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The K2: Episode 10

Ensuring Anna’s safety will be even more important this hour when nearly everyone around her is preparing for battle. Everything may be fair in love and war, but it’ll take everything in Je-ha’s arsenal to keep her out of the crossfire. When this world is full of people who are eager to use her for their own benefit, she’ll have one bodyguard who will shield her from any attack no matter what.

EPISODE 10 RECAP

Je-ha’s fingers are clasped around the door handle when Anna’s voice transmits through the walkie-talkie. He leaps across the room in silence, nearly hurting himself before picking up in an even voice.

She says he forgot to tell her goodnight, so he does. Content, she tells the radio to sleep well, as he does the same.

Mi-ran applies makeup on Anna’s face the next morning, and giggles that Anna needs to have her first kiss too. Recalling how Je-ha administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation following her allergy attack, Anna says she’s already been kissed.

Anna pouts while Mi-ran laughs at how that doesn’t count as a kiss—why, she was even kissed yesterday. Curious, Anna clings to that slip-up, and Mi-ran quickly changes the subject, explaining how she let Anna have Je-ha.

Anna rolls her eyes at that, and Mi-ran smiles that they’ll apply some lipstick that make her lips magically kissable. She runs out looking for Je-ha, and looks disheartened when she’s told that he left early this morning.

What she doesn’t know is why, as we hear the housekeeper recall how Je-ha had planned to meet Yoo-jin so she wouldn’t hunt Anna down anymore.

We see Je-ha get out of his car for a smoke when he’s sent a selca of Anna looking dolled up. He scoffs, and the text is quickly followed up with a call from Anna herself, who anxiously asks for his opinion.

She beams when he says she looks pretty and declares that he’s hers now. He’s initially puzzled and then sighs, telling her to think however she likes. She tells him to stay safe today, and he replies that he will.

He meets Yoo-jin outside her home and rides along in the car, where she asks if Anna likes her new situation. He answers “yes”, but when she asks when they’ll return, he says nothing, which infuriates her.

Secretary Kim later reminds Yoo-jin to keep her bubbling anger in check prior to her last interview regarding Anna. She’s already working on making sure the public forgets Anna soon enough.

Down in the parking lot, Chief Joo wonders what Sung-won may do next because he must know that Yoo-jin won’t let this current arrangement continue if her husband is elected. Which is why Chief Joo believes that Anna isn’t a shield to Sung-won, but a sword he can use to strike Yoo-jin.

Anna is makeup-free when she greets Sung-won, who hands her the case files regarding her mother’s death. During her TV interview, Yoo-jin is asked how she became Anna’s guardian. She explains how she and Anna’s mother became friends while she was working at JB Group and the latter was a commercial model for the company.

Anna’s mother had met her future husband, Director Go, at JB Group since the company had been producing one of his projects. Yoo-jin thinks calling herself a matchmaker would be a stretch, but she feels as if she’s the reason why those two had gotten married.

The interviewer picks up on that note of guilt, asking if it was because the marriage didn’t last. Emotions well up in Yoo-jin’s voice as she confirms it and tearfully nods that was why she later took Anna in.

Seeing those tears, the interviewer pauses for a commercial break. Yoo-jin stiffens and turns off her mic to remark how it would’ve been better to keep going, to which the host returns a casual apology, knowing how difficult it must’ve been for Yoo-jin to wring out those tears.

But then the host does a little fact check—to her knowledge Yoo-jin was studying overseas during the time she claimed to have been working at JB Group. While the makeup artist fixes her makeup, Yoo-jin softly answers she came back to Korea from time to time.

And to that, the host says her brother-in-law was at JB Group at the time, and even he couldn’t corroborate her story. Yoo-jin returns that an ordinary employee couldn’t have known, and the host answers, “He was a president there.” Oh my damn.

The host doesn’t bat an eyelash when Yoo-jin suggests that they stick to the script—her son is currently overseas, thus Yoo-jin won’t be able to use him to manipulate her. And this time, she’ll get the last word: “Will my son be separated from his mother and wander alone in this world for ten years?”

On that note, the host continues the interview, noting how Yoo-jin must’ve kept in touch with Anna’s mother, Um Hye-rin, following her divorce and return to Korea. It takes a few moments for Yoo-jin to snap out of her daze and formulate an answer about how much it pained her to see Hye-rin so distraught.

Her words get caught in her throat when Yoo-jin speaks of Hye-rin’s death. She confirms that Anna has been her ward since then, and that Hye-rin did not know the fashion designer who is currently searching for Anna.

Noting how it’s a pity Anna isn’t present, the host points out how Yoo-jin described how Anna was a “sick child.” Yoo-jin affirms that statement, describing how Anna is unable to even leave the house because of her social aversion and panic disorder. Uh oh, I see where this conversation is going.

It’s at that moment the host invites Anna to join them on stage. Yoo-jin’s eyes widen as she sees Anna walk in with Sung-won, who exchange nods with the host. Je-ha appears worried, but Anna boldly walks to the stage.

The crew has dimmed the lights for Anna’s benefit, and the interview continues. Anna explains how she knew who the designer was, but she had no idea he was looking for her. She claims her mother had brought up his name from time to time, because the fashion designer was one of her mother’s friends.

But this version of the story doesn’t match with Yoo-jin’s earlier claims, and Yoo-jin can’t come up with a defense. They watch a video message from the designer himself who speaks of how much Anna looked like his former muse: her late mother. He belatedly learned of the mother-daughter connection, and asks Anna to be his new muse so he can make her a star.

Anna surprises everyone with her answer that she won’t be traveling abroad anytime soon. Her priorities are to treat her panic disorder and take care of business here first. When asked what that is, Anna turns to a tense and silent Yoo-jin, then answers that she plans on cracking the case regarding her mother’s death.

Rather than a refusal to acknowledge her mother’s death as suicide, Anna would like to know the reasons why her case was ruled as such. Her mother was still a popular celebrity at the time, and they were supposed to leave for the States. She had even prepared a passport for her, but she had died that night and hadn’t left behind a suicide note.

Sung-won appears satisfied with the interview and turns to leave while the host asks if Yoo-jin has any information to offer Anna since she and her mother were close friends.

Yoo-jin can’t think of anything, so Anna turns to the camera and makes a public plea, asking for any and all information regarding her mother’s death.

That gets people questioning the case, and afterward, Je-ha confronts Anna for putting herself in her enemies’ direct line of fire. He wonders if Sung-won was responsible for the surprise appearance, but Anna claims that the idea was hers and Sung-won had tried to persuade her not to. Oh, Sung-won, how sneaky of you.

Once they’re alone, Je-ha’s voice softens to concern. Anna says Sung-won will help her get back at Yoo-jin, and Je-ha will be there to protect her.

Needless to say Yoo-jin is still shaking when she returns to the dressing room. She admits that she must’ve miscalculated and that she should’ve listened to Secretary Kim’s suggestion of killing Anna when they had the chance.

As Je-ha reads over the case documents, Anna explains how her mother actually died a painful death because her nails were broken when they found her. CEO Gook meets with the police commissioner who says how the tables have turned against Se-joon now. He whispers the shocking reason to CEO Gook, though we’re not privy to hear it yet.

Both Anna and Yoo-jin get made up in separate salons. Secretary Kim reassures Yoo-jin that she’ll take care of things before she meets Se-joon later that evening, but Yoo-jin decides that it’s best not to strike Je-ha for now—they’ll find a use for him later. She wistfully adds that he still has the email.

While Anna is busy being attended to, Je-ha chats with Sung-won. He remarks on how all company chairmen must have a lot of free time on their hands, to which Sung-won chuckles that his employees are the ones making the money.

People like him are busy fighting wars over castles they’ve built and stolen from one another. He describes it as a vicious, never-ending cycle of battles and conquering and battling some more, which prompts Je-ha to retort that Chief Joo was right that Sung-won is using Anna like a weapon.

Sung-won is impressed and cheerily confirms that he’s correct; however, he doesn’t see anything wrong with helping Anna get her revenge if that means he gets to keep JB Group. He laughs when Je-ha accuses him of deliberately handing over case documents that contain graphic crime scene photos to a girl prone to panic attacks.

He reminds Je-ha that the woman he loves is no longer a child. Je-ha retorts that Sung-won must not know his noona at all, because he would never have brought Anna to the studio if he did.

Midway through Anna’s photoshoot, the photographer informs Sung-won that he’s limited without the use of flash. So Sung-won sends everyone away for lunch, and gives Anna some anti-anxiety drugs prescribed by Doctor Lee.

He claims the medication will kick in about an hour’s time, which should hopefully allow them to use flash photography. Having overheard the exchange, Je-ha examines the bottle and says she should be receiving medication directly from her doctor instead of Sung-won.

But Anna trusts that Sung-won wouldn’t give her anything dangerous and hopes that the drugs will work. Oh honey.

As Sung-won and the photographer’s crew leaves the building, a delivery man pulls up with a flower basket for Anna. He takes down the guards when he’s denied entry, then signals the other men inside.

Je-ha doubles back when he sees the men carrying in trunks containing gas masks and other equipment. He sees the men release anesthetic gas into the air, and he’s unable to get through to anyone since those men have disabled the wireless service within the building.

He hurries back to Anna and instructs her to escape through the ducts. She refuses to leave him behind, but he reminds her that he can fight his way out of this building. He’ll be at a disadvantage if she stays since he’ll need to protect her, but Anna argues that he’ll be useless against the gas anyway.

He sees the gas nearby, but Anna continues to protest, so he begs her to leave first lest they both die. Anna relents, and he sends her up through the air duct while the room continues to fill up with gas.

Thankfully Je-ha is able to use the landline to call Secretary Kim, and when she says Yoo-jin is busy, he realizes that it was her. Secretary Kim has no reason to call those men off since she neither likes Je-ha nor cares for Se-joon.

Everything was going according to plan until Je-ha showed up on the scene and threw everything into chaos, she continues. Now it’s time to place everyone back in their rightful place.

Je-ha manages to tell Secretary Kim that he’ll be coming for her before the line goes dead. He hides in the corner until the men in gas masks show up, then takes them down one at a time.

He swipes one of the gas masks and marches toward the next group of masked men who wield knives. He avoids their oncoming swipes, but his mask is ripped off of his face. Coughing, he waits for a masked man to attack, and avoids their jabs and strikes.

Anna happens to see the fight from above as Je-ha takes a few punches before grabbing one man to use him as a launching pad for a flying kick. He knocks the knife out of his hand and removes his gas mask.

Je-ha wields a knife against the two other masked men, slashing one man’s arm and twirling the knife in his hand before slashing another arm. Unfortunately, he’s kicked down to the ground, and just as the man is about to strike, Anna appears behind him and takes down both men with a fire extinguisher.

She screams at Je-ha to come to while one man approaches her with a knife. She runs down the halls, hollering Je-ha’s name. She hides from her pursuer, but is unable to stifle a cough, and that gives away her position.

Just as her attacker is about to turn the corner, Je-ha appears from behind and strangles him. He falls to the ground moments later, and Anna removes the gas mark and manages to put it on him before she too falls unconscious.

Seeing the small group of protesters outside the prosecutor’s office, Se-joon says it’s about time for his release. The prosecutor agrees, but instead of coming back to collect Se-joon, the prosecutor announces that the politician is subject to be investigated for a different crime.

Both Se-joon and Yoo-jin tense at the news while Representative Park laughs maniacally in his office.

Mi-ran and Sung-gyu find Je-ha and Anna in the building. Everyone is awake by the time Sung-won returns to the building, and Je-ha suggests that Anna be moved to the safe house since Secretary Kim wouldn’t dare to strike JSS.

He calls Chief Joo to fill him in while the group led by Yoo-jin heads down to the Cloud Nine sublevel to find out about Se-joon’s newest investigation. Incensed, she tells her legal team to do whatever they can to prevent an arrest, then follows up with her accountants to make sure the documents they handed over to the prosecutors were error-free.

She’s unable to get through to the presidential chief of staff, Chief Min, because he’s busy asking if Representative Park is trying to force the president’s hand. But Representative Park insists that he’s simply taking preventative measures against Se-joon, believing he shouldn’t join their political party.

He admits he is scared of an ordinary man like Se-joon trying to battle the political nobility. So what he’d like is for Chief Min to stay out of sight until the election is over, at which point he’ll reserve a cushy position for Chief Min.

He hangs up to rejoin the celebratory party he’s holding for the other politicians he’s “saved” from the corruption case, welcoming them all back with open arms. Hearing that there are some younger politicians outside who would like to join in on the festivities, Representative Park instructs his secretary to set up a separate room for them.

Yoo-jin, meanwhile, tries to wrap her head around what Representative Park has up his sleeve. CEO Gook believes that Representative Park is using Chief Min to get to the president so that they can get an arrest warrant against Se-joon and drag on the case until the presidential election.

Even if they win the legal case, CEO Gook says they’ll lose their shot at the presidency. So what they need to do now is to attack Representative Park tonight. Yoo-jin questions whether or not that’s actually possible since the politician likely called upon the most elite bodyguards he could muster.

CEO Gook points out that they have someone even better than those men: Je-ha.

Speaking of whom, Je-ha sends the JSS agents to check out the safe house before collecting Anna. She confesses that she’s too scared, so Je-ha takes the blanket on her lap and covers them both with it.

Taking small steps together, Je-ha tells her to be careful since they can’t see what lies ahead of them. He turns to her to ask if she’s scared. She is, and their faces are mere inches apart. He gulps at the close proximity… and then her stomach growls. Je-ha: “Are you hungry?” Way to kill the mood, dude.

She asks if that was her, and he says it was. Feeling awkward, she says she was just surprised, and then declines his offer to make her ramyun. Je-ha: “Then why is your stomach making noises?”

She insists that her stomach is fine, and then they both trip on the steps. They walk for a few more seconds before he asks if she’s okay now. Anna says she’s still a bit scared, and Je-ha’s face draws nearer for a moment before he turns away and they both trip again.

He reaches for the door and once they’re inside, he asks what she wants to eat most. She thinks about it for a moment, then says she doesn’t know. They take a few more steps together before Je-ha says they’ve arrived. Anna: “Already?”

Je-ha asks if she’s still scared. She murmurs in agreement, and he swoops in to kiss her. In the kitchen, Mi-ran squeals when she realizes what the lovebirds are doing. Sung-gyu protects her when the housekeeper scolds her, only to be scolded himself. Lol.

Over at Cloud Nine, Chief Joo says that the best attack is one when the enemy least expects it. But Representative Park will expect them to retaliate tonight, which makes their chances of success slim, even for someone as skilled as Je-ha.

But it seems Yoo-jin is willing to act on that sliver of success because Je-ha answers the call on the condition that the safe house is protected. He tells Anna that he’ll be back, but Anna knows that means he’s headed for danger. She tells him not to go and embraces him.

Je-ha leaves anyway, and sits with Cloud Nine to learn that while he has a chance to assassinate Representative Park, it’s unlikely he’ll return alive.

He agrees to do it, but he has several conditions. Yoo-jin braces herself before hearing the first: he wants Secretary Kim’s head. Secretary Kim agrees to that, but has a condition of her own: Je-ha needs to off Representative Park first.

All parties agree that the deal is a fair one, and Je-ha names his next condition: Yoo-jin will promise to leave Anna alone. If Yoo-jin does that, he’ll persuade Anna to stay out of her way. Yoo-jin agrees to that.

Je-ha says he’d like reinforcements so that he isn’t the only one taking all the blows. CEO Gook agrees and asks if they can’t have the email Je-ha is holding hostage. But Yoo-jin says they don’t need it, since they’ll be done for anyway if Je-ha doesn’t succeed.

Everyone but Je-ha is dismissed, and Yoo-jin says affectionately, “Je-ha-yah. You can turn back if you think the situation is too dangerous.” He asks where this sudden concern is coming from, but she needn’t worry—he got rid of that email long ago.

“Je-ha-yah…” she repeats. Je-ha walks up to her and says, “I believe you’re someone who upholds her promises.”

Anna calls him just before the agents move out, and asks that he bring back some ddukbokki later. Tears well up in her eyes as she says it’s okay if it’ll be late, and refuses to let anyone eat some besides them.

Secretary Kim calls Team Leader Seo to issue an additional order: regardless of how tonight’s assassination goes, Je-ha must be taken out and his phone must be confiscated.

At the same time, Je-ha jokes that he’ll need to pick up the food if he wants to stay alive. Anna tells him to come back alive. “That’s an order.”

Je-ha: “I’ll make sure to come back to you.”

 
COMMENTS

Not if Secretary Kim has her way, that is. I know I should feel a greater sense of dread about Je-ha being thrown into the front lines of this mission, but I’m also reminded that we simply can’t lose a hero three weeks to the end. I do, however, fear that he might come dangerously close since the phrase, “I’ll be right back” is every hero’s parting words before he enters a fight he might not win.

Still, Je-ha hasn’t been beaten yet, especially when it comes to protecting those whom he holds dear. Now Anna is on the top of that list, and he’ll do anything it takes to come back and protect her from the wolves that are eager to devour her. Even if that means asking for Secretary Kim whose loyalty to Yoo-jin has never wavered. We’ve previously seen just how far that loyalty goes, from escorting a young Anna to the airport to offering to have Anna killed and even now, ordering that Je-ha be done away with. Despite all the evil deeds she’s carried out for her boss, she hasn’t shown an interest in trying to take a cut of the ambitious pie herself, instead sticking to Yoo-jin’s side like glue. It makes me wonder if her actions are an extension of her sense of loyalty or a deeper sense of affection.

Even though it seems like we’ve been waiting a while since Representative Park found out about Je-ha, I do realize that only a few days have passed in this dramaverse. Seeing him take down Yoo-jin’s whole world and network in a matter of hours did pump in some tension into the story, though the execution was rather underwhelming knowing that all of that was magically orchestrated offscreen. Luckily for him, we have Yoo-jin to walk us through her crumbling world with her emotions, which have been on edge this week.

She’s been losing a lot of ground in this ongoing war, and her anger and fear threaten to boil over the thin mask she puts on to hide them. Although she knows that Je-ha would do anything to protect Anna, her final conversation with him proves that she wishes to protect him too. She breaks down the emotional distance by calling him “Je-ha-yah” and even gives him an out, even though his escape would mean losing everything she’s worked for.

These two characters have toed the line between business partners and friends from time to time, giving us some crackling acting chemistry. Although Je-ha is devoted to Anna now, Yoo-jin is willing to admit her attachment to him. I sometimes wonder if it’s almost romantic on her end since her husband doesn’t love her, but at the very least, she would feel threatened to lose her own protector.

Speaking of which, it is nice to see Anna looking out for Je-ha. He’s always been the one to protect her, but her concern for others extends to him too. Sure she’ll still refuse to leave his side in clear danger and is still too trusting with Sung-won, but the girl has gotten a proper first kiss now, so you know she’ll want him to come back for a second.

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*sigh* that gas scene fight okay je ha fighting without a mask I can let it pass cause 1 he's hot and 2 he's a fighter but Anna? *shakes head* how was she able to run without a mask for that period of time? I'm mainly watching this for ji chang wook but if they keep doing things like this I may have to drop this drama ? wait! I know what to do *goggles episode 4 watches shower scene* abs abs abs abs ????????........... okay I'm back what was I talking about? Oh yes I love this drama!!!!

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*googles

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I thought maybe you had special see-thru-the-pixelation goggles :)

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Lol now that would be cool to have ?

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There ya go, @echo - back to your senses...just like the rest of us!! Good thing Ji Chang Wook is the centerpiece of this drama because I'd drop it like a hot potato if not. It's just TOO far-fetched and forced and often becomes downright painful to watch. I almost expected a line of musical actors to come dancing in from stage-left across the back of the stage, barely visible through the dry-ice ...ahem...uh, um, POISON GAS FOG!!!
But, darn it all, I'm in for the whole ride. It's almost become a game to watch out for the next bit of AB-surd ridiculousness.

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Lunatic, I'm with you. This show has gotten just plain silly. JCW is the only remotely interesting thing about this foolishness and even he's losing me.
Nope, I think I've watched my last.

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I have struggled to keep interested in this show for the past few episodes, but ep10 was the worst ever.

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Agreed - I tried to watch and just watch and enjoy for entertainment purposes but that's not even working for me. I feel like they tried to hard to make Healer 2.0 but it lacks the emotional pull and suspense of Healer.

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Lunatic and Al'sBevy, I'm with both of you's, this drama is getting so ridiculous I'm just fast forward watching for Ji Chang Wook and reading Dramabeans recaps for the remainder. The only other saving grace besides the shower scene is the cute scenes with him and Yoonha now and her character is quite strong for him. Otherwise it is almost ranks on par with Uncontrollaby Fond in depressing and draggy.

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Realism and subtlety are surely not the drama's middle names.

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Agree, it surely not it middle name. The PD should put this disclaimer clearly:

"All characters appearing in this work and the events depicted in this drama are fictitious. Check out your logic. Don't think. Just enjoy JCW to your heart content. Drool, oh-gle, or whatever, just do not think!"

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Realism? hahaha. Every 3rd dialogue is about killing or removing humans. Every 5th dialogue is about killing an Assemplyman. People are blackmailing the president.

This is clearly vulgar display of fiction.

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Yeah, about the only thing that keeps me watching this show anymore is to see what stupid plot device they will come up with next. That whole "poison gas" scene was one of the worst done in any show ever.

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Share all your sentiments. Ji Chang Wook kept me watching until now but at this juncture even he isn't enough because his role is pretty unconvincing and dull. Another one bites the dust. Suddenly kdramaland feels a little empty after the end of Moonlight Drawn by Shadows. Thank goodness Seo In Gook is around to spread the happy virus!

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im with youuuu

the more I watch it, the more the story does not make sense.

they force it too much.

it's good that they have JCW - and I still cannot move on from him since the healer time.

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My sentiments exactly!!!!!!! ????

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Exactly my thoughts!

I'm not watching this show sober anymore. And recommend all of you to watch it with a glass of wine.

If not for JCW, I would drop it long time ago.

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Maybe they are gas resistant mutants

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Gas scene was one of the most ridiculous hard-to-believe bits ever.
1: Jeha seems to think that holding his arm over his nose is a substitute for a gas mask.
2: Jeha & Anna both seem to be 90% gas-proof anyway.
3: Anna must have had a fire extinguisher in her purse, because I didn't see one in the hallway or the air vent. Oh wait, she didn't have a purse either. Would have been more credible to have her pick up a stray knife and slash a couple throats, but I guess k-drama heroines aren't supposed to do that. Maybe have her use the tricks Master Sung showed her.

And why did uncle Sung-won send Mi-ran away with everyone else, leaving Anna & K2 alone together? And then he leaves just as the baddies approach? If it wasn't for the phone call between K2 and Yoo-jin's evil Miss Minion Secretary Kim, I would think uncle arranged the attack. Could Sung-won and Secretary Kim be in league? Why? Are they an item? Are they the evil masterminds? I don't really think so, but Sung-won's actions don't make sense otherwise.

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I also wonder how Anna came down from the vent. Someone must have heard her, but apparently she's a ninja.

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Maybe that nunnery they sent her off to as a kid was a Shaolin nunnery?

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+1000000000
for you Lord Cobol

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Or Master Song actually open a branch of martial arts in Spain!

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@Lord Cobol
Yeah, it definitely seems that way. A shaolin nunnery that later got taken over by Pai Mei.

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I have a feeling Secretary Kim is one of Sung-won's person, because his action before the the gas thingy was suspicious. Probably SW planted Kim to be the closest person to YJ in order to control YJ. And now with the existence of JH beside YJ as well, Kim is feeling insecure, that's why she wants to get rid of JH.

I think also, YJ's mental issue probably caused by any weird medicine given by Kim. (and now I remember SW gave a suspicious medicine to Anna as well, i feel like it was not for reducing her nervousness, but probably to make her loss consciousness during the gas thingy, but again SW has no reason to get rid of Anna, at least at this moment. What can I think that could be some medicine which can slowly affected Anna's body).

I don't know Kim 's actual motive because at times she looks obsess with YJ, maybe she wants to control YJ and possess YJ. Auw scary.

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This is actually good theory and would make for a great twist, sera. It would have been nice if you were the writer! :P

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LOL how I wish I can be the writer :P

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Great insight! I would be happy if that was the case. At least we can see some clever plot twist there.

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This writer deserve praise for wanting to do different story.. but man the execution is done very poorly to the extent too many loopholes and inconsistencies.

He needs a good adviser to his writing, which is us. :P

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Maybe dad from W drew a fire extinguisher for Anna

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That works :)

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That was done by writer with the usage of magical TABLET.

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huh...fireextinguisher? i actually think does she know how to unhook the fire extingusiher from the wall?. ..haha
for someone who watched TV all the time, if she watched widely all channels, maybe there are knowledge she can pick up. But she don't even know how to on oven and cooked noodle?

then how does she know what is a fire extignusher and unhook it from the wall? she looks from someone who needs guidance even for all basic life skill...
isnt it too heavy for her to at least show surprisd at the heavy weigh of it? haha. and she can swing it around.

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iiiiiiiinteresting.

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Wait am I first?? xD Anyhow AHHHHHHHHH Episode 10 was so intense! I was biting my nails during the TV interview scene with Anna and Yoojin, and then by the time that Anna was being chased by that guy in the gas mask (and she was shouting "JEHA, WAKE UP!!") my nails were already blunt. Lol
And that kissing scene!!! My god it was so wonderfully shot. Plus Jeha and Anna's close-up visuals totally slayed me, damn they looked so good T_T

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Really intense!... I really liked the kissing scene!!...I don't understand why other people didn't like it....I think this show is starting to get really interesting...every thing before was to get to this point!! This is my humble opinion. And I am a really big fan of JCW.....he is a great actor

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Is anyone else low key annoyed at Yoo-jin lip makeup this whole entire episode?? Her lips look sooooo chapped. Those close ups really pointed them out to me, and kinda made me even more mad at her (along with her victim syndrome).

Queen Bee really needs to use some chapstick or switch lip glosses. Maybe just stop biting your lip whenever your evil schemes don't go according to plan.

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I'm bothered by the fact that the colour is on so blotchily so often. Not sure if the lips are chapped. I thought it was a deliberate kdrama lip colour thing, introducing a new trend in vulnerable, kissable lips or something :D

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LOLOL I see that I am not the only one!

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I'm bothered by them most of the time since ep.1. It looks like the MUA is dabbing that pink lipstick a bit over her lipline with a finger, making them look messy.

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Lol at the running gag of this show that is 'Je Ha and his unlit cig'? Not a fan of smoking but somehow it looks smexy on JCW's lips.
And because I was barely paying attention to the plot, when Je Ha says, 'Firstly, give me a head', I mistook it for a totally different meaning. Forgive this very frustrated noona.

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Lmao, I did the same thing at the "head" thing…frustrated noona here as well XD

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Yes, someone needs to have a talk with the subtitlers. "Head on a platter" or "head on a pike" would save a second or two of misinterpretation.

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I was paying attention (for once lol because it was a JH, YJ scene) and loled at the subs. That subber must be someone who only knows textbook English. ?

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Caught the "head" mistranslation as well...quite funny for those mini seconds

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I don't get that part too - It's not a head of a person is it... what did they actually mean?

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Lol, it basically is, he wants Secretary Witch's dead but the translation made it sound unintentionally funny.

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lOL I was among the persons who believed that he will bring Park's head and he wants Kim's head as exchange. LOL!

I Was thinking, is this modern sageuk?

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I actually read it as, firstly give me head. And if you check urban dictionary for the meaning, it's going to be in a whole different context.

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Me too - when I heard 'give me a head' I went somewhere else completely. The I thought why in the world would they write that?
This show is so silly I can't stop watching it.

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The silliness is what's great about it. If it were all logical & realistic & consistent we couldn't have fun mocking it.

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hahahahaha "head" JCW is an oppa to me and that was hilarious. truthfully, I am staying because of Ji Chang Wook. Still crazy on him from Healer! I shouldn't have expected a lot really from K2, Healer was very well-written and the cast was perf. Still hoping K2 will live up the hype.

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First, the kiss was so cute and nicely shot!
Second, I WANT MOREEE !!
Je-ha ♡ Anna

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I'm greateful to finally feel chemistry between those two. Up until now it felt mostly platonic - despite the music to the contrary.

Maybe the BTS are contributing to making me feel the platonic/ just friends vibe.

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Wow, Sectary Kim has more lines in this episode. I was surprised that K2 and Anna kissed because we are not even halfway yet and they have not done noble idiot yet.

I was hoping Yoojin and K2 kissed at the end because dang the chemistry was very HOT!!! I think I need to rewatched episode 4 so I can remeber why I love this drama. ???

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Not YET, but going off on a suicide mission in return for a promise to protect Anna seems pretty nobly idiotic to me.

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Kind of like "you stay here alone totally unprotected while I go off and do something really stupid and die". Yeah, makes sense.

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@ Trina, LOL, I think the golden rule for k-dramas is that Episode 8 is about the time the main couple will kiss. So Ep 10 is a bit late....but probably because we did have that"CPR kiss" in Ep 4.

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K-drama golden rule, always give the main OTP a kiss or two on halfway point!
Anyway CPR kiss is on Ep 6, not 4 :)

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You gotta kiss before you do the noble idiot thing. It's a side-effect. 90% of OTPs develop symptoms of noble idiocy after a kiss.

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Either something about this show is hitting all the right buttons for me, or something about Ji Chang Wook has shut my brain off and I am just happy to watch and go along with the ride. Deep deep deep deep deep deep deep DEEP inside of me, I know there are problems with plot, music, directing etc, but I DO NOT CARE! I have no ability to rationalize. I just feel... everything. Especially when the hubby is on screen. Then my feels go on crack... and I am super feel mode. Squeeeeeeeeee

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I feel you, bro. I have resigned to just enjoy the show and swooooon over how marvelous JCW is on screen. At least it's a chance to rest for an overthinker like me.

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Amen to that!! for sure there are better dramas around there but.... i just dont care! im so enjoying this one!! not only for JCW but also 2 yoonas and k1 and all!! if you got bored or dont like just stop watching and thats it!!

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LOLLL yeah at this point i dont even care about the drama but all i care about is JCW on my screen *sob face

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I wish this show could give us a lot of twists.

I want JH to be darker inside. Every time Anna says something in line with "I have you to protect me, I am not scared", JH breaks the eye contact and shows subtle signs of hesitation. I want himto actually betray her. I also want Anna to turn out to be not as innocent as she looks. The tone of the story is too dark, so their pure, fluffy romance does not fit. I want their romance to be messed-up a little bit, they can still get together in the end, but not like "an angel and her pure savior lived happily ever after". I could actually like a bitter ending for this drama.

I have to admit, Jehanna couple is cute. But YJ&JH can do things to me that even a sweet kiss from Jehanna cannot do. For example, my heart skipped a beat as he walks towards YJ at the Cloud 9. It was one of the "now, kiss!" moments that these two are constantly giving. I just like how dark, mature, and twisted JH becomes whenever he is with YJ.

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What i liked about this at first is the dark tone of JH now he's being softie is not interesting, i wasn't expecting that. And i also wished that the romance is between him and YJ, it's nice to have evil leading lady once in a while for a change, i dont get why the leading lady always have to be pure and innocent.

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I don't think Je-ha's reaction to Anna's assertion that he will protect her is any indication that he will betray her. Rather, I think it is fear on his part that he will fail to protect Anna just like he feels he failed to protect Raniya.

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@BossyPixie
I also think the same, he's probably thinking that the last girl who trusted him was dead as he wander his eyes. I know that. In my commrnt, I tried to tell what I wish this hesitation meant. I think it would be more suitable to the tone of the drama if that hesitation meant to show that he's going to betray her. They can still end up together, but I want to see them once in the opposite sides to break the extra-fluffiness that they now have. They both are not as innocent as they look when they're together, and I wish to see them showing their dark sides to each other.

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@Ane - I understand now. Actually, I don't disagree with you on them showing the darker aspects of themselves to one another. I just don't think that Je-ha needs to betray Anna in order to do that. In actuality, they have already done that to a small degree. Remember Anna saw Je-ha holding a gun to Yoo-jin's head threatening to kill her. That was not exactly a bright and shining moment for him. Anna then screamed for him to do it, to shoot her, also not a fluffy and cute moment for her. These two started out their relationship having had a glimpse of the darkness inside one another.
Right now they are in the beginning of romance stage, and that is often cute and fluffy and silly. It when we show only the best of ourselves to the person we love. Eventually, that wears of because we can't sustain that indefinitely. Unfortunately, Anna and Je-ha aren't going to be able to enjoy that stage for long before reality comes crashing in on them. Based on the ending of this episode, I think that will be next episode. What I hope is that they become mirrors for each other. So that when Je-ha sees Anna's dark nature seeking revenge he will first want to stop her from traveling that dark road and then realize he is headed down the same road. I hope Anna will have the same type of revelation about Je-ha.
In some aspects, Anna and Je-ha are very similar. When they each see the person they love making bad choices, headed toward being evil, they will want to stop that person. Then comes the realization that if they want to continue to love that person and be with that person they will also have to turn away from the dark side, so to speak.

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I really help this drama proceeds along these lines as I definitelt enjoyed seeing the darker version of Go Anna go up against Yoo Jin.

I think there has been a shift in Je Ha's character in that he now has agreed to kill Park Kwan Soo, not to avenge Rania, but to save Anna.

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@Ane I am with you regarding JH+YJ. I also feel that this relationship is more intense and I like how JH is with her - dark, mature and twisted. It's way more sexy than sweet with Anna. But I guess we will be disappointed as I don't think that will happen.

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Yes to your whole last paragraph!

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“I believe you’re someone who upholds her promises.”...
Yeah, we'll see how long that goes when Anna begins her fight back. Doubt that this surprise guest is the end of it.
Wonder what's gonna happen to Rep Park.. kinda hate his character (hey-Kim Gab-soo's doing well, no misunderstandings!), but he won't be going to easily, won't he..

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"I believe you're someone who upholds promises"
I think he wants to believe that. Maybe he wants to believe that there is something good or redeemable in her.

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Recapper said last week that Mr. Park isn't doing enough to create any threat for Yoo Jin. Ep 9-10 happens. wow. Yoo Jin's offense is blown away. Now Yoo Jin is fighting for survival, leave alone the defense. That was major blow. Mr. Park has, with few ofscreen tricks, completely destroyed the Yoo Jin's election campaign.

That white hair old gay and police man has chosen other side. President's party members are looking upto Mr. Park and Se Joon is now facing investigation. Se Joon was about to join President's party but now that is also out of option. Check Mate done.

Mr. Park and that father-in-law combi is real force to reckoned with.

Only danger is Je Ha and Mr. Park has taken care of it via that White-hair guy. In a few days Mr. Park turned the tables and can claim the title of president in future.

I don't think we will see any elections but a timeskip is quite possible.

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I wonder if they'll do one of those fakeouts where the main man (Jeha) appears to get killed off, causing the person he left behind (Anna) to either 1. vow revenge, or 2. spiral into depression until the main man returns. I do hope it is the first option.
Or Yoojin could make me even more conflicted and pull a "save Jeha" move.

Or we can just forget everyone and give the martial arts teacher and the doctor a happy church wedding, with choir music in the background.

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I liked Anna in this episode, she's definitely grown from the girl running around in a nightgown on the streets of spain to being able to look Yoo Jin in the eye and make a not-so-subtle but subtle threat.

On the other and…that kiss was SO AWKWARD!? It wasn't the lack of chemistry bc I do feel chemistry between them but just the timing and location was SO WEIRD. Why, in the middle of the living room, with onlookers, would you choose to have your first kiss!?!!

Anyway, JCW keeps delivering so I'm going to keep watching

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that was such a corny, cheesy, stupid kiss. to do it right in the living room where the housekeeper and two lovebird bodyguards were watching. they couldn't have waited till they got to her room?!

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One of the things that bugs me about me this show is how random scenes are dragged...like the ramyun scene...in this case the walking under the blanket thing was initially cute then it beca,e lone and awkward which then ended with the most awkward kiss of all time. I must say that I was not a fan of the kiss. But like everyone else has said, the Yoojin send off was heartfelt and drew you in! When he walked towards her it almost looked like he couldn't help himself, he was drawn to her too....that scene would have killed me if he'd reached out and caressed her face (kiss her) but now I'm venturing into second lead syndrome land. I kinda wish she was his girl and he was coming back to her.... Oh well, I'll take JCW smoldering gazes anyway I can get them?

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I agree with your complain about scenes getting dragged out. It also bugs me all the flashbacks that I keep FFing and the recapitulation at the beginning of every episode. I mean, is it really necessary to spend 5 minutes telling us, yet again, what happened before?!

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Rofl. I just love the DB community, the crazier the drama the better the comments. ?

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LOL!

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LOL I'm totally here for the comments! Love this one.

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Haha. he will be a fellow Gryffindor and Yoo Jin will be a total badass Slytherin.

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I still think were are being played and Yoojin may not be the big bad. Maybe Uncle? Yes, she is doing some bad things, but I feel like she was somehow forced into her current situation and she is using her "mirror" and minions to 1. Keep control over the situation at hand and 2. Eventually bring down the actual bad guys if possible.

I may be 100% off the mark, but I haven't been shaken from that belief quite yet. We'll find out soon enough.

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Sigh, this drama. I definitely see the Yongpal tendencies in the writing. Starts out strong then kinda gets tiring and not so fun. I'm just disappointed. I think I'll write a fanfic about the Yoo jin Je Ha ship that never was. Now that would have been a great drama.

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The official title of the show is "Yong-Pal 2.0 - I Won't Fumble the Ending This Time - Whoops"

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LOL! Good one!

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Yongpal 2.0 - More Action and Stupidity Edition

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Lol you're exactly right and more random goofball comedy thrown in the mix for "good measure". I feel maybe it should have been a sitcom where each episode is loosely based on the previous episode. Like how did Anna go from afraid of everything to making out under sheets,fire hydrant impervious to gas warrior in what a few episodes? I just don't care about anyone anymore.

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Feel free to share your fanfic to us if ever that happens in the near future :)

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Can I request a scene of JH-YJ where she has her hair down and is in more casual clothing? She'd look a lot closer to him in age as well and there begins my fantasy of the noona romance. Lol

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Yes please write the fanfic and share with us. That would be awesome.

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It didn't even start out that strong tbh

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know what, i truly enjoyed returning to my 'home' here at dramabeans and read your comments, coz while everywhere else is one sided tilted towards swooning over "pretty-young-famous' idol first kiss.. (rolling eyes).
if any dare to speak for YJ, wow... fire, thunder and brimstone be cast upon that person who siding evils to prevail.
@growingbeautifully, wave 2 u.
@Lord Cobol, loved your comment at #2, and the rest who response. so witty and humourous.

well, its not just Yongpal 2. Its Healer 2, Its Descendant of Son2.
This K2... is exactly "2" of every hit-dramas.
Healer2--- you can find literally Seo Junghoo single handed taking down legions of hounds, and finding him peeping at his "youngshin" (Anna here) thru CCTV, shadowing her in night.
Yongpal2 ---you can find Yongpal damsel in distress (tortured by evil guardian) breaking thru from a Snow-white Angel image and the very high-tec glass confinement.
Descendant2-- shamefully displaying 'perfect male body specimens" in shower scene, when the fight scene can be done in gymn or just some locker-room. and the UN-like armies in Middle-East back-drop, seeing JCW in armies clothes is so Captain Big Boss...

in short, K2 is a "2" of every Hit-dramas' fav scenes put together.

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did not enjoy this week's episodes. i really didn't expect the romance to develop this quickly (if at all), and for me, it just really threw off the whole balance of the show. suddenly too much anna. yoona still doesn't have too much to do, but what more she had to do this week showed off her still-deficient acting capabilities.

yoo-jin/song yoon-ah is still killing it, though i hate to see her under siege.

the thought crossed my mind that perhaps ceo gook will turn on yoo-jin, or has already turned. it occurred to me that maybe this is all a trap for yoo-jin and je-ha. park already knows of je-ha, and i wondered if this isn't a ruse to lure je-ha into park's clutches, helped by ceo gook (who was all for attacking park).

lee jung-jin is also killing it as sung-hoon. i still don't think his character is quite an even match for yoo-jin, because i do fear for him should his plan crumble. yoo-jin would roast him at best. but it makes me wonder if that light, joking front is just that, a front.

i think this is something i must have missed, but does yoo-jin own JSS? JSS is a security firm, right? but how did she manage to get JSS to provide security for JB Group? they're there to keep an eye on things at JB, but how would she have gotten JB to agree to it?

her father must not have abandoned her completely if she still has all this wealth and power, despite what she says to the contrary in public (that she gave up her inheritance when she married her husband). but wouldn't someone have dug into this and exposed it already?

maybe there's something i'm missing?

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Hard to say if you missed something or not - this thing is so full of plot holes it is hard to tell if something is intentional or just stupid (or both).

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Something I am kinda pining for in this show is a bit more of Je Ha's background. A) Je Ha isn't even his name, is it? So what is? B) I feel like there was so much more implied of him in the first couple of episodes, more than just the Raniya plot, which is fine and all, but that can't be it, right? C) What happened to the Special Ops flashbacks? Okay they were awkward and all, but he clearly has PTSD, but that's not touched on enough. D) Where did he come from before the Army? Flesh him out a bit more, you know?
Also, why did I feel he didn't really do much for most of Ep 9 and 10? Why isn't he attacking the various people he clearly doesn't trust himself, using you know, his Special Ops skills and doing some background work of his own? I really want him to break into Cloud 9 on his own and find stuff out. What he finds out, no idea, I don't think the plot is developed enough for that but a girl can dream.

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I totally agree with you. We don't know if Je-ha still has any family and if he doesn't what happened to them. He seems like a really lonely person, and I wish they would delve into that more.

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His character could have so much more they could flesh out, and yet, as angieya says bellow, they just... spend it all on everyone else :( Except they don't spend it well either, since the character development it sloppy haha.

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Yeah, considering he's the male lead we hardly know anything about him. It's like they used up all of the backstory on Anna and all characterization on Yoo-jin. And he's just left with "protecting everyone" "insane fighting skills" and "being dorky with Anna".

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Also, in the first episode, before he left Anna, he went inside a car before he eventually collapsed. I'm not sure if it was already answered as to who brought him back to Korea. It has been mentioned that he is wanted by Interpol and that he had to escape from the Middle East to go to Europe. But who helped him go back to Korea?

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That is also,a good question. I wonder if that is why the doctor was giving him strange looks. Perhaps he patched Je-ha up at some point. Je-ha may have been unconcious or delirious at the time. So he doesn' recognize the doctor.

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aishhh I'm slow to come back to this convo woops!
Yes yes all of this! What was he doing in Barcelona? Why was he bleeding out on some shitty hotel room floor and clearly trying to escape someone?
He was so much more interesting in the first two episodes than he is now and it's really disappointing because I'm a huge JCW fan, and when the writing just misses the mark, I fall back into my dramatic hand waving at the screen, heavy sighing and practicing my wannabe knife flipping with letter openers till something interesting happens on screen... :P

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I think I probably just repeated myself a little haha. Oh well, ramming the point home as it were.

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I know the writing sucks and there's only a slim chance that this is going to be similar, but the "we don't know Jeha's name" part reminds me of the bodyguard in Artemis Fowl. His name is just Butler.

The elite bodyguards choose a name upon graduation from their school. They're not allowed to be attached to their charges and keeping their name secret is one of the ways to do that.

SPOILERS FOR ARTEMIS FOWL. DON'T READ THIS COMMENT. THE BOOK IS AWESOME GO READ IT INSTEAD.

Butler is as badass and awesome and dryly funny as Jeha (and better written) but we never find out his real name throughout the whole book. Butler only revealed his name to the boy he's guarding when he was dying, when it wouldn't matter anymore that Artemis knows Butler's name.

But it mattered, GADDAMMIT! It f*cking mattered, Butler, how dare you make me cry again??? ;______;

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Artemis Fowl series made me cry. Such a great series. Have you read the Bartimaeus Trilogy?

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6 years later... Asdfhkll. Yes , *I* have read both. No idea about Mary though.

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haha yeah, K2 has been on my PTW list for years and I avoided it because most people said OTP and the story weren't so great.

Decided to watch K2 now because I wanted to watch something a bit similar to Devil Judge's Jung Sunah character played by Kim Min Jung.

So far loving all the Yoojin scenes in K2 and fast forwarding through most of everything else. I understand the fandom behind her character. LOL

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@bengalifob lmao yeahp, lots of us think a love line, with some tweaking, between her and Je Ha would've been far better than the one we did get asfhjkl

Ffwd is definitely needed from what I remember ;)

(Also Re. The books- I loved Artemis Fowl as a kid but now think only the first three are any good, the 3rd one especially is imo the best book in the series; I really don't like where he took the series even if they were still funny. And I remember not liking the Bartimaeus Trilogy as much as my younger brother did lol)

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My younger sister didn't like Bartimaeus Trilogy either. But to this day, I have yet to read another book that uses footnotes as hilarious Shakespearean-style aside for a character! xD

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@bengalifob haha wow yes! I had forgotten about those but I remember those being fun!

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I thought I would drop this drama, then I see JCW's face, SYA's face (and YoonA's face too), and I feel the urge of watching the drama again. And once I watched it, I couldn't help but feel uneasy with how the story and the relationships developed. Then I thought I would drop this drama... haha

Anyway, I am a little bit disappointed with how writer-nim developed YJ's characters in recent episodes. I am thankful that we got to see a more humane sides of her, but I hope it had not come at the cost of her capability in this political war. It seemed like YJ is not as smart and scary as I had thought. She is, in fact, too emotional and too easy to be triggered. A lot of her decisions recently were made from her in-the-moment emotions, rather than from a clear and strategical mind. While this vulnerability of her made me sympathize, sometimes I feel like she is wayyyy tooooo vulnerable to be really win this battle where everyone is her rival. She would have died many times already had K2 not been in her side. Hold it together and be smart again, YJ!

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Thanks gummimochi!

On a different tack.... I'm intrigued by the makeup or lack thereof and in the method of applying it in this show. It crops up again and again. Is this a subtle (one of the few subtle things if any) play on the idea of camouflage, layering on the acceptable image or being politically correct in exposing one's flaws ie not covering one's face?

I've had some thoughts on the shine of Yoo Jin's face, which in the earlier episodes has been obvious and distracting, especially since hers is about the only face that is so thoroughly un-powdered (or did they oil her skin instead?) and reflective. So much so that when she's no longer 'shiny', it becomes conspicuous by it's absence

I understand, that she was told by the PD that she would not have make up on for The K2. Does anyone know why? If it was to project the image of openness and vulnerability, at a time when she was on top of the game, then what does it say now that in the last 2 or more episodes, the shine has gone, she has been shockingly losing ground, her flaws are being revealed and she has become even more unhinged? Has she chosen to start covering up more as she becomes truly as vulnerable as she once wanted to appear to be?

And Anna now is 'joining' the makeup and getting into the limelight game. Can she be be the child of a wolf, out for revenge against YJ and not transform from 'Raniya' to 'Park Kwan Soo'?

BTW, is that style of applying powder by dabbing carefully with a puff the style you'd choose? Personally, I cannot apply powder or make-up, (liquid, powder or cream), by dabbing it on like that. It takes too long and doesn't come out even!!!

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That's a great point you bring up about the use of makeup in this show. When we saw Anna and Yoo-jin being made-up, I did momentarily wonder if they were both prepping for battle.

As for the makeup itself, you might notice that the brands they're using pop up among the drama's sponsors. Integrating PPL into the drama, as every drama does, it seems.

Lastly, perhaps your fellow beanies can help you out with Song Yoon-ah's comment! Hope you can find an answer.

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Hey, great to hear from you, gummimochi!

That's the most probable reason! PPL of course (LOL).

Still, the thought kept surfacing and I meant to include what you said above with my comment, but now is as good a time as any [words made bold by me]:
"She’s been losing a lot of ground in this ongoing war, and her anger and fear threaten to boil over the thin mask she puts on to hide them."

I was going to agree with this thought and idea of the 'thin mask' - that the expressions that peek out and which she suppresses are somewhat linked to her makeup/lack of makeup and what she's hiding from the world. As the makeup thickens (if it thickens) does it mean that she hides more or is more prepped for battle... and as matters go out of control, will she start to lose more of herself, and hide this truth from herself as well?

What I would love... Je Ha gets to save her from herself as well as Anna. Yeah, that'll be the ending for me!

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Auw you are really meticulous! I need to watch it back later to see about the makeup thingy!

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LOL! I wasted so many minutes (an hour?) going back to see when I was sure her face was shiny and when it wasn't... At least until Ep 4? Ah, the crazy things one does for kdramas.

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HAHAHA. Ikr, but we need to satisfy ourselves! ;)

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Korean makeup tends to use little powder as they prefer the "moist" look. I would think that it is not powder what they are applying but it is cushion foundation.

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I do like vengeful Anna, spiteful Anna. That such a vulnerable girl can make Yoo Jin tremble is a great contrast to their usual dynamic.

But seriously, quit walking into dangerous situations with the faith that K2 will always have your back, because you are endangering both of you. I know, I can't expect her to be so sharp after being isolated for most of her life.

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Je Ha's mission: Kill Park Kwan Soo at all cost. Whether dead or alive.

After phone coversation with Anna...

Je Ha's top priority: Must come back alive to buy teokbokki and eat it with Anna ????

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Wahahahahaha.. I can imagine him covered up with blood and buying ddeokbokki (insert possible PPL here)

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@Sam- IKR! hahahaha after that convo Je Ha's mindset changes that fast haha. He better come back for that teokbokki snack date with Anna. OTP is sailing~

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I knew it! That two faced Secretary Kim wants Je Ha to be killed. We see that she was like the ALTER EGO of Yoo Jin. When Yoo Jin is beginning to soften to Je Ha, Secretary Kim pushes some crazy idea to the Madam's mind. So that she will not loose her evilness inside of her. Secretary Kim is being too loyal to Yoo Jin.

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I had to laugh at Anna's fear of walking towards the house...after she just took out two assassins with a fire extinguisher LOL. Blanket kiss was so cheesy - they looked like a Halloween ghost, standing there awkwardly. The only good thing about that scene was J4 laughing at them XD. J4 and the other agent's kiss steals lead pair's slo-mo beach moment thunder, and now this lmao.

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I want to give my unconditional love for this drama, but.. there are too many flash back (unnecessary, too long flash back), 5 minutes recall for past episodes in the beginning is also annoying, and those super slow and long scenes (ramyun, running in the beach, walking to the house).. Gahhh.. I wait a week for story development but what I get is repetitive scenes that I just seen yesterday or a few minutes ago.

I like the intrigue, I also like Jeha and Anna, they are too adorable for my screen.. but hopefully the director or the writernim won't drag that unnecessary scenes..

And despite all that, I'll still wait for friday to come, coz Ji Chang Wook what you've done to me.

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If they were going to assasinate PKS, why are they wearing their JSS uniform? its like telling the world that Yoojin order the assasination. And im curious how will Jeha do it, he cant kill right? PTSD.

This is not a well written show tbh but the acting is so good and the chemistry between the cast is amazing.

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people who loved yoojin should have view the drama as the drama show themselves and not looked at the drama you want them to be, that subtle hints probably not hints at all,

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The kiss was everything... ???I'm in cloud nine right now.. ???

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I know it's weird, but i kinda rooting for Choi Yoo Jin and Kim Je Ha. HAHAHA! That parting scene with Choi Yoo Jin is just amazing.

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i have make it clear that not in a romantic way though. hahaha. Je Ha and Anna is a good pair, I must admit.

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The tense they have, almost made we think that they could kiss anytime. You know kissing without any romance feeling, but due to desire? LOL go away my crazy mind.

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Everyone but Je-ha is dismissed, and Yoo-jin says affectionately, “Je-ha-yah. You can turn back if you think the situation is too dangerous.” He asks where this sudden concern is coming from, but she needn’t worry—he got rid of that email long ago.

“Je-ha-yah…” she repeats.

It seems that she's about to say more but decided not to. I can feel that she is sorry towards him but maybe she just decided not to blurt it out coz he asked why is she acting like that which isn't like her. She might have said more but just kept it to herself coz that's the facade everyone saw in her and she still have to at least continue it as like that. She's viewed by the characters in the drama as someone who is dangerous and who doesn't feel remorse and compassion towards others but we as viewers are being hinted that her facade isn't always so with her expressions.

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What are the chances that Representative Park has JeHa's ex-comrades(those that betrayed him) as his guards. JeHa shoukd prepare for some serious whup-ass!!
I wont put past YooJin and Chief Kim to make a play at Anna now that she is back at hidden house.
JeHa has ptsd but would it actually be glorious for a slow agonizing punishment handed to Chief Kim.
When YooJin and JeHa were conversing, she was so embarrassing fawning over him, i was shouting 'cougar' in my head. And is JeHa oblivious? Why doesn't he shut her down? When she was closing the distance between them i was literally expecting another kiss scene albeit 'yuck'-factor and going 'no no' on the repeat. Whew close call. Ducked that one!!!
YooJin brings out tears the moment someone looks cross at her.

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Seriously, they are going to kill park kwan soo? That's the best thing they could come up with? What about that dealing where raniya got killed? Why they can't order je ha to collect info about that? I am pretty sure that would have been equally dangerous for him to do but only smarter.

Even if park kwan soo dies a natural death, jang se joon will be the first suspect as such. The show itself acknowledged it when yoo jin was in the hospital and the reporters asked whether park kwan soo was behind it. Now they are going to kill him using an army, even if whatever park kwan soo is planning doesn't get se joon arrested, this definitely will. Also what did park kwan soo do with je ha's info? They showed it like its a big thing, I expected to see something about it this week. Maybe its related to kwan soo's trump card.

Also the whole covering yourself to not feel scared, I have no idea how that works. I liked the phone conversation and it would have showed that they cared for each other even without the kiss. It would have been better if they made them kiss towards the end, it feels too soon.
Also, doesn't je ha carry a handkerchief everywhere, they could have atleast showed him tying it around his face to make it more credible during the poisonous gas scene.

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LOL I agree. A very stupid plan and writing,. Killing PKS won't stop anything, and will add more problems.

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It seems like the order goes out from someone to kill someone else every single episode. It's like it's the default option. Someone knows something? Kill 'em! Someone heard something? Kill 'em! Seen something? Kill 'em! And oh yes, it's supposed to protect a secret (which everyone in JSS from the head guy to the cleaning staff seems to know anyway) so let's do it in the most public way possible. Like shooting Anna in the head in front of a crowd and live on social media. Or filling an entire building with nerve gas to take out two people. Does it get any more clandestine than that? Come on, people, use your words! We have evolved with voice boxes for a reason.

This show is a comedy, right? Cause it's pretty funny.

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LOL..haha..Yeah.that's why I fast forward a lot of scenes too. Some people get angry if you tell them that a certain scene is waaay overboard and tell you that 'it's just a drama' but that's not the case here. I can pinpoint more than 3 scenes in this episode that doesn't feel right and that's a clear indication of badly written script and wrong execution overall.

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Now I finally understand the true meaning of the title...
K2 = Kill, too. ?

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HAHAHAHA, are you by any any chance @mary in disguise?? :P

Because @mary is always give such witty comments :P

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Ha ha.. so true! I ll probably watch the next 6 episodes just to follow the discussions here because most of them have cracked me up! ;)

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I kind of feel sorry for the fans who truly enjoy this drama but since the only other drama with a similar ridiculous production and writing has a way too overwhelming comment section for me, I'll stick to K2. ?
Fans can just keep scrolling. Hehe

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Oh.. that drama, I don't watch it but i am pretty sure if we go around commenting like this in that thread, it will either get ignored (best case) or the dedicated fans will probably bite our heads off. But, I wish this drama was atleast compelling that way. That we get obsessed with it despite the flaws. But, the flaws are just hard to ignore for me. I liked how gummimochi only highlighted the good things in her comments and ended it with a positive note and I wish I could take a leaf out of her book and be that way, but this is really fun to miss. ;)

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Nah, there's plenty of jokes in ____ thread. They make fun of everything from the horrible wigs to the BB cream.

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That is the comedy part of the show. You as a viewer flip table every 5 minutes. Nonsense is the comedy part. That's why this show doesn't any forced humour. This show clearly is parody of all action shows out there.

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LOL. It's like similar to Helena Bonham Carter's character as the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland. She goes "off with their heads" every time something/someone pisses her off. An innocent poster hanger accidentally seeing Se Joon in a compromising position? YJ orders him killed, together with the people that he has around him. Anna about to go public? Let's have her killed also. Sung Won taking Anna away? YJ goes, oh, I almost had your wife killed. PKS now having the upperhand in the presidential race? Yeah, let's send our mercenary K2 and JSS security to take him down.

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I assume it must be a parody, it would not make any sense at all otherwise. There is just SO MUCH stupid going on in this show. One of the more stupid things was when he gave her a walkie talkie (why did he have two?), and then they proceed to have conversations that anyone can hear. This show is just so freaking stupid...

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@Windsun. I agree the script doesn't seem that well thought through. I thought he had prepared the extra walkie talkie for Anna since he has to be by her side protecting her the whole time. As for their public conversation, I doubt they care at this point after the blanket seen infront of everyone.

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One thing I like about this show is that they aren't going for the all-to-common trope of the underdog vs overwhelmingly powerful evil with unlimited resources so we must pull a huge rabbit out of the hat at the end. This time it's not just underdog vs chaebol but a 4-way chess game: Yoo-jin vs Park Gwan-Soo vs Sung-Won vs Anna+k2. Four-and-a-half way if you count Se-Joon. Also, during the interview it almost seemed like Anna was the powerful one with unlimited tricks up her sleeve, and Yoo-jin was the underdog. Can I say "underbitch" ?

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Talk about The Most Random Kiss Scene I've ever seen in my kdrama viewing experience.
At the end of this episode, I'm 100% sure that Je Ha won't die. Why would you kill your main hero, 6 Episodes before the finale? This made me miss the greatness that is 'Signal' where all three main characters took turns in dying and that was suprisingly superbly done.

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He won't die but they better not use amnesia trope. If not, I am going to kill the writer. LOL :P

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Oh my, let's not bring that trope again..The cancer trope has been back for some dramas for a while now and I don't want another cliche plot like that and even worse, the truck of doom...

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LOL!

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Shhhh. Don't mention cancer or amnesia. You might jinx us. The writer might have forgotten them.

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He might get cancer caused by inhalation of poisonous gas.

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Who's gonna be his savior? Anna's gas of love?

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He will do the operation himself and her love will be the Annanaesthesia.

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Anna's gas of love

Pwahaha, I just imagined something very different (I blame JI and Nari's infatuation with Hwa-shin's gases). ?

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He won't die but I have a feeling they'll pull a missing person trope and have us wondering for an episode or two whether he's alive or not.

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During the time everyone is down and the other politician is happily celebrating his supposed win, that's when our hero comes back to save the day and turn the tables around.

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This probably a good idea. But a hero cannot missing from our screentime for a long time. Bec he is our hero.

Maybe we will know he is alive but not the people in the drama for about 1 or 2 episodes, but at the same time he is working underground.

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Or they pull a DOTS on us, make people believe he's dead, do a time jump and suddenly one day he reappears after being hold hostage by the baddies lol.
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Ok, scrap that, we have the presidential election coming up, no time jump. Meh

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How many months before the presidential election? Is it six months?

Still get chance to disappear for about one or two months heh. But it will a failed plot because in one or two months, nothing big can happpen. LOL

So what more can we think.

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Hmmm...maybe just give them (and us - ok not so much lol) a big scare? Secretary Witch would feel at ease and showing her true intentions, YJ can go batshit crazy for thinking that she send the only person she ever cared to his death ... it would also be a great revival of Yoona's tear ducts, can you imagine all. the. crying if she thinks Boo died because of her? Would give my first night scenario below even a greater meaning. ?

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I think you're going to win the lottery with this guess. ;-)

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Missing person à la Descendants of the sun...not a bad idea

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I vote for the one in which Yoo Jin saves him in the end and that's when he realizes that she is really someone he can trust and that's when they start to really become friends. So then, we are left as to how the two women, (Anna and Yoo Jin) can have the much awaited alliance so that the three of them can take care of all the bad guys and have their share of happiness in the end.

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Oh my....

1. Why didn't JH just escape with Anna? Oh right, because we needed a staring longingly before departing scene (forget the nerve gas, I'm staring at my bae). And I also forgot for a second that they required an action scene for the even episode...my bad. ? But some arms dealer need to get those squad teams some guns (and make them use them).

2. Oy, the blanket scene....what the heck was that? The slowmo almost made fall off my chair laughing. Then the bodyguard who's supposed to protect and guard her is being covered with her under the blanket, so that she feels more safe...o---kay...but he can't see anything therefore is useless shall anyone attack them (we know the JSS guys are useless) but hey who cares ♪Love is the Moment♪ let's make out. Rofl. Writer-nim, you deserve a prize!
I really give up on the romance. The buildup to the kiss was just awkward and took forever, all I could think of was jfc, just kiss her already so we can get to the next scene. The kiss itself also did absolutely nothing for me whereas the moment between K2 and Madam was sizzling AGAIN. Can't they give us one kiss between them, even if it's just an imaginary one? Hell I think even just a hug would probably make our screens melt. Lol

3. I don't think anyone out there really fears for his life in the next episode, right? But he can kill now? How about his PTSD? Oh the power of love *cue Freddie Goes To Hollywood*.
And I hereby foretell a first night scene when he comes back all beat up from his mission (with the ddokbokki of course).

4. Btw good luck K2, trying to make Anna stop....your sweet innocent cub thinks she's a cunning wolf now but in reality still has the brain of a lamb. Doing everything on her own without consulting him, becoming reckless knowing he'll protect her no matter how. And then you got YJ's who's been "betrayed" by JH yet continues to protect him (as if magic mirror wouldn't be able to get that email).
Show, if you want me to root for the young couple you gotta do a better job because I feel sorry for Evil Queen and want her to wreak havoc.

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THIS!!! I agree to everything you just said. I thought I was watching a different drama when everyone disagreed with what I honestly saw and felt after I watched that episode.

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Ha ha.. agree with your points. this drama is making me shake my head almost the whole hour. I think they should have written the story for the whole 16 episodes before starting. Because, its narratively inconsistent, like for the first four episodes we didn't know much about anna, its the 10th episode now but other than je ha being ex military and betrayed by his nation and that he got framed for his girlfriend's murder, we don't know anything about him. Also, this week we didn't see jang se joon much. We have to accept some things to anna's being shut down from the world but other times she does things that suprises us. Its like they are only focused about the broader strokes but forget the details. I didn't expect much from yoo jin's step brother but this week he was the focus, maybe except the unexpected is what we should do with this show.

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LOL I just cannot not to agree with all this.

Blanket scene can never win against umbrella scene. ;)

This writer truly sucks in writing good romance plot. But he probably good in writing a more tense & angst plot.

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Mte.

But I think the kiss was sweet, although the built-up was weird af, the kiss itself (or jcw's handsome profile) was good.

Anna's make-up scene at the beginning, how she sent a picture to him - I cringed. She was literaly a 10 year old who gets into her mom's make-up to impress her brother's friend that she has a crush on. This is the most NOTP couple that I've ever watched: A guy with a mental age of 40, and a girl with a mental age of 10.

Where do we sign for YJ&JH imaginery kiss? Actually I'm not blaming the writer for not making this couple real, I mean how could he possibly knew that the two would have this much of an electric chemistry that overshadows Jehanna? Becaue he never explicitly write them a romance. It's just the acting on both parts that makes them this hot.

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Yeah, that makeup scene was another VERY random moment. And is J4 good at anything? Oh right, she laughed when they were kissing under the blanket in the middle of the living room...the only time I agreed with her (even if it was for different reasons lol). I need someone to take her down stat (and please take Master Song with you while you're at it).

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huh... allow me to join your community to rant, else i will suffocate in disappointment over this drama.
you see, the whole character writing on the part of the Script writer is very superficial, very Loud and Vision entertaining on the outside, very little sustance within the characters build-up, and don't make sense. not the actor or actress fault exactly. but it is only the veteran that can make life out of very dead roles. and Song JA did that.
you see, Anna's role. don't make sense. she was just day nite self lock up very sociopath, don't want to mingle with the staff who watch over her... in fact if she start wander around the house only, i dont think the J4 or Ahjummah will not engage with friendly coversation with her. and you find her confined herself, and stayed like a 14 yrs old. that is the EQ part. but yet when she decided to 'release' herself from her cage, suddenly she can be perfect ease eating breakfast with the group... Wow. so sociopath is faking?

oh, the photo shoot? wow.. for someone who don't mingle with people. suddenly she turn a supermodel infront of the limelight, knowing where to placed her hand, and look and smile (not awkwardly, but so naturally)... wow.. am i looking at.... who? Anna transform into Im Yoona? story just purposefully make her so 'snow-white' demure to enhance the Evil side of the Evil Queen Step-mom.

the word "muse" and the term "barcelonion angel"... wow.. it just no ending of trying to making the character a Saint-angel-goddess image.... beside these characteristics, can we see more indepth writing of characters in her....

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i must be blind because i just do not see anything super hot between JH and YJ. i see maybe some pining on her side, but from him, i don't really feel the sexual tension. plus, their chemistry overshadowing his with anna is purely your own opinion and perception. a lot of people agree with you, but conversely, there are still many others who don't feel that and find the jehanna ship to be much more appealing.

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Yes, it's my opinion and here I am stating my opinion. I can see how people could ship jehana though. But it's not for YJ only, ,I could not like Anna character at all. A badly written character in my opinion.

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@Ane. yes, agreed. i think it the script writer problem. or say if this is handled by KBS, maybe the scripting be diff. not just the plotholes is everywhere, not an eps passed without dropping into a plothole. but the characters mostly are 2 dimensions. when only the veterans actor or actresses can break out the lame writing.
Anna character is very superficial and loud and luminous and shakening... but look deeper.. it a lot of "beautification, or canonized as a saint" in the overly used of pure white, skin bared footed, vulnerabilities thru scars and victimization, fans adoration."

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I want to root for the main OTP, I really do. I even cheer up when they kiss and my heart skips a beat whenever they hug.. But deep down I also feel sympathy for Yoo Jin and her infatuation(?)/care for Je Ha. And all Yoo Jin says about Je Ha clearly shows her that she come to like him although he doesn't seem to care.
It seems I have second female lead syndrome, if that's a thing. And I wanna blame the writer for writing a romance so poorly that we start imagining things with non-existent romance of Yoo Jin and Je Ha.

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I agree on looking forward to see the evil queen wreak havoc. First person on the list will be Secretary Kim. lol
The chemistry between Je Ha and YJ is very good...but I would not like to see them fall for each other. It would take away all the electricity which in part is there because of their opposing points/ideas.
The question of being able to kill again is an interesting one. Je Ha probably thinks he can do it to keep Anna safe...but I assume he will quickly realise it is not the case. And he will have to backtrack ending up with his back to the wall with the JSS guy who was ordered to kill him an get his phone. So he either ends up as a prisoner of Park or presumed death by JSS and co. With Anna crying herself to sleep and in more danger than ever (and maybe popping pills?).

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Haha you nailed it! Agree with every bit that you said in this comment.

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Can I just say that in "real life" this would be the worst time to try and kill Anna. Coming before the media would have probably made her safer in any other story. I mean now that she has come out before the media and has a fan base (which I still don't quite understand).
In addition, we have the interview which makes Yoon Jin look very suspicious- Only then does the psycho secretary decide that It would be the perfect time to kill Anna. Stupid second level baddie. Your golden period of killing is over. Who do you think the police will suspect?

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True. The perfect façade of the evil queen is crumbling. Secretary Kim is just an assistant and her jealousy is making her do mistakes as well. She probably thinks with Je Ha gone YJ will turn back to her old self and be ok with what she did. Which I assume is not going to happen. YJ will rip her heart out when she discovers her dealings. I can't wait to see that.
They are rich enough to pay the police off in case of Anna's death. Her mom was a famous actress and they got rid of her easily enough with no one questioning it. I assume that is what Secretary Kim is thinking.
About the fanbase...I guess being the muse of some designer + the daughter of some deceased actress is enough for korean netizens to become fans.

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I was so disappointed with this episode. Anna became an annoying character, k2 intelligence decreased (fighting scene during smoke). He should have taken the mask of the defeated enemy. He knew it is poisonous, He should smartly steal it from his enemies, and wear it all the time. anna should already collapse from the smoke. The blanket scene is so stupidly annoying. A night attack assassination K2 together with JSS offensive force. Assassination while wearing JSS uniform? Come on!? Fix the character intelligence please! Director/

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If I remember correctly he did take one of the gas mask but it was ripped off during the fight. After that he tried to grab another one but the guys were trying to evade his grasp...probably in the hope he would get weaker and loose consciousness? Or maybe this is me finding an excuse...lol

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No you are right, you are not finding an excuse darling, he did snatched one of the enemy's mask, but because of all the fighting, one of the enemies took it from him again.

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The whole poison gas scene had so many issues... Je Ha and Anna must have a high tolerance - all the bad guys felt the effects of the gas immediately! Also, I was very confused when Je Ha directed Anna into the vents... like. It's poisonous gas and you want her to go into the VENTS? Was the ventilation/HVAC system turned off?? Maybe that's just my thought process though, as there seemed to be no gas in the vents in the drama. If I was working with the bad guys though, I would have made sure it got into the HVAC system.

I was expecting the Uncle to be in on the whole scheme. He gave her meds (and I assume she took them??) When Je Ha helped her up, I was expecting her to faint or something due to the meds.... were the meds actually supposed to help her?

Plus, (and this is random and I might be overly critical), how is Anna able to adjust to wearing high heels so quickly?? I'm assuming she didn't wear them that often in captivity (or shoes at all for that matter.)

Guess there's just a lot of things that don't make sense to me. But JCW - I am watching for you!

ALSO. Just want to say how impressed I am that Je Ha still has that scratch on his face... usually (in kdramaland)by the next episode, injuries such as scratches and bruises are miraculously healed (despite how much time passes in the drama haha)

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How about when she was in Spain, she was not actually being locked withut doing anything ? Maybe there was a team who educating, grooming her.. but she purposely disguise herself in her white clothes and play dumb & innocently.

Ahh now I want to know what Anna did in Spain.

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Ha ha.. now that would be awesome! Maybe se joon employed that team without yoo jin knowing about it and they both are acting to fool yoo jin. :D

But, seriously, we just don't have enough background stories to understand our characters, especially since the past plays a vital role in these people being who they are. we have to assume so many things. But I have to agree, this is fun too if you can share it here in dramabeans! ;)

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we keep assuming things but the writer didn't let us know yet, or maybe won't let us know forever. Lol. With 6 episodes to go, I wonder if this writer actually has stories on these main leads or not.

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Oh that would really make her a wolf in sheep's clothing, now that would be interesting.

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I'm waiting to see if any of my prediction going to happen. Lol

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That would be awesome!! I just have so many questions haha

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This drama made us frustrated a lot because we have many questions but cannot find the answers ;P

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@Sera The Ms Temper.
wow, i really addicted to interaction between you and the rest, so tickling. that was what i was thinking. i don't think Anna was locked in dark room, deprive of good food, or canned by a mother-superior... that kinda of stuff. i guess her mental state, came from the traumas that was not sent to hospital and get treatment. but other than that, i guess, there should be proper education in a Abbey settings, be it convent or what, those girls grow up there doesnt just read bible all day long you know. even so, i think if she play smart like some movies i watched about the heroine growing up in confinement, act dumb and secretly learning stuffs to enriched herself to fight back one day. wow.. making the Convent or Abbey looks like those Concentration Camp. and are you sure you can find security guards standing guard mingling among nuns in her boundaries at Convent?
but this Anna i don't find such fighting spirit which is sad. i guess it not total Y fault in acting. it about the script pooring character-crafting.
problems is, too much of chisel her into a snow-white, keep making her running around the streets, or within the house in midnight ( i really though i was watching 'Paranormal Activities, Korean version.") bare footed... and white bath robe... i was thinking, girl you dancing around in bath robe over a noodle.. not worry the guy at the other side of cctv may see you, WHAT IF U ACCIDENTALLY DANCED AND DROP YOUR BATH ROBE?
and goosh. they actually call her "Barcelonia Angel"....
i wish they write she goes beyond "i'm scared." thingy... and the actual times she tried to show her teeth and claws, she actually did it by silly enough to borrow the power of Samchon who is obviously using her as a weapon, and not a shield..
i bet this girl watch TV whole day long, never watch korean dramas? huh... what channels she watch to enrich her knowledge?

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I do not think Anna took the meds yet. Those are meant to help with her panic so that for example she could be ok with flash photography but they probably have side effects...like drowsy, not in control of yourself?

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I was expecting the uncle to lie about what the pills were for... And he said it would take an hour for them to start working - so I thought she would have taken them already? Either way I thought the uncle giving her pills was weird and expected that to be part of the scheme. So now I'm confused because it doesn't seem like it was.

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I can actually excuse the clean air in the vents. There would be separate vents for input & output. Input vents would have clean air until it started to recirculate.

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Ahhh that certainly makes more sense! How did Je Ha know the vent he chose was ok though? Lucky guess?

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Did anyone noticed how Secretary Kim discreetly took away Yoo-Jin's phone when she took out the tray with coffee? She did that right after Yoo-Jin told her that she should spare Je Ha. I got the impression that Je Ha called Yoo-Jin directly and when Secretary Kim answered and refused to put Yoo-Jin on, he added 2+2 quickly and realized she was the one behind the hit. Secretary Kim correctly predicted that a call for help from Je Ha would sway Yoo-Jin and get her in trouble.

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I feel like there is something in her coffee! Something weird that can cause her lost her focus, or something like that.

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Anyone else thinking this mission is a trap orchestrated by the JSS boss? He met the chief of police and was told some important secret. What if it was related to Je Ha and Blackstone? Park wants to get his hands on Je Ha for some reason? Why did the JSS boss come up with the idea of killing Park now? Why expose himself like this instead of just sitting there and waiting for some orders?
Is this a way for Park to get his hands on Je Ha (and learning what he and YJ know about his Blackstone dealings) and wipe JSS out at the same time?
Je Ha will not be killed (being the main character) but he could end up being a prisoner of Park.
Hope The chief will look out for Je Ha as he is aware of Secretary Kim's hit attempt. Another thing I wonder is why does she want his phone? To do what with it? Use it against Anna? Like texting her to lure her somewhere where she can take care of her and put her in her proper place?

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I also thought that this is a trap set up by Park Kwan-soo through the JSS boss and police chief. I think that there are two possible motivations for him to do so. The most obvious one is that he has connected all of the dots. He knows that Je-ha is after him because he killed Raniya. He also now knows just how dangerous Je-ha is. So he sets a trap to lure him out in order to kill Je-ha. The second possibility starts the same. Park Kwan-soo has connected all of the dots. He knows Je-ha is after him because of Raniya's death. He found out that Je-ha blames him, believing he ordered her murder. However, him being leaving just before Raniya was dragged off was mere coincidence. He had nothing to do with Raniya's death. So, Park Kwan-soo wants to convince Je-ha of this and try to get him to betray Yoo-jin.

I know that second option seems to be a real logic jump. Follow me for a moment though. There seems to be a real disconnect between the Park Kwan-soo who would order a woman's murder in order to cover what she translated and the Park Kwan-soo we've seen running for President. The tactics he's been using now are bribery and traps. His grand plan was to trap Se-joon in a scandal and discredit him. His strength seems to lie in having a silver tongue and being able to get people on his side, not in using violence. That seems to be Yoo-jin's forte. So either he did not order Raniya's murder or he is a very poorly realized character who was not fully fleshed out by the writer.
In fact, so far, this whole drama could be characterized that way. Nothing seems to be consistent with any character. I keep searching for how they all connect together and how this all makes sense. I think that it's entirely plausible that we still haven't seen the real game that any of them are playing. We still haven't seen much if Je-ha's backstory. That could be the hidden thread that binds all of this together. Once Je-ha gets ahold of that thread and starts to follow it, they whole store starts to untangle and we begin to see what is really going on. Yoo-jin really isn't the big evil, as many thought. She's just a tool, or a victim as she believe. She's been manipulated and used to hide what is really going on. Secretary Kim has been using Yoo-jin's mental instability and paranoia like puppet strings to control her. Only now are we going to begin to see what is really going on.
This theory only works if the writer is being very clever. Which I know is doubtful given his past work. However, if he learned from the mistakes from Yong-pal and was able to improve, this would be possible and awesome and not just my fantasy. If not, then all of these inconsistencies are just the product ofma lazy writer who can't, or doesn't bother to, fully realize his characters. In that case this is how I expect the drama to end:
* Cue Mission Impossible theme*
Park Kwan-soo tears off his mask revealing that he is actually No Face reincarnated.

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I don't think Park has any idea that Je Ha is after him. I think he does not even remember Raniya. I think he believes YJ is holding Je Ha as a trump card against him. Maybe he thinks this soldier knows what he did in Iraq (the deal with the terrorist, not the killing of the interpreter) so he needs to know what JY knows about it and the only way to do so is to get his hands on Je Ha and question/torture him. I think Je Ha will be quite surprised that Park does not even remember the girl he ordered to get rid off. In fairness even if he does remember how could he know that He Ha and Raniya were engaged? Maybe he does know that Je Ha was used as a culprit for the killing but nothing more than that. These kind of people do not remember the pawns but only the important players.
I do think YJ is the evil queen...and to get her to wreak havoc her perfect world needs to be in chaos. Lowly falling apart...after this we will see her true potential as a destructive monster. Maybe Je Ha's fake death (I could see the JSS guy lying about the success of his 2nd mission) and the betrayal by the Secretary could finally push her over the edge...

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Your scenario is also a likely one. I was just putting something out there as a possibility. I was really tring to express my, probably vain, hope that there will be more to this drama. It's like the drama is at a crossroads. So far the drama is enjoyable to watch but you have to suspend your disbelief and jump over the plot holes. It can continue down this path and I still watch, much like I watch a popcorn flick. The other path it could take is one where we see that those weren't actual plot holes but just areas we couldn't clearly yet. In which case, I will be seriously happy. It'll still be a drama where you have to suspend disbelief over some things, like a super AI and super durability of our heros. I'm okay with that though. Dramas don't necessarily have to live in our real world in order for me to enjoy them. I just want it to be consistent with itsself.

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Wanted to upvote this comment.

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i think you got a good point here and yes what if Park Kwan-soo didn't order the death of rania jeha saw him only leaving with his devilish laugh the whole matter of the translation and secret deal its mere assumptions from yoojin's mirror and even if its true it doesn't mean that park kwan soo did it i think there is many other people involved in this story and i have a feeling that anna's father is linked to it maybe its that PKS trump card and yoojin have no idea about it. anyway we know nothing will happen to jeha but also they can not continue 6 episode with jeha wanting to kill PKS while he could kill him pretty easily so a plot twist will be interesting but i doubt that this writer has the brain for it as till now i feel like am watching a parody.

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You could certainly be right about the writer not being able to off that clever of the story. If that's the case, I'll just keep enjoying the pretty on my screen. There's quite a bit of it. Especially if you appreciate a well put together, if not logical, action scene.

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Please, Drama gods, have Je-Ha captured by YJs thugs and dragged to an attic where he's forced to take his shirt off veeerrryyy slowly, tied to a chair and tortured by YJ for an entire episode. Just the two of them. And she gets to do whatever she wants. Now, THAT would rescue this poor drama completely - or at least make the ratings go up.

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Now, that Episode would have to air late, like 11pm and rated as 19+ but all the ahjummas out there will stay up late and the ratings will climb up to 10%

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HAHAHAHA

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i bet y'all would be so mad if someone suggested this with swapped genders...

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if that happens this will be my first Kdrama that I will pay money to get a HD DVD/blueray and watch it on my samsung 55inch TV

please add that in! or anything with YJ and JH

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ya... ya.. changed the gender in 50 shades,... let YJ be Christian Grey and K2 be Anastasia Steele, hahha... (huh, for pure innocent korean community, don't need 50, just give us some 49 shades or 48 shades will do.
why not right, since they can broke the norm, and deliver the nose bled scene of K2 'nude-show' in shower fight. TvN will do anything to beat KBS that kind of Major stations.

(hahha, joking lah. i am a changminer still, so not really expecting that for JCW. but i like the character of YJ nontheless. any way i dont think they dare to incur wrath from the formidable kpop HUGE fanbase.)

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K2 brings the good out of YJ while secretary Kim brings evil out of YJ.

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I really liked the kiss. There wasn't any `deer in the headlight` moments ,surprised expressions, forced grabbing etc. Even if Anna is virginal, innocent character she didn't act like she never saw a man in her life, she actually wanted that kiss and went in for it. It was random but very sweet and romantic moment, i really liked it.

As for Je Ha and Yoo Jin, i hate the fact that Yoo Jin has feelings for Jeha. That's such uncharacteristic reaction she had, i feel the writer is using Jeha to water down Yoo Jins character and i hate that. I like Yoo Jin the most when shes alone , plotting her machiavellian plans, evil laughing and crying at the same time.

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Please, just no amnesia cheese after the battle I'm begging you drama gods !!!

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Those who like Anna will love this episode, no doubt... Anna seems grow up a bit.. She doesn't look shy and take some initiatives, a lot bolder than the one we knew in the beginning of the drama. I feel as if Anna becomes a very different person since the beginning, but probably it's true that her social phobia is a ruse and now as she gets public support and coverage, she's willing to step up the game and maybe toy Yoo Jin a bit. She also gets Je Ha's love!!! And kiss!! Girl, you lucky girl that you still alive and kiss your protector.

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cont'd...

Those who love Yoo Jin will also love this episode.. Yoo Jin shows some more humane side when she's with Je Ha. And seeing what the evil secretary did, Yoo Jin seems a better person.

Those who love Je Ha will be much more interested to the next episode. Writernim, please don't give any amnesia or missing person trope. And please give more backstrory to Je Ha.. He doesn't have any place he can call home or a family, even Yongpal has little sister. He doesn't even have identity and we don't know if his identity is stolen or he forgot about his name and family. Maybe he's an amnesiac chaebol like Louie? Who knows? And while you're at it, please please please give Je Ha more interesting role, than just be a protector and a lover. Well, probably later when he gets married to Anna, he'll have more role as husband just like Yongpal did. But then if he's married to Anna, Yoo Jin will be his stepmother-in-law. I wonder if Yoo Jin will be jealous of her stepdaughter, Anna. LOL

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Dear drama Gods, I nee this drama to be remade with K2 and Choi Yo Jin paired up. Amen

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Or better yet, they make a movie with the two as the leads and entitle it :

'The Witch and the Huntsman: A Chance at Love'

And then the poster reads: "Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed. To those who still believe although they've been betrayed and to those who still love although they've been hurt before."

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YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS TO THIS. ALL .OF. THIS.

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Worst scene in the episode was the blanket scene, it was stupid and makes no sense, even if it ended with a kiss, which was good but not great for a first kiss.
how can you ever bodyguard someone when you can’t see where you'r going or even your steps.
clearly it is getting worse every episode
i'm SAD :(

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"Speaking of which, it is nice to see Anna looking out for Je-ha. He’s always been the one to protect her, but her concern for others extends to him too. Sure she’ll still refuse to leave his side in clear danger and is still too trusting with Sung-won, but the girl has gotten a proper first kiss now, so you know she’ll want him to come back for a second."
I really like this. Your last sentence in your writing. Want him to come back for second kiss, third, and....
Aah, we are never getting enough for a kiss, aren't we?
Still waiting for the preview.

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i'm so much into this,it's crazy..i keep making up theories (which considering YP's writing i'm pretty sure will not happen) for the upcoming eps, that's why they should just release the damn previews sooner..
the kiss... sweet with a something to remember me by touch from JH, cause i'm totally expecting a time jump(or it could be the theory that I made up),the kiss, the designer's offer to Anna, the whole it's ok if u're late goodbye conversation gave me the idea that for a while JH is probably gonna be assumed dead..it will be nice if in that period Anna actually looks up his past records to know about his past and real identity( that's also nice for us to know), and that makes her grow up a bit (the fact that how almost blindly she trusted and fell for him when she barely knew him)without him being there to protect her while she just jumps in danger without proper thinking through, she may go to Paris and become a model and a much more independent person, and then..he reappears having been alive all along(shall I hope with the hairstyle we saw in the teasers?), then with a shared memory of a short sweet dream never erased from their minds , they fall for each other all over again this time with a much more real and better understanding of each other, oh and yes.. an epic hot encounter with YJ is propably inevitable..well,this is how crazy I have gone over this show

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oh I forgot about the other scene that I loved in this ep..the goodbye scene between JH and YJ, wowwww..these two do things to me.. every time they're on screen they remind me of a Persian poem called "the fire in your eyes", the acting with the eyes is at it's best, he's the soft spot in her heart she had forgotten she had, and he just knows it..it may or may not be romantic( on YJ's part) but it's definitely a connection.

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I actually had to laugh when I saw Anna carrying the fire extinguisher and hitting the bad guys with it. It's like seeing the real Yoona onscreen as she gets teased a lot by her members from SNSD for being the strongest in the group. There was a video of her breaking many pencils, all at the same time, with just her hands. On SNSD's guesting on Running Man, she even went up against the muscular Kim Jong-kook in one game.

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Thank you for the recap!

I have to admit, I am liking Jae Ha and Yoo Jin more now than Jae Ha and Anna. Lol. I don't know why. It can be YJ's vulnerability or Sung Yoon Ah's awesome acting and charisma. It's too bad that the earlier pairing won't happen:( If JH resolves to protect YJ than Anna, that would be a twist. And I don't mean protect in a romantic way, just as a good friend.

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@Lin_K. i like the part you mentioned about protecting YJ for a twist, but not in romantic way. while i am like the rest of noonas who felt the strong drowning dizzy spell between their interaction, esp coming from YJ since he saved her from the burning car wreckage. BUt since i see none whatsoever from JH in the romantic sense. i also wish that one fine day he also see where she come from and accept her as a good friend, and at least felt some queer admiration for her, and we can see him suppress it and return to Anna. i liked to see him tempted but resist his temptation and go back to A. which is more normal, and i wanted him to try all his best to let A get out of her revenge mode, and see where YJ came from. and while we can't see a happy ending for YJ, i can see peace between K2 and YJ and see him fighting for her... for her redemption.

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