I Summon You, Gold Episode 8

Mong Hee has to act like she's never met Monghyun before. I knew it - the very first scene and Mong Hee is eating. Only this time she's in Yoo Na mode so she has to eat slowly and carefully, not stuffing her maw as she usually does. Monghyun is making conversation at the dinner table, talking about how much her sister and "Yoo Na" look alike. When Monghyun mentions her sister sells accessories on the street, Hyun Soo finally gets a clue. "Yoo Na" comes to the defense of street vendors. Is it just me or does the background music sound like a variation of The People's Court theme?

As they have coffee after dinner, everyone is amazed and rather dumbfounded to hear "Yoo Na" praise both Monghyun and the parents who raised her so well. Yoo Na doesn't praise anybody. 

Hyun Tae takes Monghyun outside to fuss at her because she voiced the desire to go see his biological mother. At that moment Hyun Soo and Mong Hee are coming out of the house. "Yoo Na" jumps all over Hyun Tae for yelling at his future wife. Hyun Soo makes excuses of his wife not feeling well so they must leave early, thereby avoiding running into Hyun Joon and more importantly Seongeun. 

The other couple come home to meet the younger couple. In front of Monghyun, Seongeun and Duk Hee are all nice and fawning. Yet in the kitchen the two older women worry that Monghyun won't be so easy to push around as they initially thought. When she's back at home, Monghyun's mother warns her to be wary of Seongeun. Mong Hee, back to being Mong Hee, is once again eating. 

Like A Hundred Year's Inheritance, there are tons of other characters I don't care about and their storylines I'm not following. Let's skip ahead.

It's a different day but nothing has changed. Mong Hee has strapped on the feed bag already. There's another party coming up and Hyun Soo has to give her lessons in how a lady walks. Should I be worried that he sashays very well? 

We get another eating scene but this time it's Monghyun as she and Hyun Tae are making their official visit to Young Ae. Gosh that's an awful lot of food for just three people. Young Ae gets a little sauced and maudlin but its nothing Monghyun can't handle. 

Since she did so well with his mother, Hyun Tae takes Monghyun out to dinner. Good Lord, there's nothing but eating scenes in this episode. Stop eating! The cameraman and soundman can't make up their minds whether to be up close or far away. Hyun Tae can't help himself and quickly dissolves into dickhood. 

We follow this eating scene with yet another eating scene. Mong Hee is at Hyun Soo's house getting lessons in table manners. She's grossing him out by... drinking water? Weak. 

At the jewelry store Seongeun talks sweetly and bitchy to Shim Duk but Shim Duk talks sweetly and bitchy right back at her. 

Oh, I hadn't thought of this until Mong Hee brings it up. She can't be two people at one place. She wants to attend her sister's wedding as Mong Hee so Hyun Soo will just have to come up with an excuse as to why his wife isn't attending. 

It's the day of the wedding. Yeah, let's get this over with already. I will say Monghyun does look very lovely. Mong Hee is wearing big fake glasses to help her not look like Yoo Na. When Mong Hee goes out to the lobby to help greet guests she finally spots Seongeun. The camera zooms in and dramatic music plays. What's the story? It better be good.

The wedding ceremony begins. Is that Pomp and Circumstance playing? This is a wedding, not a graduation. Monghyun doesn't quite hide the misery in her eyes. Does no one else see how miserable she is? Young Ae has to hide behind a pillar to watch her son get married. This is the most depressing wedding I've ever seen. 

The photographer is getting all the family members together for the big wedding picture. Monghyun stops everything and goes to pull Young Ae into the shot. 

Mong Hee is back to work at her vendor truck. She's thinking long and hard about Seongeun. The next thing we see is Mong Hee dressed up as Yoo Na dropping by the big house. Seongeun is the one who answers the door. With a determined look on her face, "Yoo Na" invites Seongeun to sit down with her and have a long talk.

I Summon You, Gold Episode 7

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After the lame kick in the face cliffhanger from the last episode, Hyun Soo just laughs it all off. What the hell was that even for?! Anyway, Mong Hee asks to renew their contract and more importantly hand back that $100,000 she needs so desperately. Finally Mong Hee gets around to insisting she needs more Yoo Na training so there'll be no more slip ups like at the restaurant. Glad to see someone has thought of this.

Duk Hee is dusting the plants and thinking of ways to get back at that little snot Hyun Tae for making problems for her precious Hyun Joon. She comes up with the idea of asking for Hyun Joon to leave the family company and go sow his wild oats and experience the world while Hyun Tae goes to the office to work for Big Daddy.

And this is supposed to work in her favor how? Unless it's supposed to show how valuable Hyun Joon is and how useless Hyun Tae is. It seems to work as Big Daddy insists he can't run the company without Hyun Joon.

Seongeun just sits there like a rock, as usual.

Duk Hee's still not done nagging everyone to death. She argues with Big Daddy about giving her the power to dole out Young Ae's monthly allowance. Big Daddy doesn't want to deal with all these women he's gotten pregnant so he says sure, do whatever, just shut up about it. 

Hyun Tae has to break the news to his mother. (The soundman must be so scared he's afraid to get his microphone near Young Ae.) She goes to confront Duk Hee about the new arrangements. Duk Hee reminds her rival that they're in a recession; Young Ae needs to cut back on her expenses because her allowance is going to be trimmed. 

Mong Hee and Hyun Soo watch some videos of Yoo Na. We can't go five minutes without a scene of Mong Hee eating something. While Hyun Soo gives her lessons in being a bitch, Mong Hee gives him lessons in what its like to be loved by your family, a concept completely alien to him. 

Another awkward date is scheduled between Monghyun and Hyun Tae. How classy, his girlfriend drops him off at the coffee shop and waits for Hyun Tae out in the car. He's supposed to meet Monghyun's family tomorrow and she pleads with him to at least act like he likes her when he's in front of them. Hyun Tae's like, whatever, I'm just marrying you so Big Daddy won't beat me to death.

Outside as Hyun Tae is getting into the car, his girlfriend invites Monghyun to join them at his family's country villa. A menage a trois! Girlfriend is a Super Freak! 

Hyun Tae looks rather eager to hear her answer. Don't get your hopes (or anything else) up. Monghyun ain't down wit dat. 

Mong Hee comes up with an excuse not to be at the family meeting because she knows she can't be seen by Hyun Soo's brother. 

Hyun Tae stops by the big house to be berated and insulted by absolutely everyone in his family. Gee kid, I could almost feel sorry for you if you didn't act like such a dick.

He gets to Monghyun's house and pulls off the Perfect Gentleman act without a hitch. The family is completely fooled. 

Time to return the favor. Now it's Hyun Tae's family who are having Monghyun come over and Hyun Soo insists Mong Hee be there as his wife. Mong Hee tries and fails to come up with an excuse not to. She still hasn't told him Monghyun is her sister.

Dressed up as Yoo Na, Mong Hee arrives early to the party. Seongeun is conveniently still at the office so that storyline of how Mong Hee knows her is for another episode. Claiming she has a headache, Mong Hee goes upstairs to rest but she can't put it off forever and must go down and greet Monghyun. When the two women meet it takes a moment before Monghyun notices the incredible likeness and blurts out, "Unnie?"

A Hundred Year's Inheritance (Abridged) Episode 36

Too many characters I don't care about are getting too much camera time. Let's skip ahead...

Se Yoon and his father are at the office discussing an upcoming noodle competition. Dad gets it all cleared up that Chae Won is from the same noodle clan who were friends with Dad's dad. Back at home Clingy Mom is still stewing over the supposed betrayal of Aunt With The Pink Lipstick when she's surprised by the delivery of a package. The address denotes it was sent from the orphanage. Inside the package Clingy Mom is horrified to find a ... uh, string? Bookmark? Cat toy? It's purple whatever it is, with a little flower on the end. It was the dying nun's last request that this ... thing be sent to Clingy Mom.

Continuing her "Torture Hong Joo Until She Leaves" program, EMIL demands all her DIL's jewelry to be returned. Hong Joo easily agrees to, saying the jewels weren't up to her standards anyway. Downstairs, EMIL makes sure Hong Joo witnesses that several expensive gifts are going to be delivered to Chae Won's house.

Chae Won refuses the gifts and ends up dropping them back off outside of EMIL's house. Before she can get away, Chul Goo drives up. Like a broken record he begs her to come back and she vehemently rebuffs the idea. Ah, but this time she adds that extra kick of, "I'm in love with someone else now." There's also a funny little scene of Chul Goo trying to stop her little truck and Chae Won easily outmaneuvering him.

Chae Won returns to the factory where Se Yoon is fondling her noodles. (Get your mind out of the gutter!)  He suggests she enter the noodle competition under a business alias. Chae Won agrees, intending to win first place and help her family's business to recover and revitalize. Se Yoon helps her make a mess in the workroom (while neither one wears a hairnet) and sneaks in a kiss. 

Still holding the purple thing, Clingy Mom pulls out a small box and takes out of it some baby clothing. Secreted away between the clothes, Clingy Mom pulls out a similar pink thing. She wonders why the dying nun couldn't have just died and taken The Big Secret to the grave. 

She's interrupted by Se Yoon returning home. She hides the pink and purple things but Se Yoon notices and asks about the baby clothes. Clingy Mom gives him the brush off about the clothes. Thinking she's still mad over the Chae Won situation, Se Yoon apologizes and begs his mother to give his girlfriend another chance.

Chul Goo is playing his favorite game: Drink Until You Pass Out. Joo Ri, still hobbling although she's gotten rid of the crutch, asks why he's drinking. He tells his sister about Chae Won and Se Yoon now officially dating. Joo Ri urges Chul Goo to quickly divorce Hong Joo so he can win back Chae Won (and she can win Se Yoon.) 

Se Yoon and Chae Won take Grandpa to see the cancer specialist. Sadly the doctor has to agree with the fatal diagnosis. Gramps probably has only a few months to live. Grandpa assures the young people that he's lived a good life and he gives his blessing to Chae Won to continue the family noodle business. He also gives his blessing to Se Yoon and Chae Won's relationship.

Because of all that stuff I don't care about, Aunt With The Pink Lipstick and her husband are now jobless and homeless. Aunt Pinkie decides to try her luck sucking up to Clingy Mom again like she used to back at the beginning of this show. During their discussion it is Aunt Pinkie who spills the beans to Clingy Mom about how EMIL tried to frame Se Yoon as having an affair. 

Chul Goo tries (and fails) to get Hong Joo to sign divorce papers.

The next day Choon Hee accompanies Chae Won to Se Yoon's workplace with their entry for the noodle competition. Also at the office is Clingy Mom. She runs into Joo Ri who is still calling her "Mother-in-law" and talking all friendly and confidential. Now that Clingy Mom knows the truth about EMIL, she's rather cool towards Joo Ri.

Choon Hee is waiting outside for Chae Won when she's spotted by Clingy Mom. Without any word of explanation, Clingy Mom goes over and bitch slaps Choon Hee. Choon Hee's had enough of all this crap and she raises her own hand to return the bitch slap when Chae Won and Se Yoon come out of the building.

Aww, ruined a perfectly good cat fight.

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EMIL minces into the room and throws her arms around the startled Chae Won. With tears in her eyes the older woman apologizes for all the wrongs she's done to her former DIL and asks for forgiveness. Where's Grandma and her bag of flour when you need her? 

EMIL goes on to present a pitiful picture of Chul Goo pining away for his lost love and coming close to turning into an alcoholic if Chae Won doesn't help him. Only now since she's stuck with crazy Hong Joo does EMIL understand how good she really had it with Chae Won. 

Chae Won tries to walk away but EMIL follows her. Oh thank God, here comes Grandma and Choon Hee. Attack! EMIL gets all respectful and humble, apologizing to the ladies for past indiscretions and assuring them things will be different this time when Chae Won goes back to Chul Goo. Yes, Grandma threatens to go get her flour if EMIL doesn't haul ass! 

Se Yoon, not wearing a hard hat, just waltzes unauthorized back in on the construction site where Chae Won's Dad is working. He's here for the product placement of a drink called K. Dad still refuses to give his blessing for Se Yoon to date his daughter until Se Yoon gets his own parents' approval first.

EMIL is filling in her children about her plans to get them with their respective obsessions when she's interrupted by the unwelcome return of Hong Joo (and Coco) as well as Sour Puss and Prison Matron. EMIL doesn't want Hong Joo back and insists the kids divorce. Sour Puss doesn't want Hong Joo back and insists there will not be another divorce for the scandal mongers to talk about. Kind of feel sorry for Hong Joo at this point.

Upstairs in the bedroom we finally get to see a glimmer of the mother in Sour Puss as she explains why she wants Hong Joo to stay married. As part of her divorce agreement with her uber-rich husband, Sour Puss must leave the country for at least three years. There will be no one else in Seoul to protect Hong Joo except Chul Goo. There's an almost hug between mother and daughter. Coco gets a kiss in. 

Chae Won tells Grandpa that Se Yoon has made arrangements with a famous cancer specialist to get a second opinion on Grandpa's condition. Perhaps Grandpa will turn out to have the same kind of cancer Miracle Dad had. You know, the kind that can be cured with only one simple operation and no chemo or radiation. 

Back at the construction site, Se Yoon still won't wear a hard hat and now he's eating bad pork. Somebody sure has a death wish. What's next, Se Yoon?

EMIL tries to throw Hong Joo (and Coco) out of her house. When Hong Joo doesn't budge, EMIL starts grabbing clothes when she's tackled by Mrs. Park. Chul Goo must come to his mother's rescue from the prison matron. While he doesn't exactly come to his wife's rescue as well, neither does he order her out of the house. Instead he gives her a very limp comfort pat on her shoulder. (At least Chul Goo did a better job than Ji Heon's two finger comfort pat to Na Yoon in Protect The Boss.)

What's that, Se Yoon? You've got stomach pains and a cold sweat? Gee, could it possibly be something you ate? Se Yoon stumbles back to Chae Won at the noodle factory so he can spread his food poisoning to unsuspecting customers. 

With Chae Won going off to go get medicine for Se Yoon, it's up to Choon Hee to nurse her more-than-likely-secret-son. She asks why Se Yoon didn't taste the pork being bad while I wonder why he didn't at least smell the pork was turned. Chae Won returns before Se Yoon has to reveal his lame secret of having no taste sense. (Wait, I just thought of something. What if his taste loss is something hereditary and not just from the trauma of Dead Girlfriend. I'll be watching for Choon Hee to say anything about not having any sense of taste herself.) As Chae Won takes over the nursing of him, Se Yoon insists on holding her hand and spreading his food poisoning to her. Way to go, Se Yoon.

Se Yoon finally falls asleep in Chae Won's bedroom. Clingy Mom calls his cell phone and Chae Won chooses to answer it so she can explain Se Yoon's sudden illness. Clingy Mom drives over immediately to pick up her son. That's not a happy look on her face. She's about to storm in when she runs into her old friend, Aunt With The Pink Lipstick. When Clingy Mom learns Aunt Pinkie is aunt to Chae Won, she jumps down Pinkie's throat for aiding and abetting this illicit relationship between Se Yoon and Chae Won. 

Dad, Chae Won and Se Yoon come outside in the middle of this awkwardness. Clingy Mom gives them all The Glare. She's not a bit appreciative to them nursing Se Yoon in his time of need. Clingy Mom orders her son to get in the car right now. She heads back to her vehicle, never seeing Choon Hee when she comes outside.

Back at the house, Clingy Mom and Miracle Dad take turns yelling at their still recovering son. In his defense, Se Yoon brings up his parents past and how Miracle Dad's parents were initially against him marrying Clingy Mom. Uh-oh, Clingy Mom is getting dizzy. All that bitchiness must be getting to her. 

As part of her "Torture Hong Joo Until She Leaves" project, EMIL has Chul Goo's newest wedding picture taken down and his old wedding picture with Chae Won put up in the couple's bedroom. Hong Joo won't give EMIL the satisfaction of becoming upset. Instead she compliments the picture and when Chul Goo tries to take it down she insists it stays right where it is. 

There's just enough time left in the program to product place some more Lego's.

The cliffhanger to this episode has something to do with the characters I don't care about and the noodle contest I've not been following.

God of the Workplace Episode 1

The story begins a few years back during the winter of 2007. Jung Joo Ri (played by Jung Yoo Mi of I Need Romance 2012) is out with her boyfriend enjoying the performance of a choir performing Christmas carols. Joo Ri is delightfully surprised when her boyfriend chooses this moment to offer her a ring. She immediately accepts. Aww. Peace on Earth, goodwill to

BLAM!

A nearby building explodes in an inferno. Is this an accident? A terrorist attack? I can't tell for now. Joo Ri and her boyfriend are alright but the camera has been knocked into slo-mo mode. She watches as other people are screaming and running for cover when her attention is caught by the form of a high-heeled woman running towards the destroyed building. The woman tries to get closer to the fire but the police keep her back.

The Great Omniscient Voiceover gives us a quick explanation of "contract workers" ('round here we call them "temps") as we're whisked not only back to the present but all the way around the world to Spain. To an arena simply chocked full of random white guys. They're here to watch a female Korean matador do her stuff. This is our mysterious Miss Kim (played by Kim Hye Soo.) After her successful bullfight, Miss Kim receives a simple text saying the time is right for her to return home.

I didn't realize bullfighting was popular in Korea.

Back in Korea we the audience are taken to a hostile business meeting as different sides of the table try to place the blame on the other for their latest product not selling well. On the marketing side is Moo Jung Han (played by Lee Hee Joon of Jeon Woo Chi.) At the head of the table is Department Head Hwang Gab Deuk (played by Kim Eung Soo, an actor who is quickly approaching the rank of Old Man Who Is In Absolutely Everything.) He announces he knows just the person they need in order to sell their low-sodium soy sauce. And that person is...

Incredibly Bad Hair Man, also known as Jang Kyu Jik (played by Oh Ji Ho.) 

Bad Hair-- I mean, Kyu Jik is on a plane flying in from the States. He sneaks upstairs to first class hoping to pitch his sales to someone. He slips into a first class seat like he owns it, oohing and ahhing over the real wood and expensive wine, when the real person who's supposed to be in the seat shows up. And that person is...

Incredibly Bad Hair Woman.

OMG, what is she wearing? OMG. If only I could show...  OMG. My eyes. My brain. 

Bad Hair Wo-- I mean, Our Miss Kim orders Kyu Jik (in better English than his) to get out of her seat. He can do nothing but slink off. As he pops some first class food into his mouth the plane experiences severe turbulence. Kyu Jik is knocked around, causing the food in his mouth to get lodged in his throat. He's choking! Thank goodness Our Miss Kim noticed his dilemma. She grabs his necktie to pull him up so she can punch him in the stomach and force the obstruction up and out. (Don't try this at home, kids.)

Kyu Jik at least tries to thank her but the attendant just now notices someone is in first class who shouldn't be and is asking him to leave. Before he's pushed out entirely Kyu Jik asks for his savior's name. With a cool look back at him she simply replies, "Kim. Miss Kim." Kyu Jik is instantly smitten, and the cameraman is kind of wobbly.

Joo Ri is getting dressed to go for an interview. She's desperate to get a job so she can put an end to all those annoying calls asking when is she going to pay back her student loan. Her interview is with Ahn Jong Chul (played by Oh Yong, who is apparently trying to give Incredibly Bad Hair Man a run for his money), who is head of a temporary service. 

Kyu Jik has arrived at the home office and is working his schmoozing powers all over Gab Deuk. There's at least one person in the department who isn't falling for all this bullshit and that's old man Go Jung Do. Jung Han (whose haircut really isn't that much better but at least it's combed) gives a warm welcome back to Kyu Jik, even though this means Jung Han has lost his team leader position to the other man. Jung Do declares this as also bullshit. Tell it like it is, Jung Do! 

Kyu Jik and Jung Han are working together holding interviews. The next person in is Jung Joo Ri. Kyu Jik, who seems to get instantly smitten quite easily, blurts out his first question: do you have a boyfriend? Joo Ri admits she just recently broke up with someone. Aww, what went wrong? Was it because of the building blowing up?

Jung Han brings them back to the matter at hand. This is an odd interview as they end up talking about being fermented soy beans. Whatever, she gets the temporary position. Afterwards Jung Han teases his friend that the only reason Kyu Jik hired Joo Ri is because of her looks. Kyu Jik replies that although Joo Ri is pretty, he's not looking for a temp worker. His ideal woman flies first class, dresses like a bag lady, drinks expensive wine and punches him when he needs it. She's somewhere out there in Seoul and he intends to find her.

Somewhere in Seoul-- wow, look at that traffic-- Incredibly Bad Hair Woman is in deep thought in a Bohemian attic apartment. She gets up-- wow, what is she wearing now?-- to blow the dust off of a long disused briefcase. She takes out a Swiss army knife and starts lopping off her incredibly bad hair as Superman's theme music plays. Um, scissors would do a better job, Miss Kim. 

As Superman music still plays, Joo Ri is heading in for her first day on the job when a sudden wind gust blows a nearby woman's scarf up in the air. The scarf is blowing away when another hand reaches up to grab it. The crowd of office workers part like the Red Sea to reveal Our Miss Kim. You may have cut off your hair, Miss Kim, but it's still incredibly bad. With the morning sun backlighting her, Our Miss Kim nonchalantly returns to the scarf to its owner. Joo Ri (come to think of it she does kind of resemble Margot Kidder if you squint your eyes and turn your head) looks on in awe.

Jung Han is telling Kyu Jik they have to interview and hire one more worker when he says, "Ah, here she comes." Kyu Jik looks and sees Our Miss Kim walking in accompanied by Ahn Jong Chul (hallelujah, he's discovered what a hairbrush is for!) Even though her hair is cut and she's wearing dressed down black, he recognizes her as his savior from the plane. Kyu Jik thinks she's some kind of mover and shaker here to sign a big deal with the company only to learn she's another temp worker. 

Kyu Jik asks a few interview questions but Our Miss Kim says nothing except she'll be the one in charge of the coffee from now on. Jong Chul hands them a Miss Kim User Manual. By golly next time I go to a job interview I'm gonna have me a user manual. Kyu Jik starts to complain but Jong Chul explains their boss, Gab Deuk, has already authorized her hiring. She's in whether they like it or not.

Time to get to work. Jung Han has his team of Joo Ri, Jung Do, and Our Miss Kim. They've had to set up their work area in a little used room and Jung Han gets choked on the dust. He goes to sit down and the office chair falls apart, dumping him in the floor. Miss Kim declares "This is my job." She pulls out her trusty Swiss army knife and fixes the chair. Curious, Jung Han looks in the Miss Kim User Manual and sure enough there it is - repairing broken office furniture and equipment.

When I have my user manual that's not going to be in it.

It's lunch time. Joo Ri first asks to have lunch with Our Miss Kim.

So that leaves her eating with the gossipy girls from the office. Joo Ri learns how they all think Kyu Jik worships the business while Jung Han has no backbone. 

Back at work. Our Miss Kim is typing away like mad. I bet if you looked at her screen it would say

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Kyu Jik, hoping to assert his authority over her, brings over a huge stack of papers and orders her to organize them on Excel by tomorrow. Miss Kim loudly says to Jung Han that this here "Cabbage Patch Head" is NOT her boss. Please refer to the user's manual. Jung Han has to drag out the enraged cabbage patch-- er, Kyu Jik. Miss Kim returns to her typing.

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This leaves the big pile of papers to Joo Ri to get organized. Jung Man attempts to be a boss and starts to ask Miss Kim to help the other girl out. 

See above meme.

Now its time for the required musical interlude to show us Joo Ri working all alone into the night in an effort to prove her worthiness and hopefully be hired on full time. She gets it all done by 5 in the morning and saves it to a flashdrive that is attached to that friggin' Pororo penguin figurine. With only a few hours sleep, Joo Ri takes a cab to work and proudly announces to her boss that she got the work done.

Pororo lies on the backseat of the cab which is driving away.

Everyone is in crisis mode. Everyone but Miss Kim. They catch a break when the cab company calls back. The car has been found but it's being taken to a car wash. It takes five people to go to the car wash only to learn the guy who found the penguin gave it to another guy. He gave it to another guy. He gave it to another guy. He gave it to another guy who works at some kind of... I don't know where he works but he's got a hardhat on and he's up on the roof of some contraption. (BTW, all these men passing the penguin around are listed as cameos so they must be famous in Korea but I have no idea who they are.)

The fivers down below yell up to him about the penguin USB. He has it and throws it down to them. Only it goes way over their heads and lands on the steep side of a hill of sand. Joo Ri desperately starts scrambling up the slippery slope. Jung Han tries to follow but he just rolls back down. The hill is too dangerous and tricky so Joo Ri comes back down. She's worried about losing her job. They all could be losing their jobs as it looks like the important meeting must be canceled.

What's that rumbling sound? It's Our Miss Kim driving a front end loader. Miss Kim gets shit done! Now why didn't any of you think of this? 

Miss Kim doesn't come cheap and charges Joo Ri $900 for saving her ass.

Since the meeting was so successful, Gab Deuk takes Jung Han and Kyu Jik out to a bar. Kim Eung Soo, you've got moves! Jung Han wants to talk about Miss Kim which makes Kyu Jik jealous. Suddenly the lights dim and a man and woman in silhouette come out and do a hot tango. When the lights come back on it's no surprise to us but it is to the guys - the female dancer is Our Miss Kim and her hair's not so bad.

Joo Ri is walking along the streets when she looks up and realizes she's back at the place where the explosion happened back in 2007. She goes home to look up more info on the incident. Ah, it was a bank that was blown up and one female contract employee was killed. This time when the flashback is played, we the audience can see the face of the woman running towards the fire. Our Miss Kim.

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EMIL at least apologizes to the parents for losing her cool and smacking their kid upside his head before she and Joo Ri leave. Clingy Mom starts ripping Chae Won a new one for even showing up at this dinner. A-ha, I was right. Se Yoon did lie to Chae Won in order to get her to come with him in the first place. Dad, his birthday dinner a complete fail, leaves in disgust. Chae Won just silently cries when what she really should be doing is taking a cue from her former mother-in-law and knocking Se Yoon upside the head for lying to her and putting her through this.

In order to avoid another ravishing from his wife, Chul Goo makes up a bed in the library. Hong Joo cries. You know I think this is the first time I've seen her cry on the show. The first time she's ever shown her vulnerability. 

Hong Joo and the prison matron have been trying to hide something from EMIL but its splashed all over the papers today: Sour Puss has divorced her ultra rich husband. EMIL goes upstairs to confront her DIL about this news. Hong Joo replies with, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!" 

Seriously, that's what she said.

Bright happy music plays as Chae Won begins her first day learning the noodle business. A large trash can of flowers are delivered to her with a congratulatory message from Se Yoon. She calls him at work to thank him. Joo Ri overhears Se Yoon's flirty banter with Chae Won. Are you beginning to realize, Joo Ri, that he never talked to you like that?

There's a bunch of stuff about noodles.

EMIL gossips with the matchmaker and only now does she learn that Hong Joo was the result of an affair and is no blood relation to the rich part of her family. EMIL physically attacks the matchmaker for false advertising (in a sense). Now she's stuck with a crazy daughter-in-law who won't be any help in building a home shopping empire. 

Chae Won's Dad is surprised to get a visit from Clingy Mom. She's here to politely tell him how his daughter is not worthy of her son. 

An angry EMIL comes home to yell at Hong Joo (and Coco) about conning her family. Hong Joo argues back that EMIL should have done her homework more thoroughly before selling off her son. She's got a point there, EMIL. 

Se Yoon has come to pick up Chae Won but he's stopped at the door by her Dad. The men go off for some alcohol so they can talk. Dad tells Se Yoon about the meeting with Clingy Mom earlier. It's history repeating itself as Dad compares today's meeting with the same kind of talk he had with EMIL back when Chae Won was going to marry Chul Goo. Dad doesn't want his daughter to go through such heartbreak again so he asks Se Yoon to end things now. Se Yoon tells the Dead Girlfriend story and why his determination is so much stronger because of it. He's not giving up on Chae Won.

Chul Goo is pining for Chae Won. Joo Ri is pining for Se Yoon. Their crazy mother gets it into her head that the only solution is to somehow get Chae Won back together with Chul Goo, thus freeing up Se Yoon for Joo Ri. Yeah, that's so gonna happen. 

Chae Won is in the factory making noodles (and wearing no hair net!) when the last person she ever expected walks in: her ex mother-in-law. Eugene does that eye widening thing to convey shock and awe. With crocodile tears in her eyes, EMIL throws her arms around Chae Won as she apologizes for all the wrongs she's done to the young woman over the years. Can Chae Won ever forgive her?

Darna Episodes 32 - 33

The story so far: Darna drops Tree Woman down into an active volcano and regains her powers of invincibility, thus she thinks her adversary is dead. But Tree Woman is alive. The lava simply burned off her bark and green lipstick. Now she looks human and goes by the name of Lucy. Miss Perfecta, leaping over logic entirely, thinks Lucy may be Consuelo's long lost daughter and takes the young woman back to the orphanage with her. The Imp has been revived! Probably because the writers realized what a washout Tree Woman is when it comes to being a villain so they brought back one they knew would do the job. Impy joins up with his niece, Serpina, who hides him out at the orphanage. At this point everyone is going to end up at the orphanage. Word is Valentina is dead but she's really being held captive in Dr. Morgan's lab. We have a new character with a familiar face. Cage match fighter Zandro has returned to San Martin in search of his roots. Those roots lead to his father, Cobra Commander. (Both are played by the same actor.)

Narda is just about to stumble upon Impy when she's distracted by the sound of fighting between Lucy and Consuelo.

Lucy is needing the blood of victims in order to get back her bark so she sends out her flower disciples to gather some. 

Narda and Eduardo are out at the park trying to have a nice picnic together when they hear screaming. Eduardo runs to investigate and sees the flower disciples attacking people. Narda goes off to transform and is almost seen by Eduardo. Ya gotta be more careful than that, Narda.

Darna flies in to battle the disciples. Using her super speed, she plucks off all their flowers which makes them weak. They revert back to plant form. 

An enraged Valentina breaks out of the lab. With her snakes covered up, Valentina is still recognized by people as a legendary healer and they all demand help. She orders everyone to meet tonight at the church where she will heal them all. 

Zandro starts getting snake skin on his back.

Eduardo wants to introduce Narda to his father so they're having dinner tonight. He sends Watson to the orphanage to pick her up. As they're driving along, the radio reports people are trapped inside a burning vehicle. Narda has Watson pull over so she can hobble to the rescue. This of course makes her late for the dinner. Eduardo, who had been planning on asking Narda to marry him, is very disappointed in her.

Grandma Loleng, who didn't know Valentina was supposedly dead, hears the healer will be at the church. Loleng takes Consuelo there in hopes her daughter can be cured by Valentina. Valentina is counting on her "patients" to accept her for who she is and reveals her snake hair. Naturally everybody freaks out and wants to kill her. Only Grandma Loleng comes to Valentina's defense. 

When Narda finally makes it to the restaurant, Eduardo keeps asking her where she's been, what was so important that she couldn't make it to the dinner on time. Narda hates having to lie to him and is close to telling Eduardo about her secret identity when Watson comes running in with the news about Valentina being alive and at the church. Eduardo calls his father to ask why he lied about her being dead so at least the mad scientist now knows where Valentina is.

Since no one will accept and love her, Valentina unleashes very slow moving snakes on the crowd. Ooh, and now she's getting snake eyes. 

In the chaos of the attack, Consuelo is separated from her mother and is confronted by Valentina. The shock causes her memory to come back to her. Valentina makes her mother fall over the side of a building. Lucky for Consuelo, Darna comes flying up to catch her. She's reunited with Loleng but because she fears what people will think if they know she's Valentina's mother, Consuelo doesn't let on that she's regained her memory. 

Darna tries to talk Valentina into turning away from the Dark Side. It doesn't work so the two women proceed to fight. Seeing that she can't defeat Darna directly, Valentina picks up a great big paper mache rock and throws it at some people. As Darna flies to catch the boulder, Dr. Morgan and Apollo have to opportunity to shoot Valentina with a dart gun. It has no effect except to piss Valentina off even more.

She tosses Dr. Morgan around some and is about to kill him when Eduardo slams a long metal spike through her chest. Whoa! Cobra Commander can feel her injuries and orders his reptiles to go fetch Valentina back to Snake Mountain. He tries to heal his daughter but her heart is too injured and she's fading fast. Cobra summons Serpina to the cave to help out her sister. Valentina needs a heart transplant but it needs to be a heart from one of their own, a Reptilio. But before they can get to that, Cobra Commander wants revenge on Eduardo.

Gabriel drops by the orphanage for a cameo. Eduardo comes driving up to pick Narda up for a date. Suddenly the earth begins to quake and Cobra Commander erupts from the ground. Eduardo gets his gun out of the car. Narda can't transform because there are too many people around. Cobra wraps Eduardo up in his tail and carries the human away. 

Serpina gets Impy involved by promising he can eat Eduardo's heart. Cobra is slowly squeezing Eduardo to death. Eduardo is able to use his gun to get free of the snake's coils. Finally Narda has been able to transform into Darna and come to Eduardo's rescue. She picks Cobra up by his tail and swings him around and around until she impales him on yet another convenient long metal spike. They must have long metal spikes all over the Philippines for just such emergencies. 

Cobra is able to get away from Darna but he's still dying. Serpina and Impy find her mortally wounded father and Cobra gives her his last instructions.