I Need Romance 3 Episode 16 - Finale

It's official, we have reached the finale episode of this kdrama journey!  I have to admit that although I really enjoyed this show, and Sweet Potato might have achieved a spot on my "fantasy ideal man list", I am still happy to bid this drama goodbye.  On to new and bigger things.... or at least different.

So.........I am not really sure how to wrap up my blog posts for this episode.  There is not so much plot movement as much as just daily situations and individually cute moments between all the characters.  So in an effort to keep this short and sweet I decided to just go through the couples and let you know where they all ended up (and a few thoughts about their situations along the way).  So I will go from least favorite to favorite as we say goodbye to our Fashion Squad and OTP.

Maknae Couple (Hee Jae & Woo Young)

By far my least favorite couple of the show (seriously how did they even beat out the cold couple as least favorite).  Their romance was kind of boring and Hee Jae's personality just grated on my nerves. And unfortunately for us we watched way way too much of their story in the final two episodes.  We also got to witness that her selfishness was not contained to only one relationship but moved with her to her next one.  At that point I am pretty sure that we can conclude that it is not the men, but her that is the problem.

She decides that she has been so obsessed with preparing for her future financially that she has lost her present.  So she informs Woo Young via a call in radio talk show (Joo Wan's talk show) that she is taking all of her money and going to travel abroad for a year to "find herself".   Wow, that is one sincere way to let your boyfriend know that you are leaving him.  Of course she does not break up with him first, but expects him to wait it out.  SIGH....  Hey annoying girl, if you can't find yourself, then going to America and eating a hot dog is not going to help you find enlightenment.

Cold Couple (Tae Yoon & Se Ryung)

So of course both of these characters have been redeemed more or less.  And while I don't mind Se Ryung that much (but seriously I would not want to be her bestie........way too much drama) Tae Yoon continues to be on my hit list.  I don't care if they tried to start explaining his actions away  and he suddenly saw the light about Min Jung's pregnancy/work situation.  He is still a jerk and I just don't like him.  (I am seriously hoping that his character has not ruined the actor for me since he has already landed the lead in an upcoming weekend drama.)  In the end he gets promoted and heads to Hong Kong for work.  Se Ryung meets him at the airport and gives him back his necklace, but makes it clear that she will be waiting for him when he comes back and is ready to give their relationship another go.  I can't decide if I want these two to end up together just so they don't ruin anyone else's lives with their dysfunctional love, or remain apart and not doubling their evilness as a couple.  In the end, I just don't care and hope to never have to see either character again.

Cute Preggers Couple (Min Seok & Min Jung)

I consider this couple as the perfect example of a side character relationship.   I was involved in their story, I found them very charming, and at the end I was happy for them to get their own happy ending without being tired of them.  If you recall we ended their story in episode 15 with Min Seok finding out that he was not only going to be a father but a father of twins.  He start to totally lose it when he finds that every time he drinks he goes binge shopping for baby supplies, including a double stroller for his twins.  Seriously how cute is this guy.  He throws in the towel and Min Jung tells him that he should continue to live next door and they can raise the kids together.  She is not interested in marriage, nor is he, but that it only makes sense for them to co-raise the kids.  She also tells Min Seok that if he get's too overwhelmed and needs to leave at any time, she will not hold on to him.  This seems to calm our poor father to be down.  We finish the show seeing them preparing for their family.  Each giving the other a kiss on the cheek and saying "I love you" to the other behind the premise of saying it to the babies.  I of course have this fantasy that they have a long and happy life together as a couple, regardless of their married status.

Our OTP!!! (Shing Shing & Sweet Potato)

For those of you that were worried that our sweet couple would have some last minute problems, let me put your fears to rest.  All we get is a lot of cute couple power plays that were pretty tame and sweet.  Instead of bringing up all the possible problems that could occur between the couple, the writers chose instead to show them easily overcoming the curve balls life can throw.

There were so many cute scenes between them I decided to just choose my top 3 of the episode, so if you have not followed the show, be sure to check out the finale at least.  There is so much cuteness that I was not able to cover, not to mention some steamy scenes between the main couple.

#3 Crap My Boyfriend is Famous
I love how Joo Wan's fame never really came into the story before now.  It is great how she loves him without figuring out if their finances and levels in society match.  So it is a complete shock when Joo Yeon is faced with the reality that her boyfriend has groupies.  Seems that his live video broadcasts are watched by scores of female fans who are all a twitter of his sexy voice and good looks.  Joo Yeon watches the latest video in where two female idols admit that he is their ideal type.  But no worries, since Joo Wan smoothly brings his girlfriend into the conversation and even gives her a I love you shout out over the airwaves.

#2 Relationships are Like Home Shopping
I never realized what kind of drawbacks there would be in a relationship going backwards.  Joo Wan moves back in, which you would think is a good thing, however now they have the problem of who has the upper hand in the relationship.  I have to admit I don't understand why there would still be a problem about initiating sex since they had already passed that point at his hotel room but I guess I am looking at it differently.  Now that they are living together again Joo Yeon is trying to figure out how to invite him to sleep with her without losing the upper ground and looking too easy.  She decides to put all of her extensive knowledge of home shopping to use by using marketing ideas to get Joo Wan to come to her.  She plays hard to get, gives him a time limit, and even offers a free bonus (which is hilariously a face to face with the giraffe doll).  Joo Wan, wise to her sneaky ways, eventually goes to her room to receive his free gift, but lets her know that all of this is not needed.  Just be honest and direct, if you want to sleep with me just let me know.  And of course this results into some sexy kissing time etc, etc.

#1 Playing Hard to Get can Backfire
Taking him at his word Joo Yeon informs Joo Wan that she will be sleeping in his room tonight, he decides to be all cute (and totally ditch his rule) and tells her that he does not feel like it tonight.  LOL  She puts his resolve to the test when she drops her robe, wearing a slinky slip underneath.  Pushing him up against the wall she takes advantage of him with a bunch of sexy slow kisses.  To say he crumbles like a tower made out of sand, is an understatement.  Not even lasting a minute, he grabs her and drags her into their room.

Again, if you want to really get the full effect of their cute coupleness be sure to watch the last episode.  I really enjoyed that they made the couple stronger together and  really let the cuteness and love for each other burst forth rather then trying to turn it into a more adult relationship.  I am happy with the ending of the drama, and with the drama as a whole.  I have thoroughly fallen for Sung Joon and am just thankful that I am married and none of my relationships have to live up to his ideal boyfriend behavior.

As of right now I have not chosen a new drama to review, but I am sure I will be back with weekly recaps soon since there are so many amazing dramas starting.  But never fear I will be working hard on my weekly kdrama countdown, as well as some more throwback thursday reviews, and several new drama overview recaps.  Thank you to everyone that joined me on this journey and I hope you tune in for my future posts.

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Kmuse

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I Need Romance 3 Episode 15 - New Beginnings

I am just going to throw the thought out there that this episode (and I suspect episode 16) could easily have been condensed into one episode.  It is not that we don't get plot movement, we do, but a lot of it feels like filler and really when it comes down to it, I could care less about the youngest couple.  They bore me to tears and I always get the urge to FF. 

I was totally expecting her to rush into Sweet Potato's arms the second she dumped the jerk.  How could she not?  She finally had realized her feelings and everything was going to be smooth sailing from here.  Right?   In true Joo Yeon fashion, everything did not move that quickly.  Can I just say that that girl is slower than a herd of snails traveling through peanut butter.  Seriously what is to debate, go and get your man.  BALLI!  BALLI!  But nope, we get a bunch more inner monologue about relationships and why they don't work, blah blah blah.  I know that I should be marveling at how insightful she suddenly is about love and relationships, but when there is a cute suffering Joo Wan impatiently waiting for her confession, I just really don't care.

Joo Yeon explains (via more monologue) that she is worried of losing him if they official start dating because of all the problems that are facing them.  The age difference, their mothers, is this leading towards marriage?  I personally would have bought her issues if they had come up AT ALL in the last fourteen episodes, but with the exception of the age (which was only a problem after she found out he was Sweet Potato) all of the usual kdrama relationship issues have been pretty mute.  However, she slowly, so ever slowly, overcomes her urge to flee and text's Joo Wan's radio show to test the waters.  I love how she starts out really vague.  She asks (as an anonymous caller) “If I send the man I lived with a text that says, ‘I cleaned your room,’ will he come back?” Wan responds: “See here, Caller 5061, how bad must things have been for him to move out of the house?"  She goes farther and asks if the fact that she watered his plants would sway him?  Followed by I miss his soup and I sleep in his empty room alone every night.  LOL  She does everything in her power to lure him home without having to say the dread "L" word.  But Joo Wan stays strong and refuses to come back until she makes some efforts in wooing him.  That and actually admitting that she loves him.

Let's take a quick switch of characters and focus in on our favorite parents to be.  Through the whole drama I have just loved these two.  They are so clueless yet sincere that it is impossible not to love them (see maknae couple, this is how you do a good side character relationship).  We watch as Min Seok goes into serious fake daddy mode as Min Jung watches him via CCTV.  He is so serious about changing the baby and feeding it that I just fall in love with him.  He even takes it to the grocery store in a stroller which appalls Min Jung who scream whispers "its a fake baby".  He just complains that she was supposed to come pick it up but was late so of course he had to take it to the store with him.  HEHEHE  He then continues to follow her and berate her over the shoddy care of the "baby" since people could come and take it easily without her realizing it. 

At home he again asks her how she thinks she is going to be raising this baby well.  She has no family to help and is all alone.  Min Jung replies that she intends to hire an ahjumma, and that if he is really that worried why does he not just stay living next door to supervise her.  He does not have to marry her, but stop nagging if he is concerned.  HAHA  He replies that he did not want to say this but maybe she should reconsider the whole abortion thing since she is just not mommy material.  She just snipes back "I really did not want to concern you with this, but guess what it's twins."  She totally wins the argument by default since I am pretty sure that Min Seok swoons.

Back with our OTP Joo Yeon is yet again dragging her feet towards officially confessing.  At least this time she has made it as far as his hotel, where she sits in her car freaking out.  Of course it is at that moment that Joo Wan drives up and she promptly ducks inside her car.  He rolls his eyes as he passes and sends her a text asking if she thinks he does not recognize her car.  He also gives her an ultimatum that she has to come up or they are done.  She slowly drags herself forward, box of laundry in hand.  She hands it to him and he asks if this is why she came.  She nodded her head and he closes the door in her face. HAHA  Behind the closed door poor Joo Wan is telling himself to stay strong and smiles as she rings the doorbell again.  He answers and puts his leg up barring her entrance.  Joo Yeon begs him to come back home and they can talk things over then.  He just asks why she can't admit that she loves him.  Joo Wan: “If you’re a woman who realizes the truth but still can’t strike up the courage to take the first step, then what does it matter if I move mountains on my own?”  Poor Joo Yeon just can't take that extra step and slinks away.

She goes home to find that the heater has broken and she promptly texts Joo Wan asking about how to start the coal fireplace in his room.  He starts obsessing about her dying from carbon monoxide poisoning and quickly races home only to find her gone and at the local spa.  He, being the cutie that he is, follows her and they play a game of he chases her while she ignores him that end with them spooning on the spa's floor.  AWWW...  He tells her that he will give her another chance to confess this weekend but she better do it right this time. 

This time a more determined Joo Yeon arrives at his door and as he opens it she smiles widely and says "I love you".  It is so cute how he makes he say it several more times after which he kisses her.  Total swoon worthy moment.  I am just getting all happy when the stupid director cuts away from the kiss to tell us what is happening with the boring vanilla Maknae couple.  Who the heck cares.  They are throwaway characters anyway and I demand that we get back to the OTP.  Bleck they annoy me.

We FINALLY get back to our favorite couple after they have slept together.  Both are beaming at each other and it is just so adorably sweet.  And can I just say that Joo Wan has one sexy bedroom voice.  But then things start to go in a more normal relationship manner as the glow wears off and they instantly start bickering.  Seems she likes men to be more reserved and he loves huge celebrations of love.  He likes cutesy girls, and she is not that at all.  They just look at each other and sigh.  "We sure are going to fight a lot" Joo Wan tells her.  And in her head she thinks about how it sucks that dating hell has started again.

My Thoughts:
For a drama that began with a roar this drama sure is going out on a very mellow note.  For the most part this episode was angst free and very predictable.  If anything surprised me at all it would be that Joo Wan made Joo Yeon work a little harder then I was expecting but by the end everyone was right where I expected them to be. 

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I Need Romance 3 Episode 14: Wait for it................wait for it...................COMPREHENSION!!!!!!!

This was a great episode since we finally see our heroine be proactive after a lot of "crazy" behavior.  And by crazy I do not mean the acting willy nilly in funny manners, but crazy as in seeing "audio and visual hallucinations".  HAHA  that was my favorite line of the whole show I think.  Of course one does not accept the reason for ones insanity easily.  Especially if you are the #1 dense in denial damsel that we see in this drama.

Remember that we left off with our Joo Wan laying one heck of a sexy, non brother like kiss on Joo Yeon as a goodbye.  Unaware that she is now a woman, living alone, she walks into the apartment musing over his kiss.  Then recalling her ultimatum that she would kick him out if he ever crossed the friend line again (and his weird comments pre-kiss) she rushes up to his room to find everything gone.  I have to admit that I also was a little emotional to see that room minus all of Sweet Potato's belongings.   She stands in the middle of the room holding back her emotions and gripping her hands tight.  We then get a voice over saying how she was post Sweet Potato, “But I was fine. I didn’t cry. I didn’t drink. And my life flowed along without change.”  She tells herself that she was not even dating Wan so there is no reason for her to be upset or cry.  But when she walks up the steps she does admit that the only weird thing is that she occasionally will hear him and have audio hallucinations.  Oh, and visual hallucinations as well.  But other then that she is fine.  Really really really (insert sob) fine.

Things are going slightly better for our Fashion Squad bestie and her impending pregnancy.  Upbeat and looking towards the future, Min Jung is doing the best with her tough situation.  Especially when she finds out that her one baby is instead actually twins.  When Min Seok comes knocking on her door, beyond drunk and clutching a large wrapped package.  When she tries to take it from him he yells not to touch it, that it is his baby.  Hahaha there is something about him that is just so adorable.  When he awakes the next morning, hangover and all, he explains that he is going to be a horrible father.  But from what he has observed she is not going to be that great of a mother either, so they are going to practice with a test baby.  He goes on to explain that he will have it during the day while she works and she will watch the baby in the night.  Min Seok even goes to the point where he is installing camera's in each others home so they can monitor their fake baby/parenting.  She just smiles and agrees to the test, thinking to herself that she will keep the secret of the twins til later since he is already about to bolt.

There is something so sad yet oddly touching with all of Joo Yeon's hallucinations.  She constantly does things that Joo Wan would nag her about just so she could imagine that he is there.  Yet her fantasy Sweet Potato always disappears, leaving her more and more upset.  It finally gets to the point where she is just collapsing upstairs in his room, minus heat, making herself ill with despair.  We see Joo Wan show up to chide her for letting herself become this ill and she leans toward him saying “You weren’t here before. I was fine on my own before. My body hurts. My heart hurts.” and he disappears again.

Joo Yeon walks to the local pharmacy to get some medication "to help her sleep and forget" ......oh and because she is also sick, when she receives a call from Tae Yoon.  He says he will make the effort to come see her since she is not feeling well but she is obviously not really interested in his visit and tries to deter him.  Joo Yeon starts walking home but gets caught in a sudden rain storm and runs to a pavilion in the park to avoid the downpour.  Joo Wan, having given up and come back to see her also ends up in the same pavilion and she assumes he is just another hallucination.  "Get lost I don't want to be considered a crazy person talking to myself."  Joo Wan tells her " I am the same, I close my eyes and see you, I open my eyes and see you."  Realizing that he is real her eyes pop out, but she quickly returns to her snappy roots when he says this is how it should be when you love someone.  She quickly denies liking him and tells him to come get his stuff from her house (some laundry).  He tells her to get rid of it or keep it he does not care.  When Joo Yeon claims that it was not like they were dating so why would she keep it, he can not contain his cool anymore and bursts out "We were dating.What we did is what normal women call dating."  He starts to stalk off but comes right back telling her that he is so angry with her and angry that he can't walk away because he can see that she is sick.  And while he does not care AT ALL, he is going to stay with her til the rain clears and then he is gone.

Standing side by side in silence both are so happy just to be next to each other that it is just so sad to know they are not officially "together".  Joo Yeon receives a call from the jerk and Joo Wan begs her not to take it.  I am all ready to be annoyed by her rejecting him (yet again) when she turns the phone over and actually takes the battery out.  I have to admit that this is one of the few times I was not totally rolling my eyes at the whole battery out of the phone move.  I loved that she wanted to be with Sweet Potato and not have her boyfriend interfere.  They continue to soak in each others presence but eventually Sweet Potato turns and tells her that this is the last time he will come looking for her.  She needs to decide what she feels and come find him if that is where her heart leads.  He walks off into the rain looking so sad.

Luckily for us the writers did not decide to leave us in suspense long (probably since there are only two episodes left).   After a loveless and very awkward dinner with Tae Yoon, our heroine returns home to her empty house.  This time she decides to actually listen to the CD that Joo Wan had left her.  As she listens, her emotions FINALLY break through and she cries and cries and cries some more.  Rushing out of the house she calls Se Ryung and asks for Joo Wan's info and as she drives, to what I am assuming is Joo Wan's, she continues to cry.  We see her knock on a door (hmmm not a hotel door) and "the jerk" emerges.  Just when I am concerned she is not going to break up with him she tells him that they are done.  That she wants to believe in a love that you would die without.

My Thoughts:
I actually really enjoyed this episode.  Yes, it was a bit slow and yes we did get hit over the head that she really really missed Joo Wan and was in deep denial.  But considering that is what we have been given for her character from episode 1, I consider it to actually stay really true to the character.  With as stubborn and prideful as she is I don't think I would accept it if she instantly did a full change in thought.  I like that she had to really suffer (yup karma kicked your butt for ignoring poor Sweet Potato) before she was ready to admit her real feelings.  I even like that she has progressed far enough that she did not need someone to tell her in simple words, what she was feeling.  Now I am ready for us to finally get to the action I have been waiting for.  She needs to go find Joo Wan IMMEDIATELY and make him happy.

We are on our last week!  I can't believe how fast this drama has gone by and how much I have enjoyed it.  With so many new dramas coming out I am still undecided on what my next drama to blog about.  It is so hard to make a decision because not only deciding will I like this drama, but also does it promote itself to my style of recapping.  Lets all admit that if I started recapping a 100 ep historical, you all might just ditch me in the dust from boredom.  So hopefully inspiration will strike soon and I can continue to provide the entertainment and information for all of you awesome kfans who follow me.  Until then please continue to check out my weekly kdrama countdown where I let you know the top scenes from the currently airing dramas (great way to find new dramas to add to your "to watch" list.) and I will also fill in some reviews of all the new dramas to help you make sense of the huge amount of new options.

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I Need Romance 3 Episode 13 - Love Ultimatums Galore

The Kdrama gods heard my pleas this week and finally allowed our drama to move forward.  This was a HUGE episode for all of our characters as Joo Wan finally stands up and issues some ultimatums, Joo Yeon realizes that she has two boyfriends, and "the jerk" Tae Yoon moves to new levels of insensitive that had the feminist in me hitting him with an imaginary 2x4, possibly multiple times.

Our heroine is finally caught in the act of her hugging Joo Wan and wonders why her boyfriend is not upset or saying anything.  She sits and think of what she would tell him.  That she had kissed Joo Wan, snuggled with him, always had him tell her saranghae, that she slept with him sometimes?  LOL  As she lists it out in her head it just sounds worse and worse, although she does still seem to be in denial and claims that it is still just Sweet Potato.   (Seriously, if she was not so cute as a couple with Joo Wan I would totally wash my hands of her.  She is almost too dense to be worthy of him.)  But instead of being upset Tae Yoon says that he does not think being angry is conducive to their relationship and that he trusts her to get that man out of her house.  He then tells her to deal with it and smiles that smirking smile that I hate.  You can tell that she is very uncomfortable with the discussion (and I suspect thoughts about losing Sweet Potato) and just lets the topic drop.  Later at home she enters the house and calls "Wan?"  Realizing that she always entered the house and looked for him first, she wanders around until she finally finds him asleep in his bed.  Joo Yeon goes to the edge gazing down at him and pushing a stray hair off his forehead.  He grabs her hand and kisses it (seriously she is so dense) looking up at her sleepily.  She melts for a second but then gathers her wits and smacks him hard on the shoulder.   HAHAHA She gives him an ultimatum that there will be no more snuggling, and kissing, and anything else.  He looks wounded and says that he loves her, but she shoots him down saying that he will always be a boy to her and she does not want to hear that from him.  POOR SWEET POTATO.  All he wants is love and the mean noona is breaking his heart.

Joo Yeon stomps down the stair after declaring the new house rules.  She gets a text from "the jerk" and decides to pretend that instead of doing nothing she has been cleaning (the girl would not know the working end of a broom if it bit her in the butt) and watering her plants (promptly drowns a cacti).  She takes photos as proof and Joo Wan just watches her from behind, finally figuring out what she was doing and is, rightfully so, flabbergasted that she would take credit for his hard work.  Not to mention faking her personality for her boyfriend.  The last straw is when he reads a text complementing her on the soup she made him (remember that Joo Wan had made the soup).  HEHEHE  Joo Wan stomps to the kitchen where he starts prepping rice for the next day, but of course Joo Yeon is close behind (you know since she is kind of addicted to him) and holds onto his arm as he works.  He stops and asks her if she is aware that it is really hard to keep her rules when she is always holding onto him, asking for piggyback rides, and touching him all the time.  Joo Wan suddenly stops mid rant and looks at her intently.  She starts to fidget and he smiles "do you.... like me?"  She of course denies it and says that he touches her all the time, to which he replies "yes because I love you".  SQUEEE  they are so cute!

Things are not all puppies and sunshine on the work front either.  Gradually becoming a better human being and best friend, Joo Yeon is being wonderfully supportive of her pregnant bestie.  She also accidentally outs her pregnant status to the other members of the fashion squad and her jerk of a boyfriend.  Being the jerk he is, Tae Yoon calls her to task in his office asking what the heck she was thinking allowing a single pregnant women to work in her department.  He tells her that she should fire her, or at least make her fake a marriage and go away to have the baby quietly. 

Would just like to pause here and rant. Tae Yoon is truly a total neanderthal jerk who deserves to be smacked.  What modern man or boss is allowed to have that kind of antiquated mindset.  Not to mention that what he says is TOTALLY ILLEGAL, which is what Joo Yeon points out.  He continues to tell her that if she lets this go it will reflect on her abilities as a boss and to suck it up and do the hard stuff.  Joo Yeon leaves his office, upset and unable to say anything to her friend she rushes out.  Just when you think you can't think less of Tae Yoon he always manages to up his tool level.

Talking about our awesome pregnant bestie Min Jung, she is getting a lot of mixed singles from her babies daddy.  Having told her that he has no interest in being a father (he comes from a very dysfunctional absentee father family and is worried about history repeating) but Min Seok still has a lot of feelings for Min Jung.  He wanders around the grocery store seeing things that remind him about his pending fatherhood status and he has a mini break down trying to decide if he wants to buy Min Jung strawberries (he had heard that women crave them when pregnant).  The poor guy ends up falling to the floor in angst over the strawberry decision, but later shows up at her apartment with a bag full of healthy food, yoga books, and vitamins.  He begs her to take care of herself but promptly runs the second she asks if he wants to see the ultrasound.  Poor Min Jung is left crying because of the situation.

I am so excited to blog about the next few segments since this is really the meat and potatoes of the story.  And I have been waiting for this moment as I ranted through the last three episodes.  We are finally at the point where Joo Wan loses it and becomes the "in love" and jealous mess I was hoping he would be.  His zen attitude finally cracks, breaking under the pressure of Joo Yeon's continued interaction with "the jerk".  As she readies herself to go see him he finally falls apart and gives her an ultimatum.  He yells at Joo Yeon to not go, and when she looks at him like he is crazy, he tells her to choose.  "Choose me or him."  He asks her to imagine if one of them was going to disappear from her life who would she want to be with.  Wan asks: “If I disappear, can you live?” Joo-yeon strikes back: “Of course I can. I lived perfectly well before you came.” and storms off.

Joo Yeon is upset but continues down to the driveway to see Tae Yoon, but when he suggests they go to his house (and probably do everything that comes with that suggestion) she practically screeches out "NO".  And then recovers her senses enough to say that she has work to do and can't do it around him.  Seriously if you have a violent reaction over hanging out with your boyfriend then maybe you should reevaluate what you are doing chica.  They instead go on a coffee date, a very awkward coffee date, when Tae Yoon again broaches the subject of getting rid of "that man" that lives with her.  She tells him that it would be impossible to kick him out since he has only a year before he goes back to the US.  He logically replies that Tae Yoon is not a kid nor is he not without money or a job so why can't he live alone, but Joo Yeon again just changes the subject.

However emotions erupt when Joo Wan catches the couple about to kiss goodnight.  To say he totally loses it would be an understatement.  He breaks up the pair yelling at Joo Yeon "How much longer are you going to two-time us both?"  He grabs her hand and yells at Tae Yoon "Can you live without her?  Because I cant?"  The Jerk just smirks and says that is a stupid and immature thing to say since it just proves how young he is.  He tells Joo Wan to grow up and leave, and go deal with his one sided romance somewhere else.  He then tells Joo Yeon to take care of kicking him out of her house and leaves (again what a smug bleck of a boyfriend).

Joo Yeon orders Joo Wan to follow her in and fumes at him as to why he is acting this way.  "Didn't you tell me to follow my heart with Tae Yoon?"  He just screams that she should stop listening to him since he was wrong.  He again tells her that she has to make a choice between them, "see even now you can't throw me out."  She just stomps away, saying if he crosses the boundaries one more time she will follow through on her threat.  (Seriously girl, if you are being told by your boyfriend ...and your 2nd boyfriend, that you have to choose one and there is one that you OBVIOUSLY can not kick out of your life then your decision is already made.)

Our adorable Sweet Potato sits in his room, devastated. He stares at his picture of Shing Shing at 13 and thinks to himself, “You were wrong. There’s no such thing as a love that’s only bright and shining and smiling. It’s all petty, and childish, and a giant mess.”  He ends up brooding, brooding, and more brooding, broken up by him recording a song he wrote for Joo Yeon.  Then, packing up his belongings, he leaves her house.  Catching him as he is about to get in his car, Joo Yeon questions if he is just coming home, or leaving.  He just moves towards her only to have her retreat and demand that she will kick him out if he comes closer.  Joo Wan does not stop and instead grabs Joo Yeon and kisses the heck out of her.  “Be well, Shin Joo-yeon,” he whispers then walks away, leaving her stunned.

My Thoughts:
WOW, there was a lot to process in this episode.  Not only do we finally have Joo Yeon starting to realize her real feelings (at a snails pace but still we see progress), but we also had Joo Wan take his relationship to the next level by demanding that she acknowledge her feelings for him.  I really enjoy the fact that he was not only the one to open up her eyes to her feelings for Tae Yoon, but then also for her changing feelings towards himself.  I personally was not expecting that.  I also think that deep inside she has already made her choice.  Again when you literally can't make yourself even think about living without someone, then your decision is already made. Unfortunately for Joo Wan, and we the viewers, her lack of insight makes it hard for her to make her decision quickly.  And it is this lack of decision making that is going to bite her in the butt when she is forced to lose the man she needs and loves.  I was saying from way back that they were going to go this route and I am actually excited for the "breakup" of their happy home since it will cause a catalyst for their relationship.  I can't wait to see what the fallout is, not to mention, to see her finally dump the jerk to the floor.  Now if only I did not have the feeling that they are going to give him a happily every after with Se Ryung I would be a happy camper.

Sincerely,
Kmuse

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