Marry My Husband: Episodes 3-4
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Signifying the beginning of her new life, our heroine reinvents herself with a brand new look and burgeoning assertiveness. She’s lastly constructing a spine, standing up for herself, and refusing to be handled like a doormat any longer, and it’s superb to observe. Out with the outdated, in with the brand new!
EPISODES 3-4
Within the midst of Min-hwan’s uncomfortably unwarranted advances, a well timed rooster misdelivery engineered by Ji-hyuk provides Ji-won the opening to shove her lecherous boyfriend out the door. The shut name provides Ji-won the inducement to alter her door passcode, which suggests the subsequent time Min-hwan and Soo-min come knocking, they discover that they will not waltz into Ji-won’s area as they please.
Subsequent on the schedule is the dreaded highschool reunion, however earlier than that, Hee-yeon invitations Ji-won out for a meal and a makeover. Hee-yeon’s recommendation — to provide a troublesome state of affairs her all in order that she will be able to depart it prior to now with no lingering remorse — strikes a chord with Ji-won, and on the salon, she asks for a drastic change as if she’s been reborn.
When Ji-won emerges with a classy bob lower, elegant make-up, and a classy gown, she will be able to’t assist however maintain again tears in entrance of the mirror. I like that it’s Hee-yeon who provides Ji-won the fairy godmother magic — not solely is it an uplifting act of feminine friendship, however it additionally serves as a direct distinction to Soo-min’s intentionally poor styling of Ji-won prior to now.
Together with her newfound confidence, Ji-won turns heads on the reunion and flips the previous timeline’s confrontation on its head. Not solely does she reveal the reality about Soo-min’s present of knockoff earrings, however she additionally calls for the total story from her highschool bullies. It seems Soo-min had spun a story of Ji-won coveting all the boys she’d been concerned about, together with Min-hwan and Eun-ho.
After all, due to Ji-hyuk’s intervention, Eun-ho is conveniently current to counter Soo-min’s lies. Not as soon as had they ever dated, and evidently, Ji-won hadn’t orchestrated their breakup. Aww, Eun-ho appears so completely happy to see Ji-won once more, particularly since she simply admitted that she had a crush on him again then.
Ji-won runs off in mortification, and Eun-ho rushes after her to blurt out that he’d felt the identical. He nervously apologizes for grabbing her hand to cease her, then tries to wipe her hand, solely to understand that he’ll want to carry her hand once more to scrub it, hee. This confession is witnessed by Ji-hyuk, who notices Ji-won’s awkward discomfort and calls her to provide her an excuse to go away.
That excuse seems to be an expert platform showcase, the place Ji-hyuk advocates for Ji-won’s capabilities whereas she easily places a nasty power-tripping businessman in his place. Afterwards, Ji-hyuk treats her to espresso, and for the primary time we see a reinvigorated Ji-won, who smiles freely and radiates a assured glow.
Ji-hyuk’s endearingly awkward nerdiness is on full show this week, from the way in which he retains placing his foot in his mouth whereas attempting to nudge Ji-won away from the disastrous path she as soon as took, to the way in which he pours his worries out to his cute pet cat. What he lacks in charisma, he greater than makes up for with real sincerity.
After a bout of judo along with his buddy, spurred by Ji-won’s offhand comment that she’d wish to be taught self-defense, a bathe scene provides us an excuse to identify one thing uncommon about our main man. Ji-hyuk has a heart-shaped mark beneath his collarbone, similar to the one Ji-won’s father used to attract! We lastly see what occurred within the authentic timeline: Ji-hyuk had attended Ji-won’s funeral, the place Min-hwan and Soo-min had been apprehended for homicide, and that’s the place he’d overheard the gossip about Eun-ho and the highschool reunion. On the way in which dwelling, Ji-hyuk had gotten into an accident whereas swerving to keep away from a cat, after which he’d woken up in his second likelihood at life. Now, he’s decided to guard Ji-won at any value.
One in all my favourite issues about this present is the way in which it depicts Ji-won slowly overcoming her trauma. It’s a gradual course of, and he or she nonetheless struggles with traumatic flashbacks sometimes, however she’s attempting to work by means of it and that’s what issues most. Seeing Ji-won step out of her shell and rediscover herself is nothing in need of empowering, and it’s why I’m prepared to belief this drama and see the place it takes us.
To this point, Ji-hyuk is toeing the road between searching for Ji-won and never imposing upon her company, similar to how he’s not making any overt advances out of respect for Ji-won’s relationship (since she’s nonetheless maintaining appearances with Min-hwan). Nonetheless, Ji-hyuk may be very a lot an open e-book — the way in which he hilariously tripped over himself upon seeing Ji-won dressed up and smiling within the workplace! When Ji-hyuk tries to broach the subject, since he’d worn contacts upon Ji-won’s suggestion, Ji-won replies that she dressed up just because she realized that it made her be ok with herself. Attagirl!
Additionally, I’m not fairly positive how I really feel about Eun-ho simply but. On one hand, he appears to have good intentions in direction of Ji-won, however on the opposite, he’s approaching a tad too sturdy. It looks like not solely did he not outgrow his highschool crush, however he additionally by no means fairly grew up from it, both. No marvel he wears a faux couple ring to this present day — which he makes use of to deflect what he thinks are Ji-hyuk’s advances, ha.
It’s apparent Soo-min drove a wedge between Eun-ho and Ji-won, inflicting a wound that Eun-ho nonetheless nurses to this present day. Soo-min received a style of comeuppance this week when Ji-won’s highschool bullies turned on her as a substitute, however given the way in which she instantly latched onto Min-hwan within the aftermath, it’s clear she hasn’t discovered something. Soo-min’s burning must maintain Ji-won able of inferiority, relative to herself, appears to be a product of deep-rooted insecurities. Relatively than recognizing that they will each shine collectively, she believes that Ji-won has to look unhealthy to ensure that her to look higher.
It’s such a stark distinction to Hee-yeon, who wholeheartedly helps Ji-won each likelihood she will get. Society pits girls towards each other, however Hee-yeon refuses to purchase into that poisonous mindset. I like how unabashed she is in regards to the issues she loves, whether or not that’s designer model purchasing or crispy fried dumplings, and her bickering sibling relationship with Ji-hyuk is a hoot. As a result of they’re completely siblings, proper? Somebody please clear up Ji-won’s misunderstanding, stat!
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