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Hyeyeong paid a visit and meet Jungwhan's parents at their house.Mrs. Oh was shocked to see her while Mr. Cha was delighted to have finally met her.  Even Chico, their pet dog was delighted to see Hyeyeong as the dog immediately approached her.  Hyeyeong in turn cuddles and caress the dog which Mr. Cha was happy to see that she too was a dog lover and tol them Chico has been mentioned several times to her by Jungwhan as the Park Bogum of the dog world.  Hyeyeong brought them gifts, golf clubs for Mr. Cha and a cake  baked in organic flour and butter from a French master patisserie that Ms. Oh like.  Hyeyeong expressed her appreciation for Ms. Oh's apology for  what she said to her 8 years ago.  She also took the opportunity to ask apology in return for the argument they had about the illegal  building extension which Ms. Oh considered a threat.

As part of their plan to persuade their parents in giving their consent for their marriage, Jungwhan will likewise visit Hyeyeong big family of 12 members.  She told him to brace himself for he might end completely drained with all their questioning. She suggested buying a bunch or box and never just a basket if he wants to bring them food.  Jungwhan kidded buying a whole animal instead of just meat.  True enough, Jungwhan struggled with boxes of goods climbing up the stairs of Hyeyeoung's house.  And so he asked permission from them to let him marry Hyeyeong. He also told them how he will make Hyeyeong happy and mention the agreement both he and Hyeyeong forged.

Hansu invited him to dinner to meet the rest of the family.  The family members grilled him in hot seat as they took turns asking questions to him.  As a result due to the combined stress, fatigue and nervousness, he suffered a cramp that made him almost kick Kim Mal-boon, the eldest member of the family and grandmother to the children.  Exhausted from the pressures brought up by the Byeon family, Jungwhan  was not able to go home that night and stayed in the Byeon's house.  He shared sleeping in Junghui's rooftop room.

Junghui's shoot for the day went well with some kind of distractions observing Miyeong's frequent glancing on her phone.  Jealous it  could be some admirer of Miyeong, he later found out it was Junyeong she was trying to pacify over the phone due to the tension he was experiencing due to the coming out results of the civil works exam.

Yeonshik and Bomi has been hired as service crew to the newly opened pizza shop at the ground floor of their house.  Minha visited them one day while working in the shop and got a pizza treat from his parents when he presented very good grades on his school report card.  After Minha left, the couple discussed their financial problem on how to get Minha a good school fitting for his excellent school performances.

Lunchtime at the office, Yuju's officemates tried to sneak out to eat sushi without her since raw fish is not good for pregnant women like her.

Rayeong and Cheolsu prepared for their first date together.  Rayeong thought Cheolsu might be wearing his usual training outfit so she looked over her closet for a matching sports wear.  But to her amazement, Cheol-su showed up wearing a formal wear for their date.  Cheol-su brought Rayeong to a fine dining restaurant after watching a concert.  Looking at the menu with expensive prices, Rayeong later urged Cheol-su to get out of the restaurant and brought him to a nearby park for some talks.  Cheol-su told Rayeong that he's constantly checking with his twin brother Yeonghui what to do.  he told her he was uneasy since its his first time to go on a date.  Rayeong couldn't help it but just understand her boyfriend even though she felt humiliated wearing a sports outfit to a formal date on a fine dining restaurant.  She urged her not to anymore waste money since they cannot afford expensive dates at that time with their meager income.

Miyeong dressed up to attend the retirement ceremony of her high school coach with Jin Seonjun.  reporters posted pictures of Miyeong with Jin Seonjun on tabloids making the family worried about Miyeong's safety and reputation.  Junheong was furious aboutthe article and the photo posted  without permission and the mean comments of Seonjun's fans.  Juinhui complained to his agency manager, Mr. Kang about taking off  the article to protect Miyeong.  Mr. Kang puzzled by Junghui's concern over Miyeong, he suspected Junghui have feelings for her.

Junghui met Miyeong at the building lobby alghting from Seongjun's car.  He commanded Miyeong to get in his car and left the building and go home.  On the way home, Miyeong tried to reason with Junghui telling he wont be affected by the report since its her and Seongjun.  But she later apologized for making him worry.

Junyeong was waiting for them so worried over Miyeong.  But Miyeong was delighted having two protective brothers.  Junhui fires on with Seongjun on why does an innocent person like Miyeong need to be hurt because of his failure to protect her from the reporters.  

After excruciating thoughts about her soon-to-be daughter in law, Ms. Oh finally consented and told
Jungwhan  about it.  Ecstatic by his mom's approval, Jungwhan immediately called over Hyeyeong to come over to their house.

Jungwhan's mother consent comes with a condition that they will not rent an apartment but instead lived in their house.  With both parties accorded their consent to the marriage, Jungwhan and Hyeyeong set up a dinner in a fine dining restaurant both their parents all dressed in formal attire.

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Mrs. Oh, Jungwhan's mom refused to let Hyeyoung be her daughter in law and prefer someone who was rich and a socialite like herself.  She even refused to apologize and acknowledge that Jungwhan was home because of her effort to find him. She told Jungwhan that Hyeyoung need to apologize to her because she glared and threatened her about the illegal extension that obstructed thei right of way when Mrs. Oh made renovations of her cafe on the building where the Byeon's live.  She also found Hyeong indescent and of low morals since she agreed living-in with Jungwhan in his apartment.

But Jungwhan was firm on marrying Hyeyoung despite his mother's strong objection and threatened to leave their house again.  Jungwhan fetched Hyeyoung from her parent's house.  Th Byeong's also did a careful discussion about Hyeyeong getting married. The two continued discussing and finalizing their marriage internship aggreement.

Junghui advised Miyeong to wear sunscreen after treating her freckles by a dermatologist clinic Junghui has been frequenting.  She even paid for her treatment and bought maintenance medications so that her freckles will not reappear.  Doubting Junghui's extra attention to herMiyeong ask about it but Junghui reasoned its his way to give perks to his managers and that she was not just a manager to him but his little sister.

Rayeong, agreed to be Cheol-su's girlfriend andd lay terms on both their do's and dont's as part of their relationship.  But Rayeong decided not to tell her friends yet abour their relationship in order not to risk Cheol-su's real identity at work.

One day, Junghui and Hansu decided to play Catch as part of their father and son bonding.  But Junghui agreed to play it so he can satisfy some sort of revenge against his dad making him suffer trying to catch the ball he deliberately thrown far off the field.

junyeong tried working hard labor so hard so he can add up saving money to contribute to the family's rent and  now that he was a family man himself. When his mom ask his opinion about Hyeyeong living-in with Jungwhan, all he can say was that Hyeyeong was smart enough to handle what she has gone into.

Kim Yuju felt constrained over her work when her officemates tried to limit her work assignments to give way for her pregnancy. She voiced out her frustrations on her work to Junyeong everytime she goes home from the office. Miyeong have witnessed and knew what Yuju has been going through but cant do nothing about it.

Mrs. Oh witnessed Jungwhan's devotion to Hyeyeong when she saw them together in the car while Jungwhan drop his girlfriend home.  Again, Hyeyeong stood up on her decision to continue living-in with Jungwhan without a binding marriage contract. Since she believe that marriage is actually the union of two families and that she don't want to regret  it later.

Jungwhan still  tried to convince his mother but the latter remained stiff and against him marrying Hyeyeong.  Jungwhan sternly reminded his mom that with or without her blessing he will proceed marrying Hyeyeong.  He tried asking helpfrom his dad on how to convince his  mom  but his dad was resigned to the idea that he must try to figure out himself.

Junghui's experience of living with his family helped him a lot to act his roles in the drama series that earned to be more popular during its airing.  Even Miyeong was mesmerized with his acting skills.

But Jin Seonjun seems to like Miyeong a lot that the two exchanged calls and texts often.  Jealous, Junghui forewarned her that Seongjun was a known playboy.  He gets jealous even more when the director requested Miyeong to double the  role of the lead actress embracing Seonjun in the act.

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Hyeyeong discovered the fake cast on her mother-in-law's arm when she reviewed the surveillance camera outside the gate of Jungwhan's parents house while she was investigating an issue of who accidentally dented her  mother-in-law's car.  The scenes captured how her mother-in-law pulled off the cast in her arm revealing her arm was okay and the cast a fake one.

They all watched in awe about Oh Byeok-nyeo's complete act.  Jungwhan's father felt so ashamed and almost melted in front of Hyeyeong.  Both father and son condemned the shameful act Oh Byeok-nyeo have committed as they order her to show remorse and apologize immediately.
The struggles being undergone by the newlywed couple Jungwhan and Hyeyeong led them to conclude that the one-year trial marriage they initially agreed might come sooner than they expect.

Hyeyeong found herself running up the stairs into their bedroom as  Jungwhan followed her.  Cha Kyoo-taek told his wife, he does not want to live with her anymore.  Their marriage of 38 years was  all a mess and demanded to immediately end it.  He pronounced that he's now a graduate of their union and go back to being strangers.

Upstairs, Jungwhan and Hyeyeong tried to sort things out. But Jungwhan begged forgiveness to Hyeyeong to appease her anger.

The following morning,  Jungwhan tried to pacify Hyeyeong's anger by cooking breakfast before she goes to work.  But it seems Hyeyeong was almost over the edge to end the marriage internship at that point.

Oh Byeok-nyeo rise up early to catch her daughter in-law before she goes to work.  But, Hyeyeong who have already started her morning with an unpleasant argument with her husband did not try to even greet her mother-in-law as she hurried herself going to work.

Oh Byeok-nyeo despite her faking act was far from apologizing about it and instead demand Hyeyeong to apologize instead since she claimed Hyeyeong have humiliated her in front of her husband and son.

Trying to maintain her composure and restrain herself, Hyeyeong sighed as she uttered 'inner peace' silently and turned around from her mother-in-law and walked away headed for her  work.

Junghui visited his mother in her hotel room.  Embraced her and talk about how things are.  It seems her visit back from the U.S. was about the  circulating rumor about meeting and living with his dad.  She demanded Junghui to let her meet his dad and ask the motive of his dad seeing him, meeting and living with his family.  Junghui defended his dad and his family and assure her mom that he will ask his dad about meeting her.

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Mr. Kang found out that Junghui moved in his dad's house and left his apartment three months ago.  As Juughui's manager, Miyeong also got scolded about the revelation.

Junghui tried to reason out for her but to no avail.  As a consequence, Mr. Kang ruled out that he will assign a new manager to handle Junghui and Miyeong got suspended and required to submit a written report.  She will also go back to the office and await further instructions.

Junghui requested Miyeong to tell the family not to worry including herself as they parted ways.  Jungwhan and Hyeyeong also heard the news about Junghui and Hyeyeong decided to pay visit to the family.

Hyeyeong encountered reporter Kim Gunsu of Mogirazzi peeping outside her dad's snack shop that was temporarily closed in order to avoid reporters.  She warned him about filing cases for breaching their privacy.  Miyeong told her mom and dad not to worry as per Junghui's request and Hyeyeong told them her encounter with the reporter peeping outside the snack shop  and pacify them that the rumors will surely die naturally and no need to be alarmed and just be firmed to say no to them.

Meanwhile in the Cha residence, Oh Byeok-nyeo now wears the 'fake' cast in her arm as her husband tried to bring up to read the book he gave to her about marriage graduation.  But the latter seemed not interested and said to have forgotten and lost the book already. He also reiterated his wife to hand him his allowance.  As they argue about it, Jungwhan arrived and plead to his mother to give dad his allowance which made him instead transfer the amount himself to his dad's account.

Jungwhan  begged his mom to take off her fake cast before she gets humiliated with it once discovered.  But the woman requested on extending her axt a few more days.

The rumors continued to plagued Junghui as reporters camp out of his apartment.  Worried, Hansu tried and discussed the idea of going to Junghui's apartment to check on him with the family.  But Miyeong volunteered instead bringing medicine her dad told her to bring.  However, Junghui told Miyeong to go home instead and that he's fine.

Junghui focused his attention to the box given and ordere by Dr. Hyeonji to fill with the name of the people that he frequently thought about.  The box was now almost filled with folded paper with the word 'Judo' written on them.

One day, his dad sowed up in his apartment, cook breakfast as he let him sleep some more.  They eat breakfast together.  Junghui was delighted about his dad's concern and thank him for that.

Jungwhan and Hyeyeong tried to live like normal newly wed couples despite the constant nagging attention of Jungwhan's mom.

After passing the civil works exam, Junyeong was able to  land a job in a government office and Kim Yuju tried to please her husband by taking time to rest and nurture the baby inside her.

But Kim Juyu's supposedly peaceful days was interrupted when an unwanted visitor tried to harass her.  Her mom tried to nag her for some money as support.  Unknown to KimYuju, the conversation with her mother was witnessed and heard by Miyeong who was sitting near their table.

After that incident with Cheol-su's father, Rayeong tried to do her normal routine spending time with her friends.  One day, she saw Cheol-su approach her in a restaurant but tried avoiding him.  She told Cheol-su the reason why she feels a bit indifferent knowing their social status being the son of a rich entrepreneur.

After the fiasco brought about by the rumors concerning Junhui, Kim Mal-boon whoinitially disdain to like Junghui became so concerned and seemed to pity the actor and his longing for his father.

Hyeyeong go shopping spree with her mother in law who tried to lure her shop in extravagance.  She even introduced Hyeyeong whenever she meet someone she knows and brag that her daughter-in-law was ssome hotshot lawyer. And this delighted and amused  Hyeyeong as she giggles on the sides. She tells the experience to Jungwhan and they both laugh it out.

On the last day of the supposedly agreed day with Jungwhan to take off her fake cast, Oh Byeok-nyeo ordered bulk order of vegetables to be pickled.  Cha Kyoo-taek helped Hyeyeong peeled off huge number of onions for pickling as Oh Byeok-nyeo watched in delight being excused herself from the chore due to her casted arm.  Both wearing goggles to protect their eyes from the teary essence of the bulbs, they look like they were in an underwater scene peeling off onion skins.

To surprise her son, An Sujin arrived at the airport from the U.S.

My Father is Strange Cast & Characters

Cast & Characters:

The Byeon Family:
Byeon  Hansu(Kim Yeong-cheol) - The 60-year old father and head of the Byeon family
Na-Yongshil (Kim Hae-sook)-  Mother and spouse of Byeon Hansu
Junyeong(Min Jin-woong) - the eldest among the children and son of Hansu and Yongshil.
Hyeyeong(Lee Yoo-ri) - the eldest daughter in the family.
Miyeong(Jung So-min ) -  the second eldest daughter in the family
Rayeong(Ryu Hwa-young)  -  the youngest daughter in the family
An Junghui(Lee Joon) -  the long lost and newly added son of Hansu who was actually the son of his best friend and his girlfriend An Sunji.
Kim Juyu(Lee Mi-Do)-  wife of Junyeong and team leader of Art Department in Gabi Entertainment.

The Cha Family:
Cha Kyoo-taek(Kang Seok-woo)  -  Father and head of the Cha family.
Oh Byeok-nyeo(Song Ok-sook) -  Mother and spouse of Cha Kyoo-taek
Cha Jungwhan(Ryu Soo-young)  -  son and only child of  Cha Kyoo-taek and Oh Byeok-nyeo

Others:
Kim Mal-boon(Park Hye-sook )  -  Grandmother to the children and mother of Na-Yongshil
Na Yongshik(Lee Jun-hyeok) - uncle to the children and brother of Na-Yongshil
Lee Bomi(Jang So-yeon) -  mother of Na Min-ha and spouse of Na-Yongshil
Na Min-ha(Jung Joon-won) -  son of Na Yongshik and Lee Bomi
Park Cheol-su(Ahn Hyo-seop)  -  soccer coach and love interest of Byeon Ryeong.
Park Yeounghui(Song Won-seok) - twin brother of  Park Cheol-su
Park ong-ik(Lee Byung-joon) -  Father of the twin Park Chul-so and Park Young-hui
Nam Tae-bu(as himself) - manager of An Junghui
Dr. Hyeonji(Seo Yoon-ah) -  An Junghui' ex-girlfriend
Jin Seonjun -  Junghui's fellow actor.

My Father is Strange Episode 1

Byeon  Hansu prepares early to cook for the orders of his neighborhood snack shop called Dad's Snacks at the Suwon District.  Hansu has been the chef of his snack shop business catering mostly to neighborhood customers especially school children from the local schools around the neighborhood.  He was helped running the shop by his wife,  Yongshil.  The couple has been happily married for over thirty years and have been blessed with four children, one boy and three girls.  All of whom are grown and have careers of their own.

But that morning the maintenance crew cut-off the water supply to clean the water tank, leaving Hansu in great panic due to the bulk order of rice roll meals for that day.   Buying bottled water helped saved their day and the shop bulk orders.  They all went up to the family's dining table upstairs to have breakfast. While eating breakfast, their mother reminded Rayeong her share for the rent to be wired over so that they can pay the rent.  Junyeong kidded Rayeong to eat meat when she feels crossed.  The 27-year old Rayeong tried to bargain with her mom to lower her share in the rent to $100 but Yongshil was firm and told her to go easy buying signature bags and clothes to save up.  She laments since his eldest brother Junyeong does not contribute to the rent.  Junyeong although the eldest has yet to pass his civil works exam so he can work decently.  Junyeong has been flanking the exam now for five years have promised the family he will pass the exam this last time.  Minha, their cousin and son of Yongshil's younger brother, Yongshik was eating breakfast with them.  Everybody was delighted having eaten a delicious and filling breakfast courtesy of their chef father.

Eating breakfast together as one happy family, they enjoyed Hansu's prepared breakfast of meat, seaweed soup and side dishes.  Hyeyeong now goes to work while father and mother with Miyeong helping them remains in the restaurant to continue preparing meals and tend the shop.

The family's eldest daughter, the gorgeous Hyeyeong was a self-made woman who does not sincerely believe in marriage.  And as a lawyer working with an ace law firm in the city, she has a very keen focus on cases and legal advices about pre-nuptial and pre-marriage agreements.

One of the family's younger daughter, Miyeong was still onjob haunting thus she has yet to contribute to the rent expense of the family.  Likewise, the eldest Junyeong was likewise yet to contribute in paying the rent since he is still a student and is to take the civil work exam soon.  Thus, everybody in the family shares and chip in to the family's household expenses.

An Junghui was a struggling actor in the entertainment world.  Started with a boy band image, he became obsessed in doing more n acting later yet lacks the natural emotional instinct to perfect his craft.  In one of his role practices, his director points out that he needed to feel the emotion of being attached to his father to act accordingly.

This prompted An Junghui to seek out his biological father to fill in the needed emotions that will drive perfection to his career. But, Cha Jeongwan was an entertainment producer who loves to pick about An Junghui's poor acting performance and the two clashes with each other whenever they meet in the eye.

 Ms.Oh Bok-nyeo, Jeongwan's mom was a socialite realtor who owns the building where the Byeon's lived.  One day Jeongwan's mom unknowingly ran over  Yonshil who was trying to prevent  Ms.Oh Bok-nyeo park in front of Hansu's snack shop.  They had a stiff argument over the parking issue which started the feud between the two families.    

Just like an ordinary family, the Byeons have their share of children rivalries and petty strife among them.  But their parents have a click way to handle disputes among their children.  Whenever the children becomes unruly, they will punish and discipline them by sitting on stool chairs at the rooftop for sometime until they come to realize their mistakes.

An Junghui grew up to be independent as his mom was in the US.  He lived alone in his apartment.  Although his former girlfriend Hyeonji who was a psychologist tries to secretly snuck sometimes, he preferred living alone with his turtle pet named Al or short for Al Pacino.

Miyeong tried her luck in going for an interview schedule with Gabi Entertainment and was successfully hired as an intern.  But before her supposed interview with the agency, she had that first weird yet hilarious encounter with An Junghui at the car park entrance of the building of the agency.

While she was trying to conceal the hole in her socks by shading it with a black pen she borrowed from the car park attendant, An Junghui suddenly appeared and ordered the attendant for his parked car in the lot.  The attendant rushed to get the car leaving Miyeong finishing up her concealment of the hole in her socks.

Once finished she mistakenly returned the borrowed pen to An Junghui who was standing by the door of the car park outpost waiting for his car.  Miyeong, realizing he was not the attendant requested him to return the pen on he behalf as she thanked him and hurried back to the building for her interview.

That day, Hyeyeong was going for a studio interview as a panel guest of an entertainment show.  She left early and got straight to the studio where the interview will b held.  Unknown to her, one of the ones who will participate in the interview discussion was her ex-boyfriend, Cha Jungwhan whom she haven't seen for eight years.

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About My Father is Strange

My Father is Strange is a hilarious Korean drama TV series whose story was about an extraordinary Korean family who tried to live their lives according to a typical Korean family values but somehow goes beyond the ordinary when the children began to lead according to their ideals, values, careers and outlook in life.  Witness the drama and struggles as they go about their journey through life.   Their lives turns from the usual and ordinary to somewhat extraordinary and unusual when their father introduced to the family another son whom they have no idea will have a roller coaster effect on their lives and the family as a whole.   Follow their strange yet hilariously entangled lives here in Hot Drama Reviews.

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