Temptation Episode 7

Suk Hoon and Se Young (as well as her piano player and violinist) are in the back alleys of Seoul when they are confronted by men in suits. The couple are taken to an abandoned hole-in-the-wall restaurant where they finally get to meet the real Doo.

 

 

 

(Sorry, I just couldn't resist it anymore.)

 

Anyway, Doo refuses to listen to their sales pitch. He says they're already in negotiations with Kang Min Woo and his group. Also, Doo was really, really wanting some soup and is devastated to find the restaurant has gone out of business. Suk Hoon offers to find the former owner of the eatery so Doo can have his soup. That must be some fantastic soup.

 

Suk Hoon and Se Young are walking back from the dark side of town. She's gotten a sore place on her foot and he insists on doing some first aid on her. Does he not recognize the sparkly shoes that once belonged to his wife?

 

The next day Min Woo (wearing a truly awful jacket) hears how Se Young and her people were waiting around to speak to Doo last night but then she abruptly left without meeting the man. Min Woo wonders at that. Why didn't his rival stick around to talk to Doo?

 

Daddy Yoo makes Se Jin (and her pianist) go get a job with big sister, Se Young. Se Young offers a low-paying clerk position. Suk Hoon drops by with the good news about finding the owner of the restaurant. Like her older sister, Se Jin starts making eyes at Suk Hoon.

 

Hong Joo gets a nursing job... with her (and Se Young's) gynecologist. But of course.

 

Se Young insists on going with Suk Hoon to the restaurant owner's new location. I'm not up to snuff on my Korean geography but I take it this is going to be an all day trip. They find the old woman retired in the country and she agrees to make the beloved soup. However, to do it just right, the ingredients need to steep overnight. She won't start making it until tomorrow. That will be cutting it close as Doo is scheduled for an evening flight out of the country tomorrow.

 

Suk Hoon volunteers to stay and help the old woman. He suggests Se Young go back to Seoul. If it gets out they were alone together for so long it might look bad for her. Se Young reminds him they were alone together for three days in Hong Kong. She ain't goin' nowhere.

 

Meanwhile at the Kang household, Min Woo is trying to hold a barbecue. He gets sent some pictures on his cell phone. I take it the pics are from Park Han Soo as they show Ji San out and about on the town. (It went by too fast for me to see if she was out and about alone or not.) Roy and his sisters get into a fight. Roy is kind of a wuss.

 

Daddy Na gets tight and drunk calls his son-in-law. Hong Joo takes the phone away from him and apologizes to Suk Hoon. As she's talking with her husband, Hong Joo hears Se Young's voice in the background. Se Young, either really stupid or really smart, burns her hand on a hot cooking pot. Thus Suk Hoon quickly hangs up on his wife to go see to his boss. An upset Hong Joo tears up a picture of her and Suk Hoon, then takes off her wedding ring.

 

Se Young finally confesses her attraction to Suk Hoon. He admits he's attracted as well to Se Young but that's as far as he's going to go. He's a married man. 

 

 

 

They return to the city the next day to present The Soup To End All Soups to Doo. He certainly goes to town on it. It's enough to make him change his mind and give Se Young a chance to put in a bid on his Hong Kong hotel. Min Woo is upset to hear about this as he thought his company had an exclusive deal with Doo. Min Woo suspects it is Suk Hoon who is the powerhouse behind all this.

 

Just like her old man, Hong Joo gets tight and drunk calls Min Woo. He goes to meet her at the bar in Se Young's hotel (because there are no other bars in Seoul, apparently) so she can spill out all her sorrows. Hong Joo's loose tongue lets Min Woo know she thinks there's something going on between Suk Hoon and Se Young. That's just ammunition for him to use in a later episode.

 

Min Woo tries to help a staggering drunk Hong Joo out of the bar. They're spotted by Suk Hoon's current roommate, Choi Young Chul. (Sometimes the subtitles call him Choi, sometimes they call him Cho.) Young Chul immediately calls Suk Hoon to tell him about seeing Hong Joo going with Min Woo up to a room in the hotel. Suk Hoon races over and bursts into the hotel suite to confront his wife.