Temptation Episode 9

Got my mocha frappe from Mickey D's (two for one coupon!), now I'm ready to sit back and watch some Korean soap opera.

 

 

Both Suk Hoon and Hong Joo give up too easily on their marriage. He violently throws the wedding rings to the ground and storms off. My biggest beef is with Hong Joo who did nothing to fight for her man. The first sign of another woman sniffing around and Hong Joo folded like a cheap suit.

 

Young Chul did such a good job on the Hong Kong hotel deal that Se Young promotes him to ice cream management. Young Chul asks who will be taking over his old job and kind of hints to her that Suk Hoon would be an ideal candidate. She should really reconsider accepting Suk Hoon's resignation letter as he's going through a hard time right now with a possible divorce on the horizon. That's a big mouth you got there, Young Chul. Real friends don't gossip about their friends' marital problems to the boss. Especially when said boss has the hot pants for said friend.

 

 

The cicadas continue to take over South Korea as Suk Hoon and Hong Joo attend divorce court.  They fill out all the paperwork and watch an educational film.

 

 

 

Thanks to Suk Hoon's tip off, Min Woo is able to meet with the real Doo down in Hong Kong. But Min Woo isn't here to talk about the hotel. He's got a new plan in which his business group and Doo's join together to corner... the Asian ice cream market. (I'm sorry, but I can't take this seriously. When I think of fortunes won and lost I don't think of Fudgesicles.)

 

However, this leads me to a story this guy at my work told of someone he knew who served in the U.S. Army over in South Korea. The soldier fell in love with the popsicles made locally near his base. They were the best popsicles he had ever had. The popsicles were made from the water of a nearby lake. One day the soldier went to this lake only to discover this was where the town's prostitutes went for their group bathing. He never had a popsicle again.

 

While in Hong Kong, Min Woo gets a call from Park Han Soo with an update on Ji Sun. She's heading for Bangkok for a vacation, and she's not alone. Min Woo orders the P.I. to follow her. (Call me old-fashioned, but Ji Sun just had a baby. How can she leave the child behind so easily?)

 

Se Young is at home having dinner with her family. Sister Se Jin complains about having to scoop ICE CREAM all day at work, yet she's brought an ICE CREAM cake home for them to eat. Dear Lord, the product placement in this episode.

 

Leaving the ICE CREAM behind, Se Young drives over to where Suk Hoon is staying and asks him to come out with her for awhile. Maybe they'll go get ICE CREAM. Se Young fusses at Suk Hoon for giving up so easily on his marriage. She also apologizes for her part in causing trouble between him and Hong Joo. Suk Hoon tells her the divorce has nothing to do with her (even though it does). Se Young informs him she still hasn't formally accepted his resignation in case he wants to come back to work for her. Suk Hoon warns her not to wait for him but Se Young says she will. Then her saxophone player starts to play a song that sounds so familiar but I can't think of the title, which irks me.

 

 

A month just flies by and the next we know it, Hong Joo and Suk Hoon are before a judge who quickly finalizes their divorce. Out of the blue Suk Hoon tells his ex-wife he's moving to Brazil to manage a coffee farm. As a parting gift, Suk Hoon gives Hong Joo some shoes. (Interesting, as I was just reading an article about Korean superstitions and one of them is to not give your love interest a gift of shoes as it will make her run away from you. But then, they're already divorced so the point is kind of moot.)

 

Suddenly the day is saved by ABBA.

 

 

Se Young and Myung Hwa are out shopping. Se Young stops to look at some mens' watches, prompting Myung Hwa to ask about her friend's forbidden crush. Once she learns the man is now divorced, Myung Hwa does a 180 and pushes Se Young to go for it.

 

Ji Sun is back from Bangkok. Min Woo good-naturedly confronts his wife with pictures of her and her boy toy. Min Woo has already had the divorce papers drawn up, giving him full custody of the their three girls he barely spends any time with. Ji Sun threatens to fight back and drag his family through the mud. Min Woo threatens as well, promising to ruin her lover's own marriage as well as jeopardizing the man's job at a university.

 

Musical interlude.

 

Ji Sun moves out of the house (she's allowed to take the baby until the little girl is old enough to walk) but may not be moving out of the show as she continues threatening to destroy the Kang family.

 

Young Chul breaks the bad news to Se Young about Min Woo and Doo being in the ice cream business together. Se Young vows not to surrender, even though Min Woo's company is bigger. 

 

Mama Im asks Hong Joo to have tea with her. Im wants to know just what is between Hong Joo and Min Woo. Is the younger woman expecting to get some money out of the family? Offended, Hong Joo stands up for herself and walks out. This only impresses Mama Im more as Hong Joo isn't like all the other women Min Woo has been involved with.

 

 

Suk Hoon (and his one suitcase) is at the airport getting prepared to leave for Brazil. Suddenly Se Young calls out his name and stops him. She swallows her pride and begs him not to leave the country but it's not enough to sway his mind. Suk Hoon does give her a goodbye back hug, though, and asks Se Young to wait for him.