Now that she's footloose and fancy free, Chae Won returns to the noodle house. With one suitcase. (You can NOT tell me after three years, marriage or not, she's only got enough stuff to fit into one suitcase. There'd better be a delivery truck showing up sometime down the road.) The whole family is home so Chae Won breaks the news to them about her divorce. There are mixed reactions all around but at least dear old Dad welcomes her back with open arms. Love ya, Dad!
Chul Goo is drunk, but that's nothing new. EMIL is fussing at him as she helps him to bed. Chul Goo has enough sense left over, though, to notice his speechless mother is suddenly able to talk again. EMIL declares it's a miracle! Now it's time to move on to his next wife. EMIL doesn't waste any time.
Chul Goo has a drunk flashback to when Chae Won and he first met. I'm glad we're finally getting to this. As horrible as he's been, there must have been some reason for Chae Won to have married him in the first place. They met and flirted in an elevator when she came to interview for a job. I have to admit, Chul Goo was completely different back in the day.
EMIL celebrates her son's divorce with a bubble bath. Ah, my eyes!! (Still, I would kill to have her bathtub. Just not with her in it.) She's drawing up plans of what her next daughter-in-law is going to be like.
Chae Won shares a bedroom with her aunt. Now that these two actresses are together, they appear to be the same age. Maybe Auntie was a late life baby. As Chae Won begins to unpack, she notices her knock-off Hello Kitty keyring and thinks of Se Yoon (in his odd coat).
Se Yoon (in his odd coat) and Joo Ri have apparently had a breakdown on the side of the road. As they're waiting for the tow truck to come pick them up, Joo Ri tries the old, "It's so cold, let's share body heat" trick. Se Yoon gives her his odd coat to snuggle with instead of himself. Seeing how put out Joo Ri over this, Se Yoon (very stiffly) gives in and puts his arm around her. Joo Ri continues not to see the red flags flying everywhere that the rest of us can see.
Grandpa expresses his hope to Chae Won that she will want to take over the family noodle business. At another time Grandma suggests they sell some land and give the money to Chae Won. None of this sits well with the other members of the family who are competing against each other to get the whole shebang.
Business causes Chul Goo and Se Yoon to run into each other again. When Se Yoon mentions something about the other guy emigrating. Chul Goo loses his cool and accuses Se Yoon of meeting with Chae Won and influencing her into getting a divorce. Se Yoon, per his modus operendi, takes it all rather calmly and mildly warns Chul Goo not to act like such a fool if they ever meet again. Would it kill you to throw a punch, Se Yoon?
Chae Won is outside touching the noodles with her bare and unsanitized hands when she's summoned inside to meet with her aunts and uncles. They want to know just where she stands when it comes to the noodle inheritance. Is she in the competition or not? Chae Won assures her greedy family members that she's not interested at all in the noodle race and is instead actively looking for work.
Chul Goo receives a visit from the wife of the man who was injured in the warehouse fire. Through the things she says, Chul Goo finally realizes it was his mother who was behind that particular escapade. He's so upset that when he storms through the door, the entire wall wobbles.
Chae Won prays to the Almighty Hello Kitty/Not Hello Kitty to help her find a job. That night a repentant Chul Goo comes to the noodle house to try and win his wife back. Her entire family is ready to come to her defense. Once more he's down on his knees. How many times does this make? At least he does tell the family that it was his mother who framed Dad for the fire in order to force Chae Won to divorce Chul Goo. Grandpa collapses from the shock. Chul Goo proclaims he'll now fight the divorce as he never really wanted it in the first place. Dad collapses from the shock. Uncle Ki Choon, the only man left standing on his feet at this point, has had enough of this and physically tosses Chul Goo out of the house.
When next we see Chae Won, she's got a new job and a new hairstyle. The job is only temporary so she continues to pray to the Almighty Hello Kitty/Not Hello Kitty for something full time. She appears to be working in a department store. As Chae Won is coming back from her break, she's spotted by - you guessed it - Se Yoon.
Again we get another weak cliffhanger. Show, you continue to drop the ball.
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