Post by TheBo on Oct 29, 2010 12:07:54 GMT -5
10/28/10
Grand Chef recap Ep22—an overview, but with everything included, not necessarily in the order it happened. If you have any specific questions, ask me.
[Very long intro reviewing what went on JUST BEFORE THIS. Why do they keep doing that? It’s most irritating. They could have cut one whole episode for this.]
Chef and Bong-ju. B-J and Chef Oh discuss the audit. They decide it is normal, that every business gets it, but Chef Oh kind of blames their problems on B-J for being “too busy” and neglectful. Chef Oh minimizes his condition and tells Sung-chan he (Chef) was too hard on B-J, believing it would be good for him. He wants S-C and B-J to work together. As things get worse, B-J and Chef spend time together and get along better. At this point in the episode, however, B-J disses Min-woo, snubs S-C and tortures Joo-hee with accusations. In other words, continues to be a jerk.
Everyone knows. Jin-su manages to get into the Matsumoto (I think I’ll call him “Mat”) suite, finds out she cannot see him but offers to get some food to stimulate his lagging appetite (she is refused). She goes to the restaurant and runs into Joo-hee and her dad (who has just come away from plotting with Min-woo). J-S says she saw Dad at the hotel and he tries to cover to J-H. J-H is suspicious. J-S tells them she knows about the tax investigation, because Mr. Han knows, and if he knows, everyone knows (LOL).
Jin-su gets lucky. Sung-chan tells J-S all about it. She tells S-C about the interview and Mat’s lack of appetite, but don’t bother trying to help, I know you’re busy. Meantime, Mat has read the article about U-A-J that upset the applecart, and tells his pet chef to get “that reporter” (J-S). Looks like she lucked out.
Trying to fix things. U-A-J’s loans are being called in and once again, Joo-hee takes the brunt of the problems. J-H’s dad attacks Bong-ju in Chef’s room like a big jerk. (Those two deserve each other.) He pretends he’s helping them, but upsets Chef with a threatened board meeting. The situation is dire, and Sung-chan overhears B-J pin his hopes on Chairman Jang. S-C goes to beg the board members who are siding with J-H’s dad, and is sent away with a bug in his ear. B-J goes to Chairman Jang, who refuses to let him in the house. B-J gets drunk and goes over to J-H and her dad’s house to find out why he’s being betrayed. Dad reads him the riot act. B-J apologizes, but Dad won’t have it even though J-H pleads, too. [Actually, this seems to make him madder, which is understandable after what B-J did to J-H.]
Meeting Mr. Mat. Jin-su gets her interview, showing off her skills in speaking Japanese, but Mat speaks Korean. He just wants to meet Sung-chan. When J-S discusses it with Mr. Han, he convinces her that Mat can help U-A-J if S-C will only meet with him. She talks to S-C about the entire U-A-J situation, and he determines that Yong (tooth-man), Yoon (J-H’s dad) and Min-woo aren’t influential enough to cause all their problems with licenses and such. “Someone else” is behind it. She tells him about Mat, who might be able to help S-C out. [Little do they know!] They go to meet him, but he merely asks S-C to cook a special shrimp dish for him. S-C says, maybe later, I’m kind of busy here. S-C and J-S are totally baffled, but S-C is impressed that Mat knows about this obscure shrimp dish. Alone, Mat gazes at a photo of himself standing next to Chef Oh; they both look happy.
End of Bong-ju's reign. At the board meeting, Chef Choi (who has pledged to try to help B-J) gives an inappropriately joyful Min-woo the dirty eye. The board pretty much go viral all over Bong-ju. When Joo-hee tries to defend him, pointing out they all approved the businesses they are now complaining about (wine, beef, branches), they shrug off their own responsibility and place it onto B-J. They are pretty po’d about the huge tax fine, too. The board takes control from B-J. Afterward, B-J asks J-H’s dad and M-W who helped them. They deny everything. M-W jeers at B-J’s late awakening to how he’d pissed off M-W. Sung-chan begs B-J not to give up, but he clearly has.
And a sesame seed bun. Joo-hee and Chef commiserate over the situation, and J-H promises him she’ll help the boys work with each other. You do that, he says, and “bring the small jar of sauce.” [HUH? lol…]
Who comes up with this? B-J drives into the hills, crying, while the Bad 3 celebrate his downfall. Min-woo wants to know who will run things now; Mr. Yong says it’s up to Mat. Then we are treated to an interlude of B-J remembering the good old days at U-A-J while a completely inappropriate song about a lost (or deceased) lover plays.
Han knows all. Mr. Han announces the results of the board meeting, and also that Mat is behind U-A-J’s recent problems. (Well, not the ones they caused themselves like the kimchee, but everything else.) Jin-su, who finally puts together the Bad 3 and Mat, tears off to find out (thinks Mr. Han) why Mat is after U-A-J and why he wants Sung-chan.
Sung-chan learns all. S-C goes back to work in the U-A-J kitchen, chiding and encouraging the dispirited troops back into shape. Jin-su runs in and tells him about the Matsumoto plot. S-C rushes to Mat’s hotel and runs into the Bad 3 coming away from a conference about who will be CEO (Min-woo clearly thinks this will be his big chance). S-C argues with the Bad 3 (and even hits M-W). They are interrupted by Mat’s pet chef. S-C tells off Mat and says he’ll take back U-A-J, not be Mat’s pet royal chef.
Mat attack. When Chef Oh finds out about Mat taking over, he gets very upset and has another attack. Joo-hee calls Sung-chan, and after the doctor leaves, Chef begs J-H never to let Mat take over. She promises she won’t. S-C comes and apologizes for everything he’s done to upset Chef. Chef tells him, “Put my sauce in the urn by my father’s” (the memorial sauces at the temple) and asks for Bong-ju. [While J-H goes to get him, her father and Min-woo again congratulate each other on how great they are. Dad gets the call about Chef.] J-H finally finds B-J at Jang’s resort (I’m pretty sure that’s where they are) and tells him about Chef. He rushes home; everyone cries; everyone apologizes. Chef gives the boys the last of U-A-J’s special sauce (jang), the basis of their entire cuisine. He charges them with keeping up U-A-J’s traditions. They say they will; Chef faints.
The end. That night, Sung-chan dreams about all the good times with his dad, who wakes him, laughing and asking what he was dreaming about. They talk about taking Bong-ju fishing “next time” and in the middle of the conversation, Chef dies quietly. S-C cries out in grief, and B-J comes and joins in. They both cry and scream and apologize for everything they’ve done—really quite pitiful.
Grand Chef recap Ep22—an overview, but with everything included, not necessarily in the order it happened. If you have any specific questions, ask me.
[Very long intro reviewing what went on JUST BEFORE THIS. Why do they keep doing that? It’s most irritating. They could have cut one whole episode for this.]
Chef and Bong-ju. B-J and Chef Oh discuss the audit. They decide it is normal, that every business gets it, but Chef Oh kind of blames their problems on B-J for being “too busy” and neglectful. Chef Oh minimizes his condition and tells Sung-chan he (Chef) was too hard on B-J, believing it would be good for him. He wants S-C and B-J to work together. As things get worse, B-J and Chef spend time together and get along better. At this point in the episode, however, B-J disses Min-woo, snubs S-C and tortures Joo-hee with accusations. In other words, continues to be a jerk.
Everyone knows. Jin-su manages to get into the Matsumoto (I think I’ll call him “Mat”) suite, finds out she cannot see him but offers to get some food to stimulate his lagging appetite (she is refused). She goes to the restaurant and runs into Joo-hee and her dad (who has just come away from plotting with Min-woo). J-S says she saw Dad at the hotel and he tries to cover to J-H. J-H is suspicious. J-S tells them she knows about the tax investigation, because Mr. Han knows, and if he knows, everyone knows (LOL).
Jin-su gets lucky. Sung-chan tells J-S all about it. She tells S-C about the interview and Mat’s lack of appetite, but don’t bother trying to help, I know you’re busy. Meantime, Mat has read the article about U-A-J that upset the applecart, and tells his pet chef to get “that reporter” (J-S). Looks like she lucked out.
Trying to fix things. U-A-J’s loans are being called in and once again, Joo-hee takes the brunt of the problems. J-H’s dad attacks Bong-ju in Chef’s room like a big jerk. (Those two deserve each other.) He pretends he’s helping them, but upsets Chef with a threatened board meeting. The situation is dire, and Sung-chan overhears B-J pin his hopes on Chairman Jang. S-C goes to beg the board members who are siding with J-H’s dad, and is sent away with a bug in his ear. B-J goes to Chairman Jang, who refuses to let him in the house. B-J gets drunk and goes over to J-H and her dad’s house to find out why he’s being betrayed. Dad reads him the riot act. B-J apologizes, but Dad won’t have it even though J-H pleads, too. [Actually, this seems to make him madder, which is understandable after what B-J did to J-H.]
Meeting Mr. Mat. Jin-su gets her interview, showing off her skills in speaking Japanese, but Mat speaks Korean. He just wants to meet Sung-chan. When J-S discusses it with Mr. Han, he convinces her that Mat can help U-A-J if S-C will only meet with him. She talks to S-C about the entire U-A-J situation, and he determines that Yong (tooth-man), Yoon (J-H’s dad) and Min-woo aren’t influential enough to cause all their problems with licenses and such. “Someone else” is behind it. She tells him about Mat, who might be able to help S-C out. [Little do they know!] They go to meet him, but he merely asks S-C to cook a special shrimp dish for him. S-C says, maybe later, I’m kind of busy here. S-C and J-S are totally baffled, but S-C is impressed that Mat knows about this obscure shrimp dish. Alone, Mat gazes at a photo of himself standing next to Chef Oh; they both look happy.
End of Bong-ju's reign. At the board meeting, Chef Choi (who has pledged to try to help B-J) gives an inappropriately joyful Min-woo the dirty eye. The board pretty much go viral all over Bong-ju. When Joo-hee tries to defend him, pointing out they all approved the businesses they are now complaining about (wine, beef, branches), they shrug off their own responsibility and place it onto B-J. They are pretty po’d about the huge tax fine, too. The board takes control from B-J. Afterward, B-J asks J-H’s dad and M-W who helped them. They deny everything. M-W jeers at B-J’s late awakening to how he’d pissed off M-W. Sung-chan begs B-J not to give up, but he clearly has.
And a sesame seed bun. Joo-hee and Chef commiserate over the situation, and J-H promises him she’ll help the boys work with each other. You do that, he says, and “bring the small jar of sauce.” [HUH? lol…]
Who comes up with this? B-J drives into the hills, crying, while the Bad 3 celebrate his downfall. Min-woo wants to know who will run things now; Mr. Yong says it’s up to Mat. Then we are treated to an interlude of B-J remembering the good old days at U-A-J while a completely inappropriate song about a lost (or deceased) lover plays.
Han knows all. Mr. Han announces the results of the board meeting, and also that Mat is behind U-A-J’s recent problems. (Well, not the ones they caused themselves like the kimchee, but everything else.) Jin-su, who finally puts together the Bad 3 and Mat, tears off to find out (thinks Mr. Han) why Mat is after U-A-J and why he wants Sung-chan.
Sung-chan learns all. S-C goes back to work in the U-A-J kitchen, chiding and encouraging the dispirited troops back into shape. Jin-su runs in and tells him about the Matsumoto plot. S-C rushes to Mat’s hotel and runs into the Bad 3 coming away from a conference about who will be CEO (Min-woo clearly thinks this will be his big chance). S-C argues with the Bad 3 (and even hits M-W). They are interrupted by Mat’s pet chef. S-C tells off Mat and says he’ll take back U-A-J, not be Mat’s pet royal chef.
Mat attack. When Chef Oh finds out about Mat taking over, he gets very upset and has another attack. Joo-hee calls Sung-chan, and after the doctor leaves, Chef begs J-H never to let Mat take over. She promises she won’t. S-C comes and apologizes for everything he’s done to upset Chef. Chef tells him, “Put my sauce in the urn by my father’s” (the memorial sauces at the temple) and asks for Bong-ju. [While J-H goes to get him, her father and Min-woo again congratulate each other on how great they are. Dad gets the call about Chef.] J-H finally finds B-J at Jang’s resort (I’m pretty sure that’s where they are) and tells him about Chef. He rushes home; everyone cries; everyone apologizes. Chef gives the boys the last of U-A-J’s special sauce (jang), the basis of their entire cuisine. He charges them with keeping up U-A-J’s traditions. They say they will; Chef faints.
The end. That night, Sung-chan dreams about all the good times with his dad, who wakes him, laughing and asking what he was dreaming about. They talk about taking Bong-ju fishing “next time” and in the middle of the conversation, Chef dies quietly. S-C cries out in grief, and B-J comes and joins in. They both cry and scream and apologize for everything they’ve done—really quite pitiful.