Episode 14 of My Princess was a near perfect pre-finale episode of a rom-com. I’d be hard-pressed to find a single flaw in this episode, whether it was narrative progression, acting, or emotional connection. Qualitatively, it might just be the best episode of MP yet, and I’ll explain why in a bit. Just know that you’ll likely laugh, sniffle some tears, grumble some grumbles, and finally awww yourself into blissful stupor. I don’t think I’ve been this primed for a final two episodes of a drama in quite some time.
I’m scratching my head wondering just what the hell happened during the middle stretches of this drama to have the beginning, and now the end, feel so completely different in pace, tone, and logic than the morose plodding craziness of the middle episodes. In today’s episode, so much happened yet every moment was perfectly delivered and paced so that the hilarious and the serious remained in balance and the show took a giant step forward.
Episode 14 Recap:
There is kissing. More kissing. And even more kissing.
Finally Seol and Hae Young emerge to get some air. Hae Young tells her that it doesn’t matter how hard it is right now, they can’t keep running away from each other. He wants to be by her side, and he grabs her for a tight embrace. Hae Young sniffles, and asks teasingly if his room is still available?
Seol’s confused, until he asks about the Royal Executive Grand Presidential Suite. Heh. He drags her into the guest house and they go up to the room. Seol’s unsure of whether to let him stay, and Hae Young claims that it’s late and he has nowhere else to go. Plus he’s coming down with a fever because Seol was so hard-hearted as to keep a guy standing outside all day in the middle of Winter.
He puts her hand on his forehead and like he’s all burning up. Seol struggles and tells him to stop being such a baby and pretending to be sick. He tells her to turn on the heater, or better yet, with a silly grin Hae Young says that an unheated room is fine if Seol will be staying with him all night. Ooooh la la, now we’re talking. Minors and prudes, the door is over there.
Seol walks out of the room, only to come back in suddenly and thwack Hae Young on the shoulder with the door. He holds his head and pretends to be all hurt. Seol reminds him that he gave her the right to come into his room without needing to knock. He retorts that his permission was granted only for within the palace. She wrinkles her nose, turns up the heat, and leaves the room again. Hae Young smiles and looks around.
Yoon Joo walks into a meeting of 10 guys in suits, lead by Jung Woo sitting at the head of the table. Jung Woo tells her to sit, and calls her to task for the fake satchel incident before the entire board of the Royal Foundation. He reveals that the entire mess was orchestrated by Yoon Joo, and the board requests that she step down.
When they are alone, Yoon Joo rails at Jung Woo – asking how he could do this to her? Even if the world turned against her, she thought he never would. Is he doing this for Lee Seol, for the restoration, for his love of history and artifacts?
Jung Woo calmly answers no, he is doing this for a woman he once loved with his entire being. He wants to get rid of everything that is binding her, so that she can start over again. Oh Jung Woo, you are breaking my heart with your awesomeness. Yoon Joo can only look at him with tears in her eyes.
Back at the guest house, Seol and Hae Young are sitting down to a meal, except Hae Young doesn’t eat, instead he’s staring at Seol quietly. She wonders why he isn’t eating, and Hae Young tells Seol that he doesn’t want to eat because he wants to get sick. If he gets really sick, Seol will have to take care of him. She will be worried sick about him, and she will be able to forget all the other things going on around them.
If he’s sick, even if she doesn’t want to see him, she will still want to make sure he is okay. Seol tells him to eat because her mom is coming home soon. He smiles and tells her that he called her mom, and she said that she has other matters to take care of and won’t be coming back tonight. Furthermore, mom likes Park son-in-law, and she will take his side in the end.
Seol tells Hae Young that she likes Park son-in-law a lot, too. But she needs some time right now. While its neither of their faults, Seol is having a hard time working through the truth and how she feels. She needs to hate someone right now, when she thinks of how much her father suffered when he was running away all the time.
It hurts so much for her to imagine how her father suffered, so all she can do right now is hate Park Hae Young. Hae Young listens, and tells her to go ahead and hate him, but not to push him away. He wants her to hate him, and allow that to make herself happy. Perhaps in that perverse way, he can still be something to Seol at this time. Their conversation is interrupted when Seol’s new tutor comes to pick her up.
Hae Young is all like “who the hell is this”? He’s told that this guy is the replacement tutor for Hae Young. The guy tries to take her back to the palace, but Seol says she cannot go right now. Hae Yong tells her to go inside, and he essentially tells the new tutor to bug off. Hae Young knows that the tutor is here on orders of the President. Hae Young tells the tutor to inform the President that if he messes with the princess, he will reveal that the President aligned with Grandpa.
Hae Young tells Seol that she needs him around to get rid of guys like this. They are bickering again when Hae Young tells her that more people are coming. The doorbell rings and in comes Seol’s university friends. They tell her that P-Kun called and told them to come. In runs Gun and the lady-in-waiting, who also got a note to come to the guest house.
Head lackey comes running in as well, he wanted to warn them that the tutor was on the way. He’s crestfallen to hear that the tutor already came by and was summarily dispatched by Hae Young. Side bar: another thing (of the millions of thing) I love about Hae Young’s character is that he is a diplomat and actually behaves, thinks, and has the skills of one. He’s great with words, fast-thinking, and always cool and composed. Me lub lub lub him!
The doorbell rings again, and in comes Jung Woo. All the girls see him and squeal happily. Hae Young wonders how Jung Woo came to be here since Hae Young didn’t call him. Jung Woo just smirks and drops bags of alcohol into Hae Young’s arms. The entire gang toast and celebrate a chance to relax and have a little fun.
Hae Young and Jung Woo get up to ostensibly go to the kitchen to get more food, but really to have a guy talk. The remaining folks all have fun, chit-chatting, flirting, bantering, and toasting left and right. Everyone is getting toasted.
Seol looks over at the two guys in the kitchen (that is some good looking two guys!), and she takes a swig of her drink. Hae Young sees that Seol is drinking without a care again, and Jung Woo says that its fine since she’s with friends and drinking at home. Hae Young asks if Jung Woo has ever drank with “my Seol”, and Jung Woo asks “your Seol”?
Hae Young says that Seol is not just your garden-variety cute girl (oh boy, you are so in love with her you don’t even care if Jung Woo laughs at you over your swooning). Jung Woo gives him a look, and confesses that he’s just envious at how happy Hae Young looks right now. He continues by prefacing that he’s going to be a Debbie Downer now, and he tells Hae Young that he fired Yoon Joo today.
Jung Woo asks Hae Young to watch over Yoon Joo, like Hae Young once asked him to watch over Seol. Hae Young says that he can’t, because he will end up hurting her more. The gang call out “Seol’s P-Kun, bring us more beer.” Seol tries to demur that he is not her P-Kun. The gang turn on Hae Young’s cell phone, and find a video of Seol on it.
It’s the video of Seol practicing her princess introduction speech. Everyone restrains Hae Young and they plug the video into the television and play it. Both Hae Young and Seol are so embarrassed, especially Hae Young, who was caught with the video on his phone, especially since he titled the video “Ya Seol” which means racy. Hae Young just smiles and says that Seol looks pretty, doesn’t she? They all toast to Ya Seol!
The next morning, Seol wakes up to Gun making breakfast in the kitchen. He’s made an amazing soup for everyone. Jung Woo comes down, and tells Seol that Hae Young left for Seoul early this morning. The lady in waiting comes running down and turns on the TV. Hae Young is giving a press conference, where he proceeds to tell the entire country the truth: how his grandfather and father inadvertently caused Seol’s father’s death, and why his grandfather is giving away all their fortune out of guilt.
Hae Young apologizes to the people, because he is sorry and embarrassed for his family’s actions. Seol and Jung Woo run to his car and take off for Seoul. Grandpa watches the press conference from his hospital bed, wondering why Hae Young is doing this. Yoon Joo watched the press conference, upset at well. Hae Young ends the press conference asking the country to please take care of the princess. He bows, and the press corp explodes at all these revelations.
Seol watches the entire press conference in the car, and she is totally upset. Jung Woo tries to comfort her, telling Seol that this is the only thing Hae Young can do for her. Except Seol is crying, asking how she can take care of him now? Jung Woo takes Seol to the hospital, guessing that Hae Young is likely to go there after the press conference. Oh my poor Hae Young, you perfect amazing man! Wahhhh, I hate my Hae Young hurting. *weeps*
At the hospital, Hae Young is about to enter Grandpa’s room when Seol catches him. She wants to know why he did it? Hae Young confesses that he did it for her, because he didn’t know what else he could do. She asks him what she can do now? He smiles and says that he has to go see Grandpa now, because he caused all this trouble, and he’s about to get yelled at. He tells her to go home, and he will call her later.
Hae Young comes to see Grandpa, and Secretary Oh leaves to let them talk in private. Hae Young apologizes profusely to his grandfather, but his grandfather instead tells him that he did well. He could not tell the world about his misdeeds, but now that Hae Young has revealed it all, Grandpa can finally let this burden go from his heart.
Grandpa tells Hae Young that he knows how hard it has been for Hae Young to carry their family legacy and burden. He tells Hae Young not to hate his father. It was always Grandpa’s fault that Seol’s dad died, because Grandpa couldn’t control his own son, and Grandpa couldn’t figure out why Seol’s dad kept running away.
Seol is still waiting outside, when Yoon Joo comes up to her and rages at her for being the cause of Hae Young ruining his entire life by revealing their family secrets. Yoon Joo asks how Seol can feel like she’s the only one who has been wronged? Even though it may seem like Hae Young grew up privileged, in truth he was a lonely and hurt child. Seol realizes that Yoon Joo is right in this regard.
Back in the hospital room, Grandpa asks Hae Young to please take care of the princess. Hae Young agrees, and tells Grandpa not to talk anymore and rest. Grandpa says that he is tired, and then he closes his eyes and dies. Right before Hae Young’s eyes! Yoon Joo keeps on yelling at Seol, asking why she didn’t reveal all the secrets, why she had Hae Young stand up before the country and say everything. Yoon Joo says that if Seol never showed up, none of this would have happened!
Suddenly everyone comes running into the hospital room, with Yoon Joo and Seol following them in. Hae Young is calling for his grandfather, and the doctor announces that he has passed. Yoon Joo looks stricken (like genuinely), and she rushes up calling out for the chairman. Hae Young starts sobbing, shaking his grandfather and asking him to please come back. Everyone is crying now, and it’s totally sad and OMG even I am crying. And Yoon Joo has a heart and is human again.
Hae Young just keeps crying and calling for his grandfather. The news reports on the death of the Chairman of the Dae Han Group. Hae Young takes his grandfather’s ashes to a cliff overlooking the sea, with Seol, Yoon Joo, Jung Woo, and Secretary Oh all in attendance. What a lovely farewell, as Hae Young scatters his ashes and says goodbye to his beloved grandfather.
Hae Young cries as he talks to his grandfather whilst scattering his ashes. This is some of the best emotional acting I have ever seen from my Heon oppa and truly shows me that he has taken big steps forward in his acting repertoire. He laments his grandfather leaving him before Hae Young had a chance to ask for his forgiveness. He apologizes and says that he was wrong, asking to be forgiven. Everyone leaves except for Seol and Hae Young.
Yoon Joo calls Hae Young’s dad and tells him that she will make sure he gets to come back to Korea. Yoon Joo goes to meet with the opposition leader and asks him to life the entrance restriction for Hae Young’s father. Hae Young comes into the meeting, and after the pleasantries, asks the opposition leader NOT to do anything Yoon Joo asked of him. Yoon Joo is shocked, especially when Hae Young warns her again not to do what she is contemplating, either for his sake or for her own sake.
Seol is lazing around the guest house, and even her mom can’t cheer her up. The doorbell rings and it’s Jung Woo. He tells her teasingly that he came to see her because he missed her. Her non-reaction makes him tease that she doesn’t respond the way she used to. He brings her the real satchel, and tells her that now she can go back to the palace.
Seol meets with Hae Young in a café. They smile upon seeing each other. He brings her a potted plant, and claims that he is giving her flowers. She needs to grow it, and then tell him what kind of flowers he bought her. He tells her that he needs to be away for a time to take care of matters, and watching the flowers grow will help her pass the time quicker. He asks her to go back to the palace as well, telling her that the palace is where she is supposed to be.
Hae Young meets with the lawyer in Grandpa’s old study, and he looks around at this room with a sad expression. The lawyer tells Hae Young that Grandpa’s wish to donate the Dae Han Group fortune can only go through if they get his father to sign away his rights. Seol tries to call Hae Young and can’t reach him. She wonders where he is, and what kind of flowers she is growing.
Seol goes to the cliff and brings a flower for Grandpa. She thanks him for finding her father and for finding her. She tells him that she was overwhelmed for some time, but now she knows what she needs to do. She apologizes to Grandpa, and thanks him again for all that he did. She promises not to run away again, and Seol returns to the palace.
Seol finds out that Yoon Joo had indeed been forced out of the palace during the time Seol was away. Seol goes to see Yoon Joo at the museum, and she fires Yoon Joo from her Museum Director post as well. Mwahahaha, serves you right, you insane-in-the-brain woman! Yoon Joo tries to explain that Grandpa left her the museum, but Seol tells her that the museum belongs to the palace from now on. The palace is in charge of the museum management, and Seol will choose the person to run it.
Yoon Joo goes tattling to her dad, and Secretary Oh tells her to stop the pity party. She didn’t get the museum through hard work. If it wasn’t for the royal restoration, Grandpa wouldn’t even have built the museum in the first place. Yoon Joo cries, and her dad tells her that he got her a new position elsewhere. Yoon Joo shows up to greet her new co-workers and looks like she just ate some shit for breakfast.
Seol is meeting with the board of the Royal Foundation, and she is suggesting ideas for the museum. Seol tries to call Hae Young and can’t reach him. She finds out from head lackey that Hae Young has left the country. Seol grumbles that she would have put a flight restriction on him had she known he was planning to leave the country.
Seol has lessons with her new tutor. She doesn’t like his lesson plans, writes her own, and gets up and leaves. She tells him to show her his credentials first before she will come back to take lessons from him. Seol sits in the car and thinks about her Hae Young and all the times they spent in that car. She wonders where he is.
Her flower plant is growing, and she is studying hard. Seol voiceovers lots of thoughts for Hae Young – such as she is wearing a short skirt today, and will wear a plunging black dress if he doesn’t come back soon, is a foreign princess prettier than she is, is he cheating on her, et. al.?
Seol is soaking her feet in the fountain, remembering the last time Hae Young picked her up out of the fountain. She gets texts for loans, and she grumbles that everyone wants to text or talk to her, so why is her P-Kun not calling or texting her? She says that all he needs to do is send her a text with a period to prove that he is alive.
She suddenly gets a text with only a period. She’s so excited that she starts dancing on the fountain steps, which is when she almost falls down. Who is there to catch her at that very moment? P-Kun, of course? Who just sent her a text with a period on it. So. Cute.
Thoughts of Mine:
If I dissect every scene in this episode, I would likely still think that everything flowed seamlessly and the story set itself up for the grand finale. I enjoyed the cute interlude in the beginning where P-Kun called all of Seol’s friends over to have an impromptu getogether. It’s a cool thing to do, and totally thoughtful and mindful of what Seol needs. The final scene where Hae Young reunited with Seol by the fountain was delightful, embracing everything about this couple that have so entranced me, namely their playfulness with each other. And in between the first and last scene, the story took big steps forward, never looking back.
Every conversation between Hae Young and Seol in this episode was startlingly perfect – honest, straightforward, teasing but serious, vulnerable yet sure. I love how they never blame each other for their woes, even as Seol needs to theoretically hate on Hae Young for the time being. Ultimately, she doesn’t hate him or his entire family, and everyone really has paid for their own sins in their own ways. All the pitfalls that plague the OTP thus far are all emotional hang-ups, and everyone finally accepted that forgiveness was the only way to move on.
Yoon Joo got her comeuppance, but I don’t think she’s resigned herself to her fate quite yet. I think she’s got one final salvo up her sleeve before she gets put down like the rabid dog she has become. Though today I did feel sorry for her, because I could see that in her own perverse way, she did care for Grandpa, she does care for Hae Young, and she does have human feelings. Too bad my brief glimmer of pity for her was just that, fleeting and transitory. I laughed when she got kicked out of the museum and ended up seething at wherever the heck she landed a job.
It was kind of random that the whole Dan storyline was MIA in today’s episode (what did I say about that entire plot being pointless and sucky), but I figure she’s still cowering in fear from the smackdown that Hae Young laid on her in the last episode. I thoroughly approve of everything Hae Young did, from barging back into Seol’s life, to holding the press conference, to leaving Seol to handle all the loose ends dangling around the royal restoration.
I loved how neither were maudlin about the separation, instead using the time apart to do what both needs to do in their own lives, all the while missing the other person. Hae Young’s potted flower present was charming and romantic, a gesture of love growing through time and nurturing, just like his relationship with Seol. How Seol missed her P-Kun was equally darling, with her charming spirit intact as she grumbled about her P-Kun’s whereabouts.
I hope the final two episodes allows the story to come to a logical and fitting conclusion, and celebrates whatever path Seol (and the fictional citizens of this Korea) chooses. I don’t want Hae Young’s dad to come back and be a last minute bad guy for two episodes. Nor do I want Yoon Joo to do a kamikaze mutual destruction final salvo. I’m really tired of all the machinations, and would love to see the story wind to a close with Seol and Hae Young practically handling all the final obstacles before them, and then finding a happily ever after, whether as royalty or just as Mr. and Mrs. P.
I cannot thank you enough…you always make my day…THANKS SO MUCH…;)
How cute! I agree, this is the best MP episode so far… why did it took long? Anyway I love it to pieces!! ^^
Thanks Koala for still trying to write recaps despite the past few episodes lack of intensity. ^^
Thanks, koala. ooh boy. Can’t wait to actually watch the episode. Don’t we all love (anticipating) the happy ending…. This part is the best part, because then our imaginations are allowed to go whichever way we would want it to go, and boy, don’t we love conjuring all possible wonderful scenearios. Forget real life and politics. Ok, I’m a sucker for fairy tales.
sorry for the typo, scenarios.
Thanks for sticking with this!!! Loved loved the last two episodes!!! Hope the next two will focus on the couple and how they will forge their lives together. Totally in love with this OTP! For once, I didn’t cringe when SSH did his dramatic scenes, well done oppa!!! as for Yoon Joo, I want her to realize how far down in the muck she is and stay there please!
Thanks so much for your excellence details joyful recap and thoughts.
When you enjoy the epi the recap is make me to read with full of smile.
I agree with you that SSH/HY’s acting is really high. I am so happy to know such a good actor.
I love this epi 14, but make me sad that when grand pa pass away. If we can see LS comfort to HY after grand pa died, it will be much better. There is no conversation between HY&LS about grand pa death. I wish to see the scene that main two leads alone for acting and recation of grand pa death.
I like the scenes after LS backed to palace and she has been carrying her own, without HY.
She learns a lot from HY or may be she is smart enough to be a princess by now.
It was first step for LS to get into decision making in the palace.
I am looking forward for next week final two episodes, and hope to see something wonderful suprise.
I can only heave a sigh of relief and then put a smile on my lips. A Koala, you are the greatest writer to make recaps that are so close to seeing the episodes right before my eyes. I sure hope that the next two episodes will make everyone dance with joy when the curtain has been lowered. As for SSH & KTH, they are the pair to beat in rom-com this year. I hope to see more of them on screen or hopefully, outside the screen.
Ok, before any thing, can I just say how hot Jung-woo and Hae-young were in the kitchen? Seriously, I wish they’d come hang out in my kitchen and fall in love with me. A man who does swoon-worthy things like masterfully kissing and self-sacrificing press conferences is all well and good, but a man who does all that AND cut fruit? Me want. Too bad guys like Hae-young and Jung-woo don’t exist in real life.
Like you, Koala-unni, I wonder where the heck these last two awesome episodes came from. Or maybe I should be wondering where the heck the slow, annoying ones in the middle came from, because the first episodes were good, too. I must confess to not totally understanding how that happened. But I’m glad that at least things are on an upswing from here, because I’d rather have a strong ending than a strong middle. My only complaint is that it took them waaaay too long to kiss again after the end of episode 6 when it last happened.
estel, you are right. Guys like HY and JW don’t exist in real life. I do wish to meet Mr.Perfect HY in real life.
Thank you so much.. I love love the ending….so cute.
LOVE <3 My Princess so much!
you have no idea how many times i refreshed your page in anticipation of seeing the ep.14 recap article pop up. :3 haha
PARK HAE YOUNG, is a person as perfect as you even possible? If so….. I call dibs!
Love the ending to this post – your comments are eloquent and beautifully written!
yey, thanks for this!
so happy for our couple!
this felt like a finale episode, so i’m at a loss what to expect for the last two next week.
MP, hwaiting!
As usual, thx you ockoala^^
thanks for the recap. love it. 🙂
this episode made up for all the last 2 episodes …so happy that for the FINALLY, seol stood up for herself against the queen of fugliness yoon joo–so, one down— i wonder what’s going to happen to dan??? something to look forward to next week i guess. i truly hope that the ending would not disappoint—for now for me this is so far one of those dramas that you could re-watch over and over. thanks for the recap ….:)
Watching My Princess has brought me to your blog. I must say, it has been quite a pleasure reading the recaps. What I do like about it most, are your thoughts on the episodes. Your entry for ep 14 is just marvelous, it made me smile and nod in agreement. I too do not care whether LS & HY will end with being the prince and princess or they become just Mr & Mrs P Kun as all I want are more sweet, cute wonderful moments of them till the end.
Thank you for taking your good time to share your recaps and thoughts with us.
many thanks to you Koala, I am so in love with both the episode and your recap. To read your recap gives me a lot of pleasure…
Dearest Koala, love your recaps….Love your writing style too..I really enjoy the 13-14 epi…U sure pick up a lot of the things I miss while watching it raw, since I DON’t understand a sgl Korean…ha ha..The plant significant, the “.”…oh just wonderful….I can sleep with a smile on my face….Love the pairing of SSH and KTH 🙂 better than my kim su ah/ Hyun Bin or my SKKS LSJ/KYH…MP fightings…2 more epi to go!! and may it continue with this momenteum and that of the 1st 4 epi…funny, sweet and now true LOVE <3
Based on your recap alone, I think this is the MOST AWESOME EPISODE ever!!!
PHY is awesome for letting love run its due course, letting it grow, slowly but surely like the plant he gave to LS. And letting her shine on her own.
LS is awesome for kicking ass and embracing her princess-hood.
JW is awesome for giving tough love to his once one-true love, YJ, and not turning a blind eye to her faults.
YJ is awesome for staying true to her own bitchy self…no regrets and no weak apologies.
Everyone is just so awesome in this episode. Even Grandpa passed away in an awesome way by acknowledging how HY did well and good. In the end, he affirmed his own grandson.
And you are most awesome, too, Ockoala! BIG BIG THANKS! You are the best! 😉
MP is a gold-mine of pure, unadulterated fun, cute, wit and wisdom. The last 2 episodes cannot be but be MORE awesome than awesome 😉
I just can’t wipe the smile off my face: ) Your recaps really made my day today. Lots of thanks: )
Thank you!
I like that Hae Yooung is so thoughtful. He was thinking for her sake, all this time, not for his sake. At the night party, I wonder why the writer give us a candycotton moment. It didn’t connect with the previous scene. And their just home alone, for God sake.
But after that, I realize that Hae Young invite all of her closest friend because Hae Young don’t want Lee Seol to be alone when he leave to announce Park’s appology. It’s too hard for him, but it’s too hard for Lee Seol too.
And you’re right, ockoala. Hae Young is awesome. And SSH is awesome too. I cried at the hospital scene and beach scene. I never like his drama before. But here, he is winning me over.
And have I told you that you’re awesome too? I feel thankful for your recap. Just one week to go.. sigh.. it’s hard to leave this wed-thursday excitement.
ah…thank you for the insight….so thoughtful of him.
This ep redeemed the drama. My most fav part was the last scene….I like how he pulled her out of the fountain with her toes perching on the edge….there’s just something so romantic about her perched toes….the library scene in an earlier ep where he was marking her scripts and she was perching on the chair…..that was sweet too! Moments like these makes me feel the director’s a genius….to focus on perched toes…that must be a first!
thanks ockoala! happy you’re happy!
“”thanks ockoala! happy you’re happy!””
feels good to know that the one responsible for recapping is happy too..
Again, thanks for sticking to the end!!
me three… happy that ockoala’s happy 😀
hmmmm…. am curious and want some opinion, when do you think hae young started to like lee seol?
You know what, chingu, I DON’T KNOW! I was trying to think when….and I couldn’t. So I used the kiss on the stairs as a benchmark….must have started from there? He just started liking her more and more each day? It’s not obvious in this drama….normally in kor dramas they’ll show the worry, smiles , building up slowly…..but this one just WHAM! hit us with that kiss out of the blue. For her, it was the night she fell asleep and dreamt he was smoothing her hair? But wait….I remember there was an ep where she couldn’t sleep and kept thinking of him? Was that the same ep?
chingu, i tried to recall and this came to my mind. hae young’s initial reaction upon seeing the news on the tv that grandpa will give all his wealth for the monarchy ‘s restoration, was to go to seol’s school to protect her from newsmen when in fact, it’s not necessary coz at that time people don’t know yet seol’s identity. even hae young is wondering why he went to school. maybe at that time he was already attracted to seol but hasn’t realized it yet. that scene was after their first meeting already at the pension house where he stayed overnight and where he got to know more about lee seol. i guess that’s the onset and it grew more and more as they’ve been in each other’s company more often. for her part, i think it’s when she couldn’t sleep and kept thinking of him and that was after their bickering in the bed where she almost fell. this scene came after she dreamt of him smoothing her hair but am not sure if it was the same ep. what i’m sure of is hae young is not yet her tutor when she dreamt of him and her dream came after she got sick and he took care of her in his apartment whereas when she couldn’t sleep, he’s her tutor already.
heheh! that’s my pov only… not to be taken seriously. 🙂
I honestly can’t remember the sequence of eps already…..you’re better than me, chingu. Sigh. Ending soon. I don’t feel as sad as when PK ended. PK is still my no.1 . Wish KHJ would have a new drama soon. What are we going to watch after this? I’ll try What’s Up cos I like Im Ju Hwan ….he was great in Tamra.
Hi mayssenger,
I like MP. Also I like PK which is still touching me a lot. For me ending MP’ feeling is almost as PK because each drama is touching me different ways. Because of MP I got to know such a great actore Song Seung Heon. He is almost perfect in real life too, I think.
I am wondering too, which drama should I watch after MP. You let me know pls, if you find something good, I want to have fun.
Also I am looking forward to Ockoala next project/recap which new drama she will choose.
I am so in love with MP and so hard to wait for next week Wednesday night.
Wishing you have a nice weekend.
chingu… yeah, it’s sad that mp is about to end next week and me too don’t feel it as sad as when pk ended. i miss pk so much so i’ll rewatch it AGAIN. whahahah! i’m thinking of watching midas though i’m not familiar with the actors. based on the plot i’ve read, the 2nd lead has a terminal case of cancer and his character reminds me of our beloved wookie in bad guy and i’m having a 2nd lead syndrome again. LOL regarding “what’s up”, i really have no idea about it nor Im Ju Hwan coz i havent seen tamra or his other projects. could you pls give me a link about “what’s up”? btw, i searched for IJH and i find him papable. LOL
chingu… i’ve seen already the trailer of what’s up. it’s somewhat similar to dream high but still looks interesting. and i love the soundtrack… fame. okey, let’s watch it. 🙂
allenif my chingu, Tamra is absolutely delightful….much better than MP. Im Ju Hwan looks a bit like KHJ and really beautiful in classic garb. It was my fav kor drama last year….I loved it so much I bought the extended DVD 21 ep box edition. I watched it on viki but it’s since been removed. Loved Im Ju Hwan there, and the OST was awesome. It’s funny and sad and romantic all at the same time. One of the best Kor dramas ever.
oh yeah, much better than MP?! i actually browsed some comments and they’re mostly good. since it’s from you, my chingu, i’ll watch it… definitely. 😀 and also since you brought it, yeah, i noticed too that when i first saw IJH’s pic , at a glance, he looks somewhat like KHJ. so now, i have to watch tamra or tamna, whatever, to see more of IJH. 😀
btw, i saw pic of gun (mp cook), gosh, i know he’s very good looking but i didn’t know that he has that awesome body…. so yummmmmmy!!!!! LOL
Just finished watching EP 14and I have your recap by the side to understand what’s going on. Thank you very much! This is really very helpful. I have to say EP 13 and 14 are really the highlight of the drama and I hope this will carry till the end. Now the drama is near the end, I am wondering when the director’s cut DVD will be available. This drama will definitely makes into my collection. Hope it will be available in a few months … I can watch this drama again and again … Again, thank you very much!
“”Now the drama is near the end, I am wondering when the director’s cut DVD will be available. This drama will definitely makes into my collection. Hope it will be available in a few months … I can watch this drama again and again … Again, thank you very much!””
Ditto ditto, yes PLEASE, director’s cut DVD..
Thanks for the recap!! I’m so happy with how MP is doing..I hope the remaining 2 episodes will continue to give us more good stuff about our two love birds…
Excellent recap, Koala!
As the others said, thanks for sticking with it!
love your recaps they take the words right out of my mouth. i’ve seen SSH’s drama’s and i’ve got to say the wait for him to do a romantic comedy was worth it. he’s not dying, she’s not dying. episode 13 & 14 is one of the best pre-end episodes i’ve ever seen. i think he deserves some credit bcos he made us believe and fall in love with the character, and KTH was a great female lead. cant believe she’s the same girl from stairway to heaven.
“”KTH was a great female lead. cant believe she’s the same girl from stairway to heaven.””
You are not alone.. she was OK in Iris too but this one, she totally bowed me over.. Of course, SSH as well as being so hot looking, this handsome guy has improved his acting skills too. In the beginnning, I thought I was going in for eye candy BUT SSH/KTH have proven me wrong and am glad.. will continue to follow their future projects… Cant help but say this again, WHAT a handsome couple!! Yay!!
Thanks for another great recap! =) This episode sounds way too cute. I’m taking your suggestion will watch this one.
thanks for most enjoyable witty recap[for always highlighting the sweet moments].. much appreciate
cheers..
Thanks so much for the recap, again it made my day!
Such a lovely couple! They just look good together…. 🙂
loved loved loved the episode….
can i just say i hate the music scoring? geez that music that starts playing when LS came out and HY kisses her, to me sounded like what one would play on a death march NOT at all romantic. kind of a buzzkill.
great kiss, though… more please, please, pretty please!!!
“Side bar: another thing (of the millions of thing) I love about Hae Young’s character is that he is a diplomat and actually behaves, thinks, and has the skills of one. He’s great with words, fast-thinking, and always cool and composed. Me lub lub lub him!”
Couldn’t agree with you more. I started to watch this drama because PHY was a diplomat – in due to time I will be one too – and I was curious to see how the character would act. Although the story had nothing to do with his job as a diplomat, I wasn’t disappointed with the way he handled the circunstances around him. As I said before, I adored the fact that the writer portraited him as a remarkable chess player, always seeing ahead of the game, which made him an authentic diplomat.
Something that bugged me was LS using “kun” to speak with PHY, does that me that she saw him as her equall? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I heard that “kun” is used when you talk to male boys in school/high school. It’s not like “san” that you can you with people of different ranks or like “sama” that you use with authorities.Is that so? What do you think?
Another character that deserves my praise for his coolness is professor Nam. This guy is amazing…he seems to be the more mature character as well. You dont see him with childish behaviors and he was always open to listen, he gave opportunities for others to change, although some didnt want to, and he gave a big hand to LS and PHY, which made him a true friend . I find really funny how he and PHY tease each other, it was one of the highlights in this drama.
A toast to Professor Nam for being the coolest of them all!!! Cheers!! Kanpai!!! I dont know how is toast in korean.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! FINALLLYYY the Cutest is back on FULL FORCE!!
thank u Drama gods for hearing my prayers!!!!….I love this episode..and I agree all that messed that is between ep 9 and 13 was nonsense….I think the writers were trying to go with the serious/melodramatic approach but it really didn’t translate well….cause really folks the main plot of the story is very very weak….the interaction between the OTP and side characters is what keeping this drama going. I think the writer realized, ‘heck lets go back to what made this drama a hit, and that is CUTENESS overload”…….I mean even though we had very serious moments on this episode e.g passing of granpa, the balance of humor and seriouness was awesome….cause I mean they could have made this whole episode about the death of grandpa and ppl crying and feeling guilty right and left, but both PD and writers did a great job with this episode. We got 2 more episodes and I hope we get a great super ending………. 😀 😀 😀
A Million thanks for the recap! You’re Simply amazing.
so happy….. let’s hope there’s no ‘daddy will not let you marry the princes’ in the last two episode. two full lovey dovey episode…. no objection at all…..
great recap…thank you for continuing to write recap…looking forward to the last two episodes…
the 2 last episode are nearly,i can’t wait to see and watch…. hopefully another love story for song seung hun and kim tae hee… this two lovely couple are the best for me… please!!!!!!!! one more project for the two wonderfull couple…kim tae hee and song seong hun …please!please!please!…
hope the two “kim tae hee and song seung hun” will read our request for another team -up…really great and wonderfull couple….
hope “kim tae hee and song seung hun ” read this request for another team -up… they are great and wonderfull couple… PLEASE ONE MORE!!!!!
Does anyone know the title of the music background played along when Seol goes to see Yoon Joo at the museum, and she fires Yoon Joo from her Museum Director post, and where can I get the music? As long as I know, the music is not included in the OST.
Thank you so much for the great recap…erhmmm…can i know what’s the real name for the plant that hae young presented to seol?! Because the plant is really cute and lovely….i wish to plant something like this….but doesn’t know what’s exactly the name of the plant…..