Ok, that’s it! I give up! I’m not going to add any daily dramas into my watch list. Do you know how hard it is to wait for a subbed drama to show up on your screen? Very hard! Like Only Love, I’m watching Cheongdamdong Scandal raw too. And who else I would be watching it other than Bel, right? I think we might as well move in together! We keep screaming and tweeting to why aren’t people subbing this fabulous drama? People! Please focus! Cheongdamdong Scandal is THE best daily drama ever made!!! No really, you heard me! I’m not joking! Only Love‘s momentum has died down a bit but CS keeps speeding at 100mph. You should be on board on this train coz the things these writers wrote to make this drama interesting is unbelievable! When you thought you figure it out the problem, OR when you thought the writers are going to take you into the usual familiar plot, think again! These writers are not hiding anything! You want fire? They give you fire! You want earthquakes? They give you a nearly 9.0 scale earthquake. And they don’t hide behind bushes. They’ll give you heaven and hell immediately. Nope, you don’t even hafta wait! Aren’t they the best? Why wait for another week when you can see it all on the next day! Bel and I were worried at one point! We thought if the writers give it all, what would happened next? Geogjeongma, they have it all figured it out for us.
This 100, 30 minute episode SBS drama started back in July 21. The story started pretty rosy. The atmosphere was very rich. Very picture perfect. The characters are well-dressed, living in a lavish lifestyle, well behaved and living rich. I was very impressed and I remember asking myself what could go wrong with this picture? I don’t see it. Well… The writers are extremely generous to their viewers. And then they roll out the craziness one layer at the time. They first introduced us to Hyun Soo and she did what any first daughter-in-law do best! Taking care of business! Her brother-in-law slept with another woman, she walked in and cleaned up the mess and send him home. This reminded me so much of Midas, an underrated 2011 kdrama. So that is our introduction of Kyung Hoo, Hyun Soo’s playboy brother in law even though he looks nerdier than playboy-ish. Later, we get to know how Hyun Soo and her husband Soo Hoo have been dying to start a family but continue to fail after numerous attempt. Now, these are the beginning of the disaster that what to come next. It turns out, Kyung Hoo’s source of sleeping around was because he doesn’t love his wife, Jae Ni. Obviously, he had an arranged marriage. Hyun Soo and Soo Hoo though are very much in love, and their marriage are based on love. So we now see two distinctive couple under one roof. And then there is a mother in law, Kang Bok Hee. I was extremely shocked when I first get to know her. She seems unreal! She is the holiest mother in law I have ever seen. Period. It was hard to believe that she later is the source of what the whole scandal is about!
The first craziness started when mother in law despise Jae Ni. Due to her family background, Jae Ni and Bok Hee always butt head and it left Jae Ni feeling envy and bitter with her, and envy towards Hyun Soo because she’s loved by the family. While this is going on, Jae Ni became pregnant through artificial insemination. Of course right, Kyung Hoo doesn’t love her, so why should he make babies with her? Hyung Soo envied Jae Ni’s pregnancy and she became a little upset, jealous and a little depressed. But behind all this, she later found out that she’s being fed birth control in her daily vitamin which supposed to help her pregnant! Guess who did it? YES, her beloved mother in law! Imagine the look on her face when she found out! And imagine that Hyun Soo did not sit still like any other character in kdrama, she confronted her mother in law right away! Yeah, my jaw was on the floor when she did it! I thought she would just going to secretly revenge but confronting her beloved mother in law is something I don’t predict! Wow! Now, let’s go back to Kang Bok Hee. Let’s step in on her side of life. Why did she do it? First, Hyun Soo is not her choice and it means Soo Hoo is defying her wish for the first daughter in law. Bok Hee loves Soo Hoo so much but angry at his chosen wife. In order to separate them, she did the unthinkable by offering vitamins that include birth control to his wife. Why? So she can use this as an excuse later that his wife fail to bear him a lineage. Heh, what a smart idea I must say! Jae Ni is the wife of choice but by marrying her, Kyung Hoo had to leave his on love. As a good son he is, he went on with the marriage but continue to see someone else. Bok Hee approves this marriage but dislikes Jae Ni but insisting of getting this marriage work, she did not include any birth control in her daily vitamin dose. There you have it kids… This is the start of the scandal that will escalate to even bigger!
So what is next? Well, not to get you excited too early but Hyun Soo left the house after she found out what her mother in law did. Kyung Hoo ended up dead. Yes, I know. We were shocked too! Jae Ni left the home after his passing and Hyun Soo despised his mom after what she did to Hyun Soo. Yeah, scandalous! There is 16 episodes left and what can you expect? Birth secret, stalker (yeah, you heard me!), love interest, love triangle, revenge and jealousy. Oooh oooh and not forgetting more lies. Bel wrote a fabulous mid point review on her blog and you can click here for more details. As much as we are dying to know how this show is going to end, we still couldn’t figure out how the writers will wrap Cheongdamdong Scandal. My biggest hunch, as I shared with Bel, that Hyun Soo will walk out of this scandal as a free woman, no strings attached. Would you agree with me? If you are as curious as I am, let’s find out together. Hopefully, SBS will re-released Cheongdamdong Scandal next year fully subbed. It’s a shame if you don’t get to watch this as this is one of the best daily drama I have seen in years!
And when December comes, we will be lying when we say we won’t add any more dailies! HAHA!!
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I believe we already have! With Stormy Women!
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May i know what is the ending for cheongdamdong scandal? Is Hyun Su end up with Suho or Seo jun or neiter? Please tell me, I’m dying to know..I love seeing her with Seo jun although I like her husband too..haha
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Hey Dani, isn’t Cheongdamdong Scandal awesome? But you really wanna know who she ends up with? Please send me your email because I don’t want to ruin the party for other readers ^^
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Oh My Gosh, I really can’t get over with this drama..and i’m only on ep.22, I watch it on TV so waiting for 2 days (weekends) just unbearable..haha. I think this is the first drama that I ship the heroine with the two lead actors so much, so I really want to know who she ends up with, hope you don’t mind telling me ^_^ Sure, but should I write my email here?
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OK… here is the spoiler, avoid this comment if you do not wanna know!!!
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She end up with no one 🙂 but with a good reason! You’ll see 🙂
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Ommo..ommo…ommo…really? Hehe…then what happened to both Suho and Seo Jun? Did they get married? Actually I watched the least episode for a bit second but in raw so I didn’t understand anything..hehe…I see that Seo Jun still keep in touch with Hyun Su. Seo Jun not ends up with Juna right? Coz I don’t like her..haha ^o^
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Not an inch with that bratty girl lol. She was painful to deal with. Both men, at least as far I know, remained single as well 🙂
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Yeay ^_^ Thank You for sharing the ending part with me 🙂 Although I like the ending…but I wish if only she had a twin and both can marry Seo Jun and Suho…haha..I ship Hyun Su with both guys…eottoke…hehe >_<
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So did I! I especially wanted her going back to her husband because they both were in love. But damn controlling MiL thought… Urgh.
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So true…I really pity her husband, he loves her so much but because of his mother, their marriage ruined. I like Seo Jun too because he has that sweet face ^_^ Love both actors and the actress 🙂
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Seo Jun is sweet but he’s not aggressive enough and hence, he’s the kind of guy who will be left at the altar. She basically needs a man that has quality of both men. But to be honest, I’d rather have her starts her life fresh with a new man. But yes, love them all. I am missing CS terribly coz none of the daily kdramas are as good as it.
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i also want to know about the last ep.. i think i cant watch it as im still student.. i didnt get enough time to watch it but i really want to know about the last episode..
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What would you like to know, dear? 🙂
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last episode.. its seo jun together with hyun su
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Nope. She didn’t hook up with anyone.
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please someome lemme me know who will hyun soo ended up with! I hope she’ll be with suho >.< please reply! im dyingT_T
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Neey, are you that desperate? You really wanna be spoiled? *giggles* She ended up with no one but you will understand it why she chose this path :).
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can i know what will happen to both kyunhg ho and jae ni ,
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Are you ready for it…? Kyung Ho passed away and Jae Ni actually left the house after his passing but came back and team up with Hyun So to take their mother in law down.Sorry… It was unexpected death but at least it wasn’t as bad as my current daily drama I’m watching, Apgujeong Midnight Sun.
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oh , how can it be , 😥 . why kyung ho passed away ? is he sick or anything ?
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Car accident. 😦
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oh so sad, 😥 . on that time , did he know that jae ni really loves him ?
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Eventually he did. It was a quick turnaround on his part. But yeah, it was truly sad but not bad and not as shocking.
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can you tell me where do you watch it ? i want to watch it but i don’t know where, please ><
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My good friend downloaded the episode daily and I saw it via her library. She got it from torrents.
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Hi Liana, I found a link where you can watch it now. http://www.maplestage.com/drama/%E6%B8%85%E6%BD%AD%E6%B4%9E%E9%86%9C%E8%81%9E/. Hope it works!
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Ommoooo. Too many plot twist I guess. I am currently waiting for ep 53. but knowing that the total episodes was 120, I barely cannot wait until the end. I finally found your blog to read about this drama. Haha! Thanks to you I managed to read all the comments and replies from you. I never get so attached to k-drama before this. but this one is really different! Thank you once again. =)
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Hi Hani, you’re welcome! And yes, this is my first time ever to see a much better and one of the best daily Kdramas ever in my watch history. I still crave Cheongdamdong Scandal. ^^
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Hi, may i know what happen to hyun so mother in law at the end? Excuse my poor english.♡♡
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where can i watch this dramas? please help me. I can’t wait to watch it….
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Hmm could you torrent it? My friend and I watched it live. I’m sorry I am not that helpful 😦
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Hello, please try this link: http://www.maplestage.com/drama/%E6%B8%85%E6%BD%AD%E6%B4%9E%E9%86%9C%E8%81%9E/
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Hello ^^. Can you pelase tell me where can i watch cheongdamdong scandal raw ver? Because i alrd watched it until episode 80 at One TV, but i can’t wait for next episode at TV anymore. >.< thanks before ^^
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Hey Chella, please try this link: http://www.maplestage.com/drama/%E6%B8%85%E6%BD%AD%E6%B4%9E%E9%86%9C%E8%81%9E/. I hope it works for you.
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hi do you know a website where i can watch all the episodes? subbed please!
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Hello, I’m afraid I do not know. Where are you located? I know it is showing fully subbed in south east asia region SBS TV channel (mainly Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Phillipines).
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where can i download the english substitle for this movie? 🙂
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I’m sorry, Edward. I do not know any sites that are with subbed. Sorry.
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hi……CS ending but in my mind still think of jenny with her new guy and also bok hee in prison. mis missienelly so pleasure. hopefully u also watching The Womens room
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Hi Nora, I wanted to watch The Women’s Room but my busy schedule does not permit me 😦 My last daily drama was Apgujeong Midnight Sun.
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i guarantee u will love the womens room once u watching. try too put ur schedule behind sometimes 🙂
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XD you want me to get fired? 😜 Thanks for your encouragement. I’ll consider it heavily!
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not meant like dats:-) bcoz i was falling in love with chef jin…oohhh
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I cannot find this drama with English sub
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It wasn’t subbed when I was watching it 😦 I saw it raw. And discussed it on Soompi.
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agreed with u but must know atleast a few early episode to know the character and then u will know what going on by ur imagination. otherwise u read the synopsis. enjoy
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su might be in youtube can but in my country this drama cannot allowed to watched so i copy paste the korean subtitles and try to Google fortunetly i found all episodes
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Hi there! I chanced upon your blog and would like to check with you where can I watch the show online?
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Oh dear I really don’t know now. It was difficult even when I was watching it two years ago. Have you tried the SBS website?
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http://www.tv543.com/kr/cheongdamdong-scandal/ep78.php i hope it help you guys 🙂 i had a hard time finding it also.
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Thank you! How are you liking it? I should give it a watch again! I saw it raw.
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