Halfway and turning points…

Sidenote: I apologize in advance for the numerous comments, the totally random pictures and the ubiquitous military vocabulary: Blame the writer for feeding my demons creativity, she started this.

This episode starts with reluctant grown-ups: The gentlemen are in a PC bang and honor the StarCraft gods. They ignore the calls from work, wife or whoever it is. The victory on the screen is more important than the real world. Can you imagine hanging up on your girlfriend cause “there are tanks everywhere and we are cornered!” At 41 years old? Bwahaha… 

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“Only one bastard can survive”

June, 1993: Our gentlemen were in for a group date. 3 girls for 4 guys but it’s not a problem since none of the boys are interested anyway. We hear The Jerk describing the Generation X: Honest and straightforward. Strangely, the date quickly becomes a self-sabotage competition, each of the boys using his favorite trick to discourage the candidates.

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*Flashback*: The Jerk remembers the day Oska#2 put a foot in the grave: When he married The Queen, 10 years ago. The other members of the gang were already doing plans to open their offices with the money of the bride. Of course they were also interested in the beautiful (rich) girls who attended the wedding.

Conclusion: This wedding was a blessing for everyone except for the couple. I guess I can understand the bad mood of The Queen and the forced smile on Oska#2′s face.

Question 1: Why did they get married in the first place?

Question 2: Why this dried squid keeps following us everywhere?

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“A woman’s crisis is a man’s opportunity”

If you need a reminder for the nicknames: It’s HERE.

We start this episode with our gentlemen in a pool hall. They use rock, paper, scissors to decide who starts: The losers will have to pay for a seafood royal meal. It’s a dirty war and people gather around them to watch and arbitrate. The best shots are even filmed in slow-motion and the background music is a ballad sung in Cantonese. So awesome. The winners are NiceGuy and Timebomb: The Jerk and Oska#2 are cleanly executed (we even hear the shotguns). The Jerk as a loser has to go back home in slippers of shame. We hear him thinking: “Adolescents never mature, they just get older.”

This show is about confessions, so here is mine. Since the beginning of this drama I have a fantasy: I want to see this new Rat Pack playing poker in Las Vegas. Neat suits, sexy girls massaging their shoulders, cigars, deadly bluffs and all the panoply. An improvised wedding would top the cake. Kim Eun-sook ssi, save me from my misery…

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It’s crazy, I know… I start recapping a show who already started and I completely screw my plans for the next two months. I feel so sad having missed this train just because I wanted “I do, I do” to be good… Well, that’s life. Hopefully for me and for my readers, Kim Eun-sook (who gave us the fantabulous Secret Garden) is someone who likes to write dramas like a succession of “slices of life”. You won’t feel lost.

First, a quick introduction to the characters and their nicknames:

Kim Do-jin: Architect. Womanizer. Selfish. Prankster. Fell in love with Yi-soo at first sight. Has a car named Betty. Nickname: The Jerk.

Seo Yi-soo: Ethic teacher. Shy and immature. Has a gift to put herself in embarrassing situations. Loves secretly Tae-san but doesn’t want to confess. Fan of baseball because of him. Unfortunately, is the love interest of the jerk. Nickname: DoomedGirl.

Im Tae-san: Builds the buildings drawn by The Jerk. Not good at deciphering women’s hearts and has a very sweet personality. Lives a passionate love story with Se-ra. Nickname: NiceGuy.

Hong Se-ra: Friend and love rival of Yi-soo. Or maybe not… Doesn’t get along with Mae Ah-ri who knows one of her dirty little secrets. With a friend like her you don’t need enemies. Nickname: The Foe.

Im Mae Ah-ri: Little sister of NiceGuy. Funny, full of energy. Absolutely shameless and free-spirited. Has a mega crush on her oppa: The lawyer Choi Yoon and does all she can to seduce him. Nickname: Baby Fox.

Choi Yoon: Lawyer who represents Do-jin’s and Tae-san’s respective companies. Also, high-school friend of them. His wife died 4 years ago. Attracted to Tae-san’s little sister but does all he can to resist. Nickname: Timebomb.

Lee Jung-rok: Playboy and troublemaker. Always loses his wedding band when he takes it off to flirt. Couldn’t survive without his 3 buddies. Has at least 3 different jobs which allow him to meet sexy female customers. Married for money to Min-sook who always finds out about his escapades. Nickname: Oska#2

Kim Min-sook: Married, sexy, clever. Her money is the blood which keeps alive the businesses of all the “gentlemen”. Very proud woman and super classy. Not a (b)witch, which is quite surprising. Nickname: The Queen.

Colin: Mysterious teenager raised abroad and back to South Korea to find his no less mysterious father: Supposedly one of the 4 sexy gentlemen. Nickname: Baby Stalker.

Kim Dong-hyub: Student of teacher Yi-soo. Has a crush on her and does all he can to stay in her class. Cutie pie and smarter than he looks. Also, the chief of a little gang. Nickname: Baby Jerk.

Sidenote: Maddino has recapped the previous episodes and I will deal with them later myself. Now, ready for the ride? Then let’s go!

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