Dangerous Reminiscence Eraser: Episodes 7-8
by solstices
As previous trauma and lifelong insecurities resurface, our leads flip their focus inwards to look at what they’ve been suppressing all this whereas. Their exhausting work could also be paving the trail in the direction of profession success, however on the subject of love, their wires are as crossed as ever.
EPISODES 7-8
Reacting rapidly to Gun’s arrival, Shin acts prefer it’s his first time assembly Joo-yeon. She performs alongside by pretending to go away work, and on the best way dwelling, she explains how she’s monitoring Gun as an outpatient case.
Shin will get chewed out by Mother when he returns dwelling drunk, and the following day, he decides to play hooky by skipping his medical checkup. In a little bit of good timing, Sae-yan overhears his bluff simply as she’s in want of a journey. Her dad minimize off her bank card in retaliation for her spontaneous Korea journey, so Sae-yan hops into Shin’s automobile to make use of him as a chauffeur in change for holding his secret.
They wind up again of their hometown, the place Shin will get roped into serving to out within the fields (and tripping over himself, hee). Alas, Sae-yan has no luck discovering the particular person she’s on the lookout for, and her downcast demeanor is a far cry from her standard vitality. When she barely responds to his teasing, Shin tries to drag a smile out of her by splashing her with water — just for her to toss him into the creek. His revenge? To drive away with out her, all whereas flipping the hen. These two are such youngsters, LOL.
Stranded within the countryside with no approach of getting dwelling, Sae-yan calls Joo-yeon for assist. Our resident physician simply so occurs to be in her affected person’s automobile, and Gun gives to drive her there. Not lengthy after they arrive at their vacation spot, although, Joo-yeon’s cellphone rings with a name from Sae-yan — she’s headed again to Seoul. Aww, Shin got here again for her!
This scene actually encapsulates simply how related the 2 brothers are — they don’t like admitting to it, however their actions exhibit how deeply they care. They’re the kind to go above and past for others whereas taking not one of the credit score, and I actually hope their kindness circles again to them finally.
Since their rescue mission is over, Gun stops at a roadside stall to sate his grumbling abdomen. Out of the blue, Joo-yeon opens up about her late father. He’d poured his coronary heart into work, approaching his sufferers with the utmost empathy and sincerity, just for one among them to fatally stab him.
Witnessing that traumatic scene made Joo-yeon seal her coronary heart — till earlier that day, when she’d seen her apathetic reflection in a affected person’s sun shades. Her dismissive angle, whereas a protection mechanism, is likely to be inflicting much more ache upon her sufferers. She is aware of there’s nothing Gun can do to consolation her, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a aid to get it off her chest. In response, Gun notes that it’s the identical for her sufferers — simply having somebody keep by their facet and hearken to their woes is in itself a type of consolation.
This recommendation proves pertinent when Shi-on collapses from nerves on the nationwide crew choice. Opposite to frequent rhetoric, Joo-yeon tells her not to remain sturdy. It’s okay if she isn’t adequate but, or if she stumbles — what issues is the act of attempting itself. Her greatest is as a lot as she may give, and that’s sufficient. Gun chimes in to reassure her that he’s rooting for her it doesn’t matter what, and their encouragement has Shi-on stepping again onto the tennis courtroom with a renewed confidence.
Plus, Gun’s come ready. He is aware of Shi-on’s present ability degree received’t internet her a spot, however her strengths make her a formidable participant in doubles, the place her companion can cowl her weaknesses. Shi-on will match up properly with a sure participant — Shin. Yesss, I really like this mix!
Though Shin by no means performs doubles, he agrees for Joo-yeon’s sake, as a result of Shi-on making the crew would permit Joo-yeon to proceed observing Gun because the crew physician. With that, Shi-on makes the nationwide crew, and after a bout of enjoying exhausting to get, Gun formally hires Joo-yeon.
Our leads could also be bickering as a lot as ever, however their burgeoning emotions are starting to peek via their prickly shells. It’s within the little issues, like how Gun buys a charger for Joo-yeon’s flat cellphone battery however denies it was him, and the way they find yourself in charged moments most of the time. Whether or not it’s Joo-yeon unintentionally falling into Gun’s arms whereas altering the curtains, or her unknowingly leaning into his private area, it’s clear each of them are affected by their compelled proximity.
Stepping out of the hospital’s insulated bubble is doing good for Joo-yeon, as a result of she’s step by step opening her coronary heart to Sae-yan’s friendship, too. Final week, Sae-yan gave her want bracelet to Joo-yeon as encouragement, and this week, Joo-yeon makes her one in return, although she downplays the present. She even ropes Sae-yan in when Shi-on wants an Italian interpreter for her international coach, and the pampered wealthy lady Sae-yan can’t comprise her pleasure over her first job.
The assembly simply so occurs to be in the identical resort the place the alumni reunion was held, and the placement spurs one more of Gun’s fragmented recollections, reigniting the psychogenic ache in his proper wrist. In the meantime, Gun’s childhood buddy BANG GUK-BONG (Lee Dal) confronts Joo-yeon, telling her to keep away from the brothers. What drove Gun to his excessive determination was having his past love — on prime of every thing else — snatched away by Shin. It dawns on Shin that Sae-yan, not Joo-yeon, is Gun’s past love.
He covers for Joo-yeon by performing unrepentant, which earns him a punch from Guk-bong. Although Shin’s phrases aren’t with out benefit — he hadn’t recognized who Gun’s past love was, so how may he have intentionally stolen her from him? After the confrontation, Shin admits to Joo-yeon that he’d been affected by the guilt of inadvertently ruining Gun’s profession. She reassures him, saying that Gun is pleased now due to Shin’s determination to push him into the medical trial, and Shin resolves to work collectively to guard Gun and forestall his recollections from returning.
When a shock go to by Mother and Dad has Joo-yeon fleeing Gun’s dwelling workplace with out her footwear, Shin finds her huddled outdoors within the chilly. He rushes to his automobile to get sneakers and a blanket for her, however Gun arrives simply then, and she or he chooses Gun’s slippers as a substitute. Gun picks her up in a princess carry when she complains in regards to the overly giant slippers, they usually bicker as Shin quietly watches from the sidelines. With a plaintive, wistful look in his eyes, Shin backs off for his hyung.
Sadly, our cinnamon roll tennis star can’t catch a break. When Shin tears up the contract renewal doc, CEO Hong threatens him with the blackmail photographs of the brothers’ scuffle. “That night time, you pushed your brother over the railing,” CEO Hong surmises, whereas a cornered Shin quivers in anxiousness.
I’m nonetheless insisting on giving Shin the advantage of the doubt, since every thing we’ve seen of him to date paints him as kindhearted and self-sacrificing, quite than a vindictive assailant. I believe he’s overlaying up the reality of the incident each out of guilt that it escalated that far, and out of a real (albeit misguided) need to maintain Gun pleased and secure. Maybe each their festering resentment boiled over that night time, culminating in an outburst that neither may take again.
Now that Gun is being proactive and investigating his reminiscence flashes, I’m beginning to heat as much as him once more. I’m nonetheless not bought on the chemistry (or lack thereof) between him and Joo-yeon, however I like that he’s mellowed out past the comical caricature of the earlier weeks. He’s found out that he hadn’t been rescued from a fall at dwelling, however from the Han River, and he’s not taking his household’s phrases at face worth. I ponder what secrets and techniques lie throughout the outdated diaries that he used to write down in, and what Shin will do with them now that they’re in his arms.
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