Link to my explanation is here: Crash Landing on You: On Proust, Updated
Thanks for all who commented and posted their opinions on whether Jung Hyuk remember her or not. Very well done!
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Now that I’ve all your attention (Huh? Who’s Marcel Proust??!! And what does he have to do with our kdrama?), I’m going to leave you hanging.
I’m such a tease, right? But I heard that some viewers/lurkers/readers were wondering whether Jung Hyuk remembered Seri from their accidental encounter in Switzerland, and I want to weigh in.
I believe he did and I’ll explain later. I just need a couple of hours to recharge my fried brain cells. It’s been a long and trying 24 hours here in Washington and I’ve a colossal migraine.
Meanwhile, feel free to leave your thoughts here.
I’ll edit this later and remark on Marcel Proust and his “In Search of Lost Time.” I’ll connect his main idea to Jung Hyuk’s vow, “I made a promise to her, that as long as she’s in my sight, I will protect her. No matter what.”
Let me just take care of my headache first. No matter what. lol.
You are so cool! Looking forward to reading this!
Cool?
Or maybe just crazy. 😂
I’m tired from all the politicking today so I had to challenge myself to think of something foreign. Proust came to my mind. 🤪
What do YOU think? Does he or doesn’t he remember her now? I don’t mind a difference of opinion.
Okay, let me just sleep off this headache. I should be okay after I rest my mind a bit. The cold medicine is slowly taking effect now.
Hi! 👋🏻 Rest up so you can have a full recovery.
I believe he does remember her from Switzerland otherwise I wouldn’t think he’d be that kind to her 😂
I’ll be back later. 🌸
Proust? We will speak about madeleine! I’m in!
Or maybe not…
🙂
I knew it! Somebody here in this bitches’ blog SHOULD know about proust and his madeleine. hahaha.
But wait…you distracted me. I lost my train of thought….
Of course he remembers her! He was smitten by her the first time he saw her I believe and was trying to sneak a picture of her (maybe he did take one already) before she dictated her “last words” on her message recorder.
Dan was there at her attempted suicide scene and she was jealous already. She did not care one bit a woman was about to jump off the bridge. To me this reveals how heartless and calculating she is.
He then saves her by having her take a picture of him and Dan, and even smiles at her (maybe in response to her comment that he can do better).
At the end of episode 1 when it shows him watching her when she landed in NK and was stuck in a tree, he smiles a knowing smile and moves his gun to the “safe, non-shooting” mode (not sure what you call it) before confronting her.
He also checks to make sure it is her when he looks at his camera in a later scene.
He met her another time in Switzerland when they were at the same paragliding scene. This may be at the same trip for SR or another trip. Perhaps after her life was “saved” by him she went back to South Korea and began a new start, opening up her business and proving to herself, her family and the world she could make wise choices and be successful on her own.
In the first scene SR mentions to her secretary that she got her paragliding license in Switzerland. I believe after JK saved her, she decided to turn her life around and taking paragliding classes was a symbol of a new adventure of leaping into the unknown world…
Your posts and are awesome by the way. Just top-notch! Are you a writer or a teacher by trade? 🙂
Thank you so much…this is the first K-drama series I have watched and I am hooked!
I just want you to take care of your body @packmule eomma 😊 I know how annoying it is to deal with migraine. Also you had a fever last time and your hubby too.
I vote on JH remembering SR hihi 😅
Well your title did catch my attention even though I’ve never read Proust beyond a few excerpts. I look forward to illumination!
Yes, I believe he remembers but she does not.
The writer and director never worked together that I know of but their individual projects include a number of blockbusters I ultimately and personally found kind of boring. But I’m weird about pacing.
First of all, I love your analysis so much! Thanks for all your hard work! I started watching Memories of the Alhambra because of your review 🙂 so it’s now a tradition to go read your recap after watching a new episode.. And I’m so glad you’re liking CLOY! I hope it lives up to our expectations until the end…
I think he definitely remembers her. That would explain why he put away his gun in the first scene (i kinda thought that was wayy to fast, considering he’s a trained soldier – and yes, I do realize he was smitten 🙂 )
Also the fact that he believed her, even though she didn’t say her name until episode 3- and that was the first thing he asked! He almost immediately believed she was not a spy – he told that to the Pretty One(i forgot his name)..
I bet there’s more evidence and I can’t wait for the connection with Proust explained…
Madeleine…dipped in tea…(childhood) memory trigger…optional extra – writing a novel with 7 volumes…Remembrance of Things Past…only for the world to hone in on that one moment…but Madeleines are delectable…so who would blame them? 😂
Get better soon Packmule3 🙂
@Sayaris I see you…and I echo your views in another blog about Jin SeYeon…I can’t watch anything she’s in either. 😂
@nrlee I must admit that I much prefer madeleines to Jin SeYeon’s acting :p
I tried to watch her in different dramas but I never could feel anything with her acting.
“ I tried to watch her in different dramas but I never could feel anything with her acting”
@Sayaris you’re doing better than me. I tried one and gave up.
Hahaha. Cookies for you, @nrllee. 🍪🍪🍪🍪
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Are you talking about your favorite actress? Jin SeYeon? I saw that she was in “Queen: Love and War” and thought of you. Didn’t know that Sayaris doesn’t like JSY’s acting, too.
When are you going to SK? This month or next month?
“ Are you talking about your favorite actress? Jin SeYeon?”
Hahaha…very funny…NOT. 😑
“ When are you going to SK? This month or next month?”
End of this month and into Feb. Already started packing…and dreaming of KimChi, GimBap and SamGeopSal… cute cafes… stalking…err… looking out for celebrities… pretending to BE celebrities – black hoody? Check. Black cap? Check. Black face mask? To be acquired when we land. Looking shifty and avoiding eye contact? To be explored. 😊🤪
Just saw the US Election news. Busy season for you? Probably explains the migraine.