You’re Beautiful: Episode 11
My site totally crashed with last week’s recaps, so let’s hope it holds up this week…
I think my enjoyment of this episode (which was fun and funny) was dulled by the Big Spoiler that was everywhere days in advance, which totally killed the scene for me. Seriously, press, you’re going to go and spoil the very last thing that happens in the episode? Good holy hell.
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A note, since there were some questions regarding Mi-nyeo’s motivations in the last episode:
Heyi first wanted Mi-nyeo to come clean to the A.N.JELL guys, thinking they’d hate her for it. When she realized they’d probably forgive her, she stopped Mi-nyeo from confessing and told her to pick a more public setting for her humiliation. I think Mi-nyeo’s reasons for going along with Heyi’s demands are a little skewed, but it’s in tune with her character because she is so sweet and innocent that Heyi takes advantage of it. Mi-nyeo doesn’t necessarily have low self-esteem but she consistently undervalues her worth, and lets Heyi convince her that if she were to confess the truth to the A.N.JELL guys and then the story came out, they would be implicated in the deception as well, possibly ruining their images and/or careers. Therefore if she comes clean to the world at the press conference, the guys are spared the accusations since they can honestly say they didn’t know. She would be the only one to “take responsibility” for perpetrating the deception and then leave the group cleanly.
EPISODE 11 RECAP
As reporters surround him, Shin-woo follows his announcement that the hidden Mi-nyeo is his girlfriend with the caveat, “I don’t want to reveal my girlfriend now. Please move aside to let us leave.”
Of course, the reporters aren’t about to back off from such a juicy story, so they keep crowding the couple. Tae-kyung takes off his jacket and pushes his way past the reporters to hand it to Shin-woo, who covers Mi-nyeo’s head with it. He ushers her out of the theater and down the hall to the dressing room.
(I’m sorry, I HAVE to complain, only because the Hong sisters have done so well otherwise in diverting cliches and keeping us surprised in good ways. But this is a near-exact repeat of the Last Scandal scenario — Episode 8, for the curious — which packed an emotional punch because it was such a pivotal scene, providing a moment of truth that was not solely romantic. It’s only a minor complaint, but the similarity to another drama keeps me from feeling the emotions of this scene.)
As Mi-nyeo leaves, the hairclip falls from her hair and gets trampled by the crowd. Tae-kyung picks up the broken clip and pockets it while Jeremy tries to come to grips with his shock.
Sung-chan is completely unaware of everything and therefore confused. Heyi is confused as well, but for a different reason: she doesn’t understand why her plan was thwarted. Tae-kyung picks up on Heyi’s remark and asks, “How did you know that was Mi-nam?” Heyi can’t let him know that she had ordered Mi-nam to reveal herself at the press conference and can’t produce a quick answer. He says, “We’ll talk later,” and leaves.
Heyi laments that the guys showed up and stopped things, “when I could have finished her.” Instead, she may be the one who is finished (with Tae-kyung).
In the dressing room, Mi-nyeo keeps her head covered and mournfully tells Shin-woo, “I’m sorry. I’m not actually a boy. If you see me now, you will be very angry with me. And I cannot say the words to ask for forgiveness.”
Shin-woo takes the jacket off her head and says, “This has happened so suddenly, so I don’t know what to say first. I hadn’t prepared for this scenario. Should I be angry first? Saying it’s okay right away would be strange, wouldn’t it?”
It’s rather cute as he puts on a grave face and says sternly, “Mi-nam, you were a girl? Wow, I’m speechless… How did I not know all this time? Mi-nam, I thought you were clumsy, but you’re really something.” She feels miserable as he continues, “I’ll find out later how this all happened, but now, I’m done playing the nice hyung.” But he smiles as he finishes, “From now on, we’re starting over.”
Tae-kyung and Jeremy join them, and the latter faces Mi-nyeo with angry eyes. He seems honestly hurt at her deception, while Tae-kyung announces that he knew Mi-nam was a girl and apologizes for hiding it: “If you can’t accept it, speak up now. I’ll handle things so you don’t get dragged into it, and I’ll take responsibility for Go Mi-nam.”
Jeremy faces Mi-nyeo, grabs her shoulders, and then surprises everyone by planting a kiss on her forehead. He breaks into a smile and exclaims giddily, “You were a girl! I love it!”
Tae-kyung: “Go Mi-nam, we’re one team now. You said you came here today because you didn’t want anyone to be hurt. If that’s what you want, then keep acting as a man through the end. Even if you want to quit now, we can’t let that happen. We’ll take responsibility for you, so you take responsibility for us, too.”
She’s touched by their understanding and promises to not get caught. She puts on her male garb, ready to resume her performance as Mi-nam. The reporters are thrown off the scent when the stylist is dressed in Mi-nyeo’s outfit and escorted away (with her head covered) by Hoon-yi.
Tae-kyung and Shin-woo pause to trade intense looks, but Shin-woo breaks the tension by saying, “It’s a good thing everything worked out.” Tae-kyung may be jealous that Shin-woo saved Mi-nyeo but he must know it was all for the best, because he answers, “Thanks to you, it did.”
The foursome leaves, with Jeremy is in such a good mood that he wants to throw another party. Tae-kyung announces that they’ve got one last obstacle to face: Heyi.
Heyi approaches in nice-fairy mode, but Tae-kyung tells her to cut it out, since everyone knows. She drops her fake-sweet act so quickly that the other three are taken aback, as she sarcastically calls Jeremy and Shin-woo “angels” for forgiving Mi-nam’s deception so quickly.
She tells Tae-kyung that she won’t end things with him. Even if their relationship is fake, she told him from the start that she would decide its end. Tae-kyung counters, “You promised not to let on that you knew about Mi-nam. You broke that promise first.”
Heyi isn’t daunted — if they want to shut her up, he has to continue the act. She orders, “You keep acting like my boyfriend, Mi-nam keeps acting like a man, and you two keep acting like angels.” Tae-kyung adds, “Yeah, and you keep acting like you’re nice.” She answers, “Naturally.”
As she goes, Jeremy realizes that Tae-kyung faked his relationship to keep Mi-nam’s secret. Hearing this, Mi-nyeo turns to him, saying, “Hyungnim, I’m—”
He cuts her off: “You’re sorry, thank you. I don’t want to hear that anymore. Do that with Shin-woo and Jeremy now.”
Aunt Mi-ja begs Mo Hwa-ran’s assistant for a brief meeting, and is let into her hotel suite. Among the half-drunk bottles of liquor, she finds a photo of the twins with their father, which strikes her as strange. But that’s forgotten as she goes to use the bathroom and finds Hwa-ran unconscious in the bathtub. At first she thinks she’s just enjoying a bubble bath, but grows alarmed and calls for help.
The next thing we know, Hwa-ran is being hooked up to an IV drip and her assistant hands Mi-ja an envelope of hush money, asking her to keep this quiet. Mi-ja is happy to take the money, but asks whether Hwa-ran has ever had surgery. Told no, she wonders what the abdomen scar means — could the unmarried pop singer have had a secret love child?
Jeremy refuses to let Mi-nam share rooms with Tae-kyung anymore and moves her things into her own room. She casts a longing last look at Pig-Rabbit, but leaves without it. Annoyed, he grumbles, “She’s saying this isn’t hers, huh? She doesn’t even take it with her.” Then it occurs to him that Mi-nyeo hasn’t even noticed that she has lost her hairclip, and is irritated that he cared enough to take it.
He doesn’t know the real reason she left the stuffed animal behind. She sighs, “How could I take Pig-Rabbit with me? I even lost the hairclip.”
Since they’re out of food, Jeremy wants to take Mi-nam grocery shopping (which is a domestic gesture that one often does with a boy/girlfriend). Tae-kyung’s against it, so the other two guys just tell him he can stay home, then. Naturally he tags along, scowling behind their backs.
It’s cute how Jeremy keeps trying to hug Mi-nyeo whenever his excitement overtakes him, and every time, Tae-kyung swoops in to pull him back. He tells Mi-nyeo to ignore Jeremy, since he grew up in England and has different ideas of what’s appropriate.
Spotting various products at the grocery store reminds Jeremy of the CFs they used to do, which the other two are embarrassed to recall. For instance, there’s the ice cream they endorsed, and the noodles (which came with a dance), and chocolate bars. Shin-woo muses that recalling all their CFs makes him feel old.
Sung-chan also feels melancholy over how much the A.N.JELL guys have grown — now two of them are even dating. (Given that they’re on their sixth album and about twenty, they must have started out really young, a la SHINee or FT Island.) He’s also sad because he senses they’re hiding a secret from him.
While Sung-chan is out of earshot, Hoon-yi tells the stylist that they only have to hold out a little longer till the real Mi-nam returns, but wonders what will happen to Mi-nyeo then. Hoon-yi thinks that she may not go back, since she’s fallen in love.
Tae-kyung points out a price sticker in Mi-nyeo’s hair, which makes her think of her hairclip because the tag reads 3,000 won. (He insists, “I told you it was 100,000 won!”)
She confesses that she lost it, to which he says, “Well, at least you knew you’d lost it.” He tells her he’d seen it being kicked around at the press conference, but it’s useless now and should be thrown out. Mi-nyeo starts to protest, but she’s interrupted by a passing employee, and almost falls when she loses her balance.
Shin-woo grabs her to prevent her fall, and Tae-kyung notices how he rests a hand on her waist. After Tae-kyung leaves, Mi-nyeo finishes what she’d started to say, “But it’s precious to me.”
That night Tae-kyung has trouble sleeping, and runs into Aunt Mi-ja at the refrigerator. He’d thought Mi-nam was back in her room, but Mi-ja says she isn’t, having believed Mi-nam to be staying in Tae-kyung’s room. Puzzled, he searches the house for her and wonders where she went.
It occurs to him that she may have gone off in search of the hairclip, but he can’t believe it. He tries to remember what she started to say at the supermarket, and imagines possible ways she could have finished her statement:
- Perhaps she would have sneered, “I agree with you. If something has no use, you should get rid of it. It’s only 3,000 won, right?” But he rules this out — she doesn’t disrespect him THAT much.
- Maybe she would have said carelessly, “I was wondering where to throw it away, so it’s good that I lost it. I was embarrassed to wear it around. It’s only 3,000 won, right?” But no, she didn’t hate the clip that much. She was happy when he found it last time.
- What if she’d said, in her earnest way, “I cannot throw it away. The pin you gave me is really valuable to me. I’ll find it again.”
Tae-kyung can’t see why she would do that if she likes Shin-woo. However, he remembers the expression on her face after their star-moon conversation, and how she had asked whether it was okay to like the star.
Mi-nyeo has pleaded with the security guard at the theater to let her in, and starts scouring the floor for the hairclip.
Tae-kyung arrives at the theater, telling himself, “She definitely won’t be here. There’s no way she’d be here. I’m only here to confirm she’s not, since I can’t sleep anyway.” As he pauses before opening the doors, he wonders with irritation, “Why am I so nervous because of Go Mi-nam?”
Yet once he’s inside, all he sees is an empty theater. The guard had told Mi-nyeo to make sure nobody found out she was here, so she hides from the newcomer. Not seeing her, Tae-kyung asks himself with exasperation, “What the heck was I thinking?” He takes the broken clip out of his pocket, drops it on the ground, and leaves.
After Tae-kyung leaves, Mi-nyeo accidentally knocks over a stack of chairs, causing a loud clatter. Tae-kyung hears and starts to head back inside, but at that moment he receives a phone call from Hwa-ran’s assistant — Hwa-ran is very ill and is asking for him.
Tae-kyung heads out quickly without noticing Mi-nyeo. She in turn spies the pin on the ground and retrieves it in relief.
I’m not sure if Hwa-ran’s condition is the result of an actual illness or just general fatigue with life, but in any case she speaks to Tae-kyung in a defeated tone: “What’s the point in living a long life? I’m tired of living.” He asks if that’s why she’s so in need of something to make into a memory, and she asks if he’ll help make a memory that would give her the strength to live a long life.
Tae-kyung: “If I say no, you’ll call me with something like this again.”
Hwa-ran: “I’m going to grow sicker. If I call you, would you not come?”
Tae-kyung: “If I don’t want that to happen, I’ll have to agree. I’ll make that song for you.”
Hwa-ran: “I knew you would. Because you’re my son.”
She promises to tell him everything about her love when he does the song.
Mi-nyeo tries to fix her broken hairclip with glue. She decides against asking Tae-kyung for help: “If he found out I went back to find this, he’ll think it’s strange. He might discover my feelings.”
When Tae-kyung returns, she hides the clip and tries to act nonchalant, lying that she had been home the whole time. He’s skeptical, but the subject turns to her current activity. She won’t explain what she’s trying to fix, but she does show him her current dilemma: she’s accidentally glued her fingers together.
Tae-kyung soaks her hands in water and gets to work on separating them, as Mi-nyeo notes with dismay, “I’ve caused another accident.” His tone is less curt than usual as he answers, “This is okay. Thanks to you, it’s a good thing I’m not thinking complicated thoughts, and instead focusing on separating glued fingers.”
Sensing his mood, she asks if something bad happened. He replies, “There’s someone who’s asking an unreasonable request of me, but eventually I ended up agreeing to it.” Mi-nyeo guesses privately that his mother must be the one in question.
Tae-kyung: “Oddly enough, every time I’m full of complicated thoughts because of that person, you’ve come along, so you’ve been pretty useful. Like today.”
Mi-nyeo: “I’m glad my fingers were useful to you. If I knew this would happen, I would have glued all ten of them together.”
At that, he smiles gently at her, which makes her feelings well up — so the moment her finger is free, she presses her nose. He asks why she’s always doing that: “Do you have some secret?”
After he leaves, Mi-nyeo takes her clip out and says, “My feelings are a secret.”
Understandably, the fans take news of Shin-woo’s new girlfriend hard, although they insist that as true fans, they should congratulate the oppas. Mi-nyeo apologizes to Shin-woo for causing this misunderstanding, and Shin-woo says (being deliberately misleading) that the fans are bugging him, and “most of all, the fans are bothering the girl I like.” Of course, Mi-nyeo interprets this to mean that Shin-woo’s real girlfriend is upset because of her.
Hoon-yi spies the twosome talking and drags Tae-kyung along to eavesdrop. They hear Shin-woo ask, “Mi-nam, if necessary, could you go to that girl and explain things?” Believing that Mi-nam likes Shin-woo, Tae-kyung grows angry at the request because it seems callous to subject her to that. But Mi-nyeo is happy to oblige and agrees.
Hoon-yi finds this situation heartbreaking: “That means she’ll have to go to the girlfriend of the man she likes and say, ‘I am nobody. Kang Shin-woo likes you.’” Tae-kyung secretly agrees, but says it won’t happen — Mi-nyeo has enough pride not to do that.
Mi-ja doesn’t know the full situation with Hwa-ran, but she knows enough that it’s complicated. If Hwa-ran sees her with Mi-nam, this may endanger her position (and her chances at getting money for her brother’s work). Therefore, she tells Mi-nyeo that she’ll be staying with friends for a while and vows to settle the money issue without Mi-nam’s knowledge. She sighs, “How great would it be if Hwa-ran’s secret child was Mi-nam?”
Hwa-ran inquires into the whereabouts of the Go twins, and hears that the boy is in the States and therefore tough to locate. The girl had been living in a convent until recently, so she decides to find Mi-nyeo first.
In light of the conversation he overheard, Tae-kyung is increasingly bothered by interactions between Shin-woo and Mi-nyeo. He and Hoon-yi have decided that Shin-woo’s every action must be ripping Mi-nyeo’s heart apart. Therefore when Shin-woo suggests a friendly game of badminton, Tae-kyung balks and orders Mi-nyeo to stick by his side. To learn the new songs, of course.
Mi-nyeo: “I have already nearly learned them. I will not need to stick by your side.”
Tae-kyung: “I’m offering to help you, but you don’t want it?”
Mi-nyeo: “Right, I don’t want it. I’m going to go play badminton.”
At the badminton court, Tae-kyung hears Mi-nyeo cheerfully accepting Shin-woo’s offer to be on the same team. Disgruntled, he mutters, “Are you saying you’ll rip your heart apart later, but you’re fine for now? Stupid Pig-Rabbit.”
Tae-kyung orders Shin-woo to his team to keep them separated. Jeremy is only too happy to be paired with her.
However, Tae-kyung’s irritation makes him play aggressively and he hits Mi-nyeo with the birdie repeatedly, which wrecks the mood. He taunts, “How is it you haven’t hit any of my shots? How is it you’re not good at anything?”
She counters that there IS something she’s good at. She demonstrates her special skill — hanging on to a high bar longer than anybody else. The guys say she doesn’t need to prove it, but she’s determined to show them something she’s good at.
As a fun challenge, Jeremy tries get her to come down by making her laugh. He fails, so Shin-woo goes next — and kisses her forehead. Shocked, Mi-nyeo lets go and falls.
She asks him not to joke around like this, so he responds, “It wasn’t a joke. We made a bet, and I’m pretty competitive.”
Heyi voices (false) concerns over having another girl (Mi-nam) constantly with her supposed boyfriend. Playing on the stylist’s sympathies, she says that people think she’s a big star, but she’s also an ordinary woman who feels insecure and jealous: “Even if she returns to being a woman, she may not leave. She may like it here where everyone treats her well. Will she want to return to where she used to live?”
Feeling sorry for Heyi, the stylist lets her in on a secret that even Tae-kyung doesn’t know — Mi-nam used to live at a convent. Therefore, it’s likely that she’ll return to the convent when everything is over. Heyi is cheered by this and promises to keep the secret — but is happy at the thought that the boys would be shocked at this bit of info.
Tae-kyung’s frustration over Mi-nyeo is at a steady simmer, so when she brings him some lime juice, he retorts, “It’s your fault I have to drink this sour stuff, too.”
Noticing that Mi-nyeo is starting to talk back to him (she defends herself from his unfair accusation), he asks why she’s not holding back like she used to. He points out that she let Shin-woo surprise her with the kiss.
Mi-nyeo: “That’s because I was so surprised.”
Tae-kyung: “Yeah, it was so obvious you were surprised. You know what else shows? That you want to be with him, and look good to him, and that you like him!”
Mi-nyeo: “Hyungnim! Didn’t I tell you that’s not true?”
Tae-kyung: “You won’t be able to hold out for long. Soon, Shin-woo will find out, and then I’ll have to feel sorry for you again. That creates inconveniences for the other person too.”
Mi-nyeo: “Is liking someone that bad? I’m not expecting anything, and I’m being careful not to be found out. Is that so wrong?”
Tae-kyung: “Are you in a position to do that? If I were Shin-woo, I’d feel dumbfounded and horrible.”
We know that Tae-kyung is venting, but she takes his words to heart. When he looks up, he’s surprised to see her expression as she cries.
More calmly, he asks if she’d like him to step in and do something about it. Hurt, she tells him, “Just pretend not to know.”
Later, she prays to Mother Superior, “I’ll endure and leave this place, and leave my star.”
Shin-woo sets up a romantic dinner at a restaurant and practices how he’ll confess to Mi-nyeo, who is on her way to meet him thinking she will be meeting with Shin-woo’s girlfriend.
Hoon-yi catches Mi-nyeo on her way out, and feels moved with pity. He goes to Tae-kyung, who doesn’t want to hear anything about Mi-nam. But when he finds out that she’s on her way to see Shin-woo to confess the truth to the other woman, he rushes out to stop her.
Tae-kyung grabs Mi-nyeo just as she’s about to leave, and pulls her back into the building. She protests, but he won’t let go. Angrily, he asks how she can have so little pride — whenever he sees her, he feels pity and annoyance because of her.
Confused at his inexplicable anger, Mi-nyeo bursts out, “Then don’t feel bothered by a thing like me!” He retorts, “With you like this, how can I not feel bothered?”
By now, their emotions are raw and their argument has escalated to shouting. Both have misunderstood the other’s feelings, so they’re frustrated with what they see as unfair accusations from the other side.
Mi-nyeo: “What does it matter to you that I’m going there now? It’s not an inconvenience to you, so why are you interfering and bothered by it?”
Tae-kyung: “You’re so foolish that it makes me angry. Why do I have to feel so angry because of you?”
Mi-nyeo: “Why are you angry because of me?! Just keep ignoring a thing like me! You can just not watch whatever I do!”
Tae-kyung: “But I keep seeing you!”
Mi-nyeo: “You can’t even see anything properly! You’re well-off on your own, so bright on your own that those around you can’t see in the dark! You can’t see anything properly and you don’t know anything, so why are you acting like this? Why are you angry with me, who’s just trying to endure? Just leave me in the dark. Who asked for you to look at me?!”
Barely letting her finish, Tae-kyung suddenly grabs the back of her neck and swoops in for a kiss.
COMMENTS
First, regarding Hwa-ran: I wonder if this is the turning point in Tae-kyung’s relationship with his mother, because for the first time, Hwa-ran seems weak and pathetic. When Tae-kyung visits her sickbed, her words aren’t any less selfish and they have the potential to be just as hurtful as before, but they’ve seemed to have lost their toxic power over Tae-kyung. Maybe he feels the pang, but I don’t get the sense he’s as crushed as he was in the past. Perhaps he finally sees his mother as a weak woman with a limited amount of love, rather than for what she should have been?
As for Shin-woo: As a character, I still sympathize with his unrequited love, but I stopped feeling sorry for him with this episode. Actually, it started waning a while back, but this is where it culminates, because he heard the truth from Mi-nyeo and — despite good intentions — still kept up the lie. It would have been perfect timing to admit that he’d known and that he was trying to help her by going along with it, but instead he plays along with her worries. One could argue that he’s thinking of her benefit by preserving her illusion — and I think that’s been true until now — but in this episode, we saw him showing some amusement at the idea of keeping the ruse going just a little while longer.
I think Shin-woo was just setting himself up for a grand gesture, feeling proud of himself for how he’d wow her at the restaurant. But that’s him being enamored of romance, not acting with her best interests in mind, and so again he misses his timing. (Well, he hasn’t missed yet, but I’m assuming that with The Kiss, he’ll find his restaurant date disappointed.) Some of his earlier missed moments weren’t his fault — like the date in Myungdong where he called her to reveal the truth — but you could argue that it was always in his power to take the initiative. (He could have shown himself earlier, rather than buying her ice cream and clothing first.) I’m not sure if she would have fallen for him, but if he’d been honest earlier, he would have had a better shot before she started falling for Tae-kyung. But no longer is he a victim of bad timing — he’s creating it himself.
Korean press tends to handle news/entertainment reporting differently, in that there’s no real regard for “spoilers” — it was reported days ago as “Tae-kyung surprises Mi-nam with a kiss in Episode 11!” Those words were right in the headlines with accompanying thumbnail images. Way to kill excitement.
The reason I hated the spoiler of the kiss wasn’t just because it messes up one moment, but rather, it ruins the entire episode for me. That is to say, we can tell from the way this episode unfolds that Tae-kyung’s jealousy and frustration with Mi-nam are on a constant crescendo, and knowing there’s a kiss somewhere messes with the buildup of tension. Normally I’d be wondering, “What’s going to happen? How will he deal with the pressure?” and squeal at the end scene. If you know he’s going to kiss her, you can figure out that his growing jealousy is what spurs the kiss. With the plot all laid out like that, the fun gets sucked out. (I know some people love spoilers, but I just don’t get it!)
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Refreshed a million times, watched it raw and now time to read JB’s amazing subs!!
thanks again JB!! you’re the beeeest! <3
Thank you!!!
JB, i love you for this. THANK YOU!!!
WOOHOO!! I’ve been imagining all day what was said in this episode… Now i don’t have to!! Thanks JB!!
yay!!! watched it raw although i do not understand korean, now to understand the details!!! thanks so much javabeans!!!!
Thanks for the recap! I love reading them.
yay…i’m third!! ^ v ^
never able to be in the top 10 of ur comments…so happy teehee
*go to read the recaps..will come back later*
ahhhhhh first? you made my day!!!
I SO AGREE!!! i hate spoilers TOO!!!
but your recaps are as always the BEST!!!
thank YOU!!!
Yeay.. It’s out..and it’s still good!
I agree with you JB, actually i’m more of a spoiler shipper ussually, but with YAB I kinda want the whole excitment of not knowing what will happen nest, cause the HONG sisters were doing such agreat job writng this!
Can’t wait for ep.12.. oh my oh my, what will happen with TK and MN?
Thanks so much JB for the quick update!
the scene at the beginning wasn’t as high tension as i expected it to be but…who cares!
Love love love Jeremy’s reaction when he was staring at MN and suddenly broke into a smile and almost wanted to hug her. He’s so cute! and for suggesting the celebratory party after that..it’s so …Jeremy. cute!
its here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jumping up and down inside (since i’m at work)..gosh i procastinated all morning waiting for this..thanks JB!!! you’ve done another great service to all your crack addict customers =)
goes off to read…..
Thanks for the great recaps! I didn’t read the spoilers and had no idea so The Kiss had quite a squeal effect on me, but I sympathize that had I known, it would have colored the entire episode. Spoilers are the worst. I completely agree with you about Shinwoo and how I think it’s now his own fault things the timing isn’t working out, he’s just dragging on the inevitable and giving MN more time to fall for TK.
Despite The Kiss, I think my favorite parts of this episode were 1) when TK was imagining what MN actually said and MN did a *killer* impression of TK’s signature smirk-sneer and 2) when they were all in the grocery reenacting the CFs while MN was laughing. Just well-done, highly amusing scenes. Jeremy is adorable and I like how he was always thwarted from hugging MN.
After every episode, I think this drama can’t get any better or funnier, and it always, always surprises me. In about 2 weeks, I’m going to need to go to rehab to help me go through my no-new-YB-episodes-withdrawal. In the meantime, thanks for the continued crack
for reals my goodness…i knew the spoiler was coming but dang i still love this drama to bits okay gotta go breath and come back and make a more coherent comment on this super addictive crack of a drama…Ahhhh TK and MN forever!!!
Ummm one thing…is the kiss really real? It kind of looks fake from this angle to me….hmmm have to wait for tomorrow to see how it unfolds…
I’m sorry. I just helped to crash your site less than five minutes after you posted this. I guess that tells you how much we value you as are our crack dealer!
Shin Woo’s too slow. TK’s too dense. U-Go-Jeremy.
i’m torn between feeling bad for shin-woo (really? his attempt to confess had to be thwarted AGAIN?) and squealing at the final scene. gaaaaaaaaah. this drama really gives me a high.
(Btw, loved the supermarket scene & recount of all the cfs. lee hongki is too cute)
I have to agree with you, and putting the best scene at the spoiler makes the EP really spoiled.
But then, maybe it is to increase the ratings. Or something like that.
Anyways, thanks JB for the recap
You are one great soul
KUDOS!
OH MY! This drama is so addictive to the point that I, for the first time, woke up at 5am to watch it live when it was airing in Korea! Without subtitles I didn’t understand much but I got the idea. ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!!!!! I will gladly do that again tomorrow morning to watch episode 12!!! (even though this left me tired all day……..
thank you!!!
this made my day that much better.
now i have to study.
Great recap! thanks! Some needs spoilers to last the week while some as yourself prefers to be surprised and dislikes anti-climaxes!! I guess it’s a difficult thing, the producers will tend to release the juicy bits to drum up anticipation and press and crazy-fans will blow it out of proportion in their zealousness! But it doesn’t bother me, I’m still enjoying your wonderful recaps and the drama!! I haven’t found anything about this drama I don’t like! Can’t wait for tonight!!
While I love k-dramas, I wish they would stop this grab-kiss thing. It’s a k-drama staple, but it gives off this “she’s being assaulted!” vibe, that is supposed to be romantic. The lead females are always “OMG!!! The Shock Of It!!!” innocent, (which I guess works for Min-yeo’s straight-out-of-the-nunnery story) but is there no other way* to lead up to a kiss?
*except the he’s-sleeping-she-gives-him-sleeping-beauty-kiss idea
Jeremy is too adorable for words… His hyungs need to learn from him! Yeah, the spoiler pretty much spoiled the whole ep for me, but nevertheless I still enjoyed it a whole lot. I think the Korean press should just stop spoiling big scene like this lol they get worked up every time there is a kiss in a drama and almost always spoil it. TK needs to go buy those magazines with those quizzes “am I in love? why do i feel like this?” and SW should just stop reading romance advices from wherever and just tell her the truth. LOL at this rate, Jeremy will be the winner here, and I don’t mind =D
I love how everyone knows that JB’s site gets hounded just around this time – we all know when the recaps come and there’s like 800+ people online trying to refresh frantically
Ugh I hate how there were multiple still shots / angles fixated on the kiss on the end – it makes it look like they are kissing with their eyes open for a long time with no change in movement. Usually when you kiss you (and your lips) either get more into it or you bounce away – you don’t just stay in one position not moving. Hopefully that is just the way the cameras work at the end of the episode to emphasize the scene and ep 12 continues more naturally!
TK – your smile makes me go crazy. It’s lovely. No wonder Minam has to touch her nose. I’m going to have to start doing that to stop myself from screaming at the computer.
Still a great episode. TK – please just CONFESS to MN. I can’t wait.
i love you!!!
thank you <3 it
Thanks for another fab recap JB.:-)I really love your conclusions after an episode which usually tends to mirror the same feeling I have after watching an episode:-)
I was a little disappointed with this episode cause it was like all the excitement built up from the beginning just deflated at end with that really sorry kiss.Even the fake one with YH was better:-(.This one was so stiff and there was no chemistry.
Well I guess it was supposed to be that way so i am hoping for something better in episode 12.*Fingers crossed* .
And I really hope they don’t turn TK in to some sugary sweet guy at the end cause that will just kill my interest in the show:-(.Always noticed that K dramas begin with the guy having the upper hand.Midway through the episodes after each know that they are in love with the other person and some separation happens ,the girl starts having the upper hand ( In fact in some dramas she starts behaving exactly like the guy in the beginning).Atleast they end the dramas in way that both have a equal part in the relationship so I’m thankful for that.
yup! they shouldn’t have shown the kiss as part of the spoilers.
i guess it’s their strategy on raising the ratings huh?
too bad, because i think that scene would have made an even
bigger buzz (for the next episode) if everyone was really caught
off guard by it. nonetheless, it was still good.
jeremy’s kiss was totally awesome because i wasn’t expecting
it at all. same with shinwoo’s…except i knew it was coming just didn’t know
when and why.
they really should not have spoiled tk/mn kiss! *sigh*
but anyhow, i still loved the episode. jeremy is hilarious!
Thank you, JB.
It was spoilered for me by fans here in a YB thread — fans posted the preview link and felt the need to mention the kiss. SO ANNOYING. I was ready to murder. Sometimes I hate human being so much. lol.
So before I run from this thread out of fear of spoilerites, I have to mention that the kiss was really LAME. After that intense build-up, after 11 episodes, how the f do they justify having the two actors just hold their heads in a kissing position? Why did it have to be similar to “the kiss” with UEE?
After all that tension, they could have given us some shot of the lips. Fine, they could have just pressed lips together and not moved at all — I realize that demographic this is targeting. But still. This was lame.
Other than that, I laughed, laughed, laughed my way through the episode. I haven’t seen the Scandal drama you reference so TK handing his jacket to Shin Woo killed me a little inside.
Love it.
Thank you JB for your wonderful recaps you have no idea how much i look forward to reading them thanks again.
just checked dramawiki and saw the ratings of this drama increased! chukahae! i’m gonna watch ep. 11 later… i am sooooooooo excited!
thanks jb^^
Yay! Thanks for the recap! I had trouble accessing this page about ten minutes ago…so there must be a lot of people on the site right.
I was ambivalent towards this episode, partially b/c I had seen the spoiler on some site and because I was ready for a confession in this episode and it didn’t happen. But I guess it’ll be in the next episode. And a side note, as much as I like Shin-woo, my like had also waned in the past two episodes. But it doesn’t surprise me, b/c I have always been wary of Hong sisters’ second leads. IMHO, as much as people say SW beat out Bae Soo-bin’s Jun-se in Brilliant Legacy in terms of awesome second leads, I totally disagree. Even with the cute Myungdong scene, at least Jun-se was forward about his feelings in the beginning and he didn’t hold onto her when she confessed she liked Hwan. ::sigh::
And TK please please confess in the next episode. It’s obvious she likes you. Does she cry around anyone else? Do her eyes linger on anyone else? Does she try this hard with anyone else? Though MN did have a point, about him being a star and not being able to see anything. Nice symbolism. But still…Seriously I cannot wait until he finds out she went to search for the pin and what the meaning behind the pig nose is!
thanks JB! oh i definitely understand about the spoiler thing.. but in my case, i’m guilty as charged as i looked for it (like in forum and stuff – too excited about this series). I think i’m gonna lay low for the next episodes and not look for any spoilers so i can enjoy the episodes to the fullest like the previous ones!
Thank God my work is getting busier in the next couple of weeks, help me cure the withdrawal symptoms xP
Somehow, i expected more stories on TK and Hwaran – it feels like it’s settled so quickly while in the previous episodes the audience are allowed to really witness TK’s emotion about this matter.
but all and all, it’s another lovely episode… I enjoy how each of the characters really grow by now. Looking at 12th epi preview, we can see that SW will speak out his true feelings, as well as TK (which i’m sure many of us questioned the way he contemplates with his feelings in this episode). Love the scene in the supermarket! TK and SW was so cute blocking any Jeremy’s attempts to hug MN lol
Thanks again!!!
I agree about ShinWoo – he had the perfect moment there, with GMN all to himself, and could have made a grand gestures and no…punted. Sigh. Dude, your timing is so wrong. Jeremy really raised this episode up, he was just adorable.
And as for the homage to Last Scandal – well, we all saw that one coming, too, didn’t we?
Thanks so much JB! Maybe tomorrow I’ll manage to kick a live broadcast into working somewhere other addicts aren’t flooding it.
lurveeeeeeee ur recaps!
Thanks great recaps This drama is getting better and better loving it!!!!
hi javabeans,
totally agree with you, the fun get spoiled. i don’t like that spoilers’ preview…
but i still like this “You’re Beautiful” drama & your comments.
Thank you! I watched the episode 3x already: during real-time @ livestation, raw vid after an hour and subbed vid after 3 hours… and its still not enough. I had to wait for your recaps.
Not understanding the language has its advantage — since i don’t understand what they’re talking about, the climax is not totally killed. It’s only half-dead.
Can’t wait for your next recaps!
Adorable Jeremy monkey is my new pet!
Thank you for the recap!
I usually love spoilers, but I, too, wondered if I would have had a different viewing experience if I hadn’t watched it. I watched this episode with three other people, none of whom had seen the spoiler, and they all squealed in unison at the final kiss.
thanks for this!! waaah! i was very happy when i found this post!
Ha, site crashed again. The rating for episode11 went up 1%!! Now no one can underestimate the power of YB.
I can totally imagine myself riding the cart at Giant now. Hehe. I’ll definitly post up what the responses were on MLIA.
Oooh, I’ve been waiting for this all day. Thanks so much!
I read about the kiss and I thought, “NO! It can’t end here!” And then it did. I’m sorry the ending was spoiled for you – I certainly wasn’t expecting it so I would’ve been frustrated if I’d known in advance. Can’t wait until tomorrow!
PS: I have three windows open so that there’s always a good window, in case the site crashes.
Addicted much? Yes.
I too regret the spoilers for precisely the same reason. I must say I laughed at your comment about Shinwoo and his bad timing… for some reason it reminds me of Hamlet. I think it was my high school teacher’s pet thesis (from years back) that Hamlet’s downfall was because of his horrid timing.
Anyways~! Thank you for the recaps. I understood only 70% of it so this is always helpful! And your site is getting more difficult to get on… I’d say more so in comparison to BOF. Congratulations on the rise of popularity/ hits.
The kiss totally killed it for me too. I didn’t read spoilers, but now I wish I hadn’t watch the preview too. It was supposed to be a surprise kiss, but since the whole world knows about it beforehand, it doesn’t give the surprise feelings anymore. Promise myself not to watch the previews anymore. Or they should’ve keep the preview at random, instead of giving the crucial hints. But I guess with such a mania drama, it’s hard not to come across any of the spoilers online.
On the episode, at first I thought the episode is a bit redundant to ep 8, where TK also has to deal with jealousy. However, in ep 8, he was pretty much in control of the feelings, and doesn’t do anything about it (apart from sneering and grunting), but in this episode, his jealousy has turned into anger, and frustration, and confusion and he can’t even control it anymore. Guess he’s a very s.l.o.w. learner when it comes to his feelings, bt he’s getting there, as he’s nearly completing his heart puzzles. Hope he will by ep 12.
And as slow as he is, I like the fact the TK is gradually changing, and I think this episode shows that when it comes to the matter of the heart, it’s something even your head can’t control. Thus, the kiss with eyes wide opened.
yhank u!!! u just made my day! now i need to do my thesis statement and i dont have to think about episode 11 haha
How exciting!!
I have also stopped feeling sympathetic for Shin-woo’s plight, however, I still very much love watching him and Mi-nam interact. But Tae-Kyung wins my heart. ^^
The spoilers killed it for me too, even though I let myself be spoiled.
But I’m also the type of person who enjoys reading the last page of the book before the first. Ah well. I create my own idiocy.
Anyhow, I love the cast more than ever.
When it ends, I don’t know what I’ll anticipate for every Weds and Thurs. This makes me incredibly sad.
I saw the spoiler and was excited that they were finally going to kiss, but it kept on reminding me of TK’s fake kiss with Fake Fairy. Totally ruined it for me. Poor TK! It was like Mi-nyeo kept getting farther and farther away from him, whether it be a line of carts pushing through or Shinwoo saving the day. Even Jeremy frustrated him with his hugging Mi-nyeo. Regarding the badminton scene, TK’s jealousy made him hit Mi-nyeo repeatedly with the cone. He should have hit Shinwoo instead. I feel bad for Fake Fairy and Shinwoo. Fake Fairy cracks me up. She’s like any woman who would try to keep “her man” and TK not liking her makes her try harder at poor Mi-nyeo’s expense. Then sweet Shinwoo likes Mi-nyeo, even though he knows she likes TK or has a crazy bond with TK, but is hoping to win her over or just take what little he can b/c he likes her that much. TK is my favorite, but Shinwoo is better bf material. Just my thoughts.
Thanks for the recap!
Yeah, I was so mad when they showed the preview! ;___; I’m sure that If they hadn’t shown it, I would have been spazzing at the end… But I like the episode still! It actually took me two hours to watch… hahaha. I kept pausing and rewinding some part because they were just TOO CUTE. Especially the grocery scene when Mi Nyeo was in the cart. Jeremy calls her cute and Shin Woo and Tae Kyung just dragged her away from him… xD I love Jeremy.
Nice recap! I always love reading your opinions. ^_^ Can’t wait for tomorrow!
THANKSS JavaBeans i love your recaps and your comment
i alway waiting for KISS SCENE
i really love your commentary on shinwoo’s bad timing. poor bloke. i actually feel bad for him cuz, as you said, he’s creating his own problem.
but on to The Kiss. i like spoilers and it actually builds the excitement for me since i know i’m getting a treat at the end! what would have nailed the scene for me (and made it look less awkward… ay, kdrama kisses -_-) was if TK grabbed MN with BOTH hands and pulled her in for the kill…er, kiss. =p
yay,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,finally
I haven’t watched episode 9 or 10 because the previews didn’t draw me in. I was content with JBs recap, but when I saw the preview for 11. I had to watched. I even watched it RAW. first time ever. I had a strict policy of refusing dramas without subs, but I finally get what people say about watching raw and soaking up the raw emotions of the actors. I must say well done, I was cracking up and getting into it. Thanks JB I was still counting on your recap for those significant lines…
CAN’T wait for the DVD set.
Admittedly, other than following the episodes and whatever news you put up on your blog, I don’t necessarily follow YB’s news or even Soompi thread. So I had no idea whatsoever about the kiss and thus, the kiss and the buildup throughout the episode held a big impact. I literally clamped my mouth from the surprise; I did not expect TK to just suddenly pull MN for a kiss (nor do I really understand the motivation behind it, but I’ll reserve judgement until tomorrow to see the continuation).
I’ve actually started to like Shinwoo this episode. I had pretty much zero sympathy for Shinwoo in the first 10 episodes, but for some odd reason, I find him likable in this ep.
yessssss !!!! THANKS!
nice choice for the song on today’s recaps javabeans!!! I love it!!!
“My site totally crashed with last week’s recaps, so let’s hope it holds up this week…”
HAHA! I’m afraid it will happen for at least 2 more weeks. Your site may crash on wednesday/thursday, but my i hit rock bottom on friday am.
Please Please Please give me some suggestions for future dramas. I don’t think I can fill the void to be left behind by YAB untill JGS returns with something.
Re the spoiler / spoiled kiss : I was disappointed in myself too for watching the preview, but really, I don’t expect a preview to give away the biggest scene, I expect a preview to enhance my suspense and anticipation… so it came off as less than it could have been if I’d known nothing.
@ 22 and others : what I did like about this kiss was TK was just as shocked about it as MN. I really liked that–he acted without thinking, without ever consciously contemplating that this very decision action was going to be the outcome of his anger. That look when he realizes what he’s done explains to me that he freezes for a moment to think about what he’s now going to do about it. That’s what we saw. What I hope Ep 12 has for us is the next moment, when he relaxes.
Usually I hate spoilers, but I yearn for YB spoilers. I don’t know Korean and without the spoilers I’m completely in the dark when I watch the raws. Of course I could wait for the subs, but I’m already wrecked waiting for the subbed version and I’ve seen the episode — imagine if I hadn’t! >.>
I hadn’t thought of SW’s words to MN in that light before. SW has been really confusing me lately. He has been selfless, he has kept MN’s secret, he has tried to help her, he does like her … but there’s something else to it. I keep comparing SW-MN to TK-MN and I keep coming up with constructed versus organic. Not that SW’s feelings are fake or that his friendship with MN is fake, but more like because he knew about MN and she didn’t know he knew, SW had all the power and he could create what he wanted. And he did, even though the scenarios didn’t work out. Whereas all of the big TK-MN moments were accidents: from TK finding out MN is a girl, all the way up to the kiss. Even the ring moment was something of an accident – TK didn’t expect MN’s decisions or her determination and MN didn’t expect TK’s behavior and his semi-repentance.
TK yells and complains, but he ends up going along with everything MN needs — he doesn’t really have the power in the relationship. MN doesn’t *wield* power, but her needs are what drive events and that gives a sense of equilibrium to their relationship that really helps it’s believability.
SW does have power over MN, and he doesn’t use it cruelly, but it does affect how close they get. SW let an organic situation, his time alone with MN, slip by because it doesn’t fit the scenario he constructed. It’s like the story he told MN early in the series, the one about his accent and the girl. He hid his accent because it wasn’t romantic and it ended up shooting him in the foot.
I dont’ know if you watch the previews so, if you want to remain spoiler free don’t read on…
It seems like SW, pushed by frustration, finally confesses to MN in the dance studio. So he’s giving a organic~ a chance and it looks like TK drags MN to a corner to tell her his feelings so, maybe he’s giving constructed a chance, too. However, I can’t imagine SW’s confession going the way he’d like it to, so maybe TK’s going to be shot down, too?
Crack is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!
I gosh, I can’t wait for episode 12…I’m so excited…I just LOVE YB…..
Thank you so much for your wonderful recaps!!!
Squeeeeeel!!!!! OMG!
JB ur my personal brand of heroin. thank u!!!
And JB — thanks for the great recaps and commentary, and thank goodness your sites is back up. I have been looking forward to your recaps all day–the middle of an almost catastrophically dreadful week–and when I checked your site about 30 mins ago all I got was “Database Error”. I almost cried. Then when I checked again and I saw a DB header AND saw that your recaps were up… I almost cried again.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the recap!!!!!!!
OMG can’t wait for tonight!!!!
Your thoughts on Shinwoo were what I was thinking after the Pseudo-Date. Too much trying to make a grand gesture. After his first attempt at the restaurant failed he should have just gone for it. So yeah, I too am no longer feeling sorry for him (His Ji-Hoo haircut doesn’t help either… is that the new thing to do to the Decoy Guy? Give him and unflattering haircut to signal to the viewers that his time is almost up?) What’s that they say? If you keep using the same methods, you’re going to get the same results.
Other than that… I enjoyed this ep a lot. I hadn’t seen the kiss spoilers so I was pleasantly surprised. And I’m sooooo glad everyone is pretty much on the same page now. It was getting silly with everyone knowing or suspecting and keeping it a secret from everyone else.
I’m using all my lunchbreak btw classes just for ur caps! Very worth it~ This kdrama is growing on me…but I agree…actually, they shldnt hv even included the kiss scene in the spoiler in the first place…then it wld hv been brilliantly executed! Thks dramabeans for ur brilliant caps as owez! =)
zomg when I saw hongki’s face i just KNEW he would just bust out in laughter be ultra happy. god i love hongki <3
thanks so much for the recaps!
@ 57 Regarding the kiss– I totally agree…it came off very stiff to me (though I did scream although I knew it was coming, I stilled couldn’t contain my excitement!) so I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow’s episode will provide me the continuation and explanation of what TK will say to MN about why he kissed her…
I just watched the preview for episode 12 but I will not visit the vikii spoiler site or soompi forum for one week because I want to be surprised for next week’s episode…
I have to agree with JB that although I screamed like a madwoman and laughed at Jeremy, I realize now that I would have enjoyed it more had I not know what was coming but as others have said…this drama is like crack and I can’t seem to keep my self away from it no matter how hard I try…
Sheesh what will I do when it ends…I’ve never had any severe withdrawals symptoms…I REALLY need to buy the DVD set when it comes out…
dude, my mouse broke from refreshing too much!
LOL! Can’t wait for tmrw’s recap! THANKS! <3
Yay drama recap is out. You’re the best JB..alway enjoy reading your recap…=) I agree, I feel that Shinwoo is causing the bad timing thing himself…I personally think from the beginning, if he had come out w/ it like TK had, then he would have a better change. I mean, I see MN clinging & closer to TK from the beginning is that he discovery that she is a girl…for that, she didn’t have to worry about getting discover that she is a fake around TK. I mean, to me because TK knows and was open w/ her about her gender, I find that is the reason why she is more at ease and comfortable around him. And w/ TK coming out w/ her, its brings them opportunity to be closer and develop their feeling..I mean, if Shinwoo did that..I think the outcome would be different for him. He would had a chance. And the thing that bother me about Shinwoo aside from his bad timing is that (sorry if I offend Shinwoo fan) at times, I feel he is kinda petty…like how MN ditch him at the restaurant to be with TK. And because of that, he wasn’t willing to share room with her, making comment that there is someone better suited for her to share room with (TK of course)…I can understand that he is hurt but by giving her opportunity to share room with TK, he is basically providing them good timing in developing their feelings while he end up w/ not having a chance at her heart…
I wonder what will happen on the next ep. I wonder if MN is going to leave the group..based on HY conversation where she found out MN lives in a covenant, my guess is that she is going to used her tricks again and try to make MN leave using that as an excuses…and if MN does leave, the guys of course would not know where to find her…in some way, I would want that…I mean, she leaves and the guys don’t know where to find her..but then, the moment that TK is in troubles or hurt (like ex, if his mom reveal their relationship to the public to which TK doesn’t), then MN shows up..bam, his angel coming to sweep him away from it all…*giggle*
Overall, I’m glad they found out the relationship b/w TK & HY is fake..but now, is the complication of misunderstanding of feelings b/w MN & TK…by the way, does anyone notice the supermaket scene kinda funny…maybe its just me…I mean, from the way it look, it seem like TK & Jeremy dress w/ hoodie so that fans don’t notice them since they’re A.N.JELL after all yet Shinwoo & MN doesn’t have to cover themself and there, I am wondering where are the fans..hello, Shinwoo & MN is out in the open…hahahahahha…
Thanks for yet another excellent recap.
I know about the spoiler, and yes, it kinda ruins the moments for me. Earlier, I was frustrated with TK’s character actually. Like he keeps on denying himself. But thinking about it, I think it is just his way of dealing with overflowing emotion. If the writers wrote it so that TK realised his feelings easily, it actually could spoil the whole TK’s personality and image.
Also, I am with you about SW. I have started to feel dead boring about him. In soompi, someone calls him Mr perfect timing. Ya, he has the mania for perfect timing and moments, which sadly will hardly come.
Jeremy, though, is such a cutie. Love his character and Hongki’s acting!
I love Taekyung! He really has a heart of gold, fretting over Minam’s romantic problems.
Even though I knew about the kiss before watching the raw version, it did not diminish my enjoyment of the episode because I liked watching everything build up to that moment. Knowing the destination made the journey more important.
Great recap..
Lol, like prncssptri, i too am guilty and charged….. I don’t know, i can’t seem to stop myself from going here and there trying to find out the spoilers….
I swear, this time around, after episode 12 i won’t go around looking for episode 13 preview… i want to be surprised……!!!!
THanks again for recapping such a beautiful drama…..
Episode 11 was an awesome epi…
Yeah, sad about the spoilers. It took off the excitement for me. Agree about Shinwoo and his timing and Jeremy now seems like a comic relief. Gosh I hate that cuz I love the char Jeremy!
thank you so much JB for this!!!
i’m watching the raw thing right now and can’t understand at all..
this is so much help.
YEY!!! thanks JavaB!!!!!!!!! ^-^
ok, let me read the recap now…..
Thank you. You made my day!!!
Thanks a lot! You made my day!
I totally agree with you JB. Reading all the spoilers ruined everything for me on this Episode. Before even reading you recap i have already decided not to read spoilers again. There’s only 5 episodes left and i don’t want to ruin whats left of it by being impatient. :]
Anyway, Thanks for the wonderful recap. :] As always i love it.
***screaming here***
They kissed already…hehehe. I didnt see the spoilers so i didnt know! I cant wait to go home and watch the episode……. too bad you cant blow off work hehe
I wonder what happens tomorrow. hhhmmm part of the beauty of this drama for me is the suspense. thank God the Hong sisters are not predictable.
THNK U SOOOOOOOO MUCH
!!! I’ve been coming back here like idk how many times already….hehe. We appreciate it so much!! Now that we understand what they’re saying!! Cant wait for ep 12!!! whoo!!! 
I also felt the same way as you with the kiss being revealed so early. The scene also did not had the same effect on me as it had done before previousw surprises and great moments in the series. I am going to try to stay away from them this coming week but I hope I can.
LOVE YAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JB, thanks once again for the great recap! And thanks for helping to navigate us through some of the slightly confusing stuff! I agree-the media’s posting of “the kiss” really kind of sucked a lot of the mounting tension fun out of this episode, and made what should have been a fabulous surprise ending downright anticlimactic! =/
Yeah the spoiler of the kiss and the lame actual kiss killed it for me. They should have not made the kiss part of the spoiler and should have amped up that kiss and I would have been squealing like mad now.
The shopping scenes and Jeremy scenes were the best for me.
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I think that for any drama , the high point comes when the leads (or atleast the reluctant lead) gives into his/her feelings..(in this case, TK acting out of jealousy etc etc…) which was what this ep (and perhaps the series) was (is) all bout..
definitely the spoilers kinda dimmed the expected sqeeeeeeeeeeel moment in “the kiss” scene.. but I think even without the spoilers it was kinda predictable (cos such a moment always comes wen a series (esp in most kdramas i watched, )is bout 2/3rd done (where i come from the squuueeeeel or high point always comes in the end… and by that i mean the 2nd last segment of the last ep of the series.. sigh… )… the rest of the plot in the series the builds in this from emotional point of view and to complete the “plot” of the series and tie up any other loose ends.. (similar thing happened in Coffee Prince too, which i LOVED)
the point being.. i think this is THE emotional high of the series, (esp after watchin preview of ep 12)..So till now,,, the interest graph was climbing steeply, but after this episode , i think the series has reached an emotional apex,, from here on it will be level,,, or down…and the only other peak point, i expect, will be after the charchters go thru a little emotional fall and rise (confusion, jealousy, blah blah..)..
In any case, I’m really hooked on to this series and will continue to follow this (even without the subs)
cos Plot-wise, def, theres more 
….And of course, the expressions and all lighter moments in the series…
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i loved the scene in the supermarket when both, TK and SW pull the cart wen the realise jeremy is gonna hug MN..
and the whole ,pig rabbit was hehhehe seriously cute,,, hehehehe..
I love the songs too.. all have good vocals..JGS had a really nice singing voice,,, and I hope to hear more of it…. pray the have another OST edition.. cos the series is supposed to centered around music…
sigh….
I regularly visit this site for the recaps and,
Oh-My-Gosh.
The kiss that I have been waiting for since episode one!
EEEEEE!
Pity that I don’t speak Korean therefore can’t understand the raw.
I still have to wait for the subbed-versions to come out.
Can’t wait!
It’s just unfair that the press ruined the surprise.
with that JB, I’m with you.
More power to you and please keep it coming!
YHANG
Episode 11 was a mixture of fun and angst. It may not be as gripping as Ep10, but it sure demonstrated Park Shin-hye’s range of acting skills. I just love how her tears fell and her voice broke in that last scene with JGS.
Thanks JB for the recaps!
Can’t wait to watch this episode! It is kind of weird to read the recaps and then watch the show, but as I can’t help myself, it’s become the norm…
THANK YOU!! BIG PLAUSE. I know I should count on you. JB you can definately selling any thing. The drama producer should award you with compliments. Lots of us who dont have opportunity to watch at the same time airing at Korea can enjoyed at least 60% of the shows. And i love the fact that the lead actor TK kiss the girl MN at episode 11, dont have to wait to long like some dramas… Yeah, Korean should not be so hypocrite. Boy like Girl, Girl like Boy, both have to kiss at least… Remember to recap episode 12, tq JB, I love you veryy much……
Yeah, the jacket-over-the-head scene was reminiscent of The Last Scandal, but it wasn’t a complete turnoff since YB contained so many other innovative scenes. One that comes to mind is the one with the taser–it made me laugh so hard I nearly fell off my chair! In fact, the entire show since the very beginning delights me to no end and for at least one hour takes me to that “happy place” where I can leave all my cares behind.
Thanks, JB, for your excellent summaries and tireless contributions.
Ah the kiss was sort of stiff and awkward, but it was supposed to be awkward like that since it’s out of no where, TK’s heart is taking over his brain… even he’s shocked by his own action so it makes sense that the kiss isn’t passionate and lack chemistry (after all both were shocked). Now is there any way they can repeat the Etude kiss here? XD I wonder what lame excuse TK will give MN for the kiss…
thank you for your wonderful recap….really appreciate it…
i have watched the episode and now i can understand better with your recap…
>__<
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*cant even comment*
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEXT EP PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(now i know what spoiler they have been talking about!!!) ^-^
thank you so much for the recap! now i can go to sleep! I agree with you about Shinwoo- being mysterious and romantic didn’t work out for him in the first 10 episodes and here with the whole restaurant thing so that Mi-nyeo can speak with his girlfriend thing- it’s reminiscent of the earlier restaurant scene. I think he should have learned that with Mi-nyeo, it’s better to get to the point quickly and be more straightforward.
and so many great things about this episode and so many cute, happy moments after the drama that was ep 10….even though the ending of this was pretty dramatic too (I totally agree with you about the spoiler thing). I’m glad that it’s out in the open now to Minyeo and the guys that Heyi and Taekyung’s relationship is fake.
again, your recaps and reviews on the drama is my highlight for YB…anyways, i just wanna say sorry coz i am guilty to be a spoiler addict!!!well, probably because for me the drama is too intense and the waiting is really frustrating to handle with…
anyways, as i always said…I am looking forward each week on your reviews of every episode…and i would agree that SW character is one who’s making all this painfull hurdles to himself…why can’t he just say it when he had a chance on the first few part of the episode wherein he was along with GMN..whew!!!drama…anyways, same with you i’m tired of feeling sad towards TK and SW’s characters coz they are both stubborn in someways…although, in the brigther side i am loving Jeremy’s character and i would say that the actor who portrays him has really a potential as an actor…it really suits his character..
thanks for sharing and apologies for all the spoilers…although, im just a mere reader of the spoilers that has been coming up everyday!!!
Thank you JB for your nice recap as if I watched it already with subs. Agree with you 100% regarding Shin Woo. This is the best time to tell her about his feelings but he did not. Yes, its bad timing again. This time he caused it. Now with the kiss …it’s too late for him. Jeremy was the only one who showed what he really feels towards Minam and couldn’t hide his affection. He shined on this episode with his cuteness.
My fave scene on this episode was the badminton game. TK was so jealous and acted like a raging bull.He’s venting his frustration towards the person who caused him so much distress. He used to be the only one who takes care of her and getting the attention, but now there’s SW and Jeremy. He didn’t like the feeling of being the third party. I watched it so may times and I can’t help myself for laughing so hard.
Hope next episode ,he will know about the pig nose. Too excited to watch his reaction.
Hong sisters pls give them a scene with romantic and sweet moments and for all YB lovers fan service…a hotttt kiss with their eyes closed. AJA AJA!!!!
oh btw,, thanks JB!!
how cud i forget that,,, sighh.,..
The screenwriters are killing the ideal second lead. I now find SW pathetic. I think I don’t want MN to end up with either TK or SW.
You just made my day! I love your recaps! Keep it up!
OH.MY.GOD!!!!
I don’t know what to say.. I want to squeal~~~~
Love Mi-nyeo and Tae-Kyung.. but I do feel sorry for Shin-woo… T.T
Thanks for the recap~♥♥♥
I wish i could go home right now to watch ep.11 – but i can’t
Am dying…
But regarding spoilers… just want to put it out there that we have to realise that it was probably the spoiler is probably one of the reasons why this eposide will have higher rating. So… in support of the YB team – i hope that the spoilers get more exciting… i will just try not read or look at them
Ok I literally squealed when I read ’til the very end of your recap. I squealed so loudly that my sister and her dog jumped.
Yeah.
ANGST ANGST ANGST KISS KISS KISS!!!!!
AMAZING.
Wow…I’m light-headed.
love this drama wholeheartedly!! never a dull moments.. thanks to friend for introducing me to this site.. ever since than, there is never a day that i don’t check up on it. love the everyday update.. just want to show some love for your great work here that u done.. plz continue to let US (your reader) know anything outside of the camera work about the cast and drama relationship.. i look forward to looking/reading whatever everything about it..
**Sigh**
JB, thank you. Love your recaps and your commentaries at the end.
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wahhhhhhhhh……i’m really going crazy over this….I even went to soompi to look for spoilers….Thank you so much javabeans.you’re receaps are always the best!
i still can’t get over it! can someone help me!! haha jk!
thank u once again JB!!! such a enormous help for the non korean speaker.! we appreciate you spending time to recap as soon as u can. thank u!!
i love tae kyung!! confess to her next episode and we will be cheering!!!
OH MY GOSH!!! Finally Tae Kyung kiss Mi Nam… Can wait episode 12 tonight! Love this drama a lot!!!
I saw the spoiler photo too and was instantly pissed bec. I knew I’d wait for it in the episode. *sigh*
Off to watch the raw ep :p
I’d been waiting for this for hours JB! Thank you so much again!
For somebody from the Philippines who rely only on vikkii or mysoju sites for this Korean Drama, your recap could be called a spoiler too since I could only watch the drama two to three days after it is aired in Korea (that’s like forever, you see). However, I still enjoy watching it even if I know how the drama would unfold because of your recaps. I couldn’t help it! I always look forward to your recaps, I don’t know. Maybe because I love how you write and dissect scenes. Well, I know you couldn’t get it. I couldn’t get it either. I just know that your site gives me a lot of joy. Your site entertains me big time. So to that, I thank you. I, in fact, check this site first before checking my mailbox.
So more power to you JB! Love yah! Can’t wait for the next recap!
AHHHHH!!! finally, it all errupts!! can’t wait to watch this episode after exams are done… only one more!
lovin’ the recaps as always though Javabeans! thanks so much!!!
Thanks so much JB. I was refreshing this page every few minutes to check if ep 11 was up.
I like this shot:
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm96/javabeans122/drama/2009/minam/mi2/minam11-00210.jpg
Major OUCH!
Thanks for the Brilliant recaps…
Despite the fast pace of the overall series, I felt like this ep has slowed down a bit with the more time consuming fun scenes (badminton, supermarket shopping) in between a few big moments. Looks like the cast has a fun time with it…
And PSH.. kissed by 3 angels… lucky girl!
This ep really turned me into a Jeremy fan… his hyungs got a few things to learn from him.. how about some honesty and being more in tune with your feelings, and act what you think?
I agree with the no more sympathy for Shin Woo after this ep..he’s so intent on waiting for the perfect moment that he didn’t notice he’s already missed the boat. He’s enjoying the build up to the grand finale a little too much and it’s backfiring on him big time.
And someone really got to tell that Cordi to get with the program…why does it always seem like she’s so desperate to bond with UEE that she can’t see beneath her fakeness?
Spoilers are really like crack… they tie you over while you wait for the real thing, but in the end it actually ruins your viewing experience of the episode.. yet its so hard to stay away. I felt like by showing the kiss, many people just spend the ep waitng for it to happen and miss out on a lot.
Does anyone feel like there is some SOUNDTRACK OVERLOAD going on here? I love the OST, but seriously its getting to the point where they are playing the songs too much not exactly where they fit ( a la BBF when people complained) I know the ost is selling like hotcakes… but i still hope they will tone it down a bit.
Can’t wait for tmr
Thanks a lot, JB!!
Does anyone know if the dvd boxset will have english subs?
omg i cant wait to watch the cute Jeremy! >.<
epi 11 is good for him too,
now that he knows he's not a gay because he likes mi-nyeo too xD
another fun episode!!
but i feel the show is starting to lose steam a little bit, so a part of me is glad there are only 16 eps, instead of dragging on for 20.
also, doesn’t shin woo know by now that MN has feelings for TK? for such a perceptive guy, he sure is acting quite dense. or perhaps, he is in denial and fooling himself into thinking that MN will magically realize he is the one for her (eh…not likely, buddy).
ah, so many cute TK moments…his smile always takes me aback…because it so rarely appears!! everytime he does something adorable, i feel like pushing my nose like MN does. hahaha
Thanks as usual for the fabulous recap. Been restraining myself to wait a few more hours before coming here for a fix.
Trying not to contribute to crashing of your site given that there are so many YB lovers out there! Haha… BUT DANG, this episode wasn’t as nice as the others. The twists were all rather tried and tested eh?
–109 Larkspur
that’s true.! i’d been trying hard to watch the raw but it doesnt make sense.! JB’s precise recaps really helps me a lot.! which means i dont have to go to the kdrama sites to dig for recaps
bless you JB!
As always,you never disappoints…. Thanks a bunch for the recap,sarah!!
oh and @23
“TK needs to go buy those magazines with those quizzes “am I in love? why do i feel like this?” and SW should just stop reading romance advices from wherever and just tell her the truth.”
hahaha your comment made me laugh. so true!!
Thanks a lot for sharing I love your comments about the show… I really hate spoilers but sometimes I just can’t help thinking about what’s gonna happen next which leads me into fantasizing about it which makes me more worried because what if the episode becomes too disappointing… Ahaha, it’s just a drama lol
&yea shinwoo should have been honest with minam.. I think the dinner is very sweet but shinwoo needs to act quicker… Hongki is really cute in this episode & it seems that the kiss was fake… Looks like it to me .. Can’t wait for the next episode thanks <3
Perhaps the writers are having SW act the way he is as a means for him to let MN go later. Like how he will “blame” himself later/realize that he went about pursuing her the wrong way which is how he will later convince himself he doesn’t deserve her and let her go…and all that jazz. In the drama, he’s still playing that game with himself but he never seems to learn his lesson even though he loses every time.
I totally ignored all of the spoilers for Episode 11, so I ended up squealing with joy at the end when Tae-kyung kisses Mi-nam
I seriously appreciate and look forward to your recaps! Thanks soo much!
I’m ok with spoilers – they don’t spoil my enjoyment of the episode – I’m just one of those people LOL – the oddball. I understand why they released it – to get more viewers and I think it does pull more viewers.
Here are my favorite characters – The Pig Rabbit and Jeremy… both TK and SW are starting to drive me a little crazy. Bring back the pig rabbit. I’m rooting for the pig rabbit cause TK seems to still have not come to grips with his feelings for MN – he keeps thinking about her and what she’s doing and whether she’s doing what he thinks she’s doing… but to her face, he does act very mean and she seems to be taking all wrong.
SW – urgh… I feel like his character has became a little sleazier in this episode than before. I don’t know how to describe it (sleazy not really the right word). He picks to kiss her on the forehead, he tricks her into the restuarant thing – I think in some circumstances, I would think it’s cute, but something about the episode was off with him.
Jeremy is very funny and cute -he’s soo open with his words and actions =)
It’s about an hour after JB has posted the recap. Wow….already more than 100 comments. Everyone is so earnestly waiting for JB’s recap, just like we are waiting for the next YB episdoe.
After watching the spoiler, it has raised my expectation about ep. 11 and hoped to see more after the kiss….. But this episode ended just as what is shown in the spoiler. I guess SBS wants to raise the rating by showing this kiss scene in the spoiler….
So I agree that the spoiler spoiled the magic of the show i.e. the ecstasy at the end of each episode which the Hong sisters created for the audience.
But I still enjoy this episode… I hope MN and TK can open their heart to one another in tonight’s episode. Earnestly waiting again…..
Ratings for this episode broke over 11%!!!!
(TNS Media: Nationwide-10th-11%, Seoul-9th-11.3%)
So excited!!!! Congrats You’re Beautiful, and may your ratings just keep getting higher and higher!!!!!
#115 Rachel
You said exactly what I feel. In this episode, every time TK exercises his smiling muscles (during the sticky glue scene),at first I thought I would froze with lovestruck, but then my heart went jumpy and did somersaults twice, and it then felt like I just melted in front of the screen, and the next thing I know was I already pointed finger on my nose! And that’s just me. I can totally feel what MN feels right now. Thank God she didn’t point her finger with glue stuck on it or else we would really have one hilarious scene.
hmm thank you very much! for the recap!
your the best!
,.,ah gosh!…im so inlove with this drama!
Hey…so at the supermarket…did Jeremy:D say Wow It’s Sour/ Aye It’s Cold? In the preview it said its cold…but in the subbed part in viikii it said its sour…so which is true? can someone tell me?
Thank you JB for another great recap
So sorry, I’m also one of the guilty ones that causes your site to crash. Just goes to show how popular your recaps and YB are.
Regarding your comment on Shin-woo, on one end, I agree with you that Shin-woo had the perfect opening to confess that he knows about the secret all along and didn’t take it.
On the other hand, sometimes, if you keep a secret too long, even if the perfect opening is there, it’s difficult to find the words to explain that you knew all along. Like he said, he’s never prepared for that scenario so he played it safe.
When i saw the spoiler thanks to one of the youtube channels I USE to subscribe to, I didn’t watch the clip I unsubscribed and screamed EF MY LIFE! =/
But still the eppy was good and Jeremy man, you need a woman in your life boy, call me :]
This is probably the reason why I don’t watch/see spoliers. I love having the story unfolding right in front of me and feeling confused and shocked at the scene or situation.
For me, the last scene was 0__0!
yes, with the exclamation mark.. I’m so glad I stayed away from youtube/articles/news/pictures
BTW, loved the market scene. A.N.JELL recalling their previous CFs… LOL
omg. the dramatic irony is killing. sheesh. hoon-yi kinda annoys me… I don’t mind that the rest of the characters have misunderstood each other. but he’s like seriously argh. messing up with their brains even more.
crap i am so annoyed when shinwoo didn’t just admit it that he knew she was a girl all along right away. i can so imagine him confessing to her in front of the huge mirror and now yet again… we keep seeing the same thing repeated. bleargh.
right now i’m more interested in hwa-ran’s story than the romance angle. hope the dramatic reveal will be worth it. please please, pretty please.
oh, on a better note. i really feel like recording jeremy’s whiny voice when he says “chu-wo” for the popsicle commercial.
OMG…….!!! is that for real hee-yoon? YB really went past 11%…
Woooohooooo….. That is GOOD NEWS….. i can’t wait for episode 12……
Again, without reading your fantastic recap, I totally miscomprehended the whole episode. That’s the whole problem watching raw without understanding a word – just expression simply wasn’t enough for such a great drama! Without reading your recap, I didn’t know why is TK so pissed off about MN meeting with SW. I didn’t know the whole misunderstanding was about explaining the situation to SW’s girl and that TK not wanting to see MN hurts in the process – how thoughtful of him. Even with the kiss, I think he suppresses it and brush it off. Hong sister want us to anticipate his confession after much built up roller coaster emotions – arggh!
I have to agree that some people don’t really like spoiler but I do. Watching YAB will be more interesting with wild speculations. Like prove me wrong this is not the classic melodrama sort of. So far, I’m pretty contend with the story flow but of course with 5 more episodes to go, more or less I have some thoughts how the story might end but don’t worry – will not post it here. If I want a thought or two, I will post them on spoiler with people anticipating them – to be fair.
i’m really hoping to see some shin-woo angst in the next episode. REAL angst, not i’m-going-to-stand-here-and-look-at-you-passively angst.
i was so pissed off by the spoilers. i hate them so much. i HATE them, yet it still takes all the willpower i have not to read them. sometimes i cave in
actually, up until episode 10, i DID cave into reading your recaps before being able to watch the subbed versions. then, i made a vow not to do that anymore because there would only be 6 episodes left and i wanted to make them the best possible. except then that goddamn ending scene had to get spoiled by every goddamn site out there >.>
Thanks a lot JB!!!!! Loved the recap….Infact, I love reading your recaps more than watching the drama ….
Man, they’re so frustrating!!!!! It’s like Coffee Prince all over again. Just for once I wish a love story wouldn’t so damn dramatic! Why can’t people tell others how they feel anymore?! As a viewer, it’s so frustrating. They hurt each other just by loving each other. That doesn’t even make sense. Love is not pain especially since they both reciprocate each other feelings.
Stupid cliche misunderstandings.
Of course they’re going to spoil the big moment.. the ratings increase, didn’t it?
I’m sooooo thankful!!! just finished watching the episode raw and i understood thanks to u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I HAD NO IDEA THAT HE KISSED HER!!!!! I COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY FREAKED OUT!! lmao!!! YESSS!!!!!!!!! again thanks soooo much!!!
TK was right in his interview – women can’t seem to stay away from the bad boys. Think it’s the hint of vulnerability that gets us suckered right in. Even when there’s the tailor-made prince charming waiting for us right NEXT to us like SW. HAHA.
Think that’s why MN is so crazy about TK? That sense of vulnerability TK exudes? Hahaha… SW is too heroic and stoic. Too perfect?
What ruined the kiss scene was not that it was spoiled (Although I agree that I would have been more emotional about it if I hadn’t known) but that it’s so damn awkward! I will never understand the supposed appeal of two people standing there like statues barely locking lips.
Shin-woo has the worst timing ever! He just keeps missing his mark. At this point, I don’t feel sorry for him anymore. I just want to smack him on the head.
I. Am. Happy.
Tae Kyung: One, Shin Woo: Zero
Which is pretty sad.
@137
I totally agree. Why does it have to be so complicated? Why is it all about the struggles and heartaches of getting together–and then… The End? Why can’t we have some happy times of the couple finally together …that is more than just a quick 5 minute end of the series epilogue?
I too totally loved Jeremy in this episode. He had kind of gone into the background for a while, so I am glad they are giving his character more air time. He really adds to this drama.
Again, can’t wait for more, but just not more angst that is sure to come full force…sometimes I wish there wasn’t so much drama and that we could just enjoy happy happy joy joy…but I guess that’s why they makes us come back for more!
why do i have the dreaded feeling that shinwoo is just gonna pretend that he’s upset that she didn’t turn up. god forbid the entire drama end without him actually coming forth. sianz.
Thanks JB. Recaps are great as always
i just love reading your recaps!
thanks so much!!!!
Well, what if the kiss is not real either? Because of his anger, he suddenly grabs Minam and wants to shut her up. But he stops at the exact time because his consciousness comes.
I draw the conclusion from the last glance of Tae Kyung. And because, come on, Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye has already kissed before, so there must be some reasons, we, the audience can’t see the kiss. Just my two cents.
Thank you for your great recap, Javabeans.
thank you JB for the usually fast cracktastic recap…
at first i forgot the last scandal scene before i click the reference, but when i saw that recap, i remember that particular scene. i haven’t seen the episode yet, but reading from your reaction, i think the effect is not the same with Last Scandal scene, quoting your line “which packed an emotional punch because it was such a pivotal scene, providing a moment of truth that was not solely romantic.”
i have to admit i’m one of those who like spoilers (blush)…
can’t wait for toninght…
and i really can’t believe it’s going to end in less than three weeks, so sad… TT
More kiss, less awkward please. Seriously, whyyyy???? I am not unhappy because at least they kissed, and the build up was good, but gosh! They could have made it so much better. I hope they put a little more ***omigosh, the chemistry, i’m melting*** power into the next one (there had better be one hell of a next one).
Basically, GIVE ME MOAR!!
Also, thanks JB! =]
As with all the posters I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS DRAMA, the only thing I HATE ABOUT IT IS , IT IS TOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT (16 episodes, sigh!!).
Off topic, I would like to apologize ahead of time but I can’t wait for Open Thread on Friday.
To all followers of Dramabeans, I would like to make a small request if I can indulge you to vote online for CNN HEROES FOR 2009, the deadline is on November 19, 2009 (6:00am ET).
I would also like to solicit your votes and vote for my fellow Filipino, EFREN PENAFLORIDA, he is the only Asian among the 10 finalist. You can read the write-up of the 10 finalist and if you feel someone else deserves your vote, that is also quite alright with me. I salute all the 10 finalist and I REALLY REALLY admire them all from the bottom of my heart, may their tribe increase. You can vote as often as you can.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes
or just go to http://www.cnn.com and go to HOT TOPICS and choose CNN Heroes.
Once again I apologize ahead of time if this request of mine is out of line. Thank you Javabeans and all my fellow posters. MABUHAY. (I don’t know how to translate this word in English, but the effect is something like when Koreans would say “fighting” or “hwaiting” however, literally it means something like “long live” or “live on”).
MARAMING SALAMAT PO.
I love Jeremy’s blue hoodie! Anyone knows where to find one?
about the story, i guess i’m kinda lucky because i haven’t watch Last Scandal nor do i know about the spoilers, so this is a very interesting episode for me. Love it! but i kind of expecting the kiss scene for the main couple in this episode though, maybe because of the Jeremy’s and Shinwoo’s forehead kisses earlier. those scenes kinda gave me some warning that it’s coming. But i still scream when it did! haha! hah can’t wait for today’s episode!!
Oooh, I just read 148 icechocolate’s post – that actually sounds kind of plausible, with the way this drama’s been twisting things! Still, I do think there was some mouth-to-mouth action, but I wouldn’t be surprised if its spun in some completely random way, like you said.
Thans JB for the recap. Am so loving this…..
the spoilers for episode 10 ruined it for me – i tried to enjoy it, pretending i didn’t accidentally read people’s comments etc about it but it still dampened my mood when i watched it last week – so i kept away from spoilers today with this episode. i’m glad i did! the momentum buildup was great, i love the fact that tae-kyung himself was surprised about the kiss but fact is, she got kissed plenty in this episode by all 3 dudes! (this is when we wish we’re her, isn’t it? hahaha)
totally agree with you about SW, JB. ep 12’s preview looks like he’s finally making that move but ahhh, obviously too late.
@113: as much as i love the OST, i’ve too agree. they’re using it a lillll too much.
can’t wait for ep12!
Thanks for the recap!
About Shinwoo… I literally threw my hands in the air when he didn’t take opportunity to confess at the beginning of the episode. It was just never meant to be, huh? Would have been interesting though…
and oh oh oh JB, i totally agree with you too about Last Scandal. LS’s one was epiccc as compared to this (no offence though)
i also saw the spoiler as ANJELL kisses but i just quickly shut the page since i didn’t want to know what they were talking about. boy am i glad i did that.. i forgot about that headline and it was pretty vague so i thought it was another pretend heyi and taekyung kiss.. i was so shocked when they kissed in the middle of the argument.. i admit i did squeal ^_^ i couldn’t help it ..
i hope nobody posts future spoilers without a warning in the first line or preferably headline. can’t wait for tomorrow’s episode! and your recap!
OMG! That was one of the least romantic kissing scene ever. Not only did their poses look awkward, but they had to do a 360 degree turn to show how extremely stiff and awkward their poses were in different angles. I’m wondering if that was even a real kiss since I don’t think I ever saw their lips locking together.
Thanks javabeans for your recaps. I hate spoilers too. I was lucky enough not to see any spoilers before watching, so the kiss scene totally made my day!
i love this drama so much. YB made me feel compelled to comment as i’ve been a silent reader of your site for so long!
I believed SBS or whoever in charge, released the kissing scene to media to help garner more ratings for the drama. so they unintentionally spoil our fun in the drama.
Anyway, do keep the cracks coming!
Thanks so much!
I think the kiss was supposed to be an awkward one. It was actually shown in different angles to show the stiffness and awkwardness of it. Sorta even animate like in still shots. I don’t think it was supposed to be soft and romantic…..since TK had just reached his limits of frustrations and boiled over and acted accordingly. None-the-less, it was exciting! At least something, FINALLY. I’m looking forward to a sweeter, softer and more passionate kind of kiss though……it should be coming, right? PLEASE???
I just discovered your blog a few days ago, and I’m so glad I did! So far I’ve been able to read all your recaps on YB, and they are written with so much clarity and wit. Reading your recaps often clears up confusions I have regarding certain episodes, but most of all it’s great reading a blog written out of dedication and passion. I’m more of a jdrama fan, and the only Korean show I’ve really watched is Coffee Prince, so I’m going through your ratings page to see if there’s anything else I can watch
So, not being a regular Kdrama watcher, I’ve never seen that scene is Scandal before, so for me it was something fresh. Still, I agree that there’s been a shift in regards to how I see SW, and it’s solidified in this episode. Previously, one could still sympathise with him, but I think more and more there’s this certain selfishness that seems to be surfacing from him. Not that that in itself is necessarily a bad thing, but he does make a big deal out of NOT being selfish. Yet he’s so adamant about having a fairytale reveal, where he can go “Ta-da! It was me all along!” I’m not sure, but it does seem self-gratifying.
On the contrary TK seems more consistently unselfish in his motives and actions. I’d never been found of sulky male leads that saturate pretty much every idol drama out there, so I was surprised at my own fondness for TK. He seemed to be just another cut and paste. But I think I’d have to put it down to how he thinks about the band and everyone before himself, especially in critical situations. And as you said in previous recaps, he’s so bad at maintaining his demeanour, it’s endearing.
Watching Hwa-ran scenes really touches something in me. I don’t know what but I’m astounded that a mother could act like her. Perhaps the change in TK was brought about by what MN told him at the end of his birthday. Perhaps that enabled him to be more generous with his mother. Hearing words like “you’re precious” and stuff, does soothe the sharp edges I believe. And when you’re less hurt, you’re more likely to forgive.
About the kiss. I usually read spoilers and they’re ok. It’s definitely better to watch it without, but usually it doesn’t spoil my enjoyment. What I was miffed about when watching the preview was how I’d watched these “grab-and-kiss” scenes so many times. I thought TK and MN deserved a more original first kiss (wishes of a fangirl, surely). But like many people, I really enjoyed the shocked look TK had at the end. I wasn’t expecting it, and it certainly brought a whole new dimension to the kiss.
Funny scenes were, well, funny. And cute! But I’m glad they stuck more to the angst in this one.
On a side note, I am morbidly starting to ship Shin Woo/He-Yi O_O Something about his quiet confidence as juxtaposed with her inner rage seems to click for me. But obviously not gonna happen, ha.
@130 mgurl about your post…
On the other hand, sometimes, if you keep a secret too long, even if the perfect opening is there, it’s difficult to find the words to explain that you knew all along. Like he said, he’s never prepared for that scenario so he played it safe.
I agreed with you…
a bit similar for Ken in Proposal Daisakusen (Jodrama), he has a perfect time to tell Rei about his feeling but difficult to find the words to explain….then,as a result..he played it safe.
*hehehe..anyway it just a drama i don’t care…
The important is the real things–>YONG HWa..hahahahaha*
hahahaha..YB gambare!!
kidding…
Thks JABEANSRECAP#11.I”hate” a spoiler!!But all Actors haven had to act of the Screenwriters?,aren’t there.
I still like SW.He is so gentle & softfacing.
oh my god! i love the last part haha.. though it rips my heart whoah.. haha..
that last scene was SO awesome – not the kiss, but the shouting match that lead up to it. I think Park Shin hye did a really awesome job there!!! I squeaked a bit while I was watching that, and then went GASP when they kissed. I really hope those last shots were just a let’s-stop-time-and-look-at-this-scene-from-5786-different-angles thing, and that they “continue” in ep 12. please…. they are too good to be wasted like this. XD
This show is AWESOME!!!!!! Thanks JB for your wonderful recaps you are great 2.
I agree JB…but then again, it’s better to have spoilers than to die of anticipation…waiting for one week is like hell
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Great recaps JB
Thank you so much for the recaps!
I felt such disappointment when TK didn’t realise MN was in the hall all along! The whole scene created so much tension and he was thissss close to finding her inside finding the hairclip, but then his mobile rang and I was so frustrated!
Loved the scenes with Jeremy openly confessing his affections to MN and trying to hug her. He’s such an adorable kid!
@jacq: I agree, I think the kiss looked awkward because both of them were angry and it was pure reflex on TK’s part. You can see from his eyes that even he was surprised with his reaction. How I wish it would turn softer as the kiss goes on hehe. Waiting for tomorrow’s continuation of the kiss!
I also agree with JB on Shin Woo. I was expecting him to confess that he knew about MN when she told him the truth but he pretended to be surprised. At that point, I stopped feeling sorry for him. Now I’m just annoyed.
At least Jeremy is still his old adorkable self. Laughed out loud with his antics.
As for Hwa Ran, I think her condition was a result of her being an alcoholic. I remember when she was talking to MN at the studio, she even put alcohol in her coffee. Yikes.
Anyway, thanks again for the recaps.
Thanks DB, I love your take on why MN got ‘conned’ into confessing. Finally, I’m back home and get to read the review. I was so distracted the whole day at work b’cos my IT gave me a warning that I’m spending too much time on ‘non work related’ sites… bummer. No guesses that I was refreshing like mad previously.
I think that I’m one of those that don’t mind spoiler. I actually read the summary in one of the forums last night while watching it raw. It gives a sort of guide what was going on as I don’t know Korean apart from Hyung, Hyungnim…
My favourite scene would be Jeremy’s. All of them, especially when TK and SW stops him from hugging MN.
Am I the only person who finds that the Fake Fairy is actually 3-faced? Her fake sweet face, her bxxchy face and her unsure of herself face (usually when things turn bad for herself while she’s talking to herself).
As for SW, my feeling is that he sort of lives in his own world where only his idea of romantism is the real deal. Everything must be of the perfect timing at setting of his choosing. I mean, he can just tell MN that he actually knows that she was a female in the dressing room, but no, he has to wait for his grand gesture of his choice before he can confess. It really mirrors life where these type of people will miss the boat, whereas those that grabs the opportunities are the ones that succeeds.
Thanks as always, dramabeans!
I was spoilered too and I really regret it! ;_____;
Jeremy is hilarious in this episode. And TK just gets hotter.
I’m with you about the kiss spoiler….part of me thinks that it might’ve been to spur higher ratings for this week?
ANYHOW, that argument at the end was acted amazingly! LOVED the emotion clashing btwn the 2 of them, which is why I wish I didn’t know the kiss was coming *sigh*
Love reading your recaps after I watch, thanks!
after episode 12… no more spoilers for me. have to stay away from facebook, soompi, etc. although i know about the kiss, i still could not help but squeal aloud. at 3am, no less. lol!
i’ll just re-watch the previous episodes to cope with my withdrawal syndrome next week. sigh… what will happen to me after this? when you’re beautiful is over? i’ll definitely buy the DVD…
thank you for the recap. the subs not out yet in mysoju…
in regards to the kiss: yeah it looked awkward cuz the director did the frozen-in-time thing and shot it at so many different angles. usually directors will do that 360 degree shot, but cuz they were on the platform it’s something that’s hard to shoot and if they want to shoot it that way, will require a lot of time that they didn’t have.
I’m pretty sure that mi nyeo and taekyung are going to pull apart really quickly in ep 12 because taekyung didn’t mean to kiss her and I do wonder if their characters have kissing experience. She’s a nun in training. And i’m not sure if he has even had a girlfriend before. and he’s so fastidious. I think Taekyung probably had at most like 2 kisses before.
can i just say this: i love you JEREMMMMY!!! gosh he’s so cute, adorable and very very funny! can i just keep him so my day would always be fun! hahaha
seriously, what can I say for the ending…hmmm can’t wait for the next episode…
and … shin woo, don’t worry we’re here for you!
and…. go minam: you’re one lucky girl!
waaaaa! i’m loving this. i’m excited for the next episode
thanks for the recap JB. can’t understand korean so i came here to know what all the angst is all about. but like someone said before… because we don’t know the language we look for clues in body language. in this episode i can see that PSH shines in her acting when she’s attacked verbally by TK. can see the hurt and anguish in her eyes. heartbreaking stuff!
JGS is doing his usual stuff… mesmerizing us as usual, especially the part when he smiles during the time he helps GMN to unglue her fingers. i don’t know how PSH is able to withstand the terrawatt smile beamed solely on her!
love jeremy as usual. honest with his feelings.
and shin woo… i think the scriptwriters is trying to tell us (especially the ladies) that romantic things/words/setting doesn’t/shouldn’t necessarily make you fall in love with someone. he might be the best looking, gentle guy but the things he’s doing is always self centric. at first, he’s keeping the secret because he wants to amuse himself, he’s bored. like someone said, it’s about power. shin woo always has to have the upper hand, he likes things to be under his control. he intuitively knows that GMY cares for TK but he rationalize to her that it’s just a FAN feeling. that’s manipulative. he knows a secret but he didn’t let it be known. he wants to give all the time. that’s another way to control someone else. make them feel indebted to you. i surely cannot stand a man who thinks that he always have to do things for me. hey… i’ve got brain too!
while TK were dragged howling, complaining and scowling along the way to cater to GMY, his actions are always to the best of the group or the right thing to do. while it may seems like TK’s on the upper hand but actually he’s being controlled by GMY (to certain extent). how else can you explain his willingness to share his room (he’s OCD) and singing in the boy’s bathroom with GMN best friend in some school just because GMY said “Hyung!” and look at him with her puppy dog eyes. GMY also helps heals TK hurts about his mother. that’s power sharing! that’s what we call give and take. that’s what make the relationship special.
i think the stiffness in the kissing is just like a freeze moment in time when TK drag MN to him and they touch lips. the surprise in the face of TK is supposed to be the cliffhanger. but because everyone is so fired up about the kiss preview… that’s all they are seeing, the kissing part. i think the scene should have been filmed better (rather than asking the actors to freeze for like 2 minutes for the film, it might be better to do matrix like photography?) to get the impact of surprise emotionally for TK.
just my 1 cents worth.
have a great evening everyone. like yesterday, i’ll be waiting anxiously for the raw version to be out for me to see. and then waiting for JB to do her recap. another day with not enough sleep for me
wooooooooooooooooooooooooow many comments! java b good work. it s clear that she ll get angry after this kiss.if not it will be strang.
Wasn’t sold on the last scene… not only because the spoiler really “spoiled” it for me, but also because that was such an anemic, half-hearted effort!
C’mon guys! If you’re gonna be at it, at least give us some proper face sucking action!
This appears to be a recurring problem with kdrama and jdoramas. The kissing scenes are just disgraceful…. if anyone tried to pull such a feeble attempt at a liplock in real life, he’ll probably elicit feelling of pity rather than passion.
I woke up this morning and the first image I had in my head forced me to log on and say this:
Note to wardrobe: TK’s supermarket outfit made him look like an evil imp who couldn’t decide between a hoodie and a poncho.
And furthermore: Hoodie up? ok famous guy, but tucked behind ears? no, no, NO, no, no.
The supermarket scene was pretty fun, but I think my favourite bit was when TK zipped Jeremy’s hoodie right up over his head. I did laugh.
ohh! what a kiss! melt-melt.
i love tae-kyung’s habit of tucking his hoodie behind his ears, i think i’ll try it.
Jeremy’s reaction was another highlight, he makes me laugh!
@ 181 reluctantbutaddicted
“And furthermore: Hoodie up? ok famous guy, but tucked behind ears? no, no, NO, no, no”
If it was anyone less cuter, i would’ve scream no no no. But it is JGS and how do you say no to him.
@180 Fran
“C’mon guys! If you’re gonna be at it, at least give us some proper face sucking action! ”
******Blush********
I agree with you JB. I hate SPOILERS!
Odd enough..i love spoilers! =p I’m one of those ppl who hates anticipating n waiting n d fact dat i’m in d middle of my final exam doesn’t help at all..i’m easily distracted n dat’s why i’ve been reading all d spoilers as my ‘fix’ so dat i can study..but myb after my final exam i’ll stop reading spoilers (but i dun think i can stay away from ep previews though..=p) n focused on finding BTS..dat way i’ll enjoy d last 4 eps better..=)
I totally heart Jeremy in dis ep..he’s so damn cute..*not that i dun love him from before..=p* each time he says to MN something like “i really like you” or “you are so cute” n tried to hug her i screamed in delight..though i’m kinda dissapointed seeing dat he will only be a comic relief in future episodes *i dun see him seriously pursuing his feelings towards mi nam knowing dat she’s a girl* but i guess two guys in love with d same girl wud provide enough angst..let alone dis series hv other 2 major things to deal with (mi nam being a girl revealed to d public n d thing bet tk mom n mn dad)..so i’m contended enough having jeremy as a ‘humour machine’. .=)
As for d kiss bet MN n TK..some ppl said it might be fake but thinking logically *thankfully dis series still hv some logic in it despite it being a kdrama which are full of illogical things* why wud it be fake? for TK-HY it is understandable as he hates her but dis one is a kiss bet 2 people who totally in love with each other *though both are dense enough to not know that their feelings for each other are reciprocated* I just hope..sincerely hoping that in ep 12 d ’shock kiss’ will turn to be more passionate just like JGS-PSH kiss in Etude CF..there’s no harm in hoping, rite? =)
i’m off to watch ep 12! can’t wait for tomorrow’s recap..thanks JB! =)
I avoided the thread in soompi all week and I’m glad I did. I didn’t know about the kiss and hence the excitement was still there for me when I read it in your recap.
I do wonder what the next episode will bring. Will TK deny everything i.e. the kiss was just to shut her up? Or will he confess his feelings and all will be happy and dancing?
Well, I guess my everyone-have-a-calm-cup-of-tea prediction was closer to the mark than the major-hysterics one. It was rather sweet to have everyone skate sharply past the MN-Betrayal moment and give us some nice sweet moments of the boys being united on Team MN. Though, as we know, this is just following the pattern of Wed episodes, of sweetening us up for the killer blow in the Thurs episode.
While I appreciate the veer away from Major Hysterics, I thought that at points this episode was spinning its wheels. The cliched missed moments in the auditorium-at-night scene was a let-down from earlier episodes, when such cliches were eschewed and TK got straight to the point. Why is it that the TK who was so fast and sharp when he was persecuting MN is now so slow and stupid when it comes to *getting* MN or his own feelings? OK, we’re gearing up the angst to lead up to The Kiss. And I guess I just have to understand and appreciate that.
ShinWoo ShinWoo ShinWoo. What can I say. I don’t feel disappointed with him. Because I stopped feeling anything for him episodes ago. Much as I appreciate the warmness of his character, I just can’t get into a block of wood. I think his screen character is really quite likeable, for a love rival (hey, if the worst thing that people can say about you is “lousy timing”!), but we need an actor who can ACT. Look, seriously. Look at any screen cap of our three boys. JSG: scowl – totally convincing. LHK: silly smile or silly shock – silly, but convincingly and endearingly so. JYH… nothing. Just… nothing. JYH needs to have a word with his agent – he needs to avoid over-reaching.
Hong Ki, on the other hand, needs to give his agent the biggest Christmas present ever. Because he has been beautifully cast, in a role which shows off his natural exuberance and charm to best advantage and doesn’t demand more acting skill than he can deliver. Jeremy is just too adorable in this episode. Over the top, but entirely in keeping with the character Hong Ki has carefully built up.
TK — Actually, I’m not feeling the jealousy as much as the protectiveness. Partly, who can be jealous of a block of wood? I’m just not feeling that aspect. I’m more with the notion that TK is primarily concerned about MN. He really thinks that she is helpless to run her own affairs or exercise any self-preservation. He thinks she is liable to inflict suffering on herself in order to help someone else (whatever makes him think that??!!) He feels angry and exasperated that he can’t protect her from being hurt by her supposed unrequited love for ShinWoo. Particularly as he’s not even admitting to himself that he is protecting her, and has been for ages. Aw.
MN — Loved the symbolism in the playground. Yes, sweetie, you’re really really good at holding on and enduring. The boys may roll their eyes and say you are bonkers. But we know this is your redeeming quality, and we know that your longsuffering is one reason (of many) why the boys all love you.
apropos of nothing:– Hey! Both PSH and LHK are lefties!
Why aren’t we getting more MV parodies? We want more!
I’m travelling next week to a destination with dodgy internet. Downside: Can’t join in the fun fan frenzy. Upside: No spoilers! Yay!
oh em gee! I just died watching this episode! waaaaaaaaaaaah! now I just can’t sleep T.T
I wish there would be an episode where they’d get to be real couples and going on dates hehehehe. thought I’d probably die [again
] out of jealousy!!!
HAHA! Don’t read Korean news too much, so I was superbly pleased (and surprised!) with the kiss at the end! Knew it had to happen sometime! Am looking forward to the next episode SO MUCH. Thanks for the brilliant recap!
hehe, i love SPOILERS because I can’t stand the waiting : )
thanks for the recap…
Oh My GOD! *-*
You wouldn’t know how excited I am everytime I visit your blog (which is everyday…!)
Yesterday, I watched this episode but raw…and I coudn’t help but visit your homepage to see if the recap was out…I refreshed the page until 4 in the morning and then fell asleep…
And when I woke up, my first thought was “Go and see if the recap is there!” And yeaaaaah it IS!
Thank you so much for the trouble, it is sooooo amazing to finally understand one and every word they say! (I understand most of it, but the most important part are still in the dark!) and thanks to you, it is bright and clear!
Fans of YAB (and kdramas!) from Belgium thank youuuuuuuu!
Keep up with the good work, it is just GREAT to see what you do (recaps or news from the other side of the Earth)
I did not know about the kiss! OMO!! That last conversation, the punctuating kiss…OMO!!
I squealed. Then I immediately re-watched the scene and squealed again. Eeeee! I’m doing a little dance!
@serendipity – PSH is actually ambidextrous, she signed her autograph for her brother’s friend with her right hand.
waaaah. I’m totally with you. I ALSO HATE SPOILERS! Every week I always try to avoid Previews in Youtube or Spoiler blogs or whatever… It just kills the excitement! But when my sister told me that TK will kiss MN [which really sucked, I had already beaten her up with all the spoiling ^^], I was like ‘WHAAAAT? SERIOUSLY?” and I just couldn’t help and watch the preview myself! Actually seeing that KISS SCENE was the highlight of my day… weeeeeeeh! But then I regretted watching it after Episode 11.
D
Anyway, I enjoyed last night’s episode! It showed us more on Tae Kyung getting jealous and feeling really sick about his “subconscious” love for MN. awwww. I often ask WHY DO I HAVE THIS THING FOR BAD AND EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED GUYS????? Come to think of it, Gu Jun Pyo and Hwan Tae Kyung are both tough on the outside but in reality they’re sissies and babies [such cute and hot babies
] who are just in search for love and care… Guys like them, are DANGEROUS. bwahahahaha. Nwi, I love the scene where TK was trying to get the glue out of MN hands it was such a sweet scene… Also, TK ones again flashed his infamous and uber cute smile!!!! waaaaah! and he did it TWICE… but the last scene was the bang! I just love how YB leaves our jaws dropping in every ending part of their episodes. [ I should meet the director 
)]. I’m also happy that atleast SW is making his pro-moves on MN… that’s quite a progress. I really like how he simply do sweet things for MN… Actually, I’m enjoying it since I’d get to see alot of JEALOUS TAE KYUNG, which is cute. 
)
omg he’s finally kissed her! yayyyy~~~~ *does a little dance*
hi! i’ve been reading your blog for quite some time now and it is totally awesome. the recaps are SO helpful and fun to read c: anyway i was just wondering if someone could help me out. does anyone know the song that plays in the background while the three of them are acting out the CFs in the supermarket at approx 24mins and 27 seconds. it starts with ‘you and me…’ thank you in advance! c:
wouldn’t it be nice if Jeremy were given some “a little more than friends” time with GM? fair is fair! he is afterall no small worm. just something to make TK and SW squirm. a twist for Jeremy and GM would be fun to watch!
I had no idea about the kiss, so it was a complete shock to me! My jaws totally dropped open as I wasn’t expecting it…
it was quite a shocking/funny kiss. I’m not sure about tae kyung’s intentions…was it just a rash reaction? or has it already fallen for her (he TOTALLY HAS) but just doesn’t know it?
I’m hoping there will be a better kiss scene soon
But then again this drama is so light-hearted and funny that a ’serious’ kiss scene might have to be altered to fit …
i’m really hoping that there will be a chance for Go Mi Nam to become Go Mi Nyu again!!! Will the real go mi nam ever come back? because it would be terrible for them not to wrap up that part of the story
forgot one very important thing… thank you JB! you’ve made watching YB so much richer and fun… naah, giddy fun to be more accurate. Bless you!
@ 193 Snikki
And she holds her chopsticks in her left hand.
Hey, wait a minute, she is the perfect mixed doubles partner for TK! A left-hander and a right-hander – perfect! (We’ll just ignore the fact that SW is right-handed too shall we…)
Er, obsessing, overmuch?
cant wait to wacth ep 12!!!!!!! and of course ur precious recap>>>>>>>>
hehehehe……
OH MY DEAR LORD!
What an episode…totally awesome. I was actually planning to wait till friday so that i can read the episode recaps one after another and than eagerly wait for the next episode till the next week. But i just could not help myself.
I wanted to know how Tae kyung and Jeremy (him especially) would handle the situation. And the Kiss…that was something unexpected.
I agree with you JB, the spoiler totally spoils the moment. I haven’t seen the spoiler of episode 11nor any of the episode before, i don’t want to ruin the excitement. I will actually wait for your recaps rather than looking for the spolier. The excitement, the anticipation won’t be there if i knew what is going to happen before the episode comes out.
I really like Spoilers
the truth is that they make me more eager to see the drama!
and not take any emotion for me.
That is why I am always here, your summaries make me more eager to see the drama!
I really enjoyed the episodes 11 and 12, much looking forward to 13 …
want to know when the brother of GMN will appear!
I love Jeremy’s character. Hey, where can I watch the drama online?
I really salute Hong sisters for the character of TK and his eccentricity. My applaud to JGS for bringing alive TK so damn well. He is thoroughly into the character. If you watch several JGS candid interviews, you’ll know what I mean. Not only he is an eye candy, his eye expression is so laudable like an expressive of motions without any body gesture. There is so much to tell in a simple stare or with his notorious glare. It’s like he is glaring all the time – like from beginning until now and hardly smile (only smirks) but when he did, it’s so priceless and really commendable. That is the total sum of TK’s attractiveness and no wonder MN did the pig nose thingy all the time. Enough said about his trademark smirks – JGS leaves a lasting impression on me as one of the best Korean actors.
thanks JB for the update. i agree with you regarding SW’s timing, but i think sometimes guys in general are like that. so in a sense, i think the hong sisters drew from their experiences or something they’ve heard from girlfriends regarding guys “off-mark” timing in contributing to SW’s character in this drama. TK & MN had intense staring contest in a lot of the scenes, but jeremy’s comedic injections made this episode thoroughly entertaining.
and really, spoiler or no spoiler – that ending was fun to watch still! (^_~)
p.s. heyi’s character is still annoying, but at least now her “fake” relationship with TK has been revealed.
@ ccricket:
You can watch it online on youtube, here is the link (but it is RAW), episode 12 should be there around 8 pm (UTC) and if you don’t understand korean very well, you can just wait for JB’s recap
(like we all do)
http://www.youtube.com/user/JustLikeAFever#g/c/537F0DA07F2EA2BF
If you want it subtitled, you can go to viikii.net (it is the most updated site):
http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/beautiful#
I hope I’ve helped
Enjoy!
I will say this out (or write this out), hoping to jinx it so it would not happen…. call me superstitious but I’ll do anything for a good and happy ending, man.
This is what i hope would not happen:
1) There is a weird thing going on with the Hwa-ran lady. She acted weird on hearing about the twins…. she is Tae kyung’s mother. I can come to 2 conclusions. A. She is the birth mother of both tae kyung and the twins. NOOOOOOO. unlikely to happen.
B. She is the birth mother of either one but that would mean that there would be a period where tae kyung and mi neo look longingly at each other and painful moments past before the news gets broken to them. Everyone else around them starts to get the true story…. everyone but them. TT.TT only in the last min at the last episode will they realise the truth and live happily ever after!
2) Everyone seems to be falling in love with mi neo. Either she gets one guy, OR SHE DOESNT END UP WITH ANY AT ALL! anyone watched the ending of the taiwanese drama hana kimi? OMG. hopefully the ending is not like that. Korean netizens will skin the Hong sisters alive.
To everyone else, pardon my ignorance, I really have high hopes for the drama and I am picturing every worst possible scenario in case i end up disappointed like the last times;( **cross fingers** everyone!
This drama is so angsty that it’s making me all so angsty inside for them! For goodness’ sake, just confess already! It’s already Episode 11! All this back-and-forth, wishy washy thingies are wearing me thin already. And it doesn’t look like there’s gonna be much of major confessions in Episode 12. Whyyyyy
I spent a lot of this episode squealing, either in exasperation or just at how cute the characters *cough*Jeremy*cough* were. And the last part!!
YB’s just turned all my expectations topsy-turvy so far, so I was hoping for a nice kiss! What I really want is for Minam to have a foot pop moment (Princess Diaries anyone? XD) simply because that’s such a fairytale kiss, and this is a fairytale story! I’d like to think that the kiss was awkward because it was frozen in time.
I hate spoilers but I hate cliffhangers too XD I’m gonna be so sad when the drama is over! The wait is agonizing but part of the fun is commiserating with other YB fans from all over the world, I guess. *NEED DVD SET*
Thanks, as always, for an excellent recap!
I’m a new fan of Kdrama. I started with “Thank you”. Then I followed “Full house”, “Boys over flowers” etc. Watching this drama made me feel that the most of Kplaywrights have some common parts such as: “vomiting”, “getting sick and taking carer”, “being treated harshly at first”, “lip touches (I can’t call it a kiss!)” and so on. So after watching some Kdrama you lose some of your original interest. Despite of it, this drama is great. But it could have been better if playwright hadn’t included these common parts.
I agree with you about spoilers ‘coz it showed off the climax point so I didn’t crave for it, even worse kiss scene wasn’t as I’d expected.
Tanx again DB.
I agree that the spoilers ruined the last part of the episode, but let’s put it this way, maybe the spoilers were given out on purpose: you can see an increase in You’re Beautiful’s ratings! It is now 11+% ranked at 9th place, which is pretty good for prime time shows.
I guess in a way the spoilers helped to draw the audience, so I’m okay with it. Hope the ratings would continue to go up! The YAB cast and crew totally deserve it! I mean, they film day and night!
moineau2907, u sure so fast!!!
but i will be waiting for JB recaps >_<
LOved it! Finally! They’ve reached 11% ratings!!!
I wonder how far the glare-fest between the two Hyungs would go. .. . GMN’s pheromones are wrecking havoc in the Angell House of Testosterone, someone’s bound to blow off some hormonal steam. It looks like the gauntlet which was thrown seems to have been picked up. Would it turn into a major slugfest? Will Jeremy join in the fray? Who will draw the first blood?
did Viikii’s site crashed?! cant get to the drama….
wwaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
thank you very much!!!! excellent recap as always..
spoilers are necessary evil…
most of the time i avoid them like plague, but it’s almost unavoidable so i just embrace it…
that said, i hva bit of complaint with the editing of the ep10 final scene/this ep’s opening – it shud hv been tighter.. but we understand the lack of time faced by the production so im letting it go but just can’t help it since i’ve been watching fr god knows how many time…
as of this ep11 – hmmmm, another note to wardrobe: (supermarket scene) SW can’t ever pull a TK, so keep it basic
as for the kiss – i expect better but hoping there’ll more in the remaining eps..
as for jeremy – he’ll make a good pet, yes?
That is exactly why I stay away from most drama sites, huge spoilers! I am SO GLAD I didn’t know that was gonna happen, I definitely went into squee!!! mode.
Omg this whole episode I kept screaming “she doesn’t like shin woo, AHHHHH!” over and over, haha.
I dont think the kissing scene was suppose to be all romantic and sweet. My conclusionto to the kiss:
TK- shock that his emotional took over and didnt realize what he just did!!
MN-double shock that TK is kissing her!!
Am I the only one that’s not liking the Shinwoo character…he’s too boring to me!!
It’s the 11 ep and I have to say I enjoy every ep soo far…never a dull moment and there’s always a great laugh in each ep!!! LOVE THIS DRAMA!!!!
Just to say…
Ep 12 (raw) is available on youtube (see beyond comment #207 for the link)…!
JB we are waiting for your recap
Enjoy everyone!
Eeeee…ok, I’m marginally calmer.
I have to say: totally agree with your Shin-woo assessment. That is all, about that.
I love, love, love Jeremy. At first, I was like “…eh? hehe” at his over-the-top cuteness, but now I can’t imagine the group without him. He is so cute! Don’t know why now, but I just have an overflow of affection for him atm. His bizarre mushroom hair only strengthens my admiration.
I also just realized something this ep. Jeremy and Mi-nyeo are both left-handed! And, they are both really cute!
I’m left-handed!
TK-MN
are you listening to each other? TK can’t see in the dark but yet he keep seeing you MN. And to be able to see in the dark is better b’cos he can reach for you, where as to see the moon is only for looking.
I think in this episode TK finally realise his feelings. I know I know we the audience have seen his feelings for awhile we now but TK only just realise. With only 16 episode, I had hope that he realised sooner but oh well.
@127 alert
omg i would love to see that, MN stuck her finger on her nose and TK trying to get it lose. He’ll be like totally in her face. OH I can only imagine.
Jeremy was just too cute always wanting to hug MN.
Thanx for the recaps JB
WOOOHOOOO!!!!!! I was hoping something would happen and it did!!!! About time TK got to the real feelings….loved the dialogue between Go Minam and TK….wonder how many takes before they really got it right?!!!! Loved the way they were expressing themselves….darn, now another week for another episode! Gotta love the acting of those 2 people…..really right on!!!! And, as for Shin Woo….I have to smile….he’s doing the waltz to a salsa beat!
I thought I loved City Hall…..but I gotta admit….You’re Beautiful is just waaaaay out there in keeping the laughter, tears and excitement rolling!
Good job JB….keep it rolling!!!!
This episode made me really love Jeremy. More than Shinwoo and more than Taekyung.
I kind of want the Hong sisters to do something totally unconventional and have Mi-nyeo not end up with any of the A.N.Jell boys, but with her brother’s best friend…or something (I thought he was adorable)!
thanks javabean for another great recap..
yeah..count me in for the “I hate spoiler!!” thing..
I know some of us love spoiler n some don’t..but sometimes it kills the mood..
*sigh..
but this ep still fun for me despite I’m only READ the spoiler..
the supermarket scene,the badminton scene..soooo cute..
but why did TK drop the hairpin at the hall when he(guess he)knew no one’s there?? I’m a little puzzled..
I’m not going to watch ep12’s preview..no thanks..
thanks again javabean!!
I actually am glad TK and MN don’t get together so “early” – as much as I want to see cute scenes I really love the angst! I loved coffee prince for the most part, but I thought the plot fell a little flat after the 2 leads got together, it’s like they built up to this amazing climax and then wait, there are like 5 more episodes to kill before the end so the plot felt a little boring afterwards. I am glad YB is still super angsty!
c’mon producers! we know JGS can kiss better than that! (etude commercial)
can’t wait for episode 12 to be subbed >.<
@207 moineau2907
..thank you for the link,,i really enjoyed..
will be waiting for JB recaps..
YAB FIGHTING!!!
How fitting is it that when i clicked on this page that the YB header shows up!!! Cannot wait until the next episode….a few more hours before i can enjoy it!
I agree with JB in regards to the spoilers….they TOTALLY ruin the story….and ruins the emotions that you are suppose to be building up while watching. That’s why i try not to watch the previews of series to keep the anticipation….but sometimes it’s so hard to restrain myself from doing it….when it’s so readily available….and a week is a long time to wait for new episode…..
JB, thank you for a great recap. I had some internet connection problems and was not able to watch this episode until about an hour ago. When I checked your recap, there was already over 200 posts! Yikes!!
This episode had so many great scenes. These are my favorites:
1. All 4 at the super-mart with the guys demonstrating the CFs they had done. So hilarious. My favorite was the Angel chocolate. TK and SW’s comments were so funny.
2. When MN glued her fingers together and TK so gently and purposed-fully helped her. His smiles killed me too not just MN. I would not have been able to resist not planting a kiss on those lips. Shootz…did I just say that??
That last scene would have been one my favorites too but I agree with JB, the spoilers kinda spoiled it for me. I still went “Yeah!!” but I had to pick the ‘glue’ scene as the most memorable moment for MN/TK. They shared a moment there. MN understanding what TK means and TK was able to say out loud that MN was there for him when he was most troubled. TK smiling – now, that’s rare and he did it more than once while spending this precious time with MN.
I have a feeling there will be more angst in the next episode based on the preview. It looks like the kiss is not going to resolve anything. They’ll both walk away without confessing their true feelings. Worst, I think TK will have to lie to HY that he doesn’t care about MN and she’ll overhear that. And SW, poor SW will confess but will be too late. MN will feel burdened.
I hope, hope that the last two cuts from the preview means that TK will finally admit his feelings. We only have four more episodes to go, please give us some MN/TK time after they confess. As #32 Taohua mentioned, how can TK not realize MN’s love?? All those clues!
I enjoyed this episode despite the spoiler ruining the kiss. I think if we hadn’t seen it on the spoiler, we may have loved it and not though it lame. I agree with #57 reluctantbutaddicted about TK’s surprise. For once, he reacted according to his emotions and not think too much. Anyhow, I think the spoiler may have increase the rating.
No time to read all the posts. Have to leave the house now…argh…
Just want to say…TK, Hwaiting!! And I love all you YB fans – such great insights!
I almost squealed at the last part (couldn’t b/c I am at school compu lab)
something told me to watch b4 reading recaps or looking for spoliers (like always) and boy was I glad I waited…… *faints*
The thing that annoys me the most about such a big scene getting spoiled is the, very obvious, ploy for ratings. :/
Oh course it works (didn’t this episode reach it’s highest ratings yet?), but that doesn’t make it any less annoying.
KYAAAAA!!!! **faints…..LOTS OF REVELATIONS ON EPISODE 12!! I CAN FEEL IT, THOUGH I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND MUCH OF IT COS I WATCHED IT RAW. THIS WAS THE LAST LINE OF HWANG TAE-KYUNG….”APEU REO, NAEGA NA CHEO HWA…BLAH BLAH”..i didn’t get the last word… hahaahha. JAVABEANS, YOUR RECAPPPPPP!!!! AKKKKKK!!!!
I THINK, USING MY VERY LITTLE GRASP OF KOREAN, IT MEANT…”FROM NOW ON, I LIKE YOU” ? HAHAHAAHHA!
JAVABEANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RECAPS. YOU ROCK
Thanks for the recaps! I started watching the raw, then read the recaps, then watch on viikii. Is very satisfying.
I am with you on the spoilers thing, luckily – I don’t ever see the spoilers
and seldom watch the previews on viikii.
SORRY I CAN’T HELP MYSELF i need to post another one..
EPISODE12 almost killed me..
give me 5 mins to come to my senses,aniyo..10 mins please..
ah still not enough,,,must end this,,,NEED TO SLEEP ASAP!.
(good thing you can’t see me here,really)
just wondering….have you guys noticed that all the previews for this drama has always shown the climatic scene for the next episode….
so if i see a preview for any episode….i can pinpoint how that episode will end….
this sucks!! i should really stop myself from watch those darn previews!!!
Yeah, The Kiss was rather awkward. It was a lot better w/ Heyi even though it was a fake kiss.
And the beginning (which was the ending in episode 10) also didn’t have much of an impact for me either b/c, as you mentioned, it reminded me of Last Scandal (a scene I loved).
But can’t wait for episode 12!
This is the first show where I read your blog BEFORE watching it online. In a sense, your recaps is the spoiler for me but one of my own chosing. This may sound oxymoronic – but I hold the same view as yours with spoilers and sorry that it spoiled this episode for you especially when it is so fun! Probably the best ep so far! Thank you for your recaps – and I agree with the others – write as long as you like!
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yea, episode 12 is a killer for me, too. They are just so cute. I think it’s really well-written. Arrr….I can’t wait for JB’s recap for E 12. JB, I love You.
Thank you so much for your wonderful recaps! I am enjoying this drama so much.
I admit I am totally captivated by TK’s eyes. He has the most intense eyes I have ever seen and the sweetest smile.
Looking forward to the coming recaps.
Arghhh, the kiss was supposed to be the peak moment, but for me it was a bit disappointing.
1. JB is right, hate the spoilers!
2. As many of you mentioned, the kiss was so stiff and unromantic, it looked almost as if they were forced to do it. The emotional part leading up to the kiss was great and both MN and TK were very good. However, the kiss itself was like…uhhh…how long do we hold it?…type. I was expecting something more passionate (or innocent for that matter).
BUT, nonetheless, loved this episode. And I love, LOVE, your recaps JB!
Did I mention I’m hopelessly addicted to this drama? I am already dreading Nov. 25-26
I usually read your recaps after I’ve watched the episode (hence the purpose of it being called a recap). I hate spoilers too (even hype is considered spoilers for me because it spoils my mood; ie: people, critics, reviewers give something a lot of hype and when I actually go out to watch/read it, I end up extremely disappointed either because I got my hopes too high or because I simply didn’t enjoy it *cough*GOONG*cough*) but I think that even if you didn’t see the headline, it was becoming more and more obvious what was coming because Tae Kyung was just getting more and more jealous throughout the entire episode (not that I didn’t enjoy it; he’s so funny). Usually in K-dramas when emotions escalate like that, you know The Kiss is coming soon…at least, from my experience of rom-com K-dramas so far. It may just be me but the kiss scene wasn’t really exciting for me either (it seemed like another one of those awkward “I’m just going to press my lips against yours and hope that it looks passionate enough” kisses without the awkwardness—or the authenticity). Park Shin Hye is really, really good at shouting and pretty good at crying ♥
Whoo…I rambled…I shall wither away now *withers away; withers back* Thank you for the recaps ♥ I loves them and you ♥♥♥ *withers away*
aww i’m sorry it got spoiled for you! i hate when that’s happened to me in the past! actually i’ve had to stay away from the internet for a while due to exams soo i was lucky and missed the spoilers thank god. so for me, the kiss was really surprising and i actually gasped really loud haha.
this episode was just as fun as usual…esp the supermarket scene. i laughed soo hard when the boys did their little dance to the noodle commercial haha
i wish i could be go mi nam and get to be pushed around in a cart by them!!!
thanks for the recaps JB!!!!!
i think we will all agree that the kiss was a bit unnatural because TK was also surprised with what he just did… his emotions took him all over and his logic was overpowered by what his heart really felt..
*I promise myself I won’t read spoilers anymore.* ^____________^
Jeremy is so adorable in this episode. I so love him dearly. When he saw how Yoo Heyi was picking on Minam on the previous episode, his adoration for YHY completely disappeared. And when he found out about how YHY is a fake, his facial expression says it all. Also, he looked so cute when he (with a serious face) was telling Minam that she can no longer sleep in the same room with TK . Just like what YHY said previously…. is he like GMN’s mother or father.
Hongki is so perfect for this role. I think he made the right choice for his comeback in acting.
waiting for ep 12 recaps and subtitled videos…
At first, I thought for a behind the scenes theme of an idol group the drama seemed to be lacking in some ways…but then I realized that it is exactly what it is…I really like how the drama really focuses on “behind the scenes”…we don’t see GoMinam’s press conference, but we see the behind the scenes events… we don’t see the actual CFs ANJell did, but we see the takes from the members themselves reminiscing…we don’t see the interviews TK and YH did together but we hear about them from the characters themselves…that’s really part of what makes the drama stand out…
just as when ANJell had to do the underwater shoots, I was thinking “what concept is that? that’s really weird”…but then when they showed the shots during the live performance I thought “wow, that is very cool!”… I love this drama… it really does give a different perspective of what is shown and what isn’t…
ok…now for the wait…thanks JB for letting us addicted fans express ourselves here…cos you know we just can’t hold it in…we have to share it!
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I think he dropped the pin thinking it would be of no use since it’s broken. He didn’t see GMN there so in his mind she didn’t care about the pin or that she wouldn’t need it anymore. That’s just my 2 cents about that scene.
JB, thanks for your recaps. Looking forward to ep 12. Your site is the first I check as soon as I get up in the morning.
i didnt know about the kiss so i squealed like crazy when the ending scene came along…
I LOVED IT!!!
thanks for recap
i hate spoilers too but thank god i didnt know about this one!
I had a huge essay due tomorrow that I hadn’t really started writing. So I forced myself not to watch the episode 11 until after I had handed it in. Then I found out that the deadline had been extended ’til next week.
I think it’s obvious that the world wants me to watch this drama.
Even though I absolutely adore ShinWoo, I must say I’m disappointed by him.
It would have been great if he whispered “I already knew” or something of the like during the time he was shielding her from the media.
Anyways, you commented before that the Hong sisters made the secondary leads in Chun-Hyang too clingy. IMO, they made the secondary lead here too weak.
@225 and 247
I think he dropped the pin because even if he keeps telling and convincing himself that Mi Nam’s not there and will never go there, deep in his heart he believes (maybe ‘hopes”) that Mi Nam will find and get the pin there.
OMG … How are you JB ?
Thanks for another exciting recaps
Crash yet?
I saw 250 comments, my mouth open to O again Hehehe!
Love your blog!!!
@ 230 yvhsien
“When MN glued her fingers together and TK so gently and purposed-fully helped her. His smiles killed me too not just MN. I would not have been able to resist not planting a kiss on those lips. Shootz…did I just say that??”
I know, right!? I was saying like “MN, just lean over and kiss him on those lips. Just give him heart-attack.” LOL….
TK is a dummy. But I don’t blame him for not picking up MN’s clues. That poor boy has never received genuine love in his life. He got abandoned by his mother and grew up alone. We don’t know if his father gave him enough love. But his father lives in the US. So I guess not. Of course, his manager loves him. But he loves him because he wants something in return from TK, for example, money that comes from TK’s fame. LOl…He knows he has been abusing MN. So he wouldn’t think that MN just loves him for who he is.
Anyway, episode 12 ROCKS! By far, it is the best.
Has anyone checked out the view numbers for You’re Beautiful on Viikii? It’s pretty crazy that they’ve only aired 11 episodes and it has gotten 1,600,000+ !! I mean compared with Queen Seon Duk which has aired 50 episodes whose numbers are 1,800,000+. Goes to show how much YAB is loved despite poor ratings.
I finally got to watch Episode 12 last night…… i have to say i liked the scene where they were holding the ramen/noodles and dancing while they reminisce about their old CFs…. hahaha. JGS and Lee Hong Ki dancing was really, really cute… LOL. (Note: FT Island, where Hong Ki belongs, does not really dance.)
I really like the way the Hong sisters are poking a bit of fun into the whole kpop idol world. I have recently discovered SHINee and simply love them because they are so talented…but as the Hong sisters has shown, these guys are just asked to do so many things (including ridiculous antics on variety shows) by their management company. They should just leave these guys alone to make good music and perform on live shows.
On the kiss: I don’t think it was meant to be romantic. So the question now is: how will they both deal with it now that its out there. I can’t wait for Episode 12. I couldnt log on last night so was unable to watch the unsubbed version.
OMFG….FINALLY THEY KNEW EACH OTHERS LOVE …That’s so sweet..cant wait to watch episode 11 ..awww <3 <3 <3
Unlike Mi Nam, I did not experience any fireworks during the kiss scene.
You can blame the stupid people who can’t refrain from spazzing about the previews all over the net.
I’d like to undo this week and start over, by not clicking on anything YB-related. Maybe the kiss would’ve have appealed to me better.
I’m so in love with everything about this drama. I’m SOOOOOO glad they’re releasing a second OST including Jang Geun Suk’s version of “Without Words”. I’ve been hoping this would happen for the longest time!! Thankyou!!!
omg when will ep 12 subs and recap be released!
ep 12, i dont understand it but i think taekyung finally realized minam likes him instead of shinwoo and he in turn finally admitted to himself that he likes minam as well…. ah!!!!!! can’t wait….
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I agree with you about the kiss. It’s not meant to be romantic. I believe it’s more about how they are going to react to their physical contact.
For TK who is so stubborn and so blind about his feeling, kissing MN w/o his own conscious is the best way to wake himself up. That’s the only way that he will face with his feeling. Also, based on TK’s character, his sudden kiss makes sense. He is the guy who says/acts according to his heart. He doesn’t think if he should or not. So just grabbing MN suddenly and kisses her is so TK.
For MN, being kissed by someone she loves doesn’t have to be a romantic kiss. It is a KISS from TK. We already see how she responded to Jeremy & SW when they kissed her. For Jeremy, she was just surprised cause she thought he would reject her. For SW, she was not only surprised, but got annoyed as well. She didn’t feel any firework from 2 previous kiss. But even an awkward kiss from TK makes her feel fireworks in her mind/heart is understandable.
In episode 13, I want to see TK & MN go on date. Like “Date” with happiness. Also, TK should kiss MN with real passion. HOT KIss! ,
OMG! i usually wait for friday so i can watch both episodes at the same time but today i didnt and i was regretting it ever since i watched it this afternoon!! av been going all hysterical! i screamed soooo loud at the end scene and nerly jumped off my bed lol!! THIS EPISODES HAS TO BE THE BEST YET!! hands down!! am sooo glad av not been looking at the spoilers and stuff like that! =D. but i cudnt help myself but look at episode 12’s spoiler! i dont think i’ll be able to sleep tonight! waiting for the subs to be done tomro!!
I JUST LOVE YB! AND JGS IS SOOOOO HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=D
I agree! The kiss needs a bit more choreography… I have issues with all those weird stiff arms. I mean if the ones directing want a to keep their bodies separate to signal that the kiss was totally out of the blue (or need that camera shot), they could have had MN’s one hand in her pocket so it isn’t all too awkward on the side. Her straight out arms say “danger,” like she’s about to defend herself from TK, which is not the case.
As for TK, that left arm should either be on her waist or both hands cradling her face. Also, another visual cue that throws the kiss off is her stiff suit fabric, so when he touches her neck it seems like he’s giving her a neck pinch… it would be much different if she’s wearing something softer or something that exposes her neck, so you can kind of get the feel of skin touching skin which is more intimate. I am just a really visual person and it’s really a shame since they worked so effectively leading to the scene.
I do love the fight and the noodle dance, the interactions were natural and so damn cute. JB, thanks again!
I agree with your sentiments on Shin-woo’s character. I was like “D*mmit, tell her already!” in the dressing room scene. And the opposite of that regarding Jeremy’s PDA, hehe. But his lacks intensity. It’s more like of a crush for me. I loooooove the shouting scene!
The best ever yet. But then again, they were again at that showing-how-they-really-feel-but-the-other-person-doesn’t-get-it-and-vice-versa phase. I wish they can get down to business already and have the story about how their families are link unfold. That part’s really bothering for the past few episodes. SHIN-WOO HWAITING! Weak, atm, baby.
Before I watch Ep 12, I have to say, I agree with all that SW has missed his boat in Ep 11. He had his chance in the dressing room.
As for TK, if he keeps on denying his own feelings and keeps saying out loud he does’t care, he may also lose MN for good. C’mon, there’s only so much a woman can take. I guess MN is more forgiving.
Ok let’s see if Ep. 12 is going to kill me.
I thought I would be able to root for Shin Woo, simply because he is the second guy who is usually better for the girl but doesn’t get chosen but the girl doesn’t know any better. However, I can’t seem to really like him, and I think it’s because Tae Kyung’s character is just more interesting. I feel sorry for Shin Woo sometimes, but right now, I kind of don’t care if he gets hurt because, like you said, he’s been dragging stuff out too long. But, I think if he didn’t, he would end up as the usual, overbearing second male lead that tries to force the girl to love him and that just irritates me more.
I didn’t know about the kiss until right before I watched the episode, and it kind of ruined it for me too, because while the episode was still hilarious, we already knew how it would end. Still, I like spoilers, but I probably need to stay away from them to better enjoy the episode.
Hm, I seem to be one of the rare few around here who actually thinks Shin Woo is the more interesting (and more likeable) character, although certainly not as suitable for Mi Nyeo as Tae Kyung (or even Jeremy) is.
From the very beginning, it wasn’t so much his chivalry or sweetness or looks that drew me (in fact, the fact that his eyes were so small really bothered me, a confessed double-lid snob =P) but rather, those undercurrents of real calculation and slyness running through his character. In many ways, he’s like the male and more controlled (and kinder, of course) version of He Yi — he plans, he covers up his actions flawlessly, and he likes to have the upperhand in every situation. From his interaction with Jeremy in Ep. 2 (“I’m going to enjoy this for now”) to his rationalisation of Mi Nyeo’s feelings after Tae Kyung and He Yi’s fake kiss (“What you’re feeling isn’t surprising or special”) and subsequent actions in Ep. 11, you can see that Shin Woo takes great pleasure in being deliberately cryptic, and almost… manipulative?
Call me weird, but instead of finding this repugnant (in the way the Hong sisters probably intend), I feel anything but! The buying of the shoes, the sweet-bordering-on-stalkerish date and etc. ‘Prince Charming/Knight-in-Skin-Tight-Clothing’ behaviour (all of which made Shin Woo so popular with the viewers in the first place) were sweet, yes, but what REALLY made me melt was the careful construction process that went behind it all. (But then again, I’m not one for spontaneity and I LOVE a good puzzle, so I guess I’m a tad biased… ^_~)
Of course, all of these qualities are also precisely what makes him COMPLETELY wrong for Mi Nyeo. Heck, he’s all about perception and hidden meanings and ‘the perfect moment’ — and she’s completely clueless (and I mean that in the best way possible ^_^). Seriously, Shin Woo, honey, you may be intelligent and thoughtful and all that, but you are REALLY going about this the wrong way.
And then there’s the question of motive. I mean, I don’t doubt that his feelings for her are genuine, and he most definitely cares for her, but just how much is questionable. Is he chasing her because he genuinely likes her a lot, or on a whim because he’s bored, or enjoys shocking people, or simply because he likes the challenge and doesn’t like to lose?
Either way, I’ve definitely come down with a severe bout of second-lead crush syndrome — and I’ll be looking forward to see what he does next!
the angst ship is about to sail.
I cannot wait.
anyway random thoughts regarding episode 11:
-Gosh, why was the kiss so darn stiff?!?
In the CFs that PSH and JGS are in, their kiss was smoltering then.
-I agree with your thoughts on Towel Guy, I never really rooted for him anyway. The whole patting Minam on the head like a dog, kinda irked me. And ShinWoo missed his chance of telling MiNyu in the dressing room, it could have been perfect. But he missed it. AGAIN.
-LOL JEREMY’S REACTION to the news. That kid is so precious.
-MiNyu, sticking your thumbs together, really? I love her so much.
-The CF dances in the grocery store were epic, I loved it.
-LOL, PSH impersonates TK’s smirk thing well.
-I don’t ever want to verse TaeKyung in badminton.
-Wegureeee, Jeremy’s hair in the park…
- I want that darn pig rabbit.
-I want her bro to come back. And then something awkward happens with him and TaeKyung, that would be hilarious. Just cos’ it’s TaeKyung and he’s an adorable little freak.
-At first, I liked the stylist. Why must she be so dense when it comes to He Yi?
Ah well, the conflict has to come somehow.
-I actually really love shouting-angry-emotional scenes with leads. Makes my heart flutter. PSH is so awesome with her crying scenes. PGS, I love you and your jealous/shocked/angry eyes.
I squealed so much in this ep, it was quite embarassing.
Gosh, can’t wait till the subs for ep 12 come out!
I think I would’ve been equally disappointed in the kiss whether I was spoiled or not. Their kiss was so stiff. It looked like a “Go Mi Nam” version of the UEE kiss..no movement..no passion. They should’ve just used the Etude cf instead. At least that was smokin hot and didn’t look like two robots glued together.
Still love Tae & Minam though <3!
I knew I shouldn’t have started watching YB before it had aired completely and subbed. But as I kept reading you blog I couldn’t help but notice how much you seem to like it, so I just couldn’t resist. And now I can’t wait for the next episodes to come out and be subbed. I don’t read you recaps beforehand because I want to see the episodes first on my on. Afterward I read you recaps and find myself agreeing with you on a lot of the points about the show. I don’t remember when was the last time I felt so excited about watching a fun and well made drama like this.
I hate spoilers as well. Luckily I have managed to avoid them, but it’s very difficult in this day and age with the web and all that. Actually, I was spoilerised (spoilered?) for The Kiss by reading your blog. Even though I didn’t read the recap, I did glance at what your initial reactions were to ep 11 and learned about the Big Spoiler. And of course I realised that it was gonna be a kiss… So I kept expecting it. I knew I shouldn’t have done it…
What is funny about this drama is that I haven’t been fretting about when they are gonna get their misunderstandings out of the way because I’m enjoying Tae-kyungs jealousy too much.
The kiss scene was in the preview for Ep 11 as well though.. (not just news articles)
:/
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
OMGGGGG
*dies*
Okay, now that I was able to get that out of my system, I might actually be able to write properly – LOVE THIS EPISODE:
- Jeremy – SO CUTE.. especially when he keeps on wanting to hug Mi Nam. He was like crazy happy when he found out that she was a girl. It’s even cuter how everytime that he goes to hug her and flings out his arm, he gets hauled back by people, either that or she’s trolly-ed away
- They’re trip down CF memory lane. It’s what many idols do, and it’s ace seeing them making fun of it. Their dance – AHAHAA.
- The double smile from Geun suk *dies again*
- Crazy badminton playing Tae kyung
- How Shinwoo and Jeremy only got to kiss Mi Nam on the head, but AHHHH. Tae kyung.. THE END… YAY.
Thank god that didn’t get spoiled for me. It’s a shame for the people who had it spoilt though… though you were able to write a great recap nevertheless dramabeans. I get what you mean about Shinwoo, I thought he should’ve told her right at the beginning.
LOL @ —-Mi-nyeo: “I’m glad my fingers were useful to you. If I knew this would happen, I would have glued all ten of them together.”—— XD
The Kiss! I yelped! With glee! Luckily, I hadn’t seen any spoilers yet since HERE <3 is the only fan-age and info I get from You're Beautiful! But otherwise, I would've done the kiddie thing to do and pretend I didn't know, lalala until /the/ moment. I'm getting such a Winter Sonata sized dread for the big mommy reveal!! And I don't know about anyone else but, I'm kind of curious to who and how they're going to bring "back" the Real Mi-Nam. They are, aren't they…?
And also, I completely agree with Shin Woo. He still makes the fangirl in me melt like woah but I like that they're breaking that "perfect moment" guy in dramas. By this rate in other dramas, Guy #2 would have probably popped the question and begun a whole new plot of romancey turmoil already. Way to bust things up, pig-rabbit. <3
I hate, hate spoilers too.
thanks for recapping
anyone knows what’s the brand of the blue zip-up hoodie/jacket that jeremy was wearing at the mart?
It’s unfortunate that most saw or read the spoiler. From someone that didn’t know what was coming this was a fantastic episode, one of the best!
Also spoiled thanks to someone posting a gif of the kiss on omona.
But really, all that angst and that was the kiss we got!!??
Hopefully we will get another one or two kisses before the series ends.
lol. do you guys notice. ITS TESCO! hahaha. the kiss is a spoiler itself. i’m really dying to see their REAL KISS!!!!
I hate spoiler too. I have stopped watching previews and new scene photos.
this episode made me look on my pathetic loveless life
=_= im so jealous
lol
i like shin woo though, i like how he’s not as perfect as people think he is..
hmm i always like the weird messed up ones lol
thank goodness i wasn’t spoiled!!! i’ve been holding out not to read in your blog till i watch the 11th and 12th episode. my friend and i kept squealing our heads off in surprise. we were like… WTH??? that was fast! lolz.
it was unexpected (that is if you’re not spoiled at all) and that was was a REALLY good thing for me. Ahhh… i just feel good watching this episode. >_<
Problem with Shinwoo is he’s in enamoured with the idea of being in love and is doing all he can to make The Confession as grand as possible, but in the course of that he’s creating his own downfall (or rather his non-existent relationship with whatshername is even more impossible the further he carries on this completely unnecessary charade). It’s either bad writing or just the way the character is supposed to be. Either way he’s lost my sympathy since episode 8 (still the best looking guy in there though IMO).
the kiss at the end was so lame. they could’ve moved their mouths just a little bit. –;
Thank you for the recap!
I feel so bad that you had to get spoiled about the ending because i was SQUEALING immensely like a fangirl at the last scene, it made me ecstatic because i was suprised and happy.
@ eh: i agree lol but thats true of many asian dramas i’ve watched xD
SQUEALING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. lol, and @ eh, srsly…it’s a K-drama, what do you expect? So much angst in the last few minutes and this drama is very well written.