Wind From the Tip Of a Sword
Yun-Ju is determined to catch her husband red-handed. She pounds on the door, determined to catch him.
Yun-Ju bursts into the room, looking for Man-Su. However, he’s not there. We left the car just prior to this, so it’s something of a lucky escape for him. Yun-Ju leaves feeling embarrassed as Chun-Hui claims she’s drinking with friends. ..
Luis meets with Man-Su to get the truth about what’s going on at the company. Man-Su doesn’t divulge much, but he tells Luis that Ju-Seok blamed the death of a patient on Chun-Hui.
Luis questions Chun-Hui about her business with Jin-Ha. He believes she’s the one responsible for killing Jin-Ha, when in reality (at least according to her anyway) she only gave Jin-Ha pills to help her insomnia. Chun-Hui is adamant that she’s not the one responsible for Jin-Ha’s death.
Chun-Hui’s guilt and stress is not helped by the amount of drama she’s dealing with at home. Between pressured in-laws, issues with Ju-Seok and a shady drug-selling gig on the side, it’s a marvel that Chun-Hui hasn’t completely snapped.
Eun-Pyo and Yun-Ju discuss the threatening message found on Dong-Seok’s crane. They decide to cover up the truth.
Eun-Pyo decides to parade her son, Dong-Seok, on TV for a talent show in order to give him the opportunity to shine. Jae-Ung is not so sure and believes that it is not good for Dong-Seok given his sensitive personality. ..
Eun-Pyo has been asking Chun-Hui about her daughter, Yu-Bin, for weeks now, but the more she talks about it, the more similarities she has to Chun-Hui over how she handles her daughter. Eun-Pyo is convinced that Chun-Hui is still in love with her husband and that she doesn’t want to be with him anymore.
Dong-Seok is a genius who seems to work well with the pressure. He even helps his team win the whole contest, coming from behind to show his genius talents.
Dong-Seok is a brilliant mathematician who has been featured on national television. However, as a result of this exposure, Dong-Seok has started to be recognized by random people in the street. Dong-Seok is shy and uncomfortable with the attention, especially as people start talking about money. ..
Eun-pyo is thrilled to hear from Bang Jeong-Hui. She’s grateful for the opportunity to share her story again and help promote Sungmyung University. She’s excited to help Jeong-Hui learn more about the university and its students.
That evening, Dong-Seok heads home but he’s nonchalant and not responsive as he heads into his room. When Jae-Ung heads home, Eun-Pyo breaks the news about her being appointed as a professor. Dong-Seok is visibly upset when he enters his room and Jae-Ung is visibly relieved when she hears the news. ..
Chun-hui’s luck continues to turn from bad to worse. While driving, Kim Ju-Seok hammers home how important educational background is, belittling those who don’t do well with their studies. The irony here, of course, is that Yeong-Bin and Yu-Bin are both in the back, listening to all of this silently, knowing they’re not doing too well right now. ..
Ju-Seok’s attention is drawn to Chun-Hui as she complains about how he’s left her and their family in financial trouble. Chun-hui points out how Ju-Seok has gambled their money and left them in a difficult position.
Ju-Seok, the other husband, feels regret about his marriage too. He’s heard enough from Chun-Hui and leaves her side to drive off.
Dong-Seok feels the pressure of the class and decides to run away. He gets wet and ends up running away from the class.
It’s heartbreaking to watch, as Eun-Pyo realizes the stress of this is just too much for him to bear. Giving him a piggyback and with a coat draped over her back, Eun-Pyo takes him out the academy and back home.
Yu-bin tells everyone she made it into the academy and Chun-hui is concerned but the parallels between her and Dong-seok, being pressured by their parents, is plain to see. In fact, as the episode closes out we cut back to Dong-seok, who hides under the table with a bag on his head. As Eun-Pyo reaches out to touch him, he bites her finger.
The Episode Review
The Gren Mother’s Club is a group of mothers who are working to provide their children with the best education they can. They are working to make sure their children have the opportunity to succeed and that they have the resources they need to do so.
Eun-Pyo and Chun-Hui’s teaching is strikingly similar, with its poetic writing and overall message about the dangers of using children as trophies. This parallels a wider societal issue across the world about pushing kids and the danger of using them as a trophy to parade around to everyone else.
The show feels like it wants to add in extra drama in order to spice things up. We get a few moments early on and a random scene involving Jae-Ung checking CCTV footage, but the rest of the time it’s just a mess.
It seems like the writers know that the commentary about parenting and the actual mothers’ club is more appealing.
But then this brings up another issue with this show – Eun-Pyo. Despite standing up for her son, she’s now swung the other way and become pushy and competitive, just to get a one-up over Chun-Hui. She was never like this before and although the writers are obviously drawing parallels to Chun-Hui and how delicate that balance is, it makes her rather unlikable. ..
Next week’s double-bill of episodes leaves plenty of questions. What will happen next? ..
