Episode 6 of the Playful Kiss Youtube Special Edition is pretty much impossible to recap. I say it with a straight face, because this was a Korean version of an I Love Lucy episode, replete with an ending that has Lucy and Desi (Ha Ni and Seung Jo) conceding that they enjoyed the mess of a day they had together.
Alas, I am not one to shirk my responsibilities to the legions of PKissers, who appears to have gotten MORE active since the drama proper ended. Not complaining, just marveling at you guys’ devotion and love for this drama. You guys are awesome, and it saddens me that PK will be ending for good next week.
Youtube Episode 6 Recap:
This episode should have been titled: Driving Ms. (Oh) Ha Ni – please tell me you all got my Driving Miss Daisy reference (god I feel dated). Seung Jo exits the house and finds a be-scarved lady outside waiting for him. She resembles his wife, except with a crazy smile plastered to her face and her newly acquired driver’s license posted on her forehead.
Seung Jo wonders why Ha Ni is so excited, it only took her 8! tries to pass her driving test. The bucket of cold water her husband just poured on her head does not lessen Ha Ni’s mood one whit, she’s off work today and determined to drive her hubby to the hospital. Her practical and self-preserving hubby tries to dissuade her, and had to physically chase her around the car to grab the keys back. Alas, he fails and resigns himself to his fate.
Ha Ni is driving Seung Jo to work, and he asks whether she is intending to get into an accident on her first day of driving. She reassures her husband that she is an excellent driver, having only been docked 5 points during the exam. Was her examiner Mr. Magoo?
Seung Jo wonders whether she knows the way to the hospital. She assures him that she does, but then she shows her true driving colors. She’s nervous, can’t change lanes, turns on the window wipers instead of the turn signal, and is unable to turn right. They end up driving straight because that is the only driving that Ha Ni is capable of doing.
They finally pull over on the side of the street, and both get out to assess the situation. A now carsick Seung Jo asks whether Ha Ni really took drivers ed? She did take a whopping twenty hours, but only practiced on the freeway so she’s completely unable to drive in local traffic. Good one, Ha Ni.
Seung Jo decides to make lemonade out of lemons, and takes the day off to teach her to drive. Otherwise she’s bound to off a few pedestrians in Seoul. He also informs her that he doesn’t want to become a widower within one short year of marriage. Hahaha, you just had to add that rationalization into the picture when we all know you want to spend time with your wifey.
Seung Jo drives them to a less populated area to practice her driving, and where her victims are less likely other human beings, more cows and pigs and the like. On their drive to the countryside, Ha Ni folds down their convertible top and luxuriates in the breezey air of their impromptu day trip. She keeps feeding Seung Jo oranges, and is totally not listening to his driving tips.
Her head scarf blows away, and they stop to retrieve it. The scarf is dangling on a tree branch that is just out of their reach. Seung Jo first asks Ha Ni to bend down so that he can use her back as a step. She balks a bit, but then actually gets down on her hands and knees for Seung Jo. He has no choice but to smile fondly at her, and helps her up rather than steps on her.
They then try tactic number two, putting Ha Ni on Seung Jo’s shoulder and having her reach up to grab the scarf. Ha Ni starts freaking out when she’s hoisted, and they end up leaving the woebegone scarf in the tree as an offering.
Ha Ni starts driving in the country lane and is doing fine. Her husband bursts her bubble by reminding her that she is still only driving straight ahead. She gets excited and swerves around to demonstrate her control over the steering wheel, and accidentally offs some roadside fauna. Ha Ni suddenly brakes really hard, insisting she saw something up front.
Seung Jo is beyond annoyed, and tells her not to drive for the rest of her life. She insists that her driving teacher compliment her as an excellent driver. To which Seung Jo replies that she should go get a refund from that school. Mwahahaha, you are such a cool ogre, Seung Jo. Ha Ni finally gets fed up and reminds Seung Jo that he never paid her any attention when she was learning to drive and taking the test. Seung Jo retorts that it wasn’t like she took the test once or twice. He’s now worried that their kids will get her brains, or lack thereof.
Ha Ni tells Seung Jo to get out of the car. When he refuses, she huffs out of the car, telling him that he’s clearly not going to pay attention to her even if she were to get pregnant. Oh sweetie, there ain’t no way in hell you are getting pregnant in this lifetime without Seung Jo paying attention to you. Ha Ni walks down the road while Seung Jo follows.
Seung Jo calls out to her: hey ahjumma, can I get directions? In a fit of pique, she pretends that there is a puppy in the road, and causes Seung Jo to swerve the car into the ditch. They wait by the car waiting for a tow truck, and Ha Ni crows that the almighty genius Baek Seung Jo got his car stuck in a ditch.
Hubby makes the errant wife promise not to play such a dangerous joke ever again. But he can’t help but smile and concede that he had a good day today. Ha Ni grabs his arm and concurs, then says that she wants to drive him again in the future. Seung Jo says that day will be far in the future, and after she takes driving lessons from him.
Ha Ni agrees, and the two of them snuggle in the waning sun of the lovely countryside. They get back in the car, with Ha Ni pretending to drive some more, and get towed home.
Thoughts of Mine:
What a fun episode. It was lighthearted and entertaining – just like how Seung Jo felt during his driving day with Ha Ni. Sometimes when you watch a drama that ends with the OTP together, you extrapolate how their lives might continue on. It’s a vague supposition at best, and ultimately a meaningless endeavor because they are fictional characters.
Ha Ni and Seung Jo have transcended that barrier. The true-to-life beats of their relationship means that we worry how they will make a marriage work once the cameras are gone and the mundane sets in. School, work, responsibilities, duties, and obligations, can their marriage withstand all of that? The YT episodes confirm for us that they are going to be just fine.
I love how Seung Jo simultaneously glowers and smiles at her, all in the span of seconds. She is the only person who can activate his human boy button, and he loves her all the more for it. So when she’s being a pest or a nuisance, he’s willing to roll with the punches because that’s what loving someone means. Accepting them for all their shortcomings, helping them to overcome obstacles, and never forgetting to enjoy each minute together because life’s too precious to take the person you love for granted.
Next Tuesday is the final YT episode (with two BTS specials airing the following two days), and I still haven’t gotten my “steamier scenes” or any boating, for that matter. Kim Hyun Joong, don’t think just because you’ve been on CNN I’m gonna go easy on you. From your pretty mouth to my ears, I heard what you said, so I’ve got my eye on the final episode. You better deliver or else you and I need to have a very important conversation about what “steamier love scenes” constitute, because I think you missed the birds and the bees discussion in junior high.
[Credit: all screencaps from hyunniespexers.wordpress.com]
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this was the best webisode till date!..too bad it was also the shortest...also dont worry...you're not the only one complaining abt no boating!!..Kim Hyun Joong keep good on his promise!!..i demand a birthday boat!!
' too bad it was also the shortest '
I felt short changed cos it barely lasted 9min minus opening & preview but let it pass as it was shot mostly outdoors. Must have taken a lot more time and effort.
Is it possible to die of cuteness overdose? 'Cause I think I might after this episode.
I'm going to be sod sad when we have to say goodbye to Seung-jo and Ha-ni next week. *sniffles* *sobs*
Listing off what I like
1) I love how much fun these two people have as BSJ/OHN and as co-stars, if not friends. JSM is so precious and I love the person she gives OHN, I may have not watched any other version but I know enough that she's made it her own. I'm so glad that HJ's right by his word and is having fun. You can see it all over his tired face. :)
2) This episode was: SO CUTE I WOULD DIE OF SWEET OVERDOSE. LOL. I love the little things they do for each other. The nuances of familiarity, history, and most especially love. HJ/SM did a great job portraying this couple. Brushing off her knees.
3) I love the dialogue. LOL "You killed those flowers." "Ahjumma, can I ask for directions?" <~ How pertinent to BSJ's life-walk in relation to Hani. :P
4) PD-nim, for all the grief we give you for steamboating, you still give us a boatload of fanservice.
5) That ending scene when they're buckling in, listing off the things they needed to do before getting towed away, it just left me with the impression that THESE TWO BELONG TOGETHER for all the quackiness that is Hani, and the logic that is Seungjo, when it meshes together, big or small, it's just right~
Will have more in a bit, after lunch. :P
yup, these two have such genuine chemistry, you can just feel it.
ship or no ship, i'm glad that they seem to really enjoy each other's company, both on and off-screen. ;)
At the very least, hopefully, they remain friends and become only closer through the years. And if that friendship leads to something more serious, then awesome :) If not, at least they've become good friends.
They really are precious. I think they balance each other in a way though there's not enough footage to tell me otherwise. I like how JSM was egging on HJ in one of the BTS vids, i think it was BTS 2, part 3 which hasn't been subbed yet. I want to see what they were saying.
hahahah... i agree with you J.J., UBER cuteness level written all over its every scene from start til end. & for me chemistry between SJ/HN is especially obvious cause this 2 have finally gotten to the place where they are comfortable with each other in the real world..
i keep thinking and waiting for his promise to come true.. I mean we are talking of HyunJoong here. He is the type of person who always goes by his words, so i kept thinking Steamier scenes where are you..?
french kissing anyone..? tongue action...? close & hot body language....?
but as the last episode is the only one left for us, I remembered that we are talking about the same HyunJoong who said that "he will wake up at 6am or 6:30am but ends up the last to be woken up 1-1& half hours" later during their TYFWUU days. <--- this is what i do to unpsyche myself otherwise I would be going bonker with, "where is my scenes...?", "WHERE...?". I would then just fly to seoul right away. find HyunJoong and teach him the proper Birds and the bee discussion...
buhahahahaha.....
^__________^
@ Czak, as much as I adore HJ, some time he does have a way of talking big. Learned that lesson in WGM, but it's endearing and he usually does deliver though not in ways we might expect. Which is, if not sometimes, the caveat of his heart-on-my-sleeve-devil-may-care nature. I get him on a personal level cause I'm very much like him (and G-Dragon, but that's a whole 'nother issue. LOL)
whilst you're teaching him the proper "birds and the bees" discourse, I'd LOVE to be your teaching aid. I think that the best way for him to learn would be lots and LOTS of practical experience and more and MORE practice to hone his skills.
@ Carol
T_T :whimpers:
:pouts:
If my heart wasn't given to another I'd fall into perdition.
"THESE TWO BELONG TOGETHER for all the quackiness that is Hani, and the logic that is Seungjo, when it meshes together, big or small, it's just right~"------> you are right on the money on this one!! :)
and i just love the feeling of comfortability that they are displaying now.. they have their own rhythm now when they are together.. be it on or off screen.. :)
The pillow talk sold me. I think it's cause HJ's finally the "oppa" and not the dongseng this time around when dealing with female co-stars that he's emboldened. I explain this in an essay I'm writing... XD
A cute recap to accompany a very adorable episode! Thanks, ockoala. I spend more time on your blog than my own! Lol.
Thanks for the speedy recap, Ockoala! *virtual hugs*
Can I just say how much I LOVE the cinematography on that last scene with the setting sun and the foggy mountain in the background? Its so perfectly beautiful and serene.
I really enjoyed this lighthearted episode to bits. Its the little visuals that jumped right at me and had me grinning like the PK addict that I am: that driver's license plastered on Hani's forehead, Seungjo looking so darn delicious wearing Hani's oversized sunglasses, those now-you-see-now-you-don't orange peels on the dashboard, how he smiled and bent down to wipe off the dried leaves on her boots, carrying her on his shoulders and being their usual bickering selves...these are just some of those visual tidbits that makes a short film so good. And of course, like I said, my favorite one was that country roadside scene in the end. Just picture perfect.
Ahhhhh...we're now nearing towards the end. Its almost bittersweet. Like you said, because of these webisodes, we know that they're going to be just fine. But at the same time, because we've watched them and saw how far they've come along, I can't help but still want to see them through --- babies, raising kids, starting a family, etc. I am so going to miss these two, especially our Hani. *sniff, sniff*
Cinematography is a PLUS in this episode. I love the fall colours too~
me too... i know this is kind of out of the topic but since you mentioned about Fall's colours i just wanted to say:
me and my dad had a discussion about the best season.. and hands down we pick fall and spring...!!! these are the 2 season where the colors are rich....
I had gone apple picking a few weeks back (and while I was up the mountain I tried getting reception to access OcKoala's--that's called dedication. LOL) and I went photo crazy with my DSLR... I returned home with 800 pics of the landscape, totally forgetting to pick apples lol.
I wish they had really put in more effort in the cinematography in the actual show, too.
LOL@"now-you-see-now-you-don’t orange peels on the dashboard
I also find it quite mysterious how her scarf ends up in the middle of the woods...^^
Didn't even realize. the Cute blinded me.
Thanks for the recap ockoala! This episode was way cool, there's a very sexy confidence to the way it ditched plot for spontaneous moments of genuine interaction. That's been PK's pitch all along but this one takes the cake imo.
i hear you. i wish they'd just thrown caution in the wind and capitalized on the genuine interactions, especially in the actual show. i know its hard because its an adaptation of a manga, but we could easily have done without all the shameless hussies and side-stories that are totally irrelevant. sigh.
I totally agree! It feels like now that there's no longer the spectre of viewership ratings hanging over its head, PK has finally let loose. :) The result is such potent charm! O_O
@ yeisha, :beats at chest: I honestly liked the last Shameless Hussie episode! If not for that how could we see how much Hani had grown?
Oh and OcKoala... HJ dropped out of school for at least 6 months. I'm sure he missed the Birds and the Bees...
LOL@ockoala's comment, and LOL@urs ^^
Ahem, if he needs to be taught, I'm willing ;) I'm not so much into pretty boys and pop idols, but I'll make time for him ;) Lol. It'll just be a talk.
Talk, suuure... :P
@ JJ
Eheh. Yes, very tempting. ;) I'd probably die by his fans' hands faster than I can pounce on him.
hahahah...
LOL @ both you comments...
but i agree, his fans are scary, maybe that is the reason during the farewell concert, JSM & HJL were standing at opposite sides of each other... kekekeke
but really can you help yourself with just "the birds & the bees TALK" when he is sitting just infront of you all cute/hot/gorgeous/sexy/cool. cause i wouldnt last 5 minutes with him in front without pouncing on him. all caution would probably have left my head and i wouldnt think of his others fans, then we'd really be doing the steamy, (fans retaliation be damned)...
hurhurhur...
hahahaha but really goodange can you really resist..?
opps too much info..
@czak,
I know, right? It's easier said than done, but I just have to remember the fangirls who'll I have to answer to. Lol.
i am one of those fangirls...
but i am more of the milder types...
i will not be chasing you with and axe at hand..
but i will be chasing you no doubt about it but with an totally-all-different reason.
I will chase you to get some tips on how you got some alone time with him for the "TALK". and i will also have my "talk" with him on the birds and the bees..
kekekeke
^____^
@czak,
First off, I have to apologize because I posted about the CNN i-List feature on PK on the Naughty Kiss thread in Soompi, not realizing that you had already done it.
Secondly, I am relieved that you are among the milder types and that you won't be after me with a machete if I end up indulging myself with some Hyun Joong goodness ... ahem, it's all for educational purposes ;) And certainly, if temptation bites, I would gladly share some tips with you :) Haha. Oh to dream, right?
@ Goodange and Czak, oy. :whispers: don't let the Perfects hear you...
i just hope that if they do find out its after not before..
at least if it is after i wouldnt really care anymore...cause I already did what i came for...
buhahahahah
:-)))))))
J.J
LOL------ you must be right.
thanks ockoala! :D i eagerly waited for your recaps and it is as awesome as always!
"You better deliver or else you and I need to have a very important conversation about what “steamier love scenes” constitute, because I think you missed the birds and the bees discussion in junior high."
i think the PK fandom has their eye on that so called "steamy scene" for the final episode. my bet is if we dont see any steam or boat..im sure comments will be flooding ytkiss,group8 and a certain robot/dr. hottie. haha
and may i add i think the making of their baby is the most anticipated scene during THE WHOLE drama. haha
This webisode was HILARIOUS (repeating myself from a post earlier)...
but ockoala... yours is yet again fantasTIC to read ^^... If the webisodes are bon bons... your recaps are nice sips of cappuccino (I like cappuccino over coffee) on the side... allowing us to fully appreciate the whole treat (¤^o^¤)/
(I can't stop throwing in this smiley here ^^)
"She resembles his wife, except with a crazy smile plastered to her face and her newly acquired driver’s license posted on her forehead." ~> JSM does crazy well!! Her smile made her truely looney (it's almost scarry ;))
That "steamier love scene" promise of his reminds me on his impromptu promise to his fans that whoever would attend five SS501 concerts straight will get a kiss from him. And something came up (I don't remember what) so their concerts got cut down to 3. When the MC asked him what's gonna happen to that promise.. he said something like.. "oh that one one has passed..so can't grant it anymore" LOL. Did I remember it wrong? Anyone remember from which interview that was? I think it's one of those radio shows they went to.
Could be he just interprets 'steamier' differently than the rest of us and would be all.. *blink blink surprised* .."That's not steamy enough for you??" haha
All i see is the lettuce nibbling HJ when HB was going to give him a kiss on the cheek and it reminds me that the boy's not into PDA.
What's PDA?... :P
@ Ami,
PDA stands for public display of affection.
hahahaha... so agree with you J.J.!!!
his steamier scenes may really differ from our 'steamier' scenes..
well he is the same type of person who gets close to the opposite sex only after 1 1/2 years.. and the same person who thinks couple shirts aka other form of outside affection is something he doesnt like....
And i guess seeing all the kisses/hugs/affection that HJL-JSM has done in all of the drama, we can probably say that their relationship is really in the fast phase if we base it on his 1& half year close time frame...
Slightly off tangent, for a guy who sleeps (sort of) in the buff and isn't shy about saying it, he's pretty prudish when it comes to women's dress.
WELL, thank you mighty Hyunjoong for upholding women's virtues. Lets hope you hold to your own, yes?
@ J.J. -- lols at the lettuce nibling.. hahahahahah!! now ii couldn't shake that scene off my head.. it was one of my faves!! hahahaha!!
But of course! AND PEPPERO GAME!
It is Pepero day (err...yesterday in Korea) after all, right?!
Ahahaha I remembered that. The two of them have to cheer 1, 2, 3 fighting just for the kiss on the cheek LOLS.
Hmm steamier scenes... maybe he meant more affectionate scenes? With 10 minutes only, and considering the PD always cut the kiss scene short, how can you have steamy scenes in 1 minute or less? But I am hopeful kekekeke..
Hi Ami! You are right, he did say that but for the life of me can't remember which show he was on, though I know it was one of the last interviews they (SS501) had before going off to Japan for several months. It was in the early part of 2007 and if I'm not mistaken,it was also the show where he promised to give a free concert to his fans. Was it the radio show with the female DJ, Sunny-side something or other OR another where he and Jung Min fooled around with the camera instead of focusing on Young Saeng.
I thought it was that open-air interview they did about their Japan concert but I watched it.. it was about KHJ wanting to create that sexy stage but he said he still couldn't do it well (I found that performance btw and he's plenty sexy in it.. is he just being modest?? hehe) ..there's nothing about the 5 concert = free kiss there. So I thought it's in that radio show.. I think the host is that woman who talks a lot.. is that Sunny-side?