I Miss You: Episode 4
by girlfriday
The search begins, as we face the fallout from yesterday’s tragedy, and it’s actually Detective Kim who takes center stage in this episode, as a much-needed (and let’s face it, only) father figure in these kids’ lives. Jung-woo grows up as well, and man, I know that growing up is hard to do, but today that just feels like the understatement of the century.
EPISODE 4 RECAP
Jung-woo lies in his bed practically catatonic, while his little sister Ah-reum cries because he cries, and tries fruitlessly to cheer him up with a song.
The doctor tells Dad that Jung-woo needs to go to a hospital, and might even need to spend some time in the psych ward. That doesn’t sound like such a bad idea, but Dad’s response is to leave Jung-woo in his stepmother’s hands and ignore the whole problem.
Soo-yeon’s mom calls out Jung-woo’s name from the front gate, and he panics at the sound. He pulls the covers over his head and shudders in fear, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
Eun-joo is there with her, and suggests that she should go inside and find Jung-woo. So Mom creates the perfect diversion, flailing around for the bodyguards, while Eun-joo sneaks in behind them. Nice.
She goes tearing through the house screaming his name, and it’d be funny if the circumstances weren’t so dire. I love her pluck. She finally finds him in his room, huddled under a desk, shell-shocked.
She asks why he’s hiding—does he feel guilty about something? Where is Soo-yeon?? How can he be sitting here when their family is upside-down? All good questions.
He just rocks back and forth, trembling like a leaf, not saying a word. Eun-joo pleads with him that they have to find Soo-yeon, and shows him her journal.
“You said you’d never pretend not to know her again! You said all you needed was her! See, it’s all written here! Look! Don’t you know how much that dummy liked you?!” Oof.
Stepmom and the maid drag her away before she can say anything else, but she leaves the journal behind.
Detective Kim finds the kidnappers’ van abandoned in the woods near the crime scene, and gets to work searching for any evidence left behind.
Meanwhile, Dad’s torturing one of the kidnappers, demanding to know where “that bitch” is. (He means Hye-mi. I don’t think he gives a rat’s patootie where Soo-yeon is.) He spares the man his life in exchange for finding her and bringing her back.
After a while, Jung-woo reaches for the journal and starts to read all the little details Soo-yeon noted about him—how he always turns to the left when she calls his name, how he memorizes the multiplication tables backwards.
We see some of their sweet, mundane moments doing homework or hanging out at their playground, as she narrates in her journal that it’s weird how she thinks about him even when he’s right next to her.
Her gift for him was a little good luck mantra of hers—that thing she always does with the ripples in the water as she chants, “He’ll come, he won’t come.”
She writes that if there are five ripples, it means your wish will come true, and she wanted to share that with him on a rainy day.
He cries as he reads: “The wind blows / I think of you / The wind blows in my eyes / I think of you / I run till I’m out of breath / I think of you / The street lamp flickers / I think of you / From the street lamp to home is 280 steps / I think of you.”
He weeps as he thinks of how he left her lying there, clutches the book to his heart.
Detective Kim stops by the house to pick up some of Soo-yeon’s things, in hopes of finding a link to Jung-woo that can connect any of the forensic evidence that comes up to the two kids.
But then he gets a call from the lab—the blood they found matches Soo-yeon, but there’s evidence that it wasn’t just a kidnapping. His face twists as he hears the words, “There was evidence of rape.”
He falls to the ground. Eun-joo asks him what’s wrong, but all he can do is cry. He holds Eun-joo’s little hand in his.
His tears soon turn to anger and he darts up, “That son of a bitch. That son of a bitch! Eun-joo, look at me. From this moment on, I’m not looking for Soo-yeon, but for you. I’m not going as a detective, but as a father. So I’m going to do anything. I’m going to do anything to catch him, and I won’t leave him be. Can I do that? Can I just go crazy?”
What a good papa. Eun-joo, ever the awesome the little girl, shouts right back, “Of course you should! Of course you should go crazy—you’re my dad! If you don’t, I’ll be really mad! Find her. Bring Soo-yeon back.”
And thus begins his quest. (And honestly, this is the drama I’d rather be watching—Surrogate Dad, Action Hero.)
The higher-ups threaten him with his job, but Detective Kim says he stopped being a true cop the day he agreed to cover up the fact that Soo-yeon’s father wasn’t a murderer. He says he chose to be pathetic, but now he’ll stop at nothing: “What would you do if YOUR daughter were missing?!”
He storms into Jung-woo’s house armed with a warrant (and a sneer for Chairman Han), and Jung-woo surprises them all by coming downstairs and asking what took Ajusshi so long. He silently sticks his hands out, to be cuffed.
Detective Kim says he’s sorry, but he’s gone a little insane right now, and cuffs him. Once they’re alone in the car, he says this is the only way he could reach Jung-woo, and that he fully intends to set him free.
Meanwhile, Chairman Han sends his minions to track down the second kidnapper before the cops do. After letting him go? Urg, I’d be madder if I cared about you, but I don’t.
Detective Kim takes Jung-woo to the river, and Jung-woo confesses that he ran away. “Soo-yeon came to save me, but I ran away.” It’s in no way a thing you could blame a fifteen-year old for, and yet it’s the last thing a father would want to hear.
Detective Kim just asks if Jung-woo has things he needs to say to Soo-yeon, because he does too. He tells Jung-woo the truth about her father: “I made her… a murderer’s daughter.”
Their mutual guilt is actually the thing to make them get their act together, and thankfully, Ajusshi is able to get Jung-woo back to the land of the living. He says, eyes full of purpose, that he’ll say everything that he can remember from that night.
The important clues: one of them was missing a finger, cracked out on something he called “ice,” and the van they found in the woods is the same one they were kidnapped in.
Detective Kim suggests that one of the men grabbed Soo-yeon while the other lit the warehouse on fire (to destroy evidence), but Jung-woo says that’s not right: Dad came before the police, and he had the bad guys.
He darts up, ready to go question his father, but Detective Kim urges him to wait, and that he shouldn’t suspect his father. Yes he should! Yes he should! Not everyone is like you, Ajusshi.
At home, Eun-joo stops short at the sight of Soo-yeon’s dress hanging from the clothesline, and pins it up with a clothespin. Inside, Mom lays out Soo-yeon’s uniform and caresses it like she’s there, lying next to her.
Detective Kim finally catches a break when a witness comes forth to say that he saw a young girl get hauled over a man’s shoulder. They search on the riverbank where the girl was spotted, and start to dig where the police dog indicates. Uh oh.
He starts to dig, and uncovers Soo-yeon’s sweater—the matching one to Eun-joo’s that he bought for the girls.
Jung-woo waits by the river, throwing stones and playing Soo-yeon’s game: “She’ll come, she won’t come…”
The fingerless druggie angle makes it relatively easy to find their target, and Detective Kim starts trailing one of the baddies.
Chairman Han continues his quest for The Money, and acts annoyed when Jung-woo comes to ask him about the baddies that they caught that night. Head Minion jumps in to say it was his fault, and that when he went back, the warehouse was already on fire and they got away in the chaos.
Chairman Han walks out, telling the secretary to either send Jung-woo back to the States or lock him up in his room. Gee, why aren’t we suspicious of Dad again?
Detective Kim follows Baddie No. 1 to Baddie No. 2, and beats them both up without breaking a sweat. He demands to know where Soo-yeon is. He’s got the first guy cuffed to the wall while he beats the second guy, and that’s when he sees it: the missing finger.
He lights up in a furious rage, and STOMPS the bloody hell out of the rapist’s groin. “Does this hurt? Does this hurt, you son of a bitch?!” Well, at least karma’s on our side today. I hope the damage is permanent.
He calms down enough to ask again where Soo-yeon is, and the sick bastard laughs as he says he threw her in the river, “kerplunk,” and killed her. Oof, poor Ajusshi.
The media covers the reenactment (which I always find so gruesome, even if it’s just with a mannequin), and Jung-woo watches on the television. Mom shows up in person, and stumbles up to the killer. It’s of course snowing that day.
She begs to be allowed to ask him one thing, and so they bring the man over to her. She searches his eyes, “W-why?” She asks so innocently why, like there should be a logical reason.
He turns to go without answering her, and she grabs his jacket, pleading with him to say that Soo-yeon isn’t really dead. She wails that she’ll forgive everything if he’ll just tell her that she’s still alive. Augh, even though we know she couldn’t have died the way he’s telling it, her pain is still gut-wrenching.
Jung-woo goes running out of the hospital into the snow, all the way to their playground. He checks under the slide, just to be sure. She isn’t there. Gah, that kills me.
Imaginary Soo-yeon comes and asks him the same thing she asked on that first day they met: “Will you be here tomorrow?”
Jung-woo: “No. Tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that… I’ll be here every day.” The vision disappears, but then he hears a familiar squeaking of the swings. He looks up with such hopeful eyes, but it’s just the wind, pushing along an empty swing.
He thinks through the order of events one more time, and something about Dad and his secretary’s stories don’t add up. He runs back home and tears apart Dad’s office to look for clues.
Inside a locked drawer, he finds surveillance photos of Detective Kim, a police profile, and a cell phone. He turns it on as a last-ditch effort, thinking it a lifeline to Soo-yeon. Suddenly, it rings. Someone’s calling him? As soon as he turns the thing on? Buh.
He answers it, trembling, and it’s Soo-yeon on the other end, “Jung-woo-ya…” But he barely has time to say her name before Nurse Hye-mi pushes her away and snatches the phone out of her hand.
She screams that they shouldn’t have kept her alive, and Hyung-joon (clearly the one who saved her) helps her up and demands that her life be spared. Soo-yeon’s face is covered in bandages, though we don’t know why.
Chairman Han grabs the phone out of Jung-woo’s hands as well, and argues that Soo-yeon is dead and he’s being crazy. He swears he’s not imagining it, but the more he insists, the colder Dad gets.
He slaps Jung-woo across the face and throws the phone to the ground. Jung-woo goes to pick up the pieces, only now realizing the truth: “You were never going to look for Soo-yeon, were you? You lied.”
Dad doesn’t even care to continue the lie, “Of course I did.” He calls her trash and a murderer’s daughter—someone he shouldn’t be connected to in the first place.
Jung-woo gets up to face him and asks if Dad really only trusts his son. Dad: “I trust no one else, only my son.”
Jung-woo: “Don’t. Don’t trust me. I don’t trust you anymore.” Nice. He goes up to his room to pick up Soo-yeon’s journal.
Dad orders him to stop, warning that if he walks out of this house now, it’s the end. Jung-woo doesn’t even give a glance back as he marches right past him and out the door without missing a beat.
Detective Kim is concurrently having his own rebellion, as he smashes up his precinct over how little anyone around here cares for procedure and fact. He asks if they’re just supposed to take everybody at their word—if the bastard said he killed Soo-yeon, he just killed her? Without proof?
He simultaneously gets fired and quits, which is right when Jung-woo comes running through the door, “Ajusshi, Soo-yeon is alive!” The exchange is actually really sweet. Ajusshi: “I know.” Jung-woo: “No, she’s really alive!” Ajusshi: “I really know!”
He gets down on his knees and begs Ajusshi to find her. “I trust you.” It means so much, in light of the crushing blow that he can’t trust his own father. He turns to the other cops too, “I trust all of you.” He cries, “I have something to say to her. I…miss her.”
Hye-mi decides she’s had enough of babysitting, and threatens to leave Hyung-joon behind if he insists on staying with the girl. She snaps the necklace from his neck.
He warns that it’s useless until he turns eighteen anyway, and that she can’t get to the money without him. He counters that he won’t go anywhere without Soo-yeon.
She sits numbly, even as Hyung-joon shows her the newspaper with her own murder in the headlines. He says that Jung-woo left her and isn’t looking for her, and she finally screams, “That’s not true!”
It’s as if him voicing her fear makes her face the trauma all over again, and she breaks down in a fit of terrifying screams as she relives the horror.
And then it fades into the same future sequence we saw at the beginning: Adult Jung-woo running to Soo-yeon, Crying Hyung-joon, and Bullet-in-the-brainpan Jung-woo.
As he lies there bleeding to death, he says in voiceover: “I’m not crying because I’m sad. I’m crying because the wind is blowing.”
COMMENTS
Oof. This show. It’s beautiful, but it’s a painfest, and I’m pretty sure it relishes doling out the pain. I don’t think there was one tearless scene in the entire episode, and Yeo Jin-gu—I didn’t know he could cry that many different ways, but I’m not sure I wanted to know either. He’s doing a fantastic job as a performer, but when I get scene after scene with tears upon tears folded into flashbacks with tears, I start to get desensitized, and I’m not sure that’s the effect we’re going for. Well, it’s either that or Total Emotional Destruction. Either way I’m ducking for cover.
There were solid, uplifting moments, of course—Ajusshi stepping up to become a dad to Soo-yeon even if it’s too late, and Jung-woo’s disillusionment with his own father. It was a nice parallel between the two men, both lost and losing faith in their figures of authority, and questioning themselves for the selfish choices they made, both feeling guilty for failing to protect Soo-yeon. I do really like both these characters and their struggles to grow up and become men in different phases in their lives.
In fact a good number of the themes in the drama are really very sweet and uplifting, like outsiders banding together, and found families being tighter than blood. But it’s the heavy melodramatic hammering and re-hammering of the pain that takes away from the could-be warm-hearted, uplifting kind of execution. Instead we live through the trauma the first time, we cry as we suffer the fallout, again as we get flashbacks to the original trauma in case we forgot, and then we’re to cry as the snow falls to remind us of how Fate is a total bitch. IT’S TOO MUCH.
We really wanted to give the show a good lengthy trial period because we’re fans of the cast. But it probably won’t come as a surprise that we won’t be continuing with recaps. It’s a well-made show, so the choice has nothing to do with the quality of the show itself in this case, but rather the feeling (and okay, fear) that the pain has only just begun. It’s just not how I want to spend the next ten Thursdays of my life, yunno?
I do hope for good things for Soo-yeon and Jung-woo, and will even exit with a rain dance to make that flash-forward a dream sequence, a drama-within-a-drama, a loop in a time slip—or whatever else that makes it not true. And I’ll choose to remember the few sweet droplets of happiness that we did get, mixed in among the tears.
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101 aoiaheen
November 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM
Oh boy! This drama is certainly not for the faint of heart. Initially I was disappointed because I am such a big fan of YSH that I wanted to see him in something that wouldn't give me nightmares but I think this role might be a good experience for him.
I think I was a little lucky because I read the recaps first and watched the drama (skipping the bad scenes) later. So it didn't turn me off though I probably would have been had I seen it without spoilers. I couldn't even stomach Equator Man - which was quite harmless compared to this one.
But I do believe it will get better from here on out - atleast for the next 10 episodes after which it would probably be doom and gloom again.
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102 Nga
November 19, 2012 at 8:57 AM
I'm late but I wish someone would still read my comment = =
I can't help but relate the story to some recent real life events in Korea. There's a high-profile case about a woman calling cops for help but they took forever to find her. When they finally did she was already raped and killed? The polices are not necessarily corrupted. They just seem to be apathetic.
And in the drama, The cops dismissed Kim's plea/order(?), citing required paperwork and procedures, complained about wage, showing no concern for the missing girl, etc. These details are not merely plot devices.
It's interesting that the writer addresses this aspect instead of/beside the corruption. Because far too often police's corruption just serves as twists for thrillers or obstacles mounted against heroes, and carries no social messages at all. But talking about a disturbing lack of concern is touching on a very sensitive issue.
I don't know how far the drama, being a romance drama and all, would explore this theme. But I'm pretty sure that the inclusion of rape is not just for angst.
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Nga
November 19, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Eh, I commented on ep 3 but accidentally posted it on ep 4 post = = Hope it's still relevant.
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103 Lilian
November 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM
and I thought Nice Guy was a dark drama. This is way more painful.....my fav scene in this episode: "From this moment on, I’m not looking for Soo-yeon, but for you. I’m not going as a detective, but as a father." Awesome!!! This drama is definitely not perfect, but I am hooked for now.
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104 peg
November 19, 2012 at 3:58 PM
I totally agree with nNa about her take on this.This drama has a social relevance. when i watched ep.4 with english subs, when detective kim confronted the rapist,the guy said
" turning ourselves in? sure, good. putting a hand on that girl, what about it? for kidnapping and sexually harassing how long will i be jailed? 7 years? i did the ice (drugs) since i was out of my mind, it shortens to 3 years? two years?"
I think the write in my opinion is making the people aware that there are loopholes with the law, there should be stiffer penalties for crimes like these.This is the ugly truth and we all know it but chose not to talk about it.
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105 hangukeandp
November 19, 2012 at 10:12 PM
In the "flash-forward", adult Jung-woo (Yoochun) gets shot/is lying in the room where young Jung-woo and Soo-yeon were held captive, right?
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106 pazpranz
November 20, 2012 at 6:07 AM
My point of view on this Kdrama is to open our eyes of what really happening in this world. For the 4 episode that I have been watching, this is not fiction or sadistic this is the reality, let's face it, it is really happened anywhere.... If we shut off of this kind of movie, what do you think about the victim? because they are going to shut off their mind to accept what happened to them, But if we open our mind to this kind of movie, then we could help the victim to speak their experience so gradually they can accept what happened to them so that they can move on. I said this because I worked in Fiscal Office (Legal Office) when you are in court and we handle this kind of cases, If you are the victim you have to tell the details of what happened to you. You have to disclosed everything even the sensitive issue. But sometime the victim choose to close their mouth because they are ashamed or they don't know how to do it. Because they are afraid of what people think of her. But some victim has courage to reveal everything just to get the justice they are seeking for. On this movie which I think could help how face that kind of situation for all the victim and how we could understand them and also our Youth today, learn how to be careful them selves. About this movie so far they really not show the rape scene or so much violence we only have to do is to conclude what happened on that story which is I thankful about. So for me, I open my eyes and mind for this kind of movie and I believe our viewers are intelligent to understand this movie.
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liza
November 25, 2012 at 5:34 PM
Not wanting to sound harsh, but if it takes a Kdrama or any kind of show of this nature to open people eyes to the harsh reality that is life and the terrible things that we humans force upon our kind, how fickle and useless the law can be; If it takes this drama to make anyone understand how rape can be dehumanizing to the victim male or female and the following mental anguish,etc, etc Then the people who only after seeing this drama get it are non-human and as a specie we are in a whole lot of cow manure.
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107 dadadupuz
November 21, 2012 at 5:45 PM
ohhh... they already removed this on their "in progress" list... too bad... no recaps for this.. FINAL! felt bad... :(
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108 dlala
November 22, 2012 at 12:51 AM
wow. You guys actually really stop recapping the series. Even before the kids grow up~ and before we know how the story goes in the future. How sad... This is the first time I'm frustrated with you guys. Thanks anyway for recapping the whole bunch of the first 4 episodes. I guess being pessimistic actually do make people happy.
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dadadupuz
November 22, 2012 at 1:58 PM
I agree
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Joy
November 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Exactly. Don't people realize the meaning of the words "dark melodrama"? Ugh. Heads went through Dr. Jin but not I Miss You? Not even when the drama skipped to the present? smh.
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109 M
November 22, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Out of all the drama that's been airing, I chose this to watch.
I don't know why but I find it daring to involve violence and rape victim in it.
I find it hard to watch sometimes seeing that I can feel the pain of the main character. However, I won't shy away until I can't bare it any longer.
After watching episode 6, I find the scene where YEH was crying and shaking in the shower hear wrenching.
I can't promise I won't watch this drama to its entirety but I'll follow it through and see if they have happiness in the end.
Knowing K-drama land, I'm probably in for a terrifying tearjerker.
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M
November 22, 2012 at 11:55 PM
*can't promise I will watch...
*heart wrenching.
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110 Daoru
November 23, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Dear girlfriday , can you please recap eps.5 and the next episode , i really want to know more about the next episode but i can't watch it online . So can you please recap another episode PLEASE?? Thank you so much ! Btw thank you for your recaps !
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111 kd-addict
November 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM
I'm gonna drop this drama too. Too much trauma! Even RAPING is involved? Come on, this is just too much! To even think that Jung Woo dad's a "killer" and the sad separation between young Jung Woo and Seo Yeon is already starting to push the pause button for my intention in continuing this drama, and now raping involved?! It makes no sense, yes but I guess the stop button has just been pushed down completely.
Maybe one day, when my heart and emotions are strong enough, or if a miracle happens and things start to take a good, happy turn, then.. will I watch it.
I love Yeo Jin Gu, I heart Kim So Hyun, I adore Yoo Eun Hye and Park Yoo Chun is my favorite but I do not want to be scowling, and cursing throughout every episode in a drama with all my fav casts..
Maybe, one day.. ); let's continue to pray...
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112 Liza
November 25, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Thanks for the recap, sad that thes well b the last huhuhuhu....
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113 Yuki1906
November 25, 2012 at 2:31 AM
This year sure is a pain and darkfest, gaksital, nice guy and now this. But all three of them cast my favourite actors (joong ki, joo won, yoo chun). I myself is completely terrified when watch this episode and learnes what happen to soo yeon. But the 2 next episode somehow not as painful as this one. So I decided to continue watching while hoping this episode would be the most terrible one (story wise, not how it written or the other). Because I thing this drama is one of those which have a good writing, acting and directing.
But still this episode is really horrifying. I can't even move when watching that one terrifying scene -____-;a
and decided to watch ma boy after this.......(to relieve the emotional terror)
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114 liza
November 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM
I am all with Girlfriday and Java for not continuing the recaps, I am not a lover of pain-filled dramas, I can pick up any news paper and get my fill, while dealing with this reality we call life, the place that Kdrama holds in my little universe is that of an escape pod. When I want to put my toe into the pool of film noirishness, I look specifically for some deep are you there Lord? Movies that covers a vast array of subject-matter, makes you go Huh, leave you thinking for days, either making you want to cry, scream for joy, ready to go to war, reaffirms your beiiefs in human nature or makes you believe for sure that the human race is doomed. But I am not yet willing to put my Kdramas in that box. I want them to remain naive, sweet, romantic and silly (not Dr Jin silly) from kdrama, i want boy meet girl, a ltittle hiccup, boy and girl make-up and live happily ever after, a little tears because of happiness over load, never because of extreme sadness and sorrow.
How can I watch and ignore the fact that I know that Y is going to die? I am not seeking that kind of reality from Kdrama, knowing the ending gives me no reason to sit through 20 episodes of sorrow, pain, flashbacks of rape and the mental anguish of adults who were seriously damaged as children. Continuning watching will simply make sure that I get a sinus headache twice weekly from crying like a fool. too too long to wallow in pain and sorrow and having no hope because you know that Y will die. It is apparent though, that the scenes are well shot. Happy viewing my co-kdrama lovers
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115 Lina
November 26, 2012 at 8:04 AM
I'm so glad I didn't trust you guys in this one. I was afraid to watch the drama after your recaps, and I was into a pleasant surprise after I finally did watch. 6 episodes in two days! This drama is amazing! The characters are engaging, and I didn't get bored for a minute. I can't even remember the last time I was so excited over a drama, waiting for new episodes.
Years ago, when I first disconvered this blog, I used to agree with you on your comments regarding drama plots and characters, and found your opinions interesting. But for the last couple of years, I get the feeling you have stopped enjoying dramas for what they are, and focus on suggesting ways that a x character should have been written instead. I'm tired of second guessing myself every time you don't enjoy something I do.
So, I think it's time I stopped reading this blog. Our tastes clearly don't match anymore, and I can't trust your reviews. Plus, I find myself getting annoyed with the comments as well. Of course, this is entirely my own problem, and I don't blame anyone for feeling this way. I just see it as the end of an era. So I wish you all luck at continuing what you do, and I'll try to find myself a more agreeable environment.
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116 nickynisa
November 26, 2012 at 7:36 PM
this drama might be the saddest drama i've ever seen so far. very tragic n yet i still enjoy watching this drama.
for some reason i do hope that GF & JB will cont to watch n recap this drama
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117 Julia
November 26, 2012 at 8:36 PM
I am sad that we won't get more recaps of this series. It is a series that I hesitated to watch. I have a *terrible* incident in my childhood that as a adult can tell you still affects me, really shaped who I became as a person. So the thought of the tears I might shed watching someone else deal with assault scared me.
Still, I found great charm in the affection between JungWoo and SY as children. I was devastated that Hyun-Joon ended up killing Det. Kim with his soda can.I totally understand why the tortured little kid HyunJoon would cling to SY as his life raft, but the burden on his soul of killing the people who love her just to keep SY for himself is something I perdict will make him a very dark and dangerous adult.
In future episodes where we finally see SY and HJ as afectionate adults, I really was happy to see that they have been able to comfort and support each other. Yet I sense this is a codependent, unhealthy bond that will fracture under pressure with her rapist released from jail and bad Daddy still a destructive force to be feared.
Oh, I am hooked on this series. I will be glued to watching, even if it is walking down a dark path.
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118 NoonaSarah
November 27, 2012 at 12:16 AM
Im just going to throw this out there...
Speaking as a Westerner (From the USA, so go ahead, make your incorrect assumptions now) Not all of our TV is this violent or traumatizing, and yet, I find that occasionally it is nice to watch a Kdrama that isn't all fluff. City Hunter was the first drama I watched and I loved it. (even though the scene with the prosecutor at the end...well, I sobbed harder during that I think than I did at the end)
Sometimes the typical ladies of these shows, their characters irritate the hell out of me because some of them are just so....I dunno.
I appreciate the recapping done so far and applaud JB and GF for sticking out as long as they have, but having read up to episode 4 and seen up to episode 2, I am willing to give this drama a chance, if for no other reason than to prove that 1) watching violence does not desensitize everyone, in fact, I still cry during stuff like this, hysterically but 2) YEH OWES ME BIG TIME for how annoying her character was in The Vineyard Man...aish....
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119 After_Dark
November 29, 2012 at 3:15 AM
Can you recaps episode 5 i 6 of I Miss You? ^^
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120 Ruth
November 29, 2012 at 9:05 PM
There are so many varied opinions on here, ranging from thoughts about the series to thoughts about the writers for this blog. Normally, I just read and go on my merry way. This time, however, I thought it was time to throw in my two cents.
First, I appreciate what Javabeans and Girlfriday do (and guest writers). It takes a lot of time and thought to go through so many episodes, not only for their own entertainment, but also to provide readers with "news and commentary" about kdramas.
Second, I'm disappointed that there will not be more recaps for "I Miss You," but I can understand the reasoning. This is not an easy, lighthearted drama (of course, it was never advertised as such). I have to admit, those first four episodes were ROUGH. Although I loved the child cast, it torment that these kids were put through was appalling. At the same time, while some things might have been exaggerated or, at the very least, extremely condensed, there are a lot of children in this world that experience this appalling torment. I know some people say "well, I can just watch the news and see that." There is a big and important difference between the news and realistic events portrayed through drama (or whatever other fictionalized mechanism). While the news can show you what's actually going on, it's usually in 30 second sound bites. We know that something has happened, but that's about the extent. A drama can take that event and put a truly human face on it. Rather than hearing about a man murdered in a bath tub, we get to see the events surrounding that murder from different perspectives. A good drama forces us to examine our own motivations, our own prejudices, and our own justifications.
There are many technical things that I could praise and criticize about "I Miss You." The one thing I'm left with, however, are the intricately woven relationships between the children and those close to them (Jung Woo's partner and SY's mom are so awesome). It's not all pretty, but it does come across as authentic.
As a final note, although I'm not necessary comfortable with how it happened, I'm glad that I won't have to ever listen to the rapist have another line in this drama. Too creepy and awful.
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121 InSu
December 1, 2012 at 4:28 AM
I couldn't finish the writer's ...Hear My Heart because those crying scenes went on too too long and then the same or almost the same scene is repeated over and over episode after episode. Even her 10 ep "Tree of Heaven" felt like one of her 30 or 40 ep drama.
"I Miss You" SURPRISED me, she made all acceptable.
Also in the all young love melos, the heavy drama happens when they are young and the adult part suffers. IMY has no let down, example revenge on the rapist, well done.
After 8 ep, the adult section has been more dramatic and less melo. Looks like the drama is going to really ramp up as the police close in on Soo Yeon for her revenge murder and Detective Han Jung Woo has the evidence. The cliff hanger at the end of ep 8 is awesome. Soo Yeon's necklace, Jung Woo's dad and Harry/Kang Hyung Joon (HJW's replacement). Harry is about to start his revenge w/ the necklace LSY is wearing when det, HJW burst in w the evidence.
Ep7, i loved the opening scene and the start of another revenge.
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122 jamaica
December 1, 2012 at 8:19 AM
i'm sad there will be no more recaps from you guys. i respect your right not to keep recapping the show. its your choice, your site, and your time. but i would be lying if i say i'm not disappointed. i'm not a fan of melodramas. i feel like the pack on the pain and keep it coming. i also hate the whole first love thing but for some reason i LOVE this drama.
these 2 went through a traumatic ordeal. and it as shaped and hunted them sense. i have watch dramas were these little kids fall in love at the tender age of 7 only to be torn apart in some overly dramatic way.they go on to age to 30 years old only still long and miss there first love. [yeah right! rolls eyes.] i always found those s/ls very unrealistic and creepy. the writers write it as some grand love when really its obsession. but in this drama i understand it. i understand HJW. the guilt eats him alive. she was kidnapped b/c of him, she was raped b/c of him, everyone thinks shes dead b/c of him, and she missing b/c of him. of course none of this is his fault but i dont think anything would ever convince him that it wasnt his fault. him holding to her makes sense. as a matter of fact everyone is holding onto everyone for dear life. harry holds onto zoe and zoe holds onto harry. HJW holds onto zoe and zoe mom. zoe mom holds on to HJW and EJ. EJ holds onto HJW and ZOE mom. even HJW little sister holds onto him after all these years. she sneaks away from home every chance she gets. i love the relationships these guys formed. i love the CHRS and i love HJW. who holds on to his surrogate family for dear life. i also love the fact that it is way more extensive than you would think. this guy has build himself one hell of a support system. many ready to catch him if he falls. and he does often. i think those kids has grown up pretty damn good. yes there is ALOT of room for improvement but everyone has made a life for themselves. HJW and mom scenes are the best and most sweetest scenes to date. JB and GF i think you guys gave up TO SOON. please tell me you still at least watch it?
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InSu
December 1, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Recaps and LIVE recaps are on the web. Goog them.
IMY is available for viewing on many sites.
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123 InSu
December 1, 2012 at 10:52 AM
MBC announced they are going to dub IMY in English to invade the foreign market
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124 Ai
December 4, 2012 at 9:15 AM
You gave up to soon this drama is getting good.
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125 Ai
December 4, 2012 at 9:15 AM
You gave up too soon this drama is getting good.
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126 LIZKY
December 4, 2012 at 7:20 PM
please keep the drama down pictures please I would greatly appreciate it because the novel is very nice
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127 Marin
December 6, 2012 at 3:11 PM
i never imagined that you would throw away the recaps too soon... cause it was you the main reason for what i decided to watch this drama on first place. But... sure there's a reason.
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128 NoonaSarah
December 10, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Ok...anyone who has read this far...this one is getting good! Episode 10 literally had my jaw on the floor. I appeal to JB and GF to restart recaps of this one, I promise it's not anywhere near as traumatizing as the beginning. Now it's all about finding the culprits.
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129 musicboysliveinabsolutequality
December 15, 2012 at 5:35 PM
OMG..! Dramabeans..! Please post reviews for the succeeding episodes...!
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130 Nan
December 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM
What is the name of the music box like tune played at the flickering light and other episodes?
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131 katey
January 2, 2013 at 12:56 AM
After I discovered Dramabeans I started coming to you guys for recaps for every K-drama I picked up, because I loved the comments and thoughts you guys put into recounting the episodes. I'm usually a silent lurker on this site, but I wanted to give my two cents' worth here.
While it is sad that you guys won't be continuing with the recaps for this drama anymore, I can understand why. Watching it once is painful enough, let alone having to force yourself to sit through it numerous times, replay the significant moments, and verbalise the gut-wrenching feelings that come with it. A lot of work goes into these recaps, I can tell.
Even when I came here for the recaps, I found myself glossing over the actual recounting because it was just too much the second time, even it was just words. It can't be healthy for you guys to keep torturing yourselves just to satisfy your readers.
That said, I do hope you guys continue the drama and perhaps do a weigh-in when it concludes. I know I am late in starting this because I usually like to marathon dramas after they have ended - at this point I have no idea if they actually became so heavy-handed with the melo that they missed out a story - but I still see potential and would like to give the adults a chance.
Thank you for doing (and probably suffering through) the recaps so far!
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132 Ace
January 4, 2013 at 7:31 AM
Okay, so I skipped this drama (and the recaps) coz the genre's not really my thing anymore among other reasons (I like the child actors better than the adult leads). I was just surfing this site and wondered when the recaps of IMY stopped. There are melodramas (Nice Guy, the recaps I've read faithfully but didn't watch at all though I liked all the cast) and there are this kind of melodramas that I really choose to distance myself with. Now I can understand why.
Anyway, I found the comments much more entertaining to read than the plot so far of this drama.
Here's to hoping we'll get better melodramas this year than last year.
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133 Briana
January 5, 2013 at 9:31 AM
when I started this drama it definitely made me cry from time to time and the rape made me sooo sad but I continued watching because I am a huge EunHye fan and I couldn't just quit on the show like that without knowing how it ended.....Soo far I'm only on episode 15 as I write this but once they became adults the show stopped being as heart wrenching I understood why all those bad things had to happen.....Later on when Soo Yeon sees her rapist as an adult her reaction to him is what let Jung Woo know for a fact that she was Soo Yeon (even though she came back different and under the guise of Zooey) had she just been kidnapped I don't think her reaction to seeing him would have been as heartbreaking and it gives the reason as to why she would become a suspect in his murder.
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134 ZOBear
January 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I'm not really a melodrama fan myself. I usually stick with the cheesey comedies and the occasional action dramas. But I had to watch this one because Yoochan rarely does characters that aren't historical. And I am a fan of Yoo Seung Ho and Yoon Eun Hye. At first I cried every freaking episode in this drama and I thought it would be just too much for me to handle. But I refuse to start a drama and not finish it, even the bad ones. So I marched on in this emotional tramatic train of dispair lol.
Yoochan acted his ass off in this drama, he was not going to be out shined by anyone, and his goofy childlike moments kept me smiling and laughing through it all.
And then there was Yoo Seung Ho....Wow. He was amazing to me. He's about to go to the military and he made sure that you will his acting in this no matter what he does in the future. He walked that fine line of hating him and loving him and feeling sorry for him, yet hating the fact that you do feel sorry for him really really well.
I would keep listing out the main characters in this and how the actors who played them were awesome, but this is getting too long already.
Anyways those that stopped watching this drama, I feel you should give it another try maybe. Fair warning it doesn't let up on the trauma that happened, you will be reminded again and again, but I think that's because the character's themselves are reminded of what happened. They live with this crap every day and I personally think they did it to say...."This isn't something that goes away, you can't forget it, we won't let you, we will not make this an afterthought and wash it away to make you laugh and smile the rest of this drama. you will ride this out with the characters, you will feel the pain they went through and bare the scars that are left behind." But with that said lol, there are the sweetest moments with Yoochan, the mother, his partner, and Soo Yeon. Their relationships brings a bit of genuine happiness through the tears.
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ZOBear
January 19, 2013 at 9:31 AM
And I do apologize for the mistakes in that post. lol
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135 serenityq2
March 6, 2013 at 11:46 AM
totally feel you sister and dont blame you for dropping it but still have a ways to go before micky shows up so hanging on. as if last episode wasnt enough this episode just took it to the max. every scene crying and mopping i cant stand it. just had to fast forward through those scenes to watch the parts with detective kim. all this tragedy is too much for my heart as well, and thats great they want to make people cry but over doing it like this? doesnt cut it. you want me to cry? show two people working hard at trying to make their relationship work and obstacle after obstacle keeps getting in their way and just as they are about to give up love conquers all. THAT would bring tears to my eyes, not this gothy self loathing thats going on here. the one good thing i could see from all this is i can see this trauma being one (if not the main) reason jung woo becomes a detective. he was so helpless and weak back then and blames himself (rightfully) for what happened to soo yeon. i can see him joining the police forces to atone for this. also his time spent with detective kim, seeing his character and belief in the justice system can also have an effect on him. interesting to see what soo yeon will do next. does she stay with hyun joon or go back home? will she lose faith in jung woo?
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136 debby
January 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM
but why you stop here??? I cant find episode 5 review. Pleaaasee dramabeans, finish the review till the last episode.. I cant find another better review than this site. :(
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137 mohammadali nomer
October 17, 2017 at 9:24 AM
I really loved this drama i cried so much, about their pitiful situation.
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