Ah, temptation. Reminds me of this old gem:
Already the show has a problem. It stars Kwon Sang Woo. While I'll be the first to admit he's nice to look at, I've never been able to finish any show that has had him in it.
We see our four main characters arriving at the airport. Happy but poor couple Cha Suk Hoon (that's our Kwon) and Na Hong Joo (played by Park Ha Sun) arrive on the bus, while uber-slick Yoo Se Young (played by Choi Ji Woo) and jaded Kang Min Woo (played by Lee Jung Jin) arrive separately in their chauffeur driven cars.
On the plane, Se Young's right-hand man, Choi Suk Ki (played by one of the Old Man Who Is In Absolutely Everything - Joo Jin Mo), curls his nose up at having to share first class with Min Woo and suggests they report him as a terrorist.
Se Young is thinking about buying a hotel in Hong Kong, but she's got more personal problems preying on her mind. She thinks back to her gynecologist diagnosing Se Young as being in early menopause. Not only that, but she may also have to have a hysterectomy. Se Young doesn't have any children and says she's fine with that, but she has that look in her eye.
Back in coach, Suk Hoon has his own problems. His business partner has run off with all the money, leaving Suk Hoon holding the bag. He and Hong Joo are heading to Hong Kong hoping to corner the rat.
Now its time to go into Kang Min Woo's mind and see what his problem is. A woman is wheeled out in a hospital bed. Min Woo rushes over to congratulate Han Ji Sun on having a baby girl, their third. Hold everything! Ji Sun is played by Yoon Ah Jung, Lee Jung Jin's stalker from A Hundred Year's Inheritance. Don't tell me her stalking finally paid off and she finally got her man.
Anyway, Min Woo's mother is disgusted with all the girls. Ji Sun announces another pregnancy could kill her so no more trying for a boy. Min Woo needs a break from all the squabbling and so makes up a business trip to Hong Kong.
As usual, all these DramaKoreans are able to pack everything they need for a week in just one suitcase. Poor Suk Hoon is forced to speak painful Engrish with the locals to learn his business partner has killed himself and the money is nowhere to be found. There's nothing left to do but go to the beach and yell at the ocean.
Min Woo is on the prowl in Hong Kong. He's hoping to run into a bar singer, Jenny, that he had a fling with from before. (I find it funny how the actress carefully hides her mouth behind the microphone as the song is in English and I'm sure she doesn't know what the heck it says.) But when Min Woo gets to the bar, he's also forced to speak painful Engrish to learn Jenny has died from breast cancer. However, Jenny left behind a son. A son Min Woo didn't know he had - Roy.
Meanwhile on the beach, Suk Hoon looks through his dead business partner's bag and does happen to find a stash of three thousand dollars. Not nearly enough to pay back all the debt, though. Knowing that they're facing financial ruin and perhaps jail time once they return to Korea, Hong Joo suggests they take the 3k and blow it big time here in HK.
First they go to get a room at a fancy hotel. The same fancy hotel where our other two protagonists are staying. Now for some sightseeing and shopping. Hong Joo's eye is caught by some sparkly and expensive shoes. The saleslady tells them the shoes are reserved for someone else. After telling a painful sob story in painful Engrish, Suk Hoon gets them for his wife. (Just in case you didn't get the whole Indecent Proposal vibe by now.)
Min Woo goes to meet his son for the first time. Oh thank goodness, the kid knows Korean so Min Woo can stop speaking Engrish. Really, Show, why are you doing this to your actors?
The pain continues at a restaurant where its Se Young's turn to be tortured into speaking Engrish as she has a hostile business meeting. The man she is feuding with suddenly grabs his chest and drops to the floor. At a nearby table, Suk Hoon and Hong Joo hear the commotion and rush over. Hong Joo is a nurse and offers to help. For a brief moment Suk Hoon and Se Young exchange glances and strangely it is as if they recognize each other.
After the man is saved (by Suk Hoon doing all the work, not Nurse Hong Joo), Se Young just leaves her victim to go pick up some shoes, only to discover someone else got them.
Min Woo is slowly bonding with Roy and takes the boy to a restaurant for dinner. He's interrupted by a phone call from his nagging wife. Min Woo pauses long enough to eye Hong Joo as she and Suk Hoon walk by.
Se Young learns Heart Attack Guy will survive and is willing to settle with her for a large amount of money. Hmm, it happens to be the right amount of money that Suk Hoon would need to recover from his partner's embezzlement. Hmm.
Later that night some of our protagonists are asleep and some are awake. Hong Joo, wearing her sparkly new shoes, is planning to go kill herself so Suk Hoon can collect the life insurance. But before she can get there she encounters Roy. He woke up in the middle of the night and was trying to find a bus back to his old home. Min Woo comes running out looking for his missing son and finds him safe in Hong Joo's custody.
Upstairs, Suk Hoon woke up and found Hong Joo's suicide note. He runs out of the hotel, desperately searching for her wife. A sleepless Se Young is out walking along the beach when she finds the sparkly shoes. She looks around and sees Hong Joo sloooooooowly walking into the water. Se Young rushes into the water and pulls the young woman back to shore.
Se Young takes the despondent woman back to the hotel so they can both get cleaned up. Se Young reveals she knows Suk Hoon's name but she won't tell Hong Joo (or us) how she knows him. Suk Hoon arrives to pick up his wife. After the couple leave, Se Young and her piano music start forming a plan. The next morning she makes her offer to buy him for three days for the amount of money he needs to stay out of jail.
Kwon Sang Woo didn't have one shirtless scene in this entire episode. Not one!
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