(Episode 30)
Nurse Kim.
My gosh.
What's on your mind? You didn't notice me at all.
I didn't?
You look like you broke up with your boyfriend last night.
My mom didn't come home last night.
And I can't get a hold of her either.
- Really? - She told such an absurd lie,
so I thought I could probably never understand her.
Isn't this funny?
After you decided to stay with me,
I completely get her.
So I feel really bad for her,
and I'm worried about her.
It'll take her a while to accept this.
I feel so bad for my colleagues too.
I suddenly resigned and took a break for days.
Compared to what I've done as the head nurse,
what you did is nothing.
The hospital is keeping its eyes on me.
- You need to be ready too. - Really?
What are we going to do now?
My gosh, I'm scared.
If you're here with me, I'm not scared of anything.
Was it just me?
That makes me really sad.
- My gosh, I'm late. - What?
- This is bad. My gosh! - Be careful!
Goodness.
(Jeil Hospital)
Nurse Kim.
Tell me. Do you think this is a playground?
Do you know what time it is?
I'm sorry, Nurse Ahn.
It's okay to date someone at work.
But you still need to remember that work is work.
You two ruin the spirit at work when things are great.
Then when you two fight, you throw your resignation and stop coming.
And now you're late.
You need to be more considerate of others.
I have no excuses to make.
I can't work with you if you're going to keep doing this.
Nurse Ahn.
Did you think I would say that?
What?
I was going to do that,
but Head Nurse Baek came by and bribed me to not do that.
Nurse Baek?
The coffee was really good,
so I decided to stop.
But this is the last time.
I'll make sure this never happens again.
I don't trust you.
I've seen office romances go bad enough times not to believe that.
If you people are the ones who are dating,
why do I have to feel nervous?
In my experience, the answer is getting married.
Getting married?
Even the director of nursing knows,
so the entire hospital pretty much knows too.
So you should get married soon.
It'll only end if you do so.
You could have made either just Korean food...
or just Western food.
Why did you make two kinds?
I need to respect Dong Hyun's taste too.
He likes eating bread in the morning.
Just eat whatever she gives you. It puts too much toll on her.
Don't say that.
This is the least I can do to apologize to him.
Dong Hyun, will you not be angry anymore?
Yes, she's trying really hard.
Don't be angry, and let's eat.
It's not that. I'm just full.
I had two cups of juice as soon as I woke up,
then had five health supplement pills.
Hey, do you think it's any better for me?
What you had is nothing.
I have to take 10 pills.
If you're both all right, you should eat up.
Right, don't forget to take your lunch boxes.
A lunch box? Today too?
Of course.
Dong Hyun, don't forget.
I can eat lunch at school.
I talk to your teacher and canceled...
your meal plan.
Why did you cancel my meal plan?
What do you think? Because your health is important.
Thousands of students...
got sick because of cake that was in a school meal.
I can't let you eat that.
I have a lunch appointment today.
I have to go eat ox bone soup with a pediatric doctor friend.
Ox bone soup? It has such a high calorie count.
You need a bowl of ox bone soup when the weather gets cold...
Forget it.
He can have the soup, and you can eat your lunch box.
- That sounds about right. - What? Okay.
You probably didn't have breakfast with Jin Ok not around.
I got this delivered just for you.
Eat up.
You can get ox bone soup delivered?
Of course.
It looks like you didn't know.
You can even get shaved ice to grilled pork belly delivered.
You can get just about anything.
You don't have to worry about food even without your wife around.
Don't let anyone else hear that.
Do you think wives are there just to cook?
You're right,
but it's kind of uncanny for you to say that.
Why?
Do you also think I'm too much to Jin Ok?
Well, it's not that you're too much.
Jin Ok was just really good to you.
I mean, where will you find a daughter-in-law...
who's willing to take care of her sick mother-in-law until she dies...
in this day and age?
I insisted that we send her to a sanatorium,
but Jin Ok didn't want to.
And it's not like she was bad at housekeeping.
I can't eat a meal...
without her kimchi, you know.
It can't be compared to mass-produced kimchi like this.
And she's really economical too.
She made the lotion...
that I use every single day.
I have never been a barbershop ever since I got married.
Exactly.
You need to be good to her too.
I want to be good to her.
I had a plan too.
After Dae Young becomes a doctor, So Young gets married,
and I retire, I was going to live like an any old sweet couple.
But as soon as my mom passed,
she begins to get worked up as if she's been waiting. What can I do?
But you can always turn a crisis into an opportunity.
What do you mean?
She finally realized that there is no use in being good to her kids...
with this incident.
So this is your chance...
to show her that you are the only one...
who's on her side.
- How? - First off, let's find her.
- How? - Do you know where she could be?
Does she have a friend that lives far away?
Jin Ok's friend?
The only two I know of are your wife and Director Kang's ex-wife.
- They are the only ones. - Then...
Right.
Her mother.
Is she visiting your mother-in-law's graveyard?
She was just like Jin Ok.
Once she sets her mind on something, no one could stop her.
She told us to not keep her in a cemetery,
so we sprinkled her ashes into the ocean in Incheon.
Then do you know where it is?
Let's see.
Where was that?
Are you sure this is it?
Yes.
There's the port, and there's the rock.
I'm sure this is it.
Jin Ok scattered her mother's ashes around here.
Do you really think Jin Ok is here?
I'm sure she is. This is the only place left.
Jin Ok's old house turned into apartments,
we've been to the lighthouse, and our old practice room.
Right, Dal Sook. We forgot about that place.
The place where her mother used to do business.
Sorae Port?
Hey, everything changed there after a huge fire a few years ago.
My husband and I visited last year and were really shocked.
Then she probably isn't there either.
What if we don't find her here?
Hey, stop jinxing this.
I'll go that way.
You can go down the port.
Okay.
Thanks for the food.
Heo Se.
- What brings you here? - Are you busy?
Bok Nam, you know who Joon Ho is, right?
Of course.
- It's been a while. - Yes.
I should come by more often, but I was just too busy.
You got married not just once, but twice.
Of course, you were busy.
I heard that you got a divorce, but you married again already?
- Congratulations. - This is embarrassing.
That's why I couldn't call you.
Anyway, what brings this busy newlywed groom...
in the midst of his busy days?
I came by to give you this.
My gosh, what is this?
My wife made it.
Your wife? Your new wife?
Gosh, she is a good cook.
She isn't a bad cook.
They say you're happy for a year if you marry a pretty woman,
for 30 years if you marry a nice woman,
and for life if you marry someone who is a good cook.
Joon Ho, you lucky man.
Is that so?
But I'm so sorry.
We just has some ox bone soup.
My gosh, really?
This is such a waste.
Why didn't you bring it sooner?
You can just leave it here.
We can always eat again in 30 minutes.
- Really? - Look at this.
It's glittering.
What?
The ocean is glittering.
- Don't be fooled. - What?
It's glittering because of the sunlight.
It gets pitch dark in the night.
The pitch-dark ocean.
That sounds cool too.
Is this really your first time coming to see the ocean?
Why? Do you think I'm lying?
It's not that. It was just uncanny.
I didn't know someone who's your age could have never seen the ocean.
Some people can't see it until the day they die.
Come on, there aren't such people.
There are. People who live in Mongolia can never see the ocean,
just like how we can never see the Mongolian desert.
Why not? We can go travel.
I want to cross the Sahara Desert,
climb over the Alps, and go see the glaciers.
I envy you, Jin Ok. You have the guts.
You don't need any guts. You just need money.
You have the guts to leave.
I don't have that.
No way.
You looked really brave at the show home.
That's because they made such a young part-timer...
like you wear such short skirt at work.
May I dress like this in the afternoon too?
Yes, of course.
I talked to the headquarters too.
You can wear pants to work tomorrow.
And wear sneakers instead of these.
I'm so glad.
My feet hurt because my heels got scraped.
I brought you up so dearly.
How can you do this to me?
Jin Ok.
Do you really want to see me die?
Mom.
I think I'm getting punished.
You were against me...
marrying an old guy.
I am paying for...
breaking your heart...
and making you cry tears of blood.
Mom.
Hey, Cha Jin Ok! What are you doing here?
How did you find me?
Hey, you can't run far away.
You don't have family or friends.
Of course, she has friends. She has us.
We're like navigators who find you no matter where you are.
You're right. I had you two.
Hey, Jin Ok.
You just smiled after you cried.
That means you will grow hair somewhere.
Dal Sook, how can you joke around right now?
What's so bad about right now?
What are friends for?
I got to see the ocean for once thanks to you, Jin Ok.
Hey, ocean! Have you been well?
Coming here reminds me of our old days.
We used to fool around over there when we were kids.
Really? Then ladies,
should we go take a walk by the beach like the old times?
My gosh.
- Come here. - Let's go!
- All right! - I can't walk!
Be careful.
Hey, stop!
- Stop it. - My gosh!
Girls!
Hey, the tide is coming in. Come on out!
- Come here! - Hey!
This is amazing!
Hello.
Bok Nam.
Hey, Manager Park. It's been a while.
I stopped by just in case, and I'm glad I did.
- Is anyone around? - No.
- Grab a seat. - Okay.
It looks like something great happened to you.
Gosh, it's nothing.
I just began to work...
for a company that my high school friend owns.
That sounds great, really.
I knew you could do it.
After what happened to the market,
I ran into him by chance...
while I worked part-time as a chauffeur.
He got into interior design after he got discharged from the army,
and he made a fortune with that.
He owns five buildings in Gangnam alone.
Really?
Interior design?
That's what you wanted to do as our new project.
Exactly.
When interior design meets real estate business,
it created a huge synergy effect.
Anyway, while we're on this,
do you still have your severance pay?
I do.
I was so angry that I didn't even check.
Why do you ask?
They say you must associate with the rich if you wish to be rich,
and they were right.
Mr. Kim.
Really? Is there such a thing?
I especially asked my friend...
to find this for me.
The moment I saw this,
your face popped into my head.
I am grateful,
but I have no knowledge in that area.
That's exactly why...
we lived like this for life.
Living honestly? And diligently?
You can't make a penny like that even if you live 1,000 years.
It'll be a miracle to not be in debt.
I still feel a bit nervous about that.
Are you sure about this?
There is this person I respect the most in this world.
The 1st is... Oh, the 1st is my dad.
The second person is you.
You can't be sitting around here.
What will happen to Korea? This isn't going to work.
Is that so?
Really?
Long time ago,
she used to hold the basket on her head with one hand...
and my hand with the other as she walked down this street,
and cried so much.
The sunset was always awfully red.
Long time ago, we used to make wishes...
on the sunset. Do you remember?
Right, it was a great timing.
We made a wish right when the sun...
went right beyond the horizon.
And the moment was always different.
On some days, it ended while I was dazing off.
On other days, the sun just wouldn't go down.
Come to think about it, the problem wasn't the timing.
Then what?
The sun always set every single day.
But we couldn't decide on what to wish for...
until we became this old.
Keep me out of that "we".
I always had one wish since I was in high school.
What is it?
Becoming a good musical actress.
My gosh, this is why we had to disband.
- It's all because of you. - What did I do?
We always wished our band,
Lady Cha Dalrae's Lover,
could get our big break.
But you betrayed us.
You can't force a wish on me.
I'm free to wish for whatever I want.
Be quiet.
The sun is about to set.
Do we make a wish now?
We can wish for whatever we want!
Hello? Dae Young! Kim Dae Young!
Did it get disconnected again?
Yes.
I hope everything is okay.
The internet isn't very fast over there.
He talked to your dad yesterday.
So let's give him some time.
If he didn't call, I would have let it slide.
But something happened, so he has to make a move.
Do other sisters care so much about their brothers too?
Dae Young has always been weak since when he was a kid.
He went into convulsions with fever and threw up often.
I probably don't feel as bad as my mom,
but I'm always concerned about him.
I envy Dae Young...
- for having a sister like you. - What?
It must be because I'm an only child.
There comes a time when I envy people with siblings.
Then do you want me to treat you like an older brother?
My brother, Hyeon U.
Come on, that's nonsense.
Why? I like it.
- My brother, Hyeon U. - What's with you?
- Hyeon U. - That's enough.
Is this it?
Don't you remember?
It's the bed and breakfast that was on the way to our school.
Yes, I do remember.
College boys used to play the guitar...
right out front when summer came.
This is unbelievable.
I can't believe this is still around.
When I first saw this yesterday,
I was so glad to see it that I could have cried.
Yes, this makes me cry too.
Only the ocean, the sunset,
and this bed and breakfast remain the same.
Hey, stop being sad, and let's go inside.
I feel really dirty.
My gosh, girl. Let's go. Wait for me!
It's good. You can eat now.
My gosh, Jin Ok. Your spicy fish stew is the best.
Oh, gosh. I can drink three bottles of soju with this.
I'm so glad we didn't go to that fish restaurant as she said.
Is it good? I don't like it.
I can't make it taste like my mom's stew no matter how hard I try.
Your mom was a great cook.
I sometimes crave the noodles she made.
Whenever my dad came home drunk,
I always ran away to your place.
I want to hear Dal Sook's dad sing.
He was really good at singing trot songs.
He was really popular to old ladies on tour buses.
He should have just remarried someone that had a crush on him.
He would have been so lonely.
My mom always wore work pants.
So I wanted to buy her a pretty dress, a sun shade,
and pretty shoes too.
What was I so focused on over my life...
that I couldn't even buy her a handkerchief?
Right, what have I done with my life?
I have no husband or work at my age.
And no house.
There's no use in having a husband around.
You still get lonely.
What? That?
It's okay to not have that. It's all right.
Do you also think...
that I am only crazy about our night life?
A bit.
See?
If my friend is like this, my husband is never going to know.
Is what I want a passionate night?
I already know there's no use in doing that.
What I miss is the way he looks at me.
The Heo Se of our old days.
"Dal Sook."
The way he calls me sweetly and holds me in his arms.
I just wanted to check...
that I'm still a woman and that I'm still loved.
My gosh, that darned love. I'm so sick of it.
Well, Jin Ok wouldn't know because her first love is...
Mr. Kim Bok Nam.
Bok Nam isn't my first love.
Hyeon U is.
See? I told you something was going on.
You said nothing went on between you two.
I thought you didn't hold his hands.
We didn't, but he is my first love.
I kept asking myself from the moment...
So Young brought him home.
Why am I against her marrying Hyeon U?
Is it really just because of his age?
All we have done is exchanging a letter 27 years ago.
Why can't I get over this? I began to feel ashamed.
But...
I realized this today.
All I had in my life was my memories.
So I didn't want Hyeon U to come out from my memories into the reality.
No, Jin Ok.
You lived a better life than anyone else.
Everything was fake.
I lived my life in vain.
I didn't want Hyeon U to come into my fake life.
It's humiliating.
I'm glad you figured it out.
You can live your real life now.
The fortune teller told you to stick to your nature.
What does it mean to stick to my nature?
I'm not sure what it means to be happy...
or how I should live to live a good life.
Just live a reckless life, then.
Do you know what it means to live a reckless life?
Of course, I do.
Don't make food, don't clean up,
stop thinking about your husband or your children,
and living only for yourself.
If any guy has a crush on you, you should date them too.
When will she ever grow up?
Do you want to hear a funny story?
What is it?
Do you know what I'm the most worried about?
So Young, of course.
I'm sure you aren't worried about Bok Nam.
No, salted cabbage.
Salted cabbage?
It's such a bad timing.
I ordered 30 salted cabbage on TV shopping.
Why? To make kimchi for us?
I got a text this morning saying it arrived.
Why am I so worried about that?
I'm such an idiot.
I'm home.
- What's all this? - Hey.
Is Mom home?
I don't know. I haven't heard from her,
and I haven't heard from her friends who went to look for her.
Then what's all this?
You can tell a lot about someone by looking at one thing.
Why did she get this when she's a full-time housewife?
She ordered salted cabbage...
because she was too lazy to salt them herself.
Dad, everyone buys salted cabbage nowadays.
It's more cost-saving if you think about it.
Cost-saving, my foot.
Food is all about making efforts.
Dad, you aren't going to say that to Mom, are you?
What? Am I wrong?
After I get married, it'll be just you and her.
You need to be good to her.
I can only be good to her if she comes home.
- Dad. - Forget it.
Think about what you'll do with the cabbage.
Mom would have called her friends and made kimchi.
Really?
Hey, then go get changed and come back down.
- Right now? - Yes.
You can't do this.
Then are we going to throw them out?
If your mom can do it, I can do it too.
Stop nagging and go get changed.
All right.
This is the seasoning I found in the fridge.
Mom surely is amazing.
It looks like she already made this before.
We just have to mix this, right?
Dad, your back will give out after you finish...
just a box of cabbage.
That's an excuse that ladies like your mom make.
Hey, show me how it's done.
You can put in the seasoning...
between each leaf.
Okay, then. Like this?
This is easy. Did she make such a big deal out of this?
Hey, is this it?
Dad, the seasoning is falling out.
You have to take the leaf and cover up everything.
Like this?
Dad! You got this all over me!
Hey!
You have to do a better job at teaching me.
Dad, you need to give up.
Not anyone can do this!
Not anyone? Do you think I'm just anybody?
I just haven't done this.
But if I try, I'll be better than your mom.
You can go too. I'll show you what I can do.
Do you want to come to my place?
No.
What will you do? Do you know what you'll do?
Yes, I did.
Don't worry about me and go.
Do you want some coffee?
Yes, sounds good. Make it sweet.
I'm so out of energy.
See? Just you wait. I'll bring some sweet coffee.
My gosh, why is this so tough?
This is awful.
Dad, have some coffee.
- Give it to me. - You should sit up.
I didn't realize it when I was sitting down,
but I can't even move a finger now that I lied down.
We didn't even finish 10.
- That's hot! - Dad!
My gosh, that's hot.
My goodness. That's hot.
Mom!
That woman!
Dad, just let her go. She came home.
Tell your mom to clean up.
Why would you tell her to clean it up?
We made this mess.
Fine, I'll clean up.
Dad, are you okay? Are you hurt?
My gosh.
What is this sound?
Did you the kimchi I made?
You should have come out if you saw your husband...
and your daughter who has a job make kimchi all night.
Tell So Young to come down and eat.
I called Hyeon U too.
Mom.
I...
You can marry him. You can do whatever you want.
I don't care anymore.
(Lady Cha Dalrae's Lover)
Why do you need a barista at a cosmetics shop?
The products look better if we have better coffee.
What if someone comes by to purchase cosmetics?
Make sure you stay healthy.
Don't turn So Young into a grass widow.
A grass widow? How can you say that to them?
Don't you have any dreams about your wedding?
My dream isn't the wedding ceremony.
It's the person that I'm marrying.