Empress Ki Episode 9 Recap

Episode starts where we left off: Seung Nyang carrying the tray and running into Ta Hwan. Dropping the tea and dropping to her knees. Ta Hwan demanding to look at her. And he gets on his knees to squat in front of her. Is this it? Ta Hwan declares that they look really similar. He doesn’t recognize her. She looks down and he sighs. He starts to ask her if she has *a brother,* but Empress Dowager arrives. Seung Nyang starts to clean up the tea cup. Ta Hwan orders her to bring more tea. She thinks to herself, that this is her chance!

Ta Hwan asks Empress Dowager why they’re meeting together. She wants to show him something. Before he leaves, he again glances at Seung Nyang. And Gol Ta should have been paying attention. In the bridal suite, it’s evident that Ta Hwan had no idea that he’s supposed to be bedding a woman tonight. Eo Jin introduces herself. Empress Dowager declares her quite the dancer and hopes that Ta Hwan will find the place *relaxing.* Great. And Ta Hwan sighs.

Seung Nyang’s searching the kitchen frantically. She spies a metal chopstick and thinks of Ta Hwan’s betrayal, declaring her father the assassin, her father dying. She thinks to herself how Ki Se will come after her if she’s arrested for killing Ta Hwan, but she declares that she will be able to die in peace once Ta Hwan is dead.

Concubine dance while Dok Man plays. Ta Hwan isn’t watching. Empress Dowager is still there, though. Seung Nyang runs over the layout of the room and declares that she can’t give anyone time to stop her from completing her mission. She enters and sets down the tea tray. Slowly she reaches for the chopstick. She declares that she’ll have to kill him with one blow. And then she stabs Ta Hwan. But she doesn’t really, because that was her visualizing.

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Twenty-Nine.

Joo Ri drops to her knees before Chae Won and apologizes, saying she was so bad. Se Yoon’s outside the office listening. Joo Ri lists her reasons: she hated Chae Won being by Sunbae’s side. She lost her senses with jealousy. But she’s now realized that she's made a mistake she can’t take back. And Se Yoon looks like he could vomit and stops listening. Joo Ri says that she hates seeing herself this way. And because it was such a big mistake, she couldn’t ask for forgiveness. All that guilt and shame is what lead you to gloat then, when you thought you’d won, then? And she calls Chae Won Unni. Her insincere apology over, she flees the office. Chae Won just laughs in disbelief. Se Yoon’s waiting outside and actually wants to talk to her – probably feeling guilty like it’s his fault – but she declares that she’s too embarrassed and runs off.

Se Yoon goes back into the office and apologizes to Chae Won for being too careless. And being short-sighted. Even though he *knew* the family and who she was, he made a stupid mistake. He apologizes for her heart ache. She just tells him that she’s glad he knows the truth now. He asks her why she didn't tell him that she was being framed. Why did she do nothing, like a fool? Not the best thing to do right now. You were the fool, dude. She says that she didn’t feel like giving explanations. And you should have trusted her, dude! She asks him for one favor. He says anything. She says that she hopes something like this never happens again. Since their paths have crossed in such ways, she doesn’t want to create a situation where things could be misunderstood. And he’s getting engaged. Plus, he might have a problem because of rumors. He doesn’t get her point. She says that the more their paths cross, the more things can be misunderstood, so they should be careful. She’ll be careful not to harm him… He says her name but she cuts him off by saying thank you, since her name was cleared. And then she goes. Good girl! Se Yoon knows she’s just told him to stay away from her and he’s not happy.

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Twenty-Seven.

Se Yoon agrees to get engaged to Joo Ri, even though he looks like he’s going to throw up. Dad asks if they’ve greeted EMIL and sends them on their way. Se Yoon doesn’t want to, but he agrees. Outside of the hospital, Joo Ri tells him he doesn’t have to, but he resolutely says that it needs to be done and she should be at ease. He tells her it’s all in the past and, after taking his hand, she tells him she’ll be forever grateful. He just sighs, withdraws his hand and walks downstairs so they won’t appear before EMIL empty-handed.

Wedding Hall. Chae Won’s thinking. Oeharabeoji comes up and asks how Chae Won has no one. Chae Won decides to go look for Oehalmeoni. Oehalmeoni is also dressed in a wedding dress, at Choon Hee’s request. Choon Hee wants Oehalmeoni to have the wedding Oehalmeoni never had. Chae Won discovers the secret and Oehalmeoni giggles. Opera Man is the MC for the wedding. Uncles notice that AILs are sulking. AILs explain the exchange with Choon Hee from earlier. They don’t believe the women. Appa and Choon Hee marry, with Oeharabeoji escorting her. A little emotional with that, that she gets to have a family finally. They bow to each other and Opera Man announces that there’s another bride. Enter Oehalmeoni. Oeharabeoji asks her if she’s got dementia. Oehalmeoni clucks back at him. Opera Man announces that since it’s their 60th anniversary, the bride requested a double wedding. Appa escorts Oehalmeoni down the aisle. A really nice plaque presentation to the grandparents which makes me cry.

Chul Kyu’s pining for Chae Won. EMIL comes in and demands he get out of bed because Joo Ri’s coming over with her soon-to-be fiancé, Se Yoon. Chul Kyu hates the guy but EMIL is giddy, because Se Yoon is rich. EMIL’s already calling him SIL. Chul Kyu ‘realizes’ that if Se Yoon and Joo Ri marry, it’ll make it easier to get back together with Chae Won. He hops out of bed and does realize that his pining picture fell on the floor. Hong Joo finds it and crumbles it up, angry. Later, Chul Kyu comes across the piece of paper where EMIL registered their wedding. Start of the fight between Hong Joo and Chul Kyu.

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Twenty-Five.

A replay of the kiss. It’s actually sad how he says to Eun Seol, “Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you?” Joo Ri stuffs Se Yoon in the car and then goes over to gloat in front of Chae Won. She goes as far as thanking Chae Won for everything that she did that day. Just wash your hands, Chae Won. Now in the car, Joo Ri’s pissed and hurt that their first kiss was because he thought she was Eun Seol. On the bus, Chae Won tells herself that Joo Ri and Se Yoon have been close for a long time and will probably get married, so she shouldn’t be shocked or upset about them kissing. Se Yoon’s now home and Mom wonders if something happened at work. Joo Ri starts to cry. Mom is, of course, concerned. Joo Ri declares she doesn’t have any confidence with Se Yoon because he drunkenly kissed her, thinking she was Eun Seol. And she worked so hard to win his heart! Mom is horrified and comforts Joo Ri but Joo Ri runs out.

Chul Kyu’s waiting up for his wife and is ticked. EMIL makes them sit down and starts to lecture Hong Joo. EMIL yells at her if this is what she learned from her family?! Hong Joo’s trigger. Hong Joo screams at EMIL, “Please, don’t scream at me!” EMIL’s taken aback. Yelling back and forth and then Hong Joo starts to throw a screaming fit. Mrs. Park to the rescue over the hyperventilating Hong Joo. EMIL and Chul Kyu are completely shocked by the whole scene. Mrs. Park screams at them, asking why they aren’t taking Hong Joo up to bed and Chul Kyu quickly carries her upstairs. Joo Ri arrives and only screams as EMIL starts yelling at her. Joo Ri has decided to run off because she’s so humiliated. And it must be nice not to worry about those bills. She declares that she truly loves Se Yoon and it *has* to be him. And if you really knew what love is, you wouldn’t be this selfish and would want him to be happy not manipulated.

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Twenty Three.

After Se Yoon says his bit, he walks away and Joo Ri is happy. Chae Won wonders who sent the basket and realizes that it was Joo Ri who did it. Joo Ri arrives to gloat. Chae Won asks how she could do it and Joo Ri replies that it’s because she wants him and she’ll stop at nothing to have Se Yoon. Joo Ri tells her to disappear from Se Yoon’s sight. Chae Won tells her to do whatever, but she’s not going to take it. She leaves and goes to her office, where she dumps the basket in the trash. And as the owner of the website, she can delete the fake post. She tries calling Se Yoon to explain, but gets his voicemail. She leaves a message, explaining, even adding that Joo Ri is her exSIL and Chul Kyu’s sister. But then she stops herself and decides to just give it up.

Joo Ri goes to visit Se Yoon. She’s feeling out how upset he is. Se Yoon asks her again what she’s hiding. She still won’t tell. EMIL calls him and asks to meet. Joo Ri freaks. EMIL tells her that she’s going to rebuild her image with Se Yoon.

At the coffee shop, Se Yoon is polite but not friendly. She tells him that she needs to ask him for a favor: to take care of Chae Won. EMIL starts to spin. She tells him that since Chul Kyu got married, she’s been worried about Chae Won. She even cries. Which is why she was so obnoxious before this, because she was *worried.* EMIL asks when they’re getting married and Se Yoon replies that they’re not in that type of relationship. He, of course, wonders where EMIL got that idea.

Appa decides to go buy a ring for Choon Hee. He’s caught by Oehalmeoni. He sputters that he’s looking for a ring for *her.* Choon Hee gets ticked that he doesn’t stand up to Oehalmeoni.

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Twenty-One.

TSGD asks who Chae Won is and is distracted by Coco appearing. She corrals Chul Kyu inside and Chae Won walks off in the other direction.

Joo Ri and Chae Won run into each other in the bathroom. Joo Ri is snotty and tells her to give up on sunbae and find someone more suitable for her. Chae Won repeats that they aren't like that and Joo Ri takes issue with Chae Won using We to refer to the two of them.

Chul Kyu's drinking before the wedding, but EMIL stops him from getting drunk. She basically twists his arm to go through it. Chae Won comes across TSGD in the lobby. Awkward look exchange and then TSGD goes in and gets married.

Se Yoon is hard at work. His thoughts drift to Chae Won and how she's going to that conference. He decides to go meet her. But he doesn't like her, not at all.

SY's Mom is calling Choon Hee and offering to help with her move. As they get off the phone, Opera Man arrives and tells her not to go and to instead make up with Appa. Oehalmeoni is hearing the news about Choon Hee leaving and she's overjoyed. Opera Man arrives to talk to Appa. He also asks for compensation money for Younger Uncle breaking his arm. Everyone clears out. Appa is moping in bed. Doesn't he have a job? Opera man arrives and tells him that Choon Hee's leaving the next day. Appa almost humbles out but he refuses to hold onto someone set on leaving.

100 Year Inheritance Episodes 17-20 Recap

So, things are finally picking up with this show.

Seventeen.

A replay of Se Yoon arriving, picking up Chae Won, telling Chul Kyu that Chae Won is no longer *his* woman. Whoo-hoo! Chul Kyu wants to know what he means by that, screams at him not to go, but Se Yoon just leaves him there. Se Yoon looks really freaked out and worried as he drives Chae Won to the hospital.

AILs fawn over Oehalmeoni. There's more hijinks I fast forward through.

The hospital. Se Yoon ignores Joo Ri's call. Chae Won wakes up and finds out that EMIL sent Se Yoon after them. She asks if he's disappointed at her lying. He's not. She tells him she didn't want to look like an idiot. He says he never thought she was an idiot. Maybe sad and pitiful, but not an idiot. She starts to feel sorry for herself and he mentions seeing her resume. He compliments her on her accomplishments. She tells him he doesn't need to be nice. He laughs and she smiles and he tells her he feels relaxed when he sees her smile. But he doesn't like her at all. Really.

EMIL's lying about why Chul Kyu skipped the matchmaking meeting. Chul Kyu arrives home. EMIL screams at him. He goes upstairs and Joo Ri comes down and EMIL rants about Chae Won having a new man. Joo Ri is shocked.

Se Yoon takes Chae Won home. She again apologizes for all the stuff he's been through because of her and tells him that he must have really wronged her in a previous life. He plays along with the joke. As they're walking to the door, they run into Appa. Appa wants Se Yoon to stay for dinner, but Se Yoon politely declines and drives off. Because their relationship isn't at that level yet. Appa tries to find out what's going on, but Chae Won avoids the subject and then pretends to be asleep to get out of talking about it.

100 Year Inheritance Episodes 11-16 Recap

As I mentioned in my prior summary, the only part of this drama that I'm really interested in is the developing relationship between Chae Won and Se Yoon. Appa romance with Choon Hee really doesn't interest me and the competition over who inherits the factory? Well, I pretty much fast forward through these scenes.

Eleven.

Chul Kyu catches his mother trying to buy Chae Won off. She tries to give him ultimatums, but he's happy to resign, give up his company credit cards and car so that he can stay with Chae Won. Joo Ri collapses at work because of Se Yoon's rejection. EMIL finds out about the bad wiring at one of their factories at Paju. She hatches a plan. Se Yoon's mom tells him that she won't interfere in his love life anymore. Chae Won decides to take some porridge to Joo Ri in the hospital. Se Yoon feels guilty and goes to visit Joo Ri. There he runs into EMIL. He tries to avoid interacting with him and sweetly tries to explain away her behavior. It's really nauseating how cutesy she acts. Se Yoon doesn't accept her apology, so she tells him that Chae Won is immigrating with Chul Kyu. This bothers him because he's the only sane person on this drama. Out of guilt, he tells Joo Ri he will consider her when his heart is ready to move on. Chae Won stumbles across them hugging, a hug Joo Ri initiated, and thinks that they are dating. After Se Yoon's left, Chae Won gives Joo Ri the porridge and when Joo Ri asks, Chae Won acts like she doesn't know him. Joo Ri tells her that she's put a lot of effort in landing Se Yoon over the last three years. Chae Won goes home where EMIL is playing Chul Kyu to the hilt, acting like she's sorry, even going as far as getting on her knees and begging. And then she pretends to have an attack where she loses her ability to speak. And, of course, Chae Won doesn't buy it, which upsets Chul Kyu. Se Yoon can't help but thinking about his conversation with EMIL. Chae Won burns a shirt while ironing as she thinks about Se Yoon with Joo Ri. At the end of the episode, Appa is arrested for arson, as situation that EMIL set up to happen.

Empress Ki Episode 8 Recap

Episode starts with Gol Ta and Ta Hwan outside the room where they are about to beat down Seung Nyang. The nice water maid, Hong Dan, comes in and tells Yeon Hwa that it’s the Emperor! Yeon Hwa orders Seung Nyang untied – and I just realized that it’s the second lead from ‘Hundred Year Inheritance’! Wow, hair color totally makes a difference! Gol Ta enters and asks what they’re doing – not the Emperor, of course. And did I call it? When is he finally going to see Seung Nyang? Yeon Hwa timidly says that they’re disciplining the new girl. After glancing at Seung Nyang, he tells them to keep it down. Gol Ta goes out and reports that it’s just servant girls. And Ta Hwan *almost* decides to investigate but changes his mind. They walk on.

Yeon Hwa’s *really* relieved when Ta Hwan leaves. And, "sure," she almost was a concubine with how she acts. She announces that it’s time to get back to it. She orders Seung Nyang stripped. And I am still not sure why Seung Nyang hasn’t brought the pain yet. Finally. She must have heard me. One by one, servant girls try to subdue Seung Nyang and are thrown to the ground. Hong Dan isn’t one of them, though. She glares at Yeon Hwa and walks menancingly toward the bully. Yeon Hwa tries to strike Seung Nyang with the whip she’s holding, but Seung Nyang grabs it and pulls Yeon Hwa close, grabbing the bully by the throat. She tells Yeon Hwa that she’s killed for less than this and demons fear her name. Seung Nyang tells Yeon Hwa not to bother her again because she would hate to hurt her friends. Then she throws Yeon Hwa and the whip to the ground and walks off. After she leaves, Seung Nyang looks freaked out.

Next day, Seung Nyang’s in washing clothes with Hong Dan, who introduces herself. She’s really impressed with what Seung Nyang did. Seung Nyang asks if Hong Dan’s ever seen the Emperor – I wonder if she’s trying to figure out how likely she’ll be to be discovered. When Hong Dan says she has, Seung Nyang asks what Ta Hwan is like. Hong Dan replies that he’s a hard worker. Super hard. So we know she’s lying. Shots of Ta Hwan being fed, half-asleep, in bed and Gol Ta protesting that it’s nearly noon when Ta Hwan falls asleep again. Hong Dan declares that Ta Hwan gets up with the roosters, prays in the temple and then tends to affairs of state. As Hong Dan says that Ta Hwan reviews each issue with great care, we see Ta Hwan acting as the puppet for El Temur.

Empress Ki Episode 7 Recap

The episode starts with Seung Nyang getting cornered by Ki Se and him grabbing her, smelling her and declaring that it’s just what he thought: she’s a girl. She tries to blow it off, but he grabs her and rips her shirt open to reveal her bound chest. She punches him in the nose just as Byung Soo arrives with two other soldiers. She quickly holds her shirt shut and Byung Soo’s just about to slap her when Ki Se remarks, “Not bad. For a girl.” So many reasons why this statement is wrong. He’s laughing. 'Cause he’s got a filly to break… 

Byung Soo looks at Ki Se, trying to process what the man just said: A girl? The guy that ruined his life, is better at everything that him, is actually a girl? That he probably bunked with. Who has seen him peeing. Is a girl? Ki Se orders the soldiers to dress her up pretty and bring her to his tent. And my skin crawls. The soldiers drag her off, with her protests, and Byung Soo just stares after them, still trying to process that Seung Nyang is a girl.

Byung Soo drags a bound Seung Nyang into a tent. Some other soldiers shove some women in. Byung Soo orders them to give this guy... He stops and grimaces and then tells them to give Seung Nyang some clothes. Scenes of them brushing her long flowing hair (which I guess she kept hidden), sticking on a delicate hair pin, applying makeup, including lipstick (that all women dragged off to become concubines just happen to grab when forcibly taken from their homes) and dressing her in an elegant *white* outfit. Not some other color but white that isn't prone to showing dirt at all and needs no ironing either. After applying the makeup, it’s almost like Seung Nyang’s given up. Byung Soo enters and looks at her, still not believing she’s Seung Nyang.

Ki Se waiting in his tent, drinking, chilling in some studly robes. Byung Soo announces that he’s come with Seung Nyang. Ki Se’s looking particularly smug and triumphant as he tells Byung Soo to bring her in. When they enter, he stares at her, basically transfixed. She does look quite nice in the outfit, although in this light it looks pink. Byung Soo has to snap him out of it. Ki Se clears his throat and tells Byung Soo to shove her to her knees. Because this all isn’t humiliating enough. Byung Soo does and Ki Se tells him that he can leave. Byung Soo does, but not before giving Ki Se a look.