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In this episode, we recap and analyze Episode 11 of It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, the hit K Drama on Netflix. In this episode, the children’s story is The Ugly Duckling. Family comes up a lot in this episode. Jae-soo is upset that Sang Tae doesn’t consider him family, even though he’s been following the brothers around for ten years. Gang Tae wants Sang Tae to be the adult in the family, able to accept others, including and especially Meun Young, who he says is the loneliest person he’s ever known.

This episode opens with Park Ok-ran visiting Meun Young and the two of them getting into a confrontation, which leaves Meun Young with a cut on her hand. Gang Tae rushes to the cursed castle and is relieved to find that Meun Young is okay. When he tries to go after Park  Ok-ran, Meun Young gets upset. Gang Tang tries to calm her down, tells her to count to three, then gives her a long, passionate kiss.

Gang Tae tells Meun Young the story of Sang Tae’s traumatic memory, tells her that he must stay by Sang Tae’s side, and she must stay by his side. Meung Young tries talking to Sang Tae, urges him to come home and be her illustrator, threatens him with breach of contract for moving out, and ultimately asks him to be her older brother. In the end, Sang Tae becomes the older brother to both Gang Tae and Meun Young. 

At the end of this episode, a dark figure enters the cursed castle, sits at Meun Young’s dresser in the basement, and looms over the sleeping figures of Meun Young, Gang Tae and Sang Tae. Who is she? What is the butterfly pin that she pulled out of the dresser? Is it related to the butterfly that Sang Tae is so afraid of?

In this episode, we also talk about the Korean family register and the multi-balms that Korean women put on their faces and necks to make themselves look dewey and glow.

Reference:

• How multi balms became Korea's biggest beauty trend in 2022

Gang Tae faces off with head nurse!  Moon makes a hard decision about her future with Gang Tae.  Sang Tae shows Moon his homework.

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Moon visits her mother in prison.  Mr. Lee organizes Moon and Sang Tae's book reading.  The Doctor pays Sang Tae for the mural.

The Doctor and Gang Tae check the cameras to find the vandal.  Moon (Mun-yeong)  comes to grips with a devastating revelation.  Moon wants to publish a long lost story.

A hospital patient deals with her issues with her dad.  Sang Tae is learning how to draw butterflies.  Mr. Ko's (Moon's dad) back story is finally revealed.

Moon (Mun-yeong) drops everything to have lunch with Gang Tae.  Sang Tae and Gang Tae decide to stop running away from butterflies.  Gang Tae, Sang Tae and Moon take a portrait together.

Moon (Mun-Yeong)  takes care of Gang Tae's fever.  Moon tries to get back into Sang Tae's good graces.  Sang Tae begins to act like an adult.

Sang Tae gets admitted to the psychiatric hospital.  Moon (Mun-young) and Gang Tae have it out at the beach.  A mysterious patient escapes from the hospital.

Moon (Mun-young) tells Sang Tae that they are best friends.  Gang Tae and Moon go on a trip together.  Sang Tae has a huge meltdown at the hospital.

The doctor interrogates a mysterious patient. Moon (Mun-young) and Sang Tae fight over a gift.  Gang Tae loses his composure with a visitor at the hospital.

Gang Tae takes a day off of work to take care of Moon (Mun-young).  Mr. Lee and Judy (Ju-ri) spend some quality time together.  Moon asks a patient at the hospital for compensation after getting her class canceled.

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Sang Tae and Gang Tae get into a huge fight.  Moon tells Sang Tae the story of Blue Beard.  Moon has a surprising visitor at the hospital.

Gang Tae takes Moon (Mun-young) back to his apartment!  The publishing company finally goes broke trying to cover up Moon's shenanigans.  Judy (Ju Ri) confesses her feelings to Gang Tae.

Gi Do's (hospital patient) antics make Gang Tae reflect on his own childhood.  The politician, Man Su, goes to the hospital to deal with his son's (Gi Do) behavior.  Gang Tae reads Moon's (Moon-young) book, The Zombie Kid.

Gi Do's (hospital patient) antics make Gang Tae reflect on his own childhood.  Gang Tae reads Moon's (Moon-young) book, The Zombie Kid.

The hospital director asks Moon (Mun-young) to teach a creative writing class.  A new patient, Min-Seok, checks into the hospital. Moon leads Gang Tae on a car chase!

A new patient, Min-Seok, checks into the hospital. Moon (Mun-young) leads Gang Tae on a car chase!

Gang Tae takes Sang Tae to the book signing.  A creepy stranger knows about Moon's (Mun Young) personal secret.  Gang Tae finds the courage to move back to his home town.

The author, Mun Young (Moon) writes children's books from a really dark space.  Gang Tae bounces around from hospital to hospital, but we do not know why.  The publisher tries to cover-up Moon's actions at the book reading.