Thanks for all your comments!
Amusing scene when it's Sim Cheong now getting jealous of her previous self, the way Joon Jae got jealous of Ramyun guy. But of course, Joon Jae is charming enough and rather smooth to convince Sim Cheong that she's prettier and then later pull her under the blanket and wrap his arms around her.
I agree that stepmom is more a villainess than Ma Dae Young. Joon Jae's dad going nearly blind is actually hitting two birds with one stone - it can lead to his death due to accident, same as stepmom's two ex-husbands, and can also make him unable to read his will which was altered in favor of stepmom and stepson.
So now, our two lovebirds are on the same page - both are aware of their feelings towards each other, no more guessing and hiding, at least for the both of them. But Nam Doo is noticing those gestures between the two and sure is getting jealous.
When he asked Joon Jae on who he is going to save first when he and Sim Cheong both fall in the water, I thought, Joon Jae should save Nam Doo since Sim Cheong could very well save her mermaid self. But Joon Jae's response is a lot funnier - Sim Cheong would save Nam Doo herself and he doesn't want that. Heh.
Prosecutor Joon Jae is at it again! Being even more knowledgeable than the real cops, he can really easily pass as a prosecutor; add to that some bossing around and the cops actually following his orders!
Ah poor Shi Ah. When karma bites her in the a$$. The mother-in-law she intends to be kind to is the same ajumonni she's been harsh to all this time. Add to that, ajumonni is now close to her rival, Sim Cheong.
There goes her brownie points with Joon Jae's mom.
Chi Hyun might be on the fence on his love for a rejecting father and a villainous mother, but hearing his father say Joon Jae's name seems to be a defining moment for him, as he burns down all his photos with him.
Scene where Sim Cheong tells Joon Jae that it's actually good that Se Hwa was his first love and not her, otherwise, they wouldn't have ended up together - it's only now that I noticed that this scene is somewhat foreboding of Se Hwa and Dam Ryeong's fate. I noticed that when background music suddenly played at Sim Cheong's mention of "that a man's first love does not come true." There was also a sudden sadness on Joon Jae's face at that point.
So he goes to the psychiatrist for some hypnosis to see how his dream ends - how the love story of Dam Ryeong and Se Hwa turns out (or ends).
Seeing the lantern lights, Dam Ryeong asks for his boat to be turned around, as this means trouble for Se Hwa. Just as he warned Joon Jae to "protect the woman from the dangerous one," he does so too, as he gallantly fights against Lord Yang's men to protect Se Hwa...
even up to his last breath. I'd like to believe that his slight smile was due to his relief that he was able to protect his love, and also to reassure her that he gladly did this sacrifice for her.
I may have been devastated with this early death of Dam Ryeong, even if I already saw this coming, as was revealed through Joon Jae in an earlier episode. As you may know, I've been drawn into the character of Dam Ryeong. But the poetry of all these lies in the tragic end of Dam Ryeong and Se Hwa. Their lives may have ended abruptly, but even as teenagers, he's already promised her that in the next life, they will be reborn as themselves, and will remember their story. With thistragic end, and Dam Ryeong's words, "everything repeats itself; the fate in this world is continuing in that world," the story now focuses on Joon Jae, on how he would be able to overcome fate, and fulfill his promise to Sim Cheong: "nothing will repeat itself.Whatever happened before, will not happen this time. I will make it so."
Such a dramatic episode; I see why it's @CarolynH's favorite one. May I also add the picturesque sea and underwater scenes of the Joseon period - the visuals of the scenes addmore drama and are simply breathtaking.
