Scandal Episode 15

(I'm not going to bother with Joo Ran and Joo Pil as they're just a pair of drunken idiots. Although at this point I do ship them.)

 

Fake Eun Joong, his cell phone secretly recording, asks Myeong Geun if he really is Real Eun Joong's father and for Dad #1 not to use Cheonha Law Firm for the case against Taeha Construction. Myeong Geun doesn't say much so I'm not sure if Fake Eun Joong got enough sample for a voice test. As Fake is leaving he runs into Ah Mi and invites her out for a walk. (At last I get my answer about what ever happened to the lawsuit Ah Mi was bringing against Real Eun Joong over the food cart.) They run into Real Eun Joong and as Ah Mi rambles on and on and on the two men engage in a staring contest. Fake tells Real not to be dating Joo Ha. Real tells Fake neener neener I'll do what I want.

 

Those two drunk buffoons end up in a hotel room and sleep together, and I mean that literally. They both pass out on the bed.

 

The next morning Real Eun Joong gives his family their own little mace canisters and gives them basic self defense lessons, which makes sense after his own attack. Something tells me this will come in handy later on.

 

Entirely too much time is spent with the drunk fools.

 

Real Eun Joong offers to go pick up Ah Mi's husband's bike from the apartment (it was down in the garage and safe from the fire). She's thinking of selling it. Eun Joong reports how he's going to start up the investigation again and that the only reason he's dating Joo Ha is so he can get closer to Tae Ha.

 

Tae Ha has sent Kang Ho to be Hwa Young's personal minion/spy. Ah Mi mails off several copies of her findings on the unsafe building conditions. The subs aren't too clear but I think she's mailing them to higher ups, including (maybe) the Blue House. As Tae Ha has a photo op with some underprivileged kids, Minister Jo gossips with Joo Pil that he's already figured out Tae Ha is hoping Fake Eun Joong will be president one day. Fake Eun Joong is at a sound lab having the audio tape and the cell phone recording tested.

 

Myeong Geun has a notebook with the bribery list written on it. (So why hasn't he used it before?) He calls Joo Pil and asks for a meeting. Joo Pil was just on the verge of unveiling the paternity test to Tae Ha but after the phone call from Dad #1 he decides to hold off on that bombshell. What Joo Pil does do is offer to arrange for Tae Ha to meet with Myeong Geun.

 

And now it's that time in the show for a musical interlude.

 

Well, I wasn't expecting this. Real Eun Joong tells Joo Ha he knows she's the one who ordered the attack against him to get the cuff link back. He doesn't think she meant for him to be so seriously injured, though. He even offers to continue the boyfriend ruse so Joo Ha can get rid of Jo Jin Woong.

 

Ah Mi has been looking for work so Hwa Young offers to hire the girl as a secretary at the law firm. Fake Eun Joong gets confirmation from the lab that Myeong Geun is the guy on the tape from 1988.

 

Tae Ha follows Hwa Young to the hospital. She's so hoping to run into Myeong Geun but instead gets this guy. At least Tae Ha breaks down and apologizes for his freak out from the other night. Hmm, we get a quick look at Myeong Geun having a MRI or CAT scan (it's a big machine but I can't tell the difference). Anyway, Tae Ha takes his wife out for a romantic dinner where he asks for a fresh start. Hwa Young says she won't give up the lawsuit against the company. Tae Ha responds with he'll simply have Fake Eun Joong handle their defense, thus pitting not-mother and not-son against each other in court.

 

Eye Candy Time. Better late than never. Real Eun Joong and Joo Ha are at the gym working out. He suggests Joo Ha introduce him to her mother so he can help speed up this breakup. Since she has two mothers, Joo Ha chooses Hwa Young as the one to meet.

 

Ah Mi comes home to find Fake Eun Joong sitting on the steps. He's wanting to meet with his counterpart but fears he doesn't have the courage yet. He asks Ah Mi to grab a beer with him. Ah Mi talks about her dead baby making Fake Eun Joong think about his own situation. He starts blubbering right there in front of her.

 

Myeong Geun is arriving at the hotel where he's supposed to meet Joo Pil. When he gets on the elevator it is to find Hwa Young, in a sort of daze, already on it. She starts to cry and falls to her knees. You can see Myeong Geun is just itching to reach out and touch her but he restrains himself. Hwa Young tries to stand back up and ends up falling into Myeong Geun's arms. You know how that happens. She asks for him to allow her just a moment to cry on his shoulder.

 

Joo Ha and Real Eun Joong are also at the hotel waiting for an elevator. Conveniently he remembers he left his wallet in the car and goes back to get it. In the back seat is Gi Chan's bicycle that Eun Joong has been carrying around. He notices something has fallen off the handlebar and when he goes to replace it Eun Joong pulls out the USB that had been hidden.

 

Finally.