Post by ajk on Jun 6, 2008 20:04:17 GMT -5
"Surrender! Surrender immediately!" Posters go up, announcing that rebels are ordered to lay down their arms and surrender. If they do not do so, Foreman Jeon and all of the others captured during the raid on Ok Hwan's compound are to be executed. But apparently the order has no effect, because the next images we see are of soldiers executing some of the prisoners in a public square.
We see Ok Hwan and his men, showing no intention of surrendering.
That evening: A flaming wagon suddenly appears on a busy street. Muby is on the wagon; he shoots soldiers and left and right, and fires a rebel flag into the side of a building. The wagon is moving so fast that it escapes before anyone has time to react.
Later, citizens are grieving over the dead bodies and screaming, "Make them pay for this! Rip those rebels to pieces!" We're told that this has been happening for days. Choongnyeong, who arrives at the scene, finds a paper on the ground and reads it: "Slayers are hereby executed in the name of the Royal House of Goryeo. The next target is the principal offender of the mass slaughter Yi Bangwon!"
The next day: The king scolds his ministers for "allowing the rebels to disgrace this country." The king orders Park Eun to dismiss the royal inspector and take over his post. He wants the head of the rebel leader ASAP and whatever the cost.
Ministers discuss postponing the hunting ceremony in light of the events, but Park and Hwang are adamantly against it. We learn that Ming and Japanese are already on their way for the ceremony and will arrive in twenty days. Park orders the execution of ten captured Wang citizens the next day, and orders the military to set up an ambush in anticipation of rebel retaliation.
Princes Yangnyeong and Choongnyeong discuss the order. Choongnyeong is extremely concerned about public sentiment and about the fate of the citizens to be executed. Choongnyeong doesn't like it: "They're being wrongly punished and the king is the one who ordered the executions!" But Yangnyeong answers, "If [the public] don't tolerate it, we will suppress them by force. It's better than allowing the regime to fall." And he warns his brother, Don't get involved; the king won't listen and if you go to the scholars or officials, he'll punish them as well. But Choongnyeong says he won't pt the king in such a position and that "Where there is a will, there is a way."
Choongnyeong goes home and thinks....
The next day: Choongnyeong goes to the imprisoned Jeon Ilji and asks him, "Do you wish to save your uncle?"
The crown prince is with minister Hwang, Noh Huibong and several others. He's told that Jeon Ilji has disappeared, ever since the Jeon/Ok citizen roundup order. (So apparently Jeon isn't in a government jail; Choongnyeong is holding him secretly.) They deduce that he was the rebels' inside source. Then Noh Boon tells the prince that Jeon was teaching Chinese to Choongnyeong.
Yangnyeong goes into a stable at Choongnyeong's home, and finds rope on the floor, which the prince assumes was used to bind Jeon Ilji.
At the rebel hideout, a falcon approaches. Muby holds up his arm; the falcon lands on it. It's carrying a message.
"Negotiation? Choongnyeong proposed a negotiation?" Ok meets with his subordinates and mulls over the development. Later, he tells Muby, "We will meet at eleven o'clock tonight. I will decide the place." Muby asks, "Are we really going to negotiate?" Ok turns and looks at him and says disturbingly, "What do you think?"
Out in the wilderness by a stream, Choongnyeong, his eunuchs, and Jeon await the response. The falcon comes out of the sky and lands on Jeon's arm, carrying the reply. "He'll meet you," says Jeon. "He wants you to come alone." The eunuchs react with anger, but the prince simply says, "Lead on." The two walk off, leaving an agitated Um Jachi and Jeong Ogeun behind.
Returning home that evening, Jachi and Ogeun are stopped by Yangnyeong, who puts a sword to Um's throat and demands to know where Choongnyeong is.
Nighttime: Choongnyeong and Jeon are walking through the wilderness alone. Jeon drifts back a few paces. Suddenly, Jeon pulls out a knife, shows it to the prince and then throws it at him. It sails right by the frightened prince's head and lands in a tree (deliberately). "You're not as courageous as I thought you were," Jeon says. And then: "I'll let you go if you want to go back. It's your last chance. You'll be walking into the enemy camp alone." But the prince won't change his mind. Jeon asks, "Are you arrogant or foolish?" "Foolish, I think," is the answer. "I opened my heart to an enemy who was biding his time for revenge and made him my mentor to boot. You know what's even more foolish? When this is all over, I plan to ask for his teaching again. He was a pretty good teacher." We can see from Jeon's face that he still has genuine concern for the prince.
"Choongnyeong is doing what with the rebel leader?" The king has been told by Yangnyeong. They don't know where, only that it takes place at 11:00. They reason that the meeting will probably be at a temple, and that since Choongnyeong left Mt. Mokmyuk at 5:00, the only two temples that are within six hours distance are Ogryusa and Inwansa. Soldiers are dispatched to both.
Ministers are before the crown prince, angrily discussing the situation.
We see Choongnyeong, Jeon, Ok Hwan and Muby together in a dimly lit room. The prince and Ok go back and forth: "Stop the mass slaughter." "Your king must stop the slaughter first." "There will be no more slaughter if you agree to disarm and surrender." "Killing me and the revolutionary army is not considered slaughter?" "I will persuade the king." Ok laughs. "That's a pretty weak card to come into the negotiation with." "If you agree to surrender, I will have leverage to negotiate with the king." "Your father will never agree." "You don't know that yet." After further persuasion, Ok says he'll need time to consider the offer.
"Hostage?" Ilji is walking with Ok Hwan in the woods, and is incredulous. "We are not common thieves. If we agreed to negotiate, we must..." But Ok cuts him off. "I never said I wouldn't negotiate. I just won't negotiate with that child. I will negotiate with Yi Bangwon."
Jo Malseng is advising the king: "If they are holding Choongnyeong hostage, we must be prepared to negotiate." Just then the crown prince walks in. "You call that advice?" Execute Foreman Jeon, he says, and demonstrate the authority of the royal house. A king cannot negotiate with rebels, he says, and Taejong agrees.
Several of Ok Hwan's soldiers walk in and bind Choongnyeong's arms around his waist. Now he's a hostage.
Scholars are asking Yi Su what will happen to the prince. Yi looks like he has Excedrin Headache #27.
Hwang Hee, Shim On, Gim Jongsuh and Yun Hwe are discussing the situation. Yun Hwe believes that neither of the two temples would be the rebels' destination, because "there is no way out" and they would be foolish to trap themselves in such a location.
Nighttime: We se soldiers hurriedly gathering, under the supervision of Yi Jongmu and Yi Sookbun (both of whom are visibly agitated).
We see Ok Hwan and Muby leading a large group of rebel soldiers somewhere through the woods. Choongnyeong, still bound, is with them. They move in silence. Suddenly we hear daggers and arrows flying through the air. They're spot-on accurate and we hear thumps and see several of Ok's men fall. Several wildly acrobatic attackers (maybe these are the chuksukhee recruits?) come flying out of the darkness, followed by a company of soldiers led by Yangnyeong! "Wipe out the rebels!", he orders, and the battle is on. We see Muby making short work of attackers, but otherwise the rebels are being routed. Then other soldiers shoot flaming arrows with sparklers into the sky. The lights are seen by the government troops. Ok orders a retreat, which they barely manage.
Soldiers are cheering wildly, with Yangnyeong at their head. The Yis have met up with the crown prince and express their admiration for his strategic thinking, for knowing where to find the rebels. "They were never interested in negotiating in the first place," the prince explains, "So they chose a location that's difficult to find but easy to slip away from." (Did he really figure this out independently or did he get this through Yun Hwe? It's not clear.) Then he goes over to his humbled brother, who's safe and is being untied. Choongnyeong starts to tell him, "I'm sorry for causing..." and Yangnyeong interrupts with a vicious right cross to his brother's face! "Pathetic fool! I saved you only because you're my brother. If you were my subordinate or my advisor, I never would have saved you. In fact, I would have killed you myself."
Back at the rebel hideout, Auri comes in and slaps Jeon Ilji for "putting the master in danger." But Jeon is angry and, to our surprise, starts venting on Ok. "Goryeo, the land we're trying so hard to resurrect, it's a wonderful place, isn't it? It's worth the torture my uncle is going through and worth this girl sleeping with a man she doesn't love to revive Goryeo, isn't it?" Ok ignores him and gets up to leave, but Jeon actually grabs him and shouts, "Answer me! Answer me right now!" Then he calms down and speaks more calmly, and Ok answers him. "No, Goryeo is not such a wonderful place." And he walks away.
Early the next morning: The rebels are tending to their wounded; there are a lot of them. Ok takes it all in. It's an ugly scene (trust me; I'll spare the details). Then he and Jeon go back and forth: "The Goryeo that I lived in was a weak and corrupted regime." "Then why do we have to continue this fight? "It is not acceptable for violence and tyranny to replace corruption and weakness." "Then maybe we shouldn't have taken Choongnyeong hostage," Jeon tells him; isn't that just the kind of tactic you criticize the king for?
Choongnyeong kneels before his father. Taejong tells him that the rebels will be executed tomorrow, and Choongnyeong will be doing the executing himself! The prince protests, but the king tears into him for his "cheap idealistic delusions. What did you think you could change with your guileful tongue?" The prince tries to explain: "I believe that you believe that violence is not the only answer, that there are better ways to suppress an enemy even if they are rebels." But the king counters, I'm sure you also believed that the enemy was honorable, and you were "naive enough to believe you could convince them to surrender." He continues, "This is the world and the cold and ugly thing called reality." We can't retaliate in kind, Choongnyeong tries to argue, but the king says, "Cut the rubbish and just kill the prisoners! This is the only way to redress your failure to discern the reality." And he glares. "What happens if I refuse?", the prince wants to know. Then, his father says, every detained Jeon and Ok citizen will be executed before your eyes." Choongnyeong leaves and almost physically staggers under the weight of it all.
Outside, the queen surreptitiously watches her son leave. "I just wanted to make sure that he is all right," she tells her attendant.
Ministers are meeting, arguing over the king's order. Choongnyeong's defenders argue that a prince should not be made an executioner; his critics call it "a slap on the wrist." Then Yi Sookbun observes that this episode certainly ends the questions about who the next king will be. But Hwang Hee answers, "If prince Choongnyeong accepts his punishment, that will be the beginning of an even bigger battle." It's an unsettling comment.
The queen is with the king. She asks him, "Are you weighing the two boys? Or, is this a final test?" The king simply answers, "It's punishment." But his wife comments, "It's a strange punishment, to say the least."
A burdened Choongnyeong is staring at his sword. Yun Hwe tells him that there's a silver lining in all this; it's a chance to prove yourself worthy of succeeding to the throne, by killing the rebels yourself. And besides, if you don't, hundreds of civilians will die. "I will find a way to stop it," says the prince. Shim On advises, "Do as [the king] says. The king stands firm. You will be hurt as well." This is not just for your safety, Yun argues; "We're trying to protect the future of Joseon." Just then Yi and the Confucian scholars walk in, and Yi says, "If that is true, then you shouldn't be urging him to do this. You must hold fast to your principles and find a better solution." They debate the matter, with Yi arguing that the cycle of violence must be stopped and Yun arguing that in this situation it's a lost cause.
Yangnyeong is enjoying a banquet with his subordinates at a gisaeng house. Hwang enters and asks that the room be cleared. He advises the prince that he should be acting like a king, and kings don't reward subordinates with banquets; the issue orders. Don't relax and think you've won the king's confidence back just because of this. "His majesty has not given up on prince Choongnyeong yet. This could be a test to make him stronger, since decisiveness and guts is what Choongnyeong lacks most." So leave the commendations to your servants; go back to the study hall and work. Yangnyeong accepts the advice graciously (for him).
The king orders the army to sweep of suspected rebel areas upon Foreman Jeon's execution at noon the next day. Posters are posted among the public announcing that Choongnyeong is to execute Foreman Jeon.
Ok considers the order. "A beast's son is a beast as well." The king is simply passing violence onto his son. And this, he tells Ilji and Muby, is why we can't stop fighting. "Punitive action....It is time to make a final decision."
Jang Youngsil works on a sword as Choongnyeong watches. He talks to the prince. "Sitting there with that frown isn't going to change anything. And from now on don't stir up bastards like me with your smooth talk." He puts the sword down in front of the prince. "And don't pretend like you care so much about the people. Kill or be killed; that's life. Struggling isn't going to change that."
The next day: Everyone--EVERYONE--is gathered in a courtyard for the execution. A drum beats, slowly. Foreman Jeon and several other prisoners are led into the courtyard and made to kneel. Choongnyeong calmly steps forward. He stands over Jeon, who looks up, smiles and says, "You're a butcher's son after all." Minister Park stands and orders, "Proceed with the execution!" The drumbeat resumes. Choongnyeong draws his sword, raises it, and yells....
We see Ok Hwan and his men, showing no intention of surrendering.
That evening: A flaming wagon suddenly appears on a busy street. Muby is on the wagon; he shoots soldiers and left and right, and fires a rebel flag into the side of a building. The wagon is moving so fast that it escapes before anyone has time to react.
Later, citizens are grieving over the dead bodies and screaming, "Make them pay for this! Rip those rebels to pieces!" We're told that this has been happening for days. Choongnyeong, who arrives at the scene, finds a paper on the ground and reads it: "Slayers are hereby executed in the name of the Royal House of Goryeo. The next target is the principal offender of the mass slaughter Yi Bangwon!"
The next day: The king scolds his ministers for "allowing the rebels to disgrace this country." The king orders Park Eun to dismiss the royal inspector and take over his post. He wants the head of the rebel leader ASAP and whatever the cost.
Ministers discuss postponing the hunting ceremony in light of the events, but Park and Hwang are adamantly against it. We learn that Ming and Japanese are already on their way for the ceremony and will arrive in twenty days. Park orders the execution of ten captured Wang citizens the next day, and orders the military to set up an ambush in anticipation of rebel retaliation.
Princes Yangnyeong and Choongnyeong discuss the order. Choongnyeong is extremely concerned about public sentiment and about the fate of the citizens to be executed. Choongnyeong doesn't like it: "They're being wrongly punished and the king is the one who ordered the executions!" But Yangnyeong answers, "If [the public] don't tolerate it, we will suppress them by force. It's better than allowing the regime to fall." And he warns his brother, Don't get involved; the king won't listen and if you go to the scholars or officials, he'll punish them as well. But Choongnyeong says he won't pt the king in such a position and that "Where there is a will, there is a way."
Choongnyeong goes home and thinks....
The next day: Choongnyeong goes to the imprisoned Jeon Ilji and asks him, "Do you wish to save your uncle?"
The crown prince is with minister Hwang, Noh Huibong and several others. He's told that Jeon Ilji has disappeared, ever since the Jeon/Ok citizen roundup order. (So apparently Jeon isn't in a government jail; Choongnyeong is holding him secretly.) They deduce that he was the rebels' inside source. Then Noh Boon tells the prince that Jeon was teaching Chinese to Choongnyeong.
Yangnyeong goes into a stable at Choongnyeong's home, and finds rope on the floor, which the prince assumes was used to bind Jeon Ilji.
At the rebel hideout, a falcon approaches. Muby holds up his arm; the falcon lands on it. It's carrying a message.
"Negotiation? Choongnyeong proposed a negotiation?" Ok meets with his subordinates and mulls over the development. Later, he tells Muby, "We will meet at eleven o'clock tonight. I will decide the place." Muby asks, "Are we really going to negotiate?" Ok turns and looks at him and says disturbingly, "What do you think?"
Out in the wilderness by a stream, Choongnyeong, his eunuchs, and Jeon await the response. The falcon comes out of the sky and lands on Jeon's arm, carrying the reply. "He'll meet you," says Jeon. "He wants you to come alone." The eunuchs react with anger, but the prince simply says, "Lead on." The two walk off, leaving an agitated Um Jachi and Jeong Ogeun behind.
Returning home that evening, Jachi and Ogeun are stopped by Yangnyeong, who puts a sword to Um's throat and demands to know where Choongnyeong is.
Nighttime: Choongnyeong and Jeon are walking through the wilderness alone. Jeon drifts back a few paces. Suddenly, Jeon pulls out a knife, shows it to the prince and then throws it at him. It sails right by the frightened prince's head and lands in a tree (deliberately). "You're not as courageous as I thought you were," Jeon says. And then: "I'll let you go if you want to go back. It's your last chance. You'll be walking into the enemy camp alone." But the prince won't change his mind. Jeon asks, "Are you arrogant or foolish?" "Foolish, I think," is the answer. "I opened my heart to an enemy who was biding his time for revenge and made him my mentor to boot. You know what's even more foolish? When this is all over, I plan to ask for his teaching again. He was a pretty good teacher." We can see from Jeon's face that he still has genuine concern for the prince.
"Choongnyeong is doing what with the rebel leader?" The king has been told by Yangnyeong. They don't know where, only that it takes place at 11:00. They reason that the meeting will probably be at a temple, and that since Choongnyeong left Mt. Mokmyuk at 5:00, the only two temples that are within six hours distance are Ogryusa and Inwansa. Soldiers are dispatched to both.
Ministers are before the crown prince, angrily discussing the situation.
We see Choongnyeong, Jeon, Ok Hwan and Muby together in a dimly lit room. The prince and Ok go back and forth: "Stop the mass slaughter." "Your king must stop the slaughter first." "There will be no more slaughter if you agree to disarm and surrender." "Killing me and the revolutionary army is not considered slaughter?" "I will persuade the king." Ok laughs. "That's a pretty weak card to come into the negotiation with." "If you agree to surrender, I will have leverage to negotiate with the king." "Your father will never agree." "You don't know that yet." After further persuasion, Ok says he'll need time to consider the offer.
"Hostage?" Ilji is walking with Ok Hwan in the woods, and is incredulous. "We are not common thieves. If we agreed to negotiate, we must..." But Ok cuts him off. "I never said I wouldn't negotiate. I just won't negotiate with that child. I will negotiate with Yi Bangwon."
Jo Malseng is advising the king: "If they are holding Choongnyeong hostage, we must be prepared to negotiate." Just then the crown prince walks in. "You call that advice?" Execute Foreman Jeon, he says, and demonstrate the authority of the royal house. A king cannot negotiate with rebels, he says, and Taejong agrees.
Several of Ok Hwan's soldiers walk in and bind Choongnyeong's arms around his waist. Now he's a hostage.
Scholars are asking Yi Su what will happen to the prince. Yi looks like he has Excedrin Headache #27.
Hwang Hee, Shim On, Gim Jongsuh and Yun Hwe are discussing the situation. Yun Hwe believes that neither of the two temples would be the rebels' destination, because "there is no way out" and they would be foolish to trap themselves in such a location.
Nighttime: We se soldiers hurriedly gathering, under the supervision of Yi Jongmu and Yi Sookbun (both of whom are visibly agitated).
We see Ok Hwan and Muby leading a large group of rebel soldiers somewhere through the woods. Choongnyeong, still bound, is with them. They move in silence. Suddenly we hear daggers and arrows flying through the air. They're spot-on accurate and we hear thumps and see several of Ok's men fall. Several wildly acrobatic attackers (maybe these are the chuksukhee recruits?) come flying out of the darkness, followed by a company of soldiers led by Yangnyeong! "Wipe out the rebels!", he orders, and the battle is on. We see Muby making short work of attackers, but otherwise the rebels are being routed. Then other soldiers shoot flaming arrows with sparklers into the sky. The lights are seen by the government troops. Ok orders a retreat, which they barely manage.
Soldiers are cheering wildly, with Yangnyeong at their head. The Yis have met up with the crown prince and express their admiration for his strategic thinking, for knowing where to find the rebels. "They were never interested in negotiating in the first place," the prince explains, "So they chose a location that's difficult to find but easy to slip away from." (Did he really figure this out independently or did he get this through Yun Hwe? It's not clear.) Then he goes over to his humbled brother, who's safe and is being untied. Choongnyeong starts to tell him, "I'm sorry for causing..." and Yangnyeong interrupts with a vicious right cross to his brother's face! "Pathetic fool! I saved you only because you're my brother. If you were my subordinate or my advisor, I never would have saved you. In fact, I would have killed you myself."
Back at the rebel hideout, Auri comes in and slaps Jeon Ilji for "putting the master in danger." But Jeon is angry and, to our surprise, starts venting on Ok. "Goryeo, the land we're trying so hard to resurrect, it's a wonderful place, isn't it? It's worth the torture my uncle is going through and worth this girl sleeping with a man she doesn't love to revive Goryeo, isn't it?" Ok ignores him and gets up to leave, but Jeon actually grabs him and shouts, "Answer me! Answer me right now!" Then he calms down and speaks more calmly, and Ok answers him. "No, Goryeo is not such a wonderful place." And he walks away.
Early the next morning: The rebels are tending to their wounded; there are a lot of them. Ok takes it all in. It's an ugly scene (trust me; I'll spare the details). Then he and Jeon go back and forth: "The Goryeo that I lived in was a weak and corrupted regime." "Then why do we have to continue this fight? "It is not acceptable for violence and tyranny to replace corruption and weakness." "Then maybe we shouldn't have taken Choongnyeong hostage," Jeon tells him; isn't that just the kind of tactic you criticize the king for?
Choongnyeong kneels before his father. Taejong tells him that the rebels will be executed tomorrow, and Choongnyeong will be doing the executing himself! The prince protests, but the king tears into him for his "cheap idealistic delusions. What did you think you could change with your guileful tongue?" The prince tries to explain: "I believe that you believe that violence is not the only answer, that there are better ways to suppress an enemy even if they are rebels." But the king counters, I'm sure you also believed that the enemy was honorable, and you were "naive enough to believe you could convince them to surrender." He continues, "This is the world and the cold and ugly thing called reality." We can't retaliate in kind, Choongnyeong tries to argue, but the king says, "Cut the rubbish and just kill the prisoners! This is the only way to redress your failure to discern the reality." And he glares. "What happens if I refuse?", the prince wants to know. Then, his father says, every detained Jeon and Ok citizen will be executed before your eyes." Choongnyeong leaves and almost physically staggers under the weight of it all.
Outside, the queen surreptitiously watches her son leave. "I just wanted to make sure that he is all right," she tells her attendant.
Ministers are meeting, arguing over the king's order. Choongnyeong's defenders argue that a prince should not be made an executioner; his critics call it "a slap on the wrist." Then Yi Sookbun observes that this episode certainly ends the questions about who the next king will be. But Hwang Hee answers, "If prince Choongnyeong accepts his punishment, that will be the beginning of an even bigger battle." It's an unsettling comment.
The queen is with the king. She asks him, "Are you weighing the two boys? Or, is this a final test?" The king simply answers, "It's punishment." But his wife comments, "It's a strange punishment, to say the least."
A burdened Choongnyeong is staring at his sword. Yun Hwe tells him that there's a silver lining in all this; it's a chance to prove yourself worthy of succeeding to the throne, by killing the rebels yourself. And besides, if you don't, hundreds of civilians will die. "I will find a way to stop it," says the prince. Shim On advises, "Do as [the king] says. The king stands firm. You will be hurt as well." This is not just for your safety, Yun argues; "We're trying to protect the future of Joseon." Just then Yi and the Confucian scholars walk in, and Yi says, "If that is true, then you shouldn't be urging him to do this. You must hold fast to your principles and find a better solution." They debate the matter, with Yi arguing that the cycle of violence must be stopped and Yun arguing that in this situation it's a lost cause.
Yangnyeong is enjoying a banquet with his subordinates at a gisaeng house. Hwang enters and asks that the room be cleared. He advises the prince that he should be acting like a king, and kings don't reward subordinates with banquets; the issue orders. Don't relax and think you've won the king's confidence back just because of this. "His majesty has not given up on prince Choongnyeong yet. This could be a test to make him stronger, since decisiveness and guts is what Choongnyeong lacks most." So leave the commendations to your servants; go back to the study hall and work. Yangnyeong accepts the advice graciously (for him).
The king orders the army to sweep of suspected rebel areas upon Foreman Jeon's execution at noon the next day. Posters are posted among the public announcing that Choongnyeong is to execute Foreman Jeon.
Ok considers the order. "A beast's son is a beast as well." The king is simply passing violence onto his son. And this, he tells Ilji and Muby, is why we can't stop fighting. "Punitive action....It is time to make a final decision."
Jang Youngsil works on a sword as Choongnyeong watches. He talks to the prince. "Sitting there with that frown isn't going to change anything. And from now on don't stir up bastards like me with your smooth talk." He puts the sword down in front of the prince. "And don't pretend like you care so much about the people. Kill or be killed; that's life. Struggling isn't going to change that."
The next day: Everyone--EVERYONE--is gathered in a courtyard for the execution. A drum beats, slowly. Foreman Jeon and several other prisoners are led into the courtyard and made to kneel. Choongnyeong calmly steps forward. He stands over Jeon, who looks up, smiles and says, "You're a butcher's son after all." Minister Park stands and orders, "Proceed with the execution!" The drumbeat resumes. Choongnyeong draws his sword, raises it, and yells....