[Part 3] Joseon Gunman Episode 14 Recap Hye-won is putting her business smarts to good use and withholds goods from the middleman agencies. She declares that they are the ones doing the hard work of acquiring and distributing the goods, and yet these middlemen act like their bosses and reap the rewards. It’s time to change the system, she says. She has convinced other merchants to join her, though they do so uneasily. She’s confident, however, and asks them to trust her. As she wraps up her meeting, she sees the commotion unfolding nearby as Yoon-kang runs past with officers on his tail. So when he scrambles to find a hiding place, she yanks him inside and keeps a lookout until the coast is clear. Considering what happened when they last saw each other (while he was on trial), it’s no wonder that he turns to go right away, but Hye-won blurts that she’s glad to see him alive. His face hardens when she says she wants to apologize, but she says she doesn’t ask for his forgiveness: “I just wanted to put a close to things. You are the first person in my life that I’ve harbored in my heart. Even though it ended before it started, my feelings were true.” He tells her harshly, “Apologies and forgiveness are meaningless between us. You chose your father at court, and I am the person who will kill your father someday.” She asks, “But… why did you rescue me then? Why were you so kind to me? Why did you sway my heart with your warm smile? I am your enemy’s daughter—you should have been colder to me.” He replies that he never meant to affect her feelings, which prompts a tear to fall from her eye. “Those words are more painful,” she says. “I see you never thought of me as a woman.” Turning away, she asks him to leave, saying that this is their last encounter. “As you will be killing my father, I will not hide you next time.” Kim Ok-kyun next pays a visit to Interpreter Jung, as they’ve long been acquainted. He hears of Soo-in’s interest in modern technologies and intelligence and suggests her as a suitable court lady, as the queen has been looking for someone intelligent and progressive. Soo-in warms to the idea, though her father is more wary of involving her in court matters. She’s eager to be the queen’s conversation partner, however, putting to good use her studies and perhaps doing good work. Lord Kim receives the report that Min Yeong-ik is working on that merchant consolidation plan… and curiously enough, so is Minister Kim. Lord Kim realizes what’s going on behind his back and muses, “The dog I raised is wagging its tail at something else.” He seems to be stringing together a counterattack, and Hye-won has something to do with it. Looks like Hye-won’s move against the middleman sellers was too strong, because they retaliate by setting her warehouses on fire. It’s a devastating blow, and worse, the rest of the merchants she convinced to join her are furious. They rage at her and declare that they’ll have her blackballed from business. She crumples to the ground in despair. Choi Won-shin hears of this and is desperate to go to her, overriding Sung-gil’s warnings that he can’t venture outside with Yoon-kang on the prowl. The fear is warranted as Yoon-kang lurks nearby and watches him leave, but Choi has bigger concerns on his mind and arrives at the warehouse to hear that Hye-won left to get some air. I’d say Hye-won’s desolation is only half about her business, because it’s Yoon-kang’s words that are at the forefront of her memories. She replays them over and over, how he told her he never intended for her to fall for him. She comes to the water’s edge and continues going, walking deeper and deeper into the lake, just lost in her anguish. Her father arrives just in time to see her head submerging, and he races into the water to retrieve her. Back onshore, he begs her to wake up, saying that he can’t live without her. Slowly her eyes open, and he asks what happened, and why she has weakened. She says dully, “I have lost everything. The love I had felt sorry for, and my last pride too.” He urges her to be stronger, as love and pride “are nothing more than luxuries to us.” He tells her that her mother had to go hungry but did everything to nurse Hye-won, and all he could do was watch. Same with Hye-won—she was the one raped and beaten and begging to be killed, which he could do nothing to stop. “This is the fate we were given,” he says, his voice full of emotion. “We cannot live like others do.” He urges her to rise and take his hand, “and trample the world.” Hye-won takes his hand. And from a distance, Yoon-kang takes this in. Soo-in enters the court and is introduced to the queen, who greets her warmly. She accompanies her to the ceremony marking the establishment of the new modern military, which is commanded by Ho-kyung. Yoon-kang surveys the lay of the land outside Lord Kim’s estate, and notes Minister Kim’s arrival. As warned, it’s heavily protected, and he returns to his safehouse for more strategizing. He can see from the movement in and out of Lord Kim’s home that there are big movers and shakers involved in something, and he puts Sang-chu to the task of finding out what. Sang-chu reports that Lord Kim was the one who ordered Hye-won’s warehouse burned down, and that Choi Won-shin is planning to see him today. That gives Yoon-kang his opening to go after him, and he quietly follows as Choi leaves his house. Once they’re on the road, he pursues openly, shooting Choi’s guard off his horse first, then shooting at Choi and causing him to fall from his horse. Choi is unharmed but now on foot, and he runs into the woods. Yoon-kang follows on foot, and their chase ends at the edge of a cliff. Isn’t this a nice reversal of that earlier encounter, when it had been Choi holding Yoon-kang at gunpoint. Choi asks, “Hold on! Wait!” Yoon-kang growls, “My father’s enemy!” and fires into his leg. Choi staggers but remains upright, and Yoon-kang adds, “My sister’s enemy!” The next bullet goes into his arm. “And also my enemy!” He fires a third shot. It lands right in Choi Won-shin’s chest. Choi sways, and then falls over the cliff’s edge, hitting the water below. Yoon-kang drops his gun and falls to his knees, but not, it appears, in relief. Rage? Frustration? Emptiness. source: dramabeans
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:53:51 +0000