JAZZHOLIC

ay_link July 5th, 2008

Sung Sook is not your typical bestfriend. After watching Episode 17-18, I’m not sure if I like her presence in the midst of Hye Jin and Dong Won. What is truly her motive? Why does she seem to be so ‘nice’ to Hye Jin but at the same time, she doesn’t seem to get it that Dong Won cheated on her so-called best-friend. What? Does she really think it’s ‘normal’ for a man to cheat on his wife once? I dunno, but to me she’s bad news. She needs to go home to her Japanese husband, if she’s not already divorced. Is she?

Seeing Joon Soo came out from his wife’s apartment building, Dong Won couldn’t believe what he was seeing. And at this point, I’m not so sure if it’s his male ego or if he’s really jealous of him. But anyway, they acted civil and went to a bar instead of beating each other up like teenage boys.

Dong Won: Don’t you think this is a bit childish?
Joon Soo: If you have something to say, let’s go somewhere else.
Dong Won: What the hell.
Joon Soo: This is not just about us.
Dong Won: Yoon Hye Jin is my wife.
Don’t get in between our problem!
Joon Soo: And you’ll say the same thing with Da Ae also?
That whatever you do with her is not my problem either?
Dong Won: Of course!
How long have you known Da Ae? Last fall? Less than a year maybe?
I think it does make sense now. How you showed up and mess up my life.
Joon Soo: Da Ae nor Hye Jin, they’re not your possession.
Dong Won: The hell?!
I won’t waste my time talking to you.
Joon Soo: Leave Hye Jin-ssi alone.
Dong Won: Hye Jin-ssi?
Joon Soo: She has a lot on her mind already.
Dong Won: So you’re close to her like that?

Meanwhile, upstairs, Hye Jin suddenly rushed to the window, but hesitated. She looked at her daughters’ pictures, but grabbed her own. The one that Joon Soo gave.

Hye Jin: I don’t know if this is really about the kids.
Or… could it be that I’m giving myself an excuse not to fall in love again at my age.

Hye Jin: They say it’s like the flame of love, because it gives a spark of life…
You feel the same shiver of joy, but after that, what to do after love is gone?
If I pretended not to know, and let until my husband admitted it…
If I had waited until he confessed…
But I still don’t know what to do if he still hasn’t confessed?
If I had known that it’d go on, maybe I should just died and not going to Hokkaido and met Joon Soo.

Then she rushed out, hoping maybe Joon Soo was still there waiting for her. But as the looked to her right and far, Joon Soo wasn’t there anymore.

Hye Jin: No. I shouldn’t regret it.
I met Joon Soo it’s like a special joy of life.
I might have live long enough not knowing how this might feel…
The joy of life, like my body has been delighfully shattered.

Then her thought got interrupted because Bok-soon ran up to her, giving Hye Jin her little cute moaning. “Bok-soona…” said Hye Jin, then she picked her up from the ground. In the mean time, the two men were having their lil talk of their own. This is a looooong scene, so I just try to ’summary’ the parts that I think it’s quite intriguing. Joon Soo had his own little victory also at the end.

Dong Won: You think she would give up everything that easily?
She wouldn’t dare. Why?
First, there’s the kids involved.
My wife and the kids are inseparable. (she can’t live without her kids)
You think I’d choose to give up those kids?
[...]
Yes, I hated what happened in Sapporo, but I’d let it go as you met someone’s wife in Hokkaido, and had a fling. That was it.
Joon Soo: That’s enough.
Dong Wong: I’m almost done. Just listen for a bit more.
Joon Soo: That’s an insult to Hye Jin.
Dong Won: I can’t tolerate it.
So what would you do?
[...]
If you love her, then let her go.
I assure you, I won’t let go of her.
Joon Soo: Is that so?
You think she’s that weak to give up her kids?
She’d die if she even thought of going back to you.
I, myself, won’t ever let that happen
I won’t let her be submissive to you because you can’t love her anymore, nor you can bring her happiness that she deserves! Just let her go.

Then Joon Soo left first, leaving Dong Won dumbfounded as he gulped down his glass in one go.

Joon Soo drove off back to Hye Jin’s apartment, and as he was about to go up to Hye Jin’s, she called him from across the street. “Joon Soo-ssi!” He walked across, and quickly took her in his arms.

Joon Soo: I love you.
I want to let the world know that I love Yoon Hye Jin.
I LOVE YOON HYE JIN!!!!

Then he kissed Hye Jin again, this time more passionately, while the background song is playing nicely to accompany them.

Meanwhile, Dong Won went home by a taxi because he was so drunk to drive, he couldn’t even remember that he didn’t ride his own car. He told the taxi driver to park the car, but the driver said, “Sir, this is my taxi.” “Hm? Taxi? Then where’s my car?” he asked, half-conscious. Then he opened the door, about to leave, before even paying the taxi fare. The driver reminded him, so he took out a bunch of bills from his wallet to pay for the fare.

Inside, Sung Sook was asleep, enough to see Dong Won rushed in and fell right on the floor. Unconscious. “Oh, Director, get up… get up…” she said. This scene is pretty funny actually. I’m sure with no translation we can still enjoy it hehe…

And back at Hye Jin’s, Joon Soo was laying down on the sofa, resting on Hye Jin’s lap.

Hye Jin: Where did you go?
Joon Soo: Just somewhere.
Hye Jin: Did you meet someone?
Joon Soo: No.
Hye Jin: Then?
Joon Soo: Why did you think I went somewhere.
Hye Jin: But what took you so long?
Joon Soo: The truth is that I was going to go home, but I thought, “No, this won’t do. I want to see her again.” That’s why I couldn’t go home. So…

Hye Jin: So what?
Joon Soo: That’s why I thought I should go back to meet you.
Would that do?
What?
Hye Jin: That smells like a lie.
Joon Soo: Where?
There’s no smell.
Hye Jin: After you left, I felt something’s weird. I felt sorry.
To let you off like that. Then I went out to see if you were there.
Joon Soo: So you’re that bored, after I left?

Then they did this hand thing, very sweet how Joon Soo led her on and somehow I can feel that he can actually give the happiness that she deserves. At the end, Joon Soo told her to wait for a bit until he sorts out his own ‘thing’. “I realize I have some complicated matters I have to sort out first. Please wait for me until I let it all out and be free (to come back to you.” To this, Hye Jin just watched him with that look. Does she really fall for him now?

The next morning, Joon Soo drove up with his motorcycle to the beach area.

This is the first time he came by not feeling frustrated or devastated. And with this scene, it’s a sign that he has sorted out whatever his complicated matters and let himself be free of any burden (especially a burden of his own past).

They went to see the beach, and while not saying anything, he slowly gave her a little box of present. Signaling her to open and see the gift, though she didn’t respond, he walked closely to her and put on the scarf that was inside that little brown box. This is such a sweet scene. *sobs*

The way she looked at him, it’s like saying, “I’m glad you overcome your own fear, and came back to me. I’m grateful to you.” And afterwards, they went for a walk on the beach, and he gave her a piggyback after asking her to put the scarf around her head. They both seemed very happy together.

Then they went back to her restaurant, and she fed him some yummy lunch, before her husband, the scary man who got into fight with Joon Soo before, he offered him some seafood on the grill. To this, Joon Soo got up and bowed to the man as a sign of gratitude.

Then before he was about to leave, she told him next time he comes here to bring the girl that he brought with him before. “She must be someone you like, right?” she asked. But Joon Soo said no, it’s not her. He has someone else he likes now. “Oh really?” she asked and smiled. Then he smiled at her like the capture above, before he finally left.

And finally, Da Ae showed up. She was in her shop, putting her accessories using a mirror on the wall.

Da Ae: Unni. How do I look?
Myeong Ja: What?
Da Ae: Am I pretty?
Myeong Ja: What’s wrong with you?
Da Ae: I’m a witch right?
Myeong Ja: Don’t be like that. It’s scary.
Da Ae: Mirror, mirror on the wall…
Who’s the prettiest of them all?
Myeong Ja: What the heck is wrong with you!

Then Myeong Ja saw Detective Park watching them from the outside. “Unni, I’ll be back soon!”, Da Ae said before she went outside. Myeong Ja is puzzled and asked, “Who could he be?”

At the restaurant, Da Ae and Detective Park had a talk. Apparently she called him because she said she was sorting some stuffs and found his number. (Remember he gave her at the airport when they first met?) Then Da Ae was like, “You know who I am right? And my relationship with Joon Soo?” but Detective Park said he knew her first, before he knew that she’s involved with Joon Soo. “Oh, so you know me from Dong Won’s wife, right? She hired you?” she asked again. But then Detective Park said it was actually Ha Dong Won himself that told him to find out about her. Hearing this, Da Ae seems to want to entertain him by saying, “Don’t you know that his wife and Lee Joon Soo are involved? They went to Hokkaido together!”

Because of this, Detective Park got all curious. “Wait, so you’re saying they both are… involved?” “Yes! They have an affair together!” Da Ae said. “So you’re saying they met up in Hokkaido or they knew each other before they went there?” he asked. And to cut the story short, Da Ae made sure he took the bait, as she told him, the reason why she called him up is because she found his number and thought now he has a lot to ask her about Joon Soo. What a true witch! *ha!*

And so afterwards, Detective Park went up to see Joon Soo, and he showed him a few pictures of him and Hye Jin. Joon Soo looked surprised and angry. “Don’t get her into this! She has nothing to do with anything!” Joon Soo screamed, and he was so worked up by it, he threw Detective Park out of his house. “I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore, please leave!”

Then he went to see Da Ae.

As soon as Da Ae saw him outside, she knew what was going on. So she told Myeong Ja to hold for about three hours, if there’s no news from her, to call the police. Then she went out and left with Joon Soo.

Meanwhile, Sung Sook went to visit Hye Jin at her place, and made a comment like, “So this is what you wanted to move out to so badly?” and she checked out her whole apartment, before saying, “Go down. The kids are waiting for you in the park.”

So Hye Jin rushed out and met her girls, sitting on the bench. Na Ri, the one on the left, her oldest daughter, had her head down and when she called them, she didn’t answer. The little one, Na Rae, she just looked up and saw her mom without saying anything.

Then the camera moved back to the empty freeway, with Joon Soo driving furiously. Oh, and I found this ridiculous, how the production crew managed to change the Mercedes Benz logo on the car Joon Soo’s using. My goodness. Don’t they think we know that it’s a Mercedes? They had to ‘forge’ the logo like that. HA.

Back to Hye Jin and the girls, they went to a restaurant. But the girls didn’t seem to have any appetite to eat their foods. So Hye Jin asked them, “Why aren’t you both eating? Aren’t you hungry? Eat… this is delicious.” “Mom, you live in that kind of apartment?” “Yeah, you wanna see my place?” “I don’t wanna live in a place like that!” Na Ri said. Then she went on asking if Hye Jin is going to have a divorce with her dad. “I want to live with Daddy then! I don’t like being poor!” Wow. Bravo. Haha. I guess Sung Sook really taught her all this, and Na Ri did it so well. I almost thought she meant everything she said. But her sister, Na Rae said she loves her Mommy and wants to live with Mom. “But you promised!” Na Ri said. Then Na Ri asked her why she treated Dad so badly that she left the house. Upon hearing this, Hye Jin shouldn’t say anything else but she had tears in her eyes

The three of them walked back to her place and met Sung Sook nearby the car. Na Ri ran up to her auntie, “Let’s go, we’ll be late for school!” , leaving her mom and her sister behind. And before Sung Sook went in the car, she told Hye Jin, “Don’t be like that. The kids understood.” and smiled evilishly.

And at home, after they arrived, Na Ri stayed on the sofa, feeling sad. Sung Sook asked her what happened, and heard Na Ri asked, “What if she hates me for real? because I said all those things?” but Sung Sook reassured her and asked her to trust her auntie. “Mommy will go home soon if you keep pressuring her like that.”

So that’s it. My utter personal disgust of Sung Sook has increased tremendously now. LOL. Though yes, technically she’s doing this because she wants Hye Jin to go back to her marriage. But, but… she, of all people, should know better about divorce and about husbands neglecting their wives. But teaching Na Ri to say all those things, to pressure her mom and to make it look like Na Ri would rather be with her father, that is just too cruel to digest. Poor Hye Jin.

And we’re back at the mad and furious Joon Soo with Da Ae. This last scene is pretty blah to me. I mean, again? Almost fall off a cliff for the friggin 2nd time? O_O

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