So we start off the first episode with a 'Gaksital' like setting. She is a geisha and the opening scene is her dancing gorgeously. She meets him in his room and gives him a letter. We learnt that her name is Sayuri. The letter states that they shall meet at Nandameun Station at 5 o'clock. Passionate kissing ensues. 'He' here is a journalist, but we'll learn later that he is actually in on a plot to bomb a new Japanese viceroy. Cut to a scene where Sayuri reads out a letter that says "Eventhough we came to this world individually, but we'll leave at the same time. In the next life, let's meet up as man and wife and live happily ever after." Solemnly she stares into space. He comes running. Sayuri is dead, he screams out her name in despair. UGH So much emotion in just the first 4 minutes I'm loving this already. He loves her so much. Breaks my heart. 4 MINUTES IN AND I'M CRYING ALREADY ?!
The scene cuts to present day and we see the wife/Sayuri(Yeo-Ok) trying to wake her husband(Go Soo Nam) up. The bed clearly would not make it self up so the wife asked him to make the bed before leaving the bedroom. The husband then went on and gives a sexist rant on how a wife should do household chores and a husband should go out and work.
CAN I SLAP YOU ? First you're a Gaksital like gentleman, now you're a sexist bastard. Go play kite.
So, anyways, the wife is treated like a dog in the house asking to do this and that; cooking breakfast, picking up the dry-cleaning, drying out her kid's indoor shoes etc. AND on top of that there's a free loader in the house in the form of a little sister.
Today's not her day when her Go Soo Nam , who she has been married to for 12 years (How the heck did she go through all those years cohabiting with a sexist bastard is beyond me.) accused her of stealing $10 from his wallet. A sexist bastard AND a cheapskate ?! Yeah go play kite in the ocean.
But wife fights back and exclaims she's going on a strike. Yeah, girl power !
An old rich maid who had an obvious nose job called Han Mal Sook arrived at the hotel where Soo Nam works as a manager. She's greeted by a very pretty (young) lady who works at the reception. Pretty Reception Lady sends a text to Soo Nam, who is ranting away to the head chef about how ridiculous his wife is to want to go on strike. The text states that the Old Rich Maid is at the bar waiting ... but the text has hearts ..? Scandalous.
He leads Old Rich Maid into room 307 (apparently she had a fight with her hubby so I guess she has been upgraded to the Old Rich Hag) She points out how attentive Soo Nam is with what she likes and says if only her husband is half, no no even one-tenth as attentive as he is, she would be glad. Old Rich Hag went on and asked him if he treats his wife like a queen at home ? Oh, on the contrary Old Rich Hag.
Yeo-Ok is at her friends house rambling about how if her husband treats her even half or one-tenth as good as he treats his hotel guests, she would carry him around her back. HAH The irony. Yeo-Ok realized she's been too self-absorbed in the last few minutes and asked her friend why she had called her up. Yeo-Ok's friend started to bawl her eyes out and tells Yeo-Ok that her husband is cheating on her. Yeo-Ok asks the standard "Is she pretty? Who the heck is the lady ?" interrogation questions; with a sparkle in her eye. A plan is in motion.
Yeo-Ok went to give the lady who cheated with the friend's husband a piece of her mind and finds out she's Bae Jeong, who is not ugly as described by her dear friend. It's okay friend of Yeo-Ok, I think she's ugly. Nam Gyu Ri looks horrible with all that plastic in her face. Go away woman, you are scaring children away. Shoo.
The general manager of the hotel is transferring to a Sheraton Hotel in Seattle so his post is up for grabs ! Finally non-Korean who can speak Korean and act non-cheesily. *cough*Julian Kang*cough*
So it's Manager Go Soo Nam versus Manager Kang time. Manager Kang loses ungracefully to a very smooth man. I can see why Yeo-Ok thought Soo Nam is hot now. He is a slick rick all the way.
We see Yeo-Ok and friend confronting Bae Jeong who was dragged to an empty cafe by Yeo-Ok. Bae Jeong puts on a confident facade even when the friend splashed water at her face and tried to rip her hair out. Oh, I do hope all that plastic in her face is gonna be alright ! Bae Jeong muses calmly, 'Do they think this type of actions will make her husband go running back to her ?' and sits back down on her chair.
The friend pulls out a long vertical object which is wrapped with newspaper out of her handbag.It turns out to be a knife. Bae Jeong picks the knife up and marvels(?) at it. Yeo-Ok takes a picture which startled Bae Joung enough until she drops the knife. (It is hilarious that they censored a knife out. WHAT. )
Yeo-Ok's friend grabs the knife and stabs the table. She tells Bae Jeong, 'It's either you or me kiddo'. Apparently it makes Bae Joung scared out of her wits of a the crazed psycho ahjumma friend enough to promise her not to meet her husband again. They also blackmailed her by threatening her that they'll post the photo of her with a knife at the office.
Her husband tries to call Bae Jeong but his call did not get through. A text is sent with cutesy couple slang to Bae Jeong asking her 'Where is she ?'. Well dude, she's seen crying at the toilet HAHAHAH.
Manager Go receives a text from Pretty Reception Lady that she has left early and will fix up an early dinner. Double the scandalous. Manager Go is once again summoned by Old Rich Hag. She tells him that she has decided to leave her husband. Manager Go goes on with a monologue about how 7 out of 10 divorced couples regret their divorce terribly and how married couples don't just share a blanket but also bandaged each others wounds and hide flaws. Old Rich Hag is impressed by how 'deep' his love is. I'll just go barf for one moment okay ? Old Rich Hags husband pops out of nowhere, apparently Manager Go called him up, to apologize for his actions. How can Old Rich Hags get such nice Old Rich Dudes. SIGH.
So as we all predicted, from the moment the Pretty Reception Lady was weird around Go Soo Nam and texts him with hearts (3 specifically), she was in the midst of preparing dinner for him when she received a call from Soo Nam. Soo Nam said there is trouble in his 'other' paradise, his wife is actually taking this strike business seriously so he has to cancel and head home. He asked her what she wanted to say to him but she said she'll tell him that later. He's sorry but he promises to see her tomorrow. Cheapskate sexist bastard cheater. HUMPH.
As soon as he steps in the house he is met with Yeo-Ok who still had enough energy after that gruelling confronting business to well .. confront her husband. She says it's not that the chores are difficult, it's how he speaks to her. It's like she's just a servant or a mere back dancer HAHAHAH. What. She is adamant on moving out and says she won't take this any longer. She 's going to move in the apartment that they had bought together and that's that. She storms out of the house in rage.
Musan (who is played by Narsha. SQUEALS How I missed you so, Narsha ) who is a magical entity appears out of thin air, at this udon tent reataurant. The owner is this ahjusshi who was shocked when Musan pointed out Yeo-Ok. "Isn't that Sayuri?" Musan wonders out loud as Yeo-Ok stumbled upon the tent restaurant. Yeo-Ok ordered a bowl of udon while we are taken to a flashback.
This drama has such amazeballs cameras, it's giving me a K-Drama-gasm. Sayuri is seen laid to rest on a wooden boat/casket filled with purple flowers. Soo Nam (olden version) cries again when he looked at Sayuri. He said "We'll meet up in a new life and get married. Live our life happily ever after." ; pushed the casket/boat away. Tugging at my heartstrings UGH Loving it.
Yeo-Ok gets ready to go out to meet up with the tenants of the apartment that she's moving in. Her mother in law tries to make Yeo-Ok rethink her hash actions but she bites back with a 'Tell your other daughter to lift her finger to help out in this house. Being divorced is not a proud thing to have done.' Ohhhhh so the little sister is actually a divorcee. Yeo-Ok-ah don't regret the things that you've said okay ? Because it'll bite you back in the you know where.
She reaches the apartment, but no one is at home even though it has been way past work time. Yeo-Ok pressed the passcode for the house, just trying not expecting anything. The door unlocks. Yeo-Ok is appalled at how the tenants didn't even change the passcodes. She ponders whether it is a good idea to invite herself in the house even though no one is at home. She barges in anyways. HAHA.
Oh no ... Is it ... It can't be right ..
Yeo-Ok got a fright when she heard footsteps from outside, but it was not the tenant of the house. Phew. She decides that it's better if she gets out of there quickly. Half way out of the door she spots Soo Nam and Pretty Reception Lady strolling at the corridor towards the apartment, staring googly-eyed at each other.
She comes back in the apartment and rushes to the bedroom. Soo Nam and Pretty Reception Lady goes in, Soo Nam asked why she did not change the passcode. She said, "It's because it's your birthday." Then they make out while Yeo-Ok had front row seats to the whole thing. Breaks my heart. Yeo-Ok ah, be strong.
Yeo-Ok runs out of the apartment wheezing. She couldn't even bare the thought of her husband and the lady. Soo Nam swears he heard someone closed the door but his lady friend said she had heard nothing. They went back to canoodling with each other on the bed. Yeo-Ok on the other hand can't even stand or walk properly and crumbles on the elevator floor in emotional pain. Oh honey, the floor is dirty but I'll forgive you this time ok ?
She hails a car (more like throwing herself in front of a moving car. Don't kill yourself honey) and gets in it. The driver is like "What in the bloody hell is this ahjumma in my car?" But it is obvious she wanted to go to a pharmacy to get an inhaler for her asthma attack. They reached the pharmacy, got the inhaler and a single tear runs down her cheek.
She's at a river, staring off into space. When suddenly an angel version of herself appears putting some sense into her. Giving her a pep talk and if she really does want a divorce be smart about and and take all of his money. MUAHAHA Not really, but you guys get the gist right ?
She comes back home to find out that the little sister and the mother-in-law cooked dinner. Sister also promised to help around the house more often. Yeo-Ok laughs like a maniac and says the strike is over, laughs all the way into the bedroom.
When Soo Nam arrives he wants to show her who is boss and races inside the bedroom. He shouts insanely hurtful things to her and she snaps with a 'Look how you speak to me. This is even more hurtful than you having an affair !' He stutters .... but gets into his whole rant again. GOD. This guy has no conscience AT ALL. Yeo-Ok got herself together. She told herself she must endure this and .. laughs like a psycho ? HAHAHAHA
That made Soo Nam uneasy while exclaiming how can a woman have very severe mood swings. If you can't put some sense with words, act crazy. Works everytime, good on you Yeo-Ok.
Pretty Reception Lady comes into her bedroom and eats a pill (!!!!!! ALERT ANOTHER PSYCHO ALERT !!!!!!!) She snuggles in with Soo Nam on her bed and says how she feels like she's Pipi Longstockings because Pipi is brave. (This lady is crazy) She embraced Soo Nam with a kiss. It panned out to reveal that we're seeing that through a laptop screen. Yeo-Ok's laptop screen. Which she is showing Soo Nam. Your ass is busted Soo Nam. BUSTED.
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