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Secret Garden: Episode 14

Looks like love is in the air. And the real kind, not the Little Mermaid version. Or so we hope. Down with the Mermaid! Sheesh. When did Ariel ever get such a bad rap? Declarations get made, gauntlets get thrown, and secrets get found out. It’s Christmas in the Secret Garden, and it looks like Fate has some interesting things in store…

 
EPISODE 14 RECAP

Ra-im walks in, dressed to the nines, and on Oska’s arm. He thankfully doesn’t try to use his entrance with Ra-im to bait Seul. Instead he leaves Ra-im with one look at Joo-won, and takes Seul away to talk.

Joo-won has the gall to be mad at Ra-im for her absence these last few days. Dude, you haven’t even apologized yet for YOUR part in all this. He then, because he is Joo-won, looks at the label on her dress and notes that it’s a nice one. Pffft. He is such a girl, sometimes. He asks her if her fairy godmother said that she can stay till midnight, after which she’ll go poof and disappear; she responds that it’s all up to him.

Oska brings Seul a slice of cheesecake, saying that he remembers she likes it, and didn’t eat it because she didn’t want to gain weight. She glares. Oops. Wrong again. This is quite the dangerous game you’re playing. I mean, there’s only so many rounds of this I’d tolerate from a guy before I gave him the boot. Needless to say, Seul’s pissed: “Who’s that girl? So, is she skinny?” Ha. She asks what the hell he’s doing, and he just replies vaguely that he’s going to remember everything, and he’s going to reverse it all.

Joo-won asks what the makeover is about, growing nervous for her answer. She tells him the truth: that she was outside and couldn’t come in, but that her fairy godmother told her to say it to his face—that she’s here to see him. She tells him that she swore to his mother, on the memory of her dad, that she wouldn’t see him anymore. “My body has turned away. But my heart won’t leave.”

She admits that it’ll be hard for her if she continues to see him, but decides that the pain from being with him will be easier to endure…than the pain of not seeing him. Aw. Ra-im: “I’m here. To see you. That’s my answer. But…I’m not going to be the Little Mermaid. So, go ahead and answer. Is the Little Mermaid all that I can ever be?”

He stares back at her, frozen, and then they get interrupted by the last woman that Joo-won met on a blind date. She tries to worm her way into the conversation, but Seul swoops in and takes her away. Hm. What angle is she playing now? Then another interruption, from an annoying acquaintance who asks who Ra-im is.

Joo-won answers that she’s someone he’ll never encounter again, because she’s something else (the connotation of which is purposely ambiguous).

Joo-won: She drives like a car racer. If she witnesses someone’s purse being snatched, someone she’s never met in her life, she’ll throw fists. She has no money and her body is covered in scars, but she doesn’t want to spend even one second of one minute with people like us. She’s that kind of woman. I’ve never seen a woman as cool as her. That…is my answer.

Finally, some words of awesome from his mouth. Ra-im’s eyes fill with tears at his answer.

Seul takes the other girl outside and hilariously gives her the “I’m the crazy bitch in this town” speech, quoting it from dramas. Omg, I totally love her lately. Is she getting more awesome, or is everyone else getting less awesome? Either way, her sass kills me.

She even adds that the girl, whom she calls a thorn, shouldn’t meddle when two people (Ra-im and Joo-won) are just about to admit their feelings and get somewhere. Dude, words right out of my mouth, again.

She heads inside and is taken aback by the music…she looks over to the piano and Oska is playing her favorite song. She walks over and he smiles at her, saying that he finally got one right. Seul is moved to near tears.

She and Oska are both surprised when they look over to Joo-won and Ra-im who have gone from slow dancing to slow kissing. Rawr! Now that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout, Show! WTF with all that forced bed-hugging when you could have just had smokin’ chemistry like this, all equal-participation-points-with-yummy-lips-and-all?

Ra-im is self-conscious at first because everyone is staring at them, but Joo-won doesn’t care. Of course they’re staring at them, because he just sent the value of his company spiraling down because he kissed a poor stuntwoman. Well that’s an incredibly self-absorbed…oh, wait…right, this is Joo-won. Yeesh.

He kisses her tenderly on the forehead, and then they start making out like no one else is in the room, as Seul, Oska, and the whole party stares on. It does feel like they’re in their own space, moving to a different beat, as they lose themselves in the kiss.

The next day, Oska finds out that his old rival and frenemy Jun-hyuk is back, and that stirs something in his memory…and then he FINALLY remembers that conversation where he said that Seul was nothing to him. It dawns on him that she heard everything, and to his credit, though he remembers it a decade too late, he still goes running over to her.

He’s thwarted by another crisis though, this one a rumor that he knew the plagiarized song was a copy, but pushed it into production anyway. Seul and Tae-sun see the news as well, and Tae-sun calls someone and storms out.

Meanwhile, Joo-won is scared to check his company’s stock value, which only takes a slight dip and remains largely the same, to his relief. He cuts his meeting short, because he has a date. Aw, cute.

Jong-soo gives Ra-im her audition reel for Dark Blood, and Joo-won steals her away for a date. Since Jung-hwan is going to be the new director of the action school, he asks him for permission to take “my Ra-im-ie” away.

They go to her apartment, and he covers her eyes as they enter. She opens her eyes to find her whole place lit up with Christmas lights and a tree. Aw, so cute! Why couldn’t you be this sweet from the beginning and not have been such an ass?

He tells her to wipe her terrible memory of what happened in this place (in answer to her cries in the last episode that she has to eat and sleep in the place where his mother cut her down so harshly), and he tells her to only think of this moment, right now. Aw, so you did all this just to replace her bad memory with a good one? Okay, you’re kinda making it hard not to love you right now.

Then he asks how long Ah-young will be out tonight. He decides he’ll take care of this himself, and pretends to call Secretary Kim to tell him to keep Ah-young out till morning. But in fact he’s calling Ah-young herself, who of course must’ve been the one who let him into the apartment to decorate. She assures him she’ll stay out for a good long while, and tells him to have a good time.

He hangs up and Ra-im gets squeamish about his intentions (oy, let’s not go there again, Show) as he starts to chase her around the apartment. She tells him to keep his distance, as he follows her around, asking what the issue is, since they’re two adults. Well there’s lots of problems, not least of which, you are NOT an adult.

She backs onto the bed, and he looms over her, asking what she thinks he’s going to do, and then crouches down in front of her to hold her hands. Whew. God, I really don’t want to be living with the annoying fear that Episode 13’s bed scene is going to repeat on us. Gah. More on this later.

He has the gall to call her out for having her mind in the gutter. Whatever, There’s-a-room-next-door Boy. He holds her hands and revels in the fact that he finally gets to say, “And what’s so hard about this?” as he clutches her hands and stares lovingly at her face. I love the sweetness of that—that the one thing he’s been dying to do is hold her hands with no reservations.

Oska goes to see the songwriter who lied to the press, and it turns out that it’s someone Tae-sun knows, who happens to have been in love with him despite his being gay. She’s obviously still bitter about it; you really shouldn’t take it personally, not that you’re not a thoroughly evil person, but, you know…you’re just not his type.

Oska fumes, but she just trounces all over him, saying that he’s the one who did this to himself, for being the kind of no-talent star to buy his way to fame rather than work hard for it. She clearly doesn’t know about the kettle and the pot, because she then follows it up with blackmail, asking him for a payoff for her to recount her story.

His manager wants to pay her off, but Oska tells him that he’ll fold all his activities instead. All of this hitting him at once is clearly making him reevaluate himself as a person, and what he’s seeing ain’t so pretty.

Mother Viper gets word of the VVIP party’s kissing couple, and decides to retaliate hardcore. Next thing you know, Secretary Kim is railing into Joo-won for ordering Ah-young fired. Oh, damn. She’s good.

He insists it wasn’t him (which hilariously gets Secretary Kim to back down from his visual representation of You’re a Meanie Evil Boss) and digs around. Meanwhile, Ra-im gets a call from the Mother Snake herself, telling her that this is just the warning; she hasn’t even begun the real torture yet. She tells Ra-im to ask herself if she can be happy at the expense of her friend’s happiness, and leaves her hanging.

Ah-young comes home and doesn’t let on that she was fired, because she clearly knows why. She lies that she had it out with a co-worker and quit, and is happy to take some time off to catch up on old dramas. Sigh. Is it wrong if I’m jealous?

What a good friend. But since Ra-im is one too, she runs out of there right away, to go have it out with Joo-won’s mother. Joo-woon pulls up to the house at the same time, and they argue outside about who should be the one to take care of the situation. Joo-won insists that he has a master plan…to tattle to Grandpa. Pfffft. And Man-Child of the Year goes to…

But as they argue, thunder clouds roll in, and it starts to rain. Here we go…it’s re-swap time! And not a moment too soon, really, because while I’m happy with this episode’s developments, sure did take us forever to get here.

They look at each other and know right away what happened. It’s actually hilarious that they’re not even surprised anymore. They curse their luck at switching at this moment, which is of course right when Mother pulls up and tells them both to come inside. This should be good.

A refresher on body-swap names: soul first, body second. Ra-Him is Ra-im in Joo-won’s body (Hyun Bin) and Joo-wonda is Joo-won in Ra-im’s body (Ha Ji-won).

They both point out that going for the best friend is a low blow. Mom counters that this isn’t the Olympics; fair play does not apply. Oh, um. Good point. One point, Mom. Joo-wonda notes the tactic that Mom will inevitably employ: first the friend, then the job, then the home, then out of the country. Mom’s eyebrows go up as her master plan gets recited to her, and she assumes that Ra-im has encountered this treatment before.

Joo-wonda says they’ll stop dating…they’re going to live together instead. Cue unholy horror. He adds that this is all for her son, because if they’re not together, he might die of lovesickness. Ha.

He tells Mom that she doesn’t have the right to fire Ah-young; he’ll see to it that she’s sued if she pursues it, and that if she really can’t stand to see them together, they’ll just go live abroad or something. He asks if that’s what she really wants—to never see her son again.

Mom of course (not knowing that this is coming straight from her son) thinks that this girl is threatening her with balls of steel, and asks what Joo-won thinks. Ra-Him answers that she thinks Joo-wonda is right. She’s decided to trust this person from now on. With that, they leave Mom.

They head to Ra-im’s place, where the Magic Veil of Un-switchiness takes over so that they’re back in their own bodies. Already? So un-fun, this veil.

Ra-im wants to figure out why they switched again, but Joo-won’s got other things on his mind. He meant what he said to Mom and wants Ra-im to pack a bag now so that they can start living together, this instant. Ra-im shuts him down; they have bigger worries than that, with their swapped state.

She wonders if there’s a common connection every time the switch occurred, and they realize it’s connected to the rain. She looks up the weather forecast and it’s not due to rain for another week. Joo-won: “What? That means we can’t kiss for a whole week?” Ha.

Ra-im wonders how he ever endured all this time NOT kissing her, then, and he shares his little secret of the rhyme he chants. He takes the phone and looks again at the weather. “New York. It’s raining in New York. Let’s go.” Ra-im: “You want to go to New York, so we can kiss?” Heh.

They decide that they can live each other’s lives for a week till they switch back, and agree that it’ll be easier this time around, since they’ve got the routine down.

To that end, they sit down and go over the important things going on in their lives. Ra-im has the big audition for Dark Blood coming up, so Joo-wonda has to train. We flashforward to see them training together. Joo-wonda in turn trains Ra-Him on his signature, and what to sign for. He tells her not to accept greetings from his staff, but she tells him that she will, since that’s a habit he should fix: “You have to earn respect. If you don’t like it, date another woman.” Awesome.

Joo-wonda says there’s one more thing. They stand up, and he tells Ra-Him to close her eyes. He walks over and hugs her (as the veil un-switches them for a moment) and says, “Our bodies are swapped, but once a day, we hug each other, like this.” Aw.

At their respective jobs, Ra-Him signs for Ah-young to be promoted, and Joo-wonda trains…only it doesn’t look so hot when he’s swordfighting, making Jung-hwan and Jong-soo wonder what’s wrong with Ra-im. Jung-hwan wonders if she got dumped by Joo-won. Jong-soo: “Let’s bring him here and beat him up.” Hahahaha.

Ra-Him and Joo-wonda confer at the end of their day at a coffee shop, and decide to meet here every day to go over the major decisions. This is so much easier when you guys aren’t at each other’s throats and trying to purposely ruin each other’s lives! Ra-Him gets excited about attending the action school’s Christmas party, which Joo-wonda rags on for being lame.

Oska cancels his Christmas concert, and when they try to offer the fans their money back, they decline and send him gifts instead, with a message that they’ll wait until he does the concert some other time. That’s cute. But Oska is feeling too low to face any of it, and insists that their money just be returned.

He spends Christmas Eve alone, until Seul arrives, worried about him and thinking it was better than him being all alone. She brings him the cutest Christmas cake ever, and while she lights the candles, he goes over to the piano.

He starts playing, and thanks everyone for attending his concert, and for sticking with him…through the end. Seul’s eyes fill with tears as he serenades her with a slow version of “Here I Am.”

It’s a stellar performance from both of them, as he sings full of regret and longing, and she cries, unable to hold back her emotion any longer. It’s actually moving, which I didn’t think I’d be saying about these two characters’ potential for a reunion.

Ra-Him arrives at the action school with her gift exchange present in hand, and is surprised to find that Joo-wonda is not only there, but has contributed to decorations and party supplies. She asks what he’s doing here, and he responds with the duh answer: he wants to spend Christmas Eve with you, doofus.

One hilarious moment is everyone’s reaction when one of the trainees confesses his love for Ra-im, to everyone’s horror. Joo-wonda ends up laughing at the action school hijinks and having a good time, despite himself. Ra-Him adorably even sneaks a handholding session with him behind Jung-hwan’s back.

The next day Ra-Him looks in the mirror as she shaves, and swoons over feeling close to him, like they’re standing together, if she closes her eyes. She notices the bottle of pills on the counter, and flashes back to Oska’s oblique references to an accident, memory loss, and seeing someone named Ji-hyun about pills.

She walks over to Oska’s house, and he happens to be sitting there with Ji-hyun, because he needed some sleeping pills. Ra-Him doesn’t know her, so she treats her like a stranger, confusing them. She realizes that she’s supposed to know her…

Meanwhile, Jong-soo sees Joo-wonda looking at the picture of Ra-im and her father, and asks about the exact day. Joo-wonda asks what day, is it Jong-soo’s birthday? Jong-soo looks at her, puzzled…

Back at Oska’s, Ra-Him plays it off like she was just kidding, and gets away with vague responses as Ji-hyun makes her exit. Then Ra-Him sits down to ask Oska if he knows Ji-hyun’s phone number, since he lost it and needs to ask her something. HA! This is hilarious.

Oska looks at him like he’s gone insane…

Jong-soo can tell that something’s not right, and to confirm, he pretends the date he was talking about was his birthday. Joo-wonda just responds in kind. God, any idiot can tell it’s supposed to be the day her father died! He confirms it with one more fact: he casually mentions that their sunbae Ji-hoon called to ask about her. Joo-wonda pretends to recognize the name and wonders if he has the number…

Jong-soo stares a hole right through Joo-wonda’s head, as he finally asks, “Who are you?”

Cut to Oska, asking Ra-Him the same question: “Who are you? You’re not Kim Joo-won.”

Jong-soo: Kim Ji-hoon died three years ago. And that’s the date that Ra-im’s father died.

Oska: Ji-hyun is the person who just walked out. Who are you, and where is my little brother, Kim Joo-won?

Aw, hells yeah!

 
COMMENTS

Finally, something new in the dynamic! I can’t wait till Jong-soo and Oska muck things up with their knowledge. What a great scene to have their realizations come simultaneously like that. It makes so much more sense that people this involved in their lives would notice that something was awry. The fact that they didn’t notice it the first time was hilarious for the hijinks (lest we forget the kissing cousins) but not so realistic, so I’m glad that something’s finally going to come of their swap this time around, other than the novelty of driving each other’s bodies around.

This episode was a much-needed up-tick, because as stellar as the chemistry is between the actors, the story wasn’t doing anything new for a good long while. In this episode we finally saw a major shift in the relationships with declarations and answers, and now some real suspense as Oska and Jong-soo hone in on the body swap. Hope they stay swapped for longer this time, enough for the suspicions to make things more complicated, and more hilarious.

As for the spirited debate over Episode 13’s bed scene: many people have argued that intent (to only hug) excuses actions (forcing her onto the bed for a hug). Does that mean if I steal twenty dollars from javabeans with the intention of giving it back (really, I swears it!) that means my actions are justified? Intent is important, sure—it’s the very crucial difference between murder and manslaughter, for instance—but that doesn’t mean that there are no consequences for the action. You still gotta do time for manslaughter.

I don’t know what Joo-won’s intent was, because I’m not him. But his actions violated the one principle, in my book, that should be universal: when I say get off of me, get the fuck off of me. I don’t care if Ra-im is a Badass Stuntmaster Extraordinaire™ or the goddamn Second Coming of Yoda; whether man or woman, big or little, strong or weak, this is a fundamental respect for another human being’s body that should be adhered to. That’s MY universe, and dramas, and all fiction, no matter how fantastical or mystical, are a reflection of that ‘verse.

When they mess with my fundamental rules, it’s my prerogative to get my sparkly panties in a bunch over it, as it is anyone else’s, to do the opposite. That’s the fun, yeah? It’s naïve to assume that television as a form of popular entertainment is not borne of a culturally specific time and place, and that it has no effect on the world it came from, or the one that will come after it. That is the cycle of pop culture and the way we consume, react to, and create it.

Unwanted-advances-as-romance is a socially problematic issue. If the argument is that Ra-im really did want the advances, well then I’d say, Drama, she should have said, “Yes, please, with a snuggle on top!” and not, “No.” Javabeans was calling attention to something that is actually a rather old issue to have plagued many works of fiction and in many ways more egregious than Secret Garden‘s. But that doesn’t excuse the drama from having made the call to portray that scene in all its ambiguity. Of course we’re going to call Show out on that shit. Hello, have you met us?

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My regards... you narrative is impressive and I enjoyed a lot. Wonderful that someone can tell the story before it gets translated.

Best wishes for 2011!

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As the resident Ranma-addict, I feel the need to point out the obvious:

Curse + rain = body change

Niiiiice. No wonder I love this drama!!

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did anyone notice joowonda's rambling to raim's picture with the dad? he said that he felt like he has seen him before and that they have intimate relationship..what i've concluded is, raim's dad saved joo won when he was in an "accident"-which we dont know what accident it is YET.

Tho thanks too oska who teased us with this information when rahim were asking him joo won's home pin # when they got swiped the first time.

this is getting more interesting. maybe it has everything to do with the swiping thingy that the dad did "to save his daughter".

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I never thought of that but it could be possible. It might be a drama cliche where the other was involved with the other persons loved ones cause of death but it could be possible.

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Like raim's dad sacrificed himself to save JW in this "accident"?
I see it being a car accident for some reason but these writers are so unique so I doubt that.

I don't understand what raim's dad meant when he said it was to save his daughter? Is raim sick and so he wanted her to switch bodies? I'm just coming up with wacky ideas here!

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Not sure if you have seen this .... it's beautiful!

(Secret Garden -- You're My Spring (Sung Si Kyung)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SkiqF0SF4

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Wow. I loved it. Thanks for link.

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You're welcome. :)

I find the translated English lyrics so fitting that it makes the song & MV all the more hauntingly beautiful.

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I swear, I will never read a review ever again not until I've seen the actual episode. I practically died from laughing when Ra-Im came in with Woo Young sporting the same hair style!

Ep 14 totally redeemed the ridiculousness of Ep. 13. It was one of the most epic episodes by far. The acting was superb. I was so surprised at how incredibly spot on Ha Ji Won's performance of Joo Won was especially the little details she's picked up like the smirk during the Christmas party. Ha Ji Won has been consistently wonderful.

The ending was so creepy! I swear the Director creeped me out when he asked Joo Wonda who he is! That scene was amazing!

I really like Seul now especially with what she did at the party and visiting Woo Young.

But why the heck was everyone watching Joo Won and Ra-Im make out! That was a whole round of awkward!

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It's like in an action movie or drama when the rest of the members of an attacking gang wait on as one of them battles with the hero. ;)

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I'm sure one or two of the aspiring wives looked about as menacing as an attacking gang at that moment ;-)

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hmm. claws out? wolverine-ing? :D could totally imagine that too!

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izzie, haha! you never fail to make me laugh ;-)

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I haven't watched this episode, but seeing the photos above of Ra-Im's exposed arms, I am reminded of the tattoos that once decorated both her arms in the first episode. So, in the story, those were only henna/temporary/rub-on tattoos? We never saw them after the chase involving the bag snatchers.

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I think those tattoos were for a movie part?

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must be...

rub-on tattoos they are! ;)

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Yup. Maybe her bruises and scars miraculously wash off too whenever she has to glam up.....

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ahaha! professional make up artists can do wonders. :) much more for a generous customer like Oska. ;)

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izzie, just my thoughts ;-) LOL!

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I suppose this site is visited by multi nationals and all walks of life and has personal views and expression.
Each and everyone of us, has different level of command of English. We are most happy that , someone would correct our
mistake and give us encouragement,but in a more diplomatic way.

None of us is submitting an English essay, rudimentary English Grammar, can be excused or ignored. Ha ha...

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omg, i didn't see anything wrong about that bed scene, the writers and directors of this drama just want to show how JW badly loves Ra im and waited for long time to hug her like that and how JW wishes to be with Ra im forever. If there's minors in your houses that can watch it, i think it is your resposibility not to make them watch something like that and in fact they can see/watch much more aggressive scene than this. Let it go, don't make that scene such a big issue!

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Ok I just have to write down something since it seems like most ppl are still stuck on ep 13 being wrong or right. We are debating -I think that we don't particularly like how the SG crew depicted the bed scene i.e. that something that is “bad” is being romanticized. However, if dramas are might to reflect a time period, then the SG crew are confronting a growing issue in our time, maybe to incite this kind of debate, to get their audience involved or simply it was just written that way and we are all reacting the way our individual personal experience have thought us to react (each of us seeing the scene differently). Regardless, I enjoyed reading everybody's comments it broadened my horizon. However, for my own piece of mind I have to remind myself that it is just a drama and that I should not be learning my manners or social justice from a drama. A drama is not reality, it tells the story the writer want to share and therefore at time the message will not have general consensus.
THAT said. Thx for the recap love it and ep 14 purely awesome. I can’t wait for the next episode. I seem to spend my week wishing for Saturday and Sunday lol. I think that maybe Gil Ra father died saving JW and therefore is bringing them together to secure his daughter’s future; just my 2 cents. I like the progress Oska and Seul is making, hopeful he will tell her what he remembered in the next episode. Thank you Girlfriday and DB

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i really <3 this drama. i try not to anylze every single move but just enjoy the fun acting and the great chemistry between those two leads... can't wait till sat. again...

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loved the ending! thanks for the recap!

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I was wondering why people were talking as if the show had time to develop its plot even further when it was nearing the end...Until I decided to wiki it and realize that Secret Garden is actually 20 episodes, not 16.

I is idiot.

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That bed scene was cute and I dint even think it was violating at all.
Maybe it's because it seems normal to me due to hyun bin's personality? Maybe it's a Korean thing, I see this stuff happen all the time but it's just a joke.
And honestly, I don't think raim minded at all(: sure she did a little "hard to get" but inside she wanted to cuddle(;

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I guess it also depends on your culture. In Korea, it's not necessarily a bad thing especially if it's amongst friends.
Even in the US, I cuddle with my friends all the time.

I lived the ed scene because it only helped progress their relationship and their emotions. JW has always been forecul because he's always gotten everything he wants. Although raim fought him, she eventually stopped squirming and obviously realized how much she likes him. I live their little staring contests because it just shows how amazing their chemistry is and how much their love for eachother is growing.

I thought the bed scene was a nice, cute and romantic scene! Especially that although JW forced er to snuggle with him, that's all they did and he did his little Kim suahmo hubuki wadurime chant to resist kissing her(:

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That veil is seriously lame. The whole point of the switch is to watch them act out their characters in the different bodies. Agreed with girlfriday, the veil lamely removes all the fun and visual purpose of this plot point. And it sure comes randomly now- no longer restricted to just the emotional scenes but rather to any conversation the two have in private.

Oska and Seul's romance = most boring pair I've ever watched. Sure they're pretty and decent actors, but that doesn't equate to a compelling on-screen connection or plotline.

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Way late but...

If Joo Won did half the stuff he did in real life, I'd seriously start to fear for Ra Im's life and sanity. Stalking and sexual harassment are just not attractive. Plus, he's a little off his rocker mentally so coupled with his extremely aggressive courtship techniques-- yeah, totally creepy.

That being said... I guess there is a double standard because I find drama Joo Won totally swoonworthy. I guess it helps that the show itself heavily suggests to the audience that we're supposed to be sympathetic to this guy. Plus, Hyun Bin.

No drama should romanticize sexual harassment and rape undertones, but they shouldn't romanticize a lot of things and still do. I condemn all the above but it's no secret that many (not all) girls indulge in fantasies about being overtaken and dominated, to whatever extent. I'm not saying that idea in it of itself is okay, I'm just saying it exists, it's common, and kdramas pander to it.

I guess maybe because the audience knows that JW is harmless, Ra Im really likes him and they'll get their happily ever after so whatever happens in between doesn't seem so bad. In real life we can't see the future so every aggressive boy is taken as a potential stalker/rapist/etc. but in dramas we give it a pass. Idk

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@h ...I like your mini dissertation. Well said and totally agree.

More so, viewers and avid (idol) fans would rather ignore the darker connotation and depiction of actions and events in every drama. They’d swoon, squeee, shrill as well as wallpaper/video clipped every cutesy romantic moments, every new getup, ornaments/gadgets to keep as cherished possessions and be spread/shared endlessly. It’s a way to live lala-land fantasies, and even those who can manage, embark on endless delusional pursuit…”I love/want those bags, shoes, jewelry, outfit
phones, ring tones”…where can I get that new phone?, etc…you name it.

Hypocritically for avid folks, ep13’s badbed/bedbad moment is "forbidden concern" never to be mentioned, which (sadly) is quite understandable.

But to hear the rationale….”Its just a drama” is incomprehensible…for, isn’t most dramas about depicting real life scenarios and moments? Of course bar those inserted fancy fantasies like switching bodies..eckkk.

But viewers react to every line and every scene because it’s based on relatable reality…we all will (at some point) live some of those moments ourselves if luck holds… (maybe not to bed and bodywrap/hug a Ha Ji Won herself), but easily anyone can bed and similarly bodywrap any Jane and Judy out there and say she’s in love with me anyway...and its not rape….end of story.

We all live, laugh, cry, sigh and shriek watching dramas because they are played by real people portraying real lives and depicting real moments.

Maybe I should ask to watch cartoons (not for kids) instead, so as not to get so attached and angsty about those moments….well maybe if they start making “hallyu cartoons” too. Wonder how binnie would look in cartoons.

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A little present for Secret Garden devotees, lyrics to 1984 song by Animotion, describes Joo Won's OBSESSION aptly. Check it out:

You are an obsession, I cannot sleep
I am a possession unopened at your feet
There is no balance, no equality
Be still I will not accept defeat

I will have you, yes I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you

You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me
(x2)

I feed you, I drink you by day and by night
I need you, I need you by sun or candlelight
You protest, you want to leave
You say there's no alternative

Your face appears again, I see the beauty there
But I see danger, stranger beware
A circumstance in your naked dreams
Your affection is not what it seems

You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me
(x2)

My fantasy has turned to madness
All my goodness has turned to badness
My need to possess you has consumed my soul
My life is trembling, I have no control

I will have you, yes I will have you
I will find a way and I will have you
Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly
I will collect you and capture you

You are an obsession, you're my obsession
Who do you want me to be to make you sleep with me
(x2 an fade)

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whoa! that is so joo won!

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mwhahahahaha :D

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Howdy all.

Like last episode there were a lot of WT?! moments for me in Ep. 14. When J and R were kissing in front of everyone I was like 'Get a room!' and then when they were alone at R's place I was like 'Where's the action?'

It seemed J's done a 360 degree turn-around.

Hoping for better things in Ep. 15.

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Haha! Yea, KateyB...could it be that JW is actually gay and a pervert/exhibitionist? Private moments, sweet and timid; public moments, too passionate for words :-)

LOL!

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I suddenly occured to me that JooWon is like a modern version of Mr.Darcy.. if you really think of it..

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Remember when Gil Ra Im punched that guy who was harassing a store employee? If she really (and I mean Really) felt harassed by the whole thing she would've kicked Joo Won's ass IMO. But she didn't.

Also, Joo Won being a flawed clingy persistent jerkass is what makes this show awesome. Change that and this wouldn't be half as good as it is.

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"Also, Joo Won being a flawed clingy persistent jerkass is what makes this show awesome. Change that and this wouldn’t be half as good as it is."

- Reminds me of Oh Ha Ni in Playful Kiss; she is the Joo Won to Bak Seung Joo's Ra Im!

Lesson: Never give up! Stalking and harassing is okay if the other person will love you back in the end ;-) LOL

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Finally, I got to watch episodes 13 and 14 with english subs now that I have some peace and quite at home...while waiting for the new years's eve countdown.

Nice to watch how the story is moving along. After all the tension, bickering and pent-up emotions, now we can heave a sigh of relief that Gil Ra Im has 'fessed up. Kim Joo Won's persistence and never-say-die attitude is finally rewarded (notwithstanding the ambivalent feelings from many about the controversial bed scene).

The kissing scene at the VVIP Party was HOT even by Hollywood standards :-) but at the same time tender and sweet. HB and HJW couldn't have done it any better. I was laughing so hard though when I saw Oska and Ra Im went together to the party in the same hairstyle, hahaha! (This is the downside when you read the DB recaps before you even watch the show, hehe!)

The body-switch at this point seems to be very timely....and most welcome. Joo Won in Ra Im's body when they confronted the mom is one of the highlights of the episode. This is the kick-ass girl we missed so much! And to hear from Ra Im (in JW's body) declare that it's time for her to trust him is a major step forward in their relationship. To watch the two of them now working as a team to fight the scary monster mom and his family is also a step in the right direction if their rel'p is to grow/mature.

The subtle background music when Jong Soo and Oska asked the billion-dollar-won question "Who are you?" to Ra Im and Joo Won in their body-switched states is eerie and so effective. Finally two people using their brains to clearly evaluate the situation (after being dumb about it in the former episodes/previous body switching) LOL!

Again, thank you so much javabeans/girlfriday for recapping this show.....and for staying true to yourselves and remaining cool in the midst of all the uproar and craziness. You did and are doing a fine job with dramabeans! We love this site!

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OMG, JW's got another tracksuit in store for the audience! ;p

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Orzn6-dv1EY/

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Oooh! I like that one.

The designer obviously studied Mediaeval armour, and/or motion capture suits to come up with it!

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This is the best drama I've watched this year. Among skk, pk, baker king, mary, plan B, Cinderella stepsis, You're beautiful, Enjoy Life, Call of the country, Personal Taste, birth of the rich and God of Study. I think the only downer is the lack in developments but I am more focused on execution and character than anything. Obviously if the character gets boring cus of lack of developments, it's not good. But execution is everything to me. So yea, I love this show to bits!

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What a great episode! Did anyone else think that they were hinting on a possible conflict b/c of the death of Ra-Im's dad? I have some theories that I HOPE HOPE HOPE will NEVER come true. I think that the reason Ra-Im's dad died was because of Joo-won. The "accident" that Oska was talking about may have been the cause of Ra-Im's dad's death and Joo won was the person he saved??? I hope they don't make it so that Ra-Im will hate Joo won and Joo won will hate himself for that and then make them brood then break up. ETC..

Oh well, thank God for dramabeans, a place where I can enjoy dramas and also discuss it with other people!

Happy New Year Everyone!

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Ugh... I'm waiting so patiently for episode 15 to come but it's hard to hold in the excitement!!!!!!

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See in the first episode they showed Gil Ra Im to have tattoos on her arms, where are they now??

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Did anyone watch episode 15? The show is finally getting to all the mysteries regarding RaIm and JooWon. Cliff hanger ending... Can hardly wait for the episode 16 tomorrow. This is the best drama I have seen in many years. Wow!!

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Finally! The return of Joo-wonda! (totally my favorite character. i.e. more than joo-won or ra-im or ra-him...)

Now THIS, more than most, was an eeeeeevil cliffhanger.

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thanks for the review ^^

Ever since last episodes I have started to seriously take interest in all Oska + Seul = Reunion? thing. :D
For the 1st time this is happening to me with 2nd leads :D But I love it ^^ Love Secret Garden (:

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Yoo Seul and Joon Won both redeemed themselves in my eyes after I spent 13 episodes disliking them.

Yoo Seul showed that she really is a compassionate woman while she still retained her rich girl attitude.

And Joon Won finally decided to give up everything for Ra Im. ^^ And yay for not forcing a kiss or anything stupid! He really has matured.

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I totally disagree about the negative comment about the bed scene. Come on pple!!!! this is drama, not to mention fantasy. I hope pple are smart enough to understand what is right and wrong so they won't go out doing things like JOO woon does in drama. Don't you think that it will be as fun to watch when they exclude those scene...(i don't think so). Anyone read romance novel, they write those type of stories all the time. I think everyone should chill out and enjoy the ride... As for me I enjoy every fight scene ra-im and jb.

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I forgot to mentioned how gorgeous ra-im in her dress...It's about time!!!!. One of the best kissing scene in kdrama history. I can't blame Joo-Woon giving her that passionate kiss... When I was watching that particular scene, it makes me wonder if those two have a future together in real life. Then, I remember Song kyeo, I like her too so I have to shake that idea off. However, those two should win an award for best kiss if ever one in korea, best couple will do also. Ha ji won is really one of the best!!! This girl done all kind of drama and excel to all the role she does. I hope she find a special guy in her life too. Make me think about Phillip, they should go out in a date in real life since hyun bin is taken. What do u guys think:)?

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can someone tell me his full chant and translate too? i wanna know it thx :) i wish i was in ra ims place right now :(

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lor...i think the most memorable scene was when Secretary Kim yelling at Joo Won "gojitmal" when he denied that he's the one who fired ah young...haha..that's so hilarious of secretary kim...

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anybody has a copy of the song sung at the credit of episode 14, i think it's hyun bin singing, so love it

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please.....anybody knows the name of the song played at the ending of this episode (eps14). i really loves this song so much....

thank you so much....

Secret Garden Drama ...............sarangheyo.....

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Okay maybe you are the type of woman that you say what you mean but have you heard of woman tricks such as "playing hard to get" There are some women who don't have the courage to say what they mean such as Gil ra im. Men listen to signals and Gil Ra Im's are screaming "kiss me" why? because she didnt round kick his ass when he forced her on the bed. words is not the only language that exist. Body language also exists and it was telling Joo Won that Gil Ra Im liked what he did which was true since she looked at him with dreamy eyes.

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This is exactly why this drama was horribly wrong to have the scene as it was protrayed. "No" is "No" no matter what the body language is. It's "No" no matter when it's said, even if it's after initially allowing contact. For the writer to have Ra-im protest but not "kick ass" when we all know she can take out 4-5 guys to retrieve a purse, and have Joo-Won force himself on her repeatedly (forced kiss, forced hug) with no regard for her protests because he's used to getting his way, basically implies or supports the sick theory that all women who say "No" don't really mean it, that all men have the right to ignore a woman's protest and do whatever they want. It was wrong, plain and simple. Having this scene tainted the entire drama for me. I was very uncomfortable watching even though I understood it wasn't supposed to imply rape. It still felt dangerously close to it. In my opinion there was no excuse for this. It would have been much better, not to mention more responsible, to have Joo-Won back off and then have Ra-im initiate or invite the hug. How hard would that have been to write?

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Maybe I missed something, but why can't they kiss after switching bodies?

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I wondered that too...I think because when they 1st kissed in Jeju they were only experimenting to see if it would switch them back. And she really didn't like him then. Now that they have both admitted to being attracted to each other it is really awkward - kissing your own face. I am just guessing though.
I want to know what happened with Oska and Seul on Christmas Eve. Did she just go home after they both got so tender and emotional? Ah KDramas - gotta love 'em!

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I realize I am writing almost two years after this drama aired and the original comments and I have not read all the comments. So I apologize if I am repeating things already said.

I have found the Gil Ra Im/Joo-Won relationship to be a problem from the first. His actions have been those of a stalker. I did not like that he pushed into a dressing room, is constantly waiting for her, interrupts her life, etc. The bed scene in Episode 13 was just about the last straw. I have yelled at Joo-Won over and over for his disturbing behavior.

I would much prefer Ra-im to be with Joon-Soo. As their hike up the mountain showed, she is much more relaxed and happy with him; she can be herself. What kind of life would she have with Joo-Won? Could he disentangle himself enough for him to let her have the life she wants? Or is she supposed to give up all stunt work and become a corporate wife?

Frankly, I don't really see what she sees in him, except for the fact that he pursues her relentlessly and can occasionally be sweet. I love Ra-Im and just want happiness for her. I guess now that it seems she really does care for Joo-Won I'll have to be happy with her doing that, but I still prefer Joon-Soo (and I think he's much hotter). (By the way, when does Phillip Lee get to play the lead in a drama and get the the girl? I'd really like to watch that!)

I'm much more enjoying the Oska/Seul relationship and I do hope that works out.

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I really love the drama

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5 stars for this episode

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It's my first time watching this drama. I loved this episode! The ending was very exciting. But, then I started to catch the hints they've been dropping. Joo Won was in an accident that caused his phobias. The photo of Ra Im's dad seemed familiar. Ra Im's dad died saving someone . . . OMO, Aigoo, AISH! Noooo!

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This is much better. Last episode drove me insane beyond compare, bUT NOW I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS ALL TO GO DOWN

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Ah, I really loved this episode.

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