For @h0ns.
Since when did I start accepting friends’ requests? hahaha.
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WooHyun bows before YooJung’s mother tree.
YH: Mom, I’m here. You must love this, Mom. (telling WH) You’re the first person to greet her. (They grin at each other). Sit down.
She notices the words on the chair he sent her, and she looks back at him wordlessly.
To: A Good Person
Remember my earlier post, “In Search of a Good Man”? WH advised her to always first check if a man is a good person before starting to date the man. I think this is sound advice. However, it can backfire on WH if he puts YH on a pedestal for being a good person. Nobody’s that consistently and thoroughly good. He’ll no doubt be disappointed to find that even YH has clay feet.
YH: Do you want to have a drink?
WH: Why would someone who can’t drink much…?
YH: Taaadaaa! (showing him the bottle) Let’s play a drinking game. The truth game. We take turns asking a question. If you can’t answer, you take a penalty shot.
Knowing how she plotted to make WH jealous earlier, I wouldn’t be surprised if she had planned this beforehand.
It’s a trap, WooHyun.
WH: Just the two of us?
YH: Yes.
WH: (straightaway) Being an actress, is it difficult or happy?
YH: Hmmm….it’s difficult but happy. (without skipping a beat) The number of women you’ve dated so far is more than five or not?
hahaha. See that? She comes right out with that question. He thinks for a second then glances at her. He gets his champagne flute and downs the champagne. I really like the way he always glances at her first before responding. To me, he’s anticipating her reaction and calibrating his answer to get that response from her.
I believe, and I know many of you will agree, that he had zero dates. As some of us pointed here, he didn’t know what to do in a car during that faked car date. Shhhhh. It starts with neck- and ends with -ing.🦒
But to admit that to YJ is lose-lose situation for him. She won’t believe him anyway, and if he insists that he’s telling the truth, he’ll only look odd and pathetic.
Moreover, he wants her jealous, right? As payback to making him jealous at dinnertime, he’s teasing her now because he knows his evasive response will rile her — just like he annoyed her about the Wannabe Wife being “pretty in her own way.”
So drinking that champagne was the right answer. Heck! If that had been hemlock, he still should have drunk it rather than give her the correct answer. A man’s got to have some pride here.
YH: (protesting) Ah, you could just answer that! If you drink that, your wound won’t heal right!
lol. Then why did she suggest this game? She didn’t expect WH to evade the question.
YH: Gosh, really. I should have guessed it would be more than five. (she looked ticked off with him, 😈)
WH: Do you like someone who gives you butterflies or someone you feel comfortable with?
YH: Oh, that’s easy. Someone who gives me butterflies. (she clears her throat) When you have someone you like (darting a look at him), do you go for it and confess or not?
lol. These are definitely staged questions! She keeps on putting him in a spot because she’s dying to hear his answers.
He looks at her, then he quickly looks down at his glass and decides to drink it.
WH: I don’t know. (lifts his glass but she grabs it)
Here, I suspect that he doesn’t know the answer because the answer is situational. That’s why he glances at her first then looks down thoughtfully. His course of action depends on HER and the occasion.
YH: (agggrrrh. I could feel her annoyance.) How could you not know? This is a truth game!
Now, she’s whining because he managed to evade her top two questions. She simply can’t ferret any information from him and she’s frustrated.
WH: It’s because it’s the TRUTH game that I’m answering honestly.
He speaks the truth. He truly does NOT know because it all depends on the situation. For example, he likes her but he can hardly go and confess at this exact moment, even if he wants to, because the timing’s all wrong. She isn’t going to be receptive to any of his confession right now. See that? 😂
That’s why I think this scene is hilarious. If you look at it in a certain way, you’ll see that they’re at cross-purposes. YJ wants him to answer truthfully (i.e., bravely confess or not?), but if he answers truthfully (i.e., yes, he’ll bravely confess), THEN he’ll be all wrong (i.e., he’s not confessing at all)! Did you get the conundrum?
She drinks from his glass.🚨😱🚨It’s an indirect kiss!! 💋
Lol. I couldn’t care less about indirect kisses when I’m watching netflix. But in kdramaland, I miss nothing. lol.
Anyway, to continue…
WH: (his turn now) There’s someone who gave you butterflies in the last week or not? (note the finger-wagging. His emphasis here is on “one” person.)
YH: In the last week?
He nods his head. She begins to drink — to his surprise — then changes her mind.
YH: There is.
He nods his head but I don’t know why. I’m not sure if he’s nodding his except because
a. he approves of her honesty.
b. he’s telling her that he understood who she meant.
c. he doesn’t know what else to do. 🤷🏻♂️It’s the equivalent of a neutral “Oh I see.” in body language.
YH: This chair…what’s the meaning behind giving it as a present?
WH: A spot has opened up for someone else, to me.
The wording is rather clumsy so I’ll explain my interpretation, okay?
As I said in my post about the “sorry” chair, an empty chair is begging to be sat on. It beckons a sitter. When YH sat across from that empty chair, she would naturally be reminded of WH who gave her the chair and needed to be sitting in that spot. But since he was still in the doghouse at that time, she had to forgive him first.
To me, an empty spot will differ in significance for WH.
Remember Episode 2?
WH has always set an extra spot at the table when he eats. Back then, YJ asked him whether he acquired this habit because he didn’t like to feel lonely or because he had a person he wanted to be eating a meal with.
He didn’t respond but I always assumed it was both.
Now, he’s giving her this chair.
To me this chair ties in with that habit of his. The chair is both his INVITATION for her to sit with him, so he won’t feel lonely, AND his very subtle CONFESSION that he’s finally found someone he wants to be eating a meal with — presumably for the rest of his life.
This is the deeper meaning when he says that “a spot has opened up for someone.”
🙂 See that?
He IS the type to go and confess. However, it’s entirely up to the girl — or YJ — to grasp his intention. Unfortunately, this is when the effects of the alcohol kicks in for YJ so she becomes slow-witted. 🤦♀️ He’s confessing to her but she’s already in la-la land because of the champagne.
WH: (continuing with the game) This person who made you feel butterflies…does that mean you like that person?
YH: I don’t know. I’d like it if that’s what it means. (She pours herself another glass. Her turn to ask now!) Someone you had no feelings for, could you kiss them or not?
WH: I couldn’t. If I had no feelings for someone, I could never kiss them.
And now, we finally understand what this whole episode is all about. It’s about her insecurity of finding herself falling all over again with somebody who doesn’t love her. From the start of this episode, when he kissed her in the hospital, she couldn’t tell if he was being sincere or not. (Or to be exact if he was anesthetized or not. lol)
She couldn’t trust her senses and her feelings anymore to give her the “correct” reading of the situation. Remember? She admitted this during that breakfast conversation. She told him, “I was so blinded by love that I couldn’t read it well. So I wrote and read it the way I wanted, and that’s how I ended up here.”
That is why she wanted to get him jealous during dinner time and to get him drunk during this game (hahaha). She wanted to know if she could entrust herself and her feelings to WH…if he was THAT “good person” that she could love. That’s why she answered him that she didn’t know whether or she liked that person who gave her that “butterfly feeling” but she would like it to be so.
😀
So there we have it. My explanation for that final scene.
I’m ending this post with this picture of our couple instead of that ugh! cliffhanger kiss.
Grrrr.
Fool me once, show, shame on you. Fool me TWICE, and it’s shame on ME. I don’t want them kissing if it means she forgets this the following morning. Enough with this amnesia, show. Not falling for it.
(will edit later. have to do a meals-on-wheels for Thanksgiving.)
I loved this scene! I started laughing at the direction of her questions, and once she started it, WH changed his questions from a general one (is it happy or difficult to be an actress) to more probing ones. He was probing for her feelings too. And despite not having dated (that’s what I feel too), he is pretty smooth. I just wonder why he sat in the white wicker chair, and she sat in the one he gifted. Was it coz the white one was nearer to him, or was it coz the green one was a gift from him? Or am I reading too much into this? I know I’m going nuts about a kdrama when I start to overthink every little thing I see.
I was waiting for your interpretation of this scene!! Thank you for breaking down the dialogue!
I really liked this scene because it is about them being vulnerable. For the whole episode, both of them are waiting for the other party to be open with his/her feelings and are plotting to call each other out. So it is really wonderful to see them sitting opposite each other attempting to have a heart to heart talk.
I actually found the ending scene fitting for this episode… The episode started with WH kissing her and not really sure it is was a real kiss… In the end, he got his answer knowing that the kiss was real and she is affected by it…. I like that he reiterated to her that he does not kiss anyone he has no feelings for and the look on his face tells me that he will do a proper kiss this time round… 😉
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Thank you for the interpretation of the last scene. I was waiting to read your interpretation and it is indeed insightful.
I really loved this scene because this is where YJ and WH are willing to be vulnerable. Throughout this whole episode they have been waiting for the other party to be honest with his/her feelings before they take action. It is hilarious watching both of them trying ways and means to make the other party confess first.
I found the ending scene fitting for this episode because at the beginning of the episode WH was not sure if the kiss was real and if YJ was affected by it… At the end of the episode, WH got his answer.. The kiss was real and YJ was affected by it… I really liked the idea that WH reiterated to YJ after answering her question that he does not kiss anyone he has no feelings for… A confession in its own right and he looks ready to give her a kiss with a clear mind rather than under anesthesia.
So I am betting on a kiss for the opening scene in episode 7. Haha
On a last note, I loved all your interpretations. Thanks.
Yes, sometimes I don’t know where my comments go either so I double post. 🤷♀️ No worries, I don’t mind.
I agree with you. The episode cams full ⭕️ circle for both of them. They both got reassurances that yes, they had butterflies 🦋 in their tummy when they’re together and they didn’t imagine that kiss. Sigh. How many kdramas are this uncomplicated? I absolutely hate melodramas so this is my cup of tea. Also, after the convoluted plot and plot holes of 100DMP, I welcome a story that’s firmly grounded.
Frankly I think tvN is overrated. They’ve got a few good dramas, sure, but many of their dramas are over-hyped and messy. They like to be on the cutting edge with their themes, but their plots are often half-baked and specious. That’s why many of their kdramas start out exciting but turn frustrating towards the end. They don’t finish well.
Oh well. I’m just ranting bec I’ve seen comments dissing this kdrama, when I know very well that those posters gushed over stupidEr kdramas. 😆
It is really understandable that Yoo Jung, wishing to know what Woo Hyun feels for her, and even more so with that experience he had with the MISERABLE of his ex-boyfriend. YH and WH are adorable and I like them more and more.
@packmule3—I love your “anatomy of a scene.”
It’s deeply satisfying to watch Yoo-Jung and Woo-Hyun carefully, playfully navigate towards each other.
yha…you nailed it so perfectly girl…big thanks for explaining the last scene…u’re also expressing what in my mind 😊..can’t wait for your next recaps..
I started watching this too since I saw you writing about it. Caught up this weekend and I quite enjoy the main couple and their thoughtful gifts and notes and conversations
Great comments on this post! 🙂
That was indeed a great breakdown of the truth/consequence scene. I really enjoyed it because WH did say that he wanted to talk to YJ that’s why he looked for her. I really hope too that from here our couple will just go forward. We did get somewhere after that conversation. I am hoping for a kiss again but I will put my expectations down hehehe But mind you, the way I see it, it’s like they’re not even a fake couple. I mean look at WH calling YJ’s brother little brother hehehe He calls him Hyung! YJ calls WH’s Mom, Mom (sorry I can’t trust my spelling of Korean Mom and brother :). YJ spents all night cooking/preparing for her gift for WH’s Mom. She really is a good person. I just hope that $10,000 won’t be a problem between her and WH again. She explained in her letter that she really misses her Mom and would do anything for her.
Just a note on that bow before they sat down. Did WH bow because he’s saying in advance to YJ’s Mom that he is ready to be a part of Yj’s life hehehe Just reading too much into it, I think 😉
I would have slapped that mom with $4 kimchi but YJ gave her $10K instead. Sighhh… her character is too nice. lol.
The bow? Yes, I think so. It looked like a son-in-law kind of bow. hahaha.
And I agree with WH calling him “donsaeng” or something like that. It gave me goosebumps hearing that “hyung”-“donsaeng” exchange. He’s already an accepted part of the family!!
Same here. I lowered my expectations on that 2nd kiss. Just wake me when it’s over. I’m sure YEH’s kisses will be phenomenal but not sure about this dude. Have never watched him before. I hope he’s not the male equivalent of Park Shin Hye. hahaha.
Agree I don’t see them as a fake couple. I regard them as a real couple with a ready-made family. (donsaeng, his mother and her father).
Expectations for the next episodes:
1. I want to see the couple ring
2. I want to see a backhug (yeah. just let them fast forward to their 6 months anniversary)
3. Or any kind of hug
4. Another letter
5. More gifts! Keep the thoughtful gifts coming.
BTW, I like what you suggested that he made the chair for her. I approve 100%.
6. Meeting with WH’s real dad. I want him to see that YJ >>>> Wannabe Wife.
7. More outdoor scenes. I’m getting claustrophobic with all these indoor shots
8. Not couple clothes but complementary clothes
That’s it. What about you? What’s on your wish list for this week’s episodes?
Don’t let the tropes bog you down.
Just focus on the couple and their gifts, notes, and conversations as you mentioned. It’s actually a relaxing and soothing romcom because both WH and YJ are stable characters. The whole chaebol world/subplot may collapse around them but as long as we see them in a relationship together, it’s romcom not melodrama.
It’s kinda like 100DMP towards Episodes 10 to 14 when the couple finally settled down and began their coupledom. The wacky plotholes became bearable because we got the romantic moments to tide us over.
Haven’t caught up with The Third Charm. Waiting for Episode 16 before watching backtracking. lol.
I finished The Third Charm. I.. don’t even know what to say about it. Maybe after you watch it too
What does that mean? Is it that bad? 😅
Good evening! 🙂
There’s so many comments in my head while reading the posts but because I can’t reply straight away I forget what I want to say hehehe
What I want to see this week are:
1 – another kiss, just to seal the deal that they do like each other. ( the other show that I’m watching showed vert good/passionate kisses and timely done too so I am hoping this one will be the same but then again, I will put my expectations down because I have not seen CJM kiss at all hahaha) should we pray to the Drama God’s? 😉
2 – agree, any kind of hug would be nice, that back hug needs to be put in there somewhere.
3 – WH to attend an event with YJ. (I only noticed it when you said most of the scenes have been inside, so true!).
4 – Eating outside, don’t care whether it’s a restaurant or a pojangmacha? hehehe
5 – Yes again on gift giving 🙂
Besides the ‘connection’ that they have but don’t know yet, I want our couple to be honest with each other and keep enjoying each other’s company, say for the next 4-5 episodes? LOL!
Re.
1. Another kiss. I expect another kiss. We’re talking about YEH here. 😂 This is my first time watching CJM, too so don’t know about his 💋 prowess.
2. Hug. They haven’t hugged yet, right? Weird. The kiss came before hug.
3. I love this!! Yes, they have to attend a gala. I want to see him in a tux instead of his standard shirt + slacks outfit. At least YEH’s wardrobe is always something to look forward to. 😆
4. Pojangmacha👍 but since she’s an actress, it’s going to be hard. How about a trip to the beach and they can eat at a restaurant by the sea.
I want them to go on a trip to the countryside. Fall in SK is pretty.
Re.
1. YEH better make up for her last series then hehehe There better be lots and lots of kissing! Add a bed scene too, why not? LOL!
2. I think this time kiss then hug. It’s in the teaser already 🙂
3. A gala sounds great! With WH saying to her when he sees her in an evening gown that his girlfriend trully is a Goddess! 😉 Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
4. Ohhhh sounds good too. They can just have leisurely walks and funny conversations.
OT. I saw a making film in IG about the glamping scene. Amazed how CJM carried YEH like she weighs nothing hahaha No effort whatsover but then I know that YEH probable doesn’t weight much hehehe