Foolish Mom
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User Rating
Current user rating: 92/100 (21 votes)
Profile
- TV Show: Foolish Mom (literal title)
- Revised romanization: Babo Eomma
- Hangul: 바보엄마
- Director: Lee Dong-Hoon
- Writer: Choi Yoo-Kyung (novel), Park Kye-Ok
- Network: SBS
- Episodes: 20
- Release Date: March 17, 2012 -- May 20, 2012
- Runtime: Sat. & Sun. 22:00
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
"Foolish Mom" is about the conflicts and reconciliation with a mother whose intelligence becomes lowered by an accident. The daughter looks at her mother differently after giving birth.
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Kim Young-Joo (Kim Hyun-Joo) is a fashion magazine editor. Her husband is Jung-Do (Kim Tae-Woo), a law school professor, and she one daughter named Dat-Byeol (Ahn Seo-Hyun), who has an IQ of 200. Kim Young-Joo appears to have everything, but her life is a mess. Her husband has an affair and asks Young-Joo for a divorce. Her daughter blames Young-Joo for their marital problems. Kim Young-Joo also has a family she wants to forget about. Her older sister Sun-Young (Ha Hee-Ra) is mentally slow and her older brother is a troublemaker.
One day before her magazine deadline and her birthday, Young-Joo is busy at work. She gets a phone call from Dat-Byeol's professor. Dat-Byeol erased a file for a team project done by university students and Dat-Byeol. Young-Joo goes to pick her up. Dat-Byeol complains that the other students talk behind her back about their impending divorce. Dat-Byeol is angry at the other students and her mom. When they get home, Young-Joo sees her husband coming out of a room. Jung-Do came home to find some paperwork and didn't inform Young-Joo. Jung-Do also brought Chae-Rin (Yu In-Young), the woman he is having an affair with. Dat-Byeol is happy to see her dad, but when Young-Joo is alone with her husband she becomes furious at him and tells him that won't get a divorce.
Meanwhile, Young-Joo's older sister Sun-Young decides to prepare food for Young-Joo's birthday. Sun-Young has not seen her younger sister for a couple of years. When Sun-Young gets to Young-Joo's home in Seoul, Sun-Young sees a house that looks different from the last time she was there, but she is sure it is Young-Joo's home.
When Young-Joo goes back to her office, her boss and co-workers throws a surprise birthday party for her. At that time, a bouquet of flowers with a card is delivered to her from her husband. After her boss and co-workers leave, she sees a sonogram of a fetus, in the package from her husband, and reads a note saying that the picture of his unborn baby with Chae-Rin. Young-Joo becomes extremely upset. She makes a phone call to her husband ...
Notes
- Drama series is based on the novel "Babo Umma" (literally "Foolish Mom") by Choi Yoo-Kyung (published October 28, 2005).
- "Foolish Mom" takes over the SBS Saturdays & Sundays 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Live in Style" and followed by "Gentleman's Dignity" on May 26, 2012.
Cast
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| Kim Hyun-Joo | Ha Hee-Ra | Ahn Seo-Hyun | Kim Jeong-Hoon | Kim Tae-Woo |
| Kim Young-Joo | Kim Sun-Young | Park Dat-Byeol | Lee Je-Ha | Park Jung-Do |
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| Shin Hyun-Joon | Yu In-Young | Kong Hyun-Joo |
| Choi Go-Man | Oh Chae-Rin | Han Soo-In |
Additional Cast Members:
- Park Hyung-Sik - Oh Soo-Hyun
- Kim Ha-Kyun - Oh Min-Seok
- Kim Cheong - Jang Young-Sook
- Sa-Hee - Park Jung-Eun
- Jo Deok-Hyeon - Butler Kim
- Lee Ju-Sil - Seo Gob-Dan
- Seo Dong-Won - Bae Il-Do
- Baek Bo-Ram - Hong Yi-Rim
- Lee Se-Na - Kim Soo-Ri
- Jung Hoon - Jin Tae-Oh
- Lee Eun-Jung - Jo Sun-Hee
- Park Jae-Rom - Na Jae-Won
- Chun Jae-Ho - Robert Oh
- Park Cheol-Min - Kim Dae-Young
- Yang Eun-Yong - Kang Hyun-Joo
- Hong Seok-Cheon - chef (cameo)
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Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
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| 2012-03-17 | 1 | 11.4% (11th) | 12.1% (8th) |
| 2012-03-18 | 2 | 10.3% (14th) | 10.8% (14th) |
| 2012-03-24 | 3 | 10.9% (11th) | 11.2% (13th) |
| 2012-03-25 | 4 | 10.8% (14th) | 10.7% (15th) |
| 2012-03-31 | 5 | 14.0% (5th) | 14.7% (4th) |
| 2012-04-01 | 6 | 11.8% (8th) | 12.6% (8th) |
| 2012-04-07 | 7 | 11.4% (8th) | 12.2% (7th) |
| 2012-04-08 | 8 | 10.7% (12th) | 11.3% (12th) |
| 2012-04-14 | 9 | 11.5% (7th) | 12.2% (6th) |
| 2012-04-15 | 10 | 10.4% (11th) | 10.6% (10th) |
| 2012-04-21 | 11 | 13.3% (7th) | 14.5% (8th) |
| 2012-04-22 | 12 | 12.2% (10th) | 13.0% (9th) |
| 2012-04-28 | 13 | 10.7% (5th) | 11.0% (6th) |
| 2012-04-29 | 14 | 10.2% (11th) | 9.9% (12th) |
| 2012-05-05 | 15 | 12.2% (6th) | 14.1% (4th) |
| 2012-05-06 | 16 | 11.9% (7th) | 13.1% (5th) |
| 2012-05-12 | 17 | 11.4% (6th) | 12.2% (6th) |
| 2012-05-13 | 18 | 12.2% (6th) | 13.7% (5th) |
| 2012-05-19 | 19 | 11.2% (6th) | 12.1% (5th) |
| 2012-05-20 | 20 | 12.6% (7th) | 14.0% (5th) |
Source: TNS Media Korea / * NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 daily shows according to TNS Media Korea.
