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I Hear Your Voice: Episode 3

Yup, I’m back for more. Like I could stay away, right? This show is really rockin’ my socks off, so I’m in it for the long haul, sleep and sanity be damned. Each episode continues to be a pleasant surprise—fantastic characters mixed with a swiftly moving story, and I just love the heroine more and more with each episode. She’s so endearingly flawed and winsome, and easy to root for.

Ratings continue to shoot skyward: I Hear Your Voice rose to 15.0% today, with Mandate of Heaven in at 8.0%, and Go Hyun-jung’s new drama Queen’s Classroom premiering to 6.6%.

 
EPISODE 3: “I’ll be there”

Kwan-woo comes out of his first case disheveled and totally spun around. Hye-sung’s smug reaction grates on his nerves until he finally snaps and declares (out loud to no one, looking like a crazy person) that he’ll go see her case and give her a piece of his mind when she fails to trust her client and loses spectacularly.

He sneaks into the back of the courtroom… just in time for Hye-sung to stand up and plead not guilty. I love the is-it-opposite-day look on his face.

Hye-sung over at Su-ha, really really hoping she just made the right move, and he smiles back at her.

The prosecution begins by reading text messages that Sung-bin sent to the victim, and it’s another chain of bleeped-out curses that makes everyone cringe. Hye-sung timidly tries argue that those phrases could be a sign of camaraderie among kids.

She looks over at Su-ha, and he crosses his arms into an X. Ha. No go on that argument. She moves on.

As the case progresses, she uses Su-ha as a barometer for what to argue, and it works like a charm. I’m less convinced she’s a good lawyer if she needs that much help, but who’s to turn down X’s and O’s from a mind-reader? He watches her in court and all he can see is that girl who ran in to testify against his father’s killer. Aw, is the puppy love back?

Things aren’t really going Do-yeon’s way, so she asks the judge to call the victim in to testify, since she recently woke up from her coma. Sung-bin lights up at that news, and she and Hye-sung happily agree to let her testify.

They break while she’s brought in from the hospital, and Hye-sung literally skips down the hall. It’s so cute. She gets a text from a number she doesn’t recognize, and just thinks it’s spam: “I’ll be there.”

She skips over to Su-ha (still calling him Chewing Gum) and says his signals are handy, and asks him to keep doing it. He jokes, “For free?” and then notices the highlighter mark she’s been sporting on her face for the last ten minutes.

He points at his own cheek to let her know—hahahaha—which totally looks like he’s asking her for a kiss.

The even funnier part is that she laughs like it’s completely obvious that he’d want a kiss from her, and she’s doing him a favor: “Oh, okay.” She kisses her hand and presses it against his cheek. Eeee.

He’s like, “What’re you doing?” and points out the ink on her face. He walks away scowling and clutching his cheek, shouting that he has to wash it now… and then when he’s far enough away from her he totally swoons. Ohmygah.

He’s standing on the staircase above the lobby of the courthouse, and the crowd’s inner thoughts come and go. Suddenly a familiar voice stands out above the rest, and it stops him cold.

It’s that killer’s voice—the same one he heard in that courtroom, and as he watched his father die. Even creepier are the words he hears: “That kid became a public defender? This’ll be fun.”

He races down the stairs and grabs the nearest man who fits the killer’s build, but it isn’t him. He thinks that it can’t be, but we watch as the killer walks right past him.

Kwan-woo is back in the office, and he retells jjang-byun’s case like an adorable fanboy, painting her as a superhero. They’re in the middle of discussing her rude personality versus her courtroom tactics, when Mom pops in for a surprise visit.

Sung-bin’s case resumes, and the victim, Dong-hee, gets sworn in as a witness. I don’t like the nervous look in her eye. Sung-bin waves at her, and it’s not like they’re friends, but she gets squarely ignored.

And then the girl testifies that someone pushed her out of that window, and points at Sung-bin as the culprit. What. Sung-bin flares up, and it all happens so fast that it can’t be stopped—Sung-bin yanks off her wig and starts cursing up a storm that Dong-hee is lying, and has to be held back from attacking her.

Su-ha gets up from his seat to look Dong-hee in the eye before she gets wheeled away, and hears her terrified thoughts—that she can never tell the truth about why she fell, because it’ll all be over for her.

Do-yeon doesn’t waste the opportunity to gloat, and tells Hye-sung not to be too hard on herself. “It was a good effort… for a public defender.” Hye-sung sits alone in the empty courtroom, completely deflated.

Su-ha waits for her outside and goes running up to her, but the first thing he hears is her thinking, “Get lost. I don’t ever want to see you again.” He just lets her pass without a word.

Mom has brought chicken for Hye-sung’s new coworkers, and she asks if her daughter has been difficult to work with. They start to hedge, but Kwan-woo pipes up that they know she’s really a good person on the inside, and Mom clasps his hand, grateful that he could see past her prickly exterior.

But just as Mom is swearing up and down that Hye-sung is a good egg, her voice echoes down the corridor: “Shut up! I told you to get lost!” Su-ha has followed her all the way back to the office, and she tells him this is all his fault because he didn’t let her go for the guilty plea.

He doesn’t see why Sung-bin should admit to doing something she didn’t, and tells her that Dong-hee is lying. But Hye-sung says it’s over and she’s done being humiliated. “Do you have to climb the Himalayas to know it’s cold? Do you have to jump into the fire to know it’s hot?” She says there’s no use fighting it anymore because the end result will be the same, and it’s game over.

By now Mom and the other lawyers are standing in the hall watching, and Mom finally bursts into a fuming rage. (She’s hilariously colorful with language, which just doesn’t translate well, but suffice it to say, Mom’s a spitfire.)

The disappointment just comes off of her in waves, and she asks how she could’ve raised a daughter who treats another person’s life like it’s a game.

Hye-sung turns into a bratty teenager all over again, and whines that Mom doesn’t even know—she got humiliated by Seo Do-yeon, the girl who threw them out into the street. But Mom doesn’t give a rat’s ass about that: “YOU’RE humiliating ME right now!”

She sighs that she’s embarrassed for running around town putting up banners and flyers, and walks away. And poor Su-ha gets a “What are you looking at?” just for standing there, heh.

Their boss Lawyer Shin tells the story to a prisoner (perhaps a client?)—they talk like old friends while playing celebrity bingo, and it’s clear this is a normal routine for them. The prisoner asks how old jjang-byun is, and seems doubly interested when Lawyer Shin says she’s about 27 or 28. He notes that the man’s daughter ought to be about that age. Hm.

The man asks if someone named Min Joon-gook (our killer) came by the office recently. Lawyer Shin says no, and his friend says the guy was just released, and seemed to have a friend at the public defender’s office.

Hye-sung walks home that night, lost in thought over Sung-bin’s case and Mom’s biting words. She doesn’t notice a basketball rolling by, and the boys who come after it remember her as the ajumma who threw away their last ball and got it flattened.

They stand in her way threateningly, so she acts like she doesn’t remember and speed-walks away. But they’re a couple of punks and they follow her, all the way into a dead end. She’s scared, but she threatens them with all the laws they’d be breaking if they laid a finger on her, which only makes them laugh.

Thankfully Su-ha has been behind her all this time, so he saunters up behind the boys, and she yells at him to call the police. Instead, Su-ha just parks his ass down leisurely and says that if she doesn’t give up on Sung-bin, he’ll take care of the punks.

She balks at him trying to use this to wheel and deal her, but he seems completely willing to let her sweat it out. She looks back and forth between the punks and Su-ha and quickly changes her mind, but insists for her pride’s sake: “I wasn’t going to give up on her anyway!”

So Su-ha starts stretching exercises to prepare for a fight, when one of the boys whispers, “That’s Park Su-ha!” and tells the other boys about the time he kicked the school jjang around.

Suddenly the boys aren’t so keen to fight, and make up excuses about having somewhere to be. Su-ha doesn’t let them go so easily, and throws up a leg to block them.

Their leader swallows his pride and speaks to Su-ha in jondae, so he lets them pass… under his leg. HA. Hye-sung watches in wide-eyed wonder, and he tells her she has to take responsibility for Sung-bin until the end.

She asks how this was taking care of her problem, and he just shrugs with a grin. He walks her home and tells her that Dong-hee was hanging off the ledge and fell, and then listens as she works out her next move in the case.

He smiles and admits that he really thought she had given up on Sung-bin, and she just tells him not to get all cocky thinking it was because of him. He turns to go and she calls out, “Hey Chewing Gum, you didn’t exactly rescue me back there or anything, but I was sorta thankful.” Heh.

On her rooftop, she wonders how he knew where she lived, and then gets another “I’ll be there” text. She suddenly realizes it might be Su-ha, and when she looks down, he’s looking back up at her with a smile.

The next day, Hye-sung sits by quietly as Lawyer Shin heaps advice and tips on Kwan-woo, and then decides to make her move. She throws her case file down on top of his and asks for Lawyer Shin’s help.

He refuses like a petulant child, and even takes out his hearing aid when she won’t stop bugging him. So she starts writing down apologies on post-its and chasing him down, to no avail.

Kwan-woo cautiously offers his help, which she turns down flat. But it only takes a few seconds for her roll over to his cubicle to ask how exactly he could help…

Cut to: the pair of them dressed in high school uniforms. LOL. He says he was actually very good at his job when he was a cop, and the best way to gather evidence is to return to the scene of the crime.

So off they go to high school. Hye-sung sidles up to a pair of gossipy girls and gets them to talk about Sung-bin and Dong-hee, while Kwan-woo looks over the music room and the spot where Dong-hee was found.

The girls admit to joining in when everyone teased Dong-hee, and they say that it was mostly jealousy because Dong-hee was pretty and about to get a contract as an actress, and smart to boot—they say she skipped grades to be in their class. They admit that they caved to peer pressure, not wanting to be an outcast like her.

Su-ha discovers Hye-sung poking around his school dressed like a student, and follows her into the computer lab. He just greets her with this silent look, and she hangs her head, “Look I know. I’m embarrassed too.” Ha.

He points out the computer Dong-hee used the day she fell, and she insists she’ll do the rest herself. But then he hears her wondering what to do next, as if searching internet history is a newfangled trick.

He sighs and goes over to show her. Omo, so handsy. He leans in until he’s literally cheek-to-cheek, with both hands over hers. They check the sign-in log and match the browser history for that time and day, and find that she was searching for how to get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke.

At the same time, Kwan-woo runs up with a cigarette butt and a lighter he found at the scene, and says that he knows what happened.

Hye-sung goes to see Dong-hee in the hospital and confronts her with the truth—she was smoking at school and when Sung-bin came into the room, she thought she could hang off the ledge for a minute to keep from being discovered, and accidentally fell.

Hye-sung says she understands that she’s about to sign a big contract to be an actress and can’t have something like this getting out, but it’s not a reason to ruin someone’s life. But the girl surprises her and refuses to testify.

Sung-bin is hiding around the corner listening and at first Su-ha holds her back, but when Dong-hee digs her heels in about not telling the truth, Sung-bin comes darting out. She demands to know what she ever did to deserve this, and Dong-hee looks up at her in tears, asking the same thing of her—what did she ever do to deserve being made into an outcast?

She says that Sung-bin can go ahead and go to jail, because that’s the way she’s lived all this time, locked away with no friends, no one to understand her. It’s only then that Sung-bin realizes how Dong-hee must feel, remembering what it felt like when she wanted to jump in front of that train, thinking she had nobody in the world on her side.

She stops Hye-sung’s pleading and says she’ll face her judgment without Dong-hee’s testimony. She apologizes sincerely for making fun of her, for not realizing how hurtful her words could be.

Hye-sung turns to Dong-hee with one last word of warning, that she’s the one with the rock in her hands now—will she throw?

She makes her exit with impact… and then walks over to Su-ha and grips his arm in a panic: “Will she come? Do you think she’ll come? What if she doesn’t come?” Haha, I love her. He assures her that Dong-hee said what she wanted to say and heard what she wanted to hear, so she’ll show.

Day 2 of the trial comes around, and this time Hye-sung’s coworkers cheer her on (minus grumpypants boss, of course). Kwan-woo offers her a present in a little jewelry box, and she takes one look and turns him down cold, “I don’t think we’re there yet.”

Kwan-woo: “Huh?” He opens up the ring box, and inside is a rubber thimble for page-turning. Pffft. I just want to bury my head under a blanket.

She runs into Do-yeon again in the elevator, and remembers what Su-ha told her that she was thinking the other day—how alike Hye-sung and Sung-bin were. She asks now why Do-yeon lied all those years ago about the fireworks, and says she always thought Do-yeon was the horrible bitch, and never once thought about why. Do-yeon thinks she’s just trying to ruffle feathers before the case, and says it won’t matter what she does because the truth won’t change.

Dong-hee gets put back on the stand, but before Hye-sung can question her, Do-yeon stands up to remind her that if she changes her testimony, she’ll be admitting to perjury. Dude, are you seriously threatening her to keep lying?

Dong-hee is clearly terrified, and Hye-sung freezes, not knowing what to do. Su-ha isn’t there either, not that he’d have the answer in this case. But thankfully Lawyer Shin is there, and he sends Hye-sung a text pointing to a law.

She hurriedly demands the judge’s copy of a law book and looks it up—it says that a minor can’t perjure herself, and she remembers that Dong-hee skipped a few grades. She asks how old she is, and when she says fifteen, Do-yeon’s face hardens. Hye-sung knows her case is won.

Lawyer Shin gives a tiny smile. Aw, you gruff teddy bear. The boys in the office cheer at the news that Hye-sung won her case, and then start to turn on Lawyer Shin for being so mean to her, not knowing that he helped her win it. Hee.

Hye-sung catches up to Do-yeon after winning the case, and calls her out for knowing that Dong-hee was lying in the first place and not caring. She scoffs that she hasn’t changed one bit since high school, and that she’ll continue being the same way, never acknowledging her faults and putting blame where it doesn’t belong, only now as a prosecutor.

Do-yeon takes another condescending jab that she did well for a public defender. Hye-sung says she wondered when she first ran into her here, why Fate had such a sick sense of humor and had them meet as prosecutor and public defender.

Hye-sung: “But I know the answer now. A big-time prosecutor being defeated by a big-time lawyer doesn’t have any impact. It’s to have you beaten by nothing but a mere public defender, like today.”

Do-yeon says today was the last, and Hye-sung just tells her that the next time, she’ll have to acknowledge it, and then apologize to her. “And my mom!” She spins on her heels and struts away like a badass. Aaaand then she totally ruins the moment by muttering to herself that she’s AWESOME. Hee.

She gets another “I’ll be there” text on her way out, and wonders why Chewing Gum missed such an important day and only sent a text.

She calls Mom and asks if she took down all the banners, and Mom grumps, “Of course I did.” But when Hye-sung rounds the corner to Mom’s chicken shop, all the banners are still up and displayed proudly. Aw, the mother-daughter moments on this show are so great. It feels just like the moment when Mom came back to burn the money.

Hye-sung says she won her case, and Mom nearly bursts into tears. She covers it up with a “Whatever, why should I be proud when you’re just doing your job?”

But Hye-sung can see her welling up with pride, and she hangs back and watches as Mom busts out a dance in the middle of the street. Too. Cute. She smiles and takes one of Mom’s flyers and sticks it in her briefcase.

It turns out Su-ha didn’t show up because he went to the prison. He asks to visit Min Joon-gook, but is horrified to find out he’s been released.

He heads back lost in thought, and races to get off the bus when he sees Hye-sung at the bus stop across the street. He hears her think wearily that there’s never a seat on this damned bus when she gets on, and quickly scans the bus and finds a lady who’s getting off at the next stop.

He grabs Hye-sung and tips her off to the seat, and makes her day. He asks about the trial and she brags that it went swimmingly: “I don’t want to say this about myself, but I was kind of awesome today.”

He rolls his eyes as she blathers on, and just walks away in the middle of her self-congratulatory speech. She gets another “I’ll be there” text right when Su-ha happens to be on his phone, and smiles thinking it’s his way of saying thanks.

He walks her home again and asks if she always comes home at this hour, wondering if she can’t come and go earlier when it’s not so dark out. She asks if he followed her because he’s worried, and he says no and just tells her to go inside.

He turns to go, and she stops him with something to say, but tells him not to turn around. She says she wondered whether or not she should say something, but being the adult here, she figured it’s the right thing to do.

She says that he’s in high school and she’s a lawyer, and she doesn’t have time to accept his childish innocence, so he should fold his feelings now. “I know, it might sound cruel. But just think of it like medicine and listen.”

Su-ha: “Who likes whom?” Hye-sung: “You. Me.”

She says her phone told her so, and shows him the texts that began the day the trial started. “Did you see me in court and fall for me?” He laughs (I’m so embarrassed for her) and says it wasn’t him—he doesn’t even have her number.

She doesn’t believe him, so he proves it by calling his number. She wonders who sent the texts then, and he says it must be spam. Hye-sung thinks: “Mortified, mortified, mortified!” And of course he catches it, which is doubly mortifying.

She realizes her mistake and covers her eyes, “Don’t look! If you look in my head, you’re dead!” She runs up the stairs, and he repeats her mortified confession out loud to tease her.

She dies of embarrassment all over again, cursing herself for saying something, but then wonders why he keeps walking her home if he doesn’t like her. She realizes now that she doesn’t even know Chewing Gum’s name.

Then her thoughts drift to the text messages, and it occurs to her that they might be from Kwan-woo.

Lawyer Shin stops to ask Kwan-woo if he knows someone named Min Joon-gook, and says that a friend of his shared a cell with him, and he said he owed something to a public defender. Kwan-woo wonders if maybe it’s Hye-sung he meant, and asks what the man was in prison for. “Murder.”

Su-ha saves Hye-sung’s number and names her Jjang d’Arc (as in Joan of Arc), and wonders who sent her those texts. It’s only then that he starts piecing together the clues—the killer’s release, the voice he heard, the message.

“It can’t be…” He takes off running.

Hye-sung sits up in bed and goes back and forth on Kwan-woo vs. Spam vs. Mortified, and decides that she’ll just call the number back and find out once and for all. Egads, don’t do that. But she pushes the button…

The ringtone is “I’ll Be There,” but then she realizes that she can hear the phone she’s calling… FROM INSIDE HER OWN APARTMENT. So. Creepy.

She hangs up and tries again, and it rings from somewhere in her house. Ohgodohgod.

Su-ha races back to her place, screaming into his phone for her to pick up. But when he reaches her neighborhood, those punks he dealt with the other night are back, and they’ve brought their jjang Choong-ki with them. Dude, take a number! There’s a killer we have to deal with!

But there’s no getting out of this, and despite Su-ha’s best efforts to get past them, they start a fight. He fights back, looking for a chance to break free.

Meanwhile, Hye-sung gets up out of bed and calls the number again. She creeps over to her kitchen to pick up a frying pan and inches toward her door. “Who’s there?”

Su-ha finally beats all the boys and limps away, bleeding, to get to Hye-sung.

 
COMMENTS

Aaaaack. Okay, the killer-turned-stalker thing is effectively creeping me out. I didn’t think they’d bring that conflict out so soon in the series, but this show has consistently been a step ahead of expectation, so I really like how quickly we’re getting to the meat of the story with the killer’s release.

So far I like the balance between the case of the week and the personal character journeys, because everyone is so closely tied into the heroine’s life in some way that there’s a lot of double duty in those storylines. Like her rivalry with Do-yeon that gets played out in the courtroom, or her work conflicts directly reflecting her character (or lack thereof) to Mom. They’re woven nicely with a lot of attention to the build-up within each episode, which is really this writer’s strength. No one episode feels like it’s slapdashed together or part of some other episode that has yet to air—each has its own narrative point and build, and that’s not always the case in dramaland.

What really makes the setup work is that Hye-sung is a great heroine. There’s clearly going to be more to her backstory, including who her father was, but that feels secondary to her growth as a lawyer and well, a human being. She’s so flawed, and jaded, and really embarrassingly prideful, and yet she’s still lovable. I root for her and cringe with her, and I want her to stomp all over that bitchy prosecutor and do a little dance. What’s nice about her character is that she’s not unaware of her mistakes—she says dumb things and then regrets them, and will still well up with tears when Mom believes in her. She’s not above gloating or thinking she’s hot stuff, only to be utterly humiliated when other people don’t agree with her, which is almost all the time. I can see the sixteen-year-old girl she used to be more and more as we get to know her, and not just in the heroic way that Su-ha sees her, but in her attitude and her spunk. And it would tickle me silly if she were to fall for Su-ha first, while he’s still had his first love mirage dashed to pieces. The thing is, I love the idea of both boys with her, which is a happy dilemma to have.

 
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I've been checking the site for hours. I had a feeling another recap was coming. :D

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OMG - I happened to listen to the Sting song "I'll Be Watching You" before watching this episode. And the use of the MJ song just totally creeped me out. This is going to be a good ride!!

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I was so creeped out that I start crying tears of fear. Eep!

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I love this drama. LOVE. I've got a couple other things I'm watching and enjoying, but I fell *hard* for this one.

I can't get over how much I like everyone already. (Except for the murderer. And Do-yeon.) Usually there's one or two characters who could fall in a hole and die for all I care, but I haven't even mentally played anyone off the stage yet. Even better, they're interesting together; basically every combination of characters has something to offer. I want good things for all of them, and I want them to help each other get there.

And seriously, that last scene gave me chills. What a tonal shift from funny-cute to OH MY GOD IT'S COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE scary. I was half-expecting it, but I still had goosebumps when that ringtone started playing. Show was already getting plenty of points for making me laugh, but it gets even more for pulling the rug out from under me like that.

(Thanks for stretching the fourth dimension, girlfriday. Everything's better with dramabeans recaps. :))

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It's the sudden tonal shift in that last scene that scared the heck out of me because i was not expecting it. Never looking at this song the same way again.

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I didn't know that song could BE creepy, and now I can probably never listen to it by myself again. Gah.

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i agree that last scene was reallly well done, good to see everyone else got scared by it too. the ringtone was probably the best possible choice they could make, its friendly but still quiet enough to contrast the suspense situation perfectly.
a good example how this kind of thing works so much better when put in the right context, same with finding a comedy/tragedy balance.
i guess the writer and pd would be a good choice to try a horror film.

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That last bit totally creeped me out. It's a good thing my internet connection decided to cut off last night so I didn't get to watch the episode at night. All alone.

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I think its just a threat. I think the bad guy is not inside the house, only the phone. And there's message in that phone, some warning. That's my predicition.

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I agree. It's too early for a confrontation. I think he's just trying to scare her/let her know he's coming for her.

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Seriously with the chills... That is one of my worst nightmares. As a woman who grew up with a single mom, I am very cautious when coming home to a dark house and making sure to lock up all doors and windows. Even just reading the recap and not having seen this episode yet... chills...

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Thanks!

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Yes, thank you GF. I know you would be in for the long haul. Who could resist this show?

I'm officially following it as it airs which should say something about it.

And just like you I totally love the heroine. She is so endearing in a weird way.

And I squeeeeeeee when she kiss our lead boy in such adorable way.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

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Thanks you.

Just watched on Viki.

Story is moving so fast.

The heroine lost and regain her faith in three episode.

Yeah.

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Lee Bo Young is criminally beautiful, and has been wonderful in the two series I've seen her in.

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I knew you would be recapping this :-P

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I'm in love with this. Sorry YTBLSS you have been replace. I love the heroine, she's bitchy, moody, pridefull, and I like her. I want to know why she ended up this way? I know she had some bad stuff happen to her 10 years before, but that could not have been all. That and I love Su-Ha, this man/boy is adorable. Every time he smiles unicorns are born. It was fun to watch them both together in court. Oh and I can't forget to give props to Oska oppa, he had me giggling when he show up in the student outfit..
I'm also in for the whole show...

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Probably just life as a lawyer kind of makes you jaded because it's all quite repetitive. Tons of people come in and out, you're dealing with tons of cases that all seem the same. Perhaps there's a low chance of winning, so why try? (This is for our heroine, who seems to be on the lower-end of the lawyer paycheck spectrum). This is also just my opinion of what it's like in the US. Im sure whoever knows more about the criminal justice system could offer their opinion.

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I guess it would always depend on what type of law you practice too. It would also make it a lot easier to be a lawyer if we all had an adorable boy that could read minds..,

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I guess...but I was still screaming at Hye Sung when she just stalked off angry at Su Ha because she was "embarrassed" in front of that prosecutor witch. I screamed "it's not about you!!! why is it always about you! it's about your client!!!" I know it's a character development thing, but to me she's still soooo flawed that my feelings for her is still dominated by hate instead of love. I do like the drama, however.

And another thing I hope only occurs in drama, but not so much in real life: why is it okay to hate and hurt someone so much because of your own jealousy? I mean isn't that our own lacking and flaw so we have to rectify ourselves, instead of...you know, make up awful words about them? I kinda wish this was only in drama, but then news on the internet about what non-celebs have to face when they happen to be dating celebs in Korea just sickens my stomach. Ugh, are people really that ugly inside?

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"Every time he smiles unicorns are born"

HAHAHA

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I may be a bit smitten with the boy.. Soo all I could think of was cute stuff..

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I...may be a LOT smitten with the boy.

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I came for the cute stuff....
but the court room drama today really surprised me:

Why is the defense lawyer defending her client on the basis of "circumstantial evidence"? In SK, the prosecutor would bring a case to court for attempted murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence? Wow!!!
Why is Lee Bo Young's char so surly to her colleagues when they r only trying to be nice to her? Don't all the other KDs tell us that kind of thing coming from a woman, and the newest employee in the office, is totally unacceptable???
This ep. has me scratching my head.

The tiff between the 2 women is going the be a central thread in the show, isn't it? One will prosecute no matter what; the other will exonerate the innocent, w help fr cutie pie. Not too much courtroom drama, more of the other stuff, I hope.

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I dont think anyone should take this show too seriously because its heart is more in the characters, its relationships, and the funny. The courtroom stuff is something i dont really turn my brain on for -- especially since hye sung picked up her cell to read a text (are you really allowed to do that during a trial? lol).
Hye sung is already surly and tough skin to begin with so i wasn't surprised that she's already like that with her co-workers, although it does make it harder for me to connect with her. Im still not really invested in her character because of that invisible wall she still has up. Im sure down the road her co-workers will become some of her closest friends and she wont be as prickly once soo ha and kwan woo goes breaking down her walls.

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I'm totally crazy for this drama - today's ending was just such a scary, creepy, "argghhhh" cliffhanger! Arggh!

Can't wait for tomorrow's episode! And thanks for the recap, GF!

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Yay! It's here! Thanks GF!

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Yay! Thank you! I love this drama!!

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Great episode!

I feel like I'm in the minority here but I hope there's no romantic relationship between Hye-sung and Su-Ha. A crush is fine but I like their friendship more and hope that it continues. Hye-sung and Kwan-soo together would be pretty funny.

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I don't really /mind/ The Su-ha and Hye-sung pairing, I mean, his noona-crush is adorable. But imagine how awesome it would be for Hye-sung to fall for someone as silly as Kwan-soo~ They'd be so cute together.

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same here.. i would love to see them as noona and dongsaeng..

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Yes, I agree with you! I'd rather Hye-sung and Su-ha just stay friends. Hye-sung and Kwan-woo together would be hilarious though. xD

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I was legitimately creeped out in those last 5 minutes of this episode with that ringtone of the unknown caller, too. This show is really great at giving us cliffhangers.
I’m also interested in how soo-ha’s brain processing works. It seems like protecting his noona weighs more on his mind than taking revenge on the man he witnessed killing his father. Watching someone beat your father to death with a steel pipe is something of a traumatizing event, so I guess soo-ha could have just buried that memory somewhere deep down. Either way I hear Your voice sets out to deliver on the heart, the laughs, and the mysteries. So cute. I knew you couldn't let go of this show GF.

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Me Tooooooo.

Perhaps the threat will force them to live together, and write a non-love contract.

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I thought exactly the same thing.

Doesn't hearing that voice scare the sh^t out of him, or incense him?

Then I thought maybe the protecting Jang D'arc goes hand in hand with exacting his revenge? Or maybe since the guy served time, he let go of all the anger already? I dunno. I think we do need to see them face each other down.
Luckily the kid has an edge and can keep himself pretty safe.

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This episode was so awesome.

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this show was such a wonderful surprise to me last week, and it continues! i love it when shows i thought were going to be complete duds turn out to be utterly fantastic. such a pleasant surprise.

normally i don't like lee bo-young's pick of projects, but i do love her here, and her chemistry with lee jong-seok (who is half of the show's greatness) is amazingly cute. i didn't think it could ever work, but it does. again, i don't always hate it when i'm wrong :)

it looks like the jailbird might turn out to be hye-sung's father? interesting. even more interesting, considering how he shared a cell with the man hye-sung helped send to jail, and who is hell bent on revenge.

thank you for this recap! if you hadn't recapped the very first episode, i might not have checked this out. i knew it was going to air, but the title/mix of actors didn't intrigue me much. but reading the first recap changed it all- thank you!

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Oh, I agree...I was wondering how on EARTH they'd pull off a high schooler/lawyer Noona romance....but after 3 episodes I'm on board that ship and so far out to sea it ain't funny... :D. Now I just can't wait for the first kiss.... :D

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Thanks for the recap!
This episode was so good. So shipping hye sung and Soo Ha!!

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I'll never hear the "I'll be there" song the same way ever again. I was legit creeped out.

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I kept hoping and hoping you would do another recap! I knew it wasn't a sure thing, but I'm so glad you did! And I hope you keep it up, because I really love this show and like that it's being recapped.

Anyways, the scene where Su-ha made the three kids go under his leg was hilarious. Loved that one.

Also love that the villain and the things he's doing are actually super creepy, and not just in an "ew" way. Like, the ringtone in her apartment? Shivers. That's scary. And the way Su-ha dropped everything to save her was just so sweet and something I really love about his character. He acts like a little shit towards her now that he's found out she's not exactly what he imagined she was, but he still remembers what she did for him and wants to repay her for that. Love it.

Hye-sung's re-discovery of her sense of justice is lovely as well. It's very well-written and well-played.

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I can't accept them together, but I do love them together. Ha. Very much enjoying my watches.

Lee Jongseok...

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Also, what a large ratings jump considering it premiered at a pretty low number.
Not that ratings should dictate a show's quality or your enjoyment of it, but it's nice when both international and domestic viewers are enjoying the same show.

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Thank you. I really can eat a a bunch of mangos a day and never get sick of it! Although sadly, there are certain seasons when they're fresh. Im a happy camper because this is the season for em + awesome k-dramas airing.

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Stop Mocking me with your name. I can live with that but then you have to go and rub it in my face that you like eating mangoes. Are you doing that on purpose because if so that is just so mean.

I also loved to have mangoes but can't anymore because it turns out that I am allergic to them. :(

This seems to be a great show on the other hand and I always seem to enjoy shows where one party seems to have an X-Tra ability that goes ad makes them all special, ie telepathy. pyrokenisis etc... Jedi mind tricks.

I already have a few ideas where this story might lead upto due to drama cliches and all. :) though I certainly will want to be proven wrong once in a while. Love the acting of all the cast members so far. Also love the typical misunderstandings that are bound to happen and
have already happened.

Don't worry guys the main heroine is going to find out that she is all alone t home. Though it seems to be a private message for her. It will be nice though if the murderer that she sent away will come to actually hire her for a case. Wonder what her reaction is going to be for that. Turns out that he is going to be innocent for a crime that he didn't do so he comes to her for help but her thoughts on this matter will be cloudy at first but eventually her righ from wrong will rise up and so she will then defend him and win the case :) Perhaps that will restor her faith in some people. :) and at the same time all lose in some :(

That's all for now folks :)

PS I was joking about being offended by your name. I hope that you understood that I was just joking. My sense of humor is terrible from what I have heard/
It is true that I am allergic to mangoes among other things but I don't mind others enjoying them. If that is what you like/dislike that is totally up to you.
So if I offended you my sincerest apologies

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Haha, i know when someone's sarcastic/joking because i'm a kidder myself.
Such a shame that you're allergic to mangos, you're the first i've met that is!

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Listen, you two, STOP talking about mangoes!
I also love mangoes but they are $2.99 for ONE right now in the NE of the USA. Crazy expensive.

My mouth is watering thinking about mangoes, thanks to you two, and I have to wait until they are cheaper.

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thank goodness this came along. i had nothing to look forward to on wed-thurs

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I am loving this show so much. To go from laugh out loud funny to heartwarming to totally creepy all in one episode? What's not to love?

I know I'm in the minority here but I just can't ship a romantic pairing of SH/HS. But I really do like them as a non romantic noona /dongseng duo. Sorry, grown ass adults with high school students just screams ICK! to me.

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That's probably the reason why they always cast someone way older to play the high school student. That way our brain can accept it. I know the actor is 24 in my head soo that takes a lil bit if the eek factor out.

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I keep telling myself he was held back a year for injuries, and he's actually of age... :D. Try it, it helps ;)

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Technically, he's past Korea's age of consent.

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See, all good. It would still be creepy if she was his teacher, but she's not in any "authority" position, so, I'm cool with it.

Of course, my family makes a habit of that kind of thing, so...ha ha. My dad married my mom when she was 18 and he was 27, and my brother married his wife when he was 20 and she was almost 28... so it's not so weird to me. :D

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Noona-dongsaeng romance/crushes are GF's kryptonite. (Based on her feelings of some of her favorite shows).
I think as of now i'm kinda shipping them(mostly because they're developing their relationship alot more and spending more time on them) but i really wouldn't mind if she ended up with kwan soo. That would probably be the more preferred OTP for most people because there's no ick factor there. Im just waiting until kwan soo gets more fleshed out as a character, and i'd probably end up switching ships.

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I have absolutely no problem with older women/ younger men. But adult/high school student? Eeewww! :)

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I totally don't mind them ending up together omg (which is weird cause I usually don't dig noona-dongsaeng pairings) because Lee Jong Seok's character is just too awesome not to love. I'm so shipping them now. This show is surprisingly good O.O

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I love the OTP. I love Lawyer Cha as well but I'm a sucker for k-drama love bonds formed in childhood. (although in this case, the bond was one-sided to begin with.) If this drama does what k-dramas are known for doing, they'll have to part for a while and when they return...he'll be old enough to be her true love.

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I'm going to have to agree with you here. I'm hoping that there is a flash forward somewhere near the end... maybe post army service... where they can have their Kdrama happily ever after.

*mini fan girl moment*

WHY SO CUTE, LEE JONG-SUK!!!

*end fan girl moment*

I feel a bit better now that is out of my system... at least until the next episode.

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Isn't it great to get a gushy squee out of one's system? And yes...it makes room for other gushes and squees. Waiting for next episode witya.

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Before it started, I thought this show was about Oska and LBY as the OTP.

I still think it is because I wouldn't dare dream they would put these two together - ages are too far apart right now.

And it isn't even cable.

This works because he has "hand" in this partnership, not she, even though she is older. Plus he has been through more in his lifetime that most folks her age. Imagine how quickly he grew up watching his father's death. Wow.

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Ahhh this show! I love it!

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Okay, that last part with the song playing inside her house totally freaked me out. I was home alone with my two small children since this is hubby's baseball night. They were both asleep and it was dark. I totally admit I checked all my doors again to make sure they were locked. And maybe turned on a couple lights. And possibly went into my kids rooms to check on them again. And totally still jumped when my husband walked in the door. If that was the effect they were going for, it totally worked on me.

This drama is knocking it out if the park so far for me. I love all the characters and like the case of the week working into the larger story arch. So good so far!

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Was home sick today so I marathoned the 3 episodes (sometimes a flu can be a blessing).

This show had me within the first hour. I love all the characters - our prickly heroine, our lovable hero (yes, I'm on this ship!) and our earnest geek. And of course, our prickly, colourful-tounged omma (the fruit does not fall far from the tree, does it?).

Thank you for your awesome recaps GF. It just doubles the fun of watching an awesome drama.

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The mom *__* I just want to hug her. With the chicken posters and random dancing and colourful language and free chicken and everything.

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She's awesome! I can't believe we have a good mother in dramaland! Fingers crossed it stays that way.

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I always love the dorky YSH..
LBY and LJS are so adorable together..
Love this drama!

..Thanks for the recap GF!

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OMG I am loving this drama! Cannot wait for the next episode! The last part was SO creepy! But if that happened to me I would have grabbed a big knife & got out of there & called Su-Ha or the police. Next episode should be great!

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Okay, minor details, but: (1) Is it just me, or does the pinkness on Suha's face, when he's in the fight, look like blush? (2) What is with the lax legal system in this drama? Did a murderer seriously serve a mere 10-year sentence and get out on good behavior? Were the judges really about to send someone to jail based on potentially biased/misleading testimonies from a witness and the victim, rather than hard evidence - like maybe fingerprints or picture proof or something?

Aside from that, I really love watching Jongseok in these type of roles. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I know, it's bad for him as an actor to get typecasted and whatnot, but gosh, I LOVE his characters. Friendly enough, but aloof, cool, and a heart of gold on the inside.

And I think I'm turning into a real dramabeans sadist, because I'm starting to love that look of desperation on his face when he realizes he's in some deep sh*t (i.e, with the bullies at the end of the episode). All I needed was Heungsoo to be there with him... but I guess if Heungsoo were with him, the fight would've been too easy for the two of them.

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(1)Probably blush that's maybe been over-applied as makeup. Or, probably some people are more prone getting red in the cheeks, him being super pale doesn't help it. I know i'll be working out for 2 minutes and my face is a tomato, or sudden switch from cold to hot temperatures.
(2)Im not sure if south korea's criminal justice system is more lenient or that it's a k-drama so we'll have to suspend some belief. I thought the picture that hye-sung took on her cellphone was supposed to provide hard evidence?
We've all got a bit of sadism in us... i blame the k-drama addict in all of us.

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Yeah, I am real surprised that a killer was let out. There was testimony that he killed another person! I read the other response about integrating back into society; I guess that's true, but we see that this guy only has one thing on his mind--REVENGE. Isn't there some exit evaluation to prove whether one can be released back into society before they are?

Also, maybe it was the subs but I did not like that the girl was willing to send the girl that teased her to jail for attempted murder. I can see how the drama may be trying to make a point that teasing and making another person an outcast is really terrible, but I couldn't agree with it being as terrible as sentencing someone to wrongful imprisonment. Rise above! One has to be better than those that mock you. I got a bit serious at that part.

Great drama. Lee Bo Young's character, Hye-Sung, does have many layers but what about the other characters. Her nemesis, Do-yeon, seems to be just a win-at-all-costs type and I'm surprised she just can't admit she did do wrong back then; even chalk it up to that they were children. Still sticking to the lie now seems stupid.

I know I got to let some things slide; it's drama.

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I know what you mean about the typecasting. He does keep playing the same character type, but I like them so much that it's hard to complain. Time'll take care of it anyway; he's already 23, so he'll have to grow past the reticent-but-good-natured high school student sooner or later.

Drama law makes about as much sense as drama medicine. I just shut my brain off until it stops. ;)

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sadly in some countries it is like this. Not just kdramas but real life. I know a neighbor that killed his neighbor because the music was too ''loud''.

His neighbor came complaining about ''Hey the music is too loud'' and they weren't on friendly terms before, ''the music is too loud" and then he started to walk to the other neighbor (to fight?) and what the other neighbor did? he shoot the neighbor in the middle of his head, the guy died right there and He ran away for some years until he got arrested.

It was just like that. How many years he got for killing someone like this? 4 years on prison, 2-3 years doing semi-open conditions, and then he was out. Just like that. Yup.

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dang, talk about devaluing a person's life. less than 20 yrs for murder is just enabling the murderer to keep it up.

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Legal systems are crazy. Even if you get sentenced to twenty years or more, in my country you can get out after serving 1/3 or 2/3 because of good behavior. The official reason? 'We need to give them a chance to integrate back into society.' The real reason? 'Prisons are too full.'

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are you talking about the same country? Because it seems like Brazil legal system lol

In Brazil no matter what kind of crime you do, you can be in jail just for 30 years, no more than that.

Sigh :(

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Yup, I get what you mean. I saved almost every screenshot of him in the School 2013 recaps. xD

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HEUNGSOO and SUHA! :D

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You rock gf for recapping this.

I can't watch this until after work today! At least 12 long hours away....... wahhhhhh.

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Episode 1 and 2 were GREAT.

Episode 3 is a huge letdown.

BIG disappointment.

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Not trying to be bitchy, but I really am curious about what you didn't like in this ep as compared to the first two. Would you mind elaborating?

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I respectfully disagree. I thought it was a great episode: Perfect balance of comedy and suspense and "flirting". I'm very picky and I didn't see a good rom-com like this in ages.

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Wow. Thank you so much for committing, gf!you rock! :)))))

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"And it would tickle me silly if she were to fall for Su-ha first, while he’s still had his first love mirage dashed to pieces."

I have been thinking the same thing.. It'll be hilarious!

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Lee Jong-suk is killing me with all his smiles. He hardly ever did in School 2013, so this time around, I'm a happy camper. So much cute between Hye-sung and Su-ha. <333

Also, while the killer-stalker angle is extremely creepy and goosebump-inducing... I also can't forget that it's the same actor who played the bumbling failure of a mat-hyung in Ojagkyo Brothers.

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He's also totally silly and hilarious in Coffee House ^-^

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Interesting drama. I'm in!

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I personally don't find the highschool/adult relationship creepy because a) the actor is not a high schooler and b) their age difference didn't seem huge when they were kids, it's just weirder now that they're older and she's doing adult stuff and he's still in high school. Besides, in some way, he acts a lot more mature than she does.

Can't wait to see how this one turns out!

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I totally agree. Plus, I love the fact that she never seems to see him as a high school-er ...and I swear he is the more mature of the two. :D too me, this pair works a lot better than the 2 in "flower boy ramen shop", and fans loved that drama....

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Same here. In real life, I'd be grossed out. But in a drama with a dude who's clearly in his 20s playing the student? Bring it on.

Power imbalance is what'll squick me with that kind of relationship, but I can go with it if I buy that they're similar maturity-wise. The drama seems to be trying to establish that right off the bat. (My Korean is too woeful to be sure, but is he even using banmal with her?)

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Absolutely. With everything he could "hear" from random people all these years, he must have the social wisdom and the maturity of a philosopher.

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I'm with you on this one. True, there are age issues but she is definitely on the immature side and he is a very mature kid. In real life, I don't think I'd be bothered by such a couple. Love comes in so many ways and the emotional bond between the both of them is definitely good. I'm hoping Lawyer Cha doesn't become collaterol in this romance, though. I like him. Wonder if Prosecutor-ess will get involved with anyone from Team Defense.

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They are somehow well matched.

If he has graduated from high school by the end of the drama.... umm, I think I'll be fine with it.

He's more mature, and he hasn't got a silly crush on her I feel – he's realising she isn't the perfect person he imagined, but someone quite different, who is lovable for perhaps rather different reasons. She doesn't treat him like a kid, but interacts very naturally and confidently with him, in a way that I like. I can sense both something that could be a great relationship (could be sibling, could be romantic), but something that could be the basis of something worthwhile.

Lawyer Cha is a cute dork, but our leads, hmmm, they are the opposites of each other but fit really well together. (Of course, we could argue that Lawyer Cha is the opposite too, but Heungsoo and Su-ha already have some sort of understanding between them that can't be beat.)

I don't know, this pair somehow works. In real life, I'd say hold off from the relationship until both are of legal age, but once they are the age difference isn't a problem.

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From the series description, Su-Ha is 19, in which case he is legal despite being in high school.

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I figure he was in the hospital for a while and missed a year of school...

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But what about the other hottie whose pic is on the poster? It doesn't look like Lawyer Cha. How does new hottie-yet-to-arrive fit in?

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Which poster? The blue/aquarium one? Pretty sure that's Oska (Lawyer Cha).

But that poster reminds me... she's hand in hand with Cha, which means there'll definitely be a love line explored. Better be one that fails!!!

The other younger guy in the office seems to have a slight crush on her already too.

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I love him. He was cute in Alice, too, playing a similar character. Such pretty eyes.

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Thanks for the recap. Was so hoping that you would continue recapping this drama.
I love the part where she gave him an indirect peck on the cheek..... <3

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, and then discovered that he was telling her to wipe her face.

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Yeah I've been reading nonstop cases recently of female teachers in their mid 20s to 30s having (sexual) relations and romantic relationships with high school students and so this does creep me out on some level. I can't
be appalled by it in real life and cheer on a similar couple because its in a drama. I personally can't anymore! I'll def. keep watching though, it's a good drama (just started)!

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WOW really surprised how this is turning out!! I hope it keeps its steam.

I was pleasantly surprised to see how fangirly I got during that computer scenes. I'm not usually one for noona romances, but I actually got the feels in that scene...I guess it can work. We'll see...I'm willing to give it a chance.

But I'm LOVVVINGG the creepy aspect of this...I was actually holding my hand up in case something jumped out. HOW DEVILISHLY CREEPY. I love it. I'm not one for scary stories, but this is just scary enough to get the adrenaline rushing.

I've been having a hard time finding heroines I like, but I can get behind this one, I think. At least, I'm excited to see her growth. I don't actually think she's a good lawyer, but I think she'll learn!

Thanks for the awesome recap!!

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All I can say to this drama is....I think I'm in love.......

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your comment sent me on a youtube/wiki hop for jessica simpson's "i think i'm in love"

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heh...now you made me want to listen to the song...lol

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Even watching this show raw and guessing what's happening it had me at the edge of my seat. I'm glad you're recapping it GF -- I can't wait till tomorrow's episode! The writer definitely has done his homework, and I think he has a plan for how things will go together. I think that eventually all of the characters will come face to face with their own fears/flaws and either grow from them or fall back into a life without meaning. Even her snotty frenemy Do Yeon.

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LOVE THIS DRAMA SO MUCH! Thanks for recap GF.

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Thank you sooooooooooo much!!! GREAT!!! :)

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Yay! I'll be marathoning this one for sure. I expect the characters are interesting and the plot is well executed. I love the writer of this drama ever since Dream High.

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Thanks so much for taking this on, GF. I hope it doesn't cause you to lose too much sleep or sanity-- but I totally get how you couldn't resist recapping this puppy.

This show has so much ♥-- it gives me the warm fuzzies for hours, even when it ends with a super creepy cliffhanger. I was already a big fan of Kim Hae Sook (who plays Hye Sung's mom), but I love her even more now. Her not-so-secret dance of pride and joy was too cute. I definitely think she needs to end up with Lawyer Shin-- they're a lot alike. And even though it wasn't exactly subtle, I'm happy that Show acted as a PSA about the effects of bullying. Ack! There's just too much to love about this show!

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This is drama is crazy good. I've fallen for most of this season's dramas due to the atmosphere but this one hits home with characters and plot (I can watch underdogs forever). Wow that was so goddamn creepy that last five minutes, eh?

I am glad this drama has brought forth a likeable female character that has flaws. I mean, I like Yeo-wool but she's, like, perfect. And all the other girls in GFB happen to be despicable in some way. In YTBLSS, there are crazy ajummas, a petty rival, a crappy friend and a stalker girl. (Monstar seems OK though.)

High hopes for this one.

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I know, I really love it! It's so good.

I also like seeing Jong suk with women: it just makes him more manly and thus more attractive to me.

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Ha, love how you just couldn't stay! But thanks to you guys, my journey to work this morning was utterly delightful!! I was smiling like a complete nutter whilst reading the recap, gasping and laughing in all the right places. Lol caught up with the episode last night despite there being no english subtitles - I just couldn't keep away! Kudos x

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This drama is wicked good! Thanks GF, for the awesome recap. The way this story's mood can turn on a dime is definitely one of its strengths. That last five minutes---shivers.... It's like a roller coaster ride during which you have no way of predicting when the precipitous drops will occur.

Look, I know LJS is technically a grown man, being 24 and all, but in the context of this drama, he is a mere high school student. The fact that high school is way behind our heroine cannot be glossed over. Sorry. It's just way too Mary Kay Letourneau for my tastes. Squicky, as in ewwww...A bridge too far. And did I say, "Ewwww?"

I'm really impressed with Yoon Sang Hyun in this drama. This character couldn't be more different from Oska in SG, but Sang Hyun is pulling it off beautifully. I love how naive and unjaded he is, despite the fact that he was once a cop. How is that even possible? He's so Dudley Do-right, but incredibly adorkable at the same time. I'm interested in seeing how they develop this character. Someone asked in comments from an earlier recap if he might have had some work done (as in cosmetic surgery), or if they might perhaps be using a soft focus on him. I thought, "did you get dema-abrasion or something?" because his skin is incredibly smooth in this drama. He's 41 now, which isn't terribly old, so he's no spring chicken anymore. But, that's still young enough that surface treatments can do wonders.

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I just love this show... Thank you for recapping...

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Omg I just love this drama amazing plotting ,leads ,character mix , twists and even fast progression how is that even possible ! Gf u r totally the best
"sleep and sanity be damned " u r the one that rocks my socks off u make me LOL every time ! A big big thanks !
Jut so u know u guys have a bigger fanbase in middle east than Korean drama it self ! Hhh

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K that's it I need to stalk all the dramas from this writer from now on. Actually, from Dream High on since I watched it.

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I LOVE this show.. Finally an Awesome KDrama

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I was quite sure i wouldn't like this drama. You know older heroine younger hero thing. But i guess i'll have to change my mind now:) i still feel they could do well without romance too. But its fine though. I just liked him a lil in school 2013. Coz i never noticed... That boy looks just awesome in school uniform, doesn't he???

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It could always become a brother/sister relationship since neither has any siblings.

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I'm even wondering about that. Knowing k-dramas and all. One never can be sure if some character is truly sibling-free.

Also, I wonder about that guy in the jail the prosecutor was playing that puzzle game with. What's with him and his lost daughter? Have I watched too many k-dramas or is there someway that someone in this show is related to puzzle-playing prisoner?

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That works for me. I've noticed these older women- younger men relationships get shipped as Noona-dongsaeng. E.g. Blind and also Noona, which I want to see and can't find anywhere, let alone subbed.

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