Mary Stayed Out All Night, EPs 1-2

[emothy]

- Mary Stayed Out All Night, Episode 1: We open onto the scene of a wedding, which doesn't get very far before it turns freakish, set in a graveyard, and all the guests look zombiefied. It gives me the impression of a film rather than a drama, I wonder how much money was spent on this. It is full of young, hot stars!

Okay she's too skinny, for some reason her hair isn't flattering, but she already reminds me a little of Eun Chan, which is never a bad thing XD

Now come on, if the repo guys are taking everything and you've hidden some stuff at least make some of it decent! ...Why do girls in dramas eat like pigs? XD

HI HOTTIE. Your hair isn't long enough but I'll make do. And they're exploiting your fluency in Japanese <3 But you sound hot in every language.

Dead-beat dad. You know, it may be fun to put into dramas, but it's pretty damn sad in reality. And the kids are always girls, and they're always prepared to forgive and support their dad even though there's no reason to.

Oh thank God they weren't taken in by that. Let your stupid dad get caught, if he stops draining money and getting all your things repossessed you might have a half-way decent life! Although I've no clue yet what she does for a living.

...What's the point in making money if you then spend it? If they were real friends surely they'd say "you know what, this one is on us this time, you can treat when you're back on your feet." Am I expecting too much from people? And that hair is a wig, it wasn't earlier, it was shorter and tied back. It's awful, like straw.

Here comes other hottie, who I don't actually find attractive so much as adore his hair. When he was in You're Beautiful I wasn't interested.

Hahaha she just hit him with her car, how does someone get knocked down by a car creeping along with no idea where it's going? XD He's FINE, you barely touched him, what a wuss. Oh no, angels are singing. Awww he scraped his knuckles on the hard ground. NOW her friends get out of the car, once he's gone. They're right idiots. SHUT UP SQUEALING. Right, I hope we never see those so-called friends again. I'd rather put up with boys with lovely deep voices.

...There is no point looking in a crowd for someone. Oh except she's already seen him onstage. Oh man, is she taking a picture so she can say, "he wasn't hurt, he went and performed a gig!" because that's smart and sly of her, I like it XD

Okay, so Mae-Ri has never been to a gig before, right? She is standing with all the fangirls hanging around after a show by his dressing room waiting to harrass him and thinks she's going to get a turn? AHAHAHA OMG THE HUGS, HIS FACE IS SO BORED AND YET THERE'S THIS SMUG SMIRK. Okay I like the smirk.

Ahahaha she's following him because he's such a despicable looking character who makes girls cry and screech.

...Why does he have a contract when he plays little clubs in town? I sense the minor character women in this are going to piss me off. They're all silly and screechy and whiny. Please, Mae-Ri, be better than that. lol, yes, get his name. AHAHAHA. *HE* CAN'T DO THAT? Girl, you were just trying to write a waiver with his name signed below it already! XD

Oh man, keep going Mae-Ri. Get him drunk and he'll sign the thing and you can sneak away. No matter that you're both behaving like you're on a first date. He does not do drunk well. She overdoes it a little. OMG HIS DRUNKEN SMILE IS ADORABLE. "LOOK I HAVE CABBAGE BOUQUET FOR YOU!"

Wow he's very touchy-feely. And much better cute than stand-offish. I kind of hope he gets drunk a lot. Oh dear, she's in love, he kissed her scar. And that's no euphemism!

Awww the lettuce/cabbage bouquet is all shrivelled in the morning.

AHAHAHA, it's like magic! Say "You're clean, you're very clean!" to the clothes you wore out last night and slept in, and have to rush off out in and everything will be fine! I love it.

Oh God, her hair. And she just got fired from her cleaning job.

Oh God, the long hair. I'm so won over. I love how nobody's eyeliner washes off in the bath or shower in TV land. Yes, there is waterproof make-up but honestly, if you don't at least attempt to wash it off how else will it come off? Why the hell am I complaining, it's EYELINER.

LOL. AHAHAHA YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STREET-SMART, MAE-RI. Guilt causes you to sit treating him little a lord while you soothe his hurt back, hehehe. Stupid car accident.

Forget the plot, I think I could just sit and watch Mae-Ri make faces when she's irritated, and Mu-Gyul make faces when he's drunk.

I can't think of the equivelent here but eating Ramen is like the quintessential boy-thing to do in both Japan and Korea it seems. No plate, straight out of the pot, slurp-slurp-slurp.

...Clearly he knows these things because YOU TALK ON THE PHONE TOO LOUDLY.

Wow, his band seem like a bunch of losers XD LOL Mu-Gyul is the hearthrob, no fans seem to care about the others.

...Hot Waffle Guy with no name in this drama yet is uhm... Almost stepping into Domyouji hair territory. And I mean the Korean version. Oh, so sad. He had to choose a girl from nothing but pictures. Which might appeal on the surface but tells you nothing about a person. He seems very chilled about this, I wonder if he's so accepting beause he doesn't plan to actually go through with it? Who knows just yet. He's been away from Korea for twenty years, growing up in Japan. Aha, casting for his drama, yes he's more concerned with that than this marriage thing. Meaningful long stare at one of the actresses in the list.

Good God what is she wearing, she looks like an old-fashioned schoolgirl. No twenty-four year old should be wearing that! She wasn't lying about her mother's memorial day. And Hot Waffle Guy's Dad was at the cemetery too, so are we going to have surprise incest at some point?

LOL HE'S DRUNK AGAIN. DOPEY SMILE.

Just because her dad rings the bell why would you assume they live together? if they lived together he'd have KEYS. I don't think he lives anywhere, I think he's an idiot who flits about. And I really thought these two were going to get together but he's all "you're like a sister", pah.

EHEHEHE DRUNKEN SMILE RIGHT AT THE END. TWIT.



- Mary Stayed Out all Night, Episode 2: Oh man, you're going to annoy me. YOU'RE the deadbeat dad, and probably know nothing about your own daughter, she supports you even though you're an idiot, and typical man, typical DAD, willing to assume the worst about his own daughter right away. "I don't want to live like this anymore" (so I'm going to use YOU to pay off my debts!).

And I'm sorry, if this guy wasn't in love with her mother I don't know what it is, but marrying off your son to the daughter of the woman you loved because she looks exactly like her is kind of creepy and scary. I will be waiting to see what happens!

"Mae-Ri has grown up beautifully, she's a fine choice for a wife." WHAT? Because she's beautiful? Although her own father's idea; "because he's rich he'll be reliable", isn't much better. Maybe they will get along, but that's kind of beside the point. Are all (single) parents so dumb?

Jung-In. I can't keep calling him Hot Waffle Guy, this isn't Coffee Prince. Jung-in wants to meet that actress who was at Mu-Gyul's gig for his drama. Oh love-square, you're falling into place already. I suppose you have to give it to Korean dramas, they're so set on having a lead male, lead female, second male and second female most of the time that they have to make it a love-square instead of triangle. It's like equal rights for girls! Though it's never really a question of who is going to end up with who. Mostly it's whether the second leads will or the drama writers just won't bother.

Dad is setting her up and not even telling her about it. It's just "come to this place and do what I suggest on the phone," (because he obviously knows so much about impressing successful young men, since he's one of them, PAH).

Aww the Drama is called Wonderful Day, of course it makes me think of Prince Of Tennis.

OH MAE-RI. She had her father's underwear to bring to him and it just got knocked all over the floor in front of everyone, oh HONEY. Things like that aren't supposed to happen to drama heroines, right? :(

Awww, mistaken for a teenager. Well, if you'd just stop putting your hair in bunches all the time...

Oh, you. You're channeling Bae Yong Jun in Legend, I swear. All hot and sophisticated and rich(/royalty) and soft-spoken. I WANT HIM ALREADY, bastard. Oh he's very cool, even though he likes her XD Now that relationship I could probably follow, although they are making her a bit over the top with the brashness, but you could palm that off as trying to intimidate people into leaving her alone.

...Her mother has been dead for twenty years. Okay and that's when whatshisface and Jung-In went to Japan, I suppose that makes sense. But they made it sound like Mae-Ri's mother hadn't died too long ago, a year or a few, and her dad had quickly managed to lose everything they had. Apparently not.

How could Mu-Gyul leave his guitar case stuffed with clothes? He had it on his back with his guitar in it when Mae-Ri shoved him out... Although he could have been back since then, that makes sense.

Why is everyone only interested in Mu-Gyul as a soloist? He couldn't play without his band backing him ;) I know they all seem to be lame, but are we supposed to believe there's this star-quality in Mu-Gyul that is shouting to the professionals to make him go it alone? Is he a perfect musician? Pah surely TV must realise by now people don't need to be perfect at everything.

Aww but he's cute and loyal to his friends. Sweet. LOL they're teasing them, why get embarrassed, you didn't sleep together! Oh god, leopard print top. STOP MAKING FUN OF HER, HUG HER YOU DOPE.

Ahaha his friends approve of her, drunkenly. And her friends are so stupid. But hot enough for the guys... Except they only like Mu-Gyul. He sure has good friends. Ahaha I spoke too soon, one of them is pissed off about being snubbed. And everyone is gone, leaving Mae-Ri and Mu-Gyul! AHAHAHA I LOVE HIM DRUNK. Not the stumbling and grabbing at her stuff he did at first that was stupid, the silly giggliness and childish jokes.

THEY ARE BARKING AND MEOWING AT EACH OTHER. Oh God, why didn't you kiss?! And why are they running, they were sat on the steps, not involved in the fight at all!

...There's always some punks who bump into you on purpose to start a fight. And I still don't get why people say long hair is girly; it's another thing that's older than time. Men used to wear their hair long as a sign of virilty I'm sure. And girls have theirs cut super-short all the time now, AND it's still patently obvious that he, and everyone else who gets it said to them, IS A MAN. It's just a drama, I know. It just pisses me off.

Curious, why did that phrase set him off? He was so chilled and prepared to walk away. She's just asked him the same thing. AHAHAHA MAE-RI. Oh God I almost expected him to faint when he saw the blood XD

Okay, I can't recall any others now, but it's the little things Mu-Gyul does; like her phone is ringing, and he's carrying her bag (awww already), and he just pulls it out and hands it to her, no questions asked, no mucking about like he might usually when drunk, trying to answer it or something. He's chilled, he respects boundaries. And so cute.

Ahaha, "If my dad like this guy so much he should marry him." Can't we just squish Jung-In and Mu-Gyul together, please if we're talking slash? :D

WHY IS HER FAKE WEDDING DRESS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL'S PARTY DRESS?! I can't believe she actually told her dad she got married XD And everyone went along with it, what friends. Aww I think they've set up some of their friends. LOL why do they think they'll never see each other again? They make cute friends!

WHY IS SHE WEARING A DEAD MUPPET? God, what is with the women and their clothing in this drama? "Marriage doesn't suit you though,". I agree. You have that look of someone very refined who is utterly wild inside and you deserve a lot of sex with beautiful (wo)men, lots of fun and spending your hard-earned profits.

...How do you *prove* someone registered a document against your will? I mean, what more can you do than say "I DIDN'T WANT THIS!". Even if you can find CCTV that proves you weren't present surely someone could just say they'd done it on your behalf?

God, they don't even know they've met yet and they're married by law just because of a piece of paper. How sad.

"Marriage is the most important aspect of a girl's life." Is it really? What would you know, you MAN? And she's not a girl, she's twenty four, she's a bloody woman and she's perfectly independent. But we follow this up with the '100 days' rule anyway. In 100 days they'll both surely know whether they want to stay married! ...Even though they still haven't met yet!

Oh, boy, don't leave her so coldly. THAT'S BETTER. BE CUTE. I love that he saw the marriage registration and didn't run away, he asked for an explanation. See, they say they'll never see each other again but they honestly care about one another, even as friends.

Oh, here we go. Twenty-four and never dated properly. So never slept with anyone before, either? Why is it virgin or slut, why is there no middle ground?

LOL. Following him and making herself look a right mess. I don't get why she doesn't just pretend to put up with Jung-Infor the 100 days and then break it off. Just on principle?

AWWW, no words necessary, he's just there for her. Here comes the piggyback ride that must happen in every drama!

Not a real girl/not a real boy! I've experienced that XD Aww she surprises him. He warned her not to fall in love with him, but I think he's going to fall for her fiiiirst XD As for this schedule thing, I want to laugh. Scheduling the two men, and yet she has to be home at 10pm? Some marriages XD

Time to meet Jung-In! ...She's overwhelmed by the richness. I kind of wonder if she'll find something to like about Jung-In, and that Mu-Gyul will have to actually pull his finger out and fight for her in the end. I'd find it satisfying if he were to have to admit it and do the chasing the way things are right now.

SHE'S WATCHING HIS TV WHILE HE'S OUT XD Who just walks in and does that?! Oh man, she's fallen asleep. LOL HE JUST WALKS AWAY. He's so cool... She's so not, she just fell off the sofa! So cute being polite... until she looks up XD

OH SHIT YES. PREVIEWS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE; JUNG-IN AND MU-GYUL MEET AND POSSIBLY GET DRUNK! I NEED YOU NOW!


[Credit for all Mary Stayed Out All Night screencaps goes to sparrowxx]