7/10 - Keep it a secret . . . my old face.

Mi Rae: "Keep it a secret."
Kyung Suk: "What?"
Mi Rae: "My old face. Keep it a secret."

At first I thought Kyung Suk might only be interested in Mi Rae because she clearly is avoiding him. She clearly isn't interested in him like the other women. So judgemental of me. I know! It became clear that he was clearly aware of Mi Rae in middle school. Aware of her enough from the bus stop and her dancing feet. (Feet don't lie!!! I know so cheesy!) To remembering what perfume she wore. Even though she snapped at him due to the bullying. (I can't even imagine being so bullied that you have to defend wearing perfume!) He saw her. He sees her now.

I feel the warm and fuzzies!

I also enjoy that the episode takes the time to reveal bits of Kyung Suk live. It's always been a pet peeve of mine when dramas leave the male leads as a "mystery". AKA what i not fondly call a blank slate male lead. There's a peek into his life with his brother that let's us know he's well off, but has a cold family life. His bother and sister are warm. His dad a cold politician and mother issues. She's alive, but dead to him. When is the last time a drama has let that much out about a male lead in one episode. No really.

There is one thing that felt very odd from the first episode, and still does. Mi Rae's father doesn't know she's received plastic surgery. Her mother hasn't told him. So he's walking up to her welcoming orientation (or whatever it was) and Mi Rae's mother still hasn't told him! I mean, what did she think was going to happen? The odd thing is after the heartbreak of them meeting and her father rejecting her, it doesn't haunt Mi Rae after. Or at least from that moment on in this episode. It's the one thing that truly feels off with the writing at this point.

The villains of the show set in. Sexual harassment. Especially from the Dog Senior. To the stealthy Soo Ah. The natural beauty "superstar!" Soo Ah is clearly a person who has had attention from her beauty her whole life. MI Rae is her competition. If someone like Mi Rae she clearly can't have that. She needs to take that attention away and put it on herself. Basically she's tricky. Stealthy tricky.

There is something that really bothered me this episode! Mi Rae tells her best friend, Hyun Jung, that she has a friend that will stay by her no matter what happened. I thought she was gonna say "It's you Hyun Jun!" Instead it was Soo Ah. I know Soo Ah came on really nice and supportive to Mi Rae, but I would think it was clear to Mi Rae that her friend has been there for everything. She trusted her with her plastic surgery secret. Hyun Jun didn't seem that upset with the revelation, so maybe it wasn't as crazy as I thought. I don't know.

Soo Ah is clearly a smooth operator. I mean the turn downs she executed are so pro. Clearly she's had many confessions and also played around with many peoples emotions. I'm very curious how this will all play out. Not to mention that I have no doubt she will definitely leak Mi Rae's secret once she finds out.

So I wasn't sure if they could tell if Mi Rae had work done. The actress looks natural to me. So I assume it's either assumptions or when dramas have a stunning woman as the lead who they say is ugly. *sighs* Though I guess Mi Rae didn't say nae or say about whether she did have work done when Soo Ah was playing games.

I really love the feel of this drama. It has some strong themes, but it balances out with a feel good quality. It's also comforting that this second episode was a pretty solid follow up. I hope this drama can continue to keep being better than I could have anticipated. Stories on bullying deserve to have great quality.

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