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  • I’m Not a Robot: Episodes 25-26Robot26-00185-copy.jpg

     

 

 

The truth about Jia and the Santa Maria team triggers a devastating setback for Min-kyu, both physically and emotionally. No one is left unscathed in the aftermath and it’s heartbreaking to witness so much misery, but that’s because there was so much love in the first place. Is it possible for Min-kyu to give Jia and his friends another chance, or will he decide to protect himself by turning his back on everyone?

 

 

 

EPISODE 25: “Have you been lying all along?â€

 

 

 

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Min-kyu’s joy at the sight of Jia is short-lived when he sees the necklace hanging from her neck. Realization dawns on Min-kyu’s face and when Jia tries to explain, he pushes her away. He’s about to throw up from the shock but the sound of his beeping monitor alerts him to a more serious problem.

 

Min-kyu stares at Jia as an angry rash spreads to his face, his breathing labored. He falls to the ground where his agonized screams mingle with Jia’s hysterical cries just as Baek-gyun and Pi show up. Baek-gyun prepares a syringe and plunges it into Min-kyu’s thigh while Pi stands by, shocked at the sight of Min-kyu’s blood-tinged tears

 

 

 

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Butler Sung runs to the gate of Min-kyu’s estate as a pair of ambulances approach, followed by Baek-gyun’s van. A distraught Jia continues to cry while Baek-gyun and Pi ride in silence, overwhelmed with worry.

 

Covered by protective suits, Dr. Oh heads a team that works to stabilize Min-kyu as soon as he arrives. Baek-gyun and Pi hold Jia back while Min-kyu’s gurney is wheeled away. Dr Oh rapidly prescribes treatment as Min-kyu is placed in his bed and once he’s stabilized, it’s clear that Min-kyu is still in grave danger.

 

 

 

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EPISODE 26: “Jia knows him bestâ€

 

Baek-gyun and Pi visit a building that can be converted to a lab and living quarters. Over dinner, they agree that the building’s rent is its most attractive feature and Pi places a straw in Baek-gyun’s drink like she always does. Baek-gyun stares at the straw and Pi asks, “You were scared yesterday because you thought I’d really leave, right?†Baek-gyun tries to deny it but finally admits, “…my heart suddenly froze.â€

 

Pleased, Pi smiles but when Baek-gyun calls it weird, they return to their meal. Baek-gyun wonders if Min-kyu is all right and Pi advises, “Leave him to Jia. The person who knows him best is Jia.â€

 

Jia’s parting words keep Min-kyu awake so he goes for a walk and ends up at the barn. Even though all of Santa Maria’s equipment is still there, it feels empty without the team or Aji-3. Min-kyu leaves and runs into Butler Sung as he tends an outdoor fire.

 

 

 

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Min-kyu warms his hands and when he’s invited to move closer, he replies, “I’m happy with this distance.†Butler Sung asks, “Is that young lady coming tomorrow, too,†but Min-kyu urges him to stop allowing her in. Min-kyu then asks, “Did you lie to me about anything, by any chance? If you did, please tell me the truth.â€

 

Butler Sung argues that lies are part of the human experience and launches into a story about hedgehogs. He explains that some were cold and huddled for warmth, only to scatter when they were pricked by each other’s spikes. When they got cold again, they huddled together, so Butler Sung concludes, “I guess enduring the pain of each other’s spikes was more bearable than being cold by themselves…â€

 

The next day, Jia rides her scooter to Min-kyu’s but falls and hurts her hand when a child runs into the street. Min-kyu waits all day for her to appear and finally concludes, “She lied again.â€

 

 

 

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Min-kyu pours himself a drink and finally reads Jia’s handwritten letter. When he finishes it, Min-kyu slams down his glass and looks over at the heart lamps.

 

It’s nighttime by the time a taxi drops Jia off at Min-kyu’s house, sporting a bandaged hand. Min-kyu looks drunk as he watches her set everything out and when she claims that her food goes well with alcohol, Min-kyu interrupts to demand, “Am I your friend? Who said you could drop the formalities?â€

 

As Jia leaves, Min-kyu calls out, “Were you the creator of these heart balls,†and she realizes that he read her letter. He knows that she used her role as Aji-3’s stand-in to get him to reopen the competition finals and laughs that now he understands why he saw all those ads, petitions and the protest demonstration.

 

 

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/01/im-not-a-robot-episodes-25-26/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

 

Ugh, that was such a difficult episode to get through, with Min-kyu’s agonizing allergic reaction followed by a recovery that left him a shell of his former self. And such a bitter, lonely, angry shell at that. Min-kyu’s sense of betrayal was so deep that he lashed out at those who hurt him, decisively and viciously. Tired of watching Jia and the Santa Maria team suffer, Sun-hye finally takes matters into her own hands and delivers a message of tough love to the wounded Min-kyu and paints a picture of the lonely future that awaits him. Her wisdom and calm reason, coupled with some very astute questions (not to mention a well-placed heart lamp), leads to that much needed glimmer of hope that ended this week’s hour.

 

 

 

Butler Sung’s increased prominence in the story at this stage must somehow be linked to the Madame X mystery. He’s obviously so much more than a butler, but who exactly is he? He’s an interesting combination of friend, father figure and groundskeeper for the lonely orphan who grew up under his care. Now it’s time for his charge to take his rightful place in his fathers’ company, but Min-kyu isn’t in the best position to make that a reality. Even though Chairman Hwang has set quite the trap for Min-kyu, I’m going to guess that Ri-el can’t be counted on to participate in a plot to hurt him. We’ll see.

 

 

 

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At first, I thought that Min-kyu’s reaction was a bit extreme, but his rage revealed how deeply his friends’ betrayal hurt him. Min-kyu agonized over his love for a robot who was human all along, a dilemma that he could have avoided had he known the truth. Even though Dr. Oh confessed that he ordered Jia and the team to kept the truth from Min-kyu, it doesn’t change the fact that they hid the truth from him long before that. Add to that the realization that the charade began for selfish reasons, to keep Aji-3’s damage a secret and to give Jia a chance to convince Min-kyu to proceed with the final round of the KM competition. They deserve Min-kyu’s wrath and they know it, which is why they don’t fight back or make excuses, and why Baek-gyun gave up Aji-3 without a fight.

 

As justified as Min-kyu’s anger may be, that confrontation between him and Jia was so harsh that I wondered how there could be any hope for them after he told her to stay out of his life. She flew to her father’s side, where Jia looked like a lost, little girl. She was so close to her breaking point and needed the inspiration from that one person she could always count on. Her sadness was palpable and I want to go on record and say that Chae Soo-bin has delivered a powerful performance in this role. She and Yoo Seung-ho broke my heart as Min-kyu unleashed his rage on Jia and brought them dangerously close to that point of no return.

 

What Min-kyu hasn’t figured out yet is that love is really about forgiveness because Butler Sung is right, humans lie and disappoint one another constantly. If there’s no room for forgiveness, Min-kyu risks being alone forever, which is the only way to guarantee that he won’t get hurt. But as Sun-hye pointed out, that leaves Min-kyu nothing but a memory as the ones who once cared for him move on. Min-kyu has a choice to make, start over again with Jia, Jin-bae, Baek-gyun and the team, or turn his back on them forever. What isn’t clear is if there’s still a chance for them to reconnect, or has Min-kyu gone too far?

 

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I love everything about this show. So often, romance and resolutions are delivered to us in broad sweeps, but I always love most the ones that are told in the tiny micro-strokes where every word, look, and breath matters. Though there’s still trouble on the horizon for our friends, the end is in sight, and I fully expect it to be everything we ever wanted.

 

 

 

Episode 27: “I really need youâ€

At Sun-hye’s coffee shop, Aji-3 stands suddenly on hearing news about the meteor shower that night. She tells Sun-hye that she has to go there to keep a promise with her friend, but Sun-hye thinks her friend will be meeting someone else. “Who?†Aji-3 asks.

Min-kyu touches his heart lamp on. Across town, Jia bolts up when her one lights up, and rushes out into a taxi. Min-kyu can’t find her when he reaches the hilltop, but just as he gives up, they come face-to-face with each other, Jia’s eyes shining with desperate hope.

 

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He asks her, a little sharply, what she wanted to say. She doesn’t know where to start, so he suggests the beginning: “From the day you entered my house.†But Jia tells him that that wasn’t their beginning. “The first time you met me was not as a robot, but as a person,†she reveals.

Ssan-ip helps a limping Hok-tal into a chair at Sun-hye’s, having failed to catch up to Min-kyu. “Will we be able to see Brother even once to apologize to him properly?†Ssan-ip asks, choked up. Comforting him, Hok-tal replies that it’s really up to Min-kyu.

 

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Episode 28: “Just a product owned by a manâ€

Ssan-ip wakes up and asks what he missed. You missed everything, Ssan-ip! Pi tells him to go back to sleep. Meanwhile, Hok-tal and Sun-hye enjoy a sort-of date just outside, and she confirms that today is their day one.

Jia’s fallen asleep in Min-kyu’s car for their trip back in the morning. Smiling at their twined hands, he goes to get them coffee. He doesn’t think anything of it when his hand brushes the barista’s, but his wrist monitor starts beeping dangerously on his way back.

To his shock, his allergy rises, and he looks over to Jia, still sleeping in the car… and the numbers start to fall. She wakes at his return, and they beam at each other in happiness.

 

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He finally drops her off home (after circling the block five times, lol) but is unwilling to part with her so soon, and thus ensues the world’s most adorable round of, “You go firstâ€/â€No, you!†Once inside, Jia throws herself onto her bed in a fit of giggling squee, to the astonishment of her sister-in-law and niece.

Chairman Hwang and Yoo-chul meet with Martin. Chairman Hwang promises Aji-3’s delivery the following day and the foreigner sneers threateningly that they’re lucky—people don’t get away with breaking promises to him. Baek-gyun finally catches Jang Doo-sam, and they relocate to the van to talk. Baek-gyun tells him how they’re about to lose all their work—late Chairman Park’s dream—to Martin, and pleads with Jang to help them.

 

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Jang reveals that Daeyang’s Chairman Park’s death was no accident. A flashback shows Jang in hospital where Chairman Hwang paid him off after the incident. “You didn’t see anything,†he’d told Jang, adding that only his silence would keep him and his family alive.

Jang has a recording, but he tells them that he needs time to think.

Elsewhere, Yoo-chul confronts Director Yoon and asks him if his father killed Chairman Park. Yoon tries to change the subject to Min-kyu’s impending dismissal, but Yoo-chul is concerned that Min-kyu will find Jang Doo-sam first.

 

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Min-kyu tries to muster up the courage to call Jin-bae, but flails over how he treated him in the past. “Why did you live like that, Kim Min-kyu?†he wails. He finds out that Jin-bae’s on his way to court to file the lawsuits against Jia and the Santa Maria team.

Min-kyu anxiously tells him to drop them—yes, all of them—and tells Jin-bae to come see him right now… and then rephrases it to a respectful request to please visit him. Hahahaha.

 

After he hangs up, a little shellshocked, he wonders, “Ah… what’s this? This strange feeling I’m experiencing for the first time in my life?†Sweet child, it’s the loving caress of humble pie.

 

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COMMENTS

What a great ending. I had a feeling we were about to see Aji-3 come into her own, and man do I love it. It’s been foreshadowed for a few weeks that Aji-3 had a mind of her own, and while on the one hand, it scares me a little, on the other, I think we’ve gotten enough inklings that there’s more “humanity†in her than we ever suspected, which makes her the perfect foil for these human-trash villains. That’s also why the Santa Maria team’s goodbyes to her are particularly poignant, because for all that she’s a robot, they see her as a friend and one of their own.

 

I admit that at first I hated Min-kyu for lashing out at Jia last episode, but I get that he said all those jagged things to hurt her because he was hurt (and forgiving is hard). It’s not okay, but it’s very human of him. It’s bad enough to be sliced open like that to Jia and the team, with all his deepest, most painful secrets and feelings on public display, but add to that his worst enemies? That’s not a simple violation, it’s a really terrible one. As much as I hurt for Jia, I could understand where his anger came from, even though she unfairly bore the brunt of it.

I did get mad all over again when he didn’t let her speak when she asked to that time, but I’m just so happy about how this writer addresses these imbalances and transgressions. Min-kyu redeems himself by asking her this episode, in an implicit acknowledgement of his earlier refusal. And so finally, it’s Jia’s turn to unwind all the words she’s held in. I find it so sweet and wrenching that Min-kyu has to draw them out of her, one candid confession at a time.

His determination to listen to the bitter end, while entertaining, is also deeply touching, because here is a truth about Min-kyu: He’s always shown openness to being told otherwise, and easily takes the advice of others (even if few dare to give it). While he might not necessarily be a good listener, he really thinks about what people say to him and comes to sound conclusions. I strongly dispute the opinion that he’s not smart: What he lacks is experience, not intelligence, and that’s usually what’s at the root of his mistakes, including mistaking a human for a robot (though that was compounded by a really unusual set of circumstances).

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As for Jia, fill this space with happy sighs for our brilliant, take-no-prisoners girl. I was grinning like a loon when she revealed herself as President Jo, and I knew it was really, irrevocably game over when he called her to sit next to him—that’s the moment his forgiveness is complete. What worked best about Jia’s catalogue of confessions is that each one acts to bring their relationship further into balance. All this time, Jia’s had full knowledge of his feelings, but has herself been a closed book. Every word she gives him salves something in his wounded, hungry heart, and I find her confessions nothing less than an exquisite verbal love letter.

What I love—what I find most remarkable about the way this show is written, and that this week’s episodes prove more than ever—is that it never glosses over its conflicts or issues. Even when things have become impossibly snarled, it looks them straight in the eye and sets to untangling them in a sensitive, human way that is all raw emotional realism, even in this most unrealistic of scenarios. I did question whether the couple’s reconciliation came too quickly, and while that may be true, it certainly didn’t come easily.

There are two main reasons it was possible so quickly. First, remember Min-kyu’s certainty that the robot had feelings for him, too? Even when he thought she was a robot, he instinctively felt the truth of Jia’s feelings, and I think that’s held true throughout this crisis, despite his harsh accusations. All it took (apart from the real talk from Sun-hye) to send him running to her was a moment’s solid evidence. The second reason is my favorite though. I was so ready to flip when Min-kyu went all noble fool on her, but our Jia did not let that fly for a second. On the one hand, you’ve got Min-kyu who’s just delivered this dramatic, poetic farewell that is genuinely painful, and then it’s immediately undercut by Jia saying, no you freaking don’t. If that’s not the best of tragicomedy, I don’t know what is.

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But what I really, really love about how that moment ended is that he pretty much decided to kiss her even if it killed him, and that’s not a metaphor. It was literally the hill he chose to die on. I wasn’t surprised at the mild return of his allergy later (I think Min-kyu expected to be cured after he was able to kiss and touch Jia without reaction), which seems like a realistic outcome to me. I think the kiss was possible in the first place because his trust in Jia was so completely restored. I’m just excited that Min-kyu’s growing so much emotionally, and discovering that there’s much more available to him in the world of feeling than toughness and vulnerability, or trust and mistrust. After living in a black-and-white world for so long, he’s now being forced to admit nuance.

What’s stuck to me throughout writing this recap, though, are Jin-bae’s words to go as far as your sincerity takes you, because we see every character acting in that way. Min-kyu finally feels the truth of the Santa Maria team’s feelings not just in the scale of their sacrifice, but in their defence of it. It’s because of that that he’s able to put everything he has on the line for them. I love that we’re finally able to understand why the breach between Min-kyu and Yoo-chul was never healed, and it’s so simple: Yoo-chul never said sorry. He expects to be understood and forgiven, he excuses himself for having been too young to understand, but he never makes an explicit apology even now, which is a sharp contrast to Jia and the Santa Maria team. All of them sincerely apologized, and all of them went out of their way to make it up to him—as far as their sincerity took them, which was basically all the way.

With what that last mail from Madame X hints, I have a good feeling about next week. Now that all the important relationships have found their resolution, I fully expect to see some heart-exploding teamwork where Min-kyu is saved, Aji-3 is saved, Santa Maria is saved, Pi asks Baek-gyun out, and everyone lives happily ever after in Min-kyu’s enormous house. Now excuse me while I go sing “Morning Has Broken†until I go hoarse.

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The production team is clearly padding for time, as the final episodes of "I'm Not a Robot" bring up some very weak last-minute conflicts solely so that the characters can demonstrate more minimal effort to solve them. Min-gyoo abruptly turns around from permanenently hating Yoo-cheol to just sort of idly forgiving him, which Yoo-cheol gladly accepts. Once more it's hard to take Yoo-cheol credibly as a villain, when it never seemed like he wanted to be fighting Min-gyoo in the first place.

 

Everyone else just sort of hangs around and does extended epilogue stuff. Everyone gets a girlfriend, or boyfriend, or little sister, or something to make life generally warm and fuzzy. At the risk of sounding like a grump, my main issue with this is that everyone's loneliness issues are solved way too easily. At its best emotional moments, "I'm Not a Robot" really nailed Min-gyoo's sense of social isolation, to the point it made other characters do serious introspection about their own life choices.

 

The revelation that Min-gyoo has to go do military service, an inherently miserable and lonely life experience for Korean men, is completely wasted in this context. The drama had a perfect opportunity to help us build solidarity with Min-gyoo, and realize that we are all Min-gyoo on the inside- and instead we just to Yoo Seung-ho looking dapper in his uniform as he comes back to see Ji-ah. The scene may be cute, but it's also unnecessarily generic.

 

Consider this. We see Min-gyoo go through a terrible grueling day of training. He's miserable, having never been run ragged before like this in his life. He's about to cry- then the heart ball turns on, and upon realizing that Ji-ah is thinking of him, Min-gyoo's worries all melt away. Other soldiers see the heart ball and want their own. All of a sudden, Ji-ah is a successful entrepreneur, and she didn't have to make deals with suspicious looking white guys in suits to do it.

 

That's another mistake "I'm Not a Robot" has made fairly consistently. It expects us to care about the characters' professional goals, solely because we're supposed to want to see them succeed. What I wanted, anyway, was to see them work together to make the world a better place. How exactly Baek-gyoon's robots are going to accomplish that, we'll never know, since the drama cuts out before we get an explanation. Oh well. I've seen worse.

 

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i dont quite agree with this, cause that's not the main point of the drama, besides, we got to see how Aji3 react to the outside world, i feel that's enough to see the improvement. but i'm slightly disappointed that they must 'delete' Aji3 :(

 

i'm still in denial that this series already ends..but i must say that they wrap up this in a good way..

it's a heartwarming drama

 

 

ikr dear, Hancinema always wrote a negative review of some kdramas, i rather love dbeans tbvh.

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[spoilerS] I'M NOT A ROBOT (FINALE) + RATING
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tv.Naver: Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin sudden kiss â™¥
 
1. [+3688, -47] Seung Ho-ah, when did you grow like this...this nuna was crying while watching your kissing scene ã… ã… 

2. [+2781, -37] It was deeper than I thought...Let's walk only on flower path

3. [+2042, -21] This is Seung Ho's first deep kissing scene ã…œã…œ Finally ã…œã…œ

4. [+1864, -21] I thought my heart was about to explose ã… ã…œ Thank you for this heart fluttering kissing scene ã… â¤ï¸

5. [+1625, -24] Min Kyu doing aegyo is so cute~~

6. [+1398, -17] Ah it's so heart fluttering, it was one of the best scenes that I've watched

7. [+1215, -14] Hul it so deep ã…œã…œã…œã…œ

8. [+1138, -16] Director-nim, I love you

9. [+994, -9] I thought he is only good at acting but he is good at kissing too

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Naver - xports news: 'I'm Not a Robot' The end...Yoo Seung Ho♥Chae Soo Bin, A kiss after discharging from the amry 'A happy ending'
 
1. [+3207, -54] Seung Ho-nim went to the army twice ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ It's the most realistic ending ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹

2. [+2274, -74] It was a really nice and warm drama. It's a bit disappointing that the viewer thought it will be childish based on the drama's title but the rating is not everything! I hope you don't get sad because of the ratings ã… ã…  There are a lot of viewers who have been healed through this drama! Wouldn't that make it a very big and meaningful work! The crew who made such a good drama in the cold weather and the actors who showed an amazing performance in this masterpiece, you all really  did a good job!!

3. [+1605, -57] What do you mean by the end...ã… ã…  it's sad, this was a good healing drama ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ This is the first time I see the male lead in a romance

4. [+1453, -54] He looks so cool wearing the uniform!! Yoo Seung Ho Fighting! I'm cheering for Yoo Seung Ho and Chae Soo Bin~^^

5. [+1416, -67] Yoo Seung Ho is the king of romance. I'm impressed till the end. Is there a second part?

6. [+270, -14] A fairy tale drama â¤ï¸ It was warm and heart fluttering

7. [+237, -10] It's the only drama I've watched til the end. It's healing and fun~~~ The ratings are a pity but I really enjoyed itã…Ž

8. [+229, -11] The last kissing scene was daebak. Writer-nim, thank you for a happy ending! I was really happy while watching 'I'm Not A Robot'♡♡

9. [+218, -12] It was a warm drama. You all have worked hard!

 

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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching??

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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…

 

 

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  • I’m Not a Robot: It feels like the plot made particularly little sense as the show wrapped up (I just couldn’t follow the logic of what people did or how they reacted to anything in the corporate storyline), but I was only ever in this for the lovable friendships and sweet romantic connections, and on that front I left the show feeling mostly warm and fuzzy. I mean, there was a lot of cringing at the business meetings and machinations, but I still managed to come out with the cheery glow intact. Now this is a couple I could ship in real life.
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Aji-3 proves that she’s more that just a robot as her deep learning enables her to interact with all types of people. No one crosses her path without making a very powerful connection and the Santa Maria team is overwhelmed by the power of her friendship. Meanwhile, Min-kyu and Jia settle into a comfortable coexistence, and along with the Santa Maria team, they face an unknown but exhilarating future.

 

 

 

EPISODE 29: “Aji-3 disappeared?â€

 

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A familiar little robot greets Min-kyu when he gets home but he doesn’t look happy to see the Santa Maria team in his kitchen with Jia. The team notices him and Baek-gyun explains, “We will be moving out tomorrow. We won’t be seeing each other again, so I suggested we eat together one last time.â€

 

The team is disappointed when Min-kyu asks them to be sure clean up before they leave and retreats to his bedroom. He’s angry how easily Baek-gyun blurted out that they’ll never see each other again.

 

 

 

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Once everybody is seated, Jia breaks the ice when she points out that this time she can eat with them. She offers Min-kyu a dish that she made at home and when he pronounces it good, the other men dig in and immediately regret it.

 

Min-kyu takes another bite and when Jia asks if it’s good, he grunts in agreement but adds, “I’ll do the cooking from now on.†Everyone laughs and Ssan-ip asks about Min-kyu’s condition and learns that he’s improving.

 

 

 

===Read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/01/im-not-a-robot-episodes-29-30/

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS

 

Wow, wow and WOW! This hour may very well become one of my all time favorites. Min-kyu repaired his relationship with the Santa Maria team right off the bat and I finally felt like I could breathe again. What followed was some of the most meaningful dialog that I’ve heard in a long time because it explored what makes us human and how every encounter can have tremendous impact. That message has been out there all along due to Min-kyu’s debilitating condition, but the idea is brought to fruition as Aji-3 interacts with people all by herself. She illustrates how words and actions matter deeply, even when they seem small and insignificant. That’s powerful stuff, especially coming from a romantic comedy.

 

 

 

The bumbling detectives delivered an emotional punch that surprised me. I expected them to mistakenly kidnap Jia instead of Aji-3 at some point but I never imagined that they would become Aji-3’s top fans. Curly was forever changed by his encounter with Aji-3 and even Brains was happier because he met her. It was such a good use of minor characters who became more than comic relief in the end.

 

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If we look back at the main characters’ lives from the beginning until now, the transformation is stunning and parallels what Aji-3’s deep learning exercises accomplished. Each character existed in some degree of isolation and as they’ve struggled to open their hearts to each other, they’ve been transformed into better versions of themselves. Min-kyu still pouts, Pi is still bossy, Ssan-ip cries over citron bread etc., but they’ve learned to connect on a deeper level and that’s clear when they see the video of Aji-3’s solo outing. What impresses them is that she connects with people one by one, wholly in the present and focused on the one person in front of her. To some degree, Min-kyu, Jia, Sun-hye and the Santa Maria team have learned that as well, so Aji-3’s experiences resonate with them.

 

What makes it possible for Aji-3 to connect with others is a firm understanding of what she was created for, to be a friend to humans and become like family. That kind of clarity also touches every character and brings their lives into focus. Ri-el realizes that she’s nothing like her father and hopefully Yoo-chul will come to the same conclusion. The way that Jia, Baek-gyun and the Santa Maria team betrayed Min-kyu taught them how important trust is between people and in the end they’re as changed by Min-kyu as he is by them. Aji-3 encapsulates all of their personal growth thanks to Jia, whose assignment to help a robot learn about relationships taught her so much.

 

Sometimes, the penultimate hours are my favorite in a drama and that could happen with I’m Not a Robot. There were cute exchanges between Min-kyu and Jia, not to mention that incredible kiss, the reunion of Aji-3 with the Santa Maria team, heartfelt goodbyes and the capture of the bad guys. All of that and there’s still another hour to spend with such endearing characters. I’m beyond thrilled with the consistency of the writing and the performances and I will never forget the amazing chemistry between Yoo Seung-ho and Chae Soo-bin. Jia’s words suit this drama perfectly, “You did well.â€

 

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Come ye all and enter into the kingdom of puppyness, where from beginning to end, it’s been worth every minute. Moving, funny, painful and sweet, its finished picture is a deft and lovely expression of human relationships—of friends, lovers, brothers, confidants, and even enemies—and how they come to change both themselves and each other. For the last time, everyone, let’s play!

 

 

 

Episode 31: “A new beginningâ€

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Baek-gyun gives Min-kyu the video that Aji-3 recorded Martin confessing to the murder of Chairman Park, which is evidence that Chairman Hwang didn’t do it. He suggests he go along to the emergency board meeting with Min-kyu, but Min-kyu says that won’t solve their problem—he’s going to make it so that his illness can never be used against him again.

Yoo-chul is parked at Min-kyu’s gates. He starts when Butler Sung knocks on the window and asks him inside. Over tea and cakes, Butler Sung reminisces warmly about the boys’ childhood.

Yoo-chul guesses that he must have known about Min-kyu’s illness, but he’s shocked to learn that it started fifteen years ago—most likely because he was deeply hurt by people after his parents died, Butler Sung thinks.

 

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COMMENTS

NO, guys, what is this?? How can we have all this build-up to what was going to be an epic reunion and then just end it there?! This drama is literally one sceneshort of being the best thing ever! I’m so unhappy! And greedy! Like it wasn’t enough for this whole show to have been otherwise perfect from beginning to end!

Seriously, though. It’s a little bit strange to create that tension and then not bring it to a fitting send-off, especially when all of these characters really mattered, and we cared so much about them. But I can see the poetry in that, too, I guess, since this second half has been a gentle winding down that puts our characters back into their everyday lives, so we’re able to leave the show with the feeling that this world carries naturally on.

 

This drama has consistently employed unusual methods to drive its story, and I particularly enjoyed how the corporate machinations were always minimized, and never allowed to overshadow our characters. As company politics take the spotlight this hour, it’s plain that its purpose is to deliver character beats rather than high drama, which it does with a quiet panache that is very much in keeping with the show’s lowkey style.

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I’m Not a Robot introduced itself to us with all the trappings of a modern fairytale, full of symbolism we recognized and themes we understood. But after situating us in the familiar, it went ahead to be everything we didn’t expect, in the loveliest way possible. Did it hurt us? Absolutely. I can still feel my cheek on the cold ground of my aching heart. But it also fed us and made us grow, and we could appreciate what the pain taught us about the sweetness that followed. Now, as daily concerns take over, the shape of Min-kyu’s miracle is in the little things, whether that’s holding Jia’s hand, Jin-bae calling him “Min-kyu-ya,†being able to consult a whole cadre of nerdy agony aunts, or sharing dating tips with Baek-gyun. He’s gained not one surrogate family, but three, in the Santa Maria team (finding a true hyung in Baek-gyun), Jia’s family, and his childhood friends, the KM duo of Ri-el and Yoo-chul. What’s really extraordinary is how hard he’s worked for every relationship, using the currency of his own efforts and feelings. He put himself on the line for each person, giving up pieces of himself into their keeping. That’s a far cry from the guy who once called his dinner guests Researchers 1, 2 and 3.

This show is underpinned by themes of change, self-awareness and humanity, and those threads culminate in an overarching question of the necessity of human contact. It’s the philosophical inquiry at the heart of Aji-3’s existence, and its many problems are expressed and addressed in a literal way through the medium of Min-kyu’s allergy. We find that contact leads to connection, and connection requires contact, but both need to be preceded by a degree of trust, and trust requires courage—and that sums up Min-kyu’s entire personal journey. We met him as someone who’d deliberately put up the highest walls he could, and while Jia was instrumental in bringing them down, he had to decide for himself whether he would come out. That’s no small step to take, because to trust someone is to be willingly vulnerable—to know they can hurt you but believe that they won’t. It accepts the risk that you could get hurt nevertheless, but it’s deciding that the relationship is worth the pain it might also bring. I’m really happy with where we left Min-kyu, and like him, I think he’ll be okay now.

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I can’t remember the last time I shipped a couple in real life so hard (maybe Healer?). I just love that we didn’t need to dig deep to understand why Min-kyu and Jia are so right for each other, and the closer you look, the more reasons you find. It’s actually not just them—it’s the entire set of oddballs in the Santa Maria team. One of the things I find just so great is how both Min-kyu and Baek-gyun bring no ego to their relationships. Whatever faults they have, they’re not a result of mainstream toxic masculinity, which makes sense because both of them have mostly existed outside common socialization. It gives them a charming emotional honesty which I’d worry about if their hearts weren’t in such safe hands.

I’m so proud of Pi for taking her fate into her own hands and making it look easy, but I do wish she had her curls back (you had two years to fix it!). I also adore the Ssan-ip/Hok-tal relationship, though Ssan-ip definitely needs to get out of Mom and Dad’s Hok-tal and Sun-hye’s hair, the big baby. I’m not even going to admit how many times I rewatched the Dong-hyun/Min-kyu bits, but I’m still not tired of them. Gah! Everything is too adorable, how am I meant to deal with it? It’s particularly rewarding that Min-kyu isn’t the only one experiencing growth and change, and Baek-gyun especially has had some of the most significant character development, driven in particular by the notion that people change. That’s been at the heart of all our characters’ actions, but it shows in him the most. Dramatic changes like Min-kyu’s are different; Baek-gyun was all about the small changes that come from increasing self-knowledge and awareness.

But you know, this show was so affecting because even with its high-concept premise, it set out to tell a human story from the start and never lost sight of that, despite disappointing ratings. It was always about people on an individual level, and it examined them with candor and detail. I can tap out a glib line about how the drama captured our imaginations, but that’s a pale description for how deeply it gripped our hearts, how personally invested we became in the outcome, and the intensity with which we experienced each week’s soaring highs and depthless lows. Thanks to all of you who made this such a rich and wonderful journey (and damn 2018, can you top this?). We’ve laughed together and cried together (so many tears, and not the pretty kind), and now, ready or not, it’s time to say goodbye to this world.

Goodbye, Jo Jia. Goodbye, Kim Min-kyu.

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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…

 

 

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  • I’m Not a Robot: It took me a really long time to watch the finale, probably because all of the conflicts I actually cared about had already been wrapped up. I didn’t mind the cutesy filler too much since our couple was happy, but I was waiting for some kind of major robot-centric point at the end, and it never came. That was a tad disappointing, but my main takeaway from this drama is that Chae Soo-bin and Yoo Seung-ho are endlessly likable, and I would watch them in anything.
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  • love changed the title to MBC Drama "I'm Not A Robot" Yoo Seungho & Chae Soobin. *The END*

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