"I Have a Lover" episode 40 recap

Kim Hyeon-joo pleaded to Park Han-byeol in tears.
On the fortieth episode of the SBS drama "I Have a Lover", Do Hae-kang (Kim Hyeon-joo) apologized to Kang Sully (Park Han-byeol) for past events.
Do Hae-kang found out Min Tae-seok (Kong Hyeong-jin) and Sully had an affair so she talked to Sully first. Sully didn't want to talk to her but Do Hae-kang said, "Let's start over from the beginning".
Do Hae-kang said to Sully, "Forgive me, I did the wrong thing. I wasn't mature enough. I was a monster waving my claws at my opponent to not be hurt again. I should have talked to my husband instead of going at you in the café. I should have told him I loved him instead of kneeling to you. I was nervous because of what I had done to him and not what you had done".
"I am most afraid of the crime that I knowingly committed. I was worried you would become like me. I was afraid I was going to break you like me. Do you want to hurt and kill those you love? My past mistakes are holding me back".
"You forget that you were so beautiful it made me jealous. I was afraid of you who was so proud and healthy. Go back when you can and don't waste your 30s trying to hurt others. Protect yourself and don't be like me".
"I Have a Lover" is the story of a woman who falls back in love with her husband once again.

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"Neighborhood Hero" episode 1 recap

Park Si-hoo and Kwon Yoo-ri in the drama "Neighborhood Hero" danced the Tango in Jeong-yeon's (Kwon Yoo-ri) imagination.
Si-yoon (Park Si-hoo) told Jeong-yeon that he had a lot of ideas for cloak-and-dagger stories but she said, "People these days think movies are so easy".
Jeong-yeon imagined a spy action movie she danced the Tango with Si-yoon and spiked his champagne. She then got the USB which was her mission.
Meanwhile, "Neighborhood Hero" is the story of a former secret agent taking revenge on a friend who lost his life unfairly.

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"All About My Mom" episode 48 recap

Kim Yeong-ok had a dream and Yoo Jin thought of Song Seung-hwan and Kim Mi-Sook.
On the forty-eighth episode of the KBS 2TV drama "All About My Mom", Song Ki-nam (Kim Yeong-ok) had dinner with Kang Hoon-je (Lee Sang-woo) and Lee Jin-ae (Yoo Jin).
Song Ki-nam told them, "A dog was following you, then it bit your ankle".
Lee Jin-ae said, "That's a dream my mom had". Song Ki-nam suspected Kang Hoon-jae and Lee Jin-ae of being pregnant but Lee Jin-ae said that wasn't likely.
Lee Jin-ae thought of Jang Cheol-ong (Song Seung-hwan) and Hwang Yeong-seon (Kim Mi-Sook).
"All About My Mom" is a fun weekend drama about three women who struggle to be the better daughter, mother and mother-in-law.

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Mom episode 41-42 recap

"Mother" Park Yeong-gyoo and Cha Hwa-yeon finally settled down together. However, the daughter-in-law was a pain in the neck because of the inheritance matter.
Na-mi (Jin Hee-kyeong) went through her father-in-law Eom Il-nam's (Park Yeong-gyoo) room. Her husband Eom Dong-joon (Lee Se-chang) found her and asked her what she was doing.
Na-mi said, "I think your father wants to adopt Miss Yoon's youngest daughter. These women have him under a spell! If he adopts her then she gets the equal share of his inheritance as us! Two thirds of the Eom family wealth is going to go to those women".
All she could think about was how to prevent Eom Il-nam from putting Yoon Jeong-ae (Cha Hwa-yeon) on the family register. She didn't mind them living together but if Yoon legally became his wife, Na-mi would have to share his wealth with Yoon.
Na-mi told Yoon, "You get what you get even if you marry him. I'll give you a building but that is all or I'll give you one more building". Yoon Jeong-ae said, "I am in love with Eom Il-nam, not the wealthy man".
Yoon Jeong-ae came back home early from a gathering with Eom Il-nam. She found all of her clothes in the clothes bin. Na-mi had thrown away the clothes.
Yoon Jeong-ae questioned Na-mi who asked her to live with Eom ll-nam without being legally put down on paper. Yoon Jeong-ae asked, "What if I don't?" and Na-mi said, "Then you're going to have to deal with me every day".
The mother-in-law who got married to a wealthy man was in the weaker position and the matter of inheritance made things worse for her.
Na-mi who was talking about her father-in-law's wealth as if it was hers and threatening her new mother-in-law is making everyone angry.
Will Yoon Jeong-ae give in or prepare to counter attack?

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"My Daughter, Geum Sa-Wol" episode 40-41 recap

Song Ha-yoon came back.
Oh Hye-sang (Park Se-yeong) started to shake when she heard that Joo Ki-hwang (Ahn Nae-sang) and Joo Se-hoon (Do Sang-woo) found Joo Oh-wol (Song Ha-yoon). She was the one who caused the accident to kill Joo Oh-wol.
Geum Sa-wol (Baek Jin-hee) claimed she was from the same orphanage as Joo Oh-wol and Oh Hye-sang. Joo Se-hoon was surprised. Previously Oh Hye-sang had said she wasn't from the same place as Joo Oh-wol. Joo Se-hoon was confused as to why Hye-sang lied to him.
Joo Se-hoon and Joo Ki-hwang started to suspect Oh Hye-sang. Joo Se-hoon cornered her and asked why she lied. She lied once again saying, "I wasn't close to Oh-wol and she didn't like me. She was close to Sa-wol".
Oh Hye-sang began to feel scared. A burnt hand put Joo Oh-wol's 'ugly doll' in front of the door and Oh Hye-sang shook in fear when she saw that the next day.
However, she prepared to strike back. She knew Sin Deuk-ye's (Jeon In-hwa) daughter was Geum Sa-wol and was going to reveal this secret. She called Kang Man-hoo (Son Chang-min) and Geum Sa-wol to one place and planned to tell them who was Sin Deuk-ye's daughter.
Just then, Joo Oh-wol appeared in front of Si Deuk-ye. Her appearance hinted another twist in the story.
"My Daughter, Geum Sa-Wol" is about the human habitat called 'home'. Geum Sa-wol rebuilds her 'home' which has been destroyed by hate and revenge.

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"Riders: Get Tomorrow" Episode 12 Final recap

I've been able to appreciate "Riders: Get Tomorrow" somewhat better by watching the drama more as an unfocused romance rather than a story about rickshaws. Unfortunately the final episode of "Riders: Get Tomorrow" complicates both interpretations of the plot. Let's start with the romance. All the lovelines are resolved fairly decisively. Unfortunately they are not resolved especially satisfactorily.
Gi-joon and So-dam have been an iffy couple mainly because Gi-joon's creepy behavior has made it unclear whether or not we're actually supposed to be rooting for them. His suggestion last episode seemed especially extreme, but at the time I didn't think this idea was being made completely seriously. Looking at all the lovelines in full perspective, though, it's pretty clear that writer Park Sang-hee thinks that long-term decisions based on short-term romances / romantic troubles are a wise idea.
This is troubling messaging on its own, but it ends up coming off just a tad absurd when placed in the context of the rickshaw business, which is apparently operating under the same principles. The final closing action of the rickshaw company struck me as frankly dubious, and not even terribly workable. I think being able to communicate with potential clients is a pretty important factor to be taken into account when your business model is just a touristy version of a taxi service.

There's also this weird pattern, in both the romantic and business plotlines, of characters trying to resolve failure by doubling down on a completely different and equally unknown risk, leaving themselves at the mercy of people they barely even know. That's an especially harsh tact to take considering how Gi-joon's dad is treated like a villain here for the crime of trying to work out compromises rather than just unconditionally giving Gi-joon's rickshaw company whatever it needs to succeed.
That's not how business models work. Nor, for that matter, is it how relationships work. Compromise is pretty essential to functioning in the real world. From the first episode, "Riders: Get Tomorrow" gave this impression of how its characters are dealing with crummy personal situations in a dubious job market. Yet almost everything after that has been in constant avoidance of any sense of reality, to the point of explicitly unheealthy fantasy. The result is a somewhat perverse final episode that feels terribly gloomy while claiming to go out on a high note. As far as I'm concerned, though, "Riders: Get Tomorrow" was just a disappointment.
Review by William Schwartz
"Riders: Get Tomorrow" is directed by Choi Do-hoon, written by Park Sang-hee and features Kim Dong-wuk, Lee Cheong-ah, Choi Min-I, Yoon Jong-hoon, Choi Yeo-jin, Jo Byeong-gyu and more.

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"Jang Yeong-sil - Drama" Episode 8 recap

The extended opening of this episode is simply a direct continuation of the cliffhanger from last time. Yeong-sil is stuck in a noose, reliant entirely on the whims of the weather to confirm whether or not his heretical scientific theory is true and thus, can release Yeong-sil from the risk of death. For all of King Taejong's established authoritatiran attitude I'm still at a bit of a loss as to why he takes these issues to such a ridiculous extreme. It's almost like King Taejong takes issues of bad science personally.
King Taejong talks a lot about politics but unfortunately his motivation elsewhere is hard to parse. The main problem with "Jang Yeong-sil - Drama" is its lack of proper cohesion. Thematically this drama is about politics but literally it's about science. While these two fields have had plenty of interaction over the course of history violence tends not to be involved, which is what creates some of "Jang Yeong-sil - Drama"'s most awkward imagery.
In this case, the big moment when the sky finally manages to clear up. There's the beautiful graphics and the lovely bagpipes music and everyone is staring in wonder at how Yeong-sil has managed to prove himself a prophet through the strength of his learning. And then, inevitably, we have to turn back to a major character suffocating to death. "Jang Yeong-sil - Drama" is constantly trying to be morbid and inspiring at the same time and the combination just is not a very good one.
The good news is that the middle event of this episode is a major historical event- one that will hopefully put an end to the question of King Taejong's violent statecraft since the end result is that Yeong-sil now has an established position where he can now do more focus on actual science. This is much more appropriate political commentary for "Jang Yeong-sil - Drama" to engage in, since among other things it will give Jeong-sil more time to interact with So-hyeon- an alleged main character who has yet to do much of importance.
I feel a lot of the time like I'm kind of mean to "Jang Yeong-sil - Drama". Truthfully the production does have lots of merits- they're just distributed in a very uneven and unsatisfactory way, mostly because the drama chooses to focus on the royal intrigues. While more dynamic from a historical point of view, I started watching this drama because I wanted to learn more about early Joseon science. Fortunately there's enough time left for us to still get decent exposure to that.
Review by William Schwartz
"Jang Yeong-sil - Drama" is directed by Kim Yeong-jo, written by Lee Myeong-hee, Ma Chang-joon and features Song Il-gook, Kim Sang-kyeong, Kim Young-cheol, Park Seon-yeong, Kim Do-hyun, Son Byeong-ho,...

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