I was like “omo!” Lol, but its just so sad to see our Mi Nyeo who is just so innocent and naive suffering. Its like she meets the real world where her reckless doings can cause her death, such as Taekyung’s death glares that can burn through you. Haha, but it was really sad, but it also shows you Taekyung has a heart, although I knew it was inside his ice walls somewhere. Mi Nyeo was able to bring it out, and I feel like they’re progressing well.
Even though it doesn’t seem so just yet.
AND Oh gosh.. Shin Woo.. Our lovely Shin Woo! Lol, I sound like an ajjuhma now. Haha, but oh goshers, the sweetest boy any girl would want, as Shin Hye has said herself. Lol, he’s so caring and sweet, and honestly he’s got dibbs.. But He’s so… Idk.. Its just he’s not forceful like Taekyung, therefore Mi Nyeo is clueless of Shin Woo’s affections towards her instead she sees it just as kindness. And also the fact that she doesn’t know that Shin Woo knows..
JEREMY!! My favorite!! LOL oh gosh, he’s really going crazy with Mi Nam. The other guys seems to be fine with her now except for him and we all know why of course, because even now.. He’s still clueless. Haha.
Anyways great review. I love them. ;D
99 @ tombrady: Thx a lot! I tried to go to the main page to see if i can choose which episode to watch and its all in Korean! Then i discover they got it from Youku.com. Do you watch it from Youku straight or you understand Korean?
107 @ bbm: Thx thx!! I’m downloading it now. Kept repeating Promise (thx to JB) till my Ipod hang several times today. Haha~
Can’t wait for epi 5 man! Its getting so interesting. I really want to see how did Uee discover Mi-nyeo and what did Shin Woo buy for her.
PERFECT! Love this drama…
@langdon and reluctantbutaddicted
I am with you two. I never thought I would find JGS attractive especially with those eyeliners, hairstyle and his choice of wardrobe. But I’m finding myself slowly getting obssessive. Besides that voice, I think he’s a good actor especially with the range of emotions he has shown us in YB.
If I was MN, I would find TK more acttractive than SW too. SW is kind and gentle. But TK it’s like playing with ice and fire. So much more exciting.
107 thank you very much love the songs
*sigh* Adorably dense Jeremy. I love him. The other’s are great, too, but there’s just something about the blonde boy being a typical blonde….
thanks for uploading the song. May I know who did the rap? Somehow I find that JGS voice suits this song compared to Lee Hong Ki
second lead crush syndrome too…
thank you for the recaps… so enjoying the series.
We can’t have access to video websites at school, so I have to read the summary to entertain myself because I’m done my work -.- Thanks so much!
in the eps 3 preview, there was a scene in the lift where Tae Kyung was saying that he has too much beer or something, ( before Minam going to tell him about her mother) . Isn’t it missing?