![]() ![]() She quietly asks for a divorce and he turns around at that. Shuk: She takes a moment to gather her thoughts, and even though his back is turned, he knows she’s there. She leaves the dog and walks determinedly to the house. Mike pulls out the cookware to start another round of porridge-making. Om-Am is at the end of the pier with Dr Junior, our shaggy psychiatrist. Shuk: Our schmuck eventually makes it home. JoAnne: He doesn't want to be there, and Min knows it. Shuk: Mike sits next to his sleeping witch who isn't really sleeping, while Guy stands frozen by the elevators. Shuk: Om-Am is doing enough thinking for the two of them as she makes her way out of the building, but she doesn't quite make it out before her eyes start leaking. Mike lets go and heads back to the hospital room. Min and Mike are the same, in that they act without thinking of the consequences. Shuk: Anyway, Mike collar-grabs Guy and he continues to berate him. JoAnne: It would be really helpful if Mike admitted to his old friend that his interest in taking care of Min has become more of a noose around his neck than anything else. It’s clear Guy has watched “Heirs” and Mike hasn't maybe he hates Lee Min-ho. If he takes care of Min like a husband, that relegates Om-Am to the position of mistress. But that was pre-Om-Am, Guy argues, and dirty pool. Shuk: Through gritted teeth, Mike reiterates that he has to take care of MinTramp because he promised to do so. Shouldn't he have consideration for how she feels when he drops her to take care of another woman? Guy turns it around: who is responsible for the awkwardness? And he lays it on the table for the younger man: the three of them have been friends for a long time, but Om-Am is his wife. When he turns around, Mike is stomping towards him, trying to blame Guy for the uncomfortable scene in the room. Shuk: She begs Guy to let her leave, and bolts for the open elevator. JoAnne: Here's where I start really feeling like he feels stuck, and that he's fully aware that he doesn't want to be doing this, but feels like he has to, anyway. They make eye contact, but they both drop it and he walks away, food in hand. Shuk: At first light, he puts the final egg in his porridge and packages it for the hospital, all while Om-Am watches from her bedroom door. They do stuff differently in Asia, the families are there more for longer periods, provide food, etc.but my problem is why not call Guy to share in the work, and why not, oh, I don't know, try telling your ACTUAL family what the deal is? Is it because he knows they'd tell him to let someone else do it, and he feels it is his sworn duty? It doesn't seem like he doesn't CARE what they think, it seems like he just doesn't want to hear it because his mind is made up. JoAnne: I don't have a problem with him helping to care for Min in the hospital. The noise naturally wakes her up, and she offers to help him, but she ends up watching him make food for another woman on her stove. He stops for a moment when he sees Om-Am asleep on the fainting couch, but then gets to work in the kitchen. Shuk: It’s almost morning when Mike comes home, toting a bag of vegetables. I will grant him a wee bit of alarm based on the reason for the call - Min's hospitalization - but after reflection I can also say that this appears to be a recurring event in her life and it's not like he thought he thought she was DYING. Not for when you're leaving the building! That was rude and disrespectful to everyone at the table - and we're not even getting to the point where you abandoned your wife with no ride home. JoAnne: I am continually amazed that people even answer their phones during dinner, and then to leave without a word of explanation? 'I'll be right back' is only sufficient when you're stepping out onto the porch to finish the call, Mike. I think Om-Am’s face at the end of the last episode says it all. Really, his priorities are so off they seem to be in a different county, like, Switzerland or something (kakashi: Oh! Yes please! Come to Switzerland!). Shuk: So boneheaded Mike dumps his entire family, and his wife, on the basis of one phone call, with no explanation. ![]()
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