Loyalty
Episode 15 of Green Mothers Club begins with Geon-U’s arrest. His film has been cancelled and his reputation is in tatters. It turns out Yeong-Mi handed over the USB drive to give to Eun-Pyo, intending to be passed on to Jae-Ung to get him arrested. ..
With Geo-U gone, Yeong-Mi realizes the error of her ways by staying silent all this time, and apologizes to Eun-Pyo for being compliant in all this. As for Jae-Ung, after Geon-U’s arrest, he manages to close in on another case too, which happens to be this illegal drug trade. We’ll get back to that in a bit.
Chun-Hui meets Eun-Pyo, admitting she’s sold her car to make more money to get by. Eun-Pyo decides to give her a lift back after picking up her gear. She even hands over a hot drink from a warmer for her too. It’s here Chun-Hui discusses her woes with her mother-in-law and Ju-Seok’s family, including how they always saw this as a fraudulent marriage given where she’s come from. Chun-hui has always put on a brave face but now, she’s decided to make a change in her life, divorcing Ju-Seok.
In town, Chun-Hui meets with Yun-Ju next and clears the air. Obviously given the scandal from before, Yun-Ju is pretty hostile. However, she soon hears the extent of Yu-Bin’s condition and softens. Chun-Hui admits to putting too much pressure on Yu-Bin and apologizes for what’s transpired between them. They then all decide to do shots of soju, continuing to drink right the way through the day.
Ju-Seok sneaks into the doctor’s clinic and tries to steal all the drugs. With his contact standing outside, he paces back and forth but runs into Chun-Hui when she leaves the bar. Chun-Hui is spooked and tries to run off but ends up barging into Ju-Seok as he’s leaving. Drugs are spilled all over the floor, prompting Chun-Hui to hastily leave with him.
Yun-Ju heads home after confronting her ex-boyfriend, Man-Su, about what she saw. Man-Su admits that he’s been goading him to bring drugs but has refused every time. Yun-Ju makes Man-Su promise not to get involved with either of them in the future, which he tentatively nods to.
Ju-Seok learns that his family has been shunned by the other members of his community for selling drugs. He’s been threatened by these shadowy people and they’ve even hinted at going after Ju-Seok and their children too. As they argue, Chun-Hui reveals who Eun-Pyo’s husband is and what he does for a living.
Jae-Ung is deep in this drug case (which is linked to Chun-Hui and Ju-Seok of course), and he sits down with Eun-Pyo later on, excitedly chatting about his role. He tells her that he could be on the verge of big promotion soon too. However, Eun-Pyo is completely nonchalant to him, given she’s too busy thinking about how Chun-hui is linked to this drug deal.
Rhea is out for food and she meets a man named Jin-Ha. They seem to be just coincidence because they look alike, but Luis says that Jin-Ha died because of her. We don’t know what this means, but it’s definitely something we need to investigate.
Anyway, Rhea Bennett is just a friend of Luis’s. Henry met her, but he’s scared and doesn’t want to, demanding to be taken back to grandma’s house. I mean, I’m not quite sure what Luis expected here. Eventually he’s taken back home, where Luis has Rhea check on him in bed. He’s coming down with a fever.
Eun-Pyo, preparing to meet Professor Lee and clear up their past drama, is surprised to see Jae-Ung return and confirm he’s arrested 20 people connected with this case. While he heads off to wash up, Eun-Pyo checks Jae-Ung’s phone, noticing a message telling him that Chun-Hui is connected to the case. She’s the “needle lady” they’re looking for. ..
Eun-Pyo makes a decision to call Chun-Hui and tell her the news. She also deletes the message from Dong-Seok. This buys Chun-Hui some time, but he will eventually find out and issue a warrant for her arrest. Eun-Pyo suggests that she turn herself in. ..
Chun-hui decides to leave for Canada, avoiding the police. She asks Man-Su for money but he gets cold feet and decides not to at the last second.
In the middle of her big meeting, Chun-hui rings Eun-Pyo and asks for her help. She bails on Professor Lee and heads off, handing over 5 million won in the process. It’s all she can give given her family are also in debt too. Eun-Pyo drives her to the airport while Jae-Ung interviews Ju-Seok in the police station. He covers for his wife, at least for now. It turns out Chun-Hui has every intention of returning after dropping off her kids in Canada; a way of protecting them from these shadowy dealers after her.
Jae-Ung is listening to all of this. He calls out Eun-Pyo for helping a criminal escape and how what she’s done is actually a criminal offense unto itself. Off the back of this, Jae-Ung immediately calls it in and decides to give out a no-fly order at Incheon airport. Jae-Ung is livid, given this is his job, but Eun-Pyo once more defies him and constantly rings Chun-Hui to warn her. When she fails to get through, Eun-pyo rushes down to the airport.
Jae-Ung and his team rush to try and find Chun-Hui and the kids. Eun-Pyo also arrives and leads the family out the airport, forcing them to run… right into Jae-Ung. Eun-Pyo stands in the way, showing where her loyalties really lie.
The Episode Review
I don’t think Eun-Pyo should be supporting her husband’s actions. Not only that, but she’s been so cold and callous toward her husband too. It’s tough to watch and regardless of how she feels about Chun-Hui, she’s still helping a criminal to escape. Whether it be selling drugs on the black market or murdering someone, Chun-Hui has broken the law and Eun-Pyo’s “heroics” aren’t doing her any favours. In fact, they’re in danger of damaging her own prospects.
Eun-Pyo’s character has been assassinated in the latest episode of “Man-Su.” It’s not looking good for her to redeem herself, and the show has abandoned its focus on motherhood and raising kids.
This show has massively dropped the ball over the weeks, and nowhere else is that typified more than with this weird Rhea/Jin-Ha situation. Unless I completely misread the situation, it turns out their identical looks are just a coincidence. Luis just happened to marry someone who looks identical to his adoptive sister and apparently that’s been cause for Jin-Ha’s death for… reasons? Does this mean Luis killed his wife? It’s weird, creepy and feels like a plotline that even Penthouse rejected because it was too stupid.
This has not been a show to remember and this late in the game, it seems that the Green Mothers Club is beyond redemption.
