Nice Guy Ep. 11

Official Synopsis: Betrayed by his girlfriend Han Jae Hee (Park Si Yeon), Kang Ma Roo (Song Joong Ki) uses Seo Eun Gi (Moon Chae Won), an heiress who has lost her memory, to exact his revenge.

Ratings: KBS‘ ‘Nice Guy‘ still retained its first place position although its ratings dropped slightly for this week’s episode as it achieved a 14.9%. Meanwhile, with MBC‘s ‘Arang and the Magistrate‘ (starring Lee Jun Ki and Shin Min Ah) coming to a close this week, its rating was able to increase to 12.4%. Ratings for SBS‘ ‘The Great Seer‘ (starring Ji Jin Hee, Ji Sung, and Kim So Yeon) have been steadily increasing as it achieved a double digit rating of 10.6%.

Recap of Ep. 11: After Ma Roo hears that Eun Gi was taken by someone to meet him, he frantically searches for Eun Gi and catches her leaving a rest stop with Jae Hee’s brother, Jae Sik (Yang Ik Joon). Cornering Jae Sik’s car, Ma Roo furiously pulls Jae Sik out of the car ready to beat him up, only to be stopped by a confused Eun Gi. Jae Sik is able to run away, and Ma Roo yells angrily at Eun Gi for following a stranger and tells her that he was never planning to meet with Eun Gi. However, Eun Gi takes it the wrong way and apologizes for bothering someone who has no recollection of her. Refusing Ma Roo’s attempts to drive her back, she takes a taxi alone, while Ma Roo sits with a frustrated expression in his car.

Meanwhile, Jae Hee is thinking over her conversation with her brother and later receives a text message from him. He says he’s done with the job and asks for his reward. Eun Gi is in her own world as she listens to music, ignoring her secretary’s call to see the doctor. While fiddling with her boom box, she gets a flashback of listening to music while driving with Ma Roo. Meanwhile, Jae Sik is gambling when Jae Hee calls to tell him that his “reward” is coming. However, Jae Sik is met with a rude awakening when only police officers arrive and arrest all the gamblers. Yelling angrily at Jae Hee for playing with him, Jae Sik is discovered by a police officer and tries to escape.

After a restless night, Ma Roo is about to enter his house when an exhausted Jae Sik admits that Jae Hee was the one who ordered him to kidnap Eun Gi. Ma Roo drives to Eun Gi’s home and meets up with her secretary (Jin Kyung). Meanwhile, Lawyer Ahn (Kim Tae Hoon) sends one of his workers with the photo from Jae Sik to find out where Eun Gi is living. Eun Gi’s secretary sees the worker in her neighborhood and gets fearful that they caught on to Eun Gi’s location. She asks Ma Roo to take Eun Gi away while she stalls the man.

However, Ma Roo’s task is not as easy as it seems as Eun Gi is still angry and acts like Ma Roo is a stranger, refusing to follow him. She prevents him from coming in, as the two stand at each side of the door. Ma Roo begins telling her their few encounters together, from their encounter in the airplane to the motorcycle incident. Eun Gi ultimately opens the door when he describes her personality as brash and rude. Telling her he’ll continue later in the car, he takes her away just in time. Meanwhile, Lawyer Park Joon Ha (Lee Sang Yeob) prevents Lawyer Ahn’s men from entering the house. Joon Ha is shocked when he is told that Ma Roo helped take Eun Gi away from the house. Later, Ma Roo packs his belongings intending for him, Jae Gil (Lee Kwang Soo), and Choco (Lee Yoo Bi) to move so Jae Hee wouldn’t be able to find them.

In the next business meeting, Jae Hee persuades the company board to remove Eun Gi from her CEO position. Jae Hee goes to Ma Roo’s home and begins crying when she finds it empty and abandoned, while Ma Roo is driving a moving truck with a sleeping Eun Gi holding onto Ma Roo’s hand.

The ceremony for Jae Hee’s inauguration as CEO begins with Jae Hee giving a grand speech. However, it is interrupted as stunned guests turn to find a Eun Gi walking among the crowd. A shocked Jae Hee tries to regain her composure and hugs her “daughter”, while Eun Gi is crying. Eun Gi takes the microphone and explains that she was sick due to the car accident and she needed time to recover. Continuing, she shocked and scared Jae Hee further as Eun Gi explained, “However, because of the accident’s effects, I have the disorder prosopagnosia. There are times when I can’t recognize people’s faces. And my body condition is not perfect. Until then, I will need someone’s help. Kang Ma Roo. I wanted to introduce him to my Tae San family first. He is my fiance and will help me raise Tae San. He is Kang Ma Roo.”

kdramacrazy’s Thoughts:

[ Note : This post reflects the opinions of the author, not necessarily those of allkpop.]

God. What a knockout for Jae Hee. I’m surprised she didn’t collapse in shock, anger, and frustration when Ma Roo stood from the audience. And who’s totally excited and probably (falsely) happy that Eun Gi and Ma Roo will be working together for Tae San, and that they’re freaking engaged? There are so many possibilities and unexpected turns that their relationship can take because it’s not just the ‘casual dating-using you secretly for my revenge’ relationship. It’s a business relationship, guardian/child relationship, and a romantic relationship. I love how the relationship between Eun Gi and Ma Roo is a clean slate. The empty house that Jae Hee finds? Symbolic of the broken thread between Jae Hee and Ma Roo. Jae Hee could always depend upon Ma Roo, could always find him waiting for her, but he’s not there anymore because he’s gravitating towards Eun Gi. Although he still wants to see Jae Hee fall from grace, he’s more motivated because of Eun Gi, not because of his own interests. That’s why I’m finally so joyful and glad that the wall between Eun Gi and Ma Roo is disappearing as Ma Roo can finally open the emotions he locked up and move away from the past he was stuck in.

I’m also interested in how Eun Gi’s character will develop. Was anyone’s interest piqued by the tears she shed when she hugged Jae Hee? Will she become the new kind, innocent girl or will she abruptly recover her brash personality that she had before the accident when she gains her memory back? I’m hoping for a fusion of the two. Character development infused with the directness and confidence she had before. Because she begins with a new life, I’m hoping that her family problems will be resolved. Her missing family members can be replaced by Ma Roo or Lawyer Park Joon Ha (you need to be more active, Joon Ha! Make Ma Roo jealous!), which will transform her into a new character. She’ll also gain the bluntness and confidence to go against Jae Hee and Lawyer Ahn. As I mentioned in the beginning of the paragraph, I’m curious how she’s going to interact with Jae Hee. Will Eun Gi think of “Jae Hee” as the bad person she should try to defeat? Or will she act differently towards Jae Hee, maybe bringing out more of Jae Hee’s kindness that we never see?

Either way, I’m ready for the roller coaster. I think. Or can we just send Jae Hee and Lawyer Ahn to Siberia and have the photos below be reality for Eun Gi and Ma Roo?