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My Princess: Episode 7

Cute cute cute. We’ve got the beginnings of relationship angst, which is tricky minefield to navigate (particularly when it’s loaded on in shovelfuls) but can be so satisfying when done in just the right amounts. And the guilty-conscience-fighting-growing-attraction internal conflict? Oh, count me in.

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EPISODE 7 RECAP

Yoon-ju delivers her spiteful warning to Seol with a calm voice and pleasant smile, which frankly makes her even more hateable, not that she needs the help.

The team settles down for a “concept meeting” to plan out Seol’s public image. The assistants toss out ideas, all of which Yoon-ju rejects, citing reasons that backhandedly take a dig at Seol — such as avoiding the “commoner’s princess” tack because that’ll remind people she’s an orphan and adoptee, and likewise shying away from traditional princess garb lest that remind people of her low-rent part-time job.

As this goes on, Hae-young sees Seol growing dispirited and looks bothered himself, but Yoon-ju presses on — aware of her effect but not bothered by it. Yoon-ju gives a little speech about the necessity of representing the monarchy in all its glory, how they must exceed people’s expectations. That they must take care not to appear bumbling. That this task would have been easier with a prince, but alas, a princess is their reality. Oh, poor you and your heavy burden, scorpion queen.

Seol walks out of the meeting in low spirits, and Hae-young talks to her in a consoling way, understanding how she feels. He advises her to prepare herself for even worse attacks in the future, and that compared to what might happen, this was child’s play. Sheesh, pretty man-bot, you may wanna work on your pep-talkery skills.

She tells him she’s used to not being looked after, as though declining his oh-so-generous offer of help. She points out, as Yoon-ju so graciously did, that she’s an orphan. Touché. And sure enough, Hae-young continues to be bothered with Yoon-ju’s strategy. Well, if this is what it takes for him to realize that she’s a snake, then so be it.

A lady in waiting comes to Hae-young’s room in a panic — the princess has disappeared. Hae-young tells her not to breathe a word of this, and rushes out to look for Seol.

A cursory walkthrough of the palace turns up nothing, until finally he arrives at the gallery, where he hears her voice. Not noticing his presence, Seol sits in a car on display, repeating the words “It’s all your fault” in various intonations.

As he approaches cautiously, we see that Seol is actually watching something on her phone — an episode of Queen Seon-deok! — and mimicking Go Hyun-jung’s delivery, trying to be as commanding and regal. She adds names just as Hae-young comes within earshot: “Park Hae-young, it’s because of you! Oh Yoon-ju, it’s all because of you!” while shaking a finger indignantly. Omg, too funny.

Hae-young joins her in the car, using her own words to answer the question of why he’s here, as he shakes a finger back at her and retorts, “It’s because of you.”

She tells him she’s studying, now that she’s found her role model. He asks dryly if she intends to learn how to assassinate (Mi-shil’s specialty), and she answers in all seriousness that she has to learn, since she’s surrounding by enemies.

He’s amused and asks, “Really? Then your most good-looking enemy must be me.” I just love the egos on these characters. They’re matter-of-fact without being (too) snooty, which is so refreshing. It’s just, Shrug. I’m hot. So what?

He supposes that he’s also the enemy she dislikes the most, and the enemy who gives her the hardest time. She just replies that he’s wrong about one of them, and with his curiosity thus piqued, Hae-young refuses to let her out until she answers which one he was wrong about. She refuses, so he pretends he’s ready to spend the night sitting here, sighing that he won’t be able to sleep well.

They’re interrupted by Seol’s two court ladies, who burst into the room, relieved and worried. To cover up, Hae-young explains that he’s giving her a driving lesson (in the stationary car), and she plays along. Either these court ladies are dumb as bricks, or they’re really afraid of offending the boss. I’d say it’s even money.

Afterward, Seol appears at Hae-young’s door bearing warm milk, since he’d said he might have trouble sleeping. She offers the mug while speaking in formal royal language, which is adorable; I love Seol trying to channel Mi-shil’s authoritativeness. Hae-young advises, “You should stop watching sageuks.” Still, he drinks her milk with a smile.

But his conscience is starting to ping, because he can’t forget that he’s really got an ulterior motive despite pretending to be helping Seol. When meets the president for a princess update, he’s asked pointedly, “Aren’t you putting a lot of effort into your fake teacher act? What if you end up losing your entire inheritance?”

Hae-young assures the president that he’ll just watch over her till the press conference, as though that’ll take care of everything.

Yoon-ju introduces herself formally to the staff and continues with the princess grooming, finding amusement in the painful massage she puts Seol through. Seol rightfully accuses her of enjoying this and doing it on purpose out of revenge, though Spiteful Helmet-Haired Bitch replies sweetly that this skincare treatment is for Seol’s benefit.

Yoon-ju assures Seol that there’s no misunderstanding or revenge at work here — and then puts Seol in a short hairstyle meant to make her look elegant. It does NOT make Seol happy.

Yoon-ju dismisses the attendants before dropping the nice facade and the polite speech. Seol asks why she took this position if she dislikes her so, to which Yoon-ju answers that she’s only doing this because the chairman pressured her into doing it, and adds that if he were to die tomorrow, everything would go away. At Seol’s bewildered expression, Yoon-ju accuses her of being either naive or stupid, or acting.

Seol can’t believe Yoon-ju’s so forthright in her maliciousness, but Yoon-ju speaks as though she fears no one, like there’s no way for her behavior to come around to bite her in the ass. Seol wonders how she can speak of her future husband’s grandfather this way, and Yoon-ju replies, “He can’t hear — not unless you tell him.”

Seol works up her courage to declare that she’s going to live it up at the palace from now on. She’d felt sympathetic for Hae-young (and Yoon-ju by extension) for usurping his inheritance, but now? “I’m going to be a princess — and I won’t feel sorry at all!”

Seol receives another visit from her mother and sister and showers them with gifts. Even the normally frosty Dan thaws a bit as she tries on the pretty things Seol bought her, and the reunion is lively.

But Mom and Dan have come at Hae-young’s request, to go over the matter of Seol’s adopted father. The mood is killed when Hae-young asks her mother to confirm that Dad had once been arrested for selling a forged version of Emperor Sunjong’s letter, which angers Seol (and Dan, for that matter). But Hae-young insists that with the press conference approaching, Mom is better off telling the truth.

Mom sadly confirms it, saying that she’d tried to stop her husband because Seol might need the document later to search out her birth parents. Hae-young tells them that they’ll have to reveal this truth at the press conference.

Dan turns her anger on Seol, accusing her of plying them with gifts to soften the blow of selling out her adopted father to save her biological one. Seol may no longer be a part of her family, but if this information is released, Dan’s career and her future are ruined — nobody will ever hire her.

So Seol confronts Hae-young, asking why he was so nice to her when he was just going to do this. He counters that he’s still treating her well — this is all to clear her bio-dad’s name. But Seol can’t sacrifice one family for another, refusing to clear dad in this way.

Exasperated, Hae-young calls her greedy: “I’m about lose everything because of you, but you don’t want to lose anything at all.” Well, put that way I suppose Man-Bot’s got a point, albeit a flawed one since what he wants is money and what she wants is to not cause people pain. But yunno, potayto, potahto.

Furiously, she declares that she’ll take care of this on her own, and warns him not to interfere at the press conference. Ooh, a threat. Too bad Seol woulda been more effective if she hadn’t announced her intention to her adversary. You’ve got to work on your poker face, girl!

Gun finds Seol staring off into a tomato plant, cheering her with his usual friendliness and jokingly referring to himself as an uljjang. Seol responds to his display of ego by saying he’s suffering from a “prince complex.” Said the girl with the princess complex, which was figuratively true long before it was literal.

Sensing her mood, Gun tells her to feel free to come to him to vent her worries, lending her his shoulder to cry on (or yell at).

Deciding that perhaps she might benefit from sharing her worries after all, she calls Jung-woo. Her plan: To locate any and all people who knew her bio-dad to vouch for his integrity. If she can show the world that he’s a decent man, she may be able to avoid giving up her adopted dad as a sacrificial lamb.

Jung-woo promises to do his best. He asks if she still has the pouch that once belonged to the empress, which was left with her years ago. While she has a vague memory of it, she has no idea what happened to it, although we do — ten to one it’s the pouch Dan had in her desk.

Seol invites Jung-woo to eat with her, and who should they find in the dining room but the Hae-young and Yoon-ju. Hae-young pointedly says that the princess shouldn’t be hanging around random other men, and keeps glancing over at Seol throughout the meal. Yoon-ju does as well, while the other two ignore them and smile winningly at each other.

Hae-young criticizes the way Seol cuts her steak, which is so petty that I love it. Especially since Jung-woo understands perfectly what’s going on, and takes Seol’s plate to cut her meat up for her while the other people pretend they don’t care.

So Hae-young slides his plate over and requests the same service, since it appears the good professor is particularly skilled in this arena. He even references the bathroom incident that transpired the last time Seol had steak, and has the nerve to add that his toilet got stopped up that day. Oh man. You’ve really got it bad when your version of pulling a girl’s pigtails equals humiliating her with talk of her bathroom habits.

Then Yoon-ju jumps in to criticize Seol’s conversational skills, which prompts Jung-woo to defend Seol by saying Yoon-ju’s conversation is much worse, and then Hae-young criticizes Jung-woo, which brings Seol to his defense. This four-way snipe-o-go-round is enough to make your head spin. I LOVE IT.

Jung-woo surprises them all, however, by explaining that he’s actually here for a meeting… with Chairman Park.

The old man hears from Jung-woo that Seol doesn’t have the embroidered pouch, and explains that he is asking Jung-woo because he can’t trust Seol’s answers, as she doesn’t trust him either. He tells Jung-woo to search for the pouch while working at the palace, which is a fairly flimsy excuse to bring him into the palace — but if it gets our quarreling quartet all up in each other’s living spaces, I’m all for it.

They both agree to keep this meeting a secret, Jung-woo specifically requesting that the chairman not tell Yoon-ju about it.

Seol is thrilled to hear that Jung-woo will be reporting to the palace every day — and naturally, that makes Hae-young pissy, and he gives Jung-woo a particularly rude dismissal.

Jung-woo declines Yoon-ju’s request to speak with him, and leaves her hanging by saying he’s quite at ease these days. (Read: I am SO over you.) Oh, I’m liking him more and more.

Seol calls to check in on her mother that night while sitting in her new hideaway, the antique car on display. Hearing Hae-young enter with Yoon-ju, she ducks down out of sight.

Yoon-ju makes a reference to the car being entered without permission, and Hae-young covers for Seol by admitting that he’d done it. Surprising both women, Hae-young responds to Yoon-ju’s comment that Seol is a troublemaker by saying sympathetically that she’s probably acting out of self-preservation. He reminds her what it was like after Yoon-ju’s mother died when they were kids and they’d leaned on each other. By contrast, Seol is alone in the palace.

But Yoon-ju long traded her heart in and replies that pity is for those who deserve it, and tells Hae-young what Seol had said earlier about intending to live it up in the palace without guilt. Contrary to her intention, though, Hae-young isn’t upset; that means he can feel less sorry to Seol as well.

Outside, Hae-young catches a glimpse of Seol burning some papers — the stories about her adopted father’s crime — which indicates her decision not to choose between her fathers. He doesn’t interrupt, and instead opts to brood alone, as he so often does.

Mom and Dan are relieved at Seol’s decision not to discuss Dad at the press conference, and Mom sends Dan to the palace with a large box of homemade rice cakes. Dan ditches the food at the bus stop — such a pill, that one — and heads to the palace empty-handed, where Yoon-ju greets her.

Given that it would seem these two have the most cause to gang up against Seol, it’s sorta gratifying that they haven’t, and that it’s Dan who is holding out. She doesn’t like Yoon-ju — or, more to the point, doesn’t trust her — and has no reason to go along with her. Seeing that Dan won’t be cooperating, Yoon-ju turns cold(er) and tells her to quit loitering at the palace without a reason.

Dan challenges, “And if I have a reason?” and brings up the issue of the empress’s pouch.

Hae-young receives a call from somebody who knew Seol’s father, who had made several attempts to contact him. It turns out that the matter was covered up by Secretary Oh, who thought it best that he remain in the dark.

Secretary Oh means this in a protective way, because the discovery of a witness would cause Hae-young to lose his own father — because his dear dad wasn’t perhaps as noble as Hae-young remembers.

A flashback shows us a man in a suit — Hae-young’s father, we presume — with young Seol, as her father came rushing in to claim her. Seol’s father had reminded him that he wasn’t to mess with his daughter, while the rich man had warned him to stay out of his sight — and especially his father’s — or risk death.

Then, complicating matters, young Hae-young had entered just as Seol had been leaving. Gah, is there no drama storyline untouched by Fate?

Hearing the story, Hae-young shakes his head in denial, angry at the implication and refusing to believe that his father would have tormented the emperor’s heir. He asks if the secretary is making this story up to turn Seol into the princess, clinging to the fact that he doesn’t remember any of this. But clearly he’s rocked by the possibility that it’s true and breaks down, just as his image of his beloved father starts to crumble.

Seol is excited that this witness has surfaced, and asks to meet him right away. Hae-young drives her, keeping his own feelings under wraps, and they arrive at a harbor some distance from home.

As they approach the man’s home, Seol has a memory of being a child and living her with her father.

It turns out that this man had fished with Seol’s father back in the day, and produces a photo to support it. Even without the concrete proof, Seol is starting to recall more memories, which are stirred by this location.

She and Hae-young have dinner at a local seafood restaurant, where Seol indulges her good mood with a bottle of soju, ignoring Hae-young’s caution to lay off the sauce. Despite her insistence that she’s got a strong head for liquor, she slurs a bit as she asks Hae-young if he’d still be upset with her being a princess if his inheritance had nothing to do with it. He recites all of her outlandish behavior (dancing in the street, asking a stranger to hand over his receipt, and so on) to point out how very un-princessy she is.

After asserting that he’s merely her teacher and she’s the princess, Seol flops over, dead drunk. She staggers her way out in the snow, and falls over. Deciding that the expedient thing to do is to carry her off on piggyback, Hae-young warns that if she vomits on him, he’ll throw her into the ocean.

Seol teases and prods at him, covering his eyes playfully and talking in a flirtatious baby voice about how his eyelashes are the best. She asks him to give them to her (lol), which earns her a dry look from him, though he answers grudgingly, “Yours are pretty too.” Aw.

Seol is basically the most adorable pain in the ass ever as she sing-songs, wags her feet, and makes cute demands of him to tie her shoelaces in that sageuk royalspeak. Finally, he sets her down and grumbles that she’s pretty fearless to get drunk in a strange neighborhood. She gaily replies that she trusts her protector — what could happen to her with him here?

That unwarranted faith in his character pings his guilty conscience, and Hae-young looks at her intently. He sighs, “You really drive me crazy,” not knowing what to do with her; things would be easier if they hated each other.

But she replies — answering his question from before — that of the three choices he’d given her, it’s the disliking him one that’s false. (Which also means that she finds him her most handsome enemy, as well as the one who gives her the most difficulty.)

Pulling him to her, Seol gives him a kiss on the cheek. After she pulls away, he stares at her for a few long moments, then looks away, unsettled.

When he looks at her again, he prefaces his next move by instructing her, “Forget this.”

With that, he moves in for a kiss.

 
COMMENTS

If we’re going to have a villainess mucking up the works, at least she’s the kind who’s very easy to hate — not much depth from a story point of view, but at least it’s satisfying to watch her fall victim to her own bitterness and, ultimately, failing to undermine our heroine. Yoon-ju’s the kind of person who has to convince herself that she’s happy, when really, she courts misery with her overwhelming desire to make something of herself and prove that she’s better. In contrast, Seol’s a much happier person, even when she’s down in the dumps, so Yoon-ju will always be foiled by her own insecurity and manipulation. I can live with that, and in fact wouldn’t mind her going even more over-the-top — all the easier to have fun anticipating her demise.

Yeah, the plot can be a little flimsy, particularly with the overwhelming importance attributed to one measly press conference. Or should I say, The! Press! Conference! The one, singular, make-it-or-break-it event upon which the future of the entire monarchy rests… NOT. For now, it gives us a handy deadline by which certain conflicts must play out so I’m content to let that slide, although I find myself laughing a little bit more with every mention.

My Princess does share the low-key plot and focus on relationship-building of the director’s previous drama, Pasta, and you can feel the similarities in directing choices as well. The upside of that for this drama is that even at its least developed, a monarchy/conspiracy/princessy drama has a lot more going on than one that focuses the weight of its conflict on how to make linguine.

Plus, Kim Tae-hee and Song Seung-heon? Just adorable together.

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Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!!! Ahhh! Damn, I love this show...it's a drug. I'm supposed to be studying for Anatomy and Physiology...yeah, that didn't work out too well. Can't wait for today's epidsode!

Seriously though, this needs to be an everyday drama because I have a hard time functioning without new episodes. Sad face. Thank you Dramabeans for all that you do!

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Yay, more fluff! This drama is so nice and soothing for my exam-stressed brain, what with everyone staying in character and the best bits being the ridiculous bits. Reading these recaps adds to the delight, thank you so very much.

I find it hilarious how HY and YJ are mirror images of each other in this episode, with their turtle-necks and their side partings. Someone should take a brush to sister Dan though, she is starting to look like a hobo.

I was surprised to learn the writer also did Pasta, which I found too boring for words, even though I like Italian cooking and LSG. Okay, nothing particularly complicated happens plot-wise in MP, but it is chugging along at a decent speed, and the cute bits are timed just right.

I am even willing to accept that of course you're going to stay in a fishing village and get dead drunk with your nemesis, even though you should be back at the palace plotting how to preserve the reputation of both your dads.

Because yeah, Seol is nice and all, but come on, some opposition to her being a princess is to be expected. Manbot is about to loose his fortune, Cruella wants what she has always considered to be hers, and the Professor is a career-academic who has already had one artefact snatched from under his nose. I don't trust him one bit - and I love him for it.

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Does anyone know where I can find episode 7 with English subs? Still having a hard time finding a site that has the subs finished.. :( Please help! lol

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Thanks!

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woah the kiss on epi 7, i can hardly wait to watch this tonight. thnx JB for the recap altho i didn't want to read all of it coz i'm gonna watch it first! oh i luv song & kim, grt chmistry, i hope they extend this drama series! i just finished watching Baker King (i know belatedly that is) & still experiencing the withdrawal syndrome but MP makes up for my missing BK! :) LOL

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Dear JaBby,

There’s this girl, let’s call her MP, that I have been hanging around with lately.
She’s super cute and can poop like nobody’s business. I kinduv like her.
I mean, I did the towel-to-the-forehead-maneuver, hand fed her when she was sick, and promised to protect her. Plus I let her touch my eyelashes TWICE.

Unfortunately, she is my mortal enemy. Not like in a Romeo and Juliet relationship, more like You- stole-everything-I-own-now-I-have-to-get-it-back type.

Anyway, she got real drunk because, (oh yeah, I forgot to tell you this part: I am out to destroy her. See, one of her fathers was a petty forger and made like a whole $1000. illegally so I need to tell the world at The!Press!Conference!) Where was I? So I kissed her. Not sure why, though.

I told her “This. Now. Forget” first, so it doesn’t count, right? I figured if I used Hand Towel words of power, I could do a memory wipe.

What do I do now? I could go with my feelings, and woo her with kindness, eventually leading to a deep and long lasting and caring loveship.
Or, I could ignore my attraction to her, crush her hopes and dreams and get engaged to this Raisin Head I have known since 2nd grade, who is, quite frankly, one of the most repulsive women I have ever met. At least I could keep my slippers. Decisions, decisions. Please help!
Sincerely,
“What Happens on Steps, Stays on Steps” in Korea

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LMAO

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I don't know who Jabby is, but Joo Won would probably tell you to man up a bit (although he's probably jealous that she is willing to touch you voluntarily, without it involving GBH).

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Yes, you are right!
(I have to admit I had to google GBH.)

Dear JaBby is like Dear Abby but much cooler younger and Korean.

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Ahhhh, I thought it was a character from another Kdrama who was good at giving advice. So we both learned something new :))

GBH being 3 letters doesn't help, because we abbreviate everybody's names down to 3 letters too.

Come to think of it, Joo Won would probably first ask whether the slippers are hand-stitched by Italian artisans

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can i ask what JaBby is?
im korean and i still dont get it. haha

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It's my attempt* at a play on words with the initials of
JavaBeans
and Dear Abby
So it rhymes with Abby.

*Not good, I'm finding out!!

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nice one, Jomo!

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i don't know if i'm the only one feeling kind of bored by My Princess. Perhaps it's just this meh episode.

Kim Tae Hee is the winner here for me... I'm watching for her... Park Ye Jin is such a boring villain, I think everyone agrees about that. And Song Seung Hun used to be really hot to me when I watched a couple of his dramas back when I was a kid but now he's not doing much for me. And even though no one is finding his acting particularly bad so far ... I for one am seeing why JB always used to comment on his poor acting whenever his name pops up in articles. He seems to have very limited ways of expressing his emotions ... and usually in very predictable and cliched ways. Not sure how to explain this but it's irking me more than it should. I really see that he has not improved much after all these years, although for this drama it's possibly not as bad since it's light and fluffy.

And I totally was not feeling the kiss... 'Cause well I'm not convinced that Lee Seol and Haeyoung they have that much romantic feelings for each other yet.

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I think your words:
not convinced that Lee Seol and Haeyoung they have that much romantic feelings for each other yet
are correct.

I liked the contrast of kisses.
Seul's affectionate kiss allowed her to say, "Yes, you are a bad guy that I am being careful of, but you really have been super nice to me despite our obvious clash of goals. And, you're cute."

to which HY responds somewhat hormonally after failing to deny the physical attraction,

"You are soooooo cute, dammit! Partly because you have no idea how your body is making my body feel when we are together. It would be so much easier to destroy you if you looked like that fiance of mine. This.Never.Happened. Peace out."

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Who needs Jabby? You're a great kiss analyser :)

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I agree with you that this was sort of a meh episode. The machinations are too much and it's disheartening that so many bad things are being thrown at Seol and with no one to really stand up and champion her (HY and Jung-woo are still a bit passive).

As for the kiss: it felt like the writer added the kiss in because it's almost halfway pt in the drama. I mean, HY and Seol are still pretty much friends. The moment didn't seem right for the kiss or even an accidental kiss. The writer should have held off for another 2 episodes.

Re SSH: I love his comedic bits and a few of the quieter emotional moments. But when it comes down to a big, angsty dramatic sort of scene, everything rings hollow and suddenly the spell is broken until he begins a new scene.

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This episode had me squealing and going ottoke ottoke ottoke like a mad drama obsessed woman. I don't think this drama is amazing or mind-blowing, plot-wise and performance-wise but I still enjoy watching it so much. I just can't find anything major to dislike. I think it's the cuteness littering and puking all over the place in this drama that had me happily shrugging off the drama's flaws. Wait what flaws?! /is blind

And I really like the music they use for the drama. It's just right for the drama. None of those bawl-my-eyes-out ballads they always use for other dramas. And I love Taru's voice <3

I actually like the kiss scene. I don't feel like their first kiss needs to be emotional. I like that it was motivated by plain momentary(?) attraction instead. And I find that it works without accompaniment of music.

This drama has me in tight grasp. Can't wait for more!

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wow dan is a total bitch. does she not even have single ounce of heart or love for her sister for many years?? she's also successful with her life. what more does she want, greedy witch...

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I forgoto mention this!
Who was that cute Baby Hand Towel? (Washcloth?)

It's Baek Seung Jo's little bro!

I hope we get to see more of him.

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YES! I was so excited to see him!

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I KNEW I recognized him! He's looks younger here. Maybe because he doesn't come off as such a smart-ass. Hahaha

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Thank You! as always :)

your reviews are all nicely-touched, fun and joyful readings to me :) so, again, gamsahabnida~ :)

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Oh drama, why so addicting? I'm officially done being sober. I feel like an addict on crack. On that note, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this episode. Especially the Mi-Shil references! ha! How awesome would it be if Seol were to start acting like MiShil.

The dinner table scene was also hilarious. I wouldn't mind if everyone moved into the palace if we had more scenes like that.

And the piggyback ride! classic rom-com cliche, i was wondering when they'd have a scene like that. And a kiss after that? This episode just brings us the cute and the chemistry by the truckload...

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Thank you so much for the recap!

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thank you. MP fighting!

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KTH is so lovely & beautiful. SSH is very handsome.
MP....fighting!

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Anyone else pick up on that the song she was humming when drunk was Mishil's song in Queen Seondeok? I couldn't stop laughing.

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This show is really just too cute.

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BEST. KISS. SCENE. EVER.

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Totally in love with this drama. It absolutely brightens up my night, and then my day. I suddenly wished I know how to understand Korean so I can watch it directly without having to wait for the subbed versions to come out.

There are really so many things pulling them apart. Things get even more complicated because of the two-fathers issue. How are they supposed to fixed this knowing Hae Young's Dad possibly killed Seol's? :( And Hae Young and The Witch are ordered to get married as soon as possible (all thanks to that Grandpa) :| I can hear my heart breaking right now. </3

But yeah, all the drama is what makes their love story interesting! I'm going to bed tonight with love light in my eyes because of Seol and Hae-Young. Stoked for Episode 8!

Thanks Javabeans! :)

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NICE ending scene!
Thanks for the recap.

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Thanks for RECAP! great drama!

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so funny, so sweet, like it!

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By the way, I think what Javabeans is missing about the press conference is that multiple people are planning to make this a major disaster for the monarchists. I didn't find the allusions to it too inflated because the various factions all have plans for how they want it to go down, and a disaster large enough will certainly result in a very negative opinion of the princess and the idea as a whole.

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I haven't watch MP (yes, i definitely will!), but had been following the recaps since forever.. Thank u JB and GF <3

btw, just wanna say everytime I open DB today i keep on thinking that SSH looks so much like BigBang's SeungRi.. maybe it's just my eyes that got confused after too much reading.. Anyway, i love them both~

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I was kinda bothered a tad bit too much by the whole monarchy storyline and the damn pouch in this episode. I might have missed something, but I don't understand why that damn pouch is making such a statement in this episode (and will in the upcoming ones too). I guess it's to add more importance to Dan's character, but really, it's a pain to watch those parts.

At least, it does add tension to our main couple since Hae-young seems pretty guilty the more we watch. But I can already imagine a crying Kim Tae Hee with "But I trusted you" look coming. I hope I'm wrong because I'm tired of those things -_-

The cuteness is killlling meeeh!!!

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Q: How many times have I stopped the video just to look at Song Seung-heon's gorgeous close up?
A: Uncountable!

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OMG MY PRINCESS S BITCHIN' IT AINT EVEN FUNNY!! WELL HOWDY NEW CRACK!! <3 <3

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oops sorry i meant this forgive me new found crack excitment chaebal :P

OMG MY PRINCESS IS SOOOOO BITCHIN’ IT AINT EVEN FUNNY!! WELL HOWDY NEW CRACK!! <3 <3

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whooaa such a long kiss to bad it's zoomed out but it's a quite long one so i forgive the director.
I especially hope that they will not be to stingy with kiss scenes.
About the professor, he is really cute and will be a big ally in the battle against the big ugly wugly enviuos witch yoo(n) (ju)he.
i hope that the professor and seul will have very nice and endearing moments so the other two would turn in to two green goblins( nihahahahaha)
by the way thnx for the lovely recap

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just finished the episode and.....OMG!!!! they kissed!! it was such a sweet kiss.
btw, Joon-ju is such a ho and Dan is a real beoch that i'm feeling sorry for seol because these witches are gonna make it hard for her. but with two hotties by my side i could stand anything.
waiting like a mad woman for episode 8!!!!!!!!

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thank you java - your recap is usually ahead of the subbed episodes but the episode came out first this week BUT i had a ton of questions about this episode and you answered it all for me...mwah!!!

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@katiamon - me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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totally random, but did anyone else laugh real hard when Seul started humming Mishil's theme song?

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Gosh, I can't get over how charming SSH is! Perfect role for him!

The cliche piggy back ride with Seol drunk was oober cute and funny! I swear the piggy back ride and the four-love-square lunch/dinner never gets old!

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Okay since everybody has brought up the OST problem I actually went and downloaded it....

And it actually has decent songs?!

What the hell is the music director doing?? I have never heard some of this music used. And it is actually decent. But instead we have to deal with some crappy music that totally jars the effects of many scenes....

I am super confused.

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I advise my comment.

The other songs in this drama are actually really good and I feel like the instrumentals to these songs would contribute something really good to the drama.....

AGAIN. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, MUSIC DIRECTOR???

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Omg what's wrong with me. I meant revise. Not advise. See the amount of distress this drama is causing me???

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yes, the musical editing/directing seems to be not flowing as well as it should be. i think they are going for new wave and not kpop beat. im not an expert in this thing but sounds like they can use more appropriate music to enhance some of the scenes. since many are complaining with the OST then it is not working for a lot of people out there. but i like it when they stick to instrumental stuff in many of the scenes to get the vibe that they wanted. perhaps this is deliberate on their part. its just that a lot of kdramas now use kpop and/or classical and/or western pop as their BG music so maybe the audience have been attuned to that one so this new concept takes getting used to. im okay with downplaying the BG music to its bare essentials cos in real life we dont hear BG music all the time, hahahaha! I remember Boys over Flowers and how they overused BG music that is most distracting...so we dont want that kind of overkill. I love SKKS OST and musical direction though -- they should learn from that show.

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im listening to SKKS OST now....ooohhhhh! missing that show! the best of all time :-)

if MP wants to be in the creme of the crop of kdramas they need to revamp their musical direction --- fast!!!!!!! :-) too bad if they just let the other elements, wonderful at that, to just go to waste because of poor musical direction ;-)

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This drama lacking OST and some of them just not fit with some scene and it makes the storyline stiff. I am looking forward for this drama but it kinda make me dissapointed. But,,,,, KTH and SSH did have the chemistry and they look so sweet together! And I'm gonna bear with it till the end!!

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I agree!! those accompanying music in between is just... bleh. i thought i was the fewer ones thinking about that. Happy tune doesn't seem happy at all, and the sad tune doesn't sound sad, and those malicious tunes doesn't downright horrific as well.

only the main theme song is nice.

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love this drama! very interesting! nice couple!

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OMG!!! best dose for ma bad day!!! absolutely... lobbbed it... KTH & SSH rocks..best couple of 2011!!! n abt drama... i loved every part of this epi.. no no no... every epi... exclude that two bitches' part..n i can watch this drama 100X... n thank u for recap.. u guys r the best..!!

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thank you for recap! nice drama! nice couple! can't wait!

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Thank you very much for recapping this series (^_^)..I'm hooked..

I also think that I need new hobby..I'm addicted..!!!

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MP is my new hobby :)

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K, I officially hate the various angles in K-drama kisses. Like, so much. I never really realized my hatred until I saw this episode. Can we ever just have a straight-up kiss? Like, without the many camera angles or swiveling or whatever crapness? I watch an entire drama series for pathetic 1-2 kisses that are so chaste it's Puritan, and I can't even see that right without the camera screwing with my eyes. Let's see the wind-up again, and again, and again, and from another angle, and another angle, and close-up once again... It's like they're trying to cheat me or something. WHY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN EPISODES. DON'T MESS WITH ME. I JUST WANT A KISS, FFS.

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LOL! i agree!

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Best rant ever! LOL!

I actually don't mind the 360-swivel in kdramas but shooting it at like 80 angles and then the zoom-outs sort of creep me out because it feels like some perverts are watching the kdrama hero and heroine from around the corner or up in a tree or hiding in a bush.

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Ha! They are making us voyeurs!

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I like the director's style of focussing of relationships and the rapport of the main cast. The chemistry depicted between them is good and they seemed to enjoy themselves while filming too, which is the same as the previous drama Pasta he had directed. Not bad.

Its good that the monarchy plot wasn't focussed as much, and more was on the main cast, since that's what we are more concerned obviously. heh. Song seung hyun and kim tae hee bickering cutely preferred of course than the monarchy plot.

on a side track, i find dan so pretty!!!

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OMO!!! OMO!!! OMO!!! kiss?!?! urrggghhh heheeh im a bit shocked! i am not prepared! :) Oppa is a bit confusing tsk tsk

thanks for the recap! looking forward to it every week :)

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I was watching Uhm Ji Won in Sign and Yoon Ju in My Princess and they have the SAME ugly hairstyles! Helmet hair. I'm glad KTH's was a wig because it made her look too tough and unattractive.
I think Yoon Ju is dressing Lee Seol as a carbon copy of her clothing styles. It looks too old and fuddy duddy. She is suppose to be a princess, and the clothes she chose for Lee Seol 's clothes are YEECH!
There is Always an obligatory piggyback ride in a Kdrama. However, I thought it was really imaginative and funny with the references to Mi-shil from Queen Seun Deok. I always knew when Mi-shil would appear in the drama when Mi-shil's music theme came on too. Very cute.
I agree with you regarding the first kiss was filmed at weird angles. HY looked very awkwardly too. Then they cut away for a long shot with them on the stairs, and you don't see any further facial reactions. TSK! TSK! It really doesn't appear to be a very HOT kiss. Kinda MEH....
More kissing scenes please!They look so cute together.

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I love the recap and I love some of the comments here too! make me laugh some of them: red riding hood etc hahahha.

a few things from me:
- ssh n kth chemistry is really awesome. some pple may nt feel it bcos its not the secret garden kind of sexual chemistry n some may also interpret it as a sibling kind of friendship. But I think its really a kind of I am attracted to you but we r suppose to be enemies but I really enjoy spending my time with you. Some love grow out of great friendship right?

- the silent kiss is fine for me, since the director opted for the multiple layer shots, adding in music will distract?

- yep YJ is a great one dimensional villian. I am not even sure why she hates the princess so much?

- and yes the professor is becoming ever endearing!

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Thanks for recap , comments , analysis .
This drama is getting more complicated now , HY for sure loves LS , the more he tries to resist the more he loves her . Kissing scene just reflects his feeling , his heart telling him to love her but his brain telling him to destroy her that why kissing scene posing several angles and silence is just the sound of true love .
By the end of next episode he agrees to marry Curator
It means the handsome Prof having more chance with LS , i can wait for next week , love triangle between HY < LS < and Prof .
Big Plot created by Curator is not here yet , i hope it will be good plot .

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wowww the kiss!!!

I watched ep 7 on youtube already but I felt not completed yet if I didn't read your recap....

Keep going JB

...waiting for recap from ep 8...

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the kiss was really well done-what with it being silent while they locked lips.
i love hae young but i'm starting to also like the professor. oh the conflict!!

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man. i was mostly finding kim tae-hee's acting a bit over the top and annoying, but the scene where she was piggybacked on hae-young's back was priceless. specifically, the bit where she started humming mishil's theme song LOL

i thought yoon-ju's comment about hae-young's grandfather very telling. well, we already know that she resents her father for committing so much of his life to the grandfather. and now i guess we can see that she resents the grandfather perhaps even more.

i'm kind of disappointed in the character. by all accounts it appeared that yoon-ju was going to be a cool character, but now they're just making her petty. the only thing seol really has over yoon-ju is her royal ancestry. if yoon-ju could let go of her pettiness (which i think stems more from being so lonely as a child and not having a constant father figure) she could be everything. but that's the way she was written, that's the way she is.

i'm kind of disappointed with park ye-jin's performance. i feel like she could be doing more with her character- highlight her vulnerabilities in a way that is more sympathetic to her character...

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Just a tact note...

While Seol is channeling Mishil in herself, we have Park Ye-jin here who played Princess Cheonmyeong...! Hence, the antagonism...!
Scary coincidence...or not...?!

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totally distracted by HY in this ep :) cute HY, emot HY, sad HY, little HY, funny HY, eyelashes HY, despair HY...

loving every moment of their trip to the fishing village that ended with a lovely kiss.

lastly, again memory of little LS and father always made me tear up.

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love the kiss! exciting drama! can not wait!

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good!

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