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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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yay,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,finally

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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.

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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.

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yessssss !!!! THANKS!

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nice choice for the song on today's recaps javabeans!!! I love it!!!

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"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.

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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.

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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?

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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!!!

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Squeeeeeel!!!!! OMG!
JB ur my personal brand of heroin. thank u!!!

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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!

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Thank you so much for the recap!!!!!!!

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OMG can't wait for tonight!!!!

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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.

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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! =)

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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!

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@ 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...

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dude, my mouse broke from refreshing too much!
LOL! Can't wait for tmrw's recap! THANKS! <3

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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...

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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!

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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.

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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...

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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!

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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.

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YEY!!! thanks JavaB!!!!!!!!! ^-^

ok, let me read the recap now.....

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Thank you. You made my day!!!

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Thanks a lot! You made my day!

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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.

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***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.

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THNK U SOOOOOOOO MUCH :D!!! 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!!! :P

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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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! =/

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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...
i loved the scene in the supermarket when both, TK and SW pull the cart wen the realise jeremy is gonna hug MN.. :D...
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....

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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

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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.

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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...

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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......

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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.

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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...

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thank you for your wonderful recap....really appreciate it...
i have watched the episode and now i can understand better with your recap...
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*cant even comment*

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEXT EP PLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(now i know what spoiler they have been talking about!!!) ^-^

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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.

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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!!!

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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!!!!

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oh btw,, thanks JB!!

how cud i forget that,,, sighh.,..

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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.

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You just made my day! I love your recaps! Keep it up!

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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~♥♥♥

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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 :)

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