Ep 22 - July 23 [Sat]

[Knov1]

This thread is for discussion of episode 22 of My Man's Woman. Please check the drama info & schedule thread for more info and rules on how to avoid spoilers and such.

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Hwa Young is going through a rough patch with Joon Pho so she talks to Ji Soo about it. She asks Ji Soo how she lived with him all those years. That he's egotistical. Ji Soo tells her she was just doing her part as his wife. Hwa Young also tells Ji Soo that she can't have a child with Joon Pho because he got a vasectomy. That she tries to understand him but doesn't agree with him on not wanting a child. Ji Soo tells Hwa Young that he must done it for Kyung Min. That Hwa Young shouldn't try to have everything. That she could easily end up like Ji Soo.

Dal Sam calls Eun Soo over to a motel because he wants homemade "shaved ice". Eun Soo initially plays along but then gets grossed out by the idea and leaves.

Joon Pho is waiting up for Hwa Young. She arrives home drunk. He asks her who she was with but she just keeps laughing hysterically.

Hwa Young's mom meets with Joon Pho's parents. She feels her daughter is too good to be Joon Pho's mistress. She wants Hwa Young to be compensated for her pain and suffering. Joon Pho's parents tell her they have nothing to discuss with her since they no longer consider Joon Pho their son.

Ji Soo meets with Suk Joon. He would like to take their relationship beyond that of just former co-workers but feels Ji Soo isn't ready yet. He tells her he knows she won't do anything until Kyung Min goes off to college.

Hwa Young meets with her mom. Her mom tells her that Joon Pho's family will never accept her as their daughter-in-law. That she should leave Joon Pho and get compensated for her pain and suffering. When Hwa Young gets home, she tells Joon Pho that her mom met with his parents. That his mom agreed to give Hwa Young $3 million if she'd leave Joon Pho. Joon Pho then calls his mom who asks to meet with Hwa Young.

Hwa Young and Joon Pho meet with his mom. Joon Pho's mom tells Hwa Young that after meeting her mother it was clear to her that Joon Pho and Hwa Young shouldn't be together. That she could never have family ties with someone like Hwa Young's mom. She tells Hwa Young that she'll compensate her for leaving but not as much as Hwa Young's mom asked for.

When Joon Pho's mom gets back, Joon Pho's dad asks her about the meeting. Even though Hwa Young said she had nothing to do with her mom's actions, Joon Pho's dad tells his wife to just give them the money so they'll leave.

Hwa Young fights with her mom over the phone and tells her that she's never going back to the US.

Joon Pho meets with Ji Soo. She thanks him for thinking of Kyung Min when it comes to not having more children but that he shouldn't have made the decision without discussing it with Hwa Young. She doesn't want Kyung Min to find out the other woman is Hwa Young. At least, not until he's much older. She also tells him to be good to Hwa Young.

[TheBo]

Wow, first her brother stabs her in the back; then her mother shoots her legs out from under. I guess they really do want us to feel sorry for Hwayoung. It feels like Hwayoung is teetering on the brink here. Mommy's scary.

I was wondering how they expected Kyungmin never to find out who the mother of his half siblings might be, and now I suppose this solves it. But I can't help thinking he's going to find out anyway and that it'll be pretty messy.

I thought Eunsoo should have gone along with the shaved ice thing. Lots of couple do that crazy stuff--Dalsam was actually kind of cute. "You don't waste a hotel on shaved ice." I don't know how I feel about that sentiment, exactly. LOL.

[Knov1]

I think Eun Soo would have gone along with it if Dal Sam didn't have a history of cheating. Anything he said or did with her would have her thinking "Did he do or try this with so and so as well?".

The conversation between Ji Soo and Suk Joon pretty much sums up where they stand. He would like to pursue a relationship with her but knows she won't be ready to do so for a while. She doesn't want him to wait for her so she encourages him to seek someone else.

[TheBo]

I'm sure you're right about Eunsoo's reaction, but they actually have a pretty fluid and elastic relationship. She's not exactly a wilting flower squirming under the weight of her husband's absolute power--like, say, Joonpho's mom, who, I'll betcha, had to "put up with" a whole load of such goings on. J-P's dad seemed most outraged by the cheek of the girl and the break-up of the marriage, not the affair itself.

I think Ji-soo is just not seriously interested in Suk-joon. For some reason, he doesn't seem to appeal to her all that much. Maybe he's too attentive, you know she's not used to that. LOL.

[Knov1]

You're probably right about Ji Soo and Suk Joon. Each time they talk and he says more than a few words, he really doesn't help himself anyway. From the time he brought up the prostitutes, it was likely a lost cause.

[TheBo]

LOL. Still shaking my head on that one.