The King's Dream Episode 4

Mandatory overtime is the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse.

 

 

After a little one-on-one duel with Wolverine's Sister, Yushin and the gang manage to break free from their attackers, but Gildal and the Baekje are hot on their heels. Bihyeong orders Yushin to head on to Gajamseong while he faces off with his old nemesis. Yushin rides up to the city gates (which don't look at all besieged to me) and is allowed in. The commander in charge, Chandeok, is impressed with the lone warrior's spirit.

 

Nutty Buddy manages to stay sane long enough to announce he's marching to G-town's relief. (I just now noticed his beard resembles a ship's anchor.) However, he insists that everyone who was hollering for reinforcements to be sent should go with him as well to prove their loyalty. That includes crybaby Chunchu.

 

Cheongwan has a vision of Yushin in the thick of battle where he's cut down by Gildal. (Here's a fun little game: Gildal has two scars on his left cheek. From scene to scene, show to show, watch the scars. They constantly change length and position.)

 

Alcheon lays out some battle plans for the Silla army. Nutty Buddy doesn't seem too interested. The warrior mimes look worried. Back at G-town, a fierce night battle is taking place. Even civilians are pitching in to throw rocks down on the attacking Baekje. The next day the generals are eager to get a move on. Nutty Buddy is a bit hungover and doesn't feel like coming to any city's rescue right now.

 

Ten days pass. Nutty Buddy enjoys a game of hide and seek with some dancers. Little boy Chunchu takes it upon himself to interrupt the party and remind their leader of the purpose of the army. Hey, it seems to get the job done as Nutty Buddy finally gets on a horse and leads the Sillans onward and upward. However, they don't get very far before Nutty Buddy stops everything to hold a banquet. When the generals dare to speak up in protest, Nutty Buddy has another psychotic episode and starts swinging a sword around. Chunchu cries. Nutty Buddy orders the army to turn around and head back to the capital.

Wolverine's Sister and Mohawk sneak into G-Town and set fire to the building where the food rations are stored. (That's a very small building to be holding enough food to feed a city.) While everyone is running to put the building out, the pair pour some poison into a well. Yushin spots and recognizes the two. He gives chase only to find he's been led into a trap. Gildal and his ninjas attempt to capture the prime minister's grandson. Yushin puts up a good fight but the ninjas are about to overwhelm him when Bihyeong suddenly appears and saves the day. Gildal and his posse give a good glare before retreating. Chandeok has Bihyeong arrested for being the king of bandits.

Nutty Buddy returns to Seorabeol and makes all kinds of excuses for why he didn't come to Gajamseong's aid. Queen Sado is back on the wedding kick but Deokman refuses to marry her uncle. Ah, we learn mini-me has a name: Seungman. The kid advises the queen that if the princess continues to be defiant, she needs to go.

Things are looking mighty grim at Gajamseong. Chandeok has Bihyeong released and orders the bandit and Yushin to escape with the city's children while the adults fight to the bitter end. Our heroes get the kids out to the countryside (good thing there weren't that many kids left), only to have Yushin turn around and head back to the doomed Gajamseong.

The King's Dream Episode 3

Did you know mandatory overtime is one of the Seven Deadly Sins? Yep, it's true.

 

 

Bihyeong holds his blade against Chunchu's throat, threatening to kill the boy unless the slaughter of the Gwimun stops. Since Yushin and the others are watching from behind nearby shrubbery, it's obvious this is a bluff on Bihyeong's part. It seems to pay off as Kim Yongchun orders the survivors to be released. Bihyeong expresses his digust at finding his brother is no better than the other low lifes at court and he cuts all family ties with Yongchun. Chunchu cries. (Because that's all he ever does is cry. Jeez, kid, man up.)

 

Back at court the talk is all about the possible marriage between Princess Deokman and Galmunwang. (I don't speak Korean but I'm beginning to think Galmunwang is a title rather than a name. The characters also refer to him as Gukban. I'm just going to call him Nutty Buddy and be done with it.) Queen Sado and her mini-me order Yongchun to make sure the marriage happens if he wants the queen to continue to protect Chunchu. 

 

Bihyeong and Kim Yushin go to the rocky shore to enjoy a beautiful sunset. The older man still wants the boy to join him and the remaining Gwimun. If Yushin changes his mind, he can send word to Bihyeong via Cheongwan. I'm still not sure who or what Cheongwan is. She seems to be some kind of Vestal Virgin and perhaps she's Bihyeong's daughter.

Sado is throwing a little get-together to announce the nuptials. Alcheon and the rest of the reform party formally protest the marriage. Sado calls in Yongchun and has him publicly declare his approval of the marriage, his wish to not have his son be considered as a potential crown prince, and swear his family's allegiance to Nutty Buddy. Nutty Buddy starts to cackle in the exact same way I do when I've had a little too much to drink.

Yet later at his father's tomb, Yongchun prays that he will put Chunchu on the throne but only when the time is right. For now he'll act the loyal dog. And once again someone failed to tie the cameraman down.

The Great Omniscient Voiceover gives us another update on what's going on around the peninsula. Basically the Baekje are causing trouble for Silla and are attacking the fortress at Gajamseong. King Jinpyeong wants to send reinforcements to the strategically important city, but Prime Minister Sukheuljong brings up the specter that if they send all the soldiers away then the Gwimun will attack the palace.

We get a flashback of how Kim Yushin's parents ran off together. Learning who his grandfather is, Yushin goes to confront the partying Prime Minister and take the old man to task for not sending reinforcements to Gajamseong. Frustrated that he's not getting anywhere, Yushin goes to Cheongwan (who is doing some kind of ceremonial fire dance) to arrange a meeting with Bihyeong. Yushin is anxious to get to Gajamseong. I guess he's planning to take on the Baekje single-handedly like he always does. Bihyeong makes the condition that if he takes Yushin to G-town, then Yushin will join the Gwimun. (I do wish these character and place names were a bit shorter.)

When Gildal learns Bihyeong and the Gwimun will be heading to G-town, he plots to use the Baekje to achieve his revenge against his old boss.

Chunchu goes to Princess Deokman to beg for her help in getting reinforcements sent. And yes, the wuss cries yet again. At this point I just want to slap this kid. Deokman plays the only card she really has. She refuses to marry Nutty Buddy until he personally takes troops to rescue the besieged Gajamseong.

Yushin and his gang are heading to G-town when they're surrounded by Gildal and his Baekje backup. Only at the last few minutes do we get any action this episode. I kinda miss the water ninjas already.


Many - well, several people can't help but compare The King's Dream to Queen Seondeok because they both contain the same characters. I have to admit the Deokman of this drama leaves me underwhelmed. She has no spunk or fire. And QSD's Chunchu didn't cry a river of tears every other scene he was in. 

The King's Dream Episode 2

As of this date I see only six episodes with English subtitles.

 

Kim Yushin and Gildal swing their respective weapons and miss each other entirely. (This either means they're that good or they're that bad at fighting.) The bigger Gildal manages to disarm Yushin and injure the boy. Just as Gildal's going in for the kill, Chunchu suddenly remembers he has a bunch of armed men just standing there doing nothing, so he orders them to attack. Gildal wraps himself up in his cloak right before he's struck with numerous arrows. The guards rush over and surround the human pincushion. An alive and unscathed Gildal erupts from the folds of his cloak (what is that thing made of?!) and butchers the hapless guards who deserved to die because they were absolutely useless. Well, not absolutely useless. While they kept Gildal occupied with their deaths, Yushin, Chunchu, and Chunmyung got the hell outta there.

 

The trio decide to split up since they know it's Chunchu the assassins are after. Yushin and Chunchu dash off in one direction, chased by ninjas with dogs. Since this isn't working, Yushin settles on splitting up again. He orders Chunchu to head down the mountain while he creates a diversion. Yushin is running through a creek when he's attacked by Wolverine's Korean sister. Then Gildal and his ninjas arrive to surround Yushin. The Golden Fox demands to know where Chunchu is but Yushin won't say. Gildal starts to slice the boy with his wicked halberd when Chunchu suddenly appears and stops the crazy blond. Gildal decides to strike Yushin in the back anyway. A crying Chunchu rushes over to hold his bleeding friend. Gildal begins to execute Chunchu as well when Bihyeong's hawk swoops in and attacks Gildal's face. Bad ass bird! Now the Gwimun swarm in and surround the ninjas.

 

Gildal refuses to surrender so everyone gets to splash around in the river and kill each other. ('Cause Koreans sure love to watch people sword fighting in water.) The tide turns against the ninjas, leaving only Gildal, Wolverine's sister, and Mohawk to retreat. Along the way, Gildal encounters his old boss, Bihyeong, standing next to a rugged waterfall. The two rivals fight, halberd against iron fan. Turns out the halberd has a hidden sword. Bihyeong manages to gain the sword and he thrusts it into the back of Gildal. The Golden Fox staggers, then falls over the side of the cliff. Bihyeong looks over the side but doesn't see a body.

 

Some good Gwimun located Chunmyung and reunite her with her son. Chunchu just cries and cries. You wuss. Bihyeong tells mother and son to return to Seorabeol. He'll treat Yushin's wounds back at their camp. As they're treating Yushin's back they discover... a tattoo? a birthmark? Anyway, there's something on his back that bald Nanseung declares is the Seven Stars. This means Yushin is very special.

 

Wolverine's sister and Mohawk find an injured Gildal further down the river.

 

At court the next day, King Jinpyeong demands to know who would dare attempt to kill Chunchu. Sukheuljong manages to point the finger at Bihyeong and convinces the king to send troops to execute this bandit king.

 

Yushin wakes up after ten days. Nanseung takes the boy for a tour around Gwimun headquarters where all sorts of stunt men and even stunt kids are training. Yushin's in heaven!

Queen Sado still has her hat set on getting the mentally unstable Galmunwang named crowned prince. A nervous Yongchun, worried about his son's safety, wishes to put a stop to having Chunchu named heir. It's announced that a healed Kim Yushin has returned to the fold.

King Jinpyeong throws a banquet. A bunch of brides break out into choreographed dance as the beguiling Cheongwan does a fan dance. Party pooper Chunchu says they shouldn't be having such a fancy banquet while the people are suffering. Galmunwang poops the party even more when he flies over the cuckoo's nest and starts killing people left and right. This is some party, Jinpyeong. Pat yourself on the back.

Despite this psychotic episode, Queen Sado won't give up her pipe dream of Galmunwang being king. Now she suggests Princess Deokman marry the nut and have his baby. (Every time they show this Queen Sado she's got this little girl standing behind her. The girl has yet to say anything but the camera keeps showing her to us. I still don't know her name but it's obvious she's going to be important later on.)

Yongchun goes to Queen Sado and gets down on his knees to beg her to spare his son's life, promising he'll do anything. (Kids, never ever say to someone, "I'll do anything.") Sado asks for him to bring her the head of Bihyeong.

An alive and well Gildal meets with Sukheuljong and offers his services in the destruction of the Gwimun.

Yongchun takes charge of the force of Hwarang that's being sent against the Gwimun. (I'm sorry but I can't take any of those soldiers seriously with all that mime makeup and silly helmets.) Not knowing today is the day, Yushin and Chunchu go to Gwimun headquarters to meet with Bihyeong and discuss morality.

The soldiers and Gildal's forces attack and are quite successful. After the battle, those that surrendered are gathered in the village square. Despite Yongchun wanting to spare the villagers, including the young children, Sukheuljong's orders were to kill everyone. As the bloodshed commences, Bihyeong and Chunchu show up. Bihyeong holds a sword to his nephew's throat (does Chunchu know the guy's his uncle?) and threatens to kill Chunchu if the mass murder isn't stopped.

The King's Dream Episode 1

This show has been on since September, yet very few episodes have been subbed. It's also known as The Great King's Dream, Dream of the Emperor, and Dream of the King.

 

 

Kim Yushin (played by Kim Yoo Suk) is addressing his men. He congratulates them on a recent victory, reminds them their main goal is to unite the Three Kingdoms (Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo) and to wipe out all the pro-Tang factions. Elsewhere, King Chunchu (played by Choi Soo Jung, who is sporting some big-ass gold earrings) is praying to the ancestors for help in unification when Yushin and his yelling men interrupt and start slaughtering people. Yushin's soldiers and Chunchu's guards face off as the two men meet face to face in the middle. Chunchu has taken off his big-ass gold earrings and donned his warrior guyliner, so you know he means business. Yushin is upset because of the Tang influence in the kingdom. He wants to kill them all. Chunchu asks for patience from his general, that he plans to use the Tang to unify the kingdoms. A thunderstorm breaks as the two men exchange sword blows.

 

The Great Omniscient Voiceover gives us a PowerPoint presentation on how things have been for the last couple of decades and who is fighting who. We now go live to 609 A.D. The Baekje are making a general nuisance of themselves as they conduct raids into Silla and capture hapless villagers. As they're marching their war booty back to the border, a lone warrior appears. It's a young Kim Yushin in mime makeup. (Oh, and he's played now by No Young Hak, who is also playing in The Great Seer. This is one busy kid.) He takes on the Baekje all by himself and is quite impressive (compared to the usual goofy roles I've seen Young Hak play) but eventually the odds are against him as he's greatly outnumbered. Yushin is being dragged along behind a horse when finally his old man, Kim Seohyeon, shows up with some soldiers. These particular Baekje are killed and the grateful villagers are returned home.

 

Mom Manmyeong is not happy her son has been running around in mime makeup and putting his life at risk. (Moms can be such a killjoy sometimes.) Seohyeon decides to send his son to Seorabeol, the Silla capital, and have Yushin join the Hwarangdo.

 

King Jinpyeong is holding court and discussing the Baekje problem. Reform leader Alcheon suggests the king name an heir. This throws the conservative party into a tizzy. In the end the king agrees to Alcheon's idea.

 

Country bumpkin Kim Yushin arrives in the big city and quickly his eye is caught by the lovely lass, Cheongwan. She's being harassed by some Hwarang which gives Yushin the opportunity to come to her aid and show off his fighting skills. Unfortunately, again, he's outnumbered. The only one to come to his aid is an even younger Chunchu, who gets no respect because he's not a royal prince. Turns out Chunchu's father, Kim Yongchun (played by Jung Dong Hwan, the sickly king of The Princess' Man), is an old friend of Seohyeon's and so Yushin will be staying with them. Thus begins the lifelong friendship of the Short and the Even Shorter.

 

Now we go to a guy with a hawk. This is Bihyeong (played by Jang Dong Jik), stepbrother of Kim Yongchun and leader of the Gwimun - a group of people with hairstyles straight out of a Japanese manga. They're discussing how Jinpyeong is trying to come up with an heir. Bihyeong's second in command, Gildal/Golden Fox (played by Lee Jung Yong), urges his leader to ride in and take the crown for himself. Bihyeong has no interest in becoming king. Not happy with a leader with no ambition, Gildal talks with his own clique about getting rid of Bihyeong and becoming king himself.

 

There's talk about King Jinpyeong adopting Chunchu and making the boy the royal heir. Queen Sado, is so not down with that. She would rather have the king's brother, Galmunwang, named as heir since he's the only other male with royal blood. Problem is, Galmunwang is nuttier than a fruitcake.

 

Bihyeong and Yongchun have a secret night meeting. Bihyeong wants to help make Chunchu the royal heir so their family can regain the throne. (Yongchun and Bihyeong's father, Jinji, was the king who was deposed to make way for Jinpyeong.) On his way back home, Bihyeong is attacked by water ninjas. He fights them off with his iron fan. Soldiers arrive and throw a net over him, but Bihyeong uses his fan to cut the ropes and free himself. The soldiers and ninjas had been sent by Sukheuljong, leader of the conservative party.

 

Yushin isn't allowed to join the Hwarangdo because of his father ran off with Sukheujong's daughter, Manmyeong.

 

Queen Sado plots to eliminate her problem by eliminating Chunchu. She recruits Gildal and his non-Korean hair to do the dirty work.

 

We finally get to see Prince Deokman, and no, she's not a long-lost twin disguising herself as a boy. She publicly supports her father in naming Chunchu as heir while harboring secret ambitions for herself.

 

Sukheujong has his own secret meeting with Gildal.

 

Bihyeong is out fishing when he's joined by Cheongwan, the girl who has stolen Yushin's heart. Suddenly they're attacked by more water ninjas! (Bihyeong, stay away from water, for God's sake!) He's fights them off with his fishing pole, while other Gwimun men and women come to his defense. Cheongwan just stands there. After killing all the ninjas, they figure out Gildal is behind the attack, which means Yongchun and Chunchu are in danger.

 

Chunchu and his mother are having tea with Queen Sado. She's talking down to him, explaining his grandfather was deposed because he was a tyrant. Chunchu dares to argue with the old woman.

 

Since he can't get into the Hwarangdo, Yushin is ready to give up and go back home. He's standing outside getting his horse ready when one of Bihyeong's people comes running up. She's looking for Yongchun and Chunchu to warn them they're in danger. Of course this mean Yushin must spring into action.

 

Chunchu and his entourage are heading back home when Gildal and his ninjas attack. Chunchu's guards are next door to useless as you can see them shaking in their boots. Gildal assures them he won't kill anyone if they'll just hand over the boy. Otherwise, the Golden Fox will slaughter them all. This is when a lone Kim Yushin rides up and hits Gildal with a spear. Gildal may be down but he's not out. He pulls the spear from his chest and gets back up, threatening to cut Yushin up into little pieces. Yushin grabs a sword, Gildal grabs a wicked-looking halberd, and both run at each other in slow motion.

 

Gosh, plenty of action going on here, but someone needs to tie that cameraman down. The camera just keeps going around and around and around....  I'm getting dizzy.

Darna Episode 12

It didn't take long to get to the Evil Darna episode.

The story so far: Gabriel has learned the truth about Roma and her evil imp twin and now the hottie is a total crum bum. I'm sorely disappointed he turned on her so quickly. The imp has managed to get on Darna's back and is now working his wiles on our heroine.

Darna falls out of the sky and lands unconscious in front of the churchgoers who were just about to attend mass. Naturally the crowd gathers around her to gawk and take pictures. Only Father Mateo bothers to shoo the crowd back so he can check on Darna. Those dimwits from the paper are racing to the church to cover the story. For some reason big-boobed Francesca is dressed up in a knock-off Darna costume. I'm just waiting for her to have a wardrobe malfunction.

When Darna wakes up, the imp appears and convinces her the people don't care about her and she should attack. Eduardo and Valentina are in the crowd of onlookers and you would think Eduardo would recognize the face of the woman he claims to love, but nooooo. Carding tries to talk to Darna but the imp knocks the boy aside. Then the imp's extremely long and flexible arms whip out and grab Eduardo by the throat. This causes Valentina's snakes to start sneaking out of her wig as she leaps to defend her man (who isn't her man.) The imp lets go of Eduardo, grabs Valentina instead, and Darna flies them all over to a side yard where she can toss Valentina up against the brick wall of the church. Some cops try to shoot at Darna but the imp simply grabs their guns from their hands and fires back.

A dazed and befuddled Roma shows up at the church and that rotten Gabriel blames her for all this trouble.

The imp is trying to convince Darna to kill the unconscious Valentina when Filipino Isis appears and reminds Darna of how good she is. This brings Darna back to her senses and she tosses the imp to the ground.

As the newspaper chief, Crisanto, interviews the eyewitnesses, it becomes clear that the people have turned against Darna, thinking she's evil now. Carding quickly comes to her defense, reminding them all that he was once under the sway of the imp and did terrible things. It's not Darna's fault, it's the monster's. This gets Gabriel to thinking about Roma's situation. (It's too late, Gabriel. I hate you.)

A crying Roma runs deep into the forest. She sobs aloud how tired she is of being evil, how hard she tried to be good. She just wants to die.

Darna grabs a handy pitchfork (all churches have those, right?) and stabs the imp in the belly. Somewhere in the woods, Roma also grabs herself in sympathy pains. The imp twitches, then falls still. Darna's first kill! Roma falls unconscious to the ground in front of a large cave. Oh no! Looks like that horny Cobra Commander has found himself another girlfriend!

Dr. Morgan hears about the imp's death and quickly schemes to get a hold of the body.

Valentina has been playing the sympathy card for some time in order to get Eduardo back. Now that she came to his defense and saved his life, things are really swinging her way. Even Narda (reluctantly) urges Eduardo to be with Valentina.

To celebrate their paper being number one because of the Darna coverage, Crisanto throws an office party. He overhears Gabriel pouring out all his woes to Francesca concerning Roma being the imp's twin. He even has photographic evidence of the two together, which he gives to Francesca.

Back in his mad scientist lab, mad scientist Dr. Morgan starts to cut open the imp's body when *poof* the imp's eyes pop open. What does it take to kill this thing?

Father Mateo is praying when a delirious Roma stumbles back into the church. She has no memory of what happened to her in the cave. (Hon, I don't think you want to know what happened to you.)

Carding catches Narda transforming into Darna.

The Great Seer Episode 7

The good news is despite Hurricane Sandy, the DramaFever gang was still able to sub and post the latest episode. More power to them. Seriously, more power to them, as well as more water and food. Also, there was a lot more going on in this episode compared to the last one, so no zombies were required.

 

 

Ji Sang proves his worth to Jong Dae by showing off his flim flam finesse of fortune telling. Its not so much supernatural powers as powers of observation. He's like the Goryeo Sherlock Holmes. So the shady Jong Dae takes the orphan boy into his home and helps polish up Ji Sang's scamming skills.

 

General Lee Sung Gye continues to try to find out just what Ja Mi Won is and why everyone is looking for "it". This is brought to the attention of both high priestess Soo Ryun Gae as well as King Kongmin. The king has Sung Gye investigated for possible treason.

 

When Young Ji learns about this, she takes it upon herself to go see the general and find out what he knows. From him Young Ji learns Ryun Gae was telling the truth about Dong Yoon being dead. However, Sung Gye says the dead man's son got away, which counters Ryun Gae's claim that Ji Sang was dead as well.

 

Young Ji returns to Seowon to find Queen Noguk has come for a visit. The queen says she's been feeling rather odd lately and asks Young Ji to investigate to see who may be trying to prevent Noguk from getting pregnant. In secrecy, Young Ji (with a small bird) goes to spend the night in the queen's chamber while Noguk stays elsewhere. In the morning, feeling the strange effects herself, Young Ji wakes to find the canary in a coalmine is dead, he's ceased to be, he's expired and gone to meet his maker. Suspecting the high priestess, Young Ji has her men secretly keep a watch on Ryun Gae and her household.

 

Ryun Gae, meanwhile, doesn't have a clue and asks about the drugs they've been putting on the queen's coals. Amazon replies they're almost out of the main ingredient. She'll have to go get some more from Jong Dae.

 

Speaking of Jong Dae, he's got a funny feeling in his ass. I Kid You Not. He really does say this, that when his ass crack feels this way, there's going to be trouble. He insists on leaving the house by himself to take care of business. Suspicious, Ji Sang follows him. Amazon, who seems to have no Amazon warrior mastery of knowing when she's being shadowed, goes to the drop-off place in the market. Jong Dae, acting like he's shopping, puts down the box of secret ingredients so he can look at some material. Ji Sang sees this. He also sees that the Amazon has several tails. (So this kind of means Ji Sang is a better Amazon than Amazon is.) Jong Dae walks away, leaving the box behind. Before Amazon can casually pick up the box, Ji Sang runs out and grabs it instead, whispering to the Amazon she's being followed. Before either one can make a clean getaway, the men step forward and take the two into custody. Once again Ji Sang has an opportunity to whisper to Amazon. He tells her he won't say a thing under interrogation. In return he asks for the chance to work for her organization.

 

Young Ji has the ingredients in the box tested and once again a small animal's life is sacrificed. She determines the toxic herbs come only from China. Young Ji goes to question Amazon, who remains a cool customer with ready answers for everything. Young Ji then has Ji Sang brought before her for questioning. He claims to be a simple thief who grabbed the box only because he thought it was valuable.

 

The interrogation is interrupted by Ryun Gae. She threatens to reveal to the king that Young Ji lied to him about Ja Mi Won if she doesn't get her Amazon back. Young Ji threatens back to reveal the high priestess of the land had a baby, a major no-no. Young Ji goes back to the torture chamber and has her own son beaten in order to try and get answers from him. He manages to not say anything. With a sudden change of heart, Young Ji orders the boy to be cut down and treated for his wounds.

 

Elsewhere, another scam artist arrives on the scene. A young monk, Shin Don, is telling a girl's fortune by sniffing her foot. Okay, he's kinda weird. Good looking, but weird. There are a line of potential customers outside who are dispersed by angry monk Moo Hak. He's not happy the young monk is in the area. Shin Don claims he's here to make Goryeo a better place for all. The two men stick fight. Moo Hak has the experience to beat the young monk down and run him off.

 

Ban Ya (that poor, poor girl I feel so sorry for) manages to escape her filthy captors. She encounters Shin Don in the forest and he further helps her to get away.

 

Young Ji sees a maid high-tailing it from the building where Ji Sang is being treated. Young Ji rushes in to find the boy is about to dig into a meal. She demands to know who said the boy could eat something. The guard stammers out he thought she ordered the food for the boy. Young Ji pushes Ji Sang aside and tests the food. Sure enough, its poisoned. She orders her men to keep an eye on the maid and follow her.

 

The maid runs straight to Ryun Gae's house, which doesn't make the high priestess very happy. Young Ji and her men surround Ryun Gae's house, demanding to search it for the maid. Ryun Gae says they're messing around with the high priestess of the country, and all without permission from the king. This is enough to make the head guard kind of nervous, so Young Ji goes to get the queen's help in this.

 

At the same time, in high priestess mode, Ryun Gae goes to see King Kongmin. She tells him she's had a vision that the Ja Mi Won he has is a fake. (So she wasn't bluffing earlier.) Devastated that Young Ji lied to him, Kongmin orders her arrest. Lee In Im makes his one and only appearance in this episode to fuss at Ryun Gae for telling the king about the fake Ja Mi Won. Oh yeah, and Ryun Gae has Moo Yung kill the maid. 

 

Jung Geun is desperate to see his mother, Young Ji, but no one will let him in. He goes to the one powerful person in the land he thinks will help him. That would be none other than his real mother, Soo Ryun Gae.

Office Girls Episode 14

I'm quite depressed. The ugly spectre of mandatory overtime has once again raised its vile head. Let's see if Office Girls can cheer me up. Oh, and DON'T buy Hanes T-shirts ever, ever, ever. The first wash and already the hem is unraveling. Damn you, cheap Hanes T-shirts!

 

Qin Zi Qi wakes up in Shen Xing Ren's apartment to find she's left him some breakfast. Just as he's about to dig in, Moma Shen suddenly drops in for a visit. She asks him if he knew about Xing Ren's potential trip to France and how he feels about it. She also gives him that old speech of the doomed, "If anything happens to me, please take care of my daughter."

 

When Xing Ren comes home from work, Moma Shen gives her a bank book. Over the years Moma Shen has managed to save up five million dollars ($170,000 in US - still nothing to sneeze at in my little world) so if Xing Ren was going to go to Paris simply for the money, she doesn't have to worry about it anymore. Moma Shen asks Zi Qi if his friend Paul still has that house up for sale.

 

The next day Paul shows them around the home. Moma is eager to sign the contract right now, but Xing Ren stops her. She doesn't feel right using her mother's money. Moma suggests she could make the down payment on the house a wedding present. Zi Qi looks eager while Xing Ren looks prickly.

 

Wei Mi Na pressures Xing Ren for a decision. Not next week, not tomorrow - now. They do manage a compromise. Mi Na offers to take Xing Ren to the New York Fashion Week and see how everything goes.

 

Xing Ren and Moma Shen have a talk about Zi Qi (who is eavesdropping) and Xing Ren admits she's not sure if he's really serious about a relationship.

 

Shi Te Long doesn't want to give Xing Ren her two weeks' vacation time, which she'll use for the trip to New York, claiming it's almost the busy Christmas sale time. He can't afford to have her gone at this most critical time. However, if she were to help fix him up with Le Le, he would be oh so helpful then.

 

Zi Qi steps in and reminds Te Long he is abusing his authority and workers in order to get girls. Not only does Te Long not deny doing this, he revels in it. He proudly proclaims he'll abuse his authority as long as he can, while he can. Zi Qi then reveals he recorded their conversation on his cell phone and threatens to play it for the higher-ups. Te Long relents on giving Xing Ren her vacation. Xing Ren is confused. One moment Zi Qi is telling her not to go, the next moment he's helping her out so she can go.

 

We get basically a music video next. Nothing much happens as Xing Ren and Zi Qi think and think.

 

It's the end of the month and Zi Qi is pretty low on funds. He still asks Xing Ren out for dinner - of rice balls and V8 juice. He reminisces about their adventures from the past thirteen episodes. He tells her to go to France and not to worry about him. He can do his own laundry and cook his own spaghetti. Just remember, he'll be waiting here for her. Zi Qi then presents her with a bouquet... of broccoli (remember, he's broke) and a fake scratch off lottery ticket. Xing Ren scratches it off to find she's won first prize = Qin Zi Qi. He moves in slowly, slowly, slowly... Damnit, just kiss the girl already! I ain't got all night.

 

The next morning our couple waltzes into work holding hands. The moment is ruined, of course, by the return of that Zheng Kai Er. I could so do without her. Xing Ren leaves first so they can talk. Kai Er seems to have gotten over her broken heart rather quickly. She's more interested in finding out if Director Qin has taken a look at her USB drive she had Zi Qi give to him. Zi Qi says he'll find out.

 

Director Qin calls in his old friend, HR VP Feng Ren Yue to look at the contents of Kai Er's flash drive. Ren Yue appears shocked at what she sees. Qin tells her to keep the flash drive in a safe place and tell no one (including the audience) what she's seen.