However, I think JH’s inability to GLIBLY fake the socially-acceptable answer is, in fact, his saving grace. Since he couldn’t have anticipated being put on the spot by HSC, his “tactless” reaction wasn’t pre-meditated nor rehearsed. He SERIOUSLY did stop to ponder HSC’s question. He didn’t fear one bit that HSC and the viewers would find it odd that he was ACTUALLY considering who had more things in common with him. To an astute observer like Hong Suk Chun, his blank face showed that he was SOLEMNLY deliberating between his longtime colleague, Nana, and his relatively “new” (at that time) wife, Yura.