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Sometimes a change of scenery is what’s needed to cause some forward motion, and if that’s the case, then Hyun-soo and Jung-sun are in luck. They’re both still grappling with fear, but perhaps when you’ve already lost the one you love once before, the only thing scarier than admitting your feelings is not admitting them and losing your love for good.

 

EPISODE 15 RECAP

Hyun-soo cries as she tells Jung-woo why she quit her drama, and he reaches to wipe away her tears. She pushes his hand away, but he holds on, unwilling to break contact. Hyun-soo whispers that she feels the most sorry towards him, and Jung-woo realizes that she’s putting up a wall between them, like always. He lets go and backs away, saying that he needs time to decide what to do about the show. He asks if she’ll regret this if the show does better after she leaves, reminding her that she can still decide to stick with it.

Hyun-soo agrees that she might regret it, and that she may never write again. But she stands firm in her decision, saying that if she stays, it could take a million years to retrieve her pride, and she’ll be dead by then. She says she wants to work again before she’s dead, and he smiles. After their celebratory ball game, Jung-sun and his employees go for a few beers, where he thanks them for their trust and support. He reminds them to stay focused as the restaurant gains in popularity, and gives them two days off to rest.

Hong-ah watches Jung-sun’s appearance on the cooking show for the millionth time, remembering him saying that Hyun-soo is his highest priority. She wonders if she really likes him, or if she’s just obsessed with him because he rejected her. Won-joon gets affectionate with Jung-sun after drinking, but Jung-sun pushes him off, complaining that they’re both sweaty. Won-joon gets all giddy when Hong-ah calls him, knowing she’s only calling because Jung-sun rejected her, but unashamed in his love for her. Jung-sun asks if that doesn’t bother him, but Won-joon says his love for her trumps any bad feelings he might have, and asks if Jung-sun has anyone like that in his life.

 

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Won-joon is too busy talking to Hong-ah that he doesn’t hear Jung-sun pout childishly, “I do too have someone like that!†He lights up to see that Hyun-soo called him, but when he calls back, she doesn’t answer. She’s deliberately ignoring her phone as Jung-woo drives her home.

When Jung-woo drops her off, she thanks him for today, but he tells her to stop saying things like “sorry†and “thank you†because he’s hoping for a different response from her. Hyun-soo just giggles at him when he confirms that he’s trying to get her to see him as a man.

Undaunted by the unanswered call, Jung-sun jogs all the way to Hyun-soo’s place with a great big smile on his face. His smile grows when he sees her lights still on, and he texts to make sure that she’s awake. She thinks about how she promised to think hard about whether to accept his feelings, and agrees to see him. She heads out only to find him standing right outside her door.

 

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Jung-sun tells her that he went drinking to celebrate the restaurant’s recent popularity, and she thinks to herself, “My worst day turns out to be his best day.†Jung-sun tells Hyun-soo not to come out because it’s late, but he declines to come inside because he’s stinky.

He asks why she called him, giving her the side-eye when she says it was a mistake. He quips that she’s most attractive when she’s honest, so she just lost some of her charm, hee. Hyun-soo says thoughtfully that people don’t change—she thought she had, but she was wrong.

To “prove†that people do change, Jung-sun says that he no longer wears his shirts inside-out, ha. He closes the door, content just to have seen her face, and waves goodbye adorably before heading home. Hyun-soo watches him through the window, recalling how he said that he never confused her about his feelings, and Jung-woo telling her to stop thinking so much and just follow her heart.

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2017/10/temperature-of-love-episodes-15-16/

 

 

COMMENTS

Let this be a lesson to Jung-woo: Date the lady a bit before you plan your entire future around her. Of course he can’t help his feelings, but Hyun-soo has pretty consistently thrown up that wall whenever he tries to make their friendship into something more. So he really has no right to be upset to see Hyun-soo with another man. I do understand that a large part of his inevitable feelings of betrayal will be because of who she’s with, but he can’t exactly be angry with Jung-sun or Hyun-soo for not telling him that they are emotionally entangled, when he himself has been keeping the object of his affections from Jung-sun. Well, he probably will be angry, but it won’t exactly be fair.

I’ve said that I dread Jung-woo’s reaction to this news, but the truth is that I’m actually looking forward to him having a complete fit about it, for purely masochistic reasons. We’ve seen hints of darkness underneath Jung-woo’s calm, controlled demeanor, and Jung-sun has hinted at Jung-woo’s response to his and Hyun-soo’s relationship using words like “rage.†I dread it, but I also want to see Jung-woo just totally lose it, in part because I know that Kim Jae-wook will be brilliant and in part because I want to see Hyun-soo and Jung-sun grow closer in the face of conflict this time, rather than let it pull them apart again.

 

As for Hong-ah, I was surprised to see her actually show some self-awareness in this episode, even if only for a second. The fact that she even wonders if her obsession is only because Jung-sun rejected her (spoiler alert: YES) shows that she’s not as completely oblivious to the truth as we thought. That doesn’t mean that her behavior was any better, particularly the way she wished unhappiness on Jung-sun right to his face, but at least her vitriol has very little chance of actually upsetting him. I do think that Hyun-soo is hurt by Hong-ah’s bitterness, but Kyung is a better, more genuine friend than Hong-ah ever was, and although Hyun-soo is bewildered by Hong-ah’s willingness to throw away their friendship over a guy who doesn’t even like her, she doesn’t seem devastated. The only way that Hong-ah can truly hurt Hyun-soo is professionally, which it looks like she’s about to do.

But what’s important is that Hyun-soo finally said it! She finally told Jung-sun she loves him, and I thought his response was perfect—he already knows, he was just waiting for her to figure it out. And I just love how unfailingly respectful Jung-sun is of Hyun-soo, never assuming that his advances are welcome even after she tells him she’s in love with him. The way he reached his arm around her, all the while watching to gauge her reaction, somehow doesn’t read as insecurity coming from him. To me it’s more like he has an old-fashioned sense of chivalry, with a healthy dose of seeking confirmation that she wants the contact as well.

It also explains a lot about why he’s simply laid down a trail of breadcrumbs for Hyun-soo this time around, since he was much more direct five years ago and it backfired on him, badly. It makes sense that Jung-sun would be a lot more subtle about declaring his feelings now, and then let her come to him. I have a feeling that all the bad things are going to hit all the fans next week. But for now I’m just happy that Jung-sun and Hyun-soo finally found their way back to each other, after so many years of separation. I’m confident that no matter what happens, they won’t let anything come between them again, because now they know exactly what they stand to lose.

 

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Do you guys have any translated naver threads or any forum where Temperature of Love is the topic? I can't see Kkuljaem's updates any longer. Have they shut down? I am just curious as to how this drama is viewed in Korea. It has decent ratings and I enjoyed every episode. The actors acting was very good and the script was written really well. I'd trust any drama that Seo Hyun Jin's in. She's currently my favorite Korean actress.

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Do you guys have any translated naver threads or any forum where Temperature of Love is the topic? I can't see Kkuljaem's updates any longer. Have they shut down? I am just curious as to how this drama is viewed in Korea. It has decent ratings and I enjoyed every episode. The actors acting was very good and the script was written really well. I'd trust any drama that Seo Hyun Jin's in. She's currently my favorite Korean actress.

 

 

nope sadly they seems like being hiatus? im not sure unsure.png

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  • Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching

 

So, what are we all watching this week?

 

What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote through the screen? Time to weigh in…

 

 

girlfriday

  • Temperature of Love: So far, every time I think the second leads will get meddlesome or the story will take an annoying turn, it doesn’t. I’m impressed with how the drama feels like a conventional melodrama but doesn’t play out like one at all, and I’m always left satisfied that the leads act like real human beings dating in the real world, who talk to each other honestly about their feelings. What a strangely refreshing concept.

 

odilettante

  • Temperature of Love: Despite being Kim Jae-wook’s No. 1 fan, I just can’t find any traction on this show, and I don’t think it’s worth making space for in my limited drama-watching time (especially with so many new shows premiering!). Sometimes you just need to know when to admit defeat—and beg someone to make a supercut of all of Handsome Oppa’s scenes. Pretty, pretty please? For the pretty? Please?
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Hi there! Does anyone know whereb can I watch it in eng sub? I really want to watch it but don't understand a single word :(

 

https://youtu.be/EwE9ovAXnno

 

I watch the drama here: http://dramahood.com/dh/temperature-of-love/

 

edit: were you referring to the v live you linked?

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I’ve been on pins and needles, anticipating the fallout from what happened last week. At first life seems to be business as usual, but although the clouds may look innocent for now, they’re definitely rumbling a warning, and I just hope our couple is ready to run for cover when the storm breaks.

 

EPISODE 17 RECAP

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After Hyun-soo confesses her love to Jung-sun, they head back to their hotel hand-in-hand. Hyun-soo breaks contact when they reach their hallway, wary about being seen by the surveillance cameras, sheepishly calling it an occupational hazard.

Jung-sun thinks for a second, then he takes her hand again and waves it at the camera with a big fat grin on his face. He jokes that he’s leaving evidence, and Hyun-soo laughs and goes along with him.

Meanwhile, Jung-woo drives himself home, after seeing Jung-sun and Hyun-soo together and obviously in love. He thinks about how both Jung-sun and Hyun-soo had each confided in him about the person they loved. It never occurred to Jung-woo that they were speaking of each other.

 

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At Hyun-soo’s door, Jung-sun asks if she wants to sleep together. She agrees, but adorably, they each go to their own hotel rooms and simply go to bed at the same time. Kyung whines at Hyun-soo for not spending any time with her today, and Hyun-soo begs her to let her sleep right now, calling today the best day of her life.

Back home, Kyung and Hyun-soo have a lazy day together, sitting around watching movies in their pajamas. Hyun-soo gets a surprise text from Jung-sun asking her to come outside, so she scrambles to get pretty while Kyung quickly cleans up. But Jung-sun just leaves after dropping off a lunchbox, which is full of Hyun-soo’s favorite spicy ddukbokki and handmade teddy bear caramels to give her energy.

Jung-sun bikes back to Good Soup, where Hyun-soo pops out and surprises him, having taken a taxi there. She pouts at him for not staying so that she could see him, and he offers her a ride home on his bike. Hyun-soo shyly declines, but he just says, “Okay bye,†so she grabs onto his bike to stop him and accuses him of playing hard to get.

 

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Hyun-soo hops on for that ride, and on the way home she tells Jung-sun that she’s meeting with Jung-woo today. She holds on tight, making them both smile as they remember their first bike ride together, and how they’d hit a bump and she’d been forced to grab him.

Later that day at Good Soup, a customer orders her meal without nuts due to an allergy. Jung-sun and cook Ha-sung take particular care to keep her plate separate, but maknae Min-ho accidentally moves the plate before the course is served and the customer is given the wrong dish.

When Hyun-soo arrives at Jung-woo’s office, he gives no obvious indication that anything is wrong, though he does seem quieter than usual. He says that he wants to produce her first script, Nice Soup Does Not Answer The Phone, and Hyun-soo is pleased and honored.

 

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She’s taken aback for a moment when Jung-woo tells her that Hong-ah will be using her old studio, but she quickly recovers and says that she can write at home until they get organized. The news that Hong-ah will be writing for Unruly Detectives is harder to swallow, but Hyun-soo remains professional and says that Hong-ah will be a great help to the writing team.

Jung-woo can see that Hyun-soo is rattled, and he justifies his decision to hire Hong-ah by saying that they can’t let Unruly Detectives fail. Hyun-soo asks him not to let Hong-ah use her original storyline for the remaining episodes, and when Jung-woo says that’s up to Hong-ah, Hyun-soo decides to talk to her personally.

Hyun-soo thanks Jung-woo for continuing to work hard while she was taking time off, promising to repay him by writing a great script. She runs into Hong-ah on her way out of the building, and Hong-ah chirps that she’s here to sign her contract.

 
 
 
 
 

COMMENTS

Awww, I’ve been hoping for some more kisses between Hyun-soo and Jung-sun, and boy, did they deliver! But it feels like the calm before the storm, and that something is about to blow up in their faces—something named Jung-woo. You know he’s not going to let Hyun-soo just get away like that, not after basically considering her his for the last five years, and I found his too-calm demeanor unsettling throughout this entire episode. He was just a bit too composed, and it worries me even more than if he’d blown up and gone off the deep end right after seeing Hyun-soo and Jung-sun together.

It would have been bad enough if Jung-woo had lost his temper, but his going about his business like normal, and even drinking with Jung-sun and walking Hyun-soo home yet keeping his emotional distance felt ominous to me. Then when he warned Jung-sun that he has the power to remove him from his position, it felt like he wasn’t just talking about the restaurant anymore. I’m scared that Jung-woo is about to start making demands and threatening consequences if Hyun-soo and Jung-sun don’t break up so he can have Hyun-soo, and unfortunately he’s in a position to ruin both of them professionally. I can only hope that Jung-woo’s affection for Jung-sun has him playing fair, but the way he’s maneuvered Jung-sun into saying that he’d fight for his love, I have a feeling that he won’t.

 

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I really appreciate that this drama makes an effort to avoid common tropes, or if they must be used, then they’re used in an unusual way. The broken friendship between Hyun-soo and Hong-ah is a good example, because it’s not just two friends fighting over a man. Yes, it is about Jung-sun, and Hong-ah’s jealousy that he loves Hyun-soo and not her. But it’s equally about Hong-ah’s jealousy of Hyun-soo’s professional success, and how she feels that she deserves the same recognition as Hyun-soo because she’s worked just as hard.

I actually respect Hong-ah’s work ethic, and I have no doubt that she’s put in as much blood, sweat, and tears into writing her scripts as Hyun-soo has hers. But what Hong-ah doesn’t seem to understand is that success isn’t just about hours logged in front of the keyboard. It’s also about talent and creative ability, and what the audience wants at that point in time. Right now, Hyun-soo is producing creative stories that interest the audience, while Hong-ah took a bit longer to write something production-worthy. But even though Hong-ah finally won a contest, she’s so entrenched in her jealousy by now that she’s not capable of friendship with Hyun-soo anymore, even though she claims that’s what she wants.

I’m a little worried about all the mentions of Hyun-soo’s drama, Nice Soup Does Not Answer The Phone, having a sad ending. Temperature of Love doesn’t feel like a show that will end sadly, but every time someone mentions that Hyun-soo’s new drama may end sadly, I get scared. I’m taking heart from Hyun-soo’s assertion that she plans to change the ending to a happy one, so I’m going to hold her to that. Don’t make me go through all this just to watch Hyun-soo and Jung-sun break up in the end!

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  • love changed the title to SBS Drama "Temperature of Love" Yang Sejong & Seo Hyun-Jin etc. *The END*

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