Enia
New Addict
Posts: 63
|
Post by Enia on Dec 7, 2004 17:29:50 GMT -5
Who is Mr. Yoon? Is it Mr. Parks incognito? He is a very sly character so I would not be surprised if he 'scuppered' with the cash. It is too coincidental that Mr. Parks wants to join his family in U.S & Mr. Yoon wants to withdraw his investment within the same timeframe.
|
|
|
Post by humble on Dec 7, 2004 17:32:39 GMT -5
I totally agree with you was just thinking the same thing.
|
|
|
Post by Lucyunlogged on Dec 7, 2004 18:05:23 GMT -5
Awesome theory! I never thought of that, but it makes total sense. There had to be another twist in the Mr. Park subplot. And BTW, where is he anyway?
|
|
|
Post by galacticchick on Dec 8, 2004 10:27:14 GMT -5
Who is Mr. Yoon? Is it Mr. Parks incognito? He is a very sly character so I would not be surprised if he 'scuppered' with the cash. It is too coincidental that Mr. Parks wants to join his family in U.S & Mr. Yoon wants to withdraw his investment within the same timeframe. I think this is right on the money. But you know what's confusing? Isn't ESM's driver also named Yoon? That Mr. Park took all those suckers for a ride, they should have seen this coming when they did a close up frame and he made shifty eyes. But this is what enfuriates me: what's preventing Jinkook now from going to the authorities now? How can ESM look for Mr. Park when he's always the one who set things up for her? Amateurs.
|
|
|
Post by hachiue on Dec 8, 2004 13:15:14 GMT -5
Well Jin-kook did say that he was going to look for Mr. Park, but he also told her to look.
My first thought on this was: a quandary!! So she's vengeful, eh? She got back at Golfer because his wife a) stole their money and b) killed her parents and injured her brother, eh?
Well, Mr. Park has now stolen all of her money and (likely) killed her brother (or at least put him in the ICU, but am I the only one who thought her scream at the end of the episode was suspiciously mournful, as if he'd died?). AND not only that, but Jin-kook first warned her about it. Oh ho ho!
Sweet revenge.
Although maybe she'll blame Golfer for it since that's the excuse Park gave for his thieving and killing ways.
|
|
sandy
Senior Addict
Posts: 334
|
Post by sandy on Dec 9, 2004 23:38:14 GMT -5
I'm confused because I missed an episode. Wasn't Mr. Park a friend and care-taker to the family of Jin-Soo's mother? Didn't he take care of her ailing brother? Didn't she go there after she left Jin-Soo's father? Did he fool them all by siphoning off their money, then going overseas to stay with his own family? Was Jin-Soo's mother taken advantage of, even fooled into trusting Mr. Park?
|
|
|
Post by hachiue on Dec 10, 2004 10:28:18 GMT -5
I'm confused because I missed an episode. Wasn't Mr. Park a friend and care-taker to the family of Jin-Soo's mother? Didn't he take care of her ailing brother? Didn't she go there after she left Jin-Soo's father? Did he fool them all by siphoning off their money, then going overseas to stay with his own family? Was Jin-Soo's mother taken advantage of, even fooled into trusting Mr. Park? The answers are: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Mr. Park was in love with Young-sil, though she didn't know it. He happily supported their scheme and even waited in Korea. But then when she began spending more and more time at her husband's apartment, Mr. Park seemed to think that she was going back to her husband. He left a note to that effect, stole their money (using the same exact scheme) and left. The note killed her older brother. In other words, he was loyal at first (maybe) but then he felt betrayed and he betrayed them in turn.
|
|
|
Post by galacticchick on Dec 10, 2004 10:35:17 GMT -5
I'm just trying to think about what could have possibly been going on in their minds about this plan not backfiring on them. Did they expect Mr. Park to just walk away with a $50 gift certificate to his local Bennigan's?
And what about Jinsoo's mom? I'm getting heartburn just thinking about the fact that they will let her move back in (probably). They better make her get a job or do all the housework, or something.
|
|
|
Post by Lucy on Dec 10, 2004 13:28:07 GMT -5
I'm not sure of the right thread for this, but since we all sound a little confused right now, I'll put it here.
I recorded Tues and Wed's episodes but didn't watch them until last night, and I feel like I missed an episode. It seems like the show went from the one that ended with ESM reading the note from Mr. Park (and her brother having been taken to the ER), to the brother universally known to be dead and, apparently, buried. All of a sudden Hee-soo and ESM are marching around in mourning clothes--what happened?
|
|
|
Post by hachiue on Dec 10, 2004 14:09:32 GMT -5
Well, I assumed that I didn't miss an episode and the story just moved - or else that they cut out some material at the end/beginning of the episodes.
At the end of Tuesday's episode, when Young-sil went to the hospital to see her brother, the very last thing heard during the show was a very loud, pained scream from her (oppa! or something to that effect). I immediately assumed that he was dead - I think I posted something about that somewhere but might not have.
So when it started up after the funeral on Wednesday I thought that maybe they just didn't want to get bogged down showing the funeral, etc. when they had more important things to harangue us about.
Maybe they did skip an episode, though. Lucy, did you happen to catch the episode numbers in your recordings to see if they skipped one?
|
|
|
Post by Lucy on Dec 10, 2004 14:16:02 GMT -5
Now that you describe what happened, I think I missed the very end of the episode. I didn't notice so much because I watched 2 eps in a row last night, but it did cut off abruptly now that you mention it. The last thing I saw was ESM coming "home" to her brother's and being met with the letter. I thought I missed only the piano outro. Thanks for the missing scene description.
|
|
|
Post by TheBo on Dec 10, 2004 14:28:48 GMT -5
Who is Mr. Yoon? Is it Mr. Parks incognito?... (In conspiratorial whisper)[/sup] [shadow=red,left,300] Well, I'm pretty sure it's Ji-Hong's missing father....[/shadow] Bo
|
|
|
Post by Lucy on Dec 10, 2004 17:00:03 GMT -5
Bo, are you spoiling? Nah, couldn't be. Lucy.
|
|
sandy
Senior Addict
Posts: 334
|
Post by sandy on Dec 10, 2004 23:15:03 GMT -5
One thing that struck me was when Young-Sil told her husband that she had been working for years while he and Jin-Kook were idle at home. Now, you have to wonder who was running that business. I remember her husband golfing, Jin-Kook home and doing nothing. When Young-Sil left, when his father became ill, Jin-Kook took over the family business. Young-Sil always seemed to be working at the office. Perhaps she trusted Mr. Park too much. Now, Young-Sil seems to be at home, tending to Jin-Soo. Perhaps, they'll all have to find work, to make it as a family, because their fortune is gone. Hee-Soo seems to be living in reality, wanting to get a job. Young-Sil may have to become a mother who stays at home because of Jin-Soo.
I, too, missed a few episodes, so I'm a bit confused. It seems that Young-Sil will return home as Jin-Soo's mom, letting her family try to keep the business going. Now for the other problems...
|
|
|
Post by hachiue on Dec 11, 2004 13:48:11 GMT -5
Actually, Young-sil is called ESM for a reason - she's the evil stepmother that we all know and hate.
Jin-kook actually did work in the office often - but it seemed like he felt ineffectual there because ESM and Mr. Park were conspiring to steal the fortune - they had been for what, 14 years or so? ESM had a good reason to trust Mr. Park - he lived with her family since her childhood and helped them in many ways. She (apparently being dense) had no idea that he was a jealous wanna-be lover. I still don't get this anyway - what, was he going to leave his family or just keep ESM on as a mistress or worship her from afar?
Anyway, Golfer dad stayed at home because he never really did run a business - he ran errands for his wife's business and after his wife died he hired ESM to run his wife's business because he doesn't have a businessman's personality. He promoted Jin-kook to CEO initially because that's what you do. Because of his distrust and ESM's scheming, Jin-kook couldn't run the business effectively, and he felt it was a waste of time to do so.
ESM did wrongly trust Mr. Park - but that's just because she forgot the first rule of criminals, which is to never trust your compatriots, because, like you, they are criminals.
ESM is still trying to assert her dominance over Hee-soo and doesn't realize that she's not part of the family anymore until she can make amends. Sure, she apologized to Jin-kook, and that's a big step. But she has to let go of all of her rancor towards them and make up for her wrongdoings in the past so that they will trust her. She has to accept that she will never have as dominant a position in the family again because she has proven herself disloyal.
I don't get all the sympathy for ESM. Sure, she's had a horrible life. But this latest round of crap that's been dumped on her is her fault for taking an unwise revenge against the people who didn't even perpetrate the crime (Golfer's involvement in it, I think, is circumstantial - he wasn't told that by having his truck there he would kill people I don't think).
|
|