You're Beautiful: Episode 14 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps

321 November 19, 2009January 24, 2016

You’re Beautiful: Episode 14

by javabeans

Once again, we run the gamut of emotions from light to heavy, which I always find to be a welcome thing when a drama heads to its more serious moments. Yes, some of the conflicts amp up in this episode, but it also has more of its trademark goofy parody sequences to lighten the in-between moments. The threesome parody in this episode is possibly my favorite Hong sisters parody ever.

SONG OF THE DAY

Jang Geun-seok – “Good Bye.” This song plays late in the episode. [ Download ]

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EPISODE 14 RECAP

Tae-kyung is about to tell Mi-nyo something, starting, “Go Mi-nam, I… you…” But then, he’s interrupted by excited fans, who wave excitedly as they arrive in buses.

Tae-kyung is annoyed with the interruption, particularly since Mi-nyeo takes it as her cute to excuse herself. Explaining that she’ll act as though he’s just sending her off, she starts to leave.

He holds her back, saying, “Hear me out first.” Leaning in close, he says, “I like you.”

(Omo!)

Having gotten that out in the open, he lets her go, but now she’s so shocked that she stands in a daze. As the fangirls swarm around him, Mi-nyeo wonders if she heard right. She thinks, “I wish the world would quiet down so I can hear the soft words in my memory.”

She thinks back, confirming that he had indeed said those words, and suddenly the world around her is all roses and butterflies. LITERALLY.

As this finally sinks in, Mi-nyeo starts giggling out loud in glee, exultant. She doesn’t see Tae-kyung sitting in his car a short distance away, who smiles and says, “So she did hear me properly.”

On the plane, Shin-woo looks at the empty seat next to him and tells himself, “I knew she wouldn’t come. But since I told her that I’ve already begun [to have feelings], that’s enough.”

Almost immediately, photos pop up online of Tae-kyung and Mi-nam at the airport. Heyi is annoyed — why would Tae-kyung go to the airport to see Mi-nam? — and displeased. Meanwhile, may I take the moment to point out the HILARITY of the top 3 online star searches, as seen in Heyi’s web browser??

Dong Bang Single
So Nyeo Junior
Super Shidae

Tae-kyung gives Mi-nyeo a ride home. Mi-nyeo wonders how to handle herself around him, given his declaration: “Should I tell him that I heard him and give him permission too?” However, she imagines him issuing a gruff response, and considers trying the opposite instead — she could say she didn’t hear what he said and ask him to repeat it. But she imagines him sneering at that, “You didn’t hear? Then cancel it!”

Mi-nyeo decides to accept his statement gratefully, and figures that she doesn’t need to hear him say it anyway, because “if I hear him say that he likes me again, my heart may burst.”

Tae-kyung breaks the silence by suggesting they grab something to eat, and asks if she likes spaghetti. Mi-nyeo hiccups. Puzzled, he repeats the question, and she hiccups again. Testing out a theory, Tae-kyung enunciates clearly, “Do you LIKE charcoal-grilled kalbi? Do you LIKE naengmyun? What about sushi, do you LIKE it? I LIKE sushi.” She hiccups every time he says the word LIKE.

He prods her to answer (which is his way of getting her to say she likes him back). Mi-nyeo answers, “I really, really like [it] very, very much.”

Sushi lunch. Mi-nyeo takes all the shrimp and crab off his plate because of his allergies, happy to eat them. When Tae-kyung tells her to give him two pieces in exchange for the ones she took, her face falls — she was counting on eating them. So Tae-kyung relents and tells her to eat them all, so as not to lose points. (“Why is it so tough to preserve my score?”)

When Mi-nyeo brings up the issue of photos from the airport being made public, Tae-kyung answers that he’s not very worried. There’s nothing scandalous about him seeing her off, although he is aware that fans often create stories out of nothing. He adds (with a perfectly straight face), “There are a lot of love stories that don’t even feature women.”

He’s talking, yup, about fanfic. (I love it!) In what is my favorite giggly sequence this episode (possible this drama?), he explains, “Most of them are a love triangle between me, Shin-woo, and Jeremy.”

LULZ! Imaginations run wild in his exaggerated examples: two hands cover Fanfic Tae-kyung’s eyes and he asks hopefully, “Shin-woo?” The hands move aside to reveal a hurt Jeremy, who says, “You’re always looking for Shin-woo.” Holding Tae-kyung’s hand to his chest, Fanfic Jeremy says, “You’re inside my heart.”

At that moment, a glass shatters — Fanfic Shin-woo has walked in and seen this intimate moment. Angry at being thus replaced by Jeremy, he vows, “I’m going to destroy you both!”

(OMG. I love that the writers work in details incorporating some of the more ridiculous aspects of idol life. First Sung-chan’s ridiculous English, and now yaoi fanfiction.)

Jeremy logs on to read the latest stories online, getting a kick out of them. He’s waiting at the broadcast station where he is going to make a surprise cameo appearance at the end. He plans to use this as his platform for telling Mi-nam how he feels in the form of a song.

However, his web browsing leads him to the airport photos of Mi-nam and Tae-kyung, which makes him wonder what’s going on. With the question dangling in the air, he can’t concentrate until he confirms the truth with Tae-kyung, and heads out. He only has an hour before he has to make his appearance, and if he doesn’t make it there will be trouble.

Hoon-yi sees Tae-kyung and Mi-nyeo arriving at the agency together, and gapes. Why did Tae-kyung interfere and go to the airport? A little triumphantly, Tae-kyung tells Hoon-yi, “Take a good look.” He whirls Mi-nyeo around and hugs her, prompting her to press her nose. Having proved his point to the manager, he heads off to work.

Hoon-yi can’t believe it — so her pig-nose was because of Tae-kyung? She asks anxiously, “Does he know what that means?” Hoon-yi can’t understand why, of all the people in the world, she’d fall for mean ol’ Tae-kyung. She answers, “At some point, I started to feel electric shocks.”

Jeremy arrives in time to catch the end of this conversation. Staring at Mi-nyeo intently, he asks, “Do you like Tae-kyung hyung?” She’s a little surprised by the blunt question, but nods. Jeremy’s face twists to hear it, and he runs off.

When they learn that Jeremy is still missing from the studio, Hoon-yi and Mi-nyeo try to track him down. They have no luck, but Mi-nyeo remembers the bus and follows her hunch to the bus stop.

She sees Jeremy sitting alone in an empty bus and races after it. She climbs onboard and starts to approach Jeremy, who looks up and glares: “This is my bus. Get off.” Seeing how upset Jeremy is, Mi-nyeo feels horrible as he continues, with wounded confusion:

Jeremy: “When I thought you were a guy, I was okay with it. When I found out you were a girl, I was okay with it. But if you like Tae-kyung hyung, I can’t be okay with it. Why? Why wasn’t it me? I told you about my treasure bus, and I let you close to Jolie, and I was going to sing a song only for you. Why don’t you like me?”

They sit in silence on opposite sides of the bus for a while. Jeremy answers a call from the studio, and agrees to sing his song over the phone instead. He’s chosen a cheerful children’s tune called “Such Good Words.”

As Jeremy introduces his selection, he looks over at Mi-nyeo, directing his words to her: “These good words were so precious to me that I saved them up. If I keep them inside too much, they turn into words I can’t say again. But I hope they’re not disagreeable words, useless words, or words that make you sad.” Knowing he’s talking to her, Mi-nyeo gestures that no, she doesn’t think that.

He starts to sing: “I love you, these words are such good words. When our family goes to bed, they give and receive these words. I love you, these words are such good words. These are words Jeremy wants to give to her.”

Lee Hong-ki – “참 좋은말” (Such Good Words). Again, ripped from the episode. [ Download ]

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When he finishes, she tells him, “They’re very good words.” He answers, “But you can’t accept them. Right, Go Mi-nam?” That’s true, and Mi-nyeo apologizes.

Jeremy tells her frankly, “I can’t say it’s okay right now. When this bus returns to its place, then it’ll become okay.” When the bus rolls to a stop, he tells her, “When I get off this bus, I’m going to return to being the happy Jeremy. Forget everything I said here. If you don’t forget them, I can’t return. Got it, Go Mi-nam?”

True to his word, when he steps off the bus, he puts on a cheery face and talks in his usual energetic way. They head off to eat ice cream together, with only the fleetingest of looks betraying that Jeremy isn’t as happy as he’s acting.

Tae-kyung and his producer meet with a former singer who once knew Go Jae-hyun. The singer explains that Go Jae-hyun was a nice, ordinary guy who had dated Hwa-ran. The relationship fell apart when she went to another man, and afterward he got together with another woman, who was preparing to be a singer herself. Not knowing of Tae-kyung’s personal connection to this story, he insinuates that Hwa-ran had quite a lot of men in her day.

Tae-kyung mutters to himself, “That grand love sounds quite messy when discussed in other people’s words.”

Hwa-ran hates the idea of “that woman’s daughter” and her son being cozy, and decides to do something about it. She presents Mi-nyeo with a gift — a dress — and says meaningfully, “I picked right, didn’t I?”

Hwa-ran assures M-nyeo not to worry — she doesn’t want to mess with her. Mi-nyeo asks Hwa-ran to pretend not to know until her brother returns soon, and that her bandmates are not to blame. Hwa-ran concludes, “They knew and covered for you, and were your friends. You did something very dangerous. It’s complicated to explain to you, but Hwang Tae-kyung and I have a special personal relationship. Be careful not to get involved and make things complicated.”

Mi-nyeo promises, “No matter what happens, I will make sure not to cause trouble for Hwang Tae-kyung. I cannot let him be hurt.” Hwa-ran replies, “From his perspective, it would have been better not getting involved with you.”

Mi-nyeo chalks Hwa-ran’s statements up to being a protective mother, but still, this whole situation makes her uneasy. She can’t let Tae-kyung know that she knows about his relationship with his mother — he was so sad on his birthday that she couldn’t bring herself to say it — but feigning ignorance means she’s caught in the middle: “It feels like I’m lying to him, and it doesn’t feel good.”

I appreciate the way the writers turn the situation from serious to funny in a natural way: After everything that’s happened, Mi-nyeo has had quite a tiring day. However, Tae-kyung doesn’t know this and wonders why she hasn’t called him all day. He concedes, “Well, I did tell her not to inconvenience me, so she must have spent all day waiting.”

To his surprise, she answers the phone in a sleepy voice. Disappointed (and offended), Tae-kyung retorts, “Forget it! Keep sleeping, you sleepyheaded Pig-Rabbit!”

Not satisfied to end things on that note, he calls her out and takes her to the movie theater. When she warns him that she may fall asleep, he insists that he didn’t call her out to watch the movie (i.e., as a date) — he just needs a guide in the dark. He didn’t need HER, he needed her EYES. He orders her onward: “Go Mi-nam’s Eyes, guide me.”

He takes her hand as she leads him inside the darkened theater, but balks at her seating choice and orders her to move. He complains at her next choice, too — but it’s clear to us that he just likes holding her hand and is prolonging the moment.

We can be sure of that because he doesn’t strictly need her hand-holding — at one moment he forgets himself and starts to lead her instead. Surprised, Mi-nyeo asks whether he can see. He clears his throat and says, “Go Mi-nam’s Eyes, eyes can’t talk.”

Afterward, they step out on a deck overlooking the city, and the lights are so bright that she can’t see the stars. Noting that he can’t ever see the stars, she breathes on the glass and draws a star in the mist. Seeing another star — a lamp — she comments, “Even when it’s not a dark night, there are a lot of stars around us. After I stop acting as Go Mi-nam and go far away, I’ll search for stars and think of you.” After her brother returns, it would be better for her to be at a distance.

Tae-kyung answers lightly, “Go looking for those stars. I’ll check up on you to ask how many you’ve found. I’ll be expecting you to see a lot.” She thinks to herself, “But the star I like the best is one I can’t take with me, so I’ll miss it a lot.”

Tae-kyung promises to show her more stars and motions her closer — then holds up his knuckle. If he were to give her a noogie, she should see five more stars.

Mi-nyeo wonders worriedly if he would really do it, and braces herself as he pulls back, winding up for a big one…

…but instead, he swoops in for a kiss.

(I don’t know if there were spoilers for this kiss but if there were I AM SO GLAD I didn’t know about them. Full squealing effect preserved!)

Shin-woo returns from his trip to Busan, and Mi-nyeo feels sorry and uncomfortable around him. He has brought back a gift for her from his mother, because he couldn’t bring himself to tell her the full story. He doesn’t expect Mi-nyeo to accept it, but wanted to show her his mother’s gesture.

The time away seems to have been good for Shin-woo, because he talks with more assertion now. He tells her that he’d been a good hyung to her, but their relationship lacked tension. Now, he intends to add a sense of pressure to her, which sounds bad but means merely that he’s going to take a new direction: “I’ve stepped back until now because I’ve been comforting you. Now I’m going to step forward and comfort myself.”

Planning progresses for Mi-nam’s solo album, and Hoon-yi announces with great excitement that the real Mi-nam is returning the day before the showcase. Jeremy wonders what the real Mi-nam is like, and gets back the answer that Mi-nam may look like his sister but his personality is different: “He has Tae-kyung’s charisma, Shin-woo’s softness, and Jeremy’s brightness.”

Although this should be good news, each member has his own subdued reaction to it.

Hoon-yi is so psyched to have his Mi-nam troubles nearing their end that he lets slip to the stylist that Mi-nyeo and Tae-kyung like each other. The stylist had believed that Heyi and Tae-kyung were dating, so now she tells Heyi that she knows the truth.

Heyi’s reaction to news is sheer shock: “They’re for real?” This pushes her over the edge, and she bursts out, “How can that he set me aside and go for her? I really hate Go Mi-nam!” Shoving items off the counter, she sobs angrily.

Per their half-joking “agreement,” Mi-nyeo shows Tae-kyung pictures of all the stars she found today: a star-shaped shirt pin and a tomato stem, for example.

He teases her for only finding three, so she responds bashfully, “Right now, the star I like the most is with me every day.” Then, afraid she said too much, she points up to the sun as though saying she meant the star in the sky. Not him, of course!

He plays along, “Ahh, that star you said is the coolest. Where is that?” Mi-nyeo doesn’t want to admit the truth, so she says, “You can’t see stars anyway. You don’t have to know.”

Tae-kyung offers to watch her favorite star with her tonight, and they set a date. He wonders if they’ll be able to see any in this weather, but decides, “I don’t need those stars anyway. I’m the star she likes best.”

Sung-chan takes Mi-nyeo to meet the producer, who has finished work on Hwa-ran’s remake song. As she listens to the song playing in the background, knowing this was her father’s work, she decides to tell Tae-kyung about her father tonight.

Spying a star-shaped ashtray, she picks it up as the two men gossip about the songwriter and Hwa-ran having been lovers. Shocked, Mi-nyeo lets the ashtray fall from her grasp, and it shatters on the ground. (Ah, the familiar destruction of a symbolic trinket to foreshadow impending troubles! This has been used in more than one Hong sisters drama before, and is frankly a tactic I could do without.)

Not knowing that Mi-nyeo has broken her star (in a symbolic gesture), Tae-kyung takes out a star-shaped necklace wherein the star is meant to represent him. He plans to give it to her later, and (very adorably) taunts Pig-Rabbit with it, saying, “This isn’t yours.”

Mi-nyeo asks her aunt whether her father was really involved with Hwa-ran. Aunt Mi-ja hadn’t told her “because I thought it would upset you to know your father left your mother for Mo Hwa-ran. You were looking so hard for your mother. If you knew that she’d been abandoned and died alone, you might hate your father.”

Mi-nyeo is devastated and still half-disbelieving, so she decides to confirm the truth. She heads to the hotel, where Hwa-ran’s assistant informs her of Mi-nyeo’s arrival. Deciding to get the truth all out at once, Hwa-ran calls Tae-kyung to summon him too, saying, “It’s someone you know. I want to confirm it before it causes trouble for you. It’s a girl named Go Mi-nyeo.”

Hoping that the information is false, Mi-nyeo asks Hwa-ran to confirm that she and Go Jae-hyun were just friends. Hwa-ran answers, “We weren’t just friends. We loved each so much that we can’t forget each other for the rest of our lives.”

Shocked at his mother’s revelation, Tae-kyung bursts into Mi-nyeo’s room looking for some proof. Spying the photo of the young twins with their father, his eye then falls on the autographed photo of Hwa-ran. Mi-nyeo’s handwritten note wishes him a happy birthday — and although that’s not exactly incriminating, it makes him wonder why she wouldn’t have given it to him on his birthday.

Mi-nyeo isn’t very impressed to hear of Hwa-ran’s grand love, and says, “You abandoned and hurt the person you should have treated as the most precious in the world. I can’t believe when a person like that speaks of love. That’s not love.”

Hwa-ran laughs: “You say the same thing as your mother did. She ignored me and didn’t believe your father would return to me.” Mi-nyeo insists, “My father had no reason to love a person like you.” Hwa-ran holds up the CD as proof — he wrote the song for her, and even her mother acknowledged it.

Hwa-ran: “Do you want to insist it’s not true? My son Tae-kyung may not have understood, but he acknowledged it. That’s why he remade this song. I told you I saw you once as children. If your father hadn’t died early, I could have become your mother. Tae-kyung knows that, too. …But you didn’t tell him you’re Jae-hyun’s daughter, did you? Does he know that you know he’s my son? If you didn’t say that, you must not have told him that I know you’re a girl.”
Mi-nyeo: “I didn’t mean to deceive him.”
Hwa-ran: “Tell him that. See if he believes you.”

Tae-kyung bursts in, half-incredulous and half-reproachful to see Mi-nyeo standing with his mother. Hwa-ran makes things worse by turning Mi-nyeo around to face Tae-kyung, and announcing, “This girl is the daughter of the man I loved. She says she didn’t intend to deceive you.”

Tae-kyung walks out without a word. Seeing Mi-nyeo’s reaction, Hwa-ran asks, “Is the reason you wanted to deny it because of my son?” She tells Mi-nyeo to recognize the truth and give up.

Reporter Kim works on his story about Mi-nyeo and Shin-woo’s relationship, but something is niggling at the back of his mind. Every time Mi-nyeo made an appearance, Mi-nam was absent. It’s the Clark Kent principle, and he puts two and two together.

He tries to confirm this with Heyi, but she no longer wants to be involved with A.N.JELL. To which he responds, “Go Mi-nam and Go Mi-nyeo are the same person, right? Is he a guy, or a girl?”

Working off this assumption, the reporter tells Sung-chan that he wants to delay printing the story until he can interview Mi-nam and Mi-nyeo at the same time. Sung-chan asks Shin-woo to handle this with the twins.

As Shin-woo steps out of his meeting with Sung-chan, he sees Tae-kyung stomping upstairs, with Mi-nyeo following close behind and pleading for him to listen.

Tae-kyung asks when she found out about his mother. Hearing her answer, he says, “So there was a reason that whenever I felt upset about my mother, you showed up.” Has she also been meeting with his mother for a while? He adds, “My mother loved your father so much she abandoned me and wanted to be your mother. Did you hear that?”

Mi-nyeo starts to talk, but he cuts off her explanation: “She said you were close enough that she used to bring you cookies. Do you remember? Try getting along well with her from now on. But don’t involve me.”

She holds his arm and pleads for him to listen. He throws her arm aside, snapping, “Don’t be where I can see you. I don’t want to see you.”

He storms off, leaving Mi-nyeo to crumple to the ground in sobs. But he doesn’t get far, and wipes at his own tears as he listens to Mi-nyeo crying a level below — as Shin-woo watches from across the lobby.

COMMENTS

Half the time, I find Hwa-ran to be such an excessively hateful person that it’s hard to find the truth of her character — is she TOO awful to be a credible villain? The best villains show complexity, and don’t explain their reasons in one-dimensional, simplistic terms like “I loved him that much.”

The other half of the time, I think that there must be more behind her actions and find her fascinating. If you see her as a supremely selfish and weak woman, she’s more intriguing than if you were to write her off as a stock villainness. For instance, take her desire to separate the couple. Initially, she sees Mi-nam as an extension of his/her father and looks upon him approvingly. But then, Hwa-ran sees flashes of Mi-nyeo’s mother in her, and therefore finds the idea of that girl with her son to be abhorrent.

It’s not that she loves Tae-kyung so much to want him to be with a good woman — Tae-kyung is just an extension of herself. She looks at the world through a twisted perspective, like looking through a fisheye lens: she and her love are at the center, and everything else is skewed around to fit the frame, shoved off to the side.

We can’t leave out mention of Lee Hong-ki‘s fabulous bus scene, can we? GREAT SCENE. Like with Jung Yong-hwa yesterday, the beauty of the acting wasn’t in the big, dramatic emotions, but the way both guys found the quiet little beats to twist your heart into a painful knot. He didn’t rage at Mi-nyeo, but asked plaintively why she didn’t like him back when he liked her so much. We know it doesn’t work that way, but Jeremy’s heart has its own straightforward way of working.

The way he sings his song is just killer, because you can’t fake that, folks. You can fake crying to some extent, but cry-singing isn’t something you can reproduce authentically without actually going there, and Lee Hong-ki goes there. Ow.

I have to give mad props to Park Shin-hye for rounding out the bus scene so well even though she hardly said a thing. I love that she respects his pain to give him his space when they sit in silence, and I love the look she gives him to assure him that his song isn’t worthless. I wondered if it was out of character for Mi-nyeo to understand so readily that Jeremy liked her — when she was so dense with Shin-woo and Tae-kyung — but I suppose Jeremy was the most straightforward in saying, straight-out, that he liked her.

Criticisms:

The Hong sisters do comedy and angst very well, and manage to mix the two so that most of the time the drama doesn’t get too sunk down in the melodrama. However, I think in every one of their dramas except (surprisingly?) Fantasy Couple, their Big Misunderstanding has been just a wee bit too much for my tastes. Hong Gil Dong wasn’t so bad, but I recall that at the time, the Big Misunderstanding in My Girl closely echoed the setup of Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, and that was a complaint for some fans of My Girl. Instead of feeling like a natural development in the couple’s romance, it felt like it was forced conflict, and it didn’t quite ring true. But I’m sure the Hong sisters took complaints to heart, because when people assumed they’d use a similar structure in Fantasy Couple, they announced that they wouldn’t. Thankfully, that drama avoided a time leap, and I hope this one does too.

To take a look at this episode in a critical light, I’d say we’re dealing more with forced conflict than natural development. Tae-kyung’s response at the end is probably understandable given the context, and I think he’s right in feeling hurt. But he’s overreacting, and his negative opinion of Mi-nyeo is one that would take five minutes of explanation to dispel. All he has to do is calm down and hear how she came to find out the truth, and I think we’d be good. She was wrong in hiding the truth from him, but even so, honestly this is hardly a big enough offense to rend asunder a Love That Is Meant To Be^KDRAMA.

To play devil’s advocate, we can also take an apologist standpoint. Tae-kyung has put Mi-nyeo on something of a pedestal, since she has been so good and so forgiving this whole series long. Hearing that Mi-nyeo actively deceived him must shake his entire faith in her. It doesn’t help that it was his hated mother who uttered a defense of Mi-nyeo (“She didn’t mean to deceive you”). Coming from those lips, it sounds like an excuse rather than the truth. And worst of all, his mother issues are his blind spot, so he reacts to the emotion rather than sorting out the facts. It may be that Mi-nyeo meant well, but he sees her standing with the mother who abandoned him, who all but declared she’d rather have raised Mi-nyeo than Tae-kyung. To know that Mi-nyeo knew the truth and was still able to treat his mother civilly, well, that feels like a betrayal. Almost like she chose his mother over him.

It’s not expressly logical, but such is the heat of the moment. (Honestly, I don’t entirely buy the apologist argument, but I thought I’d put it out there.)

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251 yvree

November 21, 2009 at 9:11 AM

HONGKI DESERVES AN AWARD FOR THIS SHOW!!!! DAMN HE's SO GOOD!

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252 Namispop

November 21, 2009 at 9:31 AM

@235 Serendipity-

Yeah, I kinda cringed, too, when TK sang his bit in the "Rudolph" carol, as well as his
a capella line of "Promise" in the boys restroom. I can understand the PD leaving it as is with the restroom scene, since it was impromptu and casual...but it was glaringly flat in the "Rudolph" bit. Don't get me wrong; I think that JGS' singing voice has a depth and beauty to it that I love. But, I don't think it's quite as skilled or trained as it would be if he was a professional singer, first and foremost. I can see why they chose to go with the studio produced "Fly Me To the Moon"; it's not the easiest song to sing...and the results are pure magic with the pitch correcting Auto-Tune studio device. Still, I am amazed at how multi-talented these Asian actors are...seriously.

I don't think that the real Mi-Nam is going to swoop in and put everything right. I agree that most of the existing conflicts have to be resolved by Mi-Nyeo and the guys. But, the situation with MHR...everything that she claims about the history of her relationship with the twins' father and how things played out with the twins' mother...it's all her word, and there is seemingly nobody left alive who can attest to or challenge her story...except possibly the real Mi-Nam. Unlike the pure, innocent, and naive Mi-Nyeo, I think Mi-Nam picked up on MHR's bad character at an early age. Remember how MHR touched Mi-Nyeo's face and got no reaction...how she recalled that the boy never liked her touching his face? I think this might show that Mi-Nam is more savvy and aware than his sweet sister...and may be the only one who can bring out the truth in what really happened with the parents. This will go a long way in repairing some of the damage that MHR's story has caused. Just a huge guess on my part...but it's fun, thinking of all the possibilities. =)

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253 estelle

November 21, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Best ep ever! I've lost count of how many times i cried throughout this ep... Out of both happiness and heartache. Jeremy's bus scene got me bawling non stop, esp when he alighted from the bus and put on a cheery front. Oh. How. My. Heart. Wrenched.

I need more of TK and MN sweet moments! I just go omo omo omo each time...

Thank you Javabeans for your amazing recap once again! How am i going to survive after next week... *sinks into depression*

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254

November 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM

I am so completely happy that I didn't see any spoilers on that kiss. I was completely in total shock when it happened :)
And Hongki, my god, did he move me to tears. His acting was really brought out in this episode. You can't help but feel outright heartache for him because - unlike shin woo - he put his feelings on the table and made it noticable for someone as slow as Minam. The bus scene was epic. I loved it.
As for Shin woo, he slowly lost my respect in this episode. He reminded me of Tae-Kyung's mother, holding on to a love which will never blossom no matter how hard you try. When he reappeared, I was like: "ohh, crap." He seems to have changed completely from: love sick puppy to desperate 'in fantasy land.' I hope that on episode 15 he DOESN'T run and save minam because that'll only lead to his more crumbling heart.
As for Tae-kyung, I really wish that he let go of his past and love minam regardless. I really want the real minam to appear and clean all this mess up.

(Does anybody know whos playing him, btw??)

Im hoping that the Hong sisters dont end with a "one year later" story format or a sappy wedding. With so many twists and turns throughout the drama, they at least need an original ending :)

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255 YABaddict

November 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM

@Momolito
I want a good room too! You're way ahead of me! I haven't even thought about packing yet, too busy thinking about YAB! I just don't know what we'll do, how did we live without YAB before...we'll need a slow program to get us back to...reality? sanity?

@235 and 252
That's what happens when singers are sleep-deprived and their body is tired, you go flat...For surviving on 2 hours of sleep everyday, I think JGS is doing an amazing job, acting and singing...at least, it doesn't hurt our ears... and I think another reason why it was a studio version is because the song is in English, and with the time they have to go through their script, they (JGS and PSH) probably didn't have time to memorize the words...try learning a Korean song in one day...so I think it had to be studio unless they have the lyrics in front of them, but then their pronunciation might have been worse...but maybe more fun to watch! I think it's interesting how more and more kdramas now incorporate English words or phrases, or songs, you can see how the culture is changing, the effects of globalization...good or bad? Especially when you see them eating donuts now, or eating burgers...or working at 7Eleven...ok...I want a donut...

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256 Amanderina

November 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Lee Hongki in the bus scene was SPECTACULAR. I love how three dimensional Jeremy becomes with his acting. He could have been lazy, and left Jeremy the Manga-like comedic relief- he could have given this bus scene no depth- but he didn't and his sing-cry made me cry a little too. And I personally don't think that Park Shin-Hye did anything out of character in understanding Jeremy's love. If you think about it-both her character and Lee Hongki's character are the more simplistic, and honest characters. They don't drive the plot, because they are subject to the manipulations other put on the plot- so it would make sense for like to understand like- for Mi nyeo to understand Jeremy's honest expression of pain in a way she couldnt' understand the subtleties of Tae Kyung and Shin Woo.

Also, what I love about Park Shin-Hye is that part of me thinks that its not that she's completely insensible to the true feeling of the people around her-she's not stupid- she just takes things more at face value. She never particularily thinks out the actions of other people- what people tell her, she believes. I also like that while she's clumsy- I'm not completely annoyed with her for being TOO pure, or TOO sweet- she's also got a little snarkyness going on too, and that makes her a more interesting, engaging character.

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257 Namispop

November 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM

I've got a question for the experts, here-

I'm re-watching(yet.again.) this episode, and I'm at the point after Jeremy confronts Mi-Nyeo about liking Tae-Kyung. He blasts off on his scooter, and Manager Ma and Mi-Nyeo go after him in the manager's car. After getting off the phone with the anxious style coordinator, Manager Ma looks at Mi-Nyeo and says, "First, I think I need to go to the woods."

Is this some kind of k-drama reference, and, if so, what does it mean? At first, I took it at face value...but, after thinking about it for awhile, it just seems a bit too random and out there.

Thanks in advance!

I.love.this.drama.

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258 mee

November 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM

@257 sukipop

Hahaha - i think the subbers must have misheard "sook so" (dorm) for "soop sok" (in the woods). Manager Ma was saying they should first go look for Jeremy in their dorm.

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259 Namispop

November 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM

@255 YABaddict-

Point well taken. You're certainly right about how fatigued these overworked actors must be. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for them to learn their parts in such short time(with this real time way of filming)...much less go out there and sing beautiful songs. If you heard me sing, you'd know that my prior comments weren't meant to be harsh criticisms at all...lol...only observations for the purpose of discussion.

I agree, it's interesting to see the change in culture, and the use of English and western ways of living in the stories. Being an Asian American, I almost wish that they would refrain from trying to inject English words and phrases into their dialogue and songs. It's kind of cool, but it's also kind of awkward and unnecessary...unless, of course, it's President Ahn, with his "Fantastic! Jackpot!!!". LOL

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260 Namispop

November 21, 2009 at 11:43 AM

@258 mee-

Ahh, okay, thanks for the explanation! 'Makes a lot more sense, now!

With the Hong Sisters, I've come to be suspicious with random sounding lines...as oftentimes there are hidden meanings and references which always prove to be fun and entertaining!

Thanks, again! =)

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261 kristabelle

November 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Hello co-YB addicts, I found this YT video of bts for episode 14. Check out @4:44 and @6:11 . What do you think guys?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYv9q6awUAE

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262 YABaddict

November 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM

@sukispop and mee
Thanks for the explanation/translation! I too thought that it was a weird thing to say when I was watching the scene...ah...really makes you think how dependent we are on subtitles when we don't know the language...and things do get lost in translation or mis-translation...makes me wonder whether I really understood some parts or not...

and sukispop, no criticism intended either :-) I think we like analyzing and commenting on this series so much because we are so addicted to it, it's good to be able to converse and point out different things/observations...I don't think any of us is mean-spirited like MHR!

one day closer to Wednesday! I think we should write a song titled "is it Wednesday yet?" as it seems to be quite a popular saying these days :-)

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263 ohmygoodness

November 21, 2009 at 12:53 PM

jeremy's song is the single most heartbreaking happy song i've ever heard in my life.

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264 gingeranna

November 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM

Have you seen this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fh_y6vgOMk&feature=player_embedded

I really hope we'll have a good ending... I like slow* endings without "after x years" thing.

*slow = not to fast!I like when half of the episode is to show how happy the characters are.

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265 yinnancy

November 21, 2009 at 5:49 PM

I love YB for the character interactions. They all have a sort of charm and it's really lovely to watch them play off of each other.

That said, I think that's just what really carries this drama for me. I don't, however, think the premise was all that interesting (which is why I started of only reading recaps when I was bored here, and slowly got into it through them). And even given that premise, GMN is sort of stretching nun!naivete the point into complete brain!fail obliviousness. Also, the background music is really getting to me, esp for MHR. I mean, I get that she's a baddie already. No need to hit me over the head every time with those chords. x.x

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266 taekyungfan

November 21, 2009 at 8:44 PM

thanks for your wonderful recaps, i really love reading them!!!

this episode made me feel a whole gamut of emotions. i was happy, giddy, shocked, sad, angry, heartbroken and lonely.

that's how great YAB is!!!

i feel for Min Nyu, but i thought, she has shin woo and even jeremy, and mother superior to comfort her in times like these and i thought of TK, he doesn't have anyone like that, and i thought how sad and lonely.

then it hit me, TK's dad! he's the person he could turn to and maybe he's the key to all this, to enlighten him about everything, his dad knew MHR before and after she gave birth to him, he probably even knows the twins mom, i know he only had a little part episodes ago but...*imagination runs wild*

sorry, i so want a happy ending.

i saw the wedding pics for future episodes, and i hope it won't be a dream sequence, but i don't want it to end on a wedding either or an after one year sort of thing. i want TK-MN cute scenes. heheh. i already ruled out an mv, coz what would min nyu be doing in it right? mi nam is part of the group not her. i don't want a.n. jell to break up. (coz if TK can't accept Min Nyu how could he accept Mi Nam). sorry *babbling*

give me my happy ending.

can't bear to think that there's only 2 episodes left.

my withdrawal phase's gonna be a killer!

don't think about it! don't think about it!

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267

November 21, 2009 at 10:10 PM

@ 266 taekyungfan

gee, you're right. will TK's dad ever figure in the last episodes? Would there be a phone patch from from him overseas or something?

it's so interesting how we could be so worked up about analyzing the manifest purposes and the covert agendas of our YB characters. well that's how we, fans, bond, eh?

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268 Anonymous

November 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM

Great review!
i wanna say that Hwa Ran isn't as simplistic as just, oh i do everything cuz i love Jae Hyun. My theory is that she's angsty and insecure after he left her once (what was the misunderstanding?). I think even after he came back (or did he???), she's been questioning their love. it may still be, as she put it, grand, but was it as grand? it seems she's been using all her spare time trying to make EVERYONE accept and confirm her love for him. she tried to make Tae Kyung accept it by making him to remake the song, and she's trying to make Mi Nyu/Nam accept it. After all, what better way to really defend her position by making the daughter of Jae Hyun admit it too. she's trying so hard to believe that the love was what it was again. certainly, the love is less grand by the fact that he went with another woman for some time. i highly doubt she ever really wanted to be the kids' mom -only for Jae Hyun's sake. if that's the case, why did she not look for the twins for a good 2 decades? bet she only wanted the copy right issue solved. the woman is crazy, and only does stuff for herself.

also, i do buy the tae kyung is all mad and etc. in the moment. we know he's a pushover, and for the sake of kdrama, he will break the two up... but yes, tae kyung has teh right to be MAJORLY pissed, and therefore over reacts, and because Tae Kyung is also semi-unreasonable and likes to assume as do all characters in this show, he will be mean to the poor little innocent Mi Nyu/Nam...

sorry, just my 2 cents, thanks for the awesome revew, can't wait til next week!

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269 rin

November 21, 2009 at 11:44 PM

Yes! I found it. Like many of you YB addicts out there, the last scene in episode 14 nearly broke your heart and made your eyes water. I know I'm guilty as charged. But a little thing I noticed was the once TK left MN to collapse on the floor and cry her sad little heart out, I realized that TK merely walked to where she couldn't see him. But he can still see her if he looked from the right angle, and she is defiantly still within earshot. TK could have simply left the building and gone in his car and silently weep in there, but he didn't. So there is hope yet! Maybe he's hiding from her, just so he can clam down. And once he's calm, I'm sure he'll be ready to listen. Because of his OCD, I bet it will annoy him how he does not have all the facts, and therefore he will not be able to put all the pieces together. So if Mother Superior's words: "The two of them shine brightly. Even if stars shine more brightly in the dark, I pray that when darkness finds them, they will not lose their light, " then I hope it comes to play at this crucial moment. Please, I beg the Hong sisters to not make this become a big issue. We never did get enough TK and MN couple moments, besides their "date" and so-so kiss. I love it and I squealed, but I'm sorry, is not enough for me. I've waited with angst and unbearable patience through 12 episodes and I do not want the last 2 episodes to have no lovey-dovey scenes. TK and MN deserve those scenes as much as us fans deserve to watch them and swoon and giggle and get all giddy. *sighs*

Now on to the real Go Min Nam, I wonder how hes really going to be like. Will he give the A.N.Jells a hard time? Or will he be adaptable and get along with everyone and also solve the whole, "parents/family" mystery? I can not wait to see PSH shine in the next episode! I'm sure she make a great bad boy (;

Lastly, I have a very bipolar bittersweet feeling for the next week. YB is ending soon, and I don't know how I'm going to deal without it. What do you do when you're weekly highlight comes to the end. Wednesday and Thursdays are going to be big empty holes now...I'll probably decide to watch Iris and see how they can possibly beat YB in ratings?! Or I'll just keep re-watching this series over and over again until I get sick of the characters. Which is impossible, I'm too emotionally attached.

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270 rin

November 21, 2009 at 11:56 PM

Oh and I also forgot to point this out: If MN's dad was MHR's greatest love then when she told TK that she resented him because of his birth, the love of her life left her, than doesn't that means MN's dad is the one that left her and not the other way around? So why would he right a song for MHR to come back to him? Since he's the one that left her, what she just said contradicts herself. Also it proves that the song that's so precious to her is really not even written to her, but rather to the twin's mother!

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271 momosa

November 22, 2009 at 1:03 AM

I was amused by just thinking of the possibility of these pairings:-

MN + Jeremy = major disaster waiting to happen, like forgetting to feed or overfeeding Jolie! They are so similar - clumsy, dense, straightforward, sincere.

MN + SW = SW takes charge of everything, MN continues with her way, possibly never grow much. SW might even have an affair later in his life (with less dense girl) and MN would probably never know about it because he hide it so well.

MN + TK = Hmm..TK takes charge (or being macho) for a while but not too long. MN would know how to use his machoism to her advantage and then TK would realise it and know it's not much fun after. Both would probably grow old together, probably lots of arguments and compromise and their love will last for years to come. Sounds like the best pairing.

Thanks for recapping! Love, love this drama.

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272 squee

November 22, 2009 at 1:44 AM

it seems like the download link to this song is broken..
i can't download it..

WHY IS THAT???! lol XD
where can i download it?

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273 Kaisen

November 22, 2009 at 1:52 AM

I do not a two years leater ending, I may scream.
It'd be funny if they tried to trick us and have 2years later in the opening credits but instead they were filming a new mv or something. I'm really hoping for a original ending. Please. I love YAB so much, I'm going to be at a loss when it does end.

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274 Van

November 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM

@229 jackie, Aw, I feel ya. Whatever that spoiler is, I feel bad for you for seeing it but I'm so glad I didn't see it. Hopefully, the last two episodes will still surprise you instead of ruining the entire drama. That.Would.Suck.

@238 anjell, My goodness! And I thought I was weird for doing that! Hahaha! I replayed that part over a few times as well! She did look pretty cute but I told myself not to say that since it sounded weird since she is a girl, y'know. ;) Oh, and then everyone says maybe they'll actually have someone play the role and their excuse would be that he looks different because of the plastic surgery? Nah, I don't really like that idea so much since they already showed that bit of her in this episode, it'd be weird to suddenly have someone else for the role. That's my personal opinion. But I'm totally PSYCHED nonetheless!

Hmm..now that I think about it, I'm actually pretty more excited about the real Go Mi Nam's appearance than anything else right now. I hope that little clip wasn't all for "him". I'd be disappointed.

How do you guys think it's going to turn out? You think they're gonna show BOTH versions of Park Shin Hye? (You can do that, you know. Communitychannel on Youtube does it all the time. But would it look weird and unrealistic? But like I said, I'm excited either way! I want next week to come so bad and yet, I DON'T. --next week = ending of You're Beautiful and plus, the due date for my biology project would be near.

@243 Diwata, Wow, you're practically recalling back every single little details of previous episodes! Now I'm even more excited to see the real Go Mi Nam!

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275 Van

November 22, 2009 at 8:45 AM

@223 serendipity, I totally agree with you with the whole PSH pulling off as the real Go Mi Nam. I don't expect much from him but it'd be quite funny if all three guys are trying to get on his good side since he is Go Mi-nyeo's brother. Hm..never mind. That would make more sense if he showed up in the earlier episodes. But anyways! Yeah, I just want to see how she pulls it off. Once again, couldn't be more excited! :D

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276 Namispop

November 22, 2009 at 1:59 PM

@262 YABaddict-

I completely agree! This has been fun, hasn't it? I've watched and enjoyed a few dramas, including the extra-extra long(but still excellent) Hearts of Nineteen, but I've never posted a comment, here, before You're Beautiful. With this drama, I've found myself wanting to chat with others about it. I think that's why this drama has rather easily become my hands-down favorite drama, so far(gotta keep hoping that even better dramas are comin', though I don't know how realistically possible that is). =)

The wait for the final two episodes has been bittersweet. Part of me just can't wait...the other part of me dreads that they(and the end) are coming too soon. =) =(

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277 YABaddict

November 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM

@276 sukispop
Ah, the wait is indeed bittersweet... can't wait for the last 2 episodes but wishing it would never come as well...
YAB has become such a big part of our life in so little time, it will be hard to let go...
what will we do without YAB??? I guess we'll reminisce about the YAB days...and follow the cast's next projects!

here's to cheer you up, I visited soompi today and someone posted this, it's really well made, and made me laugh! another fanfic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo2BeO95Xjw
credits: tamraisland and soompier 13sunshine

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278 Aye

November 22, 2009 at 5:30 PM

Argh, You're Beautiful gave us what we wanted and then snatched it right back. But that's expected because we're not quite at the end, and therefore, there had to be a breakup scene. What's interesting is that we got to see that maybe this great love between Mi-nam's dad and Tae-kyung's mom might not really be the way she described it to be. I think it's a clue as to how this huge dilemma will get solved. Tae-kyung's mom probably got really jealous of Mi-nam's mom, became obsessive and tried to get Mi-nam's dad back. That way, Tae-kyung won't have a reason to have to hate Mi-nam since it wouldn't be because of Mi-nam's dad that his mom abandoned him. It was purely because he has a horrible mother who's too selfish to care about her son's feelings. I'm only speculating but I think it's very likely things will turn out like this.

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279 cindy

November 22, 2009 at 6:35 PM

i hope it's thursday again, i can't help thinking what are the next scenes. i pity GM and TK because they suffer on their parents mistakes. It's not easy for both of them to accept that each of their parent made their life miserable. While I have a soft heart for Jeremy because he knows he stands and he easily accepted the truth. By the way, soon i will have pig rabbit stuffed toy...thanks to my sis in law!

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280 cindy

November 22, 2009 at 6:44 PM

at first i was not interested to watch YB, it was my friend who always insist me to watch it. one fine slack morning in our office, i typed viikii site and watched YB...hahaha, i can't let it go anymore...from the start up to know i'm freaking addicted to them. thanks to my friend she shared this kdrama to me...

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281 Eri

November 22, 2009 at 8:05 PM

Hong Ki's acting was superb in this episode...I cried while he was singing. :-S

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282 Andrea

November 22, 2009 at 9:23 PM

wow!
i Just had some time to read your review and let me tell you, you have greatly surprised me again! I do not know how you do it but in the way you put things, logically explained, we can still feel you r actually enjoying the drama as well as we do it. I have similiar though but when it came to explained just couldnt find the reasons.
Also, comenting on Jeremy's scene, I was actually waiting for sth like that. Jeremy`s personality is so childish and innocent, so things cant be in another way. Go straight to the point. When he says Why is he? why is not me? you can see the transparency of his character. Is like when a child says to his mom Why do you let him have that icecream? why that`s not for me? It is as simple as that. His feelings are pure, maybe because he liked her even when he though GMN was a boy not a girl, so he just saw her heart, not her appearance.

Thanks a million for your work. I really enjoy it!

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283 engl

November 23, 2009 at 1:15 AM

the kiss.. i was so not ready for that! usually kdramas have a couple good kisses.. well usually one that stands out and i thought that the last one was a bit of a shock, well at least for me, so i was so happy when they kissed and then they kissed again ^_^ i seriously detest those peck on a cheek in two seconds kisses.. they look so fake and its pretty unrealistic.. i mean, who kisses for two seconds -_-

i'm hoping they clear up this little misunderstanding early on in the next episode because its not really even go mi nam's fault that happened.. it all goes back to that so called mother

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284 jossy

November 23, 2009 at 3:11 AM

Thanks JB! you're recaps are love! :)

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285 nina

November 23, 2009 at 6:52 PM

ahh, i hope there'll be a scene where the real go mi nam defends her sister..
(how will they be able to do that??)

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286 sweetaddiction

November 23, 2009 at 9:49 PM

Calling all Pig-rabbit lovers. There's another site other than yesasia that you can preorder. it's dvdheaven.com. The pig-rabbit plus shipping (depending on how fast you want your pig-rabbit), the total comes out to be about $52.13.

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287 sarah

November 24, 2009 at 12:08 AM

hey,, thanks for the recaps. Was wondering if you know what was the song played during the fanfic scene in this episode. thanks again.

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288 Raina Yang

November 24, 2009 at 12:54 AM

LOVE IT ^_^

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289 alexthegirl

November 24, 2009 at 1:26 AM

I have to say...I wasn't really going to watch this drama until I realized you were doing recaps of every episode. And in quite a speedy manner too. I knew this drama HAD to have something that was watch-worthy so I jumped on the bandwagon. It took me a day and a half to get through all 14 episodes so far and all your recaps. I should've known that something drastic like that was going to come in and ruin my sleep when you like a drama so much, Javabeans.

Ahhhh!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this drama. I haven't really fallen in love with a drama this badly since Coffee Prince (and maybe Que Sera Sera...both of which I also watched and then read your recaps).

I think the thing that strikes me the most in this drama is the ability of the actors to portray the depth of the motions that the characters are feeling. Just as it was painful to watch Gong Yoo as Han Gyul struggled deeply with the unruliness that was his feelings for Go Eun Chan (the Hong sisters like "Go" as a last name for their Dressed-Up-Like-Boys female leads...hehe), I've been emotionally touched by not only Tae Kyung's struggle with admitting his feelings for Mi-Nyeo but also with the sudden rocking of his emotions in general. Props to the cast of You're Beautiful for their wonderful acting so far.

And as usual, thank you Javabeans for not only recapping the episodes so quickly but for highlighting this gem of a drama. :) I've thoroughly enjoyed the ride so far and can't wait until 15 &16 come out this week.

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290 Choufy

November 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM

YB is the first drama that I follow while it's airing in Korea. It's really a great adventure and I guess that's why I don't really mind spoilers-rumors etc... It's part of the fun :)

So before the big final tomorrow and the day after, just wanted to share my feelings about episodes 13 & 14

SW AND MN SCENE WITH THE SHADOWS :
I really enjoyed it. I do think that's precisely the reason why those 2 characters can't be each other lovers : they don't reveal their innerselves. They couldn't manage to go beyond each other defenses, so as a result they can't see (love) each other properly . It is more like being in love with a fantasy (yes SW I'm looking at you)...
When it comes to true (and rare) love, you just can't help to be offguard : it's about "trust in your guts".

TK AND MN SCENE ABOUT THE FAN REGISTRATION
Good for you MN for being honest about all his questions !
Love doesn't blind people (despite the well known saying) it makes you more accurate ^__^

HY COOKING SCENE
I just loved Jeremy while he's eating the hateful dish, and TK holding a knife to HY's face lol

It was also interesting to see HY's glance at SW when she realized his feelings... It was like she could see her own pain of a one-sided love all of a sudden... Too bad that she only knows how to hurt people in the process so far...

Which makes me think that HY and TK's mum are so alike... Everything is good to feed their hunger of (real) attention... But that's the price for acting like someone you're not or pretending : struggle and pain (yes SW, I'm looking at you... Again lol).

A.N.JELL FANFICTION SCENE & TK HUGGING MN IN FRONT OF MN'S MANAGER TO MAKE HER DO THE PIG NOSE

HAHAHAHAHA XD

JEREMY BUS SCENE
Well, even if I can tell that as an actor/actress the thrill of playing something really different of your everyday life is pretty exciting, I do think that when a character is charismatic or touches you, it's because it hits something real in the actor/actress nature...

And I think that's why Hong Ki was so great here... And that's also the reason why JGS is so good at playing TK. I saw him before in Beethoven Virus and Hong Gil Dong, and it was nothing to compare to his acting in YB...
Hong sisters : such a good eye ^^

THE KISS SCENE AT THE MOVIE THEATRE

Cute but made me think to Devil beside you drama... And please, after their kiss in Etude commercial, we KNOW guys that you can do MUCH better ^3^

EPISODE 14 ENDING
TK's mom is odd from the start... And TK knows her since he's little, and yet he passed his nerves on MN?! He didn't even let her explaining the situation!
Please TK, I know the night-blindness sickness is a symbolism of your state of mind but COME ON ! It's time to release you anger on the right target : not MN's father, neither MN herself, but YOUR MOTHER.
You have all the rights to be hurt and angry, but don't go after people who just "happened" to be there, just to spare - in some unconscious level - your mother.... =3=

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291 yaz

November 24, 2009 at 2:54 PM

ok im in love with this drama!!!!! <3333 but why dies shinwoo always get screwed over, huh?? im mean come on! i love him!!! but i love tk too, oh and jeremy!! hahaha i cant make uo my mind...i love em all!!! XD

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292 dara

November 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM

Last scene make me cry..........................

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293 whoa

November 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM

between squealing for the kiss, lol-ing at the fanfic scene (daebak!), and feeling sad for shinwoo/jeremy i find that MHR's actress presented a great job playing evil here.
wow i just cant get over the fact that MHR love minam very much just because he resemble his lover, but when MHR found out that he's minyeo, she hated her wholeheartedly just because she's reminded of the twin's mom
what a character

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294 Rachel

November 27, 2009 at 3:28 PM

I disagree with your opinion that Taekyung is overreacting. Minam (or rather his mother's lover's child) symbolizes everything he hates in his mother - the child that his mother chose, the child that she abandoned him for. I think he had sort of vowed to despise whoever that person was. When he discovers that it is none of the than Minam, the emotion is overwhelming. He has no interest in explanations or apologies.
And yet he doesn't completely shut it out... Standing in the stair well, hearing Minam's sobs below, I can't imagine what he would be feeling...

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295 Gloria

November 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM

HAHAHAHHAA the lovers in paris parody was so funny x)

it was nice hearing that song in such a long time! :)

aha im certain its lovers in paris partly because of the line (taken from leedonggun!) and because SBS was the network that aired lovers in paris LMAO XD

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296 pabo ceo reom

November 29, 2009 at 8:13 PM

Lee Hong-ki had me sobbing >_<

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297 mary

November 30, 2009 at 4:43 PM

jb- i've been trying to download the goodbye song since you've posted it, but it still won't work. i've downloaded other mp3s from your site, but this one doesn't seem to work and i love this song. please let me know if there's a new link. my email address is bluefairy223@gmail.com. thanks for all the posts!

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298 ShirleySiew

December 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM

Thanks for your summary! I love it so much! :D
Will see it after every episode to see if what you all see from the show is the same from what i see from the show ..
And I always discover new things that i never noticed :D !
Thanks Again ! :DDD
<3