7.7 - Podcast Review of Episodes 13 and 14 of Queen of Tears

Today, we’ll be discussing Episodes 13 and 14 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring starring Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-Seong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, and Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We discuss:The songs we feature during the recap:Promise by Choi Yu ReeLast Chance by So Soo binHow our predictions about the secret fund didn’t pan out. The most obvious thing actually happened: David Yoon and Moh Sul hee found the money and are using it to buy Queens Group stock illegally.How we feel about Hyun-woo, Hae-in’s dad, and Hyun-woo’s dad keeping a secret from Hae-in about the possible side effects of the operation that could save her life.Hyun-woo’s burden throughout the show. He’s been taking care of Hae-in and her family, and battling David Yoon. All the attention is on Hae-in, but his burden is great.How there’s so much crying in these two episodes – by everyone!The amazingly sweet segments between Hyun-woo and Hae-in, including during their trip to Gurang-ri, scenes from their honeymoon in Germany, and how the couple is always touching while in Hyun woo’s apartment.How Hae-in decides against the surgery because without her memories, she won’t be herself. We don’t blame her!How it was ultimately Hyun-woo who changes her mind about the surgery. When she saw how miserable he was when he thought she had died in the car crash, she decides that she must live.We finally learn the origins of David Yoon’s obsession with the Hong family and how he fell in love with Hae-in.We wonder why both sides are still talking to Grace, who is double crossing everyone.How we’re crushed that Hyun-woo has been arrested and he wasn’t by Hae-in’s side when she woke up from her surgery. The other couples in the show: Soo-cheol and Da-hye + Beom-ja and YeongseongKorean funeral customs.The importance of kimchi and kimchi making.The K Drama elements in these episodes, including all the crying, the food, the realization by Hyun woo that he had met Hae-in in the past, gazing at someone sleeping.The amazing screenwriter Park Ji-eun!ReferencesHow to follow Korean funeral customs and etiquettes as a foreign in KoreaHow rural towns in South Korea are saving traditional kimchi making2 composers of K-drama's OST explain their approaches