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We deserve it for staying with this mess.

Wait a minute....how was the apple pie?????

Respect? Nah. Pity? YES!

Happy birthday to your Mom! Enjoy your time with her.

i just rewatched that ep before I was about to turn off for the night. It's funny, they keep putting her in flats.....I guess with heels she'd tower over KS? They're almost the same height?

I've always thought (and I hate myself for even thinking about this stupid show at this point) that JH, out of spite, would insist on a DNA test for himself, the baby & TK to show for certain that HE was the dad and TK was not involved. This would blow up in his face, spectacularly, if we have our way. I don't know if he could legally insist on TK being tested as well, but this is dramaland, after all. And nothing else in this show makes sense anyways.

Brace yourself for tomorrow, BT. Have a good night.

I had forgotten how well written she was, after having to deal with this crappy post-ep 31 script. It really made me sad how they screwed up such a fun show.

i "think" that the reason was what he told her originally - that HongDo and her family will always be attached to him. Which is not what HR wants. She won't be able to spirit him away, as she told the MIL she would do once he was married. But he could have been a bit more vague about it, although she might not have bought it.

Since the weekend is almost here with 2 days of nothing, I was thinking of this the other day: What if she didn't stage her death, and something really DID happen?
Option 1 - she was rescued, barely alive by someone and has lived as an amnesiac (or maybe invalid) since? No one knows who she was (including her) until they see a stray carton of HDF eats? This would make for an interesting story line, but they are running out of time for it. (of course, we have to suspend reality that something like this could have happened without national publicity that would have shown her face to KS, the Seoul PD detective assigned to her case, etc.)
Option 2 - she died in the river, but her remains were never found, and by now are buried under 5-10 years of silt. A river clearing operation brings up her remains and brings final closure to HongDo and her family . This puts the final bow on the SunJu story in 1-2 episodes and gets rid of her story-line permanently and shuts up those of us thinking she faked it. "Fan Service", if you will.

I really like option 1: Her coming back to her family with no memory of anything or anyone (with or without a new family of her own, doesn't matter)...I think that would have made for a fascinating story arc back in Episode 30 that could have chewed up a lot of the filler. But the plot has now passed SunJu by, so it's not needed. I think it was a missed opportunity.

OH well, just random thoughts
(and yeah, I realize this is a twist on the accident-victim we saw early on that was mistaken for SJ. I still think they should have run with that.)

IF (and that's a big IF) they bring SunJu back, how long is that arc? At least 2 weeks, I think? I can't see it going more than 10 episodes....maybe only one week, at the pace they are going at? Speaking selfishly, we need to have her come in with her havoc and leave so that we have enough time for a wedding an d hopefully a time skip to their expecting their first child together in their new home.

Holy Moly! How can they keep this pace up? To say this series has hit its stride is an understatement. For me, this episode was all about facial expressions:

-KS facial expression at the end while hugging her. "yes, this is right" is what I read into it.
- MiRae's Grouper expression when KS hugged her
-Punk learning who YJ is. Loved the expression on HIS face when she told him how KS developed the porridge product.
-Aunty Ding's sly expression telling Big Dong the Chairman approves of DH. I had hoped she'd really taunt him with it.
-HS's tortured face when he decided to tell HR the truth about JD.
- JDs pout when she entered the classroom with her scraped knee.

I'll go against the grain here an put in my differing .02 cents on why HS did that:
I think he finally decided to use the 'nuclear option' to blast HR out of her delirium that she and KS can be an item AND to stop her from bullying MR. I believe he worries about that bullying factor and thought that finding out that KS will never be hers 100% would be the shock that would bring HR back to reality. Everything else he's tried hasn't worked. He doesn't want her making a fool of them by continuing to pursue him, and he knows KS's heart lies with MR. So he has to do something to 1) stop HR and 2) get KS to admit his feelings for MR. He did both in this episode.

I respect the differing viewpoints here, and it's all part of how we interpret this show thru our own life experiences and biases. We'll find out what happens soon....but this was for the best, because it will eventually push KS/MR/JD together to unite as a family (until SunJu returns) and will outcast HR from their social circle. It's like when Aunty Ding blabbed about DH being MRs father to SJ. Yes, I was angry at that, but realized that it needed to happen to push the plot along.

At this rate, KS and MR should start holding hands (in secret) next week, and we should be getting ready for the return of SunJu. If she really does return, they should start dropping hints soon. There's only one month left, after next week, right?

For the second time in 2 weeks, I am so proud of MiRae!

The pacing on this show is unreal. To think they dawdled for 50 episodes and now we have both of the leads essentially confessing in the period of one week! It's like they suddenly looked at the calendar and said "Oh Snap! We're running out of time!"

GO MiRae!!!! Go get your man!!!!!
But PLEASE hug your man back. Don't be like Yeon Doo

Yeah, there is a thread about it, but its buried wayyyy down in the comments by now.
Basically, per the script, she told SK she got her 'new mom' when she was 10 years old and we know InOk married into the family 20 years ago, thus she's 30, and I think he's 27? But per the KBS website, she's shown to be younger. So, they just don't track this stuff that well.

Don't get too wrapped up in the age discrepancy. I've seen it be off by a few years in lots of k-dramas. The continuity people (if there are any) don't pay much attention to this stuff as the scripts are being written. We have the same deal in TRHC, regarding YM's age too.

I have no doubt they are going the tumor route. She's showing all the kdrama symptoms. Just a lazy way out for lazy writing. What a shame.

If she's not feisty, what's the point? He NEEDS a woman like that, no more passive like MR was. Well, maybe HE doesn't need it, but WE sure do! LOL

My problem is that we are trying to create reasons and explanations for bad character development. I don't want to legitimize the bad decisions made by the writing team by coming up with reasons that IO acts so badly out of character because some #@$#% writer suddenly decided to create drama and drive up ratings.

Wasn't there a saying once? "You can't explain stupid" That's what we are stuck trying to do. Lazy, stupid writing has ruined what was such an interesting and entertaining show. And it's not just IO....when I watched Ep 4-6, I was reminded how great a character YD was, and how they watered her down....they took a spicy salsa and threw in dozens of tomatoes to make it bland.

Sorry for the Salsa reference, I'm thinking of making tacos for dinner. Anyhow, we'll see what they come up with in 48 hours. Get some rest, you'll need it for Saturday morning.

The problem with doing these now, is that they (the writers) are not proceeding logically with the characters, thus making any analysis at this time, kind of pointless (this is the trap I've fallen into now).

I've cited this episode many times before, because it was so well done and tells us so much, but go back to Ep 10 (the ill-fated family meeting). Starting at the5 min mark:
BN: Living with a grandmother like that must have been excruciating. She would have been even meaner if there were grandchildren of her own blood.
IO: gasps, begins sobbing.
YD: Mother are you all right?
IO: Yes, I'm fine. How silly of me.

RIGHT THERE we see IO's truth laid out in front of her. She KNOWS what she's put her son thru since his junior year of High School 20 years ago when she joined that 'family'. I think about that scene A LOT since they decided to destroy her character and turn the series on its head. IO's character is just stupidly done now. I'll stick with my only explanation of it: She still acts like a jilted lover - irrational, grudge-holding, and unreasonable. IMO, there is more going on with her than the writers will say.

What's really sad is that I went back during the "Button-Gate" theory down below with Myra & Kathryn & Fullybaked and watched Eps 4-6 to track the button's adventure. I was reminded about HOW GOOD this series was then. So clever and funny, and the characters were so interesting. Oh well.