Welcome to Samdal-ri: Episodes 5-6
by quirkycase
Friendship takes middle stage this week as our heroine finds herself in want of assist and discovers some associates are endlessly. However she’s not the one one going through crises. Her sister is left reeling after an sudden encounter, the littlest member of the family isn’t feeling at house in her new neighborhood, and somebody within the household is hiding a secret.
EPISODES 5-6
This week we dig deeper into relationships each previous and current. And, shocking to nobody who’s ever seen a drama, we get the beginning of a love triangle. Sam-dal is kind of the heartbreaker, it will appear. We already know Yong-pil has at all times been fully whipped for Sam-dal and takes care of her wants earlier than his personal. He’s the primary to apologize, first to make up, first to strategy – Yong-pil then and now at all times takes her facet, doing no matter he can to make her comfortable. Whereas it’s candy, he ought to get to be taken care of too!
Yong-pil has to face that whereas he could know who Sam-dal is at her core and all her habits, he’s missed eight years of her life; there’s loads about her experiences he doesn’t know. He and Sam-dal each spend plenty of time obsessing over their conversations and up to date embarrassing revelations whereas assuring themselves that this can be a completely regular factor to do and doesn’t point out emotions of any sort.
Then, there’s Sang-do who watches from the sidelines. Despite the fact that all of the native younger ladies swoon over him – he’s wealthy, fairly, and sort – he nonetheless solely has eyes for Sam-dal. And now that she’s again, he’s stepping up and taking his shot for the primary time. He brings her drugs, exhibits up with an umbrella when it rains, and takes her for a spin in his fancy automobile. This doesn’t go unnoticed by Yong-pil who seems to be quietly unsettled, particularly as a result of he is aware of Sang-do had emotions for Sam-dal again within the day.
However even Sang-do doesn’t seem like he charges his possibilities excessive. Yong-pil and Sam-dal have at all times been inseparable and have a lot historical past. Even after eight years aside, they’ve rapidly fallen again into a snug rhythm. Plus, Yong-pil even calls her mother “eomma”! She basically turned his surrogate mother after his mother – her finest pal – died.
Nonetheless, issues aren’t wanting so nice for this mother both. We secretly see her taking ache meds, suggesting she’s hiding some sickness as drama mothers are wont to do. Perhaps that’s why she’s so decided to have her daughters pull themselves collectively. She makes them contribute like good Jeju residents whereas they’re house, which is how Jin-dal finally ends up as a volunteer visitors director.
Jin-dal just isn’t precisely an officer of the peace and finally ends up combating with a impolite driver and difficult him to a duel. As she’s chasing down the person’s automobile, she spots her ex-husband JEON DA-YOUNG (Yang Kyung-won) watching her in shock from his automobile. He’s there for the brand new theme park his firm is constructing close by. Da-young’s a moderately ridiculous, hapless one who can’t even get by an organization occasion with out making a spectacle of himself. (I assume that’s why he fell for somebody bossy and assured like Jin-dal.)
At this level, the household is mainly single-handedly protecting the neighborhood gossip mill working. Small city gossip is the worst anyway, however the neighbors take it too far when their gossip entails a child. Little Ha-yul overhears some aged ladies speaking about how pitiful her mother is and the way her father wouldn’t have died if her grandmother had executed some ritual they inspired her to do. Ha-yul solidly however politely places them of their place by saying her father’s dying was nobody’s fault. How unhappy would her grandmother be to listen to them blaming her?
Ha-yul then does some brooding by the water, which is how she meets GONG JI-CHAN (Kim Min-chul) who’s seemingly being set as much as be Hae-dal’s love curiosity. He’s a little bit quirky and keen however seems good – he’s associates with the native dolphins who he is aware of by identify. Mature Ha-yul finds him a bit dim, however innocent.
However issues worsen the place the gossip is worried. When a persistent reporter who used to badger Sam-dal exhibits as much as cowl the theme park, he hears locals gossiping about how Sam-dal has returned. This exhibits each the worst and better of the neighborhood as a result of whereas the gossiping is horrible, the incident provides Sam-dal’s associates an opportunity to shine.
It’s laborious to beat associates who’ve identified you your whole life. Whereas she was in Seoul, the boys all obsessively stored up together with her profession and had been so happy with each achievement. Now, her besties shut ranks and go to bat for her. Yong-pil and Sang-do run the reporter off when he corners Sam-dal in her home, after which Kyung-tae and Eun-woo break his digital camera and smash his reminiscence card. That lands them within the police station however no worry: Sang-do exhibits as much as pay for damages in money like a badass.
Sam-dal waits nervously exterior till she hears Kyung-tae reaming the reporter out for daring to speak badly about her. Doesn’t he understand how unimaginable she is? It’s candy however his tirade simply provides the reporter extra fodder, so Sam-dal steps in to close it down. She asks to file a grievance with the cop – additionally a childhood pal – for the reason that reporter trespassed and even checked out her mail.
Simply when one disaster is averted, one other crops up. Sam-dal’s two loyal colleagues discover video proof that backstabbing assistant Eun-joo stole Sam-dal’s mission presentation to make use of for the gig she swiped after inflicting Sam-dal’s downfall. Sam-dal lastly goes to Seoul to confront her with Yong-pil and Sang-do in tow (they insist on tagging alongside).
Sam-dal busts into Eun-joo’s idea assembly with the journal, and her spineless ex (an editor there) mainly confirms that this was Sam-dal’s idea first. Eun-joo is as terrible and remorseless as ever, nonetheless claiming she’s simply nearly as good as Sam-dal whereas not being adequate to make use of her personal idea. Sam-dal simply needs to know if she actually drove Eun-joo to attempt to commit suicide – it’s been consuming her up all this time. Eun-joo really smiles when she tells her that it was all a ruse.
That is an excessive amount of for Sam-dal who begins screaming and must be pulled away by Yong-pil. After sobbing in Yong-pil’s arms for some time, Sam-dal picks herself up and marches again to Eun-joo. Identical to she gave Eun-joo her ex, she’ll give her the idea too. (Her ex is aghast at that wording.) Go forward and see how far she will go on different individuals’s work.
Regardless of her confidence within the room, Sam-dal feels misplaced. All her laborious work and sleepless nights have amounted to this, making all of it really feel meaningless. Who’s she if not a photographer? Yong-pil suggests they attempt to discover Sam-dal the individual moderately than Eun-hye the photographer. It seems to be like Sam-dal goes to take that recommendation as a result of after she will get house to Jeju, she packing containers up her pictures gear.
With all these heightened feelings and closeness, each Sam-dal and Yong-pil are pressured to face their lingering emotions. Not prefer it hasn’t been apparent sufficient for everybody to begin to surprise. The neighborhood is so small Mother instantly realizes Yong-pil went to Seoul with Sam-dal, and he or she places two and two collectively. Whereas she asks Sam-dal if she nonetheless has emotions for Yong-pil, Sang-do asks Yong-pil the identical. We’ll have to attend till subsequent week to listen to how they reply.
I’m glad that Sam-dal is going through her scenario head-on now and making an attempt to maneuver ahead. I might hope it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Eun-joo is discovered for the mendacity snake she is, however the world isn’t honest, so who is aware of? Even when Sam-dal can’t return to her previous job as is, she in all probability might nonetheless be a photographer ultimately, so I don’t know that she wants to totally give it up. Nonetheless, I feel it’s a good suggestion for her to deal with different features of herself and what she needs – what higher time to reassess and recalibrate? Perhaps this time she will eat correct meals, sleep, communicate together with her associates, and obtain her objectives, no matter they might be.
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