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The King 2 Hearts: Episode 17

Who knew the truth could be so scary? Secrets come tumbling out, turning everyone’s lives inside out from the repercussions. It’s a good thing our heroine is as badass as they come.

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EPISODE 17 RECAP

Defeated and at the end of his rope, Jae-ha tells Shi-kyung to make the call – he will abdicate the throne to get Hang-ah and Mom back safely. Shi-kyung asks him to consult his staff, but he’s made up his mind: “Call Bong-gu. He’s the king now.” Say it ain’t so!

Meanwhile Hostage Hang-ah agrees to try and convince Jae-ha to do the same, and Bong-gu sets her up on a video conference straight from the baddie’s lair. He warns her that the call can’t be traced, and keeps no less than three guns trained on her the entire time. He tells her to act as helpless as she can, to sell it. She glares.

Jae-ha braces himself, and Shi-kyung tells him to draw out the call for as long as he can. He answers the call and they both just look at each other for a long moment, with no words.

He finally asks if she’s okay, and if Mom’s okay, and Hang-ah tells him that they’re fine. He tells her not to do anything—he’ll take care of it all, and in fact it’s already done. “Let’s live comfortably from now on.”

Hang-ah wells up with tears, and then starts to cry, saying that she wants the same. “I want to live!” She wails into her handkerchief, as Bong-gu sits back, pleased as punch. She sniffles through her tears that Jae-ha is the only reason she’s survived, and then mentions the WOC…

“Do you remember what I said, about what kind of man I want?” That changes his face instantly, as he realizes that the weeping is an act. He remembers exactly what kind of man she said she wanted—one she could respect, who would win, fair and square.

Awww, yeah. She keeps going, as if taking a trip down memory lane. She says they won, didn’t they? And they have lots of other fond memories together, like spinning the globe and wondering where to send a present.

He remembers spinning the globe and wondering where to send Bong-gu’s gift. He thinks to himself: Is that where you are? I love that it’s not some complex code, but just stuff that only Jae-ha would understand.

Bong-gu senses something wrong, and calls out. Guns get cocked around her. Jae-ha asks what’s going on (he can only see her face), and she says that there’s no one, but adds that they can’t do whatever they want (basically she’s figured out that they can’t just kill them).

And then she turns to Bong-gu with daggers in her eyes, to say this was just an act. She turns back to Jae-ha, now screaming frantically, “Listen to me! If you resign like this, I will bite my own tongue and just DIE! You can’t resign…!”

The video feed gets cut in the middle of her cries, leaving Jae-ha shell-shocked and calling out her name over and over at his blank screen.

Shi-kyung and Dong-ha come running in, and Jae-ha gathers himself. “China. That’s where we sent Bong-gu’s present. She’s there.”

Bong-gu asks what she meant by the globe, and she hilariously wipes her tears and flips her hair as she leans back casually and asks if he doesn’t remember getting a present. But… why are you telling him this?

He asks if she told Jae-ha their location, and she breezes that she didn’t say anything that wasn’t true—he can’t kill them, not with the U.S. and China breathing down his neck. “And that’s why all you could do is play around with scissors at Mother! Did you enjoy playing hairdresser? Did it make you happy? Kim Bong-gu?”

Nice. It succeeds in getting under his skin. He lights up with rage, and then HE DECKS HER, with a punch to the face. Damn.

It knocks her sideways for a moment, but then she just stands up, even more defiant than before, like the hit just woke a beast. He says sure, he can’t kill her, but he can make her rot so that it doesn’t show.

He steps back to let his minions do the dirty work, but as soon as they attack, Hang-ah headlocks one and kicks the other down. She then yanks the sunglasses off of a henchman’s face, and in that moment I really really want her to just put them on and smile.

But she does something more drastic (and probably more practical), and snaps them in half, turning it into a shiv. And THEN, crazy girl raises the pointy end to her own jugular, as she calmly tells Bong-gu that she is special forces, and not to be fooled—she’s choosing not to die yet, but could at any moment.

She tells him to let her stay by Mother’s side, and she’ll behave. Haha. Dude, your hostage is giving orders. Methinks you’ve lost control of the situation.

He complies, though by the time she’s brought in to see Mom, she’s pretty bruised up. She puts on a smile and insists she’s fine, and then Mom surprises her by agreeing to escape. “Let’s try it. Let’s try anything.” Yay, Mom!

Jae-ha and Shi-kyung (along with Hang-ah’s father) plan the rescue mission. They try to get China’s cooperation, but Bong-gu counters that move with one phone call, after which China refuses to give aid or allow South Korean troops into their country without any hard evidence.

Jae-ha realizes that it won’t happen through official channels, and says that they’ll have to send in a team posing as tourists. As he says this in voiceover, we see Dong-ha arriving at the airport dressed in plain clothes.

Not-Shi-kyung (from the WOC team) is just behind him, and then Young-bae shows up just ahead. Yeeeesssssss! Bring it, Sniper Young-bae! I love that the goofy guy who gets picked on is really the deadliest in a live combat situation. As soon as he shows up, I feel like it’s in the bag.

I love the badass way they walk through the terminal without acknowledging each other’s presence. Sadly, no Kang-seok this time. Or maybe he got stuck in customs trying to bring a rocket launcher as his carry-on.

Meanwhile Hang-ah and Mom put their escape plan into motion. Mom drops a lamp to draw two guards inside, and then Hang-ah takes them down so fast that Mom just gapes. Hang-ah grabs a gun and they make a run for it.

She gets into a firefight before making it into the basement tunnels, and as she takes out one guard, another shoots her in the arm. They run and hide and run and hide until they make it through the tunnels and into the caves below the complex.

The army of minions run around aimlessly, while Bon Bon sits and thinks what she would do, and heads down into the caves…

The rescue team reaches the entrance to the caves, planning to take out the guards and make their way inside. Only more guards come running up to announce that the prisoners have escaped.

Dong-ha and Young-bae look at each other, and then decide they can’t let all those guys walk right in to block Hang-ah’s way out, so they just start shooting.

Hang-ah and Mom finally reach the end of the caves, but find their path blocked by a river. By now her arm is in bad shape, but she says she’ll cross first and find a rope or something for Mom.

But Mom says that Southern women are strong too, and that she won’t become a burden to her daughter-in-law. She walks right into the river and swims her way across. For some reason Hang-ah doesn’t follow right away, and for a moment it seems like maybe she can’t…

Bon Bon and her attack dogs come running, and they start to reach the edge of the caves. Hang-ah hears the dogs and THEN she jumps into the river and swims across to the other side.

I… really don’t understand why that river crossing was made to be so dramatic when both of them could make it across. Why didn’t you just swim together as soon as you got there? For dramatic weight? ‘Cause now it just seems silly.

The Rescue Rangers get pinned down, and Young-bae tells Dong-ha to go look for them while he holds the line. Dong-ha takes off running, calling out for Hang-ah and the queen mother.

Once they cross the river, Hang-ah and Mom start to hear Dong-ha’s voice. But at the same time, Mia is closing in on them. Hang-ah tells Mom not to think, and just look ahead and run.

Mom protests but she forces her to go alone. Mom takes off running, and then Hang-ah takes out her gun and fires to make her presence known, and then runs in the other direction. Okay, now THIS makes drama AND sense.

The diversion does the trick, and Hang-ah draws them into the woods. Mom runs for her life and reaches Dong-ha. Whew. She gasps for breath and tells him they need to find Hang-ah.

She runs deeper and deeper into the woods, straining from the pain in her arm. She tries to stay hidden, but a shot rings out and she falls down the side of a hill, buried under a mountain of leaves. Her hand isn’t moving.

Then we fade to white…

Jae-ha walks down the hall and reaches Mom’s room, where she’s being tended to by nurses and Jae-shin. He sits down next to her and takes her hand, as he says he’s sorry and that it was all his fault.

Mom shakes her head and then asks what they’ll do about Hang-ah. Holding back tears, Jae-ha tells her that they’ll find her, no matter what. Oh no, she’s still there, buried under all those leaves, bleeding to death? For how long??

Jae-ha meets with the prime minister and insists they have to do whatever it takes to find Hang-ah. The prime minister says that they’re already in a world of trouble for sneaking in to rescue the queen mother, and Jae-ha roars, grabbing him by the collar.

He tells him that this is his job, and threatens to out all his misdeeds to the people if he doesn’t do everything in his power to help find Hang-ah.

Meanwhile Bong-gu gets word that they’ve escaped, and that Hang-ah is still missing. A gun with her fingerprints on it was recovered in the woods, but she’s nowhere to be found. He makes another call to China.

Soldiers in the surrounding area stop local villagers to show them Hang-ah’s picture and ask if they’ve seen her. One villager says no, but once he gets past them, he looks around furtively and makes a call.

It turns out he’s a North Korean agent, and he reports to Hang-ah’s father who then relays the same to Jae-ha: that Hang-ah has been labeled a fugitive who escaped from North Korea into China. Basically that means Bong-gu has all of China looking to capture her as a fugitive.

Jae-ha sits with Shi-kyung as they go over their options. He’s down to one—attempting to prosecute Bong-gu in the International Criminal Court. But that’s still murky at best, since they don’t have solid evidence against him, when they do it’ll be all-out war, and Bong-gu could just as well go into hiding.

Shi-kyung suggests they call his father, who will have advice on how to deal with Club M. Jae-ha says they can’t, not yet, and Shi-kyung sighs, frustrated that he won’t explain why. Aw man, I totally forgot you don’t even know yet.

Jae-ha just orders him out of the room to avoid the subject entirely. Shi-kyung storms out, thinking over all the cryptic bits and pieces, like Bong-gu asking if he trusts his father, Dad saying it would all be over soon.

He realizes a way to bypass all the tight-lipped people and goes to the records room and flashes his top-level clearance card and asks for a file. Oh no. You’re gonna do it, aren’t you? Mrrrmph.

He sits down and pauses before opening the file. And yup, it’s Secretary Eun’s resignation letter. Damnit.

He opens it up and starts to read. His eyes grow wide and he has to close it after the first sentence, just to catch his breath. He braces himself and reads the rest, detailing his father’s crimes. And everything he thought he knew comes crashing down.

Jae-ha gets a stack of records to review, and then takes a call from Secretary Eun. He suggests prosecuting Bong-gu in the ICC, saying that he’ll testify as a witness. But Jae-ha says there’s no hard proof to back any of his claims—no recordings, just his word against Bong-gu’s. It’s not enough.

It’s then that Secretary Eun remembers Shi-kyung’s insistence that Jae-ha was an able king, perhaps now seeing the same. Jae-ha asks if he’s wrong, but Secretary Eun says he’s right.

As they talk, Jae-ha goes through the files on his desk, and grows pale when he sees the record of Shi-kyung’s recent library checkout. “Ajusshi, I think Shi-kyung found out…” Jae-ha says he’ll figure out where he went.

Shi-kyung drives in the rain, struggling to hold back his tears. Dad looks wistfully at the picture of the two of them smiling, and then grabs an umbrella to head outside. But as soon as he reaches the door, Shi-kyung is walking up to him, getting soaked in the pouring rain.

He stands there in the yard, resignation letter in hand, just getting rained on. (And in a great visual beat, Dad stands in the shadows, while Son stands in the light.)

Shi-kyung: “Is it true? Did you really do these things? You told me not to do anything to be ashamed of. That once you cross that line, you cross it completely. You told me to hold that line, Father.”

He starts to break down in sobs. “You built me up like that… and then…” He swallows back more tears. And then he screams furiously, “WHAT IS THIS?!”

Dad finally looks up at him, “You’re ashamed, aren’t you? Take a good look. This is your father’s true image.” He tells him that he spent his whole life wanting to leave a flawless legacy, and never once acknowledged his own faults, and this is what he became.

Dad tells him to forget what he said about becoming a person who isn’t ashamed. “Become a person who knows shame.” Shi-kyung cuts in, complaining through his tears that Dad is trying to lecture him till the end.

“You don’t have to say it. I already know. I’m plenty ashamed, right now!” Oof. I know Dad deserves it, but that still cuts deep. He says bitterly that he got a good final look at him, and thanks him for the burden he passed on. Dad watches him go, sinking to the ground in heartbreak.

WAAAAAAAAAAH. I can’t stop crying.

Jae-ha calls over and over again, but his phone is off, so he barks orders into the phone for people to search everywhere till they find him. Jae-shin comes up and asks if it’s Hang-ah, but he tells her that Shi-kyung is missing.

She doesn’t understand why, so he tells her about Secretary Eun.

Meanwhile Shi-kyung is processing it all, now realizing why Jae-ha was so harsh and secretive about his father, and what he did to protect him from the truth.

Dong-ha races in to tell Jae-ha that they found Shi-kyung. At the airport? Where do you think you’re going without your king?

Jae-ha sits him down and pretty much says the same thing, and Shi-kyung says he’s going to Bong-gu. WUH? Are you really in the best frame of mind right now to be a mole? You need hugs and maybe a broody shower, not a renegade mission to be a mole in the cookie shop!

Shi-kyung says this all with his eyes trained to the floor, and Jae-ha tells him to look at him. He tries to, but can’t even lift his head. Jae-ha: “What did you do wrong that you can’t look at me?! You’re you, and your father is your father!”

Shi-kyung says that he’s not doing this out of guilt. It’s because he’s the only one who can do it. He finally raises his head and tells Jae-ha, “Bong-gu is interested in me.” Bromantically?

He says that he’ll use that to join Bong-gu’s side, and when Jae-ha is ready to report him to the ICC, Shi-kyung will make sure he’s found and captured. All Jae-ha needs to do is gather the evidence.

It’s a good plan in theory, but I selfishly don’t want you two to be separated. Plus I don’t believe Shi-kyung’s it’s-not-my-guilt thing. That’s a load of crap.

At the same time, Jae-shin tells her therapist that she’s tired of everyone falling victim to this man—Hang-ah, her brothers, now Shi-kyung. She insists that her memories be recovered, no matter what the method. Urg with the deus ex machina memory voodoo. I thought we already decided you’d try everything WEEKS AGO.

Back to Jae-ha, who says no to Shi-kyung’s plan. Phew. He says that they can’t stoop to get into a dogfight with Bong-gu, with the monarchy at stake. Shi-kyung argues that that’s why he has to be sent in, and Jae-ha just rings the buzzer.

Dong-ha comes in, and Jae-ha orders him to put Shi-kyung under 24-hour surveillance. HA. Shi-kyung protests, and Jae-ha turns to him angrily, “Your guilt? Hang-ah is missing! I’M the one on the verge of losing my mind! But even still, as the king, I’m trying my hardest to stay calm and find the best way to capture Kim Bong-gu. But what are you?”

Dong-ha interrupts to say that they’ve been getting calls from the palace. “The princess…” Shi-kyung looks over with alarm. Well that oughtta put a plug in your molehill.

They race to the palace, where Mom asks them to stop Jae-shin. She’s insisting on hypnosis, but the doctor warned that she could end up worse. Shi-kyung panics, “You have to stop her!”

Jae-ha goes in alone and orders everyone else out. He tells her that it won’t help, but she says she’s been thinking about it for a long time. “I want to become a useful person now.”

He sighs, realizing that her mind’s made up, and says that Shi-kyung is outside—won’t it help if he comes in? She tells him to keep him away. “My memories are surely like monsters. I don’t want to show that to Eun Shi-kyung.”

So Shi-kyung is left pacing outside, as Jae-ha keeps watch over the proceedings. She gets put under and led through her memories, to that day she walked into the villa in Anmyundo.

She remembers being found and captured by Mia, which we already know. But then we start to delve a little deeper. Now we see what happened in the interim before her jump off the cliff.

While they hold her captive inside, Mia calls Bong-gu for instruction on what to do with this unexpected turn. She then puts the phone to Jae-shin’s ear, and Bong-gu speaks to her directly.

She asks what he wants, and he tells to take what’s in the box next to her and sprinkle it in the fireplace. “Let’s send him peacefully, your brother.” She resists, trembling in fear, and Bong-gu warns her that getting shot in the head is a messy ordeal.

Her skull will split, there’ll be blood everywhere, and then they’ll have to clean it up, which would be super annoying. Ha. Bong-gu is most effectively creepy in this murder-is-so-casual mode. “And then where would I cure that annoyance?”

And then he puts the phone to his stereo, and plays “Ride of the Valkyries,” as he mentions that the Nazis played this song while they gassed people. And he wouldn’t want to have to do that to her.

The minions drag her, kicking and screaming, over to the furnace. Mia takes her hand, forcing her to spread the coal dust with her own hand. She fights it, crying and scrambling to get away, but they bring her back over and over, with the gun to her head.

They tell her to do it if she wants to live, and she has a momentary flashback to a happy memory with Jae-kang. And then in the end, she gives in, and opens her hand.

Oh shit. Now we know why she suppressed it—it was her crippling guilt. That’s just more horrifying than I ever expected.

The realization of that moment jars her awake. She comes to, murmuring, “I killed him. I killed him.” Her panic starts to grow, “So that I could live. It was me! I killed him!”

Jae-ha runs to her side and tells her it’s okay, but she loses control, kicking and screaming at the top of her lungs. Shi-kyung and Mom hear her screams and feel helpless to do anything.

Finally Jae-ha comes out, eyes bloodshot and terrified. Shi-kyung goes inside to find her sedated, her wrists red from the straps used to hold her down, her arms cut up from trying to restrain her.

He sits down beside her, crying silently as he holds her hand. He covers his mouth to drown out the sobs, and reaches out to touch her face. His silent crying is killing me.

Jae-ha sits down with Mom, still in a daze. He says that Bong-gu had it worked out from the beginning, and when Jae-shin walked in on his plan, he made it so that even if she were to remember what happened, they would still lose her.

“That’s why I have to fight Bong-gu now. He was nothing so I tried to ignore him. But I don’t think that’s right. Because he really is nothing, I think I have to fight him. I have to fight him head-on so that the monarchy, this country’s honor, and I… can live.”

And then somewhere in China, Hang-ah stumbles out of the woods. She’s limping and her arm is still bleeding, but she makes it out onto the road, and hides out of sight when two officers come her way.

Jae-ha: “That way we’ll live. And I WILL see Hang-ah again.”

 
COMMENTS

I’m so grateful for a drama that can manage a couple’s separation without the noble idiocy trope—the odds are stacked against them and they’re racing towards each other, which is exactly what we want to see. I would’ve liked to see some more of Hang-ah, since being separated doesn’t mean she has to be absent from the episode. Being with her as she struggles for her life seems pretty important to me, so I feel a little shortchanged on that front. But knowing this show, there will be plenty of hardship to come.

Jae-shin’s amnesia was truthfully driving me bonkers—not her, so much as how long the story has been delaying that one single revelation, hinging it all on The Horrible Memory That Will Save All. But once revealed, the truth was a great twist. It was just horrifying enough, if that makes sense. Because being made to wait so long for anything less would’ve felt like a copout. But forcing her hand and making her choose between her own life and her brother’s…it’s no wonder that her debilitating guilt drove her to bury it so deep. I love how dark that conflict is for her, and now I can stop resenting the prolonged plot device part of her character and just root for her to face her guilt and recover. And judging by the way Shi-kyung cries by her side at the end, being needed in that way will probably be the thing to break past his barriers with her. Now it won’t matter if he was scared to end up a plaything, because she’ll need him more and he’ll be there for her.

Shi-kyung killed me twice over in this episode. I should’ve known he would somehow adopt his father’s guilt onto himself, as if things weren’t already bad enough. But I love that Jae-ha turns the tables and finally saves him for once, even if the only way to stop him from running headlong into the fire is to turn the royal guard into a royal prisoner. But he needed to be saved. And he needed to be told that he didn’t do anything wrong.

The fallout with Dad was so heartbreaking. I know that someone like Shi-kyung is completely unrealistic—no one can be that innocent, that un-jaded by the world. But I loved what he was, and it killed me to watch his idealistic view of the world shatter in that moment. The way he looked up at Dad, but this is what you said, like it doesn’t compute that someone would say one thing and do another? *whimper*

At least while so many chips are down, Jae-ha has turned the ship around in the course of the episode, since he ended the last one ready to give up everything, and ends this episode ready for a fight. I would’ve liked a punchier ending, perhaps just a reference to a more solid plan of attack, because I’d argue that you’re already in the fight. The point is how are you going to WIN it.

At least Hang-ah’s reminder of what kind of man she wants him to be is enough to jolt him back from the brink. It actually reminds me of their 60km hike (still my favorite of this show’s metaphors). When he’s tired and scared and asking why me, she’s the one to give him the strength to go on. But the journey is still his to take. She can’t carry him—she doesn’t want to, and it’s meaningless if she does, since Jae-ha is the one who has to cross the finish line. All she can do is walk beside him, for as long as he’s going to walk. That insistence of hers that he be a man she can respect, one who wins fair and square—it’s the same. What makes her the hero in my book isn’t that she’s a badass fighter (though it’s so awesome that she is) but that their relationship isn’t about saving and being saved – they give each other the strength to keep running.

 
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Thanks for the recap GF! Your comment really adds to my enjoymet of the show.

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"Are you really in the best frame of mind right now to be a mole? You need hugs and maybe a broody shower, not a renegade mission to be a mole in the cookie shop!"

This just made me laugh! In another drama, a SK broody shower scene would have been the norm and the expected, following all that revelation, both for fan service and to fill the time. But because this is not just another drama, what we got instead was awesome bromance, with JH trying to save SK from himself. As worried as JH must be for HA, he still had time to worry about his besty SK as well!

That is not to say I wouldn't appreciate a broody shower scene featuring SK. God knows I've been lobbying for that one since the middle of this drama. And drama's refusal to give me one has been driving me batty!!

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Yes, I would certainly like to feast my eyes on some yummy shower scenes featuring our dear JH or SK but all this drama keeps feeding us is yucky BG bath-tub scene, yikks!

Ok, there was one redeeming bath-tub scene of JH...

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but it didn't show his abs!!!!!

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Thank You for the recap!! 1st thing I read when I wake up on thursday!!!! Less than 6hours to E18!!!!!

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I'm now eating my words for doubting Hong Sisters' writing ability. Before TK2H started, I thought this drama would go down like SMW / Hanbado route. Thank goodness, writer-nim steps up her game and produces such a masterpiece drama. Of course this drama has flaws, but these flaws are overshadowed by all the unexpected twists & turns as well as solid storyline. I can't predict this drama anymore, but I still silently wish for a happy ending for everyone (except BG and his army).

Thank you writer-nim that the characters have so much depth, not only the OTP, STP but also the WOC team members, the family (HA's father, Queen Mother), Sec Eun and even Bon Bon & BG. They're not just ornaments or puppets to prolong the plot, they shine in their own way.

This episode is truly about Princess Jae Shin & Shi Kyung. Both Lee Yoon Ji and Jo Jung Suk performances & raw emotions are killing me; it's about time they become main leads!

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I agree. Jo Jung Suk and Lee Yoon Ji both have depths in their acting. I learned that Jung Suk was actually a theater actor before he acted in dramas and movies.

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@ Rona:
This is where I've seen him for the first time 2 1/2 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weOksC7ad-o&list=PL90EA95E71989FCDD&index=10&feature=plpp_video

Since then I adore him. :)

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"They’re not just ornaments or puppets to prolong the plot, they shine in their own way."

totally agree. Can't say it better myself!

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ARGHHH...stresss...

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I'd like to chop BG into small pieces and mince him and feed piranha with it... uuuuggh! hate him with all my soul:'(

yoon jae moon, you are incredible actor!

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I'll help you when you're feeding him to the fishes.

You are correct. I think he's brilliant. 'Loved' him in TWDR and 'love' him here.

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no no no don't chop him up first before feeding him to the piranhas... just throw him alive to the piranhas! *ebil glint in the eye*

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For Hearties who love spoiler, spoiler for tonight's episode:
http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=6842

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I'd rather said this is the 'main dish' within this episode, and though I haven't see it yet, I believe Lee Yoon Ji able to play it out, yes, the revealed truth inside Princess's memories. I write separate comments so only hearties who 'want to read' able to read this, because that scenes.. Deserve more attention and thought...

I've said this in Ms. Koala recaps, but let me say this again...I'm glad that Bong Gu kill Jae Kang with poisonous gas..for Jae Shin's sake...

Truthfully, around episode 2 or 3, I had got spoilers from the original script for about 6 episodes. A korean fan read it and posted it in her blog but erase it the day after. And being a spoiler lover as I am, I just wanted to know how the story will goes on. Among the spoiler, only 'Jae Ha and Hang Ah will have child' and 'Jae Ha's sister couldn't walk after an incident' are true, most of them got changed, and now...I'm so glad that the writer change the script...

Among the spoilers that I've got, one said that Jae Kang will died because of Bombing. Can you imagine that? If the writer was intend to connected Jae Kang's death with Jae Shin's incident...what do you think?

When I connecting the dot with the revealed facts in this episode...I was shaken…

While Jae Shin in this script put the charcoal in the fire place, it need someone else to 'pull the trigger' as firing the crackles. Do you got what I mean?.... If they follow the original script, what kind of act that Bong Gu forced the princess to? I'm shaken just to type this, but I'm pretty sure that he make the princess pull the trigger, literally, as in push the bomb button.

To be truth, if it was a bombing, It’ll have much more impact yes, and it’ll provided much more clear explanation about the North Korean handphone and covering the flaws in prev episode. Everyone happy?

But to Jae Shin..she won’t be able to forgive herself if the script do so. And that is…
unimaginable…sadist..there is no way Jae Shin will forgive herself after she remember that…Maybe she'll try to kill herself (again) after remember the incident, and my faint heart can't take that.

Though it’s lesser impact than a bomb.. but… I’m glad, so glad that the writers chose this way, being so emotional invested with this drama, there is no way I could handle Jae Shin’s sadness in the original script.

I stop read the recaps for now...and let her sadness sink on me, before I'm sailing in this boat again. For now, all I can say is... 'I'm glad...they change it'

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I'd hate to be spoiled that much. -_-' We should rename you TK2H Sleuth - you find out things that no one else does regi. lol

I agree with you, a bomb would certainly not have given us this kind of impact. Also the death by poisoning was so silent and eerie that to me, it was much more effective than a big BOOM! I'd join you in saying 'I'm glad they changed it.

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You did it again dear; That why I love you...G-romanace!
Yes, that kind of death was so much 'cleaner', painful for us, honest...
JS will forgive her self, but she'll not forget...but It won't mark her for life.

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mtoth....where have you been? :O

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LOL agree with Arhazivory on this one. havent seen your name!

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@Arhazivory: Planing ways to kill BG!!!!!!!
Heheaaa...and little sleeping...

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Truthfully...I don't know the spoiler will be that much.. But thanks for live shooting (a rarity right?) The writers change it. I'm agree with you @Arhazivory ..the poison murder is much more eerie and it livening the script more than just a BOMB, which we can guess where the direction of the story will goes to, right? The mistrust and North blaming for sure. I'm agree with you, the writers know what they done :)

@mtoh:
Yea, where have you been??kkk~
Definitely, just imagining how guilty she is already now, if she was the one who pushed the bomb button...*shaking heads*

Moreover...the writers...they had given us hint since the starts, Rides of the Valkrye, why can't we see it before? Again, amazed at the writers, again standing applause for them..Let's hope we got BEST ending with the next 3 episodes (do I just type it?)

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oh shi kyung! T_T

ahhhhh, can't believe we only have 3 episodes left. *sobs even more*

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Thanks GF! AWESOME RECAP,, AWESOME DRAMA,,, AWESOME COMMENTS...... I HEART YOU ALL!!!!

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Wow just wow, can't wait for the next episode! Thanks for the recap : )

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Ugh, so much to love about this drama! I spent the entire episode with my eyes wide and my hands covering my mouth to hold in my horrified squeals.

Right now the biggest thing I'm grateful for is Jae Shin's memory reveal. OMG! Firstly, I am so glad they DID NOT go the sexual assault route. I don't mind that story line if you want to explore the topic but never as a shortcut for character (usually female) development because that almost always trivializes the topic...even unintentionally.

But, dear lord, Jae Shin's little frantic screams as they forced her to spread charcoal in the fireplace just about broke my heart. Now I understand why she was so afraid that she suppressed the memory. What a secret burden to carry on your heart...

It also informs my thoughts on Jae Shin's decision to jump off of the cliff. I'd always wondered why she decided to do that. It wasn't a major concern of mine but the question did sit in the back of my mind for a while. I guess I dismissed her choice as simply that Royal Jae Bravado she and Jae Ha have in spades. That relentless refusal to bow before their enemies, I mean. Now, however, I think her decision to jump was simply an extension of her feelings of guilt, pain, and self-hatred.

To feel, deep in your heart, that you killed your brother and sister-in-law...Well, it drove her to the brink. We know, of course, that she is not really responsible for Jae Kang and Hyun Joo's deaths. Clearly Bong Gu and his minions are to blame but it makes sense to me that Jae Shin does not think this way. While it has truly hurt to see the princess' will so broken, it is completely understandable why. Still, now that she has regained her memory we can finally begin to see her heal from it.

Ugh, I have too many K2H feels tonight!

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Yes, absolutely to everything you've written. I was like you, I did wonder about the jump, but I dismissed it for the same reasons. I love that right until the end the writers are proving they've thought through how their characters would behave. They haven't randomly made their characters do certain things because it's convenient- it's why the chemistry between all the actors is so good I think, and why I'm so emotionally invested in them all.

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"They haven’t randomly made their characters do certain things because it’s convenient- it’s why the chemistry between all the actors is so good I think, and why I’m so emotionally invested in them all."

Totally agree.
Honestly, i think that's why i love these hong sisters so much.. it's that everyone acts true-to-character.. and everything they write seems to progress our characters emotionally AND moves the story ahead for good reasons. everything just ties in, and i find myself noticing the later episodes echoing back on the previous ones.. Love. They don't forget what they've written. They're on track and that's why this drama is so obviously well thought-out.
They don't just make them do random things to fill the spots that need to be filled. Everything happens for a reason, even if it something one doesn't like.
Harsh truths are in plain view.
you know what they say, if you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen!
K2H fanbase can STAND the HEAT. such tough cookies.

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Haha ilovemangos! I love it, it's so true, we can stand the heat, cos K2H is totally on fire!

Also absofuckinglutely to all the stuff you've said. Agree 100%

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You are so right about the cliff jumping, thanks for another enlightening comment.

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89 bishbash May 16th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
“A gun with her fingerprints on it was recovered in the woods, but she’s nowhere to be found. ”

blame all those time traveling dramas in rage now, my first thought was she went to joseon era! =X

n we took so long to reach the real conflict! to all K2H lovers, im sorry to say but i was bored to tears prior to this ep. sigh. i really wanted to love this drama, but only shi kyung bot is working for me ..

hello bishbash...could it be that your from the joseon era and lost in here? hhaha just kidding...actually she just fell down and covered with thick leaves she's not actually missing... :) In my case if I am bored to tears to a drama I would not dare to watch it anymore up to ep 17 even though i love one of it's character.. let me guuess the drama your watching could it be _____... :D

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...the perfect drama! just perfect....

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every episode of The King 2Hearts is killing me!!!!!!!!!!
I hate that I love The King 2Hearts to dead!!!!!

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Dear Girlfriday,

Thank you so much for all your work and that includes setting up this club for all hearties. It really feels like homecoming to come here, read your awesome recap, and rehash, endlessly, about our fave show.

I love the Eun father and son scene. But Shi Kyung's thinking back of Jae Ha actually made me cry. Father and son relationship is often so complicated, even in the best case, that the crashing (or the disillusion) of the father figure almost seemed inevitable. And I think as Shi Kyung's becoming a man himself, he's started to doubt, to judge for himself, and to live on his own values, much earlier than he thought.

But, the friendship with Jae Ha is not a result of blood relation that cannot be undone. It's of both's free will and choice. Therefore, that makes Shi Kyung's guilt more unbearable. In Shi Kyung's mind, that betrayal was not done by his father, but by him, who had resented his father's dismissal and had questioned the king's integrity. He can blame his father for his father's mistakes, but he also has to face his own - even if that's just thought. For a man with such clear and pure conviction, oh dear, what agony that must be.

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@annmichelle:
Nice comment, as usual :D

"But, the friendship with Jae Ha is not a result of blood relation that cannot be undone."
Sometimes...we afraid how to preserve with this kind of relationship, with blood relationship, no matter what happened, it kept flowing in our body, blood it is. And I can feel Shi Kyung's agony, how he felt that his father, his own blood, betray the person who FINALLY chose to trust him
after long story

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Also I just want to say, I LOVE the women in this drama. I LOVE THEM. I love that they're not presented to us with fanfare like, "Look, this is a strong and spunky female!", they're just accepted as being awesome, because of course they are.

We also haven't been given one lone awesome female character in a sea of lame ones, we get a group of different, strong, interesting layered women, who can relate to each other and support each other, and we're not hit over the head about it. Even the supporting female characters like the main serving lady is sort of awesome.

Finally, none of the men in this drama behave as if it would even occur to them not to treat their female counterparts as equals, and that is so kickass to me.

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agree with you... These women couldn't be bothered with what the world think of them...they are strong in their own ways..remember when Ang Ha was sent back to NK? Mother-daughter just wouldn't let Jae ha off the hook easily.
By the way, what ever happen to our little birdie? He's not around anymore

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this drama has never failed to amaze me. and the actors did a very great job! I've only known Lee Yoon Ji from Dream High 1, and I had no idea that she was such a wonderful actress. her acting wows me in this episode!
I can not wait for tonight!
and thank you, GF. I LOVE your recaps. :)

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I feel kinda bad. I watched DH (wasn't a big fan) but absolutely can't remember her. *facepalms*

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lol. she was the music teacher. XD

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Weren't there many? :/

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yeah but she's the only female music teacher.... I guess. :p

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The hot music teacher with an asymmetrical bob for a haircut and teaches the "A" class, which includes all our already-idols. Ha.

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Woops, sorry Dream high 2 (bleh) obnoxiously whiped out my mind for a bit.
I think they weren't already idols but the more skilled students who have already been attending the school.

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She was the cold-faced, hot-blooded teacher with the asymmetrical bob, who threw the thumb tacks on the floor and told the kids to pick it all up or dance on them. She thawed when she fell in love with the nerdy teacher and actually clipped a floral hair-clip to her hair ... daebak.

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OH EM GEE! That was HER! Wow. lol.

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I didn't watch it, I can't make myself lol ;)

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Other people would scream 'go watch it!' I'd just say 'meh'.

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I liked DH1, but yeah I agree. it's not THAT great of a drama like everyone said. tbh, it's kind of overrated. (please don't kill me DH fans! :D)

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people can push you in wrong direction...I watched Dream high 2...what a waste of time.

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She was the princess in Goong (Princess Hours), XD

I've noticed her since that time, since her role was so calm and reserved, and I love that she has 'unique beauty', characteristic, different with other beauty in the drama :p But I'm not following her anymore since I'm limiting my relationship with kdrama until 2009

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I loved Goong!

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aaah you're right! lol. faiiil. I've rewatched Goong a lot of times yet I forgot about her. XD

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I remember her from Goong. Vaguely though, because that was the most frustrating drama on the planet!

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Omg! her in goong was ADORB.
That was also the first time i saw her, and i thought her with that SPUNKY ass haircut and GREAT personality. Everytime they put her in a scene i just thought she exuded such happiness and light.
Like how our earnest feels about her. ha.

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@ilkemangos:
LOL, now we know how our earnest bot feels!

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i cried buckets just reading through the scene between Shi-kyung and his dad... my heart's just so twisted.

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What to say, you said it all hearties; but so summarize:

Do I love this ep; Yes
Did I cry; Yes
Did I feared; Yes
Do I love SK; Yes
Is HA awesome; Yes
Did granny rule; Yes
Is seeing JS brake my heart; Yes
Is WOC team the coolest; Yes
Is JH the most loving King; Yes
Do BG suck in planing; Yes
Do I plan his death;YESssssssss
Do I love TK2H; I Die for it
Will I miss; Endlessly

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Welcome to E17's thread mtoth. We've gotten to the point now where we even know when someone is missing in action.

"Do I plan his death;YESssssssss"

I'm thinking of writing an article called "100 ways to kill Bong Gu." I've already gotten some excellent suggestions from fellow Hearties.

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Here some more;
1. Throw him from the cliff
2. Put him in acid bathtub
3. Send him an anthrax gift
4. Cement his legs and push him in Han river
5. Lock him up with Hannibal Lecter

Feel free to add!!!!!!

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Oh! Noice!

6. Chopping up and feeding him to the piranhas as suggested by drina.
7. Time-travelling back to Joseon to torture him.

*hits head* Oh well, when I do my next run to see new comments I'll see what I missed. Hehe.

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Hehhaaa...My mom would be shame of me...well she doesn't know BG...

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Oh well. Mum will never see this thread. And as you say she doesn't know BG. ^^

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Excuse me, if I may add :):
8.Chopping him seem too comfortable, I'd rather choose drown him directly in the lake full of piranha =)
9. As I suggested before, sent him to North Korea citizen, and let them deal with him, I'd suggest hoe, rake, or sickle to take action though
10. Extract his nails before tying him in the middle of desert
11. Locked him in a room with Bon Bon, but without her bonbon while replaying Shi Kyung's words 'Then what about your mother death'

That's my 'humble' suggestion, feel free to add^^

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How about stringing him up with the godawful clown bow-ties he likes to wear, while making him eat stale cookies, and listening to Young Bae fart The Return of the Valkyries? In a small, windowless (so he cannot write I am King) and badly-ventilated room.

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Oh yeah . and make him watch Cris Angel's magic shows on telly .. that will drive anyone mad. Or madder in John Mayong's case.

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12. burying him in a fire ant hill while slathered with honey
13. Peel his skin off layer after layer ( though you might not want to do this coz who wants to look at his body), then dip him in some thing like lemon juice, or water mixed with salt and chille
14. Lock him up in a room with continuous instant reply of him in the bath scene...or with JH insulting him!

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I cringed at #13. But.....me likey. :D

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#13...ups....hard cord.

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I know... this is what i think of doing to ppl when they REALLY piss me off!!.. after imagining their agony and smirking a bit I am over it... :) :P

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"We’ve gotten to the point now where we even know when someone is missing in action. "

ROFL. SEE. this is EXACTLY what i mean by rabid K2H community.
I'd see someone comment and NOTICE that they have just posted their first comment, or has recently been MIA.
haha.

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I am wondering what I am going to do after this drama ends.. when there is no bromance, no hottie earnest bot, no smoldering king, kick ass queen, rocker princess and queen mother with b@lls of steel every Wednesday and Thursday..
There is Queen In Hyun's Man, but its subbed rather show and Jb and all have spoil me...

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LOVE THIS DRAMA SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!

I'M CRAZY NOW!!!
ONLY THINK ABOUT THE KING 2 HEARTS ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!
>.<

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Just when I'm about to give credit to Kim Bong-gu as the one of the best/worst (getting confused here) villains ever, I realize that he just shot himself in the foot.

If his plan is to disrupt the reunification between N & S Korea, what he did had completely the opposite effect. The best line ever uttered by his minion, who some call Gopher(?), is after HA's face-off with BG - "There's no doubt, Korea will save her." Yes, BG, Korea, both North and South will come together, to save her. You just gave them a common goal.

There goes your plan. Haha!

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haha Bong Gu is sooooooo smart. lol

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You're soooo right babes. He DID shoot himself in the foot. Now if only figuratively could turn to literally.

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His plans are doomed... Because you have to be inteligente but he's just playing as he go.

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Good point! In my mind, though, this is actually why he's such a wonderful villain (from a dramatic perspective)--he has an achilles heel (his own pride) that is becoming his downfall since the royal family knows how to play him like a fiddle. I think somewhere along the line (perhaps when he gave Jae-ha the final "opportunity" to back down--what? two episodes ago?--and Jae-ha refused), Bong-gu consciously changed his goal from protecting his empire at all costs to taking down the royal family and exacting revenge on Jae-ha.

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Agree. Bong gu's plan will backfire, not because he's the villain and his deeds are wrong.. but because he set it up to be that way.
There were flaws in his thinking. He thought that if Jae Ha married a north korean the monarchy will go down. In fact, majority accept this relationship through their success of WOC and hang ah's rescuing of the king.
He thought that the WOC would not win and the US would cream them -- nope, in fact, it just made our OTP's relationship stronger. and camaraderie amongst WOX in US/Korea.
He thought that if he could lure earnest to the dark side he could gain and Jae ha would lose. In fact, earnest will probably use this to his advantage and plan to do some deceiving.
He thought that if he could kidnap hang ah & momma, jae ha would just stand there. Nope. Jae Ha is not backing down without a fight.
I'm just going to say that Bong Gu serves as a plot device in that everything he does will make all our characters stronger. I hate you less.

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GF's recap..DAEBAK!
Haven't watched the episode yet but by reading the recap makes me prepare lots of KLEENEX! This show is really amazing that it stirs up a lot of emotions from the viewers.
That lunatic/psycho/self-centered Bong Gu should be tied down on a cliff,tearing him bits by bits and then throw him to the sea and let the whales and sharks toss and tear him apart before they munch on his rotten body! This is the first time I got so mad on a villain in a drama. And I'd like to give a thumbs up to the writers..

Jae Shin's experience with Bong Gu and his minion esp Bon Bon's really insane! No wonder she just wanted to forget what happened that time..

The confrontation between Shi Kyung and his dad really made me swell up in tears. There's nothing more heartbreaking than that!

Jae Ha and Hang Ah's love is incomparable! They will go through the odds just to be with each other and be happy together..

VERY INTENSE DRAMA! I'm just sad that it's about to end.

Thanks GF for the recap!will wait for Episode 18...^^

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"That lunatic/psycho/self-centered Bong Gu should be tied down on a cliff,tearing him bits by bits and then throw him to the sea and let the whales and sharks toss and tear him apart before they munch on his rotten body!"

Me likey <3

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Hahaha! Thanks! @ Arhazivory ...I just want him to feel the pain he caused the royal family especially uri HangAh couple! Serves him right,eh?hehehe

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Just finished watching ep17 and have never seen a more awesome queen/mother-in-law/mother in any other k-drama. I mean she actually told Hang-Ah that she can take care of herself and swam across that river like it was nothing. I mean that is one person you don't want to mess with.

After the preview for ep18, I just hope everything works out fine for Hang-Ah and the king finds her and in reverse be the one to save her this time.

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I'm still trying to figure out this show. It has so many plotholes here and there but...I can't seem to stay away from it. I was close to screaming, "Why can't you two cross the stream TOGETHER, before BonBon and her men in black on tow comes? And why the prolonged hesitation?"
Then I forgot all about it (kind of) when Shi-kyung's scenes came and cried. Can't help it.

I blame the TK2H pandemic.

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Welcome to the club!!!!!!!

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I don't think there are 'so many' plotholes. Just a fewww for me. If it were some other dramas, you'd find much more nitpicking but you rarely find that here. :D I was also screaming at Hang Ah too. Was she afraid because of her arm? After MaaMaa made it over, she shouldn't have hesitated.

Oh well...I'm going to be blaming the pandemic for everything now. I'm hungry now and I blame the pandemic.

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Somewhere in my mind I JUST know that there are plotholes but they are almost immediately superseded by many, many awesome scenes that at the end, I forgot what exactly are the plotholes... :P

I don't know how am I gonna survive next week after today's episode. It's gonna be a looooooooooooooooong week for me T___T

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sigh...i know it would out of character, but i really want Jae Ha to rescue Hangah in a grand sort of way..i mean HA has suffered so much and rescued his butt a lot of times, so this time I hope Jaeha will have his fist-pump moment

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What's the link between BG and RFamily...you can't hate someone so hard and yet not to be personal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ep is the answer in you?
Is Royal Family guilty for his dad's death? Did he talk about his real dad?

×My heart is pumping so hard I can't wait tonight ep ;)

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Once again, I am so proud of the TK2H production team for not only assembling the PERFECT cast and producing a top class drama. I don't think they would ever have imagined that their drama would result in the gathering of an international group of Hearties in DB and Soompi. Hearties never fail to amaze me with their insightful comments and enthusiasm. It is really an eye-opener on how one drama can bring people, miles apart but seemingly so close, to share views.

I simply luv luv luv the JH-HA relationship and the bromance but I am glad that this episode JH also shows his close and honest relationship with JS. Despite him losing his mind over HA, he was still there for JS when she needed support. Since SK now knows the truth abt his father and has gone missing, JH also told JS...prob so that JS could provide moral support to SK. JH even bothered to ask JS whether she wanted SK with her during her hypnosis. What a wonderful bro-sis relationship!

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The King is someone who can be there for everyone. Our Jae-Ha has evolved into someone awesome. :D

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Pretty Ha Ji Won is an impressive actress, she's stunning in all her facial expressions!

She has lived up to her $M movie queen image...Woohoo!

Long live the King and Queen in TK2H, hoping there's a sequel, best korean series after Secret Garden!

HJW n LSG is the most compatible and romantic Royal couple! I admire them coz they are naturally beautiful babes, no plastics in them....Yay!!!

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Wow this episode truly exhibits HJW's acting prowess. Kim Hang Ah is so badass! I wish Jae Ha save her on the early part of the episode tonight, im dying to see them together again.. :(

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Thanks for the recap.

Is anyone confused why China is being so difficult? I can understand why they didn't allow korean troops in the country at first given there are no hard evidence. But given that the queen mother is discovered in China and the king's fiance is missing in China, doesn't it kinda support korea's story? don't get why are the still helping bong-gu...

must have missed something...

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Bong Gu probably threatened China by saying he would help with the reunification of N and S Korea which they wouldn't want (a strong neighbour in their backyard is a no-no)... There must be some geo-politics going on here.

Remember, Bong Gu is an arms dealer with his hands in everyone's (stale) cookie jar.

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Actually to choose China as a target in the plot is not good from the commercial perspective as they are the largest market next to Japan is kdrama consumption.

But China do indeed have a vested interest in the Koreans being separated, as political chip as well as keeping down a potential economic rival that reunification might bring ultimately. As do many countries, though of course this is unspoken and sensitive.

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Topper, you appear!!!

Why do I suspicious about hidden meaning (again)? XD I think we need some digging more, about China-Korea relationship I mean...
All I can remember is the arirang issue between China and Korea now...
Ah..gotta googling again after this!

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Hi! Though I would like to emphasize everyone is just looking out for their own interests, as how it goes in this world of ours.

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Topper, where have you been? I've been missing your presence.

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Hi, i like mangoes too btw. LOL.
Real life is such a major distraction sometimes.

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This drama spoils us, n spoils all other KDs for us. Everything else pales by comparison, not just for the moment. It sets a new benchmark that will be hard to touch for some time to come.
I love the writing that is so smart, the women that are so tough, the guys who r so earnest, the acting that is just superb, n the stars....what can we say abt them? Ahhhh.....

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I love the writing that is so smart, the women that are so tough, the guys who r so earnest, the acting that is just superb, n the stars….what can we say abt them? Ahhhh…..

So true.
No weak women here. That's one of the many things that I love about this drama.

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"This drama spoils us, n spoils all other KDs for us. Everything else pales by comparison, not just for the moment"

Will forever see K2H as the shining jewel in my heart, and will not be able to see other k-dramas at the level i've seen K2H. This changes all my perceptions in the possibilities of K-dramaland. Everyone agrees when they say that this drama makes us do things that we've never done before..crazy things, at that.
I am in awe.

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Another thing makes this drama different from others is the amnesia part. If someone gets amnesia, do you know how s/he usually regain his/her memory? There are two methods that are usually seen in dramas that I can remember. The first method is s/he runs his/her head into stone wall, then magically s/he regains his/her memory. The second method is s/he sees/hears things (sometimes only one thing) that can trigger his/her memory, then s/he gets a really bad headache (sometimes without headache), after that, BAM, s/he gets his/her memory back. Those are what we usually see in dramas. But TK2H is different. JS really wants to get her memory back so she does some psychotherapy. She even does hypnosis to regain her memory asap and helps others. How painful it is for me watching her suffering like that. And knowing the reason he jumped off the cliff breaks my heart.

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You just beat me...
I just make a list of some cliche that we found in this drama. It's funny when we realize that actually this drama had it and despite my whole whiny-whany-whining, actually I can stand them, oh! except the birth secret..urggghhh*puke*, but this drama 'use' the altering way, amnesia is one of them XD.

It's funny how you describe 'usual amnesia in drama' dislike that one too though, every time the role bang his/her head and regain her memory I'm like: 'Oh the right button pressed finally? I.should.found.the.location, It might come in handy when someone close to you suffer for it..err.. amnesia I mean. Ok, replay, open your eyes wide'

And it's not a mere 'accidental amnesia', But a REAL psychological problem, when she deny and repress her memory to avoid it, since it's too painful to remember.

As you are, Osi, it breaks my heart when I understand her cliff jumping. Earlier, I thought she was jumping off cliff as a royal stance, like Jae Ha do when he was threaten in toilet, but the reality..shattered my heart into pieces.
Shi Kyeon-a...please never left her, she need you

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"Oh the right button pressed finally?"

This made me LOL. Too funny.

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JS's jumping off I feel is also to salvage some control back into her life. She was forced to kill her brother, but darn if she was going to let them decide how she was going to die. By jumping off the cliff, she was deciding her own fate to a certain. She wasn't also going to give them the pleasure of killing her.

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Almost every drama has an airport seen, but isnt it awesome that out airport scene is not for our OTP but for the bromance!!

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YES! That's so true. lol. I keep agreeing to everybody's comments like a neurotic person but...

that's really so true. The scene was so short but had such impact for me. When Shi-Kyung saw the suited men march in front of him and then he turned around, he wasn't even surprised to see the King. I would've let that scene go on for a few more seconds but I understand that the plot has to keep moving.

It was great bromance. :D

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Oh right. No running around the airport chasing your lover who's going to leave for a foreign country.

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LOL. And no 360 degrees camera angles chasing around each other but somehow manage not to see each other.

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so true. one of the many drama cliches I can't stand - the "missed meeting at the airport".

like what @red said, I'm glad that the airport scene here was for the bromance

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Or missed encounters/meetings in general. The first time I watch kdramas, I actually asked a friend if they do not have GPS systems in Korea. LOL.

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"The first time I watch kdramas, I actually asked a friend if they do not have GPS systems in Korea."

LOL, LOL!

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OMG. red. SOO true and glad you mentioned that.

*+like 384794839*

I just thought it was so epically adorable.
As Arhazivory said, it was short, but there was so much impact.

@Osi -- LOL seriously. there's not unnecessary running around airport scene and turning around with cameras doing circular rotation around characters.
The first time i saw, impact. But k-drama land uses that card so much i feel practically nothing when i see that. Cause i know they'll see each other in the end. Unless they pull a K2H and unexpectedly change that scenario. haha.
Straight up approach him from behind with a 'you're-goin-no-where' look while your bodyguards stand beside you.

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Thank you for another great recap girlfriday.

This episode would have been perfect if the writing and directing of the escape scene was better. There are easy references on how to do good escape scenes in Hollywood movies so I think they should have done better. For example when the Queen Mother drop the lamp, there is no need to make the guards that rush in bumbling fools who forget there are 2 captives in the room especially when the other is a trained agent. There must be surveillance cameras in hideouts, so at least make Hang Ah work her way out disabling them. A little one on one skirmish with Bon Bon would have been even better. The dragged out water crossing scene is indeed not really necessary as you pointed out.

But of course the writer redeemed herself with her brilliance in other aspects as usual, especially the dialogues. And wow Shi Kyung's scene with his Dad is so heart wrenching. And the best is Jae Shin's secret locked in her memory, I really thought we would be shortchanged but it turned out really convincing and painful. Especially her struggle and then release of her hands. It's not her fault because her oppa would have died even if she was not there, yet the way they made her an "accomplice" is definitely a way of mentally wrecking your captive.

I'm looking forward to the coming episode with Earnest Bot finally running some kissing program, yet dreading the end of this superb drama.

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Topper. You appeared. :D

That's a very good analysis. The me who was just watching superficially didn't pick out that plothole in the escape scene. But now that you mention it....*facepalms*

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Hi fellow Hearty! Late to join the party due to real life haha. Hanging out here before watching live because I really really need to know what will happen. Like just every TK2H episodes.

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it always makes me laugh when you wrote not shi-kyung xD hahahahaha

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"Or maybe he got stuck in customs trying to bring a rocket launcher as his carry-on." Ahaha...
Thanks for lightening the atmosphere for a little... the storyline is really making me clenched my teeth tight throughout...

HangAh has to come back to JaeHa no matter what!
I can't stand another week of waiting T.T

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LOL GF inserts humor because we all know our heavy hearts can't possibly stand all this packed in without a good 'ol classic GF line.

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whoa, this episode was jam pack with so much adrenaline... the intensity of the chase in search of hang ah and qm..... to the sorrow and heartache for jae shin and shi kyung....*speechless*....i cried a river.....such a BADASS drama!!!!

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yay.....PD-nim and Writer-nim....!!
Stop playing our hearts. :D
kill BG soon, its an order..hehehehehe

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*lol* How to catch up with all those comments??

I'm still writing answers and comments on page 1. *kkk*

And less than one hour to epi 18!! Ahhh! So much positive stressss ...

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hearties...30 min to go on ionairtv...prepare urselves for another rollercoaster ride!....

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Every sentence read ... i didn't realise I was holding my breath intermittently until i read till the very end..omo the last left go of breath from so tight to complete release.. omo.... my lungs hurt some now ..LOL

What a show, so gripping, fast paced ... loved it!

Thanks GF !

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anxiously waiting for king 2 hearts......

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HA's dad must be eating his words now. Remember how he told HA that JH didn't have the love and ability to protect her?

So glad he's getting the front row seat watching JH save her.

Gotta go. Show's on!

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Amen. Dad sees Jae Ha desperately try to find his daughter, and couldn't be any happier to see that this puppy prince is now a killer king.

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"Or maybe he got stuck in customs trying to bring a rocket launcher as his carry-on."
Ha! I can learn! No mini-wheats this time around ;)

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Thnx gf u made my day...:) after reading dis recap my heart was breaking 4 my earnest bot n jae-ha*tears*

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OMG...K2H ur killing me ryt now!!!!AAAhhhh....

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I loved the return of the hair flip. She did it so well when she beat JH to a pulp in the bathroom in the first episode and now Bong Gu gets to see first hand the kind of woman JH has picked.

Muwahaha!

She is such an awesome character.

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just watched ep.18 live and no dang preview for 19.???!!!
and the ending was a major cliffhanger. :/
DAMN!!
WAAAH!! i don't even know how to feel about the last 2 episodes anymore. (:

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Arrrgh what a cliffhanger!!!!

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no preview????? omg the ending!!!!what a cliffhanger...now i'm more anxious than ever!!!!..pls let tomorrow be next week!!!

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