You’re Beautiful: Episode 2
by javabeans
I have a good feeling about this drama. Everyone is well-cast and the writers do a great job subverting cliches and twisting angsty moments into a punchline. Love that. I enjoyed this episode even more than Episode 1, which was already pretty jam-packed with hilarity.
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Lee Seung-gi – “꽃처럼” (Like a Flower) [ Download ]
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EPISODE 2 RECAP
Mi-nyeo wakes up from her dream and finds herself, shockingly, asleep on the floor with the three other guys. Startled and overwhelmed, she tries to get her bearings and figure out what happened. She has no idea how she got back to the house, but her shirt is dirty and her lip has an injury.
Her split lip triggers a memory — she had fallen off the bench and the boys had rushed to break her fall. When she landed on top of one of them, her lips mashed with another set. But she can’t remember which set of lips!
She closes her eyes, trying to convince herself that this is a dream, and starts praying.
Jeremy comes out to scold Mi-nyeo and give her the stinkeye for her drunken behavior. From his disapproving attitude, Mi-nyeo assumes he’s the one she offended, and apologizes. Jeremy instructs her to apologize to the person she offended most: “hyung.”
This means it wasn’t Jeremy, so she approaches Shin-woo next. He’s sitting down for some morning tea and says he was shocked at last night’s unbelievable events. Mi-nyeo again apologizes profusely and begs him to consider her actions as being hit by a rock falling from the sky. (As in, unfortunate and random.)
Hilariously, Jeremy sees her sitting with Shin-woo and yells, “Hey! I told you to go apologize, and you’re just sitting here drinking tea?!” Mi-nyeo answers, “But I am apologizing.”
They set her straight: it was Tae-kyung she violated. With this additional information, we return to the flashback, when she had fallen on top of Tae-kyung, mouth landing on his — but that’s not where the story ends. After she had landed, she had gagged… and vomited… right into his mouth.
(I’m not exaggerating when I say that I had to pause my video and laugh until my sides literally ached. This is exactly what I mean by the Hong sisters spinning cliches in clever ways. The “oops I fell and landed on your lips” is a familiar scenario, and I was sorta going to let it slide… but now it goes from an expected gag to clever twist.)
This also explains everyone’s horror — they’re not reacting in prissy shock because of a mere kiss. It’s an appropriate level of response, I think, to vomiting into someone’s mouth. The two guys advise her to patch things up with Tae-kyung — if he’ll let her, that is.
Tae-kyung wakes up and freaks out to recall last night. We have seen how compulsive and uptight he is, so now he fixates on getting to the shower to wash himself clean of his revulsion. When Mi-nyeo comes by to ask for forgiveness, he’s so agitated that he tells her he can’t talk to her now. Also, “Why would I forgive you?” She answers thoughtfully, “Because you’re a good person.”
Tae-kyung bites out, “When I’ve disliked a person in the past, I kept disliking them, because they kept doing things I disliked. I disliked you from the moment I saw you, and sure enough you did the thing I hate most. It’s clear that you’ll keep doing things I hate and that I’ll keep hating you. So that forgiveness you talk about won’t happen now, or ever.” He yells at her to get out.
But he’s not a complete ogre, because when he heads to the bathroom to wash up, he mutters (a little guiltily) that Mi-nam should’ve listened when he asked for time to shower and calm down. It suggests that he knows he could have handled it better and that Mi-nam didn’t mean to do it.
Mi-nyeo leaves a cup of tea and a fragrant candle on his desk to enjoy later, but in so doing she spills wax on the ground. When she bends to wipe it up, the hot wax makes her recoil. That makes her crash right into his CD rack. The contents of the shelves come crashing down, and she frantically holds up the rack to keep it from also falling, and is stuck holding up the frame. (It’s like one of those Mousetrap chain-reaction games gone awry. LOL.)
Unfortunately, a remote control also falls and sets off the fan, which causes sheet music to flutter down, which land next to the flickering candle…
Mi-nyeo frantically tries to rectify the situation while Tae-kyung showers (topless Jang Geun-seok scene!). She tries reaching for the remote control, but it’s out of her reach. She then tries blowing out the candle, but she’s too far.
She concludes that she must douse the candle and looks around for water. Seeing none, she gets the idea to use her own spit…
(I’m starting to see how she got into so much trouble at the convent.)
Tae-kyung, refreshed from his shower, emerges JUST as she spits at the candle. On the plus side, the candle goes out. On the down side… well, everything else.
Tae-kyung glowers at her (“Did you just spit on my floor?”) and demands to know what she’s doing. When she says she’s here to beg his forgiveness, he growls, “Then should I forgive you using your methods?!” and slams his hand on an empty shelf.
He only hits the case for emphasis, but the sudden movement causes a heavy trophy to fall, hitting her on the head. Tae-kyung didn’t mean to hurt her, and is alarmed as she crumples to the ground. Blood seeps from a wound on her forehead.
The others arrive in the doorway to see Tae-kyung hunched over an unconscious Mi-nam, holding the business end of a heavy award trophy. He’s frozen in guilt and shock. I LOVE how Tae-kyung answers, in this thoroughly incriminating pose, “I didn’t do it.”
(He means he didn’t make the mess, but his stricken expression makes me giggle.)
Mi-nyeo awakens as she is being taken to the hospital in an ambulance, with Hoon-yi sitting by her. Despite her weakened condition, she points out that if she goes to the hospital, they’ll find out she’s a girl.
Good point. They pull over at a neighborhood park and treat her injury with over-the-counter medicine instead. Mi-nyeo does say that Tae-kyung didn’t hit her, but Hoon-yi believes she’s too good-hearted and is merely covering up for him.
Tae-kyung calls and wants to talk to Mi-nam, asking about her injuries. It’s very cute how he plays it off like he’s not worried, and says he just wants to clarify that he didn’t hit her. Mi-nyeo tells him that she’s fine and he doesn’t have to worry, and that she’s being treated in the emergency room.
What she doesn’t know is that he’s actually AT the hospital, looking for her. At the emergency room, a nurse informs him that he can’t use his cell phone here. That stops him short, and he asks Mi-nyeo how she’s on the phone when they aren’t allowed.
Uh-oh. Mi-nyeo fumbles for an explanation as Tae-kyung narrows his eyes in suspicion — just as a truck passes through the neighborhood (Mi-nyeo’s), peddling groceries. Tae-kyung hears the loudspeaker.
A fan-shot video surfaces online, which shows the four A.N.JELL members in the parking lot the night of the party. Jeremy carries an unconscious Tae-kyung (he’d fainted in shock after the vomiting incident), while Shin-woo carries drunk Mi-nam. This leads to online speculation — was there a fight?
Therefore, when Mi-nyeo heads to A.N. Entertainment to discuss things with the manager, a snoopy reporter is lurking in the lobby. He prods for gossip, hinting that there’s bad blood between Mi-nam and Tae-kyung.
Mi-nyeo protests in her sweet way that Tae-kyung didn’t hit her. Tae-kyung arrives at that moment, sizes up the situation, and storms off.
The reporter doesn’t believe Mi-nam’s denial, and puts up a story about the injury to Mi-nam’s face, saying Tae-kyung hit him. Articles continue to appear online that contain few facts but a lot of suggestive speculation about group strife. Fans, led by the fiercely loyal fanclub president Sayuri, jump to the conclusion that Go Mi-nam must be the problem — how dare he endanger Tae-kyung’s image? Everything was fine before Mi-nam arrived.
Sayuri’s a little unhinged (in an entertaining way), and thinks this is a ploy by Mi-nam to garner sympathy for himself. She leads a protest to kick him out of the group.
Jeremy’s an interesting character, because he’s a happy-go-lucky type, but in this circumstance he’s peeved at Mi-nam because his hyung Tae-kyung is suffering. He (half-jokingly) sics his dog at her, which jumps at her playfully and slobbers over her face. (Btw, the dog is named Angelina Jolie.)
Jeremy scolds Mi-nyeo for ruining Tae-kyung’s room. She’s glum from all the drama and because of the bloodthirsty fanbase, and promises to clean up the mess she made.
When she starts to leave, he grabs her because he’s not done talking to her. Being suddenly in close quarters makes her panic, and she runs away. Interestingly, her frantic reaction makes Jeremy uncomfortable. He thinks it’s because it makes him seem like the bad guy (like he was a pervert for grabbing Mi-nam), but I’m also going to suggest that he feels an odd attraction to her that unnerves him.
Shin-woo is more kind, asking how she’s doing and indicating her injury. He reaches for her forehead, and she recoils. Shin-woo says, “If you flinch like that, everyone will catch on.” Mi-nyeo is alarmed, thinking he means that they’ll catch on to her girl identity, but he clarifies that they’ll assume she really was hit by Tae-kyung.
Mi-nyeo heads to Tae-kyung’s room to clean up before he gets back. Among the scattered items, she finds a lot of old CDs and videos of Mo Hwa-ran, a singer famous in the ’90s, and guesses that he must be a fan. When she spots a photo of the singer with a young boy, however, she wonders if Tae-kyung is the boy in the picture.
Of course, this is when Tae-kyung arrives, displeased to see her rooting through his stuff. Fed up, he grabs Mi-nyeo’s arm and drags her downstairs to confront managers Sung-chan and Hoon-yi, who have just arrived. He wants Mi-nam kicked out, or he’ll leave instead — then makes good on that threat by storming out of the house.
Mi-nyeo sits in a funk, telling Hoon-yi that she’s finding it increasingly difficult to endure; she’s all out of energy. Her manager, however, takes the glass-half-full approach: this is a good thing for her. If she grew too friendly with Tae-kyung, she’d be in greater danger of being found out. The benefit of being hated is that he’ll keep his distance, and she’ll be able to last the month.
He points out that Mi-nam has shot to the top of internet search results, reminding her that being famous will help find her mother.
We also introduce actress Choi Ran, a Hong sisters regular, as Mi-nam’s aunt. She brags about being related to Mi-nam, although her friends remind her that she dumped the kids off at the orphanage. The flighty, selfish aunt says that she’s still family — she’s better than the mother who abandoned them, whom they don’t even know. It’s clear that while the twins were a burden as children, now that one is famous, she’s willing to rekindle the relationship in the name of “family love.”
I find it a little curious that Mi-nam and Tae-kyung both have mother-abandonment issues, but I’m going with it for now. Tae-kyung runs into the glamorous woman from Episode 1, and we realize that this is Hwa-ran, his mother. He freezes when they come face to face with each other in the elevator, and he tries to cover up the intensity of his reaction with coldness.
For instance, he calls her “madam” rather than “mother,” saying that he only called her Mother in the past out of childish naivete, thinking biology made someone a parent. He warns her not to act familiar with him — back when he was a kid, she was the famous one and didn’t act like his mother, but now the tables are turned and he’s the famous one. He doesn’t want her causing trouble.
Shin-woo has been remarkably perceptive, and we sense he knows more than he’s letting on. Jeremy, on the other hand, is cheerfully oblivious. He wonders what Shin-woo’s thinking about, and Shin-woo replies that Jeremy should figure it out himself, although he doubts that that’s possible since he’s so dense.
To prove that point, Jeremy brings up how strange Mi-nam is — first, he’s weirdly sensitive and even cried after Tae-kyung left the house. On top of that, he’s too soft and smooth: “It makes me feel bad.” Jeremy sees that Shin-woo doesn’t share his opinion, and comments that he must like Mi-nam. After all, he took care of him the night of the party.
This leads us to a flashback, when Shin-woo had helped Mi-nam out of the party. He’d looked closely at Mi-nyeo’s face, and as he held her, he’d started to sense the truth — that Mi-nyeo is really a girl.
Jeremy: “You must be enjoying hanging around with that girly guy.”
Shin-woo: “I’ll have fun watching for now.”
Jeremy doesn’t get that he means he’s going to enjoy her antics posing as a guy, and shrugs off the comment.
Mi-nyeo is thrown another hurdle when Sung-chan announces that Mi-nam will be making his stage debut at the Asia Music Festival, which is in two weeks. Hoon-yi and the stylist (who’s a good friend of Hoon-yi and knows the truth) both protest, saying Mi-nam isn’t ready yet, but Sung-chan is eager to strike while the iron’s hot.
Mi-nyeo doesn’t think she can do it, but she is thrust into activity — photo shoots, dance rehearsals.
Stylist Wang is impressed with Mi-nyeo’s hard work, but Mi-nyeo confides that she’s looking forward to righting everything when her brother returns. She’s wronging everyone by lying now, so she must endure the hardship that comes with it.
The stylist is sympathetic, and they share a nice dramatic moment — only to cap off the scene with the stylist telling Mi-nyeo that she has gone overboard with the stuffing. OF HER PANTS.
Sung-chan has a webchat with Tae-kyung, who has moved out and is now staying on his own at a hotel. The manager tries to convince Tae-kyung to participate in the Asia Music Festival, and we can tell Tae-kyung’s anger has cooled a little because he grudgingly agrees to consider it.
Sung-chan sends the wrong email, however, and has to rush off to find the right information. He instructs Tae-kyung to sit still and not move. As he leaves, he inadvertently moves his webcam, and a few moments later, it captures a different scene altogether.
Tae-kyung watches as the stylist bursts into the room with Mi-nam. We know that she has found one of Mi-nyeo’s fake balls (literal and figurative) in the dance studio and is frantic to correct the mistake before someone notices, but to Tae-kyung’s eyes this scene takes on a different slant as the stylist whispers that they’ll be private here and fumbles for Mi-nam’s pants.
Tae-kyung does a spit-take — and just then, the light goes out at a crucial moment as the re-stuffing takes place. When the lights come back on, the stylist prods Mi-nyeo’s chest to check that the bindings are tight. There’s not not much to bind in the first place, “But still, you’re a girl.”
Tae-kyung is incredulous: “She was a girl?”
OH MY GOD.
I LOVE THIS. (More on this later.)
Tae-kyung pushes “record” on his laptop to get the last snippet, as Mi-nyeo says with relief, “Thanks to you, nobody will find out I’m a girl.”
Tae-kyung drives to the studio to “confirm something important,” and walks in on rehearsal where the A.N.JELL guys are practicing with the other dancers. Everyone watches curiously as he beelines for Mi-nyeo, and he stares at her intently.
Suddenly, he grabs her in a hug. And feels the truth for himself.
He says incredulously, “Go Mi-nam… you!”
But he doesn’t get to finish that thought. Sung-chan walks in with a reporter, who starts snapping photos happily. Sung-chan is pleased at the sight of the two members seemingly on good terms (and this also suggests to the others that this was a photo op).
Tae-kyung tries to get the manager alone to tell him his important news, but Sung-chan blows him off. So when Tae-kyung insists they have to kick Mi-nam out of the group, it comes out sounding petty and he is waved aside.
Mi-nyeo is just relieved that nothing weird(er) happened with Tae-kyung, and is instructed by her manager to the second-floor bathroom to avoid showering with the other boys. However, they’re unaware that the downstairs shower is broken, and that the boys are headed upstairs.
Jeremy notices, “Mi-nam really doesn’t wash.” Shin-woo knows the real reason why, but since Jeremy is so endearingly thick, he concludes, “Like Tae-kyung hyung said, he must really be dirty!”
Hoon-yi had been guarding the door, but a phone call makes him wander away, so Mi-nyeo freezes to hear their approach. Thankfully she’s done showering, but now she’s stuck in the locker room, and the boys are all getting nekkid! I LOVE the censoring — laugh-out-loud hilarity, folks! — as everyone’s modesty is preserved with animated clouds.
But what’s an innocent almost-nun to do??? As she does in times of stress, Mi-nyeo appeals to the Mother Superior, who appears (in her imagination) to give her some advice. She reminds Mi-nyeo of the cherubs in religious paintings, which have never given her a sense of shame: “Think of them as cherubs appearing as God made them.”
It is hysterical. (I couldn’t stop laughing.)
It does do the trick, though, since Mi-nyeo is able to peacefully walk toward the exit without shame, as she pictures all the boys as angelic babies.
She snaps out of her reverie when Shin-woo covers her eyes with a towel. Smiling, he tells her: “Since you’re done washing, you can leave. If you’re here, I can’t shower.”
She totally misses the meaning behind that, and she rushes out. She sighs in relief, “Great, I wasn’t found out!”
But she gets the response, “You have been found out.”
Tae-kyung stands facing her, arms akimbo. Coming closer, he announces, “I’ve found you out.”
Uh-oh. Mi-nyeo prays, “Mother Superior, what do I do now?”
COMMENTS
I was thinking we’d get another Coffee Prince with conflicted emotions and attractions and ten episodes of anticipation, but Tae-kyung finds out the truth now?? THIS IS FANTASTIC.
The setup to this drama (crossdressing and romantic comedy) means that there are a few predictable elements that must happen, like someone finding out the truth early, and someone being uncomfortably attracted to Mi-nam. However, what makes this drama strong from a narrative perspective is that it swiftly takes us PAST these cliches, so that instead of dragging out the obvious ending for episodes, we address that point right away and move on. That makes me more excited for what’s to come, since there’s more of an element of surprise.
Aside from that, I again have to point out the great casting for all four idols. Jang Geun-seok has a wonderful sneer, and he really commits to it — I feel like this is the most committed I’ve seen him to a role in a long time.
I also love the manager’s overreliance on English phrases. Oh, it’s hella cheesy but that’s why I love it — he thinks it’s cool but it makes him look silly.
I love Jeremy for his dunderheadedness — how oblivious is he? He’s the first one sensing an inkling of attraction because his body takes note of the signs — Mi-nam’s girlish mannerisms, smooth skin, vaguely feminine ambiance — but his brain is a step behind his body, so he’s the last one to know.
And while Tae-kyung is a great character who I’m sure I will end up rooting for, HOW GREAT IS SHIN-WOO? I like him so much. He’s the Rui that Kim Hyun-joong couldn’t quite be. I have in the past suffered from Second Lead Crush Syndrome, where I felt bad for secondary characters who never got the girl despite treating her better than the hero, and I think Shin-woo will continue this trend. But I think of this in a positive light, because the benefit to a strong conflict like this is that the love triangle actually feels tense and engaging.
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101 heemahng
October 10, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I love love love absolutely love this drama!!!! I haven't felt so excited about a drama in quite a while!!!!
I just hope IRIS doesn't negatively influence its ratings too much TT
This drama, its cast, and its staff definitely deserve the utmost praise and recognition!!!!
Wed/Thur are definitely going to be my favorite days of the week while this drama is broadcasting.
You're Beautiful Fighting!!!!!!!!!!
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102 Karoo
October 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM
wow I'm really liking this drama :) it's really good. I love ur recaps :D thanks to u I now know the difference between a good and a bad drama LOL. I never noticed how really badly cliched some dramas are but then again it's easier to notice it when reading about it rather than watchin ... well it's like that for me. I wasn't interested in this drama at first but after the reading the first episode it really got me interested in it :] because of school I rarely have time to watch any dramas so I was really thankful to find this site =) thanks for the recaps!!
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103 theleenbean
October 10, 2009 at 10:44 PM
thanks for the recap!
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104 xiaoSxin
October 10, 2009 at 10:55 PM
oh man my inner fan girl is screaming with the scenes when Shin Woo found out that she is a girl!!!!!
And like you javabeans, I also sensed Shin Woo's Rui character!!!! Oh my gosh, this drama is turning out to be a fusion of Coffee Prince and Hana Yori Dango!!!
I am liking Shin Woo's character very much, and it is only episode 2???!!!! I am sure I will end up as well rooting for Tae Kyung's character, but for now I will enjoy this drama as it comes...
Oh please I hope this does not disappoint!!! Wednesday - Thursday is now becoming my Happy Days again!!
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105 ar_arguably romantic
October 10, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Thanks for the recap! There were so many twists and turns, I was riveted! I seriously thought he was going to fall in love with her as a him- which I wouldn't have hated (I love it when a guy becomes confused about his sexuality because of a cross-dressing girl!), but it keeps things fresh and it keeps it from being compared to Coffee Prince too much.
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106 Sakura
October 10, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Hey !! the luminous green ball kind of ECO - friendly yah !!.
I like "ko mi nam" manner of speech, is this a korean dialect ?
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107 Jo
October 10, 2009 at 11:13 PM
honestly, park shin hye is really talented. she was the child version of Choi Ji Woo in Stairway to Heaven and was spectacular in there and in Tree of heaven as well. She knows how to act and I think its great she is taking a lighter role compared to her heavier ones in the past. I also think she pulls the innocent image off very well, she doesnt push it on the overacting and weird faces (i.e. Jandi in BOF-who wasnt a great actor).
I love this cast to pieces. Love love love! Its perfect.
P.S. Usually Jang Geun Seok annoys me. idk, he just did in like every single one of his dramas but now i cant even recognize him. He is so different. The bad boy role may be easy to pull off, but mann, he is really doing well in this i think.
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108 ockoala
October 10, 2009 at 11:19 PM
There are two viable options in girl cross-dressing as boy scenarios, both of which are prevalent in mangas.
1. The hero does not find out the lead is a girl until AFTER he falls in love with her, leading to self-questioning "am I gay" type angst, and "shall I tell him, but he'll hate me for lying" angst for our heroine.
2. The hero knows right off the bat that she's a girl, leading to "she's totally not my type, but I'll help her hide this secret, cuz there is a good reason for it" type angst, and "everyone thinks she's a boy, so when the leads fall in love, they've got to hide it" angst.
Both are all good, different angst, same result - makes us viewers all giddy with anticipation and twisty with anxiety. Love You're Beautiful to pieces, so far, so perfect.
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109 jkl
October 10, 2009 at 11:26 PM
After the utterly disappointing My Fair Lady, I am oh so very glad that this one is brings in the crack. My Girl & Delightful Girl are my all-time kdrama favorites, and now with the Hong sisters back in action.... whoa.. I'm speechless with this one ^___^
Episode 2 was definitely better than the first! I was laughing all episode. I've already seen this episode three times and I still laugh for the same reasons. It's the first time that I actually fell in love with the whole cast and ALL the main characters. I'm also very glad that the two male leads in the love triangle both already know the truth. I love surprises. Poor Jeremy, it'll surely take him awhile to figure it out with that dense personality. I wonder if this cutie will be the new Nakatsu experiencing all the angst in questioning his own sexual orientation.
* Jeremy is delicious
* Shinwoo is awesome
* Taekyung is hot
* Minam is adorable ^^
EPIC scenes that had me bawling(in laughter):
* throwing up in to poor Taekyung's mouth
* random trophy falls on Minam; poor Taekyung's (caught!) expression
* glow in the dark balls! poor taekyung.. staring into his mac.. witnessing strange revelations..
- i find Taekyung pitiful D= lol
* nun trapped in locker room filled w. boys undressing
Anyway, another thing got me thinking. When we first meet Mo Hwaran in the previous episode, I was already confused with who she was referring to when she said she resembles Minam(?). I already had a feeling that she could have also been referring to Taekyung because the camera kept switching to him.. then back to Minam(during the press conference). My own interpretation of it is that it really is Minam's mother, a rich and famous singer.. But as we see in this episode, it somewhat makes us believe that it is Taekyung's mother instead. But the reunion in the elevator had a strange vibe that we didn't really get something we'd expect from a mother and son. Perhaps, as a child, Taekyung believed that she really was his mother, even though she's not. I get that feeling because I remember the woman poking fun at Taekyung that he used to call her 'mother.' .. er.. w/e.. I think I'm over analyzing now.. I'll just keep an eye out for twists.
That's enough with my rambling. Thanks JB for the wonderful recaps!
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Oh. And another thing. Taekyung's method of FEELING the truth for himself is kinda funny. There must be other ways out there rather than actually feeling for it. XD I mean, seriously, boys.
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110 Ree
October 10, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Okay, here to my first post ever on DB!
Wow! That is all I have to say and that I was totally not expecting Tae-Kyung to discover her real gender this early in the show...what a surprise! That came our of nowhere! I guess I was one of many who expected the story timeline to be similiar to CP but thank goodness that it doesn't because now we all don't know what coming up next. I looking forward to the coupling and how they going to pull it off. Especially since it look like there going to be another female fighting for Tae-Kyung's heart. This should be interesting!!!This is definitely one of the best beginnings of the first two epsiodes of a drama I have seen so far! It keep me laughing and oh so entertain :D
Some of my favorite LOL scenes in this episode includes: Tae-Kyung saying :
"You're spitting in my room!" (haha), the grocery trunk that goes who want eggs during the phone call ( seriously that was so random but so perfect timing at the same time), the locker room ( talk about using your imagination!), and last but not least the ever so classic webcam incident ( his expression from "what going on" to the surprise of thinking he knows what going on to the SHOCK of the revelation is...wait for it...PRICELESS!)
P.S. Thank you JB for all your work on this site and for all the recaps :)
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111 itsjustme
October 10, 2009 at 11:32 PM
i love this drama! although i know its wishful thinking but i hope to see some real-life idol cameos (other than after school that is)..
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112 Mathew Kraft
October 10, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Could be Tae kyung is the step son as we remember ko mi nam dad was a famous musician and the mother was a famous singer ?
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113 Rovi
October 10, 2009 at 11:42 PM
Jeremy reminds me of Nakatsu (from Hana Kimi), specifically when he's attracted to Ashiya Mizuki's feminine side (as noted by the gay doctor)...
Nothing, just noted the similarities... :P
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114 to javabeans
October 10, 2009 at 11:51 PM
to javabeans
I feeling bad. if you like SHIN-WOO,do mention only SHIN-WOO
do not mention kim Hyun-joong . kim Hyun-joong is good.
kim Hyun-joong was star before bbf .
most of Korean does not say good except actor have exellent -exellent act skill beause there is many exellent talent actor, actress
act Evaluation is strict in korea.
kim Hyun-joong show jihoo who is not the possibility of forgetting.
in korea kim Hyun-joong is only jihoo.
He was interested the mass communication which is excessive and
kim Hyun-joong Was criticized hard actor skill the beginning by his fame.
later kim Hyun-joong get praised. kim Hyun-joong is top star.
SHIN-WOO was being nameless .
The mass communication is not interest SHIN-WOO .
the sound of the recording criticism which will be famous grows
I do not Think that SHIN-WOO is bad. SHIN-WOO is safe.
He’s the Rui that Kim Hyun-joong couldn’t quite be.
Eliminate this sentence
Does not devaluate Kim Hyun-joong .
Remove your personal sentiment your priview
Kim Hyun-joong is execllent jihoo.
Does not devaluate Kim Hyun-joong .
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115 jj
October 11, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I LOVE SHINWOO!!
He is so cute & sweet! His gesture of covering her eyes w/ the towel was sort of in a protective way. Freakin CUTE!
I think he sensed her gender when he was holding her when she fainted and he felt her chest when they were "hugging". Then when he was on the roof and overheard her talking about her "oppa", it confirmed that she was indeed a girl.
lol I love Jeremy & his fruit. He is ALWAYS eating some type of fruit. Hilarious.
TaeKyung's facial expressions!! Yay Jang Geun Suk!
The thing that made me wonder is... if Taekyung could hear Minyeo and the stylist on the webcam... couldn't they hear him too? :P
I LOVE this drama! Def my crack of 2009 also. Thank you so much for recapping this drama!
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116 jiayue
October 11, 2009 at 12:07 AM
shin woo is more or less my dream guy, such a pity he is not the lead!
but this episode was soooo hilarious! can't wait for the next one
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117 mumuchan
October 11, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Excellent recap, as usual^^ I must say I was first a little bit dissapointed with the whole girls-posing-as-a-boy thing being revealed so early in the story, but I think you're right, it may lead to a whole different scenario we all have in mind when we watch this kind of story. This drama was the one I was expecting the most , and the first episode was good enough to get me hooked, the second one sounds as much entertaining as well. The cast is really good, and I love the rhythm.
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118 she is conceited indeed
October 11, 2009 at 12:15 AM
@#11 unoriginal - Oct 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm
"Park Shin Hye really needs to start being more original instead of being a Yoon Eun Hye copycat. First Goong-Goong S now Coffee Prince-You’re Beautiful.
What’s next My fair Lady-I m a Princess? She is so unoriginal."
^Thank You! i cannot bring myself to ever like a conceited, arrogant girl like Park Shin Hye. I saw an article where she said she'll do better than Yoon Eun hye and she'll make people forget Go Eunchan, what an arrogant girl. it mad me totally lose respect for her as an actress and as a person. As an actress, how can someone be so undignified? This girl hasn't had a hit series as the main lead, yet she thinks she's already an A-list star. With this kind of attitude and big head she will not go far.
She's the copycat who thinks she can do better, but a copycat will remain a copycat, always the follower never the leader. So she should be more humble instead of acting as if her sh!t dont stink.
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TT
January 19, 2016 at 2:55 PM
lol she never said that.... Stop making things up!!!
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119 pabo ceo reom
October 11, 2009 at 12:18 AM
LOL.
I seriously laughed out loud so many times during this episode. The Hong sisters are really brilliant scriptwriters. Just when I'm expecting something they completely change it on me.
The fact that Tae-kyung found out about her secret is definitely the most surprising part for me. Like you, I was SURE he wouldn't find out until way later. I'm glad he did because now I don't really know what to expect....I love that in dramas!
And lastly, I am one step ahead of you on Shin-woo...I already have full blown Second Lead Crush Syndrome. So bittersweet!
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120 spoiled
October 11, 2009 at 12:25 AM
i rewatch ep2 like 5 times already. .. the trophy fall on the head make me roll on the floor laughing ...
it's been such a long time that i feel like waiting for another week to come so i can watch this drama....
omg it just so good...
watch this make me so happy... because it is truly hilarious...
love love love
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121 serendipity
October 11, 2009 at 12:37 AM
The Hong Sisters may get somewhat burlesque, but they always seem to create characters that we care about. Just two episodes in, and I'm already pretty invested -- what's going to happen to them? How will this play out for each person?
Also, I can't help wondering: Are they going to go for the cliched scene, of GMN misunderstanding JGS or giving up, running back to the convent, and being pursued by JGS, who bursts upon the horrified / fascinated nuns in all his Guy-liner Glory, rock music blaring? Hee hee...
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122 spoiled
October 11, 2009 at 12:41 AM
wow 120 comments in such a short time... i hope this drama become a big hit!
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123 kya
October 11, 2009 at 1:04 AM
^starting next Wednesday and Thursday it will be competing with IRIS so I seriously doubt it.
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124 sugarpunch
October 11, 2009 at 1:29 AM
HM. very much like hana kimi... but i really hope it surpasses the plot of hana kimi. At least her identity as a girl is found out early in the show, if not i would have died of boredom over all the antics of hiding her identity for the next 7-8 episodes -.-
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125 yumi-chan
October 11, 2009 at 1:30 AM
This reminds me of Hana Kimi, on how the lead found out that the girl posing as a boy was truly a boy while the other one thought he was gay but went with it anyway. Shin Woo is just a little bit of HYD in that HK mix.
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126 to 118
October 11, 2009 at 1:43 AM
to 118
i am korean .
do not misunderstnding.
you do not know korea language.
psh is the person who is kind, modesty.
what she talk is expression work enthusiastically
korean do not receive like you what psh talk.
Impression is different.
psh is good persom
are u anti?
Your word calls misunderstand.
You have to apology her.
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127 Angela
October 11, 2009 at 1:58 AM
I was really glad that most of the main cast is already aware of her true gender... it totally blew my expectations, since I really did think it was going to take a Coffee Prince route. I'm really glad to see it's more Hana Kimi-ish. I wonder if she'll realize the other two members (if Jeremy ever finds out) know her gender as well. It can still be funny if everyone knows she a girl, but she doesn't know they know. I can't wait till next week!!!
Terrific review. ^_^
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128 awesome!
October 11, 2009 at 2:00 AM
omg. thanks tons for this awesome recaps. i was laughing throughout.. gawd i love shinwoo..such a sweet guy XD . still have trouble getting over tae-kyung's hair though. anyways, AWESOME!!!
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129 k
October 11, 2009 at 2:14 AM
does anyone else see the uncanny resemblance between shin woo and tak jae hoon? but he's much much hotter D:
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130 serendipity
October 11, 2009 at 2:45 AM
The boys are doing a GREAT job of pretending to be a real performing rock band. At first I thought "oo, the actors play instruments?", but as I watched more carefully I could see that the guitar- and drum-playing don't go with the track. JGS *appears* to be playing real chords, though his bar chords are a bit unconvincing. I'm guessing they knows the rudiments of drum/guitar, but for the purposes of filming have to focus on the singing and the attitude. Still, all in all, great faking work, boys. A very convincing boy band - I'll scream for you any day!
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131 jeijei
October 11, 2009 at 2:46 AM
SHINWOO! woot woot! i am digging jang geun seok, but i am still rooting for that second guy. i hope the hong sisters would subvert the biggest cliche---the girl ending up with the lead guy (after he has resolved his personal issues).
Shin Woo does not resemble nakatsu at all. nakatsu is uber funny with his crazy antics. but shin woo is kinda that "ideal" good guy. too bad, he's just second to our byronic hero.
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132 ruthie
October 11, 2009 at 3:15 AM
ooohhh ooohh! it seems like JB enjoys this drama. i better start watching this! looks awesome! its been awhile since ive seen a good one...
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133 Atsirk
October 11, 2009 at 4:01 AM
OMGOSH. I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH THE THREE OF THEM...WAHAHAHA...
AWESOME RECAPS, JAVABEANS ;)
Something to watch now after MFL :)
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134 another hooked fan
October 11, 2009 at 4:18 AM
As a side note, what's with the whole bashing PSH comments? If you don't like her, then don't watch.
Anyhoo, first time posting in here but I have to say, I have always loved your reviews, JB!
I have watched the first 2 eps multiple times already and it just doesn't get old. Each time I find it funnier and funnier. I'm already on the bandwagon of Second Lead Crush Syndrome. Jung Yong Hwa is handsome and his character just makes me go "kyahhh". Though his acting is still somewhat stiff, I think he's doing pretty well for his first role. I do have to agree with JB's statement that he is the Rui that KHJ couldn't be. Don't get me wrong folks, I adore that boy but I'm just being honest here.
As for JGS, no words can be said. I love him. His sullen and moody looks. That sexy voice. I'm up in cloud nine, lol.
I can't wait for next week.
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135 findland
October 11, 2009 at 4:31 AM
One thing makes me feel annoyed: some people're just keeping on comparing Miss Park with EYH in coffee prince. It's obviously much different from style, situation, the way they act and thinking.
In coffee prince, the tomboy was somewhat mature because she had to be the head of the family and had to taking care of everything for her family.
In You're beautiful, the innocent, naive nun, who don't know much how tough the real world outside her monastery environment, had to disguise herself as a boy .
So her ways of acting were so much different from the tomboy girl in coffee prince. She isn't really know how to act like a guy, how is guy different from a girl physically LOL (:
So please don't compare and comdemn the innocent nun, making so much judments about 2 roles in 2 different situations.
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136 anna
October 11, 2009 at 4:46 AM
I'm 100+ comments behind, but I have a feeling TK didn't find out the real truth. He said at one point, "she WAS a girl?" I'm sensing that he might think she WAS a girl, as in "transsexual". LOL
I find it silly that he finds out so early. Usually it's one of the guys, not two, so I don't know. I'm hoping they go with a different angle and have the 3 of them guessing. One knows the truth, the other knows the truth, but not really what he thinks it is, and the last one is just clueless, close but no dice. :D
One thing about JGS, he's so young, yet he looks like he's in his 30s sometimes. Those closeups are not pretty. X_X
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137 Jeniper Mose
October 11, 2009 at 4:59 AM
" Tae-kyung is incredulous: “She was a girl?”
OH MY GOD.
I LOVE THIS. (More on this later.)"
JB we are waiting for you view on the above statement. Thanks.
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138 love dramas(:
October 11, 2009 at 5:13 AM
but didnt they show the preview where the guy was asking the girl to leave? im assuminng tae kyung knows.. wondering what would happen if the girl ended up with the second lead. but that would never happen..sighs..poor shin woo~
anyways, THANKS JAVABEANS FOR THE AWESOME RECAPS!!!
im totally loving this show<3
and, whoever said psh was a copycat, just dont watch it. its your loss.
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139 tuchee11
October 11, 2009 at 5:15 AM
OMIGAAAH!
Since some of you have pointed it out, the "WAS" part, it makes it more intriguing! I'm waiting for JB's view on this as well ;)
So assuming, we have a guy who knows he is a she, one who thinks he WAS a she, and another one who is totally clueless at the moment! LoL! I love this! Now I'm itching for Wednesday to come! Gaaaah!
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140 sophia
October 11, 2009 at 5:19 AM
I agree 100% with everything you've said. It feels like even after only 2 EPISODES this is what Boys Before Flowers could and should have been. If it wasn't for Lee Min Ho acting his ass off - that show would have been an utter farce.
Anyway, back to the point. The first episode was great but as you said this was even better, I’m completely in love with all the characters already and the acting is good too – there is no “bad choice” here, everyone plays their role well. I find Tae-kyung sexy as hell (oddly) – Shin woo is so sweet, nice and charming (I think we are all gonna fall for him) - and Jeremy aka dunderhead is just too cute (slightly overacting aside), though I think he needs to re-think the colour of his hair.
For me Go Ni Nam is so fantastic and one of the main reasons to watch this drama – she has completely charmed me to death and I think her acting is spot on….No over acting, no overdoing on the cuteness or anything. When watching these shows often the lead actress almost become secondary to me, I fall for the actor and watch for the guy (yep I admit I’m shamefully that shallow). But this is not the case with Park Shin Hye I love her as much as I love the guys.
I’m respecting the choices made by the writers so far – Thank god it’s known already that the Go Min Nyeo is a girl because it could have followed a too predictable pattern, with the boys “confused” about their sexuality malarkey, but this way I’m interested to see where they will take us.
I feel like I’m too excited about this drama and I’m worried that it won’t live up to my expectations after delivering two surprisingly excellent first episodes. It’s probably because we’ve suffered through enough questionable acting, implausible stories and dramatic changes in our favourite characters for NO REASON AT ALL to last us a lifetime never mind 10 months.
Anyway, let’s just hope the writers stay on track and continue to make smart, funny and interesting choices. Roll on episode three and four!!
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141 sophia
October 11, 2009 at 5:30 AM
Just reading everyone's messages - I'm so excited that we are ALL excited about this drama, Its been AWHILE eh ladies?? WOO HOO. Fingers and toes crossed in can continue to deliver
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142 Nana
October 11, 2009 at 5:45 AM
thanx for the recap i really enjoyed this ep alot ..
it's so funny and i like all the casts .. and i love the element of surprise here makes us wondering what will come next .. when they both found out that she's a girl i was like what from now but any way i like .. and i love Shin Woo here too (^^,)
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143 mojadora
October 11, 2009 at 5:58 AM
late comment is late but omg this drama is awesome!
it's only ep 2 but i'm already sold. please dont let me down be awesome until the end!
ep 2 is hilarious!
my fave scenes:
-MN vomitting on TK's mouth. lol and gross
-when MN spit on the candle and TK confront her + the trophy knocking her out, when the other guys came, TK's expression is so funny.
-jeremy and MN with the angelina jolie (luv the dog's name)
-the webcam scene! OMG it was EPIC. i cant stop laughing when i watched it
-the shower room scene. SW is so sweet covering her eyes with the towel.. i love him. and the censoring with the clouds is hilarious! and when the naked guys turned into little kids omg bhahahaha
it's like You're Beautiful= HYD/BOF+Coffee Prince+Hanakimi
which is a good thing since i love those 3 to death.
its the perfect drama for me!
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144 crazygirl
October 11, 2009 at 6:23 AM
Thank you for the recap! I love love this show! I hope it will keep getting better. I laughed so hard in most of the scenes. This is the first show in a long while that I didn't fast forward to a more entertaining scene. No draggy parts yet. The actors did a great job as well. I'm anticipating the next episode already!
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145 reluctantbutaddicted
October 11, 2009 at 6:56 AM
Great recaps... unlike BBF though, the show is as much fun as your recaps. I'm a little sorry I started in watching this show, because now I am consumed with anticipation for Wed/Thurs and then the wait for the subs and recaps.
I was so happy to see her gender revealed so early on (revealed to Tae-kyung, at least, and Shin-woo (poor, poor, lovely 2nd lead--I'll be cheering him on just as I was The Voice in Coffee Prince) and in such a fabulously funny way. Tae-kyung's expressions in that scene, and so many others, were marvellous.
Thanks again, Javabeans, I always appreciate your recaps and analysis.
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146 aeyc
October 11, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Thanks for the recap javabeans. Keep it coming! I'm so loving SHIN WOO!!!!!!!!! The guy is so sweet and hot.
A girl posing as a guy cliche still appeals to me but the Hong sisters took it up a notch! Brilliant!!!
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147 MeiLin
October 11, 2009 at 7:44 AM
@sophia
[I agree 100% with everything you’ve said. It feels like even after only 2 EPISODES this is what Boys Before Flowers could and should have been. If it wasn’t for Lee Min Ho acting his ass off – that show would have been an utter farce.]
I was thinking the exact same thing!
If only KBN was like You're Beautiful.
That drama survived because of all the hype and eye-candy but if it wasn't for Lee Min Ho, I'm not so sure that it would've became as popular.
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148 Brendel
October 11, 2009 at 7:47 AM
This drama is soooo good! I love the cast!
Thanks for the recaps!
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149 tonia
October 11, 2009 at 7:50 AM
WAAAAHHHH!!!! Finally, something worth watching. I am so loving this series right now. Gosh! Though I hate JGS's hair, I still commend him in his acting. This kid really is one talented young man. I am loving Shin Woo too, he actually resembles Jung Il Woo whom I adore by the way (hate the way his character developed in MFL). As much as I love Shin Woo right now, I feel sad already because I know he won't get the girl in the end. I can't believe that both the 1st and 2nd male lead have great chemistry with the main female lead. Wow! Haven't seen that since MY GIRL. With this series, I am actually torn again with TY and SW. LOVE THIS SERIES. Can't wait for next week. Huhuhu!!!
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150 tinyviolin
October 11, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Wow. I thought I was in for a pleasantly light drama and I ended up laughing so loud I had to shut my windows! My neighbors must think I'm loony, haha.
Shin-woo is soooo like Rui! I'm so with you, on his side, but I hope Tae Kyung can win me over. And, oh, I'm looking forward to it.
When the truck rolls by, totally deadpan, blaring "Eggs! Eggs!" I had to stop the video because I was laughing too hard. And, the scene before that, the naked baby angels after that. Such hilarity.
And when Tae-kyung watches them on the webcam I was like "hahahahahaha~GASP! he knows!" So cool, if only for the element of omo shock. Tae-kyung is scary for a skinny guy, too...dun dun dun...
Cliches or not, as long as this stays this fun, my heart's in it. Yay! ^^
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