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  • Temperature of Love: Episodes 13-14

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How wonderful to see a couple who actually talks about their relationship, is honest with each other, and works things out in a mature fashion! Their discussions about their feelings may not be easy, but at least they’re having them, which is a step in the right direction. Even if everything else in their lives is uncertain, if they can overcome their insecurities about the past and find a way to be together, they’ll make one hell of a strong team.

 

EPISODE 13 RECAP

Jung-sun thinks about his parents, and how we can’t choose our family. He narrates that he used to think his mother was the most beautiful woman in the world, and that she always adjusted herself to suit his father. In his vision of her in the past, she’d said she was happy because of his father’s love.

On the day she’d brought flowers to Good Soup, she’d also visited Jung-sun at his apartment, where she’d clung to his arm despite his objections. He’d complained that she always latches onto men even though she knows it never lasts. She’d promised not to cause him any more trouble before rushing off at a call from Daniel, the latest man she’s adjusting herself to suit.

 

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Jung-sun’s father visits him as well, and over tea, he shows Jung-sun the article written about him after he won the television cooking contest. As he says that he wants to have a family get-together at Good Soup, Jung-sun thinks that his father isn’t the man he used to be.

His father asks after his mother, sighing that they were never well suited for each other in the first place. Jung-sun says to himself, “It’s a poor excuse for violence.†Before his father leaves, he tells Jung-sun not to sell the land his grandfather left him.

In voiceover, Jung-sun tells us: “I feel uncomfortable whenever I see my parents. It makes my heart feel complicated, and complicated is difficult. Because it’s difficult, I hesitate. Because I don’t want to hesitate, I overreact. Because I don’t want to overreact, I suppress myself. That’s the kind of person I am.â€

 

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On the night that Hyun-soo learns that the studio wants to bring in a second writer, Jung-woo tells Jung-sun that he’s on his way to talk to the lead actor, Ha-rim, into going back on set. Jung-woo asks where Jung-sun is off to, and he says cryptically that he’ll decide after he makes a phone call.

Suspicious, Jung-woo asks if Jung-sun is dating. Jung-sun tells him to worry about himself and asks when he’ll get to meet Jung-woo’s future wife. Jung-woo just says it will be soon.

Once he’s alone, Jung-sun calls Hyun-soo to ask for her home address. She asks why, and he says that they can be friends who wish each other well. Hyun-soo pouts that she’s not going to cling to him, but she gives him her address anyway.

 

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As she gets ready, Hyun-soo sighs at her reflection, saying that she’s in no position to meet with men. But when Jung-sun comforts her when she cries and carries her to the couch, she can’t help but respond to his closeness.

He asks softly if she’s still scared, then when she doesn’t respond, he quirks a little smile and asks what she’s imagining. She says she’s not imagining anything, which is a bold-faced lie, but he just asks if she’s eaten and gets up to make dinner.

Despite Hyun-soo’s nearly empty refrigerator, Jung-sun manages to whip up some delicious-looking stew and pasta. He protects the food by throwing his body across the table when Hyun-soo lunges at it, protesting that he’s not finished garnishing the meal. So freaking cute.

 

=== Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/temperature-of-love-episodes-13-14/

 

COMMENTS

When we first began this journey, I assumed that when we got to the present times, that the main reason for Jung-sun and Hyun-soo’s missed connection when they first met—their careers—wouldn’t be an issue anymore. I just figured that with five years under their belts, that they would have that part of their lives under control and would be able to focus on their relationship in a way that they couldn’t before. But that’s not the case, and in fact, you could argue that their fears are even more justified than they were five years ago, because now they’ve had a taste of success and know what they’d be missing if they lost it.

Hyun-soo is in a much more precarious position than Jung-sun, but they’re both in danger of losing everything if they make just one wrong move. But that just makes their relationship that much more interesting this time around, because with time and maturity, hopefully they’ve learned that professional issues don’t have to mean giving up on love. I’d say that Jung-sun already knows this, since he was ready to wait five years for Hyun-soo if she would wait for him. 

 

 

He’s been nothing but crystal-clear about how he feels about Hyun-soo, and he’s even been honest regarding his misgivings about giving her another chance, because he’s scared she’ll hurt him again. I just love that about him, that no matter how difficult the subject, you know that he says exactly what he feels.

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It’s Hyun-soo who has trouble compartmentalizing work and love, and not letting one affect the other. What’s different about her is that she’s more self-aware now, and she’s taking this very seriously this time around. She knows how much she regretted her choice five years ago, so now she’s taking her time to decide whether or not to be with Jung-sun because she doesn’t want to make the same mistake again. I respect that she’s not impulsively jumping back into things with Jung-sun without thinking about it, because I believe that on some level she knows that this is for keeps with him. She’s not taking his feelings lightly anymore, and she’s considering the fact that once she decides to be with him, it will be permanent.

Something that really bugs me in dramas is when the second lead gets it in their head that they have some claim on the object of their affection, especially when the other person isn’t interested. Hong-ah is terrible about this—Jung-sun has been telling her for years that he’s not interested in her, and he never will be, yet she continues to pout and pitch fits whenever she pushes the issue and he has to draw that line again. But what I appreciate about this drama is that for the first time I can remember, the guy she likes isn’t having any of her shenanigans.

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It’s incredibly frustrating when a second lead has this attitude and for some inexplicable reason, the person they like lets them get away with it. But Jung-sun gets annoyed and frustrated with Hong-ah instead of letting her manipulate him. He makes his feelings crystal-clear, about Hong-ah and about Hyun-soo. Nobody can say that he led Hong-ah on, and he even says that to her flat-out. I nearly cheered when Jung-sun told Hong-ah that he’s never done anything to make her think she has a chance with him, and that her feelings are her own responsibility. Hong-ah’s bad behavior is completely her own delusional thinking that she can have him just because she wants him, and for once, the only one who thinks that’s reasonable is her.

Not that Jung-woo is any better when it comes to Hyun-soo, though I like him a lot more as a person right now. But he’s got this whole fantasy built up around Hyun-soo, to the point that he plans to propose marriage, when they’ve never even been on a date! I mean, is that even a thing that people actually do? Granted, she’s never turned him down in so many words, but you’d think after five years (and her crying over another man when he confessed) that he’d get the message. But Jung-woo has the same problem what Hong-ah has—they both think that wanting someone is all it takes to own them. It’s ironic that Jung-woo tells Hyun-soo to stop pining for a man she can’t have, when the truth is that she can have Jung-sun the moment she makes up her mind. It’s Jung-woo who’s hung up on someone he can’t have, yet he doesn’t even see it. I’m getting really scared for the moment when he finds out about Hyun-soo and Jung-sun, because although he’s a good person who truly cares for them both, there’s definitely a dark side simmering under the surface. I’m not looking forward to that part of him being woken up.

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