Author: Karthika Anupama from ECI
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WARNING: If you haven’t watched this episode, please be aware of spoiler from reading this article.
The episode begins with a profile of Myo Mi. Myo Mi, sexy world actress is entering the airport wearing a T-shirt which says ‘don’t give a sh*t!!!!’… From this very gesture we can understand she is a very bold strong woman… she looks super stunning in her vibrant goggles and handbag. The very moment her accessories become viral and is completely sold out of the market…sure, she does have a large fan base!!!! Myo Mi the woman who knows timing has entered the scene…..
Our most beautiful man, Dokgo Ma Te is being told by Kim In Joong to enter a scandal with Myo Mi and promises that if he does that she will release him out of her web!!.. Ma Te agrees to it and asks Hong Yoo Ra’s opinion on it… here comes the BANG!!!!… Hong Yoo Ra asks whether Ma Te has heard about Myo Mi’s rumours and reveals that she is a lesbian!!!BLOW!!(Am sure of all the things in the world he would have NEVER expected this!!) Ma Te is completely lost since he knew his most powerful weapon would fail in front of her.
My so lovable pair David and Bo Tong is waiting to see Myo Mi to give her socks. (Just a few thoughts about them… I personally like David a lot!! He is so caring, considerate and mature. Since nothing has been mentioned about his past till now am expecting a big twist here someday. As for Bo Tong, I feel IU look so small to be casted as a woman of 26!!. Love the way she bickers!! ’Bo Tong style’, really admirable. Although her character is really childish and unrealistic, I can’t help but just love her!!)
Myo Mi enters looking like a leopard!! (I think by the end of the drama I will be seeing leopard prints in my dreams even!!). So even she is given an eel look. She is trying out her new outfit for the upcoming award night. OMG she looks so hot in it. Of all the women shown till now, she is definitely the sexiest.
Ma Te wearing a black and white suit approaches her and she gazes intensely at him. (For a split second I am like is she a lesbian or not??). Even Ma Te feels so as he feels her gaze is similar to other women who fell for him. (well Ma Te was looking so stunning lesbian or not, no matter what any woman would fall for him!! Drool..). She is suddenly back in her indifferent attitude and asks him to meet her the next day…
Kim In Joong rings up a reporter (my favourite background music being played behind) and asks him to cover Myo Mi the next day. (I was reminded of old drama ‘You Are Beautiful’ days.. Even the name matches Reporter Kim!!)
Ma Te and Myo Mi leaves in her car with reporter trailing them throughout. (DMT in leopard print pants). A word on Ma Te’s dressing style. Kudos to our prince for his guts to experiment with such wild and vibrant colours throughout the series. No other actor would dare to wear blue, green and flaming red suits!!
Myo Mi and Ma Te go for a date. They look so great together that I had to remind myself about Bo Tong!! They make a great hot couple on screen!! While they are strolling we get a feeling that she is falling for him. After all he is our Ma Te! They were aware about the reporter following them and exaggerated a bit. Ma Te goes to the extent of reading her palm! (Sukkie looks so cute doing all that. Anyone’s heart would melt!!) When Ma Te leaves Myo Mi’s house, she warns that his life will change after the scandal and asks him to be prepared and gifts him a goggle.. lol. Ma Te feels as if his heart is fluttering for her…
Hong Yoo Ra makes a great discovery. She is being informed that Na Hong Ran delivered a baby boy in New York years ago during her college days!! (So it is getting more and more complex right?? Who is this illegal son?? It could be even Ma Te. I seriously doubt David. That possibility still exists. If it turns out that way it is going to be really interesting.. Or some other new fellow?? No idea. I guess we need to keep watching to know!!)
When the scandal becomes public, their office is covered by reporters and our Bo Tong is heartbroken again. Poor girl. David talks fluently in English with their American partners and says he studied in America (spooky right?).
Kim In Joong asks Myo Mi to do an autograph signing session at her uncle’s butcher shop. Myo Mi protests in the beginning but Kim In Joong threatens her. (What is your problem woman?? I don’t understand. What is the trump card that she holds against Myo Mi?? OMG I really really hate this woman..) Ma Te goes along with Myo Mi to that site and is really touched..
Dokgo Ma Te, the most beautiful man who would do anything for money, proud, arrogant with a bit narcissist side. But deep inside him lies a totally different self. The following scenes depict that. Ma Te approaches Kim In Joong and apologises for using her in his hard times and pleads her to stop hurting Myo Mi. He dropped his so full of himself attitude and asked forgiveness. That is the real Ma Te. The seemingly greedy man who has a loving soul! He said he deeply regrets about what he did to her and later she will be in the same place if she does not stop this. He also asked her not to make other people miserable because of her loneliness (Well said Ma Te) and leaves.
Ma Te tells Myo Mi about how he got caught up in Kim In Joong’s web in the first place. Myo Mi says “If you have big ambitions you end up digging your own grave”. Ma Te said he who had no one but just his mother throughout his life wanted to seek revenge for his mother’s death. And if it is counted as ambitious he would rather dig up his own grave. Myo Mi is amused by that. They are getting really close and personal!!
In between Bo Tong’s mother comes for a visit and Ma Te also joins them. The family conversation he has is so natural and the jokes he cracks are so from his heart unlike the forced ones from David before. It shows how well he blends with the Bo Tong’s family. He sleeps with David in a tent outside. Those scenes are really funny. You have got to see that. Although Ma Te and David are jealous of each other and at each other’s throat always they still respect each other and cherish a special relationship. (It breaks my heart when I think one of them will be in grief in the end..)
Back in the office David informs Ma Te that they lost their Houston contract without any reason. The same time he receives a voice clipping from Kim In Joong. The one in which he promises to be her lover. She calls and threatens to destroy him and his business. Poor Ma Te he is completely shattered and lost. (Even I was dumbstruck!!!!! How is he going to deal this??)
He asks Kim In Joong not to do that as this does not concern him alone. There were other young people who dedicated their youth (Bo Tong) and people who left their job (David). She simply can’t destroy all of them. Again another side of Ma Te, in such a crucial situation, he thinks of people who are beside him. He feels it is his responsibility to protect them. I was really touched by these sequences. Ma Te talks in a lost tone to Myo Mi and she asks him to wait. Towards the end are the most gripping scenes.
Bo Tong AT LAST decided to confess her age old love to her oppa. She decided to propose live on a radio show (classic Bo Tong style)!! She wrote their story in a letter and David is broken by seeing that!! (Dear Bo Tong, please tilt your head and look at the man standing beside you. You can’t be so blind!! Well it is natural Bo Tong sees only her Oppa in this world that everything else fades in front of her!!)
4 things happen simultaneously at the end. Kim In Joong revealing something really shocking about Myo Mi to Reporter Kim, Myo Mi being awarded the best actress award, poor Bo Tong in a fluttering tone about to confess her love via radio, Ma Te listening to the radio show but distracted by Myo Mi’s award ceremony being shown onscreen at the roadside…
Here comes the biggest twist and a huge sigh of relief. Myo Mi in her acceptance speech revealed that she gave birth to a son 10 years ago in secret. In order to cover up that she had to lead a fake life as a lesbian.! Blow! So that’s it!! The secret weapon Kim In Joong held against her!! You are finished Kim In Joong!!! yo yo.. Am sooo happy.
Myo Mi proposes Ma Te onstage and says he is her inspiration. In the office David grabs the phone away from Bo Tong (good for you) and asks her not to do that and is about to say something.. -THE END-..
Go on….go go….just go ahead and say you love her please…
Altogether this episode is really spicy and cool to watch with the storyline getting complex. A more humane side of Ma Te is drawn…as for me am totally trapped in Ma Te’s spider web!!!! Hope you liked my review…
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ooo i understand ,myo mi got a boy / its more interesting .
“You’re the man” * thumb up *
Ooops havent said thank you
sis Karthika Anupama, love ur recapping style. it is light and casual. thanks
You gals are great! Cant wait for ep 9!
Karthika sis.. Thanks for the recap of ep 8 and I notice we also can’t help mentioning Sukkie each time when we see Mate.. and I also notice the heart warming part of Mate interaction with Botong’s mum & brother.. he is like part of the family, so natural.. and ep8 is really getting us all excited already, can’t wait for the next ep in coming week!!! ^_^
Thanks for your recaps Karthika…
It’s beautiful writen and totally my thoughts…
There was so much happening in the end of this episode…and very telling because it’s excately half way the drama…what awaits us for the next half of the drama…
He still has..uh….he still has 6 women to go!!! and adding to it a new fact of the other heir(s)…
Also Matae’s father becomes more visible, he and his wife lives a total different life..love to see the difference between the President and the Vice president with their personal assistents….a very different vibe
The President really keeps an eye on Matae and is satisfied to find out his son is just like him…
I think this drama deserved the name THE HEIRS too…or something heavier or in line with that for it’s really a b*tch fight about the lineage of heirs and successions; with a lot at stake….but instead it has the very misleading but sweet name of Beautiful Man/Pretty Boy/Bel Ami etc simply because it’s about the growth of a man..
Given it is a ROMCOM…it has so much suspense and very unexpected twists and turns to it…so spicy but very well mixed with the sweet and lovely
Very well writen, filmed, visualy presented and acted by the actors…applause to that
This episode reminds me again my own believe…”never trust a smiling cat”…KIJ portraited this… driven by her loniness she smirks and smiles only to find people weakspots so she can choose to use it to her advantage or to hurt them for her own satisfaction, it’s almost like a game for her this puppet theatre, wonder what made her this way..
People such as the President with who she had dinner later portraits these who only want to believe in what they fixed in their mind to be “good/right” ….are very quick to condemne, act ridiculous and harsh
Speaking of Ma Te’s dad, his appearance was one of my favorite parts of this episode! To really see that he is keeping an eye on his son even when they have no contact is heartwarming, just shows that he does care what happens to Ma Te, if only Ma Te [in the drama] knew so he wouldn’t feel so abandoned by his dad. And the Dad’s reaction to Ma Te’s scandal with Myo Mi was classic, haha, i loved it!
yes..his dad really want to protect mate..that’s why mate live in hidden with her mom. he know mate will be in danger if the iron lady know about his existence. im not sure though..just my thought.
Nice recap karthi 😉
i hope BM will get more n more interesting and people will realise how much effort sukkie is putting in to it.
IU is cute but unrealistic 🙁
Me too liked jks with Myo mi more than with Bo tong.
Waiting for more….
I agree with you sis that IU’s character is a bit unrealistic. But that didn’t stop me from loving her in the drama. The character really calls for her to be so crazy sometimes, because we all know Bo Tong is so crazy in love with Ma Te. 😉 <3 😀
I think what endeared her character to me is how she was so brave to just follow her heart and do even crazy things for the person she likes. I have to admit that most of the things that she had done in the drama have crossed my mind at some point in my life (even until now that I'm 23). Wanting to stare at the photo of the person I like for hours, making a wallpaper out of it, doing favors for him, wanting to wear his clothes if I had the chance, overlooking his flaws and just seeing all his positive traits, even to the point of not noticing anyone else around because of him. So to some degree, her character is realistic, but most people, most GIRLS are just too afraid or too shy to let this inner wild self out. That's why I like Bo Tong, she has become the outlet of all my frustrations for letting myself be dictated by societal norms and suppressing my crazy urges when it comes to the person I like! 🙁
Initially, I thought I would only be looking forward to Sukkie's scenes in the drama cause I didn't think I would like IU's character, but now I find myself looking forward to what new crazy things she would come up with, then I would usually ask myself, "Have I thought of that before?", and if I haven't yet, I would then ask, "Would I have thought of that crazy idea if I was in her situation?", and the all-important question, "Would I have done that?" Most of the time, my answer to the first 2 questions is yes, so maybe I'm as crazy as Bo Tong. But all those YESes do not get a corresponding yes with the third question. That's why despite the romance going on all around the drama which do not feature her and Ma Te, I am still rooting for her. I admire her for being upfront and honest about what she feels and not being afraid to show that to the world.
But romantically speaking, it does look like Ma Te and Bo Tong as a couple has no future just yet. All the crazy things she did so far just scream fan girl antics and it is doubtful that those things would endear Bo Tong to Ma Te as a WOMAN/PARTNER [lover? hehe]. Although we see from time to time in the drama that Ma Te is protective [and a bit possessive] of Bo Tong. I haven't read the manhwa or watched the movie based on this story line so I don't know if Bo Tong's character will undergo a metamorphosis as the story goes along, just like Ma Te's. But I am looking forward to see how things will turn out.
Lol…although the IU/Bo Tong seems a bit unrealistic…but on a smaller scale or a bigger scale even for some it is realistic enough…Bo Tong is doing what a eels are doing…have all the lovely and sincere feelings for our star Jang Keun Suk/Matae…
She is looking at pictures of Matae the whole day like we eels do with Sukkie’s
We want to touch him, hear him be near him all the time..and he is bigger and shinier than everything around us…we can be totally “us” when busy with Sukkie in our minds…and are able to move mountains for him…and all different kind of crazy stuff just for him…like dressing up and waiting long hours just to see him…and when we see him we have stars in our eyes…
IU/Bo Tong resambles the pure, simple, innocent, earnest, honest, passionate “us” in this world, while the other women resambles the “harsher”, more cunning, manipulative, complicated, dramatic, self centered world.
We eels are such BT’s too…LOL
Can our man become beautiful enough to see the beauty in the simple things in life? When will he be strong enough not be sway by every circumstance that comes his way…
Another 8 episodes to tell us…
actually I love Botong character too as she relates very well to us sometimes… many eels would follow Suk and do many things we would ever dream of doing.. just attending Suk’s concerts itself is a test of endurance….for eels who went for those concerts, they will understand what I mean… and many things Botong did are actually what eels have dreamed of too… see this old vid of Suk’s FM interview… eels are taking about Suk’s collarbone a few years’ back.. LOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoEfyiU6OQo
BRAVO!!! Thank you Karthika for writing such an awesome recap. I love the way you write it with inserting your personal’s inputs and voices.
Ep #6 used to be my favorite episode and it is NOW replaced by ep.7, so far. I love every thing in ep.7, the storlines, and all the characters (old and news, bitches and sweet, means and devil characters). Oh my!! The mystery of HNR’s son birth….Who can he be?? Aishhh….I ‘m not good with guessing, so I just have to continue watching this drama to know……kkkkk.
I especially LOVE seeing the growth process Dokgo MaTe in becoming a considerate man and a good BOSS who will do anything to protect the people under his care. Yeahhh….the spikerweb master fully realizes now Dokgo MaTe is a super intelligent man, behind his handsome face. He is learning in every episode to be a better person, a person who is beautiful from the INSIDE, not only on the outside, and learn to survive in the world with his own wits and intelligent, and the fruit of his labors.
The facts.., DoKgo Mate DOES have different chemistry with all the different women in his life so far……
As for develop of LOVE between MaTe and BoTong, it’s non-existance as of now. Sorry for those people who expected to see more romance with MaTe and BoTong. From watching ep. 1 to ep.8 now, I can see that the FOCUS of this drama is not about the romance of MaTe and BoTong.
Even though there is no visual romance relationship between this TWO main characters…..I can see there is a subtled chemistry or feeling between MaTe and BoTong… If MaTe doesn’t have feelings for BoTong a little, he wouldn’t be acting like a FoOL every times when he see David with BoTong…or if Mate doesn’t have feeling for BoTong…how in the world would he be yelling at her and scolding her to be careful with other man, all the times? The drama does NOT need to show the hugging or kissing scenes all the times to show the love and good chemistry between TWO characters. Good actors or actresses can show LOVE in their eyes……!!!
With Jackie he feel comfortable with her, who can give him both materials and emotional support, beside the value of money.
With Electric Fairy, he has sweet sincere friendship and relationship. MaTe cares for her…he is touched by her goodness.
With the spiderweb Master, he was fascinating and attracting by her people’s skills and his eyes drew to her in every moves she made……totally observant man with this lady.
With Myo Mi, he finally found a woman who can make his heart pounding just to be near her, even she’s supposedly a lesbian…LOLL) Maybe that’s why he feel challenging. He is Dokgo Mate who can make any woman alive, old or young, fall for him…… MaTe might have specially feeling and strong physical chemistry with Myo MI…..but eventually he would realize that it’s NOT long lasting love.
Oh Wowww…this is ONLY half way……more women to come..!!!!
Jang Keun Suk acts perfectly to each of his characters, with each of his women… It’s right and proper based on the script..!!
Beautifula Man is soooo deep and entense drama that makes my grasp on my seats every times I watch it. (Yeahooo, I watched each episode more than one time so I won’t miss somethings….beside I love BM so much!!!) I can go on and go on…..saying many things why I love this drama.
I guess most eels are watching the episodes again and again just trying to capture & understand everything..there is so much going on…
When I read some remarks or recaps I learn I have missed some important points and I restart to watch it again…and still I have no tendency to fastwordward some scenes…it is that captivating..
I love how he acts different and give different vibes with every woman in his life…
I love this drama to bits
thank you Karthika for the light and colorful recap! and thank you tenshi for sharing! may I just add that i was lmho with the scene of Botong following the advise of Sukkie’s friend on how to catch Mate’s attention! Botong following each stem seamlessly except she was not able to get water!! just hilarious! BM fightin’! ^^
Thanks for the recap! This episode really shows the down side to people pleasing (manipulation and ulterior motives). It also forces Ma Te to take a stronger look at himself yet again. At this point unless I can’t see him falling in love with Bo Tong, just “in pity”. Their interactions are humorous but she really does not respect him or have a clue who he really is. Not that she has a clue about most things in general…
Please don’t make this show fan-girl pandering … (some pandering is ok, just not the entire story line).
Karthika, Thanks a lot for this beautiful recap. Episode 7 was my best episode, but when I watched episode 8, my level of appreciation for Bel Ami soared up even more. Sukkie is the ultimate actor who can give life to Dokgo Mate in varied dimensions. As I always salute for Sukkie’s excellent performance, my deepest appreciation also goes to the writer who made the solid backbone of this drama. Prior to any news about Bel Ami and Sukkie who was only actor choosen for this coveted role, I watched the movie this written by the same writer, and I was so amazed of that work. And it was reason why I never had any doubt about this though a lot may have doubted thinking that its a manhwa and will reinforce Sukkie’s potential as an actor.
Thanks for the recap, sis Karthika. I like this episode because it shows another different side of MaTe… well we all know by now that he loves his late mum so much but in this episode, it’s clearly stated. I also love how the story starts to be more complicated and keeps us guessing. I can’t wait for Ep 9 as I just watched the preview today 🙂
I liked the character of Myo Mi… and am excited to see where this part of the story line develops… and how this scandal affects Dokgo Mate and his company.
Love how protective David Choi is of Bo Tong… but can’t help but wonder about his back story!
There is absolutely no chance of me dropping this drama… I am pretty riveted to the screen when it’s on!
I really wonder about the character of CD…up to episode 8 he has always been the goody two shoes…happy go lucky guy; only eyes for BT…but at the end of episode 8; two things demands our attention…the fact he seems to speak english well and he had been in New York and when he saw HYR he was a bit taken back…How does she knows Matae and hin wondering why she was there at the office…hm…but she doesn’t seem to know CD..so it seems