Tuesday, September 25, 2012

May Queen Episode 12

My time is short, so this is as well.
 
Before the situation gets out of hand, Hae Joo quickly defuses it by informing Kang San that the wrist grabber is his old friend, Chang Hee. They quickly go from glares to hugs. Chang Hee takes Hae Joo out to their spot overlooking the shipyard. She's still wanting to end their relationship so she won't hold him back anymore, but Chang Hee manages to convince her to stay with him.
 
Kang San drops by Chang Hee's office for a more relaxed reunion. It's here that Kang San learns the devastating news (for him) that Chang Hee and Hae Joo have been dating for 15 frickin' years and they plan to marry.
 
There's a business meeting with more ship building and propeller talk. Kang San can't stop giving longing looks at Hae Joo (which everyone notices) until finally he does his own wrist grab and drags her all the way out to the light house where he confesses he's liked her since they were kids. Hae Joo kinda almost sorta gently lets him know she's not interested in him that way.
 
Gi Cheol gives a large amount of money to Dal Soon to get her to stop Hae Joo from seeing Chang Hee. Naturally Dal Soon takes the money. She tries to ask some questions of her own concerning Geum Hee and the lost baby but Gi Cheol won't answer any of them.
 
Grandpa Dae Pyung suggests to Kang San to marry In Hwa and get Cheonji Shipbuilding that way. (I'm starting to feel sorry for the girl. No one seems to want to marry In Hwa for In Hwa.) Kang San asks about his mother and father, whom he's never known. Grandpa refuses to answer.

In Hwa tells Geum Hee she doesn't want to marry Chang Hee, but has her hat set on Kang San. When Do Hyun hears about this, he doesn't seem too displeased with his daughter's choice.
 
Dal Soon tells Hae Joo about Gi Cheol's visit (but not about the money). Once Mom learns that Chang Hee is a prosecutor and is serious about marrying Hae Joo, Dal Soon is like, "Go for it, girl!"
 
At work, Kang San insists on being formal and businesslike with Hae Joo.
 
Hae Joo feels up a large propeller blade and claims it is too big by a few millimeters. The guy who made it gets all up in her face. The hissy fit is witnessed by Do Hyun, who has the propeller measured with precision instruments to see who is right. Of course our gal Hae Joo is. Do Hyun is impressed and treats Hae Joo warmly. (I just don't know how to take Do Hyun. Sometimes he's a bastard, sometimes he's a sweet bastard.) He orders Il Mun to put her on the propeller project team. Il Mun protests but once again the son cannot gain his father's approval.
 
Then right in the middle of things Viki's website goes cuckoo on me and I have to go looking for the rest of the episode somewhere else.

Bong Hee and Dal Soon butt heads and it's rather funny, but why is Dal Soon wearing a dress from the 1940's? Bong Hee slips a love charm into Jeong Woo's suit jacket. Dal Soon goes to visit Chang Hee at his office. She gives him the money Gi Cheol tried to bribe her with. (Why Dal Soon, suddenly I have a modicum of respect for you!)

Il Mun and Hae Joo butt heads and she holds her own. (You go, girl!) In Hwa drops by to invite her old friend home for dinner. Everyone is there at the dinner table and Chang Hee decides to come right out and reveal he's been dating Hae Joo and they plan to get married. Everyone is shocked. Gi Cheol throws dishes on the floor and makes faces.

Later that evening Gi Cheol attempts to get Do Hyun on his side and against Hae Joo, yet Do Hyun admits he actually admires the girl's grit and drive. He wonders why Gi Cheol hates the young woman so much. Then Do Hyun growls at Gi Cheol about telling Il Mun the truth about how his birth mother really died. Gi Cheol makes more faces. I have a feeling the Psycho Volcano is about to blow.

(On a side note, sometimes I feel the writers have been forced to cut out entire scenes and can only give us the audience a line or two about what happened. This whole deal with Il Mun and In Hwa's real mother is still much of a mystery to me. All I can gather is she was still alive when Do Hyun and Geum Hee got together and then she died. I really can't make sense of it.)

Now that they're out in the open, Chang Hee goes to formally introduce himself to the Chun clan. Sang Tae continues to be an idiot.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Yoon Jeong Woo gets some dirt on Il Mun and decides to investigate.

Kang San mopes around. Gi Cheol goes to yell at Dal Soon. Dal Soon yells back. Chang Hee and Hae Joo go on a sweet date. As he reads the newspaper, Hae Joo sees an article about the arrest of the loan shark that was constantly harassing her family. Using his prosecutor powers, Chang Hee takes her to the police station to pick the thug out of a lineup.

That night as she's returning home alone, Hae Joo is confronted by that crazy cat Gi Cheol. He not only slaps her, he grabs her by the hair and tries to drag her off somewhere. Thank goodness Kang San drives up at that moment and saves her. He wants to give the old man a good beating (as we all do) but Hae Joo stops him.

Back at the station Chang Hee continues to question the loan shark about kidnapping 13-year-old Hae Joo with plans to sell her. (And when I say "question" I mean Chang Hee beats the answers out of the thug.) The loan shark confesses he was just doing it on the orders of one Park Gi Cheol. Needless to say Chang Hee is stunned. He stumbles numbly out of the building just as an upset Kang San drives up. Kang San grabs Chang Hee and orders him to give Hae Joo up.

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