May Queen Episode 6

You can watch May Queen over at Viki.

 

I'm a bit more sober today.

 

Hong Chul is standing at the edge of the cliff (like a ninny) as behind him cringer Gi Cheol tries to work up the courage to push his old army buddy over. This is when Hae Joo comes upon the two men. She calls out to Gi Cheol and asks what he was doing with his hands. He just says it was nothing. Hae Joo attempts to warn her father about the thugs but she doesn't want to come right out and say anything in front of Gi Cheol. Too late, as the mountain won't come to the thugs, the thugs go to the mountain.

 

They once again demand their money and interest from Hong Chul. Dad explains it will be a couple more weeks before he gets a paycheck. (What, is he paid once a month?) Disgusted, one of the thugs grabs Hae Joo and swings her up over his shoulder to carry her away. Hong Chul tries to intervene but is restrained by another thug. Gi Cheol just stands there like a bump on a log.

 

The loan shark shoves a piece of paper into Hong Chul's shirt pocket. It's the shark's bank account number. He's giving Hong Chul one more week to pay back the money he owes. The first thug then puts Hae Joo down and she runs to her dad. Before the thugs all leave they demand Hong Chul pay for their gas back to town. Dad doesn't have any money. Only now does Gi Cheol involve himself and he offers to give the thugs some money for gas.

 

Gi Cheol goes back to bastard Do Hyun's office. Do Hyun asks why he didn't bring back Hong Chul as instructed. Gi Cheol lies and says he tried but Hong Chul refused to come. Cringer goes on to tell how Hong Chul is in debt and maybe if Do Hyun paid it off then this troublesome man would finally leave. Do Hyun refuses, for the very good reason that once you start paying someone to stop being a problem then you get sucked in to continually paying them and the problem never goes away.

 

Hong Chul runs into Yoon Jeong Woo and he asks about the history of Do Hyun and his dead daughter. Jeong Woo explains the dead baby girl wasn't Do Hyun's daughter but the daughter of his second wife. With this new information Hong Chul goes back to connecting the dots.

 

As Do Hyun and Geum Hee are getting ready for bed, she mentions how her sister, Lee Bong Hee, stopped by for a visit. Do Hyun says he's been wanting to recruit Bong Hee into his own petroleum business. He tells his wife he has to go up to Seoul for one day to do something and not to worry about him. He starts to get frisky and interestingly Geum Hee freezes up. She wishes him a safe trip and leaves the room. Possibly she sleeps in another bedroom? I've been wondering if they have a true marriage or have been platonic all these years.

 

Hong Chul is thinking the family is going to have to skip town again in order to evade the loan shark when Gi Cheol shows up. He's got a satchel full of money, enough to pay off the debt as well as buy another boat. All Hong Chul has to do is take his family and leave Ulsan once and for all. Oh, and he has to give Gi Cheol the little yellow top of Hae Joo's. Hong Chul holds the money and is sorely tempted when in his mind he hears Hae Joo tearfully asking him who her birth mother really is. He put the money back in the satchel and starts asking Gi Cheol some hard questions. Is Hae Joo really Yoo Jin? Was she in the way of Do Hyun marrying Geum Hee and that's why he wanted rid of the baby? Gi Cheol tries to deny it all. Hong Chul says fine, he'll just go speak with Geum Hee and get the story from her.

 

Gi Cheol starts to panic and even thinks of taking a rock and bashing Hong Chul's head in. Thank goodness Cringer is a coward and doesn't follow through on this. Instead he offers to help Hong Chul get to Geum Hee, but they have to do this without the boss man knowing about it. Gi Cheol tells Hong Chul to meet him tonight at nine down by the docks.

 

As Hae Joo is cleaning the house she comes across the little yellow top. She thinks it's for the coming baby and shows it to Pregnant Bitch Mom. Mom recognizes the top and orders Hae Joo to throw the thing away. Privately Pregnant Bitch Mom fumes that her husband kept the top all these years.

 

We see Gi Cheol renting a truck. As he's driving it away he passes a man in a black suit. The Man In Black seems to recognize Gi Cheol. Now I'm not 100% sure of this but Man In Black may be Nameless Minion, the one who got slapped around a couple of episodes back. I'll have to keep watching.

 

Gi Cheol takes the truck to a secluded area and changes license tags on the vehicle. He does a piss poor job of it which may be important later. He starts up the truck and purposely rams it into a metal barrel to make a large dent in the grill.

 

Hae Joo is out gathering food for her family. Chang Hee rides by on his bike and offers to give her a lift back to her house. In return she invites him to stay and eat with the family. Pregnant Bitch Mom-- you know, at this point I don't have to go into detail with what bitchiness is coming out of her mouth. I just have to say Pregnant Bitch Mom and you automatically get the idea. Hae Joo wants to take some food to Dad and Chang Hee jumps at the chance to give her another bike ride. Partly to get away from Pregnant Bitch Mom and partly to have a legitimate excuse for Hae Joo to put her arm around his waist and hold on.

 

They have a bike wreck and Change Hee does the old Korean Drama "I've accidentally rolled on top of you" move. As they're picking themselves up, neither one notices Gi Cheol driving by in the Truck of Doom. When the kids reach the dock, Chang Hee offers to let Hae Joo have the bike for tonight so she can get back home to start dinner. He smiles and waves goodbye and Hae Joo wonders why her heart is beating so fast.

 

Hae Joo gives her father the food and he insists she stay and eat with him. This is so The Show can give us one last sweet father/daughter scene before our hearts are torn in two.

 

Jeong Woo and Bong Hee go to visit his brother's gravesite and pay their respects. Interestingly it is Bong Hee who swears to uncover what really happened to Hak Soo. I thought it would be Jeong Woo swearing eternal vengeance but he's rather blase about the whole thing. That is until Geum Hee shows up to also pay respects. She's happy to see Jeong Woo but he's not of her. In fact he orders her to never speak to him again and to never come to Hak Soo's grave again. I guess Jeong Woo didn't take her quickie remarriage to Do Hyun too well.

 

In Seoul Do Hyun meets with a Director Ahn, a colleague from his days in the Korean CIA. He wants Ahn to help him out with the Kang Dae Pyung problem. To help convince Ahn to help, Do Hyun presents him with a briefcase filled with American money. (The briefcase is brought in by Nameless Minion. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's Man In Black.)

 

Lee Bong Hee gets back the chemical analyses on the pear trees. The report shows a strong herbicide with a long name I'm not going to attempt has been used on the trees. Just to make sure, Jeong Woo and Bong Hee go stake out the pear orchard at night. Sure enough three of Gi Cheol's men are sneaking around. Bong Hee immediately calls them out and gives chase. Did I mention I love her? She tackles one guy (almost pulling his pants off) but he kicks her in the face. He gets up to run off and instead runs into Jeong Woo. They grapple a bit but the bad guy throws Jeong Woo aside. Jeong Woo does the old Korean Drama "I've accidentally rolled on top of you" move on Bong Hee. He also manages to include the old Korean Drama "My hand is accidentally on your breast" move as well.

 

Jeong Woo reports back to Kang Dae Pyung. Although the culprits got away and they have no real proof Do Hyun is behind it all, Dae Pyung still wants to go to the media with the story.

 

Gi Cheol sits in the Truck of Doom. He's waiting in the dark, watching the entrance to Hong Chul's workplace. Hong Chul starts to come out alone and Gi Cheol takes off the emergency brake. But then the repair dock boss comes out as well and has Hong Chul go back in for something. Gi Cheol puts the brake back on.

 

Hae Joo and her family are at home eating dinner. Pregnant Bitch Mom wonders where her husband is, among other things she bitches about. Hae Joo excuses herself and gets on Chang Hee's bike to go find her father. I know what's coming but I can't help still feel bad about it.

 

Finally Hong Chul comes out alone and is walking up the street. Gi Cheol starts the Truck of Doom and starts driving towards his old army chum. Just then Hae Joo on the bike (and not even looking) practically rides out in front of the truck. Hong Chul fears she'll be hit and he runs into the road to stop the vehicle. Gi Cheol swerves this way and that but still manages to slam into Hong Chul, right in front of Hae Joo. The cringer drives off as Hae Joo cradles her bloody father and screams for help. Kim Yoo Jung's acting here and in the next scene at the hospital is just absolutely amazing and heart wrenching, and she's only thirteen-years-old. Somebody give this child actress an award! Wait, she already has awards. Well she needs another one for this scene alone.

 

Gi Cheol drives to the seaside, gets out, cries over what he's done and repeatedly hits his head against a rock.

 

Pregnant Bitch Mom and the kids arrive at the hospital. They all wait anxiously as Dad is in emergency surgery. Finally the doctor comes out and being a typical Drama Doctor tells the family he did all he could but they had better prepare for the worst. (Drama Doctors have no bedside manner at all.)

 

A bloodied but still alive Gi Cheol stumbles back to his house. Chang Hee sees his father's injuries (not realizing they are self inflicted) and thinks Do Hyun has been beating his father again.

 

The next day word spreads about Hae Joo's father being in an accident. In Hwa insists Geum Hee take her to the hospital so In Hwa can be with Hae Joo. In another scene Chang Hee also wants to go to the hospital but Gi Cheol stops him. This surprises Chang Hee. He thought his father and Hae Joo's father were friends. Doesn't Gi Cheol want to go to the hospital as well? In the end Gi Cheol is forced to drive all of them to the hospital. He looks to be in a bit of a daze himself and shouldn't be operating heavy machinery. In fact he nearly runs over some pedestrians before Chang Hee shouts for him to stop.

 

Hae Joo is at her father's bedside, begging him to wake up. Sure enough he does open his eyes. With labored breath he apologizes to her, saying he only wanted her to have the best life. He then starts to tell her who her real mother is when, whaddya know, in walks Geum Hee. Hong Chul weakly points at the lady.