I purposely didn't write a review for episode 14 because I wasn't happy with how things were. And truth be told I've already said everything that needs to be said about this drama before.
The only new thing about episode 14 that worth mentioning was the few seconds during the mediation session at the court house. I love seeing the reaction from the female court officials when they hear about Park Tae Yun's behaviour.
I'm glad that there's at least people in this drama that represent our loathing for this loser and our disgust at how unfair the whole situation is for Cha Ki Young.
These view seconds turn out to be a glimpse of what is coming in the next episode.
Yes, episode
15 still has plenty scenes of the loathsome Park family and the spitefully narrow
minded demonstrators. And no, there isn’t much change in our heroine’s
situation. It still has Cha Ki Young in the worse situation imaginable.
Correction, it’s actually worst than worse.
But, I
really love episode 15.
It reminds me
once again why I love this drama in the first place. It brings back my hope
that it won’t go to the garbage dump after all. And that I don’t just spend 16
precious hours of my time for nothing.
How to justify
my love?
First of all,
most dramas are good or even great in their first half before going down the
lane into the never to be remembered dramasphere. Some are consistently good
until their very finale which then earn them the wrath of the biggest chunk of world
population who has faithfully and lovingly watched them.
The Greatest
Marriage first part although not to everyone liking is arresting, interesting
and different enough to capture my attention. And despite the fact that its
latter episodes make my blood boil and have me cursing left and right strangely
enough I’m still watching.
What make me loose
hope with this drama is the constant barrage of pain that I have to endure
watching all the wrath worthy scenes on my screen.
Scenes that
make me question the sanity of the writer for presenting us with these very
unpleasant characters and the hard to swallow plights of our heroine, plus my
own sanity for keep on watching.
But, after
episode 15 I’m happy to note that the writers, the director and whoever
involves in the production of this drama are not that crazy. They still know
the importance of a good ending (which in my book means a happy ending).
For no matter
how good a drama in the beginning and the middle is, a crappy ending will ruin
it. But no matter how painfully boring or ridiculous the journey towards the
end is, most of the audience will be very forgiving and understanding once they
are given their reward in the form of a good ending.
Like it or
not the ending plays the most important role in a drama. It could save or
destroy it.
We still have
1 episode to go before the final judgement could be made. However, seeing how
things are now I guess it’s safe to say that our ship is not going to sink
after all.
Let’s have a
look at what I love the most in this episode: Jo Eun Cha!
I’ve
mentioned before that I fall in love with Jo Eun Cha and Bae Soo Bin the actor.
This episode brings back all that love to the front. It reminds me once again
what a great actor Bae Soo Bin is.
His role as
Jo Eun Cha is extremely difficult. It’s hard for me to imagine other actor
pulling it off with the kind of effortlessness he does. He is so perfect as Jo
Eun Cha.
How to
portray an asshole without alienating him from the audience? How to be a
complete jerk but still get the love from female audience? How to make them
root for you to end up with the female lead when you aren’t even romantically
involved with her?
The answer is
Jo Eun Cha.
The wrong
answer is Park Tae Yun.
I have a
feeling that episode 15 tries to make us more sympathetic towards this SOB.
It tries to
make us more understanding towards Park Tae Yun although not necessarily to
accept him with open arms. And certainly not to pair him with Cha Ki Young
because that ship has long gone with the typhoon.
Unfortunately,
it reveals nothing new about him. Him loving Cha Kin Young? No surprise at all.
It’s been pretty clear that he loves her from the very beginning.
He accepted
the offer from the TV station because he wanted to officially meet her after
getting tired of being just a secret admire/stalker. He chose to live at her
apartment building because that’s where she lived.
From episode one
we know that he loves her and she loves him not. She likes him enough to have a
casual relationship with him. But that’s it. He’s the one who tried to look
cool by saying wanting nothing but sex from her and then went all crazy on her
when she refused to share more than her body and what little time and
consideration she gave him.
I think I
would be more forgiving and understanding if Park Tae Yun doesn’t love Cha Ki
Young. The fact that he does just make the whole thing worse.
If even love
couldn’t stop him from ruining the life of the woman he loves, his own flesh
and blood, and his own wife, he doesn’t deserve to get a forgiveness. Nor an
understanding.
His love is
so toxic. So poisonous and completely disastrous that women kind should thank
their fortune that they are not loved by Park Tae Yun. Seeing the kind
of things that he could do to the one he loves, it gives me chill to think what
kind of hell he’ll bestow on the one he doesn’t.
Not only he
has the worst kind of love to offer, as a human being he is also the worst kind
of man to spend the rest of your life with. He’ll never put your needs and your
feelings into consideration. With him it’s always how he feels and what he
needs first. Whenever things are not to his liking he’ll lash out.
Hyun Myung Yi
states in her testimony that Cha Ki Young destroys Park Tae Yun. News flash:
Park Tae Yun destroys Park Tae Yun and everybody else who is unfortunate enough
to be in his vicinity.
He’ll blow
his chances with Cha Ki Young sooner or later. Her being pregnant just speeds
things along. With his personality it’s hard for me to imagine that Cha Ki
Young could finally fall in love with him.
And it’s easy
for me to imagine that he could impregnate a number of girls while he is still
in a relationship with Cha Ki Young. One girl every time she upsets him.
If I may
offer some advice to many young girls out there who are looking for
romance/love this is what I have to say: ‘Don’t you ever accept a man who
professes/thinks that he loves you but does everything that scorns that very
sacred and beautiful word.’
Don’t you
ever aspire to change a screwed up man or dream of fixing him up, you shouldn’t
waste your life and risk your happiness like that. Not when there are many more
dependable, responsible and trustworthy guys out there. Ones who know the
meaning of love and how to treasure it.
Park Tae Yun
is a perfect example of what girls/women shouldn’t pick.
I couldn’t
even bring myself to feel sorry for his pain. All I want for him now is to at
least try to right so many wrongs that he has done.
This is my
parting gift to Park Tae Yun : Do something that is good and right for once.
Stop always putting yourself first before others and try to put the feelings
and needs of those you think you love before you if you really love them.
There. That’s
my part of trying to be fair.
Episode 15
makes me happy. It makes me look forward to watching the finale with the
eagerness that I feel for its earlier episodes.
My favourite
scenes are:
1. Jo Eun Cha coming clean under the oath
and telling all sundry that President Park tries to bribe and bully him.
2. The sleeping under one roof scene
between Jo Eun Cha and Cha Ki Young.
3. The private conversation between them
when Jo Eun Cha asks her why she doesn’t give him a boot despite all that he
has done to her.
4. I also love how she proposes. It’s not
the most romantic proposal there is, far from it. What I love about it is her
realization that whether she likes it or not marriage is an institution that is
still considered as a must in their society. And if she has to marry to make
her life and her son’s life better, Jo Eun Cha is the best man for that job. I
also love Jo Eun Cha’s response to her proposal. It shows that he understands
her enough and cares enough not to immediately say yes.
5. The sleeping under one blanket scene
between Park Sun Nyo and Pedro (love this couple).
6. The ajumas that come to volunteer for
Jo Eun Cha’s campaign! Love them!
My
expectation for the finale:
1. Jo Eun Cha and Cha Ki Young win their
battle against the odds.
2. A wedding or double weddings would end
the show nicely and make me extremely happy.
ps:
No
elaboration on the Park Family please. I couldn’t careless whether Park Tae Yun
divorces Hyun Myung Yi or not. Or whether President Park still does his dirty
business of buying people/officials every chance he gets.
Oh,
very well. I’ve tried to be nice to Park Tae Yun, now it’s time to be nice to
Hyun Myung Yi. Although I don’t like her I think she’s entitled to get
everything that she wants because she has slaved over in that family as their
perfect daughter in law for years. And they love her. Plus she loves Park Tae
Yun despite not wanting to admit it. Let the crazies stay together in a crazy
house. The world would be a better place without them.
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