The Romantic and the Idol Season 2 Episode 7

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Ahhhh....the last episode!  They finally get to pick their final selection.

Before they show where they left off in the previous episode, the start of this episode shows all the idols leaving Jeju Island.  You really can't tell who is paired up with who and they are looking friendly and playful.  Well, the ones that they filmed leaving: G.Na, N, Eunyeoung, Yewon and Kevin.

So, after the Truth Room, the PD tells all of them that tomorrow they can have a free date with anyone they want and do whatever they wish.

Jonghoon and Yewon spends the day together bike riding and going to a cafe to eat.  They even spent some time taking pictures together.   I got irritated with JH because even though he waited impatiently for her, when she asked if he waited long, he told he waited an hour.  Then he complained that he had the day planned but won't be able to do all of it since she took too long to get ready.  Hmmm...not a way to impress a girl, making her feel bad.

N gets to go out with both G.Na and Eunyeoung.  Kevin had to go back to Seoul to do a schedule but should be back for the final selections, so he didn't have a free date.  So I'm guessing N didn't want to leave someone without a date, he took both of them.  They go to a cafe to eat.

Jiwon goes out with Min Hyuk.  This is the first time they got to spend some time alone together on a date.  They go to a stable.  They took pictures together.  They sit around and just talk.  Jiwon even says that she still feels awkward around him.  It's like they are each others' ideals but they are not comfortable around each other and they want to be.

When it's time to go and do their final selection, they show everyone being driven to the location of the final selection.  While in the van, Min Hyuk confesses that he is still unsure of his choice.  Jonghoon voices his surprise.

Now, the final selection.  Each girl is standing in a designated location, apart from each other so they can't see the other person.  The 4 guys will walk together to each girl, meet her then, after the PD counts to ten, if the guy(s) picks the girl as their selection, they stay.  If not, then the guy(s) should walk away.   Then after another count to 10, if the girl selects the guy, she will hug him. If she doesn't select him, she shakes his hand.  Ahhh...this seems so cruel.

The first girl the guys walk up to is G.Na.  You can tell, all the guys are relaxed except Jonghoon.  He looks so tense.  She is so nervous and wants to turn around and not watch.  As the PD counts, Jonghoon bows is head.  At the end, N and Min Hyuk are the first leave, then Kevin.  There is a pause and as G.Na looks up as Jonghoon turns to leave as well.  G.Na explains that she would have picked JH because she been on the most dates with him, she's comfortable with him and he treats her well. Even on their last date to the cafe (the song selection) he was really nice to her when she expected it to be awkward.  She said that she expected it but it still feels weird.  Then she starts to cry and said she doesn't know why.  I think even though she expected it, there is always a tiny bit of hope that he would stay.

The second location had Eunyeoung.  Eunyeoung is nervous and jumping around.  As she sees N, she's really happy.  When it's time for the boys to select, Eunyeoung looks down.  Jonghoon then Min Hyuk leaves, as expected.  N, who Eunyeong selected, turns to leave as well. He seemed really regretful knowing that Eunyeoung likes him but she wasn't his final selection.  Kevin, who had the most dates with Eunyeoung, hesitates then walks up to her and hugs her.  He then tells her "I'm sorry" then leaves.  She crouches on the ground and still with a smile on her face but you know she's hurt.  In the end she ends up saying, that hope they all don't get picked.

Next is Yewon.  As the boys walk towards her you see Jonghoon is all nervous, as well as Min Hyuk. As they approach her, she is surprised that all 4 boys are standing in front of her and she wonders why.  As the count down ends both N and Kevin leaves.  As they look back N is surprised that both Jonghoon and Min Hyuk are staying.  I think they believe that Min Hyuk would go to Jiwon as well.  Jonghoon looks upset that Min Hyuk stayed as well.  Yewon asks if she could ask a question.  "What's the reason that they picked her?" JongHoon says that since the first time they met, he had his eyes set on her and felt closer to her as they went on their dates.  Min Hyuk says me too, that he was confused for a while but decided to go with his feelings.  He wanted to go on dates with the others to see how he feels but he always selected her on the dates. As Min Hyuk talks you can see Jonghoon is upset and as the countdown proceeds, he is looking really upset and can't look at Yewon.

Then it cuts to Jiwon's location.  She says she is torn between Min Hyuk and N. Then the 2 boys final guys show up, Kevin and N. As the countdown proceeds she starts walking towards them then turns around.  The PD tells her she can wait until she's done counting.  When it's done, Jiwon hesitantly walks up to both of them.  She shakes Kevin's hand.  He then smiles as she turns to N. N also smiles. Then Jiwon also sticks her hand out to shake N's hand.  Her final selection was not either of them.  In the last interview, she said she came to a final conclusion when they walked up and her thought was "Ahhh...he didn't come."  She wanted Min Hyuk.

Then it cuts back to Yewon's location and her final selection.  As she walks up to the 2 guys, she says that at the moment she is going with her feelings.  She knows if they had more time, it might have been different but now she's just going with her feelings.  Then she hugs Min Hyuk. He smiles. You can see Jonghoon is upset.  When she turns to shakes Jonghoons hand, he shakes her hand then turns his head.  He can't even look at her.

My thoughts:  As I was waiting for the last couple of episodes to be subbed, I had started watching the first season of The Romantic and the Idol.  The second season participants seemed to take this show a bit too seriously.  Based on the comments I've read, people were hating on Min Hyuk because it seemed like he was playing around with Yewon and Jiwon's feelings and focusing on one person, like Jonghoon.  In the end, I understand why he did that and can't fault him.  In a couple of days, how can you seriously fall for someone and just decide this is the person you want to be with.  I like how he just want to meet everyone first before deciding who he likes the best.

For JongHoon, I wish he had looked around instead of being stuck on Yewon once he saw her at the airport.  I don't think he endeared himself to Yewon on one of their dates, I believed he kind of irritated her.  He even got irritated when she was late for their free date.  I think he should have  tried harder to get to know Jiwon and Eunyeong.

I think Kevin may have been good with either G.Na or Eunyeong and N with Jiwon.  Yewon and Min Hyuk are a good match because they seems to act the same way.

Well, that's it.  If you haven't, watch the first season.  I like that season better than Season 2.