Darna Episode 25

The story so far: Serpina escaped Cobra Commander's cave. Carding found the sickly girl in the woods and took her back to the orphanage. Valentina tries to cure Serpina and gets totally freaked out by the girl. Mad Scientist Dr. Morgan puts a shock collar on Hawk Woman so Shiro can control her. Eduardo is starting to exhibit unusual strength. Turns out that sour puss Miss Perfecta was briefly married to Armida's ex-boyfriend. You know, the one Hawk Woman picked up and dropped on his head on his wedding day. 

Shiro continues to torture/train Hawk Woman. She learns her brother is still alive.

Valentina returns to the orphanage claiming she just wants to check up on how Serpina is doing. The young girl is silent and won't talk to anyone yet Valentina can read her mind. When she grabs Serpina's arm, the connection allows Valentina to see the memory of when Serpina found that pod thingy with Valentina's mother inside. Valentina goes to dig up her mother's grave and indeed she finds it empty.

Hawk Woman is able to escape her captors. She'll come back for them later, but right now she wants vengeance against Father Mateo. He's been feeling guilty that because of him innocent people were harmed by Hawk Woman's wrath, therefore he announces to his parishioners he's going to resign from the church and go hide somewhere far away. But it's too little too late as right then Hawk Woman appears.

Father Mateo begs for forgiveness but Hawk Woman ain't handing it out. Miss Perfecta angrily confronts Armida for killing her husband. Hawk Woman simply picks them both up and flies away with the elderly couple. Narda is in the congregation and is finally able to slip away and become Darna.

High up in the fake sky, Hawk Woman teases Darna to make a choice as to who she'll save, then drops both of them. At least Father Mateo is quick enough to grab onto Hawk Woman's leg. Darna swoops in and is able to catch Miss Perfecta before she goes splat. Father Mateo begs his sister to stop committing sins. She reminds him of how he once dropped her and she goes flying even higher, Mateo clinging to her ankle for dear life.

A filthy Valentina, searching for her mother, returns to Snake Cave and finds the pod that contains Consuela's body. She tries to revive her mother but to no avail. Fearing she'll be caught by Cobra, Valentina leaves and tries to come up with a plan to free her mother. 

After handing an unconscious Perfecta off to Gabriel, Darna flies back up to confront Hawk Woman. What is that in her hands. Is that a manhole cover? Yes, I believe it is. Darna flings the manhole cover at Hawk Woman, injurying her. Mateo is knocked loose and freefalls back to earth. Darna is able to grab him but he's far from thankful for her interfering. He actually wanted to die and perhaps appease his crazy sister.

Since she lost her brother, Hawk Woman moves on to Vengeance #2: Shiro. Alicia (wearing yet another hat) understands that Hawk Woman will be back and she urges Shiro and his gang to vacate their hideout immediately. As they're driving away, Hawk Woman lands in front of their car. Shiro uses a machine gun against her but Hawk Woman is fast enough to dodge all the bullets. Alicia, grabbing a gun from a dead and unimportant gang member, orders Shiro to get away while she keeps Hawk Woman busy. Hawk Woman smacks Alicia around a bit before Darna is able to once again show up with no explanation of how she knew where to be.

Shiro and his gang make it to an airport and get on a private plane. He doesn't seem all that concerned about going back to help his mother. Interestingly it is Liberty, Shiro's moll, who chooses to stay behind to try to find Alicia. I don't know why Shiro thinks he can get away in an airplane as Hawk Woman easily catches up to him. Hawk Woman pushes a button on her wrist control panel and... what the hell? Is that a missile launcher coming up on her shoulder? Dr. Morgan must have put it there when he did some modifications. Still, where does it fit on her bionic flight suit?

No! Must stop asking logical questions!

Hawk Woman launches a rocket at the airplane. The engine explodes in a ball of fire and the plane nosedives, crashing in the thick jungle. Hawk Woman and Darna have a staring contest up in the sky. Down at the crash sight something strange begins to happen. The ground shakes and green light bursts upwards to form a wormhole. Is this Tree Woman returning? Oh, I hope it's Tree Woman.

While Darna and Hawk Woman tussle up above, we see Shiro somehow has survived the fiery crash. Father Mateo worries that Darna may kill his sister. Hawk Woman shoots daggers at Darna. Darna is able to catch one and throw it back, hitting Hawk Woman in the chest. Armida plummets to the ocean and sinks down to Davey Jones' Locker. 

Darna goes to check on Shiro. He's dying and repentant, asking Darna to tell his mother he's sorry. Darna returns his body to his mother. Alicia blames Darna for not saving her son like she asked. Then Father Mateo shows up and yells at Darna for killing his sister. Everyone's turning against her. 

An upset Darna goes for counseling from Filipino Isis. She just basically tells Darna you can't please all of the people all of the time. Thanks alot, Filipino Isis. Darna notices she hasn't regained her power of speed, thus Hawk Woman must not be dead. 

The King's Dream Episode 11

Chunchu wakes up to discover his best buddy's sister is in his bed. Munhui, you have just taken advantage of an inebriated man who you know is married and is about to become a father. Congratulations - you are officially a Skank. Ah, and here comes big brother himself. Munhui quickly hides and Chunchu tells Yushin he's got to get to the office, bye! Yushin starts to leave when he just happens to notice a woman's earring on the floor.

As Munhui tries to sneak back to her quarters she is caught by Bohui, the non-skanky sister. Munhui makes up an excuse of where she was all last night. Bohui notices the other girl is missing an earring.

Princess Deokman asks both Chunchu and Yushin to train her half-brother, Boro. She still considers him to be the next in line to the throne. Naturally Queen Seungman hears about this and is not pleased. She gives orders to someone named Myorang to take care of this little problem. 

Next on Seungman's agenda is to meet with Bohui and Skankhui and choose who will be the new royal concubine. She puts the girls to a test. Several objects are brought out and the girls are told to pick what they think is important to a concubine. Bohui chooses a mirror while Munhui picks out a dagger. Seungman goes batshit crazy on Munhui, accusing her of thinking she'll replace Seungman as queen. Calm down, woman! Munhui manages to survive this encounter with a crazy woman, but something tells me there will be a next time.

As part of his training, Chunchu takes Boro to see a circus. Is that girl spinning on her chin? Cool. During the performance, Chunchu realizes he's been robbed. He orders the guards to keep an eye on Boro while he alone goes after the pickpocket. Chunchu gets a chicken thrown at him. Then he has a peasant thrown at him. When he finally takes the pickpocket down, the thief confesses to being paid to lure Chunchu away. The incompetent guards he left behind come running up to check on him, disobeying his orders to stay with the boy.

Boro is invited to be a part of a magic act. Ah, it's the old "Stick the boy in a wicker basket and make him disappear" trick. Boryang asks where her son is and a suspicious man, Mocheok, offers to lead her to him. The stupid woman follows. Chunchu has to ask Yushin and the Hwarang for help in finding the pair. Luckily they get a tip right away.

In a smokey forest, a tied up Boro and Boryang are told by Mocheok that it was Queen Seungman who ordered their fate. Myorang shows up and rightfully scolds the guy for telling the prisoners everything. Myorang is sharpening her tiny spear and getting ready to kill Boryang when Yushin and his multi-colored Hwarang show up. Myorang was expecting him and calls up her own reinforcements - forest ninjas. You know what this means. Time to twirl and leap and swordfight their ever-lovin' hearts out.

Yushin and Myorang face off in their own private twirling and leaping duel. While everyone is busy killing each other, Chunchu sneaks up and frees the prisoners. Myorang sees them escaping and goes after them. She's able to throw one of her little spears and hit Boryang in the back. With her dying (and bloody) breath, Boryang tells Chunchu to keep on going and keep Boro safe. 

Chunchu picks up the boy and starts running. As always happens in these Kdramas, the trail runs out and they end up trapped on the edge of a high cliff. Myorang throws another spear at them just as Chunchu jumps into the river below. Thank goodness Chunchu's eyeliner is waterproof.

They make it back to the palace although Boro is in critical condition. When he finally wakes up, Seungman and Deokman are at his bedside. Seeing the queen and knowing she's the one who ordered his death, Boro's eyes roll to the back of his head and he faints dead away. (I'm sorry but this child actor is simply horrible.) 

Chunchu tries to interrogate the magician who was part of the plot, but the guy is a foreigner and doesn't speak the language. A random non-white guy! Right in the middle of the things Chunchu is interrupted by a visit from Munhui. (They finally dyed her hair to match her wig. Good. Her two-toned hair annoyed me.) Chunchu doesn't remember anything from that night and begs to know if he did anything wrong. Munhui doesn't tell him about their wild and sloppy encounter. 

Just then his very pregnant wife, Bora, comes across them. A guilty Chunchu is about to confess to his wife but Munhui quickly covers for him. The married couple go inside. Suddenly Munhui feels nauseous, and not because she's upset. (Wow, that was quick. You are one fertile man, Chunchu.) And who should be watching all this from (not very) afar but Myorang, who quickly figures out there's something going on between Chunchu and Munhui. She reports back to Seungman. 

The decision is made that Munhui will be the new royal concubine. She is officially presented to Deokman and Seungman. Check out that wig on Seungman. Check it out! Munhui can hold back no longer. She blurts out she can't be a concubine because she's pregnant. Comical shocked faces all around. Seungman goes batshit crazy again.

Munhui's family demands to know who the father is but she keeps her lips sealed. Bohui tells her brother Yushin about how Munhui didn't come home that one night and was missing an earring. Perhaps she gave it to her lover. This reminds Yushin of the earring he found in the room where Chunchu was sleeping it off. 

Yushin confronts his sister with his findings. Munhui begs him to not reveal Chunchu's part in this scandal. She's willing to die in order to protect his reputation. 

Bora is gossiping with her husband which is how Chunchu learns about Munhui's pregnancy and impending doom. 

Yushin has Munhui tied to a stake on top of a woodpile and set on fire. Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Princess Deokman shows up and orders this travesty to be stopped but Yushin won't obey her. Then Chunchu arrives. He screams no and runs toward the burning Munhui. The camera starts spinning around. Hadn't seen that move in awhile. Didn't miss it.

A Hundred Year's Inheritance (Abridged) Episode 13

Chae Won officially surrenders in order to save her father. EMIL, after first taking out the battery from Chae Won's phone (just in case), finally speaks. She'll save Chae Won's dad but this time instead of Chae Won asking for the divorce, EMIL wants her to make Chul Goo so miserable that he's the one who wants to break up.

Se Yoon is having a snack with his family when he gets the call about Chae Won's dad being freed. Se Yoon's dad wonders if the guy Choon Hee was so worried about is someone she might marry. After what happened last time...   Se Yoon starts to ask "What do you mean, 'what happened last time'" but Clingy Mother cuts the conversation off. The adults decide it isn't a story their (adult) child should hear.

Chae Won returns home to find her husband is wearing some hideous pants. Are those the "meggings" I've been hearing about? She immediately starts picking a fight with her husband per her secret agreement with EMIL. Looks like its working. That Chul Goo is so easy to manipulate.

Chul Goo goes back to his favorite pastime: drinking. Chae Won tells him she already had the divorce papers filled out, all he has to do is sign them and have the papers filed at court. Chul Goo agrees that night, but in the morning when he's sobered up he changes his mind yet again and won't sign. Chae Won has to pick another fight just to get him in the right frame of mind to do her/EMIL's bidding. 

Chae Won and Chul Goo walk down the steps outside the courthouse. Finally it is a done deal! Good riddance to bad rubbish. Hopefully the story will move on now.

Se Yoon is...  what the hell is he wearing?! Who is in charge of the costumes on this show? They need to be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail. Anyway, Se Yoon is about to go out somewhere with Joo Ri when he gets a call from Chae Won. He immediately drops Joo Ri to run and meet the other woman at a nearby cafe. Chae Won is returning a handkerchief to him she had gotten snot and tears all over. She also thanks him for helping out with her dad. He's still under the impression she and her husband are emigrating soon. Chae Won doesn't do anything to correct his mistake or tell him she just got divorced. As a parting gift they buy each other Hello Kitty key rings.

Chae Won returns to her room to pack her one and only suitcase. Guess she didn't accrue much of anything for the past three years. EMIL comes in and tries to give Chae Won some money for her troubles (aka marriage) but Chae Won refuses. Instead she once again (weakly) swears she'll have her vengeance.

Zero Hour Episode 1

If Dan Brown's long-lost evil Siamese twin brother wrote a TV script...

Germany, 1938. A Catholic priest urges a group of men to hurry up with their clock making. Another man comes in to warn the priest that the Nazis have made a break-through, thus fulfilling the Biblical prophecies of the End Times. The mystery man sneaks the priest into a secret Nazi experimental hospital. They go to a room where a young baby, supposedly not born the old fashioned way, is sleeping. The baby opens its eyes and Ah!, it has no irises! Mystery Man and Priest are discovered and must make a run for it. 

Mystery Man and Priest meet with their fellow Rosicrucians. They must preserve "that thing" which is hidden below the cathedral. They bring up "that thing" (which is a big ass thing) to hide it away somewhere else before it falls into the hands of the Nazis or its the end of the world, yadda, yadda, yadda. You know the drill. Oh, turns out a Nazi officer is also a Rosicrucian and has come to warn them the enemy is right behind him.

Just as they get "that thing" loaded onto a truck, the Stormtroopers arrive. The truck gets away but the rest of the Rosicrucians (including Priest and Mystery Man) are shot to death.

Brooklyn, present day. Our hero, Hank Galliston, and his loving wife Laila are hitting the rummage sales down along the riverside. Hank has to leave and go back to his office at Modern Skeptic Magazine. (Yeah, I bet that's a big seller.) Laila spots an intriguing clock on one of the tables. 

Hank has a staff of young and attractive magazine writers. I'm a skeptic already. He receives a phone call from his wife who runs a store that repairs old time pieces. (Yeah, I bet that's a big money maker.) She's hiding in her office as someone is breaking stuff out in the shop. Laila begs her husband to call the police. (Why didn't you call the police, Laila?) By the time Hank rushes over to her shop, Laila has disappeared.

Hank returns home to find his staff of young and attractive writers are there to comfort him. Since he doesn't think the police are going to do much good, it's up to Hank and the Attractions to solve this mystery. Just as he notices the intriguing square clock sitting on the counter, the FBI stop by to ask some questions. Agent Rebecca Riley shows Hank a security camera video of the man who forced Laila into the trunk of his car. Out in the open, in broad daylight. Nobody saw this?

The man is known as "White Vincent", a well-known international mercenary. Offended that the FBI are suspicious of Laila's possible connection to a terrorist, Hank quickly shuffles them out the door. Time to get to work on that clock he noticed earlier. He figures his wife must have bought it at the flea market after he left her. 

Hank opens the clock's innards up and discovers a diamond inside. As he uses a flashlight to look closer at the flawed diamond, a map is flashed up against the wall. They take a picture of the map and go to consult with a priest at the New York Institute of Theological Studies. (Its only logical. Who else would you go to about a map on a diamond but a priest?) The priest determines the language on the map is one that hasn't been used since the second century and that the map was created by the Rosicrucians. (I have to quarrel here. The priest has to briefly explain to Hank and the Attractions who the Rosicrucians are. Everybody knows who Rosicrucians are, and someone working at something called Modern Skeptic Magazine should definitely already know who the Rosicrucians are.)

Hank gets a call from White Vincent. He wants the clock or Laila dies. A meeting is arranged in a park at four o'clock. Hank is all ready to make the exchange. Luckily this priest is pretty smart and points out there's no way this international terrorist would allow either Laila or Hank to live since they can ID him. This Priest suggests they keep the diamond.

Hank and the Attractions (Who is running the magazine while they're all out running around?) tell Agent Riley about Vincent calling but say he was asking for cash. Riley is skeptical (ha) that Vincent wants a ransom when he already has lots of money. 

With the FBI keeping tabs on him, Hank goes to the rendezvous point. He gets a call from Vincent directing him to go somewhere else. The FBI think they've got a trace on where Vincent is calling from and go to invade the building. Meanwhile, Vincent calls again and tells Hank to go to a nearby coffee shop. The two men are still on the phone with each other when Hank stops to tie his shoe, yet Vincent tells him to keep on walking like he is. Hank realizes the mercenary can't see him. 

The FBI bursts into an empty office only to find a video camera set up to view the park below. Vincent is watching the camera on his iPad while he sits outside the Institute where the priest with the diamond is. It gets even worse. We learn the priest's name is Mickle. Mickle? What kind of name is that?

Realizing what's going on, Hank rushes to the Institute to find a bloody Mickle on the floor. The diamond is gone.

The Attractions (who have no life but to follow Hank around everywhere) convince their boss to go back and study the pictures of the map. Something referred to as "New Bartholomew" on the map is the key here. If they can find Bart, perhaps they'll find Vincent and Laila. Hank goes to arrange travel to the North Pole where New Bartholomew is said to be located. He orders the Attractions to stay in Brooklyn and find out who made the clock in the first place and why.

At the airport Hank learns Agent Riley will be on the flight with him, following his every move. Back at the office, the Attractions have discovered the clockmaker's name inscribed inside and he happens to still be alive and in Bavaria. Good thing the magazine makes enough money to pay for all these airplane tickets.

Meanwhile, at Iqaluit, Nunavut, Vincent is scratching on a mirror. Hit the mute! Hit the mute! Oh, but then he takes off his colored contacts to reveal - he has no irises! Is he the baby from the beginning? 

Hank and Riley hire a local plane to fly them up to the North Pole. They land on the ice and Hank spies something partly buried up ahead. It's a Nazi submarine and its in pretty good shape. Inside they find the frozen bodies of the crew. They're in pretty good shape as well, what with being frozen for nearly 75 years.

The Attractions have flown to Bavaria and tracked down the clockmaker. Good thing he speaks fluent English and is willing to spill his guts. He explains New Bartholomew isn't a city but a person. In 1938, with the future of the world in doubt, the Rosicrucians decided to create 12 new apostles. Each new apostle got a clock. Our Bavarian clockmaker made the clock for the New Bartholomew who turns out to be... 

the Rosicrucian Nazi officer from the beginning...

who is found frozen on the Nazi submarine...

and he looks just like Hank.

Just then Vincent drives up to the submarine. Did you know you could just simply drive up to the North Pole? According to this you can.

Spiral Episode 1

The bloody nude body of a young white woman is discovered at the dump. Her face has been smashed in and her nipples cut off. Eww. The police are on the scene collecting evidence. Captain Laure Berthaud fills in the new prosecutor on what little they know about the unidentified victim. 

After the opening credits, we see the new prosecutor dealing with some outraged parents whose daughter claims her teacher, Mrs. Sauvanet, dressed up as a witch and hit the girl with a broom. The parents have gotten a petition together to try and get Sauvanet replaced. And this has what to do with what?

Down at the morgue the M.E., Marquant, is trying to carefully remove a bag that was placed over the dead woman's head. (Is this going to be gross? Do I need to look away?) Ah, it is gross! Even Capt. Berthaud has to look away. For the second time it is mentioned the dead woman must have been beautiful, hence the ferocity of the attack towards her face. However Marquant says the wounds to her face were done after she was dead.

More gross stuff goes on. The X-Rays show the woman once had a broken leg that was put back together with a plate and screws. The M.E. hopes to use this as a means of identifying the woman. Why we have to see him actually remove it, I don't know. Anyway, there is Cyrillic writing on the plate so they're working on the theory the woman is from a former Communist country.

Berthaud's lieutenant has to leave the room before he passes out. I can't blame him but Berthaud does, fussing at him that this isn't his first autopsy. 

Back to the prosecutor and some Law & Order: French Division. He's arguing a case in court against a couple who sound like a pair of gems. They tied some guy to a radiator and slashed him with a carpet knife. When the couples' lawyer stands up to begin his defense, Mr. Escudie suddenly clutches his chest and falls to the floor dead. You'd think this would be enough to stop the proceedings, but Escudie's partner, Miss Karlsson, takes over the case and is confident she can get an acquittal. No one seems to mourn the passing of Mr. Escudie.

Back to the dead girl that they now believe was an Eastern European prostitute. The prosecutor (if he has a name I still haven't caught it) asks Berthaud if she got his message about the teacher case. If there is supposed to be an attraction between Berthaud and the prosecutor, I ain't feelin' it. Yeah he's a good looking guy, but when its not there, its not there.

We go to a rather small apartment where a man and a woman are discussing the murder of the girl. The man is a cop and the woman is a prostitute he's hoping to get more information from. Perhaps she knew the dead woman or has heard something out on The Street. The washed-up hooker offers him some coke, and I don't mean the kind you pour over ice cubes. 

Back to the courthouse where Karlsson has indeed won her case. Now here I can feel the attraction between her and Prosecutor With No Name. Unfortunately this means Prosecutor is free to get back to the teacher case. What has this got to do with anything? Mrs. Sauvanet claims she never dressed up as a witch but she does use a puppet witch in her classroom. Both the Prosecutor and I find Sauvanet a bit off her rocker from the things she says. 

Berthaud's team has learned a young Romanian woman, Sofia Andrescu, has been reported missing although she doesn't quite fit the profile of the dead woman. Berthaud notices one of her guys isn't acting quite right. That would be Coke Cop. 

A skinny guy is about to pick the lock to an apartment when he's scared off by the approach of the elevator. It's Berthaud and Coke Cop come to interview Sofia's sister, Elina, who was the person who reported Sofia missing. Elina doesn't answer the door but a passing neighbor is just chocked full of information about the woman, like how she reads Balzac, will have her PhD. in biology, and works for a pharmaceutical lab. Thank you for the info, nosey neighbor who knows everything. What would crime shows be without these neighbors?

Berthaud leaves Coke Cop to watch the apartment for when Elina comes back. Coke Cop is too busy cutting himself a line to notice Skinny Guy leaving the apartment building with a large bag. It's up to Nosey Neighbor to call Berthaud and alert her that Elina's apartment has just been ransacked. A quick check shows the girl's computer is missing. This was no regular burglary but a clean-up job.

We learn Prosecutor has split up with his wife of eight years and he's mainly been living in hotels. His friend Benoit urges him to get a new apartment. I don't know about the Prosecutor but I'll take the apartment they're looking at right now. Ah, I finally learn Prosecutor's first name is Pierre. Now what's his last name?

The cops determine the dead woman is really Elina, not her sister Sofia. Berthaud is suspicious Elina was living such a luxurious lifestyle for a student who just started working at the pharmaceutical lab. And where's Sofia? 

More boring stuff about the student/teacher case. Now it's beginning to look like the child's family are very suspicious.

Prosecutor Pierre is having lunch with Benoit and shows his friend the picture of Elina (before she had her face beaten in). Why Benoit, what's that strange look upon your face? Did you know the dead woman?

Karlsson gets a job offer to work with another lawyer who likes to play with sticks. Again, what has this got to do with anything?

Prosecutor Pierre calls in the complaining parents from the beginning of the episode. He's figured out the girl's older sister is the one beating her, not the slightly cracked teacher. The mother forged some of the signatures on her petition which could be a charge against her. He throws the parents out of his office. Mrs. Sauvanet is innocent but ends up having a nervous breakdown anyway. Is that the end of this storyline? Why was this even in here?

Berthaud gets a lead. A taxi driver comes forward to say he gave Elina a ride the night of her murder. She had left a large diary behind in the taxi. How convenient. The diary is filled with names and addresses of well known people.

Clement! Prosecutor Pierre Clement! Now was that so hard, Show?

Pierre learns one of the addresses in Elina's diary is for his friend Benoit who finally admits he did know Elina.

So dark. So dreary. It's like all the colors have been washed out. That's the only thing that's been washed. Everything - and everybody - seems to have a layer of grime. I'm not saying all French people are dirty, its just the way this program was filmed. It makes me want to grab some soap and water and scrub everything - and everyone - in sight.

A Hundred Year's Inheritance (Abridged) Episode 12

The amazing cops of Paju know just what street Chae Won's dad happens to be walking down at that particular moment so they can arrest him for arson. Just when he was trying to make some time with that woman from the airplane who got her bag mixed up with Se Yoon's. But that's a whole other story I'm not following.

Chae Won is terribly worried about her father. (Eugene, you look like you're doing the Pee Dance in an effort to appear nervous. Please learn how to act.) Chae Won goes to be with her incarcerated father. While riding in the taxi, she hears on the radio a news report about the fire, stating there was one person injured and the damage is estimated to be around $80,000 dollars.

Back at the house, Evil Mother-In-Law almost gets caught talking by the Housekeeper Who Needs A Name. Housekeeper later tells Chae Won she suspects EMIL can really talk.

Chul Goo can't understand why the victim of the fire won't settle for lots and lots of money.

Dad's potential girlfriend, besides blinding me with that GREEN jacket, gets to work on trying to get Dad out of trouble. She goes to see her old friend, Se Yoon's dad, to ask for legal help. Se Yoon's dad requests his son go to the Paju police station with the family lawyer to look into the situation. When he and the lawyer arrive at the station, Se Yoon is surprised to see Chae Won there. But at least now Dad has some legal representation.

Kdrama law has it that if the victim settles, then Dad would only face a fine. But since the victim is strangely obstinate, Dad may have to serve at least one year in prison. Seeing how upset Chae Won is about everything, Se Yoon takes her down to the Han River to have a good cry/music interlude.

When Chae Won returns home, Chul Goo whines about her being all worried about her dad and not thinking about his own mother. After all, EMIL was nice enough to give Chae Won's dad the electrical work out of the kindness of her own (black) heart. Learning this tidbit finally gets Stupid Girl to realize her EMIL is behind all this latest woe.

Chae Won goes to yell at EMIL, who acts all innocent and bewildered by the accusations. Mommy's Boy Chul Goo slaps Chae Won. 

Se Yoon's clingy mom asks why he's coming home so late. He goes over the story about the woman who came to ask his dad for help for the other guy. Clingy Mom seems rattled that Se Yoon came close to meeting the woman, Yang Choon Hee. (The back story here is Choon Hee and Clingy Mom were orphans together and were once good friends, but now Clingy Mom is really wishing Choon Hee would just go away. Some viewers suspect Choon Hee is Se Yoon's real mother. From what little I've bothered to watch Choon Hee, she doesn't seem to be on any quest to find her long lost baby. Unless this turns out to be one of those storylines where she had the baby then got partial amnesia and forgot she even had a child so Clingy Mom took the baby to raise. Knowing this show, I would not at all be surprised if they went down this road.)

Chae Won goes to the hospital to meet with the victim and find out what his deal is. She learns from the victim's wife that EMIL had called that morning and strongly recommended they not agree to any settlement. With this new information, Chae Won returns home and... falls to her knees in front of EMIL, telling the old witch she's won and to please let Dad go.

A Hundred Year's Inheritance (Abridged) Episode 11

Y'all gonna make me lose my mind/up in here/up in here

Got that stuck in my head today. Anyway, on with the show:

Chul Goo walks into his mother's office to see how she's trying to bribe Chae Won into divorcing him. Since she got nowhere with her daughter-in-law, EMIL changes tactics and demands her son resign his position at the company since he wants to emigrate to Portugal. He calls her bluff and pulls out a resignation letter he just happened to be carrying around with him. For one brief moment, Chul Goo, I approve of you. It won't last so enjoy it while you've got it.

Se Yoon is walking into his work when he sees an unconscious Joo Ri being carried out. Concerned, Se Yoon goes with her to the hospital to sit by her bedside. Joo Ri totally plays him. (Se Yoon, are you becoming Stupid Man?)

Chae Won's family admire a pig's head with money stuffed in its mouth. I quickly move on.

EMIL has to do some actual work at her workplace. She's consulting with another guy about a building that needs electrical work done. He's thinking of hiring the people they've used before in the past. EMIL's evil wheels in her evil mind start spinning evilly. I'm not sure what this means but knowing EMIL it somehow has something to do with Chae Won.

EMIL comes home and once again tries to talk Chae Won out of leaving the country with Chul Goo. Chae Won suggests EMIL write out a contract, confessing to all the things she's done to Chae Won and agreeing to compensate for all the psychological damages done by her evil deeds. 

Se Yoon begins to reconsider Joo Ri as a possible future love interest.

Chae Won's family tie an old fish up over the door. I quickly move on.

Se Yoon returns from time traveling to the 1970's, bringing back a horrendous suit jacket. That's my only explanation for what he's wearing. He starts looking at some old photos of Dead Girlfriend, some of which include Joo Ri. The pirate figurines look on. 

EMIL rushes to the hospital to check up on her daughter. Unlike Stupid Man, EMIL quickly figures out Joo Ri's act. 

Se Yoon decides to make another visit to the hospital. As he's walking in he runs into EMIL coming out. He doesn't know she's Joo Ri's mother, she doesn't know he's Joo Ri's target. EMIL gives him a very weak apology for using him like she did as well as dropping the bombshell about Chae Won going to move out of the country with her husband. Se Yoon considers that for a moment, then moves on with his life.

He visits with Joo Ri and tells her he'll consider dating her in the future. Joo Ri is so happy she throws her arms around him. This is when Chae Won, who is bringing some soup to her sister-in-law, sees the two in an embrace. She waits until Se Yoon leaves before revealing herself. 

Joo Ri is now in the mood to talk about her (potential) man with Chae Won. Isn't he dreamy? I didn't realize until now that Joo Ri wasn't aware of the Se Yoon/doctored photos/fake affair escapade. Seeing how happy Joo Ri is right now, Chae Won decides not to fill her in.

Musical interlude.

Chae Won returns home to be surprised by EMIL with the contract promising to never torture her again. EMIL even drops to her knees and cries for forgiveness. (Eugene, repeatedly widening your eyes is not acting.) EMIL clutches her chest and starts gasping in pain. Looks like another trip to the hospital. The stress-induced attack supposedly robs EMIL of her ability to speak. This whole deal is enough to scare Mommy's Boy out of leaving the country.

Ah, we learn that EMIL (before her over-the-top attack) was arranging for Chae Won's father to be the one to do the electrical work on the building from earlier. This can't be good. 

Se Yoon (now wearing a turtle neck from the Seventies) is thinking about Chae Won leaving Korea. Chae Won is thinking about seeing Se Yoon in Joo Ri's arms. 

The next morning the building Dad worked on burns down. Dad is arrested under the suspicion of arson.