kdrama: City Hunter ep 15-16

[meganbmoore]

Alas, the dreaded kdrama slump-that period in the last 3rd of modern kdramas where little actually happens and the development in the main relationship is basically put on hold wile the show throws complications and random angst-reveals at us to keep things going for the final episodes-has arrived.  Granted, not nearly as bad as most modern kdramas I've seen, but still.

But you know, between Na Na being able to pick up hospital couches and Yoon Sung using bottles as lethal weapons, those are going to be some interesting kids those two have.

 

 

I mean, I feel that 90% of the actual plot in these episodes was Prosecutor's investigation?  I also think he's switched most of his gung ho-ness to babystealer, and is detailing everything out to Yoon Sung as a kind of "I'm getting evidence!  Now is the time to flee the country!" warning.  There's a lot less "I'll get you yet!" and more "I've figured this much out and suspect this, and won't sit on it once I have proof" to their scenes in these episodes. 
 

I really hope, though, that he figures out exactly what's YS, and what's babystealer soon?  Because as far as he knows, YS is the one actually DOING everything.  "Everything" being vigilanteism, assassination, assaulting public officials (some of which could possibly be interpretted as terrorism) and a history of drug trafficking.  Some of which he is guilty of, and that's not even including that YS deliberately screwed him over to out his dad.  I mean, as the audience, we get aggravated because we care about Yoon Sung and because we know that not only is he not guilty of everything, but he's also trying to do some damage control in Babystealer's wake, but prosecutor doesn't know that at all.  Compared to what he believes YS is guilty of, a personal debt can't compared to the existing and potential harm if he just goes "well, I think you may have saved my life the other day, so I'll just drop it."

Also, I feel strongly that he's thinking that as soon as he wraps this up, he'll get to work on repairing his relationship with Sae Hee (by far the most underused character in this show) and get it right this time.  Pretty powerful motivator there. ally since I'm pretty sure he hasn't seen anyone else since she dumped him, at least not in anything that could be called a real relationship, and so he might be quite sexually frustrated on top of everything else.  Also, I am SO HAPPY that that drug lord bit came up, because even they prbably have legal venues now (and YS does have a job) I still get queasy when Babystealer and YS toss around money.


Speaking of character perspective  vs fan perspective, I'm so happy that Na Na probably isn't as comfortable with Ahjusshi as she she seemed the last few episodes.  I mean, we think he adorable and Yoon Sung loves him, but it's only a few weeks since all he was to Na Na was the guy whose lie put her in debt while sl a minor and let the guy who killed her mother and put her father in a coma get off without even a slap on the wrist.  She may be a forgiving personnd understand why now, but that doesn't just go away.  I mean, I think she does like him and is growing fond of him, but I got the impression that she isn't quite ready to be around him yet if it isn't City Hunter related, or YS isn't around.

And ok, seriously, what kind of people put  an internet hate site for a kid, and then stalk her to her workplace to insult and assault her?  I mean, do those people have no lives?  (Or brains...stalking and attacking the president's underaged daughter strikes me as something that gets you tossed in jail for quite a while if you get caught.)  Also, while I wish Da Hye hadfended herself, I don't mind that she didn't.  Not only is she still a kid  (I mean, she's what, 18 at the most?  But her personality and behavior and fashion seem more 15-16.) but the last time she defended lf in public, even if the circumstances were very different, Na Na almost lost her job and the press had a field day with her father.

I...was unimpressed with the Na Na/Yoon Sung stuff after the first half hour of ep 15.  The writers pretty clearly went "Wait!  Things are going smoothly and we can't resolve this until the last ep!  Halt! Halt!  Backtrack a bit!"  Though, I'm glad that Na Na didn't buy that round ofg "I don't like you and I push you away" but was just exasperated with his antics.  I don't like the pairing any less or anything, they were just less interesting in terms of development than usual this week.

Also, I love that when the camera panned back from the beans being picked out of the rice, it was Da Hye that we'd seen, not the president.  Who I had settled on as my preference for Yoon Sung's Secret Daddy after it became pretty clear we were headed that way last week.  (The fan favorite theory of Babystealer being the Secret Daddy is actually really icky to me.)  Given that Da Hye is at least 10-12 years younger than YS, i'm going with the theory that President and Ahjumma were in love but his parents wouldn't let them marry and he married his wife shortly after and original Daddy knew that she was pregnant when they got married and chose to be YS's father even if he was biologically someone else's.  And I wonder how many other kids president has?  I know he told YS he had more than Da Hye when he convinced YS to turor her, but I can't remember what he said exactly, and IIRC, Da Hye mentioned not having sisters when she got in that fight.

But if YS finds out before the end of the series, Da Hye is going to have at least a decade and a half worth of over-protective brother ambush her all at once.  And I'm really glad they didn't telegraph "secretly siblings" in their relationship at all, outside of her crush being the form that could be applied to any form of adolescent fascination with a "Cool" older person they want to be around.

And that was the best cliffhanger since Yoon Sung had a Na pinned to the wall with his "!!!!!!!!!" expression.  I really hope President knows/suspects and will tell YS next week.
 

Meanwhile, I have apparently made 200 icons of the sow that I haven't posted.  I should fix that.