Hae-Ryun’s Poisoned Mind
In the tenth episode of Love (Season 3), Hye-Ryung leaves the bedroom and faces Sa-Hyun. Of course, this is actually Song Won possessing her and somehow she manages to telepathically project a whole bunch of memories into Sa-Hyun’s head. The scene is a little confusing, but Sa-Hyun hypnotically decides they should work out together. ..
Song Won and Sa-Hyun are encouraged to eat with Moon-Ho first, who’s now all happy with his ex being there. It’s not confirmed but it would appear that he can only see the ghost form inside Song Won. Eventually they head out together. However, they’re stopped by Moon-Ho, who complains about a bad back from sleeping on the hard floor. So naturally, the pair head out to help him buy a bed.
The parents continue to try and make Sa-Hyun and Hye-Ryung a romantic item, unaware that Hye-Ryung is being possessed by Song-Won’s ghost. ..
Meanwhile, Ji-A joins Dong-Ma and Pi-Young as they head out together, discussing the beauty of Switzerland. Dong-Ma jokes about them all leaving together and going but Pi-Young talks them out of it. ..
Ji-A’s mother should get married to Dong-Ma. The two look great together and the moments where Dong-Ma cooked for them and didn’t try to be overly chatty and show off… even though he invited them over to a massive barbecue and a home cooked meal at his house, complete with a maid there, convinced Ji-A that they should get married.
Elsewhere, Si-Eun and the kids reflect back on their meeting with Seo-Ban’s father and how well-mannered he is. As they set to work making sweet potatoes in the microwave, their father, Hae-Ryun, rings. While they exhibit concern over what this may mean, it pales compared to the concern A-Mi has regarding Dong-Mi. She’s clearly not been herself and A-Mi is worried that the old woman may be losing her mind.
Yu-Shin is busy feeling self-conscious about his own body, following a trip to the swimming pool. ..
Meanwhile, Hae-Ryun, a jealous father, watches Seo-Ban and Si-Eun leave his old house and confronts his kids about the current dynamic. In fact, he tells them they’re going to live with him, convincing the pair that Seo-Ban is two-faced and doesn’t actually care about them. ..
Hae-Ryun demands that they tell Si-Eun about this and decides that he’ll take them both in and they can stay with their mother one time a week, using Seo-Ban’s presence as a bargaining chip. Unfortunately U-Ram is convinced that their dad is right, and that they’ll feel uncomfortable about Seo-Ban living with them.
The foursome of Si-Eun, Seo-Ban, Pi-Young, and Dong-Ma are all seated at the dinner table together. Dong-Ma calls Pi-Ypung “cutie” and Seo-Ban tells him that he’s “boring but sweet.” Dn-Ma tells Si-Eun to be careful with Seo Ban and urges her to take care of him. ..
When Si-Eun gets home, she’s sat down by her kids who both decide that they’re going to take up Hae-Ryun’s offer and go and live with him. They believe this is best for them both, as Hyang-Ki does a complete 180 on her character traits and decides to leave with her father. Despite liking Ban, Hyang-Ki admits that her dad is more comfortable and implores her mum to be at peace with their decision.
In order to sort this, Hyang-Ki decides to give Si-Eun and Ban a few months for the “honeymoon phase”. Being forced into this position, Si-Eun is made to choose between marriage or the kids. The evil Hae-Ryun knows she’ll pick the kids, turning this into a disgusting bit of blackmail.
Eventually Si-Eun settles on trying to keep everything as it is and encouraging them to “use the wisdom they have to create the results they want.” Si-Eun gushes over her children, telling them they’re amazing and that this is just another hurdle they need to overcome. She wants them to stay strong and stick it out living with her.
That night, Ban ends up ringing Si-Eun’s doorbell drunk. He needs somewhere to stay and encourages her to let him stay over. After contemplating this for a few seconds, Si-Eun agrees but gently suggests he give her 10 minutes before he does. ..
While all this is going on, Dong-Ma gets Ji-A a new dog and the duo head out with Pi-Young to buy dog treats and accessories.
In the final moments of the episode, we see Hye-Ryung and Sa-Ryun happily reunited. However, we also see Dong-Ma talking to his father – who reveals that Pi-Young is now 26 years old. This shocks Dong-Ma, who wants to know how long he’s been living a lie. ..
The Episode Review
The early animations in this episode were just laughable. I get that they’re trying to portray Hye-Ryung as Song-Won now but her character has just been absolutely butchered by the writer.
The showrunners have done a great job of creating a strong and unique cast, but the new actors are not living up to their predecessors. The show is still good, but it could use some improvement.
Love is definitely unpredictable, but that’s not enough to keep it from slipping into mediocrity. And if there’s nothing going on with Dong-Ma I’d be very surprised, especially his weird behaviour and Seo-Ban’s telling “if he mistreats you, let me know” comment. We’ll have to wait and see though.
