How could we are not happy to have two episodes in a week? But part of me also feel a little frustating because we have to wait another week to continue this story. Let's just jump into the recap, I am focusing more on Shi Jin and Mo Yeon on this episode 2 recap because they feel so real to my realitistic life.
Shi Jin left Mo Yeon with a worry and exciting smile. Even before riding the heli, he seems not too happy to left and stood up a girl he is interested with. Yet, he smiles because he is going to meet her for a date next week and the girl agrees with another meaningful meeting.
Meanwhile, Mo Yeon seems confused with what has happened to her, she is watching the heli as Shi Jin left. There is nothing she can do or even complain, and without any words, just by seeing her expression, I know how she feels. She looks slightly crestfallen, not overly so to make this some sort of earth shattering separation since she just met Shi Jin, but the appropriate amount of mild disappointment. It's a heavy feeling yet happy and the curiosity increases as she wonders who's that guy whom was picked up in a helicopter, got a gun shot, and in which case does a South Korean soldier can be shot? Let me tell you, in Korea, there is not much people can really kill with a gun. There must be a special reason if they can. It's either they are the Special Force Team, Spy or even Secret Team.
Shi Jin was sent to Afghanistan to be paired with a team of US commandos for a rescue mission. Two UN envoys have been kidnapped by ISIS and the joint task force is to stage a rescue mission.
The first mission goes awry as one of Shi Jin’s subordinates steps on a trip wire, but it turns out to be a mock exercise. That pisses off the US commander who insults the South Koreans with a flying knife warning and some choice insults to go home and play with mama. Shi Jin doesn’t take kindly to that and sends the same knife flying back at the US commander right between his legs. They both fought (I see how cool is Song Joong Ki and I was so concerned seeing how Song Joong Ki seems to bleed on his forehead). Seo Dae Young told the other South Korean soldier that there is no space for him to interfere because this is the real battle, either Shi Jin will be killed or kill. Besides, this fight is to ensure how skillful is the other party to check whether they can trust them or not. That's what a soldier does. Suddenly the Captain of Commando comes and handle the situation.
Meanwhile, Mo Yeon has finished her interview for the medical professor position and feels good about it, especially since this is her third time applying. A younger Dr. Kim Eun Ji walks in, so inappropriately dressed as a doctor, and reveals that she just had an interview for the same position. She wanders off to go to surgery while Mo Yeon’s friend Dr. Pyo Ji Soo is upset on Mo Yeon’s behalf since it took Dr. Kim multiple times to pass her exams and shouldn’t even be considered for this professor position.
Mo Yeon is surprised to see her rival, Dr. Kim in surgery with her, made worse with Dr. Kim claims to be the operating surgeon and Mo Yeon will be the assistant surgeon. The surgery begins and the scene is intercut with Shi Jin and his squad on the rescue mission. Dr. Kim makes a super failed surgery on the operating table and nicks the patient causing massive blood loss. Mo Yeon moves in to save the day. Back in Afghanistan, the joint rescue team encounters the terrorist kidnappers and exchange gunfire. The scene continues to intercut Mo Yeon’s surgery with Shi Jin’s rescue mission. Mo Yeon succeeds in saving the patient’s life as Shi Jin also succeeds in rescuing the kidnapped UN envoys right before they are beheaded on camera. He even keeps the US soldiers from tripping a bomb wire. Shi Jin radios in that the hostages are safe as Mo Yeon completes the surgery and orders Dr. Kim to finish up.
Mo Yeon was so pissed on how Dr. Kim can do that kind of operation and claims to be the Operating Surgeon. Dr. Kim is not that skillful and Mo Yeon hopes that Dr. Kim will know her appropriate place. Although not to mention, Dr. Kim has a powerful connection, since she is the daughter of one of the Professor. Mo Yeon hangs with her friend and she seems too fall in love with Shi Jin's x-ray picture as that's the only picture she has.
It’s date night for Shi Jin and Mo Yeon, who orders junior Dr. Lee to not call her tonight. She’s post-call and a mess, ready to head home to shower and change. Shi Jin is early and waiting for Mo Yeon outside the hospital. When Mo Yeon spots Shi Jin, she immediately covers herself because she’s not wearing makeup. Shi Jin admits he’s early and likes the feeling of waiting, wondering why Mo Yeon keeps her face from him.
Mo Yeon explains she’s a mess but Shi Jin compliments her on being pretty as is. Mo Yeon suggests they go out like this since he is into inner beauty and Shi Jin quickly offers to take her home to shower and change, lol. Mo Yeon wrinkles her nose at Shi Jin’s shallowness.
Notes: I like this scene the most! Since, well, been there and done that. Guy would say that you are pretty as it is but yeah, it is even better if you can take a good care of yourself first.
Shi Jin and Mo Yeon come home, and Mo Yeon tolds him to order a bibimbap for both of them while she is taking shower. Unfortunately, before she finishes with her hair business, she is run out of water and with a trick, she comes out of the bathroom and act that she is just finished with her hair.
Notes: I like how Song Hye Kyo doesn't even afraid to take this role. She's really a mess but sure very pretty one.
But yeah, the smart Shi Jin asked how could she finishes with her business while they run out of water. Mo Yeon quickly grabs three bottle of water from the refrigerator and back to the bathroom to wash her hair. They are so cute with teasing each other! I guess, those teasing jokes increases the attractions between them.
Mo Yeon and Shi Jin sit in the living room eating and Shi Jin wants to ask Mo Yeon something. She cuts him off thinking he’s going to mock her for this afternoon but he really just wanted to ask if she thought of him. Mo Yeon admits she did and asks him the same question back. Shi Jin also admits he thought of her, the way a man would. Nice you two. How can he is so open about it?! Gosh, I am in love with him already lah!!!
Mo Yeon and Shi Jin sip iced coffee while waiting for the movie to start. Mo Yeon brings up how the most exciting part of the movie is right before it starts. For Shi Jin, he teases back that the most exciting moment of his life is right now, waiting for the movie to start with a pretty woman and the lights about to dim. Mo Yeon brings up how she is the elderly one in his group instead of the pretty so Shi Jin suggests that in the dim lights of the theater he can’t see properly.
Shi Jin wants to know their ages since Mo Yeon must have read his chart. Mo Yeon calls him “oppa” which makes Shi Jin all happy until she reveals that she’s really older than him and his noona. Their teasing is interrupted by a call to Shi Jin which summons him back to the base. Yet again. Shi Jin apologizes to Mo Yeon who correctly points out that he’s ditching her mid date again. Shi Jin promises to watch this movie with her next time but Mo Yeon dismisses him, telling him to go as she plans to stay and watch the movie. Shi Jin heads off and Mo Yeon gets a call that has her rushing back to the hospital.
Mo Yeon storms into the office of the hospital director and demands to know why she was passed over for professorship again, and the less qualified Dr. Kim got it. The director tells Mo Yeon to try again for the fourth time but Mo Yeon points out that it’s pointless if she’s always going to be passed up for people who are well connected such as Dr. Kim.
Dr. Kim walks in and the hospital director dismisses Mo Yeon and tells Dr. Kim to come along with dinner with the hospital bigwigs. Dr. Kim doesn’t feel sheepish in the least to have won this position over Mo Yeon, and orders Mo Yeon to tape a television show for her tomorrow. She claims to be out drinking tonight with hospital top brass so she can’t do the show tomorrow morning.
Mo Yeon throws the program on the ground and refuses to do as Dr. Kim asks, calling her a shameless terrible woman. Mo Yeon pities the patients that Dr. Kim sees which riles Dr. Kim up and she grabs Mo Yeon’s hair. Mo Yeon is no pushover and grabs Dr. Kim’s hair back and the two get into an awesome bitchfest which is broken up by the other doctors.
Mo Yeon sits alone in the hospital corridor later that night trying to memorize her answers for tomorrow’s medical show taping but she’s sobbing so hard she can’t. Poor baby.
Shi Jin and his squad are checking their packs to ready for deployment when their superior officer General Yoon walks in. He thanks Alpha Team for their hard work in recent special forces tasks and gives them a long vacation, which Shi Jin later explains is actually being sent overseas to be stationed somewhere. At least it doesn’t involve being sent on dangerous special missions. General Yoon tells them to spend time with their family before leaving in two weeks for the long deployment.
Shi Jin goes to the hospital to look for Mo Yeon and is told that she’s currently on TV. He watches her do the television show and she’s quite a natural being onscreen. When Mo Yeon comes home later that night she finds Shi Jin waiting for her outside her house and the mood turns solemn with none of the banter of earlier.
Mo Yeon and Shi Jin sit down at a coffee shop to have a DTR moment (defining the relationship). Shi Jin apologizes for ditching her yet again last time but Mo Yeon wants answers from him, which he can’t give because it’s all classified. Mo Yeon reveals that she had a rough day and still thought about him. She wondered where the man who interested her went, and what he is doing? Shi Jin can only apologize and vaguely confirm that he’s in some sort of special armed squad.
Mo Yeon brings up his gun shot wound, that means he encountered being shot at, and likely shot at others. He is around death while her job is spending all day saving lives. Her fight is to keep people alive while Shi Jin uses death to protect lives. Shi Jin declares that he’s a soldier and needs to follow orders. But his idea of doing good is to successfully complete his mission. In recent missions he’s lost three comrades but what they do is to keep people they love safe. His motivation is to keep the world of his loved ones safe and free.
Mo Yeon counters that life is more important above all else and that’s something Shi Jin can’t and doesn’t want to argue with. Mo Yeon believes her meeting with Shi Jin isn’t what either thought it would lead so she takes her leave. Shi Jin understands and is glad to have met her. Mo Yeon leaves and that’s that.
Shi Jin goes back to the base to take a brooding shower, which isn’t all that brooding since he merely sorta broke up with a girl he just met. Dae Young takes another shower stall and Shi Jin wonders why he’s back so soon. Isn’t he saying goodbye to Myung Joo since this deployment will be very long. Dae Young doesn’t answer and changes to the topic to all the pretty local girls in Urk.
It’s eight months later and Shi Jin has been stationed in Urk along with his squad. The men do their drills topless since it’s so hot and all.
Back in Seoul, eight months later Mo Yeon is flying high now. She’s a permanent fixture on the medical talk show and so popular that she’s become the face of the hospital, plastered all over the billboards and displays. She’s even become a professor thanks to her popularity, which is such irony since she couldn’t get it doing surgeries all day long and got it through her fame. She now sees only VIP patients, the types who ask for Viagra to keep up with young girlfriends or asks her to run DNA tests on suspect progeny.
A purely PPL trip to Subway later, Mo Yeon delivers sandwiches to her staff to thank them for working extra thanks to the additional patients she’s bringing in. Mo Yeon can’t imagine how her life turned around so unexpectedly, a failure turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Dr. Kim wanders by and makes her usual bitch faces, deriding Mo Yeon for claiming to be a doctor when she’s not doing surgeries. Mo Yeon tosses it right back, calling Dr. Kim not a doctor either since she sucks at surgeries. Mo Yeon doesn’t feel bad becoming famous thanks to the chance. Dr. Kim handed her, she just used it to take back what was supposed to be hers. You go girl!
Mo Yeon heads up to the roof to reminisce about Shi Jin. Girl, you totally let that man go so don’t be moping about it now. Turns out their date night included Mo Yeon lighting a candle to create the right mood and to show herself in the best candlelight. She notices the cut on his eye and asks if he got it horsing around in the army again. He teases that he did, it was a low probability but he did it.
Shi Jin points out that Mo Yeon is so busy that she doesn’t even have time to wash her hair. Mo Yeon is busy but she’s also known to be super sexy in the OR, even with an surgical mask on she’s sexy. Shi Jin sighs that he wishes he was on a date with that sexy girl. Mo Yeon finishes her flashback and sighs that she hasn’t had reason to be sexy since then. See girlfriend, this is why you shouldn’t have jumped the gun on future blocking soldier boy!
Young thief Ki Bum is now a member of Shi Jin’s squad and stationed in Urk. Shi Jin tries to school him on digging ditches but cuts himself on a shovel. He mutters that he really did get hurt horsing around in the army. Ki Bum hears that and writes it on Shi Jin’s arm. Dae Young comes by and Shi Jin yells at him for bringing this idiot overseas with them but Dae Young thinks he’s cute to have around.
Shi Jin and Dae Young head to a bar to get some wine and butter for a birthday meal tonight for one of their squad members. They see a Korean girl buying a gun from the bartender and the girl suddenly points it at them. Shi Jin ducks before grabbing the gun and pointing it back at her. He dismantles the gun and tells her not to treat it as a toy. The girl mutters that she’s buying it for protection and grumbles at them before leaving. Shi Jin and Dae Young want information about this girl but the bartender doesn’t sell information.
The doctors at the hospital talk about how some are being sent overseas to Urk on a medical mission. None want to go other than Dr. Lee who is volunteering, and his pregnant wife Dr. Jang is allowing him to go before the baby comes. The hospital Manager Director Han walks up and orders Mo Yeon to have dinner with him tonight. The crew decides to strategize about getting Mo Yeon married off to Director Han who is divorced.
Mo Yeon isn’t adverse to the idea until she finds herself standing in the entrance to Director Han’s hotel suite. He has no intention to dine out since he’s the impatient type and wants to cut to the chase. He orders her to shower first or he can shower first. Ugh, I need to shower off the grime from his sleaze. Mo Yeon can’t believe how brazen he is and lacking in manners, but Director Han isn’t even embarrassed at all. Mo Yeon walks up and whacks him with her bag right then and there. Awesome!
Mo Yeon tells her friend Dr. Pyo about what happened, figuring she can’t get fired since she’s the face of the hospital, but doesn’t know how to face Director Han at the upcoming meeting.
Supreme asshole Director Han informs the hospital staff about the upcoming medical mission to Urk, and announces that he’s naming as medical team leader the face of the hospital Dr. Kang Mo Yeon. All Mo Yeon can do is glare daggers at him.
Dae Young shows Shi Jin the list of the medical personnel coming to Urk from Seoul, and on it is Mo Yeon’s name as the team leader. Shi Jin already saw it and doesn’t seem all that thrilled. Dae Young thinks this shows the fate is not over between Shi Jin and Mo Yeon, but Shi Jin thinks they are fated but not destined to end up together. Don’t be such a debbie downer, Shi Jin!
The medical team arrives in Urk and waits on the tarmac for their UN peacekeeping transport. Dr. Song gets a call from Director Han asking to speak with Mo Yeon. He offers to bring her back if she changes her mind now. Mo Yeon not only isn’t cowed, she tells Director Han to basically F-Off after what he propositioned her in the hotel room. After she gets back from Urk, she will quit her job at the hospital and take her fame and VIP patients with her. The other team members finally know what happened to have Mo Yeon sent here.
The military helicopter lands and the wind carries Mo Yeon’s hair scarf flying down the tarmac. She goes to chase after it but pauses when the soldiers walk off the plane led by Shi Jin.
It’s all macho and slo-mo goodness, with Shi Jin striding towards Mo Yeon and walking past without acknowledging her, all the while she can’t take her eyes off him. We hear Shi Jin’s voiceover that maybe they were fated to meet but not destined to end up together.
My personal thought:
Episode 2 seems to be overflowing with other supporting cast, which I think it's a good start personally. Besides, episode 2 is now more focused on Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo's character) rather than Captain Yoo Shi Jin or the other second lead male and female.
I like how bold Kang Mo Yeon can be. I guess that's what Kim Eun Sook always try to be very detailed on each character's personality. Still remember about Gil Ra Im? She's one of my all-time favorite character, the same goes here where we can see how Kang Mo Yeon tries her best in her career despite the suck working environment (I feel you, baby!)
Besides, after being a doctor who lives her 12 hours of life in a surgery room, without having the social interaction with people other than doctor or nurses, which means when you meet somebody quite decent, why don't you try to hold onto that person? Well, if I was, I would definitely like how Kang Mo Yeon feels the normal attraction towards Yoo Shi Jin.
But yeah,.. the reality sucks when you realize that the one you care about cannot tell you what they have been doing after being stood up 2 times. Woman just need some sort of explaination. But to think that the guy is close enough with death in everytime he does his work, who would dare to be with him? I really mean it, who would want to go through a relationship with someone who won't even be there with you? When I think about this, this type of story is really a typical drama and storyline of Kim Eun Sook.
Well, in whatever case, I think I like Kang Mo Yeon better in this episode. Kim Eun Sook did a really great job, maybe she has considered viewer's critics on how Song Hye Kyo looks plain in episode 1, but she is really a breakthrough in episode 2.
Notes:
I love the last ending, "We are fated to bump into each other, but we are not destined to be together"
Well, hopefully they will end up together! ^^
Episode 2 seems to be overflowing with other supporting cast, which I think it's a good start personally. Besides, episode 2 is now more focused on Kang Mo Yeon (Song Hye Kyo's character) rather than Captain Yoo Shi Jin or the other second lead male and female.
I like how bold Kang Mo Yeon can be. I guess that's what Kim Eun Sook always try to be very detailed on each character's personality. Still remember about Gil Ra Im? She's one of my all-time favorite character, the same goes here where we can see how Kang Mo Yeon tries her best in her career despite the suck working environment (I feel you, baby!)
Besides, after being a doctor who lives her 12 hours of life in a surgery room, without having the social interaction with people other than doctor or nurses, which means when you meet somebody quite decent, why don't you try to hold onto that person? Well, if I was, I would definitely like how Kang Mo Yeon feels the normal attraction towards Yoo Shi Jin.
But yeah,.. the reality sucks when you realize that the one you care about cannot tell you what they have been doing after being stood up 2 times. Woman just need some sort of explaination. But to think that the guy is close enough with death in everytime he does his work, who would dare to be with him? I really mean it, who would want to go through a relationship with someone who won't even be there with you? When I think about this, this type of story is really a typical drama and storyline of Kim Eun Sook.
Well, in whatever case, I think I like Kang Mo Yeon better in this episode. Kim Eun Sook did a really great job, maybe she has considered viewer's critics on how Song Hye Kyo looks plain in episode 1, but she is really a breakthrough in episode 2.
Notes:
I love the last ending, "We are fated to bump into each other, but we are not destined to be together"
Well, hopefully they will end up together! ^^
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