[Drama 2011] Bachelor's Vegetable Store 총각네 야채가게

[bonds]

OMG, how can they even let him continue with the drama, now that he is injured?!  He's in such a bad shape!

At least let him rest, please!  He needs it!

I feel sorry for him.  The picture only makes me wanna cry. 

Hope he is okay.  Please rest well.  Only then can he recover well.

Take care, Chang Wook.

[cherkell]

EPISODE 22 RECAP, Part 1:

Back at the end of the last episode, as the Fresh Men are being forceably removed from the Store and trying to fight back.  Tae-yang arrives to see all the carnage and yells at them what are they doing?!?  All four of the hyungs line up at the front entrance and link arms in support and tells them this Store can't be shut down, as the leader of the group tells Tae-yang that they've been shut down permanently upon orders from Fake Dad.  We then see the boys picking up all the spilled fruits and vegetables, alternating between crying and extremely pissed off.  The passersby just stare at them, as Tae-yang takes off his apron and runs out of the store...

At Fake Dad's office, Jin-shim apologises for showing up so suddenly, and tells him she's fine.  But Fake Dad tells her that if she's there to plead for the Fresh Men, she hears that he has officially shut down the Store.  He was about to change his mind, until he found out what Tae-yang had done.  When Jin-shim doesn't understand, he tells her that is what Crazy Mom told her -- he was involved in Ga-on's death, so isn't it too cruel of her to request helping him out?  She tells him what happened was an accident, and pleads with him to let this go once for her sake.  As much as she apologises, he stands firm and that's that... oh and by the way, he's not having a good time seeing Jin-shim in front of his face right now.

Jin-shim turns to leave his office and runs into Tae-yang on his way up to see Fake Dad.  She asks if he's here to see him, and as he says he wants to make one last request and goes past to enter, she grabs his arm and says don't go to him... just give it up now.  Tae-yang asks if he can give up, as she says he's not going to change his mind.  They go off to a side room to talk, as Jin-shim tells Tae-yang she couldn't ask Fake Dad for anymore favors now that he knows the whole Ga-on death story.  Tae-yang agrees with her, because if it was him, he'd be thinking the same thing too.  Jin-shim asks him what he's going to do now, as Tae-yang says he doesn't know... his mind is just a blank right now.  He turns to leave as she asks him if he'll recover from this, just like he did before in the past?  He just drops his head and she watches him wander off.

Later that night, Tae-yang returns to the store and sees the boys all sitting there waiting.  Tae-yang can't even bring himself to tell them he's sorry that they've been shut down.  Yoo-bong tells him he has nothing to be sorry about. Tae-yang tells his hyungs that if he wasn't so stubborn to hold out until the end, his friends would have never have suffered like they did today.  Ho-jae tries to remain philosophical about everything, saying that then Tae-yang would have had regrets having the shop being taken away like this.  Ho-jae says he personally doesn't have any regrets, because they did everything that they could.  Yoo-bong agrees with Ho-jae, because even though their business was ruined, they're not going to be down about it, because they've gained so much from working along side each other.  Ki-young pats him on the shoulder, and reminds Tae-yang that if it wasn't for the Fresh Men, he would be living like trash right now.  Yoo-bong says they should just think like they're on vacation right now -- since they've worked so hard up until now, it would be nice to take a break to get their strength back and try again.  Tae-yang especially should take some time off, as Yoo-bong gives him his 'permission' and grabs him in a hug.

Fake Dad is still at his desk thinking and flashing back to the conversation he had with Crazy Mom, where she says the only reason she's hanging on until the bitter end is because of their baby, even though Fake Dad is more concerned about Ga-on right now.  Fake Dad picks up the phone to call Crazy Mom, and tells her to go to the hospital right now.  Crazy Mom asks why, as he says that her doctor wanted to meet him so let's go right now --he'll meet her at the hospital.  She attempts to lie her way out of it by saying she wants to go another time, and he tells her this is the only time he's got.  Okey dokey then, he'll just go by himself because he'll feel more comfortable that way.  When he hangs up on her, she gets all nervous and calls over to her doctor's office, where she's told that the doctor is in surgery and can't come to the phone.  When asked who is calling, Crazy Mom hangs up on the nurse.

Fake Dad then pulls up to the front of the hospital himself, as he sees the Tosa and Second Mom leaving the premises.  Crazy Mom is in her own car, yelling at Secretary Wang to step on it, dammit!!  He reluctantly agrees, as she sits in the back seat freaking out.  She jumps out with Secretary Yang yelling after her and runs into her doctor's office to find her and another patient in there.  Crazy Mom asks if she has seen the Chairman yet, as her doctor says that he hasn't arrived yet... but that Crazy Mom really needs to be admitted into surgery now.  Crazy Mom demands to not meet her husband unless Crazy is with him as well.  Doctor Lady is stunned, as Crazy yells at her to not say anything!!

Crazy Mom leaves the doctor's office and calls Fake Dad to ask him where he is.  He says he ran into someone and is meeting with them.  When she asks who he's talking about, he says to come and find them in the cafeteria.  She arrives and sees him with the Tosa and Second Mom, and tells him that she had to push back the appointment because the doctor is going into surgery.  Fake Dad orders Crazy Mom to sit down.  The Tosa lights into Fake Dad about Tae-yang... did he force Tae-yang to shut down his shop?  Second Mom looks pained sitting in her seat.  Crazy Mom tells him that it's not an appropriate thing to talk about in a setting like this, as the Tosa says why shouldn't he ask at this time, when the person who's been determined to finish Tae-yang off is sitting right here!!  Even pulling Seul-woo in with Crazy Mom's tricks, but the Tosa is interrupted by Fake Dad, who basically tells the Tosa to butt out.  The Tosa says he doesn't like being involved in their business either, but when evil stories like that go around, he can't help but be involved!  Second Mom tells the Tosa to stop, as he says why should he when they have ruined those boys' lives?  Crazy Mom says she and Fake Dad not listen to that crap and they should leave because they shouldn't be seen with such an offensive person (like the Tosa).  The Tosa calls her on being offensive, because she's the one that's going to have to answer to God.  All of a sudden, Second Mom starts getting sick to her stomach and everyone stops dead in their crabby tracks.  Second Mom says it's nothing, but gets up to leave anyway... as Fake Dad suddenly looks very concerned and asks what's wrong with her.  Tosa says that it's none of his freakin' business, as Crazy Mom says that her patience is running out.  The Tosa says that he's majorly holding back because of his wife, because he says Second Mom saw Crazy Mom at the hospital a few days earlier and that Second Mom felt really sorry for Crazy Mom.  Suddenly, a waitress runs up and says that Second Mom has collapsed in the restroom, as the Tosa and Fake Dad run after her.  We then see Second Mom being wheeled on a gurney into the emergency room, with Fake Dad and Crazy Mom trailing behind.

Back at Crazy Manor, Crazy Mom goes into the bar area and pours herself an alcoholic drink, while the Tosa's words about Second Mom feeling sorry for Crazy Mom after seeing her at the hospital the other day echoes in her head.  (Might as well enjoy yourself now with that dead baby, beeyotch.)

At the Store later that night, Seo-young and Yoo-bong are talking.  She asks him what he's going to do since the Store has closed, but he's not sure... he thinks he'll go back to his hometown for awhile.  She asks when he might be coming back, as Yoo-bong says he's not sure if he'll ever come back. Seo-young asks him if by any chance he's leaving because of her, but Yo-bong waves that off by saying people will welcome him back because he's a successful young farmer.  She says it sounds nice that he can go back home again.  She starts crying and Yoo-bong doesn't know what to do until he takes her shoulders to tell her to take care of herself.  He gives her a little bow and heads off.  Back at her house, Seo-young reads a note Yoo-bong left with the small amaryllis plant she gave him when they first met -- he says even though he wasn't around for a very long time, he was happy to have been her giraffe.  Yoo-bong sits in front of the garage door with the giraffe painted on it, crying his eyes out.

The other boys come out of the store and wait for Tae-yang to show up.  Yoo-bong says they're going off to eat, and Tae-yang says to go ahead without him.  Yoo-bong gives him a big hug, Ki-young tells his Captain that he'll be back and shakes his hand, and as Tae-yang extends his hand for Ho-jae to shake, he ends up giving Tae-yang a big hug as well... and they all leave.  Tae-yang goes back upstairs to pack up his things, runs his hand across the furniture, and turns out the lights.  With one look back over his shoulder, he flashes back to all the good times -- the construction phase, the first opening, cleaning up the house with Jung-ah and Chan-sol, just general vegetable merriment -- and finally breaks down.  Standing outside the Store, he looks up at the neon sign, turned off for the last time.

[Commercial Break #1 -- and just in time, because I need to pull out another box of kleenex now.  SOB!!!]

It's the next day, and we see Tae-yang on a bus heading back to his village.  He looks out the window, and sees a vision of himself happy as a clam on his old vegetable truck, driving here and there.  Next thing, he's at his grandmother's gravesite, pouring rice wine and setting out memorial foods and flowers.  He bows to his halmoni, and apologises for not coming to see her on New Year's Day like he always did, but she would have been happy to see him working so hard.  As he sits, he tells his grandma that all Tae-yang needed to do was to find his own way with his own strengths.  But even though he did everything to his greatest strengths, things still didn't work out and it was so hard.  He wishes she was still around so that he could eat her special rice cakes that always gave him strength.  Tae-yang splashes the grave with the rice wine...

Dan-bi arrives home to see a suitcase in the living room and the Tosa coming out with clothes in his hand.  She asks him what's going on, as he fibs and tells her that Second Mom went out... and help me pack up this suitcase, by the way.  Dan-bi can sense that something's wrong because he wouldn't be packing up her clothes like this.  He hems and haws a bit more,  but finally says that Second Mom is in the hospital because her cancer has returned.  Dan-bi is stunned and asks why she wasn't told, as the Tosa says Second Mom said not to tell Dan-bi (which was mostly not to make Dan-bi worry about her).  Dan-bi says she'll go with him to the hospital, but the Tosa tells her not to go; in fact, don't even let on like you know.  Second Mom needs to think only about her health right now... as she only has a year left to live, so let's follow her wishes and let her live like she wants to live.  Dan-bi grabs the Tosa in a hug, crying her eyes out.

At the hospital, Crazy Mom is there talking to Second Mom, as she's hooked up to an IV drip.  Even then, Crazy Mom asks her why she feels sorry for her?  Second Mom apologizes for the Tosa even bringing that up.  Crazy Mom demands to know what Second Mom saw when they were at the hospital a few days ago, as Second Mom says she feels sorry because to lose a child is a scary thing to think about.  But why the hell is Crazy Mom coming to her to talk about it?  Crazy turns the tables and asks whether or not Fake Dad had called her; when she says he did, Crazy jumps all over her asking what the two of them talked about.  When Second Mom doesn't answer right away, Crazy demands to know!!  Second Mom asks her if there's a chance that her husband doesn't know about the miscarriage?  Crazy counters and says that she hasn't found the right time to tell him yet, as Second Mom asks how she could not have told him something so important!  Crazy tells her that she must be happy as heck that she miscarried the baby, as Second Mom says she's a sad woman.  Even with losing the baby, she's always on the defensive -- why does she think everyone's out to get her?  Crazy Mom stomps off, as we see her back in the car with Secretary Yang.  She starts having stomach pains, and Secretary Yang rushes her back to the emergency room.  Secretary Yang calls Fake Dad to tell him where Crazy Mom is, and when Fake Dad asks why she's there, Secretary Yang tells him that she suddenly had to have a surgery.  Fake Dad's face goes all blank.

Jerkwad Seul-woo slinks up to the front door of the now-closed Fresh Men Store to see it dark.  He looks over to the containers where little shoots of lettuce are making their way up out of the dirt, and flashes back to him asking Tae-yang why he's going through all this trouble just to plant seeds.  Tae-yang tells him he wants the customers to see for themselves how safe their produce is if they grow some of it on the store premises.  He sits next to the planters, as we see Jung-ah come out and yell at him for not having a place to go and does he want to ruin someone else's day, as she waters the lettuce and deliberately splashes some on Seul-woo.  She gives him a big huff and walks away.

Around the corner, we see Jin-shim looking at the empty Store, as Seul-woo then sees her.  She and Seul-woo head over to a nearby cafe for tea.  She's happy that he finally came clean, but he stops her by saying things aren't back to their right places yet.  Seul-woo then asks her why she came by the Store... to see Tae-yang?  As she nods yes, she asks him the same question... as he says he came by to never forget about how he ruined such great guys.  He asks Jin-shim what should he call her now -- Ga-on?  Jin-shim?  He decides he's going to call her Jin-shim and properly introduces himself to her again, as they shake hands in greeting... and in parting as well.

A good place to stop.  See you in Part 2!

[cherkell]

EPISODE 22 RECAP, Part 2: 

We see Fake Dad come out of Crazy Mom's doctor's office, where he is told that she had a miscarriage and needed surgery to clean things up.  He walks down the hall, hearing the voiceovers from Crazy Mom that asked him to go another time to the doctor because she was just there and nothing was wrong... picking up his pace until he reaches Crazy Mom's room, where he just stares at her while she's out cold.  Secretary Yang is keeping guard right outside, and as Fake Dad leaves, barks an order at him to not tell Crazy Mom that he was called or that he even visited, which makes Secretary Yang swallow hard.

Tae-yang is wandering around his village market, as it brings back fond memories of his childhood.  He sees an ajumma who is having trouble selling her watercress and goes over to talk to her.  Apparently she's been there since the crack of dawn and hasn't sold much.  Tae-yang then offers to buy all her watercress, as she asks ALL... and you're not going to bargain down the price?  Tae-yang says he's a businessman himself and it would be upsetting to knock down the price since she's been there all day.  She gratefully complies and starts putting the produce into bags, telling him he will be blessed.

Jin-shim walks into a cafe to meet up with Tae-in, who asks her unni if she's okay and still having a hard time after leaving home.  Jin-shim says she's okay, as in a small way she was expecting this to happen and is relieved to not have to lie anymore.  Tae-in is happy to see the old Jin-shim return, because she said the same thing to her when they were kids and Tae-in accidentally broke one of Jin-shim's possessions.  Tae-in asks if she's worried about Tae-yang, to which Jin-shim says that she's not because she trusts Tae-yang... he'll come back even stronger.  Tae-in then says but what if her oppa doesn't come back at all -- will she be okay if she never sees him again?  Tae-in says that she likes Dan-bi now, because she takes care of her like a real sister... and honestly, Tae-in wished that Dan-bi would end up with Tae-yang so he wouldn't have to suffer any more heartaches and can go on living happily.  When Jin-shim asks why she's being told all that, Tae-in fesses up that's the way she feels, but that Tae-yang is probably missing Jin-shim big time right now...  In the next scene we see Tae-yang working in a field with some ajusshis pruning bushes.  They all look up before he does to see Jin-shim arriving at the field.  With a "you came' springing from Tae-yang's lips, she says yeah.  (And you have some lipstick on your teeth there, Jin-shim...)

They both get to pruning the bushes, as Jin-shim is doing an admirable job herself.  But Tae-yang decides he needs to come over and make sure she's pruning at the right joints, and when she goes after the wrong branch, chides her for not being an attentive student.  She gives him some backtalk about her helping him with his homework when they were kids, right dummy?  He says he forgot that Jin-shim was the much better student... and now plant pruning expert.  Heh.

The next day, they wander back through the market again and come across the ajumma with the watercress varieties, and it looks like she's having trouble unloading the veggies again.  Tae-yang asks if he could give it a go, as the ajumma asks HIM?  Tae-yang takes that opportunity to brag a little about his younger days and how well he did selling his own produce.  The next thing we see if Tae-yang and Jin-shim sitting outside her stall, hawking her watercress with a huge sales pitch.  They both flashback to the days they sold their watercress in their younger days.  All of a sudden, there's a ton of ajummas gathering around them to buy up her entire stock as the ajumma looks on lovingly at them.

They run off to a local restaurant to have lunch... and some wine!  The restaurant owners come over with a free bottle of mulberry wine, and pour them two glasses.  Tae-yang says it's good, and they tuck into their meal.  Afterwards, they stand out on the patio of the restaurant, where Tae-yang asks her if she's called her Crazy Mom yet.  She says nope, not even once.  Tae-yang says he bets she's having a rough time, and that Jin-shim is probably worried about her.  Jin-shim says that even though she's worried, she's not gonna call her for awhile -- that's the way they can live on, even though her Crazy Mom will only talk to her if she's still being Ga-on.  As they walk amongst the kimchee pots in the back yard, Tae-yang tells her then they're just the same -- they both have no parents and no one to lean on.  She asks him if he still has the same dream -- to be the world's happiest vegetable store owner?  He wants to return to that dream, but tells her that Yoo-bong said to go back to the countryside and rest and not think about anything.  Jin-shim tells him that his halmoni named him right -- he is like a ray of sunshine...

[Commercial Break #2]

Back at the Crazy Hilton, Crazy Mom comes into the living room to see Fake Dad sitting in the dark.  When she asks why he's sitting in the dark, he asks her where she's been.  When she says she was at a meeting, he snerks at her and asks if it was fun?  Crazy Mom doesn't have an answer for him.

Later on, our two lovebirds return to Tae-yang's rented house for the night.  All of a sudden they're nervous with each other being in the same room together.  Tae-yang first asks if the room's too cold, or if she's hungry and he should run out for something to eat, when Jin-shim says it's okay, she's full, don't worry, she's fine, etc.  Tae-yang suddenly gets up and says he needs to check on something, as she looks over and sees the lunchbox sitting in plain sight on the table.  Jin-shim gets up and goes outside to see what Tae-yang is doing, and he's at the side of the house tending to a fire where he's roasting some sweet potatoes.  She crouches down to help him and they break open a couple and Tae-yang gets soot all over his face.

They snuggle by the fire first, and then move to the patio to continue talking about the times past, because it has been awhile since they were comfortable together.  JIn-shim says that they're together again, as Tae-yang mentions that no matter how they part ways, they will always end up together again.  Jin-shim says that she's stopped trying to run away from him, as Tae-yang asks her if she will stay by his side now?  He says that she's going to need to prepare herself for when he starts over, he'll make her live in luxury again... but it's gonna take a really long time.  Is that okay with her, with Jin-shim saying she's already prepared herself.  Tae-yang all of a sudden stops talking and clinches her in for a big ol' kiss.  Later on (dressed in 'couple pajamas'... oh how sweet!!!), Jin-shim is sleeping away on one side of the room as Tae-yang watches her sleep... and smiles.  He then drifts off to sleep, as Jin-shim wakes up for a brief moment to watch him sleep and smiles as well.

It's later that evening at Crazy Mom's abode, as she's in the kitchen peeling fruit and getting that worried look on her face again.  She brings out the tray to Fake Dad, who is still sitting there with a drink in his hand.  Crazy Mom is somewhat happy that he's returned home and does he want some dinner, oh his face looks awful, she should been by his side taking care of him... as he says that yes, he is back home for good.  As Crazy breathes a sigh of relief over his making the right decision, Fake Dad turns to her and says SHE is the one that should leave the house!  When she doesn't understand, Fake Dad explains that the only reason she was there was because of the baby, but now that will never happen, there's no reason for her to stay by his side any longer.  She tries to soft-pedal it all by saying she didn't want him to go into shock over all the horrible events happening at once to him, and if she told him about losing the baby, that he would go into shock.  Fake Dad retorts by asking he how long she was going to cover this up... long enough to go out and steal another baby and raise that as his own too?  (BURN!!)

Crazy knees by his side and pleads with him, since she's now lost two of his children, shouldn't he at least feel an ounce of pity for her?  If he's not going to help her, then who... so don't throw her away like this!  Fake Dad spits at her that he's all she has, and she keeps on doing this stuff -- lady, you're a mental patient!!  (NO DUH!!)  Fake Dad stands up all of a sudden, as Crazy Mom spits back "mental patient?!?"  Fake Dad says that maybe it's all for the best for a baby not to grow up under someone so deranged, as Crazy reminds him that she's the mom and she wants to cry and not go on living, but mostly she wants him to comfort her, dammit!  The reason she didn't say anything was because she was thinking of him first, but he tells her that it's all for the best?  Is that something that he should be saying right now, as she's pulling on his jacket and causing him to drop his glass on the coffee table.

Fake Dad asks her if he's ever going to believe her again, because to Crazy Mom, a baby was her only means of survival -- it was like that with dead Ga-on, with Jin-shim... and that dead baby as well.  Crazy goes... well, crazy, and yells at him to STOP STOP STOP, as Fake Dad orders her to get out of his house NOW!!  Fake Dad reminds her that she's not being tossed out because of the dead baby; it's because she lied and deceived him to the very end.  He pulls away from her, as she starts rolling around in the shattered glass on the floor and picks up a piece in her hand.  She holds it so tight as to draw blood, as he's yelling at her to put it down.  She then puts a large shard to her wrists and threatens to cut them again because she wants to die, as he's still yelling at her to put it down!  She then demands that they die together, because she can't watch him living without her!!  This time, Fake Dad calls her bluff and says do what you want, because if they both die and meet in hell, he will still NEVER FORGIVE HER!!  He exits the room, leaving her there with her glass shards.  Crazy Mom goes all hysterical, as Fake Dad goes off to his office, where a single tear slides down his cheek in the dark.

It's the next day, and we see our Mr. Hottie roll over on his blankets and wakes up.  He looks over to see Jin-shim's blankets all folded up, with her nowhere to be seen.  Tae-yang panics and rushes outside the house to find her, when some noises come from the kitchen area and Jin-shim walks in with some dishes and Tae-yang breathes a sigh of relief.  She asks him if he's okay, as he responds that he got scared she disappeared again.  Jin-shim tut-tuts that off, and tells him where would she go?  She's not going anywhere alone ever again, which makes Tae-yang smile.  She asks if it's okay if they go have a picnic today, and she'll pack a lunchbox to take with so he needs to think about where they can go.  He says okay, as she starts cooking rolled eggs and the lunchbox is right next to her on the sink.

Next we see them taking a pedal cart down some railroad tracks and generally enjoying themselves.  A game of rock-paper-scissors ends up in a tie, and as they come out of the other side of a tunnel, Tae-yang lays a sweet little kiss on her cheek.  Jin-shim reciprocates a few yards down the track.  They stop at a lake, where Tae-yang epic fails at skipping stones across the water.  Jin-shim opens up the lunch containers, and there we see her speciality -- rice with green peas making a heart shape on top.  When he teases her about it, she flicks the peas away until he stops her.  Tae-yang chows down and tells her that it was always his dream to bring their children to this lake for a picnic.  When she asks THEIR children, Tae-yang says that when they have kids, let's become really good parents and make sure they know that they're loved by them... since they both grew up without knowing that kind of love.  Jin-shim tells him she'll do one better -- she'll become his mother, father and home for him, just like he did for her when they were kids.  (There ya go, folks.  In a roundabout way, he just proposed to her, and in a more vague way, she just accepted.  Awww.... ::sniffle:: )

They cuddle at the edge of the lake for awhile, until Jin-shim's phone starts ringing.  Oh crap, it's Crazy Mom calling, but Jin-shim refuses to pick it up until Tae-yang tells her it's okay, don't avoid her.  She answers, and Crazy Mom asks who this is... when Jin-shim says it's Jin-shim, Crazy gets all agitated and orders Jin-shim to put Ga-on on the phone because she wants to talk to Ga-on.  When Jin-shim says eomma, Crazy tells her eomma?  Why are you calling me eomma -- Ga-on hasn't come home, so put her on the phone RIGHT NOW!!  Jin-shim's eyes widen and her face goes blank.... and we end Episode 22 right there!

PREVIEW:  No preview; just repeated scenes from this episode.

PREVIEW OF EPISODE 23:

Okay, I gotta warn you guys -- you'd better have a box of tissues nearby for this Episode.  I tried to finish the recap at my desk during lunchtime, and had to walk away several times to a spare office to compose myself.  But with all that's happened over the past week with My Precious's accident, I'm especially over-emotional right now anyway.  Sucks to be me sometimes...  

I have got to give great credit to the makeup artists who worked on two tiny JCW scenes in particular, because if they weren't called out to me beforehand, I would have never known they were shot post-accident.  Happy to see that Jin-shim has FINALLY pulled that stick out of her butt, because she stepped up her game big time.  And they are just soooooo cute together that words can't describe them.  But I hope this Teaser Picture helps:

Two more episodes to go... I'd better go stock up on crying towels before next Wednesday!!  

[tessieroo]

EP 21 with English subs is up here:

http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4082/21/Bachelor%27s_Vegetable_Store/?ap=1 

http://www.kimchidramas.net/2012/03/bachelors-vegetable-store-episode-21.html

Thanks once again for excellent recaps, Cherkell! 

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[tessieroo]

Episode 22 with English subs is up:

http://www.dramafever.com/drama/4082/22/Bachelor%27s_Vegetable_Store/?ap=1 

http://www.kimchidramas.net/2012/03/bachelors-vegetable-store-episode-22.html

http://www.epdrama.com/bachelors-vegetable-store/bachelors-vegetable-store-episode-22/

http://www.dramacrazy.net/korean-drama/bachelors-vegetable-store-episode-22/

[Guest altinneen]

Did anyone else find the scene where Seul Woo is getting his ears cleaned absolutely disgusting? WHY WHY WHY did the directors think that would be a nice scene to have a conversation. It grossed me out something awful.

Also I hate Seulwoo's character. He's ridiculously ugly. That terrible, terrible, unfathomable haircut with those tighter than a leotard pants he wears combines with his ugly facial features to create a "Skeletor" in tights look.

Then when you add to that the fact that he ruined those poor kids KNOWINGLY and accepted money and got his mom out on bail without and is still going around chilling with Jin Shim....really he's unforgivable. He might regret what he did but I can't stand his character....

[Guest didisalma]

I really love the 22 ep,TY and JS are so sweet together~~ but crazy mom didn't get tired of causing problemes to the entire family!!! she make me so sick !!

[cherkell]

    

Ji Chang Wook Accident Update 10:20 PM KST 4 March 2012:  JCW finished up his last scene on the evening of 28 February and went straight to an undisclosed location to continue his recuperation.  He finally surfaced at 8:15 PM KST 4 March with a one-word tweet:  "짠!" ("Jjang," which means "Ta-da!").  I think I woke up my neighbors from squealing so loudly when that popped up on my phone!! 

These screencaps are from Episode 21, where you can see a tiny white patch over Changwook-ssi's left eyebrow and a bruise starting to appear.  In other shots, you can see a larger bandage covering his forehead, and in Episode 22, you can see another bruise forming in between his eyebrows.  Although I was almost hysterical about his returning to the set so quickly afterwards, it makes sense now why he did what he did because these scenes needed to be in the can before any serious bruising came up (which is anywhere from 2-to-5 hours after any blunt trauma like that), where he would be unable to be in front of the cameras unless under several layers of makeup.  Kudos to the makeup artists for doing an excellent job of camouflaging!!

I debated long and hard over putting up these shots, but the netizens and news reports keep making this accident sound worse than from what I've been told by my sources, so here's my rebuttal to all that negative gossip out there:  The boy is gonna be fine, so sit down and shut up!!  Nevertheless, for someone who pretty much makes his living with his face, this is going to be quite a setback for Our Lead Bachelor.  I just wish that he'll now listen to his doctors and get some serious rest now... because his next project is expected to be announced sometime on 18 March!!  ♥♥♥

[Guest dsmazeltov]

Did anyone else find the scene where Seul Woo is getting his ears cleaned absolutely disgusting? WHY WHY WHY did the directors think that would be a nice scene to have a conversation. It grossed me out something awful.

Also I hate Seulwoo's character. He's ridiculously ugly. That terrible, terrible, unfathomable haircut with those tighter than a leotard pants he wears combines with his ugly facial features to create a "Skeletor" in tights look.

Then when you add to that the fact that he ruined those poor kids KNOWINGLY and accepted money and got his mom out on bail without and is still going around chilling with Jin Shim....really he's unforgivable. He might regret what he did but I can't stand his character....

OMG MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!! 

it was so grossss when she cleaned his ears, like the directors couldve done something else to show a sweet moment between him and his mom.

And i dont like seul woo, the bachelors have been pretty nice and theyve accepted him after a while but seul woo..... hes a jerk and pulls all of that

i hope that in the later episodes he becomes a decent person tho

[cherkell]

Did anyone else find the scene where Seul Woo is getting his ears cleaned absolutely disgusting? WHY WHY WHY did the directors think that would be a nice scene to have a conversation. It grossed me out something awful.

I found it a bit strange as well, but you guys have to remember this drama is filmed for the Korean market.  It's a tradition that mothers and children, or husbands and wives, all adhere to this ear-cleaning thing as sort of a bonding ritual between family members.  My Korean friends found it quite sweet to see a scene like that in a drama... I think a few of them are kinda homesick right now.  Poor babies!!

TWO MORE EPISODES TO GO!!  Anyone else as excited as I am?  Changwook-ssi tweeted this morning that he had to return to the set for a few more scenes, and the no-really-it's-true-official-last day of filming is now 7 March!!  They are really cutting it close to the bone on this shoot, but WBDS was the same way with filming going up until the day before its finale.

So in honour of the ending of our Little Bachelor Paradise, I'll be putting up a special project in the next few days that I've been working on for a week straight now. Sleep is overrated anyway.  Stay tuned!!

[Peekabooitzme]

I like this drama, but the crazy mother totally irks me. I wonder what will happen to her in the ending of this drama. I am anticipating the last two episodes.

[cherkell]

EPISODE 23 MINI-CAP, Part 1:

I've got a Triple Grande Non-Fat No-Whip Mocha, some aspirin, and a box of kleenex at my side.  Strap yourselves in, chingus... here we go!!  

We're back at the lake with Tae-yang and JIn-shim snuggling, where she gets the call from Crazy Mom asking where Ga-on is and to put here on the phone!!  When she asks Crazy Mom what she means, Crazy just wants Ga-on to talk to her now!!

As Tae-yang and Jin-shim walk away from the lake, Tae-yang asks if the ajumma really didn't know that she wasn't Ga-on?  Back at Tae-yang's house, Jin-shim tends to the fire pit and thinks about... as Tae-yang walks up with her bags to insist that she return to Seoul to work this all out because she needs to close this out once and for all.  We see them on the bus heading back, her head resting on his shoulder and holding hands in a death grip...

(Note that Changwook-ssi's bruises and split lip are more evident in these shots, and the makeup people have basically glued a lock of hair down over his damaged eyebrow.  I'll cry for him later after I finish this recap...)

Back at Crazy Manor that evening, they stand outside the gate where Tae-yang tells her to go on in and he'll just wait outside, so let him know what happens.  She says she will do that and disappears behind the gate, leaving Tae-yang there.  Jin-shim goes in to find Crazy Mom on the couch and asks her why she called, as Crazy Mom just stares at her blankly and asks if she really did call Ga-on?  Jin-shim looks down to see Crazy Mom's arm all bandaged up, and asks what the heck happened?  Crazy says that her appa told her to leave (or he left himself), when then Crazy gets all animated and says now that Ga-on is back, Fake Dad can come back home too!  Crazy has basically reverted to a child-like state now, as Jin-shim asks if that would really work?  A single tear rolls down Crazy's face as she rambles on and on and Crazy calls her Gaon-na over and over and Jin-shim tells her it's going to be okay...

Tae-yang waits outside and tells her that they should go.  When Jin-shim says that she needs to stay, Tae-yang asks her what she means by that, as she explains that it's something she has to do.  She's sorry, he says it's okay as he hands her overnight bag to Jin-shim, and turns away to walk down the hill.  We see Jin-shim re-bandaging Crazy Mom's arm in her bedroom, with Crazy Mom all glassy-eyed and stuff.

Meanwhile, at Second Mom's house, Dan-bi and Second Mom are in a simple yoga pose which Second Mom can't handle.  Dan-bi gently adjusts her into place, as Second Mom asks if she's heard from Tae-yang lately.  Dan-bi says she hasn't, but hopefully he'll surface soon... and then her lips go all quivery.  Dan-bi excuses herself as Second Mom attempts the yoga pose again, gets up and goes into the dining room to have a nice cry.

Tae-yang walks back by the store, where he goes into the nail salon to greet Jung-ah and her helper.  She gives him some hell about not contacting her sooner, and he apologises while handing her a gift box from the village where he's staying.  They open it to reveal tea and jams, as they tuck in immediately!  (Mmmmm, mulberry jam!!) 

Dan-bi returns home to find Tae-in dressed to go out.  When she asks what's up, Tae-in says that she's off to meet with Tae-yang, which makes Dan-bi all excited and tells her let's go see him!  Tae-in is hesitant, though, because she sent Jin-shim off to be with him instead.  They both do head out, and find Tae-yang leaning on the doors of the Store looking forlorn.  Tae-in says she'll leave you two alone for a bit to chat.  When Tae-yang asks Dan-bi if she's been well, she answers that she hasn't because he ran off to the countryside with Ga-on... even after all that she put him through?!?  Tae-yang tries to answer her, but she's still giving him hell for leaving like that.  Tae-yang tells her to stop talking like that, as she continues to confess her feelings for him and knows a lot more about his situation... and she stops short.  But as she walks off, Tae-yang grabs her arm as she pulls it off.

Tae-yang and Tae-in sit outside the Store talking about what they're both going to do next, but Tae-yang starts pressing Tae-in for clarification if what Dan-bi said was true?  (I didn't catch what Tae-in said back....)

Later at some watering hole, we Seul-woo working the room, saying hi to various people there.  A chingu of his calls him over to sit with him and his girlfriends (or hostesses, I can't tell the difference these days).  Seul-woo asks whazzup, as his friend says that he hasn't been around for awhile and he should set Seul-woo up with a girl or two, now that he and Dan-bi have broken up.  Seul-woo says thanks but no thanks, he's not on the market right now.  He puts down his drink and leaves, stopped long enough to lean up against a wall and think...

Seul-woo is wandering in front of the closed Store, where he flashes back to the good old days of the Fresh Men all working together, calling out greetings and sales as one... especially thinking about Tae-yang.  Seul-woo looks up and runs over to the truck still parked next to the Store, and finding it empty, walks away dejectedly.  All of a sudden, the truck back flap flies open... and there's Tae-yang calling out to him!  (HOLY CRAP I SCREAMED!!)  Seul-woo asks him what the hell he's doing in there, and they start bickering right there...

... all the way to a local restaurant, where they both chow down on some yummy looking stew.  Tae-yang starts yelling at him as to why Seul-woo had to be so stupid to do what he did, and then steals some of Seul-woo's stew meat and shoves it in his mouth.  Hee!

Back at Crazy Manor, Crazy Mom has a fire going as she's burning all the baby stuff and her ultrasound pictures... RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER BEDROOM!!  She picks up the onesie that previously belonged to Real Ga-on and stares at it before tossing it in as well.  Jin-shim returns later to ask where Crazy is, and as she finds her hunched over the fire still burning baby clothes, Jin-shim grabs her and asks what she's doing?!?  Crazy gets ready to toss a cute pair of red shoes in, as Jin-shim grabs her hands and orders her to stop.  Crazy just glares at her and says now that she's Jin-shim again, what gives her the right to stop her?  JIn-shim just keeps pleading with her to stop, as Crazy suddenly realizes what she's done and attempts to pull some of the clothing out of the fire with Jin-shim holding on to her for dear life.  JIn-shim walks around the living,and kicks over a few empty liquor bottles, as we see Crazy Mom finally passed out in her bed.

At Fake Dad's office, he's also into the booze, as we see him having a nice drink of scotch.  All of a sudden the door opens, and Jin-shim is there.  They indulge in a stare-off, until they both sit and he asks her what she's doing there.  Jin-shim tells him he went to see Crazy Mom, and tells him about the weird call she got from her asking for Ga-on.  Fake Dad is done and dusted with her, and tells Jin-shim that he's asked her to leave home.  Fake Dad is stunned that Ji-shim is still basically staying on her Crazy Mom's side.  Jin-shim pleads with Fake Dad for help.  She leaves his office, as he continues to sit and ponder.

We next hear the Tosa's voice telling Tae-yang about what he's heard of his situation, as Tae-yang asks him what he means by that?  Tosa asks him if he's that dense, as Tae-yang just hangs his head.  Tae-yang thanks him for his concern... as then the Tosa tells him that Dan-bi's Second Mom is really sick and he flashes back to Dan-bi telling Tae-yang that she can't lose any more things from her life.  The Tosa finally finishes his speech by telling Tae-yang that it's time to come back to the Market and start over from scratch...

[Commercial Break #1]

We then see Tae-yang back at the truck, unrolling the flaps and rehanging... THE FRESH MEN SIGN!! ::happydance::  At a local construction site, we see Ki-young working hard at what he does best -- lifting and carrying.  At the work cafeteria, he sits separate from his co-workers and eats alone.  When he picks up a piece of pickled garlic, a look comes across his face and he summons the ajumma over to ask if the garlic is fresh.  When she complains that it is, Ki-young goes into a spiel about how he knows that it's not from all the studies he did as a vegetable seller.  She huffs at him and turns away.  (LOL the Garlic Whisperer!)

At a local conbini, we see Ho-jae working behind the counter.  As a customer arrives, he greets them with the standard Fresh Men greeting, which then he catches himself and turns to his boss all apologetic.  His boss gives him the evil stink-eye as Ho-jae says he'll try not to do that again.  A customer comes up to have his purchases rung up, and Ho-jae yells out the customer's purchase items (like they used to at the Store), which gets Ho-jae banished to the outside of the store on sweeping-up duty instead and he mutters his complaints.

We then see Yoo-bong back at his family's farm, watering and tending to the plants.  He wonders out loud what the other hyungs are up to right now, as he bends down and talks to the plants again.  He wonders how Seo-young is doing... as we see a shot of Seo-young's rooftop house all messed up and broken into again.  Seo-young is at the Store by the garage door staring at the giraffe painted there, as she's as severely beat up as her house is right now.  Wearing one slipper and one shoe, she strokes the giraffe painting as she cries out for Yoo-bong... as Jung-ah comes around the corner and sees here.  Seo-young turns around to see Jung-ah, panics and runs off.  Jung-ah is in the process of calling Yoo-bong to tell him, but pauses first... as then it's Yoo-bong calling Jung-ah instead!!

She answers as Yoo-bong asks how she's been because it's almost time for the baby to arrive, no?  He gets ready to ask her how Seo-young has been doing, but stops himself before the words leave his mouth and tells her never mind and hangs up.  Jung-ah sits there and wonders if she should have told him about Seo-young, or if he's just being psychic...

And that's where I'm going to stop for now -- I'll finish this at work.  See you all for Part 2 shortly!!

[cherkell]

EPISODE 23 MINI-CAP, Part 2:

At another local watering hole, we see Dan-bi in the process of getting hammered, as Seul-woo walks in and snatches the drink glass out of her hand.  She waxes poetic about her sorry life, and wonders how Ga-on came in between all of them, as sad jazz music plays in the background and Seul-woo sucks down her drink. Back at home, Dan-bi gets a call from Tae-yang, asking for her to come out and meet him in front of her apartment complex.  His bike is there as well, and when she asks why, Tae-yang tells her to hop on.  Next we see them riding all over the place, with Dan-bi riding jump seat.  They stop at a nearby park for a drink and a chat, as Tae-yang attempts to cheer her up.  Dan-bi asks him about his family survived and got by without a mother, as Tae-yang tells her that he and Tae-in just found a way. Dan-bi tells him that she's having a hard time comprehending about Second Mom.  I think Tae-yang tells her to be grateful for the time she and Second Mom have left, as Dan-bi tears up about losing another mom.  Tae-yang pulls her in for a hug as she sobs on his shoulder.  (So much for shipping second leads, ne?)

Later that evening, Tae-yang returns to the Store and his temporary home inside the truck, but when he pulls up on his bike, Ki-young is standing there with a bag of food!!  We see those two then attempt to get some sleep in the back of the truck, and as a car goes by with headlights, they both sit upright and wonder what the heck they're doing there.  Tae-yang nudges him and says since they're awake, they should go over to the Market and pick out their produce to sell the next day.  A little montage of Tae-yang and Ki-young inspecting and sniffing and conversing with the ajummas.

They return to the old Store with their purchases, where around the corner we see Ho-jae and Yoo-bong walk up!!  They're just as amazed to see Ki-young and Tae-yang as the other two hyungs are!!  When Tae-yang asks them what they've been up to, Ho-jae hedges and says they've been around... as we then see our Oh Singsingmen back in business in front of the old Store, just this time from the truck bed instead (just like the old days).  Tae-yang on his megaphone announcing that the Fresh Men are back, and several passersby stop for purchases and samples as Jung-ah and her assistant look on with big smiles on their faces.

They take a break and peel some oranges for snacks, as Ho-jae says that he missed the selling.  Tae-yang tries to explain how he'd like to start from scratch again... as we then see him back at the Tosa's office asking for his help.  The Tosa chuckles at him, as Tae-yang thanks him and leaves.

[Commercial Break #2]

Back at Crazy Mom's, we see her arranging a flower bouquet as Jin-shim looks on.  Apparently her presence startled Crazy, as she lets out an OMO! as Jin-shim asks her if she's going to be okay.  Crazy Mom thanks her for her concern, and then apologizes for being that way.  Jin-shim continues to demand that Crazy Mom leave Tae-yang and Tae-in alone, but apparently Crazy Mom doesn't like that request, as she starts yelling at Jin-shim again and Jin-shim says she's going to return to Tae-yang's side.  For the 72nd time, Crazy Mom tells her that something needs to be done about that boy...

JIn-shim arrives at Fake Dad's office, where he's attempting to explain his side and what to do about Crazy Mom.  Jin-shim tells him he doesn't need to do (something?), but Fake Dad says that he still needs to deal with Tae-yang.  Jin-shim tells Fake Dad that she loves Tae-yang (or vise-versa), but he still can't forgive him for having a hand in Ga-on's death.

Jin-shim leaves Fake Dad's office, as Seul-woo is calling wanting to know where she is.  When she answers that she's at the office, he says to meet him for coffee.  He rolls up in a new ride, and they sit and chat.  He mentions the (tenacity?) of Tae-yang, but asks her if there might be a chance that they could couple-up?  She tells Seul-woo that she's going to stay with Tae-yang, so thanks but no thanks.  JIn-shim then gets a call that makes her eyes widen -- it's Secretary Yang calling that Crazy Mom has left the house on her own, as Seul-woo and Jin-shim hop in his car to head home and find out what happened.  Secretary Yang is waiting outside the house gate as they roll up, and when she asks how she left, he says he didn't know -- one minute she's there, and the next she's gone.  She flashes back to Crazy Mom's earlier words that something needs to be done that Jin-shim couldn't do.

We then see Tae-yang riding in the passenger seat... while Crazy Mom is driving!!!  (HOLY CRAP!!)  His phone starts ringing, and as he picks it up to see that it's Jin-shim, she asks him if it's Jin-shim as well and tells him to not answer it.  Seul-woo tells Jin-shim that they should go over to the old Store to see if they could find Tae-yang, but when they arrive, Tae-yang is nowhere to be found.

Crazy Mom and Tae-yang are out at the beach staring at the water, as Tae-yang asks why she brought him there.  Crazy Mom still is going on about Ga-on, as Tae-yang finally gives her what-for about leaving Jin-shim alone.  Crazy Mom asks him if he thinks after all this, that she can do that... Tae-yang, don't you know me by now?  Crazy Mom starts walking towards Tae-yang, as he starts walking backwards...

JIn-shim has called up Tae-yang's coordinates on her GPS, as she and Seul-woo speed towards where he is with Crazy Mom.  Crazy Mom starts rambling on about her poor (real) Ga-on and the horrible death just must have suffered, as she reached up and grabs Tae-yang by his coat collar... all this time walking ever so slowly towards the edge of the jetty (with a pretty steep drop, I must add).  Tae-yang tells her to stop because it's all over, and she starts shaking him, telling him to DIE DIE DIE!! while he's flashing back to Episode Two where she's throwing Young Tae-yang up against the wall at the hospital where Ga-on died.  Tae-yang tells her that it was all an accident and stop blaming Jin-shim, when she suddenly pulls her hands off his collar and wraps them and her own hands around HER neck instead!  She yells at Tae-yang that they both have to die in order for them to live!!  Tae-yang pulls his hands down and walks away teary-eyed, as Crazy Mom stands there with her hands wrapped around her own neck... and then she collapses to the ground

Seul-woo and Jin-shim finally pull up to the jetty, when Jin-shim sees Tae-yang slowly walking away from Crazy Mom as we then Crazy Mom get inside her car and push the accelerator pedal... heading straight for Tae-yang, as Jin-shim yells at him!!  As Crazy Mom gets lcloser to Tae-yang, we then see Seul-woo run towards Tae-yang to push him out of the way.  That mission accomplished, Crazy Mom's car now starts careering towards Jin-shim instead, as she stands there with her mouth open -- and we end Episode 23 right there!!

EPISODE 24 FINALE PREVIEW:  (don't look if you really want to be surprised!!)

Fake Dad entering a hospital, looking for... Crazy Mom in the hospital bed, as Tae-yang, Jin-shim and Seul-woo all wait outside her room.  Jin-shim STILL trying to get Crazy Mom to back off!  Tae-yang and Seul-woo walk out of the hospital, and Tae-yang goes to see Fake Dad.  Crazy Mom finally seeing the error of her ways?

And then there's this, sent to me from the set -- everyone go AWWWWWWWW now!!!

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, what a cliffhanger they've set up for the Finale!!!  Episode 23's Teaser Picture doesn't even do it justice!!

Tomorrow is the inevitable Finale and K-Drama Time Jump, people!!  I plan on taking the day off from work in order to get the recap up within a few hours after live viewing, so stay tuned!!  SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

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One question only: no more softsubs > ep.15 (thread's first page)?

Many thanks

[cherkell]

EPISODE 24 (FINALE) RECAP, Part 1:

Repeating what looks like the last five minutes of Episode 23 (grrrrrr!), we see driving up to the pier with Tae-yang walking away in a daze from Crazy Mom's car.  Crazy Mom rolls up the window, and hits the gas!!  As Jin-shim calls out to him, Seul-woo pulls Tae-yang out of the path of the speeding car as it heads towards Jin-shim instead.  Crazy Mom turns the wheel at the last possible minute, and as we think she's going to go careening off the edge of the pier, she just stops two inches short of going over the edge.  (DAMMIT!!)  As Jin-shim asks where her mom is, Tae-yang runs up to the car and opens the door.  Crazy Mom is just staring off into space...

At the hospital, we see Jin-shim, Tae-yang and Seul-woo awaiting the arrival of Fake Dad.  He gets there and asks where Crazy Mom's room is, then sees the kids waiting outside.  He first asks if Jin-shim is okay, and then what happened?  Nobody's saying a word, as Fake Dad just glares at the two boys and goes into Crazy Mom's room, where she's hooked up to an IV drip and out of it.  Fake Dad starts yelling at her about how far does she need to go -- does he (Tae-yang) have to die for her to finally feel satisfied?   but Crazy Mom's tells him that she wanted that bastard to die and then she should die in order to unburden Fake Dad.  Mostly she didn't want to die alone, as she keeps apologising in a child-like voice.  The kids are still waiting outside the room, as Seul-woo asks if he should stay.  Tae-yang says that they should all leave, but Jin-shim shakes her head no and Tae-yang says that he'll , as they do.  Outside the hospital, Seul-woo runs up behind Tae-yang saying that this whole situation is scary   Seul-woo tells Tae-yang that he should have bought him drinks or something, but Tae-yang tells him that he should be buying the drinks instead... since he saved his life.  Seul-woo starts bragging that Tae-yang probably should be buying drinks for him for the rest of his life, since he was his saviour about the accident.

Fake Dad sits with Jin-shim in the waiting room, telling her that he told her not to associate with those two (meaning Tae-yang and Seul-woo) anymore -- isn't she scared too?  Jin-shim says that she is all Crazy Mom has right now, as Fake Dad says that he's scared for her -- he doesn't know what Crazy Mom will do to her either.  Later that evening, we see her later sitting by Crazy Mom's beside asking her why she did what she did.  She can't stay by her side if she's going to continue to do crazy stuff like that -- if she isn't crazy right now, then Jin-shim won't be able to forgive her.  Crazy Mom tells her she's relieved that Jin-shim didn't get hurt, as Jin-shim flashes back to the near-miss on the pier.  Crazy Mom just rolls over and clutches her blankets tighter.

At Fake Dad's office, he's asked Tae-yang to be there to give him the news that he's going to keep Jin-shim as his daughter.  As Tae-yang thanks him, Fake Dad tells him he shouldn't be thankful to him because this is as good a reason as any to break off their relationship.  As Tae-yang just stares at him, Fake Dad asks isn't this a good time to do so just in case other bad things might happen to Tae-yang?  Tae-yang tells Fake Dad that because he cares so much for Ji-shim, he's already forgotten about this last incident.  Fake Dad scolds him for thinking that it's a problem that will just be solved by not thinking about it... so if Tae-yang really cares about Jin-shim, he should end it now to not make Jin-shim have to choose between him and Crazy Mom.  (WTF?!?)

Tae-yang stands firm and tells Fake Dad that he can't do that, as Fake Dad spits back that Jin-shim is a special child and will eventually be the heir to the Mok Young ConHugeCo, so even if they didn't have that whole history between them, Tae-yang is just not good enough.  Tae-yang spits back that Fake Dad is wrong... because he's the only partner in the world for Jin-shim; no matter where they are or what they do, that will never change.  Fake Dad tells him that he wants to make Jin-shim happy and protect her, so long and short of it is... he can't accept Tae-yang, so this is the last request he's making of Tae-yang.  Allow Fake Dad to be a better father to her, to which Tae-yang agrees... but also if he really cares about Jin-shim, Fake Dad wouldn't place such stupid restrictions on his love.  Tae-yang tells him he'll be waiting until Fake Dad decides he'll be the perfect match for Jin-shim, and bows deeply in departure.

Back at the little pond with the ducks, Tae-yang meets up with Jin-shim, as they walk along the same line of trees seen in a gazillion K-dramas (most recognizable in "Winter Sonata").  He asks her if Crazy Mom has been discharged from the hospital yet, as she answers not yet.  Jin-shim asks him if he's okay, as he answers no... he keeps having nightmares about being run over by Crazy Mom's car.  Jin-shim laughs as says that even in his dreams, she's still hurting him.  Tae-yang tries to diffuse that by saying just them being together is reassuring enough, as he turns to her and asks what type of person Fake Dad was as a father.  She says he was a really good person -- he was cool, funny and gentle.  When Tae-yang wonders if she was happy, she tells him she was and that's probably why she kept up with the lies for so long.  Tae-yang tells her she needs to be good to him from now on, as she wonders if she can really do that...

Jin-shim returns to a darkened house, as she looks around and singles out the family picture on the bookshelf.  She packs a few things to bring with her to the hospital... with the last thing put into her suitcase is the family picture.

Yoo-bong is tending to his plants at the family greenhouse, as he flashes back to Tae-yang's voiceover, asking him and the boys if they're up for spending the rest of their lives in the vegetable business, and looking sad.  Ki-young is back at the construction site working away and looking sad.  Ho-jae is back at the conbini, coincidentally stocking Mok Young Group products on the shelves and looking sad.  Next we see the hyungs all out in front of the Store, where Tae-yang asks them if they've decided... as they all nod their heads in agreement.  As they get ready to head over the Market for the day's produce, we see Young-ah run out and tell them something's wrong with Jung-ah.  As they run back, they see that she's in full-blown labor!!  They start fussing over her (Endure it a little bit longer!  Where does it hurt? Do you want to get on my back?) when she tells them to chill -- all she needs to do is get to the hospital.  She tells Young-ah to lock up the store and bring the bag she's already packed.  The Four Stooges load Jung-ah into the truck and Jung-ah tells Tae-yang to not break any speed laws as they all take off for the hospital, but the boys in the back keep banging on the truck cab to palli palli!!

They arrive at the hospital and Jung-ah starts screaming in pain, as the nurse takes her into the delivery room.  Our Boys wait outside, as the nurse comes out and asks who is her guardian (actually, who will help with her breathing during contractions and such).  Each one of them looks at each other, as they tell Yoo-bong to go in, but he tells Tae-yang he should do it because he's the Captain.  They keep nudge each other, and then Ki-young puts his foot down and orders Ho-jae and Yoo-bong in to help!!  The next scene is those two holding Jung-ah's hands and getting her to breathe through the contractions, as she has both of their hands in a death grip!  Tae-yang sits and Ki-young paces, when those two come out with a status and tell Tae-yang and Ki-young to go in and help her now because they're exhausted!

Our hyungs all mill about outside, as Ho-jae asks if Chan-sol has left Japan yet.  Tae-yang says he was just going to head to the airport and get there somehow, because he's got to be here for the birth!  We hear a cry from the delivery room.  The nurse comes out and asks where Jung-ah's guardian is, and all four of them raise their hands!  She stares... and then congratulates them all, as mom and baby are all healthy!  Next scene is at the nursery window, as all four samchuns wave and make goo-goo faces at the little squirt as she's brought in viewing.  A noise starts up behind them, and it's CHAN-SOL finally arriving from Japan!!  The boys part in the middle to allow him to take his first look at his daughter... he apologises for Daddy being late, and Ho-jae says it's okay, the hyungs were there to help, as everyone breaks into big smiles staring at the little one.

(Apologies for writing earlier that it was a boy -- I always get the proper nouns for "sonyeon" (boy) and "sonyeo" (girl) mixed up in my head.  And it didn't help any that they wrapped the little one in a BLUE receiving blanket... hmpf.)

The boys sit around in the waiting room with a fruit basket waiting for Chan-sol to come back from visiting Jung-ah.  He profusely thanks them for being around and helping them out with Jung-ah's labour, as the boys just wave it off and Tae-yang says that he's so happy that this is something he'l remember for the rest of his life.  Yoo-bong says it felt like they were all becoming dads!  Chan-sol then asks about what's going on at the Store, because they're all there and not working.  (DUN DUN DUNNNNN...)  Sounds like they haven't been keeping him up-to-date about all the problems, so Tae-yang starts being vague about the news and Yoo-bong just pushes the fruit basket at Chan-sol and ushers him out of the room, as Tae-yang just puts his head in his hands...

Later that evening, we see our hyungs back at the pojangmacha having drinks and snacks.  Tae-yang asks them if they're willing to start from scratch again, as they all have day jobs and stuff now.  If they re-join Tae-yang, will they regret it down the road?  Yoo-bong says that each of them should give their honest opinions... starting with Ki-young, who says that he's in, as this is the only road for him.  Ho-jae says that he wants to continue as well, because no matter what he does, he's never as happy as he is being a Fresh Man.  He wants to make the Singsingmaen successful so that his parents can feel proud of him too.  Yoo-bong says that he thought about it long and hard, mostly because since Tae-yang was born to be a salesman, Yoo-bong has only lived as a farmer, but hopefully that will help him to become a better businessman down the road.  Ho-jae asks him if that is a yes, as Yoo-bong tells them how can he not join them?  Tae-yang asks if they have all the same intentions that he does and tells them he's not going to be sorry or have any regrets, but it's going to be extra-hard work this time.  Tae-yang says that it's kinda funny -- today was the day that Chan-sol's baby was born, and the Fresh Men were also reborn today.  Yoo-bong says it's a good sign, as a toast is made to THE SINGSINGMAEN!!

[Commercial Break #1]

Back at the watering hole, we see Seul-woo coming up to a young woman at the bar and starts chatting with her.  Ah, it's closing time and she needs to leave.  She tells him she knew that, but was waiting around for him to have a drink with her after-hours.  Seul-woo sits next to her and asks if she waited around to seduce him, as she says yup, she did.  Seul-woo then asks what it is about him that she likes, as she says he's totally her type.  He wants to know if it isn't because he owns the bar, as she says that having a bar like this isn't anything special.  Seul-woo tells her that's too bad, because the place isn't his; in fact, he's not even the owner.  His household was ruined and he's driving a borrowed piece of crap car... and as of now, he's unemployed.  Seul-woo stands up and slams a key fob down on the bar and tells the bartender that he won't be returning tomorrow...

At the Market, Seul-woo has brought a thermos of poached eel (eeeew!) to the Tosa, with instructions that it's from Imo for Second Mom to drink so she can regain her strength after the surgery.  The Tosa wonders why Imo would do something like that when she has her own problems to think about, but thanks him anyway.  Seul-woo asks if he's suffering at all because of his wife's situation, as the Tosa brushes that off and tells him he needs to be by Dan-bi's side now.  Tosa asks him if he's organized his thoughts yet, as Seul-woo tells him that he's still walking around lost and confused, as if he doesn't understand how he's living.  The Tosa tells him that everyone makes mistakes before the can find the right path, as Seul-woo asks him that if the Tosa were his father, what words of wisdom would he give him right now?  The Tosa says that he would tell him to stop thinking like a stupid head, and work as if his life depended on it.  Seul-woo says he's ready to do that, so put him to work.  The Tosa chuckles and tells him not to start crying later.  Seul-woo tells him he won't... as we see him hauling cases of apples from the warehouse forklift onto a loading cart.

Our Fresh Men pull up in their truck to the same neighborhood where they were selling the bananas in Episode 7 (and where they got the crap beat out of them as well). With a 1-2-3, they pull down the sides of the truck bed and ready the produce they have today for sale.  Tae-yang breaks out the bullhorn and announces to the world that the Singsingmaen have returned!!  An ajumma they've dealt with in the past comes up and asks if because their store was ruined, that they've gone back to selling from a truck?  Tae-yang says yes, they've been completely ruined but that today, the Fresh Men are starting over.  Ho-jae asks the ajumma to please become the first customer of the Brand New Fresh Men.  The ajumma says she will and give her a bag of apples -- the boys yell out her purchases and she leaves with a bagful of veggies.

Chan-sol is seen marching up the street with a frown on his face.  They all turn around as Chan-sol crabs at them for starting over without him!  Yoo-bong tells him that they didn't want to worry him, but how did he find out, as he says that Jung-ah told him the whole sordid story.  (He still calls her "noona"?  Shouldn't he start calling her "yerbo" now that they have a baby, hm? But I digress... )  Tae-yang looks relieved that he knows the truth, but wonders why he's not with Jung-ah and the baby?  Chan-sol says that she pushed him outside to go help because it's their first day back in business.  Tae-yang is pleased that they're all together again, and decides to lead the boys in another SINGSINGMAEN AJA AJA AJA cheer!  Another montage of vegetable selling, as several ajummas descend on our pretty boys, especially one ajumma who's got her sights set on Idol Bachelor.  Chan-sol tells her to make sure she remembers him, because he's going to become a big star soon -- and because she asked about him, he's going to give her a free radish today!  The other ajumma asks the boys what would be good to cook for dinner tonight, as Ho-jae says that their radishes are really fresh, so why not make radish soup tonight?  Yoo-bong adds that some garlic chives would go perfect with that, as Ki-young yells out to bag up a radish and some garlic chives to the ajumma that has faith in them!!

Seul-woo is seen sitting on the steps to Jin-shim's house, as she arrives home to see him there.  She has such a huge grin on her face, as she sits beside him and they stare at each other with big smiles on both their faces for awhile... oh wait, it was all a dream in Seul-woo's brain!  (PHEW!)  He gets up and walks away dejectedly.

Yoo-bong is at the hospital visiting Jung-ah and he asks if Chan-sol took off for Japan already.  She says he did and had a hard time leaving, but that will make him stronger because he's a dad now.  As Yoo-bong gets up to go see the baby before he leaves, she stops him and mentions that there was something she didn't tell him when he called the other night to check up on her.  Yoo-bong asks what that might be, as Jung-ah tells him that Seo-young had stopped by the Store one night.  Yoo-bong's face goes blank, but he asks is that so?  Jung-ah finally tells him that she thinks she was beat up by someone, as Yoo-bong asks why she didn't tell him that sooner?  Jung-ah says dude, she's a married woman -- and something bad may happen to him again.  Yoo-bong gets panicked and runs off.  He arrives at Seo-young's rooftop house to find a sign on its door saying it was for rent, and as he flashes back to Seo-young asking him if she believed her, he collapses onto the porch and sobs.

The next day, we see Jin-shim back at Mok Young HQ, all dressed up with a gaggle of minions following her to the Board Room.  Fake Dad enters as well, and with a "please be seated" out of her, they start their meeting.  After all is over, the two of them remain to chat.  Fake Dad is happy that the preparations for their upcoming business trip to London are going well, because it's a city he's always liked.  Fake Dad says he's sorry that he's too excited, as she tells him that she's excited too because it's been so long since they've been on a trip together and he'd better take her to some awesome places!  Back in her office, Jin-shim is looking at the picture of her and Tae-yang taken on Valentine's Day, when there is a knock at the door.  She puts the phone down and asks the knockee to come in...

Halfway through, and I'll stop here.  See you for Part 2!!

[cherkell]

EPISODE 24 (FINALE) RECAP, Part 2:

We're starting our Time Jump portion of our program with going forward a few months to it being summertime, as our Hottie Fresh Men are selling from a more well-to-do neighborhood today and it's a scorcher outside, as our hyungs are fanning themselves trying to stay cool.  Yoo-bong cracks open a watermelon and starts giving out samples to the ajummas that arrive.  The one ajumma who was flirting with Chan-sol before comes by and asks if the boys are going to take a vacation at all?  Ki-young tells them there's no such thing as vacations for them, as the ajumma scolds them for being all work and no play, and not having any time to date!  Ho-jae agrees with her, and says they want to get married too. Tae-yang says that if she wants them to get married, then she'll have to buy a lot from them, and then steers them towards the watermelon samples and she ends up buying 2 big ones!

It's now in the Fall, and our boys are all dressed in military uniforms as a theme for protecting that intersection in the name of national security (and Fall is also the time young men of drafting age go off to their 22-months national service), with a shot of apples as a reminder that indeed, it's Fall.  One of the ajummas tells Giraffe Bachelor that he must be the Sargeant in charge (since he looks the oldest out of the bunch), as Yoo-bong pledges his allegiance to the vegetables!  One ajumma tells the boys that they remind her of her own son who is in the army right now, as Tae-yang tells her to think of them as her sons and steers her towards the sample table.

Then it's Winter again, as our boys try to stay warm and there's snow covering the persimmons at the front of the shot.  (Nice touch, PD-nim!)  As a blizzard of (fake) snow comes down on them, the cutest little halmoni from the neighborhood arrives with a pot of stew and some banchan to feed our boys!  Ho-jae goes over to help her carry the tray and tells her that she didn't have to do that, as she tells them they need to stay warm keep up their strength in this weather!  Yoo-bong takes the lid off the pot, and she's brought them manju (dumpling) soup!!  With a hearty thanks, Ho-jae goes up to give her a big hug and tells her she's the best, and Tae-yang bring her over a bag of free veggies to take home.  (Awww...)  Our hyungs tuck into the stew like it's the last meal they're going to see for days...

It must be Spring again, with cherry blossom petals swirling around, as we see Tae-yang run up to the front of the shot to grab a tray full of beautiful strawberries to put back on the truck as they close up shop for the day.  The hyungs all stand around and stretch, as Yoo-bong says that this is the last day for them to sell in this neighborhood.  Tae-yang tells his hyungs they all worked hard, and after a quick group hug, they pile back in the truck and head off for the evening.

Yoo-bong is walking along the bridge leading back to the old Store, when he spots Seo-young standing outside it looking in and around.  He takes off running down the steps and up to the front, but she is nowhere to be found.  He runs around the neighborhood a bit more, and it looks like he's lost her and stops.  (Funny that Kwang Soo is wearing the same long black jacket that he had on for the BVS Press Conference -- we've come full circle, folks!)  As Yoo-bong turns the corner to head off in a different direction, a bicyclist runs into him and they both fall down and the oranges in the bicyclist's basket go all over the place.  Yoo-bong gets up and apologises and helps pick up the oranges... when a small hand reaches down to hand him one.  It's Seo-young!!

They go off to a park to talk, as Yoo-bong tells her he was very worried and asks what happened to her.  When she said she was fine, he calls her a liar and says that he heard everything from Jung-ha.  When he asks if she had to move again to get rid of him, she says yes.  When Yoo-bong tells her she must have hated him for running off like he did, she says she doesn't because Yoo-bong was the catalyst for her to gather her courage to leave again.  Besides, getting the crap beat out of her was the best thing that could have happened, as Yoo-bong stares at her like she's gone nuts.  Seo-young says that she finally had the proof that she was being abused by him, so now that he's locked up (I assume), she is free again and had the chance to return to the neighborhood.  Yoo-bong asks if he's the reason she came back, and she says yes... just one more time.  Yoo-bong thanks her for coming back, and they sit there as the scene fades out... (And what?  WHAT?!?!  Are they together again?  WTF?!?)

Back at the Tosa Manor, we see him and Dan-bi attempting to cook lunch (in matching aprons, no less).  He's fumbling around with a hot pot lid and reaches for the soy sauce bottle, as Dan-bi admonishes him to stop adding stuff to it as it will get saltier the longer it cooks!  He then yells at her for nagging too much, as Dan-bi tells him it's been two months now, and he still can't get the hang of cooking!  Tosa yells back at her because she is letting the pajeons burn!  With lunch over, she takes a tray of fruits into the living room and sit down to snack.  The Tosa suddenly gets up in a hurry to the other room to get a drink of water, as Dan-bi tells him she knew the stew was too salty!  Dan-bi spears a strawberry, and hands it over to... Second Mom, who is then sitting next to her.  Second Mom crabs at her to not give her appa a hard time because he's trying his best, which is frustrating Dan-bi to no end.  Second Mom is at least glad she's around to see her appa treating her and Second Mom better.  Dan-bi tells her that it's good the Tosa is acting better, which made Second Mom recover a lot faster from her surgery.  Dan-bi asks if her arm still hurts, as the Tosa returns with a water jug and mugs to see the happy scene.  He says that if she has that much time to massage her mom, Dan-bi should give him a shoulder rub instead.  Dan-bi giggles and gets up to do that, as the Tosa squirms and goes over to hand Second Mom a forkful of strawberry instead.  (Awww again...)

Back at the Market, Seul-woo is on the phone yelling at a vendor over the products not leaving the warehouse to arrive at the Market yet, with Dan-bi walking alongside him and laughing.  He tells the vendor that if they're not there within an hour, he's terminating their relationship!!  Seul-woo has temporarily taken over the Tosa's position while he stays home to take care of Second Mom, and Dan-bi calls him out over acting just like the Tosa now.  Seul-woo says it may just be temporarily, but the important thing is that it's left in HIS care, as Dan-bi tells him that since he's working so hard, she'll buy him a drink now.

Suddenly there's a scuffle a few feet down the loading dock, where we see Tae-yang behind pushed away by one of the ajusshi vendors.  Dan-bi says isn't that Tae-yang, as they both go down to see what is the disturbance.  Apparently this vendor is trying to sopak him again, and Tae-yang called him out on it by refusing to buy his products until he's had the chance to inspect them first.  Seul-woo tells the vendor that since the ajusshi hasn't been at the Market long, you don't know who this is, right?  Tae-yang tells him that he's pretty famous around the Market and known as "Knife-Weilding Han Tae Yang."  Seul-woo says that he will sift through your products and is notoriously picky, but if you start selling to him, the ajusshi's reputation will get around that he has quality products to sell... so give him your best stuff!!  Tae-yang looks at him and then breaks out in a big grin...

Sitting on one of the forklifts, Dan-bi and Tae-yang catch up asking each other if they've been well.  She asks him if it's been hard, to which he agrees but tells her not to worry.  He asks how Second Mom is getting on, as she says she's getting better.  Tae-yang asks her if it's still hard to hold back her tears in front of Second Mom, but Dan-bi says she's gotten much stronger since the surgery... maybe it's because Tae-yang took all her tears away?  Seul-woo catches them in the middle of their conversation, and orders Tae-yang to buy them some drinks, as Tae-yang crabs that he shouldn't have to keep buying the drinks all the time now that Seul-woo is basically running the Market now.  Seul-woo reminds Tae-yang of the promise he made over a year ago to buy him drinks for the rest of Seul-woo's life, as Tae-yang finally capitulates and invites Dan-bi to join them.  The three of them get up and start walking off, as Seul-woo reminds Tae-yang to stop harassing the Market vendors, and Tae-yang reminds him that he gets cursed out way more than he does because everyone is talking about how the Tosa put a ruthless brat in charge now!  They continue their bickering and Tae-yang runs off in front...

We're at a large complex on a beach, where inside we see Secretary Yang ask for the whereabouts of his Madame.  The nurse says if she's not in her room, he should look for her down by the beach, as she goes there often. The camera pans away to show someone standing near the water.  It's Crazy Mom and she's at a sanitarium, where we see Fake Dad walk up behind her and call her Kangsun-ah.  She turns and exclaims that he came, and then starts babbling at him as to why it took him so long to get there, especially since the baby was kicking around in her belly today, and it must be really healthy.  Fake Dad just stares at her... and then we hear Secretary Yang's voice ask her if she isn't cold and she should go inside now.  (Oh argh, yet another dream sequence!)  Crazy Mom asks what happened to Fake Dad, as Secretary Yang looks pained and tells her that she knows the Chairman wouldn't come there to see her. She says he was just here a minute ago... what happened to him (as she looks around the beachfront)...

[Commercial Break #2]

We're back at Crazy Manor, where it looks like Crazy Mom has arrived home for a visit.  Secretary Yang and Jin-shim help her walk unsteadily to the living room, as she does not acknowledge Jin-shim at all.  They both sit down to lunch, as Jin-shim puts a bowl of seaweed soup in front of Crazy Mom (because it's her birthday) that Jin-shim made herself.  Crazy just stares at the meal, as Jin-shim helps her place the spoon into her hand to eat.  Jin-shim wishes her a happy birthday, and that finally makes Crazy look up at her.  Back in the living room having coffee, Crazy looks up to see the picture of young Jin-shim and Ga-on on the bookcase shelf.  Crazy takes it down and touches the picture, as JIn-shim asks her if it's nice of her being home like this.  If Crazy doesn't want to go back, then she can stay there with Jin-shim.  Crazy tells her that she can't come back yet because she's still sick.  Crazy looks up and tells Jin-shim that the next winter, she'll make her seaweed soup for her birthday... not on Ga-on's birthday, but on December 27th, because that's the day that she became Crazy's daughter.  Jin-shim thanks her and attempts to smile through her tears, as Crazy just retreats inside herself again.

The next day at Mok Young HQ, another department meeting goes on and on.  Jin-shim returns to her office and tiredly sits down, when she gets a text from Tae-yang asking her if her day was another tough one.  That perks her up, and as she leaves the office for the night, he sends her another text saying that being with her would give him some strength. (Note that her phone says it's 3 March -- this is one of the scenes that was re-written at the last minute.)  Later than evening as she's on her way home, he sends yet another text that he misses her and to meet him now at the old Store.  She runs up to the front of the Store to see it dark, but all of a sudden, the Singsingmaen neon sign turns on, bright as can be.

To her amazement, one by one some lights go on inside the Store.  Jin-shim opens the front door and steps inside, looking around to find Tae-yang.  There's a note on a small chalkboard sitting on top of a bunch of watercress at the front of the Store that says "Watercress that Tae-yang and Jin-shim sold together," as Jin-shim flashes back to when young Jin-shim was putting lotion on young Tae-yang's hands after a long day of him wading in the water to harvest their watercress.  The next sign she comes across talks about their mushroom adventures, as she picks up one to sniff it, then flashes back to the time the Tosa made the both of them go through and make sure none of the ajusshi's crop was spoiled from the cold, laughing after they bumped butts together.  Walking towards the back, the next sign is on top of the persimmons that says "Persimmons that Tae-yang and Jin-shim locked eyes over," as she flashes back to the time they were hanging up the washed tarps while working at the Persimmon Festival and Tae-yang catches her in his arms from falling onto the ground.  Walking around the store some more, she comes across a sign on top of a stack of sweet potatoes that says "Sweet potatoes that Jin-shim and Tae-yang roasted together," while flashing back to the time they shared the ones at Tae-yang's rented house in the country.

[Kleenex alert -- I'm warning you!!]

All of a sudden, there's an announcement over the loudspeaker that Jin-shim is requested to take a seat, as there is a chair placed near the entrance to the kitchen area.  She sits, and Yoo-bong, Ho-jae and Ki-young open the kitchen doors and stand off to the side and announce that Jin-shim is their special guest and that a special prize has been prepared for her.  It was raised in Yangpyeong, where the sky and water are clear, and has suffered through hot sunlight and cold wind  A special prize that looks good with great insides that you can't buy anywhere else.  The Fresh Men proudly present...  and suddenly all the lights go out, except for the side lights in the kitchen.  From out of the shadows appears Tae-yang, and with a big swallow, he walks to in front of Jin-shim and gets down on one knee.  Producing from his back pocket a red bell pepper to her, he asks her to open it, where we find a diamond ring set into the ribs of the pepper.

Short and simple, Tae-yang asks Jin-shim to marry him, and after a bit of them staring at each other, she finally nods yes.  He takes the ring out and places it on her finger.  The boys stand in back and start chanting "popo-hea, popo-hea.." (kiss her!) and he finally does, while both of them flash back to the first time they kissed in the schoolyard.  Yoo-bong says that the Fresh Men pride themselves on selling the absolute best, and that if Customer Jin-shim is not happy with her purchase... she can bring it back for a refund.  (A ha ha ha ha!!)  The other boys signal their approval, and Tae-yang and Jin-shim hug as the hyungs dance around them with sparklers and bottle rockets go off outside the entrance...

We see Tae-in running with her phone to her ear, as Tae-yang is telling her to hurry and she crabs back that she's trying to!  Attempts to hail a cab are futile, so she takes off running over a bridge and down steps and stops at an area where she sees... Jin-shim and Tae-yang with an ajusshi selling baby chicks.  They're petting the chicks, as Tae-in flashes back to the time when they bought their own chicks to raise to sell.  Tae-in asks why all of a sudden they're interested in baby chicks, and she's not late if they're there wasting time petting the baby chicks!!  By the way, where are they going (because Tae-in got all dressed up to be taken to a "nice place"), as they both get guilty looks on their faces.  They head off to a nice place indeed -- a park to picnic with yummy foods all around.  Tae-in is still crabbing at them over this is the only place that the daughter of the Mok Young Group could think to go?  Jin-shim asks her that isn't this nice with all three of them together again?  Tae-yang crabs back at her (with a mouthful of rice rolls) that if it wasn't for Jin-shim, he wouldn't have called Tae-in at all because he wants to be alone with Jin-shim!!  Tae-in decides to lies down on JIn-shim's lap, but not before asking her to introduce Tae-in to a nice successful guy.  Tae-yang scolds her for not getting her head straightened out yet, as Tae-in says that there's several nice men at her company and she should share a few.  Jin-shim thinks for a few seconds, and says he should be like her Tae-yang, right?  Tae-in tells them they're driving her crazy, and settles in to nap.  It's the Three Musketeers together again, as Tae-yang and Jin-shim read their own books and Tae-in sleeps away.

We're back at the Store, where the hyungs are getting ready for their day.  Yoo-bong writes on the sign about their specials today, and then a little montage of Our Boys straightening their collars one-by-one (which is where I got the screencaps below).  Lots of cleaning and preparing and polishing of produce... and with a loud SINGSINGMAEN ARE OPEN FOR THE DAY, we end Episode 24!!

A nice montage of behind-the-scenes NG and regular pictures are shown over the credits with the Oh Fresh Men! theme song playing, with the usual cast-and-crew shot being the last one shown!  "Thank you for watching and showing lots of love to Chonggakne Yachaegage from the Cast and Crew!!"

Well, that's a wrap, folks!  Not a happy ending for all, but most everyone -- it's a K-drama, remember?!?  I've read that there were TWO script re-writes for the last four episodes, which may explain the disjointedness of some of the plotlines, but everything did finally mesh in the Finale at least.  Now if you'll excuse me, I will be over in the corner whimpering and starting my withdrawal symptoms.  Will check in later with more goodies!

   

   

[cherkell]

One question only: no more softsubs > ep.15 (thread's first page)?

Many thanks

Um... the dog ate my homework?  I dunno, sweetie -- they were there when I posted them this past Monday.  The Soompi Servers Strike Again!!!  ::grrrrr::

Thanks for letting me know, since I haven't been on the Main Page since then.  I just noticed that links to some of the OST entries are also missing, so I've reposted everything up and through Episode 22.  Please be advised that the softsubs to Episode 19 are nowhere to be found amongst my subtitle sharers, which is very weird -- usually I get them posted in my Inbox within a few days of their release. So if anybody knows of someone posting Episode 19, please point them my way.  Kamsahamnida!!

Anyway, Keep Watching The Skies... erm, I mean, keep watching the first page for all the latest and greatest!!

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