Valid Love
You should be more careful.
Painter ahjusshi.
What will you do about this? I just bought this and paint got on it.
Uh?
Look here, ahjusshi.
I just bought this. I haven't even worn it!
Is it an ahjumma?
Ahjumma.
It's your fault. Apologize.
Hello!
Miss, are you okay?
What to do? This is bad.
Should I call 911?
What to do?
I told you.
We're destined to meet again.
[Episode 3: Scent]
My wife...
had become a woman.
And the other difference...
was that she had hyperventilation as a side effect of the car accident.
It suddenly shows up when she's severely anxious.
My wife called it "sacsac."
It occurred when her breathing quickened and the oxygen content increased.
Only one way to handle it is...
to breathe in carbon dioxide and decrease the oxygen content.
What my wife just did...
was breathe in the carbon dioxide she had expelled.
It's okay.
You saw earlier.
I'm good at emergency treatment.
She might die if not for that emergency treatment.
It's okay.
Sacsac doesn't come often.
It was the first time in years just now.
Drink with me.
She took a year off school recovering.
She never went to college.
It's okay.
I can do it if I say I can.
I can go to college anytime I want.
Goodness, thank you.
Yi Ri the kid had become a college student.
My wife painted to contribute to her sister's college tuition.
And...
she'd become an adult who knew the taste of soju.
It's sweet.
As expected, the soju you pour me is the best.
I thought you were joking.
I didn't think you'd really become a painter.
I didn't think you'd become a mackerel expert.
Why this of all things?
Not pollack?
The name is pretty.
Cutlass, angler fish...
baby octopus, jellyfish...
halibut, herring...
saury, wolffish...
Nothing prettier than mackerel.
That's true.
That's right.
Angler fish expert?
Baby octupus expert?
What's wolffish?
You look like a mackerel.
I do?
Yeah.
Mackerel are very sensitive.
They start to spoil as soon as they're caught.
They say it spoils even while alive.
It's very delicate.
Goodness, you have a bad temper.
Ugh.
But I'll still eat you up, mackerel.
Give me your DHA.
I'm not drunk.
I'm not drunk, right? Right?
Yeah.
I'm really not drunk.
Hey.
Pollack.
You're going to gash your forehead.
I'll...
become your poem.
I'll...
become your side dish.
Let's get married.
I'll protect you in exchange.
Forever.
Il Ri...
Pollack.
Answer me, you bastard.
Sure, treat me like a friend.
You bastard, you got the song for free.
Hey, Pollack.
You're the one who sang pollack.
That's why I fell in love with you.
Don't remember?
Why wouldn't I?
I do.
When you drink soju,
I'll become your side dish.
I'll become your poem.
Rip me to shreds.
My body may disappear.
My name will remain.
That name is...
That name is pollack.
Pollack.
What?
Why don't you answer?
You don't want to marry me?
Say "yes" if you want to.
Say "yes" even if you don't.
Cool?
Cool, cool, cool?
I don't want to.
I'll protect you now.
I'll become your poem.
Forever.
I'll become your side dish.
Forever.
Eternally.
Forever.
Kiss me then.
Not that. Later.
No, now.
Catch me!
You better stop there!
Somewhere quiet.
No, do it here. I waited seven years.
I'll die if you don't do it now. Hurry.
I ate mackerel. I stink.
I ate more. Hurry.
Or you saying you'll protect me is all a lie.
So, you'll really do it?
With all these people here?
Ugh, idiot.
You're really an idiot.
Pollack.
Hurry up and follow me.
You... I really can't...
Hurry up and catch me.
You better stop there.
You...
Hey!
Hurry up and catch me, Pollack.
Catch me!
What joke is she playing now?
Our first kiss, which happened after a long and winding round,
smelled like mackerel.
In-law...
Good work.
It's nothing. Good work.
In-law...
You're lovely today.
Look here, Father and Mother.
One, two, three.
Thank you.
- Thank you. - You're so handsome.
One, two, three.
Like other couples, our marriage had ups and downs.
We argued a lot.
You just need to come.
One, two, three.
But one thing was certain.
We wanted to become each other's poems and side dishes.
Forever.
Another seven years passed.
Anyone here?
Is anyone here?
There was a place like this in our neighborhood?
So nice.
My wife found another poem...
another side dish.
It was hanging here.
Who are you?
Get dressed first.
How'd you get in here?
By chance, did you call for a painter?
They didn't say it was a woman.
They probably didn't say it was a man either.
Why?
You're displeased because I'm a woman?
Should I call a man?
Can you finish in two days?
What?
Finish all this in two days?
Alone?
No, the two of us.
Excuse me.
You've never hired a painter, have you?
So?
We usually work in teams of three or four.
The painting company gives us assignments.
But Soo Young...
Oh, yeah. You know Jung Soo Young?
The cafe I like.
Get to the point.
I don't know how you know her.
But Soo Young told me to come.
To come alone and think of it as a part-time job.
It was close to home, so I thought it was easy work.
That's why I came.
But this place has to be over 1000 sq. ft.
And this is all discolored. It has to be sanded and primed.
Ugh.
It'll take over a day just to lay the foundation.
And this wall...
the ceiling...
Won't it fall?
And the floor. What will you do?
It'll take at least five days to take care of all this.
Okay then.
Okay.
18 regular water-based and oil-based paint roller jobs.
Add $50 for high ceilings and lots of steel.
$250 for epoxy and separate pay for food.
So, should I start working?
Or forget it.
Using a calculator?
$200 including food cost and finish in three days.
I can't finish in three days.
I'm a carpenter. I can paint, too.
I just don't have time. So, I'm hiring you.
Then we'll share the workload. Four days?
Okay, let's do that.
There may be additional fees based on the circumstances.
I start work at 9am.
An hour lunch break at noon and a coffee break of 30 minutes in the afternoon.
End work at 5pm.
Even if I'm not done in four days, I'm putting my brush down at 5pm.
Where should I change?
By chance,
do you have a problem?
Never mind.
Keep stirring to mix it well.
Cacao butter oils melt at different temperatures.
Try it.
Me?
It's going to be ruined if you hesitate.
Mix it up.
Don't want to?
Forget it.
Hi, Mom.
Go home.
I think I left the gas burner on.
I just remembered.
I'm going to be late today. So, run home.
If you left the gas on, there would've been a fire already.
The fire trucks would've come already.
You'd already be at the police station for arson.
I think it's real this time.
Ugh, okay.
I'll go.
- And... - Noona!
When will you get married?
President.
- Hello. - I'm getting paid.
Hello.
That pitiful amount?
Aren't you going to repay your unni?
I'll repay the debt slowly.
Unni worked hard to send you to school but you just loaf around.
What will become of you?
Later on, your second daughter will take you on a private plane.
Just live long.
What about unni?
Did you see her?
She came by yesterday.
She's working near here today.
That's a relief.
I didn't see her for a few days. I thought she collapsed looking after her in-laws.
The neighbors will complain of noise if a carpenter's shop is built.
Will it be okay?
Excuse me.
It's not a carpenter's shop.
Then what is it?
If not a carpenter's shop?
Funeral home?
Room salon?
I have to know what it'll be to work properly.
You don't need to know. Just do as you're told.
I guess you wanted an order-taker.
But you're mistaken.
Give it...
My pay.
Find someone else. An order-taker.
If it rains or something happens,
working just until lunchtime is called half-pay.
But if you quit before lunch,
some painters calculate 0.3% to ruin business.
They calculate based on whether they had snack breaks.
What's he talking about?
We didn't even have morning tea. So, you don't get half-pay.
That's why you use an electric calculator.
To calculate 0.3%.
How old are you?
Are you even 30?
You look around my age at most. How long have you been in this field?
Longer than me?
I've been working in this field for 12 years.
Do as you're told? I'm a pro, okay!
I've worked 15 years.
Don't lie.
If you worked for 15 years, I'm your grandma.
Really, Grandma?
What?
I followed my grandpa to worksites since elementary school.
It's been 15 years since I got paid on my own.
Is that enough?
Any proof?
Give me proof.
Do you have proof?
No, damn it.
Step aside.
Jeez.
Crazy bastard. I've never seen a jerk like that.
Fine, live happily and earn a lot by calculating 0.3%.
Ugh.
I'm taking this in lieu of pay.
Bring my wage if you want it back.
[Valid Love]
Excuse me.
Hey.
Crazy bastard.
Hey!
Look here!
Hey!
Are you joking?
Do I look like I'm joking?
I was treated like a dog.
Oh, my, look at this ahjusshi.
Don't dig in a woman's bag.
Give back my planer.
Apologize first.
Do as I'm told?
I'm just a worker. But do you know painting better than me?
If you were told not to question and do as you're told,
would you feel good?
I'm so tired.
Apologize, okay?
And pay me for my work.
Then I'll give back your planer.
Forget it if not.
Hey.
Really!
How annoying. Stop grabbing me.
Let's keep working.
Huh?
We already began.
Let's keep going.
Don't you understand?
That funeral home, room salon or serial killer's hideout...
- Telling me to do as told... - It's a studio.
To make furniture.
Is that enough?
It's like blowing the whistle after the boat left.
You said you're a pro. Can a pro sleep if you quit in the middle?
Jeez, really.
So refreshing.
You're a furniture designer?
Call me Carpenter Kim.
Your name?
Your name isn't "Carpenter."
Kim Joon.
Kim Joon?
Joon? One word?
Yes.
Oh, I see.
Are you always so big-headed?
It's true.
You're not Won Bin or Hyun Bin but your name is one word. And a carpenter on top of that.
Your face is handsome and you're tall.
But a carpenter with your looks.
There are so many ways of showing arrogance.
You're no different.
It'd be hard to get along with your prickly personality.
Work cheaply on a set schedule.
How could you find a worker like me with that personality?
I know that you must want to hold onto me.
But why is the needy person so headstrong?
Serves you right!
Want mine?
Forget it then.
I'll be generous.
I'll do it.
I'm Kim Il Ri.
"Il" means one and "Ri" means plum blossom.
You can call me Mrs. Kim. That's what the team leaders call me.
If you don't have a problem with the world,
do you have a problem with me?
What a weird guy.
You are a carpenter.
Um...
Your hand is rough and calloused.
Your hand's sticky.
Let go.
Here.
Shall we go work?
Oh, yeah.
It looks old at first sight.
Don't just leave it anywhere.
Take good care of it.
Wear gloves when working at rough jobs.
Your nails are dirty.
Hi, honey!
Where are you today?
Where else? The sea.
Where in the sea?
What trench?
Passing from trench 202 to 203.
What did you catch today?
Lee Suk.
Lee Suk who studies otoliths.
By your name,
you're destined to be a marine researcher.
What's this?
A skate.
Is it?
Are you sure?
Real?
Real.
Ever been slapped by a skate tail? How many slaps do you want?
Isn't it from Chile?
You're trying to play it off.
It's a real skate, dude.
The mouth is sharp with spots on its back.
The typical skate...
has a round mouth and white belly.
The back is brown. How many times have I told you?
This is my first time on a boat.
- My first time seeing a skate, too. - Hey, man.
I knew you at first sight.
It's our national mission.
Ow.
There's a gray mullet, too.
Hey, separate the real gray mullets from the fake.
Where are you today?
You're always so curious.
Now?
I'm at trench 163.
It's really good.
You're getting closer, my husband.
How's the weather? Good catch?
It's already time to eat.
What side dishes today?
Why?
Why don't you look inside my belly?
Goodness.
It's pork today.
Okay, enjoy your food.
Be careful of the water no matter what.
Okay, work hard.
Carpenter Kim!
Come down here!
You're going to use this as a bedroom, right?
To paint this room, you need to apply primer.
No.
Not primer.
Remove the wallpaper and keep the cement.
What?
That's a pain.
Can't you just apply epoxy after taking off the wallpaper?
See, look at that.
You don't know anything.
What do you use to apply wallpaper? Think you use glue?
Ugh.
It doesn't come off. Know why?
It's way harder than painting because it's bonded on.
I told you that epoxy work costs $250.
- But... - Why?
Want me to bring your calculator?
I...
I'll let it go because you're handsome.
Forget it.
Where next?
Why is he blocking my way?
Everything was ready.
Like it was in preparation for that day.
The days were hot for late autumn.
My wife...
smelled an unfamiliar man's scent.
The scent...
...of sweat.
The smell was unpleasant at first.
But she said she kept remembering it.
While I was drunk on the ocean smell,
my wife was getting used to the unfamiliar scent.
Sorry it's not a charcoal grill.
A camping pot is just as good.
Where's the kimchi?
No basics.
Let's see.
No egg?
I never put egg.
Then you should have made it separately.
My husband doesn't add egg either, so I make it separate.
I'm not your husband.
Then give me rice.
You have rice?
How'd you get married?
I'm skilled.
No kids yet.
I can't help if the baby god is mad.
I might get a baby if she throws me one while having a drink in the day.
You know how they say storks deliver babies?
What do you think?
Babies are found under bridges.
That's right.
There's that, too.
Or catch one with a net.
Your husband.
He's a fisherman, right?
What?
Sorry.
What to do?
Fisherman?
My husband...
He's a mackerel expert.
He went out on a research boat to sea.
It usually takes around ten days.
He throws nets here and there everyday.
What does he do with the catch?
Not eat sashimi.
288.
23.2.
23.1.
Should I measure the basics or in detail?
We need detailed measurements.
Isn't it cool?
Where and when they were born.
Whether they grew up in cold or warm water and what they ate.
When they laid eggs and when they died.
Who could have thought to research that?
We got a really big catch.
Anyway...
if not for people like my husband,
we would run out of pollack.
We might have to pay $100 for one fish.
This is a fake gray mullet.
Look. The eyes are yellow and the tail isn't a v-shape.
And...
why treat samples like this?
- Sorry. - You jerk.
The boat's coming in today.
That means my life in solitude is over.
Oh, yeah.
Now that it's come up, want to know how to eat delicious flounder?
Yes, Mother?
I'll be there soon.
I'm sorry. I'll make it up after I return.
Damn it!
It broke again.
I only ate with her.
I have a social life.
Can't I even eat a meal?
What?
Get permission to eat?
Permission to eat?
Is that a social life?
It's a hobby.
Eating mudfish stew after meeting while riding bikes.
Of course.
Why do people have associations?
Play golf, ride bikes,
play tennis. It's only for a short time.
Then you eat and drink.
That's networking.
Why do you network?
Who helped us?
Did anyone help us?
Giving huge discounts because you know them.
We got scammed after serving them for months at a resort with our furnitures.
You're generous while I run everywhere with negative balances.
I'm like Usain Bolt!
Hey, you.
Are you demented?
How dare you speak to me like that?
You're two years younger than me.
Call me noona!
Noona!
Noona, my ass.
Is this all?
This isn't all of it.
Potato knife.
Here it is.
You better be quiet!
Stop with the nonsense!
That's why they call you squid ink!
You're not even a squid.
You're so old, you're a small octopus ink!
How could we have lived like this if I was dense as ink?
Networking?
What networking to live in a rental with an unemployed husband?
And speaking of...
You can't even spell and write correctly!
Because it's the Internet.
Who spells correctly on the Internet?
How ignorant.
All you ever do is...
Why are you invading Yang Sook's privacy?
I'm sorry, Father!
Yang Sook, Choi Yang Sook.
What? Pot sales?
She was going crazy on the Internet.
I'm going to say one more thing.
You can't get through to her, Father.
Let's get a divorce!
Go in!
What's with her today?
Divorce, my ass.
Don't you know Mother's personality?
- Stop for Hee Soo's sake. - Okay.
Leaving your wife in a room with leaking briquette gas.
Who was it?
Sook Ja? Yeah, Bang Sook Ja.
You missed her so much you left your only daughter who might die
and went on a drive with her?
We didn't know why she was sick.
You were so happy to see her that you went to eat chicken soup.
She was so frail and delicate she got a stomachache from eating the chicken.
What? Damn it!
Come here!
Stop it!
Father!
I said stop it!
I said let's end it!
You paid for surgery and hospital fees.
Even living expenses!
I'm sorry, Mother!
My pretty daughter lies there unable to move her body.
You lifted her up and took her to the bathroom!
Stop it, please!
This darn house...
- Ugh! - Fine!
Break it. Break it all.
Don't, Father!
Really!
Aren't you ashamed in front of your daughter-in-law?
Hee Soo can hear you!
Let me go.
Jeez, really.
[Valid Love]
I shouldn't have accepted you as our daughter-in-law.
I thought it'd get better if we had a daughter-in-law.
But what is this?
We should've brought in someone with a similar background.
Single mother, no education and blue-collar job.
Your father-in-law is too comfortable around you since you come from a poor background.
Any other daughter-in-law would've left by now.
The kind of woman you want wouldn't know what to do when Father's holding a knife.
Goodness.
There's no daughter-in-law who says anything she wants like you.
There's not many mother-in-laws who insult a daughter-in-law's personality either.
Human rights violation?
I thought about reporting you.
If not for you, Hee Soo wouldn't have turned out that way.
She collapsed the day you returned from your honeymoon.
Why would she collapse for no reason?
No excuse or reason.
That's why you don't let just anyone in the house.
Hee Soo unni...
It's not my fault she's like that.
Unni is just unlucky.
Don't say that again.
It really hurts me.
Really? Okay.
That's the 13th...
time you said that.
You sure keep good count.
Yes, I do. I'm going to repay you when you're old and weak.
I'll sell the house and move to a luxury retirement community because you scare me.
Oh? You said you'd give me the house. As payment for taking care of Hee Soo.
How can I trust you'll take care of her to the end?
I'm gonna tell Lawyer Kang to watch you.
Anyway, if you keep doing this...
I won't visit you in your retirement home.
Don't worry, there are tons of old men there.
And you...
Can you stop talking about the knife?
He pretended to used it once and you treat him like a thug.
Back then,
I went overboard.
He must have been so mad to do it.
Jeez.
Goodness...
I just ate with her.
I'm serious.
Of course.
Just don't get caught.
Are you being sarcastic?
I don't have the strength.
You're twisting it.
Ugh, take care of your cell. It's the root of all evil.
This isn't the first time.
I tried to take good care of it. I have a brain.
If you want to stay in your online club,
change your passcode often.
Hey.
Hee Tae...
Your mother...
Is she psychic or something? Huh?
Remember the Bionic Woman? Huh?
She can hear through walls and see at great distances.
Drink.
Jeez.
Il Ri.
If not for you, Hee Soo wouldn't have turned out that way.
She collapsed the day you returned from your honeymoon.
Why would she collapse for no reason?
No excuse or reason.
That's why you don't let just anyone in the house.
Il Ri.
Please, Il Ri.
Are you okay, unni?
What do I do?
I was out of it.
Sorry, unni.
I'll do it fast.
I guarantee those two won't change.
Divorce?
It'll be faster for them to farm whales.
And unni, Mrs. Park will be late today.
Someone from her hometown is coming from Yanbian.
She's going to meet them.
Coming in now when you know Mrs. Park will be late?
So, I'm going to give you a bath today.
You neglected me for an hour?
Drool nearly got in my lungs!
It's not the first time Mom and Dad fight like that.
Just leave them. Why get involved?
Do you wish I was dead?
You want to get rid of me, huh?
You knew I was on my period but ignored me.
Unni, sorry.
I forgot.
Ugh, must have been so uncomfortable.
Hold on.
So, to summarize...
In one word...
Is Kim Il Ri insane?
You want to know if she's crazy, right?
Yeah.
Sensible as expected.
You saw right.
She's not normal.
Compared to the past, she's turned a new leaf.
Anyhow, she...
eats mice eyeballs.
On top of that...
only the right eyeball.
No way.
She wouldn't eat mice eyeballs.
She insists she ate it.
Why eat mice eyeballs?
Let me ask you one thing.
Is she a good worker?
Yes.
That's enough then.
We have new chocolates.
Why don't you feel better after eating something sweet?
Anyway, you got a good worker thanks to me. Buy me a drink some time!
Noona, noona.
Choi Duk Bae, call me by the right title. Am I noona or President?
President.
Isn't that hyung super cool?
He is.
Nice body, nice face.
You're cool, too, if you keep your mouth shut.
My aunt paid $1000 to name him 20 years ago.
Duk Bae.
You'd at least become a government minister.
Here he comes again.
How tiresome.
So thirsty.
Thirsty.
Fondant berry chocolate shake.
What about your tab?
When will you pay it?
Put a lien on my house if you don't trust me.
Fondant berry chocolate shake.
Sorry but a crappy family isn't worth a lien.
Crappy?
I know how he feels.
Mom, I'm hungry!
I'm home.
What's this?
I haven't smelled this suspicious smell in awhile.
Who cares?
I'm hungry, Mom!
You had flaky skin because the weather got cold.
It's better now.
Sorry for earlier.
I was annoyed.
Don't take it personally.
You know?
Your family and friends curse me, huh?
Two-timing father-in-law, stalker mother-in-law...
rude brother-in-law...
and a sister-in-law who only knows how to breathe and poop.
The crappiest among crappy families.
Your fate sucks.
What are you doing?
Unni.
I'm working lately.
But the President or owner is young, around my age.
But his grandfather was a carpenter.
He followed his grandfather to work since elementary school.
What does that have to do with me?
Isn't it cool?
You should've seen it.
It's an inkwell his grandfather used.
I've only heard of inkwells like that.
What's an inkwell?
It's used to draw ink lines. It's a tool carpenters need to draw lines.
I saw a really old inking spatula.
They're his grandfather's planers.
I nearly stole one.
He took such good care of them.
Saws that are decades old are still fine.
Foothammer, horned hammer, claw-hammer...
The claw-hammer looked great for hitting pollack.
I can't do it.
You look better back then.
You look like you responded well.
But you really didn't go to school?
Your parents let you do that?
Do you always talk so much?
It's weird here.
It's a free zone.
Like fast wi-fi, one word keeps leading to the next.
Is there a spell on this place?
Who named you?
Your grandfather? Father? Mother?
I don't have parents.
Someone left me on Grandfather's doorstep.
Your grandfather had two jobs then.
Carpenter and fisherman.
Your grandfather caught you in a net.
Right?
Who would throw such a beautiful baby away?
A stork brought him or he was caught in a net.
But unni...
He acts so mean.
I'm really gonna eat it all.
You can't say you want a bite.
Eat it all.
But is it true?
You started getting paid for jobs at fifteen?
You don't look like a liar.
How old are you? I was born in the rat year.
Older or younger than me?
Hold on.
Since you were fifteen, so starting as an apprentice...
My age?
You don't need to know.
It's true I started getting paid at fifteen.
I did bookkeeping, transported materials and did errands.
After I started hearing I was smart and capable,
work started to be fun.
I started learning officially.
After age 20 when I got back from the army,
it was more fun making furniture than building houses.
So, I kept on that path.
Until I met you, Mrs. Kim.
Is that enough?
Anything else to ask?
Do you have more rice?
Does your husband only feed you mackerel?
Is he sandpaper?
So rough and scratchy.
He doesn't talk either.
A non-conformist.
He may be big, but he's just a kid.
He was eating ice cream...
You should've seen it, unni.
So satisfying.
What bullshit.
Hey, you.
Uh?
It's okay.
Fisherman...
Two jobs...
I'm sorry. I'll make it up after I return.
My wife's scent.
The scent only I know.
The touch only I know.
Hey.
Hey!
The weight only I know.
The moron only I know.
Where are you going?
All of that is mine.
However...
- Giddy-up! - I'm not a horse.
Yeah.
It's this jerk.
My wife's other poem. The jerk who will become her side dish.
Patagonian toothfish.
No.
It's too complimentary to call him the sea diamond Patagonian toothfish.
Sea anemone.
An overeater who lures smaller fish with his flashy sensors and eats them.
I should've known.
That my wife had been lured in with
by his secret sensors.
You don't like my work?
No.
Then why?
A handsome man will use his looks.
Of course, he will.
I think you expected something without knowing your place.
Dream on.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
You idiot.
Stupid!
Sea cucumber, sea squirt, sea anemone, stray dog, raccoon jerk!
Let's go to the land of fishes!
What do you want?
What's going on?
I want to ask you something.