Recap for Friday's episode?

[Lucy]

Eek, I forgot to set my VCR for this morning's (repeat of Friday night's) episode. Could anyone help me out and fill me in, please?

Thanks!
Lucy

[Lucy]

And again, despite the hubbub over galacticchick's request for a recap, 14 views for my similar request and no responses? Can anyone help, re: what has happened on the show Friday and Monday?

Apparently that other thread is closed, since there's no Reply button, but I wanted to say to Jade Eyes (and others who may have read that thread) that a response within 24 hours is not really that great anyway, since this is a daily drama and things move quickly. I felt bad posting my recap for Galactic so late, but I finally did it and hoped it would help even though it was late.

Thanks!

;-)
Lucy

[mikey]

I write OMR reviews now and then for the California discussion board crowd, and it would be so easy for me to just cut-and-paste them onto the Chicago board if it's an episode somebody here missed.

BUT: I am never exactly sure how far along Chicago is, in relation to L.A. (I think it's about 2 weeks, but I am not sure).

I hesitate to be too free-and-loose about discussing OMR on this board, because I don't want to accidentally spoil anything for the Chicago viewers. But, if you know the number of the episode you missed, let me know and maybe I can help out sometimes, too.

[Lucy]

Thanks, Mikey. That's really nice of you. I don't know exactly what number(s) I missed--probably 54 and 55--but I finally remembered to set my tape and so I'll just see if I can catch up on my own by deducing what's happened in the meantime. And now that you've mentioned the other site, I can probably go over there and look for the recap.

Thanks a million,
Lucy

[nsheldon]

Lucy, if you go to the other site be aware that we (in CA) are into episode 76 or there abouts... You'll be getting some 'major' spoilers... And in episodes in the 50's & beyond it's really getting good!

[galacticchick]

Hey Lucy,

Thanks again for the recap--I'm glad anyone, really, responded. Sorry for the late post but I hadn't been to the board because of a major migraine.

Anywho, this is what I remember (at least I think this is the episode you are talking about, let me know if it isn't)

I think this is the one that starts off w/the Uncle hanging up on the dad and Kumja asking him who it is. She asks him if it's a creditor, if he's in debt again to which he adamantly replies no. He says it's a wrong #. She shrugs it off.

Kumja calls her new boss (guess she's cleaning someone else's house now) and asks if she can start tomorrow (if you remember, her friend the housekeeper left after only a couple of hours of working at the Suh's) so she goes to Malbong's house and says that she'll take responsibility cleaning her house since she is the one that recommended her friend. Malbong says she can't let her do that, they're going to be in-laws. But then I guess she realizes that this is Kumja's way of affirming the fact that "she'll never budge". Malbong asks her again to please accept Yu-kyung as her daughter-in-law but Kumja says that her daughter is too good for her son (of course Malbong agrees). Kumja leaves. I think it's in this episode that there is a discussion with Kumja and the landlord where she thanks him again for throwing Hye-ran's engagement party and asks him what she can do to repay him. He says that he loves her kimchee and could she make a batch for the restaurant. She is only to happy to agree.

Also, Soonok goes over to her brother-in-law's to ask him if her last chance (remember he said he would only help her out once more?) can be used on someone else. He says yes--if he sees that the business plan her friend presents has potential--she's very happy and thanks him. She goes over to the restaurant and works.

Hyun-ku and Hye-sung meet for drinks. There HK asks HS how much he borrowed from MJ. HS says that he can't tell him, that Minjae is his friend but HK reasons that he might need that money for his upcoming wedding. HS agrees to borrow money from HK to pay off MJ. Then we see a seen where HS and MJ meet and HS gives him an evelope w/money or check (?) inside. MJ says that if he still needs to borrow it it's okay, not to borrow any more money. HS says he might need it for his wedding. Next seen we see MJ taking out files from his briefcase and the evelope in the middle of them. Somehow he adds 1 and 1 together they just show a close up of his angry face.

The next day at a meeting at Joyland, they are discussing the adding of new floats and plays where the audience would participate. After the meeting MJ asks to see HK for a meeting. He says "What is this? Why are you trying to get between me and my friend? Did it hurt your pride so much for your brother in law to borrow money from me?" HK is left speechless trying to scramble out of it. And it ends.

Again sorry for the late reply.

[Lucy]

Thanks so much, Gal/chick. Much of what you wrote sounds familiar, except that I hadn't seen anything where MJ gets the money and figures out where it came from.

I did end up going over to the Calif. board, but I knew they are way ahead of us so I started looking at posts dating from January and scrolled ahead until I found plot points that were unfamiliar to me.

Having read the California-based discussion board, I am now wondering if we in Chicago have seen the subplot regarding Tae-il's return heat up? I don't want to spoil anything, but I'm sure that if it hasn't shown yet, we can all guess that something is going to happen in that regard. And the circumstances surrounding whatever happened between Min-jae's father and mother, and the death of Hyun-kyu's mother (two unrelated subjects)--has anything been revealed there?

:-)

Lucy

[Lucy]

P.S. That was a great recap!

[Soju]

The return of Tae-il is heating up just dandy, if you ask me. I thought they would drag it out another week or two before Kum-ja found out, but it happened much more quickly. And, in tonight's teaser, we saw Tae-il litterally bumping into In-hwan at Joyland. Juicy! Can't wait 'til tomorrow's episode!

[JadeEyes]

I'm getting into this fray late, so I apologize, but the reason for that is part of the point I want to make.

First, sorry to disagree, Lucy, but I think a reply in under 24 hrs is quite good -- in particular for a board that is as small as this. From what I can tell, there are only a handful of regulars who post on this board, and of them, probably a good portion of them (like myself) don't check the board every day. So by the time a person gets around to checking in, a day or more could easily go by since a post is made requesting a recap for a missed ep.

That's what happened in my case. When I was following YH, I was so wrapped up in the series, I checked the board usually a few times every day, and I was always happy to help w/ a summary of an ep. for someone who had missed one. But as I am not quite as excited about OMR as I was about YH, I'm no where near as fanatic about checking the forum for new posts. By the time I looked in last time, you had already supplied a recap for GC at her request and she had her response to you expressing her disappointment in getting a reply from only you. Had I looked in on the same day GC posted her request, I would've been happy to provide a recap to the best of my memory. But by the time I read posts that day, the time for a speedy reply had long past.

I would bet anything a lot of other OMR fans who use this board are in a similar position --- only check in once a day, or maybe just a few times a week -- or even less. Another thing w/ me is that when YH was running, I happened to have a lot more free time than I do now. So, whereas I would always try to provide a recap of a YH ep. for someone who missed, I don't have the same time open I did then to check posts 2 or 3 times a day, or to do a recap on request anytime someone asks these days. I bet a lot of people here are in that position too. We don't always have time to check the board for new posts religiously, or even to provide the recap if we do see a request soon after its posted.

I remember providing a daily recap for about 10 days when a YH fan was out of town, but had computer access. I didn't mind doing it, but it did take A LOT of time, I soon discovered. And it's hard to remember all the important stuff a viewer should know unless one takes notes while watching, or afterwards, reviewing the tape. And that is very time consuming--and if you don't have notes and try to do it off the cuff, it can be really tough to recall the various plot developments -- even major stuff you'd never imagine you'd forget within hours of the ep. can surprise you by slipping your mind when you try to think back when someone asks you what happened today.

So I think part of it too is that when the same couple of people provide recaps a few times on request, they begin to hope maybe some others can pick up the slack once in a while and will pitch in --- so maybe they wait to see if anyone else will do it this time. And maybe no one does for a day.

What I'm trying to say is, I think w/ a small group like this and people in general tending to have busy lives and not endless time open to reading and posting when they do drop in, it's not the most likely thing that someone each time will be able to provide a detailed recap within just a few hours of a posted request for one. I think if 1 person responds w/ a good recap within a day, that's doing pretty good. If it was me, I'd be grateful ANYONE responded and would not complain. Many times I've had requests for a "fill-me-in-please" totally ignored on various TV show forums I visit. I consider myself lucky if I get one good reply that tells me pretty much what I missed within one day.

Now I realize that it's a daily drama and that a recap coming a day or 2 later may mean the person has to see the next ep. w/o a recap of the one he/she missed. Not ideal, but still not terrible. For instance, everyone complained about the 2 eps back in January that were mysteriously dropped from the broadcast schedule and never seen. For days afterwards people were saying they'd still like to see the episodes, even though we had already seen several others that followed the missed ones. IOW, finding out what happened on a missed ep. is still welcome, even if we already know what happens in the next ep. or beyond.

I'm sorry I didn't see your request for a recap when you posted it, Lucy. This is my first time checking in since the last time I posted, which was in response to GC's complaint about lack of replies to her request. Had I seen it, I would've been happy to put something up...and I would've done it for GC too had I seen her request the first day it was up. I would still do it now for you or for her or anyone, despite some comments that have been made since.

If my schedule frees up some anytime soon, I'm willing to post a daily recap as soon after each ep. airs as possible, on a pro forma basis, for the benefit of anyone who may have missed that day. But I don't have that kind of time right now. If anyone else is willing to take this on in the meantime, I'm sure there are many folks here who would appreciate it.

I also think Bo's suggestion was excellent...if someone does miss an ep. and would like a recap, don't just post "What happened Thursday?" for instance. Be sure to include in your post the last thing you remember, i.e. "What happened in the ep. after the one that ended with Hae-ran spotting her father standing in her mother's hospital room?" That makes it way easier for anyone willing to recap to know just which ep. the fan missed and where to begin the recap.

Remember too that not every fan watches an ep. every day... there are those who tape a few episodes before watching what's on the tape.

Sorry about the bad feelings. I'm a big believer in learning to be grateful when a person gets what he/she wants or needs, or most of what's wanted or asked for in reasonably good time. I guess I feel a little disheartened when I see an instance where someone fails to appreciate when that's happened for him or her. Most of life isn't the drive-thru at McDonald's afterall.

Jade