East of Eden - Eps. 31

Just as I feared that East of Eden is going downhill, drama leap back from the stumble. After a 5 year time lapse, Dong Chol is now combing his hair back and is a business owner but still works for weird baddie (doing errands or whatever WB wants him to do) He is just so cool and good hearted.

Grace has married Mike but Mike is having problems since he fights for being the sole heir of Steve Packer when there is a second elder brother who has ample triad backing. Mike only wants this because Weird Baddie puts him up to it. And Grace knows. Grace still loves Dong Chol and he loves her back but they cannot be together. Also Grace was mentally ill and had to be hospitalised 5 years back, only to be saved by her love to Dong Chol. But she and WB now understood that Mike doesn't have the skills nor drive to be an emperor (as subtitles say) so Grace said to her father that she will succeed his empire and she should let Dong Chol do his own thing. Taesung Electronics is up for sale (since Crazy Nurse initiated her revenge plan) and Grace wants Dong Chol to have it.

Meanwhile Weird Baddie finally understood that his daughter's heart will not change and now tries to matchmake Dong Chol with Lee Dae Hee (Hye Rin in the drama). I don't like Dae Hee's character and I don't like her acting in this. So I'm very unhappy with how the things are approaching since Dae Hee was dumped by Dong Wook and she dumped her fiance. I just cannot feel any sympathy towards her. Dong Chol deserves better.

Dong Wook on the other hand is showing his true colours. He is now a rookie but big shot prosecutor and he even pulled Shin Tae Hwan for questioning and acted like a jerk (Dong Chol on the other hand treated Evil Baddie with respect even when he had him in his hands) but Evil Baddie Shin is not going to go down yet.

Crazy Nurse activated her revenge plan by outing herself and demanding payment at the same time. I actually felt good when I saw Evil Baddie's face after he realised what has happened. It only lasted half a minute or so but I think I even laughed out loud. But of course the real revenge will come out when she announces how she switched the babies. That plan is flawed on so many levels but I feel sorry for Dong Chol and Lee Mi Sok since they didn't do anybody any harm. Well Lee Mi Sok did second hand harm to Ji Hyun but I don't think she deserves this sort of payback. Especially now that she is treating Dong Chol really well.

Of course as evident from this post, I'm head over heels in love with Dong Chol now.