Today, we’ll be discussing Episodes 7 and 8 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix 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, Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We discuss:

• The song we feature during the recap: Love You With All My Heart by Crush.
• Soo Cheol calls Hyun-Woo “maehyeong” 매형, which means older sister’s husband.
• How Hae-in loses her will to live when Hyun-woo admits that he wanted a divorce.
• How Hyun-woo decides to make Hae-in hate him so that she has a reason to live.
• How Hyun-woo wants to stay by Hae-in’s side even if it means being the subject of her rage, humiliation and hatred; he has powerful reasons for wanting to be by her side.
• Both Hae-in and Hyun-woo are left wondering if everything the other person said and promised was a lie.
• Through the flashback of the marriage proposal, we can piece together how our couple got engaged, broke up, got back together, and finally married.
• How we held our breaths when Hyun-woo discovers that Hae-in has lost her memory of Germany and Hyun-woo wanting a divorce, which means Hae-in has to relive this trauma TWICE.
• The crazy divorce settlement scene with Song Joong-ki as Vincenzo Cassano.
• How Hae-in realizes that Hyun-woo was suffering during their marriage; she learns this when she overhears Hyun-woo at Grandma’s Home Cooking restaurant.
• The Chairman wants Hyun-woo fired by Hae-in defends him from the Security Team.
• How Hyun-woo followed David Yoon when he was following Hae-in. We see a very different Hyun-woo in that scene. We think we will see a very different Hyun-woo from now on.
• How David Yoon pressured Soo-cheol to sign the resort deal with David Yoon, and then the deal went south, giving Pione Investment the chance to swoop in and pretend to save the deal.
• But when the investors pull out and the Chairman’s embezzlement investigation comes out, David Yoon ends up with control over Queens Group.
• Meanwhile, Hae-in turns down the Hercyna deal and rejects David Yoon’s offer (again) to replace Hyun-woo.
• We feel sorry for Soo-cheol, whose wife double-crossed him, left him, and took their son to New York.
• Hyun-woo and Aunt Beom-ja have definitive proof, through a DNA test, that David Yoon is Moh Sul-hee’s son!
• Moh Sul-hee and David Yoon have been playing the long game. Moh Sul-hee endeared herself to the Chairman, whom she tricked into giving her power of attorney, and then poisoned.
• How the Hong family has been kicked out of their own company and have fled to Yongdu-ri.
• The hilarious scenes involving Hyun-woo, Hae-in and their secretaries.
• More Crash Landing On You references and tie-ins!
• The Koreans’ seeming obsession with the Myers Briggs Personality Types.
• The K Drama elements in this show, including all the crying, the epic umbrella scene involving Hyun-woo and Hae-in, more connections from the past between Hae-in and David Yoon, all the product placements, and Hyun-woo saving Hae-in from an oncoming truck.
• Our new, #39 product placement - cameos!
• Our predictions for the end of the show!
• We learn more about the amazing Park Sung-hoon!

References

• Park Sung-hoon on Wikipedia
• Myers Briggs Personality Types
• Crush on Wikipedia
• Love You With All My Heart by Crush on YouTube