Trolley: Episodes 5-6
by DaebakGrits
Our heroine’s past has caught up with her, but as the mystery of her former life begins to unfold, we discover that the secrets she wishes to keep hidden from her husband bear a striking resemblance to his present political conflict.
EPISODES 5-6 WEECAP
Trolley continues to impress me with its impeccable storytelling. It’s rare that I can watch two hours of a drama and still feel completely satiated even though, on paper, very little occurred to progress the plot. This story is all about the rich characters and their interpersonal relationships, and at the juicy center of it all is one of the best marriages I’ve ever seen portrayed on television.
I fully admit that I had my doubts about Hye-joo and Joong-do in the beginning, but each glimpse into their home life provides a new reason to admire their marriage. Instead of looking for signs of trouble, I now find myself living for all the little moments that demonstrate the solidarity of their relationship. Unfortunately, the more I grow to love them as a couple, the more I fear whatever hardships they might have to face.
And Seung-hee showing up on Hye-joo’s doorstep, acting like a vengeful ticking time bomb is downright anxiety inducing, especially since her presence emphasizes the fact that Hye-joo is keeping a secret — something potentially damning to Joong-do’s political career. That said, it’s hard to believe that Hye-joo is the murderer Seung-hee accuses her of being, but it’s undeniable that Seung-hee’s presence — never mind her threats — triggers Hye-joo’s fight-or-flight response. Her anxiety is so palpable that, even over the phone, Joong-do can sense something is wrong with Hye-joo from the tone of her voice. (Again, total marriage goals.)
Thankfully, the drama doesn’t make us wait long for the backstory reveal, and — as many of us already suspected — Seung-ho sexually assaulted Hye-joo. As the flashback plays out, we see the chilling moment he grabs her wrist and realizes he has the strength to overpower her. Thankfully, we are not forced to witness the violent attack that left her bloodied and forever emotionally scared, but the vagueness of not knowing exactly what occurred on that rural road leads to one surprise: Hye-joo didn’t kill Seung-ho in self-defense while trying to fend off his attack.
Instead, he’s very much alive when, in the aftermath of the assault, Yoo-shin begs and bribes Hye-joo to not report her son’s crime to the police. The encounter is especially disconcerting because Yoo-shin never accuses Hye-joo of lying, indicating she’s fully aware that Seung-ho is capable of such a heinous act. Even so, she’s more preoccupied with protecting Seung-ho’s promising future than being concerned by his violent actions. And worse yet, Yoo-shin tries to convince Hye-joo that it’s in her best interest to imagine that she and Seung-ho were briefly in a relationship — as if she should wear her (attempted?) rape as a badge of honor because her attacker was accepted into a prestigious law school. Gross.
Although Hye-joo initially agrees to Yoo-shin’s offer of free college tuition, her decision does not sit well with her, and after being confronted by Seung-ho’s total lack of remorse, she chooses to report Seung-ho to the police. Seung-ho — like the present-day medical student — then commits suicide.
The parallels between Seung-ho and the medical student are glaringly obvious but not so contrived that they aren’t effective storytelling devices. Instead, both cases have been used in tandem to help peel back the layers of our characters, revealing an unspoken unity in their marriage and exploring the complex, often warring emotions that Joong-do and Hye-joo feel as they grapple with the weight of their decisions and their impact on others. Despite all their hardships, like Ji-hoon’s recent death, Joong-do and Hye-joo have remained as solid as ever, and perhaps the only reason they’ve preserved their sanity is due to their aligned ethics and their mutual love and support.
The same cannot be said for Yoo-shin, who still hasn’t recovered from Seung-ho’s suicide. Her house has become a shrine to her deceased prodigal son, and poor misguided Seung-hee — the unfavored surviving child — is her emotional punching bag. Seung-hee naively imagines that her tumultuous relationship with her mother can be miraculously repaired if Hye-joo gets down on her knees and begs Yoo-shin for forgiveness. This is why she coerces Hye-joo into meeting her at a restaurant in Youngsan.
When Hye-joo arrives at the restaurant, she’s surprised to find Joong-do and Ki-young are also present — by pure coincidence. Seung-hee is all smiles and charm in front of Joong-do during the impromptu double date, but her comments are also laced with innuendo and a subtle hostility that seems especially excessive now that we know Hye-joo is not actually hiding a murderous past.
Unsurprisingly, it’s revealed that Seung-hee’s misdirected ire stems from the lies her brother and mother told her. Seung-ho, of course, insisted he was innocent and never touched Hye-joo, but — to give her some credit — Seung-hee hesitates to believe him, once again making me think his violent tendencies were a poorly kept secret. Seung-hee, however, was less distrustful of her mother, who claimed that Hye-joo framed Seung-ho in exchange for tuition money.
It’s hard to say if Yoo-shin was intentionally deceitful or if her lies were a grief-stricken revision of events that she deluded herself into believing. Either way, Seung-hee spent the last twenty years trusting her mother’s words were fact, and she’s insistent that Hye-joo will apologize to her mother — or else. And so, once again, Hye-joo drives to Youngsan, where she waits uncomfortably with Seung-hee for Yoo-shin to return home.
Meanwhile, Joong-do asks Woo-jae to look into Hye-joo’s history with Seung-hee because — Husband of the Year alert! — he could sense that Hye-joo was uncomfortable during their dinner with Seung-hee and Ki-young. Joong-do’s never been overly curious about his wife’s past, having sensed that she has some uncomfortable memories she’d rather not discuss, but his protective instincts have kicked in. As a husband — not an assemblyman — he wants to know what he’s up against, and so Woo-jae — armed with some photoshopped images and a lie that he’s Hye-joo’s fiancé — has a sit down with the nun from Hye-joo’s orphanage.
Back at Seung-hee’s house, Hye-joo returns from the restroom to hear a loud crash and the sound of a car alarm outside. When the doorbell begins ringing excessively, both Seung-hee and Hye-joo stare in shock as Joong-do’s face fills the monitor screen. And he is pissssssed.
Not going to lie, those last couple of seconds were an absolute delight because I think it’s safe to say that Joong-do now knows the circumstances of Hye-joo’s assault, and he’s not going to allow Seung-hee to blackmail and bully his wife. Admittedly, I didn’t peg him as the type to cause the potential property damage that the blaring car alarm suggests, but it’s also a bit thrilling — and dare I say sexy? — to see someone so straight-laced get aggressively protective of the woman he loves.
Not to mention, Joong-do and Hye-joo are at their best when they are united and on the same page, so it’s been tough to watch Hye-joo suffer in silence — trying hard to keep her personal life separate from Joong-do’s political career. Like, it damn near broke my heart when she silently admitted to herself that she regretted marrying a politician, even though, in the same thought, she conceded that Joong-do was worth it.
As rough as it was seeing my new favorite couple face uncertainties, their story was extremely engaging this week — to the point that I struggled to get through any scene that didn’t feature one or both of them. Even Yoon-seo’s field trip interaction with Joong-do interested me more than any of the Soo-bin and Yeo-jin scenes, but I’m hoping that will change as we learn more about them.
Soo-bin, in particular, has enough mystery around her that she could turn into a breakout supporting character, but as of right now, I’m growing tired of the slow progression of her backstory and her misplaced surliness. Sure, it’s a protective mechanism and an understandable response to feeling unwelcome in Joong-do and Hye-hoo’s household. But — damn, girl — don’t enter someone’s workshop without their permission just because you’re missing your lip gloss!
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Tags: Gil Hae-yeon, Jung Soo-bin, Ki Tae-young, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Mu-yeol, Park Hee-soon, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Seo Jung-yeon, Trolley
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1 Unit
January 5, 2023 at 7:29 AM
Woo-jae's photoshop wedding picture was definitely creepy. And as for Soo-bin, what's with the suspicious JD tattoo on her belly? Those can't be Joong-do's initials, right? Right???
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missvictrix
January 5, 2023 at 7:32 AM
omg @unit don't even THINK that!!! lol
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DaebakGrits
January 5, 2023 at 7:40 AM
My mind is blown by this theory, and the possibility of it terrifies me! Why did you have to scare me like this @unit?!
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LaurenSophie
January 5, 2023 at 8:20 AM
Well, we're clearly *supposed* to wonder that, and consequently worry they had some sort of affair. The characters did have a weird vibe between them in the hallway when Joong-do gave Soo-bin a dirty look and silently marched past her. And then later, he goes to knock on her door but changes his mind. I guess the writers could pull something out later regarding these two, but it would so thoroughly torpedo his characterization thus far and the tone of the drama that it's hard for me to imagine it coming to fruition.
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hacja
January 5, 2023 at 8:41 AM
While I could be wrong, I actually think that is a drama feint, as was her scribbling out the tattoo when she upbraided him for taking responsibility. HOWEVER, I was raging at him for being a terrible husband. You have no curiosity about your wife's early life for 16 years of marriage? It is totally understandable for her being reluctant to talk about it, but certainly, he would have been aware that there was some trauma there.
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hacja
January 5, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Also the fact that he "forgot" to tell her that he was going to commemorate his first wife's death shows a real lack of communication.
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DaebakGrits
January 5, 2023 at 9:03 AM
To play Devil's advocate a little bit, I think we have reason enough to believe that he has been sufficiently curious about her past. After all, he knew what orphanage she grew up in. It's more likely that Hye-joo clammed up whenever he pressed about certain topics, and he learned to not press the issue. Case in point: she clearly deflected his obvious interest in her name change with clipped, disinterested answers to his questions. It seems like he had his suspicions that sometime upsetting happened in her past, but if she isn't willing to share with him, that's not really a reflection of him as a husband.
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hacja
January 5, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Yes, I understand, and I know, especially with trauma from sexual assault, that it would have been a difficult secret to uncover. But speaking as a long time husband, you still would know that there was a trauma, and you would say something in the car, and ask her directly (again) if this was "about the episode in the past" and not send a cynical political operative to investigate.
Of course, I realize this is the drama perhaps showing that he's not the ideal husband that he appears to be, but on the other hand, it belies the "trolley" decision making, because it seems to me he's already to some degree sacrificed his married life.
LaurenSophie
January 5, 2023 at 9:13 AM
I wondered if she did tell him some incomplete and/or rosy version of her past (like her comments that she loved her hometown) that he suspected weren't entirely true, but he accepted them because he loves and trusts her.
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hacja
January 5, 2023 at 9:18 AM
As I said, he could have accepted them and not pressed her when it wasn't an issue but his reaction after the surprise meeting was a failure in husbandly support and communication.
Peridot
January 6, 2023 at 10:50 AM
I thought the same thing about those initials. Could Soo-bin be obsessed with Jong-doo? There is some odd tension between them, which may or may not simply be due to the fact that he has doubts that she is carrying his late son's child. I also worry about the role that missing lip gloss will play. Its presence in Jong-doo's company vehicle planted a (hopefully) short-lived seed of doubt in Hye-joo's mind about her husband. I am really rooting for our couple to survive all the challenges that come their way and I really don't want adultery (or suspicion of adultery) to complicate things.
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2 LaurenSophie
January 5, 2023 at 8:17 AM
I love this show and have only praise for the storytelling, but your last line reminded me of that stupid lip gloss. I keep hoping there will be a revelation that it's not just a lip gloss after all, but I don't think that's the case. From Soo-bin being so obsessed over getting off the sticker residue on the tube (who cares? It's not a decor object; it's lip balm!) to her breaking into Hye-hoo's workshop to retrieve said lip gloss directly after Hye-hoo told her not to ever do that for any reason, I cannot believe how much mileage the writers are getting out of this inanimate, everyday object.
That said, I still think Soo-bin is Hye-hoo's child, possibly a product of that horrible sexual assault.
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DaebakGrits
January 5, 2023 at 8:29 AM
I'm guessing that lip gloss has some sort of sentimental value for her, like it's the last gift Ji-hoon gave her before he died -- assuming they really had a relationship, of course.
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Scottie
January 5, 2023 at 11:29 AM
I am starting to think that Soo-bin could be Jung-yeon's child, she said that she had a child, but it is not clear to me what happened to this child.
The whole lip balm arc is confusing. At first I thought that Hye-hoo is taking a sample for a DNA test, then it seems to make her suspicious of her husband's conduct and now I am at a loss. But I do get the strong feeling that Soo-bin and Joong-do know each other already.
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3 pohonphee
January 5, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Uh, I thought Hye-joo really did accidentally kill someone in the past, but then it is just sort of some terrible victim blaming which I don't understand. I meant if someone sexual assault me and act like it is nothing after, I will not feel a little bit guilty if then the person chose to kill himself, I'll curse him till his dying bed instead. I don't tell him to kill himself, don't give him the knife or push him off the cliff, why should I feel guilty? That's just insane. The best revenge is to live well.
And the act of victim blaming is just disgusting. How the perpetrator family think they have the right to blame someone when it is them who fail to raise their son into decent human being? And there're actually people taking their side? Not make any sense.
The OTP is cute but the drama is lack real problem.
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jerrykuvira
January 5, 2023 at 11:56 AM
And the act of victim blaming is just disgusting. How the perpetrator family think they have the right to blame someone when it is them who fail to raise their son into decent human being?
There's this folklore about the father-in-law tortoise who tied the son-in-law tortoise out in the open for stealing from him. Everyone praised the FIL and derided the thieving SIL. However, the punishment lasted for too long and the crowd began to attack the FIL saying 'what exactly did the SIL do that hasn't been done under the sun that warrants this inhumane treatment'. The FIL was praised just that morning and the narrative changed in the evening.
It's almost the same with victims and thier perpetrators when the hand of justice gets to those perpetrators, be it by the law, jungle justice or as in Trolley, suicide. The same crowd that condemned the perpetrators when truth came to light starts to 'understand' the perpetrators and in quick succession, minimize the trauma of the victims because now the victims are getting justice - the perpetrators are compensating for their crime without any breathing space or even with enough breathing space, or the perpetrators took the coward way out which is suicide. And they expect the victims and thier families to understand whether or not the victims survived the incident and trauma solely because now the narratives have changed.
Sadly, that's how fickle the human mind is - the lack of objectivity and a clear picture when the narratives change.
I feel no pity for them though, both the perpetrators who commit suicide and their grieving families. The gaslighting gets on my nerves.
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tabong
January 5, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Same. I thought that she actually killed him but it was self defense.
But Hye Joo feeling bad or because of his suicide doesn't surprise me, tbh. She's... too soft? I don't know how to called it, but she's the type to take things way too personally, and since she was so close to that family I think her feelings and actions aren't unexpected. Besides, O also think part of her fear wasn't because of guilt but she was just scared of "ruining" things for her husband's career.
I also was shocked because of the family. I didn't understand wth was their problem? How could they guilt-trip her after what that *** did. But I think they're being like this because they think HJ is lying. Otherwise it wouldn't make damn sense.
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4 emsel
January 5, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Finally these two episodes made me feel that Hye Joo and Joong Do really care for each other and I am getting a bit of "Flower of Evil" couple vibes with all the scenes that keep testing their trust and relationship.
Also, I do not think Joong Do had/is having an affair with Soo Bin, but I am suspicious of Yeo Jin having/had a crush on Joong Do. I want to know why she is living in the house and if the kid in the picture was little Ji Hoon.
Seung Hee is shaping up as a good villian because she is annoying with her "frowning- stares". Now, the only thing that I wish the drama does better is to make Hye Joo stand boldly against Seung Hee and her mother.
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hacja
January 5, 2023 at 10:34 AM
I found Hye Joo's lack of even mild denials when she was confronted as an adult extraordinarily frustrating, only justified by the nature of the trauma involving sexual assault. But, even understanding how traumatizing that is, I tell you, if the show has her still passively accepting her "blame" in her assaulter's suicide in the next episode while in front of her husband, I'm going to have to quit watching.
Its not that it would be implausible, its just that it would be too much for me as a viewer who is active, emotionally engaged, and okay, totally irrational, given that I'm well aware of why writers would have the character do this.
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Scottie
January 5, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Agree with that. A marriage is about accepting each other, warts and all, and Hye-joo is making her husband look like a fool and a bad husband by not telling him what cannot be hidden anymore. Once her 'friend' turned up at her doorstep, the game was up. Openness was the only way forward from there.
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5 candilane
January 5, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Am I the only one upset that Hye Joo was CLEARLY assaulted and yet everyone is calling her a murderer and blaming her for the sons death. I am so angry.. it makes zero sense to me!! She was the victim and they wanted her to turn a blind eye to rape? This really irritated me and is not a good premise for the drama.
Also, does anyone think the secretary guy is in love in Hye Joo? the pictures are super weird.. Also, I am praying the husband didnt have an affair because that is cliche and I lover their relationship.
Also, the guy from high school is so obviously in love with Hye Joo.. the side eye look Joong do gave the dude when he was looking for Hye Joo to come out of the bathroom was EVERYTHING!!
Come on K drama writers, dont ruin this couple!!
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6 bugs_bunny
January 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Thank you for the recaps @daebakgrits. Appreciate the on point commentary about the relationship of this couple. Thank you fellow DB watchers, based on your comments we're waiting for the other shoe to fall...
I was getting irritated on the bed scenes of the couples, pretending to be asleep, but I guess we needed that to mirror the difference on why/how Hye-joo & Joong-do loved each other. HY's silent response & the hug of JD😍
Wary of the chief of staff, Woo-jae, he keeps asking the right questions & his dispassionate response on possible outcome is scarily spot-on. Can't wait to see more of him.
Most of the supporting actresses in this drama are amazing so for sure they have more scenes. I just want the drama to increase its pace by 1.5x, just so we can get the story moving along.
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7 tabong
January 5, 2023 at 3:45 PM
1. I have no idea what Soo Bin's deal is, but I really doubt JD stands for Joong Do. Well, it seems like they hate each other but I think it's because of what they represent for each other.
I think for JD, SB is a constant reminder of all the mistakes Ji Hoon made in his life. And for SB, JD is this bad person that didn't care for his child (her boyfriend). I don't think they have other connection besides Ji Hoon.
2. I'm so glad JD knows everything now. HJ needs to hear that everything is fine, that nothing will change and that she didn't do anything wrong (because she didn't). I think JD's support will help her see things more clearly and rest a little.
Just like Ji Won in Flower of Evil scold Hyun Soo's noona and his psychiatrist for what they did to him, I hope JD enters that house and tells SH to leave his wife alone. And I really want him to tell HJ that she doesn't have to worry about his campaign. He needs to make her feel safe, that's the only way she won't care about what SH says or does.
But... To be honest I don't really understand why HJ let JD enter into politics without telling him the truth when her past has so much power over her. Was she planning to live her whole life praying for nothing to happen? Or she really was expecting for her husband's career to be all roses and rainbows? She doesn't know that politics and privacy are enemies?
Even tho she didn't do anything wrong, she's scared and she feels bad about happened. She doesn't want her whole story to end up on the news. So why would she be so chill about her husband being in politics? That's weird. She should've told him everything from the beginning so they could've deal with it. But letting all these years pass and freaking out on her own makes no sense. Was she really going to apologize for getting assaulted?
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loveblossom🌸
January 17, 2023 at 8:13 PM
I agree with you. She moved away from the small town and changed her name plus the case closed without any further steps and resolution so I guess she thought everything would stay buried in her past. And she was naive about the politics world and thought she could stay out of sight.
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8 Kafiyah Bello
January 5, 2023 at 3:49 PM
I was actually going to drop this after episode 5 because I thought the trolley issue was going to be Seung Ho committing suicide. I am glad I read this, and now I am back on track. 🤭
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9 ys
January 5, 2023 at 4:57 PM
It's surprising that the secretary hadn't already vetted Hyejoo. When Joongdo asked him to look into Hyejoo's past, he casually mentioned his wife's name change and secretary equally casually didn't react. Meaning he knew about the name change. It would have been consistent with his character to look up Hyejoo's past on his own.
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10 rainbowdash
January 5, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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11 rainbowdash
January 5, 2023 at 5:57 PM
"It’s hard to say if Yoo-shin was intentionally deceitful or if her lies were a grief-stricken revision of events that she deluded herself into believing."
Good question. I think that Yoo-shin absolutely knows she's lying.
I think the biggest question for me is if Seung-hee knows that. It was interesting (and awful) when Seung-hee questioned Hye-ju: "So you got married about 3-4 years after my brother died. I wouldn't let any man touch for me for at least 10 years if something like that happened."
So I think she knows deep down it could be true, but just doesn't want to believe it. She seems to think that blackmailing Hye-ju to apologize to her mom will somehow make the lie she wants to believe into fact (that her brother was a victim, not a perpetrator).
I think that aligns with how the med student's parents feel - they want to make Joong-do into a murderer instead of acknowleding that their son has committed severe moral failings. It's always easier to blame someone else. I was shocked to learn that right before he committed suicide, he released the private video that caused that other girl to commit suicide. He obviously did not feel any remorse at all.
Anyway, Jung-do and Hye-ju honestly seem like good people, and they were genuinely grieving the med student's death, and disturbed by the public's glee. Ultimately, it's upsetting that their good hearts don't really seem to have a place in this world. To succeed in politics and change these laws, he needs to capitalize on the public's opinion which, in some way, betrays his own good intentions. (The Trolley dilemma, once again, I guess.)
My theory is that Ki-yeong, Seung-hee's husband, was there that night
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12 Bunny Sonaki
January 5, 2023 at 8:11 PM
I am entirely sick and tired of stories where victims are the ones blamed after the perpetrators choose to kill themselves instead of facing the consequences of their crimes. How on earth is Hye-joo guilty? She is a victim who almost got rapped and the mother telling her to cover up her son's crime was totally gross. Enough with those infuriating arcs writers. I know there are people out there who guilt trip victims and gaslight them into believing they are the ones at fault but I hoped they portray the victim even for once as a strong person who can stand up for themselves and put those infuriating people in their place. It is understandable that young Hye-joo would have been shocked but she shouldn't continue to be a pushover when she did nothing wrong. Be it as it may, she should defend herself and stop anyone from manipulating her. Also, Seung-hee, grow up girl and stop trusting your mother's lies as facts. I mean she escaped for three years as it is understandably suffocating to live with such a mother who totally lost her mind after her son committed suicide. I also suspect that Seung-hee's husband is in love with Hye-joo and for sure there are tons of back story that will unfold soon.
Please show keep being thrilling and don't follow suit of the boring dramas that delude themselves into believing accepting victim blaming is kind of taking pity on the families who lost their son when it is completely unacceptable and stupid.
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Kafiyah Bello
January 6, 2023 at 6:43 AM
That part!!!
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Bunny Sonaki
January 7, 2023 at 12:50 AM
yes, that part is getting all of us mad since there are people out there doing this, and not standing up to them is the problem.
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13 korfan
January 5, 2023 at 10:06 PM
I'm guessing Seung-hee's husband was a witness to what really happened that night, many years ago, on that rural road and/or perhaps at his wife's home. At least I hope so.
That little exchange between Soo-bin and Joong-do in the hallway of his house was brief but interesting. And that phone she's still hiding. What exactly is she up to?
I'm still a bit distrustful of Woo-jae.
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Peridot
January 6, 2023 at 10:59 AM
"I'm still a bit distrustful of Woo-jae."
I feel the same.
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14 Netsuke
January 6, 2023 at 10:00 PM
I’m loving this series, it’s Saturday and I have to wait until Tuesday for the next episode! Assemblyman Nam Joong-do is one sexy dude - he just exudes SA! Love those smouldering eyes - that’s what you call good acting! A do hope Kim Hye-joo grows a backbone!
Kim Soo-bin has been given enough time sulking and skulking in corners and hiding her phone - “Oh I lost it” yeah, right and I’m the Queen of Sheba! Not convinced the baby is Nam Ji-hoon‘s.
Before we knew the story so far, I found myself have no sympathy for the wailing woman carrying on over her dead son who died 20 years earlier, grief is terrible but that’s ridiculous. She seems unhinged. Not liking the prodigal daughter, but….if you’ve been told a pack of lies (her brother wasn’t the innocent party) for so long by your mother, there’s probably no reason to disbelieve her. But still…..she was Hye-joo’s best friend in school.
I loved the last few seconds of episode 6 when there’s a crash, a bang, and somebody pounding on the door and Nam Joong-do’s angry face is shown screaming at the top of his lungs! I can’t wait for the next episode! What a cliff hanger.
This is one reason I normally don’t watch a Kdrama until after it has finished streaming. That way I can binge on them to my little heart’s content. Really, I should have waited. Great series to start off the new year. Looking forward to more.
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