Pop toast.

I’ve got three words: I love this.

Bear with these nicknames. The names are revealed gradually and I’m typing this up as I watch.
Deok Ku – Younger guy.
Jang Chul Soo – Older Guy.
Anna Jo – Lady in Red/Lady of the Damned/Lady From Hell
Billy – Anna Jo’s Hubby
Head Butler – Mr. Gong

Two men are cruising along the highway. One man looks fairly nervous. Cue eerie music. Something’s clearly not right. He nervously asks his partner if he’s got the ‘weapons’ and they shouldn’t be doing this. It’s not right. The older man hints that he can’t betray him now. They’ve got to use this opportunity to expand their scope and do this abhorred task together. It’s now or never. The duo reach their destination of doom and both look at each other one last time.

Brother look of doom.

The younger man exits the car and walks slowly with their luggage. Isolated area. Huge wind gusts. Mourning music plays on to hint the viewer that this is the end for the two. Only two minutes and I’m thinking, “Oh no, we’re already at conflicts for our protagonists? Are they going to die? ARE THEY MAFIA PEOPLE?” I mean, they’re both dressed in navy blue trench coats and are starkly fit for their age.

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WHUT!!?! The men pass a sign indicating that they’re entering the female bath area. Half dressed giggly plump ladies are at awe seeing the two good looking males while applying lotion. Well, looks like the two guys are plumbers called in for a clog job. How cute. The younger guy is hiding his face behind his collar as he whizzes past the women. The manager leads them to the hair clogged pipe and the plumbers start to clean it out. Deok Ku (Younger Guy) tells the manager some useful advice about not eating yogurt in the bathing area. How right of him. There’s everything you could possibly imagine stuck in there.

Ew hair.

After the job is done, the older guy notices that the manager gave him three notes short of the expected price. Cheapskate manager ignores the plumbers. Older Man is not going to let this one out. He’s going to get his money’s worth by having a bath in the ladies’ bath area for his missing 30,000 won. Clearly, he’s gone mad. He wants his money. He starts stripping off his shirt…

No comment.

Well, pardon me for an estrogen relapse. Rock hard gorgeous abs. Belt unbuckled. Pants on floor. And then he PULL HIS UNDERPANTS DOWN. The middle aged ladies faint. Man, I wish I were there with the group of giggling women. I’m liking this already. Mission successful, the boys get their 30,000 won after their bath. The shock tactic always works.

The camera takes us to an opulent auction house in New York. Bids start flying off the roof for James Wood’s painting start off at two hundred thousand smackeroos. But what’s this, a crazy Asian woman bidding at five hundred thousand !? Oh you go girl! There’s an intense bidding war between this woman and the lady in red. The Lady in red wins at one million smackeroos. The woman comes over snapping the Lady in Red for usurping her father’s painting. Ouch. Lady in Red knows of the James Wood’s near death and his daughter’s cruel plan for money from her boyfriend. Touche. It looks like bribery works well in Lady in Red’s world. An attendant tells her that she’s ready to leave for Seoul.

“New York, the weather sucks. ” Fine words as spoken by the lady in red.

Meanwhile, Lady in Red’s husband is playing golf with his butler in Korea. He’s successful and wealthy most definitely as you can tell from his attire but something’s amiss. The husband discusses solutions to avoid going to America. His life is peaceful ever since his wife left for America three months ago. His house is decorated the way he wants, his pet fish Solomon loves him to bits. His empire, staff and crew are in one piece. All is well and sweet. That is until, he hears a cat’s purr in the next room. He goes to the next room to find a cat sitting on top of luggage. Oh crud. It’s the Lady in Red’s cat, Princess.  Poor guy. He gets a phone call from the Lady of the Damned (his wife) confirming that she’s on her way to Seoul to shatter his utopia.

The flight attendant asks the Lady politely to shut off her cell phone to prepare for takeoff. Unfortunately, she gets the bitter end of the Lady’s mouth and tells her off to mind her own business. Arrggh, I’m already disliking her. In the Seoul household, servants are hustling about trying to make sure every details suits the Lady’s picky taste. And when I mean PICKY, I mean change everything from the ceiling to the floor, from light fixtures to smooth toilet flushes. One strike and you’re out. Even the employees were laid off just because their faces didn’t suit to her taste.

The flight attendant returns to offer the Lady of the Damned a hot towel. It’s far too hot for the Queen and the poor flight attendant gets an earful. The neighboring old man tells the Lady that she should be considerate. Wrong move, buddy. She irks him out by telling him to move away from her since his mouth and armpit smells like crap. In the row behind her, an little girl is whining about how she can’t sleep unless her mother tells her the ending of the Little Mermaid. Lady of the Damned does an excellent job of killing her innocence by bluntly stating that Mermaid committed suicide after failing to kill the prince for having an affair. Poor girl was scarred for life. She’ll be having nightmares.

Oh what a posh life.

The flight’s over and the Lady in Red is pissed off when a servant delivers her car keys late. To top off her b—chy attitude, it’s pouring outside. She commands a passerby to open his umbrella and escort her to her car and leaves without saying a thank you. How many more pour souls is she going to take for granted?

In the bumpkin countryside, the Older Man in a red stained shirt is doing errand moving mannequins and paint cans into his truck. He’s happy to get his paycheck. He heads on home in the pouring rain to see his three children while the red paint bucket in the truck sloshes back and forth. On the other side of the road, Damsel in Red spazzes out on her cellphone claiming she’s lost. She passes a sign stating that she’s in an accident prone area Well, that’s a start in narrowing where she is. Foreshadowing anyone? Her cellphone shuts off and her imported sportscar is stuck in the mud. Hehehe, I’m happy to see that how karma bites you in the butt, Lady in Red.

Like a sweet bumpkin he is, Older Man comes across the Lady in Red and offers to help her, with compensation. Lady in Red goes into the car to get her wallet and Older Man is checking out her butt. While Older Man is digging out the tire with his shovel, Lady in Red notices that the man looks eerie in his raincoat but disregards it. More grumbles comes from Older Man who regrets not asking for more money for his digging. He asks for her help in pushing the car but prissy Madam doesn’t do physical work and scoffs at him. He tells her to go wait in his car while he pushes. And off she goes in the rugged vehicle. She starts noticing the trash around her like decomposing sandwiches, used pop bottles, etc and starts cleaning around her. She picks up a rag and feels something wet on her hands. It’s blood. She looks behind her and sees a chainsaw and mangled bodies with red stains. Oh dear.

Disguised Tall Man With Face Half Hidden + Chainsaw and Other Sharp Tools + Blood-stained Shirt + Mangled Corpses in Back Truck = Flight or Fight Response + MURDERER!!

The Older Man thinks on the other hand that she’s snooping in his truck for his precious money. He sees that Lady in Red is holding tight onto his red stained shirt that has his paycheck in it. It doesn’t help that Older Man drags his shovel and walks slowly towards her while she’s panicking for her life and takes out a plunger for defense. She gets out and whacks Older Man until he’s unconscious and gets into her sportcar with his plunger and unknowingly his paycheck. It isn’t later when she stops the car in a well lit area did she notice that she smacked a guy half to death other red paint smears on her hands. Oh you. From the rag, she finds a business card and learns his name is Jang Chul Soo and he’s not a murderer by profession.

Chul Soo collapses in his living room all disoriented and bruised from Lady From Hell’s powerful beatings. In the midst of being asked of what led to his current state, all he could think about was his stolen paycheck. She must be a professional robber who did detailed planning, he concludes. He vows to catch her before she attacks another clueless victim. Deok Ku interrupts his thinking by throwing a paint smeared mannequin on the floor, telling him this was the prime reason of his bashing and she is purely innocent.

Frankly, I now know of their names so let’s start using them okay?

Anna Jo’s husband pouts over his wedding photo and ring. He’s told of his wife’s arrival by the head butler. He rushes out the greet his wife with a smile but finds a disgruntled Anna charging out of the sports car ready to rip off someone’s head. She demands for a hug and the husband complies. Anna notices that he’s changed his perfume and starts picking at his imperfections. The head butler is not amused. He has to change every thing in the house to please the Madam. Even some employees are crying. Enough is enough, hubby won’t tolerate anymore of Madam’s shenanigans. He’ll confront her about her unpredictable tastes. He barges into the room to find his wife grooming her cat and complaining how she almost slipped and died in the bathroom today.
Let’s just say that his method to ‘be the man’ didn’t work too well when his speech was overwrought by her noisy hairdryer.

Chul Soo is intent on catching the Lady in Red so he hangs a huge sign on the side of the highway:

Looking for a witness
Car description: Red foreign sports car. The culprit is in her early-mid 30s. Wears loud clothing and has arrogant speech. Will reward those who will report. Phone number xxx-xxx-xxxx.

I doubt it’ll work.

On the same road, Anna’s on an excursion in her other luxurious sport car to a resort. She asks the driver is there was any report if there was someone who was killed by a shovel. The Head butler tells her no and passes by the two boys holding up the sign. Even though it was a sports car, Chul Joo dismisses it because it’s not the right color. Doesn’t it ever occur to him that the wealthy may have more than one car? Anna Jo tells the driver to stop and buy some milk for her cat, Princess and she must drink from a plate. At the same time, the boys stop in front of the same store. The sports car catches Chul Joo’s eyes and he investigates its beauty further. Oh wow, what a surprise. He doesn’t take him too long to notice that he touched the Lady in Red’s car. He calls her a psycho (and he’s darn right on that one) and infuriates the woman. And some bickering ensues. He demands an apology for the beating and wants his money back. Things get violent and it ends up with Chul Joo’s head stuck in the car’s window. She gets out and into the driver’s seat and tortures him. Thank goodness Deok Ku noticed and rushed to save his pal before his head becomes deformed. Anna Jo drives away and the two get in the car to start the car chase. This pal really wants his money back. Haha, I love how the clueless butler is left standing at the empty lot while holding Princess’ milk carton and plate.

Oh right, where was I? The Car Chase, right. Anna’s not slowing down for pride’s sake despite Chul Joo’s persistent yelling to stop. She doesn’t notice that there are highway cameras. Uh oh. But their expressions are hilarious! After a few minutes, she realizes that it’s stupid on her part for running away, she could just tell the scamper to get lost after she gives her check of one million won. She stops the car and readies out the check but after being hurled with insults she decides to forgo the idea. Princess sneaks out the Madam’s car and into Chul Joo’s truck while the two argue about laws, police stations and money. The last straw for Anna is when Deok Ku alludes her that her problems are shit, she scampers furiously to her car and drives off. Few minutes later after her monologue, she notices that Princess is missing from the backseat. Hehehe, unfortunately Princess is sold to the local pet store by Chul Joo for 500,000 won. In any case, he’s getting his money back.

Anna hunts him down given by the information on his business card she found on the horrifying night.
Meanwhile, Chul Joo is sharing a pizza with his nephews with the money he got from selling the cat. His nephews are proud of their uncle who supposedly caught the robber. Strangely, he feels that there’s evil tension in the air. He turns around and he sees no other than the Lady of the Damned herself giving him the death glare outside his house gate. You’re in big doo doo, Chul Joo. The Queen demands for her 10 million won cat back and she wants it NOW. She’s gone crazy that she’s taken the nephew’s beloved dog as hostage.

Observe her rabid fangs.

Chul Joo manages to get Princess back thanks to Deok Ku’s ninja snatching skills. He’s tempted to sell the cat again for the 10 million won but his nephews are crying for their little canine buddy. He gets the phone from her Highness and promise to meet up to do the pet exchange. The two meet near the bay and are at it again. They drop the pets at the count of three and move slowly closer to each other (of course, not without the compulsory death glare). They briskly run to pick up their pets. Chul Joo’s decided now that he won’t take any money compensation for all the trouble she’s caused and wants an apology. Anna refuses and threatens that she would’ve went to the police for catnapping and selling her precious Princess. Alright, they make a promise: the next time they meet, if that ever happens, the two will pretend that they don’t know each other and ignore their presence. Oh come on, this is too fun! It’s a korean drama… it’s fate that these two will meet each other again!

Hubby’s enjoying some iPod bonding time with his pet fish Solomon.

Head butler hasn’t heard from Anna in days and has that hopeful glimmer in his eyes that maybe, just, maybe Anna went back to America and everyone would be free from her wrath. Right then, Anna’s voice is screaming her hubby’s name declaring that she must go back to America and how much she hates living in Korea. Billy (the Hubby) clearly can’t stop himself from hiding his grin. Until Anna insists that Hubby tags along.

Chul Joo’s back at home pleading Deok Ku’s mother to babysit his nephews again while he looks for work. His next job is far from home but he’s promised to look for a caretaker in the meanwhile. What Chul Joo doesn’t know about his next job can’t hurt him right?

Anna is relaxing on her expensive yacht with her beloved Princess. She scoffs at Mr. Gong for blocking Princess’ and her exposure to the sun. She tells Mr. Gong to quickly fix the shower and off Mr. Gong goes fuming at her fickleness. Haha, Chul Joo is at the dock for his next job and admires the yacht. After he fixes the showerhead, he hears Princess’ purring. It doesn’t hit him until seconds later when he hears a familiar voice upstairs calling for her cat.

He’s face-to-face with her AGAIN. She slips and the next thing you know, Madam She Devil is in Chul Joo’s arms.