Mourning

In the third episode of Love, Sa-Hyeon and his parents try to make sense of their newfound situation after Won’s death. Sa-Hyeon is struggling to cope with the loss, while his parents are trying to help him come to terms with it. ..

After holding onto his bad feeling about this situation for ages, Pan Moon-Ho admits he’s now exhausted after holding onto these feelings for a long time. With the situation now changed, Mon-Ho believes this could be reason for Hye-Ryung to get back involved with Sa-Hyeon.

Ye-Jung is incredulous but when Hye-Ryung rings, asking if Sa-Hyeon is okay, it only fuels Moon-ho’s feelings. Anyway, she breaks the news to her that Won has passed away, believing that she’ll stop by and check on Sa-Hyeon.

Meanwhile, Seo-Ban continues to meet up with Si-Eun, gushing over their past and how beautiful she still is – and now. ..

Ban believes they’re deeply connected, given their past. Si-Eun changes the subject shyly. Seo Ban admits that despite them becoming co-workers, it feels like home when he’s with her and wants things to progress forward romantically.

Ban tells Seo that he’s been through a lot himself, and that he wants to help her out. He tells her about his mother and how she raised him, and how he wishes he could have been there for her. Ban also shares his feelings on the divorce, wanting to make sure Si-Eun is treated fairly.

“Si-Eun admits that Hae-Ryun has a good personality, as Seo-Ban continues to probe, making sure she doesn’t have any feelings toward him left. Eventually he reaches over and touches her hand.”

The couple heads home after a picnic and agree to text one another in the morning to plan their next meeting. They also agree to meet in the morning so that they can discuss their future.

Ban is hesitant at first, but eventually agrees to take Hye-Ryung on a tour of his home. ..

Ban shows up to the party but she constantly tries to win over the host, including with a bouquet of roses and thinking about drinking wine with him. Instead of wine though, Ban offers her coffee.

There’s nothing going on between Seo Ban and Hye-Ryung. He’s standoffish and allows her to look around the house alone, while she tries to win him over but he eventually suggests she eat with his housekeeper instead. Still, Hye-Ryung isn’t giving up so easily as they part ways later on. ..

Elsewhere, Yu-Shin gushes over Pi-Young’s beauty but as he tries to kiss her, she pulls away. Yu-Shin admits that he misses the time they were a happy family of three (and who’s fault is that Yu-Shin?!)

Yu-Shin calls out Pi-Young for abandoning him and continues on this ridiculous pity party. He refuses to leave too and in his drunken state, decides to sleep on her sofa.

Ji-A agrees to let Pi-Young sleep on the sofa for the night. To avoid any confusion, Pi-Young sends a picture message to A-mi letting her know where he is. So when he wakes up in the morning, A-Mi is there to take him home intending to make him some hangover soup. ..

Si-Eun finds herself conflicted over Seo-Ban’s words, thinking back over what a state Hae-Ryun’s house was. So she makes him some food and drives over to his place. When she shows up and drops off the side dishes, she learns that he’s not even got a cutting board, given he eats out a lot.

Hae-Ryun thanks her for the food and even has some requests for more just in case she returns. Wow.

Hyang-Ki encourages her brother, U-Ram to be open about the thought of their mother dating, but they’re not exactly happy about their mother cooking for their father later on. ..

A-mi and Dong-Mi clash again, this time over Ki-Rim and working out what’s happening to make him so vengeful. A-mi suggests going to a temple, just as ghost Ki-Rim watches on and knocks Dong-Mi to the ground. He even tells her she “deserves a regular beating.” And domestic violence is… turned into a comedy relief? Really?

Dong-Mi rests after her fall as A-Mi urges her to get up and bow to the memorial of Ki-Rim. A-Mi is desperate to cleanse his soul and actually dissipate some of the anger he’s feeling, which would explain why he’s so adamant on revenge against Dong-Mi. Oh, and also that she let him die in front of her too. ..

A-Mi heads over to Sa-Hyeon’s place where she learns the truth about Won and the baby. She’s obviously distraught, and eventually rings Ga-Bin, letting her know the news too. She’s out shopping with Dong-Ma at the time and learns the funeral ends tomorrow. ..

The pair show up and pay their respects to their best friend, crying. Sa-Hyeon is there too and starts crying as well.

Back in Korea, Seo-Ban sends over a basket of roses for Si-Eun. She sends a photo back of them followed by a smiley face. She’s ecstatic and is beaming as she rings him, setting up a breakfast meeting. ..

As the episode closes, we cut back to the hospital funeral where a scream from inside the room causes Dong-Ma to suddenly look wide-eyed in shock. What happened? ..

The Episode Review

Love returns this week with a slower chapter, one that really doesn’t have a whole lot going on. ..

Given that Won is now deceased, it makes sense to have a reflective episode like this but then most of the time is dedicated to other characters, most notably the growing romance between Si-Eun and Seo Ban. ..

That’s probably the best part of this whole show to be honest, although Si-Eun’s dedication to her ex-husband is incredibly annoying. After all, he’s the one who put himself in this situation so I’m not sure he really deserves that much attention from his ex-wife. And how cheeky was that for him to ask her for different dishes?!

The episode starts off with the Ki-Rim ghost continuing to stick out like a sore thumb. It seems like he has the ability to actually hurt people physically as well as possession, but we don’t know much else about him yet.

The show’s main focus has been on the relationship between protagonist, Minnie, and her husband, Dave. However, since the show’s first episode aired last week, there has been little significant drama taking place. Hopefully tomorrow’s episode will improve.