SHUK: This episode was a rollercoaster of feelings, together with each squee and disgust. Nonetheless, we soldier on to our (hopefully) completely happy ending.
Trotwood: I am not going to lie, I am undecided that I’d have continued with this present till all of the epsiodes have been out if I hadn’t already learn the webcomic and hoped for an excellent decision. I stored saying to myself time and again “they can not change the ending, proper?”
EPISODE 12
We start this episode with a Ji-won flashback, the place she all the time, whilst a child, apprehensive about her father and the exhausting work he would do exactly to maintain the 2 of them with a roof over her head. But regardless of this, Ji-won was nonetheless topic to village gossip about her mom. In the future after college, she adopted him, solely to search out him following his spouse as she cavorted with one other man. Poor Ji-won!
Poor dad, too. He looks as if such a sort man. I am not saying that the mother ought to have stayed married to him simply because he was type, but it surely looks as if she did not hassle to work on any closure for any of them and simply determined to stroll away to her happier life.
She ended up crying on a jetty, accepting that her mom didn’t love her and that her life was unfortunate. We lastly see how she met Soo-min way back; she helped her when she was shopping for snacks from a gossipy unkind ahjumma.
I am questioning about them exhibiting this scene now as a result of although Ji-won is so relieved that she exhibits up with the pockets she thought she had misplaced, I am suspicious. At this level, I would not be shocked if Soo-min had stolen the pockets simply so she could possibly be the hero right here. Hmph. Do not belief her or her excellent tooth.
We undergo a number of acquainted scenes of highschool and faculty with the SleazePair, because the voiceover ruefully admits she would have accepted any scum as good friend when she was so determined for companions. (so unhappy) However now, on this second life, Ji-won will combat for her personal happiness along with her Boss Tree fortunate appeal. I assumed he’s formally Snuggle Tree now.
We slip again into the ultimate scene of Episode 11, assembly Yoo-ra for the primary time. Yoo-ra is cool and picked up, placing JiJi Couple on the spot along with her interruption. She casually mentions her have to see Boss, and since her ex-fiancé is dodging her, she tracked him down.
Is anybody else bothered by her lips? I am not into this new lipstick styling that makes folks’s lips appear to be they simply dipped them into Vaseline. It is so 80s, and there are issues I do not need to keep in mind from that point.
Ji-won lets go of Boss Tree’s hand, in shock, whereas the Ex provides a calculating smile.
As soon as Ji-won is residence, she walks in a daze, questioning if she really picked up an unfortunate appeal. Then the axe falls once more; Sunny calls her in tears and tells her of Yang Mother’s most cancers prognosis.
And he or she blames herself. I’d, too. It is like this universe is saying that some issues cannot change. they might not occur to her, however they are going to occur to anyone. And the final one that must be getting most cancers right here is Yang Mother. She has the least quantity of sources and her husband is a egocentric lowlife. Everyone knows the examine that males are six occasions extra prone to depart their wives after a most cancers prognosis than wives are to depart their husbands. Not less than her mother and father are nice. Her dad would in all probability kill that man if he left. Though we, as viewers, simply need him to go.
At Grandpa’s Home of Indifference, he’s fortunately chatting with the Ex, who’s clearly snug contained in the household mansion. We’re proven that she is a canine within the manger, clandestine images of JiJi Couple (did Henchman ship them to her??) and deciding that, although she dumped him earlier than, she will simply decide him up once more now. And he or she plans to get Grandpa to assist facilitate it. Ji-won is driving Yang Mother to the hospital for extra assessments. Yang Mother appears fatalist; there’s a lengthy waitlist for an oncologist appointment, however maybe drugs will assist on this. However it seems, she simply feels weak in entrance of Ji-won. The youthful lady pulls to the aspect and lets Yang Mother cry on her shoulder, apologizing in her coronary heart for passing her most cancers ‘curse’ on the older lady.
This was a beautiful scene. It is not simply the guilt right here although, however her reminiscence of how she wished somebody had been there for her when she bought her prognosis. She tells Yang Mother that she will cry in entrance of her with no disgrace, and understanding Yang Mother, she’s been making an attempt to remain stoic for her mother and father and her baby.
Issues will not be going effectively at WeaselHouse both. Snakey is bored, evident at Weasel who’s enjoying video games. (I’d name him a toddler, however that might be an insult to youngsters) It is a tremendous boring honeymoon. She tries to make the perfect of it. In spite of everything, he’s now the top of the family. However Weasel snaps again that Ji-won by no means had this type of ambition. Yikes! I wager evaluating the 2 will finally deliver him a world of harm. He deserves it, although. Additionally, I like how he would not need to be the top of the home, however we all know it is as a result of he would not need any of the accountability. All this time, Snakey was jealous of the “care” Ji-won was getting from him when actually it was the opposite method spherical.
In reality, he grabs her hand and talks right down to her. She is ignorant about marriages, so he’ll clarify. Every social gathering has a job to play. Complaining in regards to the wedding ceremony planning, complaining in regards to the honeymoon, she is clearly self-centered and must be taught to be (the low finish) a part of the Weasel household. In spite of everything, he calmly accepted her rowdy associates on the ceremony. Snakey mentions his phone-throwing tantrum then, so he yells into one other tantrum and storms out of the lodge room.
Snakey, alone within the room, remembers when Ji-won admitted that Weasel was thrown-away rubbish, however she continues to be satisfied she bought the higher finish of the deal.
Exterior, Weasel calls his good friend, who confirms that their place has been sublet. Weasel plans to inform his mother he was scammed to allow them to transfer again into WeaselHouse, and he can pocket the sublet hire. And if Snakey complains about it, who cares; it’s not her cash anyway. He receives over $250,000 USD deposit into his account. Um, didn’t his mother simply arrange a rental for them, or did she really purchase a spot? I’m a bit confused.
For positive although, Snakey isn’t confused. She realizes he simply pulled their marriage home out from below them and pocketed the cash.
In the meantime, again at U&Ok, there’s a drawback with the meal package undertaking. Ex-Kim takes this as an ideal time to lambast everybody and head out for a smoke with the brand new intern. As he heads for the elevator, he bumps into Ji-won. He proceeds to select on her, too (for coming in late), however she snaps again (as a result of she’s late after taking her good friend for most cancers therapies; he is fortunate she did not his head off). How good when the tiger is away, the monkey crowns himself king. In different phrases, he ought to cease with the lazy smoke breaks and work on the undertaking with the remainder of the workforce. He blows her off with an evil grin, stating that quickly nobody might want to fear about it.
Ji-won finds out that the cooks that beforehand agreed to be their representatives have all backed out, and that smirking nicotine-smelling ex-manager in all probability had one thing to do with it. However with Yang Mother having medical points, our intrepid girls want to unravel the difficulty, and quick.
Within the midst of this, Boss Tree exhibits up and whisks Ji-won away. In a gathering room, he’s upset that she has been avoiding him. And that she pressured him to deliver this up at work. He desires her to listen to him out, however she desires to consider the truth of this second probability.
He asks if she ever heard he was married in PastLife; she wouldn’t as a result of he didn’t. He determined he couldn’t marry the Ex with out emotions, which have been clear after her funeral. Ji-won tears up, however thinks all of it feels like an excuse in CurrentLife.I used to be mad at her right here. This was really top-of-the-line and most affordable ex-fiance explanations I’ve heard in dramas. they by no means married even with out her in his life. That ought to imply one thing to her. In reality, it ought to have meant one thing when she thought it by means of the earlier night time. I used to be excusing her as a result of she additionally bought the information of Yang mother’s most cancers on the time she might have been considering this all by means of.
Boss Tree counters that when she drunkenly requested for a heat household, he determined that he needed to offer her that in CurrentLife, it doesn’t matter what. Ji-won cries, understanding that when one aspect of a relationship leaves for love, the opposite aspect will get harm. She’s clearly projecting her mother’s previous habits onto Boss Tree. So no relationship ought to finish one-sidedly. However isn’t she doing the identical factor? Yup. Pot meet kettle.
She decides to depart the assembly room. Boss Tree stops her, to not plead his case once more, however handy her a contact card. He had already contacted the highest US Physician that makes a speciality of cancers of the abdomen six months in the past to rearrange issues. Ooof.
Earlier than she has an opportunity to actually take into consideration issues, she will get a name from The Ex. They meet at some fancy blood-red walled place. Ji-won admits that she is backing away from Ji-hyuk, however bitchy Ex doesn’t need simply this. She runs roughshod over Ji-won’s emotions, needling her about her seven years with Weasel. Ex arrogantly calls her a self-righteous no person, who grew to become a gold digger going after the successor.
Ji-won has had sufficient. She additionally hates folks like The Ex, who solely take a look at folks with eyes that calculate their value. Ji-won by no means cared that Ji-hyuk would inherit the corporate; she cast her personal path. With that, she walked out like a queen.
Sure!!! I needed her to slap her, too, after which I spotted that every one that lip gloss The Ex’s face would in all probability stain her outfit.
Boss Tree tiredly reaches his condominium solely to search out the Fabulous Necklace left at his door. She ought to have a minimum of put it inside if solely to guard it and say goodbye to CheeseKitty.
At her place, she tries to offer herself a pep discuss and writes down the current occasions in her guide.
Yang Mother is lead out of a restaurant, the place she appeared to have collapsed. Dirtbag Dad takes her residence, whereas the mother and father take Tiny Cute residence with them so she will relaxation. In the identical parking zone, Henchman is watching the household vignette. Is he stalking her? (I like that he wonders that about himself. He would not perceive why she bothers him a lot).He notices the motive force and realizes he’s the dishonest a-hole he noticed on the restaurant. Henchman sighs and wonders what he’ll do now; he sees them drive away. He additionally sees {that a} lady who was with Yang Mother’s mother and father is Dirtbag Dad’s affair associate.
Ji-won is on the workplace, making an attempt to determine how Destiny goes to boomerang subsequent. She receives a textual content from Yang Mother. Her remedy has swiftly began, and an excellent US Physician simply occurred to have a slot open to carry out surgical procedure. After studying the textual content, Ji-won remembers Boss Tree’s efforts with the most cancers physician.
At WeaselHouse, WMom is able to kill the scamming actual property agent. I assume she really did purchase the place, and Weasel weaseled his mother’s cash by promoting it. WMom beats him for a bit, however then turns round and blames Snakey for his unhealthy judgement. Ji-won voiceovers that Snakey isn’t practically as timid as PastLife Ji-won was. As a lot as I hate Snakey, I used to be cannot abide WMom and her full obliviousness to how horrible her son is or that she takes no accountability for a way horrible he’s.
Positive sufficient, Snakey stands up and dusts off her skirt; in any case, WMom picked the home and gave Weasel the cash. It’s not her fault; she didn’t get upset even after they have been planning to hire as an alternative of purchase. WMom will get all apoplexic and begins yelling. Snakey throws Weasel below the bus (the place he belongs), and he returns the favor by admitting she didn’t have the identical sterling background as Ji-won. Additionally, she has loads of her personal cash, and even allowed her mother-in-law to manage the marriage. Weasel tries to hush her. Snakey sighs and asks WMom to cease beating her husband and the daddy of their rising baby.
Later, of their bed room, Weasel celebrates Snakey’s snakiness, a minimum of till she admits that she isn’t pregnant “anymore”. About that point, WMom walks in. She calls for Snakey cleans the home then stomps away to move out.
Snakey calmly states she misplaced the child when Weasel threw his mobile phone at her, and he cries over the misplaced non-existent baby. When she sees him, she strokes the pretend sonograms and places them away in a drawer. His first sentence, although: “You insisted on consuming beef throughout our honeymoon to strengthen our baby, however you weren’t pregnant then?” That’s our POS Weasel, all the time issues from a cash POV. Snakey calmly bats the query again: “Didn’t you say you had a home once you didn’t?” This pair is a match made in hell heaven.
They actually do deserve one another.
Ji-won is working late in an empty workplace. PPL espresso sweet wrappers present her effort, but she nonetheless yawns a bit.
ShukNote: A Kopiko espresso sweet comprises about 25 mg caffeine in each bit. A mean 8 oz cup of espresso within the USA comprises 80 ~ 100 mg of caffeine. Since Ji-won at the moment has consumed 9 of those, about 225 mg of caffeine is circulating in her system proper now!
TrotNote: I went to go to my daughter in Indonesia in February after this present got here out, and there have been billboards with this espresso sweet. I had by no means heard of it within the US. So to lookup from a taxi and see an enormous billboard made me squee in a world KDrama actual life second. 😁
Instantly Sunny exhibits up, with PPL dried fish crackers and beer, which hits the snacking spot. The youthful lady admits that her brother purchased the snacks and instructed her to ship them to Ji-won; he’s hesitant to work together along with her.
Sunny wonders if it’s due to Yoo-ra, whom he bought engaged to due to his sister and wanting to offer her a steady household life. Anyway, Sunny is completely happy they’re now not engaged, since these days he’s now much less of an automaton and extra human.
Our Boss Tree meets up with Grandpa fortunately speaking to The Ex. When it’s simply the 2 of them, Yoo-ra chirps about her fondness for his elder relative. Boss Tree counteracts this; she has visited his grandfather extra occasions on this one week than she had their total 5 12 months engagement interval.
She doesn’t deny this and arrogantly admits she doesn’t like several outdated lady touching her property. We get a flashback the place Ex actually assaults and injures any lady who appears to get anyplace close to Ji-hyuk. Oh nice, we eliminate one psycho lady solely to get one other. Sigh.
And this was one of many issues that made viewers so offended. Not that this was not part of the unique characterization within the internet comedian, however that it was additionally utterly pointless to the plot. There was no want nor loads of time so as to add pointless plot layers.
Again within the workplace, Ji-won admits that Sunny’s brother is a fairly terrific man, however she doesn’t need to discuss it anymore. Sunny drops the (un)stunning information that they’re half-siblings. He was harm by his stepmother’s actions and so would by no means cheat on his relationship. This give Ji-won some pause.
Boss Tree arrives again at Grandpa’s home; the outdated man is able to sing The Ex’s praises. I’m considering there’s no method his private surveillance workforce wouldn’t have picked up on her earlier jealous violent tendencies. Is that this creature actually his alternative for his grandson??
Certainly, he does. He likes that she has an agenda and is personally formidable sufficient to need to be the First Girl of U&Ok and can be jealous sufficient to guard what’s hers.
I suppose having a psycho defending your and your organization is an choice.
Ji-hyuk decides to have a frank dialogue. When Grandpa met his grandson’s future stepmother, did he additionally admire her greed and aggressiveness over his personal daughter-in-law? Ji-hyuk admits to liking her as a younger teen (he clearly was a lonely boy searching for a mom determine), earlier than he realized that his sister was solely 5 years youthful than him, and he or she had been his father’s mistress for a few years. The outdated coot says nothing, however he sips his tea.
He does have the grace to look a bit uncomfortable however not sufficient to vary his thoughts.
Hmm, I do not see that he cares for his personal grandson [shrug] |
Ji-hyuk all the time felt unhealthy for his half-sister being caught on this scenario, and so he tried to work it out with Yoo-ra and never be like his dishonest father. However it’s too tough, particularly understanding the tip. He begins to tear up along with his feelings. I don’t know if his awful relative even cares.
In the meantime, the Ex is strategizing. She finds out that SleazePair do not know who Boss Tree actually is.
And at WeaselHouse, it appears like a bomb exploded in the home: soiled dishes, soiled garments, outdated meals all over the place. WMom orders Snakey to scrub up all the pieces, since she has a Girl’s Assembly to go to. She flips on extra classical music and chirps that Snakey ought to really feel so fortunate at WHouse. She pats Snakey’s stomach to say goodbye to NonExistantGrandchild and leaves.
It appears that evidently Snakey a minimum of tries just a little, however clearly housekeeping isn’t her factor. Her bitter tirade is halted by a supply. Within the envelope is all the pieces spelling out Yu Ji-hyuk because the soon-to-be CEO of your entire firm. I odor The Ex’s pointy fingernails throughout this. Nonetheless, Snakey has an absolute hissy-fit meltdown tantrum when she realizes that Ji-won does have it higher than her.
I am glad Snakey finds out. I would like her to wallow and burn with jealousy. Nonetheless, there isn’t a want for Vaseline Lips to need to be the one who sends her this. However oh effectively. We’re caught along with her, so I promise I’ll cease complaining in regards to the pointless additions to her character.
When Weasel comes residence, she shares the envelope’s contents, which pisses him off. He’s jealous of Boss Tree’s golden parachute and is satisfied he’s simply pretty much as good a businessman if he solely had just a little help.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! He’s so delusional. I want I had that sort of confidence.
Each lastly see the true face of the opposite, however they’re now trapped of their nightmare marriage. And it couldn’t occur to a nicer couple. Snakey thinks she deserves compensation from Ji-won for her poor selections. Victimhood, anybody? Snakey makes a telephone name.
At Ji-won’s condominium, she is napping on the sofa, however she’s beset with all types of ideas of Snakey’s earlier weird habits. She sees a textual content. It’s from her long-lost mom? What does that outdated crone need?
Ji-won meets her for espresso the following day. Mother admits she didn’t like her husband a lot and thought that life dragged her down. Oh! Aside from her darling daughter after all! Ji-won is stone confronted; if she actually cared about her daughter, why didn’t ever contact Ji-won by means of highschool, faculty, or any time thus far. Mother claims Dad blocked her, and he or she might solely go to after he handed, and he or she had time to collect her braveness.
Shameful lies.
In her thoughts, Ji-won realizes that her childhood traumas fed proper into her have to belong and subsequent poor selections in PastLife.
After espresso, Ji-won invitations her mom to buy groceries the following day. When she picks her up vibrant and early, Mother is able to flatter her profitable daughter. They photobooth some pics; store for luggage and jewellery; and at last have dinner on the finish of the day.
Ji-won asks if her mom had fun. The older lady gleefully says sure, and the way good it’s to have a wealthy boyfriend…oops. The cat is out of the bag.
This surprises nobody.
Ji-won is totally unsurprised that her mother confirmed up considering her daughter snagged a chaebol. She ruefully chuckles that she knew her mother was a fraud. In spite of everything, she by no means confirmed up for any of her graduations or when she began her employment at an enormous nationally recognized firm. There needed to be a motive for this sudden arrival, but it surely actually didn’t matter since she had already damaged up along with her “wealthy boyfriend”.
True colour revealed as Mother’s face goes by means of a number of feelings. We get a flashback of Snakey’s telephone name to Mother explaining Ji-won’s surprising windfall of boyfriend with cash. Mother wonders out loud if Ji-won knew why she contacted her daughter, why did they spend the day collectively?
Ji-won readily admits that she needed to expertise a mother-daughter day as soon as in her life; now that she has, Godspeed to outdated kin. Mother isn’t prepared to surrender and gives to depart without end if Ji-won will give her cash.
However Ji-won has had sufficient. She has no cash, and no mom. Because the older lady selected to stay as an affair mistress and never a mom, she ought to keep that method for the remainder of her life. With that, Ji-won leaves, head held excessive and smiling.
In a flowery schmancy lodge room, The Ex learns of Snakey and Ji-Mother’s failures, she decides to get her fingers soiled as an alternative of puppeteering others.
However that is the plot gap I do not perceive. Why would they assume that Ji-Mother would have any affect or need to have any when Ji-won already broke up with Snuggle Tree? Does the Ex not consider Ji-won broke it off along with her so-called property?
These creatures don’t have any idea of familial love or ties, so naturally they assume everyone seems to be as vacuous and shallow as they’re. So Mommy Points should be stronger than, yunno, actual feelings.
Weasel is sneaking out of WHouse, whining to his good friend to fulfill for drinks. A darkish fancy schmancy automobile parks and a flowery schmancy loopy lady steps out. Yoo-ra has a proposal for Ji-won’s ex-fiancé.
At Rooster Man Dojo, Ji-won sneaks up and peeks within the window. Boss Tree and Supply Man are sparring on the mats. As regular, Boss Tree is upright, a minimum of till he senses his beloved close by. They make fast eye contact, and his distraction is sufficient for Supply Man to lastly throw him after lengthy years of effort.
He’s soooo completely happy. I hope Boss Tree/Snuggle tree by no means tells him the reality. Let him have this second.
When the solar is on the horizon, Ji-won visits her dad’s memorial tree. I see the 12 months of his passing is 2005, which implies that schmuck of a mom hadn’t contacted Ji-won in over 17 years. No surprise she was suspicious! She appears over the pics of JiJi Couple and cries. She tells her dad that she needed to stay her SecondLife effectively, however destiny simply conspires to make issues exhausting. She doesn’t know what to do anymore and appears like a idiot.
Later, she dries her eyes and heads residence. Unbeknownst, she’s being adopted by a darkish sedan. And a darkish Truck of Doom waits for a telephone name that lastly comes.
Already rolling my eyes.
At an intersection she is ready at a pink mild when a dump truck abruptly flips on its headlights and barrels in the direction of her. She is sort of a deer within the headlights and is unable to maneuver and it will get nearer to her entrance grille.
Instantly out of the nook, an enormous black SUV drives in between Doom and Ji-won. It’s Ji-hyuk! He stares at her in a steadfast method because the dump truck slams into his passenger aspect and pushes the stricken automobile down the street.
FINAL THOUGHTS
How can we’ve got any ultimate ideas about this ending apart from screams right into a pillow? What the what?
I admit loads of this episode appears a bit.. farfetched? I imply, I for one would by no means to share a molecule of air with the DNA donor, by no means thoughts a full day of spending cash on that whor…err…lady.
There isn’t any one else on that street between her and that dump truck, and there’s a lot time. Time sufficient for Snuggle Tree/Boss Tree/Demolition Derby Tree to return out of nowhere from behind and get in between them.
True Love and a V8 conquers all.
Sigh.