You’re Beautiful: Episode 12
The drama hit its series high rating with this episode, although that only translates to a very modest 11.1%. Still, yay for upward mobility. (IRIS, in comparison, is far out in front with its own series high at 33.7%. We’ll see how Hero fares next week.)
SONG OF THE DAY
Spicy Soda – “나에 곁으로” (Stay by my side). Love the crescendo and the chorus on this one.
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EPISODE 12 RECAP
Yes, the kiss was a real one, and it takes both participants by surprise. In fact, what makes this scene (for me) is Tae-kyung’s gobsmacked expression as he pulls away, completely confused with what he’s just done. Mi-nyeo is just as startled, and the moment she recalls her bearings, she presses her nose.
At a loss, Tae-kyung tries to cover up the moment. He very awkwardly laughs, “Ha. Ha? HA! Go Mi-nam, you’re funny.” Turning stiffly, he hurries away and heads into the building. I love how utterly discombobulated Tae-kyung is. He rationalizes to himself, “I was just so angry that I lost reason. I’m not this kind of person. Why did I do that?”
Mi-nyeo is lost in a daze and prays, “Mother Superior, the star in my heart has exploded into thousands of them. What do I do?” She stumbles into the building (after first geeting lost in the revolving doors) and sits down to rest: “It’s like fireworks are going off inside my heart. I’m dizzy.”
When Shin-woo calls, she vaguely recalls that she was supposed to meet him. She’s too stunned to be very coherent, and murmurs, “Where am I? I’m doing fireworks.” Shin-woo tells her to calm down; he’ll come to her.
Mi-nyeo wonders what prompted Tae-kyung’s kiss, and imagines a few possible answers. Was it out of anger? (But he’s never done this and he’s been angry before.) Was it out of flirtatiousness? (No, he’s not that kind of guy.)
Heyi arrives outside the agency, wondering at the best way to send Mi-nam back home. She considers telling Tae-kyung about the nunnery, but cautions herself to handle this with care. She spots him leaving the building, but he’s so lost in his own thoughts that he walks right by without acknowledging her. Thinking he’s ignoring her out of anger, she asks if he’s still upset with her.
Tae-kyung replies that he’s not angry, nor does he have anything to say to her. But it’s almost worse that he doesn’t care enough to be angry with her anymore. She asks, “Am I nothing to you? How could a woman like me be nothing to you? I’m pretty and popular. We were voted Korea’s best-suited couple — how could you not like me?” (What saves this speech from being aggravating is the honest-to-goodness confusion in Heyi’s voice as she asks it. She genuinely believes her own hype.)
Tae-kyung agrees that Heyi is pretty and popular, but she’s also fake, “so don’t confuse things.” She asks, “Then what will you do if Go Mi-nam confuses herself and says she likes you?” That makes Tae-kyung pause before answering: “That won’t happen, not when she’s foolish enough to cast away her pride. I’m sure.” He doesn’t sound quite convinced, but he’s recalling Mi-nyeo’s supposed feelings for Shin-woo.
Heyi spies Mi-nam exiting the building, and takes advantage of the moment to ask pointed questions that will get overheard while Tae-kyung remains ignorant of Mi-nyeo’s presence. Heyi warns Tae-kyung not to get “confused” regarding her: “Go Mi-nam is a man — don’t mistake her for a girl.” I’m pretty sure she knows that by pushing Tae-kyung’s buttons, she’ll get the desired answer out of him:
Tae-kyung: “I’m not someone who gets confused. Go Mi-nam isn’t a woman.”
Heyi: “Then when you bought her the hairclip and clothes and protected her, did that mean nothing?”
Tae-kyung: “Yeah, it had no meaning, I just did it. It meant nothing.”
He doesn’t see that Mi-nyeo has overheard and turned away in sadness. Heyi asks if he can be sure that those gestures also meant nothing to Mi-nam. Tae-kyung tries to convince himself, “It was nothing to her.” Then he stops, bothered. “How can it be nothing to her? Forget it, it was nothing to me too. If I let it make me feel bad, I lose.”
Shin-woo tries to get in touch with Mi-nyeo, but she doesn’t hear her phone ringing as she cries in a darkened studio. Now that Tae-kyung has said she means nothing, she’s mortified for hoping and feeling more.
Shin-woo worries that she’s sick and rushes back to the agency. Hearing her sobs, he comes upon her in the studio, but Mi-nyeo stops him before he can turn on the lights: “I want to stay in the dark. I feel so embarrassed, I want to hide in the darkness.”
Shin-woo may be patient, but he has his limits and raises his voice as he asks, “How long were you going to cry like this? After you were done, were you going to come to me? I see, you totally forgot me. Even so, I was waiting for you and came running and worried about you — I feel like an idiot!”
She apologizes for breaking the promise and for thinking only of herself. Shin-woo answers that he’s tired of always thinking of her: “Take a good look at how I feel in the light.” With that, he flicks on the lights to show her how upset he is — but in the light, he sees how miserable she is, and his anger starts to dissipate. Mi-nyeo repeatedly apologizes, and he says in a gentler tone that he’s sorry for getting angry.
Sit together after Mi-nyeo stops crying, Shin-woo admits that he was going to confess his feelings to “that woman,” and had prepared flowers, presents, and a song for her. He jokes that it’s Mi-nyeo’s fault it didn’t work out, but smiles and adds, “No, it’s not your fault. I don’t think she was ready for it yet.”
He doesn’t have gifts or flowers now, but he picks up his guitar. Under the guise of practicing, he asks Mi-nyeo to listen. The lyrics describe Shin-woo’s emotions of feeling like a fool (for caring despite always getting hurt and disappointed). Here’s the song as sung by Jung Yong-hwa — I’m sure there’ll be an official track released at some point, but this one is just an audio rip from the episode, so beware of the quality. [ Download ]
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Although she doesn’t pick up on the meaning behind it, Mi-nyeo says it’s a good song: “You’re not embarrassed of your feelings, or sorry for them. You’re diligently liking her. If you’re a fool, you’re a cool one. Can a nobody be cool like that?” Shin-woo says consolingly, “Even if the other person doesn’t know it, no love is nothing.”
Tae-kyung has retreated to his own studio, where he tries to work out his feelings. Why did he kiss Mi-nyeo?
Tae-kyung: “Because I was angry. Why was I angry? Because like an idiot, Go Mi-nam was going to Shin-woo. Why did I stop that? Because I didn’t want her to get hurt. Why would I hate that? What is Go Mi-nam to me? Ugh, this is complicated and confusing. I’ll have to see Go Mi-nam in the bright light and think things over.”
When he walks out intending to find Mi-nyeo, he sees her leaving with Shin-woo, who has teasingly told her to buy him dinner. Watching the two together, Tae-kyung thinks, “Seeing her in the light makes me even more confused. What the heck is she to me?”
Tae-kyung is called to his own dinner meeting with Sung-chan and Hwa-ran. Sung-chan is surprised that Hwa-ran was able to persuade Tae-kyung to do the song, and hears she has worked out the copyright issue with the songwriter’s heir — which is a shock to Tae-kyung, who didn’t know the songwriter was dead. Hwa-ran explains that she’ll probably be able to locate one of the twins, and smiles as she wonders if the kids will remember her — they were such cute things who used to fight over the cookies she brought them.
(I spoke too soon when I wondered previously if Hwa-ran had lost her power to hurt Tae-kyung, because hearing her speak fondly of another man’s children hardens his expression. That can’t be pleasant, and Hwa-ran is so coldly honest that it doesn’t occur to her to watch her words.)
When Sung-chan steps aside, Tae-kyung bitterly tells his mother that she and her lover are the same — she’s a woman who would abandon her child for love, and he’s the man who would write a song for that woman. As though to dispel any misunderstanding that she was a usurper, Hwa-ran makes clear that the twins’ mother died after giving birth.
He sneers, “Is that why you played the mother to them, bringing them cookies?” She says, “Yes. Because I loved him so much, I could be like a mother to them.” (Ouch. The implication is that she didn’t love his father, and therefore Tae-kyung.) She adds, “If he didn’t die early, they would have been your siblings.”
(Hwa-ran doesn’t mean they’re blood-related, but that she would have raised them as her children, since she would have stayed with the songwriter.)
Tae-kyung notes sardonically, “For him to make a person like you think of being a mother, it was a frightening love.” Hwa-ran: “Yes. My love is great enough to be frightening.”
After dinner, Tae-kyung comes home in a funk, thinking that he could use Mi-nyeo to distract him from his darker thoughts.
Mi-nyeo worries how he is but is too timid to bother him. As she peers into the hallway at his room, he walks by, and the two freeze uncomfortably. Mi-nyeo ducks back into her room without saying something, and at her reaction, he feels a tiny bit of satisfaction, because “She must not feel nothing, then.”
Mi-nyeo vacillates between leaving Tae-kyung alone (not wanting to add to his burdens) and making some kind of overture. Finally, she decides it would be best to assure him that she’s completely fine in the wake of the kiss, and not feeling bothered about it.
She texts: “Hyungnim, I’m truly fine.” Belatedly, she realizes she has mistyped a character, and now the message connotes something else. (She meant to tell him she is okay about the kiss. Instead, her message suggests the kiss felt okay.) Oh no! She doesn’t want him to the get the wrong idea.
Mi-nyeo decides that she has to erase the text before he has a chance to read it, and sneaks into his bedroom. It’s empty, so he must be in the bathroom. With relief, she spies the phone on his bed, and grabs it just as he emerges from the bathroom. Mi-nyeo dives to the other side of the bed to hide.
Unfortunately, the phone is locked with a PIN number. In frustration, she tries a few combinations, but is unsuccessful. Tae-kyung turns off his music and calls out, “It’s 4820.”
Mi-nyeo enters the password before registering that Tae-kyung is aware of her presence. With dismay, she faces him as he indicates that he’s already read her text, and mocks her for it.
Tae-kyung asks if she’s really fine with everything, and when she answers yes, he deletes the message: “Everything today is deleted.”
He sees the redness on her forehead — she smacked it on the ground when she dove behind his bed — and gives her medicine to apply. However, his warning not to get it in her eyes comes too late, and she yelps in pain. He flushes out the ointment with water, then treats her eyes with some drops.
Mi-nyeo stumbles up to go back to her room, running into things because she can barely open her eyes. Tae-kyung grabs her hand, then leads her back upstairs.
She asks, eyes still closed, “Are you still very angry with me?” He answers, “How can you know whether I’m mad when you can’t see?” She reminds him that she’s a public nuisance who’s always angering him.
Tae-kyung tells her, “At first, you were. Now, you’re…” He trails off and Mi-nyeo again assures him that she’s fine with everything. He finishes, “In any case, I was smiling just now. I’m not angry with you.”
The next day, the guys have a photo shoot with Heyi, to make up for the aborted press conference. The air is distant between the A.N.JELL guys and Heyi, now that they know what kind of person she is. She watches them cheerfully interacting with Mi-nam and pouts, “I’m the one wearing the princess’s clothing, but she’s receiving the princess treatment.”
She tells herself that as long as Tae-kyung stays away from Mi-nam, she can put up with it. And she only has to wait a little longer, because Mi-nyeo will be heading back to the convent soon.
Heyi ropes the guys into helping her, wielding Mi-nam’s identity as a weapon to get them to do what she wants. They’re reluctant, but do as she wants. You’d think that forced attention isn’t very satisfying, but Heyi will take it where she can get it, and is pleased to monopolize the guys as long as Mi-nam is kept at a distance. It’s pretty pathetic, if you think about it.
The stylist points out how pretty Heyi looks, making Mi-nyeo feel inferior, since she’s always dressed as a boy.
The guys treat Heyi like a necessary evil, addressing her with thinly veiled distaste. Tae-kyung doesn’t bother hiding his low opinion of her, which prompts her to threaten, “You know that when I’m in a bad mood I talk a lot, right?” Jeremy and Shin-woo remind him to be careful.
I think Heyi hates his new attitude even more than the old one. In the past he was hostile, but now he’s dismissive, and indifference is worse. Therefore, she latches onto the first bit of leverage she stumbles across, when the stylist comments that Mi-nam must envy Heyi because she wants to look pretty to Shin-woo. Heyi’s startled — Mi-nam likes Shin-woo? (In the stylist’s defense, she assumed that Tae-kyung told his girlfriend and therefore isn’t spilling a secret.)
This gives Heyi newfound hope — and a new plan. She might be able to solve her problems by hooking up Mi-nam with Shin-woo, and asks the stylist to help her.
Heyi proposes that Mi-nam would enjoy a chance to look pretty in front of the boy she likes. Therefore, when sudden rain calls a halt to the shoot, the stylist takes Mi-nam aside and makes her up as a girl. She explains that she wanted to do something nice for her: “Just while it rains, you can be a pretty girl. When the rain ends, you can go back to being a guy.”
She convinces Mi-nyeo that it’s safe, since the rain is keeping the crew indoors and they’re in the greenhouse, which is a separate building.
Mi-nyeo enjoys the brief moment of feeling pretty, and the stylist snaps a picture so she can hold onto the memory even when she has to dress as a guy. The stylist steps out for a moment — and sends Shin-woo in on a false errand.
Seeing him, Mi-nyeo is flustered and her instinct is to hurry to change, but Shin-woo tells her not to: “If nobody saw you, what a waste it would have been. Mi-nam, you’re very pretty. Beautiful.”
He says she’s like a fairy-tale character: “When it rains, you’re a girl. When it stops, you return to being a guy.” He recalls hearing a similar story somewhere (he means RANMA!), then calls her the swan princess — a swan in the daytime, a princess at night.
At the same time, Heyi drags Tae-kyung along for a walk outside. (She sighs that it’s like a scene in a movie, and he agrees — a horror movie.) Spotting the greenhouse in the distance, she suggests they head there to get out of the rain, knowing who’s inside.
And so, Heyi and Tae-kyung walk in to see Shin-woo sitting with a girly Mi-nam. Heyi coos at how nice they look together, and insinuates that they’d make a good couple. She says, “You’re working hard to look good to Kang Shin-woo. It’s pretty. Doesn’t it suit her?”
Tae-kyung doesn’t betray an outward reaction but his glare is furious as he says harshly: “It doesn’t suit you. It’s laughable.” He whirls out, leaving his words to cut at Mi-nyeo’s own fears. When Heyi catches up to him, he says with contempt, “Get lost.” Heyi is startled at the intensity of his reaction: “Why is he so angry? I thought he’d mock her, seeing her like that.”
Mi-nyeo beats herself up, agreeing with Tae-kyung’s assessment: “He’s right that it doesn’t suit me. I did something really laughable. I told myself I wouldn’t be ashamed. I told myself I would be fine. But I’m more foolish than a fool.”
Shin-woo tells Mi-nyeo not to cry: “Don’t cry anymore because of Tae-kyung.” He confesses, “I’ve found out that the reason you’re crying is because of Tae-kyung. You like him.”
Shin-woo: “I didn’t want to make things difficult for you by getting involved. But I hated seeing you always crying.”
Mi-nyeo: “I thought I was doing well enduring it and hiding it. You figured it out?”
Shin-woo: “Yes. Because I’ve been looking at you.”
Mi-nyeo: “My feelings must be visible.”
Shin-woo: “Tae-kyung can’t see them clearly yet. Do you want to show him?”
Mi-nyeo: “No, I don’t want to shock him or make him feel bad. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of my feelings and make sure they are not seen. I’ll change my clothes and return to being a man.”
The snooping Reporter Kim wanders around the grounds, intent on uncovering the secret of A.N.JELL’s mystery woman, and sees Shin-woo walking off in the rain. He suspects some drama must have gone down in the direction of the greenhouse, where Heyi has returned to find Mi-nyeo berating herself for being foolish.
Heyi: “It was wrong for you to have come here from the start. You should have stayed at the convent and become a nun. When you’re done being Go Mi-nam, do you intend to go back to the convent? In my opinion, why don’t you go back to Rome to become a nun? Go back to that.”
Mi-nyeo: “Yoo Heyi, although I have given up that path, it’s not something to speak so lightly of.”
Heyi: “I said, go back home!”
Mi-nyeo: “Ms. Yoo Heyi.”
Heyi: “Do that and Hwang Tae-kyung! You want to stay with him so he’ll see you, don’t you? If he’s nice to you, you raise your hopes. You act like you don’t, but you want that, right? Do you want him to see you being so foolish? Do you want him to find out?”
Mi-nyeo: “I don’t want him to see me looking foolish. I won’t be found out.”
Just then, the reporter steps inside, interrupting the scene. Seeing the two women and knowing that Shin-woo has just been here, he smells a scoop. Mi-nam whirls around to keep her face averted.
Heyi mutters to her to run away, so Mi-nyeo knocks the reporter aside and runs out into the rain, while Heyi holds the reporter back.
The rest of the crew is still indoors to wait out the rain. Hoon-yi thinks Tae-kyung looks sick: “You look like you’ve been really hurt and are in pain.” Tae-kyung answers tersely that he’s not hurt — he’s mad and surprised. Hoon-yi guesses, “You saw something you didn’t like, which made you feel shocked, which made you angry, which made you feel hurt.”
Tae-kyung has to admit to himself, “I want to deny it, but he’s right. I was shocked to see her like that, and angry that someone else was with her, and that hurt. Since it hurt, I lost.”
Hoon-yi flips through photos and sees Mi-nam making the pig-nose and comments, “She’s still doing that.” This grab’s Tae-kyung attention, and he asks, “Mi-nam does that every day. What is that?” Hoon-yi explains that he told her that whenever she feels her emotions overtaking her in front of the person she likes, she should make the nose. He assumes that Shin-woo must have been in front of her in the photo.
The truth dawns on Tae-kyung as he asks, “Is that what that meant?” He rifles through the photos to confirm his hunch, and sees that the shot of Shin-woo doesn’t line up. Instead, the photo matches with one of himself, and he realizes, “She’s looking at me.”
Hoon-yi’s part idiot, so he doesn’t catch on and chides Tae-kyung for being mean to Mi-nyeo. He urges him to be nicer to Mi-nyeo, especially since she looks up to him. Why, she even treasures the hairclip he gave her, even though it was a cheap old thing that broke.
That strikes him as strange too, so Tae-kyung grabs her bag and fishes through it, until he finds the broken clip. “She found this again?”
You know a storyline has gotten good when you’re frustrated that it cuts away to Mi-ja and Hwa-ran, even though we do finally get some clear answers about the big birth secret.
Mi-ja asks why the singer is so keen on meeting the twins. She saw her scar — is she the twins’ mother? Hwa-ran laughs at that ridiculous idea, and answers that she owes the kids a debt, but she didn’t give birth to them. She’s searching for them “because it was my fault they lost their mother. She died because of me.”
(Note: This clears up that Mi-nyeo is not related to Tae-kyung, not that it was ever really a concern, right? Hwa-ran cares for the Go twins because she loved their father and feels indebted to their mother. Since her love died, the closest thing she has is his children, who are living ties to the person she lost years ago. Her own son represents bitterness and a loss of her great love, and since she has a small heart, she just couldn’t love him with the same openness.)
Mi-nyeo seeks out the comforting embrace of Mother Superior as she cries out her heartbreak.
Mi-nyeo: “He’s like a bright, shining star. When I receive that light, I feel brighter and also darker. When it’s bright I get my hopes up, and when it darkens I feel disappointment. I hate myself for this and feel ashamed.”
Mother Superior: “As you have come to know this love, you are quite beautiful.”
A bit later, Mi-nyeo sits outside, looking up at the night sky. She can’t stop crying, and says, “Because the tears keep coming, I cannot see the stars. If I continue to not see them, I won’t get my hopes up or feel disappointment. I wish I didn’t see them.”
A car screeches up and interrupts her thoughts. Mi-nyeo looks up at the source, squinting against the bright glare of the car’s headlights, which are directed at her.
It’s Tae-kyung, who gets out of the car and faces her, leaving the headlights on:
Tae-kyung: “Go Mi-nam. I see you very well right now. You can’t see me because it’s too bright, can you? When I couldn’t see you, were you always crying like that?”
Mi-nyeo: “I won’t cry anymore. Please pretend you didn’t see me.”
Tae-kyung: “How can I pretend not to when I can see you so well? Go Mi-nam, you were looking at me like that all this while, weren’t you? I couldn’t see you so I didn’t know.”
Mi-nyeo: “Please act as though you don’t know. I won’t look anymore.”
Tae-kyung: “Don’t stop looking. You can’t quit of your own accord. Keep looking at me! Like you are now, keep looking only at me!”
Mi-nyeo:”Hwang Tae-kyung…”
Tae-kyung: “Go Mi-nam, from now on, I’ll give you permission to like me.”
COMMENTS
I’m a little dissatisfied with that last line translation because that sounds condescending in a way he doesn’t mean. He’s being sincere and the tenor of the message is, “I know that you like me and from this point on, I’m okay with it.”
Maybe it’s the lack of spoilering, or maybe I’m just thrilled to have the truth (finally!) out in the open, but I loved the way this episode ended. Truth be told, I was feeling let down by the first half of the episode — it felt like stuff we’ve come to expect. It’s sort of standard to feel a little lag at this stage, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it, especially when I think the writers are good enough to keep things moving. The wacky appeal of the earlier episodes was because so much zany stuff flew at us unexpectedly, and that kept us on our toes: Mother Superior emerges from a gym locker, Jeremy’s imagination runs wild, Mi-nyeo believes making a pig-face will control her emotions, Tae-kyung throws away Heyi’s shoes, Tae-kyung gets lost and refuses to admit it…
Therefore, when Tae-kyung finally figured out that Mi-nyeo’s in love with him, it comes as a nice huge breath of fresh air. Finally, we can lay to rest one tiring plotline and get busy with the next phase.
Surprisingly, I liked Shin-woo better in this episode. Maybe it’s not surprising since the reason I liked him was that he was finally honest. He didn’t outright tell Mi-nyeo that he liked her, but he dropped a very big hint when he told her that he was always looking at her. (If she were a sharper person, she could pick up his meaning.)
It was interesting when he got angry at Mi-nyeo for standing him up at the restaurant, because (1) you could say that his anger made him look petty or small-hearted, because he was thinking of his own foiled romantic gesture more than her pain. But (2) I liked that flash of anger because it made him seem human, rather than that Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding. I don’t care if Shin-woo shows a flaw or two — heck, Tae-kyung’s flawed up the wazoo but he’s insanely charismatic — so I welcomed his moment of bitterness. And then he saw how hurt Mi-nyeo was and his anger melted, so he’s not entirely selfish.
An example of plot tiredness is the Heyi and stylist connection. (I say “tiredness” because the plot itself is fine, it’s just that it’s been drawn out a wee bit too long so it’s worn out its welcome.) I don’t really mind Heyi’s continued bossiness in this episode because even though she’s still blackmailing everyone, at least the situation is different. It’s only for show now and everyone knows her true nature, whereas before she was manipulating people’s emotions. I’m okay with her character at this point because she’s so irrelevant to the relationships that she’s like an amusing pest. Also, Tae-kyung’s reaction to her has changed, because now he can’t even bothered to care about her. That brings out her inner vulnerability, and that’s actually something I find interesting. I want to see more of that Heyi — the girl who has been so surrounded by yes men that she draws her own self-worth from how people see her.
The stylist, on the other hand, greatly grated on my nerves because at this point she has turned from amusing minor character into Plot Device. She just keeps blabbing information to Heyi. I don’t care that she’s a blabbermouth so much as I wish Heyi were cleverer about finding out her secrets. She just keeps falling into information.
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i have never posted, but thxx so much for your update! it just an enjoyment to read after watching the show myself
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Thanks JB! Looking forward to this all morning..You mad emy day! AM I first???
Yay! Perfect timing.
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omfg i haven’t watched the ep or read the recap yet because they haven’t finished subbing but this is killing me T_T
Been waiting for this. Thanks JB. Funny, your comment. With nearly 900 users on, it’s expected.. =P TQ..
Loved it
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Hoping to make the top twenty…
This episode barely showed Jeremy at all. On the plus side, I finally got to see Park Shin Hye in her “friendly” female species. Her appearance in Goong S made her seem like I wanted to bitch-slap her. But that was the point, eh?
i’m gonna read this post later… have’t watched ep 12 yet
for now… guyz, check out the current ratings of our favorite drama ^____^
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SO HAPPY EP 12 RECAP IS HERE!!
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yay… JB, thanks for the recaps…
I’m glad that the ratings is going up eventhough only a bit…and I agreed with you that the stylist is getting on my nerves, she keeps blabbing more insider information to He Yi.. how can she supposed not to know the real HY… aigoo…
and for the last line that TK said in this episode, I read in soompi yesterday that they translate it as ” I’ll give permission for you to like me”… and I think the word is so sweet…. ^^
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Thank you so much, JB. I have been waiting for your recap. Haven’t read it yet but just wanted to thank you ahead of time.
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Good stuff.
Great recaps! Thank you.
The last line: is the meaning along the lines of “I’ll acknowledge your feelings for me”? Meaning, they’re okay with me, and I will “see” those feelings… and implies returning those feelings? Or does it not imply returning the feelings?
Yeay! Thanks for the recap, which nicely rounds off my experience watching this ep.
About TK’s last line.. someone has nicely pointed out at soompi that it’s connected to the star-gazing scene in an earlier ep (7?) when Mi Nam asked TK “can I like the star?”. He even has a flashback of this scene earlier in ep.12, so he clearly remembers the question and I think his last line in this epis an answer to that question.
I lOVE TK’s attempt to analyse his feelings by drawing those concentric circles. It’s so in character.. and deserves a place right up there beside that time that he drew a chart analysing whether Mi Nam should tell Shin Woo.
My fervent wish for the next couple of episodes..please, let us have at least 2 episodes of sweet moments amidst the angst that’s sure to come!!
omg…i’m the 20th commentor…kudos to jb for doing this every wed. and thurs. @ about 8 here in vancouver!!!!! thanks so much…reading ur recaps just made my day. thank u…and ur recaps are soo in depth…
It’s here…. thank you for such a great recap. i cant wait to see the episode tonight.
I loved the ending, how he referred back to epi 7 from the star/moon convo. b/c remember when she asked if she is allowed to like the star and TK said “ask the star yourself” and so she looked at him at asked ‘is it okay to like you?” but he didn’t know she was asking HIM, but now he knows, so he is answering her.
I don’t think it was to sound egotistic.
AHHH so excited for next week’s episodes!!
That last scene was so good! very talented leads and GREAT chemistry!!
btw thank you as always for your awesome recaps!!
Thanks for the recap! Just made my day…:)
I actually prefer “I’ll permit you to like me” because it calls back their conversation in the country.
Thanks for the great recap!
Thanks as always, JB!
And I just had to add, the opening pic made me do a double take.
For a moment I thought Heyi was the cake rather than the bride!
thank u jb .thank u.thank u.thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Yesterday’s comment got lost during the crash, but in a nutshell: it was awesome to be able to read your recaps after a really tiring exam, so thank you for brightening up my day =]!
This isn’t entirely related to this episode, but it’s interesting to wonder what TK, SW and Jeremy’s relationship was like before MN came along; given that TK and SW don’t seem particularly close, despite ~6 albums and years of work together as a group (Jeremy, on the other hand, lives in his own sweet world!).
Yay recap!! OMG, the last scene…I had my friend semi-translate what it meant and even from that I was crying T-T (tears of happiness xD) But at least it’s out in the open now; no dragginess!
Thanks, JB!
i love how everything in this drama is tied to the theme of sight, both literally and implicitly. even the words themselves have a double meaning. everything the characters say can be interpreted both ways
from shinwoo’s ‘I was always looking at you’ which could be taken at face value or as a confession to taekyung’s ‘I’ll permit you to like me’. Taken at face value it could be seen as condescending but it recalls the star-moon conversation they had when she asked for his permission to like him ‘I can like the star?’ and it shows that he finally realizes it and is also, finally giving her his permission (:
i could name many more examples but I dont want my comment to be too long so I’ll just end it here
Thank you so much! I love the ending! I’ve read on soompi that it’s actually the continuation of the star-moon conversation. Isn’t that great?? ^^
Yay, for Taekyung! hahaha!
1) Loved Shinwoo’s song. He’s got a good voice. Combined with his dashing “princely” looks and Mr. Nice Guy image it’s a pretty irresisitable package!
2) LOVED LOVED LOVED how TK came to realize MN’s feelings for him. The pig nose, the clip –> what a great way to tie it all together. I LOVED the last line. What a good way to set up the next episode – now I actually want a small spoiler, please!!!
3) Not a fan of TK’s mother. Seriously, is your “one great love” (plus his children) that much more important than your own flesh and blood???
4) To YB producers: PLEASE release another OST part II or something. Make TK sing more songs, his voice is amazing. Now that we’ve heard Shinwoo’s song, please put that in there too!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I think that someone from Soompi figured out the meaning of TK’s last line in the episode, as “I give you permission to like me”, because it was a continuation of the star/moon speech he had with MN.
During that speech, MN asked if she can like that star….
I really agree that it’s getting a tad tired and not as zany as earlier episodes, though the character development is consistent, the plot is well linked and the show is still enjoyable. But you know what would really revive the energy? Mi Nyeo’s twin brother’s return! Especially if he has a different personality to boot!
However, there seem to be too many things for only 4 more episodes. We still gotta see TK realise that he actively likes Minam instead of just allowing her to like him, see them grapple with the nun issue, whether Mi Nyeo’s identity will be revealed by reporter, how Shin woo gives her up, how TK and MN deal with truth of their parents and if twin brother is really coming back, how they deal with the new dynamics. That’s a hell lot of stuff. I’m actually a little worried about the pace and flow of the last few episodes, though we all recognise the talents of the writers.
Solution: extension!!!
Thank you! You’re especially fast this time!!!!!!!!!!
I definitely feel like the past 3 episodes have been dragging. Also, at this point, I don’t think ANYONE likes the stylist. It really is as if she only comes on the screen to tell Heyi information. She rarely, very rarely, serves any purpose other than inadvertently aiding Heyi in her evil scheming.
888 others reading this reveiew with me…Gr8 job JB
thank you thank you thank you JB!!!!! great recap as always. i’m glad we got to see some of SW’s anger cuz it really does show that he’s human and has real emotions. and i LOVE the part where TK finds out about what the pignose means and how he *finally!!* puts the pieces together.
one part i thought was funny was when Heyi couldn’t get down from the platform during the photoshoot and none of the guys wanted to help her lol. After she threatens them *again*, the look on Jeremy’s face is HIIIIIILARIOUS. i love that kid… wish he had been in this episode more.
Thanks for the recaps JB!
As others have mentioned above, I also read on the soompi thread, but someone point out that the last line was a continuation of the star/moon from episode 7. Which is great because it brings everything in full circle. The whole last conversation is great and like others have said the metaphor about seeing/not being able to see is wonderful and I love how it’s woven into the story.
Finally Tae-kyung confessed! Can’t wait to see what happens next. I hope not too much angst.
I kind of expected these last few episodes to be less zany because that was the way it was for other Hong sisters dramas. I just hope there will be some more scenes that can compare to the glow in the dark balls or the nun/locker/clouds scenes.
Part II of the OST is online if you’re curious. No Hongki singing though I don’t think which is a shame.
YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! taekyung FINALLY you found out YES! now i just have to wait until viikii doesnt lag anymore and watch this for myself. thanks JB!!! you make me have a smile when i sleep today
I love these recaps. Usually because Im too far gone with addiiction to this drama, I watch the raws as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on them. Now, I speak Korean so I understand what is going on, but I love these recaps because I get to see nuances that I didn’t even pick up on when watching. It’s like watching with your best friend! Thanks a bunch!
PS: What a satisfying episode. Though I wish Jeremy made a move only because he’s just adorable!
THANK YOU AGAIN!
I LOVE THIS CONCLUSION TO EP 11!!
have to agree though – last line of translation sounds wayyy off, even though it prolly makes sense and sounds better in korean.
i’m glad that TK finally realized everything -and figured out the truth himself. we didn’t have to draw it out for another two episodes, or have someone like shinwoo snap and yell at him about MN’s feelings.
So TK hasn’t really committed to returning her feelings, just to seeing that she has feelings for him (and has had for some time)?
Episode 12 was my favorite episode so far. The last scene between Minam and Taekyung killed me…the intensity of TK’s eyes and MN’s beautiful tears. I want to lock the Hong sisters up in a luxurious prison and have them write 10 dramas a year. At least. Ahhh!!!!
And finally TK understands the meaning behind pig-nose! Life is beautiful again. For now. Still have 4 more episodes to go so no telling where the next angsty bump might be.
this drama is so addictive. finally we get a a drama that takes over our lives! lols. good one. I do agree with JB, the coordi and HY relationship is dragging. I hope GMN and HTY have a happy ending!
ahhahaahah thanks so much for the recap again!!!!! yea… i wish the last line was a little better tho.. thanks again can’t wait for the next epi!!!!!!
From what I read from soompi, the last line makes a lot of sense. I thought you might have picked up on that. It’s continuous to episode 7 I believe. The my star and moon part. It sounds so cocky, but once you get why he said, it’s really sweet.
Thank you for the recaps. i can now dream about Tae-kyung…..<3
I absolutely adored this episode (but then I have adored every episode) but this one had a …sweetness to it that was really nice. It was calming. The aftermath of the kiss is fantastic. The confusion and concerted attempts to self-delude weren’t silly — they were really cute, in a very loving and sweet way. It felt like the writers themselves love these two so much that they are on the margins of the story, patting the two along as they muddle their way towards each other.
I love how gingerly the awakening love is being handled by the writers AND the actors.
Jang Geun Suk is a fabulous actor. I don’t know how he does it! He goes from nonchalant and dismissive to loving and gentle to furious and frustrated to confused and befuddled to confident–all in a matter of minutes. It is such a thrill to watch this man act!
I agree about the stylist — she is ridiculous at this point. There is no reason for her to have such a bond with the Heyi. You’re right — she is nothing more than a Plot Device at this point.
Hwang Tae-Kyung has to be one of the best romantic leads ever written. He has so much depth and character! I do wish Go Mi Nam had been given similar depth. She needs to have more pathos. She is an orphan, for god’s sake, and seemingly estranged from her brother. Shouldn’t she have yearnings too for familial love, for the warmth and security of a loving home? Yes, Mother Superior fulfills the role of a mother, but she is not her mother — surely the writers could have given GMN some sense of loss over not having that foundation? At the beginning, she had some of that need — when she hung on to the ring from her mother. The writers dropped that storyline, sadly. Somewhere along the way, the story shifted to Tae-Kyung — which is fine, but it is unfortunate that Go Mi Nam’s dimensions had to cut as a result, turning her into more of an affectionate puppy than a fellow pal who has experienced loss.
All that said, this drama has to be one of the best I have watched because it makes me smile inside!
JBeans: THANK YOU for the recaps! I read them after watching these live and after watching raws downloaded from aja and after, if the subs are up early, viikii or spot translations in soompi. My point is: I come here after having mulled over each episode all day, letting scenes percolate, so it is really fun to come here and read your thoughts — and excellent (most excellent) recaps — and to join the community of YAB-worshippers. Thank you!
Also, thank goodness YAB stylists are finally letting JGS look beautiful. The man is beautiful and instead of hiding it with horrendous clothes for 8 episodes, they are finally letting him be the pretty young thang that he is akshually. Aweshum!
I am beginning to feel depressed about the drama ending!
i completely like this episode!!
GOSH YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL MAKES ME STUDY WELL IN MY PRE CAL CLASS
i used it as MY motivation
thank u JB
thank you so much for the recap!! something to keep me happy during this busy Thursday night! I sort of liked how Heyi didn’t throw Mi-nyeo to the reporter, even though she did it in her own self-interest. I bet Heyi will fall in love with the real Mi-nam (they better show him!). I love how Taekyung discovered Mi-nyeo’s feelings. It was really clever with the pictures and the way he found out suits him because he’s a really clever guy. I agree with you about the stylist- I’ve been annoyed with her ever since she blabbed about Minyeo in the beginning. I thought she might be more circumspect because Mi-nyeo is masquerading as a guy in an idol band and if someone gets a whiff of that, then there would be a huge scandal and as a stylist for idols, I would think she would be good at keeping her mouth shut.
so sad to know that Mi-nyeo’s mother really IS dead….the real Mi-nam would be extremely disappointed since it seems like he has been wanting to meet his mom since he was a kid and was even entering an idol group to do it.
i am now more excited than ever for the next episode!! EEEEEEEEPP!! (thats supposed to be a sound expressing my anticipation, not a long dragged out “ep” as in episode.) i can’t wait to find out how TK handles his feelings for MN…what will happen between them? how will their dynamic change now that their LOOOVE is out in the open?
i also really sympathized with SW this time. when he got angry, i actually cheered because *YES* he is human after all! then he sang and my heart just melted for him…i kind of wish there was a secondary girl introduced for him (um, not Heyi. i’m thinking more like kim bum’s storyline in BBF).
also MN is so pretty after the makeover!!
yay! hope she gets to turn back permanently into the pretty girl she is soon, as in i hope the REAL MN shows up already. i thought his surgery/recovery was only supposed to take a month. -_-
another fav TK line “yes its like a movie…a horror movie.” HAHA
Ohhh, thanks for this! This episode was, by far, the best for me, so I was THIRSTING to read ur recap!
Cheers!
JGS <3333333
OMG!!!! FINALLY!!!!!! FINALLY, FINALLY!!!!!!!
Ooohhhh….cant wait for the next ep!!!
Hope there will more and better kisses now…LOL!!!!
two more weeks!!!
BTW, that dress Min Yeo was wearing is quite similar to the dress Yoon Eun Hye was wearing in Princess Hours….
THANKS JAVAB!!!!
thank you so much!!!! i looveee your recaps. !!~
Thank you….As always you are wonderful…….I am looking forward for next week’s episode…….
Yayyyy!!!!!! Nice episode and very well written recap…. Thankssssssss JB!!!!!!
thanks jb for awesome recaps as usual!
someone posted this link on soompi for ost part II.. only has 3 songs though.. but 1 SW song, one Tk song and the last one is his mom’s… but i shuld think it’s enuf to last us a week yeah?
i’m loving jyh’s voice! and jgs’ solo! ohmyyyy
Ahhh nice, thanks
I’ve never commented before, but I just have to say…
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I watched the first few episodes of You’re Beautiful, but although it has a good plot, I felt like I’m wasting my time sometimes *coughHeyi/Coordicough* (Actually that happens to a lot of dramas…)
But the way you write your recaps really makes me want to watch the episodes!!!
Again, thank you ^_^
wew!!!i love episode 12..thank you for the recap!!been waiting since this morning!!!
Thank you JB for great recaps!
You are First in my book!
(viikii is next…)
OOH, I can’t wait to watch this one! Finally, some realization!
I’m watching you too TK, but you can’t see me!
But it’s okay… I’ve been watching both you and GMN!
Yeah!!!
Great recaps once again.
Thank you so much for your hard work we really appreciate it.
Love this drama so much and it is getting better and better.
Thanks again.
Yep, it was episode 7.
Quoted you:
“Tae-kyung is still looking up at the sky, unaware that she’s growing more emotional: “Do you need permission to like those things? Ask the star. It should be able to see you right now.” As a tear falls, Mi-nyeo looks at him to say, “Yes. I’m looking at that star right now. Is it okay to like it?””
AWWWW.
I love stuffs like this. It’s really sweet that he remembers the little thing. I hope she also picks up on that.
Thanks, JB!
Mi-nyeo: “Please act as though you don’t know. I won’t look anymore.”
Tae-kyung: “Don’t stop looking. You can’t quit of your own accord. Keep looking at me! Like you are now, keep looking only at me!”
I got goosebumps with this line.. what a way for Tae-kyung to finally admit his feelings. That’s the sweetest way of saying, “will you be my girlfriend?”
Thank you! at last I can sleep… been up since 12 mn to watch the raw vid and wait for your recaps…
Hi I’m 12Dose12, and I’m an addict… a YB addict!
Good day y’all!
i love you!!!!
Now if you excuse me I have to go flail and squeal some more
i sooo loving you.thank you so much
Thank you for that song by Spicy Soda ^ ^
I really liked it. I think that it was definitely the perfect song for this episode.
Thank you also for the episode recap ^ ^
I enjoyed reading it. =)
I LOVE YOU MUCHOS MUCH!
Thank you for giving me my extra juice and summary of the episodes.
You are God.
Holy crap it WAS Ranma!
I was sitting there thinking that “the swan princess” and “the frog prince” was incorrect. Thank you javabeans for being nerd enough to figure that out.
Super thanks JB! You rock! ^^,
“I was sitting there thinking that ‘the swan princess’ and ‘the frog prince’ was incorrect. Thank you javabeans for being nerd enough to figure that out”
Heh, I to like pretend Shin-woo actually meant Ranma. The idea of geek!Shin-woo appeals to me, in addition to his other sterling qualities. ^__~
woo thank you for the recap
” Mi-nyeo wonders what prompted Tae-kyung’s kiss, and imagines a few possible answers. ”
Any one knows what is the third answer she was thinking about?
Thanks so much for the recaps!
btw, nice use of the word “discombobulated” to describe his reaction. That totally made my day. ^_^
Loved the recap so much.
BUT NOW I HAVE COMPLETELY SPOILED IT FOR MYSELF.
I am so ashamed.
Yet… I could not help it… EEee… so excited!!
LOVE this episode! My fav so far! I love TK’s reaction to the kiss, love SW-MN interations, love TK holding MN’s hand & guiding her up the stairs, love MN in her beautiful dress in the greenhouse, love that TK finally knows the truth of what pig-nose means, love TK’s realization of MN’s love for him at the end. My fav part of my fav episode: the last line–TK giving MN permission to like him, tying in their star-moon conversation in episode 7. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!
And I’m so excited JGS’s version of “Without Words” will be on the 2nd OST! My dream has come true!!
I ADORE THIS DRAMA, THE ENTIRE CAST, PIG-RABBIT AND EVERYTHING ABOUT YAB!!!!!!!
Gah! Thank you so much for this week’s recaps. I’m dying to know what’s going to happen next, more so I’m excited to see how Tae Kyung will react once he knows the children of the man his mother loves turns out to be Mi Nam and Mi Nyeo. 4 more episodes and we’ll be saying goodbye to this really fantastic romance comedy. T_T”
Oh man…this episode was AWESOME! FINALLY, Taekyung knows!!!!!!! WWWOOOOOO!!!
And I am so relieved that he didn’t pull away abruptly from the kiss and smoothly waved it off. I always feel that Kdramas take cliff-hangers and just twist it into something you don’t want. But this time, this was totally what I wanted. A bit of denial, realization of what everything meant and then BAM he takes action!
Yay, another good episode! ^_^ No spoilers this time, w00t! With this episode I had that spazz moment with the last line that Taekyung said. <3 Agghh, the stylist, whose name I never knew (still don't!), she's just so alsdkjfhksd STOP TELLING HEYI STUFF! -___-
Thanks for your great recap, as always. Aha, I tune in ever week. ^_^
okay so i already read ur recaps again for like the 3rd time, LOL im watching the raw episodes without subs while refering back to ur in depth recap!!!!!
^^ i seriously cannOT make IT to the end of wed and tHurs. without UR RECAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
lol again
^^
Great recaps JB. Thanks I loved the episode and see you next week.
i don’t get how Taekyung ruined Hwaran and Mr.Go’s relationship…Taekyung was born first right…and then it seems like Hwaran didn’t really get into a relationship with Mr.Go until after the twins were born. So was Hwaran having an affair and her husband allowed it until she was pregnant and then he stepped in?
i wish this was a 20-episode series. This series is amazing and addictive, but things could be better fleshed out here and there if there were 20 episodes.
omg… i keep repeating the last conversation of Minam & Taekyung! can’t wait to watch it tonight!!!!
I was watching Ep 12 live last night, and felt so ‘complete’ after reading this insightful link between Ep 7 and 12 by Rahhmose at the Soompi YB thread. I went to bed happily
“Episode 7:
Hyung-nim, I can only see one special star right now.
What? You said there were a lot of stars.
There are, but only one star is twinkling so handsomely. I can only see that star.
There is a star like that?
Yes, it is a star that many people love. Do you think it would be wrong for me to be one of the many people that like that star?
Do you really need permission to like something like that? Ask the star. I’m sure you can see it.
Yes. I am looking at that star. Would it be okay, to like it?
Episode 12
I… give you permission to like me.
Atlast, the moon has found its star.”
hmm, this episode was way better than the previous one even though there were barely any signs of my favourite character (Jeremy!).
i wonder what’s left for the last 4 episodes since their feelings are pretty much sorted out… It seems like I’m just anticipating the expose – when that comical looking reporter finally catches on to the whole story. Besides, will Minam ever ever appear eventually? He’s taking too long to recover from a flopped plastic surgery.
Oh and seriously, I don’t really get why heyi thinks the fact that minyeo was a nun should matter so much that she’s saving it like a trump card for her ploy.
Thanks as always JB!
4 more episodes, and we really should meet the real Go Mi Nam at some point. As for familial feelings – well, she was crushed to find out her mother was dead, she was nicer than anyone reasonably would be to that aunt, and Manager assures her that her brother is getting better (dudes – does anyone in these dramas ever CALL?). I am thinking here that she’s a far more forgiving person than TK, so perhaps that will be an avenue for him at least to forgive and tolerate his mother, though probably not actually acknowledge her. OTOH, she seems to pretty much know the path of being a nun is not for her at this point (kudos to Mother Superior!)
We had a little of the zany – the fireworks, the various TK scenarios, but no over the top parodies – and it wouldn’t really be the spot for them, even for injecting a little more lightness. And I liked Coordinator better when she was whacking Manager over the head and being bolder as she was in the beginning.
Anyway, bless you JB for the recaps!
*Sigh* This episode was everything I expected and more.:-) The last line TK says to MN is apt and not condescending when you look at the context in which he said it.In fact its truly touching when you think about the star-moon conversation earlier.
And JGS- He certainly brings Tae-kyung to life.And what an interesting character he is.I’m sure the Hong sisters must have enjoyed creating such a multi-layered character. Someone once said that ‘The eyes are the windows to the soul’.JGS comes to mind when I think of this quote.He can express such a wide range of emotions by just using his eyes.:-)He’s on his way to becoming an amazing actor:-)
<3 this episode and <3 your recap JB:-) and also thank you for recapping so fast once again:-)
Oh yes finally!!!
I think the last line, TK’s “confession” is in line with his character and doesn’t come off as too cocky. I loved Hwang Tae Kyung’s thinking process/ logic, it’s such a big part of what make this show totally awesome. Really liked the “Piecing the pictures together” part to figure out that MN was looking at him.
I’m happy that they made it obvious that MN is totally honest about not pursuing the nun path anymore, and saying it to UEE and also to Mother Superior… I admire her for knowing once she is in love with HTK, there is no going back, even tho she might not show him her feelings. It also rules out the possibility of her going back to that in the end.. which is so cliche…(although it is possible for writers to make the boys mistake that she will do it or something..)
So little Jeremy today! I guess he got his chance to shine yesterday…
SW.. all I can say is… sorry… better luck next time
UEE was looking horrendous in that orange thing…
Anyone thinking GMN’s girl outfit is totally Victorian= Renai = JGK’s type he mentioned in the interview… hahaha.. I wonder if they deliberate chose to dress her like that because of that…
I’m also annoyed how Dumb (manager) and the dumber (stylist) have totally been reduced to plot devices now. They used to be funny….
Thanks so much for the recap.. I think the wait won’t be so bad this week now a few major plotlines are taken care of.
omg JB I just about fell when you mentioned the RANMA connection, too funny! This episode is great, I am reading it again!!!
thanks for the super fast recap!!!! i finished watching the epi w/out subs earlier and couldn’t make sense of it all but thanks to you i understand most of it! =) yay! poor shin woo but i’m glad that tae-kyung finally figured out that go mi nam liked him because that plot line was really dragging…
Your recaps and comments are so funny! Thanks
Yeahhh RANMA!!
Thanks for a wonderful recaps. Appreciate your hard work.
Your site does not crash on me today. Which is nice.
Thanks for the recap. Finally we are out of the last 2 eps, which have been quite lengthy. Not a lot of fun scenes in ep12, but it is full of sweetness (TK-MN) and bitterness (SW). To the writers’ credit though, they still manage to keep the episodes rather entertaining without being melodramatic like a lot of other Korean comedies out there. Except for the stylist character, which is tiring. Also, I think HY character can be exploited better than the current theme. I actually do not hate her, just getting annoyed!
Now let’s hope that we will have great story for the next final 4 episodes. This drama is perhaps the first K-drama that I am this crazy about.
“Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding” (*cough* Jihoo *cough* — NO offense you guys!)
LOL!
I really appreciate Shinwoo’s frustration in this episode, it’s very interesting to see such emotion from a very collected person… and he played it well
Need to see more Jeremy in the episode!!! I love his expressions when dealing with HeYi during the photoshoot. He’s just too cute for words. and.. FINALLY! TK and MN! yaaay! congratulations party, people (Jeremy’s style)?!
Thanks as always JB!
Love! Instead of a pig-rabbit stuffed animal, can I get a life-size Tae-kyung and Shin-woo? <3
omg! kyaaah !! im not gonna read this, HAHA! im gonna try really hard not to read it and wait until tomorrow for the episodes w/ subs! I dont wanna spoil myself.!! Omooo!!!! i really cant wait! i watched this episode w/o subs today and it look interesting and theres a lot happening, i cant wait! for more GM & TK-sshi! teehee!!!
Annnd i love the last part! <3
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
hong sisters, you get +ELEVENTY BILLION for referencing RANMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great recaps, sarahbeans.. seriously, congratulations for being, like, ………..AWESOME. ;p
i agree that the heyi-stylist plotline has worn out its welcome, but at least they’re handling the other plotlines with good pacing, right? the developments in this episode with regard to shinwoo+mi nyeo and tae kyung+ mi nyeo and hwaran+tae kyung have all been coming steadily to a head, and i completely agree: time to take it all to the next phase! the next level!!
only gripe i have about this episoide (aside from Heyi’s erm…. GENERAL EXISTENCE(hey, at least you know she’s an effective character right? ..if i feel like ripping her hair out? lol) ……… IS THE LACK OF JEREMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOO LITTLE JEREMY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!! I Love You JB!!!! All week I’m waiting for this recap, thanks, you really, really are amazing… Just now I can wait for the episode to be sub properly.
4realz!! the kiss was real.. awe dang they should of take it straight showing them kiss.. instead of from an angle.. cuz with UEE.. it turn out to be a fake in ep. 6, but it got us fool after the episode ended… im glad to hear it was RRREAL.. SWEET!! ugh now can’t wait til viikii sub it.. i love them so much!!
Anyone else wonder where MN and TK were in the last scene… and how he knew to look for her there?? I don’t think she really went back to her convent (which I gather is outside of Seoul).. Mother Superior was probably part of MN’s imagination as she has been almost all the times she appeared since MN moved to Seoul.
@51Nom_Kitteh-
Love your analysis of Hwang Taekyung…. do you have your own blog?
And Thank you Javabeans for your recaps… I think I look forward to reading them more than watching the drama, although I must say, I’m really lovin this drama.
here’s the link to some of the ost songs
http://asianreloaded.blogspot.com/2009/11/youre-beautiful-ost-part2.html
credits to mm_7788 @ soompi.
Did anybody noticed the stylist took a snapshot of GMN? Where’s the photo…hmmm? It might end up in the reporter hands?
Damn I love your recaps!!! Theyre so much faster than the people subbing the videos on Viikkii. Cant wait till next week!
FINALLY!!! Oh, I’m so glad they didn’t drag this out more. I love that all the small little things (the pin, making the pig-nose) that seemed to be just thrown in to add some minor cuteness/ humor in an episode when they were first introduced turned out to play such a hugely significant role in the reveal. (Now, granted I don’t speak a word of Korean, but for that last line, instead of “Go Mi-nam, from now on, I’ll allow your feelings for me,” would “Go Mi-nam, starting now, I’m telling you that it’s okay if you like me” work?)
I’m really hoping we get some sappy happiness between Tae-kyung and Mi-nam in the next episode, but we still have four more episodes ro goyand I’m just cringing about what angst might happen to ruin the fact that their feelings are out in the open. (Well, Mi-nyeo’s are, but I’m assuming that Tae-kyung’s will be shortly.) But there’s still the reporter subplot that needs to be cleared up, Mi-nyeo needs to find out about her parents, and the real Mi-nam has to return. Do the guys even know that Mi-nyeo is only replacing her brother and is suppose to switch back with him at some point? With all that drama to resolve, it’s not to much to ask that Mi-nyeo and Tae-kyung will stay together until end, right? If we’re lucky? (I’m sort of dreading that they are going to do the “X number of years later thing” which worked well in Delightful Girl Choon-hyang, but gets old the more it’s used.)
As for Hwa-ran, I’m glad we finally found out more of the back story. To be honest, I was sort of hoping that the backstory was going to be like an old-school romantic tear-jerker with Hwa-ran in the psychotic, secondary female role, but it looks like the twins’ father did actually love her. I’m almost disappointed, but maybe it’s for the best. Hwa-ran has the twins placed on such a high pedestal and one of them is in love with the very person she has hurt and dismissed for years on end. I don’t think Mi-nyeo will want to have much to do with her and it will be Hwa-ran’s own fault. Total poetic justice!
Thank you so much for the recaps, Javabeans! I look forward to them every week!
thanks for the recap ^_^
i love that last scene, and i love how TK is giving MN the answer to the question she asked in ep 7. i have no hope for the coordi from the start when she told HY about MN being a girl, i knew she’ll be nothing but just a blabbermouth. now, can we have more Jeremy scenes instead of HY? the Hong sisters seem to be giving the 2nd female a lot more screen time than their previous dramas (chun hyang, my girl, fantasy couple etc). no offense or anything to UEE, but i heard from someone it’s because her management company is asking for it, as she’s pretty popular and they wanna promote her more =.= i didn’t feel let down in the 1st half of this ep though, i thought it was quite zany with the fireworks etc and it was hilarious. It’s becoming less zany, but at this point in the drama, it can’t be too over the top. i hope we will see a date scene and TK making up for all the tears he caused his moon to shed =D Should be fun coz TK is so eccentric XD
BTW, I think Jeremy gets less screen time this ep and probably from now on because he has a concert going for FT Island, and he needs time to practice for the concert with his real band mates.
Oh and this episode shows Heyi to not be entirely evil and she might have a good side because of how she told Minyu to go. If she was insanely evil, she wouldve been like hey reporter look at this woman or something.
@105..
I was wondering that too.. wonder if they will explain it in the next ep or leave it as “fate” brought him there? Is it outside the church that he drove her to meet Mother Superior when she was in Seoul?
and @ 112..
She did it not for MN.. but for her own selfish reasons…if everything was revealed, there will be nothing for her to blackmail the AN.Jell boys with and it will really be “over” with HTK
But i don’t think she is totally evil either.. just got “princess disease”…like PSY’s character in my girl.. hope they give her a real chance to redeem herself.
Where can i rate this movie?
Can ppl outside korea can rate this?
I did not expect the Ranma reference. It’s been so long since I read that. This made my day. lol
I’ve been waiting the WHOLE morning for this. \
I’m in the midst studying for exams but I’m crazy over the show!
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECAP!!!
-loves loves-
Omo! Omo! Finally her feelings penetrated thru his thick skull! Last ep, I was like, dude! how cld u hv beenn sooo wrong?? I was literally glaring at the screen when MN glared at TK over the piano. I love this ep for the discovery…esp the rearranging photos scene! High time to discover this, TK! High time!
@105 she was @ the convent. earlier during the episode at the photoshoot the manager mentioned to the stylist that minyeo’s convent was near here
jb ,,Wah!
Thanks.. i watched the whole ep without subs and figured out some stuff but not all…. Thanks again…
heheh “Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding” .. LOL completely with u on that analysis…
after ep 11 i thought this wud start to lag
“tiring story line”.. But thankfully it didnt drag 
… and the ep ended well …
I like how the TK reacts after THE KISS in the beginng,,, was not the “oh magic in the air” or “i just turned from a frog to a prince” or “i am hate myself” or “i am smooth guy and this is nothing important”.. u know all the melodramatic rxns… this was normal and felt real… heheh and esp after MN makes the pig-snout at him ..hehehe…”switch ur brain on” rxn…. i remember someone calling it a robo walk…
ohhhh and his glares
hehehe what power in that sudden glare that Hoon yi actually , physically jolted back.,,, and am sooooooooooooooo GLAD they the writers gave TK a crystal clear ‘go-ahead- figure out MN likes you’.. (the earlier “moonlight talk in the village” conversation and TK not figuring out hinted otherwise…. well atleast he rememberd the look on MN face,,)
sigh,,,, am loving it…
… not many ppl here put up with my rants 
i usually write stuff here.. but i think i NEED to rant
thanks again!
Thanks for the great recap, as always!
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of RANMA when MiNyeo became a girl during the rain ^__^— another gender-bender classic and one of my old anime/manga faves!
The Hong sisters’ plot twists are sometimes remenicent of Rumiko Takahasi storylines in their sheer zaniness. Maybe they are Takahashi fans?
Also, thanks for clearing up the mistyped text msg…it was hard to figure out why MN was so desperately embarrassed by one syllable being off.
Waiting for next Wed is gonna feel like a month!
i loved this episode. i didn’t like the previous one as much b/c tk kissed mi-yeo when she was dressed like a boy. then they prettied her up for the last scene when he got aggressive and tells her that she can like him. Fireworks were hilarious. Loved that Shinwoo got angry, then turned sweet and sang. Heyi looking uglier in an orange outfit and less makeup and Mi-nyeo dolled up was excellent. I like how Heyi’s plans don’t always work out as she expects them to and in a sense protects Mi-nyeo. TK guiding Mi-nyeo when she couldn’t see was so sweet and reminded me of his inability to see in the dark. Also, while watching, I missed seeing Jeremy in the beginning part, but then he popped up for the photo shoot. Great timing.
Park Shin Hye’s acting is so impressive. I’ve been watching Tree in Heaven and her character speaks Japanese, cries buckets, sings and plays piano. She is perfect in this role. Amazing cast!
thanks for the recap!
heheh, got to see beautiful Avant Hye in victorian getups. She’s channeling JGS ideal woman here, or was that his idea for here to doll up like that, I wonder if were ever got to see the BTS of that part
@88
I like your last line….the moon found its star….
thanks JB for the recap
Yeah! Recap! Thanks JB! Now I understand what’s with all the yelling, crying, imagination were all about
LOL at Ranma connection xD Now another week until the next episode. I’m gonna satisfy my YB crave by re-reading all your recaps again haha~ Thanks a bunch!
GOSH! THIS IS THE MOMENT! AT LAST!
I thought the more literal translation for the last line is more appropriate to Taekyung’s character. He is still a diva and his uppity tone is adorable rather than condescending.
I felt that Shinwoo is probably the most realistic character out of all them. He keeps waiting for these grand events, he gets angry, feels guilty, and can’t seem to make up his damn mind. Messy and real.
I can’t thank you enough for this! You, again, made my day! Life is beautiful!
@121
If my Korean serves me right… the mistyped text msg said “IT was truly fine” or more in the emotional line of “It was pretty cool” — like a freudian slip implying the Kiss. Hence the horror … and why MiNam was trying to erase the message before TK could see it.
Thanks a lot for awesome recap!
). Love it. Fireworks were the cutest thing 
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This episode made me feel so warm and fuzzy inside
Hopefully this coming week waiting time will be a little bit easier than before.
Oh, I almost forgot…I loved the dress MN is wearing in the greenhouse and it looked really familiar. I know I’ve seen it somewhere before–could it be the same as one of several Yoon Eun-Hye wears in My Fair Lady?
this episode made me wanna pee myself. then again, so does every other one
i really really REALLY hope there’s an extension. how are they going to fit hwa ran finding the twins, something about mi nam coming back, finishing off he yi, tae kyung admitting to his feelings and expressing them, closure with shin woo and jeremy, etc, etc in just four episodes? D:
Thanks again JB for the wonderful recap. I love it.
I love every thing about this Drama.
I love Hong sisters’ creation, simply love them. I swear I’m going to watch “My Girl” after this. The way they prepped for the climax at the end of episode 12 rather than the “kiss” in the earlier episode was magnum opus. We wouldn’t be able to go through the roller coaster of emotions and the funny denial/confusion if that happened earlier.
The whole scene was well thought out – how TK crawl out from the “dark” indirectly that he is MN’s star (ie NOT by MN confessing nor his own confession). Linking all the small details – the pig nose, hair pin and the star. MN in her pretty Renai outfit (not the pretty boy) and the spotlight where TK can clearly see her. And lastly how TK is so true to his character, even when he professes, he did it arrogantly – hah, I permit you to like me!
Wow, I’m stlll recovering from aftershock – how a simple episode manage to churn out chord of emotions in me in one go was beyond me. I tensed, I laugh, I cried and now I’m rejoiced.
Anticipating TK-MN’s cute, awkward and funny dating scene in another agonizing waiting week. I seriously hope they extend.
i really don’t understand why iris is up in numbers and yb got a modest 11 something percent. i watched iris’ first ep, it was boring.
Wonderful recap as usual. The ex-literature student in me love the language and symbolism that they are using in this show. LOVES!!
Thanks so much, JB. I was trying to watch it without the subs but just pretty much made myself go nuts trying to figure out what was going on so I gave up and waited for your recap to read along while I watch. HAHA. Thanks for being so detailed! Made me feel like there were already translations in the show. *hugs*
THANKS!!!!
Thank you so much for your recaps! I come to your site for all the recaps I need, and I’m never dissapointed. ^-^ I havent been able to watch this episode yet, and I hope to do so tomorrow, but I’m already so excited!! I was pretty dissapointed that the press let out that HUGE spolier in the preview of episode 11, so the fact that they didn’t do anything this time is a great relief. I’m all hyped up for how Im going to feel at the end of this episode!! Also, the fact that Mi-nyeo is not related to Tae-kyung makes me soo happy. I was afraid that the drama would take this new twist saying that they were siblings! gah…
I’m still loving Shin-Woo in this episode, and I can’t help but feel sadness and pity for him. You are very right, his timing is completely off. But, I like Tae-kyung and Mi-nam together a whole lot better!
Thanks so much for the recaps! Especially since I have to study for exams, I’m not able to watch it every thursday and friday. >.<
You’re the BEST!!!Thank you so much!!
I love this episode (as i love all the episodes of this particular drama), seriously there is no feeling of boredom when i am watching this drama.
Yeah i agree that I too like Shin woo much better in this episode, he seems more human with actual emotions. And finally Tae kyung knows the reason for making pig nose. I can’t wait for the next week…and sure i am not looking at the spoilers (if that is out already), i don’t want to spoil the whole excitement and screaming too…ha… Love you for recaps…always…
yb is trrible beautiful! i dont khow can i say this here or not.i respect to iris fans.but it is not az interesting as people said.i realy surprise whit yb and iris ratings.some thing goes wrong.
Reading your recaps always makes me feel like I have seen the series already and it just helps big time til I get to watch it with english subtitles. Anyway, this episode as well as yesterday just brought tears to my eyes. In the last scene of episode 11 when they were throwing lines, I was amazed at these 2 young actors. PSH and JGS just blew me away. I was crying with GMN when she was feeling frustrated with HTK and I also feel for JGS when he can’t seem to express himself very well to GMN. And again in ep 12 when GMN was crying in the studio and the talk between her and KSW was just so sad and also in the greenhouse. Finally HTK and GMN in the ending just about broke me. I feel for our heroine. Also for me there were funny scenes still like when GMN rolled on TK’s bed to hide and the subsequent ointment accident. That was just funny and cute for this couple. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SERIES, have I mentioned that before. THANKS JB FOR THE RECAPS! This will hold me until I see the english subs.
JB, you’re the best! Oh, I’m sooo addicted to You’re Beautiful… How can this not be a hit! I can’t believe there’s only 4 episodes left…
javabeans, thanks for the recap!! i watched the episode raw, n i thought shin woo confessed to mi nam in the green house n she rejected him..haha. so in love with tae kyung!! his expressions said it all..
They need to extend. If they don’t, I will personally hunt down the producer/writers/director and beat them with a big, spiked stick.
Yes..finally TK n MN moment together… sooooooooooo sweet..
can’t wait what would happen on next epi …
i hope that they going to amusement park, shooping, chating, pratice new music…etc as long they’re together..hahhaha.. but of course A.N jell…ooops…TK n MN moment 1st…berfore everthing burst out….lol…
hope JGS n PSH dating for real…cause their chemistry together soooo …hard to tell…it just bomb..you know.. if not doing cp n drama together again..hehhehe
another episod that make my days turn up n down…
ps: even my work mostly postpond bcause of YB
The site seriously crashes when an update of “You’re Beautiful” is posted? Wow, this must prove that “You’re Beautiful”’s much more loved and anticipated than Boys Before Flowers. Can anyone tell me when updates are usually posted so that I can personally see how this site crashes? Not being sarcastic or an irritant, but I really want to know. And yes, I do love “You’re Beautiful” too, though I usually come here only after more than a 100 people have commented… slow…
Anyway, Javabeans/Dramabeans/Ms Sarah, Hwaiting!
And, thank you!
You definitely made my day! Thanks so much JB
I’m also wondering where’s Jeremy…maybe FT Island had to do a show or something? It’s just not the same without Jeremy. He might not get the girl but he’s definitely stealing the show ^__*
I can’t wait till next week..arghhgh the agony of waiting and anticipating what’s gonna happened in the next episode!!!
Thanks JB . Finally, HTK got it right. We’ve been waiting for this for a looooong time .The last scene with MN …. epic. He did it with style. Admitting it without loosing his dignity, such an arrogant guy. lol. It was a unique way and not the cliche words of ” I like you too”. Hong sisters ….muah!!! for this.
Anticipating for the next scenario. Will they hug or kiss? How will they react after this? These clueless pair needs to date. How will they do it? Secrectly? Golly , it drives me nuts imagining these things.
JGS is really a good actor. Hope this year end awards night , he’ll get something for his excellent potrayal of HTK.
Thank you so much…this made my day..:)
Love the Ranma shout-out.
Ahhh…this just get gooder and gooder…thanks JB for the recap…finally TK is coming to term w/ his feeling as well as MN feeling for him…I can’t wait for next ep..and from the look of it, it seem like Shinwoo is giving his feeling for MN…realizing that the one she like is TK, I don’t think & hope that he would not do anything else but support them..honestly, his bad timing causes him to lose his chance…Shinwoo I think was too much into his idea romance…like from the beginning, he was interested to see how long the act go on because he was bored…and slowly, he falls for her and hope that he could reveal the big finale of her gender & confess his love to her (like a hero in shining armor) but his idea was not too realistic as he didn’t pursue it..”you can’t just wait for love to come to you, you have to go & find it, pursue until you have it” but he didn’t, constant waiting to find that perfect romantic moment (scenario) to confess so he lost his chance…
And as much as I dislike the reporter, I think the reporter plays a pivot role in this scheme of things..with his snooping around, I feel that the big grand finale of everything coming out will be up to him..like the true – face of Heyi, the secret behind Go MN, and maybe TK birth secret…other than that, I don’t know what or how they would come out with things, I mean Heyi & TK are still in that fake relationship in the eyes of fans and all so I don’t know how the truth would be reveal to whether it would not damage their reputation. The only thing I could think of is the reporter coming out and revealing something like the relationship b/w TK & Heyi was an act to help TK protect the woman he loves. Him asking Heyi (the nation fairy/angl – watever) to help him along so that he could protect that woman he love…something like that..and 1 thing I am hoping is that they do remember the real MN, hopeful some mention of what is going on w/ the real MN, maybe the real one will appear when the secrets come out…that way, it could save both A.N.JELL & Heyi reputation..but who knows, I’ll just wait to let the Hong sis surprise me…hahahah..
FINALLY! The truth is out! <"
thanks again jb.u r the best.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~~~~~~
hehehe.. exci–TING~~~!!
You are truly amazing. I love your writing style, language, screen captures, in-depth analysis and opinions. Thank you for posting this each time (:
wow i’m so high with “you’re beautiful”
my favorite episode so far!
a kiss that makes your knees weak, and fireworks!!! love it!
and the last part killed me. JGS such an excellent actor.
thanks for the recaps! you’re so awesome!
Dear DB, could u plz write about the big difference between IRIS and YB rating?
I can’t get it!
JB, thank you one more time! I get up the earliest i can just to be able to read your recaps, after watching the episodes raw late at night. You have to start writing scripts at last.Could be interesting to read your ideas of a drama plot.
AND I WANT SO BADLY TO SEE TK AND MN LOVING EACH OTHER PASSIONATELY AND TENDERLY! JGS and PSH will surely act it wonderfully.Sigh…I so like the fairy tales….
love this….such fun it’s great that there are so many fangirling going on such simple pleasure that you bring to us. thank you once again Jb
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all i can say is… waiting for next week is sooo long! Wednesday hurry come!
yabaiiiiiiiiii!!!!
me addicted to this drama……..this drama is a revolution!!!
hahahha,,,
millions luv thanks to u JB for providing us with such wonderful masterpiece..we cannot get it anywhre!!!!
tq………i really satisfied with this episde when i read ur post…i havent watch the raw but still u are the best and i would be ur regular customer to scroll down ur blog..
thnks million times again>>>>>
chow*
Thanks for the brief summaries…
Sometimes I’m so busy that I don’t have all the time to watch this drama during the week, so this really helps save me time until the weekend.
It’s really appreciated!
Thanks!
Thank you sooo much for the recaps. They’re a life saviour in helping me understand the episode. Love your recaps. LOVE the drama. LOOOOVVEEEE how episode 12 ended!
Tae Kyung is definitely one of the best character that developed beautifully throughout the show. It is amazing that how we all manage to love him eventhough he has so many flaws. Your sentence sums it all up:
“I don’t care if Shin-woo shows a flaw or two — heck, Tae-kyung’s flawed up the wazoo but he’s insanely charismatic”
I am glad that he finally realizes that MiNam likes him. Although previously many of us fans were getting a little too tired with his ignorance regarding this matter (especially since he was so sharp and smart in noticing everything else), I must say that Tae Kyung acts quickly enough once he confirms everything. The best scenes in this episode is definitely the beginning (both their reactions to the kiss is insanely cute) and the end (Tae Kyung’s “confession” is one of the best ever on K-drama)
You’re Beautiful OST Part II is out. Jang Geun Sook sang 2 songs in it, one of them titled Goodbye. It’s a super sad song…..and somehow, it makes me feel really worried if this drama will have a sad ending because the song is about saying goodbye to his loved one.
wow，I am so satisfied with the last scene
oh， it’s a long week again
thank you for your comments
I just banged my fists on my desk screaming, “FINALLY!!!!!” at the end of the episode! hahaha~ I agree on liking Shinwoo more in this episode- it was nice to see he wasn’t a k-drama caricature… And that darn stylist! I’m sick of her blabbing all the time too! And does anyone else notice all the blatant Etude House product placement in here? Lol, not that I mind, since I like looking at makeup, but I’m just saying.
How am I supposed to survive until next week? The bigger issue- how will I survive after this drama ends?!?!
I was right, Hwaran did have something to do with the death of Minam’s mom. Gosh I cant wait to marathon YB this weekend..several reports to do before I get off work and officially start my weekend mode. I really, really love TK! JGS is doing a fantastic job! I am glad that Shinwoo showed a little spunk albeit a little to late now. I guess thats what differentiates TK, once he realized that MN likes him and he might be feeling the same he raced out and acted on it unlike Shinwoo who took time to beat around the bush so he missed out.
PS. To all TK/MN shippers. Lets make #TeamTaekyung a trend on twitter =)
Okay…today I am much calmer since I did not know what was going to happen in this episode…I also feel a little bit sad because I know this drama will be ending soon…also sad that the ratings weren’t higher since it’s so fantastic, much much better than BOF…
Also this will be the first time I ever buy a DVD for a K drama…usually I just watch them online but somehow this one has really taken me over and I can’t stop thinking about the character and I want TK and MN to be bf/gf in real life…sighs I do like to dream…
Thank you so much! You are my one and only crack dealer LOL!!!
Knowing MN, she and TK will have a date full of “accidents”. I am hoping that a lot of cute moments will surface as TK helps MN out of her mess.
Thank you for the synopsis. After reading your post I can go to sleep with a smile on my face. Thanks again
Dang … this episode was such an emotional rollercoaster, but I loved every miinute of it up to the very end.
Thanks, JB, for your deep insights … in Hawaii, we call that “mana’o” … a powerful word.
Thank you so much for the recap……..
I love this episode…. NO complaints from me… The Last scene was perfect….
I promised myself i wouldn’t go around looking for spoilers so it shall be a long wait………
Thanks again for recapping such an awesome drama.
Another breathtaking episode! I just can’t get enough of it.
On SW being boring – no definitely not, in fact I think he is cheeky, smart and his calm demeanour makes him seem like he’s boring. He is considerate and thoughtful but he also has a little edge to his character. He cannot bear to see MN suffer/cry anymore, therefore encourage MN to tell TK about her feelings. It is an act out of love, selflessness…aww! and only happens in k-dramaland.
On TK being not-so-sharp now – he must be blurred by jealousy, overcome by his emotions and most times, fed by wrong information. JGS is superb as an actor. When I first saw his part in Hwang Jini, he reminds me of Joaquin Phoenix (in To Die For) and I said – this boy is v. good, at some point, even outshined the lady lead. He is just ….wow..
I wished I didn’t read the midnight interview, it has somewhat reduced my admiration for his talent now that I know how he is in real life. Sometimes, somethings look better from afar.
Another long wait till Wed!
Thank you so much for the re-cap! I am on pins and needles waiting for the sub’s!
Hehe, i guessed some of us noticed MN’s dress is the same one that Agasshi wore in Take care of My lady. it’s very victorian, very Vivenne Westwood style. Why they recycle clothings? esp when the design is so unique.
I’m getting a bit frustrated with SW not-confessing-attitude. He shd just confess right there in the dance studio! argh! so frustrating.
I miss happy Jeremy too!
@ KJ
He did but his words just doesn’t get through to MN. MN needs TK-like or HY-like sharp-tongued type of person to get the whole idea! Frustrating isnt it?!!
quoted – “But (2) I liked that flash of anger because it made him seem human, rather than that Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding. I don’t care if Shin-woo shows a flaw or two — heck, Tae-kyung’s flawed up the wazoo but he’s insanely charismatic — so I welcomed his moment of bitterness. And then he saw how hurt Mi-nyeo was and his anger melted, so he’s not entirely selfish. ”
THIS, YES.
I was applauding and giggling when I read this. A few minutes ago, I was bawling my eyes out. The drama is that good at being cathartic for its fellow viewers. Flawed, and yet so beautiful.
how about, “I’m okay with you liking me.”?
#165 “How am I supposed to survive until next week? The bigger issue- how will I survive after this drama ends?!?”
TRUE THAT krnkimbap!!!
#172 “I wished I didn’t read the midnight interview, it has somewhat reduced my admiration for his talent now that I know how he is in real life. Sometimes, somethings look better from afar.”
okay, i know celebs are not all goody2, but ms. momosa, what did the interview tell about JGS?
i hope the drama will be extended to 20 episodes!!!
After following 12 episodes of great drama and the creative way Hong sisters encrusted each character, there is trace predictability as in linkage. Since this is my maiden Hong Sisters encounter, I could be wrong. As in any classic melodrama in K-drama, when there is an up, there will be a down before the finale. Now we have the up, we will soon have the down. I hope this is not the case as we will soon have a very tense episode. Of course I would prefer comical episodes all the way up to episode 16. My guess of this very tense episode has something to do with TK’s self-centered mom, Mo Hwa Ran since we can now forgo the sibling connection theory. In earlier episode, she blackmailed TK into remaking the song as she doesn’t have the will to live.
TK & Hwa-ran relationship will come to a turning point as TK remaking the song for her and due to MN’s meddlesome influences to get TK to make more efforts to rekindle his relationship with his mom (there must be a reason only MN knew they are related). Hwa-ran is happy that TK is finally making some effort to like her or maybe perhaps the grandeur and the significant of TK making the song written by the love of her live (MN’s dad) but their reconciliation short-lived as she has terminal illness (I seriously hope not as this is supposedly a romantic comedy). I knew this is extremely classic, so I really hope Hong sisters proved me wrong. As fan, we will be very sad to see TK cries although he did it beautifully but this possibility will makes Hwa-ran’s character not so detestable when they seek forgiveness with each other – redemption of abandoning her son since birth and him for hating her all this while. She will come out of her selfishness because she felt compassion for her son and owe it to him to reveal a big burden – that MN twin are orphaned because of her. This is cliché but also her son can continue the link towards her lost love (MN’s dad). Since she cannot have the love of her live, she will at least bless the couple in love by going to public and reveal the secret burden she has been having all along. Maybe to make it more dramatic – the song become a hit. Must be a reason they released 2nd part of OST at this stage and I heard JGS’s Goodbye is a very sad song. Not only he can act, this JGS guy has an amazingly mesmerizing voice.
i really love this drama..
please dont end so soon pls..
make it 20 episodes!
Excuse me, but where do you guys watch You’re Beautiful episode 12 with eng subs? Vikii hasn’t uploaded episode 12!? And thanks so much for the recaps!! Appreciate it!
@172 momosa – I beg to differ.After reading that interview of JGS’ I feel like putting him on a higher pedestal.He seems to be a down to earth person and definitely has a really good sense of humour.:-D
Thanks for the recap! I really like this episode, I know I will keep thinking of the last scene will be with me till next week!
I agree Javabeans. “I give you permission to like me” sounds harsh…I like the “I’ll allow your feelings for me” better
Thank you
!!! YB FAN PROJECT UPDATE !!!!
YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE : I had to build up a new page regarding YB Fan Project, for an unknown reason I couldn’t access to Info Page post anymore and I HAD TO DELETE IT… SORRY =3=
HERE it is the latest news about the project with pictures of books and cds , etc….
http://www.soompi.com/blog/yb_fan_project_books_and_cds
THE ALL THING SHOULD BE DELIVERED TOMORROW DIRECTLY TO THE YB CREW ! YAY !
To be honest I REALLY don’t realize what’s going on, I mean, it took us barely 2 weeks to put everything in shape, and it will ACTUALLY reach the Korean crew °___°…
Human beings are just amazing sometimes… (and THANK YOU INTERNET X3)
Thanks again to every YB Fans around the world (literally) for your energy!
About Episode 12
Well, I really had my “I start to lose interest” moment at this point…
And now I wonder how the plot will be handle within 4 episodes… Especially if there is a ” and a few years later” part (which I really LOVED in Delightful Girl Chunhyang ^^)…
But when I come to think about it, this drama was only 17 episodes long and yet was able to contain so many things at the same time… So *cross my fingers* X3
Argh!!!!! TK is love! Agree with JB that he is one of the most flawed romantic leads (my other fav flawed lead being JIS in What Happened in Bali)…kyaaaa!! But like JIS, JGS is also a puppet master with the strings of our hearts. Astonishing how something that should sound patronising just sounds romantic coming out of TK’s mouth
(Excuse the fangirl)
Just one wee complaint about this episode; PSH is such a pretty girl, why did they have to put her in such a mindnumbingly bad outfit? I can’t decide if she looks more like an evil Governess from Oliver Twist or a Goth-Lolita who just stumbled out of a bad manga onto Harajuku. I mean, if you saw someone wear in real life, you would think she was either a stage actress in a VIctorian production or really quite mad.
For me, it was the look TK had when he pulled away…it was back in ep 11, when he first kissed MN. His eyes suddenly widened, a sign that he acted on impulse as his feelings told him to without realising what he was doing.
@Fran
So agree with you about JGS acting ,and Jo In Sung, too ,was my favorite in What happened in Bali. Amazing how these two guys are able to mesmerize the audience. Shamans…..
I loved the fireworks over her head, it was such a cute idea and well executed. The end of this episode made me absolute squeal in happiness. When the manager revealed the nose trick I was like, Finally. FINALLY!
“He recalls hearing a similar story somewhere (he means RANMA!)”
I just started laughing out loud at the front desk of my job. In a library. At 4:30am. Wow.
Thanks JB for your interesting and entertaining recaps, they make my day.
Your hard work is appreciated.
This drama never fails to entertain and keep its audience happy. What are we going to do when it finishes. …..searching for new drama
TK and MN finally opened their heart to one another. I hope I can see more softer faces of TK in the next episodes. Really like him smiling to MN, so sweet.
One thing that I like very much about JGS is his voice in YB. He really has a very nice and deep voice.
Agreed with the comments that MN’s dress is really not very good looking. The production crew should pick other colour for her… like whilte, pink, peach but not blue in order to show her sweetness.
omo! haven’t watched this episode yet.. i cried when read this.. poor mi-nyeo..
Thank you so much javabeans for the recap..
my my ..i am on love with this drama with each passing day..♥ At this pace I am going to have a hard time when this drama Ends ..lol
& Dramabeans you are as fantabulous as always ..
I loved the opening and the end. TK reacted superbly to the kiss, it made the whole ‘awkward mid-kiss episode ending’ last time worth it. And yay! feelings! everywhere!
I loved that as soon as TK found out her feelings, he went and found her. I did NOT want them to drag that out any longer, with some sort of issue stopping him from acknowledging her feelings. They built it up well all episode too, showing him coming to fully understand his feelings.
So happy now ^ ^
thanks so much for the recap! i can’t watch this episode yet so it’s soooo great to read your recap!
i too really am annoyed at the stylist… she really is ruining everything!
but i’m so glad we get to see a bit of the girly MN and she’s really really pretty ^^ and i’m so happy TK finally realises….. now only a tiny step further ….
This drama exceeds all expectations! I love it so much. I will always be a fan of JGS and PSH from now on! This is a “Coffee Prince” level of appreciation for their work.
Javabean,
The last line ,how about “From now on,I allow you to feel for me”?Is it better?
I am glad my previous predictions did not come true! I am so elated:D I am a little weirded out by Heyi, though. It seemed a little out of character that she helped mi nyeo escape the reporter. what was really going on? Can’t seem to understand why she did that.
“Hoon-yi’s part idiot, so he doesn’t catch on…” javabeans, you made me snort my coffee in a laughing fit this morning. hahaha.
I must be part idiot too, because I don’t really follow Tae-kyung’s reasoning why Min-nam would get hurt by meeting Shin-woo at the restaurant. It’s now in the open (amongst the band members) that she’s a girl, so why would Shin-woo’s liking her cause her to be hurt?
URgg… I’m a johnny-come-lately, can’t believe I got here after the 200th comment! Okay,
#202
I did the same! Thank you JB, you should feel proud of all the coffee, water, food-stuff that’s being sprayed on laptops across the world because of you!
Answer to your question:
TK and manager overhear SW telling MN that the girl he loves is bothered by the fans and everyone asking about his girlfriend, and he wants MN to come clean with said girl (obviously SW has other plans).
But based on that the Manager goes into this amazingly funny but also very touching chest pounding, heart-broken moment on MN’s behalf as he imagines her sending herself, like a lamb to the sacrifice, magnanimously and bravely telling the girl her beloved loves that said girl is “the one” and that MN is nothing.
(I admit, I came close to tearing up myself… even as I was trying not to giggle… at the manager’s pure, open-hearted, mothering of MN- he’s a sweet-heart… idiot, but who can hold his IQ against such a a sweet idiot??
)
Hence the lynch-pin to the whole episode 11 and partly why TK gets so agitated by MN is that he also thinks MN is willingly headed to having her heart shred to weeeeee little pieces by going to meet SW’s girl and coming clean.
He keeps snorting and rolling his eyes at what he perceives as MN continuing to be encouraged by SW (think badminton game, dropping to the ground when she gets kissed by SW, learning keyboard from him) even while knowing full well she’s in for heartache.
And actually, and here’s the most touching part for me, while with the pharmacist and other jealous moments, he would just be sarcastic and annoyed, i.e., for himself he would be annoyed but not upset enough to DO something about it. Here he actually ACTS. Shouts at MN over the lime juice, drags MN away from taxi cab, … because he can’t bear to see MN hurt! Awwww….
You’d notice when he makes MN cry at the piano, (but for soooo much different a reason than he thinks!) he even gets startled into asking if MN wants him to somehow go intercede with SW for her.
MN isn’t the only magnanimous soul in this series.
Sorry for the long response, but I thought you hit on a great point here!
Thank you JB… I’m sure I’ll be back once I finish going back and reading all 200+ comments before me and rereading your review again!
Hooray for a vibrant, enthused, crash-inducing YB netizens community!!
It’s a beautiful day for the universe of YB now that the clouds have lifted and TK/MN are finally seeing the stars and moon for real!
Yay!
(And Hong sisters, don’t you dare back off from _this_ one!)
it has been so hard staying away from this site and the soompi thread in attempts to avoid spoilers before i get to watch the subbed version…
but the hell was well worth it!! I actually enjoyed the drama a LOT more not knowing what’s gonna happen next. it surprise me! i usually love spoilers….
i read that this site crash because of this drama’s recaps.. last week? yesterday? O.O
has it ever happen before? for any other drama? BOF?
n i heard that vikii sites had troubles too… high traffic…
hmm…. amazing what 1 tiny drama with modest ratings can do to hundreds of people worldwide….
Is it just me or does this drama sort of give off a The Sound of Music vibe?
CUHS I LIKE IT
Anyways, great episode!
Oh, about the last line. Tae Kyung said it Tae-Kyung style, so I loved it
“I’ll permit you to like me,” — i think TK meant that exactly the way it sounded. it would be very much in character anyway. and come to think of it, it’s cuter that way–him getting confused and flustered and not knowing what to do, so he just switched to haughty and arrogant mode.
so yeah, basically he was expressing his feelings the only way he knew how, and i actually appreciate his effort just as much as his message. that’s what makes it cute for me.
@188 Fran – At last, the voice of sanity! No, MN’s dress was not beautiful. It was a caricature of what a misguided person might think a beautiful Western dress ought to look like. If HY was Marie-Antoinette, poor MN was the Bride of Frankenstein.
At first, I was disappointed with the ending. Surely, after all the Thomas Hardy we’ve had to put up with (that is, everything that could possibly, remotely go wrong in order to thwart Our Lovers, will), I thought we deserved something more, well…, more… explosive.
But when I re-watched, I realized it was satisfying in the sense that TK didn’t turn all sappy, but yelled ungallantly at her as he always does. Perhaps something is lost in translation, but a less romantic declaration of love I’m sure I’ve yet to see. I expect they will be true to form and bicker right up to the end (a la Mun Ryong & Choon Hyang) – after all, they are cute-est and most animated when they are having a go at each other. I should be so grateful he stayed in character.
Because at the start of this episode it felt as if we’ve reached the point where we’ve run out of steam for originality, and have just buckled to down delivering What People Want and Expect from a K-drama. As if whoever has been seating firmly on the Romantic Trope Chest has gotten tired and relented, and all the Tropes have escaped and are running through the house. As if we feel we have amassed sufficient iconoclasm to raise ourselves above the hoi polloi, and have just stopped trying.
I realise they have to spin out the “tension” for one more episode, for the romantic plot-line to work. I wish they didn’t have to, but understand that they had to. It’s a basic rom-com, after all, with a fairly frivolous premise, set in a world populated by adolescents. Its mission is to entertain, not make statements of originality or break boundaries or confound expectations, necessarily.
What I appreciated:
- MN circling through the revolving doors – hilarious, especially coupled with TK’s gasp of horror and scuttle away as he sees her coming.
- That we were not subjected to a relentless series of flashbacks (a la BOF) when TK realised the meaning of the piggy nose etc
What I appreciated less:
- TK’s ill-fitting shirt stretched too tight across the chest. Are you that tight for time you couldn’t get him the right shirt size, chappies?
- What in the name of Judy Garland is this Korean obsession with “Over the Rainbow”? Guys guys. It’s a twee song. Twee. Not beautiful. Twee.
- Just when will people learn that when your arch enemy keeps looking over your shoulder when saying provocative things to you, they are playing you for an audience behind you? TK, it was so obvious HY was setting you up, her eyes kept going over your shoulder.
- When JYH was singing, and they spliced the studio recording over, the key shifted so that for a moment he sounded out of tune. Production guys, so short of time you couldn’t tweak the pitch, eh?
And can I just say:– I predicted EPISODES ago that TK’s mother “caused” the death of MN’s mother (hence balancing the moral debt they owe each other) – should quote chapter and verse, but can’t be bothered now to dig up that comment. I feel a mixture of pride and disappointment. It’s nice to guess right; but if I can stay one step ahead of the game, it means the game can’t be very sharp, eh?
Poor PSH must have gotten the mother of a headache from all the crying she had to do this episode. Now we’ve had our angst-fest, can we have the funny back? Pretty please? Where is Jeremy! Bring back the party!
Verdict: Satisfying — for some long-time-in-coming resolution
Disappointing — for all the well-worn tracks it went along
A dose of reality — Hey, this is just a rom-com, bapu over-analyser!
I love this episode…it made a great transition from ep. 11…KUDOS to the Hong Sister they have found the right balance and that why YAB it so unique…..
Love MN fireworks display it was so Cute and her imagination running wild is awsome to see…PHS hands down is the best……
Love TK reaction after the kiss he simply “speechless”… LOL… that right TK speechless, out of breath, and barely walking…..
Love MN sending the wrong text…cause she was daydreaming about the kiss…..hilarious……
Love TK holding MN hand it was the cutest thing ever…Mr. OCD holding Ms. Public menance hand….LOL…..and TK smile to die for…..
Love last scene….because is character consistency for TK…he is very straightfoward and I love that about him…..even though he could be dense sometimes…..PHS look beautiful in her outfit…..
I love that TK finally got to see MN true form which symbolizes a lot of things….finally TK was able to see crystal clear…..
I’m looking forward to wath the last 4 episodes….Hong Sister please give us a original ending, instead of the typical Kdrama ending……which is….
A hug at the airport…..hopefully we get to see closure with all the characters……
NO MORE SPOILERS for me LOL……..
wonderful drama
@sugarpunch Pretty obvious why she helped Mi Nyeo escape – right now if the truth comes out, it’s not doing her any good (she’ll lose control of the guys since she would’ve have lost control of the secret, and she’d also have no reason to stay together with TK – he would have initiated a breakup immediately).
Love your Ranma comment JB LOL because that was the FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I SAW IT (it had to be the water = turning into a girl comment LOL). What I love about YB is the way they manage to insert the best throwaway lines ever.
Am VERY HAPPY with the episode ending (FINALLY!!!! TK REALISES!!!) and can’t wait for the next 4 eps since there’s bound to be more drama (this is the Hong Sisters after all. I liked Hong Gil Dong a lot, so I’m expecting the ending to be good).
@202 birdscout
TK doesnt know ShinWoo likes MinYeo.He is assuming that MinYeo is totally inlove with ShinWoo, who he thinks likes another woman.
cant wait for the next ep!!!!
I will definitely buy the DVD for my collection!!!!!!
oh geez… 4 episodes left…. wow surely this episode was steamy aside from the kiss but all for the revelation!!! i love it! thanks again JB for your wonderful recap and insights…
This episode was much improved from ep 11 since I refused to watch or read spoilers for ep. 12. However, it is missing the fun and zanniness I love and adore in the earlier episodes.
Hate the dress as well. I actually think Minam looks better as a boy–she is adorable especially when she was wondering why “hyungnim” kissed her. I love how she keeps calling him that even when she is alone by herself. She is so formal.
Hey JB!!! Love you so much for the recaps…. seriously, i would not survive without them and and reread them like tons of times….
Are you referring to the jp manga/anime ranma?
I love this episodes, especially JGS acting!!
I want more Jeremy!!! (in the preview for ep 12, there was a scene where he mentionned going to England! where did that go???)
I really hope this drama will not disappoint me…
It’s my first time being this addicted! usually, i lose interest even with BOF, full house or Coffee Prince after the 11-12 ep but not here…
anyways, thanx so much
OMG. Thank you ssoooo much. I saw this ep yesterday without the subs. I couldn’t understand a thing but I had to see what happened after the kiss. I totally agree that Shinwoo’s anger showed a more human side of him. human not as in I’m nice, I understand, I’m the perfect patient guy who’ll always love you and forgive you ( uumm boriiing). But human as in ” hellooo I’m here too. I like you and I want you to notice me.” Don’t get me wrong I’m all for TK & MN but I liked the passionate side of SW.
TK is soo sexy . I just want to bite him.lol
Awwww… I missed Jeremy on this ep. Okay…Off to youtube to get my daily dose (of repeats) of Jeremy’s cutest clueless moments.lmao
LOVE YOU Javabeans!!!
I love all your recaps… how can you be such a smart person… LOL. seriously, between you and sevenses, I don’t get why you guys aren’t millionaires. haha
I love all the comic moments in this ep… I really hope the comic still keeps coming in the future… I dislike it when a drama turns all serious and dramatic in the end like Full House… Actually, I think that I would like more comic moments!
and Jeremy too!!! what happened to the scene in the preview about England! And I really want his feelings for MiNyu to be resolved somehow! I mean, he likes her right? or is it a light attraction??? I’m too greedy… I want her to triple herself and be with all three guys… lol
Love Jang Geun Suk reaction (Ha.. Ha… HaHa… LMAO!!!), the fireworks, the 4280 PIN code, the smile Jang Geun Suk gave when holdng her hands, and of course the ending!!! wow, i can say that I’m satisfied with the ending but afraid that the rest of the drama will disappoint after it… (Please no illness or too much angst and stupid actions…. in short, no cliches please..)
and Ranma!!! LOL… I loved that series.. remind me of my elementary school days where I would wait for it to show…
I though PSH was dressed kinda like when she was in Goong S…
I like seeing Heyi vulnerability.. To be truthful, although I dislike her, I’m quite impressed with UEE’s acting as a villain… and I do not think she’s ugly whatever others’ opiions about that (I’m not an After School fan).
The mom is seriously $#@%#%… How can she be so cold and selfish?
JGS’s acting!! a jewel.. gosh that guy can ACT!! (and be hot!! but so is Jeremy that I heart and shin woo)
I do hope that the couple will share a real kiss cuz the one here is kinda “hidden” with both opening their eyes… although even though I knew about the kiss, it didn’t ruin the episode for me.
I love the three songs released of the 2nd OST… I wonder if JGS goodbye is the remake of What should I do that he has to do for the mom.
I probably have more stuff to say but I’ll stop for now…
also… i love TK’s diagram… so typical of him
Glad MiNyu is standing up for herself against UEE and that she realizes that being a nun is not for her… (i really do hope there will be no scene where she goes back to being a nun and has to be convinced in a dramatic way by TK to drop it… that will be just too cliche unlike they make it right and change my mind)
and when is the real Minam coming back??? seriously… i do want to know what happens to him.. and do they have no phones??? how come we never hear of him.
also… I laughed out loud when i heard Over the rainbow in the background… mainly because it sounded so wrong there.. is there really no other songs?? (don’t get me wrong, i do like that song. i just think it wasn’t needed there).
Feels good to finally be able to read your recap JB. Great job again!
For the previous 11 episodes I’ve been critically analysing every little things in the drama, but by episode 12, I thought I now should just enjoy the drama. JGS has been remarkable in the drama, and I truly believe that he would continue doing so for the rest of the 4 episodes. I too, am looking forward to see how their love blossoms, in those cute, accident-prone-vs-ego-maniac-ways.
I think its really cute and refreshing that they don’t even use the word ’saranghae’
during the confession time. I predict that phrases like “Thank you for being born” and “I’ll give you permission to like me” will be the new “Happy Birthday’ and “I love you” LOL.
And like most of us here, I feel depressed when thinking that the drama will end in two weeks’ time. That’s why I would cherish this drama most now, not allowing myself to read any more spoilers and truly enjoy the drama for what it is. Of course the drama had flaws of its own, but the awesomeness blinds my eyes to them, so I choose to see what I want to see. I seriously didnt expect the drama will be this good, nor do I expect JGS would totally bring new definition to the word ‘cool’, in his dorky, psychotic, adorable way.
I still disapprove the wardrobe for most of the scenes tho.
“Tae-kyung’s flawed up the wazoo, but he’s insanely charismatic.” Absolutely my most favorite line from your comment. You nailed it. You’re such a good writer!!!!
The “I give you permission to like me” line was from the ep they were looking at the stars in the country, MN asks TK (he thought she was asking a star) if it’s okay for her to like him (it).
Haha, when they cut to HR and auntie I was like “urrrrrrrrrgh”
Don’t quote me on this but I have a feeling that the real GMN is due to come back anytime now….The Hong Sister are going to gives us a great surprise…wouln’t be funny that the fake fairy confuses the Real GMN with MN…and she goes in to her little tantrum…and the real GMN is like who ARE YOU???? and he gets to defend his sister…..or have TK attitude…….
@217 I hope MN doesn’t have to go back to the convent…or no seperation…that too cliche in all dramas ( globaly I my add)…..why can’t they stay together and faced all obstacles together, even if they get mad at each other……
Hopefully we get more funny scenes in the last 4 episodes…that’s what has made this drama so great and fun to watch……..
Can someone give me the English version of the Goodbye song by JSK? Thank you.
@ serendipity
I’m with you
1. The dress was a caricature. Maybe, maybe, just maybe, they borrowed the dress from the other production (as several people have mentioned seeing it elsewhere) on purpose–one more pop culture reference? Or as an indication that of course the stylist wouldn’t be prepped with a girly outfit for Mi Nam who was on the shoot as a boy, so she just took whatever came to hand? And too bad it had to be that…
(and 1B : I’ve just given up on any hopes TK’s wardrobe will get better. I was grateful most of his shirts actually covered him in this episode. That trenchcoat — not that I’m counting but he has at least 2, who has 2 trenchcoats? — was positively dowdy. Next we’ll be seeing him with his pants belted up around his nipples and his t-shirt tucked in.)
2. Over the Rainbow. I cringe every time I hear that in a K-drama. And I hear it FAR TOO OFTEN.
3. This episode was missing the laugh out loud craziness of earlier episodes and if they don’t bring that back I will be very disappointed. This episode just seemed a little tired in that respect. The fireworks Mi Nam experienced were cute, but didn’t make me really laugh.
But:
1. TK working out his feelings consciously and deliberately (and on paper)? Fabulous. The way he’s always repeating “If I get upset, I lose” makes me think maybe they’re having a little jab at pop therapy mantras. It reminds us that he has carefully crafted his Self in the face of what must have been an epic-ly unhappy childhood. But it’s also so pat and so banal.
2. TK acting on his conclusions once he’s reached them but not straying out of character to do so… also fabulous. He’s still the diva. I was so thankful there was no sappiness in that final scene.
Can I just say the part where Shin-woo asked (more like stated) if she likes Tae-kyung that’s why she’s crying so much… Really reminds me of Hana Kimi? “Because I’ve been looking at you.” But HK does it better, KEKE^^, “I don’t care who you love… But he’s hurt you to the point of tears. Leave him and be with me. (…) Don’t worry! You like him, don’t you? I’ve known it for awhile. Actually I felt it because your eyes are always staring at him. I only discovered because in my eyes, there’s only you.” A bit too long, eh? HAHA. Still. :p Nakatsu’s a bit more like Shin-woo and Jeremy put together.
As for Tae-kyung, I’m hoooooWOOOOOW dude!
Good job. He’s always gonna be weird but he always wins us, doesn’t he? 
Despite the front, he’s so lovable. He gave his permission for Mi-nyeo to like him–which is only appropriate if it were Mi-nyeo if it were to be another girl? Pwahaha, disaster. He means well, it’s just his ways are hilarious. Cute even in a very weird way. 
So he permitted her, how about him? Oh we’ll just have to wait and see, I guess. ‘Til episode 13! 
Btw, it’s really amazing how fast you were able to post your recaps. I guess you the fact that many are waiting drives you to finish it aside from your own excitement. Thanks JB!
Is the site crashing again? I can’t view my first comment for this recap…
First off- hooray for recognition in a Korean language article re: YB’s online popularity!
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/SBS-Youre-Beautiful-big-hit-online-despite-disappointing-viewership-rate-talk697642.html
(And for those of us who keep track, I think YB 12 was #1 on tudou for a few hours at least last night!)
@ Serenpidity
I love reading your analyses!
“Just when will people learn that when your arch enemy keeps looking over your shoulder when saying provocative things to you, they are playing you for an audience behind you? TK, it was so obvious HY was setting you up, her eyes kept going over your shoulder.”
No kidding!
Actually the whole episode was like a play-
TK staggers in, talks to himself so the audience knows how he thinks, and then says “Hark, MN comes!” and scampers off, while on Stage Left MN circles the door and then makes her entrance.
She too goes into a Soliloquy to tell the audience how she feels.
Then we switch scenes and she comes upon TK and HY, HY makes OBVIOUS acknoledgements of MN’s stage entrance, while TK must remain entirely oblivious.
Some people mentioned some odd echos of Shakespeare in this series and I think it’s true that there’s lots of “Stagey” elements here!
My interest in the last 2 episodes is waning slightly.
Where’s all the fun, quirky moments? You still have the cute, the awh moments but something is lacking. I hope that for the remaining episodes we will find the fun, quirky, different, endearing, addictive moments once again.
Saying that I’ve watched ep 11 and 12 more than once. And I might be rewatching the whole thing again this week-end. A part from that I ‘m barely what you would call addicted.
I surely agree with you on the last line of the episode…it sure would be nicer if the writer would have blurted out the line like “Go Minam, don’t stay in the dark in anymore coz the star is asking you to like him too”….for me, this would have been more appropriate than “Go Minam, i give you the permission to like me” …I find this line too obligatory…i mean, they kill the poetic approach in the line as they are trying to depect on the story…Well, anyways I’m sure the Hong sisters has there reason about this..
Thanks again for the recap…looking forward to the next…
Love it. Love it. Love it. This show makes me so happy.
Oh and this : “Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding.” had me rolling javabeans. I think that since there’s the church element to this drama that Shin-woo should be made the saint of this.
Cracks me up.
Oh my! The Hong Sisters… Takahashi fans?!?! I’m in HEAVEN, LOL.
I can’t believe there was actually a RANMA reference!!! I’ve been obsessed with that manga/anime for over ten years… so when I watched this episode on viikii, that was the first thing that came to mind. However, the translations totally missed it, so I figured it was just wishful thinking on my part. I’m so glad it really was inferred!!!. ^_^
Thank you so much for the brilliant recap. It always completes my viewing experience!!
# 226 Fan Thanks for the article. And I also agree that there’re a lot of theatrical elements in YAB, which makes it so different and appealing.
It’s hilarious to see how everybody did soliloquys but I really appreciate that coz it’s so refreshing!
I hope someone would do an interview/ article regarding the Hong sisters. I’m seriously curious to know what’s in their mind, and how they get the creative juices squeezed from their head (of course 2 heads are better than 1). And would love to know their inspirations/ influences when making dramas. And I also think TK is one of the greatest, well rounded characters they’ve ever made. It would take a while for JGS to step out of TK’s mould later, coz he’s so convincing in it.
great. that picture!! argh…
next episode will probably be something like…the reporter is gonna pick up that polaroid (which MN dropped in a hurry to leave the greenhouse) and the big secret is out!!!!
=_=
i spotted something interesting:
1. Heyi looked like a witch wearing that orange outfit — just like a horror movie!
2. Minyeo was the princess in fairytales, dressed in mysterious colors.
3. .. and we had depressed 2 angels..
I also loved the symbolism when TK guides Minyeo after he was too late to warn her of the hurt.
@ 232 jo
i hope not =X unless the picture got all soaked from the rain.
i wanted taekyung to pick up what minyeo dropped while running from him.. ^^
Yeah, finally watched the subbed version!
I wish the series was longer too, I think they would have been to incorporate a lot of the missing parts that feel like they should have been there at the end of this episode. I know it’s cliche but I guess we get so used to these:
–when TK finds out the truth about the pig nose, they should have shown a flashback of all the times she did that in front of him, that would have been cute
–they probably didn’t have time to include TK’s then chase/search of GMN, I can just see him driving wildly and fast, thinking to himself…
Ok, I just want to see more of TK!
I absolutely love this drama!!!!! I was really touched by the rapid fire dialogue between Tae Kung and Go Min Nam before he kissed her…..and now to see Tae Kung finding out “why” on the pigs nose……dontcha love the way love can smack you right in the face even when you’re looking right at it???!!!! I have a feeling that when Tae Kung really goes with the flow in how he feels about Go Min Nam….that handsome face is gonna be smiling all the time!
Oh yes….and to be enlightened and looking towards the light!!!!
Can somebody fast forward the next 2 episodes PUHHHLEEEEZE?????!!!!!
#233 omo, Somehow the symbolism of TK guiding MN to the stairs reminds me of episode 7. Previously, it was TK who can’t see and MN was the one guiding him at night. During their conversation, it was MN who told TK that she ’saw’ him (the star-moon conv) but TK was still unable to ’see’ that. In this ep, in complete reversal, TK was the one who’s guiding MN, and he has started to ’see’ MN, and interestingly, MN still fails to see that he’s already seeing her.
Ok, I think I use too many ’see’ in this post.
Thanks for posting your excellent episode recaps
Even after I watched each episode I still love to read what you have written because it’s always interesting from your perspective and it’s always an entertaining read. Keep up the great work! And I love SW in this episode too 
loved the ending of this episode….i was so happy that tae-kyung FINALLY figured out that she likes him. took him long enough huh? i agree with JB about the stylist/He-yi stuff; it’s starting to grate on my nerves how easily he-yi can screw up things for go mi nam. i hope she doesn’t keep this up all the way till the end of this series…it would be really annoying.
now about shin-woo: i know you liked him better in this ep, but idk he irked me still. i mean he did give out pretty big hints, but i think by now he knows that mi nam isn’t the brightest crayon in the box and NEVER picks up on hints. at this point, i hope he just keeps his feelings to himself and lets mi nam and tae-kyung work things out. seriously, they have enough problems without shin-woo adding to it , with his random forehead kisses or guitar playing lol. don’t get me wrong…i really do like shin-woo, i just hate the 2nd lead guy role in general and it always bothers me when they won’t move on when they know the girl likes someone else. well at least shin-woo hasn’t cried yet or anything haha…
THANKS FOR RECAPPING!!!!!!!
exactly!!! teens appreciate this drama more than the old people… that’s why they would better of watching Iris than Yb.. right??? and i dont feel bad when they get low ratings in korea because i know it by heart that YB is NUMBER 1. major success online. money is not extravagantly spended in terms of production but still have a huge popularity..!! i love YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL!!!
Omo i just finished watching both Ep 11 and 12 and i don’t know how much i’ve cried or how many times i’ve felt that heartwrenching feeling… Still pretty much in shock. Just how am i going to survive till Wednesday?
Ahhhh.
@ 237 alert
Well now that i think about it, it feels like that scene was foreshadowing(for maybe the next ep?).. but you do make an interesting point despite all the ’see’ words. LOL
I think Viikii has just fallen over and DIED from all the hits – I think i might loose my mind. Thankfully, JB your recaps are here to save my sanity!
Thanks as always.
Another episode to love! The fireworks were totally cute! It’s not so bad now that they know she is girl. But Jeremy needs more screen time, I adore him. And stylist needs to get put into place. She works for AN JELLS and not HY so why is she so chummy and giving all those info to her. There should be such thing as protecting where your bread is buttered lady. And Fake fairy needs to get her just rewards for all this mischief. I want her to go down! In a big way….
Poor Shinwoo , there is no such thing a perfect timing. He should just SEIZE the DAY! But the song totally swoon worthy! But TK was just way too cute , being a green eyed monster certainly becomes him. And the end…can’t wait for next week. We need to know what happens next! But OH NO we are getting so close to THE END. I don’t want it to end yet.
To 240 @lay….. I’m a grandma and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Boys Before Flowers, 1st Coffee Prince Shop, and now You’re Beautiful…..it doesn’t have anything to do with “age”…..just in the eye of the beholder or mindset in being able to enjoy fun drama! The young people acting in the dramas are so talented and it’s really a nice change from the american soaps!
I’m so glad there’s kdrama cause I’m not in the mood to read any book right now!
Yay! I liked this episode better than the last one, I think, even with the (incredibly fake, mannequin-like) kiss. I know people have been shooting it down a tiny bit for being less silly, and I hope that aspect comes back. Still, this one came off as one long, sweet heartstring-tugger, which I did not mind in the least. I’m just so glad he finally found out what the pig-nose meant.
@ linz 239: “i hope he just keeps his feelings to himself and lets mi nam and tae-kyung work things out. seriously, they have enough problems without shin-woo adding to it ,with his random forehead kisses or guitar playing lol. “
I’m afraid I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. For all twelve episodes, he HAS kept his feelings to himself. Mi-nam still doesn’t know, and every time he wants to do it, he holds himself back and puts her feelings above his own. Like in Episode 7, when he saw Mi-nam’s face fall when she saw it wasn’t Tae-kyung, how did Shin-woo respond?
Even when he told the press that she was his girlfriend, it was to protect Mi-nam’s identity — that’s why he hid her face in his shoulder. Tae-kyung recognized this — that’s why he handed him his jacket. As for giving Mi-nam “random forehead kisses” — a.k.a. treating her like a girl — that only happened ONCE, and it was a cheeky response to Mi-nam’s challenge. It’s the same sort of cheekiness when Minam looked back at him in surprise when he told her to call him hyung, to which he responded with wry humor, “Why, do you want to call me oppa instead?” It has more to with his cheeky personality than it does his desire for her to see him as a man and not as a brother.
As for Shin-woo’s playing guitar, it’s a clear signal that he plans on giving up in favor of Tae-kyung — hence the bitterly self-critical words of the lyrics: he feels stupid because he can’t help but be there for the girl who is clearly NOT interested in him and unconsciously keeps on hurting him. In fact, here’s what he sings in the song:
If “Until the person she loves comes, I’lll be by her side… Because I’m stupid” isn’t a message blatantly telling us that he’ll resign himself to be the shoulder she can cry on until Hwang Tae-kyung comes to his senses, I’m not sure what is.
Shin-woo is singing — not so much because he aims to confess to her, since he knows that Mi-nam is too oblivious to catch onto the meaning of his words: “I don’t think she was ready for it yet” — but for himself and for us. That scene was supposed to allow us to see the situation from Shin-woo’s perspective, which I liked, because as javabeans said, many dramas portray them as a robot who is programmed to give the perfect response rather than as human beings who would make the right choice even if it’s a bitter pill to take.
thanks for the recap. i read the recap for ep11, & right after i got ep12 raw & watched it. even without subs it was so good. i haven’t even seen any of the episodes before ep12, so i was surprised at how good this drama is. Uee is really good at giving off an evil presence, also her eyes are really round & scary. PSH is really good, i loved how she was still in shock after the kiss & keep going through the revolving doors. And JGS, he is so good, i love how his character has this really intense stare, he reminds me of Kim Myung Min in Beethoven Virus, a mix of kind of arrogant/angry/but also caring. i’m going to watch ep1-11 now. sad there was no preview for ep13.
Yippee to another brilliant ep!! sigh.. now another loooooooooong wait to next week.
This time, its my turn to pause the player and laugh myself to stitches while watching the wrong text message portion. And I also agree, I like Shin-woo better for his flashes of anger. JB, you’ve got it summed up nicely: Shin woo is not the Robotic Second Lead With Perfect Responses To Every Crisis and Perpetual Understanding.
what am I gonna do next… hmmmmm..
Kudos once again to JV for a great recap. This week i watched the raw alongside the recap by opening two windows to get better understanding of the drama. LIke #249 JAM, i actually paused my player to laugh hysterically in many instances. Thanks to JV, I am able to understand the message part. It was certainly brilliant scriptwriting there. ..with MN clumsily typing the ‘kiss was great’ rather than it was okay…she didn’t mind”.
Both TK and MN were endearing..I loved the part where TK pieced everything together and realised that the nose pressing was because of him. I noticed…there’re tears in his eyes in the final scene. I guess it’s not easy for TK (who have always been cold and guarded his feelings ever since young) to lay his feeling out for MN but that’s the closest he can do…
Looking forward to the next episode. I expect to see them lovey dovey and of course, there’s the photo….hope it won’t fall into the hand of the nosey reporter. Perhaps the actual MN will come.
Just a thought: all this while the 3 guys are used to calling Mi nyo….Mi Nam…, it will be difficult for them to adjust and call her by her birthname…of course TK can always call her ‘pig – rabbit’….Ke ke ke….
So sad it’s going to end soon…..Hopefully there’s a movie or a sequel….
@250
Yes! A sequel, that’s a great idea! Or, I would be happy with a director’s cut DVD which would have 20 episodes! I do feel some scenes may have been cut to fit the time restrictions.
We want more YAB!
I love reading your recaps after I finish watching an episode. (:
D <3
I’m so happy that TK finally realized his feelings about MN and that last line makes so much more sense once you realize that he’s referring to the moon/star conversation they had.
Thank you for your wonderful recaps, can't wait until ep 13.
i have a bad feeling that the reporter might find the polariod pic taken by the stylist for Minam.. it could be for the next ep.. i just hoped that when minam ran away from the greenhouse, she took the pic with her..
YAAAYYYY!!! Loved the episode!
I hope on episode 13 a big kiss, its not male Gominam its a beautiful girl in front of TK. We need a cute episode because im dying to see a romantic TK with MN. JGS is doing an amazing job!! Such a complex character and yet so lovable. That line between what hes saying and what he is feeling is present and the viewer can feel the truth about his feelings. If this character isnt well portrayed, we all be complaining about how GMN is in love with a psychiatric patient. That under certain circumstances he needs medication. I think it will be interesting to see the reaction of the other members, SW and jeremy have feelings for this girl. It definitely will change the interaction of the group members. Until next week!! More crackkk!!
I agree on what you said about He Yi. I was actually surprised that she helped Mi Nam in the green house when the reporter came. If she wanted to, she could’ve just stood by an did nothing. Maybe her character won’t be so evil after all.
@ 223 reluctantbutaddicted
Sister!
JGS has always had wardrobe issues. Maybe it’s an indication of my love for TK that I’ve been far more bemused than annoyed. I like to think it’s a cheeky nod to JGS’ real-life idol-dom (and his sartorial eccentricity). Anyway, it adds to his eccentric persona. Much like the “If I get upset, I lose” mantra, it says that TK doesn’t give a toss what you think: Here I am, take it or leave it, so there. And this aggressive approach to self-assertion is of course a protection against deep-rooted insecurity.
Which explains the armour he has constructed around himself and feeds into his inability (1) to admit his own feelings (because caring for MN makes him vulnerable. Why, see what trouble he has already gotten into on her behalf, and this is even *before* he’s explicitly committed to her) or (2) to see that someone like MN could be crazy in love with him.
So, in all these thwarted-once-again! plot constucts, I have to admit there is some kind of logic. A method in the madness. Rather gratifying, really.
@ 226, Why, thank you, Fan. I enjoy reading you, too. Isn’t all this mini-reviewing fun?!
@ 256 Serendipity
I’ve only just recently clued in to the real world wardrobe of JGS–when JB posted those pics of him at an awards ceremony a couple of months ago (?) YB hadn’t started and I had no idea who he was so I just glanced, pityingly, shook my head, and moved on. Now, of course, going back to see what JB has written about him, the full realization has hit me smack in the face. Yikes. He REALLY doesn’t care what anyone thinks, eh? Not at all. Well, I admire his chutzpah, I can say that. But I think he needs a fashion Intervention and I would be glad to help out there.
wasn’t tk allergic to pollen b/c his mom wanted to send him some flowers, but he ends up visiting a greenhouse full of flowers?
I just realized one thing in YB & I just had to say it.
Does anyone realize that all the male characters in YB are all lovable while all the female characters are not so, except mother superior & mi nyeo?
From TK to manager Jung….even manager Ma is adorable…LOL…
Anyway, just a thought………
AAAAAHHH!!!! I just LOVE “You’re Beautiful”!!!!
I love this series…. ^^
I’m a total fan of Jeremy and Shinwoo!!!!
Poor Shinwoo… broken heart…
Jeremy is SOO funny! xD
Well anyways good luck to the cast! ^^
Thanks, JB, for another fabulous(and speedy) recap!
Some random thoughts-
I think that He Yi’s “help” to Mi Nam, keeping the reporter down so she could escape, was self-serving. He Yi’s only stronghold over Tae Kyung and the rest of the A.N.Jells, is the secret that Mi Nam is a girl. If she had not advised Mi Nam to run or helped to keep the reporter down, and just allowed the reporter to get a shot of Mi Nam the pretty girl, then the secret would have been revealed to the public and Tae Kyung would no longer have to stay by He Yi’s side as fake boyfriend.
I don’t think that Mi Nyu is quite as dumb or dense as some folks here think she’s been…especially to Shin Woo’s or Tae Kyung’s feelings toward her. Yeah, she’s definitely pure, innocent, and naive; she grew up in a convent and was fairly insulated from the real world. Also, and at least from her point of view, she’s just a regular, common person(a “nobody” as she has put it a number of times)…who has suddenly found herself living amongst and performing with a hugely popular idol group. All three A.N.Jells are exceedingly good looking, and the stuff of dreams for seemingly every young woman. It isn’t unreasonable for Mi Nyu to consider it completely absurd that any one of the A.N.Jells might have feelings for her. Her innocence, naivete, and clumsy-bumbling ways(but always with good intentions) are a big part of what makes her so very adorable. I simply cannot imagine anyone other than Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nyu/Mi Nam. She not only owns this role…she’s killing it!
The first time I viewed the episode ending, I felt a bit unsatisfied and maybe just a bit annoyed. Here’s Tae Kyung’s big moment and chance for not only telling Mi Nam that he finally knows that she’s in love with him, but also that he has fallen in love with her as well. But, nooooo. Instead, he delivers his revelation to her by practically shouting at her…and tops it all off by telling her that she has his permission to like him. What the…?!?
Then I watched it again, realizing that Tae Kyung is simply staying true to his character. Having been abandoned by his mother, the dynamics of love is not something that Tae Kyung is particularly familiar or comfortable with. He tries to boil everything he’s feeling down to practical elements and that’s how he’s been rationalizing the feelings that he’s experiencing every time he’s near Mi Nam. Before his climactic revelation to Mi Nam, he’s been asking himself, “What is she to me?” So, by the episode’s ending, he is finally aware of how Mi Nam feels for him…but it’s possible that he still hasn’t completely come to grips that it’s love that he’s feeling for her. On top of that, he always has to feel in charge with Mi Nam, so that’s why it is he who grants her permission to like him. What a perfectly Tae Kyung way of handling this!
Last thought-I really liked the style coordinator in the beginning of the drama. She’s funny, bold, and brassy…who couldn’t love her for the way that she happily beats on the manager. But now, her character’s been reduced to a witless fan girl who’s willing to share critically secretive information about Mi Nam with none less than He Yi…and for what? Because they’re such BFFs? Sorry, but this is not true to her original character, imho, and a poorly conceived plot device for what the Hong Sisters are capable of.
I.love.this.drama.
I love Sukispop random thoughts! You’re paying attention!!!!
This is sooooooo fun….love it, love it!!!!!!
Is it only me….how come episode 12 isn’t posted yet on kdrama site?
@256 Serendipity-
I think I so commented in a previous YAB recap, but it bears repeating:
I REALLY enjoy your comments, which are entertaining, spot-on, and eloquent. Thank you.
About the “I give you permission to like me” line. I did not at all find it condescending. I thought it was a clever way to evioke the star moon conversation: Takyung tells go minam to ask the star if she can like it, Takeyung does not realize he is the star so he does not answer and when he looks at gominam’s half tearful expression, he sees some emotion but heyi interrupts the moment. I think it is a clever way for taekyung to say “I know i am the star and yes, you can like me”. What do you guys think?
@262 Norma-
Thank you! I guess that some of the stuff starts to sink in, after you’ve re-watched the episodes several times, each! LOL
I enjoy your comments, too! I love that you’re a grandma who’s loving these dramas! I’m a 53yr old father of two daughters in college, so I know what you mean about about our youthful mindsets. The best moments in these dramas really touch the heart of this ol’ guy. I, too, prefer these dramas to much of what American television has to offer nowadays.
@220 Lisa-
Your quote: “The “I give you permission to like me” line was from the ep they were looking at the stars in the country, MN asks TK (he thought she was asking a star) if it’s okay for her to like him (it).”
What a great catch!!! I’ve been trying to figure out why Tae Kyung chose to say this, specifically…and, now, thanks to you, it makes perfect sense! The Hong Sisters do it, again…masterfully clever!
Thanks, Lisa!
@ 257 reluctantbutaddicted
Great idea! Let’s e-mail him and make an appointment to take him shopping for a whole new wardrobe. JGS, honey, I’m sure you clean up real nice. Let your Noonas take care of you, you won’t regret it. Why, we’ll even throw in some free English speaking classes; maybe that’ll help you avoid another Itaewon Murder Case train-smash. I bet by the end of the day I could get you to say along with me “Shirt collar good, cowl neck bad”.
Seriously, I’d love to find out the real story behind TK’s wardrobe. Was the production team so short of funding they said to JGS “Could you just bring along your own stylist? And, if you don’t mind, your own wardrobe as well?” Or maybe it was a contractual term: “OK, I’ll give my all to act in this, but in return I get to wear what I want.”
In an (adorable) television interview of JGS, he said that he can take up to an hour to decide what to wear, and he can change his clothes more than three times before he gets out the door. Somehow I find this so killingly hilarious (and enduring)! Firstly that he’s so vain. Secondly that he would admit it on national television!
There’s this interesting “sameness” and “difference” between TK and the real-life JGS. There’s the superficial wardrobe similarity. But the reasons for its eccentricity seem to be quite different. For TK it’s asserting his devil-may-care and confidence, because it’s in reality quite fragile. For JGS I think it’s just because JGS thinks it’s fun and loves attention. He comes across on television as being a confident young man who is very comfortable in front of the camera. Does he crave the camera because he, like TK, has deep underlying insecurity issues? Who knows. Are all showbiz types in search of deep affirmation? Anyway, what on earth possesses some people to parade their lives in front of the world? Better minds than mine have pondered these deep questions…
@263 Sukispop
Hey! Thanks! I’m having a lot of fun too.
Thanks JB for the brief summaries…
Finally! So many things have been cleared up! (wipes forehead) No more thinking their siblings. whew.
Though, I have stopped feeling sympathy for him a long time ago. There were SO many times when he could've confessed -_-
She tries so hard even though Tae-kyung shows no.interest.in.her.whatsoever. I thought he would fall for her along the way (you know, like most asian dramas go), but I guess not. LOL.
I’m dying to see what she’s going to reply.
Three scenerios:
1. She replies okay.
2. Shin Woo suddenly appears out of nowhere
3. She gets up and walks away
Though, I doubt it’ll be any of these things because the Hong Sisters have a way of surprising you
And can I just say in caps that I <3 JEALOUS TAE-KYUNG. Even with the slightest touch, he gets angry and mutters things to himself. Hopefully, after this, he can finally be true to his own growing feelings.
As for Shin-woo, very sweet/sad scene in the greehouse.
Haha, and He-yi has got to the be the most funniest antagonist.
Im so excited for next week that Im dying
I absolutely cannot wait until next week. Til then, I shall indulge myself in your blog.
Thank you for the recap.
Now the SMS text messaging scene makes a lot of sense. Once again, Minam manages to help Taekyung take his mind off his problems. She is a natural at this.
Taekyung’s reaction to the kiss was GOLDEN. He didn’t have any reaction except distaste when Heyi stole a kiss from him. Yet, he kissed Minam on impulse, was speechless for a few minutes and then barely made his way to the exit door. LOL..
These two are too cute. It looks like once they go steady, everything else will be fine. I dont think Taekyung will let it be their parents’ history to affect their relationship. Minam is far too precious to give up, Taekyung!
I feel kind of bad for disparaging Shin-woo so heavily earlier (I even changed his name to Shin-Who) because the actor is actually acting better! Granted, it’s marginal, but it makes me disproportionately relieved! I actually saw some emotion flit across his face for brief, constrained seconds. He’s no “Ji-who” from BOF, who seemed so actively determined to act poorly that it become too aggravating to forgive.
I missed Jeremy in this episode! I still enjoyed it a lot, but now that I’ve accepted Jeremy’s glee, I want more of it. More Jeremy, please! ^^
Also, I liked that the kiss was awkward. It’s supposed to be a surprise to both, even Tae-kyung who initiates it. Yes, his reaction afterwards is hilarious. Stalking off, stunned, hahaha.
“Hoon-yi’s part idiot, so he doesn’t catch on…” I’ve actually been tamping down my frustration with the idiocy of everyone. It seems ludricous that Tae-kyung can’t/won’t understand his feelings for Mi-nyeo. He’s playing the anger and confusion completely straight, so I don’t think he privately realizes his love and is just trying to suppress it. As a contrast, he knows his mother’s power over him, but he still affects a hard exterior. I’ve been fervently coming up with excuses for his idiocy (his mother’s love, inability to believe in love, blah blah) but the fact is…even Mi-nyeo, the pure nun, recognizes love when it hits her upside the head. Must the reporter be the only lucid being among them? Is this the only way to play out the story, which must be too unrealistic?
Nevertheless, I have to say how well the writers are playing on the star metaphor, the darkness and light. I loved Mi-nyeo’s conversation with Mother Surperior, about how she herself become brighter and darker in the borrowed light. Great way to describe love. And it doesn’t seem forced at all, rather it comes naturally from the story itself. Pretty cool, that.
javabeans, could you post the lyrics for Spicy Soda’s “Stay By My Side”?
PSY is quite adorable and funny in this ep for me. I think she’s a great actress also..i saw her first in STH and she was amazing!
I would like to check out more drama with JGS in it..he is AMAZING..but I dont think anything would top this for me!!
Finally SW shows some personality in this ep!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE every ep so far..never a dull moment!!
@271 Anonymous
Actually, I think YAB might be JGS’ best work to date. He was pretty much in over his head in “Hong Gil Dong” – miscast in a role that required more gravitas than he could deliver. And he wasn’t particularly stretched in “Baby and I”. “Itaewon Murder Case” is well-nigh unwatcheable because the poor boy was acting in indecipherable English.
I haven’t been able to watch the episodes yet so BIG BIG thanks JB for your recaps!
Ah TK, how do I love thee? I love that you are consistent with your character. Whether it may be an unexpected kiss or confession, you still do it with your own unique style! I love the consistency of his character in this episode. In episode 2, after learning that MN is a girl, he goes out right away to confirm it. Then he confronts MN. In this episode we see him discover the possibility that MN likes him and not SW, confirms it, then confronts MN. (I agree with you, 162!)
New OST
I heard about the new OST and that JGS has a new song called ‘goodbye’. I read somewhere that it is a sad love song? I think that maybe, instead of remaking the ‘what do I do’ song, he decides to create a new one—I think he will change his opinion of Songwriter Go after he hears the love story of Songwriter Go and his Mom. I can so imagine him thinking that he used to hate him (MN’s dad) because of what happened. But now, he wants to thank him for having MN, so in a way, ‘giving’ MN to him.
Ah, Heyi. I actually felt kinda bad for you in this episode.
I learned somewhere that the opposite of love is not actually hate—it’s ‘indifference’. ‘Hate’ is still something that you give to others. It involves acknowledgement of the other person. Indifference on the other hand involves, well, nothing. No giving of anything, no acknowledgement of existence.
I think that HY tolerated TK’s hatred because there is something that she can still do about it (I think this is what she is hoping for). To be treated as ‘insignificant’ however, is something that really ticked her off, so she tries harder with her schemes. If there is anything we learned about Heyi, we can say that she should have changed tactics when her schemes are not working but we can surely give her points for effort. Haha. I do hope she gets to redeem herself in the last 4 episodes.
As for the ‘over the rainbow’ song, I dunno, maybe the Koreans think that it’s a classic or something. Maybe it is something that should be liked/ everyone likes/ or ‘you must like this because you are from this country’. Like Kimchi…:)
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this drama i have watched each episode at least 5 times and still find it interesting.
What makes it so great is the romance between JGS and PSH who i love to bits. JEREMY who is adorable and funnuy ans SW well he is just good looking. Have watched many dramas but have never reacted to any like i have for this one. Keep the episodes coming and JB thank you for your wonderful recaps.
I LOVE their reactions to the kiss! I couldn’t stop laughing at that part…so not what I was expecting XD
This episode was slightly slower than the rest, mainly because we’ve gotten to the ‘conflict’ part of the drama. But the ending! Now it’s gotten me all hyped up for next week’s episode!! And I love the way it was done, he was yelling and she was confused, but the conversation was so good! *gushes*
TK is such a quirky character, I love him. He’s just got so much depth to him..oh and LOL at the comments serendipity made about JGS’s real-life wardrobe! It is pretty horrifying, but he’s so cute otherwise! I think his acting’s great and I can’t wait to watch him in something else.
Thank you for my crack, as always! <3
Hello,
Thank You for the lovely (as always) recaps, Javabeans!
I guess most people will agree with me when I say that I come straight to your blog right after watching the actual episode(s) of You’re Beautiful. I’ve always thought that I was the only one that did that and that I was weird for doing it but it’s good to know I’m not alone. Like, it’s starting to become a habit now too. It’s like, even though I’m finished watching the episode(s), I’m not finished completely unless I visit your site. This proves how awesome your recaps are, Javabeans! Also, not only do I love Javabeans’ comments but I just love all the comments other people make as well.
And now, about the actual episode.
I liked it. Although I did think that the first half of the episode was slow and it felt weird since I was used to seeing You’re Beautiful as funny, cute, and fast paced. But all in all, it was amazing nevertheless. As for the ending, at first, I thought, “Wow, he finally realizes that he’s in love with her and he says THAT?! Really?”. BUT after I came here and read most of the comments (see, this is what I mean when I say I LOVE the comments people make because it totally makes sense after I read/ think about it! And all of you who does think of these kind of things are so much brighter than I am because I would’ve never gotten that whole ep. 7 + ep. 12 connection.) about Tae-Kyung’s response, it made me even more giddily and happy inside knowing since he replied with their little star/ moon conversation, then it’s all good.
Gawsh, I’m so hoping that in the future episodes, Tae-Kyung and Mi-Nam’s relationship will continue to progress and them actually being lovey dovey. It sucks when the two main characters in drama don’t get together until the VERY END (I’m thinking of something like..Soulmate.) But yeah, to wrap up, I really love this drama so much and would hate to see it end. (Don’t you hate it when you get SO ATTACHED to a drama, movie, etc?) I agree with those that say You’re Beautiful HAVE TO, no, NEED TO be extended. Pretty please!
one thing that really bothered me in this episode was the stylist. she became SO ANNOYING. it’s clear that though some of her lines are motivated through “i’m thinking what’s best for MN” – she’s so annoying in that she has to agree to everything heyi says. she’s only interesting when interacting with hoonyi – i’d rather see that more.
i do love the spitfire dialogue that JGS and PSH would have at the end of episodes or at critical points in the drama – i sometimes feel like the camera/editor can’t catch up with them!! and the hong sisters really need to give JGS more lines when he’s angry – i want to see his wonderfully expressive face more!!!! *best expressive face* was when he realized that MN was looking at him and after he found the pin in her bag.
BRILLIANT!
this was a good ending – less heart-wrenching for me, because the last week was PAINFUL!!! i just HAD to know what happened! but now – i feel a little more settled and satisfied.
in regards to Hwa Ran – i always wondered how she was going to take the news about TK and MN being together – and I always thought that she’d be happy with it. i mean, her biological son would be marrying her “adopted” daughter. but then, i wondered if TK would be mad or betrayed that MN was the daughter that stole his mom away from him. that question really stood out a lot to me in ep 12. i’m HOPING that TK will direct his anger at his mom and not at MN. that he knows it’s not MN’s fault, or that he won’t be irrational or something.
in that vein, i am also hoping that MN will be mad at Hwa Ran. although, i don’t know what Hwa Ran did that “killed” her mother – i’d think she’d be really depressed about the fact that someone so close to her – TK’s mom – actually caused the death of her mother. then again – who knows how the mother REALLY died. was it childbirth? or was it heartbreak? or was it suicide? because if it was childbirth, no one’s at fault really. if it was heartbreak or suicide, it was her father and Hwa Ran’s fault, in a way.
GAH – I REALLY HOPE THE PARENT-DRAMA GETS TIED UP NEATLY. i am in NO MOOD to go through more angst just because of their parents.
heyi NEEDS TO BE DUMPED!!!
@ 266 Serendipity :
“Shirt collar good, cowl neck bad”.
Repeat 50 times before you go to sleep and when you wake up.
OK, I’m in for that shopping trip. But I have the sneaking suspicion that I won’t like the real life JGS half as much (a fraction as much) as I like HTK. All that stuff about preferring feminine demure women, as if he couldn’t take much competition for attention, that didn’t go over big with me. ANYWAY, I’m still willing to help him find some shirts that cover up the cleavage. And some shoes that don’t make him walk like a granny.
I am praying we can go the last 4 episodes without any new trenchcoats.
TK doesn’t seem to really crave the camera, I have to say; he accepts it as part of his duties as a celebrity, but he doesn’t come across as particularly happy about it. So I take it that he is wearing selections from a wardrobe that has been purchased for him, just as MN’s wardrobe seems to have just appeared. He just doesn’t seem to select all that well. What motivates JGS I couldn’t possibly speculate about… but I’ve crossed Itaewon Murder thingy off my list (thanks for the heads-up) until he’s redubbed his lines after completing our intensive English language intervention.
I love how human shinwoo appeared in this episode. thus my heart exploded with joy at the end of ep. 12, but at the same time I felt so sad for shinwoo-like weeping.
Gosh, this cast is like awesome. No one i hate or prefer…well..shinwoo is up there by a thin thin ultra miniscule hair.
I liked Shin-woo better in this episode too. And the last line.. I don’t think it’s the problem with the translation… I thought that line’s not romantic at all even in Korean.
@ reluctantbutaddicted
Oh, I dunno. I think it might be real fun to date real-life JGS. In fact, I think he would be a lot more fun than TK. TK would sneer at us, I fear. Or at least, be painfully polite. JGS would play along and enjoy our attention. Better yet, we’ll bring along a video camera which will guarantee winsome exuberance.
And yes, the trenchcoats must go. As must the granny heels. I’m still in two minds about the cowl necks. When they are not too revealing they can be kind of, er, alluring.
They do say that if your man has more skincare products in the bathroom than you, you have a problem. How can anyone cope with a man who pours so much energy into his appearance? (And gets it so wrong?) Maybe that’s why showbiz types seldom marry “civilians” – not because they are too good for the likes of us, but because their self-absorption is hard to live with?
At college I knew a young man who shortly after went into showbiz. He was the life of every party, and at the same time quite a nice person. I had a minor crush on him, like every other girl in the vicinity. I’ll never forget a day I spent with him – he helped me move stuff, I took him to tea, the day was warm and sunny, and he was at his most chatty and charming. But… everything revolved around him. He was a lovely young man. But, oh my word — High Maintenance.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
(Sorry emotions on overdrive. Will contribute intelligently into the conversations later. All I can manage out at this ponit is. Pig-Rabbit + Blind Freak = LOVE)
I am feeling empty and down after finishing ep 11 and ep 12. So I am filling the gap by watching JGS and PSH’s other videos.
Really like the JGS and PSH pair. Their Etude House advertisement is cuter than LMH/PHS pair.
Enjoy the video here….
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/pFbwe-oYWrU/
Hope that YB can show us an even better kiss scene.
I finally got to watch episode 12!!!! Oh my gosh….this must have been the best episode….and if the next episode doesn’t start off with Tae Kung kissing Go Min Nam “properly”…..darn, I’ll be so disappointed!!!!!
She’s beautiful….so beautiful!
this is definitely a fun journey!!!!
I was hoping for KSW to try harder. I know he has indicated through his song that he’s there for his love and not expecting anything (very noble) and also that he feels that she is not ready (when will she be ever ready??? especially if not trying hard enough)…. one of the moments of lost opportunity I thought was when he found her crying alone in the dark…. (he could have given her a ‘comfort’ hug then that may not necessarily mean to much, surely he remembered seeing HTK do the same at the end of episode 4 when GMN was teary); also the ‘petting’ on the head continues even after KSW is supposed to know GMN’s female identity. I don’t interpret this like petting a pet animal, but seems to just re-inforce more of a sibling kind of relationship, like the cute younger sister. Although, there is an improvement there….. KSW is squeezing her shoulder….. (and HTK’s the meticulously clean character who is not used to physical contact, so if HTK can do that, please try harder KSW)….
[maybe I expected too much, I must confess that I did really hope that in the early part of Episode 11, KSW, after leading GMN into the studio room and removing the coat over her head would be honest and say something like "no, I am not angry, because I need to apologise too..... I knew you were a girl and have liked you all along" and maybe do the Jeremy forehead-kiss] yes, I know that KSW was probably the true romantic in that he would prefer a romantic restaurant meal complete with music and flowers for the true feelings reveal…. sigh, bad timing again and again….. KSW’s missed the boat, the train, the plane……
I think HTK’s mother became pregnant after an ‘accidental’ affair. Given that she was so in love with GMN’s father and was already probably quite successful (and single) at that time, I don’t think she would have willingly engaged in any activity to jeopardise her relationship (or her career). Rather she may have been intoxicated / drugged (and I certainly hope that she was not raped). This may explain that HTK was ‘unwanted’ in her eyes and she may have transferred all the horrible feelings she had for HTK’s father onto HTK, who is his father’s son. Also, I thought the C-section was a great idea to help explain the lack of emotional attachment between mother and son. Her belly enlarged gradually over months, and then with an operation, it was as though her belly had returned to original form (minus baby), so no motherly bond.
GREAT WORK and THANK YOU to Dramabeans as always….. and I hope for more SQUEEEEEE factor in next episodes…..
On question how TK find MN there… I hope they solve that very early in the next ep. Hopefully they’d show how TK finds her there. Deep in my heart I hope MN would ask the same question TK asked her in episode 7 – “How did you find me” and TK would answer back.. “I was able to find you by thinking of you” which is the same answer MN gave him after the pig scene. If that ever happened, I would melt there and then. But again, let’s not put your hope up high (pat on own back). And stop making fanfic.
Ok, I decided I’m going to order the adorable pig-rabbit! It is really the cutest thing! I love it, I want it, I need it, I ought to have it!!!
Can’t wait for next week’s episodes and find out what happens after TK gave MN permission to like him! ***Faint……***
The more I think about it, and re-watch the last part of this episode, the more I am so over my initial disgruntlement. The conversation improves upon examination.
It mirrors their fraught shouting match at the end of the last episode, when they are both extremely wound up; but while they said words which were designed to stake a position, they couldn’t stop themselves from spitting out truth.
MN is still more-or-less in the same place, and if anything even more determined that she should push him away and insist that he not look at her (meaning: her love is so great, she can’t cope anymore with the pain, and just needs to run away — once you crack the code, what she is saying is clear). TK in both instances is highly strung out of concern, previously because he thought she was going to shred her heart for ShinWoo, and now because he realises that she has been shredding her heart for him. In both cases, he responds to her pushing him away with a forceful pulling in of her – previously with the subconscious-driven kiss and now with his carefully chosen words.
He is of course continuing the “can I like that star?” conversation – so he acknowledges he realises that was about him. He is also responding to what she spat out before the kiss: “you don’t see anything!”. He’s saying: “Yes, I didn’t see before, but now I do, very clearly”. TK says “I keep seeing you” in both instances. Before it just burst out in exasperation. Now it’s a confession. He’s saying “I know how you feel. And I can’t walk away. I can’t turn away from you.”
TK makes up plenty for lost time. In a few short sentences he comes straight to the point and covers all bases: Establishes he knows she has feelings for him, confesses he wants her to continue feeling for him, declares he can’t turn away from her, admits that he hasn’t until now realised that she has been looking at him, explains that he hasn’t been able to respond to her simply because he didn’t know she cared and not because he was rejecting her, and demands that she embrace whatever is happening between them. He’s saying that what she has thought can not be, is actually something that he badly wants. Oooh. Tres romantic. Imagine what this means to her. From thinking that she is nothing to him, all at once she is hearing “I know you care. It’s ok. In fact, I want you to care. I insist upon it. I don’t want you to look at anyone except me. I need you to care about me.” On the surface it sounded pretty it’s-all-about-me arrogant. But on reflection, it’s actually I-need-you humble. Oooh, my stars.
And this is why we love TK. And this is why for all TK’s childishness, selfishness and dysfunctionalities, there’s no way we are going to give MN to SW. Because once the penny drops with TK (admittedly, taking a while) he goes straight to the point with MN.
My prediction is that having reach this emotional pitch, we’ll be in for some lighter moments next week. TK and MN gingerly negotiating a new relationship, verbally sparring as usual but secretly crazy happy in love. Whether they reveal all to SW and Jeremy (oh, I wouldn’t put TK past it: “These are the new house rules: she belongs to me, so you two, no touching without my permission”), or whether they carry on in secret for a while, it’s going to result in tons of hilarity in the Boy Band Den. I reckon that those who are wanting a classic date will be disappointed. But I think we are going to be treated to some very cute TK & MN moments – rough on the surface but tender in sub-text; just before the next wave of angst hits us.
@ 287
LOL I wish that would happen. I think he was able to find her by asking the manager, since he did say earlier in the ep that they’re near the convent. But but, if that happens, omg… I melt too =D
Oh yeah, the conversation between Mother Superior & MN in this ep has hidden meaning I think. The title of the drama “You’re Beautiful” ties in with what Mother Superior says.
[Mi-nyeo: “He’s like a bright, shining star. When I receive that light, I feel brighter and also darker. When it’s bright I get my hopes up, and when it darkens I feel disappointment. I hate myself for this and feel ashamed.”
Mother Superior: “As you have come to know this love, you are quite beautiful.”]
So not only the title is a pun on Mi Nam’s name, it’s actually implied that Mi Nyeo who lived and was raised in the convent all her life, she didn’t know what path to follow other than becoming a nun. However, life is unexpected and now she knows how it feels like to be in love. Because of this realization of love, she now knows being a nun is not for her. So yeah from a nun, she has come to know love and therefore she’s beautiful (coz love is a beautiful thing) -> You’re Beautiful =D
Okay, that doesn’t make sense ><
Somehow, I got the feeling that perhaps TK will not actually confess his love for MN yet in the coming episode ( though he lets on that it’s okay for MN to love him). They might have their sweet moments of hanging out together etc..but he might not say ’sarang hae yo ” to MN yet. He still has to deal with his inner insecurities of losing someone he loves (his mum) so his wall of ice has to take time to melt.
So MN might still be insecure regarding where she stands in his life. As for TK, it’s only when MN leaves (I ‘m sure the Hong sisters has it scripted already), then will he fully realize his love for MN, hence the sad song “good bye’ -where he asks the question “what should I do? “in the Part 2 OST.
Though I know that everything will end well, I can’t help feeling the trepidation that something bad will happen to drive MN away from TK before the final happy ending. 4 more days to go before the next episode…..can’t wait….can’t wait..
Wow….almost 290 posts! I normally don’t read the recaps until I’ve watched the episode (s’thing in the line of spoilers) but today I was really tempted because of lack of Internet connection and of course, difficulty in getting onto one site.
I haven’t had the chance to read all the posts yet but since it’s almost 2:30am, I figured I need to quickly ‘unload’ and get some sleep.
This episode is great because we have several previously unresolved situations resolved:
i) TK realizing his feelings and telling MN it’s okay she likes him
ii) We know for sure MN and TK are not siblings
iii) SW finally realizing MN likes TK and he’ll have to settle his own feelings
Just some comments – When SW sang that song to MN, I think MN was thinking of her one-sided love for TK too. That’s why in the greenhouse, after TK left, MN referenced the song when she said she told herself not to be embarassed but now she feels really foolish. If SW caught that, he’ll know that there’s no hope for him.
I also agree with several others that the writers found a great way to have her feelings for him come out in the open (for TK). The pig-nose and hair pin says it all. I wish they get to spend some sweet moments together as a couple. As someone mentioned, maybe they’ll go to an amusement park. TK mentioned in an earlier episode that you go with your gf/bf to an amusement park. I think that would be fun. Whatever it is, TK has lots to make up to. He has hurt MN too much, cut her deep several times with his words like the last one when he said she looked funny.
I’m glad the story of the twins and TK are finally out in the open. I can breathe a little easier knowing they are not really related. I think because MHR caused MN’s mum to die, TK will be able to forgive MN because she too had lost a parent because of her father and his mother’s love. We know MHR had TK out of wedlock so she must have had an affair with TK’s dad or did it to advance her career. When Mr. Go found out, he got mad and left her to marry MN’s mum. MHR after giving birth to TK was not going to give in so easily and somehow caused MN’s mum to die. We know MN will forgive but will her brother??
Someone mentioned that there seems to be so many more loose ends – the real MN, the parents situation, HY and her fake relationship with TK, recording of MHR’s song, the reporter, and of course, revealing of MNyeo as a girl. Can they possibly fit all these in 4 episodes without hurting the flow?? Can they be shooting for an extension, knowing now how much support they really are getting but are not telling the viewers yet?? Of course I wish.
By the way, looking at the preview for Ep 12, there was a scene where Jeremy asked MN if she wanted to go to England. Did that get cut out? Or is it just in the version I was watching?
#289 Serendipity,
Seriously, I had goosebumps all over reading your observation. And being too absorbed with the drama (as we all are,) I’m on the verge of crying just. by. reading. a critical. analysis. of. a. scene. *Sigh* I know, this is so over the top emotions, but when you decipher the codes, I had this newly found emotions for the last scene. Thank you, THANK YOU so much for decoding the conversation! You put that so perfectly.
*Oh for crying out loud, stop being so emotional over a drama*
And I didn’t expect all cutesy romantic scenes coming up too. I don’t know, but I have a hunch that they’d be a bit awkward with each other, but cutesy awkward that is. And can’t help imagining TK being all cocky, egoistical, and hysterically adorable trying to adapt to the new relationship.
#290 Anonymous
We can dream, can’t we. If it really happens, let’s all die of excitement! LOL.
thank you JB!!! I’M SPEECHLESS…..
AWWW!!! THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET SOOOO EXCITING!!!
GYABU!!!
JB
I’ve been blinded by my adoration for tae kyung that I barely noticed him in previous episodes… but in this episode, he finally caught my eyes! I liked the part when he got angry with mi nam and when he turned the lights on, his expression softened because he saw how she was in deep hurt…
i agree with you about shin woo…
the last part was just okay for me… i was actually hoping tae kyung would show a softer part of him when he finally realized his true feelings for mi nam…
but i am still extremely happy and satisfied with the ending of ep. 12 and i still ADORE tae kyung!
@291 mizuki: That would be really cute
But from my knowledge of korean, 미남이시네요 literally means ‘you are a good looking guy’. 아름다워요 is the type of beautiful that can connotate inner beauty, while minamishineyo is more about the superficial aspect.
i cannot wait for next wednesday!!!!! i can’t believe it’s gonna end in two weeks. ㅠㅠ
Forgot to mention how I loved the fact that TK finally admitted that it ‘hurts’ (I don’t know much about this but I guess he means his heart hurts? Jealousy hurts). It’s like after so much time denying feeling anything, he raises a white flag surrendering/ admitting that he’s jealous. It’s sooooo against his character because he never admits mistakes or defeat. But as they say, love makes you do the weirdest things.
I hope they still give HY her ‘moment’. By this I mean I hope she gets to tell her feelings to TK. I don’t mean anything by this but I just want her to just get to tell him about how she feels. I hope SW gets to tell his feelings to MN as well. That way there is ‘closure’ and I would feel bad if the 2nd leads never get to confess how they feel.
I hope the next episode won’t dissapoint. C’mon Hong Sisters. Give us TK-MN scenes that will make us squeeze our cheeks due to happiness.
@250/251
Sequel! (Squeeeal!) Sequel! (Squeeeal!) Sequel! (Squeeeeeeaaaaal!)
Great thinking guys! As with the J-dorama this resembles if they do well enough they get special episodes and even sequel seasons!
Sigh… right, back to reality- 11% was already the series best- a far cry from what it takes to extend the series, and even further cry from what it would take likely to film a sequel.
(Though a weeeee voice in my head says- but the leads here aren’t the mega-million won demanding stars, they’re newbies who aren’t too expensive, the settings here are pretty modest- 3-4 sets, and 3-4 on-location shots, special effects are minimal, and for heavens sakes, we’ve even seen them recycle costumes from other serials, sooo…. if this turns in a halfway decent profit in CDs, DVDs, advertising and sales of overseas rights, perhaps, perhaps, perhaps….)
Though I admit I have no idea how they would develop a sequel from this, whose central premise is a secret, whose secret is bound to be up by the time the story ends.
I know, I’ve been full of bravado and agreeing that its a good decision not to extend the serial, and that it’s better to quit while the going is good… but on the other hand, there’s a part of me that’s already starting to pine and whine (“But mommy, four more is too few…. wwhyyyyy can’t we have more? Huh mommy?”)
(In the style of a YB fantasy sequence, I see myself in a bizarrely psychedelic background, in a manager-style tie, grovelling at the feet of the Hong sisters “Please, please, please”)
Back to real life-
My brain tells me it’s for the best, but my errant heart begs to disagree.
I know… why wear your welcome out? Why out-drink the sweet and drain the cup to the bitter dredges? Brief and beautiful is the key!
Clever YB, to finish laurelled and celebrated and loved, like Housman’s “Athlete Dying Young”…
“Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man….
…And round that early-laurelled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girl’s.”
I was getting so annoyed at work yesterday because it was so busy and I couldn’t read this recap and comments properly. Dang! Don’t you guys hate it when real-life work interferes with your kdrama obsession? lol
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@289 Serenpidity
@ Numerous Serenpidity & Reluctantbutaddicted
May I be the first to say you two are delightful?
Thanks also for some insight into JGS via his interviews-
Plus I’m fervently hoping that you’re right about the sweet moments- I’ll take what I can of TK/MN sweet moments, come comic/clumsy or come gruff/pouty, heck I’ve been so thrilled by the back-handed compliments (“I’m not really angry at you.” “You have my permission to like me” “It’s not the first or second time you got in trouble so why bother apologizing?”), I think I’m going to pretty happy with whatever bones Hong sister deigns to throw us….
Wooof! (Wagging tail furiously)
(Hooray I got to be 300th!)
Edit: Ah well 301st ain’t bad…. this thread moves too fast for me!
@ 294 Alert
Dear me, and there I was thinking maybe I’d overcooked it. Well, glad you liked it. I had fun doing the dissection.
I too am really looking forward to TK trying to be a boyfriend. Ha ha! He’ll probably try to pretend that he’s just indulging MN, who is the one mad about him; that he’s just condescending, allowing her to like him. He’ll try to be off-hand and casual about doing things for her, or preferably not get caught doing anything nice at all. He’ll complain it’s all an almighty inconvenience, having to be responsible for MN, but actually of course he will thoroughly exalt in it. He might try to lay down “ground rules” for their relationship: “I’m in charge here” and “I know best” and all that sort of thing. And throughout all this MN will just roll her eyes a bit and protest a bit, but not be offended and just happily play along to indulge him. And actually be the one calling the tune!
Y’know, for TK, it must have been a stupendous moment, when he understood the pig nose and saw the hair-clip. Suddenly his interpretation of so many events changes. All that he feared and was jealous of in MN’s feeling for SW, suddenly all that good stuff is HIS. Hallelujah! But at the same time, doltish though he be, he has to see how badly he has inadvertently hurt MN all this time. Oh crap!
So it’s really quite admirable that he could collect his wits so coherently. And even more admirable that the writers and director could resist mining the moment for all it was worth – with multiple flashbacks, sappy music pounding, much recriminating self-talk, and dramatic pacing and stomping around. It’s really extraordinarily disciplined story-telling and editing, that we skipped all that.
I vote for a special! And please, please, please show the edited scenes that we’ve seen in the previews but never made it on the big screen!! Like the special made in Hana Kimi. Would absolutely love that!!
@202 Fan and @211 MEIKO
Thanks for your excellent explanation. Now I feel like a real idiot because I didn’t figure that out. In my own defence though, I am watching without subs so I only understand about 60% of the dialogue and am getting the rest from javabeans’ detailed recaps. Also, for some reason, I just assumed that Tae-kyung knew that Shin-woo doesn’t have a real girlfriend.
Fan, now I have ANOTHER question: “…while with the pharmacist and other jealous moments…” I don’t recall a pharmacist in any scene. When did this occur? (As I am a pharmacist myself, I am curious:)
Also in response to everyone who was referencing how much they love the scene that comes after the kiss!
It’s one of my all-time favorites from this series as well!
It completely justifies the unromantic kiss- basically because even though it was pure, gut-reaction trigger, frustration-venting instinct that drove TK to do this… i.e., MN was sooo hurt, he wanted to do something, literally _anything_ to stop her crying and her words that were like beating on herself!
PSH did such a wonderful job, at her tears and her cries of “Don’t look at me! Don’t bother about me! I’m not worthy of you even getting angry over! Don’t, don’t, don’t…” and TK, knowing full well, none of what MN says is true, but having no avenue of expressing himself, does the craziest thing and KISSES her!)
And even after he kisses her, her tears are still rolling off her cheeks- boy can that girl cry! 
(But I’m with you guys- poor PSH had to cry her eyes out for this episode… for our viewing pleasure!)
But 1 second after TK gives in to his gut, his brain (he’s a bear-of-little-brain, but a very insistent little brain it is!) kicks in and says- “Are you NUTS?! What the #$% do you think you’re doing??!”
Hence the shocked look, and the very very stiff pulling back… “ha… ha… ha?… you’re very funny”
HI_LA_RIOUS!
They both ABSOLUTELY have zero comprehension of what just happened, _but_ they both are experiencing immense emotional backlash from it. I LOVED TK’s knees buckling on him… our smirking, sneering hero has his walls crumbling big time in that scene! I LOVE MN wandering around in a daze…
More sweetness:
TK smiling as he held MN’s hand & MN smiles so sweetly when TK says “I’m not angry anymore.” It’s so cute it’s sad- she’s grateful for such little crumbs of kindness! They’re such an adorable, dorky, stupid pair sometimes you just can’t decide whether you want to kiss them or bash their heads together!
Even TK occasionally realizes how crazy his logic is, listen to him as he leaves the kiss scene and HY behind
“It wasn’t anything, wasn’t anything at all” then “How’s _that_ possible?”
Last little comment:
LOVE Jeremy’s expressive face- his DARNED-IT look when he’s made to carry HY’s train ash she walks off. Hong-ki is seriously underrated as an actor I think… I wonder if we would have gotten a more convincing SW if Hong-ki was the actor rather than JHY… no offense. JHY is cute enough for me to give an arm and leg to swoon over and goodness knows I could just gaze at that man for hours- I think he has that hint of simmering masculinity that JGS can’t pull of. Whew…
_But_ when it comes to compelling scenes, I really do like my 2nd leads a bit more expressive!
But what am I saying?
There’s angst-plenty without a compelling 2nd lead thank you very much!
Just give us a cheerful, funny, manager-crying-with-happiness, president-slapping-TK-in-the-back, dorky, nonsensical, parody-induced-water-sprouting-through-our-noses happy-ever-after okay Hong sisters?
If you do that promise to be a good soul the rest of the series and not complain about the casting! (Cross-my-heart!)
i can not wait for ep 13. i want to know what next where can i find the preview for ep 13
@289
“These are the new house rules: she belongs to me, so you two, no touching without my permission”
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HIM SAY THAT. XD
Oh, but I do hope there’s a happy ending out there for SW.
289 serendipity : oh, nicely articulated analysis of those lines! I think you are also saying, and I am certainly saying, that in many of the most important aspects, this is perhaps the most romantic of all rom-coms… b/c what said is so in character and so often flatly, matter-of-factly delivered that it is much more meaningful than it would be if overplayed, sweetened, sappified… TK is an amazing character. And it is also his straightforwardness: work it out, act on it. No messing about. I have to say, I like that in a guy. Few gray areas.
TK is really reminding me of Domyouji (and it’s not just the high-heeled pointy shoes, narrow waists, and frothy collars)… direct and to the point. But where Domyouji’s other side (non-Makino-loving side) was violent, TK’s is walled-off from the world OCD, which is hilarious.
@ 301 Fan : THANKS! Such a lovely thing to say. I really enjoy these post-episode dissections. Somehow, just watching by myself isn’t enough (anymore), there’s so much more satisfaction in discussing with other like-minded addicts. I thought, once I saw how much discussion there was here that this might be a venue which would lessen the evangelistic zeal with which I force my latest k-drama on my friends and acquaintances, but no, it seems to ramp it up even more. Still, something that brings me so much enjoyment should be shared, right? So it’s good for them, I insist. And by and large they agree. Or at least, they indulge me (such good friends).
it was relieved when I know that TK and MN not in relationship…….
“Maybe it’s the lack of spoilering, or maybe I’m just thrilled to have the truth (finally!) out in the open, but I loved the way this episode ended.” – JavaBean
I totally agree with that JB…!
ARRRGH…… Can’t wait to the next Ep..!
It will certainly be great if they film a sequel or at least a special episode. Argh, it is quite irritating how their ratings get affected due to the clash with IRIS. They at least deserve a 16% or 18%!
But whatever, I will continue to love this drama, and enjoy the remaining 4 episodes. Gasp, only 4 episodes left! Probably will re-watch the series quite a few times, and of course, buy the DVD to show my support. That is, if they actually release a DVD version? From what I know, producer companies only look at the ratings of a show to decide whether or not to produce DVD right!
And yes, I can’t wait for episode 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Tae Kyung sooo much. (:
I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time now, and i don’t think ive ever commented. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for recapping this show so wonderfully. I was a bit adamant to watch the show when I first saw the photos, but after reading your recap, i got hooked. you definitely have a way with words.
and also, thanks because most of the dramas that i’ve come to love (like Coffee Prince and Flowers for My Life and Soulmate, and now this!), I watched them because i read your recaps. you have excellent taste.
And oh my God, I’ve never squealed over anything before this. JGS is so cute. Haha.
it is crazy how the number of views for YAB on viikii has reached 1,842,774 at just episode 12. Oh my, thats the same as Queen Seon Deok, and it has like what 50 episodes already?
It’s such a great hit online, hooray!
@312 Gina,
Your quote: “it is crazy how the number of views for YAB on viikii has reached 1,842,774 at just episode 12. Oh my, thats the same as Queen Seon Deok, and it has like what 50 episodes already?”
I was curious and interested in these numbers, too. Especially in light of the modest ratings that YAB has been pulling in the shadow of IRIS, I think the ViiKii viewership numbers should prove to be a significant indicator of just how popular YAB actually is. I would gladly watch YAB and other dramas on television as they’re being broadcast, but I don’t have access to Korean tv here in America(at least, not through the carrier we’re using)…plus, I would need English subs, anyway. As such, my only access to these wonderful shows is through sites like ViiKii, mysoju, etc.
I played with some of the ViiKii numbers, and this is what I got:
Queen Seon Deok: 1,841,697 views for 341 videos = an avg 5,400.9 views per video.
YAB: 1,840,219 views for 98 videos = an avg 18,777.7 views per video.
Boys Before/Over Flowers: 5,590,557 views for 302 videos = an avg. 18,511.8 views per video.
Coffee Prince: 40,510 views for 115 videos = an avg. 353.3 views per video.
*please remember that I pulled these numbers just prior to posting these comments, and they’re sure to have changed considerably by the time you read this.*
WOW. YAB has averaged 18,777.7 views per video at ViiKii. That’s mind boggling! When I first saw the almost 5.6 million views for the hugely popular Boys Before/Over Flowers, I figured, “Oh, well, I guess BBF is the viewership king at ViiKii….” But, after doing the crude math, it turns out that YAB yielded more hits per video on average…and the series isn’t done, yet. And we know that viewership will only increase as we head into the final episodes.
I hope that SBS is monitoring viewership data such as this, and is aware that YAB is far more popular than its modest ratings would indicate.
I.love.this.drama.
left SUSPENDED! :O
Argh…can’t stay away..I’ve rewatched the last scene of ep 12 so many times…finally, a confession!
talking about parallels, I think the end of this episode was very much like the end of ep 11…but in a different context…in ep 11 TK was shouting that he cannot help but look at her, in this one he is shouting that he can SEE her…and MN said in both episodes “don’t look at me”…BUT…since the circumstances are now different, the outcome will be different! In ep 11, we had a kiss out of frustration and confusion….in ep 12, we had a confession out of finally clarity and revelation…Yeah! I can just see MN doing the pig nose again, but this time, TK will know what it means…and tun tun tun…the truths will be out…he will tell her that she doesn’t have to do that anymore….Ahhh….love….well..that’s what I would like to happen…and then…well…on to resolving all the other stuff…but love…Ahhh…
one day closer to Wednesday!
Good morning YB lovers. I had a blast reading all your post, special mention @serendipiity & reluctantbutaddicted. Thank you.
Last night was FT Island concert . There’s Hongki solo singing YB OST with Jolie on stage. I got it from soompi.
Here’s the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf4l0XqlrI8
@316
Thanks for the link! Jeremy, well, HK is soo cute there with Jolie…I am not familiar with him pre-YAB, but it looks like he got some styling tips (wardrobe) from JGS!
@YABaddict
LOL! I would love it if Mi-nyeo did the pig nose in the beginning of the next episode. I could totally imagine TK smirking (totally a *SQUEE MOMENT*) I mean that has to happen right? B/c she doesn’t know that he knows and that’s the only way to prevent her emotions from overflowing. That would be so cute, since now he knows that it’s b/c she likes him. I’m looking forward to the next episode just to see the awkwardness. I bet TK and MN won’t say anything about the relationship to others, but I’m guessing he’s going to overly possessive about her and I can see him glaring at her when she’s hanging out with SW and Jeremy. It’ll be interesting to watch. I hope the next episode is much more light-hearted!
Anyways I’m glad the YAB thread is alive and well.
JB… as always thanks for a wonderful recaps. I love reading everyone’s insights about this episode. @ 289, I think you’ve explained TK’s feelings very well. I totally agree with you on everything.
I’ve never been this addicted to any kdrama before. I have to say that this drama has taken total control of my life. In fact I’d rather watch the airing of this drama than go to work which I did this week…LOL. I’ll have total withdrawal symptom once this ends. By the way, does anybody know where can I get the “Still as Ever” instrumental song? not the bossa version but the one they play on the episodes. The instrumental is more pop version and I like it very much than the bossa version.
@289
forgot to mention…. just as Jeremy said in episode 1…. you gave me goosebumps with your explanation. I was so touched that that scene became even more meaningful and heart warming. I’m at a loss for words….. beautiful indeed
@318 Taohua
I totally agree that Mi-nyeo’s going to have to do the pig nose at some point. She doesn’t know that he found out what it means! It’s the perfect set up! And you are totally right that Tae-kyung would smirk quite adorably if she does do that in front of him. Actually, I’m hoping that Tae-kung will for the pig nose back (though it might interfere with his cool image) and it sort of becoming a code between the two of them.
On another note, after having some time to think about it, I realized Tae-kyung is still calling Mi-nyeo by her brother’s name. She didn’t she tell him her real name the time he drove her to see Mother Superior? In fact he’s the only one that knows her real name (besides the manager, of course). I’d like it if he called her Mi-nyeo when it’s just the two of them.
Agree with all the insights above; I absolutely adore this drama because of the uniqueness of the characters! The actors and actresses are definitely “bringing it” every single episode.
This is what I think may happen in the last four episodes:
Ep. 13 – Lots of sweet TK and MN moments to solidify their love. At the same time, the reporter is snooping around, and realized that go mi nam may be a girl. End of ep will be cliffhanger in which the media will confront MN and Anjell.
Ep. 14 – The real Go Minam will appear, and “introduce” his twin sister to the fans. TK and Anjell dodged that bullet. Interaction between the real GMN with Minyeo and the guys. Real MN will find out from Minyeo that their mother passed. Real MN will be upset and want to find out the truth. Ep cliffhanger will be the twins found out about TK’s mom caused their mother’s death, and that TK is her son. Real MN upset at TK and force Minyeo to choose between him and TK.
Ep. 15 – Minyeo forced to choose her brother. MN and TK are sad. TK tries to find Minyeo but to no avail. In the meantime, he writes the “goodbye” song
Ep. 16 – TK, by chance, finds Minyeo. After some confrontation, the two reunite.
Yay! I do hope that the ending will be a happy one. I also would LOVE it if they parody their Etude CF in which they’re kissing, and in MN’s head, they fly up in the air.
@ 316 Kristabelle
OMG! Death by Cute!
At first I thought:- Bring a poor animal to a rock concert stage with screaming fans and blaring music? What were they thinking? But Jolie clearly loved it, so I guess we’re cool.
Never act with children or animals. They always upstage you.
I was going to hate this episode for lack of TK and MN scenes… but again, the ending was a bomb! woooooooh! shocks, for a moment when Tk was talking to MN and telling her that she can’t look at anyone but him, I WAS HYPERVENTILATING! I love how the writers always end their episodes hanging! … for Shin Woo, though I said that in the first half of this episode was boring but then I have to say I like how he was trying to comfort MN when he found her crying… that was very sweet ^^
I’m very hooked with this drama! I can’t wait for the next episode! waaaaah… I’m already dying to see TK and MN’s sweet moments as an official couple!
@ 322 ThirtySomethings –
i think your predictions are pretty accurate – if this was another overrated, cliched, predictable kdrama. because, after all, if your predictions came true, it WOULD make the drama predictable, yes? i bet something along those lines are going to happen, though, but hopefully with some unexpected twists.
you didn’t address shinwoo or jeremy or heyi! and they neeed to have more screentime. if this drama doesn’t wrap up the loose ends because of too few episodes left because of low ratings, i’ll be super pissed D:
haha you’ve probably seen a lot of kdramas to be able to predict what happens in each episode for the rest of the drama! but i REALLY, REALLY hope they extend
How about this, then:
TK gathers everyone: “OK, here is the new house rule. I’m, er, um, taking, er, responsibility for MN now. So, no one can touch her without my permission. Understood?” ShinWoo looks like a faintly unhappy block of wood. Jeremy’s face drops in consternation and confusion, “but, why? Why all of a sudden? Aren’t we ALL taking responsibility for Mi Nam? What’s happening? Hyung!” TK scowls and shouts “Just do as I say!” MN protests “Hyungnim!”, looking about ready to perish from embarrassment.
Don’t worry, no one follows his house rules anyway. It was funny enough the first time Auntie grabbed his butt. But on the second occasion, when she patted his butt after she apologised for opening his parcel, nobody even noticed or looked up from their breakfast. That was even funnier! I guess everyone was by then used to his sensibilities being violated.
This is way out of topic, but I somehow keep feeling that certain small actions and speech tone of JGS in this drama resemble Kim Myung Min as Jang Gun Woo(the famous conductor in Beethoven Virus).
When I watch Baby & Me, I felt that JGS was a little similar to Jang Hyuk (Windstruck, Please Teach Me English)
This guy is like a chameleon! Not only does his looks keep changing (which i attribute to the makeup/fashion style) to the point that I could not recognize him at first, but his acting style also somehow change in every movie till it reminds me of different actors.
@Serendipity: By the way, love reading your comments. I even track back to all previous episode recaps to find them! =)
Just got back from the USC game and couldn’t wait to get on JB’s blog to read all the great analysis and comments. And boy, were there lots. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. But please bear with my long comments.
@289 and 302 serendipity
Wow!! That was the most comprehensive, perfect analysis of that last scene. It makes TK’s words so much more meaningful. I mentioned that TK has lots to make up to MN for causing her all the pain (before I got to read your post) but I think your explanation make his words sufficient.
I am also glad there were no flashbacks used. I think the Hong sisters had shown us all those scenes so clearly, we can go back in our mind as TK probably did all the misunderstandings and missed meanings and realized how much he had hurt MN.
@305 fan
“It’s so cute it’s sad- she’s grateful for such little crumbs of kindness!”
I do hope she realized she is not nothing and that TK will make it a point that she does not have such little self-worth anymore. That she will have courage to want more and not just take the crumbs. It’ll be fun to see how MN’s going to react to HY’s mean and conniving words after this. I’m sure she’ll still be somewhat polite but I hope she’ll tell HY off too, maybe “Your words no longer have any effect on me. I have the star that shines brightly for me and that’s enough for now.” Okay, sorry, I’m not poetic at all. I’m sure the Hong sisters can do much better.
@307 whimsicalchild
As much as we all would like TK to say something like that, I doubt it’s going to happen. What I think will happen is a series of comical situations with Jeremy and SW showing attention and affection with TK giving MN the glare for accepting the advances. And then of course, he’ll pull her aside and try to get her to stop doing that and she’ll give him some smart-ass answer…haha…
Oops sorry @318 Taohua – wrote this before I read your post.
@315 YABaddict @321 Quaggy
“I can just see MN doing the pig nose again, but this time, TK will know what it means…and tun tun tun…the truths will be out…he will tell her that she doesn’t have to do that anymore…”
Yes…that would be cute especially like Quaggy said if that becomes a code between the two of them. Will the writers please indulge us?
And yes I would like him to call her Min-Nyeo and her to call him, Oppa. C’mon, seriously, he can’t keep calling her MN and she can’t keep calling him Hyung-nim. It will start to get weird at some point.
@304
Ah, birdscout, it’s hard to understand without subs! I’m amazed you do so well!
Meanwhile: The pharmacist was a reference to MN’s brother’s childhood pal who had a crush on MN when they were in high school and has dreams of becoming a pharmacist and settling down with MN!
I think he was there during the episode they filmed the MV with HY and TK- and TK was incredulous and veryvery jealous as our sweet pharmacist confesses to ‘Min-nam’ that Min-nye is his first love!
@328
Yes, TK certainly cannot keep calling GMN, “Go Minam…” in the way that he says it… but I can’t picture him being all soft and tender when saying “Mineyo” either…definitely can’t wait to see how they will call each other…did he say her name when she told him in the car on the way to see Mother Superior? (Ooh, something to do, I’m going to rewatch that part…:)
which reminds me, the other day I called my cat the way TK calls GMN…”Harvey…don’t do that…” then I realized I’m starting to speak like him! You know you’re in way too deep when this is happening…but..can’t help it!
@330 YABaddict
Yes, she did tell TK her real name and I believe he repeated it.
@ 330 : “in way too deep” — I caught myself making the pouty lips face in the supermarket today when they were out of the milk I like. I’ve never done the pouty lips face (with side to side action) before, I’m pretty sure. Caught myself doing it, said “what the hell was that?” out loud, and scared the guy next to me at the milk into moving away and trying to look deeply interested in yoghurt.
LOL, having lots of fun reading everyone’s wish of how TK and MN r/ship should be. LOL!!
Maybe TK will be all smug and cocky trying showing off to the other two how he has the upper hand again over MN haha. Or maybe he’d try ‘teaching’ MN on how they should date, which should be hilarious knowing that he has as much experience as MN. And yes, we can expect him being all possessive over her. Or maybe he tried to keep it as a secret from the other two, as his ego got in his way haha. He probably doesn’t want others to know he’s gone all lovey dovey LOL. after all, he has ego to preserve. Then a secret relationship would be cute.
As for SW, I wonder how he would react if he knows. Would he retreat (most likely)? And would TK ever know that SW really has feelings for MN?
In real life, I think everybody hates bossy and over -possessive men, and no woman likes someone who’s trying to be in control of the relationship. But I guess we all love TK if he’s going to bethat way, and even found him to be adorable LOL!
#330, #332
Hahaha. That was funny. I bet we all did that at some point! My sister commented my face looked weird when we went shopping yesterday, and she asked me to stop making the pouty lip when browsing books at a bookshop. coz a kid standing beside me keep looking at us. And I don’t even realize that! LOL.
And I sneer a lot lately.
@331
You’re right, I just rewatched that scene, he says it so quickly it doesn’t stand out…
@332
LOL–I noticed too that I am also starting to make the “pouty lips face” on occasions, as when I’m thinking or pondering about something…yes, this show is really getting to us! But it’s a good thing it was the pouty lips face and not the pig face, else the guy next to you would have really thought something is wrong!
@ 334, 335 : Oh my, that’s right, good thing I wasn’t making the pig nose (while pondering my dairy purchases), I think they’d be locking me up right now.
I’ve been making the GMN reverse pouty lips sometimes, I think (puffed up but pulled in) and the occasional sneer. But on me the sneer just looks weird (like I’m having a sudden toothache). How does JGS manage to make it look smouldering? Not fair.
@336
I think anything JGS does will just look…hot! He is just Hotness incarnated!
Ah…he’s got it all, a body, a voice, and talent!
Oh, I forgot, he does seem to have brains too!
@ Serendipity, @ Reluctantbutaddicted
Please take me with you if you have such a date with JGS. Only thing is I might have to prepare my conversation in advance. Suspect there will too much drooling, gawking, hyperventilating, and not much of a conversation.
I should refrained myself from reading the recap and comments. Every time I browse, I compel to write something. OK, I confessed, I belong to pro spoiler group because I’m those who like to read the prologue and epilogue before the content. The waiting time kept on the tenterhooks and is killing me. No I can’t die now. I simply have to endure because excitement of next installment is hard to resist.
I’m now half way savoring viikii eng subbed version. I find streaming is so interesting (than watching dvd). You never feel alone – the viewer in viikii never miss anything and comments on everything – at time it is irritating but also quite amusing like the sudden snake rattles sound and oh “wedding cake” where YH in white standing on a round white elevated platform against 4 black ANJELL became ugly because YH standing in the middle. Then sometime strikes me. I read comment here on how TK manage to find MN at the end episode. It was explained during the shoot interval – Mgr explaining to cordi/stylist that MN’s convent is nearby the shooting venue hence the appearance of Mother Superior to comfort her.
I cannot help but notice the “star, light and I couldn’t see you” figure of speech excessively applied in such contemporary settings. It even becomes more obvious since I can’t comprehend Korean and depend heavily on subtitled text. It really boggled me that the dialogue managed to appear poetic and moving here. Maybe this is kdrama and its escapism able pull it off roundly since it gel with the OST. If this is a Hollywood chick flick, I don’t think I can stomach “I’m your moon and you’re my star” dialogue! I’ll surely shudder and have goose bumps all over me. Perhaps my love for YAB overtook my coherent sense. Oh what have become of me?
Glad I’m not the only one that shudders. It really amazes me how they can get away with scene swift but remained poignant – from tense moment after the unconscious kiss to spasms of hilarious scenes. TK shudders and leg went jelly weak had me giggling insanely. Whoa, that was a great diversion. Anyway, TK antics never fail to entertain me. At least he didn’t shudder and grimace disgustingly like he did in episode 2.
Ok, I maybe TK biased, I can’t help it. I just love the character. I notice that few comments made about his fashion sense. I think it is intended. I never really pay much attention to fashion but I read somewhere that the concept is supposedly “super edgy” – skinny pants, leather jackets, boots and studded accessories and the result – ANJELL. Come on, TK is quirky. I think Jeremy dressing is more extreme contrasting to SW who is dandy rather than edgy. I must admit that I’m appalled with TK geeky hairdo on the first episode and the way he tugged his hood behind his ear made me want to scream what was he thinking wearing that to supermarket! He may not deserve the best attire category but at least he is not boring.
Enough said. I think I’m OD-ing on YAB.
All of you must know by now that Hong Ki is having a concert , right ?
Guess who he brought with him on the stage ? His Angelina Jolie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf4l0XqlrI8
Hong Ki was so cute . He called Jolie , Jolie and Jolie did not even listen to him
( might be due to too much noises , I guess )
@339
I think if you do the pig nose face, JGS will know how you feel, without words
and… I want to come along too! but I think I will be choosing outfits that show more cleavage, more skin, tighter shirts and pants….ok..I will stop here I’m getting too excited…time to go to dreamland!
Love PSH and JGS…..They show awesome chemistry!!!
love JGS n PSH..love YB..!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJz4_I1sqEk
@reluctantbutaddicted, alert and YABaddict
OMG…I caught myself doing that TK pouty, sneering lips action too and was at first mortified. And was too embarassed to bring it up here but since I’m not the only one…I don’t feel so bad. Arggh….what has this drama turned me into??
thanks for the recap & fellow addicts..
i came in late on Sunday afternoon and had such a blast reading all 344 comments before me.. this drama makes great fanfic, yes?
i was elated with RANMA mention – oneof my fav (still is)
im just enjoying the show (not on viikii tho – can nvr get a clear stream) looking forward to ep13.
on the other hand – i was just thinking of JGS/TK’s style, he did mentioned in the midnight interview that he did most thing on his own, with no manager around, so I guess that explained the wreck he was (nearly) everytime on red carpet event. as for the show – it makes sense. and for this drama, if he’s dressed like any other (current) IDOLS, it wont work with his personality.
and i still hv a crush on President Ahn.. LOL.. but those pastel stuff around his neck just gotta go
For JGS’s fans, you may like to read his recent interview here..
http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent10&idxno=2009101918362811105
This interview gives me another glimpse of him. An excerpt from the interview ….
JGS : And truthfully I’m not really into clothes. But some people suddenly started calling me a fashionista. That made me reflect upon my image that it may perhaps be a bit too trendy.
Heard that the YAB’s casts will be going to Okinawa, Japan for 4 days, 5 nights [18th - 22 Nov]. Guess, they are going to give us a beautiful ending…enjoying themselves in Japan….and in another romantic setting TK might be able to win MN back (presuming she left the group for a while due to TK’s mum problem..) sigh….
Eng and Hanggul lyrics for ‘Goodbye’ can be found here. ..http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/beautiful#TOPIC/1069
Viikii has a lot of info regarding YAB…many fans go there to pour out their feelings, love etc…
@341 Ash
HAHAHAHAHA HONGKI IS TOO FUNNY!!!
And actually that’s a really smart move to drum up interest amongst his fans that haven’t caught onto the You’re Beautiful drama. I think it really shows great team spirit that the entire YB cast is pitching in to drum up viewership, whether it’s on their blogs or even in their other lines of work.
They’re a great team and we will always be ANJELL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!
@329 Fan
Ah yes, how could I forget the pharmacist?!?! He was such a cutie. I will just chalk up my bad memory to “YB-obsessionitis”. LOL
It took me some time to really make a bit of sense of the scenes that took place in episode 12. I mean, the photo shoot was at a beautiful garden, and then after MN ran away, she was at her convent’s church with mother superior. How did she get there? After some deduction and reasoning, I have come to the conclusion that they must be near her convent for the photo shoot. Remembering at the beginning of the series, there was a beautiful garden surrounding the convent. From the looks of it, it was a very large garden, and I can assume that some of it was for the public. I guess when MN ran away, she can only run to where she knows best, the convent nearby. So after she meet mother superior, she was still in the garden nearby. Considering that it is dark and everyone left, she probably felt safe to come out and cry some more. What do you guys think?
@353
I know there are so many comments here it is hard to go through all of them and it is easy to skip/miss some of them, but some of the previous comments addressed your questions
Regarding the convent, it was mentioned that Manager Ma told the stylist that GMN’s convent was nearby, in between photo shoots.
I think due to the time restraints resulting in probably over-editing, they must have cut the scene when GMN runs into the convent and finds Mother Superior. As mentioned earlier, I also think they could have incorporated a few “missing” scenes that would have made the last part flow better ie. TK’s actions after his realization (would he have searched for GMN right away, desperately looking for her, or gone for some time alone to ponder all of this in his head, maybe make another diagram…). And yes, how do they find each other at the end, is it just fate, or as she did in ep 7, was he able to find her just thinking about her (would he have retraced the path she would have taken to finally find her, or did he give her time knowing she would be at the convent…or…). This series really should be longer! I want a director’s cut DVD!
@353
These two have good timing! Fate is definitely on their side!
Also regarding her staying behind (probably some other “missing/edited” scenes), maybe TK or SW told everyone GMN wasn’t feeling well due to the rain and her recent illness, so everyone packed up and left. And I don’t know how it is in Korea, but in the fall, at least where I am, it gets dark pretty fast. It might be nice and sunny around 4pm and then it’s dark by 5:30pm…so it may not actually have been that late after everyone packed up, TK could have just been driving around to clear up things in his mind, or gone home to find out she’s not there, and then come back knowing GMN could still be by the convent, which she was
I guess one thing about not seeing what happened, is that we can always come up with our own scenarios!
Good grief, this episode has become the mother of all water cooler talk!
And, unlike the water cooler talk about American tv reality shows, which is always about the ridiculous stupidity in the baser side of human nature…water cooler talk about YAB is all about what a truly amazing bit of story telling it’s been.
#289 Serendipity-
Your analysis was nothing short of amazing. As I was reading through your post I could feel a lump forming in my throat, because your comprehension of Tae Kyung’s words to Mi Nam allowed me to feel the weight of the emotions that they contained. After reading your analysis and then re-watching the last two scenes(for like the 12th or 13th time!), I finally realized that he really wasn’t shouting those words at her…but, rather, it was the force of the emotions that were flooding his heart that were behind them. I also paid more attention to Tae Kyung’s eye expressions(which JGS is so gifted at), and they said it all. Wow.
Random thought about He Yi-
I know that there are a lot of viewers who are just plain hating Yoo He Yi. She’s been designated the principal villain, and she’s done so many hurtful and mean things to Mi Nam, so it’s appropriate. But, there have been a couple of glimpses at Yoo He Yi that have shown her vulnerable human side. One was when she was having a conversation with the style coordinator, and she told her that she was also an ordinary girl who had feelings, too, and could be hurt. Her facial expression at the time and her words had the look and ring of sincerity in them.
Then, after the deeply hurtful scene in the greenhouse, when Tae Kyung walked off angrily and then told He Yi to “Get out of here.”, He Yi was genuinely hurt by him and couldn’t understand why he was so angry at her. We have to remind ourselves that He Yi has developed real feelings for Tae Kyung; she has fallen in love with him. And, in that, we have a look at the two contrasting loves of Mi Nam and He Yi. Mi Nam’s love for Tae Kyung, which is selfless and always puts Tae Kyung’s best interests first…and then, He Yi’s love for Tae Kyung, which is selfish and always puts her best interests first.
The reason I bring this up, is because I’m hoping that these glimpses indicate that the writers will allow He Yi’s character to continue to grow and show more depth and real humanity, and not to just remain the caricature of a romance comedy villain.
@356
That’s a great analysis of HY! I like how you contrast MN’s selfless love vs. HY’s selfish love. In the end, maybe she will learn that to love another person is also to be able to let them go to their own happiness–even if it is not with her. (This reminds me of a song, “if you love somebody, set them free,” yes, I’m an ajummah!)
The line that says that she is the one who will break off their fake relationship seems to be an important pointer, so I wonder in the end, if she is the one who will encourage TK to go and find MN (assuming of course that MN does run away). Being similar in temperament to TK, I wonder if she’ll say “Go, I give you permission to leave me”…
Hello co YB lovers, check out this YT video from urmymelody re TK’s jealousy moments. It’s so funny .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DniQ6egnccE&feature=sub
wooooooot!
they kiss and hold hands this episode ^___^
I have to agree with you about the beginning of this epi but the ending made it all worth it.
As for the Translation of TK telling Mi Nami that she can like him…
I thought of it as TK’s funny way of sharing his feelilngs without actually revealing too much about his feelings. Although he’s clearly falling for MN he still hasn’t resolved those emotions in his head, so not wanting to miss an opportunity and clearly expressing himself in an abstract way and that he does indeed care about her…he tells her it’s okay to like him.
@357 YABaddict
i don’t hate Heyi either
in fact, she’s one of my favorite villains ever…
-(I wonder in the end, if she is the one who will encourage TK to go and find MN (assuming of course that MN does run away). Being similar in temperament to TK, I wonder if she’ll say “Go, I give you permission to leave me”)-
i like your idea!
i would love her more if she does that in the end…^^
it’s fun reading comments here
it amazes me how different people from different parts of the world speak of the same adoration for this drama… ^_______________^
Yup, Shin-woo went up in this episode (he grew a slight backbone) and the stylist went down (omg where do I start..)
As for Yoo He-yi, I’m surprised at the enormous amount of hate comments she gets. I guess UEE is definitely doing her part well.
internet connection badly sucked these few days that i kept trying to watch this episode and failed – and i’m completely anti-spoiler right now that i stayed away from your recap too and i’m so glad i did cos towards the end of the episode when he finally figured it out, i could react “FINALLY!” in earnest!
i agree with you though about the first half of this episode somewhat lagging and yes, SW having slightly more appeal (surprisingly) this episode.
but am i the only one who’s asking myself in my mind, what’s the big deal if someone likes someone else? in a way i feel they’re hyping this up so much when it’s really just that – yeah they’re bandmates and all, she’s supposedly a guy and whatever but… it feels a little exaggerated.
but plus points aside, bring on the good fluff hopefully in next week’s episode!
@350 CrazyforYAB
Thank you for the link to the “Good-bye” lyrics. It’s such a sad song. It looks like TK is going to let MN go at one point.
I sure was slow getting around to watching this ep XD
@289 Serendipity. Wonderful analysis. Like many commenters, I really enjoy reading what you write.
I agree with what you said about TK’s ending speech, but I feel that TK is not being explicit enough. Which is why unlike many I would hesitate to consider the ending a confession. Allowing someone to like you is a far cry from saying “I like you”. And knowing how dense MN can be…I think she’d need something more straightforward to understand TK’s feelings for her.
I read all the comments…. Its so much fun, watching YB like this… I’m going to miss it. Just two more weeks of love, please Hong Sisters, don’t screw up the ending like you did in My Girl….. please, that’s all I beg of you…..
I love this episode! It would be funny if TK does the pig-nose at the end of the episode…and say something like, “Go Mi-nam! I finally know why you do the pig-nose…and so now I am doing back at you. You should now know how much goes on inside of me when you are around. ” He would look so cute doing the pig-nose.
@Javabeans
I think the translation of Tae Kyung last sentence replies Go Min Nyeo’s question on episode 7.
Here’s the part of your recaps:
“Mi-nyeo: “Yes. It’s a star that many people like. If I join the great number of people who like that star, it wouldn’t be a crime, would it?” (Okay, now she’s mixing her metaphors, but it’s sweet.)
Tae-kyung is still looking up at the sky, unaware that she’s growing more emotional: “Do you need permission to like those things? Ask the star. It should be able to see you right now.” As a tear falls, Mi-nyeo looks at him to say, “Yes. I’m looking at that star right now. Is it okay to like it?”
So I think Tae Kyung “remember” that moment and that’s the reason why he answer Go Mi Nyeo’s question that way
edit: in which I just notice that #289 already mentioned this^^
@ 368 pig-nose
it would be so cute for TK if he does pig-nose thing to MN. But based on his character, I doubt he would do something like that. But love can change anything, right? So who knows TK wouldn’t change into super sweet boyfriend to MN.
PSH is the best in all aspect
watch her dance moves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAgGITo-8rM
and watch my fav scene in YAB with eng sub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk8QJG0d4zk—-> ep 12 last scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIkwgfAjK6k——–>ep 11 kiss scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMEggGG-qbE——> ep 12 first scene
SEASON 2 FTW !!
I don’t see how the midnight interview makes JGS less of an actor. He’s so real and charismatic. PSH is also adorable in her response. All four of them fit so well which makes this drama so unique and good.
preview 13!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJkLX3Ap8oY
OMG… I LOOOOVE ANJELL!!! ;D
i seriously like the ending of this episode and find it nice when Heyi tried to help Go Mi Nam out of that reporter. she may be evil but at least she helped Go Mi Nam out whether its for herself or the latter.
Just saw this episode. Man, I didn’t know Jung Yonghwa could sing like that!!! I just converted to a fan, haha.
I’m a bit behind in the series, but watching this episode I came here to see if you’d drawn out the plot parallel between this and Hong Gil Dong. The whole situation with male-protagonist’s-somewhat-estranged-parent causing the death of female-protagonist’s-parent potentially complicating their relationship. If memory serves me correctly, that happened in Hong Gil Dong?
I don’t know how to feel about it, because I really want to love the Hong sisters, but I have come to realize that they are far from infallible.
arghhh. the reason shinwoo doesnt have any time to tell min nam is because the writers dont give him any (referring to the ep. before this one-im only in the first 15 minutes.). they just slap in a last minute event thinking ‘oops, forgot to add the daily attempt to confess to min nam’ ugh. annoying much?
and how is min nam supposed to like SW if she never hangs out with him? she’s constantly ditching him for tae whatever.
idk, i just like the second main better.. the loud arrogant ones are just obnoxious to me and make me want to beat them
but that’s just my preference. not like anyone’s gonna read this right?
I laughed so hard at how Heyi steps aside and half tries to hide herself in the bushes wearing that bright orange poncho when Shin Woo walks past – I mean honestly, she’s about less noticeable as the IRS
Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews and recaps.
It is amazing that how one consonant makes big difference in meaning.
NM wanted to text “quen chan seub ni da” meaning very polite way of saying “It is ok with me” (her speech is always very polite) GNM wanted to be less troublesome to TK knowing that he seems to have some trouble because of his mom. Yet NM had a type o “quen chan seup Di da” meaning ” It was pretty good” (almost mocking at TK-in Korean culture, younger person can not mocking at elders). It was hilarious.
Love from Hawaii to you ALL.