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Post by TheBo on Feb 14, 2006 14:26:09 GMT -5
For Bae, who missed it due to a funeral.
Bo
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Post by Lucy on Feb 14, 2006 16:43:10 GMT -5
Oh, gosh, it's been so long that of course I'll probably get it confused with the Saturday episode or maybe even the week before. I'll try, though. Bear with me. Most important is that Soonie has had her surgery, and the doctor meets with Sungmoon and Yoonie to tell them that he's done all he can but she just needs to go home and prepare to meet her fate. Sungmoon, in the first of several such scenes, leaps across the desk and shakes the doctor by the lapels. (I think this happened in the previous week, actually.) Some of the episode is devoted to Soonie coming home and Sungmoon's preparations for that. He buys new curtains and bedspreads and makes it look pretty for her. His thing is that he refuses to let her die and says that he will do anything to make her live, but mostly that seems to consist of yelling a lot and not letting anyone tell Soonie the truth. So she thinks that she has a new start on life and begins making plans for her new life, which do not include her ex-husband. She can't stand to look at him, much less let him touch her. Yoonie, knowing both that her sister hasn't got long and that Sungmoon (is that his name? It's not looking right now) is committed to the idea of making reparations and won't hear of going away, tells Soonie that she doesn't have to get back together with him but that if she wants revenge (which she does), she should think of him as unpaid help and let him run around for her.
I think it was in Friday's episode that the horrible MIL comes in and finds Soonie in bed and screams about that--if it was Saturday, I apologize. But that made my blood boil. She was saying that it was "only" appendix surgery and she shouldn't be lying down when her MIL comes in! Yeah, having your abdomen cut open and sewn back up for whatever reason sure doesn't justify lying down while your evil ex-MIL (who demonized you at every turn and threw you over for the new mistress) walks into the recovery room.
Yoonie's new man keeps showing up and trying to take her out. Once, Yoonie's married ex-lover comes to meet her either outside her work or at the hospital, and she blows him off, getting into the waiting car driven by the cute kid. She had previously said she didn't want to meet him, but she sees an opportunity to "show" the ex and takes it. They have what looks like a nice time, and she finds out what his name is. He says it's Dr. Ji, and she says, "What's your first name?" Turns out his name really is "Doctor Ji"--Boksa, or "doctor", is what his father named him. His two brothers have similar names, and we think one of them means "teacher." She is obviously warming up to him but doesn't want to admit it.
I know I've missed a lot, but as I recall, most of the episode had to do with Soonie being in the hospital and the discussions of what to do with her.
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Post by BAE on Feb 21, 2006 9:42:31 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Lucy. It's so strange seeing Sungmoon in this empathetic role compared to the nonchalant and brutish kind of person he had to play when he was having an affair with Mija. I think he probably was like this when they first got married. Then the hardships started and he couldn't take it anymore and he needed a distraction, so he started going out with Mija.
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Post by TheBo on Feb 21, 2006 10:38:13 GMT -5
Do you remember the flashback when they bought the house and Soonie, Sung-moon and the kids were running around like kindergartners, jumping up and down and laughing? They seemed so happy, I'll bet that's what their life was like. It seems like Sung-moon had an early "midlife crisis" and fell in with a (can I say it?) harlot who took advantage of that. Not that I'm excusing him. If they really were that happy, I can see where Soonie would feel totally betrayed. Even though he might have acted like a selfish child through their whole marriage, even a selfish child can be sweet and lovable.
Bo
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Post by Lucy on Feb 21, 2006 12:27:18 GMT -5
I can almost forgive Sungmoon his midlife crisis, but he went beyond just cheating on her, and that's what I have a hard time with. He said he hate-hate-hated her, the sight of her made him sick, blah blah blah, and in general acted as though she wasn't really a woman or even a person who deserved any consideration. And she was having symptoms (throwing up) and he never had any sympathy for her. It just makes me think that his real character showed when he was at his worst, and his nice side was just something that could disappear when it was put to the test. (They really did seem happy in the flashback, though. . . ) His behavior now is probably what he's trying to become, and it speaks well of him at least that he's trying to be a better person and make up for what he did, even if only to assuage his conscience at the end.
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Post by BAE on Feb 22, 2006 15:45:16 GMT -5
I couldn't agree with you more lucy. For being so evil to SI when he was running around trying to get divorced to her, I cannot find myself able to forgive him. But now that i'm seeing this softer side of him, i'm less apathetic.
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Post by TheBo on Feb 22, 2006 17:06:01 GMT -5
I couldn't agree with you more lucy. For being so evil to SI when he was running around trying to get divorced to her, I cannot find myself able to forgive him. But now that i'm seeing this softer side of him, i'm less apathetic. You've got me stumped, Bae--I'm not sure what you mean by "apathetic." I mean, I know what apathetic means, but I can't help thinking you mean something else, like antipathetic (opposite of sympathetic). My inner schoolmarm is tapping her foot at me. Do you mean you now care about him? I'm really not trying to be a b-i-t-c-h here, I'm just confused...and for some reason, it seems important.... Bo
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Post by BAEun on Feb 22, 2006 18:01:15 GMT -5
LOL. sorry to have you "stumped" Bo. You see i was trying to multitask there and i wanted to say more empathetic......
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Post by Peasa on Feb 22, 2006 20:27:06 GMT -5
Once, Yoonie's married ex-lover comes to meet her either outside her work or at the hospital, and she blows him off, getting into the waiting car driven by the cute kid. Wow thats amazing! I didn't know they were allowed to show this? Did he enjoy this?
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Post by ginnycat5 on Feb 22, 2006 21:48:07 GMT -5
Once, Yoonie's married ex-lover comes to meet her either outside her work or at the hospital, and she blows him off, getting into the waiting car driven by the cute kid. Wow thats amazing! I didn't know they were allowed to show this? Did he enjoy this? lol Blows him off=cuts him, as in an English novel/snubs him/stalks off, leaving him standing there looking stupid
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Post by TheBo on Feb 28, 2006 14:43:38 GMT -5
LOL. sorry to have you "stumped" Bo. You see i was trying to multitask there and i wanted to say more empathetic...... Sorry back to you, Bae, it seems I was developing a migraine that day and didn't know why I felt so obsessive about everything. Speaking of which, I apologize to everyone for being incommunicado for a week. First the migraines, then catching up on my real job and artwork...very important. V-E-R-Y important, LOL. Bo
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Post by Lucy on Feb 28, 2006 15:54:28 GMT -5
I wondered, Bo! Good to have you back.
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