The Two Faces of Truth
Rhea and Luis are in Seoul right now, and they’re having a passionate affair.
Meanwhile, Eun-Pyo finds herself spiralling out of control, especially when she notices Jin-Ha’s picture - the one Yeong-Mi’s husband had on his computer - is being circled by the faculty. ..
After demanding they delete it, Eun-Pyo turns to Chun-Hui for comfort. Although she encourages Eun-Pyo to drop it, Eun-Pyo does not and continues to try and fight for justice. ..
Eun-Pyo is invited to a work event, with all the other professors talking and eating nice food. The attention soon turns to Eun-pyo and her interests. When the conversation inevitably steers toward art, Jin-ha’s death is brought up.
The rumours around the table suggest that Jin-Ha was having an affair with Professor Han. Eun-Pyo sits uncomfortably, listening to all this.
Eun-Pyo encourages her friends to delete the photo of Luis after dinner, as an uneasy air descends on the dinner. After, she speaks to Luis and brings up the photos. He’s not happy and tells her to stop looking for something; what’s done is done. For Eun-Pyo though, she’s dead-set on honouring her old friend’s life.
Elsewhere, Yeong-Mi is going through a tough time of her own. After the drama involving her husband, she’s torn between whether to stay with him or not. That’s something that’s made all the more difficult by her husband begging her to reconsider. ..
Yeong-Mi heads to see her old friend Eun-Pyo at her house, showing her audio proof of what she believes to be Jin-Ha stalking her husband. Eun-Pyo refuses to listen though, especially when Yeong-Mi points out that she doesn’t know anything about her old friend. Yeong-Mi also goes on to claim her husband is a victim in all this (really?), and leaves.
Jin-Ha’s housekeeper finds a note hidden in her home that audibly gasps when she finds it. We don’t see much of this, instead we’re straight across to Chun-Hui who’s tipped off about her husband asking for money so Ju-Seok can get back to betting. When she phones him at the clinic, Chun-Hui looks set to go absolutely ballistic… until she’s called away by Eun-Pyo.
This episode is a big talking point because it spreads the word about Eun-Pyo’s intentions to stop mothers from taking pictures of their children in public.
Luis is surprised to hear this and tries to get Geon-U to back off, but the geon-uite insists that he was telling the truth. He then tells Luis that Jin-Ha was stalking him and that she even recorded their conversations.
Luis slams his drink down and tells Geon-U not to go to the police with this. He’s rattled after this encounter and when he heads home, angrily charges into his study and shuts the door.
Eun-Pyo, a high school student, finds Yeong-Mi talking about photos she took of Eun-Pyo and another boy in a compromising position. After Yeong-Mi explicitly stated not to, Eun-Pyo is understandably angry and the pair leave to hash out their problems. ..
Eun-Pyo tries to defend Jin-Ha, but Yeong-Mi calls her out on hypocrisy. Outside, Yeong-Mi calls out Eun-Pyo’s hypocrisy for standing up for Jin-Ha, given she actually has audio evidence from Geum-u that Jin-Ha planned to take Luis away from her, crushing Eun-Pyo at the height of her glory.
The Episode Review
The Green Mothers Club is back and they’re working on a new project. They’ve been bouncing between different ideas for how to approach the problem, but they’ve finally settled on a plan. They’re going to start a petition to get the city to change their zoning laws so that more people can live in the city.
Last episode was all about the kids and their struggles. Dong-Seok’s plight was mentioned but the balance between the mums and the kids wasn’t as good as it seemed. The drama wasn’t that endearing or painting Eun-Pyo in a very favourable light.
This episode of “Running Man” is all about Eun-Pyo trying to stop photos from being spread and it’s a pretty lackadaisical way of plotting. There’s not a whole lot to sink your teeth into.
It’s becoming clear that Rhea is a twin of Jin-Ha’s and married Luis in secret, and if there are twins, then the photos could be Rhea rather than Jin-Ha, keeping the latter’s memory intact.
This one is going to be a lot the same, as Thirty Nine slips into forgettable mediocrity. We have three more episodes to go and we still don’t know what’s going to happen.
