Title: 욕망의 불꽃 / Yokmangeui Bulkkot
Also known as: Flames of Ambition / Flames of Desire
Previously known as: 여자는 인생에 단 한 번 사랑을 한다 / Women Only Love Once in a Lifetime
Genre: Drama, romance
Episodes: 50
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2nd October 10 ~ April 2011
Air time: Saturday and Sunday 21:45
Production Credits
Producer: So Won Young
Director: Baek Ho Min
Screenwriter: Jung Ha Yun
Synopsis
The story of a conglomerate family and the legacy of the first generation son, whose thirst for power and wealth marked the beginning of a story of love, passion and destruction.
Cast
Kim family
Lee Soon Jae as Chairman Kim Tae Jin
Jo Min Ki as Kim Young Min
Shin Eun Gyung as (Min Jae's mother)
Yoo Seung Ho as Kim Min Jae
Other people
Seo Woo as Baek Soo Bin
Kim Hee Ae
Baek Il Sub
Lee Hyo Choon
Lee Bo Hee
Kim Hee Jung
Jo Jin Woong
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Title: 도망자 / Do Mang Ja
Also Known as: Runaway
Genre: Action, melodrama
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: October 2010
Air time: Wednesday and Thursday 21:55
Production Credits
Director: Kwak Jung Hwan
Screenwriter: Chun Sung Il (천성일)
PD: Kwak, Jung Hwan [곽정환] (KBS Chuno)
Writer: Chun Sung Il (천성일)
Synopsis
Run Away centers around an astronomical sum of money that disappeared with the outbreak of the Korean War, which resurfaces sixty years later in 2010.” What follows is “a lively chase” that takes the characters through various Asian cities.
Cast
Bi (Rain), Lee Na Young, Lee Jung Jin, Daniel Henney, Yoon Jin Suh, Yoon Son Ha, Sung Dong Il, Gong Hyung Jin
Notes
This will be Lee Na Young’s drama comeback after 6 years. Her last drama was MBC's Ireland in 2004.
This will be Bi's drama comeback after after 5 years. His last drama was KBS2's A Love to Kill in 2005.
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Also Known as: Runaway
Genre: Action, melodrama
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: October 2010
Air time: Wednesday and Thursday 21:55
Production Credits
Director: Kwak Jung Hwan
Screenwriter: Chun Sung Il (천성일)
PD: Kwak, Jung Hwan [곽정환] (KBS Chuno)
Writer: Chun Sung Il (천성일)
Synopsis
Run Away centers around an astronomical sum of money that disappeared with the outbreak of the Korean War, which resurfaces sixty years later in 2010.” What follows is “a lively chase” that takes the characters through various Asian cities.
Cast
Bi (Rain), Lee Na Young, Lee Jung Jin, Daniel Henney, Yoon Jin Suh, Yoon Son Ha, Sung Dong Il, Gong Hyung Jin
Notes
This will be Lee Na Young’s drama comeback after 6 years. Her last drama was MBC's Ireland in 2004.
This will be Bi's drama comeback after after 5 years. His last drama was KBS2's A Love to Kill in 2005.
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Title: 정글피쉬 시즌2 / Jungle Fish Season 2
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2010-Sep-26 to TBA
Air time: Saturday 17:10
Production Credits
Director: Kim Jung Hwan, Min Doo Shik (민두식)
Screenwriter: Seo Jae Won (서재원), Kim Young Min (김영민)
Synopsis
When a high school girl dies mysteriously, her friends decide to investigate the cause of her death. The second season has a similar focus to the first, dealing with current social issues faced by the youth both at school and beyond: friendships, family problems, pregnancy and educational corruption.
Cast
Hong Jong Hyun as Min Ho Soo (ID: stranger_a)
Park Ji Yeon as Seo Yool (ID: bluepills)
Lee Joon as Ahn Ba Woo (ID: CinderellaMan)
Shin So Yool (신소율) as Lee Ra Yi (ID: Indiedol)
Kim Bo Ra as Yoon Gong Ji (ID: BloodyMandoo)
Kim Dong Bum as Bae Tae Ran (ID: veteran)
Han Ji Woo (한지우) as Baek Hyo An (ID: JungleFish)
Choi Myung Kyung (최명경) as Lee Sang Yong
Go Kyung Pyo (고경표) as Bong Il Tae
Lee Mi So (이미소) as Yoo Yeo Jin
Choi Woo Hyuk (최우혁) as speaker
Hyo Young (효영) as Jung Yoo Mi
Shin Seo Hyun (신서현) as Hong Eun Ja
Yoon Hee Suk as Teacher Jung In Woo
Jung Kyung Ho as Min Chang Yi
Kim So Young (김소영) as Han Jae Eun
Kim Jae Woo (김재우) as Shin Won Tak
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Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 2010-Sep-26 to TBA
Air time: Saturday 17:10
Production Credits
Director: Kim Jung Hwan, Min Doo Shik (민두식)
Screenwriter: Seo Jae Won (서재원), Kim Young Min (김영민)
Synopsis
When a high school girl dies mysteriously, her friends decide to investigate the cause of her death. The second season has a similar focus to the first, dealing with current social issues faced by the youth both at school and beyond: friendships, family problems, pregnancy and educational corruption.
Cast
Hong Jong Hyun as Min Ho Soo (ID: stranger_a)
Park Ji Yeon as Seo Yool (ID: bluepills)
Lee Joon as Ahn Ba Woo (ID: CinderellaMan)
Shin So Yool (신소율) as Lee Ra Yi (ID: Indiedol)
Kim Bo Ra as Yoon Gong Ji (ID: BloodyMandoo)
Kim Dong Bum as Bae Tae Ran (ID: veteran)
Han Ji Woo (한지우) as Baek Hyo An (ID: JungleFish)
Choi Myung Kyung (최명경) as Lee Sang Yong
Go Kyung Pyo (고경표) as Bong Il Tae
Lee Mi So (이미소) as Yoo Yeo Jin
Choi Woo Hyuk (최우혁) as speaker
Hyo Young (효영) as Jung Yoo Mi
Shin Seo Hyun (신서현) as Hong Eun Ja
Yoon Hee Suk as Teacher Jung In Woo
Jung Kyung Ho as Min Chang Yi
Kim So Young (김소영) as Han Jae Eun
Kim Jae Woo (김재우) as Shin Won Tak
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House-mate Relationship ?
Well, to begin with there was no legally binding agreement in that arrangement between the two families . It was all based on friendship that the parents agreed they will now live together under one roof. How about the children ? Were they amenable and comfortable with that set-up ?
Seung Jo , surprisingly, did not seem to mind that there are two additional people in their household specially HaNi who he had a tiff back in school . Ha Ni was a little unsure things will work out , she was always looking for signs, any sign from Seung Jo to indicate his displeasure . The sign of displeasure came from Seung Jo’s little brother , Eun Jo . Understandably so because he lost his room to HaNi . The little boy’s room became a girl’s haven with its pink bedspread , pink pillows , pink curtain . In fact, everything in the room was in pink. Mrs.Baek made sure the feminine touch had been in place . She had shown very early on her special fondness for HaNi . On their first night in her house she even gifted her with a nice pair of shoes .She was happy to share some things with her such as family pictures and photo albums .
Living together always must have rules . Seung Jo’s main requirement was for HaNi not to tell anyone in the school about their unusual situation . And oh yes, not to be forgotten , was not to walk along with him .Better to maintain distance from him when walking . Ha Ni was unhappy by the Baek Seung Jo regulation . But there is nothing that she can do but to abide by it .
At home Seung Jo was not speaking much, just eyeing Ha Ni most of the time . Maybe it was this uncertainty of what was in Seung Jo’s head led Ha Ni to make her imagination work . In her mind she became a powerful lady in a black cape who attacked Seung Jo with the two pink pillows . Her attack caused Seung Jo to have a nose bleed and to look helpless. At least in her imagination, she toppled down the school’s demigod . Reality checked in soon enough and HaNi found herself beating the daylight out of the pillows against the bed frame instead . In the bathroom , she now will share with Seung Jo , HaNi looked lovingly at the toothbrush Seung Jo uses .
For all that nonchalance exterior of his , Seung Jo could be both annoyed and worried at the same time for Ha Ni. Earlier, he saw a male pervert lurking around in the neighborhood . The night when HaNi was not yet home even though it was late , Seung Jo found an excuse to buy something just so he could do a lookout for her . True enough, Seung Jo’s sudden appearance saved HaNi from witnessing the pervert’s display of his wares. Seung Jo became her knight in shining armor shielding her from harm. In spite of Ha Ni’s gratefulness Seung Jo would not admit the true reason why he was out on the street that night.
But speaking and dealing with each other cannot be avoided between Seung Jo and HaNi .One time their gym uniforms got switched . When they exchanged uniforms HaNi took this as an opportune time to show Seung Jo she had his funny picture .She had this idea when Seung Jo’s Mom showed her his picture as little boy. Naturally , Seung Jo got pissed and tried to grab the picture from her . They had a brief chase , Seung Jo eventually pinned down HaNi against a tree in an attempt to use his boyish charm for her to give up the picture . Unknown to the two, their classmates had been in the balcony watching their interactions . Both Joon Gu and Jang Mi conspicuously worried on what was actually happening .
HaNi had earlier thought of blackmailing Seung Jo with that picture .In exchange for surrendering the picture to him she asked Seung Jo to tutor her at home so she can pass her examinations.
Seung Jo did not readily agree to do it.
“Are you expecting me to perform miracles ? I’m not God, ” he reasoned out .
“Besides , if you pass your exam and you make it to the special study room, I will have to piggyback you.” Seung Jo demonstrated his good logic to HaNi.
Hani was quick to offer she is cancelling the piggyback deal . To sweeten the new deal she even said “I don’t like you anymore.”
Thus, HaNi got herself a tutor- Intelligent , good looking ,available and most of all he does not charge any fees . Ah ,she should have gotten a medal for coming up with this clever idea . Actually, it should be Seung Jo who should be given a medal for possessing the virtue of patience and courage to attempt the almost impossible .
It was not that Seung Jo did not try to discourage Ha Ni from all that studying.
“Why don’t you just give up? How come you don’t know so many things ?” Seung Jo asked to test her resolve.
Ha Ni’s response was a classic . “ Do you know everything ,do you know who they are ?” she points to the members of Super Junior in a picture .She then she proceeded to name them one by one to the dismayed Seung Jo. Seung Jo collapsed on the nearby bed quite drained with latest manifestation of HaNi’s attention deficit . Unwittingly, Ha Ni was wearing Seung Jo down.
This episode could have been aptly titled Tutoring HaNi. For this is definitely the ardous task to anyone even to a genius like Seung Jo to tackle . Ha Ni’s number one problem seemed to be her weak power of concentration . But how could HaNi concentrate on her mathematics lessons when her resident tutor happens to be this handsome ? Just looking at this special person across her , his tantalizing eyes, lips that looked soft and inviting , hair that partly framed that angelic face , and with the voice that can calm the most tempestuous sea barred her from absorbing any learning . The lesson was hard enough for somebody who seemed to have moved from one level to another without knowing the basics more so when she was distracted by her heaven sent tutor .
Contrary to his image in school , Ha Ni learns that Seung Jo was not harsh and not heartless. In fact, he was very patient with her foolishness . Tutoring her left Seung Jo tired that he would just slumped on the study table at times . HaNi was touched by Seung Jo’s efforts and felt guilty for making him lose his sleep. The tutorials carried well into the night , that Mrs Baek bringing snacks to them found the two already asleep on the study table . Mrs. Baek could not resist taking photographs of the two . To her, they were simply irresistibly cute and by the looks of it their actions are within what she has planned .
The torturous progress of the tutoring sessions , must have made Seung Jo many times feel like giving up but his desire to get back his picture must have been a stronger motivation to keep going.
Their parents were thrilled to see the two getting along so well (if only they knew what was going on ). EunJo, was definitely not thrilled . He could not even asked his hyung for help in his assignment . “Why don’t you go back to your house ?” he snorted at HaNi . EunJo had become more sullen as the days passed by.
Thankfully , Ha Ni managed to steady herself and proceeded to do her reviews well .While this earned smiles from Seung Jo , when she is not looking of course, her two friends JooRi , Mina and Joon Gu were worried about Ha Ni’s dark eye circles .
The day of the examinations came .Ha Ni looked prepared answering the questions in the test sheets . She was alert and combat ready for the test .Previously, Seung Jo had told his Mom to prepare midnight snacks that are good for the brain for two people . The night before, Seung Jo prepared questions that he thought might appear on the tests for her to study. He also advised her to go to bed early . Before her examination Seung Jo even wished her good luck .
Taking the test had always been like going to the battlefield for her and her classmates . It was the day they dreaded most . Joon Gu who always sit by the window looked perplexed at the question as usual . He shook his head seeing what he needs to answer . By the looks of Joon Gu he seemed to have already hoisted the flag of surrender .
The examinations results were soon out . Seung Jo came to find many students already crowding the area he had to strain his neck to check the results . He was not interested at the outcome of his own examinations, as he would have topped it any way . His eyes scanned the list .Then he called called Ha Ni who seemed oblivious to what was going on. He motioned her to look at the newly posted board . Ha Ni saw her name on the list–she made it! –she was elated to have made it to number 50. Her teacher also saw this achievement and happily called out her name.
But HaNi did not hear her for she had gone to Seung Jo to thank him. Tears brimming in her eyes , she grabbed Seung Jo’s hands when he appeared as if he was extending it to her . But Seung Jo did not have the intention of congratulating her. He only wanted to get his picture. As promised Ha Ni took out the picture from her pocket to give to Seung Jo which he quickly snatched away. With a slight smile he started to walk from where HaNi stood.
HaNi ‘s teacher called out to Seong Jo . She reminded him with a loud voice to fulfill his promise in spite of Ha Ni ‘s intervention that the deal was already off . The students who were attracted by this noise soon chanted , “ Piggyback ! Piggyback !” Seung Jo’s facial expression changed.
English Translations: Layzzie/Mel (Hyunnies Pexers)
Episode summary written by Aprilstar
Full recap by hyunnies pexers @ http://hyunniespexers.wordpress.com
Well, to begin with there was no legally binding agreement in that arrangement between the two families . It was all based on friendship that the parents agreed they will now live together under one roof. How about the children ? Were they amenable and comfortable with that set-up ?
Seung Jo , surprisingly, did not seem to mind that there are two additional people in their household specially HaNi who he had a tiff back in school . Ha Ni was a little unsure things will work out , she was always looking for signs, any sign from Seung Jo to indicate his displeasure . The sign of displeasure came from Seung Jo’s little brother , Eun Jo . Understandably so because he lost his room to HaNi . The little boy’s room became a girl’s haven with its pink bedspread , pink pillows , pink curtain . In fact, everything in the room was in pink. Mrs.Baek made sure the feminine touch had been in place . She had shown very early on her special fondness for HaNi . On their first night in her house she even gifted her with a nice pair of shoes .She was happy to share some things with her such as family pictures and photo albums .
Living together always must have rules . Seung Jo’s main requirement was for HaNi not to tell anyone in the school about their unusual situation . And oh yes, not to be forgotten , was not to walk along with him .Better to maintain distance from him when walking . Ha Ni was unhappy by the Baek Seung Jo regulation . But there is nothing that she can do but to abide by it .
At home Seung Jo was not speaking much, just eyeing Ha Ni most of the time . Maybe it was this uncertainty of what was in Seung Jo’s head led Ha Ni to make her imagination work . In her mind she became a powerful lady in a black cape who attacked Seung Jo with the two pink pillows . Her attack caused Seung Jo to have a nose bleed and to look helpless. At least in her imagination, she toppled down the school’s demigod . Reality checked in soon enough and HaNi found herself beating the daylight out of the pillows against the bed frame instead . In the bathroom , she now will share with Seung Jo , HaNi looked lovingly at the toothbrush Seung Jo uses .
For all that nonchalance exterior of his , Seung Jo could be both annoyed and worried at the same time for Ha Ni. Earlier, he saw a male pervert lurking around in the neighborhood . The night when HaNi was not yet home even though it was late , Seung Jo found an excuse to buy something just so he could do a lookout for her . True enough, Seung Jo’s sudden appearance saved HaNi from witnessing the pervert’s display of his wares. Seung Jo became her knight in shining armor shielding her from harm. In spite of Ha Ni’s gratefulness Seung Jo would not admit the true reason why he was out on the street that night.
But speaking and dealing with each other cannot be avoided between Seung Jo and HaNi .One time their gym uniforms got switched . When they exchanged uniforms HaNi took this as an opportune time to show Seung Jo she had his funny picture .She had this idea when Seung Jo’s Mom showed her his picture as little boy. Naturally , Seung Jo got pissed and tried to grab the picture from her . They had a brief chase , Seung Jo eventually pinned down HaNi against a tree in an attempt to use his boyish charm for her to give up the picture . Unknown to the two, their classmates had been in the balcony watching their interactions . Both Joon Gu and Jang Mi conspicuously worried on what was actually happening .
HaNi had earlier thought of blackmailing Seung Jo with that picture .In exchange for surrendering the picture to him she asked Seung Jo to tutor her at home so she can pass her examinations.
Seung Jo did not readily agree to do it.
“Are you expecting me to perform miracles ? I’m not God, ” he reasoned out .
“Besides , if you pass your exam and you make it to the special study room, I will have to piggyback you.” Seung Jo demonstrated his good logic to HaNi.
Hani was quick to offer she is cancelling the piggyback deal . To sweeten the new deal she even said “I don’t like you anymore.”
Thus, HaNi got herself a tutor- Intelligent , good looking ,available and most of all he does not charge any fees . Ah ,she should have gotten a medal for coming up with this clever idea . Actually, it should be Seung Jo who should be given a medal for possessing the virtue of patience and courage to attempt the almost impossible .
It was not that Seung Jo did not try to discourage Ha Ni from all that studying.
“Why don’t you just give up? How come you don’t know so many things ?” Seung Jo asked to test her resolve.
Ha Ni’s response was a classic . “ Do you know everything ,do you know who they are ?” she points to the members of Super Junior in a picture .She then she proceeded to name them one by one to the dismayed Seung Jo. Seung Jo collapsed on the nearby bed quite drained with latest manifestation of HaNi’s attention deficit . Unwittingly, Ha Ni was wearing Seung Jo down.
This episode could have been aptly titled Tutoring HaNi. For this is definitely the ardous task to anyone even to a genius like Seung Jo to tackle . Ha Ni’s number one problem seemed to be her weak power of concentration . But how could HaNi concentrate on her mathematics lessons when her resident tutor happens to be this handsome ? Just looking at this special person across her , his tantalizing eyes, lips that looked soft and inviting , hair that partly framed that angelic face , and with the voice that can calm the most tempestuous sea barred her from absorbing any learning . The lesson was hard enough for somebody who seemed to have moved from one level to another without knowing the basics more so when she was distracted by her heaven sent tutor .
Contrary to his image in school , Ha Ni learns that Seung Jo was not harsh and not heartless. In fact, he was very patient with her foolishness . Tutoring her left Seung Jo tired that he would just slumped on the study table at times . HaNi was touched by Seung Jo’s efforts and felt guilty for making him lose his sleep. The tutorials carried well into the night , that Mrs Baek bringing snacks to them found the two already asleep on the study table . Mrs. Baek could not resist taking photographs of the two . To her, they were simply irresistibly cute and by the looks of it their actions are within what she has planned .
The torturous progress of the tutoring sessions , must have made Seung Jo many times feel like giving up but his desire to get back his picture must have been a stronger motivation to keep going.
Their parents were thrilled to see the two getting along so well (if only they knew what was going on ). EunJo, was definitely not thrilled . He could not even asked his hyung for help in his assignment . “Why don’t you go back to your house ?” he snorted at HaNi . EunJo had become more sullen as the days passed by.
Thankfully , Ha Ni managed to steady herself and proceeded to do her reviews well .While this earned smiles from Seung Jo , when she is not looking of course, her two friends JooRi , Mina and Joon Gu were worried about Ha Ni’s dark eye circles .
The day of the examinations came .Ha Ni looked prepared answering the questions in the test sheets . She was alert and combat ready for the test .Previously, Seung Jo had told his Mom to prepare midnight snacks that are good for the brain for two people . The night before, Seung Jo prepared questions that he thought might appear on the tests for her to study. He also advised her to go to bed early . Before her examination Seung Jo even wished her good luck .
Taking the test had always been like going to the battlefield for her and her classmates . It was the day they dreaded most . Joon Gu who always sit by the window looked perplexed at the question as usual . He shook his head seeing what he needs to answer . By the looks of Joon Gu he seemed to have already hoisted the flag of surrender .
The examinations results were soon out . Seung Jo came to find many students already crowding the area he had to strain his neck to check the results . He was not interested at the outcome of his own examinations, as he would have topped it any way . His eyes scanned the list .Then he called called Ha Ni who seemed oblivious to what was going on. He motioned her to look at the newly posted board . Ha Ni saw her name on the list–she made it! –she was elated to have made it to number 50. Her teacher also saw this achievement and happily called out her name.
But HaNi did not hear her for she had gone to Seung Jo to thank him. Tears brimming in her eyes , she grabbed Seung Jo’s hands when he appeared as if he was extending it to her . But Seung Jo did not have the intention of congratulating her. He only wanted to get his picture. As promised Ha Ni took out the picture from her pocket to give to Seung Jo which he quickly snatched away. With a slight smile he started to walk from where HaNi stood.
HaNi ‘s teacher called out to Seong Jo . She reminded him with a loud voice to fulfill his promise in spite of Ha Ni ‘s intervention that the deal was already off . The students who were attracted by this noise soon chanted , “ Piggyback ! Piggyback !” Seung Jo’s facial expression changed.
English Translations: Layzzie/Mel (Hyunnies Pexers)
Episode summary written by Aprilstar
Full recap by hyunnies pexers @ http://hyunniespexers.wordpress.com
We open on a fantasy sequence, set in what looks like an enchanted meadow in a fairy tale. The CG is exaggerated, but it has that overtly whimsical sensibility of Pushing Daisies or Big Fish — dreamy, romantic, and girlish.
In the daydream, a handsome young man dressed all in white comes upon a sleeping girl, kisses her lightly, then walks away. When the girl wakes, she sees a white horse and follows it through the forest to another meadow, where the horse turns back into her mystery man.
He approaches her and leans in. This time, she anticipates the kiss and purses her lips in readiness…
Which is when she wakes up. At school. Late for class. Oh Ha-ni, waking from her latest crush-induced fantasy, races off as the bell rings.
The dream sequence is admittedly very pretty to look at, but since we know it’s a fantasy from the very get-go, it does go on and on. My feelings on the opening went from “This is lovely” to “Hm, I wonder where they’re going with this” to “GRAHH, WHY ARE YOU SO SLOW.”
In class, Ha-ni’s teacher attempts to exert some authority over her sluggish pupils, but this ain’t the last-place class without a reason. Students nap, zone out, and generally slack off. Ha-ni and her friends aren’t worried about their latest grades, though — they’re always at the bottom, so what else is new?
While Ha-ni, Ju-ri, and Min-ah hang out in the lounge, a student comes by and loses a coin in the soda machine. She’s HONG JANG-MI (Jang Ah-young), who’s basically a Mean Girl, despite being younger than Ha-ni.
With a flourish, Ha-ni steps in and kicks the machine to get the soda to pop out, and enjoys basking in the moment. Particularly since it momentarily puts a cork in Jang-mi’s superior act.
Ha-ni moons all over Seung-jo, which seems to be a pretty common occurrence. Her friends are used to it, and only shake their heads when Ha-ni shares her daydream and calls him a spirit of the forest. She goes into raptures over his perfection, saying that now she understands how vampires feel — such is his beauty that it makes her want to bite right into him.
Speak of the devil: Seung-jo makes his appearance, calm and cool as you please, blithely ignoring the squealing of girls who ooh over his entrance.
Ha-ni freezes as Seung-jo approaches, victim to the vicissitudes of adolescent infatuation, and her heart thumps wildly. Jang-mi flutters over to him offers her soda instead, chattering on as though they’re close friends. Apparently their mothers are friends, and Seung-mi tries to use this to ingratiate herself, fawning all over him.
Seung-jo ignores her, but when his coin also gets stuck in the machine, Jang-mi calls out to Ha-ni to employ her fix again. She particularly enjoys putting Ha-ni on the spot, making the latter reluctant to comply but also reluctant to refuse.
So Ha-ni goes up to the machine, studiously avoiding his gaze, and delivers a kick. Afterward she cringes in embarrassment, not wanting this to be his impression of her, but I say there’s something satisfying in the way Seung-jo gapes; he’s not exactly impressed, but eliciting any reaction at all from his stone-faced demeanor is probably an accomplishment.
Seung-jo turns to leave, and Ju-ri, trying to help her friend, calls out her name loudly so that he’ll hear it. Seung-jo turns and starts walking back toward them, and Ha-ni readies herself in anticipation — surely he’ll thank her, or say something? But no, he retrieves his change from the machine.
Her friends urge Ha-ni to confess her feelings, since they’ll graduate soon enough. Despite her earlier embarrassment, Ha-ni bounces right back and clings to the new hope that perhaps Seung-jo isn’t expressing his feelings for her because he doesn’t know hers, and decides a confession is just the thing. But how?
To prove her utter lack of common sense, Ha-ni likes Ju-ri’s joke suggestion about dressing as Gollum and addressing Seung-jo as “My precious.” Min-ah’s suggestion is better, but not by much: a mating dance, like animals.
This leads us into another fantasy, wherein Ha-ni dances in Swan Lake, joined by Seung-jo. Again this goes longer than necessary, but at least the punchline saves it (sort of): Seung-jo partners Ha-ni, lifts her in the air, and then tosses her aside.
Poor girl. Even in her own daydreams she can’t catch a break.
Next up is drawing class, and Joon-gu (whom I’ve taken to calling Duckie in my head) is tapped as figure model. Anyone with half a brain would be totally onto how very much he’s in love with Ha-ni (or at least in grand infatuation), but I suppose half her brain is perpetually fixated on Seung-jo, so she brushes his attentions aside.
That means all his efforts to look cool are wasted, although he doesn’t know it. As the pose becomes harder and harder to maintain, sweat beads drip from his forehead but Joon-gu vows to stick with it, since Ha-ni is looking at him.
Ha-ni does draw, but in a mechanical way as she doodles the words “Confess… mating dance… Gollum…”
Adding salt to the wound is when Joon-gu peers at the drawing at the end of class — to see that she has drawn his body with Seung-jo’s face.
We don’t see much of the teachers in Episode 1, but I suspect they’ll have their own storyline, so let’s introduce ‘em: At left is SONG KANG-YI (Hwang Hyo-eun), and Kang Doo plays the Class 1 teacher SONG JI-OH. Both are “Teacher Song,” but are polar opposites — kind of like Ha-ni and Seung-jo, in fact.
I wonder if their storyline will mimic our main one, since it appears Kang-yi may have a crush on Ji-oh, who is just as cool and superior as his star student.
Ha-ni becomes engrossed in thought, trying to figure out how to confess her feelings to Seung-jo. Dad picks up on it, and understands that she’s got a crush on a boy even though she describes it as the situation of “a friend,” and shares how he made his confession to her mother. (Stealing, by the way, a famous line from I’m Sorry, I Love You.)
So that launches Ha-ni into another reverie — really, drama? Number 3 already? — wherein she corners Seung-jo with her motorcycle gang, looking like a bad girl out of Grease while a pale imitation of “Beat It” serves as background music.
(Gah, these extended fantasies that never end! I love you, director Hwang, but you could really do to watch some episodes of Scrubs. ‘s all I’m sayin’.)
Badass Ha-ni confronts Seung-jo, who backs away meekly, and she recites her line, which offers him the choice to either be with her or die.
And even in her fantasy, Seung-jo picks the coffin. Aw! There’s something really endearing about Ha-ni in this.
Thankfully Dad has more practical advice than her friends, and suggests that a sincere love letter might just work best. Ha-ni decides he’s right, and delivers a letter to his locker, then waits nervously for his response.
When he walks by the lounge and shows Ha-ni no recognition at all, Ju-ri shouts her name loudly, determined to make her friend known. Min-ah joins her, and this time, they have a reaction.
Seung-jo asks, “Are you Oh Ha-ni?” He makes his way back to them, and holds out a letter to her. Students gather round curiously, and Ha-ni barely contains her excitement as she opens it, telling him she hadn’t dared hope for a reply.
Yet as soon as she starts to read, her excitement fades, replaced by crushing disappointment.
Jang-mi has to live up to her designation as Mean Girl, so she swipes the letter from Ha-ni’s grasp, then crows about its contents. Seung-jo hadn’t written her a reply — he’d graded hers! The letter has been marked up in red pen, and he’d given her a D-.
(For what it’s worth, I think this moment would have been better had I not seen it done more cutely in Will It Snow For Christmas.)
Jang-mi positively exults and talks about it loudly for all to hear, while Ha-ni can only stand there, humiliated. Meanwhile, Seung-jo just stands there and tells her, “I’m sorry to say this, but I hate dumb girls.”
Joon-gu — bless him — comes late to the party but has sized up the situation, and confronts Seung-jo for his rudeness. He demands that Seung-jo apologize, to which Seung-jo smirks, “For what, correcting her mistakes?”
Joon-gu retorts, “Do you only see the mistakes? Don’t look at the letters, look at the contents!” (Aw. You’ve officially won me over, ridiculous hair-boy!)
He challenges Seung-jo to fight and takes a swing, but the latter swiftly evades the punch — cool as you please, his hands not even moving from his pockets.
The vice principal interrupts, and as Seung-jo is the golden child, he is dismissed while Joon-gu is called in for disciplining.
Finally, Seung-jo deigns to speak and levels a finger at the board that has been posted of the recent test results — Ha-ni and her friends occupy the lowest status of the school. He points to a second sign, which marks the 50 top students who are admitted to a special study hall each month.
Turning his scorn to Ha-ni, he calls her thoughtless for choosing to waste her time rather than caring about more important things: “I hate thoughtless, impudent girls.”
Ha-ni is devastated. Worst of all is probably the fact that he’s not wrong — she IS the lowest scoring student. Still, she hardly deserves such a drubbing from him.
She takes out her frustration by running around the school, exhausted and stumbling by the time she reaches lap 34. Her friends urge her to stop, but she insists on running two more laps. In a lovely moment of solidarity, they stand up to give her a hand (literally) and support her through her last lap.
Word of Ha-ni’s encounter with Seung-jo spreads through the school, making her the laughingstock. Is it worse to be mocked by your peers, or pitied by the cafeteria and cleaning ladies? Thankfully we’ll probably never have to know, but Ha-ni has to endure.
As she and Dad settle into their newly remodeled house, unpacking their things, he notices her glumness and guesses that the confessing didn’t go so well. He tries to cheer her up, and in the unpacking process he finds an old plaque that had been made when she was a baby — it bears the handprint of her parents, as well as her baby hand and footprint.
Ju-ri, Min-ah, and Joon-gu come over and marvel at the spacious digs and the newly built second floor. They sit down for a delicious meal prepared by Dad, who sighs that Ha-ni didn’t take after him in the cooking-skills department. Joon-gu takes that as his cue to assure Dad not to worry, since he’ll take care of the both of them.
The others laugh at Joon-gu’s over-the-top declaration and tease him, which makes him cry out in an exaggerated gesture and bang his head into the wall. Which sets of a series of creaks… and rumbles…
…and leads to the house crumbling down.
It’s not Joon-gu’s head-butt that causes the damage, but a small earthquake that shakes up the neighborhood. However, where all the other houses experience no more than mild rocking, Ha-ni’s house has inexplicably caved in on itself.
That’s one more reason for Ha-ni to become the focus of unwanted attention at school, and as she walks with her friends the next morning, they catch sight of a strange woman snapping photos of her. And for some reason, passing students keep looking at her and whispering.
The reason becomes clear moments later as they hear Joon-gu on a megaphone, who has taken up a spot at the school’s entrance calling for donations for a needy student. He means well, but one hardly wants to be called pathetic and a charity case in front of her peers, so the girls slink away in mortification.
Alas, Joon-gu spies Ha-in and drags her into the circle, continuing his appeals for donations — just as Seung-jo walks by. She’d like to ignore him, but misguided chivalry drives Joon-gu to engage, and he blames Seung-jo for being the cause of all of Ha-ni’s troubles.
Seung-jo points out that it was the earthquake that felled her house, and Joon-gu sputters in reply, saying that while that’s true, Seung-jo’s guilty of an “earthquake of the heart,” and for hurting Ha-ni.
Seung-jo shrugs and offers to contribute, then, and pulls out his wallet. He starts to put in 20,000 won (about $15), which is when Ha-ni finally speaks up. Indignantly, she tells him to put his money away — she wouldn’t accept his help even if she were a beggar under a bridge.
That affects him not at all, and he starts to leave. But now Ha-ni’s really worked up and she bursts out again:
Ha-ni: “Who are you to look down on people like that? I bet to you, all the kids here just look like idiots, huh? You think you can just mock us. Are you so great? So you have a high IQ? You’re a good student? So you have a good-looking face and you’re tall!”Uh, that statement took a turn, and Ha-ni realizes she’s started to lose ground here. So she fumbles for a suitable retort, and insists that she CAN study. It’s just that she hasn’t bothered to!
Seung-jo tells her to prove it. What does she propose, and how will she show it?
Gulp. Ha-ni can’t back down now, so she says she’ll score high enough in the next exam to score one of those seats in special study hall. Clearly not believing she can do it, Seung-jo agrees to carry her piggyback for one lap around school if she succeeds.
Internally, Ha-ni does a little giddy dance at the prospect of being carried on his back, then tamps that down to coolly agree.
Thanks to the news broadcast about the earthquake wrecking their house, Dad’s old friend had seen him on TV and called him to offer his house while the Ohs figure out what to do. Dad is thrilled to be reuniting with his old best friend, with whom he’d lost contact after they’d moved to Seoul.
When they arrive, Ha-ni marvels at the grand house; his friend must be a rich man.
Dad (Ki-dong)’s friend is Su-chang, who is married to Geum-hee, both of whom are very friendly and give Ha-ni a warm welcome. When Su-chang notes that she’s “even prettier in person,” Geum-hee has to fess up that she was so curious about her that she couldn’t wait and sought her out at school this morning. Ha-ni recognizes her as the mysterious photographer outside the school.
Geum-hee offers the services of her son to bring their luggage in, and sends him outside to the car where Ha-ni is gathering her things.
And really, it’s no surprise at all when the two kiddos discover just who they’re about to spend the next days, weeks, months, living with.
Credit pictures and Recap: Dramabeans