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In a heated encounter at a restaurant, Chun-Hui and Eun-Pyo reflect on their fiery encounter. Eun-Pyo promises to stomp her into the ground, and Chun-Hui is humiliated from her encounter. Both mums go on the offensive in an attempt to regain control of their lives.
Eun-Pyo lands the first blow, silencing the “big mouth” mothers and visiting the academy after, berating the teacher and demanding that Dong-Seok’s name be taken off the flyers used to promote the school. ..
Meanwhile, Yu-Bin is trying to figure out what’s best for him. He’s not sure if he should go with Chun-Hui’s study program or not, but he doesn’t want to put in a lot of effort and get late nights.
Eun-Pyo prints out a bunch of papers relating to an upcoming study competition at Sungmyung University and the University of Education. She wants to enter Dong-Seok and have him finish in first place. ..
Yu-Bin and Dong-Seok’s cases have shown that the “lowly” kids can be just as credible as the “top student” when it comes to solving mysteries. Eun-pyo has now realized this, and is using this to his advantage. ..
The “Mum War” is certainly getting out of hand. Not only does Eun-Pyo make Dong-Seok study up until midnight, but Dong-Ju ends up sleeping alone on the floor. When Jae-Ung returns home, he speaks to Eun-Pyo and comments how ironic it is that she’s becoming more like Chun-Hui as a result. ..
Young-Mi discovers that before her husband, Oh Gun-Woo, died, he would come over to her house four times a week. The housekeeper insists they did not have an affair and points out that Jin-Ha was in love with Luis. Still, that does not stop the fact that Gun-Woo came over the night before he died and was desperate to see her. So what was Jin-Ha and Gun-Woo hiding? ..
The wife of a man with many secrets finds clues among his belongings when she sift through them. She finds sketches of her husband Jin-Ha, locks of hair, and even a lipstick stain on a handkerchief. Additionally, the wife finds a purple jumper folded up too neatly for an affair or obsession to have taken place. It’s clear that her husband has many secrets that he wants to keep hidden from her.
Eun-Pyo walks into the restaurant and sees Chun-Hui sitting at the till. She’s incredulous and scoffs at her, but Eun-pyo has her number and leaves Chun-Hui stewing at the till.
This year’s high school entrance exams are proving to be more difficult than ever for students, with Chun-Hui learning that the test has actually been increased in difficulty. This pressure is mounting for all of them. ..
That evening, the results of the competition are announced. Eun-Pyo is overjoyed to learn that Dong-Seok has won first place. All of her mother’s friends congratulate her and marvel at how well Dong-Seok did. ..
At Chun-Hui’s Academy, all the mothers watch as their children’s scores are written up on the whiteboard. Lagging behind is Yeong-Bin, who only scores an 84.2. He’s about to get kicked out of the academy. ..
The grand prize winner will be Dong-Seok. After introducing herself, Eun-Pyo watches as Chun-Hui is then asked to leave. ..
She waits for Eun-Pyo in the parking lot though, where a desperate Chun-Hui confronts Eun-Pyo over what’s happened. She points out that she helped Eun-Pyo when no one else did. Eun-Pyo shrugs her off though and promises that her betrayal cuts deep, so deep in fact that she’s going to pay her back tenfold.
Yun-Ju is surprised to see Man-Su at the restaurant, since she thought he was working. She tells him that she’s actually at work, and that she needs to leave soon. Man-Su tells her that he knows what’s best for her, and that he’ll take her home.
Chun-hui tells the story of how she betrayed her former boyfriend, Man-Su. She recalls how she was going out with him and then decided to break up with him after he became too busy with his work. Chun-hui says that she was embarrassed and uncomfortable when she told him about her decision, and that it made her feel like a bad person.
Chun-Hui believes that this is the pivotal moment when her life fell apart. She apologizes to her ex, and in her bitter regret the pair continue to reminisce before going their separate ways.
Chun-Hui’s financial problems are only made worse when she falls behind on payments. Her family isn’t much help and the bills are piling up. ..
Chun-Hui, desperate and with no other choice, messages her contact and brings out the brown bag she had stashed in her closet from before. She drives off to an unknown woman’s house, where she prepares to inject her with Propofol. ..
This is a general anesthetic that decreases consciousness and generally puts you to sleep for medical procedures. Interestingly, a quick google search will tell you it also contributes toward a lack of memory for events.
Eun-Pyo heads home and puts her kids to sleep. While cleaning up their room, she accidentally knocks Dong-Seok’s crane off the counter. Opening it up though, she notices that it reads the words “Your wicked deeds.”
The Episode Review
The Green Mothers Club has come to a halfway point, with a change of fate for most of our characters. Eun-Pyo has finally come out of her shell and she’s helping Dong-Seok fulfil his potential.
Eun-Pyo has finally taken the plunge and is actually studying with her child, which is a far cry from her wishy-washy attitude episodes ago where she caved in to Dong-Seok messing about.
Despite the fact that Dong-Ju was asleep on the floor at the time, it can be argued that this is resulting in Eun-Pyo forgetting about him. Seeing all of her family together and having a good time at karaoke shows that she has struck a balance - thanks in part to Jae-Ung’s steady hand as a loving Father. ..
In the latest installment of “The Green Mothers Club,” Chun-hui and Eun-Pyo continue to be juggled between their fates, with Chun-hui starting to revert back to her old ways. It’ll be interesting to see who knocks on the door and what she’s up to. There’s definitely more going on here than meets the eye. ..
The mystery involving Man-Su and Ju-Seok still remains unresolved, as has Gun-Woo’s seeming obsession with Jin-Ha. Thankfully though we have another episode to come tomorrow, leaving the door wide open for where this one may go next.
