JAZZHOLIC

ay_link June 27th, 2008

I really like this screencap. It’s so…. beautifully designed. The camera angle, the position of both Hye Jin and Joon Soo, the purple mat underneath them, their white clothes… everything.  This drama, not only it has great acting and script, it has such a great directing also.  Too bad some people might not find this is as interesting as I am, which is okay I guess. lol.

Moving on after the jump.

Recaps from Episode 15: Hye Jin’s apartment… after seeing all those red petals on the entrance and up the stairs, leading Hye Jin to her own place, she saw the teddybear, and there he was. Joon Soo, like a prince charming, hugged her from behind while he said, “Congratulations.”

Then he quickly kissed her passionately and pushed her against the door, while Hye Jin obviously tried to let go off him, and told him to wait downstairs. “Don’t do this. There’s a park nearby. Go there, wait for me and I’ll be right there.” But Joon Soo clearly not listening to a single word she said, kept pushing his lips against hers…

At this point I thought to myself, boy, what a rush!
Why Joon Soo always does this? Remember that night in Otaru? How he suddenly got the urge to… well you know, and now this. I guess it’s the young blood. LOL.

Joon Soo took the keys and tried to open the door behind her.

He pushed the door, with Hye Jin trying so hard to stop him. “Why?” he asked. “You cannot do this all the time.” she said. But again, Joon Soo seems to find it hard to believe why she still hesitated. “I’ll wait then.” he said.  “Why can’t we be like before? Not thinking of anything else…” he asked again. And Hye Jin tried to explain to him, to give her more time.

Then Joon Soo started kissing her again until her cellphone rang. “It’s the girls.” she said, and ran to grab her phone from her bag.  But apparently, it’s Dong Won… using Na Ri’s cellphone.

And then Dong Won went on and on before he realized that the girls were watching him from upstairs. He snapped at them for not sleeping and then crushed the phone after hearing Hye Jin begged him to talk to the kids. “I was wrong, please don’t blame them.” she begged, but Dong Won got so mad, he destroyed the poor phone. Na Ri and Na Rae watched him from upstairs with teary eyes, then they went back to the room, leaving Dong Won devastated by his own action.

Hye Jin: it’s Mom, Na Ri?
Dong Won: The kids are asleep.
Let’s talk.
Hye Jin: What about?
Dong Won: You’re a very clever and cunning woman.
How could you give a cellphone to the kids?
You’re talking secretly behind my back?
Hye Jin: I gave them the phone for emergencies.
The phone isn’t just for them to call me, but sometimes they need to call either one of us…
Dong Won: Why are you so worried?
So… like this, I sneaked in in the middle of the night while they’re asleep, and what would you tell them? that Daddy’s a bad guy that’s why Mommy left the house?
Is that what you told them?
Hye Jin: So that’s why you’re using their phone?
If I told the kids the answer to your question like that, wouldn’t it hurt them more!?
Why can’t you see that!
You cannot say it like that.
How long would you want to keep this up?
Do not lie.
If you think the kids are so precious, then you wouldn’t have treated me that way!

Hye Jin went panic and tried to redial again and again, while Joon Soo kept watching her from behind, hearing all this and knew what just happened. He walked towards her and told her that he can take her home. “My car is downstairs, not too far from here.”  But Hye Jin only replied, “Hold me, please. I need you.” she sobbed. So Joon Soo sat down, and hugged her from her side, brushing her hair.

Meanwhile, Dong Won went up to the kids’ room.

Dong Won: I’m sorry.
Daddy was wrong!
Daddy too… it’s not that Daddy hates Mommy.
Daddy likes Mommy too.
Daddy always wants Mommy to come home.
Na Ri: Really?
Dong Won: Of course.
Na Ri: Daddy doesn’t hate Mommy, right?
Dong Won: Of course.
Na Ri: Daddy~
Dong Won: Na Rae, do you hate me?
Na Rae: I hate you!
Dong Won: Well then, then do you want me to go and kill myself?
Na Rae: No!

Dong Won: Our Na Rae is really mad huh…
Na Rae: Daddy~~!
Na Ri: Daddy… I miss Mommy.
Na Rae: Me too. Hurry and bring Mommy home.
Na Ri: Hurry, okay?
Na Rae: You must, okay?
Dong Won: Okay. Yes, yes…

Back to Hye Jin’s place. Joon Soo showed her the picture he took from one of his files. He was about to erase all her pictures, but couldn’t. And this is one of the picture he saved. Hye Jin asked why he didn’t just erase the whole thing. “Because you always hurt me everytime we meet.” he said.

Joon Soo told her how much he was thinking about her and wanted to see her right after he came back from Otaru. He knew how bad of a person Dong Won was, and wanted to make sure she was doing okay.

The next morning, we see Hye Jin giving out the red roses to her neighborhood ahjummas. And Dong Won was just sitting down in Da Ae’s sofa, waiting for her while she shuts down her computer. She went to the kitchen and made him some coffee.

She started by asking, “Who did it?” But Dong Won said he doesn’t know. (this is regarding the pictures and rumors going on in his workplace - episode 15).  And so as she pretended not to know anything, Da Ae started asking questions like, “So, was I right?” “About what?” “That your wife is having an affrair.” she said.  And there we go, Da Ae is smoothly playing her part out to rub it in Dong Won’s face.

With her smile, she told Dong Won that it’s because of him being too naive and trusting his wife so much, he didn’t even see it coming (that she’d have an affair).  Dong Won felt a bit offended and told Da Ae not to talk bad about Hye Jin like that, she’s not that kind of person.  “Suit yourself. You’ll find out the truth sooner or later anyway.”  Dong Won noticed something and asked her what she meant by that.

Dong Won: What are you talking about?
Come here and say it.
Da Ae: I need to take a shower.
Finish your coffee and go.

Da Ae: You know that person I like right?
Him and your wife, they were together in Hokkaido.
Dong Won: What?
Da Ae: I went to see your wife to ask about their relationship.
Dong Won: Then, that guy that you like…
He found out about us and seduced my wife on purpose?
Da Ae: Just think about it slowly.
You’ll get the answer.

Da Ae went to the bathroom, and Dong Won eventually left the house, feeling quite shocked after hearing all this.  He couldn’t hold himself, and Da Ae saw this from her bathroom windows. Dong Won left and drove off. On the way, he kept on sweating until he decided to stop to grab for some drinks from the convenience store.

At the travel agency, Hye Jin was about to go home when her boss suddenly asked her if she wants to go with the team to Jeju. But Hye Jin didn’t answer her right away. “Why? Worry about the kids?” her boss knew. Anyway, to cut it short, Hye Jin apologized for not going, and the camera shifted to the Kang’s villa, where Joon Soo waited under the sun, sweating and looking as if he was about to collapse.

On the roadside bench, Hye Jin was sitting down, reading a book when that guy came by.  Remember the guy with the classes? Hm, I think his name is Woo Seok.  He gave her a book and asked if she knew the writer.  Hye Jin said,  she knew about it a bit. Woo Seok said that as soon as it’s finished, the book will be published in the Fall.  He offered her lunch but Hye Jin needed to go back to the  travel agency.

While walking, Hye Jin passed by a store and she saw a hat from the window. She decided to go in and take a look. Guess who she’s buying the hat for? Hehe. Bingo. Afterwards, she rode a bus and stopped by to pick up the kids from their school.  But just when she was about to reach the place, Na Ri and Na Rae walked towards Dong Won’s car before the girl saw their mom. Dong Won suddenly grabbed the girls and put them in the car. He walked off without even saying anything to Hye Jin, leaving her alone on the streets, while watching her kids being taken away. Na Ri and Na Rae waved at her from the car as it slowly went farther.

Sung Seok showed up beside her and told her to go home. Meanwhile, in a restaurant, Dong Won cut the pizza for the girls, and said, “Eat. If you don’t, Daddy will eat them all.” And quickly the girls offered their plates to him. “Mmm… okay, I’ll eat them all. Na Ri’s slice… Na Rae’s slice…”

Sitting on the bench, Sung Sook tried to talk some sense into Hye Jin, telling her to fix all this mess and go back home.  I don’t get it. If Sung Sook is indeed Hye Jin’s bestfriend, why does she seem so… blunt. But Hye Jin ignored her, and suddenly imagined this picture:

A picture perfect. A happiness that she can have if she’s with joon Soo.
Hye Jin smiled and kept on staring towards the swings.

Meanwhile, back to Kang’s villa, Seong Gu’s father finally showed up, and thus, Joon Soo quickly bent down on his knees and asked for his forgiveness. “Please forgive me (I like to put it as “Please have mercy on me.” keke), and he said again, “I didn’t kill Seong Gu. You have to believe me.”  But Seong Gu’s dad is hard as a rock. I knew he wouldn’t just believe him like that.

Then after he went back inside, Joon Soo stood up and posed like this:

Great camera angle. Great pose, Lee Dong Wook. keke… oops, sorry, OK, focus.

Finally, a scene after Hye Jin met Joon Soo in the park, and Joon Soo took her bag and pulled out the hat. He tried it on, and took Hye Jin by the hands and they went to this place. He wore it like that, and like this:

Hehehehe.. so cute.
Thank goodness for Joon Soo. I think Hye Jin needs all this, since her husband causes enough problems as it is already, the least Joon Soo can do is bring some laughter and smiles into her life.

After eating some lobster, in which Joon Soo told Hye Jin to just use her fingers, not the knife and fork. He grabbed a piece and offered it to her. They looked more comfortable now, and it’s always good to see Hye Jin smiles or laughs because of him.

Outside, after they finished eating, Joon Soo suddenly put his hand over her mouth, and cornered her. She tried to resist, but he insisted. Then there comes his confession. “I love you” he said, before they finally kissed deeply. (erm, boy, I feel like writing a novel when a scene likes this comes along, haha!)

His facial expression right before (and after) he said, “I love you” to Hye Jin:

Then they were walking hand in hand… by that pretty lake? river? pond?  It was such a beautiful night.

Hye Jin couldn’t help but to smile joyfully…

They were playing around and Joon Soo fell into the water, and got his pants wet. So Hye Jin ran away from him, and stopped at this place:

After Joon Soo took her shoes off (I really like this symbolism), he told her to get up and she walked like that, with him beside her, holding her hand.

They went to grab some ice-cream (Baskin Robbins), and as they were walking back to Hye Jin’s place…

 

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