Episode 1
In-joo begins her narration of her childhood by explaining that they were very poor and now are far better as they can afford a cake for their youngest sister’s birthday. In-hye, the youngest of the three, arrives when the two older sisters surprise her with a cake. ..
Their mother brings her boss over with some summer radish to make kimchi for In-hye’s birthday. When he leaves, In-joo reprimands her mother for taking gifts like meat and vegetables from her boss for free and the mother explains how things that they like are expensive. The four women sit to eat where In-joo and In-kyung give In-hye 2.5 million won ((£1,500/$1,800) for a high school trip to Europe.
Their mother snatched the money away from In-hye claiming that the sisters did not give her any when she wanted to visit their father in the Philippines. In-joo lists the debts their father had left for them to pay, but their mother is still not happy about the older sisters gifting In-hye 2.5 million won for a school trip.
In-kyung argues that In-hye got into the best school in the country by her merit with a scholarship and deserves it but their mother is snobby about it. In-joo and In-kyung lash out at their mother as the oldest sister takes the money back from her.
That night, In-hye is upset with her mother’s words at the dinner table and tells In-kyung how she got into school by working very hard and not because of charity. She cries herself to sleep and the older sister notices this. The next morning, In-joo and In-kyung wake up with a note from their mother, Hee-yeon, who has fled with the money, leaving a narcissistic note behind.
In-joo tells In-hye that she’s going to live her life from now on and leaves with In-hye’s gift. In-joo is pissed and sadly tells In-hye about their mother’s betrayal. In-joo starts crying out of anger but In-kyung pledges to send In-hye off on the trip. In-hye asks her sisters to not worry about it as she never thought she’d be able to go anyway.
The next day, In-joo, an outcast at work, asks her team leader for an advance salary. She is met with resistance, but In-joo offers to pay her own way. She hangs out with a colleague, Hwa-young, who also is an outcast and offers to help her pay the sum she needs. ..
In-kyung’s office is filled with reprimands for her crying on live television. Her colleague tells her that she is over-empathetic and it is a problem in their line of work. In-kyung tells her that she should find something that drives her and work on those kinds of news reports.
In-kyung contemplates applying for a personal loan to fund her Europe trip when her great aunt, Hye-suk calls her. Hye-suk tells her that upon their mother’s instruction, she will be taking care of the girls. However, In-kyung is pissed when Hye-suk offers to lend her money.
That night, In-joo and In-kyung discuss their parents’ incompetence and how In-kyung had to live with their wealthy great aunt as a child. In-joo claims that her only resort now will be marrying a rich man, but In-kyung mocks that she already tried that and failed.
The next day, In-joo and Hwa-young go out to an expensive restaurant. Since In-joo is underdressed, Hwa-young offers her own heels and jacket to In-joo. Hwa-young, who states she is poor like In-joo knows the staff there. While having dinner, she transfers the money that In-joo needs.
In-joo is asked to sign some bank documents. She does so without reading them since they are in English. In the women’s room, a guest tells In-joo that the heels she was wearing were extremely rare to find in Korea and that In-joo is one of three people who owned them.
In-kyung’s great-aunt Hye-suk visits her and In-kyung takes a sip of the drink from her mouthwash bother before entering Hye-suk’s house. The great-aunt talks bad about In-kyung’s mother for abandoning them which triggers her.
Hye-suk tells In-kyung that she will lend her the 1.25 million won in exchange for In-kyung reading the newspaper to Hye-suk every day for a month. On her way out, In-kyung runs into Jong-ho, Hye-suk’s neighbour’s son. They catch up and he reveals he had returned to Korea a few days ago. ..
In-joo surprises In-hye with the 2.5 million won but the younger of the two does not accept the money.
In-hye leaves her home in a rage, but In-joo, who followed the younger sister, notices In-hye getting into a car. In-joo follows her sister and waits for In-hye to leave the large bungalow that she went into. Meanwhile, In-kyung is at work where the team is discussing Park Jae-sang, who is running for Mayor of Seoul. ..
In-kyung is one of the few people on the team who are not content with the politician. She is keen on investigating a heinous crime around the candidate which involves the sudden deaths of many individuals. In-kyung explains the Bobae Savings Bank case that Jae-sang defended as an attorney a few years ago. ..
In-joo, who had been spying on the woman from inside the house, noticed that she was about to leave with an envelope of money. Just as In-hye was about to leave, In-joo intervened and asked her what the money was for. In-hye explained that she had painted the daughter of a rich woman and received payment in return. In-joo refused to take the money and walked away with In-hye. ..
In-joo and In-hye are driving back from work when they hear a knock on the door. In-joo tells In-hye that she doesn’t want her to live the same life as them where she was sympathised with and treated like a beggar. At work, In-kyung investigates the Bobae Savings Bank case and finds out many loopholes in connection to candidate Park Jae-sang.
Meanwhile, Hwa-young sends In-joo a document with secrets of the colleagues that had outcasted them. In-joo rests and waters the plants at Hwa-young’s office where she is met with Choi Do-il who worked with Hwa-young on a project in Europe. ..
In-kyung asks for In-joo’s number and she acts coy but gives it to him. That afternoon, she notices him meet up with Candidate Park Jae-sang outside their office. At the OBN office, In-kyung breaks down the cases where Park Jae-sang was an attorney in the past that led to multiple suicides in connection to the Bobae Savings Case.
In-kyung explains that the $100 million compensation that was randomly given to the victims after their deaths went missing after they died. She is proud of her boss and asks her to do her best with this case.
In-joo is at work where her mean colleagues are talking about Choi Do-il when he suddenly walks in looking for her. Her colleagues are shocked to learn that he knows her.
In-kyung attends a press conference with Candidate Park Jae-sang and asks him questions about the suicides in front of other reporters. She is able to shock him into silence but in the women’s room, she seems worried. She uses a mouthwash bottle to drink out of and swallows the contents instead of spitting it out.
As In-joo is leaving, Park Jae-sang runs into her and asks about her interest in the Bobae Savings Bank case. In-joo and Do-il have lunch together and he asks her to call Hwa-young, meaning to learn her whereabouts. ..
In-kyung’s colleague exposes her to being dependent on alcohol and reveals a video where Park Jae-sang publicly insulted her for that. As it turns out, the mouthwash bottle was filled with tequila, bottles of which In-kyung keeps at her desk.
In-joo arrives at Hwa-young’s place to feed the fish but discovers Hwa-young’s dead body hanging in the closet. She is shocked and drinks at Hwa-young’s funeral all by herself. The mean colleagues from work arrive at Hwa-young’s funeral and pretend to cry over her death whereas the news reporters claim that Hwa-young had gotten plastic surgery on her face before she passed.
In-joo is tired of her colleagues badmouthing Hwa-young after her death. She publicly exposes them using the secrets Hwa-young shared with her and causes chaos in the workplace. Choi Do-il and Hwa-young’s boss, Shin Hyun-min, arrive to have a chat with In-joo.
Hyun-min, head of the accounting department, reveals that Hwa-young, an employee in his department, stole 70 billion won from the office. When Hyun-min investigates the matter, Hwa-young commits suicide. Hyun-min and Do-il ask In-joo to help them find the money Hwa-young stole. ..
Since the money came from an illegal slush fund, In-joo refused and left her job. She then got a call from Hwa-young’s yoga class, who revealed that before her death, Hwa-young had transferred her membership to In-joo. ..
Meanwhile, In-kyung is suspended from her job for six months as she is found guilty of using alcohol at work. At the yoga clinic, In-joo checks out Hwa-young’s locker and finds a large bag. She finds Hwa-young’s belongings and starts crying. However, a note from Hwa-young reveals that the deceased colleague had left behind the 70 billion won she stole and In-joo bursts into tears.
The Episode Review
Kim Go-eun is set to play the lead role in a new drama called “Litte Women.” The drama is based on a popular webtoon and is said to be more gripping than what the trailer makes it out to be. ..
In episode one of “The Good Wife,” Choi Do-il (played by Wi Ha-joon) and In-joo (played by Yoo In-na) seemed to have an organic romance. However, it seems that this is not the case from the first episode. Choi Do-il is involved with Park Jae-sang (played by Kim Soo Hyun), who In-kyung (played by Ji Jin Hee) is hellbent on investigating. It seems intense! ..
I am curious to see how In-joo breaks the news about the 70 billion won to her sisters and my money is on the fact that Hwa-young is still alive. I’m not sure anyone in their right mind gets plastic surgery a day before committing suicide, but I guess we’ll never really know.
I have a feeling that the 70 billion won In-joo has gotten her hands on half of the same money that In-kyung is investigating Park Jae-sang over. Guess, we’ll have to wait to find out more! ..
