You’re Beautiful: Episode 4
The ratings battle looks like it’s going to be Iris’s to lose, but at least You’re Beautiful improved slightly from yesterday. (Their numbers came in at a respective 25.3% and 8.9%. Heading to the Ground sank further to hit its series low, a 3.3%.) I don’t really buy the argument that the audiences for the two dramas are so vastly different, but I enjoy the contrasting tones. (I’m sure there are differences in viewership, but all in all, drama lovers like dramas when they’re fun and entertaining, and don’t confine themselves to certain genres.)
SONG OF THE DAY
You’re Beautiful OST – “여전히” (Still). This is the main song sung by A.N.JELL in this episode.
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EPISODE 4 RECAP
Tae-kyung jumps into the pool to rescue Mi-nam, who is starting to lose consciousness. He shakes her underwater until she rouses, and swims for the surface. Unfortunately, in her struggle to get to the surface, she kicks him on the head, shoving him back down.
He gurgles angrily, “Go… Mi… Nam…” and sinks.
(HAHAHA. I had a feeling the writers were going to subvert this touching gesture with a punchline.)
Mi-nyeo surfaces and sighs in relief at her near miss. She gets dressed, wondering who it was who came to save her. Just as she thinks back and is struck with the possibility of it being Tae-kyung, she looks at the pool in alarm — just as his body floats to the surface.
Soon, an ambulance arrives and a weakened Tae-kyung is being wheeled out on a stretcher. He sees Mi-nyeo by his side, gripping his hand worriedly. He raises his head, and with the last of his strength, he puts his hand on top of hers… and flings it off. (HAHA.)
On the upside, as a result of this news, the fans come around and praise Mi-nam for (supposedly) saving Tae-kyung’s life. Sayuri leads the rest of the fan club in a chant, “Go Mi-nam, thank you!”
On the other hand, Tae-kyung is peeved to hear that Mi-nam has been made into the hero. He mutters, “Who saved whom?” Sung-chan thinks Tae-kyung should stay longer at the hospital. Tae-kyung grumps that he’s fine, but Sung-chan says that the public response has been really good. Staying longer would take advantage of that. LOL.
Meanwhile, another celebrity is at the hospital today — top pop star Yoo Heyi. (Hyee? Hae-yi?) She visits a sick child and cries in compassion, all while a camera crew busily films the proceedings. Heyi is loved by all and called “Korea’s fairy” as an endearment (similar to “America’s sweetheart,” it’s the label that both Eugene and Sung Yuri were called back in their idol days).
Heyi has to excuse herself because she’s so overcome with her emotions, and steps outside while the others marvel at her kind heart. Of course, they don’t see her walking away like a pop-diva Keyser Soze, her tearful sniffles gradually turning into a derisive sneer. Back in her van, she gripes about the photo op and orders her assistant to hand her a tissue.
But wait — it’s not an assistant, it’s Tae-kyung sitting in the backseat. She stepped into the wrong van! Gathering her wits, she quickly assumes her public persona, adding a hint of flirtatiousness, but he’s not fooled since he’s seen her true side. She drops the act and says, “I’m no fairy, like you’re no angel.”
Still, she sees his comments as an interest in her (no doubt because everyone else fawns over her). He’s turned off by her conceit (although it rather mirrors his own), and tells her to leave with her trash (dirty tissues) and to leave the door so he can air out her noxious perfume.
Heyi leaves in a huff. As she heads back to the hospital, a reporter spies the A.N.JELL decal on the van, and wonders at the connection…
Jeremy confronts Mi-nyeo, demanding to know what happened at the pool between her and Tae-kyung. He threatens to spray her with water if she doesn’t spill, and she can’t think of an answer, so he makes good on his threat. He chases her around with the garden hose, spraying her with water and asking for the truth.
But at some point, his mind starts to get away from him again, because the sight of Mi-nam dripping with water takes on a suggestive (appealing) vibe. Alarmed at his own reaction, Jeremy raises the hose to spray her again — but this time he’s sprayed instead.
Shin-woo has stepped in to stop him, and reminds Jeremy that their first performance as the new group is approaching, and Mi-nam can’t get sick.
Jeremy’s reaction is hilarious as he exclaims in a hurt tone, “Did you just spray me to save that guy?!” Feeling betrayed by his hyung, Jeremy turns to his dog for comfort.
Shin-woo again dries Mi-nyeo off, then asks what happened yesterday. Why was she around when Tae-kyung fell into the pool?
Before she can respond, Tae-kyung announces, “It was my mistake.” He says that he had slipped and fallen, and Mi-nam helped him. Shin-woo accepts this and lets the matter drop, but he finds it even odder that Tae-kyung would make a mistake (and admit to it). Clearly he senses there is more to the story.
Tae-kyung heads to his room to find that Mi-nyeo has left food for him. She’s learning, because when she pops by, this time she stays at the threshhold until he (reluctantly) invites her in.
It’s a good sign that he makes a move to eat it, even if he does stop before he gets the chance — he’s allergic to shellfish. She apologizes, saying she didn’t know, to which he answers, “Yeah, I’m sure you didn’t. That’s why you’re frightening.” Mi-nyeo replies that she just wanted to be useful.
Rehearsals. The guys get down to business preparing for their upcoming performance, and Mi-nyeo gradually improves until finally, the guys are satisfied. (There’s a moment when Mi-nyeo angles for a high-five, is left hanging by Tae-kyung, and then self-fives.)
Meanwhile, Mi-nyeo asks Hoon-yi and the stylist to help her find the woman who brought her the photograph.
Jeremy watches Heyi’s video clip of the hospital visit, enamored of the pop star, and uses this as an opportunity to suss out his hyungs. He prods them to admit that they like Heyi, or that they like girls (emphasis on girls) like her. He’s disappointed when neither Shin-woo nor Tae-kyung agrees with him, then pointedly asks Mi-nam for an opinion on Heyi.
The two others tense briefly, but Mi-nyeo just answers blankly, “Who’s Yoo Heyi?”
Hoon-yi and the stylist (who really needs a name other than “Stylist Wang”) therefore teach Mi-nyeo all the various idol stars using a child’s rhyme (used to learn multiplication tables) altered with the names of idol stars.
Her training is progressing well, but Mi-nyeo has a sticky moment when another group of trainees(?) find her in the bathroom. Quickly, she slips into a stall to avoid their attention, but the lead guy grows offended. He knows she’s avoiding him, and accuses her of being snobby now that she’s made it into a group. Mi-nyeo protests and makes grunting noises to try to convince them that she’s really in the stall for gastrointestinal purposes, although they don’t buy it.
She tells herself sadly, “I guess everyone hates me. It’s only because I’m afraid I’ll get caught as a girl.” But when she steps out of the stall, she finds the three trainees staring at her in shock: “Are you a girl?”
They grow suspicious and decide they have to check, spurring her to run out.
As they pursue her down the hall, Sung-chan hears the guys’ accusations and asks, “Go Mi-nam, you’re a girl?” She keeps running through the crowd of fans, who overhear the shouts and also catch on.
As she runs down the front walk, Mother Superior pulls up in a taxi. (Never thought I’d write that sentence, ha.) Wisely, the nun asks, “You’ve run hard, but are you short of breath? Do you hurt where you were hit? Does something seem odd to you?”
This, as you may have guessed, is all a dream. Mi-nyeo awakens in the stall and breathes a sigh of relief.
When the A.N.JELL guys head out, Mi-nyeo is startled to find a few signs with the name Mi-nam on it. Sayuri now faces her with nervous excitement, asking for an autograph. When Mi-nyeo asks, “Didn’t you hate me?” Sayuri shakes her head vehemently.
Mi-nyeo carefully signs her name, but her letters are block-like and childish. Tae-kyung catches a glimpse of them and smirks, then wields his own pen with a flourish. He pretends to do this nonchalantly, but he’s totally showing off for her benefit. Mi-nyeo is duly impressed with his cool signature, and feels sad about hers in comparison.
Therefore, she practices various different styles, and asks for Tae-kyung’s help picking out the best one. When he says they all suck, she requests his help in devising a new autograph.
He declines (and Mi-nyeo, now used to his prickly personality, doesn’t take it personally, but backs off). However, when she leaves, Tae-kyung grabs some paper and gets work on a cool autograph anyway.
Shin-woo offers a hand, and is a little disappointed to hear that she asked Tae-kyung for help first. He tells Mi-nyeo to come to him first in the future. He devises a cutesy signature that suits her personality, and she is grateful for it.
The subject of autographs makes Shin-woo wonder how she came upon her name, which leads to mention of her parents. He’d heard she doesn’t have parents, but she answers cheerily that her mother is alive. “Or, she may be alive. She must have left us right after giving birth to us for some reason.”
Her name is unique enough to be memorable, so Mi-nyeo is confident that it will help in reuniting with her mother: “If I become famous, she will come find me. I’m waiting for that.”
Meanwhile, Tae-kyung is pleased with himself for coming up with an adequate autograph and leaves it in Mi-nam’s room. (It’s very cute how he leaves it on the desk, but worries that it’ll get lost in the clutter, so he finds a better place to store it — with one corner sticking out of her trunk.)
As he leaves her room, he runs into her and is about to tell her about the autograph, but is cut short when she tells him happily, “Shin-woo hyung made one for me.”
He waves her aside and pretends not to care, but back in his room, he pouts; he’s annoyed that he bothered to help. But he’s also struck with the thought that Mi-nam will find the paper he left behind, and imagines her mocking him, saying Shin-woo’s is better. He must get his back!
Thus Tae-kyung sneaks into Mi-nam’s room, where she’s asleep on top of the chest. (Spying the autograph Shin-woo came up with, he sniffs, “It’s not so great.”)
He has to pull her away from the chest to retrieve his paper, and doing so causes her to topple backward — still asleep — onto him. The movement turns out the light, and Tae-kyung finds himself lost in the dark. He suffers from “night blindness” — an inability to see anything without adequate light — and has to fumble his way to the door.
Once out in the safety of the (lit) hallway, he says, “Go Mi-nam really is dangerous.”
Now for the aunt. Being rather flighty and brash, Auntie Dearest has gotten into some kind of brawl, and complains to her fellow cellmate, “Did I know that bitch’s nose was an $8,000 nose?” Hehe. Furthermore, she takes out a loan to secure her release, figuring she can count on her famous nephew Mi-nam to repay her debt.
As Mi-nyeo wonders what kind of person her parents were, her aunt explains to her cellmate that the father was a well-known songwriter — in fact, he even wrote for the famous singer, Mo Hwa-ran. We learn from a televised interview that Hwa-ran’s favorite song is the one that Go Jae-hyun — Mi-nam’s father — wrote for her, and she describes it as holding memories of the purest love she’s ever received.
At the music festival, Jeremy eagerly approaches Heyi, who is hosting the event. Using her sweet public persona, Heyi says she’s a fan, and greets each of the members — until she gets to Tae-kyung, whose name she pretends not to know. (He can’t believe her nerve, and calls her immature.)
As the guys ready for rehearsal, Hoon-yi tells Mi-nam that the woman with the photograph has returned and is ready to meet her. However, because of the performance, she can’t obey her impulse to leave right away, and Hoon-yi assures her that he’ll take care of the meeting and call her with details right away. He points Mi-nam back to Studio B for makeup and rehearsal.
Unfortunately, Mi-nyeo mistakes that for Studio D, and wanders in the wrong hallway. Inside that room, she finds Mo Hwa-ran sitting alone, who mistakes her for her assistant.
When Mi-nyeo clarifies her identity, Hwa-ran takes the chance to ask questions about Tae-kyung. Mi-nyeo doesn’t know about their bad blood and is happy to tell her, “Tae-kyung hyung is your fan!” He even has her movies and music in her room.
Hwa-ran sizes up the innocent Mi-nyeo and offers to give an autograph to be given to Tae-kyung. And when she hears the name Mi-nam, she muses, “Go Mi-nam — so there was another with that name.”
Because of her detour, Mi-nyeo is running late and races to the right studio, where she is prepped for rehearsal, all the while nervously eyeing her phone for Hoon-yi’s call. Hoon-yi is meeting with her aunt, who wants to meet Mi-nam, but the manager presses for information of the mother.
Tae-kyung sees how distracted she is, and takes her phone away. This is her first performance and she has to focus. Does she want to get kicked out?
That was a rhetorical question, so he is taken aback when she answers, “I may be able to leave soon.” She’s found the person who came looking for her, which means she’ll be able to find her mother soon. Thanking Tae-kyung for all his help, she brightens at the prospect of being able to leave and reunite with her mother.
We can infer from his reaction that Tae-kyung is partly disappointed at the thought, even though he tells himself that this is a good thing for him, that as soon as she gets that fateful phone call, she’ll be out of the group.
The performance goes well, and afterward, Mi-nyeo looks around for Tae-kyung, eager to check for messages. She can’t find him because Tae-kyung has slipped back into the dressing room, where he checks Mi-nyeo’s phone. So she borrows Jeremy’s phone to call her manager, just as Tae-kyung sees that she has received a text message, sent earlier by Hoon-yi.
Tae-kyung reads it: “I don’t think we’ll be able to find your mother. I’m sorry…”
Mi-nyeo calls Hoon-yi, who says regretfully, “I think she passed away.”
Jeremy finds her sobbing by herself, and is alarmed. Is she sick? Is she hurt? Panicking, he tells her to stay put, and rushes outside to get help. He finds Shin-woo and tells him Mi-nam is sobbing alone, and they race together to get to her.
In the interim, Tae-kyung finds her still sobbing, and looks at her with a conflicted reaction. She cries, “They say she cannot be found. She is not on this earth.”
As she bawls, Tae-kyung stares at her for a long, silent moment, and then crouches to hold her comfortingly…
…which is, of course, how Jeremy and Shin-woo find them.
COMMENTS
I have said that the issue I most have with the Hong sisters’ writing is their lack of subtlety. I still think that’s true, but it doesn’t mean they can’t do it. They just tend to prefer the big jokey joke, like with their parody sequences. But when they do choose to be subtle(r), it’s can be pretty sly. Everything in this world is basically a parody of the real idol world — take, for instance, the entire character of Sung-chan — and they don’t necessarily have to make a big statement about every little thing. Just by including a point, they’re acknowledging and poking fun at it. Like with Sung-chan telling Tae-kyung to stay in the hospital because it’s good for his image. Or Heyi faking compassion to win brownie points with the public.
Also: I love angsty comedies! If we were in another, less exuberant romantic drama, it would be something of a letdown to head into heavier territory rather quickly like this. But in You’re Beautiful, I find that the comedy still undercuts the big moments (like Mi-nyeo kicking Tae-kyung unconscious, or Tae-kyung suffering night blindness) so that the angst doesn’t overpower. (Or so I hope it will prove to be.)
And Shin-woo! I still think he’s a yummy character, but I’ll admit that he’s got some acting weaknesses. Hhoney, I love you but you’ve gotta work on that line delivery.
All in all, a fun, lively episode.
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OMG! im first??? hahaha…. the agony of waiting 4 the next episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FAST! since i cannot watch the episode here at work, i’ll just read your recap first. thanks a lot!
wow thanks man loving this drama
hey javabeans!
really appreciate ur recap
you’re early today!!
(:
I don’t know, I’m actually starting to feel that as opposed to the romantic vibe I get between Shin Woo and Mi Nyeo, (at least on his part), I get more of an older brother feel from Tae Kyung towards her sometimes. Like when he comforted her at the end, I didn’t feel that “clench” that I would have expected. However, Shin Woo’s face when he saw them together- that got me. And this whole mother issue is really making me question how Mi Nyeo, Tae Kyung and Tae Kyung’s mother are related. I feel a big twist coming, and it makes me nervous lol.
Regarding UEE, I was actually somewhat impressed with her performance- what bothers me about her is her lack of expression, but she actually seemed pretty into her role, so, not too bad. But if Tae Kyung starts liking her, this person will not. be. pleased. At all.
Also, to 9E2O fans, I keep typing and saying Tae Kyung’s name as Kyung Tae, because I keep thinking of that drama. It’s sad really.
And, I’m going to keep asking, because I really want one- does anyone know where I can get that awesome hoodie that Jang Geun Seuk has, the one that has a huge cowl neck that transforms into a hood? I must have one.
The photo where Min yeo is crying broke my heart. I feel so sad for her. She looked so happy at the thought she would find her mum and leave the group.
PSH good job.
Episode 3 and 4 are definately the episodes that are meant to turn us away from Shin woo to Tae-kyung….
The links are broken on Viikii…huhuhu…
I’ll read the recap first, then. Thanks, JB!
I’ve posted this question elsewhere. But I think it deserves a reposting here as well. For those of you who may view the episode, the following question will make alot more sense.
Ever wish the world was one giant metal fork and you were a plastic spoon?
A PINK PLASTIC SPOON.
Off to read the summary.
I’ve been waiting for your review! This is a first…it just shows how much I like this show right now. I’m so glad to hear of others enjoying this just as much as I do even though the ratings isn’t going so well…
+_+” PSH acting is good. She is adorable but I can’t sense any overacting. I’m glad though because I hate it when actors overact. Well, Jeremy is okay since he is so adorable. I’ll tolerate him…hahha
I was going to wait until all the eps are out before watching this but JB seems so enthusiastic about it that I felt the urge to check it out. All I have to say is WOW!!! I couldn’t believe how much I love the first two eps. I had so much fun watching it and I can’t wait to read eps 3 & 4’s recaps after I finish watching it. Thanks JB for promoting this show.
at last! Ah! thanks. I think I am addicted to this drama
I love this drama almost as much as I love you Dramabeans. I find it incomplete if I didn’t read your recaps after.
Am happy to say that my Korean is improving to the point where I get 75% of the dramas without subs! Yay!
@ mimmay me too, I am going to watch it as well, though I never meant to
okay so how about, seriously, the hong sisters do the crazy and make taekyung and minyeo related to each other and thus SHE ENDS UP WITH SHINWOO INSTEAD. that sounds good to me. >_>
Thanks for the recap javabeans. If ratings can count the people who are watching this drama outside Korea…
I wish tomorrow is already Wednesday! XD The agony….
oh no!!! episode 5 is so far away!!! I am back to to this times that I keep wishing times travels fast to Wednesday and Thursday, but as soon as I am almost finished with the Thursday episode, I wish time would slow down!!!!!
I am happy that this drama is making my week so fun and exciting despite the ratings!!! Fighting!!!!
awww i’m pretty sad that shin woo’s love for mi nam is gonna be one sided
it’s kinda obvious that she only sees taekyung
but i’m still a huge shin woo fan!
jeremy is just adorable! i love that water shooting scene >.<
@14…I was thinking the same thing while watching this episode. What if Tae-kyung and Mi-nam are half-brother and sister???
Aww…it sucks that the ratings aren’t within 2 digits. Not like I’m influenced by the ratings, but I’m scared that it will affect the productions (e.g. Soulmate, Tamra the Island, Strike Love, etc). I hope they don’t hasten or screw up the storyline because of the low ratings
Anyhow, thanks for the GREAT recaps as always!
Mi Nam’s dad and Tae Kyung’s mom had an affair…maybe? Things are gonna get even more complicated! Or maybe, Tae Kyung’s mom had an unrequited love for Mi Nam’s dad… whatever it is, I hope I get to watch the whole episode tomorrow!!!
@18 may
I highly doubt it. That could be in a dream (nightmare) sequence, if they want to scare the viewers…
I love this show,, but I hope it doesn’t become dramatic later on (*sigh.. there might not be hope when the whole mommy and daddy issue surfaces and when we figure out what really happened to mi-nam oppa). I laughed a lot on this episode as well but my fav so far is definitely episode 2!!!!
P.S – Shin Woo’s acting was a bit weak in this episode.. *sigh. I’m not sure I’ll root for him. Not that I was rooting for him too much before. Hong Ki’s acting always is always slightly off but he covers it up with his cuteness.. =P Thank god, PSH, JGS, and Manager-nim are awesome!!!
“HAHAHA. I had a feeling the writers were going to subvert this touching gesture with a punchline.”
I appreciate the Hong sisters for taking every cliche’ in the book and spinning it around. I love how MN becomes the saviour.
“the sight of Mi-nam dripping with water takes on a suggestive (appealing) vibe.”
Loved this scene. It may be a little too much for some people, but i’m digging HongKi’s wild imagination.
“he (reluctantly) invites her in. ”
Reluctant or not, he does calls her in. This on top of making a fictious lie about falling down in water. Love is in the air!
“He’s disappointed when neither Shin-woo nor Tae-kyung agrees with him, then pointedly asks Mi-nam for an opinion on Hyee.”
I loved JGS’s expression as he looks up at MN after she is put on the spot. He just raises his eyes and watches intently awaiting her response. Beautifully executed on JGS’s part.
“But he’s also struck with the thought that Mi-nam will find the paper he left behind, and imagines her mocking him, saying Shin-woo’s is better.”
The dude has some serious self esteem issues. Given that he is hot (and yes he knows it), is part of an idol group being worshiped by girls everywhere, is smarter than the average bear, TK should give himself a little more credit.
“Tae-kyung stares at her for a long, silent moment, and then crouches to hold her comfortingly…”
I hope the significance of this pause is not lost on our audience. I’m so glad TK took a moment to reflect and then approached her. Made the moment stand out even more. Traditionally, you see the guy running upto a girl and hugging without a thought spared. The quick reaction somehow relfects how much he cares. I’m so glad TK took that pause indicating that he made a concious decision to go comfort her. He is holding her not because she is crying and alone but because he wants to. Again, brilliant job JGS.
You’re so fast in posting the recap!thank you so much!i haven’t watched any of the episodes and entirely relie on your recaps.you’re the best and i’m really loving ‘you’re beautiful’.can’t hardly wait for the next episode’s recap.ù
This episode was fun. And I am liking Park Shin Hye even more. That last scene with her crying was touching. The girl can really cry buckets.
I really liked the pool episode. I thought Tae Kyung will rescue Min-nyeo, tell her she’s stupid, and that’s it. I never thought the Hong sisters will make it even funnier with Tae Kyung being rescued by Min-nyeo in the end.
For the 4th episode, I wanted to cherish the Shinwoo and Min-yeo moments because I know I’ll root for Tae Kyung in the end. At this point, Tae Kyung still thinks of Min-nyeo as a nuisance although caring for her at times so I still have some time to take deep breaths before the drama gets a little complicated.
I hope somebody from A.N.JELL ends up with Sayuri in the end. Sayuri’s character is fascinating and I wouldn’t mind if she hooks up with Jeremy. And I hope that girl who rejected Shinwoo resurfaces. That’d be cute.
I hope the Hong Sisters are not thinking of using the “Tae Kyung and Min-yeo are related after all” twist in this drama.
Again, thanks for the recaps, Javabeans. Much love!
hmmm i wonder if Hwa-ran is Mi-nyeo’s real mom and Taekyung was just an adopted son or an unrelated stepson that who had known her as his only mother.
best line of the episode, after Mi-nyeo brings Taekyung the shellfish, which he is allergic too and she apologizes, saying she doesn’t know and he responds:
“Yeah, I’m sure you didn’t. That’s why you’re frightening” so true!
love the twist to the swimming scene! I was sooooo sure, he was going to save her with CPR.
I love, love You’re Beautiful. I love it so much i watch the episode unsubbed as soon as it comes out… first drama i’ve ever done that.
Thanks JB for the quick recaps. Its fantastic…and can tide me over until i get home from work to watch the ENG subs.
This drama has really won me over. All the characters are fun to watch and their own quirks and personalities are coming out well in each episode. Tae Kyung’s vulnerability is showing despite his prickliness, Minyeo’s bubbly personality and optimism is so cute, ShinWoo remains sweet, and Jeremy continue to be hilarious.
I truly love how they are developing the relationship between TaeKyung and Minyeo – slow buildup with lotsa potential. In 4 episodes he’s transitioned from despising her..to acceptance and respect of her perseverance…to feeling empathy. I agree there are no romantic undertones yet (..more like reluctant big brother..) but i think its too early for that. After all, he just found out he’s a girl. It will be interesting to see later how the dynamics will change and how they both deal with it. After all, there’s been a lot of unintentional touching already. HAHAHA… each time she fell on him is a hilarious episode, plus there’s been a lot of hugging though none felt romantic yet.
But this epi’s ending is a good beginning. So sweet….Jeremy couldn’t deal with a crying MiNam and had to call Shinwoo. TaeKyung, with prickly personality et all, hesitates and yet saunters over to comfort her. Hey, he didnt have to hug her or touch her head, ya know! He’s a closet romantic…hehehe.
Poor Shinwoo! He’s gonna have to endure more of this.
The self-five was so adorable, as is Jeremy when he found Mi-nam crying.
This episode was more fun than the last one imo & I really enjoyed the recaps, thanks!
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Weeeh! Thank you Javabeans! I’ve been reading your blog everyday, updating about Kdramas. And hell yeah, I’ve been following You’re Beautiful. Since I can’t watch here in my work, I’ve read your review. Can’t wait to go home this evening to watch it online. Weeh!! Thank you so much!!
~NeAn, from Philippines~
love this
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I love this show – crossdressed girl/boy is always a fun theme.
But what bothers me a little is how some scenes have no originality to it, eg the swimming pool ‘unexpected’ kick, though I can’t recall where I’ve seen the exact same scene.
To name another, the glow in the dark balls was a clever ripoff of a 90’s HK movie “HE’S A WOMAN, SHE’S A MAN”, except in that movie it was a glow in the dark stick (for fake penis) LOL
Oh yeah the girl in that movie was a crossdressed pop idol too..
TALKING MUSIC
Still – OST who is the other voice besides JGS from chorus (the back up voice doesnt much)? Its quite off. My guess is PSH. Music producers should have dome something to correct it.
I love this drama and I love this site! Thanks!
But can’t help feeling that this is a mixture of Hana Kimi and now It Started With a Kiss with the night blindness thing? Lol. And inasmuch as I like Shin-woo’s character, I’d always want the lead guy and lead girl to hook up in the end. It’s only rightful. I hope they dont turn out to be half-sibs like some of you pointed out. ^^
Thanks for the review… u mentioned almost all my fav scenes… but one in particular I liked was when they were eating ice-cream and TK got so distracted by Mi-Nam’s messy eating even though Jeremy was busy chattering away to him. The way he chided her was pure <3 ! (And Jeremy's face when he thought TK said Mi-Nam is more beautiful than Hee Yi!!)
Not only is You’re Beautiful entertaining, Episode 4 proved that it can be quite educational as well! Given my advanced age and relative ignorance of Kpop, I’ve been wondering how on earth I’d ever figure out the names of all the guys in Super Junior (I know Siwon and Heechul, and kind of figured that was enough).
But now my problem is solved!
Still loving every single second of YB; thanks for the speedy recap JB!!
i love you jb…
why is the rating so low??
i enjoy watching it so much
is iris that good?
i hvn’t watched it…but i think i love u’re beautiful more …XDXD
Thank You So Much JB for fast recap… i can’t wait to get home to watch this…
is anybody know where to stream this with english subs, i heard the link for ep 4 at viikii is broken TT
LOL @ the way to learn idol names… i wish i’ve learned that before i became SJ fan, that would make the process sooo much faster XD
^ fyi: viikii has ep 4 up again.. at least for now.
@GreenFreak, Really??!! that’s great news… now i hope the link stayed untill i get home from work…
omo where did you see this ep!!!!
such a cute episode.
Shin-woo needs some more personality. I hope he gets more character development.
thanks for the recaps dramabeans. i love how each one of them develops a relationship with Mi Nam. Though we have an idea what will happen in the end, at least it is not shoved in our throats at this early point.
Seems like I’m going to have a long week waiting for the next episode.
MN and TK are step sibling. TK’s mom fell in love with MN’s father and stole him away from MN’s mom…thus there will be angst behind the parent’s triangle relationship. MN will eventually become a full fledged nun and thank the higher power for giving her a chance to live and experience something exciting. She will cherished her moments with her bandmates, and then off to the nunnery. Yes, the Hong sisters will do this to us…and along the journey too the nunnery, MN will give us lots of laughter. Cough*hong gil dong*Cough
omg everytime i see jang geunseuk’s face…it reminds me of gdragon from big bang..aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….this drama is very cute.
I am truly enamored with this drama. It’s like hana kimi and hana yori dango put together! I’m loving the combination of heart racing angst plus side splitting humor…truly entertaining. Thank you so much for your summaries!
I’ve been reading other comments and I am also nervous at the idea of Mi Nam and Tae-kyung being half siblings. I’m gonna be sooo disappointed if Mi Nam and her brother turn out the be the secret love children of Mo Hwa-ran. Seriously, Park Shin Hye is an awesome actress, but she’s already done the whole incest plot before! Also, I don’t see how they could possible make that comical.
The main reason I’m banking on it not being true it that I figure that crooked aunt would have found out and tried to take Mo Hwa-ran for all her money! …but then again…she might not know. Mehhhh…say it ain’t so! I’m really hoping for a happy ending between Mi Nam and Tae-kyung!
Anyways, can’t wait till next episode!!! This drama really just leaves you wanting more and more!
Thanks for the quick recap, JB <3
This episode had some interesting moments for me. First of all, the pool scene had everyone fooled- thinking that Tae Kyung would somehow performed CPR or something. So inventive of the Hong sisters. =]
Then another favorite scene of mine is when Tae Kyung went to recover the sheet of paper from Mi-nyeo's room. Tae Kyung actually was a little jealous of Mi nyeo going to Shin Woo for the autograph signing lesson. HA!
The ice cream scene- Tae Kyung looks at Mi -nyeo like "wipe your mouth- it's making me feel so disgusted." — it's like he doesn't care for her at all, and hates her to death, but slowing- he starts to notice everything that she does, and however he tries to avoid her- he comes in contact with her somehow. That's cute!
And also the look from Shin-Woo's and Jeremy's faces when they saw
Tae Kyung comforting Mi-nyeo was classic. They are totally surpised that TK is not heartless as he seems.
Oh god, if Tae Kyung and Mi-nyeo are somehow related–that is going to be weird. I will keep watching to see if how the writers are going to resolved all the unanswered questions.
Please no incest! Hong Sisters, I plead you! No incest! Not even that journey where they might be siblings but really aren’t.
Thanks dramabeans for another one of your excellent recaps let’s hope it steers away from the incest and go towards the cute and absolutely adorable route (like it is now!)
@miss_procrastination — i totally agree with your comment..no more’we might be siblings’ story pleaaasee~!!
I mean, this episode totally ‘turned me off’ about mi nam and tae kyung getting together b/c i THINK they might be related in someway!! ugh — reminds me of autumn in my heart — that’s why i wanted song hye kyo to be w/ won bin in that drama…ugh bummer if they’re trying to make the drama go that route :/
Thanks for the recap~! excellent job ^^
this drama’s like CRACK!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for my ignorance, what other drama/s did the Hong sisters penned, anyone? Thanks a lot dramabeaners.
I love the ending scene for this episode. I appreciate that the writers don’t make Tae Kyung hug mi nam out of the usual conflicted romantic feelings, but he’s hugging her because he has empathy with her. on his face, all you see is genuine concern
I was thinking… this could be the drama where the secondary male character gets the girl.
I have this theory that Tae-kyung’s mom, is also Mi-Nyeo’s mom. It would be a great plot twist.
I’m realy..realy….love this story……
thks …..2 u……
^^ * recap.
Their parents could be working colleague or the children are cousins.
Do you buy the story of botched eye surgery ?.
Shin Woo is the “pacifyer” , Tae Kyung is the “catalyst” and Jeremy is the late “blossom”. Thanks JB
Wasn’t able to watch the episode, but I enjoyed the recap. Must. Watch. NOW.
“Regarding UEE, I was actually somewhat impressed with her performance- what bothers me about her is her lack of expression,”
Eh… it’s not that Uee’s (Uee = Yoo Hyee?) acting is bland, her overall personality in rl is pretty bland.
From JB’s description of how Tae Kyung’s mother said “Go Minam.. so there was another one”, it felt to me more like she knows of Go Mi Nam, but not that close as in lost child… I’m preparing for a big twist. Tae Kyung and Minam cant be related! Or.. they can. So Minam can be with Shinwoo and still be close with Tae Kyung <3
I watched you’re beautiful and iris…
and so far you’re beautiful is a lot more fun…
iris is just a little…
i dunno…
feels as if they are depending on star power more than the story.
how adorably cute is jeremy/hongki. i’m loving his scenes! his jealousy and hurt after shinwoo hyung sprays him, and his reaction to his unexpected attraction to minam/minyeo. it’s all so so so yummy & fun! LOL
I really hope TK & MN aren’t related in any way or form… Please no, I love SW but I really like the dynamic between TK & MN right now. Their romance is being built up slowly, and I like that… he’s still adjusting to the fact that she’s a girl, and so makes him seem like a brother figure as he himself doesn’t understand why he cares about her.
I don’t think TK & MN are siblings, um if TK’s mom loved MN’s dad so much then why would she abandon their children? My guess, TK’s mom and MN’s dad knew each other coz TK’s mom and MN’s mom were cousins/friends/colleagues in the same industry? It might be that MN’s mom was an aspiring singer who looked up to TK’s mom. The part about little real MN saying that his mom is a famous singer coz he believed so, when it’s not actually true, you know how children think their parents are the best =D TK’s mom had him with some guy but she didn’t love the guy, she did it for her career (like it was some famous producer maybe). Then TK’s mom and MN’s dad had an affair, MN’s mom found out and couldn’t take it so she left her children. MN’s dad realized he was wrong in having the affair, left TK’s mom and somehow got into an accident. Okay, I don’t think this even makes any sense….
I’m in love with the MN/TK combination… oddly I thought the performance was somewhat romantic! (Desperation?)
I guess it’s because I think TK is most passionate when he performs- he’s a singer who loves and is serious about singing, so while he may be cold and cynical in life, on stage, he’s entirely sincere, and appears to feel every word he sings. It just so happens in this episode he’s singing a love duet (essentially) with MN during the concert- was it just me, or did he keep glancing over at MN during the song? Probably to indicate he’s passing her the ‘lead’ – she gets a solo bit!- but possibly tucked in some deep dark recesses of his mind is the fact of MN’s impending departure and the song is about a much-denied, hidden love taking someone unawares.
I’m in the camp that thinks the lady TK calls “mom” is actually his adopted mother somehow and really MN’s biological mother. But we’ll see where the Hong sisters lead us… they’ve certainly managed to keep us guessing in their merry chase so far!
Ohhh… and an intriguing hint in the closing of the trailer about MN possibly being the first to suspect she has a thing for TK… I’m imagining the angst of her deciding she’s got a one-sided thing going for him, certainly he hasn’t given her much reason to hope otherwise (at least not in any way she can see!)
Thanks JB for the caps and the analysis… I’m with you on how great the Hong sisters are at twisting the plot cliches and giving us comedy when we expect drama (I LOVED TK gesturing as if to hold onto MN only to push her away in disgust and fainting again!)
and unexpected quiet touching moments when one might expect something explosive.
Last scene was beautifully under-stated- “Without words” playing softly as no one says anything, and you get to just see each person’s expressions… though in my biased way, I think JGS had the most natural, softly pure sympathy one.
Thank you thank you!!! I haven’t been this drawn into a drama since BOF (well the first half of it anyways…) I can’t wait until it comes out next week ahhh love is definitely in the air.
Have to agree with the other posters…please no incest or relations of any kind…that would really make me mad when I am now rooting for TK and GMN.
Loving it so far…I wish the ratings would catch up with my obsession of it…IT IS LIKE CRACK!!!
Thanks for ep 4 recap.
I have this feeling that the real Go Mi Nam is missing somewhere, and not because of the eye surgery. Maybe Go Mi Nam found out about his mom and ran off to look for her, and the manager didn’t know where he went and since he’s missing, he looked for Mi Nyeo to replace him for the time being as he looks for him. I feel like if Mi Nam really had the eye surgery problem, he could have wrote Mi Nyeo something and ask for her help, he just can’t close his eye not that he is blind or anything.
I forgot to mention- thanks JB for the OST’s!
The OST is great- I’ve also liked the bossa nova version of “Still”/”As Ever” and the 9th street version of “Without words” which was also the song that made MN cry when she first heard it on the ’stolen’ MP3 from TK.
Chuck the chocolates and ice creams:-) This k drama is a better way to chase away the blues.Every episode so far leaves me with a smile on my face.*grins*waiting for this epi to come out with subs:-)Meanwhile I have your recaps to look forward to:-)
I’m so loving Shin-woo’s character!!! (Btw, I love Taekyung’s shot above, the one with the trasher cap. He needs to dishelved that hair of his once in awhile or prolly MOST of the time.) I love his timing when Jeremy was “hosing” Mi-nyeo and how he mouthed “break a leg” at the studio. The guy’s to die for or worth-spending-all-your-money-at-the-money-so-you-can-take-him-home. Lol. And he’s so cute with the reversed cap as well at the studio. LMAO at Jeremy trying to steal Mi-nyeo’s drink. Jealous! Nice touch with Mi-nyeo’s nose getting smothered with cream!
Cute failed Hi-5. Poor girl. 
Lol at Jeremy!!! Hilarious character. (At Yoo He-yi) “Ah… So pretty, definitely my style.” Trying hard to make a point. Shin-woo’s trying to be subtle. He’s even sharing ice cream with Mi-nyeo! ^_____^
J: Yoo He Yi is amazingly beautiful. If she isn’t beautiful, then who is?
T: Go. Mi. Nam.
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The timing!
T: Mouth is dirty!
Jeremy’s having major issues! Lol. And the idol name memorizing rhyme–ROFL!Funny scene at the CR as well, all the grunting to fake it. Clap, clap PSH!
The timing for the Mother Superior’s taxi’s entrance! Exag. :p MS must be her conscience or councilor something. Haha, love it. The symbolism. After that scene, I fell in love with PSH’s hair do.
Cute scene at the autograph signing with Sayuri. LMAO at Tae-kyung. Show off! Ahhh, that sneering mouth of his again!
GMN: “Then can’t the trendy Hwang Tae Kyung make a trendy autograph for me?” Haha, witty.Then, the next scene after that? Wha!!! He even got a newly sharpened pencil and said her/his name out loud (and you know he’s visualizing it already!).
Then, Shin-woo. The hurt? Aww… Come to me and you’d know I’ll always come to you first regarding everything. Hahaha. My God, I think my heart just stopped when he leaned over and said “we’re very close.”
I love how Shin-woo gazes at Mi-nyeo. They are so intent. (Makes you forget to breathe if you stare at them long enough) As always. But I agree with the line delivery.
I love how fast JGS change one expression to the other. Brilliant! The cast (minus Shin-woo) all have crazy minds! It’s such a lot whenever we go inside what they’re thinking. Hilarious!
Btw, the autographs that Shin-woo and Tae-kyung say a lot about their personalities in the series. For example, Tae-kyung sensitivity and vulnerability and part thoughtfulness. I say part because Shin-woo more giving because I think he’s autograph suits Mi-nyeo better. (I love his watch at that scene. Hehe, such a random thought.)
Aside from the Manager Ma, I like Stylist Wang. She’s quite perceptive too. (Well, I think everyone else is except for Jeremy!)
Towards the end, before their stage performance, I love how conflicted Tae-kyung is but he doesn’t realize it yet how deep he’s getting involve with Mi-nyeo. A good way to build up the plot.
The ending’s like WHOA! Getting more physical everytime. And I SUPERLIKE the song while Tae-kyung is hugging her. But the shattered expression Shin-woo has, I can’t say that I appreciate the scene after I saw the look on his face.
I hate how people are comparing Tae-kyung character to BOF or Beethoven Virus. Can’t we just focus on his character here instead?
Hopefully, another week will pass by swiftly or else I’ll be dragging my days for yet another batch of You’re Beautiful episodes (the teaser for next week left me a mess, I don’t know what’s gonna happen next!!!).
I REALLY HOPE Tae Kyung and Min Nam ARE NOT RELATED!! That would totally ruin it for me. I really like Shin Woo so far, he’s such a nice, sweet, calm guy, but I know the 2nd male lead never gets the girl
(Even though I wish they would!) Why do the “jerks” always get the girl? Ah I feel so bad for the nice guy.
I know comparisons have been made before, but the characters and some of the scenes and characters really remind me of a cross between Hana Kimi (jdorama version) and BOF (Korean version).
Is it only me , but all I can see in this drama is JGS? He is so much bigger than all other actors on set in terms of performance and presence. Although Park Shin Hye is not bad at all, all others seem totally kids comparing to him. Especially the guy playing Shinwoo. Is it because his experience of acting among more aged actors , but he is like a rolls royce among mini coopers.
Or it is because they show too much of his ( very sexy) phisical side?
Could be interesting to see JGS in some action drama.
The storyline is fun, though, but I don’t want that sibling thing. It’s so cliche.
Whew! Isn’t that a long one. I forgot to say thank you. I see the episodes posted first but before I watch it I read your recaps first. At first, I thought it’s just a force of habit but then I realized I’m just more comfortable reading your take on it first. I might experiment one of these days and watch first. Rest assured, I’ll be reading all of your recaps.
And yeah, it’s a bit sad the success of the show isn’t reflecting on the ratings. Why oh why? I wonder too. Again, thanks. Visit your blog again next week.
Thanks JavaB!
*sigh* the last scene made me cry….. and ShinWoo (that must have crushed his heart! )… aaww…. the third party….he is soo nice and cute too….
and Jeremy, …^-^ jeremy and “angelina jolie”!!! lol!
love, love, love JSG’s voice!!!
*sigh* love this drama!
The next episode looks like it’s going to be better!!! Cant wait!
THANKS!!! that just made my day. now the pain of waiting a week for the next episode…cant wait!
I love the tone of this drama! so much FUN!
) Admittedly, it reminds me of Japanese film adaption from manga with, you know, a little bit of exaggeration (but heaps of entertaining points!) and yes, “mean” hero!!! I even start to buy that girl does like bad boy!!! 
)
so yay, thumbs up for You’re Beautiful!
Up till now, the drama has been bringing me from one surprise to another. Still, I do not want to hold my hope too high, haiz, as a result of continuous disappointment since Coffee Prince… Who Are You might be a good one, but not enough, I think…
Yet, it has been the most promising one so far
Cannot believe that the rating is so low
Oh no, now I have to wait a whole week for the next episode…Ahhh.
I keep being reminded of My Girl though, with the “are they related, are they not?” They kept going back and forth with clues (the cousin was taken in by…dun dun dun her father! Oh no! Is she his cousin for real? And not a fake? Wait, no! It’s…wtf, it’s Chun Hyang?)
I think we’re being mislead, and I actually agree with the theory of comment 61 — if Mo Hwa Ran had named Minam herself, I feel she would have done more than say “There’s another name like that…” It just sounds like she’s heard it before, albeit in a slightly more intimate way than just in passing or on tv.
Waiting for next week!
I’m normally a silent reader at Dramabeans, but this drama made me want to be part of the craze too!!
I think it’s interesting that both TK and Minam didn’t even realize the strong vibes they give each other and yet, SW starts noticing them! It’s like SW realised how much they both care bout each other without them both aware of that. Aaahh… and I HEART the ending song.. (even searched utube for the sub lyrics
).. and the lyrics were perfect with the scene!
I agree with many of the comments…TG and MN cannot be siblings!!! I love all of the twists to the story such as the pool scene, but I would love TG and MN to be together at the end!!! It would totally disappoint me if they turned out to be even half siblings! LET THEM LOVE EACH OTHER!!!
Oh.. on whether TK and Minam are related or not, I think we’re being mislead as well. DramaBeans mentioned on how Hong sisters loved to play around cliches, so I think this might be another twisted cliche as well! It will be so expected if TK and Minam are related by blood etc, like soooo many othe Kdrama. I sense that YAB tends to bring down the cliches we normally seen in other dramas, so I still think the writers try to play with our emotions still, to keep us curious and wonder
I HOPE YOUR RIGHT ALERT!
YES! I was starting to lose hope in kdramas this year after the disappointment that was Boys Over Flowers. Thoroughly enjoying this one! (and totally with the rest of you—no sibling forbidden love please. ick.)
“He gurgles angrily, “Go… Mi… Nam…” and sinks.”
This was perfectly written! Ihahaha it’s such a small sentence but really it so exactly captures that moment.
It’s one of the many reasons I appreciate your drama recaps!
Oh no. I cannot watch the 4th episode because of a limited video access. Can you actually believe that??? Oh boy, and I couldn’t wait to watch it! Are there any other sites please? (I watch kdramas through mysoju and youtube). All the other sites (including vikkii) only have the 3rd episode.
How can anyone not like this drama! It is so fun, very very entertaining and the actors are doing a good job. I m confident the ratings will go up soon.
I don’t think they are related, more like The Classic, where the parents love each other but fate have other plans like for the children to be togeher instead?
In this episode I realize that Tae-Kyung is a softie because he collected his mom cd/dvd and watches her program. I think even tho he’s hurt but he’s still waiting for his mom to care/acknowledge for him.
@8 thank you
Oh Yeah, I’ll be A PINK PLASTIC SPOON……lols…lols
Another jibe at the K-pop industry- how quickly (and entirely on false grounds of course) AN Jell fans turned into Mi-Nam’s supporters… of course the whole initial misunderstanding was also on purely false grounds!
It was though, rather cute that the “slightly unhinged” president of the fan club was so sweetly asking “Mi-Nam Oppa” for a signature!
And TK is somehow so full of himself at points (“I wonder if this sophisticated signature would be too difficult for her to replicate… perhaps I should try in English”)
and yet so insecure at others (his imagining MN laughing at his attempt to help her design a signature”)…
Definite jealous overtones
SW “Come to me first next time”
TK “Fickle person!”
Agree that SW has a charmingly intense gaze.
LOL Jeremy and his confrontation with Mi Nyeo. Its like he’s so upset with himself and his crazy conclusions he can’t take it. Lol, I thought he had a water gun but it turns out to be a water hose. Haha, hosing Mi Nyeo down, Lol only seemed to make him crazier. AND here comes Mi Nyeo’s knight in shining armor! Shin Woo! Who takes the hose and sprays Jeremy down. Lol, I actually felt bad for Jeremy, betrayed by his own hyung must be heartbreaking. Haha.
And Aw.. So sweet of Taekyung, apparently Mi Nyeo is starting to grown on him.
But sadly, Shin Woo beats him to it by approaching Mi Nyeo and offering his help unlike Taekyung who tries to act cool. Haha, AND OMG!! Night blindness? WAS just HILARIOUS!! LOL, like oh my gosh, I almost died. He really look like he was going to just go crazy, he was panicking. Wow.. And with his last remark before going off to his room. Oh gosh. Priceless. 
Mi Nyeo’s dream was definitely scary but so funny. Haha, oh gosh, she’s just so innocent! Lol ;D
The last scene of angst.. ;( It was really sad but when Jeremy appeared I couldn’t stop smiling at the thought of what’’s probably going through his mind. Lol, that’s why I said I love Jeremy, he’s the comic relief that even in the most emotional moments, he makes you laugh even though you’re supposed to be crying or angry. He’s there to make you laugh. Oh gosh, I just love him. LOL. ;D
Shinwoo (both character/actor) is soooooo yum! I love all his long-held gazes– they make my insides tingly!
I do think the comedy/angst balance of this drama is pretty spot on… and the cliche moments are consciously cliche, with just enough twist to keep it from being (too) predictable or boring. Just a fun drama to watch!
I’m loving Park ShinHye as an actor. She’s really cute but not too over the top.
I wasn’t anticipating this drama at all, but the first four episodes have me hooked. I really hope it keeps moving along at the same pace with the same emotional balance.
ShinWoo – the actor was born in 1989… why? how?? why? I feel old.
Thank you for the amazing job recapping this drama, JavaBean
I’m definitely hooked on the drama and your recaps!
Tae Kyung (with the hairstyle for the performance) reminds me of Bill (Tokio Hotel’s vocalist). Yummy! Shin Woo ~ Though he needs improvement, I’m still rooting for him!! Jeremy is hilarious. PSH glues them together, can’t wait for the next episode.
i’m quite sure TK and MN are not related but i guess it all depends on how the Hongs want to twist the plot. but after this eps, i have to really say tt SW really need to work on his expressions while TK need to focus less on his expressions cos it looks a bit too much at times. although the smirks in this eps is a bit more natural. as for jeremy. he’s cute but a bit too over-the-top but i think it’s still acceptable at this point in time cos we’re watching a drama isn’t it? ^_^
one more week! and i resisted watching the preview at the end of eps 4, for which i’m so proud of myself. i’d rather force myself to wait cos i think it makes the next eps sweeter for me. haha!
i love this! cant wait for the next! THANKS! for sharing the OST too!!
just reading what you write, makes me want to continue to watch this drama, but damn, I don’t have enough time right now.
thank you for your recap, javabeans.
this drama is really fun to watch, I believe that.
Im on a break from work and decided to check out the comments… HAHAHA…its like open thread every recap. (Thats because JB does a great job..thanks btw!).
@ 62…. totally agree with you…. TK kept glancing over…hihihi
@ 67 Chelsea,
Hey, my fave parts and take-out from the scenes are the same. just didnt have a lot of time to write them in earlier.
I can see we are all loving YB! I hope the Hong sisters can sustain this indeed ’til the end….
Whoa…..that preview is very intriguing. I kinda figured Minyeo will probably fall for TK first..but hey, im guessing she has an epiphany next week (abt her attraction to TK) and initiates a ‘hug’ (if you can call it that..hehe)… Wed is so far away!!!
muahahaha. you’re right…we can’t be blindsided by his attraction. we must be fair about his acting and…………wait, i need to stop staring at his character first!
overall a surprisingly emotional episode. i like how the comedy and drama are interspersed. looking forward to next week.
I am loving the laugh-out-loud moments in the drama… They really have managed to avoid nearly every predicted cliche so far.
The only thing I don’t understand is why Tae-kyung is still singing at concerts; didn’t they bring in Mi-nyeo because they needed someone to replace his vocals?
after watching the fourth episode, i am now sure that you’re beautiful will be a gladly accepted entertainment and something to look forward to on wednesdays and thursdays.. nevertheless in my heart it doesn’t top my favorite dramas. esp. shining inheritance which i looked forward to every week with a heart wrenching hope =] you’re beautiful is adorably fun but the thing i have lodged in my throat is the uncertainty that stems from lack of originality for various scenes that remind me far too greatly of hana kimi, bbf (doesn’t help that TK looks like Lee Minho.. as much as some avid fans hate the comparison, suck it, there’s no way he doesn’t have the similar features) but it brings in its own brand of humor from the writers and i have faith that the plot will soon have it’s own strength and branding
for shin woo.. it’s really sad to see him heartbroken but at least for jihoo he was a bit cold in the beginning and had other barriers but shin woo is way too sweet from the beginning, and nice guys finish last. admit that if he wasn’t smoking hot he’d be an afterthought as he seems a bit 2-D.. maybe that will change soon as he has now seen he has competition. just a side note- after bbf went kinda whack after a couple of episodes, i had to skip most of the jihoo scenes because they were.. cringe worthy in my opinion, and i say this even as someone who likes kim hyun joong.
PHS is awesome but i will say i am a bit sick of the naive pure girl winning over the main guy storyline. with the cutesy clueless bit going -but she’s actually very brave and strong when push comes to shove bla bla bla- it’s overdone.. too much aegyo looks fake. we need some more females with more flare like -joanna- from couple or trouble.
@ 93
They didn’t bring someone in to replace his vocal, they bring a new member in so that TK don’t strain his vocal too much, usually he would sing the whole song by himself, now he sings less…
i’m seriously getting crazy in love with this drama – and this hasn’t happened since BOF haha – and can’t wait for ep 5! things are seriously looking good, i dare say. it’s nice that the plot is moving quickly, it makes things a lil unexpected i think (at least for me cos i’m thinking, if they’d covered this early, what else could be in store?). but personally, SW’s character really isn’t a favorite of mine at all. sure he’s nice and Hanazawa Rui-ish but… to me that character’s been done before (and so damn well, regardless of the fact that it was a Japanese drama) so yeah, i’m not feelin’ him at all. i’m definitely seeing stars and moon with tae-kyung though haha.
thank you for the very quick recap! i’m actually looking forward to the last two Triple ep recaps but its okay, take your time. recaps for this drama is enough to keep me occupied
The phrase “pop-diva Keyser Soze” just made my morning!! I was trying to figure out where I’d seen that scene before and you nailed it!
Anyhow, the Curse of the Decoy Guy strikes again! Shin-Woo needs to run (to me) while he still can. So much drama so early… a dead mom by episode 4? Admittedly, it’s a pretty blatant lie on the part of the mom but, still. I tend to prefer to prefer the first half of dramas, before everyone’ heart get broken and it still fun hijinks for all. All this angst is scaring me!
And, “Gp Mi-Nam’s” girliness is still driving me crazy! I know that they don’t want to make the character all tomboyish but I’m like, at least give me a reason to believe that she’s pulling it off other than just saying that she’s pulling it off. How is it possible that only one character has managed to figure this out on his own? And only one other character is even suspicious? And that suspicious character is the dumbest character in the story but all the smarter characters are all “what-ev…?” I know I’m thinking too much but I just can’t turn my brain off enough to get over this. I feel like I’m stuck in “She’s the Man” every Thursday and Friday and I’m still considering petitioning Amanda Bynes to return to me the part of my life wasted watching that nonsense… so I kind of don’t want to go there again.
I think part of why she’s so girly because she’s a nun all her life, so she can’t just be all manly, it’ll be really weird if she does that. And she’s not supposed to be a good cross dresser haha I feel like the Hong Sisters left her still so feminine and not boyish to mock the pretty boys that are in the kpop idol world now. It’s obvious that she’s a girl and yet most people in the idol world (the fans etc) still buy it… which kinda says something about the idol world…
Not bad, not bad. GREAT start. I was worried; but mercifully we were spared yet another ineptly executed CPR and gratuitous m-t-m resuscitation. Loved TK being finicky about being touched, even when near fainting on a stretcher, haha.
Thought this episode slowed. I guess after the fun of setting up the scenarios and the nerve-racking drama of previous episodes, we’re now buckling down to a bit of serious character building.
I think I’m done with the Cute Jeremy acts. (Go ahead, stone me). And dear Shin Woo has exhausted his acting repertoire, I feel.
Disappointed with the dream sequence. What a tired old cliche! And, no, having a Mother Superior emerge from a taxi at the end of it does NOT make it more forgivable.
But the lead actors. What great leads! They both totally bring it. Committed and convincing. Please please let the Potential Accidental Incest plotline be a big set-up for a big Hong Sisters joke, please!
I guess I must be the only person on the planet who digs JGS’s one-eyed hair-do. Hey, if I could achieve that I’d be so proud of myself!
I think it’s so nice they filmed the concert scene with a real audience. How cool for the kids at the concert to watch the show later and see how the concert is so integral to the story. “I was there the night TK hugged GMN!” they could say.
Eh. I thought PSH was adorable at first, but now I noticed she’s taking the cutesy ditziness a little OTT. I kinda cringe whenever she does her little run in zigzag patterns – the after shower in the locker room was one. I mean come on, once in the airport was enough. Not all girly girls run like that.
BUT I blame the director as I did BOF.
Jeremy is so funny! When he’s hugging the dog and cries, I couldn’t stop laughing .. Hahaha.
Thanks JB!
i just finished watching IRIS 1st episode…it was awesome but…YAB got my heart 1st…YAB is pretty funny…and addicting me…i hope they can get many viewers and can’t wait for the next episodes…
“Go Mi Nam” don’t have an angel voice in the song STILL.
This drama seems well done and good but too it competiting with a terminator like IRIS
I DONT THINK THAT THEY ARE HALF BROTHER HALF SISTER …MAYBE IT KINDA LIKE WINTER SONATA THAT THEIR PARENTS HAVE AN AFFAIR IN THE PAST..OR MAYBE THE MOM OF MI NAM IS ONLY THE STEP MOTHER OF TAE KYUNG…BUT ANYWAYS FOR ME I THINK THEY’RE NOT HALF BROTHER/SISTER CAUSE OF THEY ARE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE STORY BECAUSE MI NAM (MI NYEO) IS ALREADY STARTING TO FALL IN LOVE SO I DONT THINK ABOUT THAT…TAE KYUNG AND MIN YEO THEY SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER……I LIKE THEM TO END IN EACH OTHER’S ARMS AND OF COURSE THEY WILL HEHE……HOPE SO….
Just finished watching the 4th episode:-)Tae Kyung is so hilarious.His sarcastic comments just crack me up.Any other actor other than Jang Geun Suk would have made the character look silly.He is apt for the role.And I’m starting to like this show more and more:-)
Btw the 4th epi with subs is there on you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1g9y8xmdlY
Ok, I’ve decided I’m going to stop reading your reviews for this series and instead watch the series first…
Then after I’m done I’ll come back and read it.
But what sucks is that I’ll be watching it on a different schedule as everyone else and won’t be able to talk about it
Oh well, I guess that’s what Open Fridays are for 
For some reason, even though I like Shin-Woo, I’m not rooting for him like I usually would. I don’t know if it’s lack of chemistry or lack of interaction. I actully like Tae-Kyung because he’s kind of weird and Mi-Nyu is kind of weird, so it seems to work out. Hopefully, Shin-Woo, after that look at the end of this episode, will make me want to root for him again.
Thanks for the recap! Although I watched the drama then read
the recaps I still find it entertaining.
I’m happy that this drama mixes angst with comedy. In Episode 4
we see TK letting his guard down trying not to be the cool idol
guy but the actual compassionate guy that he is. JGS pulls this
off beautifully.
When Mi Nam cried I cried with her. She is the kindess
most innocent character I’ve watched this year and although
I am the type who likes my women characters to be driven
and strong. Mi Nam has won me over. She is “pure” but
not an idiot.
Shin Woo…I am bitten by the 2nd guy syndrome. Why is it
that the heronines always always fall for the flawed fellows
who yell and scream at them the moment they meet and
not the ones who soothes their hurts?
Jeremy he always ends up jumping to conclusions. He is
feeling alarm bells about Mi Nam and yet he does not
suspect Mi Nam being a girl instead he thinks she’s
gay. His body is telling him one thing his brain another
and I think he’s going bananas…poor dense guy.
Jealousy all around for episode 4. Although TK has yet
admit even to himself that he has a soft spot for MN it’s
pretty obvious the way he tries his best to save her.
He with his mother issues as well, he wonders why MN
even bothers to look for her mother. But admires her
persitence.
Shin Woo has started feeling a sense of possession
and wonders why MN would go to TK before going to
him, He’s thinking she doesn’t get along with TK why
does she go to him first? The expression on his face
when he sees TK comforting MN says it all.
Truthfully I dunno where this drama is going but
I know it’s going to be one interesting and fun
ride.
This show is so freaking adorable..
I absolutely love Tae-kyung. He is absolutely twisted and kind of reminds me of a mixture of Phebe and monica from friends and meryl streep in devil wears prada…He is just deliciously wierd…Thank god the main character is not the charming perfect chaebol….The hair, the guyliner, the smirk. the sneer, he basically rocks everything….
I used to hate park shin hye but i think she is pretty damn good in this series….She does look confused and lost without seeming robotic….She plays mi-nam as sweet without being barf-inducing . Her mi nam is extremely nice and gentle wihtout looking like an airhead or a mouse. The scene where Tae-kyung is imagining about the autograph is just too funny and Park shin hye is just hilarious there
I really love Shin-woo but i thought the writers forgot about him in this episode..He is like a background character and no-one really seems to care that much about him…GO min-nam is also not that interested…he is turning into a overeager-to-help lovesick puppy who tries to act like he is super enlightened and knows everything about everything while trying desperately to look cool…They really need to add some depth to the character..
Hong-ki…Please someone tell him that Go mi-nam is a girl…I cannot see him torture himself anymore
awesome episode! can’t believe we have to wait another week before the next dose of You’re Beautiful!!!
looking forward to see where this goes next
thanks for the recaps!
OMG! I just DL the song. It’s nice! Thanks JB again for DL link~
Hmm I actually thought PSH’s acting’s pretty good. I think her being feminine is actually appropriate. It’s quite normal to have girly guys in kpop nowadays. BBF was about “flower boys” and then there are real flower boys like Super Junior Heechul and FT’s Hongki aka Jeremy.
Well, even Jeremy senses something. Taekyung and shinwoo found out. Fans probably don’t realise it cause they don’t see her that often. Plus they’ll probably just shrug it off thinking she’s really a flower boy. Plus, she was a nun. So you can’t really expect her to know how to act like a man all of the sudden.
Thank you your recaps always is the icing on the cake after I watch the episodes……..keep up the excellent job.
I’m totally in LOVE with this drama is so fun and fresh to watch, after alomst a year of mediocre dramas this is something I was waiting for something lighthearted to LOL like crazy…….the Hong sisters are doing an incredible job and I think the twist and turns of this drama are going to get hilarious when each characters start to show their true selfs…..this last two episodes difinetly points toward that direction……..I love how they combined the serious issue with laughter and that is what making this series so great to watch…….and episode 4 proves that point…….
PEOPLE PLEASE STOP COMPERING BOF/HANA KIMI and COFFEE PRINCE
this series is nothing like the others it has it own speciall unique feel to it….its a parody of those characters with a twist……
1. Shinwoo is just looking to see how everything is unfolding but at the same time he sees Minam like a little lost kid…who needs a true friend…so he keeps a eye out for her…..
2. Jeremy is just trying to figure out why Minam is weird……but I think he will come to care once he founds out that he is a she…..LOL
3. TK doesn’t love her yet, the vibe I get right know is that he just staring to accept , tolerate her but he doesn’t like or love her yet……is going to be fun once he falls for her……the hug at the end was more like a brotherly love or compassionate hug since he knows how much she was looking for her mom……
i love the drama can’t for the next ep
hongki is cute thanks for the recaps
Thanks Javabeans for the excellent recap!
I’ve fallen in love with this drama so much that I watched this ep twice and am glad that I did. I could find out more emotions this time most of which I missed before. For example, did anybody see how TK re-grabs MN’s cell phone and wears an angry look for a split second as he tells himself that he’s thankful since a call to her cell would make MN leave? I didn’t pay too much attention to it before but I think it betrays how TK already started to care for MN. Nice touch!
I love this show,, but I hope it doesn’t become dramatic later on (*sigh.. there might not be hope when the whole mommy and daddy issue surfaces and when we figure out what really happened to mi-nam oppa). I laughed a lot on this episode as well but my fav so far is definitely episode 2!!!!
http://www.koreandrama.tv/you_re_beautiful/Youre_Beautiful_Episode_4-subs-12796-1/
Thank you for the reap!
I’m thinking that maybe the man on the picture with the twins is actually Tea-kyungs dad and not the Twins like in the manga “Bara no tame ni”
52 budsdiana — the Hong sisters also screenwrote other “trendy” kdramas such as My Girl (Lee Dong Wook, Lee Da Hae)… also Fantasy Couple (Han Ye Seul, Oh Ji Ho) and Hong Gil Dong (Kang Ji Hwan and Sung Yuri, Jang Geun Suk who plays Tae Kyung in YB was second lead there)
Chelsea —
Javabeans didnt recap that part of the ice cream scene… but i TOTALLY LOVED it!! the timing of Tae Kyung was soooo perfect!
Maybe his subconcious already thinks of Mi Nyeo/Mi Nam as beautiful?
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thanks Javabeans for the recap!! i’m supposed to sleep cuz’ i just came from a 12 hour graveyeard shift… but i wanted to read ur take on Episode 4 first
Thanks for the recap!
I seriously hope Jeremy finds out soon. If he still doesn’t find out in the next 2 episodes…arrrgh. That will be annoying. It’s funny to see him misunderstand things but like everything else in life, too much of something is badddd…..
Nah, I doubt if they’re bro and sis…well, we kind of know that the writers will probably never do that right? What I fear is that they will actually waste an episode or two with the “omg I’m in love with her but…she’s my sister…” dilemma. That is sooo passe not to mention, cliche. I agree with someone’s comment. TK’s mom’s reaction was too nonchalant to give that ‘It’s the name of someone I love/lost’ vibe. I agree (and hope) that TK’s mom and MNam’s Dad were once in love and because of the kids he gave up. Maybe that’s why she abandond TK for a while? …….?
Loved the preview. MiNam (MiNyeo)’s heart starts pounding? Oh ho….that’s where it all starts…:)
I know a lot of people like Shin woo and yes, I agree that he’s really nice and supportive but we know he will not end up with MN. For me, this is because SW doesn’t inspire MN the way TK does. Yes TK is a meanie and he’s always angry, but when you analyze what he says, it actually makes sense. I think MN sees it that way…she is drawn to him because he actually pushes her to work harder, be better. And he gives her just the right amount of prodding that she needs. TK doesn’t cuddle MN or pats her like a dog, but when he gives her a ‘push’ it is always the right kind of ‘push’ that she needs to actually achieve something that she wants. That is something SW cannot do for MN no matter how kind he is. I believe MN classified SW as the big bro she might have had. She cares for him but is not inspired by him.
Sorry for making this post long. Just got inspired I guess,,,, hahah. Can’t wait for the next epi!!
omo omo omo………….. I couldn’t leave this drama! I love Jeremi, Tea-kyung, and innocent Jemma! About shinwoo..? just a little bit…..
I’m sooo thankful that you’re doing the recaps fast dramabeans – it doesn’t feel complete when I don’t read this whilst watching You’re Beautiful, or any other drama you’ve recapped for that matter.. so yeah, thanks!
Omg, LOVE LOVE LOVEE Taekyung. I thought I liked Shinwoo better in the first couple of eps but this episode has reignited my love for Geunseok, therefore totally swaying me to Taekyung’s side. I mean, at the end when he holds her close and comforts her — gahhhh *melts*
Don’t get me wrong, I love everyone else as well too, but I think Taekyung as a character and Geunseok as a hottie
dominates the drama for me….
The obliviousness, the exaggerated facial expressions, the assumptions, the water hose scene, hahaaaaa
But I do like the balance Jeremy gives to the story. I could see this getting kinda serious, with the whole plot of Minam’s mum/Taekyung’s mum kinda thing rolling out and the love triangle that is totally unavoidable, so I love the fact that Hongki’s there adding a light/refreshing character who makes me roll over laughing all the time. He’s adorablee
Ohh… speculations about the next episode and subsequent happenings are exciting because it’s actually somewhat unpredictable!
A few things from the trailer:
1) MN appears to be in UEE’s outfit (I think her character’s name is Yoo Yi… to play on her ‘real life’ name) and perhaps somehow posing as Yoo Yi? I’m undecided whether that’s part of some elaborate plot trying to sneak MN out of the building in the disguise of being Yoo Yi? Trying to distract papparazzi attention while the real Yoo Yi makes an escape?? Or, perhaps more likely, it’s a dream that poor Jeremy has of MN “in drag”!
(Ordinarily I would call the former more likely in a k-drama, but who knows with the Hong sisters and Jeremy’s rich imagination! )
2) I’m pretty sure the mystery around who the mother is for both TK and MN is meant to make the subject of being related confusing for us and the truth will be otherwise… plus I trust the Hong sisters not to give us the old “oh no we’re siblings!” line, so I look forward to potentially papparazzi rumours or fan club silliness around the subject rather than melodrama!
3) #120 “Loved the preview. MiNam (MiNyeo)’s heart starts pounding? Oh ho….that’s where it all starts…:) ”
Well said! I’m all excited to see how that one goes… I’m sure it’ll warrant a few consultations with Mother Superior as MN sorts that one out!
Truth be told there is actually a certain sense to the TK-Yoo Yi and SW-MN pairing… the former are cynical entertainers, both arrogant with diva tendencies, while the latter are more “nice guys” characters. So I anticipate some angst along those lines (I’m totally for going back and forth between hilarity and geniune feeling… which I think this serial has done a good job so far in!) Though I’m already a lost-cause fan of the TK-MN pairing…. it’s hard not to feel for a pairing that has made my cheek muscles ache so much from laughter.
One last comment about TK- I’m impressed… there have been lots of ‘weird’ lead characters, and being ‘mean’ seems the standard “anti-hero” these days for k-drama… but I think prissy-to-the-point-of-goofy and allergic, night-blind, clean freak to boot?! It’s the new “new age man” (or maybe just the new “idol weirdo hero”) and I just can’t resist cheering him on!
I guess his form of weird-looking, weird-behaving is less abusive than some of the other lead characters of k-drama (Beethoven Virus… shudder… Boys over flowers… yikes! Much as I loved those dramas, the level of violence and abuse distressed me). Yet TK is definitely seriously flawed and hardly even cool…. EXCEPT for the fact that he’s geniunely, deeply, wonderfully passionate about singing and clearly cares about those around him (though he wouldn’t express so, I would say his actions qualify him: More than once risking his limb and life for a friend? Giving up his cynical image for a moment to comfort a person who just lost her mother?).
Thanks for a great character Hong sisters and JGS- even if for that alone, I’m pretty pleased to be following this serial. Go JGS! Go Mi-nam! (Ahh… finally, the obvious pun!)
^ Her name is Yoo Heyi. 유헤이.
thanks for your recaps. imo, this is better than boys before flowers, which had too many tacky elements since it was taking itself too seriously. this drama, at least, knows how to make fun of itself in good doses.
this drama, along with queen seon deok, are my current favorites.
although the ratings are good for iris, which has more riding on its success, with the huge budget and threats, i’ve never been able to get into these types of korean dramas since they are never done convincingly without being cheesy. and kim tae hee, while one of the most lovely actresses around, still cannot act. it goes to show that study smarts is different from acting insight. i guess you can’t have them all, right?
It looks like this is quickly becoming a mania drama.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I like this more than Iris. Unbelievable… And this is bad because now I’m beginning to worry that it might get axed for low ratings. Why did these two have to run at the same time? WHYYYYYYY?!
@nell123, I agree with you. I tried watching Iris but I couldn’t pass the first 20 minutes. +_+” It reminds me of … Cain and Abel somehow with the flashback at the very beginning.
YB on the other hand, I can’t seem to wait till Wednesday. Ah, funny moments.
I hope they won’t axe it, it’s planned 16 episodes anyway right? Not that long, and it’s not doing that bad if you think about it, ratings wise is not as good as other Hong Sisters’ drama but that’s a given since this one focus on idol groups and hence target only toward young people, who prefer online or phone methods than watching it on TV (as they have school, and the older people hogging the TV). YB may not have good ratings, but it’s creating a lot of buzz online, and with young people. I’m thinking if this drama included the typical chaebol boys etc, it would have gotten better rating? Like older people like their chaebol characters?
SBS didn’t cut Dream, and that one performed quite badly, highest rating for that was 6% range.
MAYBE the twins father is TK mum lover( the lover she love the most )
so she adore the twins… but the twins r her bloodrelated children
i thk it will go this way , i hv a feeling it will hv the same plots as “the rose”
up till this moment.. i ‘m really enjoying this drama…but i feel there’s too little scene of the jeremy & shin-woo
I also want to say that I think it’s pretty great that they have been pulling back Tae-Kyung’s swoop lately. Int he first couple of epis he was dead set on sporting the “Aliyah” bangs and I was like “why does everyone think he’s so hot?” But, pull that hair out of his face and he’s quite the looker… you know, for a skinny emo kid.
The constant petting of Mi-nyeo by Shin-woo is beginning to bother me.
Thank you! I love your recaps!
Keke I wonder if anyone noticed… the bowl TK dips his spoon into is different from the one MiNyeo puts the lid on.
Shin-woo Shin-woo Shin-woo Shin-woo Shin-woo mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
this drama keeps getting better and better!! =D I beginning to feel more to the shinwoo’s character (but this prob change to Tae later on whoknows? lol ) the actor who play shinwoo’s acting was pretty ok considering he doesnt have many long talking scenes. but I think he will get better once the drama get more drama talking scenes. =D aja fighting!
(ps Jang Geun Suk didnt save me from stop watching bethoveen’s virus, for some reasons i couldnt get more into that drama )
JB, thanks for posting the OST for us!
As the Abba song goes…
“Who could live without it? I ask in honesty,
What would life be? Without a song alas, what are we?
So I say ‘Thank you for the music, for giving it to me!’ ”
So thank you for your thoughtful song selections!
This is not good…usually I only see the main leads but Shin-woo is just so irresistible! As much as I like TK and MN, I am going to be so conflicted throughout the show.
I think Shin Woo *really* treats Mi Nam like a puppy dog. With the petting. And the solicitous looking after. I can’t get too excited about that type of relationship (“there there, pet pet, let me look after you”) Whereas I agree that Tae Kyung, for all his carrying on, actually *engages* with Mi Nam more, as a real person who irritates him and challenges him and moves him. And I can go with why he would be the choice for MN (apart from JGS’s adorableness). Who wants a doting mommy for a boyfriend? Give me someone who doesn’t pander to me, but challenges me, stretches me, and calls me on my shortcomings.
Is it just me, watching this too compulsively, or do they have some continuity issues? TK takes the lid off one bowl, and MN replaces the same lid on another. The boys are being made up in the dressing room, and then appear for the concert in completely different styles. Or is this sort of thing quite common, and I’m just not invested enough to notice or care?
I haven’t had a chance to read through all the comment so I’m not sure if its been asked already… but just wanted to know (if anyone knows..) are all the actors actually playing their instruments or just miming? Its obvious that the drummer is playing for real but what about the others?
Thanks in advance for the clarification
@ 138 serendipity
Thats how I pretty much feel about MN & SW pairing. Love Shinwoo, the nice guy that he is with his cute Kyungsangdo accent… but if he ends up with Minyeo it would be such a boring relationship… nice girl with the nice guy. Unless of course they show Shinwoo to have something interesting in his characterization in the following episodes.
As for the MN &TK pairing… its more engaging… because, well that emo boy needs a nice sweet girl to melt that cold exterior of his! And Minyeo is doing a pretty good job so far… and we’re only at four episodes to boot!
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@ ames4eva
I think most of them just mimic playing their instruments…. because I’m sure Hongki (Jeremy) is the vocalist of FT Island, and not the drummer. Not sure about KYW, since I’m not familiar with his group CN Blue.
I kinda remember JGS also playing guitar when he was in Nonstop 4… but mostly he sings.
PSH definitely is faking the keyboard… it totally showed in that one BTS clip…
just wondering what’s happen with the real GoMiNam. They are twins and it seems that they’re quite close to each other. They didn’t make contact at all??
hope its not an incest story……(really suck if it is)
Will Yoo Heyi blackmail Tae-kyung to protect her….she forced them to be a pair and left GoMiNam broken heart for ShinWoo to the rescue….yyeeeaaaa…… *got excited.
thx for the recaps!!
you make me want to watch it again!! ^^
I think minam is already interest to TK.. she always come to TK first every time she has an issue.. Like when she wanna make autograph..
I like it when the triangle (or even rectangle) love story come up.. kekeke.. canT wait! >_<
@ missmanderley
@ Ames4eva
I’ve been watching the clips obsessively, asking that very question. And I wasn’t going to obsess quite so publicly, but since you asked: Hong Ki is probably actually drumming along on stage, but if you listen to the song track, the drum pattern has more flourishes then the basic time-beating he’s doing. So his drumming is not what you hear. Mi Nam looks like she’s kinda playing chords, but the timing is off at points; so again I’m guessing she can sort of play, but she’s mostly faking it.
JGS is interesting because he’s clearly trying very hard, and I can detect the odd D chord, though his bar chords look less convincing. He is probably playing *something* – but definitely not what you hear on the track. But what really kills me is that he doesn’t even appear to be plugged in at the concert! Poor boy. Practices so hard and they don’t even bother to give him a cable so that there’s a *chance* we can believe he is playing. ShinWoo is trickiest, because the actor plays in real life. But in the concert footage he doesn’t seem plugged in either, except when he plays a solo riff – I think that might be the only piece of “real” playing. Anyhow, what you hear on tv is the studio recording (you can tell – JGS’ vocals are steadier than in the rehearsal footage), and I’m sure at the “concert” they just played the recording and they all synced along.
There! I did say I was obsessing, didn’t I? Sorry, I’ll just go away now.
@ serendipity
oh not at all… i think even without observing so closely, you can tell that all four of them are mimicking the motions of playing an instrument to some degree.
the “trying hard” look might come the fact that JGS is after all playing a character that is highly egotistical…. (that or its just the rabid fangirl in me that defending JGS… rofl!)
i’m trying not to obsess too much… just because YB is so damn enjoyable to linger too much on its flaws.
thanks JB for another great jobs…
huhuhuh…although i prefer to watch jdrama than kdrama,but YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL is ADDICTTED!!!
BEAUTIFUL cast,BEAUTIFUL story and BEAUTIFUL song makes YOU’Re BEAUTIFUL Drama is totally BEAUTIFUL….
serendipity ~ I soooo agree!!
Shinwoo should stop patting her on the head. Everytime he does that am like, ‘Dude! she’s not a dog so stop petting her like one!’
I hope he doesn’t really wonder why MN likes TK more. Earth to Shinwoo, TK doesn’t think she’s K9. He might think her weird and annoying but definitely not K9.
When I watched the episode again I noticed the water bottle scene. When MN was having trouble with the water bottle, SW immediately got the bottle and opened it for her. I was thinking that if TK saw her struggling with the bottle…he won’t help her but say something like ‘are you a weakling? Can’t even open a water bottle?’ (his way of caring, in his own weird way)
And when MN totally screws it up. That’s the only time he will help I guess. Haha
I certainly agree that this is a very refreshing exciting drama with innocent purity in the female lead (raised in by nuns in a convent!) who had hopes for fairytale-like ending of reuniting with long lost mother. Now, that she believes her mother to be deceased, perhaps the talented story writers will have to create a reason for her to stay in the all-male idol group while suggesting a surfacing of gradually brewing affection / heartstrings that may be subconsciously the main reason for her staying on (since she probably needs to be in that house for optimal relationship-drama development).
The story is full of potential – having a fraternal male twin later is very useful. She can use her brother’s real identity documents if required. Additionally, if more people became suspicious and enemies / reporter(s) wanted exposure, hopefully her twin brother would have recovered and be able to step in and take over at that time, thus potentially avoiding a scandal. Alternatively towards the end, she could reveal the truth to the world but be celebrated as an artist in her own right with her angelic vocal skills – revamping the A.N.JELL 4 male member band to maybe a cool ‘ANGEL’ band of 1 female and her 3 male band members (similar to the dream-like ending of episode 1).
Maybe Shakespearean-like elements will be written into the plot in future – female lead while posing as her twin brother could have another female character develop feelings for her, and for a happy end, maybe her twin brother could also requite these feelings…….. will be waiting with heaps of excitement =) and THANKS for the great, great work!
Re: Concert-
- the voices they are synching to is their own I assume? (One of the OST for this song credits JGS and PSH right?) But do you think perhaps the instruments they are synching to are not their own playing? (I mean it sure looks like everyone in the band is familiar with instrument playing! 
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Re: Shinwoo’s head patting… I know he’s trying to make her comfortable with him by it, and actually think it’s quite a comforting gesture, so I don’t have any bones about it. Though I do think it does make the tension higher if he wasn’t quite _as_ casual about it. E.g., even Jeremy’s paranoia and fits of noticing Mi Nam’s attractiveness sets up unresolved sexual tension (UST) there which I like!
Totally see it as somewhat bland if we get the nice-guy-nice-girl pairing, though it’s early days yet, and I hope each will develop more personality as we move along. MN has personality but definitely needs spine and growing up (she herself is given too puppy-like behavior indeed… and though it’s sweet- like a puppy taking a shine to an unfriendly cat -i.e., TK- in the household… tail wagging and following him around even as the cat hisses at her… okay, I’ll stop now before the allegory gets out of whack!
- still she’s not a puppy and will need to start to stand up to TK more.)
While we talk about TK challenging MN, I also want to see MN challenging TK’s impatience and nit-pickiness- he’s not perfect either and as the characters change I want to see them being the drivers of that change for a real relationship to start!
To be fair, she’s not a push over, she did shove TK when he ‘threw away’ her ring after she said it was precious to her, and ignored TK when he tried at first to get her out of the pond the next morning… only relenting when she actually saw he had the ring!
BTW, if you read the translated personality ‘quips’ at viikiii you’ll actually see that SW is supposed to develop in some unpredicted ways (fingers crossed it’ll be so!)
http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/beautiful#TOPIC/1040
PS I stand corrected! Yoo He yi it is! … but doesn’t it still sound like “U” “E” “E” a little?
This drama is just awesome. I’ve never been disappointed by any of the Hong sisters’ dramas (yet). This is funny, refreshing and well-cast (they’re all cute <3). I hated Park Shin Hye in Goong S, but I think it was because the drama was… bad. Seeing her as a male character in You're Beautiful shows how good she is as an actress: not too girlish, a bit boyish, so l'd cute I would fall for her if I was a boy XD.
… Well, I'm pretty sure they won't (because it's still a comedy and a Hong sisters' one), but the suspense is killing me (who's actually TK's mum? She's not MN's mother, that's for sure, because if she was,she would at least know that she had 2 more children XD. Maybe she was MN's mum's best friend?).
But I wonder how Jeremy can be so clueless! Can't he see how much Mi Nam looks like a girl??? Jeremy's so funny, I wonder when he will discver the truth (I guess he'll be the last one to know about that XD).
I actually love it when Shin Woo pat Mi Nam like a dog XD. It's cute! He can't do anything else to show his affection actually (BECAUSE he's not supposed to know she's a girl! So he can't hug her or take her hand or whatever), and I think it's a good way to show how much he cares for her. Shin Woo is just THE Ji Hoo I wanted to see in BOF :p.
Tae Kyung is a very interesting character (I love it when he smirks XD). Why can't he just cares for her without trying to hide it? I know it wouldn't be so interesting but he's just trying too hard for nothing (the scene with the autograph is awesome!)!
I'm so afraid Mi Nam (or Mi Nyu) could be related to Tae Kyung! TK's mum seems to be related to Mi Nam's dad in a way or another (was MN's dad TK's lover???)! Hope they'll not turn out to be half-brothers
The actress who plays MN's aunt just gets on my nerve (I loved her in My Girl and saw her in other dramas such as Sassy Girl Choon Hyang, Swallow The Sun and Hong Gil Dong)!!! I hate her voice, and she's a gold-digger-like character. Hate her. I'm sure she lied about MN's mum being dead. How can she lie about something that important???
Hope You're Beautiful will keep on being that fun
)). It's too bad the audience isn't really here (because they're all watching IRIS XD) because You're Beautiful deserves to be watched by millions of people 
. If I was a Korean citizen, I'd definitely pick You're Beautiful rather than IRIS :p.
Thank you javabeans for your recap (as always! I read them sometimes, but I can't always leave a comment ;_;)!
Looing forward to watching the following episodes! I was so disappointed by My Fair Lady, I'm happy You're Beautiful is here))).
Fan, Yeah, they’re synching to their own voice recordings. But their instrument-playing is almost certainly not synching to their own – you need professional standards for that! It’s one thing to fake playing the guitar creditably, and quite another to actually play an electric guitar at studio-recording level. I guess Jung Yong Hwa could do it, but why bother? Let the hired professionals do all of it.
With ShinWoo, it’s not just the head-petting. It’s the solicitous wound-binding and hovering bottle-opening. All the while with a strange lack of interest in her inner life. Who is she really? Doesn’t it bother him that the supposed reason for her masquerade (being famous as Go Mi Nam so that her mother can find her) makes no sense at all if she is in fact NOT Go Mi Nam? Why isn’t he curious enough about her to investigate further? Poor ShinWoo. Really, his problem as Second Lead is he’s just not given enough script-writing attention to get at any depth that makes him an attractive proposition for Mi Neo; at least, not so far. Face it, at the moment he’s just a foil.
I totally agree about MN challenging TK. I think it will happen – I suspect she’s been set up as a nun for that purpose (apart from comic effect). So that his self-absorption can be challenged by her selflessness and inner strength, and his cynicism by her determination to hope.
And I think it’s genius that TK is written as an obsessive-compulsive. It’s always good for a laugh, as we have seen. And there’s something very endearing about the little boy with big eccentricities. For relatively little effort, makes him a more interesting and engaging character (c.p. poor ShinWoo).
tae kyung’s hair for the concert was smashing!
im just not used to seeing guys put on eyeliner and mascara, but then it adds alot to the face, so i guess its ok..
still think minam totally look girly..
but i love the show so what the hell…
out of topic: lol I just realized other people are also using “popcorn”
for a while there…I was wondering “When did I write this?” ahhaa
-_-”
@z: “But, pull that hair out of his face and he’s quite the looker… you know, for a skinny emo kid.”
…oh, so true.
I was obsessively watching the trailer clip (because it’s going to be a looong week until next Wednesday), and I still have no clues as to what’s going on, except that MN’s dressed in Yoo Hee-yi’s clothes for a while. Man, Tae Kyung saying ‘you just have do to as you usually do’ makes me think that he’ll get Yoo hee-yi to go on TV and plead for people to seach for Mi-Nam’s lost mom,.
Did anyone else find how Jeremy’s taking of the bottle of water adorable? I think he’s suffering for some attention here.
And all that time spent suspecting Mi-Nam…if they’re going to develop his character a bit more (and I really hope they do), I highly suspect he’s going to have to grow up some – or maybe it’ll turn out that he’s the gay one. :O!
i’m really enjoying this drama. thanks for the recap javabeans!
i had to wait to watch this because of exams grrrr….i hate school! this episode was sooo fun to watch. i like the serious stuff a lot, but there’s so many funny moments to balance it out which is great. can’t wait for the next ep!!!
(: this has to be one of the best kdramas i’ve watched! haha. i was so impatient for episode 4 to be subbed that i came here to read the recaps first! tho it may be quite a spoiler, but i really can’t wait to know what will happen between them!
sighs. the last scene was just so heartwrenching. i squealed so hard when min-nyeo lay down on tae kyung’s shoulders and him hugging her, but then i got so sad when i saw shin woo’s expression! it was just so AHH. as much as i want min neyo and tae kyung to be together, i can’t bear to see shin woo so hurt! D:
ah i hope this series will remain as good as it is now (since it’s only episode 4)!!! i wonder how will the series progress! and i definitely DO NOT want them to turn up as half bros and sisters. i will really hate that (even tho something in me tells me that that won’t happen. (: )
oh and iris is quite awesome too! totally different genres, but both of these shows take my breath away all the same. (: totally agree with JB when you said that drama lovers like all types of dramas if these dramas are good.
ahhhh. but i hope you’re beautiful ratings will be higher tho!
TK has definitely emerged as my favorite after the 4 episodes. But I can’t help feeling like I’m drowning in SW’s deep gaze every time he looks at MN. Jeremy is just hilarious. As mai (#85) mentioned, he provides the comic relief. Even with that last scene. I was crying with MN but couldn’t help breaking into a smile at Jeremy’s expression.
@48 gracefulmoonie
Those are my favorite scenes from this episode too. That ice cream scene was funny and cute. That last scene was touching, sad and painful. Touching because of TK’s reaction. I like how he kept bringing her closer to comfort her. Sad for MN for the news of her mum. Painful watching SW. It dawned on him that he really has got competition now. He may have some inclination with the pool and autograph signature, but now with TK holding MN, it’s more real.
@22 thankyou
I love your observation of TK – ‘He is holding her not because she is crying and alone but because he wants to’. TK may seem cold and mean on the outside. But it’s just a shell that he uses to protect himself from further hurt. In reality, he really is warm and loving. He can’t help caring just like how he cared for his mum. His shell is breaking down because of the unrelenting MN with the pure heart. And of course I would like to think that he’s slowly having a different type of feeling for MN without realizing it.
@64 Anonymous
I sure hope you are right about Go Mi Nam. That would also mean that TK’s mum is not MN’s mum too. I would be very upset if it ends with TK and MN being siblings/half-siblings.
By the way, I’m listening to the OST. Can’t get enough of the songs. And can’t wait for the next episode!!
Okay, 3 more days (give or take depending on when raws and subs emerge!) to go!
One thing I’m looking forward to this next episode from the trailer is that after Jeremy sees the ‘human side’ of MN (i.e., crying at the loss of ‘his’ mom), he seems to be so much more accepting of ‘him’. It was quite cute that they have a celebration, presumably around their first 4-person concert success, and Jeremy hops around MN talking about partying! Jeremy really is a fun and loyal guy- I want to think he and MN get to be good friends too!
BTW, I think it was quite sweet of the manager to cry when he was telling MN he thinks MN’s mom is gone… the manager is another comic character I’m starting to really like because he’s more than just comic relief, he’s a feeling, responding person in his own right!
Latest hilarious thing from the manager, after the pop-group parodies… “MN not only likes Yoo He Yi, he likes _women_ very much” Not overly subtle attempt by the manager foiled, as usual, by MN’s literal minded “He Yi who?”
Re: Shin woo- I agree, he doesn’t pay enough attention to getting to know the inner MN, but it might be in character- he’s a little more passive, more “let’s watch and see”- as he told Jeremy about his take on MN). To be fair getting to know the real MN is not what TK wants to do by far either, but the three sister fates (here personified by the 2 Hong sisters!) have other plans for him!
So ultimately you’re right, SW just doesn’t get enough screen-time attention… though he does get a lot of lovely close-up’s of him looking at MN with affection… which, given TK looks at MN with rolling eyes & Jeremy with suspicion, makes him stand out as the one with the thus-far warmest relationship with MN- hence I think the entirely justified warm audience response to him!
(And that’s not even taking into account the fact that he plays the guitar like a dream…
… )
Alright, back to rewatching the concert and MN and TK singing “I love you” in echo-coordination with one another after MN’s solo…. sigh… is it _really_ still 70 over hours to this airing in Korea?!
Hongki’s character really reminds me of GD. Something to do with the hair and the apple eating habit. Or maybe, it’s just me? But I got the hang of it and while watching most of GD’s interviews and past shows–I know the basis for the resemblance’s quite shallow. I mean it’s quite a fact that most Koreans look alike (though) and idols are not excempted.
I’m good now that’s out.
I finally watched Episode 4 and loved it! Thanks for the great recap JB! I’m really excited about next episodes, especially since Mi-nyeo is starting to feel something for Tae-kyung and I’ve really missed a good romantic comedy. And it’ll be interesting since Yoo He-yi finds out (I think?) Go Mi-nam is really a girl. Oh and I think the leads are doing a great job! Especially, JGS…while he does go a little OTT with the sneer sometimes, but he’s so natural like in the end of this episode. Loved how the ending of this episode was done (though the look on Shin-woo’s face was really sad).
it’s monday , and the rant/ raves for this drama here is 160+ compared to IRIS’s 112.. (granted some of the posts probably comes from the same person but that only shows how much this drama has grabbed our attention…)
heh heh… I LOVE THIS DRAMA!!! i still laugh like a crazy person @ TK’s expression and water-spitting-out-choking reaction when he was watching the stylist trying to get GMN’s pants off. and i watched this drama EVERYDAY…..
can’t wait for wednesday…
It’s been a while since I last posted on your site, but I’m feeling the itch to because of this drama! The ending of this episode was just beautifully done. I think I watched it a few times and downloaded the song. It’s title is “Without a word” and the lyrics matched so well with what was going on.
I’m glad that JGS
And just to comment on the “apple” scene. My thoughts on it was the apple was symbol for “the forbidden apple”, and funny who was offering it to who.
I’m LOVING this drama so much! It’s been a while since I’m so passionate about a drama. The whole cast is superior! JGS is amazing, both being a snob and a sensitive person (LOVE HIM!); SW is such an eye-candy, and Hongki is plain hilarious (his expression at the end was priceless). PSH is naturally cute without trying too hard or acting in an over-the-top-way. BRAVO! One the best drama I’ve watched! And thanks for the wonderful recaps JB! Can’t wait for the next episode. I’ve watched episode 4 like a million times already!
Pleas let it be wednesday already!!!!
On the OST- interestingly “Without a Word” is translated in mandarin in two ways, one is indeed “Wordlessly” and the other somehow implies wordlessly as in “it goes without saying” (i.e., self-evident)
Rather cool alternative translation title I thought- though Korean readers/speakers will have to tell me whether the same implication is carried in the original title.
I’ve been watching YB with Chinese subs in the hope that with another, independently translation but to a more closely related language to triangulate with less will be lost in translation.
P.S. I was reading JBs your IRIS reviews somewhat ruefully… I mean the hot leads there get a sizzling kiss and a cozy bed scene within a couple of episodes! And here I am on the YB thread trying to convince myself that an idol concert should be considered “romantic” for the lead singer and back-up singer based on the fact that they _sing_the_chorus_ together?! Sigh!
Wednesday seems so far awayyy..needless to say I still need to wait till Thursday night to see the sub episode. Hopefully JB episode recap will be up during noon so I can see it during work first. Hehe
Love it when TK tied his hair up like the one shown in the concert! I don’t really fancy the new hair style shown in episode 5 preview, make him lost all the appeal. I really hope TK won’t change his hair style because it really goes well with his sneer look. I must admit I really hate it at during the first episode because it is just so duhz. But it is starting to grow on me, suit his image very well. It’s super funny to see his messy hair the day after MN vomit on him just to show just how despair he was. Thumbs up for Hong sisters for merely including a point, but in fact acknowledging and poking fun at it, like JB mentioned above.
Can’t wait to see how TK slowly open up to MN, all those heart warming scenes =)
@ 166, Fan: I noticed that too! Isn’t it so sweet when TK kept glancing over MN several times during the concert? Especially the part when they sing sa rang hey together *melts*
I wonder if it is the work of the director. Simply brilliant!!
TK looks damn charming when he strummed the guitar hard at those high notes during Still and at the end for Promise. Aw..
Ok, back to watching episode 4 for the nth time.
For those as desperate as myself, in case you haven’t seen it yet, a 10 minute, Korean speech only clip on the rehersals leading up to the mini-concert.
Cute bits of YH in glasses (they should sooo give Shinwoo glasses, he looks great in them!), and even a wee segment of JGS and PSH dancing around (so wee you’ll miss it if you blink though) Hong Ki looks a little bored on the drums, but everyone seems to be having fun overall.
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/72gCdF27pVQ/
On a completely unrelated note- yes I agree with a bunch of people who posted on the new hairdo’s. I too have finally gotten used to JGS’s hair only to have them change it on us! Sigh… just when I’d adjusted to this different looking person being weird and silly TK and not cute and cheery JGS- they go and pull the rug out from under me!
hey guys! watch this! this is sooooo cute! it’s a cf of jgs and psh!:D this is not the cf with the kiss thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIRwMwsSc6Q
hmm while i raaaave for the first 3 ep, suddenly im not feeling this ep. my biggest problem is:
1. hong sisters didnt give SW enough time to fall in love with MN (for us to see). all of sudden he feel jealous. why? why would he? shin woo act like the script told him to
2. park shin hye crying scene, oh come on, that is the worst crying scene (ok, i’m exaggerating, but you get my point) ive seen lately. she looks like she’s acting, and i’m not convinced or moved or anything
3. the drama have major detail issue. too many bloopers, like in the end of ep 3, TK wet hair. wet-not-wet-not-wet-not. the practice scene (horrible!), concert scene, just too many
4. i hope the theme song (which i like) didnt turn into almost paraaaaaaadise. kdrama music producer/team, please, we know you’re selling the album, but using instrumental is ok
well thats all my rant. some of you said that TK’s character feels like kim myung min. while i never watch beethoven virus, i thought the character feels like the man who can’t get married/kekkon dekinai otoko
im amazed by jgs’s ability that he can act stupid night blindness scene into, well,… acceptable
thanks for the recaps. i’ve just finished the first four episodes.
while the story is a good one, the acting can’t keep up with it. at times i felt the acting dulled the lively story. there were still a few good moments. but i think i’ll stop now to save time for better dramas.
while it boggles my mind how some people can dislike this drama, i do agree that there were a few missed details/ inconsistencies… but in the words of 2NE1.. ‘i don’t care…eh eh eh eh eh eh…’
heh… sorry about that…
as long as it gives me a few good laughs and eye candies… i’m in.
anyways… i wanted to ask if anyone knows how far along in filming they are right now. the reason i ask is because of the recently released bts pics and the open set thing which will be aired in ep5/6. isn’t it cutting it a bit close? if they start filming in real time the quality might suffer… (BOF anyone?) this drama is too good to let that happen…(well, i think so, anyway. i am after all, a blind fangirl
)
just wanted to thank you for putting up the two songs that are featured prominently in the series, javabeans!
i’ve absolutely fallen in love with 장근석’s voice. it’s perfect. ^_^
too bad that one song you posted way back then, the one when he’s autotuned, doesn’t really showcase his smooth full voice.
Ep 5 just aired!!! cant wait for the recaps to arrive ^-^ craving for more (:
meow…
ep 5 meowww …
@budsdiana: my girl & hong gil dong..
what happened to the scene where Jeremy freaks out (he was in an orange outfit) and shrieked “you think I like you?” like in the preview for ep. 4? I was really looking forward to that.
i think this was a good episode granted nothing happened beside the fact that tae was able to comfort min in the end but it won’t be long
I usually check out your site for any interesting KDrama but lately nothing really got to me (including Boys Over Flowers which i finished just for the sake of finishing it T_T) but that’s until this drama came out. it’s like seeing Coffee Prince (the cross dressing) and BOF (the glamor) only its better in some perspectives. Episode 1 was definitely hilarious and made me crave for more…
about the cliche’s, that i HAVE to agree with you. The writers twists their cliched scenes into unpredictable drama to hilariousness. it really gets into your skin and it’s quite hard to be annoyed with it when things don’t turn out how you thought it would be. like a scene in this episode where Tae Kyung saved Min Nam in the pool, i was expecting the usual; where he ends up saving her unconscious ass out of the water-give mouth to mouth resuscitation (which always happens a lot in most dramas) and lastly the girl thanks him for saving her life and eventually falls in love with her savior… BUT NO. instead she gets to kick him and leave him to drown!!! that was epic for me. ^_____^ that scene made me think and laugh for quite some time. who would have thought the savior would end up drowning?
ah… i just had to get that out. will be looking forward to your future recaps, i definitely like how you comment on certain scenes and its nice to see things in other people’s point of view as well.
omg i don’t want TK and MN to be siblings..and dont want her to be a nun…don’t do this to us..theres still SW and Jeremy..she can choose from either one of them =p
i like the song mo hwa ran sang during her interview. i was told that the title is ‘what can i do’. does anybody know the name of the singer? i can’t find it online
This is good drama but i feel sorry for actresses , honestely they are not pretty as the actors . Jang acting skill is excellent , actress as So mi Nam acting skill is just ok , she looks cute in tomboy clothes but not in girl’ ones , her look is more boyish than Jang . Again as in coffee ‘prince the lead actress is only good in that drama but in my fair lady she looks so dump , poor acting skill , my opinions.
good drama…
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I don’t really buy the TV ratings thing for indicators of how good or popular a show is. A show like YAB naturally garners greater number of younger fans, i.e., teens and 20’s (not to say others don’t watch either but just talking in terms of masses). Younger fans tend to watch the shows online and not necessarily run home every night to catch the show on tv. More and more people are choosing the internet as their medium for watching shows (in the US I know many people who don’t even have tv and just watch their shows on Hulu.com). Therefore, just because YAB didn’t generate high tv ratings, it doesn’t mean much because the core audience probably caught it on the internet, like the way we all have been doing.