I Miss You - episode 7 recap/reaction/caps post
I apologize for the delay but I've been sick as a dog all week (my metaphorical hate is off to the Koala and the DB girls for managing to post so regularly. Perhaps they are secretly superheroes :P)
Anyway, short version of my feelings on ep 7 was: I loved it and it's possibly the most dysfunctional thing ever and I need more! Also, everyone in this needs a therapist stat.
(Recap, caps and reactions on ep 7 of I Miss You)
She keeps saying his name and I see that is affecting her almost as badly as it is affecting him - her hands may not be shaking like his are but she looks lost. And no wonder - she keeps remembering Hyung Joon telling her Jung Woo is not looking for her, she remembers him leaving her. That memory is what puts steel in her voice when she asks him if this is enough. addressing him as 'Detective Han.'
But when he seems to accept it and walk away, she calls him Han Jung Woo again and says she can be his friend for today (such an echo of his earlier words on the stairs for looking for her only for today) and asks him for a drink. They really can't stay away from each other, can they? Though her smile is sharp enough to cut glass so maybe that's not so good after all. But have you noticed that by his mere presence, he is making her confront things, and not just hide, the way she was with Hyung Joon.
I love the slow panning shot from him to her at the drinking table. As if to underscore the distance between them. It kills me that his hand shakes when he pours her a drink. And he is so needing to connect her with Soo Yeon - as when he asks her what her favorite song is. Or when he tells her she reminds him of Soo Yeon because of her voice. And the hidden necessity to pick at a scab when she asks him why he and Soo Yeon split up - and he clenches his hands under the table and answers "because I was a little too fast." My heart. And she drives the nail deeper when she says she is envious of his future girlfriend because he will protect her no matter what. Their whole discussion - with his desperation (the way he looks at her - my God!) and her toying, is so painful. Their differences are even highlighted in the way they sit - her lounging and him sitting stiffly, hands in pockets.
He drives her home and she looks both predatory and sad and her little gesture with her hand sticking outside the car reminds me of the girl she used to be.
Hyung Joon stills picking up broken glass when he hears the car, but continues picking up after a pause - which says volumes about his character - not rushing out there, not confronting, but always waiting.
She wants him to go to the cafe with her but Jung Woo has temporarily hit his limit (and I love both that he has hit his limit and that it is temporary. He doesn't stand a chance against her). I especially love the moment of their hands not quite meeting, because it's symbolic - their intentions and thoughts all tangled. She tells him 'spend one day with me,' and when he refuses, she asks him to be secret friends, like when they were kids. It's very clear she is doing this on purpose, and she is being quite awful but I cannot feel anything but pity for her because she's been so damaged and lashing out, however veiled, is better for her than disassociative denial Harry has her living in. He stops dead and she continues, "all I need is one friend," unkind smile on her lips. He turns and glares at her and I want to step back but she just grins, finger to her lips. Those two hurt so much.
When she steps in, Harry pretends he won't know anything, theirs is a life of veneers and pretenses, so I am not surprised. But she tells him she met Jung Woo. His response? To ask to be engaged. I don't hate or even dislike Harry, I pity him - he has had a childhood as bad as Zoe's or Jung Woo's. But deflection and misdirection are not a way to a happy life. Anyway, she tells Harry that she met Jung Woo to torment him, and I am sure that is the case, but Jung Woo also makes her feel and that is a good first step towards healing. Harry's reaction? To deny Soo Yeon her identity, to insist she is Zoe. Right about now, I want to drag them to a shrink so bad - she can never cope with her trauma if she is not allowed to process it! Plus, I bet she feels that being Soo Yeon is something to be ashamed of and hiding "Soo Yeon" in the shadows is only furthering that belief.
Jung Woo is upset the rapist is dead as it means he can't find Soo Yeon. I am not really going to recap detectiving stuff in this ep, btw, because I am not big on prcedural stuff and we don't yet know where it will lead. I will mention that the fact that the man was killed via dry ice leaves out Zoe as a murderer to me - where would she gets her hands on it and that knowledge sounds pretty specialized. If I thought to off someone, I'd not think of dry ice, nor would most 'civilians.'
Jung Woo as a potential suspect. :(
Harry sees his enemy on the bike and I love how under his smiley, young facade, his face is stone-cold. Oh, and Daddy Satan's upper-lip fungus makes me LOL. It makes him look like a seedy porn producer...
Zoe tracks Jung Woo in the station and tells him she wants coffee. And when he brings it, he sees her doing the same thing kid Soo Yeon used to do with her with feet. Her excuse is a 'threat mail' but we know that is not really it. She gives him her phone number.
Eun Joo comes up, and all the vulnerability in Zoe is revealed when she finds out who it is, especially since EJ mentions her mother and when she hears EJ echo something young Soo Yeon once said to Jung Woo - "you are my only friend." To Zoe, it's as if she's been erased, replaced.
And next she is ordering in Mom's restaurant, and seemingly, the Mom is happy (that is what she thinks - she thinks Mom doesn't even care about the murder and she hears her to refer to EJ as daughter. EJ got what she wanted but never had). Of course she calls Harry, her coping mechanism, her anchor.
But the Mom is grieving for SY, as HJW sees but SY left by then.
It's interesting that Jung Woo tells Soo Yeon's Mom that one must not kill, must leave that person alive for torment. To me this indicates he is not the killer, but also isn't it exactly what Soo Yeon is doing to him? Ahhh, irony!
OK, here I did want to smack her, sitting in the restaurant in the warmth with Harry, watching Jung Woo show up to their agreed meeting place, freezing, just watching him wait. What can I say, Jung Woo is my POV character. And Harry encourages her, bringing out the worst - making bets with her how long Jung Woo would stay, calling him and gloating in the phone that he is having dinner with Zoe right now. And OMG, even after that call, Jung Woo still waits for half an hour. And when he finally leaves, Zoe has the nerve to say that Jung Woo is the same as at 15. WTF! He waited for half an hour AFTER your supposed fiance told him you were with him and pretty much told him it was a prank. WTF do you want! Ugh! I understand her and pity her and love her, but I am still angry.
I am happy for these people to find comfort and closeness with each other, however figmentary.
I love the scene where he realizes she is Lee Soo Yeon due to the footage of her meeting the rapist.
And the last scene is so joyful some how. You can tell he will let her do whatever to him, because she is back, she is alive. And when he says it's boring to be secret friends, "let's be secret lovers instead," you could probably hear my screaming all the way in China!
Anyway, short version of my feelings on ep 7 was: I loved it and it's possibly the most dysfunctional thing ever and I need more! Also, everyone in this needs a therapist stat.
(Recap, caps and reactions on ep 7 of I Miss You)
She keeps saying his name and I see that is affecting her almost as badly as it is affecting him - her hands may not be shaking like his are but she looks lost. And no wonder - she keeps remembering Hyung Joon telling her Jung Woo is not looking for her, she remembers him leaving her. That memory is what puts steel in her voice when she asks him if this is enough. addressing him as 'Detective Han.'
But when he seems to accept it and walk away, she calls him Han Jung Woo again and says she can be his friend for today (such an echo of his earlier words on the stairs for looking for her only for today) and asks him for a drink. They really can't stay away from each other, can they? Though her smile is sharp enough to cut glass so maybe that's not so good after all. But have you noticed that by his mere presence, he is making her confront things, and not just hide, the way she was with Hyung Joon.
I love the slow panning shot from him to her at the drinking table. As if to underscore the distance between them. It kills me that his hand shakes when he pours her a drink. And he is so needing to connect her with Soo Yeon - as when he asks her what her favorite song is. Or when he tells her she reminds him of Soo Yeon because of her voice. And the hidden necessity to pick at a scab when she asks him why he and Soo Yeon split up - and he clenches his hands under the table and answers "because I was a little too fast." My heart. And she drives the nail deeper when she says she is envious of his future girlfriend because he will protect her no matter what. Their whole discussion - with his desperation (the way he looks at her - my God!) and her toying, is so painful. Their differences are even highlighted in the way they sit - her lounging and him sitting stiffly, hands in pockets.
He drives her home and she looks both predatory and sad and her little gesture with her hand sticking outside the car reminds me of the girl she used to be.
Hyung Joon stills picking up broken glass when he hears the car, but continues picking up after a pause - which says volumes about his character - not rushing out there, not confronting, but always waiting.
She wants him to go to the cafe with her but Jung Woo has temporarily hit his limit (and I love both that he has hit his limit and that it is temporary. He doesn't stand a chance against her). I especially love the moment of their hands not quite meeting, because it's symbolic - their intentions and thoughts all tangled. She tells him 'spend one day with me,' and when he refuses, she asks him to be secret friends, like when they were kids. It's very clear she is doing this on purpose, and she is being quite awful but I cannot feel anything but pity for her because she's been so damaged and lashing out, however veiled, is better for her than disassociative denial Harry has her living in. He stops dead and she continues, "all I need is one friend," unkind smile on her lips. He turns and glares at her and I want to step back but she just grins, finger to her lips. Those two hurt so much.
When she steps in, Harry pretends he won't know anything, theirs is a life of veneers and pretenses, so I am not surprised. But she tells him she met Jung Woo. His response? To ask to be engaged. I don't hate or even dislike Harry, I pity him - he has had a childhood as bad as Zoe's or Jung Woo's. But deflection and misdirection are not a way to a happy life. Anyway, she tells Harry that she met Jung Woo to torment him, and I am sure that is the case, but Jung Woo also makes her feel and that is a good first step towards healing. Harry's reaction? To deny Soo Yeon her identity, to insist she is Zoe. Right about now, I want to drag them to a shrink so bad - she can never cope with her trauma if she is not allowed to process it! Plus, I bet she feels that being Soo Yeon is something to be ashamed of and hiding "Soo Yeon" in the shadows is only furthering that belief.
Jung Woo is upset the rapist is dead as it means he can't find Soo Yeon. I am not really going to recap detectiving stuff in this ep, btw, because I am not big on prcedural stuff and we don't yet know where it will lead. I will mention that the fact that the man was killed via dry ice leaves out Zoe as a murderer to me - where would she gets her hands on it and that knowledge sounds pretty specialized. If I thought to off someone, I'd not think of dry ice, nor would most 'civilians.'
Jung Woo as a potential suspect. :(
Harry sees his enemy on the bike and I love how under his smiley, young facade, his face is stone-cold. Oh, and Daddy Satan's upper-lip fungus makes me LOL. It makes him look like a seedy porn producer...
Zoe tracks Jung Woo in the station and tells him she wants coffee. And when he brings it, he sees her doing the same thing kid Soo Yeon used to do with her with feet. Her excuse is a 'threat mail' but we know that is not really it. She gives him her phone number.
Eun Joo comes up, and all the vulnerability in Zoe is revealed when she finds out who it is, especially since EJ mentions her mother and when she hears EJ echo something young Soo Yeon once said to Jung Woo - "you are my only friend." To Zoe, it's as if she's been erased, replaced.
And next she is ordering in Mom's restaurant, and seemingly, the Mom is happy (that is what she thinks - she thinks Mom doesn't even care about the murder and she hears her to refer to EJ as daughter. EJ got what she wanted but never had). Of course she calls Harry, her coping mechanism, her anchor.
But the Mom is grieving for SY, as HJW sees but SY left by then.
It's interesting that Jung Woo tells Soo Yeon's Mom that one must not kill, must leave that person alive for torment. To me this indicates he is not the killer, but also isn't it exactly what Soo Yeon is doing to him? Ahhh, irony!
OK, here I did want to smack her, sitting in the restaurant in the warmth with Harry, watching Jung Woo show up to their agreed meeting place, freezing, just watching him wait. What can I say, Jung Woo is my POV character. And Harry encourages her, bringing out the worst - making bets with her how long Jung Woo would stay, calling him and gloating in the phone that he is having dinner with Zoe right now. And OMG, even after that call, Jung Woo still waits for half an hour. And when he finally leaves, Zoe has the nerve to say that Jung Woo is the same as at 15. WTF! He waited for half an hour AFTER your supposed fiance told him you were with him and pretty much told him it was a prank. WTF do you want! Ugh! I understand her and pity her and love her, but I am still angry.
I am happy for these people to find comfort and closeness with each other, however figmentary.
I love the scene where he realizes she is Lee Soo Yeon due to the footage of her meeting the rapist.
And the last scene is so joyful some how. You can tell he will let her do whatever to him, because she is back, she is alive. And when he says it's boring to be secret friends, "let's be secret lovers instead," you could probably hear my screaming all the way in China!