[Drama 2018-2019] Encounter / Boyfriend, 남자친구

[Far^away]

1 hour ago, Yenung Joa said:

Other than the bad background CGI it was a good episode, cuteness overload by the Soo-Hyun and Mi-Jin as well was really enjoyable. 

 

I hope it doesn't happen but if a terminal illness does get introduced which one out of SH and JH will you guys prefer to stay alive?

 

Why didn't I notice any CGI? My eyes must've been deceiving me. LOL
 

About the terminal illness plot line, I personally think that it won't happen. Knowing our writer, it's not her style to make things happen so literally. It may prelude to something bad, but as we can see there's nothing that our leads can't conquer even though it will take some time.

 

Just like how the girl petted the wolf.. might not kill the beast but having it subdued is good enough isn't it? 

 

Can't wait for todays episode! Fighting everyone!

 

57 minutes ago, gumtaek said:

Finally in Episode 11, we saw that he has already made up his mind not to run for the Presidency. He's realistic that given his steadfast opposition toward the alliance proposed by his ex in-law, he will not have the political machinery to pursue the presidential campaign. But more importantly, he will not compromise his principles in exchange for political funds which is contingent on that alliance that he is so strongly opposed to. His wife will surely be in hysterics once she finds out as she has set her heart on entering in and living in the Blue House.

 

Now this is a huge plot development as CSH and her family only has attraction and use for the Taegyoung Chairwoman if Congressman Cha will run for presidential elections and will form alliance with her preferred party.

 

 

I salute her dad for doing something like this. HIs move might not be entirely for his daughter, but he definitely had her in his mind when he decided on this.

 

and JWS... oh JWS. What can I say? You would only have my pity. 

[thadora]

Honestly after watching episode 11 I sense a not happy ending. OMG PD-nim I BEG A HAPPY ENDING.

 

Hopefully for the future episode our couple encounter problem but they can survive and Then HAPPY ENDING. 

[bebebisous33]

@nikir @shyguitar @thadora @stroppyse @dukesa1122 @rosschienta17 @rosiepeonie188 @nubianlegalmind@xu_lyfe

I don't see the story as foreshadowing for a sad ending.

 

Actually, what JH was trying to tell her showed his wisdom. No human being is immortal hence we have to accept that death will occur. Notice that JH doesn't see the story as a sad story but as a true love story. Even if the protagonist dies, his love will never disappear. He is telling her that there is no happily ever after. With his words, he is actually showing that fairy tales don't exist!! Remember that this writer uses a lot of references from fairy tales. However, all this time the author has been using the references in order to demystify the fairy tales. JWS as archetype for prince charming is revealed as a flawed man: weak, selfish and coward. With his fortune and position, he was not able to protect his wife or even he was not willing to protect her. When CSH claims with enthusiasm that she has become Cinderella in the first episode, the writer reversed the situation. In the fairy tale, Cinderella was treated like a princess, although she was living like a maid. In our drama, the princess became a normal person, she was able to live like a poor person (only sandals, no money, no cellphone). For him, death doesn't represent a contradiction to love, although the fairy tales are implying this notion. Death could never separate them ("happily ever after"). 

Moreover, their different perspective of the story revealed their different approach of life and love: SH is more focused on the man's death, while JH is thinking if the teacher who took the letter will bring it to the woman the poet loved. This open ending is interesting as it forces the readers to imagine their own ending. Does the letter reach the woman or not? If she gets it, what will be her reaction? Will she be comforted that he loved her or will she feel sad because she couldn't show her love for him? Nevertheless, for JH what mattered was the existence of the letter. This letter represented the love of the poet for this woman. The poet might be dead, but the letter is still there... That's why when JH confessed his love for her, he mentioned their death as he is well aware that death is part of their life but not their love. As conclusion, he is more focused on the letter symbolizing his love for the woman. The things symbolizing their love are already there: the while howl, the sandals, the red Christmas glas, now the couple rings... and as some point their children. 

JH is a wise, mature and very realistic person unlike JWS who acts like a spoiled brat in the end.

 

The next long analysis is on its way!  

[rosiepeonie188]

 

 

The book KJH told CSH..

About This Book

A collection of nine short stories in which the characters bear the loss of loved ones or broken hearts, such as a middle-aged woman who couldn¡¯t forget her lover who passed away 13 years ago or a father who suddenly lost his son. 

 

I truly hope there's no such as foreshadowing

 

Let's just patiently waiting for ep 12, 3hours to go

 

Edited:

@bebebisous33 just read your insight about the sad story KJH told SH..

 

He is telling her that there is no happily ever after. With his words, he is actually showing that fairy tales don't exist!! Remember that this writer uses a lot of references from fairy tales. As conclusion, he is more focused on the letter symbolizing his love for the woman. JH is a wise, mature and very realistic person unlike JWS.

 

since your hunch and analysis were proven, i put my trust in your words..

[caileysmiley]

Would love to hear Kyo and PBG (JinSoo) sing ost in Encounter

That would be great!

[Tasia]

Regardless of this show being ended happily or sadly...

I think we need to accept the fact that these 3-4 episodes will be the "trials episodes"...

Whereby the story may bring our CSH and KJH separated or breaking up and other heart wrenching situations may occur to their relationship with each other, their family... I don't know...

And being a melodrama... I think we need to anticipate that much...

 

But hopefully... really hopefully... this will not end on a sad note.....................

 

Through this drama, the couple had revived my feeling of being loved and in love again... The beauty of love.

Something that had gone cold within me...

And against all odds, the non powerful non rich guy... with all his sincerity and love and kindness, loving this lonely, cold, sad, rich woman... 

I really, really need to see a happy ending, for them to be together in love..

 

[bohmi]

 

 

[Smudger]

 

cr : summergum_

[dahae2006]

for tonight episode -  i wish JH's father just want to find out depth of their relationship not something else . ( i hope writer should not shock us with some plot twist 

 

FInally, bogum with international fan fan support ( including Korea fan) for boyfriend filming site.  He is wearing promise ring.

 

 

 

his fan made a compilation of drunk KJH and CSH scene

 

 

 

[thadora]

@bebebisous33again thank you on your great insights. JH & SH keep fighting! 

 

Looking forward to Episode 12

[mellinadear]

Isn't it weird that we got no Stills for today's episode?

[lclarakl]

Watching this episode 11 warmed my heart for the couple, but also left me with a heavy feeling of what's going to happen next.

 

I can truly appreciate the ex-husband wanting to fight for the woman he fell in love with at first sight--that speaks to my romantic heart.  But at this point, I'm beginning to feel like Marlin and Dory (Finding Nemo) after realizing the happy feeling light was a lure attached to a monster fish, "Happy feeling gone!"  I'm ready for him to be gone.

 

 Sadly, he never learned how to demonstrate his love in front of her.  Trying to coerce her  back to him by threatening her position as CEO is no way to endear someone to you. He's also selling himself short--it would only means that she loved the company more than him...willing to sacrifice herself to keep her company by going back to him. He is also underestimating her relationship with Jin Hyuk-- these two are in love with each other and are already trying to protect each other.

 

To be honest, I'm not sure how she keeps the hotel, unless the ex-family is cut out of the picture. If not, they will always be in the background causing problems. I hope the ex-husband comes to his senses and turns over all his shares to her as a final act of "love", truly letting her go this time.  I also wish that Jin Hyuk was independent of this company for his livelihood.   

[shklover2811]

anyone has a link for live stream, plzzzzz 

[bebebisous33]

(the significance of hands and feet in Encounter, part 4)

 

Love via cellphone

While I was watching this drama for my analysis about feet and hands, I came to realize that the hands are often shown with the cellphone. This connection between hands and cellphone starts with this significant scene:

JH takes a picture of his hand where he has just written his cellphone number. Striking is until that moment, we had no taking about cellphones. Why? First, when CSH meets JH for the first time, she has just lost her cellphone. JH didn't use it at all, he had his camera with him. However, when they are about to part from each other, CSH keeps asking about his phone number but JH refuses as he doesn't want to be misunderstood... he would rather like to meet her in person again hence he proposes to meet at the cafe for breakfast at 9.00 am. Since CSH doesn't show up, he leaves a note where he asks her what he always wanted to know: does she have a boyfriend? As you can see, JH doesn't seem to be the type who uses a lot his cellphone, he is rather a direct person.

In the picture above, the connection between hands and cellphone is even reinforced because we have CSH's hands holding the phone and we have JH's hands represented in the picture. So indirectly, their hands touch each other through the cellphone. And this is really important because I had already analysed before that JH will use his hands to get closer to CSH and bring down her walls she had created around her. Remember this scene (episode 3), where they play at the beach:  He describes himself as the biggest excavator in his neighborhood. With his hands, he puts away the sand and he wins each time. Therefore we could interpret this game as a metaphor for the future events. With his hands, he will little by little come closer to CSH's heart. With his hands, he will be able to destroy her thick walls and make her surrender.

But since they had returned to the reality after leaving Cuba, JH was well aware that he had to start from the scratch. Here, CSH was not a destitute woman but a CEO. So there is this huge gap and if he wants to get closer to her, this time he needs to give her his cellphone number. He can not approach her directly, unlike in the past. Interesting is that director gives us another taking.

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Here JH is happily looking at his hand because he has not just made a move, he has also succeeded with his attempt to get closer to her. CSH didn't reject his offer. Striking is that after giving his cellphone number, JH receives no phone call and no text. He knows that she needs to make the first move as she has the upper hand. She is after all his boss and if he tries to ask her for her cellphone number, this might not be well perceived. JH is very well aware of the image he wants to give to her. So nothing happens... however, we see JH now using his cellphone more often. He checks on her via his cellphone. That's his only way to know what is happening to her. However, parallel to this, he keeps to be in touch with her with his hands. Since he can not see her directly, he counts the floors in order to know where her office is.

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Notice that the director uses two takings for this scene underlining his need for physical touch and closeness. As soon as he meets her, JH starts to use his hands for real to get closer to her, like here for example 

Spoiler

We shouldn't forget that he did the same gesture in Cuba and offering his arm marked the start of the first move to get closer to her hand. So he is using the same method again.

But now, let us go back to our main focus, which is the use of the cellphone. Only in the episode 5, CSH contacts JH with her cellphone.

Spoiler

But she doesn't call him. She texts him after seeing being depressed. So they don't talk to each other but exchange their thoughts via cellphone. Here, the cellphone helps them to create a private sphere where they can be genuine and even intimate. No one can hear them or even see them talking to each other. They can escape from the attention of the media and the journalists. This justifies why for a while, JH and CSH text each other a lot for a while. The fear to be seen together is still there, on the other hand, CSH starts getting more and more comfortable with JH so that in the episode 6, she is not scared to be seen with JH, when she puts his necktie. 

Some viewers were complaining that CSH seemed to be rather passive in her relationship with JH. However, the cellphone proves the opposite. She is the one who decides to text JH, when she notices his sadness. She wants to help him. She is also the one who called JH first with her cellphone (episode 7)

Spoiler

In the same episode, JH uses his cellphone in order to know how far CSH's place is from the Han river.

Spoiler

Initially, he is struggling because of his immanent transfer but his wandering thoughts make him realize that he misses her. He wants to be closer to her hence he makes a research. As you can observe the cellphone is here used again as a way to get closer to her. Moreover, he also realizes that he has no picture of her in his cellphone. Actually, he has already one picture of her, but only in his camera. Therefore we can conclude that the cellphone has become more important in JH's life. The closer he gets to her, the more he uses it which is understandable because he used the cellphone as a way to get closer to her first. This was his first approach. 

Spoiler

That way, he will be able to see her any time. The mobile usage illustrates the evolution of their relationship and their love. Then in the episode 10, JH is the first one who initiates the first video phone call. CSH feels uncomfortable while JH acts as the expert. However, I doubt that he has ever done a video phone call before. JH likes to make himself appear as competent, confident, strong and manly. Don't forget that he is the best excavator from his neighborhood, the expert with the game machine (where he failed), the docent in his neighborhood. As their relationship progressed, you can sense that JH feels more and more comfortable with his cellphone. He has changed a lot. I have the impression that he used to be a little old-fashioned when it comes to the cellphone. However, in the episode 11, hJH calls her in order to have an office romance in a hidden room and he uses it in order to sing to CSH.

Spoiler

He has become more and more confident and so obvious that he is not able to hide his huge love for her. They are caught by the cleaning lady ("these are the good times") and his brother hears him singing. JH is more and more taking risks to be caught. What caught my attention in this scene above is his need to touch physically CSH while singing to her. So he goes to the white howl embodying our heroine and touch the plush toy. Our main character is indeed a greedy person, as he can not get enough of CSH. 

 

And let take us a closer look at JWS. In the beginning, we never see him calling CSH. They just meet and we have to assume that she called him (episode 3) or he called her. First, in the episode 10, we witness a scene where JWS calls CSH but the latter rejects the offer to meet him at the Sky lounge. This scene is quite important because it reveals that JWS has always had her cellphone number and he could contact her anytime. Yet, JWS has only one picture of CSH in his cellphone... the one he had before he met her. This proves that he never used the cellphone to get closer to her. Moreover, we never see him texting her. Only in the episode 11, he sends a text which CSH doesn't see as she is dating JH. But his text is rather common... while CSH and JH put a lot of thoughts in their texts. We see them texting one thing, then erasing the text and tip another text. In the pictures above with the texts, the viewer see the final message, the one JH and CSH read. To summarize, JWS's failure is visible with the mobile usage. He only sees it as a way to meet CSH. Our main leads utilize the mobile in order to cheer up their partner, to share their thoughts, to convey their love, to take pictures, to sing, to locate the person aso. JWS is a pragmatical person who is not romantic at all. Furthermore this also underlines JWS's lack of expression skills. He doesn't use the cellphone that much because he barely talks.  

 

Finally,  the cellphone plays an important in the second couple: LDC and JMJ. Although both have a false impression of each other, they are able to connect through the cellphone. JM played a part in it as he downloaded the dating application. What caught my attention is that DC and JMJ post the same picture. They hide half of their face in the picture. The face, half covered, symbolizes that they are revealing just a part of their identity. They are not entirely revealing who they are. However, their relationship progresses much quicker than JH and CSH's as they have less hurdles. JMJ and LDC only needed to get rid of their prejudice and first impression. The app revealed that they had some affinities, yet JMJ had more expectations about her future boyfriend. The closer she gets to DC, the more she changes her criteria about a boyfriend. In the last episode, she made a move in that direction: she visited DC's restaurant as she wanted to see him... yet, she was a little embarrassed. Nevertheless, DC is a step ahead of her in my opinion. He openly admits that he likes her and he even mentioned marriage in front of his friends. 

 

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[gumtaek]

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[bebebisous33]

I had written that since we had two divorces in this drama, a third one might occur (Never two for three). All this time, I was thinking, CJH should file for a divorce. However, since we discovered that he won't run for the next presidential election, it seems that CJH has planned to sacrifice himself for his daughter. In my opinion, he could be the one who reveals how he sold off his daughter so that his reputation is tarnished. He asked the man from the other party to take care of his party as he doesn't want his own party to suffer because of him. I can imagine that MJO, CSH's mother, might decide to file for a divorce as she doesn't want to be tainted by the scandal. But by doing so, she definitely cuts ties with her own daughter as well... so that she ends up alone. I have the impression that the writer might create some parallels between the divorce of KSJ and CJH, if this happens. MJ supports her mother and rejects her biological father and I can imagine, CSH would do the same for her father, but the roles here would be reversed. 

 

Reminder: don't post here any link to live stream (illegal streams). Any post like that will be hidden. 

[tlireal]

@bebebisous33 oh, I think you meant me. I didn't know, it was illegal. It looked serious and official for me. Sorry 

[thadora]

@bebebisous33Thank you. You're really amazing on your analysis. love love your part 4 cellphone.

[nmgzlz]

Yey!! Finally all caught up.

 

This episode was so bittersweet sweet. Yes, there was just cuteness overload but there was also an undercurrent of foreboding as to what’s to come next. I kept on thinking that something would go wrong because they are just so happy but the big bad is still out there and they are plotting heavily. 

 

Finally, Jinsoo couple met each other’s parents- well sort of, it wasn’t anything official but it was pretty cute nonetheless to see both make such an effort. JH was so eager proclaiming that he’ll show up whenever he’s called for a meal and CSH sending gifts and just trying to do everything to make them as comfortable as possible.

 

Its kinda cool how them being so open about their relationship has shielded them in a way. We saw that with the Sokcho employees but also in this episode. For example, if the situation with the cleaning lady had happened whilst they were dating in secret, it would have turned into such company gossip whereas they in this case, the lady just laughed it off as a cute young lovers thing because them being together isn’t even gossip anymore. Even the restaurant manager wasn’t side eyeing the special treatment given to JHs parents and was trying his best to be helpful because of course she’d want to treat her boyfriends parents as well as possible. Can drama couples date this openly and healthily from now on please?

 

CSHs dad is amazing for the sacrifice that he made, but is is just me or there might be something more to the story? I smell skeletons but maybe I’m just getting ahead of myself 

 

Our Jinsoo couple!!!!! They had me up in my feels today. I love how open she was about how insecure she was with the relationship. I could tell that it made him sad that she felt that way but also happy that she loved him that much. 

 

The date in the woods was so cute. Is that his scarf she’s wearing? Hmm.. the rings, I love how in accepting them and declaring them better than all her jewellery, she was also assuring him that he is more than good enough for her. I refuse to think there’ll be any ending other than a happy one no matter what foreshadowing is going on.

 

I have a theory about the shady manager from the PR team. Throughout this episode, we see him really down. It’s like he’s becoming disillusioned with everything. What if he ends up  going over to CSHs side. Yes he’s a snake, but he if he can be used then it’s good right?

[bebebisous33]

3 minutes ago, thadora said:

@bebebisous33Thank you. You're really amazing on your analysis. love love your part 4 cellphone.

I would like to thanks you as well. It is great to read that people enjoy reading my analysis.

I am planning to write a final analysis "the significance of hands and feet" and this will be the end of the series. I just hope, people won't think it is getting boring.

 

However, from next week on, I won't be able to write that much, since I start working again. 

 

Another topic in mind is the sea.