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Scene 1:
Location: Niranjan’s office
Sanam finally concedes as he has no other option. He asks niranjan to get ahead with it, as he cant wait anymore. They both tensedly eye each other.

Scene 2:
Location: Sushma’s residence
Shaurya is very excited to meet santa clus for christmas tomorrow. ishaan excitedly tells shaurya about what happens in Christmas. urmi and tiwari ji smile, while shaurya gets to preparing the wish list. Ishaan says that they cant give time to shaurya in the custody case. Urmi gets emotional and says that she knows, but once this all is over, she would get to it, but right now, amidst all this, she doesnt feel like celebrating anything. Ishaan asks her to have hope as the lord is great. urmi smiles.

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Annu is advised by urmi, to get ahead and move on with life, as what happened was a bad dream, and she wasnt at fault. She tells annu that all want her to get married, as all want her to be happy. She sounds surprised that all of them want this. Urmi says that they all are scared of her, and her reaction, and hence noone brings this up. urmi says thats why she decided to talk to her. Anu asks about ishaan, and what does he want. urmi says that he too wants her to marry, as this is the right time to get married, as once that happens, she would forget everything, as he too wants good for her. Anu is disbelieving thinking that ishaan said yes to marrying her. Urmi says that if she says yes, then all agree, and that first ishaan wants her to say yes, only then the marriage shall proceed. Anu gets shy and says that if they all want, and ishaan wants this too, then she agrees to marriage. urmi hugs annu in happiness. Ishaan stands on the door finding them like this, sounding surprised. urmi nods that she agreed, and ishaan is happy for anu. Anu shys having got the wrong idea.

Scene 3:
Location: Guesthouse
radha takes a stroll outside in the guesthouse, waiting for samrat. she hurries to him, as he arrives in the car. she starts pointing out as to how late he was, and she got very tensed. Samrat starts lashing out at Radha for being so nosey. She asks whats he saying, as she is his wife, and hence is concerned for him, and is just asking where he was. He asks her to stop interfering in his life, and that he would get her down to size, in a minute, and asks her to stay in her limits. He leaves angrily. radha is shocked.

The next morning, radha is emotional, and asks kanchan if breakfast should be ready. kanchan points out how she has been very upset since last night. shashi frustratedly asks whats the matter, and asks her to get over it. radha doesnt reply and leaves. But kanchan stops her, and asks if anything said anything to her. Shashi gets concerned, and asks kanchan to stop asking questions like this, as she must have seen a bad dream. kanchan asks her not to bother herself. Shashi too says that she shouldnt upset kanchan and her family. Kanchan asks her to go to her room and rest. She silently complies. kanchan is tensed.

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Scene 4:
Location: Niranjan’s office
Niranjan teases samrat, as he waits impatiently for niranjan to speak out, if the judge agrees. Niranjan says that he did talk, and gave a proposal, but shall wait for the judge’s reaction, as he was against it at first, but he finally was able to convince him. He says that there’s a small problem, and that he is asking for double, 50 lakhs. samrat gets berserk, and asks if he has gone mad. niranjan says that this is a big crime, and what if the judge is leaked, and if he favours him, then the judge shall be on streets. Samrat asks him to bargain, while getting frustrated at the situation he is in. Niranjan says that 50lakhs is nothing against urmi’s los, and shaurshaurya’s custody, and most of all keeping samrat’s head high and his ego intact. Samrat is tensed, asking what he did, and again starts pointing out what all dialogues he gave which were completely false. Niranjan says that he has accepted that the biggest mistake of his life is meeting him. Samrat says that he too did the same, and that he wont be able to get away with this. niranjan says that the relation that doesnt have trust is worthless. niranjan says that they shall fight the case, and even if urmi wins, and shaurya loses, but his 50 lakhs should be intact. He starts dialling, and samrat asks him to put it down irritably. Niranjan smiles. samrat tells him that he is already sucked up, and niranjan is exploiting him all the more. Hge agrees to giving money, but starts lashing out at him, that he wont be able to bear all this.

Scene 5:
Location: Guesthouse
Radha is berserk and crying, remembering how samrat got angry at her last night. samrat comes in, asking why is she overreacting. radha says that she didnt like it, and that she never got this treatment from his earlier. he asks why does she do this then, and starts emotionally blackmailing him, that if this continues she wont be able to become his wife ever. Radha is emotionally blackmailed by samrat, saying that he is in such worse conditions, due to urmi, having driven him nuts, that he says anything to anyone, and vents out his frustration and lashes out at whoever’s before him, and asks being his wife, who shall understnd him, if not her. He says that now if she does this, then she would be just like urmi. she denies doing it. samrat continues to rant about urmi, and smiles as he sees radha falling in his trap. He successfully managers to get her sympathy, and then leave, in a haste, as he hears footsteps, once she admits that she wont say anything after this. radha says that she cant see samrat being in such a tormented state anymore, as he wont let him be like, when she is beside him. She says that she would have to meet urmi, and urmi wont be able to do anything wrong anymore. the screen freezes on her shocked face.

Precap: Ishaan asks urmi that now they would have to come up with something really strong, to prove once and for all, that samrat is completely incapable for shaurya’s custody. she asks what. Meanwhile, urmi is confronted by radha, who advocates for samrat. urmi gets angry and sks how can she support a stranger, and doing all this, while her husband is blinded, and doesnt have any clue as to whats going on. Radha says that she isnt doing anything wrong or a sin, and adds that samrat isnt a stranger to her, but is her husband. urmi is shocked to hear this.Doli Armaanon Ki 25th December 2014

Scene 1:
Location: Guesthouse
Radha, while working in the kitchen, wonders where urmi lives. radha overhears shashi talking to the prospective buyer of the haveli. after she is done, radha asks shashi that she must have been very relaxed when urmi went out, and tries to find out where she lives currently. Shashi glaots and tells everything, as to where urmi stays. radha gets the info she wanted. Shashi leaves.

Later, when shashi hollers at radha for tea, kanchan tells her that she isnt at home, and has gone to the temple. shshi says that she goes to the temple too often, and thinks that she dosnt like her behaviour lately, and asks kanchan to keep an eye on her, to find out what she is upto. kanchan waives it off, but shashi is sure that she is doing something wrong, and

asks her to control radha. kanchan gets tensed.
Scene 2:
Location: Sushma’s residence
The entire family celebrates christmas, decorating the house. Just then, a delivery boy gives a parcel, which contains a court hearing dated 31.12.2014. urmi is shocked to hear this date, and collapses on the sofa. ishaan is tensed. All are shocked to find urmi stunned, and ask what happened. ishaan tells her that its urmi’s marriage anniversary. Sushma is tensed too.

As the party begins, shaurya wonders when shall santa come, as he is waiting for him. just then, the lights go off, and ishaan comes in dressed as santa and all are amused. he plays along with the children, while they all ask gifts from him. he dons the role, and then opens his basket and gives them gifts. Asha too asks gaurav to get a gift for their son. ishaan then goes to shaurya, asking if he doesnt need any gift from Santa. shaurya says that he wants his desired gifts, and samta agrees. He takes urmi’s hands, and tells that he wants all the happiness for urmi, and that santa should take away all the tears, and give her the smile back, and take away her sadness, and give her joy and laughter. All get emotional, while tears rool down urmi’s cheeks, as he hugs urmi. Ishaan composes himself, with much difficulty, and then pats shaurya’s head, saying that shaurya’s wish his his command then. He tells urmi that he shall take away urmi’s tears and give her lots of smiles. urmi starts smiling, amidst the tears. She pats shaurya, who thanks santa. Urmi kisses shaurya and takes him in her lap. Shaurya is asked by santa, to come in his lap, and kiss him. shaurya complies. he then gets shaurya and all the other children to dance with him. Then ishaan asks if they all want to go outside nd play. the children rush out. Ishaan and urmi are shocked to find radha standing in the doorway. Once all the children go outside, radha begins to lash at urmi, siding with samrat, empathising with him, asking what she wants, and asks her to let samrat be. all are puzzled, Sushma asks what nonsense is she talking. radha says that she wont be able to exploit samrat anymore, and that if she continues this anymore, then she would face dire consequences by her, as she wont be able to bear it anymore, and then she wont care if she is alive or not, and urmi too. all are boggled, as to why is radha talking like this. she says that this time, she is explaining her, but next time she wont, and urmi should get this straight. radha begins to leave, but urmi stops her. radha turns around. urmi says that she is reprimanding her in her own house, but on what pretext, as she is noone to samrat, and she being the wife, has all the rights to do whatvere she wants to do with her husband. radha keeps vehemently protesting that he isnt her husband anymore. She asks why is radha so tensed to see samrat upset, and that there must be some relation. Radha says that whatever it be, and if he is the slightest bit upset, then she would kill urmi. urmi asks why is she bothered. urmi says that he shall alwaalways be related to her. she says that he is the father to her son, and hence this relation shall be forever. radha says that he isnt her husband, and to her, he means nothing, as he isnt her husband too. She asks if she has an illegitimate relation with him. urmi is confronted by radha, who advocates for samrat. urmi gets angry and asks how can she support a stranger, and doing all this, while her husband is blinded, and doesnt have any clue as to whats going on. she says that she being befooled by samrat, and nothing else. She asks radha how can she be so shameless. Radha says that she isnt doing anything wrong or a sin, and adds that samrat isnt a stranger to her, but is her husband. urmi is shocked to hear this. ishaan and sushma are speechelss.

Radha tells urmi, that she was the past, and she herself is the present. she says that she is wearing the mangalsutar for samrat, and noone else. she says that she is his wife, and he her husband. urmi and others listen shocked. radha leaves. She finds children playing outside, and shaurya aplogises to her, for hitting the ball too hard at her feet. Radha asks him if he is shaurya, and then asks if he doesnt miss his father, as he misses him daily. Shaurya is shocked and scared by even the mention of samrat.

Inside, ishaan tells her that its good radha came here, and they talked so much, or else they wouldnt have known this ever. ishaan says that they got hold of a big info, and they accidentally stumbled on the right path, shown by god. Gaurav is shocked that samrat did something so low. sushma says that she isnt surprised, as this is expected by samrat, who can do anything. gaurav starts reprimanding samrat. asha asks him how could they get urmi married to such a man. urmi sits tensed, asking she doesnt understand how samrat did this, without anyone’s knowledge. ishaan says that he thinks even his family doesnt know. Shaurya comes in asking who that lady was. all are tensed. He narrates everything. To divert him, Ishaan asks shaurya that he wanted urmi to be happy, and hence he should assume that santa fulfilled his wish. Shaurya is surprised. Ishaan says that Santa fulfilled his wish, in the form of the lady who just got out. Urmi is shocked, while shaurya gets happy. the screen freezes on her face.

Precap: Ishaan tells urmi that they know radha would go to any lengths out of her love for samrt. urmi quizzically asks whats he trying to say. He tells her that radha is mad in samrat’s love, and thats exactly what they have to exploit to thir advantage. meanwhile, Niranjan tells samrat that ishaan may fly all that he wants, belittling him, saying that all of his maneouvers would fall flat, in front of them. He says that the verdict is out, and that they have bought the judgement. samrat smiles evilly, along with niranjan.

FRIDAY UPDATE OF MADAM ANTOINE EPISODE 15


Ji Ho (Lee Joo Hyung) wakes up feeling all better thanks to Yoo Rim (Hwang Seung Eon) warming him up in bed. They hear the front door, and realizing that it is Soo Hyun (Sung Joon), panic. As Yoo Rim is making her escape, she runs into Soo Hyun. To their surprise, Soo Hyun is indifferent towards her being in his home after midnight.

Soo Hyun finds soju in the fridge and starts drinking the pain away. By the time Ji Ho returns home, Soo Hyun is passed out on the floor of the kitchen. A concerned Ji Ho carries his boss to bed.

Hye Rim (Han Ye Seul) gets invited to dinner with the Chairman (Byun Hee Bong). To her dismay, Soo Hyun is present when she arrives. The Chairman presents information about the man who would like to marry Yeon Woo, his daughter. He asks Hye Rim and Soo Hyun to give their opinion of him. Soo Hyun initially rejects the idea that he could give any assessment of the man based on facts and photo alone. However, after Hye Rim gives a full personality rundown, Soo Hyun feels the need to dispute everything she says, and call her a charlatan. An amused Chairman accepts both of their assessments. When the Chairman offers Hye Rim the chance to meet with Yeon Woo’s suitor, she announces that she will be leaving to help out at a friend’s café.

Soo Hyun is trying to relax with classical music and tea when Ji Ho calls to alert him to Hye Rim’s imminent departure. Ji Ho then tells Hye Rim and Yoo Rim that Soo Hyun is on his way, but Hye Rim is not about to wait around for his arrival. Hye Rim buys her ticket for Daejeon and is boarding the bus when she pauses at the bottom step before proceeding. Soo Hyun arrives just after the bus to Daejeon has departed.

Mi Ran (Jang Mi Hee) is giving Seung Chan (Jinwoon) a tour of the elementary school she attended until her move to Seoul in grade 5. Mi Ran spots a piano and offers to play for Seung Chan, not revealing that she took a crash course in playing the piano just for him. As Mi Ran is playing Bach, Seung Chan remembers sharing the song with Mi Ran and expressing a desire to hear a woman play it. When he hesitantly asks if this is the same song, Mi Ran confirms that it is, and admits that she learned for him. She apologizes for being attracted to him, and Seung Chan lightens the mood by playing “Chopsticks” with her.

In Daejeon, Hye Rim finds herself overworked by her friend, and relegated to dating other divorcés. She looks longingly at a photo of happier times with Soo Hyun. Soo Hyun is doing the same when he receives a text message from his biological mother, Yeon Hui. She begs for the chance to meet him one more time, but he just deletes the message.

Since Soo Hyun is neither eating nor sleeping, Ji Ho contacts Seung Chan to ask for help. Meanwhile, Seung Chan surprises Mi Ran by taking her to a beach on Jeju Island in order to help check off an item on her bucket list. He asks her what else is on her list, and all her desires involve travelling abroad. Seung Chan cheerfully points out that she must return to Seoul with him to fulfill her bucket list. Mi Ran is initially adverse to leaving Jeju Island until Seung Chan tells her that his brother needs her.

Yoo Rim takes advantage of a shoot in Daejeon to visit Hye Rim with a case of beer in hand. While they enjoy the beer, Yoo Rim reveals that Soo Hyun is suffering back in Seoul. Hye Rim is pleased with this news. After a few more cans of beer, Hye Rim attempts to drunk call Soo Hyun, while Yoo Rim holds her back.

Mi Ran’s return to Soo Hyun’s office appears to cheer him up. When Mi Ran asks about his break up with Hye Rim and his meeting with his mother, Soo Hyun acts indifferent to both events. However, Mi Ran can see that he is burying his feelings under logic. Soo Hyun tightly claims that everything is under control.

Looking for love that won’t abandon him, Soo Hyun buys himself a dog, and names it Hye Rim. One night, Soo Hyun uses canine Hye Rim as an excuse to visit the real Hye Rim in Daejeon. Hye Rim is Hye Rim is exasperated when Soo Hyun arrives at the café, and introduces her to her namesake.

Hye Rim notes that Soo Hyun is acting cool and collected, but there is a crack in the facade when he asks her to do a reading of him. Hye Rim bluntly calls the puppy a sad excuse for coming to see her, and accuses him of being as emotionally guarded as he ever was. Soo Hyun agrees with her assessment and asks what to do. Hye Rim reveals that she is going on a blind date to start a new life without him, and leaves him at his table. However, when Hye Rim returns to find Soo Hyun’s table empty, she is crestfallen. Alone in their respective homes, Hye Rim considers contacting Soo Hyun while Soo Hyun distracts himself by creating a new Phase 2 for his experiment.

While out with Ji Ho and Seung Chan, Yoo Rim finds out that her documentary on Ji Ho, hilariously titled Between Brilliance and Idiocy, has won high honours. Seung Chan immediately goes to fetch a cake. When he returns, he finds Yoo Rim and Ji Ho have already started the celebrations by making out in the middle of the restaurant.

Soo Hyun directs Ji Ho to find a test subject for the new experiment who is stranger to them. However, Ji Ho no longer believes Soo Hyun’s theory that women are incapable of love based on his relationship with Yoo Rim. Soo Hyun bitterly questions if Ji Ho and Yoo Rim will still be in love in three years when the hormones have run out.

Soo Hyun is texted by his mother, Yeon Hui who repeats her request to see him. He directs her to come to his office at 5pm. Soo Hyun gets right to the point and asks his mother why she divorced his father. She says the marriage was doomed from the beginning, because his father was controlling. Then, she hesitantly admits that she met another man, and this feeds into Soo Hyun’s misogynistic theory.
Soo Hyun is seething as he notes that Yeon Hui left him when she chose, came to see him when she wanted to, and is now going to leave again. Yeon Hui had hoped that as a psychologist, Soo Hyun would understand what she did. Soo Hyun laughs bitterly at the thought that being a psychologist would protect him emotionally, then reveals that being abandoned by her caused him to lose all memories of his childhood. However, he does remember that before she disappeared, Yeon Hui had yelled at him not to get ice cream on his clothes or else, she would never return. He has suffered pain from water drops on his hand ever since. Yeon Hui cries and apologizes, while Soo Hyun angrily storms out after ordering her to never return.

After overhearing Soo Hyun’s blowup with his mother, Mi Ran goes to visit Hye Rim. She expresses concern, because she had never seen Soo Hyun so upset before. Mi Ran reveals that she knew about Soo Hyun’s experiment on Hye Rim, and could not stop an experiment that essentially served as Soo Hyun’s defense mechanism. If Soo Hyun could prove that women cannot love then he could feel better about being abandoned by his mother. Hye Rim starts to feel guilty about abandoning Soo Hyun, and Mi Ran adds to it by claiming that Hye Rim made a mistake in identifying a flower that Soo Hyun gave her by the wrong colour, thereby throwing their love into doubt (WTF?).

Hye Rim attempts to point out that Soo Hyun had experimented on her and hurt her, too. However, Mi Ran insists that Soo Hyun’s feelings for her were genuine, but the experiment was very important to him, personally and professionally. Mi Ran implores Hye Rim to help Soo Hyun.

Soo Hyun continues to talk to canine Hye Rim while not eating nor sleeping. He goes for a walk while carrying the dog in his arms. By daybreak, he wanders onto a building rooftop after spotting a paper airplane flying down, then considers launching himself from the rooftop, too. Seung Chan spots Soo Hyun, and rushes to pull him away from the edge. Soo Hyun appears confused by the fuss and wanders off while Seung Chan looks worried.

Seung Chan reports Soo Hyun’s confused attempt at suicide to Hye Rim, triggered by his encounter with his mother, and that he has started a new experiment. Seung Chan pleads for Hye Rim’s intervention. Hye Rim considers Mi Ran’s explanation that Soo Hyun has been repeatedly abandoned by women, and decides to pack up and go save Soo Hyun even if it means hurting herself in the process.

Hye Rim finds the woman who will serve as the new test subject, and reveals the truth to her. After the woman beats a hasty retreat, Hye Rim meets with Soo Hyun in her place. She announces that she has sabotaged his experiment, and tries to play nice, but Soo Hyun is suspicious of another attempt to hurt him when his guard is down. However, Hye Rim announces that she is on a mission to revitalize him.

In phase one of her plan, Hye Rim feeds Soo Hyun, and forces him to join social media before calling it a day. Soo Hyun is muted in his response the entire time, but types his exultation at Hye Rim’s return on his new social media account.

Seung Chan takes Mi Ran to a night club to fulfill her wish to dance all night. Mi Ran pretends to be in her 30s to get by the bouncer, drinks beer straight from the bottle, then goes on the dance floor with Seung Chan.

Hye Rim is with Yoo Rim at the award ceremony for her documentary, but Ji Ho failed to show up. Suddenly, a drone holding a sign saying, “Follow me” appears, and Yoo Rim confidently does exactly that. They find Ji Ho standing with the controls, and when Hye Rim asks what he is up to, the drone turns around and reveals a proposal of marriage. Hye Rim is aghast when Ji Ho gets down onto one knee to reveal a diamond ring, and Yoo Rim readily accepts the ring. When Hye Rim attempts to object, she gets pushed aside by the couple.

Later, Hye Rim exerts her authority by having the couple kneel before her as she points out that they have been dating for two weeks. Love gibberish comes pouring out of Ji Ho’s mouth. Yoo Rim insists that while she and Ji Ho would be marrying young, they will not end up divorced like Hye Rim. Hye Rim responds by kicking her sister out of the house. Yoo Rim takes it all in stride, doing the math to figure out how long she and Ji Ho can survive on savings alone.

Hye Rim spots Soo Hyun’s ex-girlfriend, Clare waiting for him in her café. Clare is disconcertingly calm when Hye Rim informs her that she is dating Soo Hyun. Clare states that she has no intention of actively sabotaging the couple, but neither will she leave them alone. She is hoping that memories will rekindle her relationship with Soo Hyun.

Hye Rim goes to ask Soo Hyun about his feelings for Clare after his session with her. When she senses that he is not being straight with her, she coerces him to do her the favour of completing an exercise. Hye Rim directs Soo Hyun to look at a childhood photograph of himself with his family, and to try to reclaim his inner child. Though Soo Hyun is resistant, Hye Rim leaves him no choice, but to comply.

Seung Chan and Mi Ran’s viewing of a meteor shower is undermined by cloudy skies, and Seung Chan worries about this happening during their trip to Alaska to see the aurora borealis. Mi Ran is pleasantly surprised to hear that he will be joining her, and is about to discuss a date of departure when she has difficulty with her throat. Seung Chan entreats Mi Ran to get the surgery, because she might not live to complete her bucket list. Mi Ran curtly says she’ll deal with it and leaves, oblivious to Seung Chan’s offer of a ride home.

Hye Rim returns to Soo Hyun’s office to find that he has not completed the exercise. She asks about his recent meeting with his mother, then reveals that she once left her child alone all day to get away from her husband. She wants to make it clear that her mistake was not the result of a failure to love her child. Soo Hyun bristles at being lectured to, and dismisses Hye Rim as a mere fortune teller. She points out that he cannot resolve his issues with education and logic alone, and challenges the idea that he will be happy if his theory that women cannot love is proven true. Soo Hyun attacks her as a charlatan, and Hye Rim plows on with a promise to prove to him that true love exists.

Hye Rim presents Soo Hyun with flowers then identifies with as the colour that is associated with lasting love. She tells him that she loves him, and that she will not abandon him like his mother did.

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MONDAY ON JANG YEONG-SIL


After a weird opening setpiece where Yeong-sil’s personal problems and the greater political situation randomly come into violent agreement, we get a few interesting scenes of Yeong-sil trying to make a go of life with palace scientists. Yeong-sil ends up making enemies by stupidly expressing his opinion and then backing it up with factual evidence. That’s a really big problem in a scientific infrastructure where qualifications are considered more relevant than facts.

This is an intriguing story point precisely because it cuts across time so well. World scientific history is full of embarassing fads where properly accredited scientists came up with ridiculous theories that went unchallenged for decades. The reason for this wasn’t because armed goons would pop up out of nowhere and physically attack “Real” scientists. No, the problem was much more simply that educated people tend to be very bad when it comes to making cliques, even if they personally find the idea of cliques to be offensive.

That’s what King Taejong’s problem is. It’s obvious that King Taejong doesn’t like the status quo, and in fact has presaged his entire violent takeover of the government on the assumption that he could change things. But poor King Taejong simply can’t figure out that his strong-arm tactics are what’s encouraging various subordinates in all other kinds of random locations to rule by the same example.

It’s clear at this point that King Sejong is going to be just as important as Yeong-sil in the grand scheme of things because it’s King Sejong, the first Joseon King to be raised outside of Goryeo, that’s going to figure out a new better way of running the government that will allow men like Yeong-sil to contribute to Korea rather than make repeated attempts to escape the country and do science somewhere else.

While all of this is interesting thematic territory, I have to admit upon watching “Jang Yeong-sil – Drama” my immediate reaction was one of annoyance because Jang Yeong-sil feels like it should be more about talky politics and yet for reasons that remain unclear to me, the production team insists on filming lots of violent scenes. The threat of violence tends to make for of an impact in this context than for us to actually see it. Observe, for example, how King Taejong keeps managing to unintentionally menace people. In science or elsewhere, professional death is just as bad as the literal kind.

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