

As he leaves rehearsal, he walks down the staircase as the cleaning lady stumbles. Perhaps this is to show Ji-hoo’s university pursuits, but a little explanation - or even context - would be nice. Must we have a Beethoven Virus reference to go with the Gourmet one? You, sir, are no Kang-mae. To make money, the family have taken to decorating dolls as a side job, but they soon rejoice when Dad succeeds in getting a job.Īnd then, Ji-hoo conducts an orchestra. Her blues are not helped by the fact that her shoulder has been troubling her, although she shrugs it off as minor. Whenever his name crops up, Jan-di’s expression grows more glum. Jan-di tries to keep a happy face in the face of Jun-pyo’s lack of contact, with little success. (Is his name - Bom Sung-chan - a reference to Kim Rae-won’s genius chef in Gourmet, perhaps?) I think it’s safe to say that Crankypants is indeed Ji-hoo’s grandfather (I was hesitant to believe it, because shouldn’t the girls have recognized their former president?) who has a long-standing connection to the restaurant boss, whom the girls call Master.Īn old newspaper clipping shows the old man with Master Master’s father, the former lauded head chef at the Blue House (the presidential residence). Her boss advises her to listen carefully, because Gramps isn’t the type to say something without reason. He eats with gusto, but refuses to give out compliments instead, he gruffly says he only cleaned his plate to avoid wasting food.Ĭranky Gramps treats Jan-di affectionately, saying that the more he looks, the more she resembles a lotus flower: “Do you know why the lotus flower blooms in mud?” He assigns that question as “homework” for his next visit. The cranky old man comes back to the porridge shop he’s been back several times since we last saw him, each time ordering something unusual. Ga-eul gripes that the guys (plural, but she means one in particular) must be busy having fun at college: “They’ve probably forgotten all about so-called friends and gone girl-crazy.” She has not heard from Jun-pyo since his departure, nor have the rest of F4 kept in steady contact. The F4 guys have graduated and moved on to university (not yet sure about Jun-pyo), while Jan-di has entered her final year of high school. The big news (aside from Daddy Gu’s passing), is that Shinhwa is now entering plans for a “global project” - an international resort.Įpisode 12 left off near the end of the school year we pick up nearly half a year later. Jun-pyo’s father passes away after collapsing in China, and Jun-pyo is named the managing director of Shinhwa Group. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Meaning: silliness, holes in logic, and absurd misuse of paaaaraadiiiiiiise…)Īudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Second, they should just call this episode “How Many Times Can Jan-di Be a Complete Idiot in One Hour? Go!” (Episode 13 was nowhere near as bad as, say, Episode 11 - but it was still a typical Monday episode. ( Lee Min-ho dropped by his fan café to post a weekend greeting and explained that he was stunned at the volume of Valentine’s gifts he received from fans, making this his best V-Day to date.) So at least they got a bit of sleepytime, which has been in short supply recently.

241 FebruJanuBoys Before Flowers: Episode 13 by javabeansįirst, thanks to the overseas location shoots in this episode (filmed in December), the cast was given the weekend off.
