Ep 13 [Tuesday, May 21]

[Knov1]

This thread is for episode 13 of That Winter, The Wind Blows. Please check the drama info & schedule thread for more info about the series.

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The episode starts from Young's point of view. After So Ra's call, she goes to Soo's room. He isn't there. She hears noise coming from Secretary Wang's room. She heads there and overhears their spat. Young is able to see for a brief second and spots Soo's scar on his chest. She knows Soo is the guy the read Pro Soo's letter back in episode 1. Young struggles to get back to her room. Secretary Wang wants Soo to leave the house once Young goes in for surgery. Soo responds that Lawyer Jang will be meeting with Dr Kwak. He's the doctor that lied about the cause of Young's blindness. Mi Ra will serve as the witness. When Soo leaves, Secretary Wang will be doing so too.

Soo knocks on Young's door but she doesn't answer. A crying Young thinks back to her time with Con Soo and what she overheard from Secretary Wang and Soo's argument. Soo returns to his room. He gets a text from So Ra. Young knows the truth. So Ra will be waiting for Soo in Italy. Lawyer Jang chews out Mi Ra for her part in Secretary Wang's scheme. He wants Dr Kwak reported for malpractice. Soo watches Young head out to the greenhouse. Now she knows why she can smell Secretary Wang and Soo's scent in the secret room. Jin Sung comes to the house for his things. He wants to set up one more game with Boss Kim so Soo can pay back the debt. Soo will only do it if Jin Sung doesn't get involved.

Lawyer Jang arrives and slaps Soo upon seeing him. He wants to talk with Soo and Secretary Wang. Young's surgery will be over the weekend. Both Soo and Secretary Wang will be kicked out then. Lawyer Jang will be the only one staying with Young. He plans to report all the embezzling and harm Secretary Wang has done to Young to the PL Group shareholders. He wants Soo to continue pretending to be Young's Oppa until the surgery. Young returns from the greenhouse. She wants to go shopping for a wedding dress with Secretary Wang. The maid comes down and says she found Young's window bell in the garbage. Young tells her to throw it out, right in front of Soo. Young wants to go on a tip with Soo before her surgery. Hey, how about Italy? No, that's too far. Soo wants to go somewhere better. He follows the maid outside and grabs the bell from the trash.

On the way to the wedding dress shop, Secretary Wang and Young reflect on their time together. Secretary Wang has been looking after Young for over 20 years. Soo goes to the secret room in the greenhouse. Young made a mess. Soo cleans it up. He watches the video Young recorded. In it, young wonders how much of what happened between them was planned. Back the dress shop, Young wants to try on a ruffle dress because it's what Secretary Wang likes. Hee Sun calls Young. She wants to meet up. Jin Sung gets a call from Man Du. Hee Sun doesn't want him hanging around with man Du. Young and Secretary Wang take a photo together while Young is still wearing the dress. It's the first photo they've taken together. Secretary Wang thinks Soo, Myung Ho and Lawyer Jang will like the dress. Young only cares if Secretary Wang likes it or not. It's her present to Secretary Wang. After the surgery, she won't need Secretary Wang or Soo anymore. Young meets with Hee Sun. Hee Sun asks for money. Young knows she's after the $7 million that Soo needs. It's a life and death situation for Soo. Hee Sun hopes Young will give him the money. Jin Sung goes to Man Du for money. Man Du tells one of Boss Kim's thugs to report back that Jin Sung took the bait.

Back at the house, Soo and Young run into each other in the greenhouse. She wants to go to the family villa at Mt. Jiri for their trip. It was the last place they went as a family before their parents got divorced. Soo wants to wait until after the surgery. Young wants to go tomorrow. They can't go if she doesn't survive the surgery. On her way out, she rips out the Lamb's Ear they planted. The following day Soo and Young head to the villa. Back at the house, Secretary Wang found So Ra's number on Young's phone. She called So Ra who confessed to telling Young the truth. Secretary Wang calls Soo and tells him to return to the house. Young knows the truth. Soo says they'll return after the trip. Young tells Soo to hang up and turn off his phone. In Young's drawer, Secretary Wang finds a new will. Young is leaving everything to the community center. Myung Ho calls Lawyer Jang. Young texted Myung Ho to inform him the wedding is off.

The road to the villa is closed. Soo carries Young the rest of the way. Soo uses the phone's navigation to guide him. Young remembers the last time she was at the villa. She had fun. They finally arrive at the villa. No one has been there in a while. Young still wants to stay there. She's cold. Soo chops wood to build a fire. He then heads into town to buy food. Young waits inside the villa by herself. Back at the house, Secretary Wang and Lawyer Jang go to the secret room in the greenhouse to look for clues on where Soo and Young went. Soo left a note for Young there. Soo knows that Young knows the truth. Now everybody knows. Lawyer Jang spots the photo of Pro Soo. Soo returns to the villa with food.

Soo and Young talk over tea. Young wants Soo to leave on the day of the surgery. He wants to leave after. She changes her mind and says she wants him to leave tomorrow. He answers that she shouldn't worry about what he does. Soo asks about the last time the family was the villa. Young lied earlier. Those weren't happy times. Her parents fought like cats and dogs. The following morning they told Pro Soo and Young that they were getting divorced. Like the last few days, those were bad times for Young. She changes to subject to Con Soo. She wants to know about his dreams. Was he always a conman? Soo begins to talk about "his" dreams. Young answers that she wants to talk about "Con Soo". Soo is done pretending to be Young's Oppa.

Young wanted to see how far Soo would go with his act. She wants to hear what excuse he might have for himself. He has none. Soo knows he hurt Young. She tosses her tea in his face. She's hurt and mad but can't do anything about it as a blind person. Soo did an excellent job fooling her. He even got her to fall for him. She gets up to walk away. Soo attempts to grab her but she slaps him. He forcefully embraces Young and then kisses her. A crying Young wonders if this is the end for them.

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This is probably my 2nd least favorite episode so far. I wish K-Dramas would stop with the forced kissing. It doesn't accomplish anything, except for getting on my nerves.

[TheBo]

I agree with you on forced kissing, it is used entirely too much. I'm not sure what the point is. In fact, there's been too much kissing between these two anyway, they should not have started with that until AFTER they admitted to each other that they were not, and knew they were not, siblings. To quote ajk...I don't have to say it, do I?

However, that only happened at the end. I thought the rest of the episode was good. Young has been surprising in this episode. She seems to have come to a complete understanding of Secretary Wang and her motivations, and she has decided how much she owes her and how much she does not. (Poor Atty Jang, he doesn't know how to deal with all this emotional upheaval. I felt very sorry for him when he found Pro Soo's photo.) And as for Con Soo, Young was really funny sending him running in circles for her.

Moochul is spinning wildly. He doesn't seem to understand that he has lost control of the whole situation. Threatening Mr. Big isn't accomplishing whatever it is he is trying to do, and he's doesn't even have a hold over Soo any more.

I hope Sora sits on her arse and rots in Italy. Brat.

[ajk]

I had the same reaction Bo did; thought it was pretty good up until the end, if only because we've been anticipating this all along--how will Young react once she knows. As it went on I wondered if she might calmly try to kill herself, especially when they went out there to the cabin. We've seen her in a lot of different states mentally so you just weren't sure. The unpredictability made it interesting.

The conversation in the cabin was great. Neither of them fessed up about knowing, until just that subtle "leave tomorrow" and they went back to not fessing up...and then a little more, and then a lot more and then "Let's stop." It made sense that it would play out like that. And the way she explained her anger, it was well-written.

But the forced kiss made Soo look like a real jerk and it made me angry. And I especially didn't like that Young didn't seem to hate it. And then this business about "Are we really over"...huh? Over WHAT? You thought he was your brother until what, one day ago? And now you don't shove him away when he forces himself on you and kisses you passionately? Certainly doesn't make us want to respect her, does it.

One glaring problem in this one was Soo telling Slutler that the crooked doctor is going to testify against her. The same guy Soo beat up on the roadway? Yeah, he'll really want to help Soo now, won't he. Didn't make sense.

We haven't seen the last of So Ra. I still think she's going to crack and bring back the money and beg for Soo's life. But I keep thinking of the Vulcan in the car with Dr. Evil, telling him he'll get his money and Soo will die too. Yikes.

But bottom line, anything that puts the ICK ICK ICK! in the rearview mirror is an improvement.

[TheBo]

Har. With all that about forced kissing, I forgot about when Atty Jang (and earlier, Soo) told Ms Wang all his plans for her downfall. What the heck does he think she'll do? Sit there quietly and wait for it?

Dumb.

[bird11]

I have to agree with ajk, when Con Soo left Young alone, I thought she would finally get some backbone (so tired of hearing how she can't do anything because she is blind) and I really thought she was going to try and kill herself-- even if she said she wanted to live, now she heard that the surgery wont help, I thought maybe she would try to kill herself. Even when she had her picture taken with Sec Wang, and it was like she was doing one last nice thing to thank Sec. Wang for all the help she has given her. At the cabin, I was hoping that maybe she would get mad, yell, throw things and they could get the whole story out in the open and go on from there, why keep beating around the bush if they all know what is going on? With the surgery coming up, she should try and set things straight. Maybe she is so used to being lied to and manipulated that she has know idea how to get Con Soo to talk to her directly.....
I thought the writer's missed a good "point", I thought when Atty Jang found Soo's picture they could have done a few flashbacks and showed a little of the history between him and Soo and/or the family, his
character really hasn't had much time in the drama and I thought this would have been a good place to add some.

[TheBo]

YOU have good points, bird. And um, your avatar photo looks, I dunno, familiar...

I didn't even think of her wanting to kill herself, but you know, she WAS acting like that. Straightening out all her affairs, acting secretive. And a big old fight would have been refreshing. And yes, it would have been nice to see some Jang/Pro Soo history, since he was so overcome with joy when he thought he found the boy.