Scandal Episode 18

As Ha Eun Joong introduces himself, both he and Soo Young wonder why Hwa Young is dissolving into tears.

 

Fake Eun Joong meets with Kang Ho (at the river, natch) and hands over to the minion a second pair of the same cuff links. Kang Ho is to turn them in as the hard evidence against himself.

 

Tears still spilling from her eyes, Hwa Young allows Real Eun Joong to question her about the case. As he looks through his notebook she can see where he's doodled penguins on the pages. She offers to take him out to lunch but he opts out of it. Instead, Real Eun Joong takes Soo Young and Ah Mi out to lunch. Hwa Young runs out a side door (that I didn't even know the building had) in order to secretly watch her son as he walks down the crowded sidewalk.

 

Soo Young asks why her boss was crying earlier and had asked to see a picture of Eun Joong. Ah Mi, who knows everything, says nothing. Back at the office Hwa Young is putting everything together at lightning speed. She goes into Fake Eun Joong's office and breaks into his desk where she finds the evidence that he's known all along who Real Eun Joong is.

 

As Ah Mi and Eun Joong are walking back to the law firm there's some guy on a bike who is out of control and about to run over them. Ah Mi leaps to pull Eun Joong out of the way. Eun Joong ends up pushing her out of the way. There's some skinship whichever way you go. Eun Joong, who's probably never been manhandled by a woman before, starts yelling at Ah Mi for putting herself in danger. Ah Mi goes to help the guy on the bike which gives Eun Joong time to do the Stare of Burgeoning Love.

 

Myeong Geun is off somewhere trying to donate his corneas after he dies.

 

At home, Joo Ha tells Hwa Young that Myeong Geun was the kidnapper from years ago. Of course Hwa Young isn't surprised by this news. What does shock her is hearing it was Kang Ho who told Joo Ha about Myeong Geun.

 

Meanwhile in another part of the house, the menfolk are having their own meeting about what to do about Real Eun Joong. At least I learn what Fake Eun Joong was doing on the computer in the last episode. He was transferring a large amount of money from Kang Ho's account into Real Eun Joong's account. This will make it look like the reason Real Eun Joong released Kang Ho was because he had been bribed.

 

Hwa Young overhears this dastardly plan against her son. Fake Eun Joong catches sight of her eavesdropping and he slips away to speak with her. Hwa Young speaks with her hand, smacking him several times upside the head. Since the cat is out of the bag, Fake admits he had found his mother's real son and now he's going to destroy Real Eun Joong. Hwa Young tells him, "Don't touch my son, you understand?" This gets Fake in the heart the way she said "my son." He screams at her, "I'm Jang Eun Joong! Jang Eun Joong!" (Is no one in the house hearing all this yelling?) Hwa Young again begs her not-son to stop what he plans to do to Real Eun Joong or else she'll go to Tae Ha and tell him the truth.

 

In the other part of the house that can't hear all the Jang Eun Joong shouting, Kang Ho tells his boss that Ha Myeong Geun is the Other Man.

 

Joo Ha "breaks up" with Real Eun Joong (and thank goodness for that).

 

As usual with this show, we get a musical interlude.

 

Using the address on the legal paperwork, Hwa Young is tracking down where Ah Mi lives. She doesn't realize she's being followed by Tae Ha. Outside the front door Hwa Young is shocked to see the Ha Myeong Geun nameplate hanging by the gate. Tae Ha is about to get out of his car when he notices his nemesis/real son, Eun Joong, walking up. Real Eun Joong keeps asking Hwa Young why she's here. She wasn't expecting Eun Joong to be here but since he is it's a good time to warn him about the set-up.

 

Neither one sees Tae Ha sitting in his car. After his wife leaves and Eun Joong goes inside, Tae Ha sprints up the steps to confront the cop when he notices the nameplate. Only now does he realize that Ha Myeong Geun and Ha Eun Joong are related (not).

 

The next morning at the breakfast table Tae Ha is giving everyone a lecture on secrets and lies before he asks Hwa Young why she was meeting with Real Eun Joong last night. She lies that she was telling him about her car's black box being reset. Tae Ha doesn't believe her and starts yelling about her meeting Myeong Geun, the kidnapper of their son. Joo Ha intervenes and explains Hwa Young has been meeting with Myeong Geun because he's the whistle blower. Tae Ha has another one of his throw-everything-on-the-floor fits.

 

Real Eun Joong makes an appointment to meet with Kang Joo Pil. There's stuff about Joo Ha and Jin Woong but you know what, I don't care. Plus Viki has been giving me a pain. Internal Affairs, following an anonymous tip, start their investigation of Detective Ha Eun Joong.

 

Myeong Geun gets an unexpected visit from Hwa Young. She doesn't say anything but spits in his face.