Heirs ep 18 Reunited and It Feels So Good

After more angst, drama and sad feels, Kim Tan and Eun Sang once again reunite when Eun Sang returns to school with the help of Kim Won.

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Okay, fine, so there was more, but that's the crux of it for you in one simple sentence.  There are of course other moments worth mentioning though in addition to that.  Like Kim Tan's mother leaving his father after a nasty argument where he shows oh so clearly what a nasty piece of work he truly is.  Wow.  If there was any room to hate the man more, this episode should have cinched it.  He really was a Class A1 jerk of a jerk.  The jerkiest of jerks I have ever seen.  Tan's mom is all set to leave when he pulls a switcheroo on her, in essence trying to have his goons kidnap her and ship her off to who-knows-where.  She manages to escape, hopping in a cab and driving to the school.  In a scene that was obviously reminiscent of when Young Do's mom leaves, Momma Tan begs Young Do to help her find her son.  Sensing that something is really wrong here, Young Do does just that - he immediately bolts and goes running to find Tan.  Thankfully (?) these boys have been down this road before, only in reverse, so Tan instantly listens to his former friend/foe/it's complicated (unlike Young Do did in the past when the shoe was on the other foot) and is able to see his mother as she is running away from Dad's goons, and hops in the car with her.

Another interesting moment is when we see Kim Won and Teacher Hyun Joo in bed together.  Huh.  So, safe to assume that they aren't all that broken up.  Well, that's good.  I'm glad.  There's an exchange where Kim Won is comparing himself to his brother.  Tan at this point is still in self-destruct mode.  Won's goal is to achieve what he wants a different way.  Whereas little brother is throwing his life away in rebellion, big brother sees that he needs to win by reaching the top.  Hyun Joo supports him in this and looks like she's just waiting for him to get there.  Good news for Won, not so good news for young Hyo Shin, but that's okay, he's young, he'll love again.

Ready to have your heart ripped to shreds a bit more?  How about the scene where Young Do goes to Eun Sang's seaside home and has a meal with her mother?  When asked his relationship with her daughter, he replies, through thinly veiled tears and a choked up voice, that he likes her.  I wish we had seen what happened after that because I'm very curious to know just how she reacted to that little revelation.  Daughter Dearest has two very rich and very handsome young suitors.  It's like a mother's dream come true.  Too bad these darling boys come with so much baggage attached that you can find yourself buried underneath it all if you're not careful.

Another heartbreaking Young Do moment for me was when he sees the note written on the wall by his mother for him, asking him how he is.  His reply?  "Not good.  I'm not doing well at all."  Rip, tear, shred, and stomp on my heart, why dontcha?  That and the "break up" scene he has with Eun Sang.  Ouch!  This poor kid better get a happy ending.  There actually is still a part of me that wishes he had gotten the girl, but I know that that just isn't going to happen, so I hope at least that his resolution in this story makes up for it.

Those are the main points that I wanted to mention about episode 18.  I love how Kim Tan's father is douche-bagging his way out of every single relationship he's in.  He has no one on his side that he isn't paying.  They've all turned on him.  And he's earned it.  What an awful man, husband, and father he is.  So next week is it folks.  The end of Heirs.  What will happen?  What kind of ending will we get?  How will love conquer all?  How will these train wrecks of chaebol families fair?  Will Park Shin Hye prove to all us naysayers once and for all that actually, yes, in truth she can pull off a decent snog?  Two more days and we'll be on our way to learning all this and more!  Finale week!  Fighting!!!