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Protect the Boss Episode 4 Recap — 88 Comments

    • I checked the ratings. Still solid, but the wrong numbers are being emphasized on Soompi.

      Nationwide: ABG 16.4%, TNS 15.3%

      It only hit 18% for AGB in Seoul, which doesn’t count. Only national numbers are used by the media as benchmarks. Seoul numbers are just for comparison sakes, and are always 1-2% higher than national.

      I hope this drama breaks 20% Nationwide soon. My guess is by episode 10.

      • I forgot to say my thanks as the first poster so firstly thanks a bunch with your beautiful recap Koala Unnie^^

        Then I must say, sorry, out of glee with ep 4 I just mention about the rating that i see in soompi but actually i dont know the details about it :S but I hope it would hit over 20 in future episodes^^

        Your writing is so cute that I also love your comments in the recap:D I am totally in love with this sentence “Oh Ji Heon, you’re already so gone it’s not even funny.?” LOL

        By the way even the flashbacks in this drama is so useful and logical and well-planned, isnt it? First they let us to watch progressed events then they beautifully connect the present time with the flashback events which we have not yet seen before:D, isnt this brilliant? ^^

        The most enjoying scene in this episode was the one between Ji Heon and his dad:D LOL he is so cute being angry to his dad over Eun Seol’s cardboard and his dad is so apologetic picking up and trying to put it right:D LOL
        where can you find such a company owner dad in a drama:D
        and Na Yoon can be the first 2nd female that I may like in a drama:D I am rooting for frenemies then friend plot^^

        Ji Heon is like a 4-year-old-in-love:D all crawling in his bed over whether he likes her or not:D I am sold for his childish behaviors and cute smiles:D OMO *_*

  1. And you said “and we see the ride attendant has hilariously locked arms with Ji Heon this whole time per Eun Seol’s request, and Ji Heon shoves him off now. ROFL, I love these tiny little details”

    I noticed this too, i remember this from your recap yday and was suprised to see the continuity in the scene and the care with which the director has shot this. I still remember the episode where AJ falls down, has her cell phone in her hand and next scene we see her searching for this. Well shot drama i should say and very good story telling in each episode.

  2. Hi ockoala!

    thank you soooo much for the PTB recaps. i’m always looking forward to it that i already become your official blog stalker waiting for the latest update. and the best this is…you don’t disappoint. ^___^

    thank you so much again! all the best!!!

  3. This drama kept being amazing..I love eun sol and that 2female because for once I can see that 2nd female doesn’t win her glory.haha.thanks for recap

  4. What can I say that I love this episode and love the Butt Cream… LOL.. That was a priceless moment for me and I laughed soo much that i cried… ^^ Thank you Koala for this recap while waiting to be fully sub so I can laugh some more… ^^

  5. Thanks so much for the recap, ockoala! They are always so fun to read – a great treat after work.

    Slightly off topic, but don’t you think that the child actress Jung Da Bin (from Manny, most recently) looks a lot like the actress who plays Na Yoon?

  6. I love how this drama takes all these stereotypical character types, the chaebol heir, the poor but plucky heroine, the chairman, the clingy second female lead, etc., and then just turns them on their heads and fleshes them out in a completely non-stereotypical way. Their all just a little slightly off-center, and yet that somehow makes them more relatable. It makes it so fun to watch!

    • They certainly turn stereotypes on their head in PTB

      This is the first chaebol family I’ve seen on a drama that come off like all out gangsters. Usually the rich eviscerate their family and enemies with snobbery and financial (or threat of financial) ruin. In the k-dramas that I’ve seen it’s usually the poorer parents the hit their adult children with all out commitment.

      One thing I think that makes this drama different from most i’ve seen is that the man and woman of the OTP are both in need of improvement. Usually the OTP woman has attained full humanity and the OTP male has some piece of his humanity missing and he only gains full humanity through his interaction with the OTP woman. (See Scent of a Woman) Because of this the second lead males in K-drama and usually initially more attractive.

      But in PTB both Eun Seol and Ji-Heon needs work.
      She is all confidence, energy and drive, but lack resources and the background that make getting on in the business world possible.
      He has access to all available resources, but lacks focus, ambition and confidence.

      So there in a possibility that each will help the other gain what he/she lacks. I like that.

      And the actors are hysterical. I’m not loving the second leads so much but the OTP and their friends and family makes this drama for me.

    • i completely agree with you. like koala, i also like all four characters. it’s so much fun watching how immature they can be, which is not only done for laughs, but because it really suits their personalities–and for the boys the history of their rivalry. this show’s a hoot.

  7. u know Ms. Koala, I decided to come late to office coz 1st thing coming into my mind when I woke up this morning is….READING KOALA’s PTB RECAP, hohoho…thank u so much for ur fast recap.

    Ow..ow…I think my waiting for ep.5 would be crazy, I really hope someone provide a translation of ep.5 preview so my waiting would be a lil bit easier… Ep.4 really great! and I’ve already watched it twice even there is no subs yet, CRAZY!! The feeling when watching PTB is different with when I’m watching other drama. Usually I just want to watched the scene between main character but PTB made me doesn’t want to lose any scene, and I love the “Grandma talking to dog” scene. The dog truly scared when Grandma ask her shoes, hahahhahahhaha. It’s really a solid drama, nice…nice…nice…

    Btw I really curious about the writer of this drama, and it would be great if you could provide us a lil bit bout the writer’s project history. Thank u Ms. Koala

  8. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

    I should call this show “the show that makes my face hurt from smiling.”
    My screen cap folder is filling up fast with this show.
    JJ is simply gorgeous at every angle; it is perfect that ES considers him as reachable as Won and Hyun Bin. But if I were in her shoes, and he approached me with THOSE eyes…omo omo omo… I’m really hoping he tries to kiss her before JH does.
    The PD has found 50 or so JS “adorable” shots. If this show had to do a plush figure, it would have to have JH’s head down turned to slightly to the right, dimples and smile blazing.
    The best part about this killer smile is so far, ES hasn’t seen it.

    Maybe if he shines THAT on her, the resolve she thought she had would dissolve like sugar in the rain. I do love that she reacted to his advances the way she did her last boss. VIOLENTLY. Our heroine is consistent. It’ll take more than a couple close calls before she melts into his arms.

    Thanks again and see you next week!

    • I’m pleased to bits with this drama too, agree to Ockoala I also loved Na Yoon but I’m not ready if this drama will turn me into that pretty Jaejoong fangirl. This noona doesn’t know anything about kpop, so it’s my Jaejoong 1st experience. Omo, his prettiness is out of this world..

      http://en.korea.com/jyj/?p=8117

      Thank you Ockoala.

      • And he sang the ost at episode 3 too XD *the scene where ES massage JH hand and fall asleep*

        And thank you ockoala for recapping this drama. I don’t usually watch kdrama because i prefer jdorama more than kdrama. But this drama is really awesome and different than the usual kdrama and i’m loving it. I can feel myself getting anxious for episode 5..and it’s still friday.. >.<

  9. I started watching this drama because of your recaps, and boy am I glad that I did. Utter awesomeness, this show! I would’ve hated myself for missing out on it. Thanks for the recap! (Which thankfully got backed-up from your computer crash, no? XD)

  10. Thanks for the recap, Koala! I look forward to it every morning. I’m really enjoying the relationship between the Chas…. I think the one between Moo Won and Ji Heon is more ‘friendly, mischievous competitive” than “mean-spirited competitive”. I think the two does have a weird kind of affection for each other. Shoulder bumps! LOL.

    That scene in the boardroom with JH was really touching. It really shows that he DOES care about making dad proud, and he feels so helpless about his condition. I wonder how dad will react if he finds about JH’s anxiety problem? I hate to say this but I don’t think Dad will react very well at first – he’s all temper first – and JH’s fears will be proven right …

    Love how Ji Heon’s relationship with Eun Seol is progressing. It’s very organic and natural. Though personally I wish that JH would take some time falling in love with her and not so early …

    And what the heck is up with Moo Won’s mom? She does appear really greedy. I don’t get it.

    Grandma is so cool … can’t wait for ES to find out who she is!

    • for muwon’s mom, i think she is more of wanting her son to be the CEO than being greedy. If i was his mom, i will be angry too. Her son currently is more competent than Jiheon but the chairman keeps wanting to pass his position to his own son who is not interested in his work and has the disorder.

      • @hmmm
        IA, I mean If I was MW’s mom I probably will feel the same. MW actually is the most competent to run The Company.
        I could understand why Jiheon’s dad want his son the be his successor, but it’s obvious Jiheon isn’t interested, he is very cute but he is too childish.
        Also I really love Cha Grandma but she is also very biased. ..I still don’t understand why she also favored alot Jihun over MW, aren’t both of them her grandsons?? There must be something more that probably I will understand in the rest episodes.

  11. Thanks soooooo much for the speedy recap!!! i love this show…..i’m here every day for the latest scoop on everything in Kdramaland….. i watched it on viikii but translation was not complete so of course i read about it here first then watch…you are the best!!!

  12. Thanks for the recap! I found myself nodding enthusiastically through it and your commentary. You’ve hit on all the things I love about this drama right now. The entire drama is like a refreshing drink of young coconut water ( I’m addicted to Vita Coca these days)!

    I must have replayed the scenes of the dad hitting the cardboard Eun Seol (and Ji Heon’s reaction to it) and of Ji Heon trying to get Eun Seol to think of him as a man (**squeals**) and her twisting his arm (serves him right!) a bajillion times! And Na Yoon is one fun second lead to watch. She is one bumbling character too.

    I still don’t get the whole successor thing though. So was the company originally Ji Heon and Moo Won’s grandma’s? or Moo Won’s dad’s? Anyways, it just seems sad that Moo Won would get passed over just because his dad died before he was too young to naturally succeed him.

    • My take 0n the company:

      It was started by Grandpa (dead) and Grandma (alive and super awesome). They had two sons: older was Moo Won’s dad, younger was Ji Heon’s dad (now Chairman).

      It appears that Moo Won’s dad was passed over for succession even before he died, ergo he was given his company(ies) to run and the Chairman was given to Ji Heon’s dad.

      Which turned out to be for the best, because Moo Won’s dad almost ran his company into the ground, which was only resurrected thanks to the capable hands of Moo Won’s mom.

      I don’t think Moo Won’s dad being alive will net either him or Moo Won the Chairman’s set.

      My take on Moo Won’s mom – I sense some issues btw her and Ji Heon’s dad (perhaps exes that didn’t work out?) and she’s probably very bitter that she married the loser brother, and now her son is the better choice for Chairman and is getting passed over.

      I do not think she’s greedy at all or this is about money. I think there are a lot of understandable issues at play.

      Damn it, I LOVE THIS DRAMA.

      • There’s one thing that really annoys me. Grandma is totally picking sides. It’s great that she wants Jihun to get the chance of showing his true ability in the business world, but isn’t Muwon her grandkid too?Muwon seriously gets the short end of the stick.

      • Yeah, when I think about it MW seems to be like the ‘least liked’ grandkid or something. Maybe because grandma sees that JH needs lots of help and MW is so capable he doesn’t need her support. Still, it is favouritism…

      • but isn’t the grandma jeopardize the company future playing favorite. Also I see no grandma-grandson interaction between the grandma and MW. At first I thought they are not related due to zero interaction.

      • unless.. MW’s dad is a son of the grandad (grandma’s dead hubby) from other women or previous marriage.. reason why grandma is not so adoring MW and reason why his dad was never made successor of the company even if he is older than Jisung’s dad (or my imagination is playing too much kekekeke)

      • SO the grandma seems biased towards Jiheon? I also was thinking the same. So much rivalry and favoritism towards Jiheon it’s gonna awake MW’s dark side..lol

      • As far as Granma’s bias, maybe the unrevealed past will explain some things.
        Before HJ’s trauma, could he have been the brighter of the two grandsons?
        Was his sister’s (guessing) death what caused him to turn inward because of something one of these people did? (a)MW (b) MW father (c) Grandma (d) Grandpa?
        Or, was MW involved early on in some near death experience that makes him more precious to his Grandma? I know this happens with mothers who have very very sick infants, or toddlers. They can’t help but favor them having had to face the possibility that they would lose them.
        Totally digging for some drama-shaped backstory to complete this puzzle.

  13. Thanks for the recaps.

    I hope this drama continue what it’s been doing so far with Na Yoon character.
    We always know that the second lead will never get the man, and we hate her for doing damage for our heroine. What I love about this drama is that I can laugh at loud at Na Yoon and see her resort crumble without hating her.
    She just fight for her love, and like you said, may the best man/woman win 🙂

  14. I’m really confused! According to ViKi subs, NY and MW are more than just “friends” and allies working to make JH jealous…something actually happened between them? When they had their meeting and his secretary left, their conversation made it sound like something happened. (due to her hormones? WTF?) Like she slept with MW?

    GAAHHHH! I need to learn Korean. 🙁

      • I just watched EP 3 again with different subs (KimchiDrama) and they still say sort of the same thing! Something about “sexual hormones” and their relationship becoming a different kind of friendship. So yea…it DOES sound like something went on between them. Which makes me not get on board with the thinking that NY is a nice person.
        Can someone clear this up besides me? (LOL)

  15. Only 4 episodes in and I’m hooked. More so than the plot, this drama gets me addicted because of how it breaks through all the streotypical cliches in kdramas. I had set in my mind how all the characters would be like. And not one turned out to be like how I expected.

    I like how this drama is taking it slow with the real intentions of all the characters, mainly the 2nd leads. What does Muwon really want? Does Nayoon really like Jihun? It’s something to keep us wanting more.

    From the preview of the next episode, it looks like we’ll be able to look more into the character of Muwon. It’d be nice to finally know what he feels. I seriously doubt that he’s malicious in any way though.

  16. Thank you so much for the recap! I watched the first half without any subs or recap, and nearly lost it from laughing so hard. That kick-the-can scene was hilarious! When I got home from work your recap was up so I rewatched the whole thing.

    This is such crack. While I love the other shows I’m watching, this one has me chomping at the bit for more. I will be really, really, really ticked off if the network screws this one up. It has potential to be my favorite ‘drama’ EVER…

    • I know, and I think you misread my sentence. I mentioned her playing In Hee in PT, and then I said that thank god she’s not being asked to play a Yoon Joo in MP type of second lead, without reference to her playing Yoon Joo in MP.

  17. I’m so in love with this series. It’s has funny and sweet moments, the characters are so believable and the plot is interesting. I’m really invested in the relationships between the members of the family. For me, there are just so many little details that elevate this drama from the “great” level to an “awesome” level. For example, the recurring theme of shoes in connection with Eun Seol. Since I’m a Jaejoong fangirl (^_^), I really like his character – Moo Won seems conflicted between rooting for his cousin and standing up for himself to get what he deserves. Plus he’s cute, kekeke.

  18. OcKoala: I want ur advice…i am loving this series, totally thanks to ur amazing recaps but haven’t watched it yet coz am not sure if it is gonna be as interesting as ur recaps…should i watch it? Or just continue with ur recaps?

    • Hi zoe~ Maybe this quote from Ms. Koala’s PTB Ep. 3 recap will help you: I think it’s safe to announce now that this drama rocks so hard, it can put on its own concert at Madison Square Garden and I guarantee it’ll sell out. What are you waiting for? Get. On. This. Ride. Now.

  19. Thanks so much for doing these recaps. Its always more fun when the person recapping also is enjoying the drama as well 😀
    The head butt scene might have been my favorite in the episode so far, right up there with the ice cream fight. I have never scene anything like that in a drama around adults either. I really like NaYoon’s character. Her faces are so funny. She is another serious actor that I would have never imagined being so funny doing physical comedy.
    And the family dynamics is for sure what is keeping me hooked on this drama.

    And Jaejoong(MuWon) in a wet white dress shirt was such great fan service this drama is giving me everything I could want in a rom-com.

    • Waaaiiitttt a minute! What happened to the vest that Moo Won was wearing right before we got the view of his wet white dress-shirt? I don’t know why I even noticed that since the ensuing scene was so cute and funny.

      Thanks, ockoala for recapping this! I do love all four of the leads.

  20. Thanks for your recaps. I look forward to them after every episode.
    After watching Princess Hour and Full House I lost interest in Kdramas
    but Protect the Boss is all kind of different from the usual. The casts all
    have great chemistry. Hope the ratings continue to rise and looking forward
    for more of your recaps.

  21. thanks for the recaps sistah! i love the ice cream scene between the girls… so fuuuuny! PTB just gets better and better each episode.

  22. I don’t like the OTP at all. I think they’re both ugly.
    The girl who plays Na Yoon and Jaejoong are very pretty though.
    Jaejoong is so pretty it kind of bothers me. I think he looks like a pretty boy idol star, not a capable business man, to be honest.

      • @blusocks

        Don’t let the comment bother you in the least. Shallowness may indicate a mental handicap evidenced by the inability to ascertain what it critical in forming an opinion and instead focuses on what is superficial. We should feel sorry for NN.

        Also, NN’s eyesight may be failing as well, otherwise why would NN find ugly what everyone finds truly beautiful (what lovely acting, what wonderful expressiveness).

        NN has my condolences. It must suck to be thus burdened with a surfeit of shallowness AND be going blind.

    • This is so wrong! U shouldn’t be so shallow unless u r like 10 years old…but even 10 years old these days are not that shallow.

  23. Koala…After reading your recaps, started to watch PTB…really like it. Except for his hair (maybe they’ll all get new ‘dos like in LTM), Ji Sung is so good as Ji Heon. Love the interaction with Eun Seol…hope they don’t screw this one up…Thanks

  24. Thank GOD for tablets. Wooot!!!!!! I love how this show is going. I can not believe we are only on the fourth episode. Koala I Love your writing, and its even better when your totes inlove with the show. It becomes so much better for me andeverone else. Because then its not all about watching. Its about enjoying it in its absolute entirety and with others!!! I can believe this is only episode 4. That means there will be enough time for Eun Seol to definitely fall for Ji Heon. Yipppppeeeeeeee.

  25. I know virtually nothing about directing, so I’m really not qualified to even attempt any kind of objective judgment about the directing, but my subjective impression as a layperson is that this drama is one of those rarest of creatures: a drama that hits the stellar writing/acting/directing trifecta. Someone who’s more knowledgeable than I am may be able to point out some glaring flaws that I’m not seeing– but even if they did, that wouldn’t change the fact that I love this drama so much, it hurts.

    Thanks a million, Koala, for your wonderful recap and commentary, and for loving this drama to pieces, too. We’re honored to have you recapping it.

  26. This “drama” makes me laugh, cry and slaps me in the face a few times!!

    Love how this magical relationship is blooming between Kid (Ji Heon) and Kung Fu (Eun Seol) they stay side by side, helping each other, being “there” for the other. Scolding, bickering, laughing and worrying about the other, like when yo truly found some one who can fill you, some one who can feel you, some one who can really, really read you!! Every time Kid protects her I laugh, coz, he do it unconsciously, and how she “punch” him, when he needed to be punch, literally and figuratively speaking LOL! They are so made for each other like a ring to a finger.

    X – you are so pathetic it is freaking hilarious!! And Yes you ARE invisible!! If the man you want in your freaking, totally boring life, plays with a freaking straw and the only thing that says is “what is on the menu”, and he wasn’t even talking to you… Girl get your bags coz that train leave your station ages ago! Jeez!!!

    Cousin-from-hell- I love you, I freaking do baby! You are hotness with legs! Seriously, you are the man I want to wake up next for the rest of my freaking life, with the cute red polka dot bow on your head and all!! Hilarious!! But there is something you most learn… When you focus on something, and no matter what you do, you cant get that, baby, that thing ain’t for you! God knows what you want, but gave you what you need! Give me a call honey, you will always be welcome!! Bring the freaking bow too! LOL

    Granny and Papa Chairman, you are so real, that remind me of my family! We laugh, we fight, we even trow some pots, but at the end, we are family! La mia famiglia, at the end family is the only thing left. Even if they want to take everything from you! *coughs, Cousin-from-hell and mommy, coughs*!!! LOL

    Hey Kid, she did tremble, and get nervous! So keep walking, keep pushing coz you are getting in her nerves! In a good way! LOL

    **BTW I really think that cousin-from-hell is falling for Kung Fu, but as the meanie, he will end up using her, and hurting her… a pitty, coz he is so HOT!!! LOL

      • You asks for my avatar? Nah, it just he looks cute with the red bow polka dot! BTW his smile is dazzling! LOL I think I found a new object of my affection! LOL, just for the time being! LOL

  27. When City Hunter ended, l’ve been thinking which dramas should l replace to my addition towards Korean Drama. Could it be Spy Myung Wol (l stopped watching at Episode 8). Or Heartstring (l have very less interest even with Pak Shin Hye and Jung Hwa as their leads). So l turned to J-Dorama, Ikemen Desu Ne beside my addiction to Scent With a Woman.

    But after l read your recap, l started to watch Protect the Boss and have no interest at all at first (but l still read your recap until episode 4). Have nothing else to watch, l started again watching Ep 1 to Ep 4, and all l can say is this is the drama that make me laugh and smile and relief and crazy onto it. Especially starts from Ep 3, l know that this is so awesome even the leads that l don’t really know and the first male lead that is not so as handsome as Eric in Spy Myung Wol, but l can tell that not even one scene that bored me, l want to see all without skip any scene (l use to forward scenes that l feel bored and no interest).

    The female lead is super cute and have gorgeous body and the first male lead that is so addicted to watch him added with both send leads that so funny and beautiful / handsome, this drama really put me from stupid and bad mood to smile and happy.

    Go Korean Drama.

    • It catch you by surprise huh? I was taking a “drama sabbatical” whatever that means! LOL After LTM and Manny I just stoped with the dramas.

      But then I started reading the Episode 1 recap, and I fall in love, watch the episodes back to back to back to back! It was a freaking Protect the Boss marathon, and I was laughing like a freaking mad cow! I laugh so hard and so much, that I was freaking crying! OMG I’m getting so addicted to this one.

      I found a winner, a drama that hook me and that is a difficult thing, coz, there are one that hook me at first and in the middle run out of gas, and well we die in the freaking desert! LOL So hoping to be on that wagon till the end!!

  28. Dear Chocolatte02, l started to have interest in K-Drama also from Full House. That was when l felt really stuck to K-Drama. By now, l’ve seen quite a numbers of it of which l can tell you which is which are good. Protect the Boss is indeed really make me crazy and laugh and smile everytime.

    But there is still a lot of other K-drama that is good. Why don’t try to watch Lee Min Ho in City Hunter. l’ve recommended it to a few of my friends too. It was rumoured to be best K-Drama for 2011 (or best action drama 2011, at least).

    Anyway, Goong / Princess Hours is kinda good. It is a romance drama. If you like Romance, try Secret Garden with Hyun Bin in it. l watched it 5 times.

    • thanks for the rec
      i will try one of these dramas
      secret garden sounds good
      city hunter has ppl raving but i heard the ending is disappointing?

  29. Just watched this ep for the 4th time.
    Did anyone notice how Na Yoon moves her upper body? She can move her shoulders into positions I have never seen. If you watch her in the bathroom showdown, with her arms crossed, you can see attitude screaming out from her before she speaks.
    I compared the shoulder moving ability to ES’s in that scene. It must be something they teach in beautiful second lead female school.

    • To me, Wang Ji Hye is a bona fide leading lady. Yeouido doesn’t know what to do with her. Na Yoon looks to be a worthy role for her talents bc it’s not a stock second female lead. But her talent is in the details of body language and connection with the camera and her co-stars.

      Watch this:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wjx5VvkmNk

      But a warning that FOL can destroy you. You might need a few days to recover and pick yourself off the floor. I just *think* about Dong Soo (Binnie) and I start crying.

      • Thanks for the YT link…
        Didn’t watch FOL but looks like it’s those drama that will make my heart bleed.

        And you are right, Wang JI Hye looks luminous in the vid!

  30. Wonderful recaps!! Thank you…. Glad to know your blog!

    I love the leading lady – Choi Gang Hee. So natural and perfect.. why on earth I never saw her before. The more I see her, the more I love and adore her. Mind you – I’m no lesbo. I prefer Ji Sung 😛 and I wan to run my fingers through his hair – pull and pull and pull and pull to make it straight!! I’m glad he takes on a nutty role.. which is different from his earlier roles. He can do comedy! 🙂 I have a crush on him but JJ is sooo good looking that my heart also squeeels for him. Haha!

    I’ve gotta say Wang Ji-Hye’s bitchy character makes me smile. Strange that I don’t hate her one bit. Perhaps, I’m biased after watching her in Friend, Our Legend – an unforgettable drama that makes my heart bleed…

    • Wang Ji Hye in Friend, Our Legend is simply……..I have no words that can do justice to her performance, her character, and her chemistry with Binnie AND Kim Min Joon. It was a career-making performance that I will never ever forget.

      I think she glowed from within.

  31. Hello Koala, I’m new here and I have to say I greatly enjoy your site.

    My opinions: I understand that we are all humans of flesh and blood. We all react to good-looking people but some comments here bother me. If you have had problems going through a drama before because of the actors’ looks then maybe the drama isn’t the problem, maybe it is you.

    KangHee, Jisung, Jaejoong and JiHye are lovely people. They have great personalities and they are very good-looking to boot. That is lovely but secondary to the respect they have for each other which translates into great chemistry on the set. They do justice to their roles and if some of you can’t see that then I feel sorry for you.

    I love EunSeol. She isn’t some perfect girl. She has flaws and she doesn’t judge JiHeon, she simpy points out to him his options. It is up to him to decide and whatever he chooses, she’ll support him to the best of her abilities.

    NaYoon is a bit spoiled, she acts on impulse and has her childish/dysfunctional moments. She is pretty funny but is it just me or does this NaYoon seems different from the more mature one in JiHeon’s memories? Don’t you guys think?

    MuWon is a character that I think we will understand more as the drama continues. At the moment his rivalry with JiHeon is humorous/childish but his background story along with his moms’, is missing. A lot of other things haven’t been answered yet though so we have to be patient with him. For now I’m satisfied with Jaejoong’s acting.

    JiHeon, what can I say about him? They couldn’t have picked a better actor for him and he will also give surprises as the story continues. He is hilarious.

    • You say it all, and in variety is beauty! If you are gonna use the same “gorgeous” actors to every freaking drama out there, you will be bored at the first 3 minutes of it, why, coz, you know them all! LOL

      I never saw any of them in another drama, coz I’m a newbie, but they are exploding my freaking brain out! BTW the male lead is hilarious! They way he scream “Dad, what are you doing?” When Papa Chairman was kicking Kung Fu image!!! Priceless! He looks like a kid who was witnessing the destruction of his favorite toy! Unbelievable!! LOL

  32. Thanks for the recap! I absolutely loved episode 4. The 4 leads are amazing and the situations that pop up are hilarious. I laughed so hard during the lunch scene and when Eun Seol kicks the can and hits Na Yoon in the head :] Can’t wait for the next episode. Oh, and I was so happy to see that Eun Seol thought of a solution for the board meeting!! Yes!

  33. Thanks for all the recap Koala…it’s what lure me to watch this drama today and i am not dissappointed!! This show is HILARIOUS! I Love this drama =)

  34. damn you koala ! if i have to declare bankrupcy am taking you down with me . LOL JK how many dramas am i even watching ?? still need to go back and finish best love and 49 days . Sigh .
    anyway Na Yoon has to be my favorite second lead to EVER . i loved the scene where she was all cool and composed with ji heon and then she went off crying in the bathroom LOL that’s something i would do . which is so weird to actually see this kind of second lead character in a Kdrama . They are mostly there to be hated and nothing more . as for Ji heon i thought we had seen the last of crazy chaebols with the ending of SG and LTM but he brings it to a whole new level .
    honestly PTB is everything i wanted BL to be . I for one cannot wait for the romance to hit it’s peak . i think my laptop will explode !!

  35. Marathoned PTB over the last weekend and I LOVE IT!!!

    Love JS in New Heart, love him even more in PTB. He made Ji Heon neurotic and wacky and yet so handsome and smoldering when he wants to be (omo, the scene where JH had ES presed against the wall and alternating stares at her lips and eyes, I had to fan myself too!!!).

    Never watched CKH before… she isn’t a typical korean beauty but she is just so fiesty and cute as ES! Can’t wait to see ES falling in love with JH!

    As for Jaejoong, erm.. he can be good looking in some angles but not really my cup of tea (to each her own). Mu Won still seemed like a mystery to me… I don’t actually get the sense that he is a out and out meanie in this show. There’s competitiveness between him and JH (probably there’s some history between them and also the history between their parents) and he wants the top job but why do I get the feeling that in the end he might just join the “Save JH” camp and help him out?

    As for WJH, I actually find her quite cute as NY! She must be the most likeable 2nd female lead in the show. I’m sure her claws will show at some point, but I don’t think it’s cos she is evil per se…

    The witches of the show? NY’s mom and MW’s mom.

    For me, the OTP is solid, though I have to say that JS edges CKH out in terms of performance, but just by a bit.

    Can’t wait to see ep 5, think JH is going to nail the presentation, albeit done video conference.

  36. This was the episode that made me quite possibly addicted 🙂 I’m already looking forward to the next episode. I was suspecting that they would have JiHeon present through a camera. I’m curious to see the reactions of everyone at the board meeting.

    Also, I’m interested in seeing how the Chairman reacts to JiHeon’s condition once it gets revealed. Will he react with his usual RAWR (fist before thinking)?

    I love all the characters. Moo Won continues to puzzle me; I don’t quite understand what his true intentions are. He doesn’t really come off as evil….yet? I adore Na Yoon! She’s hilarious and does things totally unexpected of female 2nd leads. Eun Seol and Ji Heon are great together. I also want to see more of their friendship before they officially become lovers. Grandma & Chairman relationship is GOLD <3

    I hope the writers can continue the drama's awesomeness because most Korean dramas tend to slow down and drag during the second half.

    MOST OF ALL, I can't wait for Ji Heon to get a new hairdo… ASAP! Please don't become a trend… PLEASE 😛

    Thank you koala for the awesome recaps! 🙂

  37. Just been back from vacay and finally got updated by finishing eps 3 and 4 today. Over in the mountains, I did read your recaps via i-phone, Ockoala thank you very much coz that kept me sane. But I just had to go back to squeal some more over these awesomely hilarious episodes.

    Your recaps read so much better after the watching. They serve to re-live and enrich the experience. How much do I love this show? I just can’t count the ways… the writing, the wit (keh!), the craziness, and you’re right koala, the physical humor is hilarious, the expressions of the actors are a hoot! The characters are funny not because of their actions but because of who they are, that manifest in what they do. That is what genuinely good writing is. Even the cinematography is good, excellent framing of the shots.

    Am loving the actors, especially Ji Sung (of course, have always believed in him), and my newly discovered Choi Kang Hee. Saw Wang Ji Hye in PT, and even then although we just loved to hate In-hee bot, I thought she was a good actress. Seeing her here and in the snippet of scenes via your link for FOL, I am glad to know she is actually a serious actress with the chops. I also like her beauty. Now I have to find more of her to watch…

  38. Hello Ockoala-san!
    This is my first EVER comment on any blog/community, and I’m feeling a little nervous. Although I’ve been lurking around here for quite a while already because I just simply LOVE the way you write (and agree with most of your comments). It all started from reading your Recaps on My Princess, starring the yummy SSH and it was NO TURNING BACK since then!
    I’m from Japan and only RECENTLY, very recently like beginning of this year (!), did I start on this road-to-no-return journey into Kdrama. I used to think watching stuff with subs are so medokusai (troublesome) and refused to budge. BUT after getting bored with Jdramas, I finally gave-in to my friends’ recommenation and started Brilliant Legacy which started it all for me! (just wanted to tell u some background before I go on)
    OK back to PtB!
    I’ve never seen a drama filmed in this manner before (not in English, Chinese, Japanese) and I was amazed and hooked right from the beginning. I’m someone who MUST like the heros and heroines AND the storyline before I can consent to giving up previous sleep/rest time to watch a drama (work late, always insufficient sleep). This is THE ultimate for me! I seriously believe I can go on WITHOUT a wink of sleep just to laugh again and again at the hilarious moments in this wonderful production!
    First of all, WHY do I even like a protagonist who dresses like he’s in the 70s and yes with brocolli on top of his head? But yet I am drawn to the inner fears and struggle this poor brocolli man has coz it’s probably due to some bad experience yet to be clarified in his life. I can feel his insecurity and empathize with his instinct to push people away with his bizarre behaviour. This child-man (Ji Sung’s bod is yumm yes!) is very interesting to me and I can’t wait to find out more about this trauma inside him.
    Secondly, I fell so much in love with CKH’s lovely cute eyes and her somewhat crooked mouth and very very cute and high nose! She is such a cute little thing! (stop it, Jen you are not a LB) And the wonder of CHK? She is not afraid to show the unfeminie side like kicking asses, head-butting her boss, falling down straight on her face to hide her SHOES while exposing her short little dress! Gaaaah this is an amazing performance by an equally amazing actress whom I’ve never seen before! On the other hand, she is soooooo cross-eyed in-love with her boss’ sworn “enemy” Cha MuWon that she just can’t stop smiling and oggling….. Is she CUTE or what!? She is what’s holding the drama together and I can’t wait to see how her relationship with Ji Heon and Mu Won develops!
    Then of coz the prettier-than-a-girl Jae. I’m a JYJ fan (yes, so what? I am still objective!) and frankly started this drama coz I wanted to see how Jae is doing (his first Kdrama blah blah blah). Although a man with few words (PD, can you please include MORE speeches for Mu Won please), his role’s presence alone is quite charismatic. I mean, we ALL wonder WHY he seems so DARKLY quiet at times and yet TOTALLY BRIGHT smiling like a crazy Minnie when he is with Eun Seol right? (and er hem, why he loves teasing Eun Seol asking if she minds his wet BOD gaaaaaaah! Who will MIND?) We also wonder WHAT his agenda is and is he GOOD? BAD? BOTH? WHAT???!!! (ok calm down impatient Jen). I think Jae did a farily good job in depicting the mystery behind it all…. This totally opposite cousin of Ji Heon…. And I hope he keeps up the good job! Way to go Jae!
    And finally the rest of the casts…. I LOVE PAPA CHA!! My gosh his scenes of beating up his own son was just so darn funny to watch (I’m no brutal maniac but its just so funny) and him doing all the charity work is just plain…. hilarious. Grandma is equally hilarious too, talking to a very quiet dog and pretending to be the garden-helper still…. Like what a lot of people said here, the only thing I don’t get is the lack of interaction between Grandma and Mu Won… Another mystery to be solved… hopefully soon! And of coz Ji Heon’s ex…. she is tall and pretty, and definiltey DID IT with Mu Won… but why does she keep hanging around Mu Won still when she knows that their affair will definitely trigger unpleasant memeories with Ji Heon? Just when she wants to come back to Ji Heon, this doesn’t sound logical. I hope they touch on this background soon too this week!
    All-in-all, a great drama and it’s really a DRAMAtic drama with so much action-based comedy moments…. Erm, I can’t wait for Eun Seol to “hurt” Na Yoon accidentally again! The can-kick was so funny!
    Finally, thanks Ockoala-san for your wonderfully detailed Recaps every episode! I am also hungry for your comments every time you finish recapping! Way to go and arigato!
    *sorry for the long comment. Promise won’t be too long the next time >_<

    • @Jen
      Broccoli top? Seriously? Hilarious!! Another name,*coughs* new name for Ji Heon!! LOL I’m loving you already!!!

      You were totally objective with Mu Won, TOTALLY!! LOL yeah right, you were drooling with the wet shirt contest! I know that you know that I know, you drool! LOL

      Papa Cha and Granny are just too funny to be unreal! They looks like my family for real! BTW My mom sometimes transforms in Papa Cha and slaps me a few times! Yeah she does that!! I love her for that, coz, that times I really, really deserved, coz I was being a naughty girl!! LOL *coughs* no comments *coughs*

      X-she is so pathetic that is hilarious!!

      Dont worry about the length of your comment, coz, I used to write essays! LIKE REALLY essays!! ! LOL I’m insane, yeah, I know!! LOL

      Ahh and welcome to the Playground and the drama madness!!

      Hugs!!

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