Rooftop Room Cat

Rooftop Room Cat is my new favorite show. It airs on AZN Television Tuesday-Thursday nights @ 8pm, EST. You can also buy the DVD here for $70. It's well worth the money. For those of y'all that might have missed it this week (or are curiously interested) here's a brief public service synopsis:

Jeong Eun (the cute girl on the left) lives in a rooftop apartment. She has an arrangement with Kyung Min (the cute boy on the right) which allows him to stay with her until he passes his bar exams. Jeong Eun and Kyung Min are each trapped in love triangles, as Jeong Eun has feelings for Kyung Min, who has feelings for Hye Ryun, who is an icy cold b-i-t-c-h. Jeong Eun's boss, Deong Jun, has feelings for Jeong Eun. Jeong Eun's parents don't like Kyung Min, Kyung Min's grandparents don't like Jeong Eun, and Hye Ryun hates everyone, but mostly Jeong Eun.

This week: Kyung Min passed his bar exam (Hye Ryun failed hers, HA!ha!) and pretty much realizes he loves Jeong Eun. He breaks up with Hye Ryun, who deceives Jeong Eun into thinking that they are still a thing. Jeong Eun becomes upset and attempts to kick Kyung Min out of the rooftop. Kyung Min won't give up and proposes to Jeong Eun, who refuses him. They get into yet another argument, and she ends up packing a few things and leaves. Deong Jun meets up with Jeong Eun, and lets her stay at his place for the night. In the morning, he calls Kyung Min to let him know she's ok, and that she'll be home soon. Kyung Min goes to Deong Jun's (with Hye Ryun in tow), fights with Jeong Eun, fights with her again when she gets back to the rooftop and stops short of calling her a slut (evil Hye Ryun's doing). Jeong Eun leaves and agrees to take the promotion that Deong Jun offered, which requires her to go to England for a long time. Kyung Min realizes how stupid he is and attempts to make up with Jeong Eun, but she has made up her mind to go. Then there's the whole airport scene where Kyung Min goes to try to stop Jeong Eun from leaving, only he doesn't make it. It was pretty intense. A year passes and Kyung Min is a prosecutor and Jeong Eun returns from England. She goes to the rooftop to reminisce, not realizing that Kyung Min lives there still. As she begins to leave, Kyung Min walks up to the rooftop. They exchange their "how's it going, oh really? great." and you're led to believe that's it. Then Kyung Min says something stupid, which pisses off Jeong Eun, so she starts to chase him around the rooftop. The camera pans out, and you see him pick her up and they finally embrace. *sigh*

Usually, the episodes are really funny. The actors that play Jeong Eun and Kyung Min are really great comedy and drama actors. Tonight's episode was especially intense, so there were only two funny parts. What I love about this show is that it's not like all the bullshit American t.v. shows that revolve around characters whose biggest problems are they can't get a freakin' appointment at the latest spa. The characters in Rooftop Room Cats are real and can be easily related to, even though they do the dumbest apeshit stuff ever. It's also great because my mom watches it, so we have something fun to talk about. It's funny, but I never thought about my mom and her Korean; she's been here for over thirty years, so the Korean she speaks is super old school. She likes the show because she says the way they talk is "more fun." Yay mom!

I need to go to bed now and prepare for my one - two root canals I have planned in the morning. Shitty.