Good to Not Meet You: Episodes 9-10
by mistyisles
A stunning discovery offers our typecast actor a brand new perspective on his emotions, and perhaps even the braveness to start performing on them. However he’s not the one one pursuing a possible romantic curiosity — and even this potential romantic curiosity.
EPISODES 9-10
Surprised to understand his nameless fan was Jung-shin all alongside, Hyun-joon tries desperately — however futilely — to alert Byung-ki. Byung-ki, nevertheless, ignores him and follows the plan to let her down gently… by making up an entire story about an ex-fiancée and “not being prepared for one more relationship but.” Jung-shin is devastated, however tries to be understanding. Hyun-joon can be upset by the flip of occasions, and after a lot deliberation (and showering her with Kang Pil-gu merch out of nowhere), he deletes his market account in order to cease “protecting each choices open,” as his psychiatrist put it.
In the meantime, one in all Jung-shin’s different assignments units a theme for the week about not leaving any regrets in the case of pursuing somebody you care about. The interview is with a younger actor (cameo by Kim Dong-joon) who’s clearly annoyed by the truth that all the opposite reporters preserve asking about his love life as a substitute of his new challenge. Jung-shin steers the dialog within the latter route (aspect be aware: I want we noticed extra of this aspect of her!), and the actor is so grateful that he confides in her about his relationship troubles and his dedication to attempt every part he can to win his girlfriend again.
On that be aware, Hwa-young continues pursuing Jae-hyung, and Jae-hyung continues pursuing Jung-shin. Though Jung-shin tells Jae-hyung plainly that she likes another person, he figures he nonetheless has an opportunity so long as that individual doesn’t like her again. To be honest, he’s discovered from Hong-shin that Jung-shin has been rejected and is accessible, nevertheless it nonetheless comes throughout as presumptuous, and Jung-shin (light-heartedly) tells him as a lot. In all equity, Jung-shin’s reservations appear to stem extra from his proximity to Dae-ho than from any dislike for Jae-hyung himself.
As for Hwa-young, she appears to suppose she will be able to simply bulldoze her means again into Jae-hyung’s good graces with out ever a lot as explaining why she deserted him in his darkest hour. It’s hinted that she can’t inform him — my cash is on some type of coercion from Dae-ho — however absolutely there are nonetheless methods to method the topic with out performing like he ought to simply recover from it. May I counsel main with “I’m sorry”?
In any case, Hwa-young decides to deal with eliminating the competitors by throwing Jung-shin and Hyun-joon collectively at each alternative. Thus, she sends Jung-shin to the set of “Good Detective Kang Pil-gu” to interview Hyun-joon and get some behind-the-scenes footage. The issue, in fact, is that Jung-shin now is aware of Byung-ki’s face. However our quick-thinking author/director extraordinaire dons prosthetic make-up and a wig and does his finest to remain out of her means, and Jung-shin is none the wiser.
Hyun-joon fantasizes about confessing each his on-line id and his emotions, first in dramatic Kang Pil-gu vogue after which in full sincerity. However alas, every time the second is misplaced, and he fails to comply with by means of. He does, nevertheless, completely impress Jung-shin. He opts to do his personal stunts for the day, which earns him factors for each coolness and thoughtfulness, because the stunt double was nursing an damage and planning to push by means of the ache. When Hyun-joon then finally ends up with a twisted ankle of his personal, he waves off Jung-shin’s concern, urging her to put in writing up the unique report earlier than different reporters can spot him on the hospital.
Now that it’s clear Hyun-joon and Hwa-young need the identical factor — that’s, to forestall Jae-hyung and Jung-shin from relationship one another — the 2 group up. Hwa-young’s supposedly foolproof plan is to purchase tickets inflicting Jung-shin and Hyun-joon to “coincidentally” sit subsequent to one another on the motion pictures. It really works, besides that Jae-hyung coincidentally results in the seat on Jung-shin’s different aspect, and Jung-shin spends a lot of the film making an attempt to infer which man she’s being arrange with. Then she and Hyun-joon find yourself being known as away for separate causes earlier than the film’s even over.
However, in fact, destiny does a a lot better job of forcing proximity than Hwa-young ever might. After a really antagonistic brunch with Jae-hyung, she heads over to a lunch assembly with Jung-shin and an unrelated interviewee. Lo and behold, Hyun-joon and Jae-hyung are additionally there, assembly with Dae-ho to speak extra about their firms’ merger. After Dae-ho leaves for a secret confrontation with Se-na (who, apparently, doesn’t need Dae-ho round Hyun-joon, fearing that he’ll attempt to “kill him too.”), the 2 dysfunctional {couples} stumble upon one another out entrance.
Jae-hyung asks Jung-shin to tea, and far as I’m uninterested in this love sq., it’s an amusingly petty jab at Hwa-young withholding solutions from him whereas she completed brunch, dessert, and tea, after which giving a obscure, apparent reply in spite of everything that. Naturally, although, each Hwa-young and Hyun-joon instantly invite themselves to tea, too. Seems to be prefer it’s a double-date.
Talking of butting heads, everybody and their mom (actually) at the moment are getting cameo appearances in “Good Detective Kang Pil-gu,” and I’ve a sense it’s going to get very messy very quick. Regardless of Hyun-joon’s objections, Hyun-woo has been solid because the youthful model of Pil-gu himself, and Hong-shin has landed a task as a maknae detective. In the meantime, Ae-sook lands herself a cameo, so not solely does Hyun-joon fear in regards to the public scrutinizing his household thrice over, however he’ll additionally must run interference to maintain her and Mi-ran — as a result of, you guessed it, she’s additionally bought a small position — out of one another’s hair. Whew. Even when the non-cast-member family members don’t present up at varied filming occasions (although I think about they may), that’s going to be one crowded set.
Sure infantile behaviors apart, I discover the parallels between Hwa-young and Se-na very attention-grabbing. Each girls dumped their respective boyfriends and at the moment are wanting to choose proper again up the place they left off, each have direct ties to Dae-ho, and each appear quite terrified of him in consequence. Hwa-young is much less overt in displaying her concern, however there was an edge to the best way she warned Jung-shin in opposition to poking round him, and she or he appeared mighty eager to make a transparent distinction between him and Jae-hyung.
Whether or not Dae-ho was instantly concerned in each (or both) of these breakups, his presence looms over a number of the story and a lot of the characters — together with those who barely know something about him. I wouldn’t be terribly stunned if he seems to be even worse than Assemblyman Ha when all’s stated and executed. So right here’s hoping the corners of the love sq. can study to place their pettiness and variations apart and group as much as take him down.
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