Welcome to Samdal-ri: Episodes 7-8
by quirkycase
Outdated and new relationships convey surprises and complicated emotions for our characters this week as our Jeju residents all cope with their very own private struggles. Our heroine is ready on discovering herself, but it surely’s not fairly as straightforward as she’d hoped. Our two hopefuls for her affection have an ungainly dialog that doesn’t go away both feeling glad. In the meantime, our sisters cope with sudden romantic and familial problems.
EPISODES 7-8
With each Sam-dal and Yong-pil being confronted with their emotions, solely considered one of them solutions the query. And sure, it’s clearly Yong-pil. Sang-do poses the query to Yong-pil and boldly confesses his personal emotions for Sam-dal, solely to have Yong-pil look extremely unsurprised. Apparently, Sang-do has spilled this “secret” over a dozen instances previously each time he received drunk. Proving he’s a superb good friend, Yong-pil encourages Sang-do to comply with his coronary heart and to not really feel responsible for his emotions. Simply because Yong-pil selected to by no means recover from Sam-dal doesn’t imply Sang-do must ask his permission or keep away from his personal emotions.
The actual challenge for Sang-do is that for his or her complete lives, Sam-dal has protected and seemed out for him. She treats him like a proud large sister, and that dynamic is tough to shift. Alternatively, each time she’s unhappy or wants assist, she leans on Yong-pil for help and recommendation.
Now, she’s taken Yong-pil’s recommendation to search out herself somewhat too actually and goes on a climbing journey to search out Cho Sam-dal, which Yong-pil finds hilarious. It’s a gorgeous hike, although, with beautiful fields, forests, views, and even child goats. And a ton of different folks all additionally hoping to search out themselves on this annual program that’s well-known round these components. For sure, it’s not a lot assist.
However Yong-pil comes by means of once more, this time with a photograph contest by the Jeju climate service. Images has all the time been part of Sam-dal’s life, so it stands to cause that’s part of who Sam-dal is at her core. It takes a good bit of convincing by Yong-pil and the remainder of the squad, however Sam-dal does lastly cave and apply.
Everybody notices how a lot time Yong-pil and Sam-dal are spending collectively. For many, it’s only a supply of neighborhood gossip. However two individuals are decidedly fearful about this new growth. Mother doesn’t say something to discourage it, but it surely’s clear she’s involved. Then, there’s Yong-pil’s dad. Someway, he’s been completely out of the loop and had no thought Sam-dal was even again. Now that he is aware of, he’s pushing for Yong-pil to take that job switch to Seoul.
Yong-pil’s dad and Sam-dal’s dad and mom, as soon as finest associates, are now not on talking phrases. For no matter cause, he blames Sam-dal for one thing main (his spouse’s loss of life?). He resents her a lot that he ordered her to interrupt up with Yong-pil eight years in the past. Aha. The small print are nonetheless a thriller, however that sheds some gentle on why there’s a lot confusion and emotions over The Breakup.
Our sisters’ drama kicks up this week. Jin-dal will get a shock go to from Da-young’s secretary who’s on very pleasant phrases along with her. All of the workers of AS Group are big Jin-dal followers as a result of she advocated for them and improved their work lives. Jin-dal is far much less joyful to get a shock go to from Da-young that very same day. He, nonetheless, is so smitten he can barely type a sentence when he sees her.
Da-young is the laughingstock of his household, particularly after Jin-dal divorced him and publicly accused the household of energy abuse. Now when he’s being berated by his kinfolk, he desires of Jin-dal coming to avoid wasting him and provides his bullies what they deserve. He’s delightfully ridiculous and doesn’t appear to be the remainder of his household. Even Hae-dal and Sam-dal word that he wasn’t the issue and appeared alright. (I’m rooting for Da-young to depart his chaebol household and take up island life with Jin-dal.)
As for Hae-dal, she runs into Ji-chan once more, who’s the president of a dolphin group, however they get off on the fallacious foot. Nonetheless, he saves her from an oncoming automotive, cementing their standing as a couple-to-be. Ha-yul watches this with a considerate look, after which she calls her mother “auntie” in entrance of Ji-chan. Oof. She brushes it off when Hae-dal asks about it later, however she does it once more after they run into Ji-chan a second time (who she actually appears to love now). I’ve a sense she’s making an attempt to provide her mother an opportunity up to now and sees herself as a burden, which is heartbreaking.
In the meantime, Mother’s well being secret is getting tougher to cover since her ache is getting worse. It will get so dangerous she nearly drowns twice whereas diving. The primary time, one other haenyeo is there to tug her up, however she’s not so fortunate the second time. It’s the wet season which frequently brings harmful climate, however the girls nonetheless go diving. Everybody appears for Mother frantically, however the different divers can’t discover her. On the climate forecasting station, Yong-pil sees the scenario on the cameras and requires a search.
Sam-dal occurs to be touring the station after handing over her picture contest utility, so she sees all of this go down. She additionally hears Yong-pil convey to the search group that Mother has a coronary heart situation, one thing he stored from Sam-dal when she requested about her mother’s well being earlier. Whereas Yong-pil continues serving to on his finish, he sends Sam-dal to the seaside with the remainder of her household.
We flash again to 2002, additionally in the course of the wet season. The same scene performs out, but it surely’s Yong-pil’s mother who’s lacking. He and his father sob by the water when his mom’s physique is discovered. Within the current, Sam-dal, her sisters, and her father scream for Mother by the ocean as the entire city watches in horror of a doable repeat tragedy.
Mother higher not die like this. If she’d simply instructed folks about her coronary heart situation, perhaps this wouldn’t have occurred. Diving with a coronary heart situation appears harmful anyway, but when her colleagues knew, they may preserve a better eye on her. Because it stands, solely Dad and Yong-pil appear to learn about her well being. So no longer solely has Yong-pil misplaced one mother within the water, however he would possibly lose his second. No surprise he was adamant that Mother cowl her buoy in a brightly patterned, very seen material so she’s straightforward to search out.
Possibly this may get Yong-pil’s dad to begin chatting with the household once more. I’m unsure what precisely he blames Sam-dal for, but it surely’s clear that no matter it’s, Yong-pil doesn’t really feel the identical (nor does anybody else). My assumption is that it has one thing to do with Yong-pil’s mother’s loss of life, however I don’t understand how Sam-dal might be blamed for her drowning. Issues are getting fairly heavy, so let’s hope subsequent week isn’t too tragic.
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