Monday, September 3, 2012

May Queen Episode 5

I just watched my first Filipino drama.  Lots of singing.  On the plus side there were lots of half naked men running around. On the negative side many of those men didn't need to be half naked. Hit the gym, boys! What's this got to do with a Korean drama? Nothing. I'm just a little bit buzzed at the moment. Listen, kids: don't drink and blog.
 
Hae Joo asks who her birth mother really is. Hong Chul tries to bluff it off, claiming she misunderstood what she overheard. Pregnant Bitch Mom is her mother.
 
Gi Cheol helps Chang Hee home when bastard-in-training Il Mun physically attacks the boy, blaming Chang Hee for In Hwa still not being awake. Gi Cheol manages to pull Il Mun off and begs Il Mun not to blame his son for what happened.
 
The next day Chang Hee goes to his favorite brooding spot, the one that overlooks the ship yard, only to find Hae Joo is already there brooding herself. The two talk and Hae Joo ends up asking where his mother is since she never came to the hospital. Chang Hee confesses that his mother abandoned her family. Hae Joo confides that despite what her father tells her, she still feels that Pregnant Bitch Mom is not her birth mother. The two kids pinkie swear to keep each other's secrets, which leads to some accidental hand holding.

In Hwa finally wakes up. When she hears her parents are blaming Hae Joo for the incident and are thinking of suing Hong Chul, In Hwa explains what really happened and how it was all her fault.

Yoon Jeong Woo and Lee Bong Hee are investigating the pear orchard and why all the trees are getting sick and dying. Bong Hee doesn't eat anything but she does do a lot of sniffing. They take some samples and plan to do some analyses on the roots. As they're heading back to Jeong Woo's place they run into Hae Joo who has brought him some potatoes. Hae Joo and Bong Hee sort of clash, probably because they're so much alike in personality. Later, Bong Hee invites Jeong Woo to go with her when she visits her unni. This makes Jeong Woo defensive. Why would Bong Hee even think he would want to see her unni? Obviously there's some history here.

Now that they know the truth, Geum Hee feels bad about how she's treated Hae Joo. So they throw a cookout and invite all the families over. Hong Chul, who mistakenly thinks bastard Do Hyun is Hae Joo's biological father, sees how warm and loving a father Do Hyun is to his kids. Do Hyun can be a nice guy when he's not beating you with a golf club.

Do Hyun pulls Kang Dae Pyung away to his study to try and get the old man to let him have the pear orchard. The two men end up arguing with Dae Pyung throwing a drink in Do Hyun's face. Dae Pyung drags Kang San home early from the party, which means they get to miss Pregnant Bitch Mom make a complete ass of herself and embarrass her entire family.

Pregnant Bitch Mom takes her other kids and goes home. (Sigh of relief.) Hong Chul privately asks Gi Cheol if Hae Joo is a twin. The way he figures it, In Hwa and Hae Joo are about the same age. So why keep one kid and get rid of the other?

Geum Hee, feeling guilty about slapping Hae Joo earlier, gifts the young girl with a pretty dress. Hae Joo asks to try it on right there. Hong Chul can see how pleased Hae Joo is to be wearing nice clothes. Enjoy it while it lasts, Dad, because once they get home Pregnant Bitch Mom demands Hae Joo take the dress of. She wants to sell it. Husband and wife get into an argument with Hong Chul falling to his knees and crying over why poor Hae Joo has to suffer so.

Later that night he watches over the sleeping girl and thinks back to how much better life seems to be in the big house compared to life with Pregnant Bitch Mom. The solution here would be to get rid of Pregnant Bitch Mom, but that's not gonna happen. When is she ever going to have that baby? She's like that one character on Family Guy who was pregnant for like ten years.

Hong Chul goes and digs out the little sweater Hae Joo was wearing when she was taken as a baby. It is bright yellow with a sail boat on the front. But oh no! He goes to see bastard Jang Do Hyun, not Geum Hee. Oh, you have signed your death warrant, Daddy. He has to wait, though, as Do Hyun is in a meeting with Jeong Woo. Jeong Woo warns the bastard to leave the pear orchard alone. That was his brother's land. Land Hak Soo donated to the poor people. Do Hyun says he's only trying to fulfill Hak Soo's dream of building a ship yard there. Jeong Woo promises he won't give in and storms out of the office.

So now it is Hong Chul's turn. He goes into the office and show Do Hyun the little top, asking if he recognizes it as his baby daughter's clothes. Do Hyun claims he doesn't, and really, what man remembers what a baby wore eleven years ago? Hong Chul suggests they show the top to Geum Hee. Do Hyun lies and says they found the corpse of their dead daughter, so what is Hong Chul trying to pull? Hong Chul packs up the clothing and scuttle out of there, not seeing the startled look on Do Hyun's face.

Do Hyun (who has the hand shakes - this will probably be relevant later on) jumps in his car and tracks down Park Gi Cheol. He drives them to the sea side. Oh no, that's never good in DramaLand when you go near water. Do Hyun asks about Hong Chul and, more importantly, about whether "that child" is dead or not. Ah, so Gi Cheol was supposed to kill Yoo Jin, not just kidnap her. That just makes Do Hyun an even bigger bastard. Cringing Gi Cheol keeps claiming the child is dead, even after a couple of dunkings in the ocean courtesy of his boss.

Back on shore a kneeling Gi Cheol lies some more and tells that he wasn't able to kill the child on his own so he brought in his old army buddy to help him. It was Hong Chul who supposedly killed the baby and must have kept the clothes. Gi Cheol figures the man is in debt and so he wants to blackmail Do Hyun for some money. Do Hyun orders Gi Cheol to go get Hong Chul and they'll all have a nice conversation together.

And now we see why Jeong Woo was so upset at the thought of seeing Bong Hee's unni. It turns out Bong Hee is the younger sister of ... Geum Hee. (There are a lot of Hee's in this show.)

Now that Hae Joo has learned Kang San is the grandson of the owner of the shipyard, she forces the boy to show her every inch of the place.  She wants to go up top of a cargo ship that's being built. Kang San reluctantly follows. He's afraid of heights. The kids make a deal that San will teach her everything about ships if she teaches him everything about welding.

Hae Joo starts for home but Oh No! the thugs are back! She sees them hanging around outside of her home and she runs off to warn her dad.

Dad, meanwhile, is meeting with cringer Gi Cheol next to a cliff. No! After Rule #1 (Don't meet anyone in a Korean drama near the water) is Rule #2 (don't meet anyone in a Korean drama near a cliff.) Gi Cheol confronts his old army buddy about going to Do Hyun. Hong Chul admits he did but he's been convinced that their baby truly is dead and Hae Joo is not their daughter. So who are her parents, he asks. Hong Chul steps closer near the cliff side (no!) and says it's not really important any more. Hae Joo is his daughter no matter what. As he's looking out at the ocean, that wuss Gi Cheol sneaks up behind him. Cringer has his hands up and is just trying to work up the courage to knock Hong Chul over the side when Hae Joo calls out. Hong Chul didn't see what Gi Cheol was up to, but Hae Joo saw the whole thing.

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