The tears have not stopped shedding as Ju won has to now live on with his daughter Hui Soo only. He takes her home, takes off her shoes and his shoes, puts them on their shoe rack but one shelf is now empty. That shelf was for his wife's Ji Hee's shoes. The melancholic music plays in the background. Ju Won is still grieving iver his wife's death. His daughter wakes up and asks if he's crying. He responds not anymore and has to move on. A scene I found sweet but also tearful is when Ju Won is putting on his shoes but the motion sensor light isn't turning on for him. Hui Soo is behind him waving her hand to activate the light for her father as he can tie his shoes in the light. His wife did the same thing for him and now his daughter did soo as well. She's already got her mother's traits in her. At the end of the episode, it's back in the present. Ju Won finds out that his wife was smiling at Hui Soo before she died since she found out her daughter had inherited her father's power of not feeling pain/regenerate. He asks her daughter to go gone first so he can cry alone. I think half of his script for the actor is to cry and he's strong at it. This character deserves happiness.
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The backstory of how Jang Ju Won and Hwang Ji Hui met is very sweet. I already see the resemblances between them with their daughter's love story. Jang Ju Won has become my favorite character. As someone who has watched and enjoyed some of Jin Yong's novels turned into dramas, I loved Ju Won's message of his interest in martial arts novels of how martial arts stories are actually about romance. I adored the scene of Ju Won all bloody and tired riding on the back of Ji Hui's moped as they flee from the gangsters because it was a resemblance to how in the novels Ju Won was reading like "Legend of the Conder Heroes" sometimes the couple would ride a horse together where the woman sits in front and the guy sits behind her as they flee from the bad guys. Ju Won realizing in that moment he was living out his love story like in the novels he read.
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Taxi Driver Season 3 Episode 13
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It may seem that the Rainbow taxi team has met their match? Coincidentally enough the villains they are going up against are like a evil counterpart to themselves. Almost similar roles except they have a big guy as their killer and a cop on their team. The writers have done a great job in making us feel fearful of these villains and hopeless to how will the rainbow taxi team defeat them.
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Taxi Driver Season 3 Episode 10
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The writing feels kind of strange for this case especially the end. I think it was pretty clear the rainbow taxi team didn't want Jang Na Ra's character to die there at the end with Kim Do Gi trying to save her from falling from the rooftop but it was too much for her. The rainbow taxi team are supposed to be very clever but here it seems like they looked foolish in letting her get her way to die than eventually being arrested for her crimes. They should have known that on the rooftop, she would have of course consider taking the easy way out and fall to her death. Why would they send a bunch of drones to flash lights at her that made her lost in the moment and walked backwards nearing the edge of the rooftop? When Do Gi loses his grip on her hand/purse, we get this dramatic scene of her falling all the way down that I thought they would do something like the rainbow taxi team caught her with an helicopter or a there's a rescue air cushion ready for her down there but we don't know. The next scene is the team hanging out eating cheerfully. In short, they never wanted to kill her but why wasn't it just as simple as dodger her attack with her cane and tackle her down later sending her to the police. This writing made them look foolish in them not punishing her the way they probably wanted. Onto the good things, it was really fun seeing Do Gi go undercover as a manager for a Kpop girl group. I really enjoyed most is how he formed a wonderful bond with the girl group in such a short time that he even became a fan of them after. He usually goes undercover as some character to side with the villains then destroys them at the end but this time while he was undercover, there were actually people he could help, connect, or be kind to genuinely. The best part was seeing him as a manger fill in for one of their members to dance with the rest while being filmed on tv. What can Lee Je Hoon not do? There was actually a viral video of a popular Kpop girl group Apink and their manager who like Do Gi filled in for a member and danced with the rest. It looks just like the scene here in Taxi Driver season 3. I'd like to believe the writers used that as inspiration for this scene which was amusing.
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Taxi Driver Season 3 Episode 4
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From my observation and memory, season 3 has a vibe mixed of both seasons. It has the season 1 violent tone back but the lightheart entertaining schemes of the rainbow taxi team. The most satisfying part was when they pulled a uno reverse card in making the villains of the week fall into their own scam scheme. Seong Cheol pulls out the other paper of the contract telling them to have to pay this amount of money too and he responds to them calling out their bodyguard by calling out his "Kim". Kim Do Gi hopping out after being summoned was pretty funny. I LOVED seeing Go Eun get in on the action by slapping the woman on the villain team. The cherry on top is that they were put into a flooded car they themselves messed around and were stuck driving nonstop because of their own work. It's up to our imagination I guess whether they crashed into a wall or into the river or something. I enjoyed seeing the villains get trolled with a taste of their own medicine.
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They decided to tell the truth about lying of the report of arson. Thankfully the police detective on the case was their friend Han Se Yeon. Now to help their client who is a boy being bullied, they would have to settle it in a school meeting with their attorneys. I really enjoyed Kim Jeong Ho and the bullies attorney go back and forth about this isn't a "criminal court". My favorite part is when Jeong Ho shows a video(obtained illegally) of the bullies torturing the guy, their attorney argues that video was not obtained legally/their source, but Jeong Ho responds back with this isn't a "criminal court", it doesn't matter how he got the video. Then he has this big grin on his face knowing he won this round. A big takeaway from this case was how Jeong Ho told the bullies he has videos of their criminal acts which tortures them especially the bully leader yet he lied about the videos after all. It was karma for them torturing the boy and making him fear everyday. Another one is where the bully leader's father is the mayor and he and his lawyers march into the cafe but Yu Ri screams at them and unleashes words that make them back out of the cafe. Jeong Ho was gonna stand in to protect but he saw her scream and handle them by herself. That was great showing how strong of a character she is. Then the kid starts to cry and breath because these wonderful people of this cafe are standing by his side to protect/fight with him. One more takeaway is how these 2 episodes did a wonderful job in focusing on supporting characters like Eun Kang. We saw his little sister die by bullies, he was gonna kill the bullies by trapping them in a house of fire but he ended up opening the door for them to escape, and his frustrations of wanting to kill the people who killed his sister. He didn't admit it but it was clear he saw this boy in the same position his younger sister was in and felt passionate to help him.This case really brought the cafe team closer together. I hope they grow their bond more when hopefully we learn more about Bae Joon. I love that the drama doesn't drag the cases. I'm definitely enjoying the mix of comedy, romance, law, and drama.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 37
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Zhang Bin Bin and Sun Zhen Ni have wonderful chemistry no matter which character they are playing as. Demon Lord Zhao Ming is already bonding great with Mu Xuan Ling like a couple. Whether it's the bickering, awkwardness, or even flirting, they match together perfectly.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 36
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Demon lord Zhao Ming is so ruthless and vicious yet I kind of enjoy it. He threatens the immortal alliance he will kill a sect each tine a incense stick burns. He inflicts demon energy into people instead of killing them. Although I wish they let him kill at least one notable character. He yoinks out Gao Qiu Min and Fu Lan Sheng from that portal place where apparently just dreaming of the flashback we watched lol. Then Zhao Ming chains fhem up in the lava where mortals can only survive up to 3 days. He does so to force Mu Xuan Ling to give up her power of chaos soon if she wants to save their lives. Zhao Ming's fate was changed by the Fate deity as he suffered down in the lava for 10,000 years and became a deity. Fate deity punishment for doing so was being sent to the mortal world and never having his wishes happen along with his loved ones abandoning him. I'm dejected that we didn't get more episodes of evil Zhang Bin Bin in this show as it's nearing it's end. It's gonna be the FL Mu Xuan Ling trying to save the ML/villain/her love Zhao Ming from the demon darkness in him. I wouldn't mind if this became a trope.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 29
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Xie Xue Chen once again fails to change the past to ensure Mu Xuan Ling lives in the present. There is one option left to save her and that's destroying his spiritual channel and giving back the chaos power to her. But in doing so he will die. He does so and Mu Xuan Ling awakens while Xie Xue Chen dies with a spirit of him still living in the present elsewhere. I think it's living in Zhao Ming who is now free and takes over the dark abyss. Meanwhile the deity that took over Nan Xu Yue's body is forcing Mu Xuan Ling(who was a deity in the past/his lover?) to marry him. I might be staring in anger if they actually force her to marry him and go through with it. Xie Xue Chen is dead but we still have Zhao Ming and my god it's so breathtaking seeing Zhang Bin Bin in the evil boss role. Maybe not the evil boss tho since there is still that deity in Nan Xu Yue.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 28
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After swallowing the lotus and enduring the brutal climb up the stairs to meet the god who can grant him any wish but for the price, he has to travel through time for his goal. Xie Xue Chen wants to save Mu Xuan Ling so she is living in the present and to do so the god will transport him any place back in time for him to try and achieve his goal. The catch is that each time he goes to the past his energy gets weaker, his spirit can only travel and not his current body, he is not allow to change the fate of others specifically, and he can only live through a day in the past for that day he chooses. So the first date he thinks he can fix things so she can live is when he could have killed He Xian Wo in the forest. The same fate happens and he fails. He tries to go back further and rescue a young Mu Xuan Ling in the dark abyss but she refuses to leave with him. He fails again. He goes back to the day she was saved by who we thought was Zhao Ming but turns out it was him Xie Xue Chen all along. It ends on a cliffhanger as the night approaches when Sang Qi leads a army to kill the Gao family and took Mu Xuan Ling with him.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 26
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Just as Xie Xue Chen and Mu Xuan Ling are about to kill He Xian Wo, Nan Xu Yue changes the array to trap both Xie Xue Chen and Mu Xuan Ling. Also he would die too. The explosion happens and Xie Xue Chen was protected because of the jade token she secretly put with him(Nan Xu Yue gave it to her originally way before so she woukd have survived here). Mu Xuan Ling ends up dying I think. Xie Xue Chen is using any amount of energy to heal/revive her. Nan Xu Yue is about to die but his assistant appears to save him. He Xian Wo is up and walks up the celestial ladder to learn the truths about the immortals back then.
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The Blossoming Love Episode 24
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He Xian Wo the master of decaying immortal pavilion is ready to launch his plans by opening up the immortal array. Not only that but leading his clan and the spirit clan to attack the other sects of the immortal alliance. Xie Xue Chen and Mu Xuan Ling use their energy to try and close up the array. Mu Xuan Ling has an idea to enter the dark abyss to try and stop Sang Qi from any intentions he has of leading his troops into the human world. Plus she knows Sang Qi treats her as his disciple/daughter and wouldn't kill her even if she has the chaos pearl. Shd meets him and finds out he has no will to live anymore since his time is running low and so he can rest with Su Ning Xi. He gives up a spiritual energy filled with power into Mu Xuan Ling's body as he dies. Past memories of him and his love are shown before he vanishes away. There goes our main villain for the first half of the show but all along he wasn't that evil to begin with. Xie Xue Chen enters the dark abyss to help Mu Xuan Ling. They used Sang Qi's spiritual energy along with their's to help close up the immortal array. They both collapse knocked out. When she wakes up, she sees someone and this is the fallen diety mentioned in the previous episode. I think he's like a demon lord. But the biggest shock is that this demon lord who was sealed away and has awakened is played by the ML actor Zhang Bin Bin who is the other version that saved a young Mu Xuan Ling back then. I did not expect that. Zhang Bin Bin playing two different types of characters in this show both the hero and villain. I was convinced that Nan Xu Yue would take over as the new villain because of him working with the decaying immortal pavilion. Also I can't stand his character now faking being nice with the protagonists/still in love with Mu Xuan Ling even tho she's clearly with Xie Xue Chen. The viewers are the biggest winner who will get to watch Zhang Bin Bin play a evil role now and trying to seduce Mu Xuan Ling as his love.
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Dae Su with the help of Sang Du gets their wish and they found In Ha and Jong Gu at their Oasis casino hotel they work for. Now Sang Du presents an offer which later turns out as a threat to them both to play a gambling game with a professional player with lots of money at stake. One of their threats to them both is that they have evidence of detective Park Tae Jun receiving bribes of money that could get him fired as a detective. They will have to play carefully as there will be cameras and witnesses to prevent any tricks or cheating. They later accept the threat. Oasis group has gather up some files that can destroy Choi Do Hwan's company from buying any shares of the upcoming Sea World Casino. Jung Won hears about this and begins to think about his father(who he has despised and planned to prove him wrong by living out a honorable career) and the advice he gave to him. He starts to connect with his wicked father now and calls Yang Seung Guk the secretary to his father to help him steal the files. Their plan works and Jung Won burns all those files that could have helped Oasis group who he works for but chose to help his evil father he was fighting against. There goes any love for the character of Jung Won.
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In Ha and Jong Gu agree to Sang Du's threat of playing a gambling card game of Hwatu with Han Myung Jun at someone's house and bodyguards as witness. In Ha notices one of the players was cheating and he kicks them as they kick that guy out. But this was also a distraction created by In Ha so Jong Gu could grab a deck of cards and strategize how he'll cheat the game in favor of him and In Ha. It works as they both win big money from Han Myung Jun. They leave the house and part ways with Sang Du hoping he never has to be in his life again especially with Dae Su working for him. But later on it is revealed on the news that Han Myung Jun has died. The top suspects are now In Ha and Jong Gu because the police raided the house they all gambled at which included security cameras. They are the top suspects because they won all that money/shares from him. Now as the top suspects, they both can't return to their jobs at the Oasis casino. Soo Yeon wonders when will In Ha return during all of this. Meanwhile the president of Oasis casino is informed by one of his worker that the files containing crimes of Do Hwan were missing because of Jung Won who stole them. He is informed that Jung Won is the son of Choi Do Hwan thus the conclusion of Jung Won being a spy sent to destroy Oasis casino for his father who was going to take over Sea World Casino.
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Ep12: Oh wow, Soo Yeon and In Ha have reunited but not as joyful as you expect. I didn't think it would happen this soon. But I really love scenes in dramas where it's just the 2 leads/lovers looking at another straight into their eyes as they are shocked reuniting. Now onto Jung Won, they're attempting to build something of him falling in love with Soo Yeon? This makes no sense. It feels forced so we can spark a ML and SML best friends into enemies trope. I really hate what they did to Jung Won's character when he gave up fighting against his father where he now sides by him. We had plenty of antagonists. It would have been far more interesting to see Jung Woo fight against his father to prove him wrong and not become evil like him. Establish who both couples are and have the tension being the obstacles around their life that they struggle to be happy/be together.
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