(Episode 13)
So Young.
Dad.
- Did you wait for long? - I came right on time.
Dad, what do you want to eat?
I'll buy you something nice.
So Young. Let's eat at home.
Mom won't come home.
Did she say so?
She said she made soup...
and told me to boil it again so it won't go bad.
Let's go. I'll buy you tripe, your favorite.
No. Let's eat at home.
Why spend money when there's food at home?
Your mom cooked something, so let's eat that.
It's been a while since I've been on a date with you.
We'll buy a few beers on the way.
Okay.
Can someone...
fall this far from grace?
Don't say that.
It's just one election.
If I'm to fly high again,
I need to be healthy.
As you know,
I'm not physically in the best of shape.
Did you get the results on the in-depth tests?
That will come out in two days.
I'm already completely buried.
There's no way out.
Cheer up.
I see some dogs that are...
exactly like you.
Do you know how they're treated?
You shouldn't compare a human to a dog.
Listen.
Dogs forget all their problems when they find a mate.
But that's not the case with humans.
Would you like a new friend?
I don't even want to meet my existing friends.
Exactly.
If we do the exact opposite of what animals do,
sometimes that's the perfect solution.
What are you trying to say?
You're human, so when you're drained,
you need to spend some time on your own.
Unlike dogs?
What do politicians do after a failed election?
They go far away.
To study and gather their thoughts.
You need to go away.
Guess what's good about going away?
What?
After about a year or so,
people forget that you weren't elected...
or that you are impotent.
They just think you studied for about a year.
If Liu Bei had Zhuge Liang,
I have you, Joon Ho.
From now on,
you are my strategist.
I'm no strategist.
I only know about cats and dogs.
That's why I'm divorced.
Heo Se.
Yes? What now?
The man Mi Rae dated.
The guitar guy?
Mi Rae and her friends...
almost killed him.
- Why? - That man...
dumped Mi Rae.
What?
He dumped her?
Yes, he did.
That scumbag.
Hello.
You knew I was here?
Of course. I recognized you when you came in.
I tried to hide so I wouldn't get in your way.
The second song was for you.
You used to like that song.
You remembered that?
It's been a while. Do you want to play the guitar?
No way. I haven't played in a long time.
Come on. Give it a try.
No, I really can't. Stop it, Hyeon U.
- Gosh. Come with me. - But...
Hyeon U, please don't.
Give it a go.
- No. - Come on.
- Hey. - Hyeon U, don't do this.
I really forgot how to play. I can't play.
You can do it. Here.
Play G and play the strings as if you're tuning it.
Now look.
- Have a drink. - Okay.
KG Supermarket.
Manager Park.
Let's do that.
Come in tomorrow prepared to work overtime.
Okay. See you tomorrow.
Did you hear that?
Actually, I went to your office earlier today.
Where's your mom?
At Mi Rae's.
Why is she staying with a family with a schoolkid?
Mi Rae got divorced.
She lives alone.
Director Kang divorced her?
Dad. It's not Mom's fault that Dae Young left.
Is it mine then?
Mom's been struggling too.
But you kept yelling at her and...
Bring her back home.
She won't come.
Drag her home then.
Dad. Mom needs time to think.
She has pride too.
No one should care about pride within a family.
Why didn't you tell us?
No one knows what you do and where.
Aren't we family?
You don't treat us as such.
I asked Mom.
You've always been like this,
so why is she acting up now?
She said there's something I don't know.
She said that?
- Yes. - And then?
That's all she said.
I had no idea you'd been retired.
I wasn't retired.
I was transferred.
Then why didn't you tell us?
I'm the breadwinner.
I can't bring home my work problems...
and tell everyone. That'll just make them worried.
Don't tell your mom.
I'll tell her once I'm settled in.
What is it that I don't know?
I lived with your mom as long as you are old.
How many things do you think happened?
Is it something I can't know about?
Why are you asking so many questions today?
- Did Dae Young contact you? - No.
When he does, tell him to come home.
He won't for a while.
He was determined when he left.
Mom's gone and soon I'll be gone too.
How will you manage?
You dislike me too?
I must leave when I marry.
Marriage?
Is there someone you like?
Yes.
Who is he?
A colleague from work.
A colleague?
It's been over 20 years but you still have it.
Memory is really an amazing thing.
Don't you think it depends on the memory?
What do you mean?
How special was it to me?
Or how much it hurt me? That's the difference.
Back then, the guitar meant so much to me.
The reason I still remember your favorite song is...
What are you doing?
He's just teasing us.
It's fun.
(Open on holidays, Baek Ho's Music Shop)
Wait!
Darn it.
What's his problem?
Hey!
Stop.
I divorced her because of you.
You should've been good to her!
How dare you dump Mi Rae?
Mi Rae...
isn't the kind of woman who deserves that from you!
I know that. Do you think I don't?
To be honest, what man...
wouldn't drool over a woman like her?
As much as you like her, I like her too.
But what? Why did you dump her?
Because I love her. That's why I let her go.
You're crazy.
Yes.
Now listen to what this crazy man has to say.
I have to close my shop in a few days.
Why did I let Mi Rae go?
Because I'm...
not good enough.
I don't want to upset her.
In case...
I'm in the way of her meeting someone better!
Do you get that?
There's one thing that...
life taught me.
When poverty comes through the front door,
love goes out the back door.
Just so you know, I'm not crazy.
I'm a coward.
I can't believe what happened today.
I met you and played the guitar.
Do any of your friends from back then do music?
- Do you know Mi Rae? - Mi Rae?
Oh, the vocalist?
Yes. She does musicals.
Everything just became a memory when we all got married.
You're amazing.
Working and playing music.
How many kids?
Kids?
I'm...
not married.
You didn't get married?
It just happened to be this way.
What about your parents?
They're both dead.
Do you live on your own then?
Yes.
I have one son and one daughter.
Hyeon U.
Okay.
I have to play. Wait here.
No, it's late. I have to go.
Do you want to?
I should pay.
You played for us. That will do.
Thanks.
It feels as if I took a time machine to the past.
Come here whenever you want to go back.
Okay, I will. See you.
Is this meant to be
I realized
My voice isn't what it used to be.
You sound just fine.
I don't. I don't sound like I did in the past.
- Mom. - Hey, So Young.
Are you sure you left home?
You look good.
Should I go about as if someone dumped dirt on me?
Not at all,
but you could look guilty around So Young.
What about you?
Do you think you look divorced?
Good for you.
I'm going to take a shower.
I'll let the delinquent mom talk to her good daughter.
Why you.
You went out?
Yes, to see a friend. I met an old friend by chance.
An old friend?
You have friends other than Mi Rae or Dal Sook?
Of course I do.
The look on your face is unfamiliar.
You look good but...
Do I?
That could be why.
I found something that I lost 27 years ago.
What's that?
It's a secret.
- Another secret? - Another one?
You said today that...
there's something I don't know about you and Dad.
I asked Dad and he wouldn't tell me.
It's nothing serious.
Something bad just happened between us.
If it's not serious, come home.
Dad seems to miss you too.
So Young. Are you surprised by how I've been acting?
I'm not sure.
Part of me understands but...
part of me wonders why you're acting out of character.
It's a bit confusing.
I'm not acting out of character.
I just kept it inside because of you kids.
I sometimes feel like your dad is a stranger.
He's a stranger? What do you mean?
They live together,
but in her mind she has already divorced him.
So? What'll you do from now on?
What do you think? She left home.
Then will you just stay here?
Jin Ok, you pay for maintenance.
Mom.
I left just a day ago.
I need time to think too.
That's right, So Young.
Kids and adults grow on each other as they fight.
Don't worry too much.
When your mom's ready,
she'll go home even if we beg her not to. Okay?
- We're off. - We're off to school.
Yi Ran, make sure Il Lan doesn't sneak off somewhere.
- Okay. - Mom, stop saying that.
It's only because you have a past.
- Dad, we're off to school. - See you later.
Bye.
Hey. Don't you think he needs some cheering up?
Yes.
Dad.
- Cheer up. Cheer up! - Cheer up. Cheer up!
- Bye. - See you.
- Take care. - Bye.
Gosh. They're just as sweet as I am.
Darling.
Why are you here like this instead of getting ready for work?
My gosh.
Why are you so deep in thought?
Hey.
You didn't even shave.
Is this because you weren't elected?
Are you afraid you have cancer?
Will you shave? You look gross.
The constituents will see me.
I can't act like nothing's wrong.
I must look troubled...
and regretful about my failure.
You're right.
You're still a politician.
Why don't you go abroad too?
Failed politicians...
all go abroad to study.
You knew that too?
Who in Korea doesn't?
They all go abroad when they can.
That's what I'm deep in thought about.
Should I go to Jeju Island or Ulleungdo Island?
Why is it Jeju or Ulleungdo Island?
Whether I fly or take a ferry,
I must leave the mainland.
In that case, go to Ulleungdo Island and Dokdo Island,
and take a convincing photo.
I'm not sure...
how Japan will feel about that.
Don't be silly.
Your political career's on the line.
You can't afford to worry about them.
The bigger your trouble, the more you should rely on our people.
You're right,
but that doesn't go with my political beliefs.
Beliefs are for when you're doing well.
You're fighting to survive right now.
I guess?
Why don't I stay in a mountain close by?
Which mountain?
Bukhansan or Gwanaksan?
Or Cheonwangsan. It's right at our doorstep.
Cheonwangsan.
We need to get your test results,
so spend just one night there in a tent.
Don't you dare shave.
That's the mountain look.
Is it?
What will happen to my political career?
That's right.
I was a terrible wife.
I'm sorry.
What didn't you do?
Before the vote took place,
I should've visited the Cheonwangsan guardian.
She'd have told me what to do.
I'll go and ask today.
What's the point when the election's over?
You want to know what'll happen to your political career.
I should take my friends with me.
Why would you bring them?
Their lives are in a mess too.
One's divorced and one was thrown out.
Out of those three,
you are doing the best so far.
I always live with this empty feeling.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I'm really sorry. I'll give you a refund.
How could you sell this?
Don't you check your products?
- I'm sorry. - My goodness.
I'm very sorry.
Mr. Kim!
You don't have to scream.
Where did you get these?
- What's wrong? - They're all moldy.
What's this?
The sample they showed us wasn't like this.
I should just...
Oh, dear.
The scumbags.
The number you called does not exist.
- The number doesn't exist. - Check and...
You didn't pay in cash, did you?
You did?
He offered to me at half the price,
but he said it had to be cash.
Where's the receipt?
He must've given you one even if it was cash.
- It's on my desk. - Your desk?
He got you. We got played.
You should've asked me before making the deal.
You worked from a desk all your life.
You don't know enough to pay cash up-front.
Ms. Yang.
I have 30 years' experience working at...
KG Construction's Supply Management.
Don't look down on me.
Construction materials?
Ms. Yang.
You supplied construction materials for 30 years.
That means you know nothing but construction materials.
You're at preschool level of running a supermarket.
Can you tell a spring onion from a garlic stem?
I grew up in the countryside.
Then lettuce and cabbage lettuce? Tofu and soft tofu?
Bean sprouts and green bean sprouts? Yellow corvina and yellow croaker?
How many can you tell apart?
I can tell them apart.
I bet you can't.
The corporate registration number...
on the receipt is a fake.
They took their rotten stock...
and went to every supermarket in the area.
Things like this happen during peak holiday season.
From clothes, shoes...
to expensive cameras and watches.
The things they sell for cheap saying their factory's closing?
They're all fakes.
From now on...
I'll learn from you, Ms. Yang.
You're giving me goosebumps. Don't talk like that.
We have to sell...
the fresh produce and fruit by today.
What'll you do?
After closing, we'll take everything to the street.
Let's pick out the rotten ones and sell the rest.
We can't go through all these.
We must even if it takes all night.
Right, sir?
My gosh.
Dear me.
Gosh. I can't believe this.
You're the type of people I hate the most.
Why come when you don't even believe?
If you give me that "let's see how good he is" look,
the guardian won't show up.
Just because of that?
Would you want to appear in front of unbelievers?
That's how the world works.
You see as much as you believe.
Just go back home.
- What? - What?
Stop glaring and smile a bit.
Let's meet the guardian.
Let me see.
Let me see, let me see...
I got it.
All three of you have bad luck with men.
What?
That might be so with us two,
but she's never short of male company.
She's the unluckiest one when it comes to men.
So what if there are a million roses in the field?
What good are they if none of them are for you?
That means they're all worthless.
Will I never find my flower forever?
You had yours.
But you picked it, broke it off and threw it away.
I don't know if he owes it to you...
of if it's his own good fortune,
but he took root by a lake and is doing well.
Are you saying I should get him back?
If I tell you to, will you?
You never will.
What about her?
Her?
She won't believe a thing I say.
But if I tell you anyway,
stay true to yourself. Don't keep it inside.
You're only born once.
You should live how you're meant to be.
Do you know how happy that kind of life can be?
It looks like something nice will happen down the line.
Something nice?
What would you consider nice when you have poor luck with men?
Hey, look at you. Are you happy about that?
Will anything nice happen to me?
What's your worry when you live with the most virile man in the land?
Gosh, I guess we scared the guardian.
Who's the most virile? No way.
Gosh. You are such a fool.
Don't complain when you're the one who can't recognize a treasure.
A treasure only shines...
when you polish it...
with love and care and effort.
Don't blame anyone else if you don't know that.
Go home and wipe and polish it.
With love, care and effort.
My goodness.
It's not like it's a diamond.
How am I to wipe and polish it?
Keep seeing a doctor.
Who knows, he might become virile.
I have to do the polishing, not the doctor.
Another way of interpreting that would be that...
it's all on you.
Is it money or power?
Will you tell him?
Seeing the guardian just made me feel worse.
Do you believe what he said?
Even I could say what he did.
What did he first say when he saw us?
"All three of you have bad luck with men."
Yes. Can any of us deny that?
No.
I think...
It may not seem so,
but I'm unlucky at night.
How many women in Korea would think they have the best luck with men?
If the guardian tells a woman...
she's unlucky with love,
it's hard not to believe it.
They all fall for it.
That goes for Heo Se too.
Politicians are never free from the money and power struggle.
That's why he tossed that out, just to make you feel bothered.
I think she's right.
That way you'll come back and even pay for a ceremony.
Just forget about it.
Hello?
Yes, that's right.
Right now?
No, I'll be there.
Give me about 30 minutes.
Okay, thank you.
I got a job.
What? Where?
At a fast food chain.
Thank you. Goodbye.
I called you because a part-timer didn't show up.
We've never hired a middle-aged...
I'll work hard.
You can't take orders until you memorize the whole menu.
That goes for food preparation too.
Okay, I'll learn it quick.
Wipe the tables and floor...
and the windows too.
You're a housewife so you must be good at cleaning.
Okay, I'll get to it.
- Dong Hyun. - Jin Ok.
Hello.
You take lessons in this area?
I want to treat you but it's my first day.
I'll treat you the next time you're here.
It's okay. I'll be fine.
- Okay. - Bye.
Are you ready to order?
Just a moment.
Ma'am, clean the bar, please.
The bar? What's that?
That.
Oh, okay.
An iced Americano?
Where are the straws?
Hee Soo, you do it.
What?
- I'm so sorry. - That's fine.
I'll do it.
Collect the drinks when the bell vibrates.
(Dad)
(English lesson)
The number you have dialed is not...
That's strange.
He should be out by now.
Why won't he answer?
Is he at an internet cafe again?
No.
If he were, he'd pick up to pretend that he isn't.
He's not picking up because he knows that's what you think.
Kids are smarter than their parents.
Your brain will never turn at the speed of theirs.
Are you saying he skipped class...
to go to an internet cafe?
You're going to search them all?
He has math class next.
I'll see if he shows up for that.
Did I go too far ahead?
(Private lessons)
(In class)
Oh, dear.
You made me waste time.
You saw him go inside?
Yes. "In class."
I even got a text.
Did you come right back?
Should I have waited until he left?
You can't trust kids these days because they texted.
They come right back out.
Even though I get a text?
There's a way out.
I said kids are smart.
Oh, dear.
Is Alex sick?
He had diarrhea since this morning.
Let me see.
What did you feed him yesterday?
Nothing special.
He wasn't stressed out?
I don't treat him like I used to,
so maybe that stressed him out.
Why don't you treat him well?
Do you think I'd be able to?
I'm sorry.
I had no choice that evening on the camping grounds.
Are you sure you're divorced?
How did you know?
Did you...
Your ex-wife is no longer in charge,
but she could take over.
I need to take sides.
My goodness.